Reminder:

I also cast Death Armour.

74 - Yeenwi - Drow Necromancer

*After seeing where everyone stacks up, Roosevelt jumps into the front right side line, behind Shins Ahoy, with his great shield out front and his Morningstar slung over his right shoulder.*

No one march to my right, my weapon needs a bit of a berth to that side, and I'd hate to clobber one of you by mistake.

Keep the witches safe.

But those drow necromancers are not to be trusted. Siegfried, take a care with that one. Being drow may not warrant extra caution in itself, but channeling dark energies is not to be forgiven.

*Roosevelt readies to proceed down the dusty tunnel*

++CASTING PROTECTION FROM EVIL++

Better to be prepared than not, for whatever may come!

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Roosevelt, Human Paladin
Silver infused Morningstar Flail
Full plate armor
Large One handed Tower shield
2 Healing spells
-1 protection from Evil ++CASTING++

I press forward down the tunnel with my amulet of infrared vision on so that I may see further down these dark tunnels. I beckon my party to follow suit.

A large crash booms from the chamber outside the tunnel.

67 - Rufus - Human Cleric

Rufus asks his partners: "Trouble is coming! Should we set some traps or block the tunnel behind us?"

Yes Captain Benkil, you may indeed offer your humble services to me. I decree it: you will be my personal bodyguard #1. Please begin your duties immediately, as I cast LEVITATE to ascend to the ceiling and examine it close-up.

Fish the Half-Orc Berserker

I ignore the loud crash from the central chamber and moves forward deeper into the tunnel. All I see is dust and darkness. I know something is in there waiting for the party. I grip my great axe. Someone needs to light up our path.

More reasons than ever to leave behind the central chamber and try our fortune exploring the tunnel.

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Siegfried the Human Paladin

"Wait, that could be dangerous!" Loradan warned.
But then, the noise of quick footsteps coming from the circular room attracted his attention.
A Dwarven Thief was running towards the group and he looked quite scared.
"The evil creatures must have reached the grate, we must press on!" Loradan shouted.

Tanea, Halfling Shaman (female)

As I stay close to Shins, I hear Siegfried, Loradan and Roosevelt having a discussion about the Drow, who positioned himself behind Siegfried and looked down the Tunnel. Occascionally I throw nervous glances into the main chamber. That's when I notice the second Drow, I couldn't find earlier, quietly slipping into this tunnel too. I'm not sure what to think anymore. So I decide not to worry about it for now, especially since there is a Half-Orc among us, who already demonstrated, he enjoys getting others into messy situations. He didn't introduce himself, so for now I call him Web. The other Half-Orc showed disapproval over Web's actions. For what though? Endangering those in the main chamber or just for wasting time and energy? We will see.
"Gods Challenge" (the Human Cleric) positions himself at the tunnel entrance, seemingly on alert.
Then BenKii asks Shins to walk in front to detect traps with the Stone Elemental besides him and Roosevelt positions himself behind Shins to the side asking his right side to be left empty so he can use his mean looking weapon without worry/hinderance. As BenKii joins him, I hear a crash booming from behind us and stop and look back. Those by the metal grate get into motion. I see a Dwarf fleeing in our direction, right about the time Gods Challenge asks if we should seal our tunnel or set traps. I turn to him and tell him to wait, because someone still wants to get in. Although I don't know if there is someone in our group, who could do that.
Loradan wants to get moving too. But the female Halfling and BenKii seem to have made a deal and now she is up to something, that might involve the now red glowing ceiling. I can't tell what though. Queen Origi, she, well, she didn't introduce herself in that sense, rather made a proclamation as she named our tunnel "Origi's Tunnel". Is she oblivious to the situation we are in? And why would she want to own a dark, probably incredibly dirty tunnel, that ... smells of wet fur, I just notice. What is lurking in here? Animals? Now the tunnel has my full attention. Animals I can work with ... somewhat. I can calm them down. Maybe I can proof to be useful after all? I look down the tunnel. And address the group: "Do you think there could be an animal trapped down here like us? If so, I could try to calm it, if necessary. I'm really good at it." All the while I use every free space available to me, to be able to look down the tunnel. If something animal like happens to present itself there, I will be ready to work my "magic".

Tanea, Halfling Shaman (female)
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@all:
Wait, someone still wants to get in. Do we even have the means to block the tunnel or set traps?
Also: Doc mentioned the smell of wet fur in our tunnel. I have the spell "Calm animals". Maybe we can get more "help/claws/whatever" that way? If whatever is in here, happens to be here unwillingly perhaps?
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58 - FlockeSchnee - Tanea - Halfling Shaman
Tanea stays ready to cast "Calm Animals" should one or more present itself/themselves. If the spell works on all present animals simultaneously, perfect. If not and more than one animal shows up, I cast it on the first one I see (so probably on the one fastest and/or closest to our group).
Also: If the spell works and it seems/they seem not wanting to attack anymore, but it gets/they get attacked and wounded by one or more of our group and I can heal it/them with the heal spell, I also use heal on it/them.

Good call! I don't have anything against animals (well, my longsword), but should any undead appear, I can cast Turn Undead. Other than that, I have heal and cure disease in case anyone gets injured.

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Siegfried the Human Paladin

Cheers, mate. It's much appreciated. :)

I agree with BenKii's formation suggestion. And thanks for the noisy pair of stone pillars, Gilius, just make sure they don't get ahead of themselves and trigger any nasty surprises!

(OOC: You guys do realize Shins has a stone golem accompanying him from one of the druids, right?)

Thanks. :-) I was wondering, if my choice of spells would actually be helpful, now I'm confident it might.
I also have "Heal". I also have "Protection From Elements" and "Comprehend Languages" among others. Good to know we have something for Undead as well. Does "Turn Undead" mean it fights for/with us then, or what?

:-) We Haflings got to stick together, don't we? Especially since it's so easy for us to get overlooked.
I was worried, you might have quit the game due to all the chaos going on. Glad you didn't. :-)

So, is Shins ok with going in front with the Stone Elemental as a protector? Tanea is in the back, but keeping her eyes open for animals (due to the smell of wet fur) to potentially calm them.
Of course, she might get eaten by something coming after us through that metal grate. Who knows. The ones in the middle are probably safest for now. At the very least they might get more reaction time before they get reached. :-D

Edit: Yes, I do. It's a "Tanea-misses-fellow-Haflings thing and now she's worried he might get killed". :-D (Yes, I'm aware, there is also Origi, but ... she isn't all that ... approachable?)

I am going to confirm with Doc because I realized it might have a different effect than I thought it does (paralyzing/damaging undead). Will report the answer to my prayers. ;)