Turn ThirtyAsk the shopkeeper if he has any more powerful magical items in stock. Also, buy 3 minor health potions and consume 1.
”Ah…” says the pleasant shopkeeper.
”I see you are a man of means… a bleeding man of means… Well. I have, if you’d like to step through to the back back room, through here, a single Middling Health Potion x1 of a very good vintage – twenty gold Yuros – and a small set of top quality enchanted crossbow bolts. This miniquiver of five gives a bonus of +1 to hit – ten Yuros for that, good sir; this miniquiver sets your victim on fire, if he’s hit – fifteen Yuros for that – and this miniquiver attacks the poor fecker with a bolt of lightning to go with the bolt of… crossbow. Thirty Yuros for that though, sir.”He looks Whiz very closely in the eye, glance dancing imperceptibly down to the wizard’s bulging coin-pouch before he speaks.
”And for the true connoisseur, as you looks to be, your honour, I have one each, for ten Yuros a piece, of a +1 to hit Bolt of Leprosy, a +1 Bolt of Paralysis, and, my favourite, a +1 Bolt of Excessive Nausea. I’ve still got a couple of them potions of Inflict Flatulence too, if you’re interested, sir? Liven up a dull dinner party? Everybody likes a good bit of flatulence, eh?”… … … … … …
Check what may have been the trigger for the trap as well as where the trap was positioned. Then calmly go down the corridor, watching out for similar triggers (if something is found) or something else like pressure plates or the like. Stay low. Whoever trapped this temple loves bolt traps. Crawl, actually, but make sure to watch out for pressure plates or obvious tripwires. Make sure to peek around corners before negotiating them, stopping in case of anything direly alarming and requiring further thought.
"Ah. Well," pronounces Gervedder, gratefully.
"Thank you for volunteering to test the traps. Let's calmly proceed along now.""I dodged that crossbow bolt completely on purpose!" Lady Foxglove declares, a little defensively, before Gervedder starts examining the door frame. Lady Foxglove watches him with mild disappointment as he successfully and – hence the disappointment – safely deduces that the trigger was something to do with the door opening. Pressure pad in the frame, it looks like. About shoulder height.
The messenger drops to his hands and knees and starts crawling forward, turning left down the corridor.
Action: Stay low alongside Gervedder and help him look for more traps. Don't step on the traps.
Next to him Lady Foxglove also drops to her hands and knees, withstanding the indignity of it all given that if someone important did happen to pass by they probably wouldn’t be able to tell it was her in the more-than-semi-darkness.
Halfway down the corridor, not far ahead, the ghoul that fled as she kicked down the door last turn stops its flight and, just at the edge of their visibility, turns to look at the adventurers.
It’s hard to tell in the darkness but it seems very vaguely as if the ghoul is making taunting facial expressions.
Follow at a safe distance.
"My arse still feels weird!" complains Tackov.
"All, like, weird and stuff!"He also crawls down the corridor towards the ghoul.
FIX SELF BACK.
…Meanwhile, in the main temple room, Bukkar rolls around on the floor like a log. It doesn’t seem to help. He just feels slightly angrier than normal and wonders, angrily, if he shouldn’t just let rest and a good diet do their work.
Lose interest and follow the group, suggest rolling around like a log to Bukkar. Give him a kick in the arse or lower back if he needs one. Perhaps it helps.
Stop to admire and inspect the blue stones.
”Perhaps you should just let rest and a good diet do their work?” suggests Medha.
”Or perhaps you should roll around like a- oh. You are. Does it help? How about a kick right up the arse? I could probably do that?”…Before Bukkar can make any reply other than
grnnnnnng, he suddenly feel a whopping great pain right up his arse, spasms about on the floor for nearly a minute whilst frothing from the mouth, and gets to his feet, perfectly cured and actually slightly less angry than he was two minutes ago before he got kicked right up the arse.
”I… You! The!””Heehee! You’re welcome! Nice stones, eh?”Bukkar feels a little confused. Medha hurries after the rest of the team before he regains his wits.
Temple:
Name: Tackov Cedtry
Class: Level 2 Wind Mage
Status: -1 to strength!
Health: [HP: 50/55] |
Poisoned Buttock!!Abilities: Magical Typhoon I,
Wind Blast I,
Wind Step I,
Squishy,
Sissy Slap FightInventory: Minor Mana Potion x1,
Scroll of Beginner’s Fireball x1, 3 Yuros, one memorised use of:
Gee, Mr. Whiz, You Sure Are Fast! Name: Whiz
Class: Level 2 Whiz Wiz(ard)
Status: -1 to lower leg damage.
Health: [HP: 55/80]Abilities: Shield I,
Gee, Mr. Whiz, You Sure Are Fast! Gee, Mr. Whiz, You Sure Are Fast II,
Obviously a Powerful Wizard,
It’ll Make You Blind!Inventory: Crossbow, Unlimited Quiver,
Raider’s Dress of Shin Protection, 117 Yuros, Fancy Clothes,
Scroll of Beginner’s Fireball x1,
Middling Health Potion x1,
Middling Mana Potion x1, Billy’s Potion of Being Big and Strong and Things,
Medium Health Potion x1, Cutlass, Three normal quivers, Three crossbows, Three daggers, 2x
Minor Health Potion x1.
Name: Medha Correo
Class: Level 2 Curse Crafter
Status: -1 to gut damage. +1 to chest damage, -1 to dodge, -1 to charisma style rolls.
Health: [HP: 80/80] |
Severed Rib! |
Severed Rib! |
Broken Guts!Abilities: Opportunistic Attack,
Bad Luck Curse,
Curse of the Fool,
Wandering Asshole,
Curse of the Curse CrafterInventory: Dagger, Half a dress, 78 bandages,
Neckless of the Ribless, Coffee (half a jug), Small bottle of Mage blood, Dagger, Lock picking kit,
Iron Cuirass, unlit torch, 400 Green Farthings, 1
Stinking Eejit cheese.
Name: Gervedder Vietzo
Class: Level 2 Opportunistic Messenger
Status: -1 to gut/chest damage.
Health: [HP: 80/80]Abilities: Nimble Feet,
This Messenger Delivers,
Make Way for the Messenger! Important,
Stop For DirectionsInventory: Crossbow, Unlimited Quiver, 10 bandages, 7 Yuros,
Iron Cuirass.
Name: Lady Foxglove Vainglorious the III
Class: Level 2 Ravenhaired Crusader
Status: Super-presentable!
Health: [HP: 80/80]Abilities: Silent as a Raven’s Wing,
Opportunistic,
Honeyed Tongue,
Vain,
Self-RelianceInventory: Minor Health Potion x1, Crossbow, Unlimited Quiver, 2 Yuros.
Name: Bukkar Crangrom
Class: Level 2 Ragin' Mage
Status: Health: [HP: 80/80]Abilities: Rage Lazors I,
Ass of the Flaming Foot I,
Lightning Fist I,
Always Looking For a Fight,
Always Hungover Inventory: Minor Health Potion x1, 2 Yuros.
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