Storms of Change IC Part 4

[Someone]

Dunathar eyes what´s left of the keep and turns to the others "Aye. My turn now. If I´m in danger I´ll shout like a dwarf."

The he starts moving, as silent as he can an using the forest as cover. He stops now and then to listen for any noise coming from inside the keep; if the two that left the tracks there are there they may be making some sound.

Edit: Spot and listen +7, Move silently and hide +8

 

[Sado]

Goven is torn between going with Dunathar and staying to protect the others. In the end, he decides that the greatest danger will probably come from the two who seem to have already crossed.

With an exhortation to Manzanita and Zook to be watchful, he follows the dwarf.

(Hide and Move Silent +9, Spot and Listen +6)

 

[silentspace]

Dunathar and Goven move easily across the pit and into the ruins of the keep. Just a few feet into the area there are the bodies of some large, freshly killed insects. Two stirges, by the look of it. Goven see the tracks lead to to a pile of rubble to your right. There is an ancient, decayed stairway leading down there, filled with rubble, dirt, and vegetation, but still passable nonetheless. Dunathar's eyes, however, are drawn to the left, where there is a patch of ground, looking exactly like every other patch of ground, except that this one seems a bit more flat and level then the rest. Listening, Dunathar hears some faint clicking sounds coming from directly in front of you.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Zook hoped to fill a flask with a bit of the magical water, for later experimentation if his could...*

*But at the ruin, Zook keeps his crossbow out and his eyes peeled, not caring to meet any dreadfully dull and antangonistic orcs today...*

 

[Someone]

Listening, Dunathar hears some faint clicking sounds coming from directly in front of you

"Oh, !" exclaims Dunathar as he runs for cover.

 

[Manzanita]

Manzanita

OOC: Sorry, I seem to have missed that 12/8 post...

"We should have stayed together." Manzanita says softly to Zook. "Come. Let's tie up our horses amidst the trees, and follow them."

After doing this, and assuming Zook is game, Manzanita will follow Goven and Dunathor, trying to stay on the path they blazed.

 

[Sado]

Not aware of any immediate threat, but trusting the instincts of his dwarven companion, Goven drops to the ground and rolls to one side (same direction as Dunathar if it matters).

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"We should have stayed together." Manzanita says softly to Zook. "Come. Let's tie up our horses amidst the trees, and follow them."

After doing this, and assuming Zook is game, Manzanita will follow Goven and Dunathor, trying to stay on the path they blazed.

"Fine with me. You can always do more damage in a crowd, says I," Zook says flipitantly, nevertheless loosening his morningstar from the loop at his belt.

 

[silentspace]

Beetles in the rocks

Manzanita, Zook, and Lucan begin to make their way across the depression into the ruins.

On hearing the clicks, Dunathar and Goven roll to the side just as three man-sized giant beetles emerge from the rubble and rush towards them.

Initiative
Goven
Lucan
Dunathar
Manzanita
Zook
Giant Beetles (3)

The Giant Beetles are 20 feet ahead of Dunathar and Goven. Manzanita, Zook and Lucan are 20 feet behind Dunathar and Goven.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Zook starts at the appearance of the big beetles, and clutches his holy symbol with one hand.*

"Laughter and love, gold locked safe, surround me with a shield of faith!" Zook calls, glittering gold motes surrounding him.

OOC - Casting shield of faith.