Lei-Tana thanks Koda telepathically, before requesting he checks the next cave, the south west one. She hears him mutter something back about her being a lazy, wingless, wizard... but he does as he's told.
"Friends, Koda has investigated the highest cave, he reports that the cave splits into four sub-caves that look like living quarters; two small humanoids are currently in each, dozing or lazing. To the south is a passageway with stairs, down which echos the excited noise of a heated conversation. I have asked Koda to now investigate the next cave"
Thunderfist’s rock arcs gracefully through the air and into the cave before clattering across the floor, out of sight. A few disembodied murmers from within indicate that you might have woken someone up.
Elfa scrabbles at the cliff face, trying to succeed where her more physical companions had failed, but is no more successful. The rock face crumbles away in her hands and no climbing points seem to be within reach.
Lei’Tana’s eyes go misty again as she receives sights and sounds from her familiar.
@Lei-Tana:
Koda huffs telepathically and sets off down the southwest passageway. He flies over two sets of ascending stairs and appears in an open and irregularly shaped chamber, roughly 30ft by 30ft.
Two gnomes, a male and a female, are jabbering excitedly in a language that you don’t understand. They look up suddenly as Koda enters the chamber and seem to debate a new subject even more excitedly. They both reach out to point at Koda, and you suddenly lose all connection to him; It appears that he has been destroyed.
Cackie heads off to the east and up the snaking path that climbs into the rockface. Once at the top and inside the cave he finds himself with two paths; straight ahead for 25ft to a T-junction, or left (north) for 15ft into what appears from this distance to be a dining room.
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Thunderfist throws another rock and then stomps up the path after Cackie. Looking down the path to the left he notices the dining room and picks up the pace, hoping to find some more food to go with the bread in his pockets from earlier.
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13 INVESTIGATION CHECK
Elfa does not succeed in on the cliff face but dusts herself down and thinks at least she tried and that's the main thing. Elfa heads to the dining room and takes a look around.
"let's not forget about lei-tana guys, it looks like she's got some good stuff to inform us of and 4 minds is of course better than 1"
Elfa hurried Diplomat to come behind her so she had her loyal protective bear with her.
While Lei-Tana starts her ritual to re-summon Koda, the rest of the group inspects the dining room thoroughly. This room contains several dining tables and chairs sized for gnomes; a stout wooden cabinet against the east wall holds tin dishware and utensils.
Thunderfist manages to find a couple of muffins in a drawer, although they are green and smell of...mushroom?
Apart from that it yields nothing of interest, although from the north you hear the muffled sounds of lively activity.
As Cackie heads north, the first right-turn that he passes seems to be a corridor that runs east for about 20ft before curving south. Continuing north he comes to a short east-running corridor that ends in a sturdy wooden door, behind which are the sounds of hurried activity. Listening closely, you hear chattering and shouting from at least four different voices, and also...is that...pots & pans?
Thunderfist threw the mouldy looking muffins at the wall and then punches the cabinet before throwing it across the room.
Following after Cackie he sees him listening at the door, Thunderfist raises his leg and boots the door down, and storms into the room, hoping to catch whoever was in there by surprise in case they were hostile, or trying to hide food from him.
Cackie waved at the bear who seemed to be taking a very keen interest in the smells coming from him. He then followed Thunderguy into the corridor to see what all that noise was about.
Five gnomes are hard at work - and play in what appears to be a bustling kitchen area. Loaves of bread dough stand ready for baking, while freshly-baked loaves cool down nearby. Barrels of purple liquid line one wall, with one of the gnomes halted in her churning of its contents by the explosive entrance of the goliath intruder.
All five now stand, slack jawed, staring at the new arrival and his companions behind him - is that a bear?
One gnome, a large male, turns to the smallest of the group and says "The chopper. Get to the chopper", indicating an exit in the south wall, to your right. As the small gnome starts to leave, another chimes in to stop them "No! Stick around" This third gnome looks up at you and says to her companion "I think it's OK"
"Hello! My name is Elfa and we are on a mission. Please don't be frightened we are a friendly bunch!. What is that amazing smell, someone must be an incredible cook" Elfa said.
Elfa kept her distance so she didn't look like a threat.
"Please do not be alarmed by my bear, he is a lovely bear look".
Elfa went over to Diplomat and gave him a cuddle to show he was harmless. She then shoved Cackie over to the bear so she could show the Gnomes that he was harmless. Elfa knew that Gnomes were incredibly clever so knew that they would be aware of how each of the beings would act. She could only hope that Thunderfirst calmed himself down now he smelt food.
“Well met, Elfa and Cackie” says the calm gnome “I am Joybell, the head cook here at Gnomengarde”.
Standing about three and a half feet tall, she is typical for a gnome but holds herself bolt upright, as if asserting her place in the world. She places the poker in her hand back into the stove and takes a look at Diplomat, growling contentedly as Elfa ruffles him.
“That is indeed a fine bear, I’m glad that he is friendly!”
In response to Cackie’s questions, Joybell says “That’s mushroom wine, getting ready to ferment. I wouldn’t inflict it upon you yet, as it hasn’t had a chance to really grow its fungal tones. Feel free ot try a sample from the keg in the pantry, just take the south door here and up the stairs. The mushroom fields out front are ours, Gnomengarde has some interesting wild magic flowing through it which allows the mushrooms to grow to impressive dimensions”
The other gnomes seem a little more relaxed now, even smiling. Gnomes are renowned in Faerun for their excited love for life and positive outlook in almost all situations. Able to defend themselves but never hungry for war, they can be cunning inventors and magicians – a combination which no doubt led Harbin Wester to send you here.
“Is there a destination you seek?” Asks Joybell “Maybe I can direct you...”
She trails off and looks over your shoulders with a look that might be best described as confused amusement. You turn around to see the cause of her stopping mid-sentence and see Lei-Tana, replete with bright blue skin that she does not seem to have noticed herself.
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Lei-Tana thanks Koda telepathically, before requesting he checks the next cave, the south west one. She hears him mutter something back about her being a lazy, wingless, wizard... but he does as he's told.
"Friends, Koda has investigated the highest cave, he reports that the cave splits into four sub-caves that look like living quarters; two small humanoids are currently in each, dozing or lazing. To the south is a passageway with stairs, down which echos the excited noise of a heated conversation. I have asked Koda to now investigate the next cave"
(See Lei-Tanas spoilers for the map!)
Thunderfist picked himself up after failing to climb the cliff and dusted himself off, watching Cackie fail spectacularly was consolation enough.
Upon hearing from Lei-tana that there were life forms in the caves, he picked up a large rock and threw it at the caves, hoping to wake them up.
10 athletic check.
Elfa attempts to get up the cliff
Thunderfist’s rock arcs gracefully through the air and into the cave before clattering across the floor, out of sight. A few disembodied murmers from within indicate that you might have woken someone up.
Elfa scrabbles at the cliff face, trying to succeed where her more physical companions had failed, but is no more successful. The rock face crumbles away in her hands and no climbing points seem to be within reach.
Lei’Tana’s eyes go misty again as she receives sights and sounds from her familiar.
@Lei-Tana:
Koda huffs telepathically and sets off down the southwest passageway. He flies over two sets of ascending stairs and appears in an open and irregularly shaped chamber, roughly 30ft by 30ft.
Two gnomes, a male and a female, are jabbering excitedly in a language that you don’t understand. They look up suddenly as Koda enters the chamber and seem to debate a new subject even more excitedly. They both reach out to point at Koda, and you suddenly lose all connection to him; It appears that he has been destroyed.
Cackie has forgotten what the quest was, but figured everything would make sense again soon.
He finishes his moonwalk and then makes his way up the north east ramp and into the cave entrance.
Cackie heads off to the east and up the snaking path that climbs into the rockface. Once at the top and inside the cave he finds himself with two paths; straight ahead for 25ft to a T-junction, or left (north) for 15ft into what appears from this distance to be a dining room.
Cackie sees the dining room before even noticing there is another option and heads straight for it.
Lei-Tana summons Koda again, (as long as nobody is in a rush to move on - summoning takes an hour) and keeps him at her side this time.
"Futher into this highest cave there are a couple of gnomes arguing... they just zapped Koda!"
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Thunderfist throws another rock and then stomps up the path after Cackie. Looking down the path to the left he notices the dining room and picks up the pace, hoping to find some more food to go with the bread in his pockets from earlier.
Perception check : 10
13 INVESTIGATION CHECK
Elfa does not succeed in on the cliff face but dusts herself down and thinks at least she tried and that's the main thing. Elfa heads to the dining room and takes a look around.
"let's not forget about lei-tana guys, it looks like she's got some good stuff to inform us of and 4 minds is of course better than 1"
Elfa hurried Diplomat to come behind her so she had her loyal protective bear with her.
While Lei-Tana starts her ritual to re-summon Koda, the rest of the group inspects the dining room thoroughly. This room contains several dining tables and chairs sized for gnomes; a stout wooden cabinet against the east wall holds tin dishware and utensils.
Thunderfist manages to find a couple of muffins in a drawer, although they are green and smell of...mushroom?
Apart from that it yields nothing of interest, although from the north you hear the muffled sounds of lively activity.
"That sounds like...lively activity...could be drunken lively activity?"
Cackie leads the group tup north.
As Cackie heads north, the first right-turn that he passes seems to be a corridor that runs east for about 20ft before curving south. Continuing north he comes to a short east-running corridor that ends in a sturdy wooden door, behind which are the sounds of hurried activity. Listening closely, you hear chattering and shouting from at least four different voices, and also...is that...pots & pans?
Thunderfist threw the mouldy looking muffins at the wall and then punches the cabinet before throwing it across the room.
Following after Cackie he sees him listening at the door, Thunderfist raises his leg and boots the door down, and storms into the room, hoping to catch whoever was in there by surprise in case they were hostile, or trying to hide food from him.
Once Koda is back by her side, Lei-Tana follows the sounds of destruction into the cave after the group....
Cackie waved at the bear who seemed to be taking a very keen interest in the smells coming from him. He then followed Thunderguy into the corridor to see what all that noise was about.
Five gnomes are hard at work - and play in what appears to be a bustling kitchen area. Loaves of bread dough stand ready for baking, while freshly-baked loaves cool down nearby. Barrels of purple liquid line one wall, with one of the gnomes halted in her churning of its contents by the explosive entrance of the goliath intruder.
All five now stand, slack jawed, staring at the new arrival and his companions behind him - is that a bear?
One gnome, a large male, turns to the smallest of the group and says "The chopper. Get to the chopper", indicating an exit in the south wall, to your right. As the small gnome starts to leave, another chimes in to stop them "No! Stick around" This third gnome looks up at you and says to her companion "I think it's OK"
"Hello! My name is Elfa and we are on a mission. Please don't be frightened we are a friendly bunch!. What is that amazing smell, someone must be an incredible cook" Elfa said.
Elfa kept her distance so she didn't look like a threat.
"Please do not be alarmed by my bear, he is a lovely bear look".
Elfa went over to Diplomat and gave him a cuddle to show he was harmless. She then shoved Cackie over to the bear so she could show the Gnomes that he was harmless. Elfa knew that Gnomes were incredibly clever so knew that they would be aware of how each of the beings would act. She could only hope that Thunderfirst calmed himself down now he smelt food.
Cackie warmly greets the gnomes, "Pleased to meet you, Cackie is the name and also the state of my pants. Who might you be?"
He asks about the purple liquid in the barrels. "If you need someone to carry a taste test, just let me know".
"We found some mushrooms near the entrance, are they of any use to you?"
“Well met, Elfa and Cackie” says the calm gnome “I am Joybell, the head cook here at Gnomengarde”.
Standing about three and a half feet tall, she is typical for a gnome but holds herself bolt upright, as if asserting her place in the world. She places the poker in her hand back into the stove and takes a look at Diplomat, growling contentedly as Elfa ruffles him.
“That is indeed a fine bear, I’m glad that he is friendly!”
In response to Cackie’s questions, Joybell says “That’s mushroom wine, getting ready to ferment. I wouldn’t inflict it upon you yet, as it hasn’t had a chance to really grow its fungal tones. Feel free ot try a sample from the keg in the pantry, just take the south door here and up the stairs. The mushroom fields out front are ours, Gnomengarde has some interesting wild magic flowing through it which allows the mushrooms to grow to impressive dimensions”
The other gnomes seem a little more relaxed now, even smiling. Gnomes are renowned in Faerun for their excited love for life and positive outlook in almost all situations. Able to defend themselves but never hungry for war, they can be cunning inventors and magicians – a combination which no doubt led Harbin Wester to send you here.
“Is there a destination you seek?” Asks Joybell “Maybe I can direct you...”
She trails off and looks over your shoulders with a look that might be best described as confused amusement. You turn around to see the cause of her stopping mid-sentence and see Lei-Tana, replete with bright blue skin that she does not seem to have noticed herself.