Sparlock's Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Investigation with bootleg disadvantage: 17, 11

The stone alter in the center of the alcove features carvings of dragons. Upon a raised platform on the center of the alter sits a mottled green mask surmounted by a frilled crest and with leathery spiked plates along its jaw.

What had Eadyan said? That the mask conferred the tongue of dragons and empowered draconic standing? Looking upon it, Skiaceq can see the likeness in its make. Being so near such a powerful relic makes him tense. He wonders if the feeling is an omen, or merely an old blood grudge. Magic was a tricky thing.

Stomaching the foreboding sensation, he opens his pouch and wraps the cloth around the mask, careful not to lay a single feather on it. With the relic secured, he rides warm air back to his companions and slings Eadyan over his shoulder. “Okay. Let’s get the hell out of here.”

As Skiaceq is turning around with the mask, there is a sound of gears turning and two arrows come flying out from either side, rocketing towards the monk. (Attack: 8 Damage: 5) Fortunately for him, they aren't quite fast enough, and Skiaceq feels the arrows pass by his tail feathers as he flies across that cavern to the other side.

Darvin startles as the trap is triggered, the arrows narrowly missing the aarakocran. "Let's get out of here quickly! You're the only one who knows the way!"

Skiaceq winces as the arrows shoot through his wingfeathers, narrowly missing flesh. As if he needed another reason to hate this place. With a nod to Darvin, he begins leading the way to the north entrance where the guards await... hopefully still alive.

There IS a map among one of you. Barring that, if I could get Skiaceq to give a survival check at disadvantage.

OoC: Oh, right. I think Darvin has that. But Skiaceq came from there, so figured he'd have the easiest time of it.

OoC: Poor bird. We put him through so much

Lissandra puts her hand on Skiaceq's shoulder. "You got this."

Skiaceq has Guidance (1d4).

Survival: 7

Guidance: 2

Skiaceq leads the group confidently in the direction he believes the cave entrance is, and they continue on for a bit before hitting a dead end. Doubling back, the group attempts to find their way back onto the correct path when they hear Draconic voices up ahead.

"I think it should be up this way... if only that damned tiefling hadn't stolen the map."

"The fool who let him get away with it has paid for his incompetence. We'd better find this 'mask' before we suffer his same fate."

"The sooner we get out of here the better... this kobold tunnels are too short for me."

The voices seem to be headed in your direction from straight ahead. The tiefling's unconscious body is presumably being carried by Lissandra. You passed a junction in the tunnels fairly recently. You might be able to escape, but you know you only have moments until they will see the light [presumably] of your torches.

Darvin extinguishes his torch and gestures to Valji to help lead Skiaceq into the junction, while he puts a hand on Lissandra's back to guide the human in the dark. He will try to keep them moving until they can find a spot where they will be visually obscured from someone looking down the corridor from the previous junction.

Stealth?: 16

OoC: Man, we are really rolling well lately

Let's get a group check going. Lissandra: 11

Stealth: 5

Ushered unexpectedly by Valji, Skiaceq stumbles over a rock and slaps against the wall. Knots of loose stone collapse from the impact and scatter noisily across the cavern floor.

OoC: [Yakkity Sax begins playing in background]

OOC: It’s like a Scooby Doo episode. We’re throwing our hands up and running back and forth screaming. (This was meant to be in the OOC thread. So slow today...)

Stealth: 8

The gnome easily moves in the dark, deftly avoiding any thing that would give away his position. Unfortunately, the big bird following him can't see what Valji sees and trips over every single object the wizard steps around! "At least I can use you as a distraction..." he thinks.

"Did you hear that up ahead?"

"Maybe it's the tiefling!"

"Think the boss would give us a bonus if we brought him in?"

You enter into a T-intersection as you hear a speeding up of the scurrying behind you.

Darvin pantomimes to Valji, making flames with his fingers and pointing to the floor then making a gesture with his arms and leaning forward as if he were beginning to run.