Eberron One

[trying again on morale roll]

The member 'DM' has done the following action : Roll dice

'd6' :

The skinny one is trying to scramble around up in the tree. He jumps, aiming for the ground on the far side of the tree from the party.

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'd20' :

The monster lands on the ground on the other side of the tree, about 15 yards away, and is starting to stand up.

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'd6' :

DM wrote:

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'd6' :

He looks like he was badly hurt in the fall, and is moving very slowly.

[OOC]
Ok, since it is on the ground now, I'll just keep my sword and dagger out and attack it. Dual wielding weapons gives me a +1 to hit, yes? If so, then that would give me a +2 To Hit total... Damage is +1 per STR bonus...

[IC]
Caby chases after the creature and swings at it with sword and knife...

The member 'ehiker133' has done the following action : Roll dice

#1 'd20' :


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#2 'd6' :

Caby descends upon the monster, blades flashing. She nearly carves it in two, blood flying in the air to be caught by the last rays of the sun. It bleeds into the grass, unmoving.

They both were about 3 and a half feet tall. Both wore leather armour, but even the fatter one's armour is too short for either of the locals to wear. Both have a short bow, a quiver, and a short sword. The fat one had 9 electrum pieces in his pockets, the skinny one had 7. Between the two, they have 17 arrows, including the two shot by them earlier. Their clothes are dirty peasant garb. The scarf on the big one looks like a recent acquisition, but is already filthy.

Reeks takes the short swords, nodding in agreement. He and Brooner then arm themselves with the bows.

ehiker133 wrote:

[IC]
Caby approaches the tree and examines the hollow part she saw earlier.

It is dark, and angles sharply down. It looks like humans could fit easily by sort of stepping down as they duck in. From here, you can see what looks like a stone step a few feet down and off to the right, toward the ravine.

Llama wrote:

Jaral gathers up his arrow if he can, then trades bow for short sword and follows Caby down the stair.

You find your arrow intact.

You duck under the arch-like bark and step down into the dark cavity within the tree. The empty space occupies barely a tenth of the tree's large trunk. Stepping and sliding down the well worn dirt, you soon find your feet on old stone steps, headed steeply down to the east, in the direction of the ravine.

Reeks holds the lamp aloft, but shadows jump and twist on the steep stair and among the thick roots and wooden braces above your heads. You descend into the black fastness of the earth.

After about 30 feet, you see flat open floor beyond an opening below. You emerge from the stairwell through an open archway of heavy wood and stone, into a dark chamber. The room is lit from side to side by your lantern, and is about 20 feet wide. It extends forward into darkness beyond the 30 foot aura of your lantern.

The floor is covered in paving stones, but the walls are of packed earth, reinforced with frequent posts of heavy, dark wood set into the soil. The ceiling, 20 feet overhead, is also dirt with huge wooden beams and arches, like some earthy underworld cathedral, a thousand roots dangling down from on high.

On the left wall, about 10 feet from the corner, is another open archway of heavy wood and stone, carved with runes and symbols. Beyond is only darkness.

[OOC]
Mike, did the stairway curve? Or did it always head east towards the ravine?

[IC]
We'll continue into the room, moving east (I'll just assume it is east, for mapping purposes - first map to be posted tomorrow morning), to see how big the room is that we're in.

ehiker133 wrote:

[OOC]
Mike, did the stairway curve? Or did it always head east towards the ravine?

[IC]
We'll continue into the room, moving east (I'll just assume it is east, for mapping purposes - first map to be posted tomorrow morning), to see how big the room is that we're in.

You entered the bole of the tree on the tree's south side, but within the few feet of dirt to the stone steps it was headed east. The stone steps were straight east the whole way.

Ducats attempts to Hide & MS.

The member 'Cole' has done the following action : Roll dice

#1 'd100' : 21

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#2 'd100' : 18