Beginners IC - Team 1

[Duke of URL]

Just great. As if marching over the hills toward the port town of Seawell wasn't enough of a chore. Now it's raining, hard, and you're caught out in the open. A flash of lighting outlines what appears to be some sort of structure off to the west. It may offer shelter from the storm, but who knows what else it may offer?

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Party Roster:

{table]Player | Character | Map Key
Caracol | Bones, Half-Elf Rogue | B
Crazy Fat Goblin | Gyron, Human Sorcerer | G
Greenstave | Loiel Far-Seeker, Elf Ranger | L
Lord of Pixies | Grog Ironbuckle, Dwarf Fighter | I
xPANCAKEx | Brother Denna, Human Cleric | D[/table]

"Map Key" will be the letter used to indicate your character on tactical maps, when needed.

[Caracol]

Bones, Elven Rogue

"Stupid rain... I don't want to get a cold. Better hide somewhere until the weather calms."

Bones, grunting and trying to cover himself, heads to the structure to the west.

"What that thing is supposed to be?"

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[Caracol]

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rerolling Spot Check: (1d20+2)[5]

[Duke of URL]

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[greenstave]

Loiel Far-Seer, Elven Ranger

Loiel adjusts his clothing and pulls his cloak over his head in an attempt to stay dry. Why scanning to the West (Loiel always keeps a watchful eye, a little to identify danger, but mostly to learn the lay of the land) a flash of lightning reveals a structure he can barely make out.

(1d20+5)[22] - Knowledge Geography check. Does Loiel know the structure?

[Duke of URL]

Bones can barely make out the path before his feet due to the heavy rains. The distance makes it hard for Loiel to see anything for certain, as well, but he can tell that it's not small enough to be a dwelling and the general shape does not seem appropriate for a fort or keep.

[Caracol]

Bones

Gaah! Damn rain! I can't go anywhere with this weather. Let's go inside that... whatever the hell is.

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Listen Check: (1d20+4)[5]

edit: wow, natural 1. I foresee a whole world of misfortunes upon me soon if the start is this

I'd better be careful anyway.

[RationalGoblin]

Gyron

Oh dear, it's raining. I better seek some shelter. Hey, whats that place over there?

As Gyron is walking towards the structure, he peers at it, in an effort to discern what it is.

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[xPANCAKEx]

Brother Denna - human cleric

Holding his shield over his head to try and fend off the foul weather, Brother Denna knew he would soon be soaked through. Small blessings were to be found everywhere in the world, and this was no different. To the west was a structure - shelter from this downpour, so the cleric made for it

[Duke of URL]

All Bones can hear is the thunder echoing in his ears. Gyron can't make out any detail at this range.

[lord of pixies]

grog iornbuckle

new i should've never left da mines, not have to wory about weather

whats that??

walks up to get a better view

[lord of pixies]

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spot to see more about this "mysterios building"/ see 4 others waling twards it- (1d20+1)[3] ...dang

[greenstave]

Loiel

"Whatever's in there cannot be worse than what is out here." Loiel says to himself, and he heads towards the structure. He notices the others approach, but at this point, he isn't concerned. He just wants a dry place to ride out the storm, and figures the others are thinking the same.

[Duke of URL]

You arrive at the building. It seems somewhat long and narrow. And quite tall, too; the entrance, which is open, is easily 20 feet wide by ten feet high.

Loiel doesn't recognize the style at all, but it appears to be some sort of temple or tomb. Bones notes that some debris near the entrance appears to be recent, as if a stone door or other large rock had been broken into much smaller pieces.

The storm is getting stronger, and lightning flashes are starting to be immediately followed by loud thunderclaps.

[greenstave]

Loiel
HP: 8/8
AC: 16, Touch: 13, Flat: 13

"Well met" Loiel says to Bones as they approach the structure. "The door is open. Shall we enter and escape this weather?"

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(1d20+4)[17] Spot check inside building

[Caracol]

Bones
HP: 6/6
AC: 16, flat 12, touch 14

"Who are you?" says Bones, as he sees the other men near the entrance.
"Pff, nevermind." He kneels to examine the debris. Something doesn't quite convince him.

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Search check to found evidences or tracks of someone that was there before (1d20+8)[21]

[Duke of URL]

(( Unless/until I ask you to roll for initiative, you don't need to post the HP and AC lines ))

Loiel can't see much of anything -- the interior is dark and the storm has cut off any natural illumination from outside. Bones finds no tracks, but they could have been washed away on the storm; the damage to the rocks looks like it was energy-based, not from physical attacks.

[xPANCAKEx]

Brother Denna - human cleric

"well gentlemen - i don't know about you - but i think any shelter would be preferable to this foul weather... after you"

said the cleric, lowering his shield as polite gesture

[lord of pixies]

Grorg iornbuckle

"out of ma' way, im hedin' in" grog storms past (no pun intended) to the entrance and lights his tourch just inside (5 ft) the bilding. looking around as he does.

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spot (1d20+1)[10]

[greenstave]

Loiel Far-Seer, Elven Ranger

"A headstrong dwarf, what are the odds?!" Loiel looks at the others as he draws one of the two swords at his side.

"If I can't see the trouble, that doesn't mean the trouble isn't there!" With that, he follows Grorg into the shelter and looks around.

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(1d20+4)[24] Spot check for any danger in the torch light, and using elven low-light vision beyond the flame

[Duke of URL]

Entering the building, you find yourself in a large, open chamber. The torchlight does not extend to the walls on either side nor in front of you. However, with his darkvision, Grorg senses that the area extends to the sides just under 50 feet in each direction from the entrance (Loiel sees the same with his low-light vision). Neither can see the far (northern) end of the room or hallway. Both can make out a giant stone door on the eastern wall; but only Loiel makes out a similar stone door further north on the western wall, just at the edge of the light source's range.

The area near the opening is made of stone, that, while dusty, shows signs of having been painted or otherwise decorated a long time ago; but any detail to the decorations have faded away over the years.

[Caracol]

Bones

"Oh well, since the meat shields are leading the group..." thinks Bones, entering into the room while lighting up his torch.
He observes the door carefully, trying to figure out what could the paintings represent.
Interesting, but that's not a good reason to lower the guard..." he thinks, while examining the door and the area nearby looking for some particular devices or gears that could open the painted door.

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Search check on the door (1d20+8)[17]
Spot check on the area nearby (1d20+4)[7]
the door has some sort of lock?

[Duke of URL]

(( The entrance you're standing in front of has no door. The nearest door is some 50-60 feet away on the eastern wall. And you can see another door on the western wall, just shy of 80 feet away. Do you want to investigate either? ))

[Caracol]

(stupid for me to not specifying it, but I was following Loiel and Grorg. My bad.If I'm not with them already, I follow them and investigate on the door as I did before.)

[Duke of URL]

(( And they are 5 feet inside the entrance. My previous comment about positioning still stands. Not that I'd have any reason for being anal-retentive about positioning for some reason. No sir. ))

[Caracol]

(Damnit. Well, I just go inside headed to the painted door, but after I made a spot and listen check to see if something is wrong.)

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Spot (1d20+4)[11]
Listen (1d20+4)[24]

(if something is wrong, I just stand there)

[Duke of URL]

(( My apologies for not being clearer -- there is no "painted door". The painting refers to the walls that can be seen inside the radius of the torchlight, and the remaining, i.e., aged, detail is too faint to notice anything unusual about it. The two doors you can spot in the dim light appear to just be stone doors, one on the east wall and one, somewhat further to the north, on the west wall. All that aside, you neither hear nor see anything unusual -- the only noises are from your fellow party members and the storm outside. ))

[Caracol]

(my apologies for reading too fast and to assuming that my english is good enough to understand what is going on without checking it twice...)
Bones carefully approaches to the nearest door, with is torch lighted in a hand and his other hand on his dagger's hilt.

[Duke of URL]

The door Bones approaches is shut, and looks like an ordinary, albeit large, stone door. As he gets near the door, he can start to make out the far wall of what is now clearly a large room, making the room roughly square-shaped, just under 100 feet or so per side. He can also make out one more stone door on the far wall, directly opposite the opening that leads to the outside in the south wall.

[lord of pixies]

Grog Iornbuckle

"and what, elf, would the problem with a headstrong dwarf!?" grog mutters to himself as he walks up to bones. "whats up with the door? anything interesting?" he asks. focusing more on the stonework of the door than what this elf has to say.