[OPV] B12 - Somewhere Below (P1) (Inactive)

Game Master UncleFroggy

”Letsh go down there,” Griphook tells the others while pointing to the forked way on their right.

The druid steps to let someone else for at easy with traps or more powerful to go before him.

Damian nods to the dwarf as he moves past, carefully examining the cavern for hazards.

The dwarf follows the investigator ready to fire or to cast spells if needed.

The cavern further branches into two forks. The path to the South appears to open up into a larger space, while the other fork seems to go east. (Area Map updated)

Zekki peers through the forest of legs and goblin heads. "Go straight," she whispers.

Damian leads the group to the East, watchful for hazards.

You're splitting up?
South - 1
East - 1

Zekki said straight. We were moving East, so I interpreted that as continuing East.

So, straight: 2

South.

The dwarf follows to the south. He also avoids any splitting if necessary.

(I would assume we aren't going to split the party unless there's a really good reason to do so.)

East - 2
South - 2

Please don't split... :)

Wow what is he doing so far at east?

The dwarf follows his companion.

Mordok moves ahead and stops at that corner.

"Hey, wait for me!" Shagrat exclaims, running until he reaches the front of the group.

Agreed we should NOT split up!

Zekki skitters after the party.

"Let'sh go shouth!" Griphook tells them.

Zekki takes a look in the chamber(s) to the north to make sure nothing is there before we move south.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21 low-light and scent 30'

Damian looks around for what he can see.

Mordok and Griphook appear to want to go south but everyone else seems to have gone east :)

To those who went east:

You reach the end of the corridor and there is a passage leading north (and appears to turn left). There's a passage leading south as well.

Griphook and Mordok - what are you 2 doing?

Let's continue to the South now.

Mordok didn't want to move in that direction, he just wanted to stop there to look in that direction being between the people who did move and who didn't move.
He then continues to move, catching up to the group.

Let's stick together lads--it looks like most are headed East on the map.

Shagrat motions for the others to catch up. "Come on! This way!" he says, not too quietly.

Damian looks into the darkness to the Southeast.

"We can swing back to the central chamber if we go North from here."

Damien, you can see that the passage you're in leads to a dead end. The trail Mordok is on continues South.

Griphook makes a U-turn when majority goes the other way. ”Wait for me, I don't wanna be alone” he says while going back to them.

Damian follows Kromrock's lead.

Which lead? I’m not leading anything as not being the first one.

to the South. Kromrock started us down the Southern path, even if he's not leading the way

ok then

Let's continue this way.

Zekki follows along keeping a nose out.

Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

It’s a task for a druid for sure. So he moves towards the mushrooms to disable it and avoid any spores.

Kromrock stealthily sneaks up to the mushroom and cuts its air sac, silencing it.

Do you grab the backpack as well?

Of course the dwarf picks up the backpack. It must be the property of their mandant for sure as apparently the underground isn’t to much frequented. However he looks inside the backpack to be sure.

Mordok was just going to use his magic to destroy the mushroom that Kromrock pointed out, but that works too.

"Perhaps there is a clue about our mysterious scholar." Damian observes.

"I can taste the mushroom if you want," Shagrat says as Kromrock deals with the mushrooms.

"Are you nearby? Can you hear us?" Damian calls into the darkness.

"Well done, well done!" Griphook claps his hands as he finds Kromrock disables the mushroom he also finds. "What'sh the contentsh of the bag? Let'sh shee, let'sh shee!" he demands.

Damian shouts into the darkness but doesn't hear a reply, other than some skittering. There's an alcove ahead if you'd like to investigate it. Griphook opens the backpack and finds a journal filled with sketches of various objects, a series of progressively more challenging Dwarven writing exercises, and theories about possible locations of ancient ruins. It also contains two minor healing potions and 1 week of rations.

The backpack has been there for awhile, as it has moss growing on it.

That’s something for a dwarf. And the backpack itself must not belong to the one we are looking for because of all the moss covering it.

He mumbles and finally says:

Continue to explore these caves. We will find her in the end.

Zekki gives the alcove a quick once over before moving on.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

"I think we've almost met up with the area we couldn't get into before," she says as she moves forward. "I'll just give it a quick check, and then we can backtrack to the place we haven't been yet."

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Stealth: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Once again, Zekki screeches as she whacks her knee into something hard while moving stealthily forward.

We should go to the fork and take the other way. So we avoid the squeeze passage.

I placed my token where I try to tell. Of course I don't go alone.

Damian follows after the dwarf.

Shagrat bounds after the dwarf, who seems very comfortable underground and seems to know where he's going.

"Point me to action--I charge in when we find it!" he offers Kromrock.

Looks like there's an unexplored area to our south to explore. I'll go in first.

Damian peers through the darkness, following the goblin closely into the unexplored area.