( https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4kyzg6L8wDfZEo0ejJHSVVjQUU ) Three women clad in leather armor stride into the square, a man in dirty clothes and an apron following sheepishly behind. Each lady "Our uncle desires to see the Barrowmaze for himself, and we, his loving nieces, will accompany h...

I'm still here. I think I'm going to go with some more zeros this round, so's I can get the wizard learning his spells.

Working today, so I'll get to this in the afternoon. Is it just me, now?

To the village, then!

(I am digging the NPCs in this a lot.) The party tosses up the grapple again (unless I'm misreading and the tackle rope is down too). Girt ties the end of the rope to Giant, and then he hauls himself up the rope, Avery and Herman following. Then the others follow. Giant comes up last, of course. Bef...

The wizard and the cleric hustle back down the rope, secure ten gold in a shirt tied to the end of the rope. "Alright, Samash," Avery calls.

Avery spits in his hand and holds it out to the bandit. "Deal," he says.

"Then we'll scrounge coin to pay our way," Avery says, even as Herman crouches beside the hole to call down their need to the others below. "Ten gold enough for your lot?"

Herman remains tight-lipped, but Avery puts his hands up. "Samash, I cannot leave my companions. We are sorely wounded, and we've lost the Scorpion Lord and the other man who originally offended you. We can pay you buy little. All we've found has been death, and undeath." Avery sighs. &quo...

(Sorry RC, been working a ton and haven't had a minute to sit down with this. I will post tonight, promise.)

Both Herman and Avery ascend.

"Not going to be able to do much bargaining here from the rope, sirrah. Either let me up, or let me down. Talking takes too much of the strength I need to hold this rope. I'm but an old man. Come, let us treat with one another, as the friends we professed to be ere last we met," Toothy Her...

The only member of my personal subparty without a penalty to strength is Toothy Herman, so he'll go first. He has that short sword clutched in his teeth.

This is back at the original room? If so, Silva had a rope and grapple. Gonna have to chuck that thing up there till it sticks to get us out.

North? North.

The group heads back to the gargoyle room, carefully looking out for trouble. Once in the gargoyle room, they will head back down the corridor they entered originally from, in the direction of the triggered pit trap.

Herman shrugs, and hefts a stone. "Let's get out of here," he says. The party heads back and out the north corridor towards the gargoyle room.

"Your mate, Silva, had two swords, long and short. Can I borrow one?" Herman asks.

Everyone carefully searches the room while the clerics bless and perform last rights for Silva. Then they will begin heading for the surface. Herman gives his mace to the cleric and asks Milner for one of his blades.

Swearing mightily at the beast that's chomped him, Herman brings his mace down with all the fury he can muster (AC 14, 6 HP). Giant tears into one of her foes (AC 14, 2 HP) Girt drops the useless handle of his mace, and Avery takes his hand. Together the boys call on the might of Ulesh to drive thei...