Of Sound Mind II

[Acmite]

Re: The search continues...

Sorry I've acted for Adren, but since he's the only one who can track I thought it was for the best.

That's fine, Jarval! I got caught up in a big pile of work, so my posting dropped off for a bit. Although one of my posts got stuck in the ether since it doesn't appear to have materialized, but that was a couple weeks ago.

Friends, hold. There is a nother set of tracks that intersect our path and I want to take a look around before any of us moves in and disturbs any evidence. I'm going to scout about 150 ft around the path. Does anyone wish to help? It shouldn't take us but minutes.

Adren will ready his bow and make a quick check of the area (cut a circle of about 150 ft around the intersection), and then return and thoroughly examine the tracks. He will look for number of creatures, age of the tracks, type of creature, etc.

Hmmm...One would think the Captain would know of this old trail and would think to check it. Perhaps we were wise in not informing the Captain of our discovery. If Jason is right, we should be watching our rear carefully. Since I am the only one who can track, it is perhaps best I stay in the lead, so maybe someone else should guard the rear. One can never be too careful. Carelessness in the wild leads to death, and that's a path I've been down too many times already.....

 

[Acmite]

Oops! Read Zhure's post after I had posted mine. My super bad. Just ignore that last part about setting up a rear guard.

 

[Jarval]

Gholog takes a position at the rear of the party, keeping his eyes and ears open for any sign of trouble.

Adren searches round the surrounding woods, and finds a small clearing about a forty yards to the west from where the tracks intersect.

Goblinoid footprints cover the soft ground, and as the ranger looks more closely, he can see an imprint in the ground where a small humanoid was held down. Then the goblin footprints, now joined by those of a halfling or human child, lead back towards the main trail.

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

"Why would goblins kidnap a human child, let alone several?"

 

[Other Guy]

Jason Master

Jason looks at Gholog and says, "I'm guessing either somebody else told them to, or they were hungry." He looks around and takes his bow in hand, then asks Adren how fresh the tracks appear.

 

[Jarval]

Adren examines the tracks. The main set you were first following appear to be around four or five days old, while the set with the human or halfling tracks you would guess is about three days old.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Kerrick Jonez

"Hmmm, you think someonelse might be on the trail? I would have tyhought there would be mention of another adventurer helpin the village out."

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Gholog continues to watch for others spying on the group and leaves the tracking to the trackers.

 

[Jarval]

Gholog can just faintly hear the sound of the other search party to the west. The sound is gradually getting louder as they get closer to your position.

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Gholog coughs subtly and points with his chin in the direction of the other search party.

Quietly, he says, "let's pick up the pace, gentlebeings."