While the others begin inspecting the mushrooms, Ikki takes off to investigate the caves with lights, beginning with the lowest. He carries his spear as usual, but is attempting to not look threatening.
The first closest entrance is to your left facing the waterfall is about fourty-five (45 ft) from you. The cliff face is about thirty feet (30 ft) elevation from the base of this small canyon. You notice a small path switch backs up to it. With the dim exterior gradually darkening and the low glowing interior, you can make out that the ceiling is roughly seven feet (7 ft) high and flat. The light is coming from what looks like hanging oil lanterns attached to rope-and-pulley mechanisms. This first entrance appears to have a corridor going straight inward (east) and one that cuts to your left (north) not five feet (5 ft) from the entrance. The sound of the waterfall from here is so loud that cannot hear anything else. (Roughly one turn; fifty feet (50 ft) flight)
The next closest entrance is about fifty feet (50 ft) south, toward the waterfall and about ten feet (10 ft) lower, about twenty feet from this canyon floor. At this entrance is a flight of stairs going up about ten feet (10 ft) and in about ten or fifteen feet. (Roughly one turn; fifty feet (50 ft) flight)
Rest of the party:
Their is an island of mushrooms about fourty-five feet (45 ft) in front of you, in the middle of the water flowing from the waterfall, you saw Ikki fly over toward the first glowing cavern entrance. Most of you can barely make him out. The stream is to your right as you face the waterfall.
From all the information the party currently has, this should be Gnomengarde.
Once more of the characters are able to take some actions, Ikki will be able to take another action.... it's kind of a way to prevent having to roll back, right? LOL!
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
As the others head into the canyon towards the waterfall and caves, Rinn will hang back looking at the mushrooms. He's trying to recall if he's read anything about these varieties during his studies (Nature: 6). If he recognises any of particular importance or value, he will select that one, otherwise he'll just randomly pick one that he thinks is worth a bit. He subtly gets out his dagger and tries to slice one of the mushrooms off and put it in his bag (Sleight of Hand: 19).
Once he's bagged his mushroom, he catches up with the group. "So what do you think the gnomes have in these caves? I bet they've got some really cool inventions," he stops talking briefly and his face contorts in deep thought, "What were we meant to be doing here again?"
There is light dimly coming from the cave entrances, not enough to see more than the entrances themselves.
Various, as you start forward in the growing dark, you briefly stumble. The jostling of your pack reminds you, you have torches and tinderbox. You can light your way to the cliff bases if you want.
The mushrooms you can see when arriving are on set of islands in the middle of the river about fourty-five feet from the mouth of this concave basin where Ikki first took flight and about fifteen feet from its closest edge to the bank. You're not sure how deep the pool is.
These are very large, not your typical mushrooms, with two foot wide tops. They're arranged in a way that you can tell they're cultivated, not natural occurring on the Islands.
You saw large red caps. Those can be processed for oil, you know. Large Green caps, your pretty sure are edibles. The smaller yellow caps are probably what the midwife's antitoxin base oil is made from.
Ikki, you fly back to the first entrance, step in a bit and make your loud introduction. It sounds odd in the cave as the roar of the waterfall seems ever present. Shortly you hear running coming from the north facing entry. A gnome with a spear, shield and nice leather armor comes running round the corner the other end of that hall and stops. They are maybe twenty feet in front of you. They have a helmet attached to their belt, short cropped hair, clean shaven. "Oh! My aren’t you glorious!", they shout. Followed immediately by, "Sorry! Sorry!"
They slightly prepare themselves in a protective stance, you can see their clearly mumbling to themselves as they quickly set up. Then they look fully at you and again shout, "Hello, Friend, Who are you? You caught us at dinner! Wait! I have orders to attack any shapechangers on site! Umm, You aren’t a shapechanger are you?!"
DM Meta: Thanks for letting me know about how my comment came off. I don’t intend to block anyone, no. I do feel we should keep in mind where everyone is as we're weaving our story/adventure. I am curious to see how various and the others make out and get to back to Ikki. Remember our characters are progressing alongside each other in the same relative space and time.
Rinn, you're not the most athletic person and know you won't be able to make that jump, so you're going to get wet. You hear Blaire behind you asking loudly, "Are you daft?!", as you begin to wade into the water.... and there is a current;
Yelling at Rinn who's wading into a river in growing darkness and hearing Various comment about light while stumbling forward, Blaire sighs heavily, looks at Eli and casts light on her war hammer.
Meta: Until the spell ends, the object sheds bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet.
Ikki places the pointy end of his spear into the ground as a sign of peace and ruffles his neck and shoulder feathers, clicking his beak twice. "Shapeshifter? *click* Don't think so. What is one?"
Ikki went into the first entrance its about 30 ft up. With the light as well as Eli's and Blaire's passive perception, you see a narrow path that snakes up the canyon face to the cave entrance Ikki used.
You cannot hear anything going on in the cave.
You saw Ikki fly up to that entrance, poke around, fly off further into the canyon, out of your sight, come back to the first entrance and wander in.
Rinn chuckles at the name, nods and then moves forward to take a closer look (Stealth: 14).
While the others begin inspecting the mushrooms, Ikki takes off to investigate the caves with lights, beginning with the lowest. He carries his spear as usual, but is attempting to not look threatening.
Ikki:
The first closest entrance is to your left facing the waterfall is about fourty-five (45 ft) from you. The cliff face is about thirty feet (30 ft) elevation from the base of this small canyon. You notice a small path switch backs up to it. With the dim exterior gradually darkening and the low glowing interior, you can make out that the ceiling is roughly seven feet (7 ft) high and flat. The light is coming from what looks like hanging oil lanterns attached to rope-and-pulley mechanisms. This first entrance appears to have a corridor going straight inward (east) and one that cuts to your left (north) not five feet (5 ft) from the entrance. The sound of the waterfall from here is so loud that cannot hear anything else. (Roughly one turn; fifty feet (50 ft) flight)
The next closest entrance is about fifty feet (50 ft) south, toward the waterfall and about ten feet (10 ft) lower, about twenty feet from this canyon floor. At this entrance is a flight of stairs going up about ten feet (10 ft) and in about ten or fifteen feet. (Roughly one turn; fifty feet (50 ft) flight)
Rest of the party:
Their is an island of mushrooms about fourty-five feet (45 ft) in front of you, in the middle of the water flowing from the waterfall, you saw Ikki fly over toward the first glowing cavern entrance. Most of you can barely make him out. The stream is to your right as you face the waterfall.
This is where we assume the gnomes to be, right?
From all the information the party currently has, this should be Gnomengarde.
Once more of the characters are able to take some actions, Ikki will be able to take another action.... it's kind of a way to prevent having to roll back, right? LOL!
Ikki: Are you going to the next entrance or back to the party or something else?
Rinn, Eli, Various, You lost sight of Ikki's form as he flew off farther into the canyon toward the waterfall.
What are you doing?
“Does any one have the light spell? It could light up the caves?”
If so Varius will travel ahead looking for where Ikki went
As the others head into the canyon towards the waterfall and caves, Rinn will hang back looking at the mushrooms. He's trying to recall if he's read anything about these varieties during his studies (Nature: 6). If he recognises any of particular importance or value, he will select that one, otherwise he'll just randomly pick one that he thinks is worth a bit. He subtly gets out his dagger and tries to slice one of the mushrooms off and put it in his bag (Sleight of Hand: 19).
Once he's bagged his mushroom, he catches up with the group. "So what do you think the gnomes have in these caves? I bet they've got some really cool inventions," he stops talking briefly and his face contorts in deep thought, "What were we meant to be doing here again?"
There is light dimly coming from the cave entrances, not enough to see more than the entrances themselves.
Various, as you start forward in the growing dark, you briefly stumble. The jostling of your pack reminds you, you have torches and tinderbox. You can light your way to the cliff bases if you want.
Rinn would need to get wet.
The mushrooms you can see when arriving are on set of islands in the middle of the river about fourty-five feet from the mouth of this concave basin where Ikki first took flight and about fifteen feet from its closest edge to the bank. You're not sure how deep the pool is.
These are very large, not your typical mushrooms, with two foot wide tops. They're arranged in a way that you can tell they're cultivated, not natural occurring on the Islands.
You saw large red caps. Those can be processed for oil, you know. Large Green caps, your pretty sure are edibles. The smaller yellow caps are probably what the midwife's antitoxin base oil is made from.
What are the purples and blues for, you wonder.
Meta: Here is a map. As always keep separate what you know vs what your character knows.
https://media-waterdeep.cursecdn.com/attachments/5/762/map-gnomegarde-pc.jpg
Rinn will try to take some of the yellow ones for Miss Gwynn and then a purple and blue one for... experiments.
Once he gets back to the group, he wrings out his clothes and tries to dry himself off as much as he can.
OOC: Sorry, I thought you post meant the others needed to post before I could post again.
Ikki enters the first cave, clicking his beak and calling out, "Hello? Friend here. Anyone hear?"
Ikki, you fly back to the first entrance, step in a bit and make your loud introduction. It sounds odd in the cave as the roar of the waterfall seems ever present. Shortly you hear running coming from the north facing entry. A gnome with a spear, shield and nice leather armor comes running round the corner the other end of that hall and stops. They are maybe twenty feet in front of you. They have a helmet attached to their belt, short cropped hair, clean shaven. "Oh! My aren’t you glorious!", they shout. Followed immediately by, "Sorry! Sorry!"
They slightly prepare themselves in a protective stance, you can see their clearly mumbling to themselves as they quickly set up. Then they look fully at you and again shout, "Hello, Friend, Who are you? You caught us at dinner! Wait! I have orders to attack any shapechangers on site! Umm, You aren’t a shapechanger are you?!"
DM Meta: Thanks for letting me know about how my comment came off. I don’t intend to block anyone, no. I do feel we should keep in mind where everyone is as we're weaving our story/adventure. I am curious to see how various and the others make out and get to back to Ikki. Remember our characters are progressing alongside each other in the same relative space and time.
Rinn, you're not the most athletic person and know you won't be able to make that jump, so you're going to get wet. You hear Blaire behind you asking loudly, "Are you daft?!", as you begin to wade into the water.... and there is a current;
Make a Strength check
Yelling at Rinn who's wading into a river in growing darkness and hearing Various comment about light while stumbling forward, Blaire sighs heavily, looks at Eli and casts light on her war hammer.
Meta: Until the spell ends, the object sheds bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet.
Ikki places the pointy end of his spear into the ground as a sign of peace and ruffles his neck and shoulder feathers, clicking his beak twice. "Shapeshifter? *click* Don't think so. What is one?"
OOC: which entrance did Ikki go in? can we make it there?
Ikki went into the first entrance its about 30 ft up. With the light as well as Eli's and Blaire's passive perception, you see a narrow path that snakes up the canyon face to the cave entrance Ikki used.
You cannot hear anything going on in the cave.
You saw Ikki fly up to that entrance, poke around, fly off further into the canyon, out of your sight, come back to the first entrance and wander in.
Eli looks at the others and says: "I think we should follow Ikki... splitting the party is always a bad idea."