Assault on Raven's Ruin IC

[D.Shaffer]

Grimgour loaded his crossbow. "Bertha's loaded, and I got a head full of spells, just ready for Goblin smiting, and I'm just itching to unleash it all. Tally ho!" He follows behind the rest of the group.

 

[Aurora]

Kyla says a quick, silent prayer to her god and quietly mounts her horse. She makes sure her belongings are secure, smooths her garmants, adjusts her armor and begins closing the gap to near the front of the line.

"This is going to be a good day."

 

[dog45]

As the sun begins to top the treeline you leave the surrounding farms of Klein and enter the forest. The morning is quiet and the grass underneath your horses is soft from last nights dew. Rays of light filter through the trees, as fall has not yet touched the leaves in this area. Moving further into the forest the trees thicken until you cannot ride more than two across.

Marika and Kyla guide their horses ahead of the party. Within minutes the goblins trail is picked up, clearly evident that they were not interested in hiding their path. After following it for some hours, the sun has traveled a quarter of its path through the sky. The two women travel back towards the party to again check in with nothing to report.

[sblock=Spot check for Insight]As Marika and Kyla trot towards the party, you notice some large stone shapes in the distance, about 40 yards in front of the party.[/sblock]

 

[Insight]

X (still as Anya) looks curiously beyond her returning allies.

For DM:
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Are the stone shapes moving? Or is it some kind of structure?
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[dog45]

[sblock=Insight]Looking again, you can see structures, though it seems that some of them are incomplete or ruined.[/sblock]

 

[Moonstone Spider]

"This looks like a good place for an ambush." Marika comments as the group closes in. "Let's see if we can smoke them out if there's anybody there."

Marika takes a few steps ahead of the group and inhales deeply, expanding her chest in order to shout:
Hey you! We see you in there! Come on out!

OOC~ Bluff skill at +8 ~IC

 

[Kularian]

Zofren keeps her blade sheathed, but ready as they leave the village, heading toward where the goblins of this area call home. As the trees grow steadily closer together, the Aasimar has a temporary pang of homesickness, but brushes it off, needing to remain alert for whatever was coming soon in the future.

As Marika comments on the situation, Zofren nods, ready for a plan creation. Then Marika's voice rips through the silence, alerting every creature to their presence. "Well, that was a bit overdone, don't you think?" Zofren asks with a slightly confused smile. But her grip tightens about the blade, and she readies herself for the impending danger soon to come.

 

[D.Shaffer]

Grimgour troted up toward Marika and, balancing the crossbow on the horses head, pointed it in the general direction of the structures.

"So, you think it'll work?" Grimgour started going through the mental checklist of spells in his head.

 

[Aurora]

"Marika, don't ya think it would have been nice to warn us first before you go alerting everyone to our presense?" Kyla remarks with a teasing smile. "Heironeous favors those that utilize prepared tactics, not those that pompously blather at one's enemies without knowing their strength and numbers."

Kyla brings her horse to a stop and readies to cast Bless at the first sign of an impending fight.

 

[dog45]

As the party readies themselves in the silence after Marikas shout, a figure can be seen moving quickly through the ruins. It hops and scrambles across a large rock on the ground and then disappears.