The Ancient Paths - Path II
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~ The Adventurers ~
The group loads onto the raft and pushes off into the dark lake. Dowkan and Hrolf paddle the craft across the blackness to the rocky beach on the other side with little effort, and this time when the party comes ashore, they're greeted with eerie silence rather than a snipernest. Kobold activity in the area is evident however.
From the beach of pebbles, there is a tunnel leading northwest. Draconic voices and flickering torchlight seep into the large cavern from the tunnel.
The group loads onto the raft and pushes off into the dark lake. Dowkan and Hrolf paddle the craft across the blackness to the rocky beach on the other side with little effort, and this time when the party comes ashore, they're greeted with eerie silence rather than a snipernest. Kobold activity in the area is evident however.
From the beach of pebbles, there is a tunnel leading northwest. Draconic voices and flickering torchlight seep into the large cavern from the tunnel.
Sabriel chuckled. "I'd be a fool if I did, but I will anyway." she quipped, knowing full well that of all of them, she was the most suited to sneakery. "Try not to make too much noise, hmmm?" she said and slinked off into the shadows, her own supernatural eyesight better than any torch.
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Hide +5
Listen +6
Search +5
Spot +8
And boy is she going to invest in some move silently skills as soon as she levels.
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Hide +5
Listen +6
Search +5
Spot +8
And boy is she going to invest in some move silently skills as soon as she levels.
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hippocrachus
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~ Sabriel ~
Sabriel leaves the others behind to take her first scouting jaunt down the tunnel up ahead.
She first passes an outcropping roughly ten feet above the cavern floor that looks to serve as a snipernest, but is currently unoccupied. Sabriel can assume the kobolds that surely were on watch at one point no longer think there is a reason to be on edge. A good night's rest seems to have given the group more of an advantage than they originally thought.
Sabriel passes by, hoping her untrained footsteps aren't noticed, until she comes closer to the end of the tunnel. She finds an exceptional place to hide (behind a stalagmite/stalactite pair taller and much wider than she) and takes in the kobold encampment before her.
Fifteen kobolds amble about the large chamber; five having the look of archers about them and the others keeping crude spears close. Many crude pallets composed of old furs and tattered blankets are piled throughout this chamber. A large fire pit has been dug into the cave floor in the northeast corner, while food and water in rickety pots are clustered at the north wall. All of the kobolds show the same odd alterations that marked the other kobolds in the cave complex.
Sabriel can make out a poorly hidden mound that could easily be a treasure horde. She cannot understand any of the Draconic gibberish the dragonkin trade back and forth.
~ The Adventurers ~
As Sabriel passes the snipernest above her head, Dowkan spots it immediately and the two humans notice the deeper darkness when their eyes focus. The bard disappears around a bend in the tunnel, and luckily doesn't return soon after trailing a mob of perturbed kobolds.
[sblock=OOC]I would certainly recommend investing in more Rogue skills if you are going to keep that up, kirinke
Very lucky rolls, but congratulations for pulling off the first part flawlessly.[/sblock]
Sabriel leaves the others behind to take her first scouting jaunt down the tunnel up ahead.
She first passes an outcropping roughly ten feet above the cavern floor that looks to serve as a snipernest, but is currently unoccupied. Sabriel can assume the kobolds that surely were on watch at one point no longer think there is a reason to be on edge. A good night's rest seems to have given the group more of an advantage than they originally thought.
Sabriel passes by, hoping her untrained footsteps aren't noticed, until she comes closer to the end of the tunnel. She finds an exceptional place to hide (behind a stalagmite/stalactite pair taller and much wider than she) and takes in the kobold encampment before her.
Fifteen kobolds amble about the large chamber; five having the look of archers about them and the others keeping crude spears close. Many crude pallets composed of old furs and tattered blankets are piled throughout this chamber. A large fire pit has been dug into the cave floor in the northeast corner, while food and water in rickety pots are clustered at the north wall. All of the kobolds show the same odd alterations that marked the other kobolds in the cave complex.
Sabriel can make out a poorly hidden mound that could easily be a treasure horde. She cannot understand any of the Draconic gibberish the dragonkin trade back and forth.
~ The Adventurers ~
As Sabriel passes the snipernest above her head, Dowkan spots it immediately and the two humans notice the deeper darkness when their eyes focus. The bard disappears around a bend in the tunnel, and luckily doesn't return soon after trailing a mob of perturbed kobolds.
[sblock=OOC]I would certainly recommend investing in more Rogue skills if you are going to keep that up, kirinke
Very lucky rolls, but congratulations for pulling off the first part flawlessly.[/sblock]
Dowkan's eyes widen and his sucks in his breath as he finally spies the sniper's nest as Sabriel passes underneath. But with no attack forthcoming, the dwarf resumes his fidgeting, axe ready to cleave kobold heads at any moment.[sblock=ooc]Dowkan would never has asked Sabriel had he known about her lack of skill![/sblock]
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I am really going to invest in some hide and move silently ranks let me tell ya! I soo don't want Sabriel to become BBEG chow.
Leastways she doesn't have the pansy elf low light vision and instead has the more robust darkvision. ![:]](http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png "Devious :]")
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Sabriel makes note of everything and cautiously makes her way back, making sure to step as lightly as possible and keep to the shadows. It needs not be said that the girl is ready to bolt and run like fun if she is spotted though.
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She probably would have volunteered to go anyway, knowing that of all of them, she had the best chance of pulling it off and escaping if things turned out badly. Light armour has it's good points.... [/sblock]
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I am really going to invest in some hide and move silently ranks let me tell ya! I soo don't want Sabriel to become BBEG chow.
Leastways she doesn't have the pansy elf low light vision and instead has the more robust darkvision. [/sblock]
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Sabriel makes note of everything and cautiously makes her way back, making sure to step as lightly as possible and keep to the shadows. It needs not be said that the girl is ready to bolt and run like fun if she is spotted though.
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She probably would have volunteered to go anyway, knowing that of all of them, she had the best chance of pulling it off and escaping if things turned out badly. Light armour has it's good points....
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hippocrachus
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~ Sabriel ~
Sabriel darts from her hiding spot to the tunnel beyond, hoping in her quickness to escape notice. She reaches the cover and safety of the tunnel just in time to hear a loud yap from one of the kobolds.
A brief pause insues with Sabriel slinking as quietly as she can down the tunnel with a torrent of hurried yells following her. Halfway to the others, the sounds of fifteen charging kobolds can be heard rumbling down the tunnel in pursuit.
~ The Adventurers ~
A few minutes pass before a loud bark echoes down the tunnel. Not long after, a fanfare of footfalls sound down the tunnel.
Sabriel darts from her hiding spot to the tunnel beyond, hoping in her quickness to escape notice. She reaches the cover and safety of the tunnel just in time to hear a loud yap from one of the kobolds.
A brief pause insues with Sabriel slinking as quietly as she can down the tunnel with a torrent of hurried yells following her. Halfway to the others, the sounds of fifteen charging kobolds can be heard rumbling down the tunnel in pursuit.
~ The Adventurers ~
A few minutes pass before a loud bark echoes down the tunnel. Not long after, a fanfare of footfalls sound down the tunnel.
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