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@Esker - I probably should have posted this in the regular thread. I did submit this to the DM privately as I saw that too. CK has responded on both, but thank you for mentioning. I use the combat roller in the forum here to roll everything. The second eye on it is awesome - I"m new to 5e. I also quoted the above from my person, then had to cut paste to here so it wouldn't reroll that again. I will edit this for my action, just wanted to get this on there.
(River is a she - you probably know this, but fyi. She is also interested in useful items as well although leaves the searching of the bodies to Anton. She will gather any stray arrows the goblins fired including in the horses (fresh or been dead a while?) and do a quick search over the downed wagon.investigation3 (time permitting) She then does a quick forage in the area for useful herbs/food. Survival19. "Anyone notice how there are no traveler bodies here? I'm thinking they took prisoners." She says to Anton who is closest.
OOC I need a quick recap of everyone that was injured so I can tend to them as needed. I think Sulvarax has 3 points down, Delta 5, and Anton maybe 7 but not 100% on these numbers.
OoC: @Jynne, Feel free to search also! Anton's quite poor at investigation (and even for him, that was a below average roll). In case it's not clear, my comment about the healing word roll wasn't meant critically; just noticed what I assumed was a typo.
She will gather any stray arrows the goblins fired including in the horses (fresh or been dead a while?) and do a quick search over the downed wagon.
You find 3 useable arrows.
As you inspect the wagon you recognize that the 1.5 horses were the ones that Gundren and Sildar ride away from Neverwinter on. The saddle bags have been looted and there is an empty leather map case.
OoC: Re: dice rolling, I think the "potentially manipulated" banner is only triggered if you insert rolls before another roll in an edit, since that alters the RNG seed. It should be fine to edit in additional rolls after another roll without issue. (Aside: do we want a group PM thread for this kind of OoC conversation, to make the game thread less cluttered/easier to follow?)
Anton gathers up the gold from the goblin corpses and brings it back to the group. "They had a nice bit of cash on them. Here's your shares." [8 gp, 4 sp each] "Seems to be a trail in those thickets over there. Could be the way to wherever the goblins were holed up." Then, replying to River, he says, "Hmm... prisoners, huh? Could be. Does it look like this wagon was downed recently?" Finally, turning to Sulvarax, he says, "Is our cart intact? Probably wasn't smart for us to leave it unguarded like that."
During this time, Delta has just been kinda watching the entire scene and looking into the forest for anymore. Delta’s eyes widen at the amount of gold. “For each of us?” She quickly stows the gold away in one of her various pockets. Attention drawn to the trail after Anton‘s comment, she goes over there to take a closer look at the trail. “Where do you think it leads?”
"Our cart appears to be untouched, but with goblins in the area, I don't know how much longer that will be true. We should probably keep moving" Sulvarax continues to look around, keeping a watch for anything else that may be waiting on the group
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Sulvarax Myilril | Dragonborn | Sorcerer | Lost Mines of Phandelver
OoC: @Jynne, Feel free to search also! Anton's quite poor at investigation (and even for him, that was a below average roll). In case it's not clear, my comment about the healing word roll wasn't meant critically; just noticed what I assumed was a typo.
River does a quick search of the Goblin bodies as well.investigation10 OOC my understanding of skills are that you can use them all regardless as a novice, you just only get benefits (bonuses) if its a skill you have. She gathers the empty map case and tries to determine if the horse is too far gone to make a meal out of. survival18If it looks ok, she will carve some out and cook it. survival16 to set up campfire and Druidcraft to light it (see spoiler). I use spoiler to save space in thread. River carries the meat over to the group to prepare so they are all together at the wagon. While the meat cooks, she will cast [spell]Goodberry[/spell] to heal the remaining injured giving 3 to Sulavarax and 5 to Delta and keeping two for herself. "These will heal your remaining injuries and you will not need nourishment for 24 hours"
OOC separate thread - great idea! If group wants to move on quickly, she can omit cooking and I'm sure find something in the cart to wrap the meat in. @esker no offense was taken.
River looks to Anton "Thank you! This seems to be what remained of Gundrin and his guard's horses and cart. I found empty saddlebags, but a leather map case and three usable arrows for anyone who can make use of them", and holds these out for the others to see. OOC as well as the meat if that was successful and anything she may have found in searching Gundrin's downed wagon.
DM Note: Yep, you can use any skills. You just suck at some of them. :)
The horses appear to have been dead about a day. Flies circle the corpses and it is clear some carrion has been munching on them. The thought of eating it makes your stomach turn.
A more thorough search of the goblins bodies revels nothing that Anton did not find. G2 does have an additional 2 arrows, and a shortbow.
DM Note: Yep, you can use any skills. You just suck at some of them. :)
The horses appear to have been dead about a day. Flies circle the corpses and it is clear some carrion has been munching on them. The thought of eating it makes your stomach turn.
A more thorough search of the goblins bodies revels nothing that Anton did not find. G2 does have an additional 2 arrows, and a shortbow.
Rivers corrects to adding the 2 additional arrows to the count and adding mention of shortbow. She will not make any attempt at carving meat from the horses.
“Oh! Thank you,” Delta says as she accepts River’s offering. “So...what next? Do we want to finish the job...or if Gundrin is gone...” she trails off, sounding unsure.
Sulvarax takes the berries from River, "Thank you friend. I was not in the best shape after that fight. If you had not been here, I fear what may have happened to me."
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Sulvarax Myilril | Dragonborn | Sorcerer | Lost Mines of Phandelver
She turns to Sulvarax, "Of course, and I only do my part, just as you do. Would this map case be of use to you or Delta? " She attaches the remaining Short Bow and 5 arrows to her back and the coins into a pouch at her side. "I do need a short rest to refresh my mind so that I may continue to be as useful.
NOTE: if we take a short rest, we may want to save the berries for after the rest in case they are not needed.
The three goblins had a total of 42 gold. I'll need investigation from you too.
DM note: pretty sweet gold roll
Investigation: 8
"Darvin" | Changeling | Hexblade 1 / Swords Bard 6 | Descent Into Avernus (AC 19; PP 14; 52/52 HP)
Anton Chergoba | Human | Battlemaster 4 | Lost Mines of Phandelver (AC 20; PP 14; 36/36 HP)
@Esker - I probably should have posted this in the regular thread. I did submit this to the DM privately as I saw that too. CK has responded on both, but thank you for mentioning. I use the combat roller in the forum here to roll everything. The second eye on it is awesome - I"m new to 5e. I also quoted the above from my person, then had to cut paste to here so it wouldn't reroll that again. I will edit this for my action, just wanted to get this on there.
(River is a she - you probably know this, but fyi. She is also interested in useful items as well although leaves the searching of the bodies to Anton. She will gather any stray arrows the goblins fired including in the horses (fresh or been dead a while?) and do a quick search over the downed wagon. investigation 3 (time permitting) She then does a quick forage in the area for useful herbs/food. Survival 19. "Anyone notice how there are no traveler bodies here? I'm thinking they took prisoners." She says to Anton who is closest.
OOC I need a quick recap of everyone that was injured so I can tend to them as needed. I think Sulvarax has 3 points down, Delta 5, and Anton maybe 7 but not 100% on these numbers.
OoC: @Jynne, Feel free to search also! Anton's quite poor at investigation (and even for him, that was a below average roll). In case it's not clear, my comment about the healing word roll wasn't meant critically; just noticed what I assumed was a typo.
"Darvin" | Changeling | Hexblade 1 / Swords Bard 6 | Descent Into Avernus (AC 19; PP 14; 52/52 HP)
Anton Chergoba | Human | Battlemaster 4 | Lost Mines of Phandelver (AC 20; PP 14; 36/36 HP)
You find half a dead horse 😉
OoC: @Jynne, Anton is uninjured, I think. Unless I missed something, the goblin who attacked him missed.
"Darvin" | Changeling | Hexblade 1 / Swords Bard 6 | Descent Into Avernus (AC 19; PP 14; 52/52 HP)
Anton Chergoba | Human | Battlemaster 4 | Lost Mines of Phandelver (AC 20; PP 14; 36/36 HP)
DM note: I'm not stressed about the dice rolling. We'll get used to it, and I know it's not being done intentionally.
OoC: Re: dice rolling, I think the "potentially manipulated" banner is only triggered if you insert rolls before another roll in an edit, since that alters the RNG seed. It should be fine to edit in additional rolls after another roll without issue. (Aside: do we want a group PM thread for this kind of OoC conversation, to make the game thread less cluttered/easier to follow?)
Anton gathers up the gold from the goblin corpses and brings it back to the group. "They had a nice bit of cash on them. Here's your shares." [8 gp, 4 sp each] "Seems to be a trail in those thickets over there. Could be the way to wherever the goblins were holed up." Then, replying to River, he says, "Hmm... prisoners, huh? Could be. Does it look like this wagon was downed recently?" Finally, turning to Sulvarax, he says, "Is our cart intact? Probably wasn't smart for us to leave it unguarded like that."
"Darvin" | Changeling | Hexblade 1 / Swords Bard 6 | Descent Into Avernus (AC 19; PP 14; 52/52 HP)
Anton Chergoba | Human | Battlemaster 4 | Lost Mines of Phandelver (AC 20; PP 14; 36/36 HP)
During this time, Delta has just been kinda watching the entire scene and looking into the forest for anymore. Delta’s eyes widen at the amount of gold. “For each of us?” She quickly stows the gold away in one of her various pockets. Attention drawn to the trail after Anton‘s comment, she goes over there to take a closer look at the trail. “Where do you think it leads?”
Jynne: Delta is at 4/9, Sulvarax is at 5/8
"Our cart appears to be untouched, but with goblins in the area, I don't know how much longer that will be true. We should probably keep moving" Sulvarax continues to look around, keeping a watch for anything else that may be waiting on the group
Sulvarax Myilril | Dragonborn | Sorcerer | Lost Mines of Phandelver
River does a quick search of the Goblin bodies as well. investigation 10 OOC my understanding of skills are that you can use them all regardless as a novice, you just only get benefits (bonuses) if its a skill you have.
She gathers the empty map case and tries to determine if the horse is too far gone to make a meal out of. survival 18 If it looks ok, she will carve some out and cook it. survival 16 to set up campfire and Druidcraft to light it (see spoiler).I use spoiler to save space in thread. River carriesthe meat over to the group to prepare so they are all together at the wagon. While the meat cooks, she will cast [spell]Goodberry[/spell] to heal the remaining injured giving 3 to Sulavarax and 5 to Delta and keeping two for herself. "These will heal your remaining injuries and you will not need nourishment for 24 hours"OOC separate thread - great idea! If group wants to move on quickly, she can omit cooking and I'm sure find something in the cart to wrap the meat in. @esker no offense was taken.
River looks to Anton "Thank you! This seems to be what remained of Gundrin and his guard's horses and cart. I found empty saddlebags, but a leather map case and three usable arrows for anyone who can make use of them", and holds these out for the others to see. OOC as well as the meat if that was successful and anything she may have found in searching Gundrin's downed wagon.
DM Note: Yep, you can use any skills. You just suck at some of them. :)
Rivers corrects to adding the 2 additional arrows to the count and adding mention of shortbow. She will not make any attempt at carving meat from the horses.
“Oh! Thank you,” Delta says as she accepts River’s offering. “So...what next? Do we want to finish the job...or if Gundrin is gone...” she trails off, sounding unsure.
Sulvarax takes the berries from River, "Thank you friend. I was not in the best shape after that fight. If you had not been here, I fear what may have happened to me."
Sulvarax Myilril | Dragonborn | Sorcerer | Lost Mines of Phandelver
She turns to Sulvarax, "Of course, and I only do my part, just as you do. Would this map case be of use to you or Delta? " She attaches the remaining Short Bow and 5 arrows to her back and the coins into a pouch at her side. "I do need a short rest to refresh my mind so that I may continue to be as useful.
NOTE: if we take a short rest, we may want to save the berries for after the rest in case they are not needed.