Remember the Cavindale! (As his betters, i think we have a duty to help him)

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Cale, Halfling Rogue 2/ Transmuter 1

Cale makes a mental note of the general shape and size of the encampment and looks for any entrances. Then he quietly moves back to the party waiting back in the woods. He puts a finger to his lips, telling them to keep quiet. Then he whispers to them, close to their ears, as quietly as possible. "We need to get back to the beach and consult the rest of our party. We could be in danger here." And as soon as Jobis is back with us, he starts leading the way back to the beach as stealthily as possible.

 

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Kelkan: Halfling Wizard

A little upset by not being told more, Kelkan grudingly obeys and follows Cale as silently as he can.

As he was told he could be in danger, Kelkan keeps scanning the trees and silently muttering the release words for his only offensive spell while keeping his hands still.

 

[Manzanita]

Solomon - half orc

Solomon scans the water around the box. How far out is it? Has he noticed any movement of those big fish lately? If not (& I assume not or you would have mentioned it), he will step out into the water and attempt to salvage the box.

 

[Dakkareth]

Jobis 'Swifthand': male half-elven rogue 3

Always keeping within the cover of trees and bushes Jobis sneaks a short way around the Gnoll camp. Listening and looking hard he tries to ascertain the amount of security forces and methods in place before returning, sneaky as always, to the group.

Seeing that Cale is already there here only whispers, "Lots of gnolls there, better leave before they notice us."

and accompanies the group back to the others. On the way he goes last making sure, that nobody follows them.

 

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Re: Solomon - half orc

Solomon scans the water around the box. How far out is it? Has he noticed any movement of those big fish lately? If not (& I assume not or you would have mentioned it), he will step out into the water and attempt to salvage the box.

when looking closely solomon will notice the big fishes stay in at least 15 feet f water and the box is in maybe 3 feet of water.

as he reaches for the box he bnotices it is marked with the insignia of the lead ship, The Halisdate.

it is HEAVY but not unmovable.

upon dragging it back to shore you notice it has a dng fine lock on it and an odd sigil/rune.

 

[Manzanita]

Solomon

Solomon will carry/drag the box back to the meat cutting party. He brings it to Edward.

"I found this box in the water." he says.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Loske: (Female/Half Elf/Ranger 3)

Loske upon hear the news of the of the gnoll hangs at the back of the party with Cale waiting and watching for someone or maybe in this case something to fallow... Upon see or nor hearing any signs of movement after a minute she gives a nod to Cale to head after the others. After Cale starts back, she waits a few minutes longer know that a Gnoll sensing a single half elven female would be to tempted not to attack.

OOC: The next part assumes that nothing ill will happen.

Loske finally satisfied that the party under her command is no longer in danger cautiously fallows the rest of the party from the deep woods to the gather on the beach.

 

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Edward Talmed

Seeing Solomon dragging a box towards him, Edward drops his dagger and stands up. "Where did you find this box, Solomon?" Looking at the lock on the chest Edward states, "Looks to be locked, maybe we should wait for the scouting party to come back before tampering with it. I bet one of them has some experience in picking locks."

 

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Cale, Halfling Rogue 2/ Transmuter 1

As the scouting party returns, Cale explains the situation. "So, we've got some bad news." He waits until it seems that he has the attention of most of the party and then continues.

"Less the half a mile up stream from us there's an enormous encampment, I'd call it a village, of gnolls. We need to get out of here." There's a big tower, about 30' tall, quite near us and hundreds of gnolls inside the walls. The fortress is made of bamboo, so we could burn them out; but before we do anything like that I think we need to have a good long discussion about what our gain would be and how we'll deal with hundreds of angry, homeless gnolls hunting us." He pauses trying to remember what else he wanted to say.

"Oh, and they've got a bunch of gargantuan lizards, like our dinner here. Many way bigger. They seem to use them as pack animals and I wouldn't be surprised if they have a few trained for war."

"Anyhow, here's the bottom line. We can't stay here. I vote we move at least a few miles east and into the woods so that we're not right in their backyard. And I'm thinking I may go sit in a tree by their camp for a while to get a general feel of their actions. Like, when are they most active? Do they come and go a lot? Do the guards change at regular intervals? Do they have visitors from other parts of the island? How many of them seem like warriors? Things like that. It might be very useful information."

"Anyhow... I think I'm rambling again. What have we missed back here? No more excitement, I hope?" And Cale is finally quiet.

 

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Kelkan was about to say something when Cale starts his speech.

Again as he opens his mouth to speak when the halfling armed with two wands stops talking for a bit.

When Cale finally announces he has stopped talking, Kelkan waits a bit with a raised eyebrow. Content that the other halfling is keeping quite, he finally makes his own observations.

"Hm. Good to know what was that that was cooking such pleasant smelling food. Well, I mostly agree with Master Tolmen here. We should move as fast as possible. At the current distance it is very possible that a hunting or fishing party of them may stumble upon us. Also, they could see it if we lit up a fire. I suggest we go as fast as possible, divide the weight of gear between us and erase any traces we were here and where we went. If they don't find traces they may believe there were no survivors to the shipwreck."

Looking at Cale he adds, "I'm against you, or any of us, going alone keep watch over their camp. I know you are very skilled at what you do, but any of us can run into bad luck and if they find one of us alone so near to their camp the fight would be fast and fatal. Once we move and establish a camp, we can set watch turns over their camp. Jobis pointed out we are too many with stealthy skills, I think we can arrange for more than one group of spies."

"Gnolls are among the enemies of Maissen and the crown. I am not versed in their language, but if we were to be a reconnaissance patrol I guess odds are at least one of us can speak their language. If we establish they have raiding parties that frequently go out of their camp, we can try to capture some of them and discover if there is a mean to escape this island."

Hoping he has got the full attention of the survivors by then, Kelkan finishes:
"From what I see, that should be our main goal now: leaving this island! Rejoining with the remaining forces of the kingdom. Also, we saw lots of tracks on the way there, if we are going to travel with a lot of raw meat on our backs, we should expect another battle."

~Wew, we halflings do seem to talk a lot. I hope I didn't sound as bossy as the elf, there or I'll find the same kind of resistance. Lets hear what the others have to say.~