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I think dungeon exploration is hard in PBP because everyone's ready to stand in front of a door, waiting for the following:
-group consensus
-a less squishy member to barge through
-someone with a higher skill bonus to do their skilly thing

Without those criteria being met, stalls tend to happen. I might have to keep that in mind next time I design a PBP character for a game; I tend to go divine because the chances of recruitment are better, but the kick-down-door barbarian or ranger type could really lead to the smoothest player experience.

I really like what you've set up for us so far, our little group of plucky adventurers and the Abyss setting. I'd be sad to lose that, but I wouldn't want you to feel bogged down, either.

Maybe if we do continue, we could set up an autoplay-type rule where we will automatically proceed down a path (or similar) after a day if we haven't discussed otherwise? That might help us along.

"Let's check it out!" Trini urges. She steps forward, holding her lit bow ahead of her.

Trini sighs. "I guess it's scrubbing time. Let's get to work." She pushes up her sleeves. "I thought I had left this behind," she mutters. "There's glory in adventuring, they said. Non-stop danger and wonder, they said..."

Trini chuckles. "Any soap in the room up there?" She grabs a loose stone and tosses it down the corridor, watching to see if any traps are triggered.

Trini casts light on her bow and holds it in ahead of them.

Trini relays what she sees to the others.

"Guess it's time to get wet again..."

No rope on me...

Trini casts Light on the weight, casts Guidance on herself, then peers down.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 1 = 22 (+1 guidance)

"If you don't want to, maybe we can just tie a weight to the rope. If we stand on all sides and send more light down to the bottom, we can see if there's a tunnel there."

Trini looks down. "Did we want to be at the bottom there? Where to next?"

Trini casts Guidance on Emerich, then Daniel, before casting Light down into the hole.

"Looks like it's time to climb."

"I'm looking for tracks."

I started running my own PBPs partway through this one, and I can definitely sympathize!

I've been really enjoying this game thanks to the DMing, interesting setting, and great character interactions with everyone! It would be a bummer to lose Daniel; I really like Varric from Dragon Age so was pretty interested to see that adapted to Pathfinder. Maybe you could swap out characters?

Trini paces the room again with a different object in mind.

"If I can retrace their steps, maybe I can understand their logic..."

Survival: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 1 = 8 (+1 guidance)

"It's a complicated hideaway! The other adventurers must like getting wet. Hopefully, there's some sign of where they are." Trini starts looking around.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

"It'd be nice if this got rid of the things growing on me..."

Trini follows suit.

Trini moves back to let Arnek do his thing.

"Something strange seems to be blocking us... is it just me, or is there some sort of film on this wall?"

Knowledge: Dungeoneering (untrained): 1d20 ⇒ 10 (max 10)

Knowledge: Dungeoneering free-for-all, anyone else can roll too!

Trini hopes their soak has not caused leaves to sprout from her or anything. She asks for Gozreh's guidance before having a look for any passages herself.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9 (+1 guidance)

"Why not both? Let's look for the others from Terrace. If the townspeople get impatient and come after us, they've done what we want anyway. If not, we can still lure them in afterwards. Done!"

"We've got a smart crew here. I'm sure we can handle that riddle. I think luring the townsfolk in is a good idea. Does anyone want to do that? I have little experience in subterfuge or stealth."

Whoops, I thought there was an extra end.

"The townsfolk are probably the more pressing need, though I am intrigued by this tunnel. Perhaps if we stay in long enough (maybe investigating the tunnel), we will draw them in, we could run out, and then we could use their explosives against them?"

"I'll follow the group's lead, though if we go through the submerged tunnel, we should rope ourselves together."

"Not like we found much here last time we went through... why don't we retrace our steps to that last fork, where all the symbols were?"

"Best not let him go alone when we seem to have so many enemies about..." says Trini and hastens after Arnek, beckoning her companions to follow.

"Yes, we may as well look for the others from Terrace before we decide. I no longer trust the townsfolk."

Trini, who has been avoiding watching the process, looks over as Emerich stops. She runs her fingers over what once was skin with mounting dread.

"Looks like it goes deeper than we thought," she says dazedly. She blinks hard. "I don't know how much time I have, but I think we have to destroy that tree."

"So Vicky was lying to us earlier..." says Trini, thinking out loud. "Yes, this must be the Abyss sent us here."

"Of course, how rude of me!" she says after Arnek speaks. "I'm Trini. What is your name?"

Trini looks worried. "Surely it takes more than one day of that..." She scratches, hard, at one of the patches in irritation. "My poor parents, when I left, they had a daughter, and now they'll be getting back a giant pine cone! I'll never complain about my skin again!"

Her voice takes on a serious tone. "Please watch out for me, all of you. If it does happen, you may need to take me out."

Trini hisses and moves away, rubbing her arm.

"Maybe we shouldn't try and carve it off... wait, wooden forms?! Are the townsfolk not flesh and blood?! I agree with Arnek that you seem to be telling us more than they were."

She thinks of another question. "Have you heard of a glowing blue boy that haunts dreams?"

With her one opened eye, Trini also tries to judge the stranger's reaction.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Trini hesitates at Emerich's offer but then says, "Not like it could get worse at this point..." She screws her eyes shut and holds out her arm.

She opens one eye at the creature's words. "Your people? Who are they? Is that Mark what is on me?"

Hey, one of us had to try it, or what would be the fun in that? :P

Trini can't help but let out a startled yelp as she discovers her condition.

"I'm turning into a tree!" she announces in a panic as she turns back to the group, yanking up her sleeve to show them. She wrings her hands and moans piteously. "Arnek, can you tell if it's magic?"

"It does!" says Trini. She pulls out the leaf from morning rituals, careful not to let it get too close to the being.

Trini nods along, trying to look convincing.

Aid Bluff: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (19) - 1 = 18

"Maybe. We might be able to just open the doors now."

Trini casts a blessing on her bow, making it glow, then puts her hand on the door, ready to open it unless someone has another idea.

Trini casts Guidance on Korunar. He appears to need it!

I assume Trini cast Light on something, unless you two were guiding us through so we could be more stealthy.

Trini takes a closer look at the roots holding the door in place.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Trini dusts off her hands and starts retracing her steps. "Shall we?"

"The others can't possibly be holed up there, then," says Trini. "Too many of them."

Trini stands up. "If only I was able to detect magic today! I don't think we'll find what we're looking for in there, though I'm still curious. Should we check out the other passage, or does someone want to investigate this area more first?"

"I don't know if we should separate," Trini says nervously. She gets on the ground to better peer down into the pool. "Maybe we should have given him a rope..."

Yup!

Trini murmurs a quick prayer over Daniel, asking Gozreh for guidance, before he enters the water.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Aha, investing in Sense Motive this level has paid off!

Trini waves it off. "You scoundrel, Daniel! The water's fine. Now.." She rolls up her sleeves. "Who's good at swimming, or holding their breath? I'm not, but I can provide a little divine assistance." She wiggles her fingers at the others.

Trini eyes the water with some misgiving. "I'd like to see more of it before drinking from it..."

She picks up another stone, casts light on it, and tosses it in the pool.

Trini picks a loose stone off the ground and attempts to skip it over the water.

We've made it!! Exciting :) still gotta get through this darn cave, of course!

So I think we should probably sell the bracers of armor when we get back to Terrace for loot money, since they're only of mild use for us.

HP: 1d8 ⇒ 3 <- looked up the rules in the Recruitment thread and I can take average instead, right?

Skills
Trini can't tell what's up or down in this crazy new world, so she will make good use of that wisdom and focus on Perception and Sense Motive. Since our healing is currently limited, and we do a bit of investigating (CSI: Abyss), the last point went into Heal. I definitely want a heal kit next time we get some cash. I noticed that I'd gotten my trait bonus wrong, so another +1 to my Appraise, as well.

We may want to discuss the skills we take for the best synergy, but I thought those would be a good niche within the party.

Class Features
Fervor time! Touch healing to me or a pal, or a swift action spell on myself.

Spells
One more cantrip and level 1 spell. If anyone has any advice for good warpriest spells (I don't know many outside Core), I'm listening.

Other Stats
BAB goes to 1, Fort and Will go to base 3.

Before I change my sheet, is this something we are putting into effect right now or tomorrow?

"I'm in. Travelled or untravelled path? I vote the former."

Trini beckons the others forward, gesturing towards the right path.

"This path has been tread lately," she whispers, not wanting to get them detected; her voice does tend to carry. "Should we take it? Did the book say anything about it?"

Trini steps forward to try and hear anything that might be coming from either tunnel.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

Trini nods. "We need to find some answers."