Rebirth and redemption

[Anastasia]

Dolmaya follows, "Easily enough," she says, "Just a little unique material or magic to make it work with stone instead of sand or clay."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Hm. Well, pit traps like this usually indicate hunting... Subterranean is likely, but movement through the ground is easy enough if you can already cast this sort of magic."

[Anastasia]

"That assumes they aren't natural," Dolmaya points out, "It could be a local quirk."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Safer to assume it's not. Let's keep moving."

[Anastasia]

Gimme a d100 and another Perception.

[Iron Dragoon]

[blockquote]Rolled 1d100 : 24, total 24[/blockquote]

Perception:

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+48 : 6 + 48, total 54[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

As yo ugo, your prying eyes notice something stirring in the quickstone behind you as you go along.

[Iron Dragoon]

"Something's in the quickstone behind us. What's with this place and ambushes?"

[Anastasia]

"Smart predators, or something here that can't b e fought head on." Dolmaya retorts.

[Iron Dragoon]

"Both. Things that survive things that can't be fought head on are usually smart. Let's see if it's confined to a single patch or if there are multiple ones..."

Alyssa keeps going.

[Anastasia]

Gimme Ref again then.

[Iron Dragoon]

Ref/Cunning Insight:

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+40 : 13 + 40, total 53[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

You hear something - and with a natural bit of instinct you dodge aside, as a jet of acid from behind narrowly misses you.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa spins around to face the attacker!

[Anastasia]

You see something like a giant bug sinking into the quick stone, only glimpsed - but you're under attack now!

Init.