CAKA Chapter 1: Ruins in the Swamp

[Jacior]

Farous sighed. I am doing it again. He shook his head. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't say those kinds of things. I barely know you people." He bowed his head, appearently in shame.

He straightened himself and looked at the trees. "I can't climb. I've never been able to. We'd be better off with the tree plan. Sorry about that Genji." He smiled sheepishly at the minotaur. "But it would be better the closer we are to the water." If we only had a big flat board. Well, curved would be better, but I'd take flat.  

[Grevus]

Hashlok grinned. "Well, if you two did get a tree in the water, ya'll could use that, depending on the depth." he gave a small shrug and looked at the trees, humming a tad. "Between Genji's crossbow and my handcannon," he said, patting the weapon and giving a small grin. "We would be able to do some damage from range. Pick 'em off as we see them."

He looked back towards the trees and grinned. "Hold on... If we had one person from the trees and one from the water, we'd really have our bases covered. If my math's right, we've got three crossbows, one bow and a gun. All in all, we're pretty well equipped for ranged encounters." he gave a small nod, somewhat satisfied with his observations.  

[Raganui Minamoto]

"I can move a tree easily enough."  

[Michael Bladebreaker]

A smirk, and yet another witty retort. 'Now, why would we bother moving a tree and making all that racket when we could just make our way through this... Swamp, without letting anything nasty know, yes?' Felinni leaned back against a nearby tree and crossed his arms. 'And just because I'm a thief doesn't mean I'm stupid, Mister Farous. I know who not to steal from.' He nodded, and looked up. 'I'd be willing to take the high road, if you'd all alert me if you see anything down there.'  

[Jacior]

"And just how do you suggest we all get across, Felinni?" Farous asked. "I am not risking whatever lurks beneath that water." He gestured toward the more mired part of the swamp. "And I can't climb. How do you suppose those Kobolds got in there?" He searched for anything he could use to get to the ruins.

((Search Check: +4))  

[Slave Xaccheus]

Your spot check spots a small isthmus of mud about eighty feet away from your position that stretches to the Kobold's encampment. It's out in the open, and you weren't able to see it at first because it blended in with the water.

Your spot check reveals that the water only comes up to the waist, but this, too, is out in the open after a certain point. You see nothing unusual in the water.  

[Jacior]

"There!" He pointed out the muddy path. "That's how Genji and I shall get across. You all can take the trees if you like." He turned to the minotaur with an embarassed look. "I really want to apologize for calling you stupid. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?" He was still embarassed by the a** he had made of himself.

"Walk and talk." He pulled up all of his equipment so it was out of the water and started out to the muddy isthmus, keeping a close eye for things in the water.  

[Mushkiller]

"Splitting up would actually be better than having us all together. However, a word of warning for you two. If that's one of the only ways to get across without going through too much water, then chances are that the kobolds know that as well. And they may be waiting or have set traps to cover that area." Mich cautioned his two teammates.

Before he left for the trees, he added, "If I see anything, I've got a small signal whistle that I'll blow to warn you two. Certainly better than nothing, right?" One way to make sure that everyone here trusted Mich was to make efforts to help them. And trust was one thing that this ragtag team needed.  

[Raganui Minamoto]

He snorts and shakes his head. "Then I'll go be a distraction for you." Without another word, he started forward, through the water. He didn't give a crap about dirt, mud, or such. It's not like people would care differently about it.  

[Michael Bladebreaker]

Felinni shrugged and began working his way up the tree, slowly and carefully, making sure he could find handholds before he tried moving further up.

(Climb Roll)  

[Slave Xaccheus]

Felinni, you make it into the tree without much difficulty; you managed to find good footing when you weren't just shimmying upwards. The next branch is within easy jumping distance.

Rolling Spot Check to see if the Kobolds see Genji, but they've got a -2 bonus from distance and another -2 because they aren't paying real attention; they're just patrolling the outer wall in a rather bored fashion. +2 bonus because that's what their stats say.  

[Slave Xaccheus]

They failed.  

[Mushkiller]

Mich watched Felinni climb up the tree with little difficulty, and was soon trying to clamber up after him.

(+6 to climb)  

[Slave Xaccheus]

You have the skills of a spider-monkey;you and Felinni ae neck and neck as you approach the target branch, although you are slightly below him. Your next branch is just ten feet away by jump.  

[Michael Bladebreaker]

Jump Check to get over to the other side.

Pretty sure it's at +6 or +7. So I think I got it... xD