Of Sound Mind II

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Kerrick Jonez

"I think that I'll leave the tracking to you fellas, I'm kinda jittery about leavin Seraphina alone in town. I'm not much use here anyhow,although if you want my two coppers worth, i'd say Adren has the right idea."

Kerrick and heads back to town at a fast trot, ancious to arive before the town meeting. I can't help but think some in town knows whats going on here, i don't think it's safe for any of us to wander about alone.

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

"Whichever you prefer. You're the expert."

 

[Jarval]

Following Adren's advice, the party starts following the tracks around the base of the mountain, while Kerrick heads back into Bellhold.

The party continues round the mountains base, until the tracks stop dead on the steeper, rockier ground. The mountain side looks virtually unclimbable, with hardly any handholds, for the most part bare rock. It would take a skilled climber to make this accent, even with the proper equipment.


Kerrick makes good time, and arrives back in the town after around ten minutes. He spots Seraphina chatting to a couple of stallholders on the other side of the square.

 

[Acmite]

Adren will take a careful look around. Is there any evidence someone else used proper equipment to climb the wall? Tool marks, impressions, scuffed tracks to indicate delayed time here, anything? If there isn't any evidence for an attempted climb, Adren will say:

There is no evidence of any attempted ascent here. Either they gained the ability to fly, or there is a secret passage somewhere nearby.

If there is no objection to that statement, Adren will begin searching for a secret door or passage. he will take his time (ie: take 20). If someone could help him that would be great.

If there is evidence of an attempted climb:

Friends, our quarry has scaled the side of this cliff. Either we try to climb it ourselves, or we find another way up. There are always the other tracks....

I can try to scale the cliff. The power of my mind will save me if I fall.

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Gholog will assist in searching as best he can for a hidden entrance.

 

[Jarval]

Adren searches along the rock face, looking for any sign of an assent. After a few moments, he spots a spike hammered into the rock around 40 feet above him, and several scrape marks on the rock around it.

Gholog looks up at the rock face, and can tell it's a tough climb. Anyone who made this assent was either highly skilled, or had some kind of supernatural assistance.

 

[Other Guy]

Jason Master

Jason, who has been watching the others quietly for some time now, lays his backpack on the ground and begins searching through it. After some time he pulls out a long leather cylinder, which he unrolls into a large strip with 15 pockets, 12 of which contain scrolls. He removes two from the organizer.

"I knew I had some! Look," he says, unrolling one scroll and grinning like an idiot, "spider climb. I've only got two right now. I could memorize two more if you gave me a day, but if we're in a hurry then two of us could climb up right now. Each spell will only last about ten minutes, so it may be difficult to climb back down after the effects have worn off, but it sounds like you can feather fall, Adren, so that may not be a problem after all."

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Gholog takes ten and tries to climb the cliff face, for a 14. If it looks like he can almost accomplish it, he will take off his armor for a 15.

 

[Acmite]

Re: Jason Master

"I knew I had some! Look," he says, unrolling one scroll and grinning like an idiot, "spider climb. I've only got two right now. I could memorize two more if you gave me a day, but if we're in a hurry then two of us could climb up right now. Each spell will only last about ten minutes, so it may be difficult to climb back down after the effects have worn off, but it sounds like you can feather fall, Adren, so that may not be a problem after all."

Perhaps it might be best just to use one scroll and send the strongest one of us up? By the looks of it, that would mean you, Gholog. The climber could then anchor a rope for us to climb.

I can indeed slow our fall, Jason. I can use it but three times before I am spent, however. I have been splitting my attention between developing my mind's eye and fostering my woodland abilities.

 

[Jarval]

Gholog climbs a short distance up the rock face. While the first fifty feet or so are easy climbing, above that it looks very tough going.