Chapter Two: Adventures Beyond Crydee

[Hallack]

"Very well then.  If there is no objections.   Mialgru, If you will scout and guide us around it from above I'll follow your lead taking us around this beast for now.  As mentioned time may be of the essence in getting to the moathouse," he says remembering the mercs from the Inn.

[Mixster]

Let us do this. Mialgru says before he starts to guide the group around the wolf, so they'll be passing at least 100 yards around it.

[Flay Crimsonwind]

Rolling his eyes with a slight smile, Brone starts to weave his way around the wolf alongside the group.

[Hallack]

Jax heads out peering through the canopy keeping and eye on the bird as he guides his party groundside. 

[Mandoor]

Oric, stays with the group.

[DrHorrible]

Mizar, slightly bored, follows the group, hoping to get some action going.

[ShadowViper]

Bobbynock keeps his position within the middle of the group as he follows along.

[vilenatas]

With the thick fog and dense undergrowth the sound of your movement does not travel far.  You skirt around the wolf with relative ease given your need to cut through some of the more dense undergrowth as you work your way to the moathouse.  The air feels heavy, as you break through the last of the taller undergrowth into a clearing leading up to the moathouse.  It has clearly been sacked, with the upper floors looking to have been completely destroyed, and the gated entrance torn from its hinges.  The moat is still surrounding it though, and given some heavy repairs the small keep could once again serve as an excellent staging point for invasion.

[Mixster]

Mialgru will fly ahead and look for signs of life.

[Mandoor]

Tork is going go look very closely at the front to see if there is any guards that is hidden or hidden spys ready to jump out at us when we get to the front of the moathouse. This looks like a good place for a ambush be ready.
Perception Check:

Rolled 1d20+8 : 14 + 8, total 22

If I do not see anything as the group moves up, Tork is going to be ready for a fight since this looks like a perfict place for a ambush.  Shadows start moving up around Tork then he just disappears from sight as the party walks closer to the moathouse.

He gets in his Child of Shadows Stance then hide from plain sight. 
Stealt Check:

Rolled 1d20+11 : 7 + 11, total 18

[Mandoor]

It might be a good idea to wait until the bird has a chance to look for hidden ambushes before we go down.

[Mixster]

Taking 10 on the perception by the way so I get 22.

[vilenatas]

@Mialgru

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As you fly over the moathouse from on high you get a sense of just how much damage was wrought during the last fall of the the temple.  The entire upper floor is totally destroyed, and some of the walls have caved in on the lower floor providing different points of access if you can find your way across the moat itself. 

Your trained senses perceive also a waiting threat right on the edge of a more overgrown section of the moat near the entrance, two enormous frogs wait, their eyes just above the water.

Flying over the rest of the moathouse, you don't spot anyone with eyes on the entrance, but your vantage point from above leaves a small area from which guards could be watching, and still be unseen.

[Mixster]

Mialgru returns to the party, I didn't see any guards, although it was hard to tell entirely from the air since there's a roof on some of the buildings. There are some rather large frogs lurking in the moat next to the entrance, and there could be more in it.

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Knowledge Nature on the Frogs:

Rolled 1d20+12 : 16 + 12, total 28

[Mandoor]

Tork fades back into view.  I have a plan.  I can use dancing lights to lead the frogs out of the water and ghost sound to get to turn their backs to us then we can ambush them.

[Hallack]

Arriving from his near scouting to hear Mialgru's report and then Tork's suggestion, "If they will bite I'm all for it.".

[phaedrusxy]

Kalal shakes his head and says "So we're worried about being attacked by frogs now? Do frogs even have teeth? What are they going to do, bleed on us?

Save your spells. I'll go over and spear them on the end of my pike, then we can have froglegs for dinner, if you want." He says brashly, and begins walking towards the moat.

[Mixster]

I second Kalal's suggestion, I don't think the frogs are particularly dangerous. Mialgru says as he flies after Kalal keeping just a few meters of distance.

[DrHorrible]

Mizar

"Honestly I would have preferred to distract them first, but now, saying something like that would make me a pussy I guess" says Mizar smirking as he follows the stone warrior and his brother, his breath at the ready.

[Mandoor]

Ok, frontal assault it is, not wise but your armor looks thick that will work in our favor.  Kalal, if you rapped up pull the frog out of the water so we can attack it better.  Tork takes up a flanking position of the group as they move you and again the shadows started to rap around Him then he just vanishes from sight.

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Turned on my Child of Shadow stance then use my hide in plain sight to look like I disappeared.
Stealth check:

Rolled 1d20+11 : 1 + 11, total 12