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Allow it? I'm encouraging it!

DM
Davroar takes out several pieces of food and starts to form a link with the current alpha. In a moment the wolf is eating out of his hand. He can only charm one of the wolves but these are pack animals and with the alpha in tow and the other two getting a bite to eat, they calm down enough for them to allow Davroar into the cave to release them. Once released they sprint away. The cave is now empty. What do you all do?

OOC: Everyone take 25 XPts!!!

Jaliera

She watches as Davroar makes friends with the wolves, truly impressed with how he handles the situation. She looks around and whispers to the others.

"Should we explore further into the cave?"

She doesn't like the idea of entering a narrow passage leaving an unknown area at their back.

Kriv

He nodded appreciatively to the human: It turned out that was quicker, quieter and less wasteful of resources. He stowed his bow and readied his maul once more, then listened to Jaliera.

"Sensible. Make sure we can't get flanked as we go in. Chandan, shine a light into the dark depths?"

Chandan

"Ah, this is most benificent." He says, watching the wolves pad down the tunnel into the light of day.

"Impressive technique." The old man tells Davroar with utter surety.

The Dragonborn asks for light, Chandan nods.

"I will be your torchbearer, Kriv Norixius." He replies softly, raising the flickering brand to the darkness.

Kriv

With Chandan providing light, he saw if there was anything to see.

Kriv search
AJ rolled 1d20+1 and got 18

DM
Kriv starts looking around and sees A narrow opening in the east wall leads to a natural chimney that climbs up. Garbage is scatterd at the base of the fissure.

Davroar

Seeing the wolves run free, he walks back inside with a thankful smile for everyone that gave him the time to do this his way.

With the wolves gone he will help in checking out the cave.

Active perception d20+3 = 16

Jaliera

She too will help in searching the cave area but also keeps looking over her shoulder, worried about further goblin attacks.

Perception 1d20+4 = 7

DM

Aside from the fissure, there's nothing else to find here.

Kriv

After pointing it out to everyone, He looked at the detritus beneath the chimney, to see if it had been disturbed recently, or if this was an unused route out.

Kallista

She enters the cave and moves over to the chimney pointed out by others. She examines the trash at it's base, and then looks up to see if there is anything to see.

(OOC - If yuo need a Perception Check:

Kallista Perception
Zeim rolled d20 and got 17)

DM

Kriv studies the garbage and can see that some is old, some is new. He also suspects that it could be used as an escape route or back-door. To use it to get in, one would need to climb up. He cannot see where it leads to or how high up it goes. Even when he shines a torch up there he can tell it's at least 10-15 up but it's a natural fissure and has some bends in it.

Kriv

"Could be an escape route, would take some time to navigate."

He looked at the smaller members of the party calculatingly.

"It may be worth scouting, but not essential to our mission at this time."

Chandan

"Ah so. Could they fit an angry dwarf up there? If not, our quarry we find elsewhere."

Davroar

"Perhaps it is what it appears to be. A garbage dump for the denizens above, and scraps for the wolves."

Kriv

"Which says 'Shortcut" rather than "Escape route"."

Jaliera

"The goblins lair may be located higher up in the mountain. This might be their quick exit route, allowing them to slide down."

She thinks a bit more.

"The debris might be there to make a softer landing. We could move it or leave a nastier surprise maybe, though that might take time."

Davroar

"What about the dead goblins unused arrows outside. Shouldn't take too long to break the arrow heads off and hide them just under this refuse with the pointy ends up."

While it wouldn't kill, it should make it difficult to walk or at least slow them up.

Jaliera

"And it might make more of a noise which could act as a warning if we are nearby."

She looks around the others to see if they want to take up the idea or not. At least she and Davroar are thinking alike.

Kriv

He nodded assent, and indicated towards the cave mouth.

"So long as we don't have to trigger it on our way out. In which case those of us with armoured feet go first. Other than that, good idea, covers our flank and lets us continue."

Kallista

She simply observes with a bemused expression on her face.

Chandan

He looks at Kallista, then back to the others.

Davroar

"No one's against it? Come on Jaliera, shouldn't take too long to do this."

He will step back outside and go over to the dead goblins bodies to find as many arrows as he can. Once he has a good handful of them, he will use the stalagmite as leverage to snap off the arrow heads with his foot.

His father had taught him how to build and disguise small animal traps when he was younger, so he will try his best to hide the broken arrow heads in the refuse in the most likely spots a goblin or two would step when coming down the rock chimney.

Jaliera

She happily follows Davroar outside and watches what he is doing. Once she has the idea she joins in, gathering her own small pile of arrowheads which she then gives to Davroar.

"That was a neat trick with the wolves."