Pathfinder 1E [IC] Pathfinder: Iron Gods

[perrinmiller]

Hailey Navarre

Hailey still did not see anyone. But the large cavern’s ledge looked to slope down and back towards that other exit from the chamber with the brown mold. Her sunrod was giving away her presence in the darkness, so if anyone was down below amongst the huts, she was guessing they were hiding.

With Twist’s arrival, she remained prone on the ledge. She gestured past the ratkin and down the slope. Whispering she said, “I think there is a tunnel down there that leads back to the mold room. If they use the spell from this direction, they might not need as much time reach the corpse. I will take a look while you stay here watching.”

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[/sblock][sblock=Mini-stats]Hailey Navarre
Init +6, Speed 30 (20 with Backpack)
AC 18, Touch 14, Flat-footed 14 (Chain shirt) , CMD 16
Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +3
HP 12; Current: 12
Conditions in effect: Rapid Reload, Point Blank Shot, prone
Grit: 3/3
Deeds: Gunslinger Dodge, Quick Clear, Up Close & Deadly

Weapon in Hand: None[/sblock]

 

[CanadienneBacon]

[section]Twist nodded at Hailey. He laid flat on the ledge, scooching forward a bit toward the lip to see better.[/section]

 

[Guest 11456]

Hailey verifies what she had thought. That the tunnel connects to the mold cavern. Even from here she can feel the temperature drop noticeably. Meanwhile Aja and Olrich continue at their task.

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[perrinmiller]

Hailey Navarre

Hailey took care to avoid any brown mold as she entered the tunnel, hoping to see Aja and Olrich before she had to stop moving. She waved and called up to them in a loud whisper, “Hey up there. You can probably come around this way and maybe save some time clearing the path to the body from this direction instead.”

[sblock=OOC]From the map it looks like Hailey can do this. But if the mold will prevent her from making visual contact with the others, then she would go all the way back around past Vandor to tell them.

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[/sblock][sblock=Mini-stats]Hailey Navarre
Init +6, Speed 30 (20 with Backpack)
AC 18, Touch 14, Flat-footed 14 (Chain shirt) , CMD 16
Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +3
HP 12; Current: 12
Conditions in effect: Rapid Reload, Point Blank Shot, prone
Grit: 3/3
Deeds: Gunslinger Dodge, Quick Clear, Up Close & Deadly

Weapon in Hand: None[/sblock]

 

[Guest 11456]

Hailey starts to move into the brown mold cavern but finds the extreme cold caused by the mold to be too intense. So she goes around back to where her companions are to deliver the news. “You can probably go around that way and maybe save some time clearing the path to the body from that direction instead.” She points to the tunnel to the south and then motions going around to where she had discovered the other way.

Meanwhile, try as he might, Twist spots nothing out of the ordinary, nor does he hear anything. If someone is there they are doing a great job of hiding and staying quiet.

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[perrinmiller]

Hailey Navarre

After having to go around to deliver her message and findings, Hailey returned to where Twitch lay on the ledge watching the huts. Since he had not reported seeing anything yet, and she had been walking back and forth with a beckon of light, the gunslinger was becoming confident that there was no one in the cavern to worry about.

She whispered to the ratling keeping look out, “Nothing yet, eh? I am going to take a look this way.”

Hailey moved further up the ledge in the opposite direction to explore. There appeared to be another tunnel or alcove in that direction.

[sblock=OOC]Updated Map
[/sblock][sblock=Mini-stats]Hailey Navarre
Init +6, Speed 30 (20 with Backpack)
AC 18, Touch 14, Flat-footed 14 (Chain shirt) , CMD 16
Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +3
HP 12; Current: 12
Conditions in effect: Rapid Reload, Point Blank Shot, prone
Grit: 3/3
Deeds: Gunslinger Dodge, Quick Clear, Up Close & Deadly

Weapon in Hand: None[/sblock]

 

[Guest 11456]

As Hailey's light illuminates more of the cavern she spots a strange metal wall at the far end of the cave to the east. But then she spots a humanoid down the tunnel before her and two others in the cavern with her and Twist. The humanoids have smooth skin and appear hairless. The color of their skin seems to shift and change as you look at them. They don't appear to be aggressive at the moment. The one to the south of Hailey glances at her, then toward Twist and finally speaks in common. "Where are the other four of you? We wish a truce."

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[CanadienneBacon]

[section]Twist, who had been on the verge of climbing down the ledge to go investigate the huts, goggled. The hairless smooth-skinned creatures didn't seem aggressive. Still, millenia of ratkin survival instincts kicked in, and Twist quickly stood up and eyed the tunnel behind him. He whipped his head back toward the huts and counted...one...two...three creatures. Is there a fourth hiding elsewhere? Where the deuce did they come from?! Twist peered at the nearest creature, scanning it for weapons.

Words tumbled out of his mouth. "A truce sounds good. I like truces. Hey, we're looking for a missing human. A man. You three haven't seen him, have you? Not the dead guy back in that frosty cold area. Or the guy who drowned. Or the one we found in the tunnel. Geez, that sounds bad. Three dead guys. Three too many. Well, yeah. This one'd be a LIVE male human. Living. A-live. Hey, are those your huts? They look cosy. You guys wanna swap silverdisks for info?" [/section]

 

[perrinmiller]

Hailey Navarre

Hailey did not have a weapon in hand, so her own stance was not exactly aggressive or intimidating either. With the sunrod making her a beacon, she was not surprised that the strange humanoids saw her first. She had thought she heard something earlier, and now it appeared to be confirmed.

She remained standing where she was, and casually hooked her thumbs into her weapons belt. But her right hand was very close to the butt of her pistol if things escalated out of hand.

“Sure, a truce will be fine. You don’t attack us; we’ll not attack you in return.”

“The others will be along in a moment.” She casually walked back to stand next to Twist who was talking so fast and bombarding the strangers with questions.

“This is Twist and I’m Hailey Navarre. Who are you guys?”

[sblock=OOC]Updated Map
[/sblock][sblock=Mini-stats]Hailey Navarre
Init +6, Speed 30 (20 with Backpack)
AC 18, Touch 14, Flat-footed 14 (Chain shirt) , CMD 16
Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +3
HP 12; Current: 12
Conditions in effect: Rapid Reload, Point Blank Shot, prone
Grit: 3/3
Deeds: Gunslinger Dodge, Quick Clear, Up Close & Deadly

Weapon in Hand: None[/sblock]

 

[Guest 11456]

As Hailey moves so do the humanoids but in a non-threatening way with their palms in front of them. The one that spoke before continues. "I am Luepel, that is Brath and that is Yadriss. We will wait for the others to arrive." Luepel points to Brath and Yadriss in turn.

Meanwhile the others have finally made enough progress that Olrich believes it is safe to go down and check the body. He mentions that anyone going down should be careful to stay clear of the remaining brown mold.

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