The Campaign Builder's Guild

[ic=Almax]Let's go find this group then. [/ic]

[ooc]Keep in mind that i don't intend this to be a hack and slash kick-down-the-door adventure. YOu are not neccesarily intended to defeat or fight everything you encounter. There will be lots of combats, but you decide what fights you should enter.[/ooc]
 [ic=Dukaine]"Very well. Lets find them. We have enough people that there should be no need for your traps. Pack them up with you." The rest of the two groups begins to head into the trees following Dukaine as he leads you to the lizards.[/ic]
 [ooc]Dain and Almax, can i get a move silently and a spot from you two as you approach the lizards.[/ooc]

[ooc]Move Silent= 15 Spot=10, Listen=4[/ooc]

[ic=Ankh]"True. We could attempt to speak to it, however."[/ic]

[ic Kevkas@the scouting group] "Raise you're hand if you can speak draconic, and have previous experience talking to black dragons and NOT having them eat you as soon as they get bored, and making sure that they don't eat anyone else? And besides, what would you say, 'Hi! I'm an adventurer that may end up killing you someday, and i was just wondering, could you please not eat me and my friends'? [/ic]

[ic=Jorik]"Go talk to it? Are you mad, Ankh? I know it may not want to eat you, but it'll eat us and probably add you to it's hoard. Besides. It isn't there. The hoard should be free for the taking. We could be rich!"[/ic]

[ic=Ankh]Ankh remains impassive, but his eyes glow brightly and he speaks swiftly.

"I am merely assessing our options."

He stands for a moment, and then speaks again.

"The hoard will stay, and the dragon will be gone for a while. I say we continue on and return later."[/ic]

[ooc]Is it ok to ask about what level the people are in my group? I know Ankh already, but i would like to know Joriks and the rest before determining which of the options i have decided to go with.[/ooc]

[ooc]Not gonna tell you exactly, but everyone is around your level. Say, lowest might be just an NPC 1 and the highest is likely low-mid level. You can't actually tell anything, but they're mostly in similar situations to you guys.[/ooc]
 [ooc]Dain? can i get a spot/move silent/listen from you?

hmm... on further investigation, gwaihir hasn't visited for a week. anyone know what's up?[/ooc]

[ic Kevkas] I say we wait to take the treasure. If we take it now, the dragon may come back and find it missing, then probably start looking for some magical auras on his items. If we wait, we could split the rewards with the rest of the groups, now this would still be a substantial amount for all of us, not to mention the reward we get for bringing the lord back." [/ic]

[ooc]So, seeing as how Gwaihir seems to have dissapeared, and i want to move this on, until i hear from his, i'm gonna npc/sideline his guy. Anyways. Onwards.[/ooc]
 [ic=@Almax (and Dain?)]As your group creeps through the undergrowth, you make good time and everyone manages to remain fairly quiet. Soon you reach a large fallen tree and DuKaine pulls up behind it and begins to gesture over the top of it. "They're just on the other side," he whispers, and glancing quickly over the log you can see he tells the truth. In a small clearing on the other side is a small collection of huts and you can see a both male and female lizards standing around of going about chores while some small ones run back and forth in small groups. There are a few armed sentries standing around the collection of buildings, but for the most part they are engaged in conversation with other nearby lizards.
Beside you, you seen DuKaine draw out a curved sword and a vicious barbed pick, and gestures and whispers for everyone else to ready themselves.
Kolchak draws mo weapons, and whispers to Almax, "If you wish to try and speak with them, i suggest you do it now. He does not seem eager to wait. Neither am I."[/ic]
 [ic=@Ankh and Kevkas]"I do not wish to split the take any more than I have to," says Jorik, "but maybe you are right. We'll continue to look for the lizards, but i wish to at least take a look at the dragon's clearing first. To fix it in my memory. Deal?"
Kaebo speaks up. "I don't know if thats such a good idea Jorik. Maybe we should just leave it for now."
Either way, the two of them, begin moving again - roughly towards where the dragon came from, but enought to the right that they can avoid the clearing if need be.
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[ic] "Yes, let us remember where the clearing is." [/ic]

[ic=Almax] Almax turns to Dukaine and whispers, Put that away. I will go out there alone. If communications break down then you can do it your way, but if you attack un provoked I will cut you down myself. Almax takes his dagger from his belt and slides it into his boot covering the handle with the cuff of his pants.

Almax makes his way 100 ft off from the group before making his way toward the lizard encampment. As he walks toward the camp he walks so that he is seen, wands away from weapons, and calls out to the lizardfolk when he gets close enough for one to hear him. Hello, you don't happen to speak common do you? Or do you speak a dwarven? Or perhaps you speak Orcish? Or do you speak Elven? [/ic]

[ic=@Almax]As your leave the cover of the bushes, at first the lizards don't notice you, but after a short moment one of the sentries see you and calls out to the others. They leap up and begin to approach you, but cautiously - spears lowered in your direction. A few other nearby run off to other parts of the village or grab weapons to join the sentries. They are chattering to each other and calling out at you in some unknown language that seems to consist mostly of clicks and hisses. They are approaching no closer than about 20 or 30 feet, but their aggressive stances seem to be warning you to stay back.
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 [ic=@Ankh and Kevkas]You trek though the marsh for a short while until, off to the left through the trees, you see a clearing with a large mound making an island in the middle of what looks like a semi-deep pond. Jorik and kaebo turn towards it and begin to creep up to the bushes at the edge of the clearing.[/ic]
 [ooc]ankh and kev, hide checks please.[/ooc]

[ooc][dice]1d20+1[/dice][/ooc]