S@squ@tch's Against the Giants - Team Black

[s@squ@tch]

The group surveys the scene and looks up and down the canal, taking note of what appears to be the remains of a stonework bridge roughly 30' from their present position.

Their hunch is correct as they see what would have been the matching entrance on the island on the opposite shore of the canal.

[sblock= spot/gather info DC13]
Those with a curious bent notice the lack of stones or rubble directly beneath where the bridge must have been at one point -- begging the question -- where did the rocks go, and why is the water so clean?
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Down on each end of the visible canal in front of you, you notice two bridges that span the length of the water, however, the island directly in front of you does not appear to be linked to them from your vantage point.

The wizard or elf do not see or hear any sign of the dragon at this point.

OOC: on map, you are black circle in roughly the center.

 

[Rhun]

Aeranduil surveys the scene, and then moves to the base of what was once a bridge. "The bridge does not appear to have fallen; there is no rubble. Where do you suppose it could have gone? He begins to search around the base of the bridge, looking for anything of interest.


Spot +13, Search +8

 

[drothgery]

[sblock]spot, gather info (1d20+1=14, 1d20+2=17) [/sblock]

"Maybe it didn't go anywhere." Sanne said, picking up a handful of dirt and tossing out over the ledge where the bridge would be if it were there.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Yoggrith casually watches as Sanne checks to see if perhaps the bridge is invisible to the naked eye. While this goes on, he begins thinking other ideas of what they could do.

"While there is no bridge to that center island from here... we could always head east or west and then walk south. Perhaps there is a bridge that spans to the center from a different direction."

He glances up at the sun and his face darkens. "It would be a long walk... but perhaps that is a more intelligent decision than trying to swim across."

 

[Redclaw]

Thanor looks at his companions incredulously. There's no bridge there, lass. Can ye not see the big empty space in the middle? The rocks might have been used fer somethin' else. That might be suggestin' that there's somethin' over there the giants wanted to keep over there.

Turning to Yoggrith, he nods vigorously. Best suggestion yet. I'm much better at walkin' than swimmin'.

 

[pathfinderq1]

Ipshivi scanned the area around the (former) bridge carefully, her eyes catching nearly every detail, both mundane and magical. "I'll agree with the walking- I don't much like the thought of flailing around in that water..."

OOC: [sblock] Spot 1d20+8= 28, natural 20; roll Roll Lookup ; she will also scan the area with See the Unseen and Detect Magic [/sblock]

 

[drothgery]

"Landsmen." Sanne laughed at the disparaging remarks on swimming. It had taken her some time to earn a posting on an airship; she had spent years serving on Lyrandar's wind galleons before that. "A little water won't kill you."

 

[Rhun]

Aeranduil looks up at Sanne's words and smiles. "Water, perhaps not...but what lies under the service of that water? From what we have seen of this jungle so far, I can only imagine the sorts of things that swim in those depths."

 

[s@squ@tch]

Sanne throws a handful of rocks and dirt towards where the bridge must have spanned the water, and is rewarded by with a plethora of small splashes where they enter the water below -- one thing has been exposed, and that being that the bridge is no longer there.

While the others discuss their options of travelling around to the east or west, the invisible halfling studies the water.

[sblock=Ipshivi]
As you study the gentle surface of the pristine water, you swear you can see something on the bottom (roughly 30' out, 20' down), motionless -- then you realize that what makes it difficult to see is the fact that it is translucent.
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OOC: East or west?

 

[pathfinderq1]

"There is something down there, I think," Ipshivi chirped. "It is very hard to see, though, translucent- maybe glass or crystal of some kind..."

OOC: [sblock] any idea of the size of whatever it is, even roughly? [/sblock]