Karib puts a steadying hand on Rogram's shoulder, speaking gently and quietly, "Hold lad. We're in no shape to keep moving," he looks pointedly at Yevele. "Besides, they wanted your Pa for something. They likely took him with them. Our best hope is to find whatever clues we can before moving on." He rubs the back of his neck and winces, "And we could all do with a proper rest."

As he speaks Karib is leaning heavily on his staff, the colour in his face has not returned and his eyes look tired. Yet despite all that he looks in better condition Rogram, and in far better condition than Yevele. There is little doubt that the group is in no fit condition to continue without at least a short rest.

OOC: Here's the full map of the area again for reference. If the party is taking a short rest, let me know where and for how long, and if anybody is doing any activities specific to a short rest. If anybody is taking the items from the chest, let me know who.

(( @DM: I just want to clarify...we opened the box before the last short rest...shall we just go with that, or is that erased and we are now at a short rest? Karib will use one hit die to heal during whatever rest it is ))

OOC: The last short rest completed successfully (hit dice were rolled and applied) prior to opening the chest and setting off the trap.

Yevele comes back to consciousness coughing from the damage the acid did to her lungs. Exhausted and out of energy, the woman remains sitting in the hallway while Karib and Rogram go back into the woman.

OOC Without the short rest and the hit die that came from it, Yevele would probably be dead.

Rogram turns his pained eyes on Karib, but after a couple of breaths, gives the human a little nod. His eyes then drop to the chest again, and he reaches in and grabs the bag. He stuffs the ring and necklace out of sight and dumps the gems from the bag into his palm. Moving them around a little, he hums a note of appreciation. "Beautiful. Whoever did these really knows what they're doing. I've only been this successful a handful of times with my own tools." Without really thinking about it, he slides the gems back into the bag and stuffs it away as well as he moves toward Yevele. He coughs once and grimaces. "What are we going to do now?" he asks, sounding a little concerned.

Noticing everyone is standing again Smoke sighs in relief. Also noticing Rogram seems a lot calmer than a moment ago as he looks at the jewelry he found.

Is it safe to remain here longer? We have been here for a while now. 

He looks to Yevele seeing she most likely needs a moment to recover. If needed Smoke will keep watch if the group choses to rest again. 

Trying to listen for any footsteps in the corridors around them. 

Karib looks around the room, rubbing a hand over his bald pate, then studies Yevele a moment. "I'm not sure we have a choice -- somebody mentioned sneaking past kobolds to get here, and I doubt I'd be able. Besides..." he looks directly at Rogram, "We still have unfinished business here, I think."

"I could turn you invisible," Rogram says to Smoke. "Let you look ahead."

OOC: Added the items within the chest into Rogram's inventory while the party discusses their next plans and whether or not to take a short rest.

Karib shakes his head, "We're half dead, lad. We should rest."

(( My vote is short rest, then explore carefully a little more ))

Still coughing after inhaling the acid, Yevele walks over and says "Yes, we should rest. Maybe take a brief rest here, so we recover enough to deal with the kobolds back there. And, then, hole in the meat locker to recover more of our strength before moving on. And, we can question the prisoner we have back there to try and get more details from him on this cavern and where the rest of the camp went to."

OOC I think we need a long rest before we do any more exploring. I just don't think this room is the place to do that in.

(( Agreed on all accounts ))

OOC: I have no more hit dice, so I'm where I'm at until we take a long rest.

OOC: It's been a couple days and I don't see any objections to Karib and Yevele's suggestion of a short rest, so moving forward with that!

DM Screen:

An hour passes uninterrupted, allowing you the opportunity to once again to catch your breath, eat, drink, and replenish your energy.

OOC: Characters have gained the benefits of a short rest. If you would like to roll any hit dice, please do so in your next post.

When the next action has been determined, I will advance. The current options being discussed seem to be exploring further, or returning to the meat locker and taking a long rest.

Yevele looks around at the other party members, and says "Go back to the meat locker, or does someone have a better place where we can rest?"

OOC She will use her last hit die: 5

Karib Hit Die: 7

Karib looks uncomfortable. "Already spent more than enough time in the meat locker, but I don't see a choice. We can lie in wait for any that come through looking for meat..."

OOC: Ready to advance toward the meat locker once we have some confirmation from Rogram and Smoke. Is the plan still to attempt to sneak past the kobolds in the room along the way? If not, let me know before I start to resolve that.