Chi staying in the trees slowly moves up to Ambroze. Quietly she speaks "Why do you think those skeletons are stockaded in that pen, Ambroze? Can you tell from here if they are locked in? Why would they just mill around like that? Unless they are treated as if they were guard dogs, strange?"
Although Marcus makes a fair amount o nose in his armour and causes a skeleton to glance in your direction, you are not spotted. The pen looks fairly easy to climb and you don't think the skeletons would have any trouble leaving it if they had cause to. As far as you can tell, the only route to the hut to your left from the main camp would be through the skeletal pen. The heat is slowly rising as you muse as to the skeleton's purpose...
"You know if we all can hide in the trees by the path, and get the skellys to come attack Gwen as she hits and runs, it would certainly give them a surprise. They come running dwn the path afterGwen, then we come out of the trees and...whoosh...A surprise!!" Chi smiles, pleased with herself and hoping the others will consider the idea.
Ambroze wipes the sweat from his brow.
"I guess whatever we're going to do, we better do it quick. I'm beginning to melt out here," Ambroze comments.
Urged on by her fellows, Gwen takes a few tentative steps toward the skeleton cage, getting the cage barely in range of the gods' touch.
Urged on by her fellows, Gwen takes a few tentative steps toward the skeleton cage, getting the cage barely in range of the gods' touch.
Gwenyth sneaks forward, and a powerful wave of positive energy washes over the skeletons, causing them all to crumple into a pile of lifeless bones.
Marcus pumps his fist at Gwen's handiwork but stays where he is not wanting to make any noise and undo his companions efforts.
Tun'ada sits crouched, silently waiting to pounce at the first sign of trouble.
Chi follows Gwen, just in case she needs help, staying in the undergrowth, so she can surprise any skeletons that come out and start moving towards her friends or Gwen.
Savarend, from the pen you can make out another couple of buildings that mostly block your view. You can make out the lighthouse to the west and you can see the guard post with two cannibals, slightly raised above the building to your north-west.
Link of what Savarend can see-
Marcus points at himself and Tun'ada and then the closest building and makes a shrugging gesture to the tribesman.
Gwen moves toward the building, double-checking to be sure that she is unseen before entering.
Marcus follows (hopefully with Tun'ada as well).
Gwen opens the door and leads most of the group into some kind of workshop- the walls and a small workbench are lined with foul-smelling alchemical mixtures, medicines, balms, meals, and potions. An open door to the west leads into a filthy bedroom, decorated with hundreds of tiny bones and feathers hanging from twine. The place smells hideous- a combination of body odor, bitter alchemical waste, and monkey.
Marcus points at himself and Tun'ada and then the closest building and makes a shrugging gesture to the tribesman.
Tun'ada nods in agreement with Marcus's suggestion, and follows off after Gwen.
The witches room I guess. Abadar's oath my nostrils hurt.
Marcus goes back outside signalling the all clear to the others.
Stealth:
Peering around the corner of the witches hut, Tun'ada can see this hut is isolated from the rest of the camp by jungle. To be on the safe side, Tun'ada checks around the next corner too. Tun'ada is not sure how think the jungle is here, but is fairly sure you could move through it with difficulty to enter the camp proper or take a look at it if you were so inclined.
Tun'ada slinks back to the others and informs them of what he has seen so far before heading back to investigate further.
Stealth:
Chi goes with Tun'ada, but sticks as much as possible to the shadows of the trees that surround the camp. Moving swiftly and silently as she can.
Summoning some lore from her days as an aspiring herbalist - a time that now seems a world away - Gwen stoppers a few of the potions lying around the squallid hut and steps back out, following the rest of her party.
A search of the area turns up three antitoxins, two smokesticks, three tanglefoot bags, a thunderstone, eight pale grey potions and three green potions with tiny, blood red bubbles bursting inside. Depsite the macabre look, you don't think theres any blood in these potions. All the potions detect as magical- and upon a closer inspection it almost looks like this hut was looted recently- empty glass vials lay scattered about the floor, as though the looters drunk various potions before leaving.
Chi and Tun'ada, between you, you make out a little more of the camp. You can see the large building adjacent to the guard post, and another entrance leading inside- a collapsed wall that now serves as a second door with the skin of a dimorphodon serving as a door flap. Two cannibals are also within thirty feet of you, talking idly between themselves as they take turns to stir the large, black cauldron that sits above the firepit they are tending. They do not spot you. You can also make out a section of the lighthouse from here, as well as another building to your left.
Ambroze sneaks through the jungle to Chi and Tun'ada's hiding place.
"Do you want me to put those two to sleep?" the scholarly gnome whispers, pointing to the cannibals near the large black cauldron.
Tun'ada nods in agreement with Ambroze's suggestion.