Charcoal, incense, and herbs? Looking for the makings of a find familiar

Helena spies some dried herbs hanging on one wall, apparently out of reach of the marauding goblins. She finds a wooden box that holds one remaining block of incense. (It clearly had room for more - maybe a goblin took some?) A tipped barrel in the corner has charcoal spilling out, some of which could be salvaged. (In combination, this would probably get her to the 10gp worth of materials required.)

Bramble will look for a couple pieces of chalk, maybe a Healer’s kit and a signal whistle.

D’oh, whenever and if Bramble gets to the trading post, he will look for those items.

(Sorry for my misreading.)

With her work in the stables done, Daerthe will move outside and begin to head in the direction of the keep. As she step out under the open sky she pulls the hood of her ragged cloak up, stopping as she gets to the destroyed bridge. 

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With her work in the stables done, Daerthe will move outside and begin to head in the direction of the keep. As she step out under the open sky she pulls the hood of her ragged cloak up, stopping as she gets to the destroyed bridge. 

 Daerthe will pass by the trading post as she heads toward the bridge. Does she have any interest in stopping in? Or does she just go on?

Essie moves around the inside of the shop, stepping as gingerly as a woman of her size can around the broken things. "Are you looking for anything in particular?" she asks Helena as she nudges a few broken shards around with the toe of her boot. She keeps an eye out for more crossbow bolts, knowing that more ammo can never go wrong, and maybe another pouch or two to carry things in. She's found so many interesting things now that she's finally left her home in the forest, and she knows she'll want to have pouches or bags to carry them all in.

After finishing with the horses, Ryndar will take the ladders from the stables and begin making his way to the broken bridge to the keep. Noting the members investigating the trading post while walking by, he'll drop the ladders outside the door and peek his head in. "Found a couple ladders to help us bridge the gap. Anything interesting in here?" He'll search the rubble for any additional arrows he can find

Bramble will follow Ryndar to the trading post and make his search for the items (listed above). After his search he will announce,

”I’m off to the bridge. Give me about a 15 to 30 minute headstart on the repairs before you start adding the walking surface to the webbing. I hope this works.”

Bramble will make his way to the bridge and begin examining it before wildshaping into a giant spider.

“Not really looking for anything.”  Helena says.  She takes some coins out of her pocket and palces them on the counter.  “I am going to take these herbs, incense, and charcoal though, as I need them for a spell, and the coin I am leaving should cover the cost.”  She would leave the trading post thena nd return to see what the others are up to now.

“They really did a number on this place, didn’t they!” Kella digs through the jumble of items, making a good bit of noise as she moves a length of chain and a couple of crowbars. She stows some items in a sack. Essie looks around carefully and finds 3 crossbow bolts scattered about, 3 pouches, and 2 sacks. Ryndar pokes his head in, sees everyone combing through the jumble of items, and finds himself 6 arrows in decent shape. Bramble joins them and finds a small box with 10 pieces of chalk, as well as 2 healer’s kits and 4 signal whistles. Having explained his plan to the folks in the barn, Bramble makes his way to the bridge to get started on his web.

(What would everyone else like to do while Bramble works? Nearby buildings include two cottages to the east of the trading post, two more to the south, along with a watchtower, the windmill to the southwest, and a damaged watchtower even further to the southwest.)

“Let’s check those two cottages to the East.”  Helena suggests.  “Then we can return here and start working our way to those south of here, to the old windmill, and on to the towers.” She shrugs.  “We likely have time to check all of that before the webs are finished.”

Daerthe will go in and take some Ball Bearings and perhaps another set of thieves tools. Other then that she might grab some rations and a water skin before making her way towards the bridge.

Ryndar puts the extra arrows in his quiver and then heads to the bridge to help bramble in any way he can.

Realizing that the rest of the group were delayed by the trading post, Daerthe returns to see what the attraction is. Looking around, she finds a bag of ball bearings, rations good for 7 days, and 4 waterskins. She hunts around for a while hoping to find a set of thieves’ tools, but the only related things she finds are a steel mirror and a lock.

Meanwhile, when Helena suggests searching the other buildings, Kella nods approvingly. “You are thorough. That’s a good quality. I’ll go with you. Anyone else going to join us?”

Stashing her new crossbow bolts into her quiver and tying the pouches to her waist, Essie looks at Kella. "I'll tag along," she says. "There might still be a goblin running around, and I'd like to make sure no one else gets hurt."

"I guess it is better to stay as a unit for the time being. Take some of these waterskins." She says in a way that shows she is used to being in charge of groups and not just a member. She will hold three of them while keeping one skin and the rations to herself.

Kella accepts one of the waterskins (if she felt like one was being offered to her as well as the others). “Thank you.” You all walk east toward the other cottages, along the south side of the trading post and the fenced field next to it. As you go, she asks, “So, have you all been traveling together long? Did you have business here in Nightstone? Pardon my curiosity. You seem like an unusual group.”

Meanwhile, Bramble, Ryndar, and Stigandr are taking a look at the bridge. It originally stretched about 70 feet up to the keep which is elevated above the village on a funnel-shaped hill. There is a 15 foot gap, presumably caused by boulders from the giant attack. The surface of the moat is about 20 feet below the broken section. When Bramble is ready, he wildshapes into a Giant Spider and begins spinning strands of web across the gap. (Bramble, please roll a d20 and add 5 to see how you do.)

Bramble clicks his mandibles together, alternates using his back legs to clean the area around his spinnerettes and thinks to himself, "Here we go. Knit one, pearl two."

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Helena does not answer the woman. She gives her a glance though and sighs. "We know nothing about you, and yet you want our life stories?" She shakes her head. "I think you need to answer some things prior to that... What are you doing here, all by yourself? You are not from here, unless I am way off base in my estimation of you. Why are you here, and, frankly, why are you still here?" She nods towards the town's raised drawbridge. "The way to Waterdeep, or Daggerford, is that way, likely either would be safer than here right now."

Essie is all about to answer Kella without a second thought, but Helena is just a bit faster. So she snaps her mouth shut, brushing her fingers against her holy symbol and sending a quiet thanks to her god for sending her some people who are perhaps a little less... naive than herself. Because, well, the wizard makes some good points. They really don't know anything about this woman. Not that Essie knows much about the people she's with, either, but they fought alongside her so they're pretty solid in her books so far.