[OoC: So are you using 1 rope and 1 mule or is Mardak going to tie off his rope to the stem while he holds on so you can get a second mule with a rope to pull? I will assume the latter because you will most likely need 2 mules to pull it out of the mud.]
This time Mardak negotiates the current well and ties off both ropes to the stem. While holding on for fear of being whisked away by the current, the mules struggle with the riverboat until finally it begins to pull away from the suction of the mud. It's slow going but you finally pull the boat up onto shore where it begins to quickly shed the water through several holes in its underbelly. You observe that its mast has been chopped off too. There are several solid benches for passengers and a larger bench at the front and back of the boat for the ferrymen to sit.
[OoC: Something like this except larger and with a broken mast and more benches.]
![[Image: sunken-boat-river-boats-france-sunk-sink...b69wf7.jpg]](http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/b4aa70f1ffba4d8da664c9ffc5182474/sunken-boat-river-boats-france-sunk-sink-sinks-sinking-old-damage-b69wf7.jpg)
[OoC: @Jonath I know right? Horrible rolls for all of you, even with everybody's good stats! Thankfully you can't automatically fail or critically fail skill rolls or you would have tripped on a snail and a ray of sunshine spotlight your every move. [emoji14] ]
Jonath continues on for a short ways through the narrow trail and doesn't spot anything strange. After about 100 yards the path opens up onto more shoreline where in the soft dirt you can see more Kobold and several mannish booted tracks. You aren't a tracker but you surmise that there are definitely more than a dozen of the kobold tracks and at least half as many of the booted prints of various sizes. Whoever made these tracks are no wheres to be seen but they continue north out of sight.
This time Mardak negotiates the current well and ties off both ropes to the stem. While holding on for fear of being whisked away by the current, the mules struggle with the riverboat until finally it begins to pull away from the suction of the mud. It's slow going but you finally pull the boat up onto shore where it begins to quickly shed the water through several holes in its underbelly. You observe that its mast has been chopped off too. There are several solid benches for passengers and a larger bench at the front and back of the boat for the ferrymen to sit.
[OoC: Something like this except larger and with a broken mast and more benches.]
[OoC: @Jonath I know right? Horrible rolls for all of you, even with everybody's good stats! Thankfully you can't automatically fail or critically fail skill rolls or you would have tripped on a snail and a ray of sunshine spotlight your every move. [emoji14] ]
Jonath continues on for a short ways through the narrow trail and doesn't spot anything strange. After about 100 yards the path opens up onto more shoreline where in the soft dirt you can see more Kobold and several mannish booted tracks. You aren't a tracker but you surmise that there are definitely more than a dozen of the kobold tracks and at least half as many of the booted prints of various sizes. Whoever made these tracks are no wheres to be seen but they continue north out of sight.
