4. The First Expedition

If you have any further description of the potions, I’d be interested to know more. But what I’m most curious about is the rod:
- how long is it?
- can Ella discern what it is made of?
- is it’s body a cylinder or is the cross section square-shaped?
- do the ends of the rod show any markings or other details that might suggest their use? Are te two tips similar? (i.e., scratches indicating that it is a lever fitting in a mechanism? Or deliberate marks —such as glyphs — or an ending that suggests it might link to other items?)
- is the fish-like cross-section about half-way up the length of the rod, or is its positioning asymmetrical? Does it seem like it can move up and down the bar, or turn around it, or is it affixed?

The gold splits into 9 each, with 3 left over. The silver splits into 6 each with 4 left over. We could break down the extra gold into silver to split it among us but not sure @Burbage will let us do that in the middle of a dungeon, so someone might want to keep track of the extra.

@Burbage, I think we get XP for gold in this edition as well yeah?

Edit: Btw, We're 2 hours into my last pint of lantern oil now, with 2 more hours remaining. If I recall it was over an hour to get down the stairs, and a further 30 minute hike back to the inn. We could think about heading back soon.

I've got an extra pint of oil, and it's still early by my reckoning. We can at least get in a couple hours more of exploration done!

We should keep a running ledger of stuff we’ve found, regardless of whether we spread it around IC immediately. It will help @Burbage keep track of our gold, and therefore our XP. If we could have a thread titled expedition log book or something like that, I’ll volunteer to keep notes of what we’ve done and what we’ve found…

As to our next steps, I suggest we explore a while longer if we have the light to do so safely. Maybe check the door out of this room, rather than the open passages. If there are pigmen to be found hereabouts, we might want to take fresher meat downstairs. Also, before leaving this spot, Ella will try to recover some of the six arrows she shot, since she has very limited ammunition. I’ll roll according to the DM’s earlier ruling, here.

Edit: based on those rolls, Ella recovers 4 of 6 arrows shot.

As a halfling, I've got 4-in-6 to surprise if I'm 90ft and alone ahead of the others, excepting Ellagel because she's elven.

I'll get on the log as soon as possible.

Rolling for surprise.

Can we tell if these jokers are armed?

By the way @Burbage I believe you missed out Jacky's earlier action of seeing whether the dead orcs, magic user and halflings were killed by cephalopods or something else?

Hm, now I get the feeling that Dalton's one of these guys.