[DFRPG] Crawl! IC

[vicious Violence]

Vic posts himself besides the secret passage, sword at the ready, leaving enough space for Bain to run out and close the way for any pursuers.

[ajardoor]

Bain wisely checks the door for boobytraps and, finding no such dangers, stealthily opens it.

The next few rooms beyond...are abandoned, apparently picked clean. The room on the other side of the door (looking back, it is apparent the door on this side is also disguised and secret) is a square storage room that has been emptied of contents. The doors out of the room led to a rectangular place (it looks like it used to be quite lived in) and a square landing at the bottom of corridor-stairs which go up to another bigger abandoned room (perhaps an old living quarters?).

Scuffs on the floor tell a tale of furniture being relocated. Blood stains are very common.

The corridor to the biggest abandoned room splits off to the east, ending in another door. The door resembles the one the party entered from, perhaps another secret passage. Lots of dirty footprints are on the floor of the corridor going to the door.

[Hide]

Provided there are no traps, Bain carefully checks the tracks on the room, (12+1) 13 and uses this information to invest himself in the search for additional clues (observation 13+2/15). Could we say that our previous enemies took this route to escape from us?

[ericthered]

Telrith will take the fire poker and scatter the various parts of the fire under the smoking Pot.


is there any furniture or tools at all in the "picked clean" area?

[ajardoor]

Originally Posted by ericthered

Telrith will take the fire poker and scatter the various parts of the fire under the smoking Pot.

is there any furniture or tools at all in the "picked clean" area?

Telrith fiddles with the fire.
(OC: Are you trying to put it out or what?)
No tools. Just big furniture.

Originally Posted by Hide

Provided there are no traps, Bain carefully checks the tracks on the room, (12+1) 13 and uses this information to invest himself in the search for additional clues (observation 13+2/15). Could we say that our previous enemies took this route to escape from us?

Not to escape from YOU, no. The tracks are just a little too old for that.
The tracks definitely imply hobgoblins were moving around these rooms, and through the doors you found, though. Otherwise, the stuff in the rooms are obviously leftovers from people packing it up and moving out - no essential supplies or tools are to be found, mostly just furniture too big or heavy to move in a rush.

[Hide]

Bain wonders about the time they have spent at the dungeon, as he observes the room more carefully and closely 14 (11) with the intend of revealing any hidden details.

This time he also asks Mihrimah and Vicious for help, directing their efforts using the previous inspection (tracking).

[ajardoor]

Bain, annoyed, realizes that he sees no signs of fun or profitable hidden stuff in these rooms.

Perhaps in the rooms beyond...but the risk is greater, as the hobgoblins have almost certainly kept an eye on the doors in and out of here if this was their old home.

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by ajardoor

Telrith fiddles with the fire.
(OC: Are you trying to put it out or what?)
No tools. Just big furniture.

Yeah, I'm trying to put it out.



How big is the furniture? how much of it is there? is it of any quality? is it just made of bare wood?


Could we get someone sneaky to listen at the door with all the footprints leading to it?

[ajardoor]

Originally Posted by ericthered

Yeah, I'm trying to put it out.

How big is the furniture? how much of it is there? is it of any quality? is it just made of bare wood?

Could we get someone sneaky to listen at the door with all the footprints leading to it?

The fire goes out, leaving the liquid to cool down and settle.

The furniture looks human-sized. It is not particularly clean or new, but it was professionally crafted, once upon a time. Probably stolen from a raided merchant caravan. The wood used in the furniture was been well-cut and covered with fabrics.

Yes. Who wants to make the Stealth and Listen rolls?

[Hide]

Bain makes sure there are no traps ahead (14) 10; Then he moves forward, very carefully, stealthily (16+1) 11 and spies on the room (13) 7.