It looks like it the ghouls will be enjoying their feast for at least half an hour, right down to cracking the bones and sucking out the marrow. They show no signs of interest in the victim's equipment and will probably just leave that. Eventually they will probably disperse back among the gravestones but there is obviously plenty of time for anyone to make any special preparations before then if they want to. Moffdust and Jurz are up on the side altar looking out the window. Moffdust speaks the words of a brief incantation which is loud enough for friends nearby to hear but the ghouls outside show no sign of having heard anything from inside the temple.

In reply to Wyrm of wyrd

"Hmmm. Magic leadder armours. Magic short swordses. Four potionses." Moffdust points at things outside the window. "Deres even anuvver magic rods for Dregsie. He gots prezzies fer all ov us. Bully was dere a sleighs on de roofs?"

She wants to levitate the items in through the window with Mage Hand but it doesn't work on magical things. Instead she casts Grease on the grass around the corpse and holds her hand over her mouth to stop the giggles as she watches the ghouls falling over in the guts. "Its Dizzeys on Ices." she whispers.

"Annudder one ?" Dregz isn't at all sure about Moffa's discovery of the second rod, as he remains entirely uncertain as to the function of the first, though the little goblin priest has at least managed to determine that is is Bargrivyek that the tribe possess such a thing, and if one is good then two is ...

"We must 'ave it, cos we deserves it," he avows.  "Ice ghouls don't."

Minmorc doesn't know much, but he did spend a lot of his life hunting and fishing. While the Ghouls finish their snack Minmorc will grab one of the curtains from the Drow temple. He'll then get two of his fifty foot hanks of rope and will tie each end of each rope to a corner. "I reckon we throw dis out next ter der stuff, den we poke der stuff on it wid spears, den we pulls it in. Yer reckon it'll work? I ain't never fished fer bottles before. An Riza, can yer fix up dese knots fer me, der sheep bend looks more like a bent sheep."

In reply to Minmorc (msg # 30):

Rubbing his eyes, "Whatz for duskfast"

Jurz eyes up the distance from the Ghouls feast to the side of the church.  Then he looks at Minmorc's rope and then glances across at Slipnotz with a strange glint in his eye, just as Oopses wakes up asks what there is to eat.  "Mays bes wes could tie Oopses to der rope and dangles him from de top of de church?  Den hes could pick up all de stuffs for us." he offers, changing the target of his suggestion at the last moment.  Oopses had woken up at just the wrong time.  Ooops.
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In reply to Jurz (msg # 32):

"Ropez doun tazt berry..yawn.. good."

Bulldust goes back on the roof to check for sleighs.  He pokes his head down through the manhole to say there weren't any but stops to listen to Minmorc and Jurz suggestions.  "OK, send im up wiv da ropes."

Minmorc smirks as the others decide to go fly fishing and continues to work on his curtain net.

The ghouls finally wander away to rest in shady corners of the graveyard or behind headstones. Bulldust is able to watch them go from his position on the roof and delights in telling everyone below where they are.

Finally Bulldust and Oopses are ready up on the roof with one of Minmorc's lengths of rope. The rope is securely tied around Oopses' middle and Bulldust lowers him down past the window where Jurz, Moffdust and just about everyone else watches. Oopses has not yet reached the ground and none of the ghouls have spotted him yet because they are resting after a big feast. Now Oopses needs to make a decision. He can be lowered straight down to grab the foot-long black rod (item 1 on the main game map) or swing himself 5 feet out from the wall to grab the studded leather armour (item 2) or shortsword (item 3) or swing 10 feet along the wall to reach the 4 potion flasks. (For each item roll a DC10 touch attack to pick it up. Also roll a Move Silently skill check each time as well, except for the black rod which doesn’t require swinging on the rope.)

Minmorc is also ready with his curtain-net and greatspear, so he can launch that out the window whenever he wants to.

Everyone else can decide where they want to be at the start of this activity. Two goblins (Jurz and Moffa) are on the side altar looking out that big broken window, so there is room for one medium or 2 small characters to squeeze up there as well, plus Arlein the cat can always squeeze in anywhere.

OOC: Main Game Map updated. My earlier descriptions in this thread assumed the temple was oriented north-south but when I was finally able to check the map it turns out the temple is oriented east-west, so this activity is happening outside the southern wing of the temple, not the eastern wing.

In reply to Wyrm of Wyrd (msg # 36):

Round 1 DA CLAWWW
Today: Oopses rolled 19,14 using 1d20,1d20+1.  Item 3, Move Silent, Touchy.

Round 2 DA CLAWWW
Today: Oopses rolled 8,19 using 1d20,1d20+1.  Item 2 Move Silent, Touchy.

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Move Silent failure? 80%+
00:10, Today: Oopses rolled 57 using 1d100.  Knicked himself check.
00:11, Today: Oopses rolled 19 using 1d100.  Ran into grave stone.
00:11, Today: Oopses rolled 57 using 1d100.  Rope burn.
00:11, Today: Oopses rolled 45 using 1d100.  Bulldust Yanking the rope around.

Today: Oopses rolled 100 using 1d100.  Grasshopper on face.</b>

Jurz chuckles as Oopses is lowered past the window on  a rope, then nudges Moffa and points him out - just in case she hasn't seen him yet.  There is a big grin when the swinging goblin grabs the first item, but he tenses and draws a deep breath as the grasshopper jumps right onto his face ...
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Minmorc will lift Moffdust away from the window and will step into her place. He will leave the makeshift net on the alter next to him, I'll brace his spear against inevitable Ghoul charge and will reach out with his other hand to grab any items Oopses wants to hand in. He will also start muttering under his breath, he is very focused and that focus seems to radiate outward.

Jurz  grumbles as Moffa is moved, but takes the opportunity to brace himself against the larger form of Minmorc as he leans forward.  Then he casts a spell.
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D'oh! A 45!  Bulldust bites his lip in concentration and stops jerking Oopses around like a cat toy.

Dregz can't see much, but can't help noticing when Ooopses comes into view, dangling on a rope.  "Dat's Oopses !" he points out in surprise and excitement.  "What's he doing out der ?"

Minmorc's casual drag and drop of Moffa causes the little goblin priest to narrow his eyes and glare at the big orc's back.  "Youse OK ?" he asks his kinswoman, brow raised.

Riza waits quietly, with everyone blocking the window there isn't much she can do. She has her bow ready just in case though.

On his first attempt Oopses quietly swings out from the temple wall and grabs the shortsword lying on the ground beside the remains of the corpse.

Minmorc lifts Moffa down from the side altar and climbs up there instead. Dregz exclaims out loud as he sees Oopses swing past the window.

Unnoticed by all but Slipsnotz, Riza takes down the key from its hook beside the eastern door in the south wing of the temple, unlocks and opens the door.

Raven takes her crossbow and climbs up the ladder to the manhole in the roof.

Oopses swings out from the temple wall again and grabs the victim's studded leather armour as well, but a big grasshopper leaps from the armour to land on the goblin's face and he lets out a startled squeal.

Minmorc mutters a prayer and all his companions suddenly feel braver and more confident (Bless spell = +1 on attack rolls and saves vs fear).  He readies his greatspear at the window.

Jurz looks worried as Oopses reacts to the grasshopper on his face, then Jurz mutters the words of a prayer as well. Out in the graveyard a great patch of grass and weeds starts writhing about, entangling three of the ghouls resting in shadowy corners. The area of entangling weeds blocks off the southwest part of the graveyard so the ghouls should not be able to approach the southern wing from that direction.

Just as Jurz prays the grass and weeds into action Riza is sneaking beneath the southern window, outside with Oopses. She steps past the foot-long black rod and is just bending down to pick up the 4 potion vials when the grass and weeds come to life 5 feet away from her and the 3 entangled ghouls start yelling in anger as they struggle against the entangling vegetation. The other 9 ghouls all leap up as soon as they hear the noise and start toward the disturbance. Four are approaching from the west and will be blocked by the entanglement but the other five are approaching from the east.

Raven has almost reached Bulldust up on the roof and Slipsnotz is peeking out the eastern door where Riza had gone out into the graveyard.

OOC: Main Game Map updated.
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"Allo Riza, wotcha doin out der? Ders a bunch a nasty ghasties a comin an dey looks mad. Oi, Ghasties, sod off!" Minmorc will lean out the window and give the ghouls the finger, spear ready against the charge.

Jurz grins and casts another spell.

"Oo Oo!  Da goolies are comin!"  Bulldust is very excited now.  He lets go of the rope and readies a javelin to throw at any ghoul that comes close to the treasure still scattered on the grass.

"I am not a goolie!" Raven squawks at Bully.

But she takes her frustration out on the closest ghoul g3 by shooting it with her crossbow.

OOC:
Raven rolled 21 using 1d20+6.  Shoot crossbow at g3.
Raven rolled 1 using 1d8.  Damage on g3.

Having collected the potions Riza hooks back around the corner and through the door being held open by slipnnotz at surprising speed. With ghouls on the way she'll get inside and lock the door. Once the door is secure she'll race up to the roof so she can assist if possible

Bulldust throws his javelin over the wall into the neighbour's yard.  <rolled a 1>