“Also a good thought.” Kwisatz says, as he starts walking up towards the chimneys that Duncan had spotted “Though I do not know how well we can sneak it. Even Duncan isn’t an expert scout, as he has trouble seeing in the dark like you. He’s simply the first eyes I’ve been able to get in the area.”

"Now that's an idea," says Sael in response to Andrømeda.  "We might be able to sneak anyone who may be living out...   If we can distract them on one end, and there's any luck that Duncan sees anyone living, perhaps he could guide them to whichever chimney you're at.  Andrømeda is biggest.  Rush and I could do the distracting, with your's and Duncan's guidance she could do the saving, if there's anyone to save," she finished, talking to Kwis.

Nodding and looking thoughtful, Andrømeda says, "If any of dem are fit to climb a narrow chimney. If not, maybe Am can pull dem up vith rope if den's not too far? As much as Am vant to fight, de living are de..." she snaps her fingers a couple times, brow furrowed, "Am can't think of de vord. De living must kom først." She sniffs a bit. "Still, if dir are so many, den vould be unvise to leave only two to face dem, and alle of dette planning means nul if Duncan is not able to find anybody. Dir vil be no reason for a distraction if dir is no one to save."

“The undead have more to fear from me, than I from them. Don’t worry overmuch, Andromeda. Sael and I can take them.” Rush has another of his odd moments of confidence

“Well... let us not get too ahead of ourselves and see what we can find. I’ll send Duncan down a chimney first, and depending on what he sees perhaps you can lower me down as well. Though... I do not relish the idea of going alone.” Kwisatz says.

Once they reach a chimney he’ll tell Duncan to fly down, and will again look through his eyes/hears to see what he can.

Everyone that is going to attempt to climb the path to get to the top needs to roll a DC10 Athletics check since it's uneven and steep, rocky terrain in some places as you go. We can consider this another extended test. Every time you have to roll, it takes your character an extra 30 minutes to climb. 

Athletics: 21

((Am'm very stronk, ja? lol))

Kwisatz athletics - 3 ((This might be a good time for some *guidance* :D )) ((bah... wouldn’t help. Andromeda, carry him please~))

Andrømeda picks Kwiz up, setting him on her shoulders with a laugh as she climbs. "Hold tight my friend, and enjoy de view, ja?"

((I'll roll again if need be, since I would think carrying somebody would raise the DC? Unless the initial 21 is good enough to cover it. 24 ))

A 23 is more than enough to account for any increase in the DC, plus carrying Kwiz isn't going to strain Andrømeda too much. lol

The two of you make it to the top in ~30 - 45 minutes. 

When you get to the top, you look down the chimney and you can see that it's ~ 30' down (you think? It's hard to tell because it's dark and you're not sure if you're seeing the bottom or not). You could climb down without climbing gear, but you wouldn't be able to get back up without it.

Kwisatz situates himself in a comfortable cross-legged position at the base of the chimey and he nudges Duncan encouragingly. Duncan hops off of Kwisatz's shoulder and dive bombs down the dark sooty hole. Kwiz's eyes glaze over, again, with the cloudy magic covering his pupils and irises making his eyes a creepy white everywhere. 

Andrømeda stands nearby, greataxe in hand, ready to defend Kwisatz while he is defenseless.

Sael heads back around to the front door, careful to make sure the undead hadn't already broken through, and that Rush's frozen magic held up.

If all is good, she heads over and raps heavily on the door in an attempt to keep their attention to this general area.

Guidance for Sael

The door is secure and Sael makes plenty of noise. 

Blinking to readjust to the light Kwisatz looks to Andromeda and says “Below is a room that looks like a barracks. It’s been ransacked. There are doors out from it, but so far no movement. If we wanted to sneak in we could easily do so... “

"If vi secure a rope at de top for if or vhen vi return vith survivors, maybe. Do vi ha a way to let de others know vithout climbing back down?" Andrømeda asks. "Den vould be best not to go in vithout telling dem."

Sael turns to Rush and says "I think I hear the sounds of shuffling footsteps and possibly metal dangling/clanging against itself on the other side of the door. There has to be at least a dozen pairs of feet in there."

“I can send Duncan down with a note.” Kwisatz says, wishing he’d given one of the sending stones to the other pair “Do you think we should try stealth through here? It seems likely that anything ‘alive’ down there has heard the ruckus at the door and has moved towards it.”

Andrømeda shrugs. "Am'm not de most stille krigga at de best of times, but dir is no use in being for høyt either. Vi do our best to avoid notice, ja?" She pulls out her rope, securing it around the chimney and starts feeding the other end down. "Send de message, and let us be about our vork." Stopping for a moment to think, she also pulls out the sending stone and holds it out to Kwisatz with a serious look on her face. "Du ha magic, but Am can take far more smerte. More pain. Tell dem to hold onto de stein and if vi find trouble and vi net help, du get away if du can, and tell dem to try and get to us. Splitting up vhen vi know dir are many foes is a risky thing, and Am vil be forbannet before Am allow a friend to meet dir end in my place." Despite her grave attitude and words, she gives her greataxe a flourish and smiles, giving Kwisatz a wink. "Not det vi net vorry overmuch, ja? Am believe vi vil crush anything det vould stand in our vay."

“Are you suggesting having them remain below while you and I go in alone?” Kwisatz says, a bit nervous to split the group. Blinking Duncan appears next to him, and Kwisatz pulls out a pen and paper to start writing his note.