Rules Arbitration

Sure

sounds ok to me

Yes good idea.

Sorry was waiting for more than two replies. Big day at work today so I'll try to pst the rest by day's end.

so I hope this all made sense. If this didn't work, let me know.

Fēng is at 28/38hp. I think I should spend a Hit Die.

Long rest means you go back to full hp.

Was that a long rest? Oh right! :-)

I will need some sort of knowledge check from people to know more. History, Arcana, Investigation, Nature, or just an intelligence roll will work. Anyone trained can roll that skill. If untrained in all, roll Intelligence.

What, if anything, do the PC's know about relationships between Shimazu & Grigori?

I would say the PCs know nothing of any sort of political arrangement. They both would be Lawful Evil forces, with Grigori leaning towards neutral with his public face. The Black Bag stories are told as hushed whispers just in case they are true. Still, seeing these crow riders, no matter how similar they are in alignment, in this area is suspicious and out of place.

Grigori is a world power. Shimazu is a local/regional power.

The crows are 30 miles/2 hours away? I'm sorry, I hadn't caught that. Fēng sound silly now hehe!

OOC: Wouldn't it be faster (both in term of in-game time as well as RL posting time) for Fēng to just haul people one by one up to the top? Surely that would only take a few minutes!

Fēng has a fly speed of 60ft (Aarakocra 50ft + monk's Unarmored Movement 10ft). Doubling for Dash, negated by halving for the passenger = 60ft per round with a passenger, 120ft per round on the tip back down. 8.33 rounds to get up to the top + 4.17 rounds flying back down = 12.5 rounds per round trip. 4 party members = 3 round trips + 1 one-way trip = 45.83 rounds = all done in approx 27.5 minutes.

Sounds good to me, but I am not checking your math haha

It would probably earn you some exhaustion. Let me look into those rules and see.

themightykobold, you said that with the rope it's difficult terrain, but that just means reduced speed - no need for a climbing (ie Strength - Athletics) roll? Just checking as if we do need to roll to climb I'll probably boost Cassandra's strength, and another party member if needed - any takers?

Maybe Cassandra can buff Feng to prevent that?

Good idea!

PHB p. 237 Bull's StrengthThe target has advantage on Strength Checks and his or her carrying capacity doubles.

In that case, maybe Cassandra only needs to cast the spell on Feng?

I'm going to be afk for about 48 hours, so Cassandra can go ahead and do that if the DM agrees.