Jory hits the blinded rat, and it is down for the count. The other rat manages to dodge the arrow.
Tal misses his target due to the rat being in melee with his allies.
Karzak hits the last dire rat, and it makes a sickening squishy sound.
Combat is finished. Back to positioning and skill rolls. Any actions in the red zone will require the aforementioned acrobatics checks.
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Tiann grins a bit, shaking her head, an amusing image obviously clear in her mind. I'll make it sink like a stone! Glug, glug, glug. She raises her hand up and brings it down quickly to her other hand, slapping it to signify the boat violently hitting bottom. Looks like it'd best be you and Talhaearn or Ice Glen.
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"Although the docks were exciting to me, I did mention that I hoped I didn't have to get on a boat. Dwarves and boats go together like....well dwarves and watercolors. I admit using the boat was my idea, but riding in it was not."
"I have trained in acrobatics, so I will help guide the crane if needed."
Jory will see if he needs to go into the dangerous part of the warehouse. In the meantime, Jory looks for a solid place to chisel his rune in the warehouse.
This is close enough to being underwater to deserve a rune--a pelican warehouse deserves to be on the list.
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Jake will walk out to the boat with Talhaearn. Jake takes a good look at the boat to see if it will fit under the warehouse, and if there are oars to row it there.
Well, Talhaearn, I appreciate your help. I have noticed that you and I seem to be of a like mind on occasion. What do you know of the Andoran Faction of the Pathfinders?
The boat is very easy to control in the calm water. It looks like it can easily hold two of you with room enough for the crate, if you do choose to bring it down.
I'll call maneuvering the boat a DC5 on which you can take 10 automatically if you're not trying to hurry.
It fits just fine under the warehouse, with enough room that people riding in the boat are not knocking their heads into the floor unless they sit perfectly straight up and don't watch where they're going. If you crouch a little your head is clear.
If you're going to try to STAND in the boat while it's free floating, that will require acrobatics. Moving from boat to warehouse floor or vise versa would be acrobatics and climb. Actions involving boat and water transitions would be some combination of swim and climb depending on what you were trying to do.
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Jak gets into the boat and extends a hand to help Talhaearn inside, and taking 10, they will slowly row under the warehouse. If there is an anchor, then they will anchor directly under the crate.
During the row over, Jake continues.
That is true Talhaearn, but there is more to it than that. We seek democracy and freedom for all. I am a member of the faction, and we are always seeking like-minded individuals. It was the faction that sponsored my training and initiation to the Pathfinders. Now, I seak to serve the broader tenets, as well as the specific goals of the faction. Give it some thought, eh?
As they position the boat,
Ho the warehouse, we are in position under the crate. Should we dislodge some boards to drop it into the boat?
Jory: If you're moving down H, no need for any checks. Only I-L have dangerous spots.
The boat is going UNDER the floor though, not outside the double doors. Jake and Tal have rowed the boat to be directly under the hole in the floor where the crate is balanced.
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Tiann sighs, not exactly sure this is a good idea. However, she would rather see the mission succeed than fail. Hey, Jake, Tal, let us know when you're ready! She moves up to the controls and looks back and forth between them and the box. She tries to see if there's any hooks or the like on the box for the crane to grab to make things easier.
Though... I do have another idea... she says with a grin. What if we hoisted not something, but someone with the crane, and had them fetch the contents of the crate while not disturbing it?
For someone to just hold onto the crane's chain would take climb checks.
If you attached them to the end of it, they would not have to make any checks.
To open the crate would require either breaking it open with a weapon, or a strength check. Either might cause problems if you're on the unstable floor. To pick up the box with the crane you would have to have someone go to the box to attach ropes, either by balancing on the floor or suspended by the crane. Or a strong enough person could just grab the whole box, if they were attached to the crane.
Using the crane requires no checks, just knowing what direction you want to move it and pulling on the correct control chains.
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Tiann looks between everyone who's not on the boat. Say, gents, how about you try to lift me up with the crane and then I retrieve what's in the crate? Seems we can do that safely enough without risking the crate falling into the water and sinking the boat. Or maybe we can lift someone who can swim, just in case. Thoughts?
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If you don't think we should trust it, then let's play it safe. Tiann tries to move the crane to the crate, moving it over to where Jory can attach it. Calling out to Jory, Shout out when you've got it secured fast! Then I'll lower it as slowly as I can onto the boat. To Jake and Talhaearn, We're getting ready, gents! Jory's in charge of hooking it up.
Why do I have a bad feeling about this...
Ropes were easy to find in the boxes.
Jory, your acrobatics roll is good enough to balance while you tie the box to the crane, and not cause any collapse. After that you can take 10 to carefully work your way back to solid land.
The crate successfully attached, the team can safely move it using the crane.
We are done with the map for now. The crate is on solid ground, and nobody got soaked.
There is all sorts of junk in the other crates.
Ten minutes of searching reveals:
beer, blocks of clay, coffee, coils of rope, dried fish, lead ingots, nails, nets, raw cotton, rough wool, spare sails, timber planks, various pulleys and tools, and cheap basic weapons.
You can take any of that stuff that you might want to use later in the day.
If you want something more rare or valuable, you'll need to tell me what you're looking for, and make a perception check and spend time searching.
The crate you pulled out of the precarious position can be opened with a strength check (appropriate tools would help) or by bashing it.
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Karzak looks interested in the mechanics of the crane, but he also seems more than happy to leave the traipsing about the rickety hole over dark water to others. He elbows Ice in the stomach and offers an amused snort, motioning towards the various boxes and crates from which icky little rodents had just tried to shorten their fingers.
C'mon then...leave the silly snatcheroo to those willing to take a dip. He rubs his thick hands together, eagerly eyeing the crates, then starts to go through them, quickly and roughly, hoping for more rats, but willing to settle for plain old treasure.
Karzak strains and manages to pop the top off the crate.
Inside the crate is the small mahogany box whose contents you were sent to retrieve.
The crate also contains:
10 sets of masterwork thieves tools, three flasks of alchemist's fire, a flask of acid, a dozen jars of various inks, a footprint book, adamantine weapon blanch, three bags of powder, a deck of marked cards, and two sets of average loaded dice.
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Ho now! What have we here? Karzak booms as he examines the contents of the crate. He eyes the powder and the weapon blanch with particular interest, his eyes lighting up at the thought of using the exotic items. He offers up the mahogany box for someone else to carry; seems that he assumes that to be secondary to loot.
You find no valuable metals.
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Karzak grins at Jory as if nothing would make him happier, then notices Jory's laden pack. Ye'd best be sharin' that beer when we get back.. Karzak himself takes some simple tools, a hammer and nails, the weapon blanch and powder, the alchemist's fire, any beer Jory missed (though I doubt he missed any), and a net, as long as it is not to cumbersome to carry.
You hire two carriages to return to the Pickled Imp.
Tiann Ceriagh'u:
Jory Redcap: (+2 vs stonework, auto)
Talhaearn: (low light)
Jake Hargrove:
Karzak: (darkvision 60')
Guaril Karela lights up when you arrive with the mahogany box. "Not even opened eh?"
After inspecting the contents, he says, "Thank you, everything appears to be here. You have done well, I will send word to Valsin that I'm satisfied with your abilities."