Chapter 1 - Red Larch

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Feb 12, 2018 4:31 pm
Link to area map

Northwest of Red Larch, Lance Rock is visible for miles.

Lance Rock is a narrow, twenty-five-foot menhir of bare, gray rock that juts eastward at a sixty-degree angle.The menhir is gray granite, unlike the surrounding limestone. A few hundred feet south of the stone is a ravine choked with brush. A trail leads into the brush near a neatly-painted sign that reads, in Common:

Come no closer
lest you catch
the disfiguring plague
that afflicts me!
The Lord of Lance Rock


The trail continues down to a cave mouth. Another warning sign with the same message is posted by the opening.
Feb 12, 2018 4:36 pm
Walter examines the sign and the area around it, I wonder how long ago this was sign was placed here.

Rolls

Investication on sign for age or anything of interest around it - (1d20+6)

(7) + 6 = 13

Feb 12, 2018 4:42 pm
Balak walks behind his fellow dwarf, feeling ready for this new adventure.
Feb 12, 2018 5:00 pm
Walter is able to find several partial human-sized footprints, but is unable to determine if it is from one or more than one person.
Feb 12, 2018 6:27 pm
Well, nothing to do but see who's home, I suppose. Walter walks past the sign and stops about twenty feet from the entrance to the cave, looking in.
OOC:
I'm looking for anyone in our around the cave.

Rolls

Perception - (1d20+4)

(10) + 4 = 14

Feb 12, 2018 6:44 pm
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dt63jluk7g3db78/LanceRock1.png?dl=1

The cave mouth opens into darkness from which a breeze blows, carrying the faint odor of death. Inside is a natural cave, its floor and ceiling uneven. The passage leads to the west, narrowing as it proceeds. A body is sprawled on the floor 60 feet into the passage.
Feb 12, 2018 6:59 pm
Well, let us hope this cave isn't as unpleasant as it smells. Walter opens his pack and produces a torch, followed shortly by a tinder box and flint. He strikes the flint and lights the torch. He packs his things back up and walks ahead to the cave mouth, If this is anything like every other cave in the world, it will be dark. Let us proceed with caution. He moves into the cave.
Feb 12, 2018 7:05 pm
At this stage of the adventure, I would be remiss if I didn't ask for an order and party arrangement for entering the forbidding cave, mwa ha ha.
Feb 12, 2018 7:10 pm
OOC:
I'll head in first unless someone barges ahead. Surely nothing can be too bad inside this little cave right? ;)
Feb 12, 2018 7:31 pm
OOC:
Before entering the cave I would like to ritually cast Detect Magic (10 minutes to cast)..as far as the order goes Sorgrimm does not mind being in the thick of it, even though he is the healer he is a dwarf first.
Sorgrimm stops short of entering the cave. Grabs the holy symbol with his off hand and kneels down saying a prayer silently. Helm give me the vision to see if any enchantments may be barring our path
[ +- ] Detect Magic
Last edited February 12, 2018 8:33 pm
Feb 12, 2018 7:36 pm
OOC:
You should say something IC because Walter is already walking in and not really paying attention to if anyone is following or not.
Feb 12, 2018 7:41 pm
Dazzle nimbly stays behind Balak and his new shield, eager to have someone standing between him and anything they might find in the cave. And of course Dazzle tries to keep in the middle of the group, so that the inevitable ambush from the rear doesn’t cut him down first.
Feb 12, 2018 8:29 pm
Skeeze says:
OOC:
You should say something IC because Walter is already walking in and not really paying attention to if anyone is following or not.
OOC:
Meh...Sorgrimm is doing his thing...lol
Feb 12, 2018 8:50 pm
I walk in after everyone else.
Feb 12, 2018 8:52 pm
Balak draws his shield and a javelin, and his remaining javelins appropriately placed in the notches on his shield. His warhammer is still slung to his back, handle sticking up past his right shoulder in case he needs it in a pinch.
Feb 12, 2018 11:01 pm
Okay, for clarification: Sorgrimm is starting a 10 minute ritual before entering. Walter and the others will be aware of that. Are you waiting for him to complete it before entering the cave?
Feb 12, 2018 11:31 pm
Balak stands at the ready near his fellow dwarf. He wants to ensure this man's safety.
Feb 13, 2018 4:30 am
Xella waits for Sorgrimm, heading directly behind him into the cave. "Have you ever tried talking a little faster? Might go quicker that way, is all I'm saying."
Feb 13, 2018 1:06 pm
Walter stops and sighs as he walks back toward Sorgrimm. It would be nice if he would actually TELL us he's going to do that. Spontaneous prayer is an inconvenient side-effect of being a holy man.
Feb 13, 2018 2:32 pm
Ignoring the chatter around him, Sorgrimm finishes his incantation. His thoughts on feeling the weave of magic around him oblivious to his lack of communication to his current comrades.
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