Author Topic: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast  (Read 2578627 times)

Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Reply #735 on: October 13, 2025, 05:03:39 am »
[Hidden Rolls]

[Time: Tuesday, Spring 25, 1400, 9C Calm Inside, -12C Windy, Light Snow Outside]


Caltrops and bearings were spread and Ashley spent the next hour scouring the mine looking for anything of value that's not mining equipment and she found a lot of mining sundries and household items, pick axes, rope, cups, torches, paper, quills, ink, an empty ledger in good condition, three bundles of arrows, a mace, hammer, mining outfits in small and medium sizes, candles, two barrels with some kind of dwarven beer still in them, lots of scrap metal both iron and dwarven metal which is just as heavy but stronger and has a deep bronze hue, wood, lots of lanterns and nothing more of value. Any of the above could be taken or borrowed and would not necessarily be missed.

"I found a bunch of junk but nothing more of value, let's finish resting (About 7 hours) and get to the next level. I also figured out the elevator, I don't know how I know but it looks complicated but seems trivial how the elevator works, I'm not sure how we're going to lock it once we start lowering it, but there's a guide chain that raises and lowers it from the platform so that shouldn't be a problem. I also found several passages up and down but they all look like chutes, raises, stopes, drifts leading to other tunnels that are all dark. They all seem clear with consistent layers of dust that haven't been disturbed in many years."



[You can rely on Ashley to look for areas of interest and places to investigate further.]

« Last Edit: October 13, 2025, 05:12:50 am by Joy »

Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Reply #736 on: October 13, 2025, 02:54:42 pm »
Yulya is satisfied and returns to resting.
Good work Ashley! Please decide what to take in the mean time. Cat can you make us another meal? We should eat while we can undisturbed.


Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Reply #737 on: October 13, 2025, 05:00:16 pm »
Alice looks at the items Ashley found. She tries to analyze the bronze-hued ore, tossing a few scraps of it in her mouth like popcorn and probes it like a sommelier tasting fine wine.

Oh yeah Ashley!
We found that copper ore sample you have within the giant ooze we defeated. Composition-wise it may be a valid ore sample for Harbin but it lacks provenance. Meaning we have no idea where its unfortunate former owner that got eaten got it from. Which makes it pretty worthless. We gotta document where exactly we took the samples and write it down. The paper will be useful for that. It's better than nothing but if we find another source of copper ore, we should substitute this sample with one of documented collection location.
Alice still isn't convinced about Ashley's qualifications as ore prospector.

The ale barrel peaks her interest
Wouldn't count that worthless!

She hands out freshly Alice-cleaned cups to everyone
Cheers! To more dead enemies and harvested ears!

Alice proceeds to hone more arrows and produce poisoned ones  from the cooked blast component in the remaining time.
Help me hone more arrows, Cat! We got a lot!

Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Reply #738 on: Yesterday at 06:56:26 am »
The ale barrel peaks her interest
Wouldn't count that worthless!

She hands out freshly Alice-cleaned cups to everyone
Cheers! To more dead enemies and harvested ears!
Ohh Beer Nya! How could we have overlooked that Nya!
Cat gladly takes a cup and downs it in one go



Alice proceeds to hone more arrows and produce poisoned ones  from the cooked blast component in the remaining time.
Help me hone more arrows, Cat! We got a lot!
Right Nya almost forgot that Nya!
Cat hones her arrows and helps Alice create poisoned arrows.

Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Reply #739 on: Yesterday at 02:40:59 pm »
The ale barrel peaks her interest
Wouldn't count that worthless!

She hands out freshly Alice-cleaned cups to everyone
Cheers! To more dead enemies and harvested ears!
Yulya politely takes the cup for a toast and then gives the beer back to Alice knowing she would drink a second cup just like Toblens brandy.

« Last Edit: Yesterday at 03:57:51 pm by Yulya »

Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Reply #740 on: Today at 03:03:01 am »
We found that copper ore sample you have within the giant ooze we defeated. Composition-wise it may be a valid ore sample for Harbin but it lacks provenance. Meaning we have no idea where its unfortunate former owner that got eaten got it from. Which makes it pretty worthless.

Ashley looks through her bag frantically and finds the ore, it's beautiful green and blue hue with glints of orange clearly indicates copper. "Oh nice, wait WHAT!? You mean I need to document where it's found?"



Then she gets a knowing look on her face and nods with a smile as Alice tries to give her the ledger but she pushes it back at her.



"Duh, Harbin already knows that. Leave the questing you your big sis Ashley." Refusing Alice's ledger and offer of alcohol, Ashley pats Alice on the head then heads over to the elevator to make sure she can work it.

"Ale? Yuck, I have this strange craving for tea though, let me know if you find any."

Cat and Alice get busy honing arrows, knowing they can poison 10 of them from the poison they made, and based on Alice's assessment of the potency, it's better than the stuff she made previously.

[This poison is 1d4, you have the following total:

-[16] HONED ARROWS +1
-[5] POISONED ARROWS +1d2
-[10] POISONED ARROWS +1d4
-[10] BLUNT ARROWS
-[39] ARROW

How many more do you want to hone/carry? The quivers only fit 20, if you carry two quivers, it will weigh twice as much Let me know how much each of you will carry and how many you will hone.]


At the elevator...

[INVESTIGATION/THIEVERY/TINKERING 1d20+2=14]

It's not difficult to understand what to pull and which lever controls the lock, she's figured it out in no time and heads back to report and guard as everyone continues to rest.

"We're all set, as soon as you're all ready, let's descend."

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Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Reply #741 on: Today at 01:49:43 pm »
Alice looks at the items Ashley found. She tries to analyze the bronze-hued ore.

The most amazing thing happens as Alice injests the ore, she now fully understands what Dwarven metal tastes like and has gained the remarkable ability to identify if dwarven metal was used in the composition of any metallic item, within reason.


Re: Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast
« Reply #742 on: Today at 01:55:09 pm »
Alice memorizes the peculiar taste and swallows another hand full.
Not bad, complex composition, rich in rare earth trace elements! This stuff should be useful!

Ashley looks through her bag frantically and finds the ore, it's beautiful green and blue hue with glints of orange clearly indicates copper. "Oh nice, wait WHAT!? You mean I need to document where it's found?"
Then she gets a knowing look on her face and nods with a smile as Alice tries to give her the ledger but she pushes it back at her.
"Duh, Harbin already knows that. Leave the questing you your big sis Ashley." Refusing Alice's ledger and offer of alcohol, Ashley pats Alice on the head then heads over to the elevator to make sure she can work it.
Alice rolls her eyes at this predictable outcome and downs her own cup, Yulya's and Ashley's.
More for me, I expected nothing else. Too bad the barrel is so heavy, I'd also have taken this with us!

Alice looks at the ledger and hands it to Yulya.
This is supposed to be worth 15 gp? What a joke. In any civilized world this would be expendable material for children worth a few coppers. Actually way too valuable for Ashley's doodles...

Alice decides to take her own notes on paper before Ashley tells Harbin she collected samples 'somewhere in the mountain'. After all is finished, Alice and Cat move the two heavy bags with equipment into the elevator.



Are we all set? I hope it's worth going down there instead of letting them all starve. And by 'worth' I of course mean ear-wise!