Riku smirked as she double checked her disarmament of the trap.  She knew the kobolds would have left something behind.  They were clever, but not as clever as she was!  As much as she wanted to chuckle, the halfling knew better than that.  Nothing gave you away like a snicker out of nowhere.  Creeping forward a bit more, her eyes saw the shapes of the gnolls.  She shivered a bit at that; they were big, ugly brutes, weren't they?<br/><br/>There was a sound behind her and the half turned her head.  Right!  The others said they'd follow behind her a ways.  Tulira's feet hit the floor of the tunnel, having just come down the ladder.  Sorine was behind her and Lilin's waving tail could dimly be seen above the cleric's head.  The gnolls hadn't noticed her, but they would probably hear the clinking of Tulira and Sorine's mail if they got too close.  Assuming they didn't hear them coming down the ladder.  She grimaced.  There wasn't really anywhere for her to hide if they looked this way either.  Riku waved her hands back at the group to get their attention and held up a hand with two fingers, then pointed ahead of her.<br/><br/>At the tunnel mouth, the rest of the party paused in their approach.<strong>"Two guards ahead of her,"</strong>Tulira whispered.  Her voice sounded so loud to her own ears!  If they were discovered this early into their mission, it wouldn't bode well.  What if they had some kind of alarm to alert the rest of the place?<br/><br/>Sorine moved up beside her,<strong>"We could rush them and try to take them out fast."</strong>Her god was a war god, after all, even if a good one.  She favored powerful and straightforward action.<br/><br/><strong>"And risk raising the alarm,"</strong>the paladin commented.  She moved to the side and looked back,<strong>"Lilin, do you-"</strong><br/><br/><strong>"I have a spell that will put them to sleep,"</strong>the red skinned beauty answered,<strong>"though I'm reluctant to use a spell so soon.  I only have so many."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"If they raise an alert, this might be over before it begins,"</strong>Tulira argued.<strong>"Do it, please"</strong><br/><br/><strong>"Mm.  Gives an order with "please" at the end,"</strong>the tiefling smirked.<strong> "Aren't you sweet?  All right, move back, Sorine, let me pass.  I want to be sure that the guards are in range."</strong>The cleric shifted back against the wall to let the sultry sorceress pass.  As she did so, Lilin's tail just happened to move over and run up the cleric's leg, reaching her thigh before she moved past.  Sorine blushed furiously but said nothing.<br/><br/>Lilin moved forward, gauging the distance and trying to be as quiet as she could.  She lacked the halfling's experience in moving quietly but liked to think she was soft on her feet.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Stealth</div><div class="spoiler_body">No proficiency bonus. At 2019-07-07 10:17:59, Armphid (uid: 65288) rolls: 1d20a2 Result: 18 </div></div><br/>Once she felt she was in the right range, Lilin brandished her staff and intoned arcane words.  There was no hiding this!<strong>"Volun Haalvut Hahdrim Sahlo Ahrk Liivrah!"</strong>Magical energy washed out over her and through the tunnel to burst around the gnolls with irresistible force, which was amusing given the nature of the spell's effect.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Sleep</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2019-07-07 10:34:59, Armphid (uid: 65288) rolls: 5d8 Result: 23.  Starting with the creature that has the lowest current Hit Points, each creature affected by this spell falls Unconscious until the spell ends, the sleeper takes damage, or someone uses an action to shake or slap the sleeper awake. Subtract each creature's Hit Points from the total before Moving On to the creature with the next lowest Hit Points. A creature's Hit Points must be equal to or less than the remaining total for that creature to be affected.</div></div><br/>Riku slid her rapier free, making ready to move to attack if either of the gnolls were unaffected. Tulira and Sorine began to rush up the tunnel in single file, moving past Lilin and towards the gnolls to either take advantage of the guards falling unconscious or to deal with either that might resist.