Topic: [D&D 4e] Chapter 1: Rescue at Rivenroar (Read 151412 times)

Kuildeous · « **Reply #950 on:** January 21, 2014, 01:39:03 pm »

Quote from: Jorbles on January 21, 2014, 12:43:03 pm

[Do we want to try and climb up the hole or just go back the way we came and explore some more?]

[Definitely escort the lady out to our horses. I personally am cool with the idea of sneaking up through the garbage chute, but goliaths are also mad climbers. Will go either way, but it may be easier to surprise them from inside their ranks when they don't have bunkers and traps along the way.]

Jorbles · « **Reply #951 on:** January 21, 2014, 01:46:13 pm »

[Yeah I like that idea, too.]

Merik offers to escort her back to the horses with anyone else who wants to.

WinterSpartan · « **Reply #952 on:** January 23, 2014, 10:08:40 pm »

The trip back to the horses is brief but uneventful - Zerriksa shudders at the sight of the corpses in the entrance chamber, but says nothing. When Merik turns to leave, she clutches his arm again. "Are you sure it will be safe out here? When will you be back? What... what if you aren't back?"

[Veonis, are you taking the chainmail? Everyone, what's the plan? I'll be unavailable this weekend, but am willing to make some progress before that if we can.]

Kuildeous · « **Reply #953 on:** January 23, 2014, 10:22:01 pm »

Hroksull furrowed his brow when Zerriksa expressed concern about being left alone out here. There could be, after all, be goblins returning to the keep. While Merik talked with her, he scouted the area for good hiding places, possibly a leafy crook in a tree. Spotting some berries, he decided that she should be left with some food.

[Nature check? Perception check?]

WinterSpartan · « **Reply #954 on:** January 23, 2014, 11:08:03 pm »

[Nature check.]

Kuildeous · « **Reply #955 on:** January 23, 2014, 11:46:00 pm »

Nature 1d20+9 : 2 + 9, total 11

Kuildeous · « **Reply #956 on:** January 23, 2014, 11:47:22 pm »

Clearly there's nothing around to hide in. He asked her, "Are you well enough to travel back to village?"

Gveoniz · « **Reply #957 on:** January 24, 2014, 05:04:21 am »

Quote from: WinterSpartan on January 23, 2014, 10:08:40 pm

[Veonis, are you taking the chainmail?

Veonis takes the chain mail.

Quote from: Kuildeous on January 23, 2014, 11:47:22 pm

Clearly there's nothing around to hide in. He asked her, "Are you well enough to travel back to village?"

"I don't think the path back to the village would be safe for her to travel alone."

Kuildeous · « **Reply #958 on:** January 24, 2014, 08:25:38 am »

Quote from: Gveoniz on January 24, 2014, 05:04:21 am

Quote from: Kuildeous on January 23, 2014, 11:47:22 pm
Clearly there's nothing around to hide in. He asked her, "Are you well enough to travel back to village?"
"I don't think the path back to the village would be safe for her to travel alone."

Hroksull grunted in assent. "No, you're right. Staying here not safe but better than walking alone. Got to rescue more people." With his hand axe, Hroksull freed some foliage and arranged them as inconspicuously as he could into a makeshift bluff for the woman. Embarrassed, he kept his eyes to the ground and mumbled, "Not good hiding place but not out in open. We come back for you with others."

Jorbles · « **Reply #959 on:** January 29, 2014, 05:28:12 pm »

We reenter the structure.

[Anything changed?]

WinterSpartan · « **Reply #960 on:** January 29, 2014, 11:09:24 pm »

Zerriksa seems reluctant to see you go, but accepts it, mumbling something about how you'd better be back by nightfall. Nothing has changed inside - apparently the goblin patrols are not so frequent, at the moment, as she had feared.

Kuildeous · « **Reply #961 on:** January 30, 2014, 05:54:07 pm »

So where to go? The garbage shaft may well lead to the leader so we can take him out and possibly scatter the others. We know where the front door is. I think there was a door to the left of the initial room?

I'm voting for the shaft.

Jorbles · « **Reply #962 on:** January 30, 2014, 07:42:18 pm »

I'll second that.

shraeye · « **Reply #963 on:** January 31, 2014, 06:53:08 am »

"it could be worth it if we can get up there, AND do it quietly. I'm a little worried on that front. But perhaps it was more than just chance that diverted us to that room in the first place. I'll go if others decide to."

WinterSpartan · « **Reply #964 on:** January 31, 2014, 07:21:01 am »

Quote from: Kuildeous on January 30, 2014, 05:54:07 pm

So where to go? The garbage shaft may well lead to the leader so we can take him out and possibly scatter the others. We know where the front door is. I think there was a door to the left of the initial room?

I'm voting for the shaft.

There are three unexplored paths remaining - the initial room forked three ways, with doors to the left, right, and straight ahead. You took the left path, which dead-ended except for the garbage shaft.

Kuildeous · « **Reply #965 on:** January 31, 2014, 08:42:10 am »

Quote from: shraeye on January 31, 2014, 06:53:08 am

"it could be worth it if we can get up there, AND do it quietly. I'm a little worried on that front. But perhaps it was more than just chance that diverted us to that room in the first place. I'll go if others decide to."

Hroksull nodded in assent. "None of us shadow hunters," he said. "And first fight we find will be plenty noisy. Seems no one near garbage shaft. Would hear fight with rage drakes." The goliath's face cracked into a grin as he added, "No alarms inside compound. Only at entrances."

Gveoniz · « **Reply #966 on:** February 01, 2014, 01:26:39 am »

[I also agree with that plan, how do we get up there though?]

Kuildeous · « **Reply #967 on:** February 01, 2014, 12:01:20 pm »

[Assuming the shaft is not smooth, it should be possible for Hroksull to get a hold along the sides and work his way up to the top. He can lower a rope to help others climb up. Not sure if climbing a rope while bracing yourself against two opposing sides would warrant a skill check. The possible fly in the ointment is whether someone shows up at an inopportune time to dump garbage. If that happens, I guess I'm chucking a goblin down the hole. If things get hairy, I'll do something drastic like jump down. It'd be easier to prop the rage drakes under the shaft to give me height anyway. It would be better than landing on stone.]

Jorbles · « **Reply #968 on:** February 01, 2014, 05:15:02 pm »

Merik thinks this plan seems good, and says so.

shraeye · « **Reply #969 on:** February 02, 2014, 12:27:39 pm »

"If we dive right into the lair, we may find the hostages first; normally good, but if we then have to fight goblins while protecting the hostages, that could be very very difficult. Of course, if the goblins feel like they are going to be raided anyway, it's possible that if we work our way methodically to the deepest parts of this lair, that we'll only find dead hostages... I don't know, there are arguments for both sides, but perhaps getting company for the old woman as quickly as possible should be a priority."

Kuildeous · « **Reply #970 on:** February 06, 2014, 11:41:53 am »

So, consensus is the garbage shaft?

If so, then let's shove a dead drake under it and get to work. *does stretching exercises*

Jorbles · « **Reply #971 on:** February 06, 2014, 12:56:49 pm »

Merik flexes his elemental muscles and lends aid to shoving the drake.

WinterSpartan · « **Reply #972 on:** February 06, 2014, 05:33:24 pm »

[Hroksull climbing definitely warrants an Athletics check; everyone else climbing warrants an easier one. I'll go ahead and roll Hroksull's. Sorry for not being very present - just got engaged

, so I've been a bit busy lately.]

Rolled 1d20+10 : 20 + 10, total 30

WinterSpartan · « **Reply #973 on:** February 06, 2014, 05:38:00 pm »

Hroksull shinnies up the shaft without any problems at all. As he reaches the top, he has to lift a flimsy cover off - this shaft seems to have doubled as an impromptu pit trap. But he manages, crawls out, and lowers a rope to his friends below. As he does so, he looks around - he's in the middle of a tunnel. Behind him, a few yards away, is another set of thick closed stone doors. In the other direction, the tunnel stretches off into the darkness; Hroksull can make out a side passage leading off to the left which breaks away from the main one. For the moment, everything is quiet.

Jorbles · « **Reply #974 on:** February 06, 2014, 07:20:15 pm »

[Do we need to check to climb?]

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