A CROWN RETURNED GAMEPLAY THREAD

"Well, if you keep doing what you've been doing, I'd say Nethys is doing a pretty decent job." Fira shrugs at her remark to Trenton. "I agree with Jayne. First priority is being smart. No sense giving the wolf or dragon or whatever five more points. Second is actually bagging that wolf. Any rescue is a distant third."

You finally reach Droskar's Crag. You see a ruined monastery sits squat at the foot of Droskar’s Crag, surrounded by stands of ancient, gnarled trees. Made of simple stone blocks worn smooth with the passage of time, the stout building appears to be slowly falling apart. Sections of the slanted shale roof have collapsed, and portions of the outer wall have crumbled. Weeds and wild thorny plants run rampant across the field leading up to the place, leaving only the slightest indication of a path that ends at the ruined front doors. Beyond, an overgrown yard sits in shadow.

"I'm not walking straight in there." Fira grins, producing a length of rope from her backpack in preparation to climb the outer wall. "Anyone wanna get a better view to scope things out?"

With that, Fira hooks the rope around an outcropping and tries to scale up with the rope.

Saphirra, on that roll of 5, you throw the rope up but it just won't stay and your feet slip off when you try to climb.

The old path that leads from the main entrance to the ruins fades into undergrowth about 50 feet to the south of the monastery. Before entering the yard, the path passes between a pair of old stone statues. While one of them has been reduced to little more than rubble, the other is relatively intact. This 5-foot-tall statue is incredibly worn, but it can still be identified as a dwarf holding aloft a great stone hammer. A few lone razorcrows roost atop the tower and caw at you as you enter their domain.

"It's a shitty wall anyway." Fira grumbles as she pulls down the rope and gives the wall a frustrated kick which will hopefully not have any further effects. Heading onto the grounds,she inspects the well-like structure.

Tall grasses and chunks of stone debris have all but overtaken this small yard. Off to one side, a wooden stable has collapsed into a mound of rotting timbers and moldy straw. The outer wall on the east side has also collapsed, leaving a ragged hole. Three doors also exit into this yard: a set of double doors to the east, a smaller door to the north, and a lone door leading into the squat tower in the southeast corner. Narrow footpaths in the grass run between these doors.

Sapphira, you see A low stone well, almost entirely overgrown with foliage, sits in the northwest corner of the yard with 10 feet of rope dangling into it. The water is more than 30 feet down and is brackish but potable.

Rhaemy, on that Perception check of 9, you notice that this area is frequently used. It's a juxtaposition, given the abandoned state of the building. Strikes you as being a bit weird.