The Pod-Caverns of the Sinister Shroom (Game Thread I)

[Jenara]

[Ooc]xmas argh[/ooc]
Lock y follows behind, somehow distracted by the ladder and roots, when she reaches the bottom she smiles knowingly, like she knows more than she should.
"Go left, you should always go left, and keep going left. If your lost. Everyone knows that."

Jerrard follows covering the rear, his keen mind scouting the area for signs of habitation. He shakes his head at the Kenders suggestion.
"we should check them in turn, splitting up would not be a good idea."

[Breila]

Babushka smiles. "Well, we definitely aren't lost, so there's no need to always keep the same direction yet. I think Jerrard 's right, though, we're only four, so we shouldn't split up. If nothing marks any of them as special, we can try the left tunnel first.

Oh, by the way, do you think we should redirect the stream as it was, not to make our presence too obvious?"

[Jenara]

Locky shakes her head in disbelief, "Well then we should go right, surely we can leave something behind" She reaches into her pockets finding... [roll 67] she produces a pack of playing cards...

"We could use these."

[Jerrard]

Jerrard smiles, kindly now, he ruffles the Kenders hair, the act doesn't match his appearance.

"Yes little one, that would work. Mark our way with each suit, I suggest you check them first."

Jerrard peers into the right tunnel, as far as he can.

[JadedDM]

All three tunnels bend after a few feet, so nobody can see where they lead or what might be hiding down any of them from this vantage point. The only option is to walk down them to see where they might lead.

[Breila]

"OK then, let's go right, if you want to, Locky. Do you go first again? Oh, and maybe it would be better to stick the card into a crevice or so, not to drop it to the floor. It would be too bad if we needed a quick retreat and one of us slipped on it."

Wherever Locky goes, Babushka follows, with just enough distance to use her sling if necessary. Passing Jerrard, she smiles at him. "Same marching order als before?"

[JadedDM]

The party files down the right tunnel (which is actually on the party's left from their vantage point), which snakes forward about forty feet before opening into a large chamber. The stream, which had split down all three tunnels, continues down this one and into the chamber, leading to another tunnel to the south of the chamber and continuing on. There's also a dry tunnel to the east of the chamber. However, the various exits and entrances are hardly noticeable compared to what's actually in the chamber.

Several large objects hang from the fifteen-foot high ceiling of this chamber. At first, they appear to be human bodies, but closer examination reveals they are some sort of pod-like plant growth hanging by short, thick stems from the ceiling. There are 20 of these pods, each measuring about six feet from top to bottom and about four feet in circumference. All but two of them seem to have split open from top to bottom along a seam, revealing a slime-coated interior. The entire room smells unpleasantly of rotting fish.

"Paladine's blood," Shay curses, covering his nose and mouth with his free hand. "What in the Abyss is this?" he asks, holding up his lantern at the strange, slime-covered pods.

[Breila]

"Yes, indeed, what is this?" Babushka asks. Careful not to pass directly under any of the pods, and watching if they react to her apploach, she moves towards the nearest pod that's already split, to see if any of the slime has dropped to the floor.

If any of the pods reacts to her moving, she'll go back to the entrance at once.

If no reaction occcurs, she'll bend down to examine the ground below the nearest split pod. Is there slime on the ground, and can she tell anything about it from her herbalism skill?

[Jerrard]

Jerrard agrees the same marching order, bow drawn he covers the rear.

"Interesting, this place seems populated with plants..." He scours the plants quickly, the two remaining ones of concern. "DO NOT TOUCH THE UNTOUCHED PODS!!!! We do not know what what came from them.."

He will check out the plants are from a distance if possible, using his plant lore skill [roll 12]. They are obviously plants.. If nothing happens he will approach the same.. Well 'Pod' Bab is standing by.

Looking to Shay he flashes a look of warning, directed towards the Kender... "Locky, don't move, don't touch ANYTHING!"

[Jenara]

Locky places the king of Clubs into a crevase, and leads as Bab suggested, she leads on happily, silly hair bounching behind her. "Isn't this fun?" She mutters as they walk onwards.

She stops as soon as she sees the 'Pods' her eyes wide with excitement. "What are these?!" She exclaims, her eyes wide with wonder. She stops dead in her tracks when she hears Jerrards voice. "Do you think something Came from there?"

[JadedDM]

Babushka approaches the empty pods, but nothing reacts to her presence. Under the pods, the floor is a bit slick with a light coat of slime, but it's too thin to really tell much about it.

Shay visibly cringes at Jerrard's shouting. His words echo throughout the chamber and bounce about down the various tunnels. Shay rests his free hand on his sword hilt, glancing from exit to exit, worried someone or something might come to investigate the noise.

Examining the empty pods, Jerrard is able to deduce that they are some kind of incubators. They are definitely not natural. Some kind of magic was used to grow them...and whatever was grown inside them.

"Do you think something Came from there?" Locky had asked. Shay shakes his head at the question. "If something did, must have been a lot of them," he adds ominously.

[Jenara]

Locky steps forwards, her brain on the pods, but her keen eyes scanning the surroundings, she looks down each of the tunnels and listens for sounds of someone coming [ooc]Roll 23, hear noise[/ooc]
"Yes, a lot.. I wonder what they look like?" She ponders, staring at the pods again.

[Jerrard]

Jerrard stands, his voice sounding too loud, he looks to Shay and Shrugs. "I was warning Madam Curiosity." He points to Locky.

"Magic has been used to make these, evil magic of Nunitari no doubt. I am in two minds if we should destroy the other two, lest they attack us at a later date."

(ooc: can he tell if the smile is new? Do any tracks head off that way? If they do he'll motion to Bab)

(Posted by Jen, to keep the game going, hope i matched his style)

[Breila]

Babushka looks up at Jerrard and talks quietly. "I usually don't like to take a life, but if these were created by evil magic, it would be better to destroy them. The question is, how do we do it? And are they protected? We could try shooting them, or we could use fire? It might be too wet for that, tough."

She then walks over to Locky and whispers: "Anything unusual?" She too looks into the tunnels and listens hard. 1d100=87

[Jenara]

"I don't Think I can... Say I wonder what's inside, how do we know they would hurt us?" Locky looks to the two hanging pods.. her eyes wide with interest.