Sorry for the slow reply. Trying to get everything done at work before I leave for vacation next week. I'll be sparse but will check in as often as I can to keep the game rolling :)

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Sallah: "I suppose we could follow the large tracks, the small tracks, and the game trail at the same time, but I suspect that splitting our small group might be unwise.

"Probably we should focus on the path that our supply wagons will take, and continue scouting the trail. What do the rest of you think?"

 "Could you show me these tracks?"  Jonathan looks at them hopefully with help from Sallah. 10

17 in survival 

Sallah: "I thought the game trail might be easier to travel, but it seems to be getting too narrow for the wagon.

"Jonathan said the smaller tracks might be humanoid. The larger tracks might be more of those beasts, but I think the other groups will be fine in a stand-up fight. But an ambush from bandits? Maybe the smaller tracks should be investigated first."

(Depends if Jonathan's 17 Survival revealed more clues.)

(Really sorry everyone. I was in the woods of Minnesota. Supposedly I was going to have wifi in our cabin but they lied. Back now and getting caught up in everything.)

Jonathan -- The beast tracks have a resemblance to the creatures you fought at the edge of the woods. It is either theirs or something very similar. The tracks are old perhaps 3 or 4 days old. The human type tracks are even older maybe a week. The timing of both you are much less certain but it's as good of a guess you can make.

"Let me see, hmm. I think those are from the same beasts we fought earlier those are fresher but about a couple of days. The people that passed by have been gone about a week. An old trapper taught me some things. I'm surprised rain or something didn't wash the tracks away. We probably should move on the way we were going."

Jonathan wonders whether or not he should of been a ranger. He shrugs and sighs, city life is more for him really.

ooc: Welcome back

"Hmmm... should we let the caravan know? With three symbols, I should have set up additional codes that pairs of symbols disappearing would correspond to... Perhaps I'll have to write up a code sheet to leave with them for the future.", Calwin muses.

((So what do we want to do here? Pursue tracks, alert wagons?))

(I Think we're moving on not following the tracks but we should let em know)

Calwin will drop back to the wagons to inform folks and re-up the symbols, before jogging back to join the others.

Calwin rejoins the rest of the Candlekeep crew after warning the wagons. "So, shall we track down these beasts?"

((@DM, is this game dead, or are you hoping still find the bandwith to pick it back up again? I/Calwin would still be interested, but things just kind of... stopped.))

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Calwin rejoins the rest of the Candlekeep crew after warning the wagons. "So, shall we track down these beasts?"

((@DM, is this game dead, or are you hoping still find the bandwith to pick it back up again? I/Calwin would still be interested, but things just kind of... stopped.))

(Group 1 of the campaign still seems very active.

For group 2, if it is just a question of "pick a path", Sallah will follow Calwin's lead in investigating the beast tracks.)

Hey all -- I was pretty over committed for a bit but I have things under better control you can tell by the other games flurry of activity I suppose.

I am still very interested in running this game but honestly I wasn't sure you all were still interested in playing.

It seems as interest is rekindled which is wonderful as I have horrible horrible plans for you all. 

Can someone just tell me the plan for the 3 of you that have posted recently and we get back on track.

ooc: I've noted as a DM that some people don't post cause the information doesn't include them. So the DM sometimes has to ask what the pc's are doing at the moment.

((Warned the wagons, investigate the tracks, if that sounds good to others?))

(We need to hear if ikarbino still wants to participate, or if it is just the 3 of us.

I already said I'm good with what Calwin / Spiderwrangler suggested.)

(I'm up for it. It's a character concept I've been meaning to try for a long time so it's actually a relief that we're restarting.)

(I have messages out to both Ibarino and Nahbois. Hopefully they want to continue. For now lets assume they are silent followers till I hear from them.)

So to get back on track...

You all take sometime investigating the tracks. Deciding it's best to warn the wagons you start working back towards the caravan. It takes a while but after an hour or so you come across Gehir and the rest of the company. I assume you tell him about the three diverging pathways and don't hold any of your information back. (Hopefully this is in line with what you were discussing, if not let's use this as a reset)

Gehir takes a moment to think before replying, "It is a difficult choice but as I see it there are a few things to consider." He strokes his beard thoughtfully and continues. "The animal tracks are clearly not natural or native to these woods. It would make sense that following that path could lead us to nexus of the rift. I would be in favor of following that trail... The game trial does have some promise of heading deeper into the woods and likely will have the easiest path forward for the wagon. I suspect we would make excellent time but I don't have any idea where this would lead. The human tracks could be anything from bandits to our new friends group." The wizened man motions toward Marlee. "You know my thoughts but you are the scholars and it seems like you did an excellent job tracking so the choice is yours."

"If the creatures are coming through the rift, all the more reason to track them down if we can.", Calwin muses.

After relating the information to Gehir he waited and after the response  "I guess I can agree with Calwin" Jonathan says