Chapter 7: Luck, or Hard Work?

[Hywaywolf]

Shybolt will go with him

[Nekron99]

Brother Arven turns to Timorel "You my friend are very brave to want to stay here alone with me, it is a well known fact that the undead can sense the nearness of a powerful cleric, and are repelled. Unfortunately there is probably not a powerful cleric within 30 miles, so you are stuck with me as a companion." Brave or foolish, we shall have to haunt our graves to see what was inscribed on our tombstones eh?"

The torch he holds, sputters and snaps in the silence of Grumm and Shybolts retreating footsteps.

He leans nonchalantly against the wall, scuffing his boots toe along a seam in the flagstone floor. He starts to whistle a lively tune, but as he hears the echoing sound he stops himself sheepishly, and looks at Timorel.

"You wouldn't happen to have anything to eat in your pack would you?"

[Sir Bedivere]

Shybolt will go with him

Timorel gives a hearty laugh and, still chuckling, falls in behind Shybolt.

"Coming, Brother?" he calls back.

[Nekron99]

"Well fine then, I guess the big ugly behind the door can just behave himself for a few minutes while we go shopping. Grumm, do you think it's about lunch time in the sunlit realms? Brother Arven, kicks off from the wall and quickly catches up with the party secretly relieved at Timorel being the first one to make the move.

"I certainly have learned my lesson this time, I am packing food when I come back." He mumbles to himself. "I'm thinking a sandwich, maybe a bit of roast mutton with a slice of goat cheese. Oh, and a drink, a nice cool ale to wash it down."

As we move along back to tavern, he will be watching the rear as usual.

[Solomoriah]

The party returned to the tavern, where Grumm and Shybolt selected a barrel containing several gallons of oil while Brother Arven rustled up some food. Thus prepared, they hefted the barrel and carefully proceeded back into the dungeon, right up to the barred door.

[Hywaywolf]

we also took some rope and cloth rags.

[Hywaywolf]

So, we return to the big barred door watching carefully through the passages. Peek around the corner to see if the door is still shut and if it is we will start doing these things, not necessarily in this order:

1) Rig up a rope to the bar on the door, I guess using a iron spike in the wall to make a crude pulley. And another rope to the actual door so we can pull it open in case it doesn't open on its own. one of us handles the ropes when action starts.

2) spread oil in front of door for 20' x 10' feet wide starting 40'' away from us.

3) Two are ready with wicked oil pots to throw at the beast . I'll use a flaming arrow thick with dripping oil that I will shoot into the pool of oil once the beast enters it.

4) One person opens the door - when the creature shows itself and starts to move into oil, I'll shoot the flaming arrow and hope it hits and lights the pool (+6 i think, unless i forgot some bonuses). The two with oil pots will light the wicks and toss them at the beast once the beast is within 20' (medium range, no range penalty) and exiting the pool of oil if it chooses to do so or if i miss the oil. If the rope guy still has an action and all previous attacks miss, he can kick over the remaining oil in the bucket, in front of us and toss the torch into it hopefully creating a wall of flame in front of us.

5) next round whether we win initiative or not, we move back our move distance and all of us throw lit wicked oil pots lit from a torch lit and mounted on the wall waiting for us. When it advances, we retreat and continue to throw oil each round. (here's where I'm afraid things will turn ugly - because by the rules of the game, it may be able to reach and attack one of us before we can technically move out of its range) I am hoping that since we start from 50' away we can stay out of its range (hopefully) if we win initiative. If we lose initiative we just have to hope it misses its attack that round before we back away.

6) if all goes to hell in a handbasket, we just run for it and hope to get away with scared speed.

so, lets here your comments and solidify this insanity.

[Sir Bedivere]

"Since the thing was on a chain, I'm not sure we should plan for it to leave the room. We might have to enter its lair, in which case a burning pool of oil in front of it might be inconvenient. Though surely in a humorous way, of course."

[Hywaywolf]

Why would the chain reach to the door. Seems like if you wanted something to stay in a room using a chain you wouldn't allow it to reach the door, so I assumed it broke it when it saw us. But you are correct in that may not have. At any rate, even if chained we know it can reach the door so we don't have to go in. And being chained is even better if it will come to the end of it we can just toss pots at it. Of course, it will not be that easy.

[jstater]

I suppose Grumm should be an oil thrower, at least in the first round. After that, he can use his glaive to try to keep the monster from getting close enough to touch anyone, while at the same time retreating.