1.3 Slaver's Lair

After a hectic exploration of the sewers the orphans decide to rest. After some discussion they decide the safest place to rest is the passage with the grate. Being 30' long there is enough room for 6 of the party to rest with one on guard duty.

Seneia takes first watch for 2 hours (perception rolled by DM below)
Feylinde takes next watch for 2 hours (perception rolled by DM below)
Alanya third watch 2 hours (5 perception)
Szent last watch 2 hours (15 perception)

First watch - Seneia (personal note from DM)

Seneia wonders... Was that a sound? If it was it is some distance away.

The sound is very distant, and at first it seems it was a figment of her imagination. But as Seneia concentrates the hairs on the back of her neck prickle. She is sure she can hear voices, and they seem to be from up the stairs. Then she realises that if anyone passes through the guard room they'll find two dead guards and an open door... Certainly not the normal state of affairs...

(If you are hiding roll stealth, but more specifically where are you hiding. The cavern is quite large, and you are presently at the northern exit, which is blocked with a gate. SE of where you are is the entrance to the cavern, where a stairway ascends to the guard room. My impression is everyone is hiding near where you slept so you have smothered all light sources?)

The group scatters to hide in the cavern behind any suitable stalagmite of other obstruction. Generally the attempts are what you'd expect of a bunch of teenagers... "I'll hide here" "I wanted to hide there" "ouch, who's that" "Did you fart?" etc. When they finally settle on a hiding place they extinguish any lights and wait in anticipation.

The silence in the cavern is deafening, but then they hear the voices whispering as someone (or more?) descends the stairs. "Shhhh, something isn't right here, take care...."

Feylinde's cat is closest to the stairs, and she watches through its eyes. A few moments later a small halfling creeps into the cavern. He peers around. He whispers behind him, "I can't see anything, let's head to the passage." As he steps into the cavern there are three more people following. One is a burly half-Orc, and a human is in chain mail. At the rear is an elf in robes.

When he takes a few steps he stops abruptly... "I can see a cat... There is definitely someone down here!"

(Everyone roll initiative. Please note you may assume a short rest at this time...)