Grimm will grab the ibuprofen to take back to the lab. He then scans carefully for anything else.
Grimm will grab the ibuprofen to take back to the lab. He then scans carefully for anything else. [dice=Perception]1d20+6
There is a key box on the wall in the corner behind the desk near the safe. It is slightly open. Opening it further reveals dozens of room keys on pegs within, a vestige of a time before magnetized card keys replaced traditional metal keys.
"We should give the Carlton a wide berth, looks like they a lot better organized than the other lot of cannibals. Perhaps a diplomatic approach?"
[dice=Perception]1d20+4
"We should give the Carlton a wide berth, looks like they a lot better organized than the other lot of cannibals. Perhaps a diplomatic approach?"
Prue does not notice any movement or lookouts at the Carlton.
The pontoon continues north along the coast, passing another high-rise hotel, not quite so high as the Carlton, called the Helmsley Sandcastle.
Perception checks from the marine team again please, vs Stealth check modified for distance.....
After thoroughly searching the office and lobby of the Sarasota Sands Resort, the land team exits and stands for a moment in the parking lot. The three-story hotel proper has thirty units, ten on each floor, with entrance doors on the north side and balconies with sliding glass doors on the south side (or patios on the ground floor). A stairway and elevator connect the three floors on this end (and probably the far end as well).
A tennis court stands nearby on the south side, and beyond that (nearer the beach) lies a swimming pool.
Perception checks from the land team please, vs DC 15.
[Rad cannot make the DC of the check]
"It's kindve creepy you know? I know it's probably not the case, but there could be a whole hotel full of those creeps. I don't feel like I'll ever have enough bullets."
"Ya, I wouldn't be surprised if we're being watched from at least a dozen different windows right now..."
The pontoon continues along the coast, passing a smaller two-story hotel, a shop selling toys, another high-rise called the Lime Tree Beach Resort, another two-story called Coquina on the Beach, another two-story, and another, all potentially inhabited by crazed cannibals like those who attacked Team Lido in the park.
[dice=perception]1d20+5
Kinyama scans the windows, balconies, rooftops and beachfronts passing by ashore, but sees no sign of life aside from seabirds.
It is not unusual to find bands of survivors in downtown areas, but society has been reduced to the point of total anarchy, might makes right. There are no proper authorities, and most buildings are abandoned, or inhabited by otherworldly horrors.
[dice=Perception]1d20+4]
I'm sorry, I might have misused the term turrets, they are peaked tower-like architecture at the four corners of the roof, which would serve well as gun turrets, but Prue sees no one manning them at the moment.
The pontoon rides the gentle swells of green water, past Lido Beach, where a few wooden lifeguard towers rise above white powdery sand, and the surf crashes against the shell-encrusted shore.
A monstrous lobster-like horror lies in the sun where the surf is breaking, the size of a horse, with great lobsterine claws, slimy tentacles reflecting the sun, mottled chitinous armor wet and shiny, and a tangle of arthropodic legs suddenly coiling beneath its mass as it perceives the pontoon motoring by!
What the f+!& is that f!*!ing thing on the beach!? ..... Oh s@@~, it's moving......
Kermit points a skinny green arm at the Lido Beach Horror, frog like mouth agape with awe and disgust.
How far away is it?
How far away is it?
About 300 ft. It remains motionless, but poised, as if considering whether or not it can catch the pontoon.....
Mmmmmmm.......
Sustenance...... But can it be caught?
Is it too swift for me?
I think not.....
I shall pace it and see.....
Initiative from marine team please.
Initiative roll
Initiative
The stubborn Derrik is in on this combat, as he has cautiously stalked the Lido Beach Horror to its favorite haunt--Lido Beach. He has been moving in on it slowly, watching it as it suns on the beach, when he hears the growing sound of a marine motor out on the Gulf.
Derrik, hearing the pontoon is both surprised at possible survivors and simultaneously afraid for their safety.. yet his constant reminder of deranged individuals makes him skeptical.. He Readies himself for possible combat from his hiding spot.. Bolt secured. He was prepared to Kill it for all the innocent lives taken yet he needed to probe more knowledge on the creature first... he would not want their deaths to go in vain.
Still need initiative Prue, Lakra, Rad!
Eeek! Eeek!
The land team--Koran, Grimm, Mephos, and Kate--make Perception checks please, vs DC 20.
Perception check
Well, boys? Where to now? It seems pretty quiet to me....
Should we look for a maintenance shed? Might find some useful tools, batteries, fuel, think of all the maintenance jobs that could come up at a hotel, and the tools you'd need to fix them....
Prue shivers from nerves and revulsion as she spies the creature, quickly spinning her gun around to track the creature. She looks for a seam or other weak spot on it's seeming chitinous shell, but while it remains immobile she doesn't fire.
Sounds good, Kate. Also, let's try and pick up some beer for Kermy, he's probably having a really rough time tooling around on his boat tour. Where might we find vegetables? Seems pretty hard if folks around here are eating each other. If we had some seeds though we could grow some back at the Box.
How are we supposed to carry all of this stuff once we find it. Hopefully we'll find a wheelbarrow first.
How are we supposed to carry all of this stuff once we find it. Hopefully we'll find a wheelbarrow first.
Maybe there is a handcart or dolly in the maintenance shed, or a luggage cart-thingy?
No one hears or sees anything alarming....
The land team proceeds to search for a maintenance shed, and they soon find it, tucked in between the lobby and the nearest ground floor room. The door has obviously been broken down and then repaired, perhaps more than once. It is closed.
Grimm attempts to pick the lock.
If that 20 doesn't work for some reason. Then here is a damage roll (hardness 5 10 HP)
Grimm attempts to pick the lock.
He succeeds, and the door opens outward, revealing a small work room within, complete with a work table, pegs on the wall hung with a wide variety of tools, a water heater, a bathroom with a toilet, sink, and shower, and a closet filled with cardboard boxes marked with such designations as: X-mas decorations, or 2009 guest records, or light bulbs, etc.
Of especial interest are two red plastic gas cans and a metal oil can sitting on the work table, and seventeen rolls of toilet paper stacked in the bathroom closet.
There is also a handcart to haul loot away with.
Grimm looks around for any means to carry this stuff. A bag, cart and cord. Etc.
Grimm begins to figure out how to secure the tp and fuel to the handcart. He will also look for a first aid kit and some gardening tools.
Ya know, the world will probably run out of toilet paper before this crisis is resolved. Grimm thinks aloud.
Grimm will also take any wrenches and screwdrivers.
Lido Beach Horror
Cpt Kermit
Derrik
Prue
Kinyama
Radsworth TBD
Lakra TBD