4) Undermountain: The Beholders Key

[Hywaywolf]

"yes, lets get him tied up and lets get out of this room, I feel too exposed out here. " Oypeen also looks around the crowd wondering who here will be reporting to the hand what has happened here. He knows that they are powerful and have friends that helped them vanish from incarceration.

[Woe]

Seeing the CoS swarm around the stunned dwarf, Ravoneth will go back to the now-dead Band of the Hand man. Any notes or clues what he encountered and what would have been the cause of death had a mace not crashed on his head first?

[LibraryLass]

Mae squeezes Hermia's formerly-injured hand, relieved to see she's alright. The two of them extricate the unconscious villain from the webs and get to work tying him up.

[Hywaywolf]

((I hope ravoneth will also take anything of value or of interest from the body as well))

[dymondy2k]

Glad I decided not to hit him!

[Jandolar]

Opyeen quickly dispells the Web so the companions can roll the stunned cleric over and disarm him. Being careful not to touch the mace Hermia sees that it is attached to his hand with a leather strap so that even if he lost his grip on it it wouldn't be dropped. The leather strap goes through a buckle on a plate mail bracer on the dwarfs wrist. The dwarf is heavy and hard to drag. Durnan lends a hand, so does Kallas who can now see again, and with much struggling the stunned dwarf is carted off to a storage room at the back of the inn and dumped on the floor. His hands are quickly tied as he lays there. Soon after he is secured he begins to come around. Kallas hefts his axe. I'll gladly end his miserable existence if none of you are willing to do so.

While the rest are dealing with Talpyn Ravoneth goes to the fallen Hand member and checks him over. Noting the multiple wounds she is surprised that he made it up the well alive. She also notes that there is no evidence of a crushing blow from Talpyns mace that killed him. In retrospect she remembers that the dwarf simply touched his mace to the man and took his life. Nothing of value remains on the man and no indication of his mission or intent is found. Only the hand tattooed on his wrist tells the tale of who he was in life.

(Ok EXP time folks. This didn't go as I thought it would, I'd actually envisioned much more combat and a near death experience or three. However your tactics were sound and well orchestrated, you all fought as a team and did so splendidly. As your DM I am stupidly proud of all of you. Talpyn is worth 45,000exp to be divided up amongst you. Please add 7,500exp to each of your sheets and update as needed. Congratulations Carnage of Steel.)

[Hywaywolf]

"I'm fine with Kallas ending his life? I don't wish to dirty my soul by questioning him. But I don't mind if anyone wants to ask a few question before the deed is done."

With that Oypeen commenses to empty out all of Talpn's pockets, stachels, bags or anything he has on him. Removing rings, necklaces, etc.

[Blazeguard]

Rykken pulls Durnan aside. "Who in town would be 'qualified' and experienced enough to dispose of that wretched mace? I shudder to think what would happen should it fall into the wrong hands."

[LibraryLass]

"I sort of feel like he should go to the authorities. He's beaten now. But first I definitely want some answers."

[Woe]

"Yes, hand him over to the City Watch. They seemed capable and fair when I met them."