Tanyl smiles.  It's not a broad smile; it's a small smile but unmistakably present.

"Thank you again," he says.

When he finishes his food (while it's still hot) he checks the rope.

When everyone is done, Delta washes the dishes and her utensils and packs everything up.

Once done, she will check her weapons, and her lantern. She is soon ready to descend.

A check of the rope ladder finds that is it in good strong shape and well secured.  It appears that if lowered, it will reach the mouth of the cave but not much past it.

ooc: jfyi,  Brother Matthias will not be joining you on this particular adventure. His real person is very busy with RL stuff, he will hopefully rejoin at a later date once things calm down for him and his family. 

Tanyl reports his assessment to the others.

"Thank you Tanyl, I trust your assessment of these things far more than I do my own. Shall we?"


She heads over to the rope and prepares to follow Janek.

Janek will climb down the rope ladder, being careful for traps.

Vala goes last, keeping watch on their position just in case (even if an attack from this direction seems unlikely.) Before following the others she tests her bastard sword, making sure the edge is as keen as ever.

Janek makes his way down the rope ladder with relative ease.  The wind coming off the sea makes it impossible for him to hear much of anything other than wind and the occasional sea bird, but he figures that goes also to cover his own noise.  At the edge of the mouth of the cave, he leans down and takes a few quick looks inside.

While he can only see see the main part of the cave, not towards either side, he does see a large natural looking cave.  It is perhaps sixty feet deep, with two columns of stone going from floor to ceiling.  It has near the back, some natural looking terrace steps, that rise up making for a higher platform of perhaps 15 feet across, almost like a natural stage. All around there are small boulders that are covered in thick moss and tight grasses, the floor glistens with moisture.  The cave, being where it is, is probably always very damp.

Middle of the cave, there is a small fire and two hobgoblins are sitting, cooking fish. They do not notice they have company yet.

Is there ledge enough for Delta to join Janek?

Janek will put up two fingers so the party can see it.  He will move along the wall just enough to let Delta land and whisper close, _"Hobbos"  He will then move further in, using the wall as cover as much as possible.

Taking a peek, Delta considers her options.

Slowly and quietly Delta will draw her sword. She considers trying to be more crafty, but decided to reserve what little arcane potency she had for a more dangerous appearing foe.

She gestures to Janek, with her right hand she mimics killing, with her right, tying them up, hoping Janek can grasp her crude gestures, and has an opinion...

With Vala going last, that leaves the third position for Tanyl.

And he waits his turn.

Janek motions Delta to go to the left, he will go to the right and stay among the boulders until the others descend the ladder.  He will motion for a ranged attack when everyone is in place.


Today: Janek rolled 8 using 1d20.  Dex Check (17).

Shrugging at the fact that Janek ignored her hand-gestured inquiry, Delta will follow his lead, and move to the left, trying to find a place to hide among the rocks.

13:15, Today: Delta rolled 16 using 1d20.  Dex check (16).

Tanyl also moves down, with a spell ready in case it is needed before he can get to the ground.

Delta and Janek both move to the sides and allow Tanyl to joing them.   Both find the floor very slick with a coat of moisture on smooth rock but are dexterous enough not to slip.  Tanyl moves and allows Vala to join him on the ledge but as she does, there is slightest clink of her heavy armor.

The Hobgoblins looks up, they are suprised!

ooc: you have initiative! They are about 25 feet away.

Not having time to load her crossbow, Delta switches her sword to her left hand, then throws three darts at the enemy... but fails to connect with any of them.

"Well fiddlesticks!"

15:50, Today: Delta rolled 3 using 1d20+1.  dart 3.

15:50, Today: Delta rolled 5 using 1d20+1.  dart 2.

15:50, Today: Delta rolled 9 using 1d20+1.  dart 1.

Janek throws both of his daggers before pulling his sword.  His first shot is way short, but the second one finds its mark, but not as well as he would have hoped.


09:59, Today: Janek rolled 2 using 1d6.  Damage on D2.

09:58, Today: Janek rolled 22 using 1d20+2.  Dagger 2.

09:58, Today: Janek rolled 3 using 1d20+2.  Dagger 1.

Having reached the ground, and given the close quarters, Tanyl also relies on daggers for his missile weapon.  He launches two; the first sinks into the hobgoblin's neck.  The second      . . . doesn't.

Once his attacks are over, he readies his sword and another dagger, and scoots slightly to get out of Vala's way.

07:56, Today: Tanyl Miaras rolled 23,2 using d20+3,d4.  Dagger 1.

ADJUST TO 4 DUE TO NATURAL 20



07:56, Today: Tanyl Miaras rolled 10,1 using d20+3,d4.  Dagger 2.

There is a flurry of pointy objects flying through the air, most of which clink and clatter across the cave floor or bounce off the stalagmites, two however embed themselves to the hilt into each of the wide-eyed hobgoblins.  They barely make a noise as the slump to the ground dead.

"Fire enough missiles, some are bound to hit," Tanyl says.

He pauses a moment to make sure there are no other threats in the gloom, then advances to retrieve his daggers and see what the hobgoblins may have been up to.

Chuckling at Tanyl's joke, Delta moves her sword back to her right hand and cautiously moves forward to retrieve her darts.

She looks around the cave, using the light of their fire. She pokes at the fish as well, risking a tiny nibble if they seem well cooked enough. She also looks about for any sign of hobgoblin spices or cooking utensils to see if there is anything she wants to add to her kit.

As you retrieve your thrown weapons, you check the bodies and the room.  It has been lived in, but hobgoblins, the floors are slick, and there are piles of waste in the back.  The hobs have two nice swords, surprisingly nice for hobgoblins, but their armor is poor, and they have little else other than a few silver pieces each.  They are over cooking some fish over a small fire.  The main remarkable thing in the room is a tunnel (not a hole), leading nearly straight down. Somewhat natural looking it obviously has hand and foot holds chiseled into one side, like a stone ladder of sorts.  The smell from below is not promising.

Comparing the nice hobgoblin swords to her own, Delta ponders a switch. Are either of them short swords?

"Any thoughts on the cave Janek? Looks pretty natural to me, but you are our resident expert on such things."