Desperate Measures: Episode 04

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==Recap==
===20th February, 1512===
North of Peatsburg, inside the Bogwood, our party of Latrineian Scavengers venture into the Minotaur's Maze. Once within, the party discover the maze is actually a man-made cave system with wooden frames. The party steel themselves and venture in deeper. Within a short time, they discover a clean refuse pit, but don't venture within.
The party venture into a 10 foot tall passageway that goes deep into the ground, with Ebnur leading the party with his Dwarven darkvision. He also carryies a torch with his shield arm. After rounding a corner, Ebnur almost falls into a pit trap covered in deer hides, but Joka grabs him in time. Jebediah climbs down into the shallow pit trap and removes the spikes from it, and Vaughn loots the stitched together deer hides. The party walk around the edge of the trap, and then cautiously move forward, with Ebnur poking the ground in front of him with the end of his spear every step.
Eventually, around another corner, the party find a passage going uphill. The party venture down this new path. Near the end of the path, Ebnur triggers a trap causing a boulder to start rolling at the party. The party go to flee, but Joka tries to stop the boulder with his strength. The boulder ends up crushing him underneath it. Jeb and Ebnur are also crushed by the bounder, but Vaughn outruns the bounder and gets off the path in time to avoid damage. Jebediah ends up unconscious. Ebnur pulls himself up and heals Jebediah back to consciousness and gives another heal to Joka.
The party decide they should rest and recover from their injuries. Vaughn moves the boulder that had just injured them to block the exit passage. With their new defensive position, the party make camp for the day. Ebnur searches the passage around them for secrets and discovers 100 feet of rope linked with the bounder trap. Before the torch-light runs out, Ebnur does a divination reading and realises they'll be accosted by something during their rest.
Ebnur suggests they reset the boulder trap and use it against the Minotaur when it comes. The party agree to the plan. For the first step, Ebnur and Vaughn start to dig a hiding hole. The digging is interrupted when the bounder, still at the bottom of the hill, starts to move. A deep voice speaks in Eridonian, menacing the party and asking them where they are. The party form up, getting ready to fight at the top of the ramp, but the Minotaur doesn't come.
Ebnur suspects the Minotaur is waiting for their torch to run out. The party slowly walk down the passage and at the base find fresh Minotaur tracks around the boulder, but no Minotaur. The party decide to use their old plan and take the boulder to the top of the sloped passage and rest behind it.
Ebnur wakes up and heals Vaughn to full with a and slightly heals himself. Ebnur's dwarven racial abilities tell him that the top of the uphill passage is only 15 feet from the surface and suggests they tunnel out from there to get outside the maze. They make it out by digging out the boulder hole above them. After much effort, the group break though to the surface and climb out into Bogwood.
On the surface it is night with some moonlight lighting up the sky. The party are on top of the maze, a mound 300 feet by 300 feet. The party camp out properly on the surface. The party camp out on top of the mound.
During Jebediah's watch, the Minotaur appears, grabs Vaughn and starts to run off with him. Jeb hits the Minotaur in his back with an arrow. Then, Vaughn breaks free and escapes. The Minotaur flees from the party, moving off og the mound towards the entrance to the maze. The party return to camp and rest for the rest of the night. 
===22nd February, 1512===
The party try to smoke out the cave by starting a fire outside the front entrance. The smoke easily goes into the cave, following a draft. The party make the fire larger as Vaughn waits at the top of the mound in case the Minotaur tries to escape that way. After some time, smoke rises from the hole. The party stake down the Deer Hide over the whole, but that stops the draft flowing though the cave.
The party leave the fire going all day.
In the evening the party hear the sound of falling earth and rocks from inside the cave. A plume of smoke rushes out of the front entrance of the cave. Some of the support beams have collapsed causing the front entrance to have caved in. The party wait at the entrance at the top of the mound.
The rest of the night is uneventful.
===23rd February, 1512===
The party climb back down into the Maze and arrive behind the Boulder on the inclined passage. The party head down. This time, Ebnur casts light on a rock to be used as a light source.
Vaughn then almost falls into the pit trap they had encountered last time; the Minotaur had reset it. The party go back to tapping the ground as they move down the passageways of the maze. They eventually pass by the refuse pit again, but this time Vaughn notices some coins "floating in the air." Jeb throws a rock at the floating coins and reveals a Gelatinous Cube. The party also see more coins in the refuse pit that aren't inside the cube. The party leave the Cube alone and keep moving along for now.
The party carry on down another passageway, poking the ground as they go, discovering another pit trap. Jebediah climbs down into the trap and removes all the sharpened stakes from it, then climbs out.
The party head down a passageway and find a lever next to some wooden framework on the ceiling. The party debate about the lever for a long time before ultimately not pulling it.
The party keep exploring the maze, poking as they move, coming across the chamber filled with bones and gore, but no Minotaur. After searching the room and finding no treasure, the party move on.
The party get to a corner in a passageway and trigger a net trap by poking the ground. The weighted net drops to the ground with a loud thud. Then, the Minotaur bellows out in rage from around the corner and charges the party. The party read their attacks and hit the Minotaur before he closes. The Minotaur then hits Vaughn with his heavy axe. Joka then hits the Minotaur with his woodaxe. Jeb then hits the Minotaur in the chest with an arrow. The Minotaur then knocks out Joka with a heavy axe blow. Jebediah then gets the killing shot on the Minotaur in his throat with a bowshot.
Ebnur goes over to Joka and heals him up. The party chop off parts of the Minotaur, including his hooves, head and tail. Ebnur then searches the Minotaur's chamber and discovers 100 gold coins, 150 silver coins, 600 copper coins, as well as 6 bottles of wine. There is no sign of any waste, almost as if the Minotaur doesn't shit in his sleeping chamber.
Speaking of waste, the party backtrack to the refuse pit. Jeb fires on the Gelatinous Cube, and it attacks Joka and numbs him before absorbing him. Jeb fires again on the cube, hitting it again and then Vaughn kills it with his sledgehammer, freeing Joka. 9 minutes later, Joka is no longer paralysed. The party loot 10 gold, 30 silver, and 65 copper from the refuse pit.
Having collected all the loot, the party climb out of the maze and get to the surface. They then head North-West back towards Tassel. The trip back to town is uneventful.
===25th February, 1512===
The party get back to Tassel. The party go to Fizzip and sell him the parts of the Minotaur for which they receive 220 copper. The party then shares the wine they looted from the lair.
Jebediah then gives the money to Garrett to pay for this month's taxes. 
==Experience==
962 exp each
* Ebnur levels up to level 2
** 6 HP to 15 HP
* Jebediah levels up to level 2
** 5 HP to 9 HP
* Vaughn levels up to level 2
** 9 HP to 17 HP
* Joka levels up to level 2
** 8 HP to 18 HP
===Battle Stats===
 	DamageSustained	DamageInflicted	Hits	Misses	Crits	CritMisses
Ebnur 	4 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0
Jebediah	12 	15* 	5 	3 	2 	0
Vaughn 	5 	21 	2 	2 	0 	0
Joka 	15 	9 	9 	1 	0 	0
:* Which arrow that inflicted damage the gelatious cube is not revealed.
Category:Desperate Measures Episodes