Back to the Basics

[Stycotl]

(OOC: assuming the others pantomime to him how to use the sunrod)

Caeol finally gets the thing working. He squints and holds it high over his head, still frowning suspiciously. Then he looks to see the progress on the door.

[Wizard Guy]

Halimath digs around in his backpack for a little while, until he comes up with a flask and a tindertwig. "I can not help but notice that the door is made of wood and that wood is flammable, as is lamp oil such as that which I am holding. What do you chaps say to spreading the door with oil, lighting it on fire, and waiting outside until it burns through?" He said, grinning evilly.

[Stycotl]

Caeol frowns.

"If we were planning on smoking the goblins out, maybe. But we don't even know how deep the tunnel goes. I would think it might just be smarter to defeat the lock, or if that does not work, to break the door down."

(OOC: this is assuming that the lockpicking did not work)

[griffin7890]

As you insert the key, the door swings open with a creak.
As your eyes adjust to the light, you see a small figure spread out on the floor below a wooden barrel.
The figure makes a small groaning sound, but then lays still.

[Stycotl]

Caeol holds the sunrod out, standing to the left side of the door as he glances quickly at the figure, and then out, past it, into the rest of the area, warhammer still in his right hand.

[Legoshrimp]

Deltor cautiously walks over to the figure on the ground. Then takes the barrel off of the figure.

[griffin7890]

As the rod is moved around, you see barrels upon barrels stacked up in three rows, with about 15 feet of space between them.
The each stack of barrels is three barrels high, the top being about three feet above your head.


Deltor walks over to the figure and lifts the barrel off of it. The figure, now you can see that it is a goblin, smells strongly of alcohol, so you can assume that it passed out from drinking too much.

[Stycotl]

Caeol wrinkles his nose at the drunk goblin and then looks past into the depths of the chamber, trying to gauge its dimensions. He steps past Deltor and the goblin, scanning hastily between the stacked barrels.

[Stycotl]

(ooc: anyone still there?)

[Wizard Guy]

((OOC: I'm still here, but I'm waiting for the DM to post so I have a reason to reply.))

[Stycotl]

Caeol bends over one of the barrels, trying to get an idea of what kind of libation is within. He searches for symbols on the outside of the barrel, though he wouldn't know how to read it anyway.

[Legoshrimp]

((I am still here.))

[Stycotl]

(ooc- assuming that there is nothing of particular interest around the barrels)

Caeol begins walking slowly toward the back of the enclosure, trying to get an idea of the size of this compound, and looking for other exits.

[Stycotl]

Caeol sits on a barrel and waits for the great voice in the sky to continue with its narration.

[griffin7890]

((Really sorry there, went away to Gulf Springs, Alabama for a week with no computer and couldn't find time the next couple of days.))

You see nothing but more and more barrels stacked up on top of one another.
After bending over the barrel, it is pretty clear what is inside of the barrel.
In the middle of the barrel there four large letters burned into the barrel.
BEER

((I understand that your character is illiterate, but barbarians should know what this means.))

You walk for at least a minute until you reach the end of the barrels.
Once the barrels end, all that is left in front of you is another forty feet of cavern, with a door on the right, a door on the left, and a smaller hallway continuing toward the back of the cavern.

((I need to know more specifically what you did... Did you take one of the straight paths through the barrel, or go around?))

[Stycotl]

Caeol slips between some barrels off of the right side of the cavern, and heads for the wall, trying to see if there is an open path along the wall.

[griffin7890]

((Make a spot check.))

[Stycotl]

((http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showt...=1#post4113895

caeol rolls a 2, with a -1 mod. so he doesn't see anything))

Caeol frowns as he sees something that distracts him from his search. Curiously, he crouches to see if by chance the barrel to his left is of an older vintage.

[Wizard Guy]

Halimath indicates the passed out goblin and asks his companions "Pray, should we perhaps tie this wretch up and see if we can't bring him round for interrogations?"

[griffin7890]

You look upon another barrel in the pile.
There is no difference with this barrel than any others.
Just a plain barrel with nothing but,
BEER
written on it.

((Wizard Guy, your response is very group based... so I can't do anything but wait.))

[Stycotl]

Caeol hears Halimath's question and stands, a sour look on his face as he examines the barrels of beer.

"I think you should either drag him outside and pick his brain--if he wakes up--or get rid of him so he cannot surprise us later."

[Legoshrimp]

Deltor says "Lets take him outside. He might prove to have useful information." Deltor asks "Does anyone have rope?" Assuming some one has rope He ties the goblins hands and legs.

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Then grabs the goblin and starts to drag him out. Deltor then asks "Caeol will you please help me get it outside?" After the goblin is awake and outside. He asks the goblin "How did you get in to the cave?"

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diplomacy check [roll0]

[Legoshrimp]

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dang rolls use rope (1d20+7)[19] diplomacy (1d20+7)[17] sorry about the double post

[Wizard Guy]

((OOC: I think Intimidate would be a better skill to use for interrogation. ))

[Legoshrimp]

((Your are probably right, but I am trying this and if it dosent see reason I will have to show it its mistake through less pleasent means))

[Stycotl]

Caeol wrinkles his nose and heads back over to Deltor. He firmly grasps the goblin by the elbows, as much to control its arms as to pick it up, and drags it back out the door. Then he leaves Deltor with the goblin and walks back into the entrance, allowing his eyes a moment to adjust to the gloom again.

[Stycotl]

(anyone there still?)

[Wizard Guy]

((OOC: I am, but I've been waiting for the DM or someone to post.))

[Legoshrimp]

((Here, and waiting for the DM to post.))

[Stycotl]

ooc-dm? dm? is there a dm out there anywhere?