He hears the results of the young man's work with the wolves and is glad to hear they won't be at his back. Some might have wandered back to see what they were doing next, but Karok was a disciplined soldier so he kept his watch up the tunnel in case the noise they were making drew the enemy to them.
He gives a bit of a sheepish smile as he says to Jaliera, "Thanks, but I did use some magic to charm the leader. Once I had him, I knew the other two would follow."
Taking the arrow heads that Jaliera collected, he says, "Good. We should have enough to cause a bare foot goblin a bit of pain if it comes down this way."
She is blushing slightly, having spoken to him and getting a reply. She is young and not so used to interaction with others, particularly ones she finds attractive.
Dutifully she follows him back inside, again watching what he does and then kneeling beside him to do the same.
As they return, the Dragonborn watches them implacably, wondering if he'd given them too much leeway. Since they weren't presently under attack, it seemed an affordable expenditure of time, but they needed to continue.
"If you're done, form up in the main passage and we'll move on."
And so you proceed in your marching order. As you fall into line, Karok leads the team up the tunnel. As you move forward you see that across from you, on the other side or the rushing stream, is a side passage that heads off to the west. It's entrance is choked with rubble and has a steep escarpment.
In the shadows of the ceiling to the north you can just make out the dim shape of a rickety bridge of wood and rope crossing over the passage ahead of you. Another passage (east-west) intersects this one, twenty feet above the floor.
Karok and Kriv, please give me perception rolls (1d20+wis adj)
Around the corner? How far she wonders trying to decide if she needs to change to her bow or stay with the sword. She is at the back of the group so bow might be a better option initially as it might be unlikely she will get to a sword fight straight away, then at least she can contribute. She sheathes her sword and draws a bow.
As she is at the rear and that goblins might enter behind them or from any side turnings, she keeps a watch behind and her ears peeled.
He blinks. The torchlight will carry far in these caverns, especially reflecting off the bubbling surface of the stream.
Pondering this Chandan decided that there was very little that could go well for them, and a great deal that could go badly. He didn't share this thought, but did mumble in his native tongue something about needing a drink.
He winds the silk scarf tighter around his neck and ambles along after the others, a loose grip on the half of his spear. It may need to be thrown.
Unconsciously his hands tighten on his quarterstaff has he follows along. He keeps in the same footsteps as the person in front of him to avoid setting off any traps, while at the same time keeping his eyes on that upper connecting passageway.
DM Proceeding onwards, you carefully move further along the passage until you reach a spot directly under the bridge. You can see it is poorly constructed of broken boards and tattered rope. It spans an east-west passage that is a full 20 feet up above you in the corridor. The stream, and the path you are on pass underneath the bridge.
As the group pauses under the bridge to decide what to do next, you can see that the stream passage continues up beyond another set of uneven steps ahead, bending eastward as it goes. You can hear the sounds of a waterfall from somewhere up ahead of you, as well as the sound of rhythmic banging which suddenly stops as you pause to listen. The rickety bridge connecting the two tunnels is 20 feet above you.
Just as you note the end of the rhythmic banging, it is replaced by a tremendous ROAR that fills the passageway, along with a huge rushing wall of water that comes barreling down the passage from up ahead of you! What are you doing? If you are trying to grab hold of something, give me a strength check. If you are near an exit and trying to tumble away, give me a dex check.
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She hears the roar of water and knows she only has a moment to make a decision. She can try to grab onto the rocks, but she worries the water will overcome the strength of her grasp. There is the cave where the wolves were, and it is only a short distance behind her, so she turns and runs as fast as she can for that cave, leaping for the steps at the entrance.
(OOC - Being at the rear, I presume if the front of the group is at the bridge then she is still somewhat near the entrance to cave #3. So she will try to jump into cave #3)
Without a moment's hesitation, he tried to firmly wedge his maul at an angle between the wall and floor, and held on as if his life depended upon it...
OOC: I should have posted a tactical...so I did and edited my last post. The bridge links two passages on either side. Karok and Kriv are right under it.
Upon hearing the rushing water, he will immediately turn and make a run for the tunnels exit and plans to break to his left away from the natural course of the stream. Once outside the confines of the tunnel the water should lose a significant amount of its force. In any case he figures its better to be moving with the water than trying to stay still and potentially get hurt with any debris coming at him.
As soon as he knew what was coming, Karok knew he could not get out of the way. He could only hope he could avoid being tossed down the corridor into his companions. He dug in his heels and pressed his back against the side of the tunnel, bringing his shield up in front of himself at an angle hoping to deflect the water away from him.
I believe you can do so if the specific Stat used for the Save is one your class gives you "Training" in, correct? IOW, for example, if your class says you have Proficiency in Wis and Dex and you are making a Str check you can't add your Prof bonus, but you can to a Dex check.
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