"By all means let us let him know what we're about. But I suspect that asking would be more of a formality. Lord Douglas needs to know what is going on around his stronghold. Most of the terrain he needs explored may be to the north, but this happened on his doorstep, he needs to know if that is the end of it, swiftly. I'm actually surprised he didn't urge such already."
When you ask about the possibility of tracking the goblins Douglas says, "I do wish the North to be more explored but nothing says that you have to stay in the North. If something comes up that will take you in another direction, then use your heads and take the course you feel more prudent."
As we leave the gates I say, "I would say this definitely falls into the something came up department. Let's go see where these buggers came from and kill 'em if there are more. If we can't come up with a trail we can just head north from the lake. Sound good?"
I nod at this. " Let's go get them. I want to drive them out of the area. They are sub human garbage. Let's do it before more halflings are eaten. I want to put Aragorn Jr to the test. Surely practice is the best to way to gain skill. We need another test for Celebrimbor as well. "
"Then lead away Lady Arwen, show us some of that magic you are infused with."
As we approach I search around looking for tracks to follow.
Out of Character: It appears my DC is either 5, 10 or 15. I would guess ten since the ground is probably soft around a lake. -2 for the number of individuals makes it a 3, 8, or 13. I get one roll per hour… here goes nothing. Next time I remember to put more points into survival for my Ranger to start!
"Damn it, I lost their trail. I know they went this way but they jumped into the water just back there and I now I can't find where they came from. Ya'll need to be on alert. I have no idea how close we are. We could be nigh on top of 'em." I take my bow off my shoulder and knock an arrow. "Jason, drop back a bit, Rachel, you and Ghost move forward. Slowly, carefully, quietly… that means you too Ghost. Let's not make it easy on them to get all of us at once if they are near."
Edited: Abnninja on 9th May, 2017 - 9:37pm