"This will take days, and I would like to see what is in that cavern we uncovered once we have rested," Helga lays down the parts of the light with a sigh.
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Amisi agrees:
"We can do the cave tomorrow. I'm not as hard as Setebo or our lady of steel - so I need some sleep to regain my arcane powers. I just feel safer in a place with no windows or other holes.
Don't want to have a snake biting me while asleep.
With these words Amisi looks for a good place to sleep.
"Before we rest, let me use the last of my spells on any wounds we may have," Helga offers.
"Here captain, I don't think the heavy armor agrees with you."
Setebo removes and returns the brestplate. Shrugging into his well worn leathers.
To Amisi. "You are with Helga and I in the watchtower. Plenty of windows but I'll keep an eye out for snakes.
Setebo works to clear the bodies out of the watchtower and the area around where Atzi wants to set up the ground watch. I think the skeleton pen is a good holding area.
I will point out that the watch tower has limited views inland and is mainly for watching for ships being driven ashore.
I will point out that the watch tower has limited views inland and is mainly for watching for ships being driven ashore.
Mainly the Jungle..You wont see anyone until they enter the village clearing..on the other hand a single lookout at the top of the light will see anyone coming along the path.
See the savages were overconfident and stupid to boot.
Natalyah looks far from pleased with Helga's assessment for rebuilding the lighthouse, although she doesn't challenge it. Instead she is fast to get to work building a camp. She does her best to build a few makeshift alarms .
Natalyah sets up a few alarms in the general area..a couple of trip wires some hampering pungi traps that sort of thing.
Well then, healing for Caithan:
CLW #1
CLW #2
Whatever your dispositions and preparations the night passes peacefully.
Morning breaks and you take stock off your situation..You have basically 3 choices
1)Search for any remaining Cannibals
2)Work on the lighthouse..and hope the remaining Cannibals straggle in at some point.
3)Explore the cavern beneath you
However, as you consider these options, a low rumbling sound is heard coming from far to the East..A minor tremor runs through the ground but Atzi does not believe this is an Earthquake or the presager of one
Helga would lobby for investigating the cavern and brining the other castaways here. When the sound occurs she will see if she can see anything to the East from the top of the tower.
Perception:
Helga looks out in the early light and can see nothing that might suggest where the sound came from..the camp itself sits on a high point and the lighthouse adds another 60 or 70 feet to that so she can see over the jungle and realise that almost 1/3 off the island is still unknown to her and her companions.
Unless otherwise pulled elsewhere Caithan will work on repairing the lighthouse to the best of his ability.
Natalyah wakes early. She grunts as she rolls over to stand up. Her arm is still sore from the cut the skeleton gave her. Tension grows as the ranger impatiently waits for everyone to get ready. She manages to raise the mood when she leaves to check on the trip wires she rigged before going to sleep, but soon returns empty handed.
Natalyah insists on exploring the cavern under the village when she is interrupted by the rumble. "What was that?", she demands. "What do you see", she calls out to Helga in the tower.
"Nothing...I have no idea. I agree, let's search that cave. Once we know everything that's here, we can bring the others from the smaller island, perhaps they can work on the light while we explore the rest of this place."
"What do you mean there's nothing?" Natalyah shouts back unable to think that such a sound would leave no trace. She quickly climbs the ladder and rushes past Helga to look for herself.
Natalyah exhales a deep annoyed grunt and looks to Helga, feeling some shame that she didn't believe the half-elf. She throws a last glance over her shoulder then decends the ladder back to the camp.
"We should start by burying the dead. Their bodies will attract predators, and the smell will only get worse."
Natalyah scanes the Horizon but cannot spot anything..no Volcanoes, no Tsunamis rushing to engulf the Shiv..nothing.
There is a rubbish Pit/midden beyond the burnt down building that would serve as a Mass grave easily
So we do the grisley job of disposing of bodies first, as they will rot quickly in the jungle heat. Then on to the cavern doors...what can we see by daylight?
its a pit..as pits go its very..pit like.Listening carefully you can determine that this is probably a sea cave of sorts
Helga looks around for any visible means to descend into the pit-like pit thing.
its a pit..as pits go its very..pit like.Listening carefully you can determine that this is probably a sea cave of sorts
Natalyah looks down in the pit. There's a frown on her face as she asks for a rope . "Amisi, give me a light", she says and starts to decend.
Helga snaps her fingers and sings a snatch of tune, and four glowing globes spiral down into the pit.
The shaft goes down about 20 feet before emerging in the roof of a low cave.
The uneven floor of this ten-foot-high cave is stained with blood and scattered with pieces of wood, fallen leaves, broken weapons, and in places, bits of bone.
Setebo takes the work of moving the bodies to the makeshift mass grave.
Any noticeable loot or did I miss a post?
Looking down the pit as Our Lady descends. "I've got a bad feeling about this..."
Setebo stays topside for now ready to haul LOB up or slide down as circumstances warrant.
Just the +1 Scimitar from the chief. and the stuff in the witches hut..and the,at the moment, useless cash in the lighthouse also 12x50gp amulets and a 500gp amulet from the chief.
Natalyah draws both blades instantly when she hits the floor. She stands motionless for a moment, taking in the cave and listening for movements. From the remnants she tries to discern if this is the lair of some beast, or merely the cannibals waste pit.
"You can come down", Natalyah calls up to the group then moves carefully to examine the cave more thorough.
"This does not look good," Helga mutters, but doesn't hesitate to descend. As soon as she is on the floor of the cave she notches an arrow to her bow and scans about, seeking the high-water mark.
"I wonder if this is where victims were tossed," she mutters.
This cave is dry...if it was just the rubbish pit then there should be more bone here given that the cannibals have been here 70 years.Natalyah can hear the sounds of dripping water from elsewhere and there is a faint tang of corruption and salt water.
Helga directs her lights to spiral outward. Are there any side-passages?
There is one cramped 5' wide passageway leading out off the cave with a distinct downward slope
Setebo Slides down the line. His large flat foot crushes an ancient skull as he lands. He grins apologetically at OLOB.
Setebo sidles to the mouth of the passage to see if his night eyes can see more.
"This must lead to the sea...beware, the last time I was in a cave like this there were dangerous urchins."
Helga sends her spheres of glowing light into the passageway ahead...
"Keep the light discreet. He can see in the dark", Natalyah tells Helga and follows Setebo into the narrow tunnel.
Helga nods, calling the lights back and dimming them.
You move down the passage and the smell off corruption increases as you move along it until it emerges into a larger space.
The smell of decay is thick in the air of this wide but low
ceilinged cavern. To one side, the ceiling drops down to little more than three feet in height over a region strewn with bones and bits of old flesh, while to the other, the ceiling bulges upward in a dome shape—six circular, pod-like alcoves line the walls of the cave at this side.
Three bestial looking figures are here hunched over on all fours..they snarl at you as you enter then attack.Howevewr your natural wariness allows you all to act first.
Natalyah 23+
Setebo 23
Helga 21
Atzi 19
Amisi 17
Caithen 12
Creatures 11
Helga draws back her bow and lets fly.
Attack (bow): Damage:
Alert and quick to react Natalyah moves with blinding speed just past Setebo into the room where she has space to maneuver. She steels herself for the coming charge and readies a counter attack.