Adventures in Fellneral

Osborn tries to place himself in the middle of the group if possible, staying alert for any sign of danger - ambushes, traps, etc. Perception 15

"I must confess, I have made a habit of avoiding wilderness for most of my life so I will cede to your respective skills in this matter.  I am most likely to come to the fore if we need to...negotiate our way through any challenges"

Following Gromedark's lead, Osborn also tries to be as quiet as possible but fears he is a clumsy mess compared to the impressive bugbear 19

Herbert: continues to step carefully and prod thing with his staff, that is capped with bright purple metal at either end.

"From my reading I remember there's lots of interesting bird species knocking about...but perhaps more pertinent to ourselves is the presence of bears.  Specifically owlbears.  What was it Clovis said, to look for blue vines?"

He scans the area for blue vines, not threats.  Perception: 12

Everyone except for Osborn and Orin (passive perception) sees some dark cyan vines growing from a tree, and, then you see another tree with the vines growing from it, and you then see a line of blue vine covered trees leading of the path.

Yeah Orin is busy looking for signs of animals, especially bears. Survival: 12

Herbert: rolls up the sleeves on his white shirt.  "I suppose we better, hard to see from here how difficult it's going to be making progress."  He peers into the forest, squinting his eyes. "If we get the chance I know invisibility... might come in useful, not that it looks like you need it Gromedark.  I think I will stay towards the back, I'm no brawler".  His pink moheican is starting to droop from the sweat of exertion.

"Well that's the clue we were told to follow" says Osborn, pointing to the vines that he was a little ashamed to have not seen himself.

"I am ready to go, the quicker we deliver the potion and get back, the sooner we can collect our pay.  Honest work, eh? I already feel like I'm earning a crust!"

AndrewFairall, try yor survival roll agian, It didn't go through

(Hmm I edit it right and then it goes back to wrong, rolling again here)

Survival: 17

(Orin)

You don't find any clues of animals that have been around these parts of the woods.

Garazar is perfectly at home in the wilderness, though he is wary of the forest's reputation. Other than keeping his eyes open, though, he allows the others to take point in finding the trail, nodding but not speaking as the blue vines their employer described were found, and shuffling along behind.

(Garazar is not particularly stealthy, thanks to armor, but can help track or trail-find if needed. He generally allows others to lead if they want to, though.)

On the assumption that they have been travelling for some time following these blue vines, Osborn will try to determine if they are heading in the right direction.

Survival 12 

And will continue to stay alert for danger from the trees and/or pathway Perception (Passive 11) 7 

"So what's the deal when we meet this guy?  'Here is your potion, bye bye'?  How is Clovis going to know we didn't just drink it?  Or sell it?  I'm not saying we should, just that he's a bit, you know, trusting"

Herbert: "Oh absolutely, there's something more going on here. More to this Aspherer chap, more to this potion, more to Clovis. He got agitated everytime one of us poked around a little. I don't trust it.... But I like gold" 

"You do raise an interesting point...how do we prove we have done this. Do we get a receipt from him?" 

After a while of following the vines.

"You don't think he is an absolutely mad genius sending us to battle his latest creation do you? An eight legged owlbear that shoots poison from each knee?"

"...well NOW I do!" says Osborn, imagination going wild.  "I guess we ask Aspherer for proof, or a code word or something?  Meh, play it by ear.  I don't think there's much that the five of us can't handle"

He carries on walking, trying to act nonchalant and definitely not thinking of eight-legged owlbears.

After walking for some time, you reach a ruined henge. The same blue vines a growing around a circle of stone, with a statue of a bird stands in the center. The woods have created a clearing around these ruins. You feel your heart skip a beat as your eye come upon four bodies lying dead in the center of the henge, two, a elf and half elf, wearing singed light blue robes, and two people wearing crimson red  robes and both wearing a white smiling mask. The air is filled with the scent of rotting copses and charcoal.

Herbert: stops at the edge of the clearing and opens one of the satchels, rummages for a bit, grabs a small bit of cloth and covers his mouth and nose with it.

Then he says to Osborn "can't see any eight legged owlbears yet. HahahaHAHAH" and laughs a little too loud, scaring himself.

Herbert scans the surrounding area: perception 10

Then to the group "What do you chaps think? Shall we scout the perimeter or go have a peek at those bodies?" 

Osborn stands shocked at the clearing's entrance and then horrified at Herbert's 'joke'.  Then he cocks his head as if hearing something else, dismissing it and proceeding into the scene of carnage before him.

"I suggest the big fellas keep an eye out for danger, I want to work out what's happened here"

Investigation check on the bodies: 4

History or Religion (same modifier) check on the statue: 13

Perception check for any signs of traps or danger: 12

Orin will move in towards the bodies looking around "Well this looks like this druid isn't very nice at all." 

He will also begin looking around for any danger Perception: 2

(ouch)

Using Halfling luck: Perception: 3

(Well damn)

Looking around this area, you don't see any danger, but you do notice a crude footpath wandering off into another side of the woods. Osborn, looking at the statue, it seems to be a symbol of the Circle of the Bluejay, you can't recall much about them though. As you are investigating the bodies, they let a frantic jerk, then the bodies rise to a slumped stand, these zombie begin to lunge at you all. I am going to need everyone to roll initiative. Osborn is closer to the bodies since he tried to investigate them, while everyone else is about twenty feet away. 

Zombie's Initiative 15, 0, 10, 7

"Ahhhhh, what the...." Orin is startled by the sudden rising of the bodies but manages to pull his maul from his back as he prepares for battle.

Initiative: 18

Osborn initiative 14 

Screeching at the sudden reanimation of the dead, Osborn instinctively casts Misty Step to move 30ft as far away from them as possible.

He then casts Eldritch Blast at the nearest zombie Attack: 24 Damage: 13