With the groups knowledge of jungle terrain, it was not difficult for them to keep on track, find the appropriate paths that took them closer to the cliff side, and avoid the few dangers that presented themselves, however, the cliff seemed to only creep closer, even after several hours of journeying. The canopy of thick trees and bushes made for an uncomfortably humid atmosphere and by the time you were even half way through the jungle, not a one of you was comfortably dry.
Although the sun had only just risen when your ship dropped anchor, the sun was setting just at the point when you entered a clearing. You have apparently not been entirely alone in your journey through this jungle, as the remnants of a small fire pit can be seen. Although several weeks old by your perceptions, it proves that you are not, or were not, the only intelligent beings on this island.
Rather than risk traveling through the rest of the jungle expanse in the dark, you decide it was best to rest for the night here in the copse and the fire pit is still dry enough for use, and a warm comfortable fire burns throughout the night.
When you wake, the jungle seems a little too quiet. You make your way, cautiously, through the jungle, heading east toward the cliff. The stubborn mountain seems to finally relent, and it seems much closer. In fact, it is not long before you near its craggy vertical surface. However, before you can actually get to it, the group finds themselves several dozens of feet above a ravine. Attached to the face of the cliff and spanning the forty foot gap to your side of the ravine is a rather large, but severely twisted log of wood. It is wide enough that two people could walk along it shoulder to shoulder (maybe just one Ignatz, though, as he is a rather large specimen). The bark is smooth and worn down from the many years of exposure, but the log is still firm and sturdy.
The closer the group get to the cliff, the more frequently and more noticeable the thumping is from the ring Dina wears, until they get to the face of the cliff. Now the ring thumps like a heartbeat, pushing her to go directly through the face of the cliff and into the mountain. Of course, that was physically impossible.
The good news of all this, however, was that although the climb looked difficult from a distance, a close-up view showed that there were many vines growing through the cliff face which provided everyone with sturdy hand and foot holds aplenty.
It wasn't until the last of you was climbing up the cliff that you noticed why there were so few living obstacles in your path to this point.
Just east of the bluff the group climbed onto was a large outcrop of rock. Atop this rock were several strange-looking creatures. Their bodies were smooth and scaly like a large lizard, but their appendages and faces were like that of an insect. It's face resembles a mixture of animal skull and spider. Their bodies were coated in some kind of mineral, mostly metalic, which was most pronounced in their forelimbs: mantis-like metalic scythes that ended in deadly points!
It was only a matter of seconds before the chitinous creatures spotted the adventurers, and they didn't look too happy to have visitors!
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Welcome to your first battle! I took the liberty of placing your tokens on the map based on when and how you posted. All of the creatures will be acting on the same initiative count (as described in my first post on page 1).
The creatures rolled an initiative of 21. You are aware of all of the creatures you see on the map, and they are aware of you as well, so there will be no surprise round.
Go ahead and roll your initiative, and if it beats 21, post your actions. If it doesn't beat 21, I'll take my turn as soon as everyone has rolled initiative and then you all can post again in any order (when you post is when you go unless you ready an action as part of your post).
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