Hanable's Hunters, Part I & II

[Bront]

Hobbes examines the tracks closer, and it does look like they began to cover their tracks, he can still follow them for another 40 feet or so, but it's hard after that.

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

"So you don't find the fact that this set of tracks veered off to a new direction after an encounter with their Teleporting leader to be...curious?"

That was the other set of tracks.

Does any of you carry a mechanical lock?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

Whitlok follows the ogre tracks until they get close to where the party thinks the lair is or it gets dark and a camp needs to be made.

The party travels for more than an hour, when the come upon a set of tracks.

(OOC: This set of tracks is just a continuation of the first one, see above)

 

[unleashed]

Firavel d’Thuranni, Male Elf Rogue/Dragonmark Heir

“I carry no locks Kerlokh, but I can surely get us past one should we find it,” Firavel calls as he closes within 10 feet the group to speak more easily and quietly, “I agree with Kerlokh about these tracks though, it is probably standard proceedure if they are entering by a secret entrance...not much point it being secret if you show people where it is.”

Turning to Selene he says, “Selene you spoke of asking the animals about an entrance when we got close...hmm, I wonder if there are any hereabout that saw what created those tracks before they became too hard for us to follow and where those creatures went...”

 

[Rystil Arden]

"Oh, I have no doubt that if we strayed from the main entrance then we are approaching a back entrance of sorts. However, the back entrance that your enemy expects you to use effectively becomes the well-defended main entrance, yes?" Selene asks, as she looks around for any animals to talk to with Speak with Animals

 

[unleashed]

Firavel d’Thuranni, Male Elf Rogue/Dragonmark Heir

“Well I do not expect they know exactly where we are Selene. If they did I would have anticipated an ambush after the ogres we were following were spoken to, rather than a hurried return to their base. It is likely he was just calling them back on the chance we would be assaulting his base soon, and if we had come straight here instead of following their tracks originally, then we may well have arrived first,” Firavel replies.

 

[Rystil Arden]

"That may be, but until we followed them, we didn't know where here was, right?"

 

[unleashed]

Firavel d’Thuranni, Male Elf Rogue/Dragonmark Heir

“We had a good idea of where the base was from the briefing and previous exploration by Alia, but not the exact location. So as I said we may have arrived first, but our circuitous route has definitely brought us in behind them now...”

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Kerlokh moves to 45 feet past Hobbes and the end of the tracks (in the direction they were going) and activates his dragonmark, to Locate the nearest Mechanical Lock, within 440 ft.

[sblock]Locate Object
Divination
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)
Area: Circle, centered on you, with a radius of 400 ft. + 40 ft./level
Duration: 1 min./level

Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
You sense the direction of a well-known or clearly visualized object. You can search for general items, in which case you locate the nearest one of its kind if more than one is within
range. Attempting to find a certain item requires a specific and accurate mental image; if the image is not close enough to the actual object, the spell fails. You cannot specify a unique item unless you have observed that particular item firsthand (not through divination).

The spell is blocked by even a thin sheet of lead. Creatures cannot be found by this spell. Polymorph any object fools it.

For the purposes of this spell-like ability, Kerlokh is a 1st level caster [/sblock]

He walks in a 45ft diameter circle around the spot where the tracks stopped (i.e. a 45ft circle around Hobbes.) He stops when he gets back where he started (which takes about 1 minute) or when he senses a lock, whichever comes first. My total sensory area is then anything within 485 ft of Hobbes

 

[Prof Yeti]

Marek d'Cannith - Paragon/Wizard

“We had a good idea of where the base was from the briefing and previous exploration by Alia, but not the exact location. So as I said we may have arrived first, but our circuitous route has definitely brought us in behind them now...”

Suddenly snapping out of the logic circle he had found himself inside, Marek turns to face Firavel before turning to the others. "I apologize as my experience in this kind of operation is limited. But the leader is definitely shrewd and his followers most likely a combination of brutes and at least semi-skilled followers. So my thought is that they have indeed brought us near the back entrance, but the previous patrol I personally feel is probably hiding and working their way around. The just seem so much more organized than one would expect from common knowledge. This would seem to have all the earmarks of a classic trap setting. I remember reading something similar in the journal of Erivar Koell...." Taking a moment before continuing. "The Bandit Mage of Wroat. When he was finally cornered he employed a similar stratagem."

Watching as the information finishes processing, Marek begins to tune his longbow.