Len watches the goblin drain the blood from the corpse, turning a bit green. But, if it means the goblin uses one less share of fresh water, he'll leave it be.
Rakrjgb eyes the nice dagger and works on getting the coins out of the wax. If no one objects he claims it. He examains the coins to see where they might be from while talking aloud to himself so others know what he is doing and what he has found.
Pogen's eyes bulge and he loses a bit of color, but regains his composure. He grabs the remaining dagger, tucks it into his belt, and keeps rowing.
Ari looks disgusted and horrified.
'Is that really necessary?? Do you actually consume human flesh??'
The group makes it to the beach of a relatively small island (less than 1 square mile). The island has a tall mountain at the northern end, and lush vegetation.
After a little bit of searching, a beach can be found. Dense underbrush fills the rest of the island.
On the beach is a small rocky outcropping that looks like it may provide shelter. Additionally, the trees and bushes looks like they may provide fruiting trees.
Pogen looks at the rocky outcropping and approaches it so see what kind of shelter it would provide.
Darb looks at Ari and gives her a big toothy grin. "Would you prefer I ate elf?"
He moves out of the boat.
Darb spots the outcropping and can tell it is actually a cave of some sort. He even sees what looks like manufactured wood inside.
Pogen can't quite see the wood, but verifies the cave.
Harrington is pretty sure no human has stepped food on this beach in a while. There are quite a few small tracks from birds, but nothing else.
"Oooh! I see processed wood up in that cave!"
He points.
"A group should scout it out so we can start setting up camp in there."
to try to notice any places where an ambush could be waiting for us.
to sing a merry song in order to distract the group from Darb's human-blood-chugging.
Rakrjgb looks at Darb "Go scout then, the rest of us should hide our things, the boat, and any tracks we make, I see no tracks larger than birds on the beach and I don't wish to become someone's prisoner again."
Ariawyn's horror magnifies at Darbs comment and she scowls fiercely at him.
She climbs out of the boat and says, "I agree. We need to put this boat up where it can be hidden and safe. Then we can begin exploring the area."
She positions herself a side of the boat and waits for assistance to move it further onto the shore.
Rinvar nods at Ariawyn "Yeah, best to get this out of sight. If we need to make a run for it I can try to buy us time while the rest of you prep the boat." grabs the opposite side of the boat and heaves.
As he hefts the boat with Ariawyn, Rinvar takes a moment to notice the tide lines.
Darb and the group begin scouting the beach for threats, shelter, and food/water. It will take some time, but it looks like the vegetation is lush and food should be available. Furthermore, some of the plants and fruit may even offer water. Shelter consists of a cave to the north with what appears to be processed wood inside. No one can see any specific threats at this time, but it is obvious that there are many places where critters/people could hide.
Meanwhile, Ariawyn & Rinvar swiftly pull the boat ashore. While the boat is now firmly grounded above the water line, there is no apparent place to hide it at this time. With the exception of chopping into the brush.
Len will start foraging, using his training in living off the land to identify safe fruits and mushrooms.
Cuts brush and helps move items and boat.
"We need t be quick, if that cave is okay lets get the food and water in there, boat hidden, and hide our tracks on the beach. After we can survey the island and make a plan to get back to civilization or whatever each of us was taken away from."
Len looks more deeply at the shelter of the cave to the North.
Pogen will walk up to Len and cast Light on his cleaver.
"Might be a bit easier to see in there with this"
"Thanks. I think. Unless this just draws all the monsters hiding in there to me. In which case, F*%k you."
"I will come... but you have to be in front!"
Darb double moves to catch up, and stares into the cave.
Part way satisfied with where the boat is grounded, Rinvar will move to Harrington, collect what he has been chopping and returns to the boat to begin covering it. As he returns he calls to Ariawyn "Let's move this to the tree line and then cover it so it is less conspicuous."
Moved Harrington to the brush.
The group manages to drag the boat up a bit farther, drop the mast/sail, and throw brush onto the boat. The undergrowth is dense and dragging the boat much further would easily take 10mins/foot. At this point the boat has a light sprinkling of limbs and leaves, breaking up the appearance for anyone not looking too closely. You can continue to cover the boat, but it will take more and more time.
The cave is a shallow outcropping of rock stretching back 30ft, and approximately 20ft wide. At the back of the cave are stacked rocks making a rough wall. Inside are several broken barrels and crates, and a few others that may still have contents. Two dusty hammocks stretch from spikes hammered into the wall. A third lays torn on the floor next to the rock wall. A small table and some chairs are tipped against one wall, and misc debris can be spotted on the floor. (Coins, cups, bowls, candles, etc)
"That will have to do for now. Lets cover our tracks and move into the cave and come up with a plan of action."
Len gets up to the entrance of the cave and peers in using his lighted weapon.
Pogen moves up next to Len and also peers into the cave with his dagger drawn.
Darb double moves again. He rolls a small rock around in his hand, just in case there's trouble.
GM-PC: Ariawyn and Rinvar finish with the boat and head up towards the cave with Harrington.
Darb, Pogen, and Len are greeted with a nicely furnished, if not beaten up, hideaway cave.
You spot two scaly humanoid shapes swimming in the water. As you look their direction, they submerge again. They have obviously seen you, and know that you have seen them.
Turning to where he saw them Rakrjgb loud states "If we can avoid hostilities that would be great, we are only travelers who got caught between other's problems"
Ariwayn makes it up to the cave, walking up behind Darb.
She whispers to her companions, What is going on? Are we in danger?
She tightens her grasp on the crowbar she nabbed from the larger ship.
You know these are lizardfolk. It is likely they only speak draconic, but they are intelligent humanoids.
Pogen is momentarily confused about what the half-orc is talking about, but decides to ignore it and continue exploring the cave.
He steps into the cave and casts detect magic.
Changing his tone to the group "Lizardfolk in the water if anyone speaks draconic do so now!"
Len shrugs and inspects the area around him for any useful items.
Rinvar takes this time to don his armor.
"I can't speak draconic, but maybe a jaunty tune will lighten the mood!"
He will use his performance to Inspire Competence to aid Harrington, and to Inspire Courage .
Added a blue line to the rough terrain section of beach. Anything past that line is water/mud.
Red pulls out a long tube, loads a dart, and shoots at Rinvar. Rinvar, unaware of the scaled humanoid until just now is flat footed to the attack.
plus make a fortitude save
The blue humanoid pulls out another tube, loads a dart, and waits.
+ make a fortitude save
Players are up again.
In sylvan "Stop, can anyone come to our aid or act as a translator"
raises hands in air but but wary of having to try and dodge attacks.
Startled by the dart flying at her comrade, Ari spins around to see where it came from. Seeing these armed creatures, she jumps to the opening of the cave as that will provide her with the most coverage from harm.
"'Ey, what's goin' on out there?" Len calls. He continues rifling through the items, pulling the top off of a box.
Darb moves up a little and continues to play.
Ari yells to Len, 'Harrington spotted lizardfolk and they're attacking us!'
Inside the cave, Len does not find anything immediately available for investigation. Small candle, a cup, some cards and dice, several coins. The most interesting thing are a sealed crate and a sealed barrel. Both of which would take an athletic check to open.
No magic is detected.
Darb's performances seem to have their desired effect on the humanoids. The red looks somewhat hesitant to pick a fight, while blue is staring off towards the little goblin.
Pogen sighs with slight disappointment at the lack of magical response, but then hears about the lizard men.
He tries to make himself small among the shadows and rock cave entrance as he watches things develop.
Len rolls his eyes, walking out of the cave and drawing his rapier, saying "Can't y'all handle a few stinking lizard-people on your own?"
Darb will keep performing, but switch up targets.
He will also Inspire Courage.
"We should avoid fighting if we can, how many more are probably on the island?"
The group, caught by surprise and unsure what to do, try to decide their next course of action.
Blue is fascinated by Darb, and Red seems to be a bit off his game, but it continues to attack anyway.
Red move up and bites Len
Players are up again.