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[Anti-Paragon]

To adventure!

Except not. Given that it's pretty late into the day, I'm going to go back across the traps before they reset, drop my backpack off between the traps and the iron gate, and go through the hole in the bars to collect firewood. Unless the way I came was total mountain... then I'll explore the... courtyard area I'm currently in for firewood.
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Search for firewood, then bring it between the traps and the iron gate, and start setting up a large fire right in front of the hole in the iron fence. If I fail to find firewood, I guess I'm just exploring the area until I do find some!

[Dwarmin]

@Teammates-Imma head back to the quarry guys, I need to catch up on some sleep-if you run into trouble, feel free to retreat to there, but I don't feel really comfortable in this area. See you in the morning!

Actions

Hmm, Ill snag all the sewing tools for myself, along with

1xHatchet
1xKnife
1xsmall Hammer
1xFile and Drill
1xset of Leather Stretching tools

Then discard my inferior bone knife and needle.

Then, head back to the quarry! One more night, I swear! Tell Drag/Tehs where I'm going, that they can come, and I'll open the door if they knock 2 times, pause and knock again. Whenever I get there, secure the doors, eat my bread and go to sleep.

My leather should be ready to stretch correct? Use my stretching tools for that, before I go to sleep.

Yah, all too much for one turn prolly, let my actions carry over unless something drastic happens.

Now that I notice it, I do seem to be RP'ing the Kobold packrat mentality quite well!

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 4, Turn 14: Order: Reece (6!), Ajax (4!), Dragnar (3!,5!), Dwareet'ik (3!,1!) (No order change again...)

Reece and Dragnar-

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(Observation checks:Reece:2! Dragnar:6!,3!) As the kobold excuses himself, proclaiming he prefers to spend the night outside the fortress in the quarry the pair of intrepid adventurers decide to press on to the forges. (I'll let you take a set of bonecarving tools retroactively Dragnar.)

You head down the stairs, parting company from the kobold, advancing cautiously in the light from Reece's torch. A third room greets you as you proceed and you enter it as well. You've now descended quite a ways into the earth and Reece feels distinctly uncomfortable this far down, and finds it hard to focus. Dragnar's eyes gleam though as they enter the room. He knows they must be very close now to the forges. (Luck:1!) (DM roll:6!,3!) The room is littered with rows upon rows of bins, all clearly empty. There is a strong, particularly musty odor filling the room as a massive creature rises up from the midst of the boxes. It's bones gleam dully by the light of the torch and the creature is roughly the size of a pony. Dragnar gets a quick glance at it before shuddering. The creature is a bane of smiths everywhere, a rust monster of gigantic proportions, likely from having glutted itself on the stock of metal here and then unable leave once the doors sealed themselves upon it again. It rises up, sensing the pair of you with uncanny ease.

(You have time to react, you're still standing at the doors. And technically it's a Giant skeletal rust monster, in case you were wondering. I'll let you decide what to do and how to go about it over the weekend. The more details you provide the more likely you may be to survive. )

+2 Observation exp. for Dragnar

Ajax-

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(Observation check:2!) You know roughly that you're near the ridge of the mountain range and that a temperate swamp/forest lies at the bottom. It's easy enough for you to make your way out into the courtyard and begin heading in that direction. It's a long, long ways away though and by the time you get there and climb down into the growth to begin gathering wood you've spent nearly an hour carefully making your way across the country-side. At least you're unencumbered.

(Gather wood:4!) You find a reasonably ample supply and tie the bundle of faggots together with some vines for easier transport. It'll be slow getting back but you'll have enough wood for a moderate sized fire. Of course, it won't be enough to last all night...

Dwareet'ik-

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(Observation check:5!) You take your leave from the pair and begin making your way quickly back up the stairwell you've come not that long ago. The large room is again silent and you are easily able to find and gather all the tools you want. Fitting them all into your bag is another matter, though you manage it eventually. Though you could fit very little more into it other than a liquid.

As you head back up and past the carefully marked traps you begin to hear some strange noises coming from above. Sounds of habitation. You carefully make your way up the ramp, allowing your eyes to readjust to the light.

(Sneak:4!-1)(Detection:3!-1 (kobold stealth)+1 (posted watch)) You poke your head up above the ramp lip and are looking at the legs of a goblin! There seems to be a small patrol that settled into the room now, you can make out four of them but there might be more. They're availing themselves of the recently made fire-pit and are beginning to settle in for the night. You were almost spotted.

(You likewise have time to reconsider your actions for the turn over the weekend. I'll finish the turn early next week.)

+2 Observation exp.

[zchris13]

Okay you are all boned.  Come back later, guys.

[dragnar]

Can I enter a martial trance? Also, I wonder if my strengthen metal rune would work on a rust monster like healing magic on a undead... not gonna test that theory though, might end up just fighting an ordinary metal golem.

This is going to take careful planning... If this were a magma forge we could try to push it in, but it doesn't appear to be, and a straight fight against something made of metal would be a bad idea. Any ideas?

[zchris13]

IT MIGHT MAKE IT DOCILE, BRO.

[tehstefan]

How about we run? And I thought our luck rolls before were bad. Gah.

In any case, its a skeletal rust monster, we're wounded, and I'm unsettled. There must be some way to get the doors locked behind us.

[dragnar]

Actually our wounds are gone, nothing left but bruises. I don't wanna run away... I don't wanna die... Hmm...

If we do fight it, I recommend using the wooden weapons, it'll just eat normal ones. Our chances would improve drastically if I can enter a martial trance, but if not... I don't know.

[zchris13]

You are not outnumbered.

[dragnar]

You are not outnumbered.

Shh! You know that, and I know that, but I don't know that, so it might work!

...any plan that relies on Red Mage-like "logic" is doomed from the start.

[Dwarmin]

Wall of text incoming!

@Drag/Tehs: They got us surrounded boys! Time for our final stand...I say you fight it out, then run if things go bad. You can run-said creature can't move fast, or even open the door you used to get in here.

Your facing what it roughly a Golem, that eats metal of course, but being a skeleton it more likely absorbs it rather than physically chewing on it, I guess. You have crappy wooden swords, but it should be enough...dismember it at the legs-it can't hurt you very much without legs...so bash it to pieces, and leave it to stare at the ceiling for eternity lol. A nice idea might be to lure into the doorway then close it on it, hopefully damaging it. I can't imagine said creature moving very fast without falling apart, nor being very intelligent. Use this to your advantage. Lure it into a trap with some tasty metal, and bash it apart. Ironic, if I was to join you guys, my staff, which is made of stone, would be quite useful here. You could try using your torches on the monster-if it feels pain, awesome. If not, you've got an angry steel monster with heated fists. Drag, you got strengthen metal? Try to make it the opposite way, to weaken metal. It's a long shot, but it is worth it. In conclusion, this monster is nearly an nearly unstoppable force-if it's like a bronze golem, only removing the head will kill it permanently, and it will never tire or feel any wounds past a critical hit dismemberment.

That's all I can say, without some kind of monster lore roll-I'm not sure if its literally made of rusted metal, or a metal golem that became rusted, or a living creature that eats rust and deposits it on it's skin as a natural defense.

Then again, you could run away...that's a plan! This thing eats metal, so it will chase Dragnar to Hell and back as long as he is carrying his iron sword and breastplate, other than that it is merely defending its territory-again, this is a guess, this thing might be evil, and kill for fun. The breastplate is far more resistant than any of your iron to rust, remember that. At worst Drag might look like the statue of liberty. Drop the goods and back away slowly?
 
Actions
Sneak back to the "special crafts" room, shut the door and stack some bins against it so no one can open it without a alerting me, hopefully.

If I am pursued, lead them into the traps and Curse them from afar, preferably with some kind of mental damage like, "your brain is on fire!" from Nethack's Kobold Shamans. If I get a successful spell off, can you add it to my spell list, btw?
 

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http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Kobold_shaman#Kobold_shaman

If they retreat, take the time to loot any bodies of trinkets, gold, gem encrusted socks etc before moving on.

If they continue to pursue me, continue in the direction I last saw Drag and Tehs go, trying to get their help.

If I get to safety, eat my bread and get some sleep.

[dragnar]

Hmm, weaken metal would probably work. It's already rusted, a little more and it might fall apart. There's really nowhere to run with those goblins out there(missed that when I read it the first time) so it looks like we have to fight. We should definitely aim for the limbs, damage to the body won't do more than slow it down. It's probably starving, so I'll throw my sword down the hallway at the start of the fight, hopefully allowing us a few free his while it chases after it.

That's all I can say, without some kind of monster lore roll-I'm not sure if its literally made of rusted metal, or a metal golem that became rusted, or a living creature that eats rust and deposits it on it's skin as a natural defense.

I would guess, "made of rusted metal" given that it is supposed to be the bane of smiths.

[tehstefan]

My plan, the doors. If we can surround it, its not going to be quite as threatening. How wide is the hallway? If its one dwarf wide,  it might just be possible to corner this thing, then knock it around. If possible, just lock the darn thing in there, and continue our search elsewhere.

[dragnar]

Ideas so far:

-I'll try a rune of weaken metal
-we try to surround it
-use wooden weapons
-aim for the limbs
-enter martial trance!(if possible)

-run away(is there anywhere else to go? there's a monster here, and goblins where we came from)

-lock the door, hope it can't get through

[tehstefan]

We should definately lock the door first, and position ourselves on either side. Hopefully it might hamper it enough to get a few good shots in while it dealt with the door, and I assumed we would flee deeper. Wish the Kobold was here. He proved useful against the undead.