Oopses shouts the news that the big'un is a dark lord and he shouts it loud enough that even the goblin guards up top will hear him.

Minmorc knocks Bully's bed-barricade over on top of the burning redcaps, grabs Vera and plunges it into the last southern redcap (r7). The ugly little fellow is grievously wounded but pushes free of the spear point.

Jurz pushes past the bed-barricade and sneaks past Bulldust then clambers up over Minmorc's back and shoulders to leap through the doorway, flaming scimitar extended before him to slap the wounded redcap with the blade of flame. The redcap (r7) screams in pain then collapses unconscious on the floor. Somehow Jurz manages to keep his balance when he lands and skids a few feet on the greasy floor until he is stopped by the body of the fallen redcap.

Raven clutches the awful wound in her belly and staggers past Oopses and Arlein on her way back down the narrow passageway to where Dregz guards the exit to the sewer. Dregz greets her with his magic stick so Bargrivyek can start to heal that wound.  Raven is still seriously wounded but now able to fight on if required.

Bulldust gulps down a potion that starts to cure his scythe wound, picks up his longspear and hurries over to the northern secret door. Moffdust dispels the southern patch of grease with a word and a wave of her little hand then hurries up behind Bully.

Voices can be faintly heard for a moment through the secret door then there is a click as the door is locked from the far side. Jurz also sees another northern door slam shut (just to the west of the stair in the western room) and hears the click as a key is turned to lock that door too.

OOC: Main game map updated. The northern room is indicated as 'obscured' because you can't see what is happening in there while the secret door is closed. The positions of creatures are where you saw them last – not necessarily where they are now.

If a mount Minmorc is he'll be the fastest and strongest one of those too. The last of his rage fixated on this task Minmorc will hoist Jurz onto his right shoulder and left shoulder charge towards the door next to the stair case. Either through it or off it, Minmorc, Jurz and that door have a date with destiny.

Bulldust also tries to kick open a door but it seems unlikely his attempt will succeed.  He looks around for something to use as a crowbar or battering ram for his next attempt.

As Bully turns his attention back to the room it suddenly becomes apparent that the corpses of the dead redcaps seem to be dissolving away before your eyes. Their filthy clothes and weapons and other gear remain behind on the floor where they lay. Four of the seven redcap bodies have already disappeared, two more are still burning from alchemist's fire (beneath the bed Minmorc dumped on them) and the one in the western room is still there. The captured redcap tied with rope and suspended from the ceiling is still alive and struggling.

OOC: There are several medium-sized weapons scattered around the room so if you are looking for a sword, mace, morningstar, club, spear or battleaxe you will easily find one. The beds are about 5ft long and have wooden frames and straw-filled mattresses and a blanket each.

In reply to Wyrm of Wyrd (msg # 176):

Arlein flicks bully with her tail, sliding it against his leg.


/cast open spell, should both the freshly locked doors.

Moffdust completes the casting of a Magic Weapon spell from a scroll on Bully's spear. She notices the redcaps dissolving "Dey makes very tidy corpses doesnt dey?" She sees Arlein rubbing against Bully's leg "Nice kitties. You dont gets to eats dere eyeballses unless youse is quick!" She takes another scroll from her pack and prepares to cast Knock at the beginning of next round (unless Arlein's spell does the trick).

"Youse feelin' better ?" Dregz inquires worriedly of Raven, stick poised to bequeath further healing courtesy of Bargrivyek, should the birdy-woman require it, or be incapable of answering him.

"At least we get ta keep dere weapons, an dem nice red hats fer our team." Bully muses, thinking of replacing his own poo-smeared red hood.  "Fanks Moffa.  Fink I'll try out da drow elf, dem little buggers is too ard ta hit.  Min can come fru and get em."

Following Minmorc's example, Bulldust grabs a bedframe and stands it in the locked doorway ready to push it into the room if he needs to bridge the grease, and it may yet shield him again from those painful scythes.
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As Minmorc hoists him up, Jurz settles himself down ready to attack anything that comes near them.

Minmorc scoops up Jurz onto his right shoulder where the little brown goblin quickly settles into place with his flaming scimitar raised above Minmorc's head. The flaming blade blackens the ceiling beams overhead but neither of them notice it. Minmorc charges the next door with his left shoulder leading. The door was a good wooden door with a good lock on it but it was never designed to withstand the full force of a raging, 360 pound orc barbarian – and it doesn’t. The door flies open, knocking back the redcap standing behind it and Minmorc’s momentum carries him and Jurz a few feet into the next room.

This northwest room is the largest so far and is clearly some sort of temple. The walls are draped in black curtains, the floor is black stone and the wooden beams of the ceiling are blackened by soot. A black stone altar stands in the middle of the floor surrounded by a six-pointed star etched in silver on the floor. Behind the altar stands the male drow elf in his black, full-plate armour, but now instead of arms a pair of ten-foot long snakes writhe from his shoulders, hissing and baring their fangs.

As Minmorc and Jurz steady themselves after bursting through the door and the first redcap (r9) scrambles back to his feet a second redcap (r11) hurries through the only other door visible in the room, on the eastern wall of this room and moves forward to menace them with his wicked-looking scythe.

Riza hurries around to stand in the doorway behind Minmorc and Jurz with bow in hand.

Back in the passageway near the sewer Dregz waves his magic stick and calls on Bargrivyek again to finish curing Raven's wounds.

Meanwhile Bulldust tries unsuccessfully to force the secret door open in the northern wall of the narrow entry passage and Arlein's hisses at the secret door have no more effect than Bully's muscles did.  Moffdust first fetches out a scroll, unrolls it and reads the words of a spell to enchant Bully's weapon. When all other attempts to open the secret door fail Moffdust reads the words of a magic spell from another scroll and the secret door flies open in front of Bulldust and Arlein.

This northeast room is smaller and has a single bed and a desk and a wooden chest as furniture. Two other wooden doors lead out of it in the northern and western walls. The southern half of the floor is slick with grease and a single redcap (r10)stands on guard between the edge of the grease and the open western door. Arlein, Bully and Oopses can glimpse the black drapery of the temple through the open door but cannot see the altar or the drow in the temple.

OOC: Main game map updated. Start of new round but Moffdust has already acted this round to cast the Knock spell from a scroll.
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Minmorc bursts out laughing and brushes bits off door himself and Jurz. "Hur, hur, hur, I huffed an I puffed an I blew yer house down." Minmorc will yell whoop! Take a five foot step north west and as Vera thrusts forward his eyes will narrow and he will snarl "now, come ere little red ridin hood."

Bulldust drops the bedframe he was holding through the door to stand on the greased floor inside the room, then he steps onto the bed and lunges at the redcap r10 with his newly enchanted longspear, and misses hopelessly.
OOC: rolled a 1!  D'oh!  Stupid bugbear!

Jurz settles himself on Minmorc's shoulder and prepares to ride out the shock of charging the door down.  Once through he will start to  hang down the back of his new mount, using armour straps and anything else he needs to keep a secure seat.  Then he will reach out to touch the nearest redcap with his flaming blade.
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Moffdust shakes her head sadly at Bully. "Boyses!" She takes another scroll from her pack and prepares to cast a spell next round.

She looks around the room for some rope. Maybe an offcut from tieing up the redcap dangling from the ceiling? "Has someone gots some ropeses? Dats fer my next trickses. He he."

OOC: just realised she is getting ahead of herself... so many scrolls and so few turns! :)
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The sight of the snake armed drow makes Riza's scales shudder. With a hiss in reply she sends another arrow flying from her bow, hopefully with a bit better luck than she had against the strange old men. Besides Minmorc, Jurz and bulldust seemed to be having fun with the, anyway.

OOC: rolled 20 to attack drow, rolled 6 to damage drow

OOC: Partial update: Minmorc, Bulldust, Moffdust and Riza have acted so far this round.

Minmorc laughs and steps forward beside the redcaps, swinging his greatsword Vera to cut down the left redcap (r9). The ugly little fellow was already wounded from Arlein's jet of steam and the wound from the glowing greatsword is more than he can withstand; he collapses unconscious at Minmorc's feet.

Bulldust tosses a bedframe through the secret door to land on the greased floor of the northeast room, then he steps through after it and lunges with his longspear at the redcap (r10) guarding the next door. Unfortunately the awkward manoeuvre is too much for the young bugbear to pull off successfully and he is lucky not to drop the spear as his thrust slams into the floor beside the redcap.

Moffdust snatches up a length of rope from under one of the beds.

Riza shoots an arrow through the doorway at the dark elf in the temple but it is a difficult shot because the heavily armoured drow has partial cover behind the black stone altar and the arrow glances harmlessly off his black full-plate armour.

OOC: Main game map updated.

With no enemies in reach Jurz waits, half-dangling, ready to touch the first enemy he can reach with his flaming blade.  "Yeee haaa" he shouts at Minmorc, and anyone else who will listen.

In reply to Jurz (msg # 189):

 Oopses rolled 8 using 1d8+2.  Oopses casts cure light on Raven.

Minmorc will step over the corpse of little red and will howl as he brings Helen the hell blade down on the last gnome. With a soft "woof" Minmorc will seem to deflate slightly and the rage clears from his eyes. Seeming to pay attention to his surroundings for the first time He will ignore whatever remains of the redcap and will focus first on Jurz, then on the Drow. "Hur, allo Jurz. So what's wiv der dirt elf wid der snake arms?"

OOC: Oopses - Raven is already fully cured by Dregz. The only characters wounded at the moment are Bulldust (down 3 points) and Dregz (down 2 points); both only lightly wounded. Oopses can do something else instead this round.

Minmorc has already acted this round, so hold that thought for next round. :o)

In reply to Wyrm of Wyrd (msg # 192):

Oopses passes then, it's scary back in there.

"Do youse ..." the priest pauses in the face of Jurz's "Yeee haaa !" echoes down the passageway ... "think dat we wo ..." and again as Minmor lets out a howl.  "Never mind," the little goblin shrugs at Raven.

"It's a mighty struggle down der !" Dregz continues the progress report for the goblin guards above.

OOC:  GM, is there a fire in the temple? (soot blackened beams)

"Thanks Dregz! Thanks Bargrivyek!" Raven exclaims as the magic heals her. "Now I want payback! That little red nut is going to pay for cutting my feathers like that!"

She whips out her rapier and hurries back down the passageway then squeezes through the secret door to join Bulldust in the greasy floored room. She jumps across to the bed on the right side of the room.

OOC: There is no fire in the temple, although it looks like there must have been fire used in decorating it. There is dim light throughout the temple, perhaps like some sort of lowlight version of the Light spell.