"Have a bag of coins; I don't feel like toting around a reminder of my family's "generosity," or rather the complete and extreme lack of it, anyway. If it lets us move on, it will have at least served a purpose of some kind." Garlon will toss the troll the few coins he had left over from what he had been given to supply himself with, clearly wanting to leave anything and everything that tied him to his family behind on this side of the river.
Bjarki is keeping an eye on the troll, ready for any mischief or sudden moves, his axe at the ready.
"That didn't cover for all of us?" smiles and looks at the rest "He is quite greedy..."
"Bear in mind that my fanily's "generosity" was rather limited, like to the point of being virtually worthless." Garlon winces just a little at the thought of having to fight this rather unpleasant looking creature.
"Look 'ere Mr. Troll! I'll give ya a gold piece for every two of use that ya let pass, take it or leave it"
Intimidate
"That sounds good to me!" Gaddi says. "We can do that, right guys?" He then whispers to the others so that the troll can't hear (or so he hopes, at any rate), "We can always find a different way back."
Turning his face towards Gaddi he will only see him do a look at him... very unfriendly one at that, if his sight could beat him a bit it would... then turns around to face the troll.
"Let us be on our way then we will see what we can do"
Assuming the party agrees and is able to move on past the bridge, once they have gotten a bit past it, Garlon will comment, "Looks like we have yet another reason to consider not returning; still, best to keep an eye of for an appropriate guardian just in case we do decide to."
Scanning ahead as he says this, Garlon and Peregrin overhead will look for signs of trouble as they continue their day's travels.
[b]If we return, he'll be permanently relieved of duty,[b] Bjarki says when they have crossed the bridge.
"Removing him entirely probably wouldn't be all that effective; something else would just take its place. Such guardians are not typically so easily permanently removed."
"Looks like a nice place to rest and eat something after we secure the place"
Garlon and Peregrin will do a quick sweep of the area before settling down to a quick lunch.
I could sure use a drink and a meal right about now, but I agree...let us first make sure this place is safe, before we get too comfortable.
"I'm pretty good at sneaking around without being noticed," Gaddi says. "I could try peering in a window to see if anyone's inside." If the group doesn't object, he'll sneak up to the hut and look for a window to look in.
Gaddi resists the urge to cry out and returns to the others, trying to remain quiet and unseen.
His nerves get the better of him and he stumbles a bit on his return. If he makes it back to the others without anything happening, he'll report to them what he saw.
If he wins initiative, he'll move back towards the rest of the group, yelling, "Humongous spider!"
If he loses initiative...well, it will depend what the spider does to him. :)
Init
Bjarki unslings his axe and gets ready to fight the huge arachnid.
"Gaddi you are indeed pretty good at sneaking somewhere, but ya don't have to tell everyone we are here in the process"
Initiative
Gaddi loads his crossbow and fires a bolt. "Yeah, but it saw me, so I called for help!" he says.
Bjarki summons all his anger and rage, drawing on the strength of the bear, lets out an animalistic howl and charges the big spider, bringing his greataxe down in a powerful swing.
If the spider is still alive on his turn, Garlon will cast flare on it (DC 13 fort save or be dazed for one minute).
Garlon will approach the hut cautiously and look inside the window for signs of further spiders.
Garlon will cautiously check out the front door and the object near it.
Quietly motioning the others to be ready to provide backup, Garlon will carefully check out the interior of the hut.
Bjarki stands panting for a minutes, the adrenaline still coursing through his body, then approaches the hut at Garlon's sign.
keeping a careful watch over Garlon for the signal to help him
Gaddi reloads his crossbow and waits, licking lips anxiously.
Garlon steps out of the hut and reports the presence of a trap door in the floor.
Well, let's see what glory awaits in the basement, Bjarki says with a smile and moves to open the trap door.
Listen, someone's crying down there...
Garlon will cast light and look down the opening to see what he can see.
Perception
"We should help them," Gaddi says. "But be careful it's not a trick. I've heard people might pull tricks like that. Not that I'd have any experience with stuff like that..." He trails off.