3) Undermountain: Life and Death

[dymondy2k]

As giovanni watches Hermia do her magic on the map he notices a small area just above their current position..

"Thisa area here looks like it can go no further. I say we double back to it and make sure its clear before we continue south."

I'm referring to the area that is about 40' N and 30' E of where we are at now. Lets just get that part filled in and checked..

[Hywaywolf]

Thats good to me, could be a secret door into the pillar room. Knowing where the back doors are is always useful. Before we leave, Oypeen will pick up the helm, then search the body once more, then search the room for secret doors and or compartments. He thinks about picking up the spear head and dragonscale if its in teh room, but if its in the hall he'll leave it there for later.

[Blazeguard]

Yep, that sounds good to me too.

[LibraryLass]

Sitting with the crude map on the floor next to the map that she has been making since the companions dropped in Hermia once again puts ink to paper. Chewing on the back end of her quill pen she mutters.... "Not more than a heavy crossbow shot from the last junction.... turn a corner.... give it 50 feet for a volley of bolts... turn again and a long run.... long enough for dwarves to enact a fighting retreat..... shields up and fire again... Sturm......" The halfling learned something from her deceased dwarven companion. She learned how to gauge a tunnel like a dwarf. All those endless hours of Strum pointing out the subtle cuts in the stone, the sand and small rocks in the walls, all that jabber jabber jabber about how to build a tunnel has found a place in the cartographers mind. She now sees tunnels as a dwarf would see them and can see where the tunnel leads.

(I gave Hermia a 3% chance figure out where that crude map went. she rolled a 01), Hermia give yourself 200exp.

[Aww yeah! Il cartographer, she's makin' the map! Il cartographer, she's takin' no crap!]

"Agreed. We've got a pretty good chunk of this area figured out, now. I'd like to cross our Ts and dot our Is and then make a start filling in the blank spots."

[Jandolar]

A quick look around the room reveals nothing else of interest. Opyeen bends and picks up the dragon scale with the spear head lodged in it and is surprised to find that it's very light.

The companions quickly get into their marching order and shortly they are standing in the newest room of interest. Unfortunately there isn't anything of interest in the room other than a sturdy table and four chairs, close inspection reveals nothing hidden or secreted from view.

[MedievalMan]

((Alright finally able to get back on my PC, no more phone at work for me!))

Quistine will fall in line and follow along. Silent as ever.

[dymondy2k]

At leasta now we have a place we can eat lunch!

Do we want to head south to the hallway running east-west directly under 'Room 3' we were just at?

[Hywaywolf]

(Yes, lets head south to the hallway running east-west directly under 'Room 3' we were just at.)

Oypeen, disappointed with an empty room, sighs heavily after his exhaustive search. Just before leaving and with great hope he looks under the table to see if anything is affixed underneath the table.

[Jandolar]

A quick glance under the table by Opyeen reveals nothing hidden there either. It seems this is just an ordinary room. Lining up in order of march the companions head south back towards the last room they were in, bypassing the hall of mirrors and the next corridor in line they continue on. Taking a left turn Hermia leads Quistine down a few feet to a door. Running her hands across it Quistine finds and removes a minor trap and upon opening the door the companions see a three way intersection. Having already decided on a course of action they bypass the southern passage, which also seems to branch again before leading off into what looks like a larger room. Stepping around the corner they can see the feet of the dead elf and the door in which they first found her. It seems as if the acid was directed or aimed only at the fleeing female as nothing else outside the room has been damaged. A few feet farther on they turn left into the adjoining room.

The floor in this area is strewn with stony rubble and gray, dust covered cobwebs handing from the ceiling to brush the floor blocking the farther corners from view. The room is dark and silent. The cobwebs are thick and many-layered.

[dymondy2k]

Giovanni stays on the edges of the room until the trusty rogue can give things a lookover.. He laughs when he thinks of 'Trusty Rogue'