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"Sure," Anakis replies to Tarek, "But just let me get this first." And she runs over to the dagger hilt and picks it up to look it over (Investigation: 7). She then returns to the front of the group next to Tarek, "Let's explore some more." (Stealth: 18; Perception: 7).
Anakis holds the hilt and swings it around a couple of times, pretending to stab an invisible foe in front of her. She then puts in her back pack and heads back to the front of the group (stealth and perception rolls were above, but can roll again if you want).
You're all just about to get underway again when up ahead you see torchlight illuminating the walls at the corner where the passageway turns to the left. The source of the light appears to be getting closer, and is near to coming around the corner. What do you do?
Aluzira watches as the creature falls and lets out a sigh of relief. "At least that didn't go as badly as the toads," she says with a small laugh. "I have some healing magic, if you need any," she says to Ash, reasheathing her daggers. She then moves to look closer at the writing on the wall, but upon seeing the torchlight follows Anakis's lead and hides against the wall while peeking around the corner.
Aluzira, there could have been some time for you to examine the writing, and assuming adequate light was provided, you would have seen the same straight cracks in the paint running across some of the letters that Anakis did. The cracks line up with each other to form two vertical lines on either side of the center of the wall, about five feet apart, topped by a horizontal line that runs across the letters about seven feet from the floor.
I assume Tarek also hides around the corner since I have a Dex (Stealth) check for him still in effect, and Ash will follow suit if he's still under my control. What about Torrent? Does he try to stay out of the oncoming torchlight? My understanding is that Nicolas has doused his torch, so right now, everyone's in darkness.
(OOC - those lines sound like a hidden door to me haha.)
(DM Question - how far was the corner in the tunnel from Anakis' hiding position and therefore, whatever is coming towards them? Just trying to plan out a few paths of action depending on what she sees emerge :) )
Anakis whispers into her sleeve, "Quiet Custard. Something is coming," and she gives him some crumbs before resuming her watch of the approaching light.
It's about seventy feet from the corner you're all hiding behind to the left turn in the passageway around which the torchlight is approaching.
As you peek around the corner in the darkness, Anakis, you see twelve small people, about half normal human size, come into view moving cautiously down the hall towards you. They wear leather and padded armor and bear swords, slings, and spears. The foremost of them carries a torch. You would recognize them as halflings from tales you have heard, or perhaps from having encountered one or two in your time in Steepgulch. They are somewhat rare in the area of Ekuepool and the Clouded Bog, preferring to live in more pastoral settings in other parts of the world.
When they get about half way down the passageway, and their torchlight comes to rest on the broken and burned corpse lying on the floor across the hall from you, they halt their movement. Right at that moment, Tarek's chainmail jingles inconveniently, giving away your position, and after a hushed and hurried discussion among themselves in a sonorous language that none of you understand, their leader calls out, "Hello? Who's there?" and awaits your reply.
Anakis turns to the others as she realises what the approaching group is, "Halflings," she whispers.
When they call out, Anakis steps out confidently, Custard sitting on her shoulder. "It's just me and my pet mouse. You people make a hell of a racket! Aren't you worried about attracting those things?" She points at the corpse on the ground, then relaxes and tries to feign innocence and that she is in fact alone (Deception: 22). "Who are all of you? I haven't seen halflings in ages! I remember this one time, back home in Steepgulch, there was this one halfling, he was funny..." her voice slowly trails off as she continues her story, then suddenly comes back to the present, "What are all of you doing down here in the underground? Aren't you afraid of getting in trouble? The council apparently doesn't like people for coming down here."
The halflings regard you suspiciously. "A she-devil!" exclaims one of them.
"Tsk!" says their leader, shushing the one who spoke and maintaining order.
Ash, if you're trying to remain hidden from the halflings, make a Dexterity check. I can't see your character sheet anymore, and I'm not sure from your previous rolls if you're proficient in Stealth, but if you are, add your proficiency bonus. Also, re-post your character sheet to the campaign when you can.
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"I'm no devil!" Anakis exclaims, "I'm just a little girl. This is my mouse. His name is Custard," she calms down and pats her pet as she introduces him. "So what are you all doing down here?" Anakis watches them closely as the halflings answer, trying to gather any insight into what they're saying is the truth or guarded (using inspiration for advantage. Insight: 13).
Ash will step out when they notice Anakis. "No devils here.....at least as far as I can tell" He steps forward and retrieves his spear from the body of the dead 'thing'. "Sorry if we are trespassing, we had no idea anyone lived down here."
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“I will take responsibility for what I have done. [...] If must fall, I will rise each time a better man.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer.
"Do you live here?" Tarek asks the halflings. "Dear Pelor, this must be a horrible place to live." After a brief pause, he clears his throat and mentions, "We are here to collect a bounty for having slain some giant toads in the Bog."
"Well, that was... frightening, certainly," Tarek says, wiping the sweat off of his brow. "Shall we continue on our way then?"
"Sure," Anakis replies to Tarek, "But just let me get this first." And she runs over to the dagger hilt and picks it up to look it over (Investigation: 7). She then returns to the front of the group next to Tarek, "Let's explore some more." (Stealth: 18; Perception: 7).
Upon closer inspection, it appears that rather than belonging to a dagger, the hilt was made for a sword sized for a very small person.
Also, the pommel is of an unusual shape: a rather oddly shaped lump of metal.
Anakis holds the hilt and swings it around a couple of times, pretending to stab an invisible foe in front of her. She then puts in her back pack and heads back to the front of the group (stealth and perception rolls were above, but can roll again if you want).
Tarek will continue to walk in the front of the group with Anakis (Stealth: 0 and Perception: 6 if needed).
You're all just about to get underway again when up ahead you see torchlight illuminating the walls at the corner where the passageway turns to the left. The source of the light appears to be getting closer, and is near to coming around the corner. What do you do?
Anakis ducks to the corner of the room and hall she just found the hilt in, peeking around the corner to look down the hall at whatever is coming.
Nicolas slips the torch into his bag keeping one hand on it as he ducks back around the corner and hides. (Stealth: 12)
Aluzira watches as the creature falls and lets out a sigh of relief. "At least that didn't go as badly as the toads," she says with a small laugh. "I have some healing magic, if you need any," she says to Ash, reasheathing her daggers. She then moves to look closer at the writing on the wall, but upon seeing the torchlight follows Anakis's lead and hides against the wall while peeking around the corner.
Stealth: 17
Perception: 20
Aluzira, there could have been some time for you to examine the writing, and assuming adequate light was provided, you would have seen the same straight cracks in the paint running across some of the letters that Anakis did. The cracks line up with each other to form two vertical lines on either side of the center of the wall, about five feet apart, topped by a horizontal line that runs across the letters about seven feet from the floor.
I assume Tarek also hides around the corner since I have a Dex (Stealth) check for him still in effect, and Ash will follow suit if he's still under my control. What about Torrent? Does he try to stay out of the oncoming torchlight? My understanding is that Nicolas has doused his torch, so right now, everyone's in darkness.
"I ain't seen something like that in all my wanderings. What kinda abomination is that?"
Noting that Anakis, who seems far more in her element than Torrent is, is hiding, Torrent attempts to do the same. Stealth 20
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(OOC - those lines sound like a hidden door to me haha.)
(DM Question - how far was the corner in the tunnel from Anakis' hiding position and therefore, whatever is coming towards them? Just trying to plan out a few paths of action depending on what she sees emerge :) )
Anakis whispers into her sleeve, "Quiet Custard. Something is coming," and she gives him some crumbs before resuming her watch of the approaching light.
Ash will follow Tarek, ready to strike if necessary.
“I will take responsibility for what I have done. [...] If must fall, I will rise each time a better man.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer.
It's about seventy feet from the corner you're all hiding behind to the left turn in the passageway around which the torchlight is approaching.
As you peek around the corner in the darkness, Anakis, you see twelve small people, about half normal human size, come into view moving cautiously down the hall towards you. They wear leather and padded armor and bear swords, slings, and spears. The foremost of them carries a torch. You would recognize them as halflings from tales you have heard, or perhaps from having encountered one or two in your time in Steepgulch. They are somewhat rare in the area of Ekuepool and the Clouded Bog, preferring to live in more pastoral settings in other parts of the world.
When they get about half way down the passageway, and their torchlight comes to rest on the broken and burned corpse lying on the floor across the hall from you, they halt their movement. Right at that moment, Tarek's chainmail jingles inconveniently, giving away your position, and after a hushed and hurried discussion among themselves in a sonorous language that none of you understand, their leader calls out, "Hello? Who's there?" and awaits your reply.
Anakis turns to the others as she realises what the approaching group is, "Halflings," she whispers.
When they call out, Anakis steps out confidently, Custard sitting on her shoulder. "It's just me and my pet mouse. You people make a hell of a racket! Aren't you worried about attracting those things?" She points at the corpse on the ground, then relaxes and tries to feign innocence and that she is in fact alone (Deception: 22). "Who are all of you? I haven't seen halflings in ages! I remember this one time, back home in Steepgulch, there was this one halfling, he was funny..." her voice slowly trails off as she continues her story, then suddenly comes back to the present, "What are all of you doing down here in the underground? Aren't you afraid of getting in trouble? The council apparently doesn't like people for coming down here."
The halflings regard you suspiciously. "A she-devil!" exclaims one of them.
"Tsk!" says their leader, shushing the one who spoke and maintaining order.
Ash, if you're trying to remain hidden from the halflings, make a Dexterity check. I can't see your character sheet anymore, and I'm not sure from your previous rolls if you're proficient in Stealth, but if you are, add your proficiency bonus. Also, re-post your character sheet to the campaign when you can.
"I'm no devil!" Anakis exclaims, "I'm just a little girl. This is my mouse. His name is Custard," she calms down and pats her pet as she introduces him. "So what are you all doing down here?" Anakis watches them closely as the halflings answer, trying to gather any insight into what they're saying is the truth or guarded (using inspiration for advantage. Insight: 13).
(OOC - thank you inspiration! haha)
(Good point, could I get a link to the campaign)
Ash will step out when they notice Anakis. "No devils here.....at least as far as I can tell" He steps forward and retrieves his spear from the body of the dead 'thing'. "Sorry if we are trespassing, we had no idea anyone lived down here."
“I will take responsibility for what I have done. [...] If must fall, I will rise each time a better man.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer.
"Do you live here?" Tarek asks the halflings. "Dear Pelor, this must be a horrible place to live." After a brief pause, he clears his throat and mentions, "We are here to collect a bounty for having slain some giant toads in the Bog."
Nicolas will try to remain hidden so as to surprise the halflings if things go pear-shaped.