Kroshsav gives Thir a loud shushing sound.

Thir stumbles, steps on a large Boulder that rolls noisely down the mountain before nigh exploding on reaching the bottom. She stands befuddled by this, wincing at each boom.

Kroshav's shushing elicits a series of gestures from the bugbear the dragonborn is pretty sure he's going to need to pray for forgiveness for even having seen..

((Going to probably need a crit from Ernos to offset the garbage rolls...))

Cladmir looks back at the ruckus and truly blames Thir for making such noice AND for making Kroshav shush Thir.

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Welp, let's see how the stealth goes

Griff perception: 11

Despite the noise, there aren't any immediate signs they've been made. Once everyone relaxes and starts moving again, after having given Thir a look, things seem to be going okay.

Then everyone hears a shriek high above that draws everyone's attention to a tiny dot in the clear blue sky. One of the grifflets responds with a much less impressive shriek. It would actually have been cute had it not caused a near instant third call.

Thir summarizes the situation.

"Shit. Run!"

((So looking for a dex check from everyone to get down safely. After that, would you be looking to try and hide or just truck it?))

In time such as these Cladmir's experience in combat informs him that it is time to run and let the slow one "get it".  That was back before Kroshav tho so we'll see how this plays out.

Dex: 21

(( Darn stupid old knees! ))

Cladmir gets down the last bit, the old fashioned way, letting gravity do most of the work! He is quite the sight, most of the party are surprised by his summersault/flip/splits act given his age. Unfortunately, his act doesn't leave time for concerns about things like boulders and large, pointy bits of ice.

Skid/fall damage: 8 (9)

((Happy New Year! And the most gentle of new year's bumps!))

Dex: 18

Kroshav has seen the griffins fly off when a horse, so isn't keen to be taken airborne by them.

Kroshav skids down but manages to mostly keep his footing, Cladmir beats him down by a good margin however. Cladmir's grifflet seems, if anything, enthused by the rough descent.

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"Focus on your safety, try not to harm them if possible.  They're our insurance."

Dex check: 6

Ernos smoothly and quickly makes it to the bottom of the cliff, his griflet having fallen asleep, but Thir skids roughly down part of the way, skidding on her back and coming up with less hair on her arms and shoulders.

Damage (2) (8)

She hops up and shakes off the ice and snow and waves the party forward.

"We hide! Find-"

She looks around frantically:

Perception: 20 (8)

((Perception for a hidy hole if you would, or if you want to run or whatever else?))

Old man is hurt so hide is his first instinct.

Perception:  12

Kroshav Perception: 18

Thir's tumble having left her a bit dazed misses a series of wide cracks in the mountain/ice that Kroshav spots. They should be wide enough for a few people squeeze into, but are going to be pretty tight for Kroshav, and deep enough to prevent beaks and talons from reaching those inside.

A bit further ahead, Cladmir spots not only the cracks but also sees a depression and an ice cave. It is wide enough for everyone but fairly low. He can't judge its depth but it goes deeper than the light reaches and his old human eyes can see.

((Heading to one of these?))

"There's some cracks over there! I can widen them out if we can squeeze in!", the big paladin says, pointing at the cracks he spotted.

Cladmir is conflicted between following Kroshav and contradicting the paladin -- which means it is time to roll a dice!

If 1-11, then Cladmir will blindly follow the Dragonborn no questions asked.
If 12-20, Cladmir will find the sense to at least propose an alternative.

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