Storm King's Thunder

Rip is on the cart keeping spirits up by telling funny stories he's heard, while keeping an eye on his surroundings

It's a little over 60 miles to Yartar, which means either a grueling 2-day journey or a nice and easy 3-day affair.

The road between Triboar and Yartar is an ancient one, well-kept, relatively flat and composed of tight-fitting stones.

It's been a few hours now, getting past lunchtime, when you enter a wide expanse of the Dessarin Valley. The wind whips up and you can feel the damp cold creeping through small openings in your clothes, and biting your face and fingers. Feels like poor weather tonight.

i vote taking it easy

I also vote taking it easy. 

// imagine the clattering of dice behind the DM screen... //

//Usually when you don't post for a bit while we are confronted with a map//

//oh no, random encounter rolls!//

It is difficult going as you get on towards the evening, as you are facing a strong head wind. The occasional dry leaf flutters along down the road, driven by the consistent westerly breeze. In the distance, Quill sees sheets of rain approaching from the east.

// Please make a Wisdom (Perception) or (Survival) check to find shelter for your first night. //

Survival: 14

Quote from Hardcopi >>

Survival: 14

Ink uses Quill to search for an encampment...

Perception 14

Angel will also be looking for any place for shelter.

Perception: 12

From Quill's vantage point, there are no encampments in the area. You passed the last settlement outside Triboar, a poor-looking farmstead, about 3 hours ago, and you've seen no homes or travelers since.

"Might as well head fer  that tower if ye  think we'll get rain.  Boris what'd  ye do that fer!?  Don'ya  know ah'm  sittin' right behind ye?"

// BTW Marav already succeeded on the DC, just so y'all know :) If you want more details on the tower, any or all of you can venture closer. Also, I forgot to mention about the rain— //

The oncoming rain, only about 2 miles away, looks heavy and obscures vision of the road to the east. Far to the south, the terrain becomes very hilly. 

Quote from DarthAvarice >>

"Might as well head fer  that tower if ye  think we'll get rain.  Boris what'd  ye do that fer!?  Don'ya  know ah'm  sittin' right behind ye?"

Ink will have Quill circle the tower, and through her eyes examine its condition, entrances and windows, etc, keeping wide of the hawks.

Perception 22

Quote from jr_el_leon >>

Ink will have Quill circle the tower, and through her eyes examine its condition, entrances and windows, etc, keeping wide of the hawks.

// Is the guttural, mournful dirge something understandable? Ink speaks the following if it'll help: Draconic, Common, Elvish, Giant, Orc ////

Ink describes to the others everything he's seen through Quill's eyes. 

Marav attempts to figure out what the noise is: Survival: 21 (Advantage due to my favored enemy being Beasts)