As the road bends slightly, Devlin moves behind the shadow of one of the few trees and dismounts his horse. He tells the others he has to check something and quickly slips into the long herbs on the side of the road. Rika moves to follow him but she can't see him anymore, he's already gone.
Dungannon:
[SBLOCK]Devlin moves with stealth toward the stranger. As he's getting closer, he sees that the stranger is a dark hair half-elf. This half-elf is armed with a short sword and a short bow, and wears a studded leather armor. He's riding a pretty slim horse carrying a few packs. The half-elf's eyes are fixed on Devlin's companions, further ahead on the road. As the rogue continues to move closer, he steps on a dry twig and freezes. It doesn't make that much noise but the stranger must have heard it since he turns his head in the general location of Devlin. The half-elf doesn't appear to have seen him, yet.
OOC: hide roll: 14+5=19 (apparently successful), move silently roll: 10+5-2(dry herbs)=13 (failure), Devlin is about 50 ft. from the half-elf.[/SBLOCK]
Others:
As the others wonder where Devlin could have gone to, Sturm's horse suddenly stands up on his hind legs, almost throwing its rider off [OOC: Sturm's ride check: 16 (success)]. The adventurers quickly see the source of its fright. A rather large snake is coiled on the road, near the horse's legs. It must have moved there while they were distracted by Devlin's sudden disappearance. It hisses, shows its fangs and seems about to strike!
OOC: The snake is ‘small’ sized.
Initiatives:
Ironwolf 22
Rika 19
Planus 7
Sturm 6