So it would appear someone is down there. Who wants to go first? I will come down second
He puts his dagger back I to his wrist sheathe
Then he takes 10 on his climb check
I´ll go first if people if you are afraid of it - I take 10 in the climb check, but I first take a good look of the place looking for whatever taht might be threat.
dont be a fool. Fear is irrelevant. It is smarter have someone who is prepared to smash any enemies we come across.
Rameth follows
Peering down the rope, you can only see about 15 feet before the rope disappears amidst fog and darkness. You guys do notice, however, a couple things up on the cliff.
These footprints you see do no appear to be drow, or at least are not the same as te ones you followed along the road. They are much smaller, and appear goblinoid. The runes graffitied in the pillar, also appear to be goblin. The hastily covered remains of some small campfires can also be found scattered along the cliff top. They appear fairly old though.
Rameth steps to the fire dagger in one hand shield extract in the other.
Percep
He looks around as the others deacend
Naia seems untroubled by the new signs of other creatures
"Goblins too herein." is all she says. She prepares for a descent.
Yea Rameth went second
Satisfied that there is no trouble up here, you all desend into the darkness. You go down about 30 feet, into the thick fog. You can barely see the floor below you about another 20 feet down. Ealasaid, as you are the first one to head down, make a reflex save.
Rameth will light a torch and drop it over the edge so there is some light when they all get down
Ealasaid notices that sort if te rope is fraye towards the bottom, as if it had been cut partially. She sees it begin to unravel and quickly jumps up to grb nice to cut as the bottom of te rope falls to the groud 20' below.
How far is it to the ground from the last platform?
50' from the top of the cliff, 20' from where the rope broke. However, there are rough handholds in the cliff. You could probably cliff down without a rope. Or jump.
anyone have some rope?
I do. - I pass the rope to rameth .
Rameth ties it off and climbs down take 10
Naia follows down the rope.
I think that meant she was able to grab above the cut part. The assumption is that she climbed back up and we figured out what to do.
Kogam is strong. Strong men are good at climbing down holes with or without rope
Ok so you all go back up, re tie the rope, and head back down into the chasm. At the bottom of the rope a sandy ledge overlooks a subterranean gulf of darkness to the west. The ledge is wide but rough. Sand, rocky debris, and the bones of small animals cover it. A roughly hewn stairwell zigs and zags down the side of the ledge into darkness.
Even those of you with darkvision cannot see the far wall of the chasm or the bottom of the vault as it is too far either way.
We must look out for whatever ate those animals... Kogam remarks. Does anyone have a torch?
The majority of these animal bones appear ancient, but if you bothered to tak a close look you would find a few more recent deaths. Mostly rats and small birds.
A torch would be very usefull, as you are soon to be far enough down to have absolutely no benefit from the sunlight coming in from the crack above.
If nobody uses a torch Ealasaid use a sunrond and the proceed to follow Roland with her heavy flail in her hand.
Rameth dropped a kit torch down to the bottom a few posts up. He can pick it up when we all get down there
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Edit: thanks Roland! Thats a perfect map
I dropped it from the ledge where we are to the bottom
But it is light somewhere!
Okie dokie. You watch it fall about 80' to the bottom of this chasm. You can see it faintly illuminate a small patch of ground. A bunch of small humanoid figures scatter out of the way.
Well something is down there. Best be on our guard.
Rameth will head down second
Ok, stealth and perception. I assume marching order is same order down rope?
Rameth will go second, as before.
stealth
percep
No point in being stealthy when you are the one carrying the light source. For now Ealasaid prefer to use heavy shield while she carry the sunrod in her other hand.
She goes in the front alongside whoever want to accompany her.
EDIT: her AC is now 18.
As you all zig and zag down the stairs, everything get's progressively foggier and darker. As you are rounding about to head down the final stair set, Rameth stops you all.
Rameth, you hear a bit of shuffling down at the floor, and in the distance to the West, you can make out a faint, flickering light that was obscured by the mist from above. It would's seem there is a large band of small humanoid creatures around a large campfire. You cannot get a clear look at what they are, but you can guess they are not Drow, as Drow would have no need for the fire.
At the top of the last stair, you are all about 12-15' above the chasm floor.
shall I creep forward and see what or who they are?
Naia follows after Rameth, longsword and shortsword in hands.
They are quite a ways away from were the torch dropped, and the fog most likely prevented them from seeing it at all. If they heard it or if saw anything, they are not showing it. They seem preoccupied with something. Using your better judgment, you surmise that the group that scattered was most likely a scouting party or guards of some sort.
Gotcha.
FYI: The negative to my Stealth check is the ACP from scale armor.
Naia chews her lip, watching the campfire.
"Let's watch them awhile. I'm curious why the first mob that ran haven't alerted the group by the fire. They may return with more of their friends, and we don't want to be in combat with the fire-sitters when reinforcements arrive. Or, we could try to clean them up before that happens. Or get them to fight each other. ;)"
Watching the group carefully you deduct the following:
It would appear a fairly large band of goblins are surrounding a Bon fire. One particular fat goblin is addressing the whole group, giving some sorta of speech. He seems to be in charge. Judging by their layout, you would say they havnt been camping here too long. A week or two at the most. From what you can tell, they havnt taken any notice of you.
Goblins are never good news. Two options. One we go in and eliminate them, or I can mix up an extract so that I can understand them. What do we think?
Rameth obviously is leaning towards the former option.
You estimate 20-30 goblins are gathered around the camp fire about 50 yards (150') down the cavern from the stairs.
hmm looks like more than we would like to fight. Shall I sneak forward and give a listen? I think so.
perception
Stealth
Assuming they are speaking goblin Rameth mixes a comprehend languages and sneaks forward to give a listen