The Icebound Outpost PBP (Inactive)

Game Master roger Gilbert

Reloading his firearm, Maps responds Tomnus. "Besides a bath? Not much."

After reloading, Maps will get out his wand of cure light and use it on Aram. Unless a healer volunteers first.

He's probably going to need that more than once.

Opal taps Aram with her wand.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

current location info

The temple’s central sanctum rises from this wide courtyard.
Bas relief carvings cover every inch of its curved surface—
winsome apsaras, vanara heroes, and avatars of the monkey
lord himself all seem frozen in the bone-chilling cold. In stark
contrast with the celestial beings carved on the sanctum’s
outer walls, a carved throng of evil covers the walls of the
courtyard itself—fiendish asuras, great black nagas, and
goblinoid hordes are frozen in stone as they besiege the
mountain rising from the temple’s center.

What they have one them
potion of cure light wounds, thunderstone. masterwork studded leather,
short sword, daggers (5), cleats*, cold weather outfit, thieves’ tools, bronze Aspis Consortium badge, 23 gp

potion of cure light wounds; chain shirt, masterwork heavy wooden shield, battleaxe, light crossbow with 10 bolts, cleats*, cold weather outfit, bronze Aspis Consortium badge, 26 gp

masterwork chainmail, heavy wooden shield, heavy crossbow with 10 bolts, longsword, cleats*, cold weather outfit, bronze Aspis Consortium badge, 6 gp

Maps picks up one of the bronze Aspis badges and a pair of cleats. Then takes one of the potions and carefully pours it down Aram's throat.

Achlas eyes the chain shirt. " If there's no objections, I'll take the chain shirt, It's a bit better than this shirt of hide...One someone help me in removing it?" As long as no one objects, Achlas will take the time to remove his hide shirt and will don the chain shirt. This will take a minute and a half- two minutes.

Aram, who had been lying on the ground bleeding, is healed by Opal's wand and Maps' potion of cure light wounds.

"Oh, thank you Lady Opal, Maps. I will never again be so reckless," he bows to both of them.
Aram is very embarrassed by his blunder. But seeing one of his friends in trouble he just acted. Next time he will know his limits.

"Don't worry." Maps replies to Aram. "Fortune favors the bold. You took down two." He nods at the two Aspis agents, then moves to assist tying them up.

Varg steps up near the bound prisoners and spits near their feet as he draws his Greataxe, sits cross-legged and begins applying the Whetstone to its edges.

Sorry I did not get the chance to introduce myself to you before you were brought down by my Half-Orc friend. I'm the Cleaver, and I'll be wantin' some information from ya. How many others inhabit this relic?

pecption wise theres a slight smell of smoke in the one side and sight moan to the other... infont slight soun of workers...

after waith some time the awake... the one male refuses to talk on looks at dead female and then angery back the party as hate fill his eyes...

the other will begin to speak before yelling theves! murders!

As soon as the second begins to yell, Varg will cover his mouth and motion to the others.

Someone rip off a piece of clothing from the dead one so I can stuff it in his mouth as a gag.

Shut yer trap, unless you have somethin' worth hearing.

Aram goes over to one of the bodies, rips a piece of the shirt off, and hands it to Varg, who proceeds to stuff it in the man's mouth.

"I've found bullets make very effective gags." Maps says, completely deadpan.

Varg nods to Aram and smiles at Maps before turning his attention to the ungagged male.

Ok, tightlip, sorry 'bout yer mate there, but would you care to answer the question? Who else is present here?

Maps follows his nose to investigate the side with the smell of smoke.

ok the guy stated a few ramdom numbers the and then doesn't say word "43-453.... 343-45"

Opal follows Maps, keeping an eye out for trouble.

Varg rips off another strip of cloth from the dead body and gags the second captive.

well, what do we do with them?

Make sure, they be good and tied up, we can always come back and axe dem questions later or better yet some of the higher ups back in Absalom.

Knock them out, just in case. And we don't have a way to get them back to Absalom.

Ok assuming you knock them out what next?

Opal will check out the smoke with Maps.

Maps and Opal head to the Left and the enter where the gaurds appeared to come form...

Stuffy and hot, this shrine has been transformed into a guardhouse and barracks for the Consortium’s henchmen. The smell of cooking food fills the air, and the poorly vented fire, burning in the shrine’s southwest corner, leaves a smoky haze in the room. Everywhere there are signs of a hurried collection of artifacts—the walls are covered in an elaborate
relief sculpture, its surface marred with deep gouges where parts of its face were haphazardly carved from the larger whole, and a number of niches in the wall now lie empty, their icons and relics absent. The fire consumes a huge sheaf of palm-frond pages, upon which Vudran calligraphy may be discerned as the flames devour it.

What do you do?

"Dammit." Maps growls, then dashes to the fire and pulls the sheaf of pages from it, trying to put the flames out as quickly as he can to save whatever might be written on them. "Quick, help me put this out!" He calls to Opal.

If there is a blanket or something nearby, he'll use that to smother the flames rather than throw snow or water on them.

On the floor lies 3 bed rolls

Use a bedroll.

maps will help out trying to discern what he can as he pulls the sheafs out.

Linguistics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Opal helps put out the fire.

You seem overly concerned for a few papers. Look at this place! Those Aspis scum have desecrated a holy place! This shall not stand.

when you move the bed roll you find a silver statuette of the Vudran goddess and gold seal, such as one would use to mark letters and edicts, with the imprint of a 10-tusked elephant. Written in Vudrani script this is the “Sigurdanda Virgandya,”

The book is the Mizravrtta Brahmodya

By the way maps you took
1d4 ⇒ 2
fire damage while taking the book

"Anyone read Vudrani?" Maps asks, pulling out his wand and waving it over his burns. He thinks of the scroll he recently purchased, but does not yet offer it. There might be other texts to decode and he only has the one scroll.

Cure light wounds 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Can Tomnus figure out how to read Vudrani with the roll above while at he fire? I believe it was an 18 total.

No, but I could take a look.

Linguistics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

What is this, Monkey script? It doesn’t even look like a comprehensible language.

Opal attempts to determine if the statuette was part of the shrine.

Aram searches the other bedrolls.

yes to tomnus

opal yeap monkey script..

aram finds nothing else in the bed roll but he notice some writing on the walls other than the grafitti

(relglion check)

Religion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
So do I know what the scrolls say?

The stuff on the wall... I'll tell you in about 3 hrs when I get back home... But other than that you guys have found or figure out everything in this room..

Let's wonder over to what sounds like workers. And by wander I mean move cautiously with drawn weapons.

some of the remaining iconography decorating the shrine as relating to the worship of Meenashdu, Vudran god of charity and almsgiving. As Meenashdu is a neutral good deity... also you notice that idol once stood where the fire now burns... so your done here but may need to come back later...

Maps nods to Opal as he wraps the book up carefully and stows it in his backpack. He then checks his firearm and quietly moves that direction.

Stealth 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Varg hefts his Greataxe.

Let's go!

he walks towards the sound of the workers.

Achlas nods, with his new armor and his readied bow and follows Map's Lead.

Stealth1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Aram puzzles over the graffiti before following Maps and the others.

Tomnus follows the group, keeping the papers to scour later.

Walking Past the other doorway you notice that this shrine looks as though it was constructed yesterday, its intricate stonework unblemished by time, vandals, or weather. A statue of a beautiful four-armed woman bearing a scroll in each hand rests beneath a tall spire. Images of daring acts of heroism, long journeys, and unrequited love fill the walls. You Feel as though your draw to enter... what do you do?

Varg looks over his shoulder at the others and approaches the entrance to the shrine.

Anyone able to check this area for traps?

He peers into the shrine.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Maps makes a noncommittal noise in response to Varg's question, but proceeds to examine the area anyway.

Perception 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Knowledge - Engineering (for construction work or whatever) 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Knowledge - Arcana (for the statue or whatever 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Opal stays outside to keep a look out.

Achlas stands watch outside with Opal

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17