DM Rah's "The Confirmation" Group 2 (Inactive)

Game Master Kobash

Kaâb freezes a moment, not knowing what to do !
Her heart telling her to help Janira, a fellow pathfinder but her simple mine remembered the words of her friend, VC Ilmaktar "order is everything, always follows the orders your officer gives you". Torn apart she looks for her friends guidance.

What do we do ?!

will follow the majority

Lucia runs to the opening of the cave, grabbing the backpack as she passes it, "Who wants to carry the pack?"

Lexia stops to draw her sword after seeing Janira run towards the mighty beast hesitating she concedes after watching Lucia dart into the cave.

"The mission comes first, she has chosen her path so we may find ours" she says going into the cave sword drawn.

there is no way she could outrun that thing. she thought a look of frustration playing across her face. Confronting her swift footed party member some ways down the cave "I think that we should split the bag fairly amongst our party and lets try not to use all of it hopefully we will be able to return it to its rightful owner" She says hopefully.

By the way, Janira is running at a pace much faster than normal.

"I am not one who is known to back down from a fight. Yet it is clear our guide can handle herself; and the mission comes first," The mission comes first...sigh.

Noisy's eyes go wide at the sight of the minotaur, and one hand reaches for his hammer instinctively as the shield goes up.

As Janira darts away, much quicker then one would have expected, he follows the others quickly into the cave.

"The little minx moves faster'n a goblin, who'd a thunk it. If she sticks to the denser woods, she should be able to keep ahead of that big lug of a creature." He says, his words sounding far more hopeful then the look on his face. "At least for a while."

He glances around the cave frowning, his voice echoing through it sounding even louder then normal. "Hope this ain't his home! Best we not tarry here."

He starts to move into the cave once everyone is there and ready, his shield and hammer in hand.

Lucia on point?

Hearing the words of Noisy Lexia nods in agreement "For once I agree with you dwarf. Let us move further down into the cave before seeing what items we have been given to us"

Lexia will take point using her dark vision if necessary unless some one has a problem with it

"I'll take the pack." Rekkr offers.

Stepping in front of Rekkr her golden eyes meeting his. Noticing his lack or armor he must have some kind of death wish... then again I can't blame him for that

" By all means go ahead" She says reluctantly flicking her midnight black hair.

Lucia will search the pack to see what it contains, then share with the group what she finds. Then she will hand the pack to Rekkr.

Right, mission first be the dawnflower's light upon you

I take the last position, like you Imperia I can see in the dark

Kaâb followed her comrades in the caves, taking the last position.

"I'd like to wade towards the back as well, it's usually better for our enemies to not see me coming."

"I'll stick close to you, Noisy - if you don't mind," The impish gnome looks small, even in comparison with the dwarf. She decides to stick close to him and hopefully remain safe from any immediate threats.

Walking behind the the swaggering barbarian Lexia takes a few moments to scribble down some notes and enjoy the view.

so does this sound good? (front to back)
Rekkr, Imperia, Noisy, Cyrinda, Lucia, Kaab

Looks good to me, Imperia.

Fine by me!

ok for me

Noticing the gnomes position.

Fine with me as well

Within Janira's pack are all sorts of useful supplies. A potion of barkskin, 2 potions of cure light wounds, potion of feather step, potion of vanish, scroll of entangle, scroll of gust of wind, scroll of identify, scroll of mage armor (CL 6), [i]scroll of obscuring mist, wand of burning hands (CL 3rd, 4 charges), wand of cure light wounds (CL 3rd, 8 charges), a vial of acid, an alchemist’s fire, holy water, smokestick, tanglefoot bags, thunderstone, antitoxin, and 2 sunrods. All are packed neatly and conveniently labeled.

Please note what you are each personally taking from the pack.

Following Janira's orders, the group enters the cave. Inside, you find yourselves in a damp narrow passage that snakes into the mountain, opening and closing in width from three to ten feet. Water drips from stalactites and the sound of a rushing underground stream can be heard somewhere in the distance. The cave walls are patterned with blue-green luminescent fungi that provide dim light.

Petroglyphs—most depicting marine animals or spiral shapes—periodically decorate the tunnels’ walls. The rough surface of the carvings provides a natural platform for the fungi, causing it to grow thicker and making the carvings glow slightly brighter than their surroundings.

1d6 ⇒ 1

The carvings continue along the narrow tunnel as it twists and turns. Several hundred feet in it opens to a wider passage. There, a large hole spans the cave’s width and stretches ten feet down the path. 20 feet below the edge a pool of water fills the pit. Floating on the surface is a small bundle of cloth.

Knowledge (dungeoneering) or Survival check available here.

Lucia will tell the others the contents of the bag.

"If we are dividing the items equally, I could benefit greatly from both the smokestick and the potion of vanish.

Cyrinda gives Imperia a shrug of the shoulders as if to say, "I have no idea what you mean," and gives the paladin a grin.

She looks through the pack. "Oooh, I could use this wand," she holds up the wand of burning hands. "More fire is more... well, good doesn't seem like it would be the right word... um, desirable?" The gnome gives a feeble smile as she tries not to sound like an idiot.

She also would like the scrolls - as she has a scrollcase, but forgot to pick any scrolls up before leaving on the mission. (Unless either of the bards want any of the scrolls - as I think they may be the only other casters in the group.)

Rekkr- bark skin, 1 potion CLW, acid, alchemist fire, antitoxin, feather step potion?
Imperia-1 poton CLW, holy water, thunderstone, feather step potion?
Wix- burning hands, all scrolls?,
Lucia, potion of vanish, smokestick, , sunrod
Kaab, tangle foot bag , split scrolls ?
Noisy- wand of CLW, sun rod

just a draft any objections?

survival: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3
Studying the cave drawings Lexia tries to piece together there meaning only to be interrupted by the sound of water I wonder if we could stop so I may take a bath? she thinks remembering the mess she made with the over grown insects.

My end looks fine, give Kaab the tanglefoot bag

edited for you Lucia

In an effort to stop the feeding frenzy over the gear Lexia attempts to divide everything equally. well I guess were lucky that she labeled everything or else we would be here a lot longer she thought to her self noticing a potion labeled "bark skin".

walking towards Rekkr "I noticed your lack of armor and think this would best serve you .... so um you do not get hurt too badly " she says holding out the potion in one of her hands.

Rekkr has armor, the potion won't help him at all. Perhaps it just looks like he doesn't since he's calculated all his stats as if raging. =)

Noisy does not appear particularly interested in the contents of Janira's pack, expecting her to want it back once she rejoins them. Though he does make a mental note of what it contained.

He does however show some interest in the various petroglyphs on the walls, pointing out interesting ones he notices as they move through the cave.

Knowledge (dungeoneering): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

Sigh you are correct he is wearing armor . sure you don't want the wand if not it will go to Kaab, aslo can I use the wand without the UMD?

Only if the spell in question is on the Paladin list, you don't have to even know it, as long as it's on the list of spells possible for a paladin to cast it doesnt require a check

ok it is but not until lvl 3 so would I still be able to use it ?

oh, wait, I completely missed the last paragraph!

When the reach the hole in the path, the dwarf moves up to take a look. "Suspicious floating things in water filled holes. Ha! That's bound to be a good thing!

He quickly thumps out a small staccato with one gauntleted hand on the edge of his shield, then peers once more down into the hole.

Casting Detect Magic, and scanning down into the hole and the object therein...

Assuming there's nothing overly threatening magic-wise obvious (if it matters: Knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9) ... and the object looks like it might be within the weight limits...

"Let's see what we got! He offers, then taps out a different beat concentrating on the hole and the bundle of cloth below. With each tap on his shield, the bundle moves a little bit higher.

cast Mage Hand, and try to lift it up to us! Only works if its 5 pounds or less, mind you...

Yes, Imperia can use a cure light wounds wand

Thank you :) well if you don't want it then I will be more than glad to take it. Still a noob I guess.

It's too heavy for me. But I can take the wand of cure light wounds if Noisy don't want it. I can't use any of the scroll

Said Kaâb

Oh ! Look at these pretty carvings ! I haven't seen anything like that in my homeland !

The cloth bundle in the water is magical, though Noisy can't identify what it does. This also means that it cannot be manipulated with his mage hand spell.

Cyrinda makes her way past the dwarven bard to get a closer look at the floating cloth. She turns to make a mock-menacing glare at her companions as she growls, "They all float down here!" and softly laughs to herself.

"Hmm, magical floating cloth? Well, it could be..."

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

or

Knowledge (Arcana): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

...or we could just poke it with a stick.

Slightly disturbed by the gnomes words. "We could always tie some one to a rope and lower them down to get it but also we must get across the hole as well" She says looking at Cyrinda who happens to be one of the lighter party members with a smile on her face.

Sorry, I had to put in the IT reference for my fellow children of the 80's.

Survival: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Cyrinda keeps her inexperience with surviving in the wild at the forefront.

"Well, sure. Tie me up and just lower me on down there into the scary hole to get some sodden piece of cloth. Why not?"

The gnome places her hands on her hips in a defiant gesture, underlying the sarcastic tone of her acquiescence to Imperia's plan. After a few seconds though, a look of resignation replaces her scowl and she does volunteer to be tied up and lowered down.

"I want someone that knows what they're doing to tie the knot!" she exclaims.

I'm good with using Cyrinda as a make shift crane.

"ummm really?" Lexia says surprised at Cyrindas compliance. Maybe I should practice my joking face more She thinks to herself.

Cyrinda wants to be accepted so badly. She has a hard time turning down a dare - even when something isn't expressly stated as a dare.

magical cloth! Damnit! Here I thought percussive mage hand would look nifty!

"Gonna have to cross the hole anyway, might be easier to go down and up the far side anyway!" Noisy muses out loud with a slight frown. "Though if its too deep, that might involve swimmin'... which might be worse... We dwarves ain't fish."

He scowls at the hole for a moment, then sighs and moves back ten feet. "Clear the way folks, this is gonna be some dashing derring do, or inglorious slapstick!" He then adds to Cyrinda in gnomish with a wink. "More likely the later."

Noisy's going to jump over the gap... or try to...
Acrobatics with a running start: 1d20 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 2 - 1 = 15

edit: yay!
edit2: oops, had forgot my armor check penalty (added in now)... still think I'm good

"Hmm, that looks like it might be a..."

Knowledge: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

Survival: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Rekkr observes the proceedings and wonders how he might go about fishing the Dwarf out of thr water.

Always the optimist "wait don't forget the rope!" She yells as Noisy runs past her.

The DC to jump the pit is 10, so Noisy is safely across.

Spellcraft will be needed to identify the bundle, and cannot be done at range since you need to be able to thoroughly examine the item to be identified.

"I don't know if that cloth is important or not...but of those who may know better believe that is is we could tie rope around the smaller of one of the smaller among us and lower them down."

for expedience

Lexia removing her armor revealing a layer of skin tight padding underneath ties the rope around her waist handing the other end to Rekkr to tie to something sturdy. "Sorry little one but I can not let you endanger your self while I do nothing" she says with a smile before turning to Rekkr.

"Hold on tight. the safety word is melon"she says before lowering her self down with the assistance of the party. please don't let there be any surprises she thinks regretting her decision almost immediately.

will taking 10 to brace against a wall while lowering myself with a rope work or should I roll

Noisy lands on the far side with a loud clang.

He pauses for a moment, to make sure he actually did make it, then turns and calls back with a grin. "We dwarves are known for are nimbleness and cat-like reflexes! Oh, and our penmanship."

He digs into his pack, pulling out some silk rope and a grappling hook, and proceeds to find a good spot to secure it.

Dunno, if folks are going to jump or climb down and up, but if the later, will be a rope to climb up on, anyway.

Oh... and I suppose I should ask if Noisy gets ambushed?

The dwarf will observe as the descent is made into the pit on the far side.

"How deep is it? He calls from across the way, trying to keep one eye looking further down the tunnel in case of trouble.

Oh, and did the Knowledge (dungeoneering) roll (a 19) above reveal any useful info? Forgot about it!

Lexia, taking precautions (like removing armor pentalties), and taking 10 will do the trick.

Lexia climbs down and retrieves the bundle, which turns out to be a fine cloak!

Once Noisy secures a rope on the other side getting across is pretty easy.

A DC 10 (and if you can make that by taking 10, you are across).

Noisy is able to determine that the hole in the ground is artificial, and at least a year old. Also, whoever created the pit rounded its walls to eliminate any corners that a trapped creature might brace against while trying to escape.