Seeing the hobgoblin run away , Herve runs after it without waiting for anyone . "Bogorin, speak less , run more ! "
Talden pauses for a moment to wait for Willy, Brallin and Tenna to catch up while he looks about for any additional threats.
To your far right is a trail that looks roughly like it matches up with the second of the three trails you came across earlier, to your left the trail comes to the mouth of a cave with your sight it looks like just a short way in it junctions off out of sight to the right but also has another junction to the left which looks like some kind of cavern.
Let me know if you can't see this
Seeing the horse coming at her, Tenna quickly tried to dive to the side before noticing Brallin stepping in between them.
Willy secures the wagon horses then joins Bogorin at the cave mouth.
"We just leave Ol' Carter in da wagon?"
Brallin only:
To your far right is a trail that looks roughly like it matches up with the second of the three trails you came across earlier, to your left the trail comes to the mouth of a cave with your sight it looks like just a short way in it junctions off out of sight to the right but also has another junction to the left which looks like some kind of cavern.
Let me know if you can't see this
As Willy pulls the wagon up to where the paths meet and Tenna and Brallin join him Talden heads up to the entrance to the cave to join Bogorin and Herve.
No , Herve stops at the entrance and begin to shout
'Hola , false ogre . I , Herve Esterel , know why you are here ! When you came back to your tribe with only a halfling skull as trophy , your brothers mocked you but that was before they found you looted the skull from a week dead halfling killed by disease ! Your tribe didn't even want to eat the meat of a coward like you ! so tribeless you came here and did take goblins as followers because you like to lay with skinny goblin females who remind you of your mother ! now , come and get it like a true ogre if this is not true ! '
With that , Herve wait with his longspear set on the ground to wait for the hopefully charge of the enraged ogre.
Seeing the horse coming at her, Tenna quickly tried to dive to the side before noticing Brallin stepping in between them.
"Whoa!" Brallin calms down the stricken horse.
Brallin only:The handle animal roll failed but the wild empathy especially with your spell helps stop the horse who has now turned to you and yelled,
"MEDIC! Someone get this d****d arrow out of me!!!"
The horse comes to a sudden stop and turns to glare at Brallin as if its seriously angry and is currently showing him its wounded flank.
Tenna looks on bemused before noticing the others have moved on.
Brallin only:
"Sure heal me and I'll guide these fools back to home," Herve's mount snickers at that point but then says,"But first the healing!"
No , Herve stops at the entrance and begin to shout
'Hola , false ogre . I , Herve Esterel , know why you are here ! When you came back to your tribe with only a halfling skull as trophy , your brothers mocked you but that was before they found you looted the skull from a week dead halfling killed by disease ! Your tribe didn't even want to eat the meat of a coward like you ! so tribeless you came here and did take goblins as followers because you like to lay with skinny goblin females who remind you of your mother ! now , come and get it like a true ogre if this is not true ! 'With that , Herve wait with his longspear set on the ground to wait for the hopefully charge of the enraged ogre.
The air grows quiet as the others realise what you're doing.
Bracing yourselves for a fierce response all you get is just the buzzing flies gathering at the corpses of the goblins.Brallin:
Herve:
"Easy boy, easy." Brallin says, as he gingerly takes a look at the arrow wound. "That shouldn't be a problem at all." Brallin eases the mount's concerns as effortlessly as he coaxes the arrow out of the wound. "Good as new! Take Carter and the rest of the bunch back home, alright? I've got a nice treat for you when we get back."
"Easy boy, easy." Brallin says, as he gingerly takes a look at the arrow wound. "That shouldn't be a problem at all." Brallin eases the mount's concerns as effortlessly as he coaxes the arrow out of the wound. "Good as new! Take Carter and the rest of the bunch back home, alright? I've got a nice treat for you when we get back."
Brallin only:
"Look we stay around here and whatever else is here is going to come after us, let's head back maybe we can get there before the rest of the b*****s eat all of the hay, maybe there's an apple in it for us!" he tells the other horses who look at each other before looking at the party.
They seem to discuss it for a moment before Herve's mount looks back.
"Okay we'll head off now," he tells Brallin before taking the lead as the wagon takes the turn to head down the trail that looks like it serves as the 2nd trail you saw earlier on.
For hopeless
Herve looks behind him quickly.
"Who are you and how do you know this ?
Tenna scrambled out of the brush she had thrown herself into and hurried to catch up with Talden and Willy along with Bralin. She kept her distance from the horses as she did so. That close call had put her right off those large animals for the moment.
Brallin, upon seeing Tenna emerge from the bushes slightly terrified, addresses her. "You ok there, miss? That was a real close call there, but the horse didn't mean anything by it. Really they just hate goblins. Sometimes, when you get hurt real bad, everything goes white. You know? Sometimes you just lash out, because of the pain. He didn't want to hurt you, I know that. He told me that. He's going to take Carter and the others back to town."
Brallin extends a hand to Tenna, to help her get up. "Come on, we should catch up with the others."
Herve is of course unhurt :)
For hopeless
Herve looks behind him quickly.
"Who are you and how do you know this ?
Herve:
"Let's just say we share a common cause" the eery voice on the wind tells you.
Looking around you see only your comrades and the corpses of the foes you've fought.
The others are reacting to your words making it clear they can't hear what's being said to you.
"I have an offer for you if you want, the price is negotiable are you interested?" the voice asks an edge of amusement in its tone that makes it sounds malicious.
Brallin, upon seeing Tenna emerge from the bushes slightly terrified, addresses her. "You ok there, miss? That was a real close call there, but the horse didn't mean anything by it. Really they just hate goblins. Sometimes, when you get hurt real bad, everything goes white. You know? Sometimes you just lash out, because of the pain. He didn't want to hurt you, I know that. He told me that. He's going to take Carter and the others back to town."
Brallin extends a hand to Tenna, to help her get up. "Come on, we should catch up with the others."
For the DM
Willy intently peers into the cave.
Tenna gratefully took Brallin's hand to pick herself up, following him to the cave.
Herve:
The cave mouth in front of you its somewhat unnerving to hear Herve talking to someone even though there's nobody else there except for yourselves, the horse has left heading back down the trail you believe leads back to the junction you chose the wagon trail to follow.
Herve, Tenna, Talden & Willy:
Talden:
Herve:
Tenna & Willy:
Bogorin:
"It looks like we are being watched by someone at the top of the hill..."
Talden says without taking his eyes off the entrance to the cave.
"And there something in here" says Willy, meaning the cave. "Anyone got a torch?"
"And there something in here" says Willy, meaning the cave. "Anyone got a torch?"
"Check my backpack. I've got a couple of sunrods in there and they should provide us with enough light to see."
The scampering is now getting louder enough so that you all can hear it, meanwhile something is smelling truly horrible near you but you're not sure where the smell is coming from.
Herve:
Willy starts looking in Talden's backpack. "What's a sunrod look like? And what's that stinky stink?"
Defense position everyone ! Bogorin and me upfront the others protect Tenna and Brallin. We'll speak after the fight , "Friend" . I think you underestimate us ...
Defense position everyone ! Bogorin and me upfront the others protect Tenna and Brallin. We'll speak after the fight , "Friend" . I think you underestimate us ...
Herve only:
"A gift for you to return if you survive!" the voice openly states as a vial hits the ground about a few feet away from you, it shatters releasing a cloud of vapour that rapidly expands before suddenly shrinking once more.
Talden takes up a position to the left of the cave entrance and prepares himself to flank the ogre the moment it attacks.
Before Talden moves, Willy pulls a stick out of his pack that he thinks must be a sunrod.
"How do I light it?"
Before Talden moves, Willy pulls a stick out of his pack that he thinks must be a sunrod.
"How do I light it?"
"Strike the rod against something hard and when it lights up throw it into the entrance and prepare for whatever comes out."
Tenna's shaking hand went for the special arrow she had been entrusted with. Gotta make sure I shoot it at the right thing, she reminded herself.
"Who's Herve talking to?" she whispered to the others as she moved away from the entrance, keeping close to the side of the hill.
Perception (1d20+3=6) (+2 to Taste & Touch on this and the last check)
"Strike the rod against something hard and when it lights up throw it into the entrance and prepare for whatever comes out."
Willy hits the sunrod on the ground and throws it as far as he can into the cave, then grabs his axe with both hands.
"Come an' git some!" he yells into the cave.
"Oh dern," he tells Bogorin, "I left the whiskey on the wagon."
Perception (1d20+3=6) (+2 to Taste & Touch on this and the last check)
Bogorin:
What you do know is that someone is either someone is trying to goad you into a rash action or is trying to warn you about something, by the way that foul smell is coming from behind the entire party...
Front entrance
Hope this is clearer.