D&D 5E Dwimmermount [IC]

[TallIan]

OOC: I'm inclined to agree that scouting is not feasible (except for maybe 10 to 20 ft heat) and I can't see us getting the drop on them. Since we're staying as a close group it should be ok either way. Just in case the vote swings the other way: Stealth - for what it might be worth.: 2D20.LOW(1) = [20, 11] = 11 And Magen will be sending Edgar and the dogs back, I think, if nothing else Hiddel will know where to send the next lot of adventurers

 

[GreenKarl]

Forgoing any stealth (although you don't go out of your way to make any extra noise) the heroes head for the crop of trees while Edgar and the dogs head back towards the ranch.

Peering into the woods the heroes see nothing out of the ordinary when Shara spots what looks like a empty hunter's stand placed about ten feet off the ground and a rope latter hanging from it.

Approaching the first cave entrance the terrible sink of a open sewage and uncooked half rotten meat spills out and threatens to overwhelm the heroes. The overcast sky provides poor illumination into the cave and no one can see more then a dozen feet inside...

GM: Secret roll: 1D20+6 = [17]+6 = 23

 

[SunGold]

Holding her breath to keep from retching, Shara reaches her empty hand around to the front of her shield and touches it. She utters a quiet incantation and bright light spills forth.

She stands still for a moment, knowing the light will not fall upon anything she wants to see. Reluctantly, she aims it in the direction of the cave.

OOC: Bright light for 20 ft, dim for another 20 after that

 

[eayres33]

Hunter Brightwood

Hunter turned his nose up at the smell of sewage and rotten meat coming out from the cave. “Well, I guess we will be washing up, when we get back to the homestead,” Hunter said quietly.

“My eyes aren’t the greatest in the dark, should I light a torch, or would you rather us rely on the light Shara can provide us?” Hunter asks in a low voice.

 

[Charwoman Gene]

"We're not gonna be stealthy here, so the more light, the better. I'll use my torch, I'd like to make sure there aren't any obvious traps as we go, so let's take it slow" Corwin says, moving up near the front, like 10 feet ahead.

OOC: Investigation: 1D20+7 = [8]+7 = 15

 

[SunGold]

OOC: I do want to check out that hunter's stand before we go in the caves. Was just going to wait till the DM told us what the light shows from the cave entrance first.

 

[GreenKarl]

Before throwing the light into the cave Shara moved back to check on the hunter's stand in the small crop of trees (the stand itself is about 30ft from the cave entrance and the trees end about 15ft from the cave entrance). She notes footprints coming and going from the stand but can't really tell how long ago they might have appeared. There are also some crack bones and other trash on the ground at the base of the tree...

GM: If you want to climb up the rope to see the stand itself requires no roll unless you want to do it in a hurry.

 

[SunGold]

OOC: I'll go ahead and climb the ladder for a closer look

 

[GreenKarl]

At the stand, Shara finds additional trash and random bones littered about. The stand itself offers a perfect view through the trees to the hill side on the opposite end of the small valley. She is confident that if there was someone here they easily would have spotted the heroes when they were looking down at the caves...

 

[SunGold]

Shara climbs back down the ladder and crouches near the base of the tree, eyeing the footprints.

OOC: Survival roll to see if any of the tracks are recent. Like, five minutes ago recent. Survival: 1D20+3 = [13]+3 = 16