Biror looks at Melissa. "Very well then. It is unclear who put these coffins and their content here or why. Maybe exploring the surrounding rooms will clarify that."

OOC : So moving along a bit with two votes for exploring elsewhere and none against...
if we exit the vampire room we'll return to an intersection, and the only passage we havent explored is south.
I beleive our usual marching order was Slattery on point with Melissa close behind (or above), Fetcher and Biror next with Thea and Odhran last, Odhran doing a lot of looking over his shoulder and watching behind.



Melissa follows close behind Slattery as they both poke their heads cautiously around the corner facing east...

Fetcher closely follows, prepared to get ahead of everyone should something unseemly be around the way but awaiting a report from his two diminutive colleagues.

Biror follows as well, eyes wide open.

Thea trails along behind Biror.

You leave the room of coffins and return east to the intersection. The passage south takes you down a series of gentle steps that turn east after 40'. This passage continues for 50' before you arrive at another intersection.

To the north is a door which presumably leads to the room with the summoning circle.

The passage continues on to the east.

Another passage leads south, down yet another gentle flight of stairs.

Biror scouts a few meters into both the eastern and southern passages, trying to be as discreet as possible.

"If Oddy's map is accurate," Says Melissa "Then the east hall will probably lead back to the rock-troll. Shall we try South?"

Biror's scouting to the east reveals an intersection with a door to the north, a passage south, and the continuation of the passage east.

Scouting to the south, Biror sees a T-intersection with passages leading west and east.

"Alright, let's go south. Which way do you want to go? East or west?" asks the dwarf.

"Well, the goblins knew about the rock troll, so they've probably been east. West?" Melissa suggests.

"West sounds good," Thea says, not seeing any flaws in Melissa's logic.

Biror scouts the west passage, taking his usual precautions.

OOC : As Slattery is temporarily AFK/NPC'd, and Biror is also a rogue, shall we just change our marching order to have Biror as point man (dwarf) and Slattery in the 2nd rank with Fletcher?

OOC: works for me.

You move south the the T-junction and Biror scouts ahead to the west. He quickly finds that this passage splits into two: a northern one descending some stairs and ending at a door and a southern one that leads to a seemingly empty chamber.

Biror motions his companions to get closer to him, then goes ahead and scouts into the empty chamber. As usual he is very cautious before moving in or touching any piece of furniture.

With sword and shield at the ready, Fetcher somehow still holds out hope for a simple yet lucrative find.

Melissa flies along partway between Biror in the lead and the rest of the party.

Thea follows behind Fetcher, ready to assist however she can.

Biror moves into the empty chamber followed by the rest of the party. The chamber is elongate, 20' x 40'. The walls and ceiling are covered in spider webs. Scattered about the floor are several, seemingly dead, giant spiders each the size of a medium-sized dog. There is also the body of a human.

Cautiously, wary of any movement, Biror approaches the human body to check on its health and its possessions.

Fetcher takes no chances and diligently inserts his sword into each spider carcass he passes.

The spiders do not stir in response to Fetcher's stabbing. They are indeed dead, as is the human. Biror sees signs of multiple bites on the body.

The unfortunate souls appears to have died some time ago. The body has been stripped of possessions except for it's clothing, although Biror notices a ring still on one bloated finger.

"Perhaps he was poisonous." Fetcher muses, grimly. He stands next to Biror and lightly bumps the corpse with his foot.