[Game Thread] Chapter 1: The Ancient Hall

[Lord Snow]

The group set off through the cavern following the bubbling hot spring that meandered its way deeper and deeper into darkness. Even those with dark vision more potent than the humans could see no end in sight. As you walk several glowing torch bugs buzz up to you and circle around your head before flying off again. You pass several more clusters of mosses and mushrooms, the likes of which you have never seen before...

[Duderk]

"Hey, do any of you see that?" Shelton stops and bends down over some of the moss, looking at it intently, Perception 19obviously studying something. Standing up, Shelton nods with a smile; "We are going the right way, someone has been through here recently, and walked along here" As he speaks, Shelton gestures at the moss on the floor as if it were a sign of the guards passage.

"It looks like they continued along that way" with a gesture in the The direction is slightly dependent on DM confirmation...direction they were moving, Shelton sets off, more accurately, Boot prints in the moss, but Shelton forgot to mention that there were Boot prints to anyone.following the moss.

[Avonic]

Moving at the back of the party, Nebin stops every few yards and bends over a bit of clearly visible moss, ripping at the strands of it he ties it into a upright knot and moves on.
"This way we'll know for sure the way back, just follow to knots of moss."

[Tarek]

"What are you seeing? Even I can't pick out anything different then the next patch." Boryn grumbles, still following Shelton. "We are never going to get out of here alive. I can already feel that."

[Duderk]

"This right here, there is a boot print in the moss, look at the edges right here, and you might be able to see it." As he speaks, Shelton is showing a line along the moss, trying to highlight the boot print that he sees in the moss. Assist perception roll 21! should work to help boost everyone's perception a touchAs he points it out, the boot print seems to stand out a bit more then it would normally.

[Qerps]

Henrick studied the mosses and mushrooms as well. Not to see who walked through them before, but to find out whether any of them had basically looking if there's anything that I could potentially use in a ritualunusual or exceptional properties. If so, he would quickly harvest some of it.

[Tarek]

"Ah, you must have gifted eyes, or I am utterly unskilled in tracking men." Boryn replies with a smile. "Atleast we know we are going in the correct direction. Anything else stick out? Might want to take advantage of what we are seeing"

[Duderk]

"Nothing else that I can see. Though I will admit that I cannot see everything; just have a few years tracking in the wilds have taught me a few things about how the Men of the North leave evidence of their passage." Shelton shrugs as he stands up, before he comments: "Still, the guards are well ahead of us, it would be prudent to move forward quickly and see what has come of them."

[Anea]

The dwarf nods and says, "Let's go then." Harnix moves on, following the moss prints as well as he could.

[Lord Snow]

Henrick picks up a few high quality specimens from among the mosses and mushrooms and tucks them into a pouch. The maester was sure that these rare ingredients could be used as magical components.

Shelton veers off from the stream and heads right following the path of boot prints he has discovered among the mosses. After a hundred feet you enter a grotty of huge mushrooms which tower over even the top of Roberts head. To the dwarf and halfing they appear as monoliths.

Then suddenly there is the unmistakable ring of steel ahead... and men shouting! "Behind you!" a man yells. "Kill it! Kill it!" yells another. A little further on and not visble amongst the mushrooms of the grotto, a battle has been joined!

[Duderk]

"The guards are under attack! We must aid them!" Shelton slides his swords out of their sheathes, and spends a few moments trying to figure out what direction the words and clash of steel came from. Taking a slightly curved path, Shelton attempts to circle around the battlefield slightly and come at the I realized I should add a stealth check.

Dice stealth from enemies, not hiding from allies:

d20+7

(11)+7

Total = 18

fight from a different angle then his companions; but never moving far enough from them that he cannot see them.

[Anea]

The song of steel rang through the mushrooms to Harnix and his blood boiled at the sound. Time to rock and roll. The dwarf set his shield and readied his hammer as he looked to the rest of the group. "Don't be hasty, just because we hear voices doesn't mean those are the men we are to save. It could be that crazy elf that got loose." Harnix looked ahead and moved forward to engage with caution.

[Avonic]

"My life is far too interesting" the halfling silently complained.
Seeing his companions charging to the fray, he dodged off to the side, following Shelton's path.
With his hood drawn up and head low, the halfling would be Stealth:

Dice Roll:

d20+12

(6)+12

Total = 18

nearly invisible in the mushroom thicket.
"They'll never see us coming, until it's too late" he grinned, drawing his glittering blade.

[Tarek]

Reaching into his pouch, Boryn readies a handful of seeds. "By the sounds of metal on metal. There is more then just one elf..." he whispers sticking close behind Shelton.

[Qerps]

Henrick dug in his pockets for his orb. "And even if it is that crazy elf, he is still fighting someone. Guards or not, it might be people we wish to help." The Maester would not take the lead, but if the others moved towards the fight he would follow.