Dungeon Level 1

[Monsieur Rose]

Lika

Lika hangs back at the first intersection, scanning both paths. He takes some time to examine the floating candle, checking for heat or wax droppings. "Interesting. Superfluous use of magic suggests someone or someones of decent power reside nearby. Be wary of traps."

[Marullus]

Just clarifying: I thought we agreed on the small tunnel, not the doors? That's where Unari and Gruuthuk said, and I concurred?

Nella keeps her bow in-hand, the coin still fastened to her bodice. She carefully examines the hallway for traps, secrets, and surprises following as closely behind the scouts as they allow.

[dmw71]

Just clarifying: I thought we agreed on the small tunnel, not the doors? That's where Unari and Gruuthuk said, and I concurred?

I saw a mixture of responses, but my overall impression was that the tunnel was to be avoided?

The general consensus is to at least check beyond the set of double doors and avoid the more cramped tunnel.

I figured I would just have the group gather an initial impression of what is beyond the doors... without formally committing the group to that direction.

Feel free to clarify the direction the group elects to pursue and I will reflect in the next update.

[Marullus]

Okay. IC, I am following Unari and Gruthuuk, so OOC I consider it up to them to choose.

[dmw71]

I will try to update this game again tomorrow.

[Scott308]

Gruuthuk

The bugbear begins looking for footprints of anyone who may have gone through the door, ideally before his party members make tracks of their own.

Investigation: [1d20+4]=14+4=18
Just in case: [1d20]=4

[dmw71]

Tracks

One interesting observation that Gruuthuk makes while investigating the foot of the door, and the area immediately outside of it, is that the hallway itself is clean. Clean, in that it is conspicuously free of dust and debris.

Inside the current room, and in pretty much every other area explored thus far, there has been an expected amount of normal dirt and wear. Details that provide the faint hints of tracks in the first place.

This normal level of dirtiness is absent in the hallway beyond the doors.


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I may very well have overlooked an action or detail from before the confusion over which direction the group was going to take.

Feel free to restate, as needed.

No map update.



Actions?

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Date: 13 Blossomtide 584
Time: 06:38

Light Sources

1. Bullseye Lantern (Duration: 6 Hours) (Nella, Carried by Lika) (Extinguished: 13 Blossomtide @ 11:15)
   (Note: A bullseye lantern casts bright light in a 60-foot cone and dim light for an additional 60 feet.)
2. Lit Coin (Duration: 1 Hour) (Xanlanan, Carried by Nella) (Extinguished: 13 Blossomtide @ 07:19)
   (Note: Until the spell ends, the object sheds bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet.)

Conditions/Spells in Effect:

1. None

Marching Order
Scout
Unari

5-Foot
Unari
Gruuthuk
Lika
Xanlanan
Nella

10-Foot
Unari | Gruuthuk
Nella
Lika | Xanlanan


Character Details

> Scott308 | Gruuthuk (Male)
Race: Bugbear | Class: Rogue (5) | Archetype: Assassin | Background: Criminal (Spy)
PHB+1: VGtM | Size: Medium | Speed: 30' | Reach: 5' (10') | Darkvision: 60' | AC: 16 (FF: 13) | HD (1d8): 5
* HP: 36-3 = 33
Rations: 10, 9 | Water: 2, 1 | Weapons: Rapier, Dagger, Shortbow (20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15)
Languages: Common, Goblin, Thieves’ Cant | Passive Perception: 13
Features: Assassinate | Cunning Action | Expertise | Sneak Attack (3d6) | Surprise Attack | Uncanny Dodge

• Feats: Dual Wielder
  Spells: None

> Marullus | Nella (Female)
Race: Variant Human | Class: Monk (5) | Monastic Tradition: Way of the Kensei | Background: Noble (Baroness)
PHB+1: XGtE | Size: Medium | Speed: 40' | Reach: 5' | Darkvision: No | AC: 16 (18) (FF: 10) | HD (1d8): 5
* HP: 29-6 = 23
Rations: 10, 9 | Water: 2, 1 | Weapons: Longsword*, Dagger, Longbow* (40, 39, 38, 36, 37)
Languages: Common, Sylvan, Undercommon | Passive Perception: 21
Features: Deflect Missiles | Extra Attack | Ki | Martial Arts | Path of the Kensei* | Slow Fall | Unarmored Defense | Unarmored Movement

• Feats: Healer, Observant
  Spells: None
  Healing Kits:
  1. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6
  2. 10
  3. 10
  4. 10
  Ki Points: 5, 4 (Short) | Ki Save DC: 14
  Deflect Missiles Attack | Flurry of Blows | Patient Defense | Step of the Wind | Stunning Strike

> Monsieur Rose | Pilikia liʻiliʻi "Lika" (Male)
Race: Aarakocra | Class: Warlock (5) | Patron: The Celestial | Background: Criminal (Spy)
PHB+1: XGtE | Size: Medium | Speed: 25' (Fly: 50') | Reach: 5' | Darkvision: No | AC: 14 (FF: 12) | HD (1d8): 5
* HP: 39
Rations: 10, 9+4 = 13 | Water: 1, 0 | Weapons: Boomerang, Club, Talons
Languages: Aarakocra, Auran, Common | Passive Perception: 12
Features: Bonus Cantrip | Expanded Spell List | Healing Light: 6 (Long) | Otherworldly Patron | Pact Boon | Pact Magic

• Feats: Actor
  Eldritch Invocations: Agonizing Blast, Book of Ancient Secrets, Repelling Blast
  
  Spellcasting Ability: Cha +3 | Spell Attack: +6 | Save DC: 14 | Spells Known: 6 | Slot Level: 3rd
  ---
  Cantrips (3+5): Eldritch Blast, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion + Guidance, Light, Sacred Flame, Shape Water, Shillelagh
  Spells (6 @ 3rd-level): Armor of Agathys, Cure Wounds, Hex, Dispel Magic, Summon Lesser Demons, Thunder Step
  ---
  Spell Slots: 2 (Short)

> Rex | Unari (Female)
Race: Stout Halfling | Class: Ranger (5) | Archetype: Gloom Stalker | Background: Outlander
PHB+1: XGtE | Size: Medium | Speed: 30' (40')| Reach: 5' | Darkvision: 60' | AC: 19 (FF: 15) | HD (1d10): 5
* HP: 42
Rations: 5, 4 | Water: 1, 0 | Weapons: Rapier, Shortbow (20, 19, 18, 15, 17)
Languages: Common, Deep Speech, Elvish, Halfling | Passive Perception: 15
Features: Dread Ambusher | Extra Attack | Favored Enemy (Elves, Goblinoids) | Fighting Style | Gloom Stalker Magic | Natural Explorer (Underdark) | Primeval Awareness | Spellcasting | Umbral Sight

• Feats: Squat Nimbleness
  Spellcasting Ability: Wis +2 | Spell Attack: +5 | Save DC: 13
  ---
  1st (2+1): Cure Wounds, Hunter's Mark + Disguise Self
  2nd: (2+1): Lesser Restoration, Silence + Rope Trick
  ---
  Spell Slots: 1st: 4, 2nd: 2 (Long)

> ravenn454 | Xanlanan (Male)
Race: Half-Elf | Class: Sorcerer (5) | Origin: Wild Magic | Background: Archaeologist
PHB+1: XGtE | Size: Medium | Speed: 30' | Reach: 5' | Darkvision: 60' | AC: 12 (FF: 10) | HD (1d8): 5
* HP: 33-9 = 24-6 = 18
Rations: 10, 9 | Water: 1, 0.5 | Weapons: Dagger, Crossbow (30)
Languages: Abyssal, Common, Elvish, Undercommon | Passive Perception: 14
Features: Font of Magic | Sorcerous Origin | Spellcasting | Tides of Chaos: 1 (Long) | Wild Magic Surge

• Feats: None
  Metamagic: Quickened Spell, Twinned Spell
  
  Spellcasting Ability: Cha +4 | Spell Attack: +7 | Save DC: 15 | Spells Known: 6 | Sorcery Points: 5-2 = 3 (Long)
  ---
  Cantrips (5): Fire Bolt, Frostbite, Light, Mage Hand, Shocking Grasp
  1st: Chaos Bolt, Magic Missile, Sleep
  2nd: Mind Spike, Web
  3rd: Melf's Minute Meteors
  ---
  Spell Slots: 1st: 4, 3 | 2nd: 3 | 3rd: 2 (Long)

Watch Schedule
Watch: Armored
Sleep: No medium or heavy armor unless specifically declared.

Sleeping in Armor

Sleeping in light armor has no adverse effect on the wearer, but sleeping in medium or heavy armor makes it difficult to recover fully during a long rest.

When you finish a long rest during which you slept in medium or heavy armor, you regain only one quarter of your spent Hit Dice (minimum of one die). If you have any levels of exhaustion, the rest doesn’t reduce your exhaustion level.

First Shift (Three Hours: 21:00-24:00)
T.B.D.

Second Shift (Three Hours: 01:00-03:00)
T.B.D.

Third Shift (Three Hours: 03:00-06:00)
T.B.D.

Rolls
None.

[Scott308]

Gruuthuk

After investigating the start of the hallway, the bugbear reports his findings to the others. Hallway clean. Everywhere else was dirty. Who sweeps dungeon?

Just in case: [1d20]=20

[Rex]

Unari

"Excellent question, do we want to continue this way?"

As needed [1d20]=6

[Marullus]

"Someone for whom such magical expenditure is trivial," replies Baroness Nella, obviously her curiosity is piqued. "Such a being is likely intelligent enough to be reasoned with and well provisioned, but we have no assurance that it will go favorably. Our immediate need is to find water and rest. If this goes well, they may provide water, but would we trust them enough to rest there, or anywhere nearby, given the casual display of power? If we turn course and follow the goblins, we are more assured that we can secure ourselves after overpowering them and finding their water source."

She pauses only a moment, then adds, "I hope, however, that such a magician would be worth conversation, though, and know more about the art that these goblins are defacing... as well as avenues for later egress from this part of the dungeon."

[Monsieur Rose]

Lika

"The meeting of civilized inhabitants intrigues me. That the kobolds aren't fouling the area could mean that they don't dare come here, or maybe an invisible servant is cleaning up after them. Perhaps the creator is long gone, and only remnants remain." He is much more pleased with their current area and glad to not be discussing the cramped tunnel.

"I would like to examine this area, but again, beware of traps."

If Needed: [1d20]=12

[dmw71]

Still waiting on actions for:

Xanlanan

And... any/everyone else. It still isn't clear to me which direction the group wants to continue.

No rush.

[ravenn4544]

Xanlanan offers his perspective, "'the road less traveled' a mentor of mine once said. What new interesting thing is there to find or learn from the well-worn path? Now, the question here, however, is which road is the one less travelled, eh? Is it this path that seems to have been carved out of solid stone or is it the door that has been here for as long as this dungeon has been created? Hmmm... I am interested to see where this small path winds to as well. It could be that it gets us past this formidable looking door anyway!"

[Scott308]

Gruuthuk

I don't like clean dungeon. Say we check dead body in tunnel.

Just in case: [1d20]=19

[Rex]

Unari

"Agreed, the body in the tunnel first."

As needed [1d20]=1

[Marullus]

Nella concurs with the scouts and adjusts her art easel to more easily fit in the smaller space. She puts away her bow and holds the lit coin and her sword in front of her as they explore forward to the next chamber...

As Needed Roll [1d20]=11[1d20]=13

Once there, she will observe for anything untoward in the chamber and use her medical knowledge to look at the body.

[dmw71]

Dead Goblin
The group elects to forego pursuing the clean, candlelit hallway and instead chooses to explore the rough tunnel, and the previously spotted dead goblin body.

With Unari leading the way, the group winds through the mined passage, which isn't quite as cramped as was feared.

While the tunnel walls, and floor, and ceiling surfaces are all well worn and roughly cut, and the width and height reflect this "freshly carved" appearance as they vary in size, but typically measure at least 5-feet in either direction.

The halfling scout wraps around the turn she previously just peered beyond and now is afforded a closer inspection of the area ahead.

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Three pickaxes and two shovels rest atop piles of rubble at the opposite mouth of the roughly 5-foot-wide by 5-foot-high tunnel that meanders through collapsed stone.

At the opposite end of the newly mined tunnel is a continuation -- or new/different branch -- of the normal, "dirty" tunnels that the group had previously been traversing.

Along the left side of this newly exposed hallway lies the body of a goblin... its skull caved in as its head appears to have been completely smashed by something blunt. Any blood from the injury is dried suggesting the creature met its fate some time ago.


This new hallway is L-shaped, with a branch exiting off to the right.



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Actions?

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Date: 13 Blossomtide 584
Time: 06:41

Light Sources

1. Bullseye Lantern (Duration: 6 Hours) (Nella, Carried by Lika) (Extinguished: 13 Blossomtide @ 11:15)
   (Note: A bullseye lantern casts bright light in a 60-foot cone and dim light for an additional 60 feet.)
2. Lit Coin (Duration: 1 Hour) (Xanlanan, Carried by Nella) (Extinguished: 13 Blossomtide @ 07:19)
   (Note: Until the spell ends, the object sheds bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet.)

Conditions/Spells in Effect:

1. None

Marching Order
Scout
Unari

5-Foot
Unari
Gruuthuk
Lika
Xanlanan
Nella

10-Foot
Unari | Gruuthuk
Nella
Lika | Xanlanan


Character Details

> Scott308 | Gruuthuk (Male)
Race: Bugbear | Class: Rogue (5) | Archetype: Assassin | Background: Criminal (Spy)
PHB+1: VGtM | Size: Medium | Speed: 30' | Reach: 5' (10') | Darkvision: 60' | AC: 16 (FF: 13) | HD (1d8): 5
* HP: 36-3 = 33
Rations: 10, 9 | Water: 2, 1 | Weapons: Rapier, Dagger, Shortbow (20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15)
Languages: Common, Goblin, Thieves’ Cant | Passive Perception: 13
Features: Assassinate | Cunning Action | Expertise | Sneak Attack (3d6) | Surprise Attack | Uncanny Dodge

• Feats: Dual Wielder
  Spells: None

> Marullus | Nella (Female)
Race: Variant Human | Class: Monk (5) | Monastic Tradition: Way of the Kensei | Background: Noble (Baroness)
PHB+1: XGtE | Size: Medium | Speed: 40' | Reach: 5' | Darkvision: No | AC: 16 (18) (FF: 10) | HD (1d8): 5
* HP: 29-6 = 23
Rations: 10, 9 | Water: 2, 1 | Weapons: Longsword*, Dagger, Longbow* (40, 39, 38, 36, 37)
Languages: Common, Sylvan, Undercommon | Passive Perception: 21
Features: Deflect Missiles | Extra Attack | Ki | Martial Arts | Path of the Kensei* | Slow Fall | Unarmored Defense | Unarmored Movement

• Feats: Healer, Observant
  Spells: None
  Healing Kits:
  1. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6
  2. 10
  3. 10
  4. 10
  Ki Points: 5, 4 (Short) | Ki Save DC: 14
  Deflect Missiles Attack | Flurry of Blows | Patient Defense | Step of the Wind | Stunning Strike

> Monsieur Rose | Pilikia liʻiliʻi "Lika" (Male)
Race: Aarakocra | Class: Warlock (5) | Patron: The Celestial | Background: Criminal (Spy)
PHB+1: XGtE | Size: Medium | Speed: 25' (Fly: 50') | Reach: 5' | Darkvision: No | AC: 14 (FF: 12) | HD (1d8): 5
* HP: 39
Rations: 10, 9+4 = 13 | Water: 1, 0 | Weapons: Boomerang, Club, Talons
Languages: Aarakocra, Auran, Common | Passive Perception: 12
Features: Bonus Cantrip | Expanded Spell List | Healing Light: 6 (Long) | Otherworldly Patron | Pact Boon | Pact Magic

• Feats: Actor
  Eldritch Invocations: Agonizing Blast, Book of Ancient Secrets, Repelling Blast
  
  Spellcasting Ability: Cha +3 | Spell Attack: +6 | Save DC: 14 | Spells Known: 6 | Slot Level: 3rd
  ---
  Cantrips (3+5): Eldritch Blast, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion + Guidance, Light, Sacred Flame, Shape Water, Shillelagh
  Spells (6 @ 3rd-level): Armor of Agathys, Cure Wounds, Hex, Dispel Magic, Summon Lesser Demons, Thunder Step
  ---
  Spell Slots: 2 (Short)

> Rex | Unari (Female)
Race: Stout Halfling | Class: Ranger (5) | Archetype: Gloom Stalker | Background: Outlander
PHB+1: XGtE | Size: Medium | Speed: 30' (40')| Reach: 5' | Darkvision: 60' | AC: 19 (FF: 15) | HD (1d10): 5
* HP: 42
Rations: 5, 4 | Water: 1, 0 | Weapons: Rapier, Shortbow (20, 19, 18, 15, 17)
Languages: Common, Deep Speech, Elvish, Halfling | Passive Perception: 15
Features: Dread Ambusher | Extra Attack | Favored Enemy (Elves, Goblinoids) | Fighting Style | Gloom Stalker Magic | Natural Explorer (Underdark) | Primeval Awareness | Spellcasting | Umbral Sight

• Feats: Squat Nimbleness
  Spellcasting Ability: Wis +2 | Spell Attack: +5 | Save DC: 13
  ---
  1st (2+1): Cure Wounds, Hunter's Mark + Disguise Self
  2nd: (2+1): Lesser Restoration, Silence + Rope Trick
  ---
  Spell Slots: 1st: 4, 2nd: 2 (Long)

> ravenn454 | Xanlanan (Male)
Race: Half-Elf | Class: Sorcerer (5) | Origin: Wild Magic | Background: Archaeologist
PHB+1: XGtE | Size: Medium | Speed: 30' | Reach: 5' | Darkvision: 60' | AC: 12 (FF: 10) | HD (1d8): 5
* HP: 33-9 = 24-6 = 18
Rations: 10, 9 | Water: 1, 0.5 | Weapons: Dagger, Crossbow (30)
Languages: Abyssal, Common, Elvish, Undercommon | Passive Perception: 14
Features: Font of Magic | Sorcerous Origin | Spellcasting | Tides of Chaos: 1 (Long) | Wild Magic Surge

• Feats: None
  Metamagic: Quickened Spell, Twinned Spell
  
  Spellcasting Ability: Cha +4 | Spell Attack: +7 | Save DC: 15 | Spells Known: 6 | Sorcery Points: 5-2 = 3 (Long)
  ---
  Cantrips (5): Fire Bolt, Frostbite, Light, Mage Hand, Shocking Grasp
  1st: Chaos Bolt, Magic Missile, Sleep
  2nd: Mind Spike, Web
  3rd: Melf's Minute Meteors
  ---
  Spell Slots: 1st: 4, 3 | 2nd: 3 | 3rd: 2 (Long)

Watch Schedule
Watch: Armored
Sleep: No medium or heavy armor unless specifically declared.

Sleeping in Armor

Sleeping in light armor has no adverse effect on the wearer, but sleeping in medium or heavy armor makes it difficult to recover fully during a long rest.

When you finish a long rest during which you slept in medium or heavy armor, you regain only one quarter of your spent Hit Dice (minimum of one die). If you have any levels of exhaustion, the rest doesn’t reduce your exhaustion level.

First Shift (Three Hours: 21:00-24:00)
T.B.D.

Second Shift (Three Hours: 01:00-03:00)
T.B.D.

Third Shift (Three Hours: 03:00-06:00)
T.B.D.

Rolls
None.

[Rex]

Unari

Unari will creep forward and check around the corner to see what is ahead, letting those behind her check the body.

As needed [1d20]=9

[Marullus]

Nella will observe for anything untoward in the chamber and use her medical knowledge to look at the body.

As Needed Roll [1d20]=9[1d20]=4

[Monsieur Rose]

Lika

Once free of the uncramped corridor, she unfurls her wings and stretches. "Interesting. Looks like someone needed a shortcut."

"Lead on."

If Needed: [1d20]=8