After you break camp, within your first hour of travel, you notice the faint smell of smoke hanging on the air as you ascend a rugged ridge on the lower slopes of the hill. Fifty yards away, a cave mouth opens up at the bottom of a ravine. Hunkered down by a boulder twenty yards outside the cave (30 yards from you), keeping watch, is a single orc.
Anyone can act on this, but if you're doing anything it must be accompanied by a stealth roll.
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-We are all just one failed saving throw away from someone else's fantasy...
With a combination arrow and magic rock attack, the lone orc goes down before he is alerted to your presence. Absinthe doesn't even get halfway to him before he dies without a sound save him hitting the ground.
There are no other orcs in the vicinity outside the cave, but you're still a ways from the entrance.
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-We are all just one failed saving throw away from someone else's fantasy...
The cave is wide, about 40' at the mouth, but it narrows and turns before the edge of your darkvision. From around the corner you can hear voices echoing though the cave, but there's no way of telling how close they are.
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-We are all just one failed saving throw away from someone else's fantasy...
None of those languages are being spoken. The language that is being spoken is much harsher, and the cave echo makes it difficult to make out regardless.
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-We are all just one failed saving throw away from someone else's fantasy...
Whispering to Dustfinger I'm here, but you guys don't need me even when you need me. I'm better with words than spell and blade. I keep with the group trying to stay roughly in formation.
Fjolnir keeps close, still moving stealthily from before. He whispers to Dirk, "Nah, yer a dragonslayer now, ken? ******* right good enough with the crossbow anyway. Lets skewer some orc, get paid, and eat all their eggs again."
He moves to flank Dustfinger, watches the cave mouth and draws two arrows, readying a shot for the slightest hostile action.
What If I jot down what it sounds like they are saying and you try to interpret that later? A lot can happen in 10 minutes. I try to scribble down the sounds of what I'm hearing, in order to try and repeat it phonetically later.
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Rainbow....... Mooo....
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After you break camp, within your first hour of travel, you notice the faint smell of smoke hanging on the air as you ascend a rugged ridge on the lower slopes of the hill. Fifty yards away, a cave mouth opens up at the bottom of a ravine. Hunkered down by a boulder twenty yards outside the cave (30 yards from you), keeping watch, is a single orc.
Anyone can act on this, but if you're doing anything it must be accompanied by a stealth roll.
-We are all just one failed saving throw away from someone else's fantasy...
Stealth 19
Fjolnir moves about 5 feet out of the column, pokes over the crest of the hill and looses an arrow at the orc.
Longbow 24 Dmg 9
Init 21
He looks back over his shoulder and whispers, "Oi, shoot first, ask questions later, right?"
Stealth. 19
Ba stone throw it 25 dmg7
Initiative. 12
Whispers to Dirk, "I hope you'll be helping us out with your fancy lights inside."
Absinthe sneaks into Grapple range stealth: 7
Then proceeds to strike the orc in the back of the head.
Yklwa to head Attack: 12 Damage: 4
Punch to stomach Attack: 20 Damage: 6
With a combination arrow and magic rock attack, the lone orc goes down before he is alerted to your presence. Absinthe doesn't even get halfway to him before he dies without a sound save him hitting the ground.
There are no other orcs in the vicinity outside the cave, but you're still a ways from the entrance.
-We are all just one failed saving throw away from someone else's fantasy...
Dustfinger stealthily approaches the cave's mouth and examines its dimensions.
Stealth 21
I follow stealth 5
Chronomancy!!!
The cave is wide, about 40' at the mouth, but it narrows and turns before the edge of your darkvision. From around the corner you can hear voices echoing though the cave, but there's no way of telling how close they are.
-We are all just one failed saving throw away from someone else's fantasy...
Dustfinger strains to hear, listening for anyone speaking in goblinoid, elvish, or common.
Perception 8
None of those languages are being spoken. The language that is being spoken is much harsher, and the cave echo makes it difficult to make out regardless.
-We are all just one failed saving throw away from someone else's fantasy...
Az Emberi listens at the cave to figure out useful info
Perception24
Whispering to Dustfinger I'm here, but you guys don't need me even when you need me. I'm better with words than spell and blade. I keep with the group trying to stay roughly in formation.
Rainbow....... Mooo....
Az Emberi hears at least 4 distinct voices, all speaking Orcish. It smells like death and unwashed people.
-We are all just one failed saving throw away from someone else's fantasy...
Fjolnir keeps close, still moving stealthily from before. He whispers to Dirk, "Nah, yer a dragonslayer now, ken? ******* right good enough with the crossbow anyway. Lets skewer some orc, get paid, and eat all their eggs again."
He moves to flank Dustfinger, watches the cave mouth and draws two arrows, readying a shot for the slightest hostile action.
"There are at least 4"
If I have time Iritual cast comprehend languages
Chronomancy!!!
What If I jot down what it sounds like they are saying and you try to interpret that later? A lot can happen in 10 minutes. I try to scribble down the sounds of what I'm hearing, in order to try and repeat it phonetically later.
Rainbow....... Mooo....