Northlands Campaign

Wil pauses to give both possible ways closer scrutiny.

Investigation: 10

You can tell there is some traffic that goes each direction, but the most of the traffic goes south.

"Hmmmmm, tracks lead both ways, but most of them head south. I think we are certain to run into people if we head south, I wonder if the less traveled route is a storage room or something. Might be good to check out if we come back this way."

Junior offers, "no storage that I know of there, but the bugbear visitors are down that way."

Kina takes a moment to absorb that.
"Bugbear AND gnoll visitors?" she asks, bewildered. "Why do they just 'visit'? Do they take people as well or are they your allies?" she inquires, then leans in close to Bart.
"Will there be some kind of warning when your influence on him is starting to weaken? Or will he just suddenly remember and turn on us?" she whispers.

"They came here with the caravan last time.  I don't know why."  Junior scratches his head, apparently trying to reason out something that never occurred to him to even consider before.  "I suppose they came back with the caravan from a trip to the Barrens."

(OOC:  The Barrens is a general term used for the grasslands/plains which are generally home to humanoid races:  orcs, goblins, ogres, etc.  They are located north of the Borderlands and in a constant state of war with the Northlands.)

"Bugbears and gnolls you say?" Wil grins wolfishly, "I say we follow the less travelled path and introduce ourselves to any bugbear visitors that might be there."

OOC: Bugbears and gnolls are Wil's favored enemy, hence the sudden change of demeanor.

"Less traveled path is safer in my mind. But we should take whatever path is the shortes, which I assume is the most traveled... ain't that right Junior?" He waits for an asnwer then continues "cause as much as I love my dear old son it's getting to that time where he is gonna have to take his nap soon." He lets the group decide either way.

He turns to Kina whispering while placing a wing softly against her arm "I reckon i have about 20 to 30 mins left on this spell here. But no worries once we get to 5 mins Junior here is gonna meet my Kris" he shows the dagger he got in the dungeon.

"Ppptttttt...." Barnabus spits "Gnolls. Lost a friend to some on the border. Lets move south. Who knows, there may be innocents in danger. We don't know what form "being brought to the one" yet entails. Time may be wasting and we don't even know it."

Recognizing the importance of the party acting together, Wil relents and nods his head, “South it is then.”

Rachel puts a brief hand on Wil's shoulder.  "After we find the barracks, we'll come back for the bugbears."

The party heads south and the passage zigs back and forth every few feet, switching from southerly to easterly direction and back again, before opening into a sizable room, 30' across and 50' wide, spreading evenly to each side.  Across from you are 3 evenly spaced doors in small alcoves, and an open passage to the west.  A guttural series of barks from that direction indicates you've been seen.

Roll Initiative. 

Kina braces herself. She'd never harm a dog normally, and she's not looking forward to doing it even in self-defense. Then again, there's been undead throughout the complex, if they're zombie dogs, she'll simply be returning them to their rest. If not... she puts a hand in her saddlebag for a ration... only the most fanatically trained of dogs would ignore a gift of food.

Kina's initiative: 17

Initiative: 16

Initiative: 13

Initiative: 15

Four gnolls emerge from the western doorway, weapons drawn.

Kina:  17 -- active turn

Wil:  16

Bart:  15

Barnabus:  13

Rachel:  10

Gnolls:  9

Cade:  --

Kina supposes that diplomacy isn't an option here. She gallops ahead at full speed and charges, sweeping with her staff first at the closest one and then kicks. Harnessing her focus, she'll aim to put the gnoll down with more savage hoof strikes.

Charge (staff strike): 22 damage: 11  charge bonus action: 22  damage: 4
Ki attacks: 17 damage: 5  second attack: 9  damage: 5

.... figures. Hoof of the Far-sighted Ninny.
"Huaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh! Derp-derp-derp-derp-derp-derp-derp-derp! .... omae wa mou shindeiru."

".... I'm over here. You beat up a wall."

"NANI?!"

Cade initiative: 13

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Cade growls and then moves to attack...
Bite Attack: 9 Damage: 6
Claws Attack: 13 Damage: 15

Wil does his best to turn the gnolls into pin cushions. If the gnoll(s) survived Cade's attack Wil attacks it/them first with the intent to reduce the gnolls' numbers as fast as possible.

Attack 1: 11 Damage: 11

Attack 2: 19 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.