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[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 4, Turn 12: Order: Reece (5!), Dwareet'ik (1!), Dragnar (2!), Ajax (3!); New Order: Reece, Ajax, Dragnar, Dwareet'ik

The Group-

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(Observation checks in Initiative order:3!, (6!,5!), 1!)

The three of you fan out quietly as you enter the large hall. It's size is significant but not enormous and you can clearly make out all the sides of the room. You estimate that it's several hundred feet long and wide and several ruined workshops dot the walls. (Luck:4!) There are even a few bins containing rotting leather or silk, much of it having once been rather nice looking. You see several cut logs resting in small pyramidal piles near the northern side of the room and a nice carpentry workshop is there, still somewhat intact. Three masonry stalls line the walls next to it, though they largely contain only fragments and bits. On the southern side of the room are leatherworks, clothiers, looms, and a crafts shop or two, still largely intact. (Ie. they contain most of their tools)

You enter the room from the east side and just south of you on the same wall is another door, closed and undamaged. Opposite you on the west wall is a large set of double doors, propped open and Dragnar informs you that the markings on the wall indicate the smithy and special workshops lie in that direction. Additionally, he informs you that the air is warmer towards that direction, a sure indication that the forges are Magma powered. Human and kobold look at each other in amusement at his rapid pronouncements as well as the undisguised glee on his face at the thought of the ancient smithies, as the kobold drinks quickly from his waterskin. (To work your magic on weapons and armor you need a forge Dragnar, though some harmful Rune spells can obviously be cast in it's absence.)

On the north wall lie the shattered remains of another set of double doors, these leading into darkness. The area appears to be quiet but you can hear the occasional creak and moan of thoughtless undead from the doorway to the north.

(You have access to the tools and workshops that were mentioned above, In addition to over a dozen logs, mostly of Larch, Pine and Alder, with only one being black oak.) +2 Observation exp. Dragnar

Recovery rolls:
Reece:5! Your arm begins to feel a little more limber.
Dragnar:6!,2! Your bleeding has stopped and your head feels much better.
Dwareet'ik:1! You trip while searching and bash your injured leg against some rubble which hurts a lot.

(I'll need to know which direction you travel in, what travel order and precautions you're taking. Dwareet'ik, you're very tired now since it's getting later in the day and you didn't sleep very well.)

Ajax-

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(Enlarge hole:6!,2!) You realize that if you're going to get in this way that hole needs to be much larger. Upon inspection you see some tattered fibers of some cloth. Grabbing a large rock and testing the edges you begin pounding on them with it. The gate is still quite thick but with considerable effort you manage to beat the weakened edges of the hole into submission. The hole now before you is considerably larger, bigger that honestly is needed for you and you can fit through with ease now. You also made quite a bit of racket with all that pounding, it's possible someone or something may have heard you.

(Observation check:4!) You notice as you work that there appears to be some sort of carving on one side of the gate with what may be writing on it. Other than that, the gates appear to be well weathered iron, though undoubtedly the cold helped prevent corrosion.

[tehstefan]

Well, lets check out the forges first. Perhaps I could find a suitably well made sword for myself. Or piece of armour, beyond my lovely gauntlets.

[dragnar]

To the forge! I will apply the strengthening rune to my sword, if that goes well, I will do the same to any equipment the others want me to upgrade.

[tehstefan]

I say Dragnar leads, we try and be as quiet as possible, and stay on the lookout for any zombies or other malignant creatures.

[Anti-Paragon]

Woo! A turn! Awesome!

Let's see here... Despite it being late afternoon, I'm in no rush, curiosity leads me! Let's see what that writing is on the wall there. With any luck it'll still be legible. Otherwise, look beyond the gate and cautiously start making my way inside.

[Dwarmin]

hmm, lootz ahoy

@Drag, Tehs: My character needs sleep badly! You guys wanna make camp in the forge room tonight? I'm hoping there is just a single entrance that you guys can bar to keep the zombies out...otherwise, I suggest I'll head back to my little quarry fort and you guys can come later if you feel it's worth the trouble.

@Drag...hammering on the forge might wake the dead...literally. It might bring everyone one of them on top of us and we won't win easy with the state we are in...just a word to the wise. Let's make sure we can defend the forge room first. Zombies can probably open doors too, just saying...

@Tehstefan: Though it's unlikely, can you be on the lookout for Kobold armor? There might be some nearby on the rare occasion that it was slated to be melted down, and the fort never got around to it...

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Breach the forge room with Drag and Tehs and see how defensible it would be as a sleeping spot. I would consider a room with a single entrance that could be barred or locked from the inside pretty good. Check for any signs of magma critters, like ash trails or footprints burned into the floor. Making sure no imp is going to toss a fireball down my pants while I sleep for lulz.

Then, go back out and go get some tools! Wonderful tools! Let's do an extensive search of the crafts shops and masonry shops in particular and note any usable tools I find. I could really use a nice knife or small hatchet.

I'll get first pick of the list, but everything else I bring back for Drag of Tehs to take.

[dragnar]

Bah! The forge(and all the other workshops) probably has easily locked doors to hold rabid dwarves. That should keep the zombies out.

Kobold need sleep badly! is making me think of gauntlet...

[tehstefan]

That sounds good. We'll probably want to chill here too. I mean, considering we could likely throw dead zombies into magma to make sure their gone.

[Anti-Paragon]

You know, I was flitting around the first page looking for wound scales when I read that kobolds can't be Valkyries. In the name of completely random comments, why not?

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

(I'll post later but in response to Anti-P's question...

For the same reason that you can't have Goblin Samurai.

Essentially the racial nature of kobolds is too skulking to permit them a Valhalla-like abode for warriors. Goblin society is too chaotic for them to establish the rigid code that Samurai believe in. Granted... if you really really wanted to you could have a kobold be a slave in a goblin society (baby snatched) and then it would be permissible, but they'd lose some of their racial traits and gain those of goblin. (Note that racial abilities and racial traits are not the same.)

And the wound scale is 1-6, 1 being lightly damaged (scratches, bruises) and a 6 being utterly unuseable and mangled. (decapitation, multiple breaks, complete loss of control, horribly burned, etc.) Limbs that have a 4 and above are considered damaged and impede use.)

[tehstefan]

So I'm four, but probably less than than at first. Is there any way to accellerate healing, beyond magic spells?

[Anti-Paragon]

Thanks, Paulus. Admittedly, I would be tempted to make an offbeat character for the sheer silliness of having a ridiculous combination like that.

I can answer this one, stefan.

As long as you're attentive to your wounds, they will probably heal faster. Washing out cuts, splinting breaks, even attempting minor surgeries may improve healing rates (although the latter would probably injure you slightly more while giving you a +1 bonus to recovery rolls). Herbal remedies, pressure points, manually calming your heart to reduce blood flow, careful stretches, cauterizing. All could potentially help depending on the situation.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 4, Turn 13: Order:Reece (5!), Ajax (4!,3!), Dragnar (4!,2!), Dwareet'ik (1!); (No change in order)

The group-

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(Observation checks:Reece:5!, Dragnar:5!, Dwareet'ik:6!,5!) (Holy Dang!)

The three of you take a little time to examine the workshops and you all rather quickly find complete sets of tools for each of the workshops. The tools are standard quality, albeit somewhat worn and rather old, but the metal is still sure, and after dusting them off look highly serviceable. (Remember, these are tools, not weapons) You find:

Carpentry tools (including hatchets and some largish pounding axes)
3 sets of Masonry tools (chisels, hammers and the like)
Leatherworking tools (awls, ballpeen hammers, stretchers, assorted small knives)
Sewing tools (Shears, needles, measure stick, etc.)
2 complete sets of general crafting tools (carving knives, chisels, etc. for bone carving, truing kits for bone bolts, etc.)

(So, if you want to carry them with you, that's fine. But they're heavy. Or if you want to pick and choose, that's ok too, but you get a bonus to crafting if you're in a workshop with all the tools.)

After a while you gather near the east wall and brave the propped open double doors. The corridor is straight and true and you think it leads you downwards ever so slightly. The air is indeed warmer in here and quite pleasant, despite the building chill outside. The corridor ends at a sizeable spiral staircase leading down. Every two turns there appears to be another door leading into the same side of rock, east. The first door you opened had a designation on it that Dragnar called out as he entered. 'Special crafts'

Inside you find a sizeable room, perfectly smoothed and square. It's quite warm, but not uncomfortably so. Inside you find a jewlers workshop. (Luck:3!) There are also several empty bins and though the workshop has jewelcutting tools you find little more than dust and a fine layer of ash. Of interest is a dark opening in the floor hidden on one side of the door. It goes cleanly down into darkness and Dwareet'ik even goes so far as to drop a small rock down. It strikes something at the bottom a few seconds later and you see a small glow appear from beneath. You're guessing it may be some sort of garbage chute.

A floor down you find a similar room labeled 'Special Metalworks'. The setup is almost identical, except with an excellent forge. The anvil has been decorated in turtle shell and the block it sets on is made of some sort of deeply blue hued stone, perhaps cobaltite. The tools are neatly racked and except for the dust things are in considerable order. Bins take up the rest of the space in the room, or used to. (Luck:3!) But again they appear to be empty, what few bins remain. Most of them are wood, though a few here appear to be made of lead.

The forges must lie down the stairwell further.

Recovery Reece:4! Other than your arm, you feel pretty good.
Recovery Dragnar:5! You feel sore still but it's a good sore.
Recovery Dwareet'ik:5! Your chest feels better and even your leg is less sore.

+2 Observation exp. each

Ajax-

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(Observation check:4!) (Decipher script:6!,2!) Now that you're inside you figure you had better be thorough in your examination of your surroundings. Looking at the stone you realize that it's an old inscription. You're not the best at reading but you manage to piece together that the old language refers to 'security measures' that traders can bypass. (Luck:2!) There seems to be a series of traps that can easily be bypassed by pressing a specific stone and you eventually manage to find it. The writing made mention of the Trade taking place in the main building, but you're not sure what that meant untill you head inside. From your vantage point there is only one clear building visible, a massive domes structure off in the distance to your south-west. It will take you some time to get there and the landscape dips down several times between here and there and you can't see it all. It almost seems to you that this place served as a game preserve of sorts, at least for birds. You do see a considerable amount of them in the air now, mostly smaller ones, though in the distance you make out a larger figure, much much higher up.

(Can bypass traps on north gate and to Trade hall)

[tehstefan]

Well, I say we try and keep the tools with us, until we decide what we need and dont. Also, darn luck rolls. I could have used a nice sword.

In any case, keep going guys?

[dragnar]

Onward!

We had better take some of the bonecarving tools, bone seems to be the most common resource down here.