Caydee shoots.
"Yikes!" yells Robbo in surprise as the centipedes come out of the mist. Gathering his composure he begins to dance a furious jig. "Check this out guys, I call this one the 'Bug Stompin' Shuffle'!"
Krill moves to the nearest beastie and kicks out.
Attack:
Damage:
Initiative summary
Caydee 23
Hoppin 20
Krill 17
Centipede male 10
Vardara 7
Fubar 5
Ahzatran 2
Centipede female 2
The centipede on the right attacks Fubar with its long whiplike tail
The centipedes are about 15 feet away and still at ranged distance, you can close and attack or use ranged attacks......
Vardara is up!
Swinging her weapon two handed, Vardara charges towards the second centipede.
Edit Confirm crit , damage Total damage 44
Caydee and Vardara manage to take down one centipede with Vardara's attack spliting the centipede in two wriggling pieces....
Two handed swinger
Falchion Attack
Damage
AHZ is up!
Ahz and Fubar tear into the remaining centipede and damage it,
However it counter-attacks
Attempting to bite Vardara
And missing her barely with its mandibles that snap shut with bone crunching force!
DM note
18/38
Caydee is up
"Take that, big ugly overly-legged bug-things!" Caydee crows in triumph, letting fly another arrow at the remaining foe.
Caydee fires another arrow into the centipede causing more damage!
DM note
11/38
Hoppin is up!
His feet still moving in a stompy little jig, Robbo pulls out his bow and takes aim at the remaining bug. As he looses an arrow he calls out encouragement to his fellows, "That's it guys! Stomp these suckers dead!"
Hell yeah!
So says Krill agreeing with a classic one-two.
Flurry Power Attack:
Damage: if flanking, add +1 to each punch.
The second centipede goes down under a flurry of blows even though Hoppins arrow missed the mark.....
Knowledge nature
DC 10
These creatures are normally found in warmer environments there must be a source of warmth nearby
DC 15
Creatures were likely attracted to the polar bear carcass
Survival
DC 12
There are tracks leading back to where the centipedes came from....
XP
1600 total
Robbo looks down at one of the centipede corpses ponderously, "Hmmm... I've heard of little buggers like these, but usually they live in warmer climates. I wonder if there's a hot spring or something nearby? We should see if we can track down the source!"
You see the sources before you get to the end of the tracks a wisp of steam comes out of a crevace with the vapor quickly freezing right out of the air.
The crevace is about 10 feet across and 20 feet wide.....the tracks come from this area.
closer look
Icy crevace goes down hundreds of feet
"While heat would be nice," Caydee says, still with an arrow notched, "I'd rather not meet any more oversized bugs."
"Can we not jus drop you in an let yah tells us whats down there?"
"Yah gots tha ring tah make yah fall slow!"
Caydee looks curiously at Ahz for a moment. "I was going to agree with you until you completely switched arguments."
"I have hemp. Fifty feet." Caydee still looks skeptical. "Your reasoning sounds just crazy enough that I'd love to join- but don't we have enough quests, and enough people relying on us?" She looks searchingly at Ahz again. "Oh, screw it. You don't have to be so dramatic. I'll lead the way."
"I have 100 foot of rope!"
Nope, don't have any here.
Caydee starts tying together they ropes they have in secure knots.
The lit piece of stone bounces down to the floor of the crevace, deep below there is a stone floor and what appears to be stalgmite mounds around the floor.
Descending into the crevace
YOU find piles of offal and white circles that appear to be some type of egg.....
After learning the depth, Caydee returns all but two of the ropes. She looks around for something to tie the end of the rope to. "All go first," she announces.
In the bottom of the crevace the natural stone is uneven the stalagtites you saw are now obviously piles of carrion with one egg on top of each pile...
Knowledge nature
DC 10
These are large insect eggs, you guess whiptail centipede eggs
In one corner a hot spring bubbles up into a large pool that both provides fresh water and heats the entire cavern.
Perception
DC 17
You see no other exits from this one main chamber
DC 25
You note a low ledge and a very narrow passage underneath it.
Robbo is quite distracted by the popping bubbles and doesn't pay much attention to anything else.
Caydee gives Ahz a 'now what?' look, then goes over to warm her hands over the hot spring.
Fubar starts taking off his supplies and peeling off his armor as he dips his body slowly into the hot spring.....
"Ahhhhhhh..."
Perception
Azh
Near the springs you find a small cube just under an inch across and appears to be made of ivory, bone, or some other white hard mineral. Each of the cube's faces are polished smooth, and etched with runes.
Karrg paces around the area above once in awhile making a noise or playing in the snow.
After waiting a few moments to make sure Fubar isn't eaten by a polar worm hiding in the water or something, Cay follows his example.
Enjoy life's little luxuries while you still can, Krill says sagely.
Take 10 on perception = 17
Can't see any exits from here. Might be a good place to rest.
Spending so much time in the area you soon discover a low ledge against the far wall that seems to have a crack in the back that someone could possibly squeeze into, you can not tell how far back it might go.....
"This looks like a job for me!" says Robbo, peering down the crack in the wall. "I can head through there and see what I can see and then come back and report. Sound good?"
Hoppin soon comes face to face with a skelton, however after a few moments you realize it is the remains of a human from some time ago....
Hoppin
You note the sketleton appears old, with the clothing and leather all gone away however a long sword, breatplate and shield catch your eye as still being useful.
Gathering up the dead man's belongings, Robbo crawls back out of the crack and shows off his spoils, "Hey guys, check out what I found! Some dead guy in there gave them to me!"