The clearing of Castle Caldwell

[dtspurrier1]

Following the directions of the merchant your group leaves town and heads down the coast. It is a short two mile walk and on a small hill overlooking the ocean is the castle. There is a slopes path that leads up to the main gate. The main double doors are open and inside is a 20ft wide hallway that goes thirty feet and ends at a T intersection. There are doors in the twenty feet of the hallway going left and right. At the T intersection is a single door ahead.

So need marching order?

also the other characters that I have NPC do you want them there?

Is Denoran coming?

[makofan]

Dwarf and Thief in the front, Palandar ready to switch up with thief in combat, Cleric bringing up the rear? I think we could use Denoran

[Dohojar]

Deneron can come along. I guess we need a wizardly sort.

Torlak will lead the way up front.

Do we take the single door right ahead of us or should we head to one of the double doors?

[xerxez]

Ker will be towards the rear rank, if the cleric brings up rear guard he will be in front of him. His sword is drawn.

[dtspurrier1]

The doors to the left and right are single doors. Will include a map now






 

[Dohojar]

Aug 20, 2024 19:13:52 GMT -6 dtspurrier1 said:

The doors to the left and right are single doors. Will include a map now




 

No idea where I got the impression they were double doors lol.

Deneron will be near the rear of the party.

[makofan]

PAlandar suggests we go down, look both ways at the T intersectio9n, then come back and try the door on the left

[Dohojar]

Sounds good to me.

[dtspurrier1]

You proceed forward and the first door to the east you hear voices. You then enter the T intersection that goes west and east. The west goes thirty feet before turning north and SW. Sw is stairs that lead up to the SW tower. East goes thirty feet and turns north and SE. SE goes has stairs that go up the SE Tower. IN the T intersection there is a door in front of you and a door in the west and east hallway. So right now you have found five total doors.

[makofan]

We should check the door with noises. Do we have a standard operations procedures for listening at/opening doors?

[Dohojar]

sounds good to me.

I don't think we have any procedures when it comes to doors.

[dtspurrier1]

You listen at the door in the main hallway before the t intersection going east. The voices of goblins can be heard. They are having an argument about a card game they are playing

( I am going to use N/S/W/E just for easier to describe. you are heading north or ahead)

[makofan]

Palandar says "Let's charge these goblins", proceeds to open the door and set actions to words, hoping his team follows

[Dohojar]

Torlak readies himself to charge in.

[dtspurrier1]

The door is opened and inside you see a guard room that is 30ft by 40 ft wide large guard room. Inside you see four goblind each armed with a short sword. The are arguing over two large piles of coins on the floor and some cards on the table.

( party has surprise)

Party actions: Palander charges in and attacks one of them and clearly hits one and with his blade takes one down. TOrlek charges and attacks with his axe and hits as well and kills one. Allinara attacks one with her mace and hits as well and kills one with her mace. Jinks moves in and attacks as well but manages to miss the last one.

Will wait for Ker action

[xerxez]

Ker will follow his companions, slashing at a goblin.

[makofan]

Palandar will move to finish off the last goblin

[dtspurrier1]

Ker swings his sword and also hits and the goblin dies before the next round begins. Killed all in the surprise round

Searching the room you find the following, this includes time for counting

Treasure:
3,000 cp,
4,000 sp,
one gem worth 50 gp
26 gold pieces
4 short swords.

There is no exit out of this room

awarding exp

[makofan]

Palandar says "Perhaps we can come back for that coin at the end. We'll grab the gem and the gold pieces"

[Dohojar]

"I agree. I don't want to be lugging all those coins with us", says Torlak. He then asks, "Where to next?"

[dtspurrier1]

So options:
there is the door accross the hall
the three doors in the T interestection
go to the t intersection go west and enter the SW tower
go west and look down the north passage
go east and enter the SE tower
go east and look down the north passage

[makofan]

"Let's check the door across the hall" says Palandar

[Dohojar]

"Sounds good to me". Torlak readies himself to breach the door.

[dtspurrier1]

Turning west accross the hall the door opens easily. Inside is a 40 by 30 ft room. This room appears to have once been used
as a dining room. There are tables and benches scattered throughout the room, many turned on their sides or upside down. Everything is covered with cobwebs.

[makofan]

Palandar asks "Should we spend a turn looking through this for valuables, or continue with our extermination mission?"

[Dohojar]

"We can spend a minute or two looking, I suppose. Doesn't look like this room has been used in ages but you never know. It might hold something of value".

Torlak will start wandering around the room looking for anything that might be interesting. So will Deneron.

[makofan]

Palandar will stay on guard while they search

[xerxez]

Ker will search the room for any possible secret doors or other subtle features.

[dtspurrier1]

Searching around reveals nothing of interest until Ker checks underneath one of the tables and finds a loose sack. The sack is open and there is silver within. Also with ker keen senses he notices some things sticking out of the bag. The bag is not moving and there is obvious more then just coins from the sack

[Dohojar]

Torlak and Deneron are waiting to see what Ker found inside the sack.