>>179987Kira should take point, scouting for enemy encounters before they actually encounter the party. Either way, Silver has no hesitation about going in the direction of the kites/birds.
It seems this party is in ill need of a bat
>>179993more to the point, theres plenty of players that cant speak at this time
>>179992Cavaliere will accompany Silver if he decides to move away from the village (though it's ripe for investigation).
>>179991Considering the most common DnD issue of constant rescheduling due to players not making it, it's a reasonable tradeoff.
It's a bit of beach, the settlement, then a depression between hills to the center of the island
>>179991shrugsI said Sunday. Today is Sunday
>>179993A little bit
>>179994Just Tenebrous. A couple are out for an hour, but we're not in combat
>>179991This is PBP. There is no designated time.
>>179992Posey follows Silver.
>>179998Then carry on, don't let me stop you
>>180000Aaaaaaand, I just wasted them myself. Fuck me.
Sorry guys.
>>180000Yes,cuz youve been the depiction of a well balanced player
Are you done with your axe to grind?
On the way into the little settlement, there is an utterly
massive rib cage, maybe 18 or even 20 feet across, that the party could or would walk through to progress along the beach. It's white, bleached bones that progress for 60 feet with a backbone above and ribs to either side.
Beyond this are two little cottages, both with glass windows, dull grey-brown wood sides, and sheet metal roofs. The doors are wide open.
To the left and in the small harbor is a pier that leads out to a boat that's maybe 40 feet in length with a smoke-stack, a cabin in the front, and a railing on an upper level, painted white save a red ring at the top of the funnel. It is sunken in the water, though its deck is above the water. Fuel oil seems to have gathered around it.
>>180000You just wasted quads!
>>180006The party can probably explore this location later if they so desired. Right now getting to those navy ponies takes priority. Silver is a bit on edge about the open doors, however. Kira takes an interest in the rib cage. Can she tell what it belonged to?
>>180006>You just wasted quads!Sorry... I didn't mean to.
>there is an utterly massive rib cage, maybe 18 or even 20 feet across, that the party could or would walk through to progress along the beach. It's white, bleached bones that progress for 60 feet with a backbone above and ribs to either side.Fuck yeah! Giant skeleton area. That's more like it.
[Happy necromancer noises]
>>180010Let's go with...
Knowledge, Nature:
[1d20+3 = (7+3) = 10]Survival:
[1d20+11 = (11+11) = 22]Whichever one you would prefer, or if either is applicable then either one is higher.
This group is turning up less than diligent
>>180006Rosey Ring prances towards the bones with an excited gigglesnort.
Gonna roll Arcana, to see if these are Leviathan bones
[1d20+11 = (17+11) = 28]"Oh joy! This is already worth the ride."
>>180011It's a whale. Perhaps Sperm, Blue, or Devil.
>>180013Why yes, yes they are.
No, it's not from any monster manual. Just a fantasy sea creature that's about the size of a Blue Whale and is carnivorus, like a sperm whale or orca
Or...perhaps the party should see what's in the settlement (so we can wait until the party is back online to continue with the actual mission)
>>180015Well, an MMII Leviathan is a type of whale, so...
Posey prance-skips around the inside of the leviathan skeleton.
"It's so big. So beautiful."
>>180017Okaaaay...
Posey follows Silver, if he calls her to.
>>180006>To the left and in the small harbor is a pier that leads out to a boat that's maybe 40 feet in length with a smoke-stack, a cabin in the front, and a railing on an upper level, painted white save a red ring at the top of the funnel. It is sunken in the water, though its deck is above the water. Fuel oil seems to have gathered around it.Seems like it crashed recently. Perhaps the commies came from there.
In that case, they might be desperate.
>>180017I agree. Let's check out the settlement first. That way we can wait for the others to initiate combat.
Posey is rubbing herself on the leviathan bones, like it's a scratching post. She is
very happy.
"~Bones... Such big bones...! I love you bones...!"
>>180006Cavaliere remarks,
"This place has been abandoned only a few years, given how intact these are. The ponies here were not as superstitious as I believed. They lived right next to a long-dead creature I cannot recognize."He makes a cursory sweep of the houses. Search:
[1d20+2 = (10+2) = 12]
>>180028The ship is probably recent, considering the fuel.
"~Bones.... Ooh, ah, that's the spot..."
Very good scratching post
>>180015Is Mala enthused by the big bones too?
>>180027>>180029The bones are actually not very old, and were likely in a living creature earlier the same year.
>>180030Mala comes up to the bones and sniffs them but seems cautious about the area more generally.
>>180028Cabin one,
Open door. "Hybel en" written in block text above the door. Two bunk beds with a one bed made up with blankets and covers, two messy with blankets on the floor, and one mattress on a higher bunk knocked off the bed. There is a chest that is open with a heavy coat on the floor. There is a chair next to a desk, with a notebook on the desk, a lamp on the desk, a bowl, a couple open cans, and a massive (empty) container of vodka. There are notebook pages on the floor. This is what a cursory glance shows.
>>180031>The bones are actually not very old, and were likely in a living creature earlier the same year.I was thinking that. Wildlife or necrophages could strip the carcass quickly.
Poor whale probably beached itself after being driven mad by naval sonar.
Posey encourages Mala, like she normally does.
>>180031Cavaliere rummages through the notebook, pages, and the chest, though he's not able to read this language.
Brie decides y'all are crazy and likely to get him killed.
Sorry, not sorry. Carry on
>>180006The zeeb seems impressed by the large bones. If we were somewhere more friendly they might even make good for him to take to get a weapon or something made.
But alas, he doesn't think he's getting souvenirs on this trip.
Mr. Zeeb decides to plod towards one of the buildings no one else is checking, idk who's checking what right now.
>>180035Okay, fly away. You can make it home.
More reward for us.
>>180036>But alas, he doesn't think he's getting souvenirs on this trip.Not with that attitude. Bones good.
>>180033Mala sniffs around
"Rotting.. fat. Diesel. Kerosene. Griffin. And... smells kind of like rubber."
>>180034Cavalieri recognizes the language as a griffin language, albeit not one he is fluent in. There are some notes here that are very heavy in numbers. Then some written pages in the foreign language. There's... a map? That's what it looks like. Of the Rocky Sea.
Then there are two notes in the Ponish language, clearly ripped from a larger book.
>>180036She does not.
There's a cottage that hasn't been searched, and beyond that, some kind of strange boiler unit with cylinders, and then a storage room
>>180038He reads the pages written in Ponish. What do they say?
>>180038"It
~feels so good though." Posey replies, still rubbing
Posey will search around the leviathan bones. Let's see if this ancient beast swallowed any cool treasure.
>>180037I'm more worried about getting them off the island and remaining alive to use them. Besides, I don't think Posey would take kindly to Dust yoinking her bones.
The visual of her rubbing against them like a cat is very cute though. Pic related
>>180038Dust checks the door to the storage room. Maybe there'll be hints as to if anypony is around in there.
>>180041>Besides, I don't think Posey would take kindly to Dust yoinking her bones.Waaaa... She can't hog a collosal skeleton all to herself. She's not that greedy
well, maybe...>The visual of her rubbing against them like a cat is very cute though.Like a horse, but yes. She is cute when she's enjoying herself.
>>180042Kira looks at Posey enjoying her bones, and smiles. "D'awwwwwwwwwwwww. Even this is really cute."
>>180031Silver takes an interest in the coat. What's the style of it?
>>180041A whole pile of furs. A pallet of canned food that is mostly exhausted. Multiple oil drums that have a smell to them. And then more oil drums of a different color that presumably have fuel in them, or are empty.
>>180040>Let's see if this ancient beast swallowed any cool treasure.It seems very unlikely given its position that it simply died right there on the land and no one bothered to search its corpse. In fact, it's probably that it was placed there.
>>180043Heavy winter, leather on the outside, evidently for water proofing.
>>180044Silver tries on the coat to see how it fits.
>>180044Well, Posey will roll Search anyway, hoping to find a transparent Riverine trident that nopony noticed
[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]After that, she eventually moves on and rejoins with the group.
>>180044Furs you say? Any stand out types or exotic ones or does it just seem to be normal types of furs and pelts. And when you say some of the drums have a smell to them.... Dust walks closer and sniffs the drums. Is it a fuel or are we dealing with something worse?
>>180047It ain't fuel. It's something else
>The furs and the smellRoll Knowledge
>>180046>Riverine TridentNot all that unlikely, but it's not in these first few buildings
>>180045It almost fits, having an opening for large wings, but a bit too thin around the legs
>>180044Posey even in undeath is a cute pony.
>>180045Probably not well given his armor.
waits for exposition
>>180048Well, I only got religion knowledge, and I got no Int. So this oughta be fun.
Furs
[1d20 = 14]Well if it ain't fuel, let's see what it is
[1d20 = 9]
>>180048Hmmm...Silver heads out of the house, and finds Kira to see how it fits on the snej.