Part 1: The Village of Hommlet

[TristenC]

Tristen slips his bow over his shoulder and draws his longsword as he moves toward the downed serpent. As he moves beyond Daos he says only, It's done. You ok? moving to the creature, he's steps on its spine just beneath the base of the skull and hacks head free with one clean blow from his sword. Sometimes dying things lashed out in one final effort; but without its teeth he knew it would be to little effect

[Daos]

"Uhhh..." Daos pats himself down to double check.  "Y-Yeah, I'm okay.  I think."  He lowers his sling, now that the snake has stopped moving.  "Maybe it was guarding a nest?" he asks aloud, more to himself than anyone else.

[GreyWolfVT]

Tristen cuts the snake's head off and it certainly does not move again other than the corpse sliding off the rubble pile it was on. No next is found, but several remains of past meals are found in the lair the snake made as it's home/nest. Some rather large human sized bones makes you wonder if perhaps the bandits suspected to reside in this place didn't have an encounter and lose one or two of their members thus giving this room a wide birth. 

[Rax]

"Well, now we're here, we may as well give the room a proper once-over, eh?" Roshek says. "Kevril lad, be a sport and shine some light while we sift through this rubble."

OOC: May was well search the room for valuables. If the snake ate some bandits, maybe they had some indigestible loot on them.

[Daos]

Putting his sling away, Daos wordlessly assists in searching the room for anything of value or interest.

[TristenC]

Tristen will help search as long as one other person is standing watch. If no others are standing watch then he will do so.

[GreyWolfVT]

Searching the room doesn't really turn up much of anything the remains of prior meals mostly bones and snake refuse. There is a boot without the match to it, some ragged old clothing probably what the bandit wore, and a worn short sword that probably has seen better times, with some signs of rust starting on it. An old belt pouch with very little to offer in it (1 gp, 8 sp & 15 cp) nothing else of value is found the debris leave an opening through the wall that looks outside behind the frog pool facing the road. 

[Daos]

Daos scoops up the coins.  "Well, better than nothing, I suppose.  Where to next?" he asks.

[Daos]

With no suggestions incoming, Daos makes one of his own.  "Perhaps those doors we passed by in the hall?"

[Rax]

"Indeed, let's take the closest door on the right then criss-cross down the hall," Roshek suggests. "Plus, it's good to know there's a way out of the moathouse here if things go...poorly."

[TristenC]

Tristen covers the others as they continue

[GreyWolfVT]

Checking Rooms:

The group decides to check the doors they passed and start working from right to left back to the main room of the ruined moat house. Narya checks the first door on the right, the door is not trapped or locked, Kevril opens the door after Narya declares it safe. This room was once very opulent, obviously a place of many expensive furnishings. The remaining bits and tatters still appear rich. After Kevril opens the door and steps in scores of bats flutter angrily around and fly out of the room having been disturbed of their sleep. Everyone ducks down and some cover their heads not wanting the bats to get into their hair. Once the startling of bats calms down everyone moves over to the door across the hallway and Narya checks that one as well. The door is not locked or trapped Kevril hesitates but opens the door to an empty bedchamber. Once the quarters of a castle troop leader or some other petty official, this place is now a total wreck. The bed is chopped to pieces, and the furniture is smashed or missing. Working back to the last door in this hallway Narya works her skills on the door for a third time, the door declared safe again Kevril opens the door to reveal a littered room. This room was once a conference chamber, but is now empty. Its dirt and wreckage show no signs of any recent occupant, though a couple of small rats are seen scurrying away. There is nothing of any value within from what you can see. Except  Tristen notices something out of the corner of his eye wedged behind a splintered wall case, the contents of which are long gone.

Map:


Actions?

[Daos]

"I suppose next would be the other hallway," Daos suggests.  "The one to the west."

[TristenC]

One moment. the elf says. bow drawn he nods towards the discovery and moves cautiously to get a better look at what is wedged in the back.

[Daos]

Daos tenses again, unsure if Trinsten had found something good or bad.  He practically holds his breath as the elf investigates.