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tampamac2002
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*gives Barrin a stare, before turning to Spring*
"You didn't say anything about wanting it back. I was just gonna take it off your hands."
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"Don't be forgetting them healing kits lads. Me short dwarven legs're getting tired of all this wandering. Yonder cobbler's making a fortune out of fixing the soles of me boots and I'd rather spend the coin on ale than shoe leather."
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"Spring, my fine gnomish friend, indeed the bulk of these coins can be a burden best left to others; however, there are things lighter than gold, smaller, and easier to pack!"
Rolo pulls out one of the trade markers and shows it to Spring. "This is what is known as a trade marker and it can be easily converted into coins at most any merchant I believe. You can get them at the Merchant's Guild -- I can show where it is if you like."
"Now then, there is a 10% fee for converting to these, so if'n you want something and have the coin for it, best buy it now. These things come in different values, so you should plan accordingly; because once you convert one, I'm pretty sure any change due you will be in coin."
"Of course gems work as well, but you may find it more difficult finding a merchant willing to give you a fair price, when you need it."
"Oh! And by the way, I have a nice magical dagger perhaps you'd like -- I can use a mace just as well; but you may prefer a smaller weapon ... not so good for bone bashing, but easier to pack."
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"10% fee!" Grumni spluttered. "A thieving racket if I ever heard of one." He shook his head in iritation.
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400 xp for: Anders Soth , tampamac2002, Dave O, Gulfwulf, felrisen and Mirgalen
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The party has made camp in the old antechamber after slaying the skeletal guards. The runes found near the caved in passage are in very archaic Dwarven. Based on references in captured notes and documents, you deduce this is the mentioned tunnel leading to a long lost Dwarven citadel. It appears the undead were being used to excavate the collapsed passage. The work has yet to be completed and it's difficult to judge how much passage must yet be cleared.
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Rolo surveyed the collapsed tunnel. "You know, trying to clear this with these dead things isn't likely the best way. What is needed is a team of dwur engineers -- that would get the job done proper like!"
"Or ... perhaps a Bullette? Suppose we can control one of those things? Eli, what do you think? Or Spring, you may have some influence there as well. Course we still need to find the Bullette ... but we know where to look, eh?!"
The hob chuckled to himself as he found a comfortable place to sit and started rummaging through his pack -- looking for a bit of trail-mix that he was certain he had packed earlier.
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Barrin sat down against the stone wall heavily and eyed the passage. "I don think that be a good idea, lad. I think if'n we can be gettin rid of that dead lover an' 'is mistress, we can be diggin out this tunnel without interruption." He dug around his pack for an iron ration and ate in silence.
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Grumni examined the collapsed tunnel carefully with a thoughtful expression.
"Didn't we hear some business about these villains setting up camp in an ancient dwarven citadel a whiles back?" He looked down at the rune. "Could be its best this tunnel stays collapsed if it keeps them down there."
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"Nay, Grumni.
They were trying to get to the lost citadel so they could plunder its loot. Which is rumored to include a mighty artifact. Now, if it's another one of them Horns of Undead, then we're wasting our time. I'd sooner destroy it than sell it for a ton of gold."
*stops to reconsider*
*looks around, before continuing*
"Now I figure, if we can move a couple more rocks and get at that loot, let's do it. If you or Barrin think it's gonna take a team of skeletons to get it done, then we move back to the caves and make sure that necromancer don't finish the opening. I think it's safe to say that he was still trying to get at the citadel. I mean we just broke some more of his 'helpers' as they were digging.
Heck, he'll probably come lookin' for us once he figures out his digging crew is kaput."
*looks around, waiting for opinions*
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"I don like enemies at me back, dead or otherwise. That dead lover needs ta go, I be thinkin, 'for we go chasin afta treasure that may or may not be there."
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Grumni's eyes almost seem to sparkle at the mention of lost dwarven treasure and he stared a moment at the rubble blocking their path.
"The thought of abandoning the treasures of our forefathers doesn't seem right but we've a job to do that's only half done." He kicked at a small brick half-heartedly.
His mind made up he turned sharply away from the rubble and set his gaze in the necromancer's direction.
"Sooner we get rid of this freak the sooner we can be making off with some loot, best get ready lads."
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"Perhaps ... just maybe ... what we need to finish our job here lies on the other side of that rubble ..."
"Well, any rate, we know where it is and I suppose it isn't going to be going anywhere soon."
The hob tossed a small handful of trail mix into the air and deftly caught it all in his mouth, slowly chomping on the dried fruits and nuts and granola as he contemplated the excavation of the tunnel.
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*Rand sighs as he looks at the rocks blocking the hallway*
"Someday, I'll be back to see what's down there.", he says to no one in particular.
*turning back towards the halls with paintings of undead killing people*
"Tarlech is not gonna survive the next time I lay eyes on him."
*with a determeined step, Rand sets off down the long hall back to the goddess' halls*
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Eli nodded in agreement with the comments of the others about finishing the task at hand.
"We have a goal and its nearly in sight, let's focus on that. There'll be time enough later to go digging."
The other problems of the area crossed his mind.
"You know, this whole area has so many problems to attend to, we'll be lucky to finished our tasks here sometime next year!"
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*Rand laughs heartily*
A year you say? It seems like barely a month ago I was in a caravan heading for Kendall Keep. Hunting frogs in the swamp a day or two after that.
I think we'll be done with the caves in a day or three.
*looks down the long hall leading back*
It's the 'goddess' that has me a bit worried though.
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After examining the tunnel work done thus far, the dwarves estimate, with proper tools and wood to shore the sides and roof, the party would probably be able to clear 5 or so feet of the passage per hour of hard work. Each 10-foot section of tunnel would require two side and one ceiling brace, each at least 1 foot thick. If the tunnel were 10 feet wide and 10 feet high, each brace would use 30 feet of bracing material. Each shoring brace would require four hours to build. It would take about an hour per bracing to find, fell, prepare and transport suitable trees from the woods found in the valley. In short, you'd be able to progress about 10' per seven hours, when shoring and transport are factored in. You could work two shifts a day, progressing 20', but would need to spend the rest of the time recovering, eating, etc. You could opt for narrower dimensions, 5x10, and improve your distance to 30'. Of course, you've no idea how far you'd have to tunnel to reach the fortress - assuming the tunnel's headed in the right direction in the first place.
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The "Pig Master" soon to be "Wolf Master" ignored Rolo's question. Bulette was it? True it was a burrowing creature but it was not the type friendly to gnomes at least not by any known gnomish records assuming the legendary creature indeed existed in the first place.
Now things were back to normal in a way. Oz came back from his nocturnal hunt and our weakest adventurer managed to trade coins for some lighter valuables.
Still Oz could be a problem in heavily populated area with farm animals running around freely. Soon perhaps it would be time to release him and find a more gentle creature. Badgers, skunks or hedgehog possibly...
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The man listens to the others, still unsure of where to go from there. It is evident they do have a task, but had being walking in circles for a while, no one dares to accept they are lost, or is it only him who feel like that?
Alright, I agreed with have others matters to attend, but I think we have one more pressing, over the rest we can see here, and that is where are we heading? I know we are looking for this guy, or what ever he is, but so far we are sort of walking in circles, unsure which direction to take.
The priest looks around and takes a deep sigh before proceeding.
What is the plan, keep walking until we stumble with our goal, or does anybody here have an idea where to go? If we know where to go then we can skip the distractions we find on the way to focus our strength and will on a single path.
Now, the priest shrugs, still confused.
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Rolo stopped munching on his trail mix and contemplated the quiet priest's words for a moment before slowly finishing his mouthful and swallowing. He took a deep pull from his wineskin before returning it to his pack.
"Aye Ute, we have a goal ... to rid this place of that Necromancer. Now then, as for a plan, admittedly we are sort of "winging it" as we do not know the layout of this place or where our foe lies."
"I know there is a secret door in that room where we encountered him one time -- but thus far, we have been unable to find a key to open it and it seems to be beyond my skills. The key seems to be in the form of a small battle axe, and I have been keeping my eye open for one, but have not yet seen anything that will work. I suppose we could focus on finding that key -- but again, we have no idea of where to look for it other than hoping we encounter a creature that is in possession of one."
"That 'goddess' that keeps popping up now and again isn't something we can completely ignore either; however, thus far she seems to have the upper hand ... at least for the moment."
"Now then, perhaps you have an idea that you are willing to share with the group? Every idea has merit and I'd be most interested in hearing yours."
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