Northlands Campaign

”Sprinkling cheese as we go works”

Throwing several chunks of the bread and cheese down the hallway is met with excited squeaks, a flurry of movement, and then silence.  The hallway is a bit cramped, but manageable.  After a few feet, it takes a U-turn to the right and immediately descends into darkness.  Darkvision shows the stairs continue downward for at least 40' before leveling out.

Anyone proceeding down the hallway roll a Perception check.

Anyone continuing on down the stairs roll a second Perception check.

Bart looks to Kina and says "let's head down the hallways since I don't want you to be uncomfortable on those stairs over there."

Perception check for the hallway: 19

Perception (hall): 20

Perception (stairs): 5

Barnabus gives his hand full of rat bait a good sniff and with a shrug starts sprinkling it along the edges as he moves down the stairs.

His dark vision reveals : 16

At the top of the stairs you notice another barrel with the top askew.  Carefully checking inside you find more of the moldering chunks of bread and cheese, so will be convenient for a return trip.

Barnabus:  As you near the bottom of the stairs, something about the ceiling doesn't seem quite right, but you can't exactly put your finger on it.

Rachel gets a pair of torches out of her pack and is prepared to light them for those not blessed with darkvision.

Bart takes a torch from Rachel gracefully "Well thank you young madam. To be able to see clearly will definitely be of use to me"

Bart will make a perception check once he has the torch lit. Perception: 18

With the light of the torch, coming down the stairs, the anomaly on the ceiling at the bottom becomes clear.  There seems to be a patch of some kind of green growth hanging there.

There is a wall about 10' away from the bottom of the stairs, with open space to either side.  A faint clacking can be heard intermittently off to the left.

Map enclosed in the spoiler.

Cade perception (if still needed): 12

Kina nods to Bart and clenches her jaw as she descends, looking clearly uncomfortable.
Kina cautiously heads down the stairs, trying her best to keep from making too much noise. She brings up the rear, keeping an ear on the hallway behind them. The animals in the place are certainly restless enough.
As Kina passes under the growth, she'll take an experimental poke at it with her staff, just in case. Very gently, just to see if it's going to grab at it. It seems this place has no end of predators.

"Hey I hear something'" Barnabus whispers as he takes a couple steps to the east. His eyes, accustomed to the cavernous dark of the underground, scan all around. 

Perception: 16

Cade recognizes the growth as a Green Slime, and makes sure that it is burned before it has a chance to drop on anyone.

Barnabus:  you see a brief movement as a figure stops and turns in your direction, then a sound you instinctively recognize as a sword banging against a shield in a call to arms, the figure moves toward you as more sounds erupt behind it.  Your trained combat senses tell you there are likely 6-8 combatants coming your way.

Everyone, roll for initiative.  24 hour clock starts now.

Cade initiative: 12

Initiative: 11

Initiative: 4

Nat 1..... figures for the way this day has been going.....

(OOC:  sorry, hopefully the day ends better than its been going, and tomorrow is still better yet)

Yup, always tomorrow.

Barnabus say over his shoulder in a low but assertive tone, " Prepare for a fight! We have company."

Int: 19

OCC: sorry I'm late on posting. Things got crazy yesterday in the broadcast center. Didn't get time to check or post.

The first skeleton closes on Barnabaus as two more figures come around the corner.  A second skeleton, and ...

However, combat reflexes from his time in the Borderlands pays off,

Initiative:

Barnabus:  19 -- active turn

Skeletons:  18

Zombie:  16

Cade:  12

Bart:  11

Rachel:  6

Wil:  4

Kina:  --

Barnabus will hold his ground and just as the skeleton is in reach unleashes a mighty diagonal chop with Fife.

Attack: 18

Damage: 9

After the strike Barnabus makes sure to position himself in a position that allows the next person down the stairs to attack but will allow him to provide assistance if needed.