General Chat

Is the current party composition:

Elf
Cleric
Cleric
Halfling
Fighter

?

That's right.

Need more fighters

*Or dwarves

No thief needed?
And did a past thief leave behind any thieves tools??

I find that thieves aren't really so great until like 9th level due to bad stating on the part of the original DND designers. Such a miniscule chance of success on any given skill... Fighters and dwarves however hold the line so the archers can finish everyone off.

But don't let me influence you, play whatever sounds fun!

Yeah, thieves are a tough start.
I could have a thief or Halfling with 18 dex.
So I guess lack of thief abilities isn't something anyone is losing sleep over?.

I feel like we might start seeing things where we'd really want a thief, but as we've mostly stuck to the well-traveled/explored first level so far, we haven't run into any of that yet.

Welcome aboard NJM :)

How is retrieval of arrows, quarrels, and sling ammo being handled?

Depending on how you read it, dwarves are better thieves than thieves with their find traps in stonework feature!

Welcome aboard NJ!!

Generally, if the situation suggests that it would be possible to recover an arrow (e.g. if you were firing in a reasonably constrained space, or it's sticking out of an orc), then I'll let you retrieve it. But there is a 1-in-6 chance that any arrow fired is broken or lost.

There is a fletcher in the kobold market in Stonehell that sells arrows and bolts, so there is a source of resupply.