Allansia Wildlands Campaign.

Zeltheris smiles easily as he strums his lute, "Another set of eyes would most certainly be welcome, and if you are seeking adventure, I trust that you can offer more assistance than that! Wonderful news! Were you seeking a particular adventure, or would you be willing to accompany these others on their rise to fame?"

DESCRIPTION

herman is a human, male, in his twenties, strongly built, brown hair and eyes.

He wears a wolf pelt as a robe and its head as a hood.

in his hands shines a long pike/glaive, he currently uses a walking staff.

INGAME

Herman steps forward, narrows his eyes as to study the newcomer.

His face looks familiar to the barbarian:

"mh...I think I have seen you somewhere...by any chance, were you working at port BlackSand?

and anyway, what are you doing in the middle of nowhere? were you heading somewhere apart from seeking adventure? I mean, even if you look armed enough, this wilderness is quite dangerous..."

OUT OF GAME

can you please describe briefly how garet looks?

"The Pamphlets were a way for the monstery constructs to acquire more... converts for the great Ascension!" A small spark lights up Shalana's "brain" for a moment, "Shalana is sorry, friends. It has been too long since Shalana's last maintenance."

Garet relaxed and addressing Shalana "I meant no offence Shalana, my recent streak of fortune has made me doubt the very existence of the gods at times, if it were not for the tender mercies of the healer I would be with them now, perhaps another time you could tell me more about the Ascended One"

Garet took Banzo's preferred hand (Claw) and shook it warmly "Well met friend Banzo, It would be an honour to travel with such heroes, I have heard tales of the Heroes of Chalice from a mercenary that I was working with on the accursed trade caravan with, young Drax was took young to be butchered on that Orc Spear, too young" Garet brought himself back from those painful memories "Yes I would be welcome to add my eyes and sword in looking for this Cave"

Garet nodded towards the Gnome looking admiringly at the spider-mount "I assure you Master Gnome, I am surely in need of friends I have had my fill of foes to last me a lifetime, and would welcome the company, I have seen little of company these past three days"

Garet's gaze fell on the Half Elven Bard, "I have no particular engagement at the moment, since the caravan I was guard was attacked by the filthy Orcs of the Clawed Eye Tribe, leaving none alive, I find myself between employments. I was on my way to Chalice to try and find gainful employment"

Garet responds to the barbarian looking rather uneasy as he does so "I was born and raised in the City of Thieves" putting a slight unconscious emphasis on the word Thieves "In a Tavern on the Lobster Wharf Commodore Jackdaw it was called, when I became of age I put out to sea, I returned to city recently to settle a family affair, before I got employment on the ill fortuned Trade Caravan from Blacksand to these Hills. Our caravan was attacked by the Orcs and they were merciless and too numerous, I was wounded greviously and left for dead, and Dead I would have been if not for the Master Healer wandering the lands, he took me in and nursed me back to health. I then took my leave and started to make my way back to Chalice, where I ran into you fine folk."

OOC Garet appearance Human Male 5,9 Medium length Black Hair pale skin piercing brown eyes short cropped black beard with a few flecks of grey, Dressed in black standard travelling gear and leather armour, A Rapier hangs off his waist on one hip whilst on the other hangs a wicked short sword. Garet is wiry and moves in a graceful manner but with a slight gait which alludes to time spent on the sea. He has tick of absent mindedly placing his hand of the rapier as he talks.

(Shalana from the outside, looks worn but looked after. The small cracks of the outside armour show inside that Shalana are actually ancient.)

Shalana's eyes glow for a moment, writing Garet's name but probably deleted something else from memory.

"The pamphlets were made back at the Monastery and this unit has no ability to print them. Shalana will dedicate resources to present Ascension to non-constructs in a non-threatening manner." Shalana pauses for a moment before a very distorted  "PRAISE THE IRIS!" emits from the construct. "A new convert to share the teachings with."

Herman startles

"master healer, you said?"

Ooc: of course the question is more for Damian DM, I mean: to see if he is talking about the same healer, how did he arrive there? Does he know his way back there etc?

@everyone: I guess there is a band orcs looking for troubles

( He used the same name that the Halflings did for the Healer so you can assume it is the same one. As to the other questions from what he has said it seems he was found by the Healer after the attack and walked here after being healed.)

"Now that all of the greetings are done, can we continue on to find that strange hill?" Brocc suggests, turning his spider to look to his companions. "Did the familiar find anything, other than our new friend?"

"Sounds like a plan" Garet quickly falls in step behind Banzo eager to prove himself of use and the more distance he puts between himself and the caravan massacre the better.

Following the guidance of Banzos hawk the companions tramped through the hills and after a few hours once again came in sight of the hill that Hatch and Herman had spotted.

Looking at it again it seemed to be a perfectly unremarkable piece of landscape but as the sun was momentarily obscured by cloud the others also noted the strange angularity of the eastern slope.  Looking down on it from above there was a definite resemblance to the previous mine some of them had visited....though if there were gates here they were buried under tons of shale and earth.

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(ooc: although any gates may be buried, there is a cave to explore... yes/no?... or is the entrance buried?)

 

 

 ( That would probably require closer inspection....if there is an entrance it can't be seen from here.)

Zeltheris moves up to help anyone interested examine the hillside.

Garet keen to impress his new colleagues makes his way towards the gates looking for any signs of an entrance whilst his keenly attuned Thieves senses are wary for traps.

Investigation 7

Investigation advantage reroll 5

Perception 20

With Zeltheris assistance Garet scans the screeslope and deduces that it is slighty concave....if there are doors under there they have likely collapsed inwards.

He notes a number of crawlspaces under boulders and rubble but is unable to determine which is the most likely entrance from his current vantage point.

With a nod to Zeltheris for his assistance, Garet turns back to the group. "The screesclope appears concave if there were doors they would have likely collapsed inwards." Garet takes a another quick glance.

"There do look like there may be access though a couple of gaps that I could crawl through. I'm going to go in closer for a closer look." Garet makes his way towards the potential entrances to check their viability.

Investigate 7

Perception 10

Zeltheris glances at Bonzo, "I wonder how long ago it collapsed. I thought it an old collapse, in which case I'm not sure we want to dig anyone out, but if its a recent collapse, I'm curious why they haven't dug themselves out yet." And he'll move forward to try and get an idea of how old the collapse is.

Nature?: 22

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With a nod to Zeltheris for his assistance, Garet turns back to the group. "The screesclope appears concave if there were doors they would have likely collapsed inwards." Garet takes a another quick glance.

"There do look like there may be access though a couple of gaps that I could crawl through. I'm going to go in closer for a closer look." Garet makes his way towards the potential entrances to check their viability.

Investigate 7

Perception 10

 

 

 Garet is scratching his head......geology and engineering were never his strongest subjects.

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"Let's all get a little closer, we might have to dig someone out."

Banzo motions for the others, "Maybe there's a crawlspace big enough to gain entry?"

Banzo walks back and forth in each direction a little to investigate for other crawlspaces.

Investigation: 24 

Banzo comes in close and examines the screeslope base, almost immediately he spots signs of scuff marks and digging around one of the voids and leaning down feels a slight cool breeze on his scales....theres definetely a way through here, he's not the greatest with tracking but he's fairly sure whatever made the marks is at least human sized.

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Zeltheris glances at Bonzo, "I wonder how long ago it collapsed. I thought it an old collapse, in which case I'm not sure we want to dig anyone out, but if its a recent collapse, I'm curious why they haven't dug themselves out yet." And he'll move forward to try and get an idea of how old the collapse is.

Nature?: 11

There are plants growing on the scree-slope, he'd wager its at lest 12 months old if not longer....likely longer....

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"No Zeltheris, what I mean is if one of us were to try a crawlspace and it collapsed on top of us the rest would be close enough to dig them out."

Banzo begins wondering if anyone could be trapped inside but quickly dismisses the notion for now.

Brocc climbs from atop his spider mount. "If we are going in there, then I'll likely be better on my feet." He waits to see what the others learn from their investigations, ready to follow once a path forward is found.

"let's just go inside without spoiling the coverage"

He tries to make his way in so

Herman started crawling his way into the darkness.......it smelt musty inside and Herman began to feel bones under his hands as he crawled through....