I'm just following, far as I am aware, no one has really asked my opinion. Especially since I'm not the one leading. I will folllow whatever the party decides here.
Well let us try the door, at least look through it to see if it is a way out. Is everyone ok with this? I vote door. Perhaps John could go through first since he is the best armored
Looks like the party is pushing John through the dreaded marred door...
I step back and watch cautiously.
Jus open the damn thing, fore I do it an one o ye can use yer eyes up fron't.
"Very well then" John approaches the door and opens it.
The room is an empty 5 by 5 storeroom of some sort. There is a small pile of tattered cloth nested in the far left corner. There are to old wooden shelves on the back wall. The dust is thick on the sheleves and they are empty, except for three glass jars.
On close examination:
jar one has some living beatles and muck;
jar two has some dirt and white lava;
jar three has some dirt and white grubs.
Each jar has small holes in the lid.
Somehow I don't think this the safehouse. Plus it looks to be a bad place to get caught in by Hellknights.
"Agreed, shall we keep moving?"
You all can make a Knowledge Dungeoneering, local, or engineer/architecture
Also, make a perception check
Duncan you are too busy studying the construction to notice what is happening around you but you do realize that...
Shinon examines the contents of the room carefully.
Know (Local):
Perception:
Shinon results:
Shinon walks over and kneels down at the tattered nesting, examining the lump he saw.
Underneath the straw, cloth is a bundled dirty cloth that is tied with string. There is a cowrie shell, with emerald and tan mottled pattern. Appraise DC 10,
There is, also, a silver signet ring with crest. Knowledge nobility 10, Knowledge local 12.
Appraise:
Know (Local):
You all can make a Knowledge Dungeoneering, local, or engineer/architecture
Also, make a perception check
Appraise: 1d20+2
Know (Local): 1d20+6
Very interesting...
Interesting House Grulios family signet ring. One of the remaining 12 most prominent noble families. This is rumored to be the 4th most powerful family in the City, of Chelish ethnicity.
Andrea:
You hear a new sound of fast dripping on cobbled stone coming from the direction that your group was travelling.
"What in blazes?" Shinon whispers to himself, staring down at the ring. He lifts it to the sky and looks it over. "This is the signet ring of House Grulios. What would this be doing here? Hmm...I have a bad feeling about this."
Shinon decides to head to the library at his earliest convenience and do a little research on House Grulios.
If we'r done looking at crap, there's plenty more to sludge through. Let's get goin so's I can wash me beard. Gonna stick out like dog balls for our smell.
"As you wish," Shinon agreed, pocketing the ring and the shell. He stood up and walked out of the room, getting back in position behind the spot where Andrea had been walking.
I hear the sound like water dripping rapidly on cobblestones comign from the diection we were traveling. I do not know if there is something else lurking, but we should get ready.
As you travel another 90 feet up the tunnel it comes to the sharp 90 degree angle heading left. There is 20 by 20 foot corner. The sewage trench takes up the the outer perimeter. The remaining portion is widest area you have seen. There is a faint light from the surface coming from the corner of the bend.
Janiven sighs, "This does not look familar everything is a mirror image of where it should be." The is a distant clamor of metal from the direction you came from.
Can everyone a Perception check, please.
Perception:
Perception:
Shinon, John, and Andrea a short spear propped up, and small loin cloth, in the corner of the widened ledge area.
Shinon and John:
a spear over there, and ugh.. a loincloth. I hope it did not belong to those goblins.
"There are also tracks, most likely from what ever we heard in the tunnels."
Well it's gotta lead somewhere that ain't here. Let's keep going. Stay linked up an soon as we spot an exit outta here we take it.
The dwarf trudes on the continued path.
Andrea follows behind Duncan.
Shinon follows Andrea.
The short spear is obviously goblin sized. Sort of looks like a goblin was bathing and was interrupted by the sound coming down the tunnel from your end.
The footprints lead down the tunnel another 90 feet and then it takes a sharp right hand turn. There is a small wooded plank crossing the sewage trench as the walkway continues on the other side of tunnel. The footprints become lighter on the wooden plank.
The plank is 8-12 inches wide and you need to make an acrobatic check, if you walk it. The trench can be jumped too with an acrobatic check.
Shinon walks boldly up to the thin plank and tests its ability to hold him up. Then he slowly makes his way across the plank.
Acrobatics check:
1.If Shinon ends up in the sewage, Andrea looks appalled and extends a hand to help him out.
2.If Shinon makes it, Andrea catiously heads across.
There is a creaking sound as Shinon is walking across the plank, followed by a loud splash as he falls face down into the murky brownish green sewage.
Make a Fortitude SAve DC 12.
Andrea were are you when you are reaching to provide a helping hand to the fallen companion? On the plank or on the walk way leaning over?
Shinon groans as he feels his balance sway. He shifts his weight to the left, and then to the right, but he can't seem to steady himself. Sighing, Shinon looks up and mutters, "I'm about to fall into this river of fecal matter, aren't I?"
And with that, he slips and falls deep into the river, forcing himself to the surface as quickly as possible. As soon as he breaks free and takes a deep breath of fresh air, he looks around at the muck and grime he is now swimming in. "Yep. Yeeeeeeeeeep. Disgusting."
Fortitude Save:
Yep, he fell into shyte but at least he does not have the filth fever. It is one of those the glass is half full sort of moments.
As Shinon stands he is chest high in the murk. Which side of the trench is he trying going to try to climb up on?
DC 10 climb - its slippery shyte, if someone gives a hand you get a bonus 2 but they need to make a Reflex DC 7 to avoid falling in.
Shinon mutters and shakes his head, swimming to the other side. "I appreciate your intentions, Andrea, but I believe it would be best to not risk falling in yourself."
He grabs the side of the destination's shore and tries to pull himself out.
Climb Check:
Edit: Oh, for Asmodeus's sake...
I have the feeling that more of us are going to end up in the cesspool if we want to cross over.
Shinon, you need another Fort Save DC 12 as you slide back underneath the murk potentially with your eyes or mouth open.
There is a dead-end on the side that the remaining party members are standing. The tunnel continues on the other side. The choices are to turn back, jump the trench or cross using the plank.