Hekazu

D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

@Gordian Nought@Norschtalen@Lucius Cypher@The Harbinger of Ferocity@Ryonara

Right, while this is unusual from me I'll handle this in a different way this time: You will not encounter enemies on the way back, so feel free to post descriptions of your return through Greenest to the keep. I assume your character still remember how to get in?

D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

@Gordian Nought@Norschtalen@Lucius Cypher@The Harbinger of Ferocity@Ryonara

The new Unearthed Arcana is out and it has new cantrips and 1st level spells! Just thought you might be interested: http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/starter-spells

The escape from Wolfwing's lair

Deciding to backtrack, the hunters headed back down the stairs. Trying to climb or heading into the direction in which the Jailor had somehow surpassed them did not sound all that appealing and who could blame the poor souls? While their descent was quite simple for them, something in the upper floor shifted. It was not happy there was someone on the move. But it would not show itself. All the hunters noticed was the odd feeling of something watching and a strange relief of not having chosen either of the alternatives.

Having passed the window again, they returned to the middle one of the three floors they had noted down. It was quite similar to the upper one, only there was but one suit of armour, this one gripping a halberd furiously right next to the door to what could be presumed to be a hallway. This somewhat bigger door was closed though. Otherwise nothing really stood out: There was a broken cabinet here, as in one that had been crushed to identifiable pieces, and a pile of moth ridden fabrics on one side.

@Dusksong@Lord of Evil

D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

@Lucius Cypher
Yes, it is a possibility. Do tell if you want to get a post in before I advance the fame based on stealth roll results.

D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Paging @Lucius Cypher, @Norschtalen and @Ryonara, your input is required for advancing the game. As of this message, in two days time (~48hrs) the game will advance even if stealth rolls are not presented. Need to keep this moving, or it suffocates. Although I'm not sure if our game is a shark. Eh, you know what I'm trying to tell.

The escape from Wolfwing's lair

@Dusksong
Well in that case she has got to find a way up the collapsed staircase. How are you doing it? After, all the three ways out of the room is the way down, the way up and the door with Jailor roaming beyond.

The escape from Wolfwing's lair

@Dusksong
I just want to confirm: Is she heading to the hallway behind the open door where she saw the Jailor?

D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

The people on the rescue mission knew they would have to act fast, and act fast they did. The first one having taken care of the remaining combatant, two headed to make sure the little lizard people would not become a threat and another pair made a beeline for the door concealed within the smoke. The attackers had piled some straw against it, but most that came from burning it was this smoke cloud. With all this going on, Mr. Lake shrugged and decided to stay where he was, making sure the retreat route was available once needed.

While the men were cutting kobold's necks, Parum and Kyra did their best to convince the townsfolk to leave their current fortifications. Once Parum had cast her spell, soon someone answered from beyond the door, demanding further proof of her allegiance. But as soon as Kyra spoke, they called for help with taking something out of the way and soon noises of large things being moved echoed from the inside in rivalry with the smashing of the front door. They got the presumed barricade out of the way quite quickly and Falconmoon opened the back door. "Let's hurry then", he suggested.

Meanwhile, Lake had ran into a problem of his own. Nothing his remaining spell slot hadn't solved though: As the party and their rescued people in tow returned to him, they could find five kobolds on the ground, charred by Mr. Lake's Burning Hands. "That's all my spells down, then", the man mentioned almost casually, joining the villagers as another non-combatant.

Mechanics

You now have evacuated the temple and quite possibly killed all of the kobolds, depending on what the kobold slaying squad writes into their next posts.

On your return trip, you will have to roll stealth again, still advantaged if following the same route.

The escape from Wolfwing's lair

@Lord of Evil@Dusksong

Guess who forgot to tag his players? No points available, that would be me. So yet again, I'm doing it retroactively in the OOC.

The escape from Wolfwing's lair

The prisoners of Wolfwing eventually reached consensus in their plan and headed for the next floor. The topmost stairs were a slight challenge to traverse as quite large pieces of rubble had fallen on top, but given our hunters were no amateurs in the department of physical prowess, their show of athleticism brought them to the other side of this obstacle. And getting back down would be much simpler, just a controlled drop with no climbing required. That, however would not be the focus of their attention for quite some time now: They had a whole floor to explore if they had to guess.

A quick look above their heads informed them of at least one more floor existing above them, but the stairs had collapsed almost entirely. The first step available in the roof wasn't too high up, so if anyone tried they might even reach up to it with some help. The central pillar had been entirely removed though... and seemingly by excessive force. Other ways forward would be the one wooden door that was slightly ajar and... now that they had the moment to look around, there was not much else to go on.

However, this room seemed to have something in it that they had lacked before: Two suits of heavy plate armour stood on their pedestals, their armoured gauntlets grasping a large halberd and an arming sword coupled with a shield respectively. Dust had accumulated on the armaments and even rust made it's presence clear. But they were still better than the brittle shortspears they had found.

Before touching anything, Mistletoe had crept to take a peek out of the door that provided a way onward, but was quick to pull her head back from the crack. "It's the Jailor", she whispered as quietly as she could. As far as she had seen, one could not mistake the draconic shape, the blue flames and the two smaller gargoyles flying along with it. How it had made it here was unclear, but there it was. "It was heading the other way though", she added, sharing the rest of her knowledge.