LMoP game thread

Medve knocks the goblin clean out. Shane doesn't have enough movement to flank, and loses balance as he runs around Travok.
Salix: 23
Gob 2 (barely injured): 21
Medve: 15
Shane: 13
Temerity: 8
Travok: 4

The goblin is perturbed...and bends over, weeping

Torm's might comes down upon the cowering creature.

All characters gain 20 EXP

The guards are finished, and no-one seems to have heard the racket. The dark cave is empty inside (for those with darkvision), and the music of the stream seems to be amplified by the long, hollow cave, which happens to stretch back as far as you can see. There is also an opening on the right side, just a few feet past the cave mouth, connected to the narrow path which is the only section of dry land entering the cave.

Just inside the cave mouth, a few uneven stone steps lead up to a small, dank chamber on the east side of the passage. The cave narrows to a steep fissure at the far end, and is filled with the stench of animals. Savage snarls and the sounds of rattling chains greets your ears where two wolves are chained up just inside the opening. Each wolf's chain leads to an iron rod driven into the base of a stalagmite.

Your darkvision allows you to see further. The main passage from the cave mouth climbs steeply upward, the stream plunging and splashing down it's west side. In the shadows, a side passage leads west across the other side of the stream. This small passage bears left from the main passage, and appears very difficult to climb.

The stream passage continues up beyond another set of uneven steps ahead, bending eastward as it does. A waterfall sounds out from a large cavern somewhere ahead of you. A rickety bridge spans the passage, connecting two tunnels that are 20 feet above the stream.

An obvious time for Medve to gain inspiration. It also makes sense to give you advantage. Oh look...nat 20!!

The wolves do not appear to oppose you on terms of pack rivalries, and you seem to subdue them despite your unfamiliar scent. They tell you that they are starving, and that something is at the top of the steep rubble passage to to the east of this cave room. There is a dominant leader here. You're not sure what this means, as you are only interpreting their behaviour based on your years of close-contact experience.

It doesn't look impossible. The stalagmites are chalky, but the wolves haven't successfully pulled themselves free. There's no telling how they would behave around the others.

Shane finds the goblins were wearing the usual tatty leather, with dog-earned scimitars and surprisingly well-strung bows and 15 neatly fletched black-feathered arrows. 9cp was scattered in their pockets.

due to outlander background,Medve does not start with food. Your speciality is scavenging! You would have to 'borrow' some or improvise. (Also, you don't need to 'allocate' spell slots. You can expend a slot to cast any spell you have prepared at that level or lower)

The wolves whine a little, and it seems their attention is drawn to the cave mouth where your companions are. The steep rubble passage tapers to a small opening at the top. It seems to be some kind of disposal pile as there are animal bones mixed amongst the rocks. There is the glow of a fire coming from that direction too.

There's about 20ft of it, it's difficult terrain and will require a successful athletics check to climb it. The lighting in this room is dim.

Some consider goblin meat a spicy delicacy, and others find it fishy and repulsive. The wolves gladly accept the raw, slimy meat though, and pay no attention to you while they consume.

When you leave the cave to find the others, something catches your eye: owlbear tracks in the mud. You find no sign of your friends.

It looks like there might have been several of various sizes, but it's hard to tell as the ground is not soft. Blood is also present on the ground, but there are no bodies. They can be silent killers at times.

They attacked while the two of you fed the wolves inside the cave