Lethe follows the instructions given to her (for now.) She also has a look around for either Tika or anyone else she might recognise
Reception
Synatria also looks around for somebody resembling a shifter or with Lethe's appearance.
Looking around, you see the slaves mostly look human, with a few goblnoids, some kobolds and a half orc here and there for the most part. No shifters to be seen
Lethe on the one hand worried about not finding Tika but at the same time relieved not to find nothing but a body gets to work hauling
In the 4 nights that pass, Jax will assist in reconnaissance.
Stealth
Perception
Stealth
Perception
Stealth
Perception
Stealth
Perception
Garroth tries his best to appear weak and broken, but will work enough to avoid a beating. He will try to appear as uncoordinated and out-of-shape as he can, trying all the while to get a good count on the guards in this area, and listen to hear if there are any miners interested in maybe getting out of here, or even getting a bit of payback ...
perception
sense motive
Lethe also trys to keep an eye and ear out for either a sign that Tika is in the mine or any mentions from guards/prisoners that could be her.
Perception
Synatria tries to work her hardest in the mine, to earn favor.
She also keeps an eye open for shifters.
Topside
You skirt the town, and without interacting don't find much. Near dawn many townfolks head toward the mine and come back near sunset. Of a day not much happens in the town, a small fishing fleet sails the river, barges are loaded, and normal town activity. No sigh of the Valenar the first day, however the town seems to get a bit rowdy once the miners come into town, taverns and a brothel seem to get a bit busy, but nothing to exciting. Most of the miners seem to head to group barracks for the night.
Below
You work all day with no talk, speaking gets one beat with the barbed whips it seems, every few hours water is given out from a barrel pulled by two slaves. Its clean, but warm water. Several hours later another set of slaves hand out a thick tasteless gruel, to you in groups of twenty. Again you eat in silence as the day drags on.
After many hours your taken in groups down tunnels into vaults with Iron bars, and locked inside. A few buckets for wast, some filthy covers and a tough for the gruel are the cells only features. that and the seventeen other slaves locked inside with you. You see a haggard bunch, 12 men and five women, all look worn out and all are human. The dirt coating them makes age hard to tell. They give you blank stares as they crouch near the blankets
Lethe doing her best not to be to loud turns to the prisoners and asks. "Tell me have any of you seen a young shifter round here?" She then goes into a detailed description of Tika.
Also how are the people in the cells restrained is it just leg shackles and the door keeping them in or are there further restraints? Finally how well made do the shackles look?
One grimy man, who looks like he hasn't rested in days speaks up with a raspy voice "No, your the first we have seen. If you know whats good for you, act weak or they be sending you below, may do it anyhow. Your kind be good in a fight , so I hear." others in the group mutter in agreement "wont be here long" "aye, be sent below" "yeah, like the others" "Be seeing the keeper soon you will"
"What do you mean below?"
"The deep tunnels" The man says "They like to take the strong ones, or the ones with fight below. We don be seeing them no more.' The others in the group nod in agreement
"The deep tunnels" The man says "They like to take the strong ones, or the ones with fight below. We don be seeing them no more.' The others in the group nod in agreement
Synatria shrugs. "We better act weak, then. Good advice."
Garroth looks up for the first time. "And so are all of you weak, or do you have fight left and just hide it?"
Turning to Garroth (and completely ignoring Synatria) Lethe in a low voice so the others cant hear asks "So what's the plan?"
"So uh that would be a no to a plan then?" Lethe asks when she recieves no answer.
"So uh that would be a no to a plan then?" Lethe asks when she recieves no answer.
"What is there to fight?" on slave says "We have no weapon, no way out and the guards are fast with the whip. Any trouble and you go below, that be the last anyone see of ya."
"Pah no fire left in any of them. They may as well already be dead." Lethe says looking over all of them with what could be best described as mild disgust.
"What is there to fight?" on slave says "We have no weapon, no way out and the guards are fast with the whip. Any trouble and you go below, that be the last anyone see of ya."
"And you believe that this existance is better? Bah, I'd rather die than live like this for long. It only takes overpowering one guard to get weapons! Wouldn't you rather die on your feet than live bent over mining?"
The man shacks his head "Those who make Time and keep quite earn freedom after 5 years in the mine. But those who go below are never seen again." A few others nod " d'Kundarak is a harsh man but keeps his word. The Valenar would see us dead in this place, he offers a chance to see the sun again. Skaros though Would happy to see us all dead. Do not cross that one" the others give sounds of agreement.
"5 years??? I don't plan spending 5 days in this place. One way or another I'm getting out of here." Doubt begins to creep into her voice "Although admiralty I'm not sure how."
Synatria shrugs. "Maybe it beats the war above."
Lethe turns on Synatria stamping over and towering over her "Kobold I should beat you to within an inch of your life and beyond for what you did back there" Leteh cracks her knuckles for emphasis.
Lethe turns on Synatria stamping over and towering over her "Kobold I should beat you to within an inch of your life and beyond for what you did back there" Leteh cracks her knuckles for emphasis.
Synatria turns to Lethe. "Let me make something clear, you idiotic lycanthrope. One truth does not make a bloody confession. Now shut up."
She turns to Garroth. "Talk like this can get you sent down. Don't peddle your life so cheerfully. Somebody might buy it."
Lethe turns on Synatria stamping over and towering over her "Kobold I should beat you to within an inch of your life and beyond for what you did back there" Leteh cracks her knuckles for emphasis.Synatria turns to Lethe. "Let me make something clear, you idiotic lycanthrope. One truth does not make a bloody confession. Now shut up."
"Thats it..." Lethe hisses as she lunges for Synatria
"Thats it..." Lethe hisses as she lunges for SynatriaLethe turns on Synatria stamping over and towering over her "Kobold I should beat you to within an inch of your life and beyond for what you did back there" Leteh cracks her knuckles for emphasis.Synatria turns to Lethe. "Let me make something clear, you idiotic lycanthrope. One truth does not make a bloody confession. Now shut up."
Synatria makes no attempt to dodge. She stares at Lethe impassively. "Don't."
Lethe Ignores the Kobolds words and try's to grab her.
Raging Grapple
Lethe Ignores the Kobolds words and try's to grab her.
Raging Grapple
1d20 + 9
Synatria does not resist, and she seems dulled to the pain. She keeps talking, even as she is brought to the ground. "You idiot. You will be sent down, deep down, and you will never find her. All I told them was that we sought her. I never told them anything important. They don't know about Them. They don't know what is going on. But if you don't stop, you will die."
Synatria does not resist, and she seems dulled to the pain. She keeps talking, even as she is brought to the ground. "You idiot. You will be sent down, deep down, and you will never find her. All I told them was that we sought her. I never told them anything important. They don't know about Them. They don't know what is going on. But if you don't stop, you will die."
Lethe plants her fist firmly in the Kobolds stomach
Damage (none lethal)
When Synatria is hit, she lets out a small gasp. And then her eyes glow silver. Her crest perks up. And her scales shine.
"That was a threat."
She clutches her nest, and prays.
Initiative
Initiative
1d20 + 3
The Grappled condition says that you can do anything you could do with one hand, generally, such as casting a spell. But you're right, I do need to make a check. One sec...
And with a DC of 10+your CMB (9)+spell level (1) that barely makes it.
Well, they're going to get sent down. Question is, do I join in and get sent down too, or stay up here? Garroth ponders as he watches the melee progress. Well, maybe I can stop it before it gets too bad ...
Garroth lunges at Lethe, attempting to grapple and pin her before this gets much worse.
grapple
"Stay out of thisss" Lethe growls at Garroth as she continues to try and pummel Synatria
"Stay out of thisss" Lethe growls at Garroth as she continues to try and pummel Synatria
Suddenly, a strange thing resembling a giant, fleshy mosquito appear. It buzzes over and lunges at Lethe with its proboscis.
"Get off, you fool, or we'll both die!" Synatria shouts.
Assuming no one stops her lethe throws Synatria against the wall and holds her there with one hand.
Assuming no one stops her lethe throws Synatria against the wall and holds her there with one hand.
Synatria shrugs. She does not seem interested in fighting back any more.
Lethe drops Synatria to the floor but continues to stand over her clearly struggling to maintain control. "You speak of truths fine let as look at the truths. Before you opened you're mouth the guards knew nothing more than that we were prisoners if we tried to do anything no ill would fall on anyone besides us." Her voice rises as she continues "but now they know why we are here, they also have a fair idea who it is we are looking for and they know these mines a lot better than we do. So please explain what is to stop these guards if we try anything from getting my sister and either using her as a shield or slitting her throat?"
The slaves gasp as the fight brakes out, but it is over in a manner of seconds. The look fearful as if someone will burst in at any moment. But as far as you can tell your brawl has gone unnoticed.
Lethe having made her point trudges over to a section of straw and slowly lies down to sleep.
Garroth looks at Synatria with cold eyes. "You know, kobold, I'm starting to think you are far more trouble to us than you are worth." He turns away and finds his own spot to sleep, not wanting the guards to think the three know each other beyond being captured together.
In the mines
Your awoken by one of the guards banging upon the cell wall 'up and at em breakfast time' A human with a whip says as two others pour gruel into a tough. The other slaves move over to the gruel scoping it out with wooden bowls as they scramble off to hungrily get their fill. The guards stand and watch as the meal is quickly wolfed down by the slaves.
Lethe still in a bad mood from last night shoulders over to the troug helping herself to gruel whilst quite obviously glaring at the guards. She mutters something under her breath about them being cowards (although quite clearly loud enough so that they would hear).
Turning to her two 'comrades' She whispers "you two want to get out of here as much as I do? If so when they open the gate rush em."
After everyone has eaten the two guards that were holding the gruel , armed with clubs stand near the door and herd out the slaves as the 3rd stands yelling with whip in hand 10 feet away "Hurry up! Work wont do it's self now will it' He says with a crack of the whip as the slaves are herded down the tunnel to the seemingly endless work of the mine.