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Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle)  d20+15=20 ;
Friday November 20th, 2015 7:47:19 PM

Bliss looks around to see what all the fuss is about. Perception 20.

He renews his own Reduce Person spell and shares an Enlarge Person with Mookie. He checks that a fresh clip is in his bah.

"You're a person, old pal," says Bliss. "I don't care what other people say!"

Mookie answers, "Hmmph!"

Dm Shawn - That Smell 
Friday November 20th, 2015 9:43:13 PM
Kezzem is able to locate the copper smell along with the others. Bliss and Alleah both now hear the running water while Murphy and Pressi start moving towards the source.

Shel shares with the group what the pipes are.

After a few turns and cuts through some thorn bushes, the group emerges onto the side of a little brook. Half on the water and half on land, the torn body of a halfling is visible. His body is shredded in half with his lower torso and legs nowhere to be seen. His upper portion is empty, with no major organs left. His eyes stare at the group with no life. Next to him is another halfling, time not wounded other then scratches and bruises. This one is alive though his hands and feet are bound. Dessert perhaps?

Ooc: You are up David.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+4=12 ; d20+12=31 ;
Friday November 20th, 2015 11:13:15 PM
The halfling's head is shaved bald as a cue ball, His face is clean shaven except for a thick braided beard worn just from his chin. ( A style some Dwarven clan warriors wear). The beard is dyed half red and half black and braided in a helix. His skin has a hearty bronze tan and any exposed skin (head and hands) show scars in the form of small bites and stings. He wears a breastplate underneath a greatcoat that clearly was part of a uniform at one time. The insignia have been removed, but anyone familiar with the Mailed Fist has seen this type of uniform before.
Cameron rolls into a sitting position and tries his best to wriggle out of the ropes. He is muttering, to himself you think." I can't BELIEVE I came here to help these orcs stop being raiders and start being useful members of society."
"What? Yes Hobbes, I know you said that they would try to eat me. As if I wouldn't notice the spider vemom they put in my food to weaken me so they could tie me up. How was I to know they used centipede venom too? What I need now is to get out of these ropes and get the rest of my gear and get the heck outta here before this gets worse." After a minute or two he realizes there are people behind him. He goes silent, as if he hadn't realized he was speaking aloud. Looking over his shoulder at the people that just found him he asks,...
" Could I get a little help here? Please? They tied these really tight."
Escape Artist 12
Perception 31
Recognition spreads across his face and he practically blurts out what comes next.
" Bliss?! Mookie?! Is that really you? I have not been this relieved in a long time. Help a shield brother out eh?"

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. Dire tiger 
Saturday November 21st, 2015 12:36:11 AM

A dire tiger walks toward the empty shell of the poor halfling. He wants to let out a yowl of grief... but the other one lives. He walks up to him, standing about six feet away. Before the eyes of the halfling who has been talking with himself, he transforms in to a halfling - a towhead, a slight gap between his teeth, and wearing rather weathered coveralls with a fabric of stout weave.

"May I loose your bonds?" he asks, and since the fellow already asked for such, he steps forward, and begins to work the ropes, pushing and pulling as appropriate to set him free. "A friend of Mookie and Bliss likely will be a friend of mine. The name is Murphy." Once unbound, he extends a hand to help him up.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d20+11=12 ; d20+11=23 ; d20+8=21 ; d20+9=11 ;
Saturday November 21st, 2015 1:07:21 AM
Alleah looks over the living halfling for any signs of blood. Perhaps he was responsible for the death of the other? People aren't just tied up and dumped in the Culverwood without reason. Why, they just did the same thing to an orc not an hour ago. And he looks like he still has his armor and weapons. "Wouldn't it be wise to remove those things before untying him?" she wonders.

Before she can voice any concerns, Murphy is offering him a hand

"We really are a trusting lot" she says quietly to Shel.

Alleah readies herself. Since entering these woods her scepticism has been getting away from her. She prepares to cast a spell on Cameron if he makes any agressive action

She glances to the corpse "Can anyone tell me what happened to this poor soul?" The question is asked not only to the group, but to Cameron as well.

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Perception: 12 - Inspecting the scene and Cameron
Sense Motive: 23 - Trying to get a bearing on Cameron
Heal: 21 - To try and determine how long ago the dead halfling died
Knowl Nature: 11 - To try and determine what kind of animal might kill a halfling this way

Ready Action: If Cameron makes an aggressive action, cast Pain Strike

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Saturday November 21st, 2015 1:16:49 AM
"Don't worry, we took care of the orcs that did this," says Kezzem.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Saturday November 21st, 2015 7:05:22 AM
"See, right here, this is what I'm talking about," Pressi said to nobody in particular. "Extremely well trafficked area. This must be the part of Culverwood called La Guardia. Check out the halfling here by the Cinnabon."

"And I'm sorry, but do you REALLY expect us to believe that in this vast forest we happened to come across a random hobbit that happens to have a massive history with a member of this group?"

Pressi looked up to see Alleah and Shel staring right at her. "What?" she asked.

(OOC: more background on us halflings here.)

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Saturday November 21st, 2015 11:24:29 AM
" Huh, Mookie not being the first one to speak on any subject. Interesting. Do I win a prize for that?"
Mindful of some of the more tense poses of the group of halflings around him Cameron is careful to move slowly and keep his hands visible. He slowly rolls to his feet and as he does so realizes that they must have beaten him up while they were tying him.
" What happened to him? Couldn't say, I just woke up here."
" A few months ago My friends and I left the Tree of Parting in the Emerald Kingdom to chase a group of orcs that took two dwarven merchant's prisoner. When we came upon them things went poorly, as they often do and I was knocked out. When my friends pulld me back from Gargul's doorstep I saw that the orcs were either running away, stunned and motionless or asleep. My friends showed no signs of stopping their slaughter so I intervened. I took three of the Orcs captive before my friends could finish them and when no accord could be reached about letting them live after they talked, We all parted ways. Me with the orcs, walking them away from the group, bound for a day until they were far enough away to do no more harm and my friends, well I guess they went home."
"I learned the orcs language and it seems they were going through rough times. Not enough food and such so they started raiding. The dwarves told them about a cache somewhere so they kept the dwarves alive to find it. I had found that odd. Killing other races but keeping sworn enemies alive. I helped them find ways to survive better. After all my goddess is the goddess of hunting and I was one of her clerics. Things started to look up so I left for awhile, headed to Plateau city to present myself to the WLA chapter there, keeping a promise. When I came back they poisoned me and while I was out, tied me up. I woke up here, apparently next on the menu."
As he tells his story, Cameron indicates things like his holy symbol and the WLA pin on his coat, but does no more that gesture at them, not touching them or anything that might indicate he was about to cast a spell or anything. Finally he finishes with," My name is Cameron Honeytamer Steelshaper. My parents were both adventurers and were killed. One of their companions saved me from the people that killed them and raised me, a dwarf named Morgan Steelshaper. When I joined the Fist he set off looking for the ones that killed his friends. That got him killed too. Now the Lady guides me toward those I can help and who can teach me what I'll need to know to find the ones responsible for all these deaths. I am going to find them and make sure they get whats coming to them."
" Before you lump me in with all of the other followers of Jancassis you may have ever met, let me tell you I am different. When she tested me to allow me to become and Avenger, I vowed to bring other, more savory aspects of her into the light. I worship a Jancassis that looks out for the weak and downtrodden in society. Where she can't protect tem she can offer them stealth, and the means to hunt and strike back at those that oppress tem. Those orcs were the ones who were downtrodden and weak when I woke up, so I protected them, apparently I was a fool. No surprise, it's happened before. There's still kinks that need to be worked out in this whole thing, but I mean to make her seen not only as the evil Lady of Vengeance, but as a guardian of those who cannot take head on ways to deal with their stronger oppressors."
"Undoubtedly you heard me talking to someone when you found me. You all can't see him. He is a little scorpion who has apparently been with me all my life, but until recently even I couldn't see him. I think he is a manifestation of my goddess telling me how I should proceed, and taunting me from time to time to make sure I am as resolute in my convictions as I said I was. I think he is part of the second part of the Avenger test, taunting me to see whether I will let anger and emotion reign or if I will stay true to her calling. I'll try not to talk out loud to him if it disturbs you."
He reaches out and shakes Murphy's hand once he is more sure he won't be fried or shot for it.....
Everything Cameron says is true, at least as he knows it.
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Entropic Shield, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Sound Burst, Resist Energy
Spells cast
None
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
0/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today


Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Saturday November 21st, 2015 1:38:52 PM
Shel whispers to Alleah and Pressi, "So he sees things, he has been trying to teach things to those awful orcs that tried to kill us, and worships that Jancassis? I know he knows Bliss and Mookie, but are we sure we can trust him? One things for sure, there are a bunch of halflings in this forest! We ought find all of Humbles' Ford here, if we wait long enough."

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle) 
Saturday November 21st, 2015 1:39:34 PM

All that Bliss can do is stand there for a while, mouth gaping open. The words wash over him.

Mookie swats him with a wing.

Bliss shouts, "CAM! CAM!"

He races to the halfling and helps free him from his bonds.

"Cam! Wowsy! Cam!"

"Wow! This is ... wow!"

He gives his old friend a big hug. Then he cancels his Reduce and gives him an even bigger hug!

"Oh My Gosh! This is great! How's Tinker and Carver? And Lindy! And Miss Pru!"

He has not registered the part of Cam's story that reveals he has not seen the old crew in a long while either.

Bliss definitely wants to see the scorpion. "He's nice! What's his name?"

Before he gives his old pal time to answer, he blurts out. "Wowsy! This is so great!"

Trill (AC: 21/16/21, HP: 47/54, CMD: 20, hasted ) (Kent)  d20+7=26 ;
Saturday November 21st, 2015 2:15:42 PM
Stepping to the side to observe the reunion, the quiet halfling takes a closer look at the partial halfling to see if she can figure out just what ate the poor guy. knowledge Nature DC 26

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. Dire tiger  d10=10 ;
Sunday November 22nd, 2015 3:10:04 AM

"Pressi - this is the Culverwood. This is part of Eberyon's domain," Murphy speaks to her after her expression of incredulity. "Do you not suppose the Culverwood may be helping us? Perhaps there is mere chance at work, here. Yet Alleah walks in service to Wardd - whose own moon Shel and I, and any who will come with, we hope some day to visit. Wardd is known to bring luck - of many kinds.

"I have heard that you said of our goal to thwart an event which seems past to us, but may still have not yet happened - that there is no hope of our succeeding in that goal.

"There may be many things you think unlikely, even impossible, I myself saw a river which flowed in one direction, change its flow here in the Culverwood. We see the environment around us change from sunset to sunrise, as we sleep.

"The Forest has a will of its own, and ways of its own. I think the Culverwood helps us, as we ourselves help some within its bounds.

"Was it likely that you and I, who know each other from Angel Springs, should come upon each other here in the woods? No. Yet we met here. Be slow to judge something impossible.

"There are powers greater than we are, who may watch over us. Who may steer things one way or another. Still, though, we must make our own way as we can, and make what choices we can. Yes, I wonder at how things go.

"But the Wold is a world of wonder, Pressi. Enjoy it. Appreciate it. Absorb it. And learn to roll with it."

Murphy scratches the back of his head for a moment. "And learn to eat the impossible for breakfast," he adds with a smile.

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. Dire tiger 
Sunday November 22nd, 2015 3:36:44 AM

After observing the greetings between Bliss and Cameron, and smiling once or twice, the druid speaks to Bliss's friend. "So, rescuer of downtrodden orcs, Cameron. We just killed some orcs who made clear their intentions to eat us. We let one of them go, with stipulations. We are called Humble's Sword. We began in Humble's Ford - and only Shel and I are here of the original group. Others have joined us here and there. We are trying to get back to our home in Crescent Valley, to attend the wedding of two other members of the original team. Plus attend to other duties.

"We are a mixed lot. It sounds as though you may have come from a mixed lot. Would you want to travel with us for a time? And, during that time, will you pledge to help us, as we each help each other?"

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Sunday November 22nd, 2015 9:51:03 AM
Pressi shook her head at Murphy's statements. "Yeah, well I can tell you a few things as an ex-follower of Waard about the luck he brings. But you don't have to worry about me discounting the impossible and unlikely. If it screws me over, I guarantee the odds don't matter.

Pressi could feel her heart beating faster than she cared to admit, the blood rushing through her head. She was quite aware of how close she was to Murphy.

"As for this tower, your problem is with the laws of physics, not with me. I am positive that the flow of a river's changes are a trifle compared to how hard it is to both go back and time and not go back in time. Of course, I won't see it if you do succeed. I'll still be here in the Culverwood with Cameron, your goblin friends will still be in Koshe Dehli, and Waard will once again laugh and laugh.

"Because where there is no rules - where there is just wonder - there is no trust, no real steering. Waard doesn't care about us but he loves dangling enough to have us care about him."

But as Murphy walks away, Pressi began to mumble words under her breath. "Enjoy it. Appreciate it.... Absorb it.... Roll with..."

"Murphy, wait," she shouted. "I've got it! I know how to save the tower!"

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"We've been confusing saving the tower with stopping the spell altogether," Pressi began to tell the group as a whole. "But the problem isn't the spell's initial occurrence. It's that there's nowhere for it to go. Nowhere for it to absorb or dissipate so it breaks apart the tower. But the tower itself is, if I understand correctly and I think it's well established I probably don't, like a giant antenna. It just isn't powerful enough, yet. But we have a brief window of opportunity between the moment you go back in time and the moment the tower falls to get rid of that spell. If we're properly set up, that should be enough time to at least minimize the damage.

"Now I only have speculation because I don't really know anything about spells or towers or pink smoke, but I do know we've already tried it. Murphy said earlier that he and Shel flew to the rooftop because he saw shapes and movement, but found nothing within all that dark smoke. So he stupidly repelled down and was saved only by some divine intervention. Almost if... almost if there were a couple of stealthy halflings already working on top of the tower to get it to dissipate this energy and THEY intervened in his repelling. Or how about how people already started fleeing the scene, almost as if they were being warned beforehand. That's the circuit. I'm 70% sure of it."

Pressi looked up at everyone staring at her. "... Maybe 60%?"

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Sunday November 22nd, 2015 5:50:28 PM
"Listen, friend, having faith is all and good, but it ain't never hurt nobody to have an extra dagger or three up your sleeve just in case," says Kezzem.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Sunday November 22nd, 2015 5:50:28 PM
"Listen, friend, having faith is all and good, but it ain't never hurt nobody to have an extra dagger or three up your sleeve just in case," says Kezzem.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Sunday November 22nd, 2015 8:21:20 PM
(OOC: I'm going to be traveling Thanksgiving week. I'll try to post when I can but it might be sporadic.)

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. 
Sunday November 22nd, 2015 9:59:46 PM
(OOC: Melvin, you can ask for someone to sub for you if you are not able to post by a certain time. I'm thinking that Thanksgiving Day posting should be entirely optional.)

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Monday November 23rd, 2015 10:16:52 AM
Cameron hugs Bliss back, an almost unseen display of affection . Cameron has maybe cared for a dozen people in his life, Blaiss is definately someone he grew fond of in their short tour in The Fist. The small halfling could always Make Cameron smile with whatever he said.
"Carver was find the last I saw him, though he was one of the hardliners for killing ' anything remotely evil ' and those orc prisoners were going to qualify, evil or not. As for the rest it has been a long time, I don't know how they are."
"Now whats all this about a tower and time travel?"
" Oh, and can I pick up my wapons now? If you guys are leaving I'd definately want to leave with you. I tried to help here, but it didn't work out."
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Entropic Shield, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Sound Burst, Resist Energy
Spells cast
None
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
0/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Dm Shawn - That Smell 
Monday November 23rd, 2015 11:24:34 AM
Some trust Cameron, some are a little more guarded. A bald, dwarven braided halfling might do that to someone. Bliss naturally runs up to his friend. Camerons bonds are untied, but his weapons being given back Is still up in the air.

The group has discussions about faith, time travel, and other things naturally discussed in a tavern on the weekends.

Trill can tell the halfling was butchered and prepared by an intelligent being. Most likely the orcs.

In between the moments of discussion, the culverwood is silent besides the sounds of the river.

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle)  d20+25=37 ;
Monday November 23rd, 2015 7:06:37 PM

Bliss glances around for a spot within 10 ft of some decent shadow. He says, "Hey Cam, wanna see a neat trick?" Then he fades away out of sight as you look at him!

Perception 37 to see him hiding in plain sight.

"Here I am!" the tiny fellow calls out, breaking stealth.

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Bliss notices the half-eaten fellow. He falls silent. If you look, you'll see him starting to sniffle.

"Hey Kid!" calls Mookie, from the other side of the camp. "C'mere! I got something to show ya!"

Bliss just stands still for a minute.

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Monday November 23rd, 2015 7:17:12 PM
Shel stood silently by, listening to Murphy and Pressi's discussion. "So Pressi, you are saying that we saved ourselves get away when the tower exploded? Could that be possible? Wouldn't that mean that we need to get back there as soon as possible so we can be there to help ourselves if the need arises to do so again? My head hurts. I guess that could make sense, I guess. But, like I said, we need to press on."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Monday November 23rd, 2015 8:07:47 PM
"Uh, well..." Pressi said in response to Shel. "I mean, I guess it doesn't matter whether we rush or not since we've already made it on time. But then again.... Ok, the thing were we have to save ourselves is a bit of an assumption, since we don't know for sure that Murphy saw us from afar.

"I guess what I'm saying is that more than speed or faith, we need preparation. If we are to succeed in stopping the tower from falling without creating a paradox, we have maybe an action or two a piece in that window, so anything we can do before that window begins gives us a better shot. That means better knowing about the tower, spells and precise movements of every person at that tower, and frankly I'm a little miffed regardless of the paradox issue that I'm the first person to have given this any thought. In my opinion, if you're just going to wing it and assume everything's okay, what's even the point of rushing?"

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"So hey," Pressi said to Cameron. "Another member of the mailed fist in Plateau City, huh. You probably don't remember me, but I did a lot of odd jobs in the area a few... several years back actually. Mostly work for noblemen and rich guys, but you might have seen me around in a tavern or something. If so, I hope for your sake you were a good tipper."

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. 
Tuesday November 24th, 2015 1:13:29 AM
Funerary Duties
Murphy, though he wishes to continue the conversation, sees Bliss, and hear's Mookie talking to him. "Excuse me," he says to the others.

He walks over to join Bliss in contemplation. He puts his arm around his shoulders. "Sad. Very sad." He is silent for a bit longer. Then he says, "We ought to hold a service for him, and give him a decent burial. When we do so, Bliss, would you offer a prayer by the gravesite?" He waits for a response from the young hero.

If Bliss agrees - he says, "I'll tell you when it's time for the prayer, all right?"

He turns to his other companions. "Let us choose a place to bury this poor fellow - sure to be a relative to one of us or another, somehow or other. The soil here is rich. Digging should not be too great a challenge. While some of us do that, would any want to look to see if there is anything among the remains of his clothing or gear that might help us know who he was?"

He looks about for a bit of higher ground near the river, in sight of the falls. He looks for evidence of the upper waterline, to try to find a place above that. Then he sets in to digging, and allows others to join in as they will, to a depth of perhaps 4 feet or so. If it were near a notable tree, or stand of rocks, that would be nice, as well.

"Cameron - feel free to get your gear. Would you help with the burial of this poor halfling?"

Once the grave is dug, he asks all to gather. "Let us honor this, our slain brother." If someone finds, somehow, his name, or other clues to his identity, then Murphy will mention those. He invites any who would speak a word, sing a song of mourning, recite any texts of comfort or consolation, or to lift up a prayer for his soul, to do so. As he sprinkles a handful of dirt on the remains, Murphy asks that his soul be granted a safe passage into the afterwold. While others speak, and once all have cast their own portion of dirt on the body, if they so choose, he works to cover over the body and bones with care and solemnity.

When the time seems right, and others have spoken, he asks Bliss to say what he will.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d100=17 ; d20+11=17 ; d20+7=25 ;
Tuesday November 24th, 2015 2:28:55 AM
Alleah dismounts Thistle and solemnly walks to the remains of the deceased halfling. She kneels and gently touches the body as she casts a spell (Leyline check:17 = Pass. Cast Speak with Dead)

"I don't wish to interrupt your first day in the Lands of Rest, friend, but I may be able to do some things to ease any pain you are feeling. Tell me, who are you, friend? Finally, do you have any unfinished business, or message you wish me to pass on to a loved one?"

Alleah will relay what she finds out to the rest of the party. She will then look for clues on the body as to who the man may have worshipped in life. (Perception: 17)

If she finds such a clue, she will retrieve the holy symbol for that deity from her pack (Alleah carries no less than 25 different holy symbols with her for the various powers and gods of the Wold). After that will be some words of comfort for the departed, chosen from whatever religion it was that he may have followed (Knowl Religion to know some funeral rites: 25)

"Friends, although we never knew this man, it is always a sad occasion when one must prematurely meet Gargul. Let us give him a moments silence, and pray that he will be judged fairly in the afterlife, and that he be reunited with loved ones in time to come"

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. 
Tuesday November 24th, 2015 7:40:56 AM
After the ceremony, Murphy says, "It is time to travel onward. I think we must make due haste."

Preparations for Saving Crescent Valley

"Alleah. Let me make some suggestions, and then you tell me what you think. Quite likely you'll improve substantially over what I am about to say. Tonight, why don't you go ahead and do that five minute dream talking you can do, with Alouryn Buttercup Bumblebottom, soon to be Hazel's wife, and ask her and Hazel to find the Second Breakfast Club, and tell them she was warned in a dream that experimentation with the Giant Tower will destroy the tower. Tell her to tell them, 'No dimension door and portable hole in Giant Tower - death and harm will result.' Something along those lines - I trust you to work out the details.

"Tomorrow night, try to send a similar message to Mayor Bingo BumbleLuck - but add a detail. Have him send trusted people to the Giant's Tower, and order the Second Breakfast Club in the name of the law that they are to exit the Tower, and not use it for dimension door or portable hole tests. Or any other experiments. If they disobey, their foolishness will send them to Koshe Marr in purple smoke, and destroy the tower.

"And the third night, try to communicate to Broker Iangold Laughshield. Tell him if the Second Breakfast Club conducts experiments in the Giant's Tower, that it will absolutely ruin business in Humble's Ford. Have him tell the wizards that at least one of them may die by their own foolishness if they mess with dimension door spells in the tower.

We may be back in town near to that time - if strong Culverwood allows. We may come first to Hovel - my Aunt Marigold may have the means to communicate quickly with folks in Humble's Ford. I wish I had some sort of long-distance talking or writing ability.

"Pressi - Please don't be miffed that you are the first one to consider the notion of paradox, with us being sent back in time. I and others among us already have given the matter some thought, several days before we found each other here in the Culverwood. I do not understand fully how this all works. And though we can try to be extremely clever and try to avoid things that seem absurd or impossible, my plan is to try to prevent a bad experiment and a terrible destruction.

"If you ask me the question, 'If you had a chance to go back and change something from the past after you saw the consequences?' well, about some things, I would say, 'Yes, I would.'

"Part of my plan is this: Not to worry too much about dealing with all the potential ramifications of this enigma, of this strange opportunity. I do not think that the Wold will explode if we take advantage of what we know to prevent something bad from happening. Might there be temporal echoes and reverberations? There may be.

"On the other hand, I don't plan on walking up to myself and saying, 'Hi, Murphy, I'm you, and just came back from our future, which we need to change.'

"There are some elements of what you related about the incident at the towers that do not quite correspond to what happened. Would you mind if I clarified a few details?"

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. 
Tuesday November 24th, 2015 7:42:07 AM

Background - from falling tower to almost the present

"The long and short of it is this," Murphy explains: The three members of the Second Breakfast Club - wizards Veseley Vortence, Tiana Taithen, and Bazeck Breezelee - sought to expand the range of a dimension door spell by using a portable hole, and somehow tieing the magic item and spell casting into the immense power source offered on the top floor of the tower.

"When they cast the spell using the portable hole on the large stone disk in the tower, it opened a portal to elsewhere.

"At that moment in a huge explosion, the wizards were injured - perhaps one died right then. Purplish smoke issued forth, pulled from Koshe Marr itself, I reckon. In the purple black sky could be seen circular patterns. The smoke mostly sank to the ground, and seemed to be toxic.

"Many people from Humble's Ford had gathered at a safe distance from the tower - trying to stay away from the purple smoke that spread across the ground.

"Hazel joined me in the whirlwind made by an air elemental, which got us up to the edge of a window near the top. The windows were warded. Cracks were appearing here and there in the stones of the tower. Purple beams of light crackled out from the tower in the direction of other nearby towers, and made thunderous sounds.

"The elemental carried us higher, up to the rooftop. There was not direct access from the flat rooftop to the tower below - only via the windows along the side. So, Hazel and I jumped off the roof, roped together, and as we got close to the ground, Hazel drank a feather fall potion I had given him. We landed, oh, somewhat safely.

"Sardok, who was with us, got the door at the base opened. We had to get past a large animated chain - Alleah said they were haunted - to ascend the tower. Meanwhile, Bliss, who somehow managed to get through one of the warded windows, answered a riddle from a black dragon statue, which made safe that passage for us upward.

"From Tiana, who had been knocked for a loop, we learned at the portal there had been an evil demon. She could not give more details than that.

"Bazeck gave us a few pages from a journal written by Roderigo Montoya, a paladin of Alemi. He had described his journey to bring the Holy Word of Alemi to some far-flung realms. Based upon what he had heard about them, he had anticipated brutal horror and savage evil ruled over by a terrible witch. Instead he found serene, still beauty, a calm, and amazing plants and crystals. Goblins and trolls lived harmoniously together, and spoke of their adoration of their queen.

"My thoughts were that the good Roderigo had been deceived, or had found a dark thread at first unseen. As I pondered this, of a sudden I realized that some of my friends had decided to jump through the beckoning portal.

"Bazeck had tried to warn them not to enter, but," he shrugs his shoulders, "eh, they're heroes, right? So, in they went. I grabbed a book and talked with Bazeck, when there was a huge implosion. Bazeck, and Tiana, and even the unconscious Veseley and I joined my friends as we entered the land of Koshe Marr.

"I won't tell you everything that happened there right now. But Mookie knew of an inn, a tavern, from which one could escape the evil realm. Many things transpired, Veseley died during the trip, we met two goblin children, and one of them died in a crystal forest. We were hunted. In time, we escaped devilish wolves and a wicked woman, Amalee, and entered the tavern.

"So, John McGiven the innkeep - we were in The Harrowed Moon Inn - told us there was a statue you could touch, and say reditum, and be sent back home to the same place you were when you entered Koshe Marr at the exact same instant you entered. 'It will be like you never left home,' he told us.

"Oh, and he served great pies," Murphy adds.

"Well, as the goblin girl with us - her name was Isra - is from Izen, and lives at her father's inn, the Innkeep, John McGiven, told us we might be able to avoid arriving in a collapsing tower by travelling with her, to her place and time.

"So we made that choice. The Second Breakfast Club members separated from us during the magical transport. Where they went, I am not certain. But we ended up at the Goblin's Rest Inn. We met Isra's parents - Dyma and Fenna, and her grandmother. And we found that we had arrived three weeks earlier than when we left the tower north of Humble's Ford.

"So far we have traveled... how many days? I think it was the 2nd day there we learned our time was 3 weeks earlier than where we were. So, the 1st night on the road we camped. The 2nd day we met large wasps, and the men on the barge, and the captain's Akita. They sold us cold iron weapons. Sardok left our group that night. The 3rd day the meat barrel fell overboard, and we came upon crocodiles, and had a shooting contest - and didn't bother the crocks, then saw a barge a ways ahead of us. After the 4th night we got up, and tried to catch up to the barge. We did. The captain and crew were gone, snakes had taken them. We followed the tracks, killed some snakes, met up with Trillium, followed more tracks, found more snakes, and the remains of the other barge's captain and crew. We headed back to the 2nd barge. Hazel and Faoil, his dog, left the group, hoping to make better time so he could be home for his wedding. The rest of us upstream in a gathering storm.

"On the 3rd day since the thunderstorm - now the 7th day of travel, we came to a waterfall, and we found we were in the Culverwood - and the direction of water flow had reversed!"

Murphy pauses. "Who would like to recount the rest of the days we have spent on our journey? Three weeks maximum - and better if a day or three shy of three weeks - for us to get to Humble's Ford - and the Giant Tower. Can someone else count from after day seven?"

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle) 
Tuesday November 24th, 2015 9:57:06 AM

Regarding the burial service ...

Bliss nods. "Thanks for asking, Mister Murphy. I hope Lord Gargul will inspire me to say good things. And thanks, Miss Alleah, for giving him a chance to say his last words."

When it is time, Bliss bows his head and says,

"Now we bring you to your rest.
"Lay you down and now be blessed.
"Gargul guide you for the best,
"Free from pain and life distressed."

"Amen!"

===== ===== =====

Bliss thinks that sending messages as the group keeps moving is not a bad idea. "What could go wrong?" he asks.

Mookie chokes on the worm he had been swallowing.

"Yeah, what could go wrong?" he repeats.

Dm Shawn - a burial  
Tuesday November 24th, 2015 12:55:56 PM
Alleah casts her spell and a halflings voice comes through. " Hey there pretty lady " the voice says. "I'm "sticky" Icky Gump. The most handsome halfling in the woods. They call me sticky because I tend to have sticky hands and take what's not mine. By that I mean the captain of the guards lady friend. Tried getting through the woods when I met the orcs who did this. I don't need much, in fact perhaps a kiss before I go is all I need."the body posseses no holy symbol.

After the discussion, the hole is dug away from the creek. Words are said, and blessings are made for the fallen halfing.

Pressi, Shel and Murphy discuss what to do when it comes to the tower and trying to save the second dinner club.

When the night comes, plans are made to dream walk. What are watches and were are you setting up camp.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Tuesday November 24th, 2015 4:52:17 PM
Cameron helps gather stones for the burial. If they mention they are planning to stay here for the night, he empties the pants pocket with his tent and rope and uses his ants to help carry stones to lay on the halfling's grave. He listen's closely to their plan and though not sure what most of that dream sending stuff means, thinks it is pretty sound, except for one thing...
" Shouldn't you make a contingency plan for your first plan not working? I mean some folks listen to stuff they hear in dreams, and others can't remember a thing that they dreamt the night before. Shouldn't there be a plan to just keep people away from the tower so that the poisoned smoke and the tower falling on them just doesn't happen, in cas =e these mages disregard all common sense, which it sounds like they did with their whole plan in the first place, and do their spell anyway, consequences be damned? I mean they kinda sound like they think they know what they are doing and won't listen to anyone else anyway, at least that's how they sound when you tell it. You guys spoke to them so you might get a different impression."
"So as a back up plan get everyone away from this tower, and then get in there and try to stop them in case the warnings go unheeded. Otherwise it sounds like a fine idea. How can I help?"
Cameron prefers a watch during the midnight hour so that he may make his devotions to Jancassis.
Cameron replies to Pressi about his time in the Fist. " Sorry, the way I said it might have misled you. I didn't spend any time in Plateau City while I was enlisted in the Fist. I was stationed at the Citadel in Farungia. Recently, a week ago maybe, I traveled to Plateau City to visit the chapter house there of the WLA."
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Entropic Shield, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Sound Burst, Resist Energy
Spells cast
None
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
0/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today


Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39 
Tuesday November 24th, 2015 6:16:45 PM
Alleah grins and rolls her eyes at the response from the corpse. "Typical male".

She casts Clean Blood (or Prestidigitation) on the forehead of the dead halfling and then leans down to deliver a quick kiss. "That ought to give him something to brag about in the afterlife"

"Rest now, Mr Gump"

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Alleah is happy to accommodate the others when it comes to talk of rest and watches.


Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Tuesday November 24th, 2015 6:44:40 PM
Shel volunteers to take the first watch, wanting to be sure she got enough rest to cast her full complement of spells in the morning. "Thkse all sound like decent ideas, Murphy. We might have problems making it back on time, so sending back missives is probably a nice way to pass along information, too. But we need to keep trying to get back as soon as we can. If the tower goes down, the biguns will run unchecked in our home!"

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood.  d20+11=28 ;
Tuesday November 24th, 2015 7:05:35 PM
(Quick post)

"Much as I wouldn't mind camping near the waterfall, there is still a good number of daylight hours ahead of us. Let us press on until dusk, then camp for the night," Murphy urges his friends. (Based upon DM posts, and ours, I would think it was between 10am and noon when we encountered the orcs, thus 11 to 1pm when we finished the burial and general palaver).

That evening, just before Alleah casts her spell, the druid casts endurance on her, as the spell is fairly draining on the caster.

Let's use the watches we set up, but have Cameron substitute for Alleah for the next few days.

[Survival to find good, defensible campsite: 28]

Trill (AC: 21/16/21, HP: 47/54, CMD: 20, hasted ) (Kent)  d20+5=18 ;
Tuesday November 24th, 2015 10:14:10 PM
Trill helps out with burial duty and then takes point as they travel that afternoon. When they decide to make camp, Trill grabs her bow puts down hr other stuff and tries to do a bit of hunting to find some fresh meat to cook for dinner. survival DC 18

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19  d20+12=17 ; d20+18=31 ;
Wednesday November 25th, 2015 12:24:28 AM
Kezzem will scout there area around camp.

Perception: 17
Stealth: 31

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. 
Wednesday November 25th, 2015 12:24:50 AM
[Repost from Nov. 6]

And let's keep the Watches:
Even nights (last night was odd?)
1st: Shel
2nd: Pressi
3rd: Kezzem
4th: Murphy

Odd nights
1st: Trill
2nd: Bliss
3rd: Alleah
4th: Murphy

Tonight is an 'odd' night - so Trill, Bliss, Cameron (instead of Alleah), then Murphy. Cameron - 3rd watch starts a little after midnight, so you can trade with Bliss if you want to, and the little fella is agreeable.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+6=26 ;
Wednesday November 25th, 2015 1:04:57 AM
Survival 26 to aid Murphy in selecting a defensible camp vs DC 10 +2 to Murphy's survival check.
" I was in the Culverwood once befre when we had to escort a rather rude and ignorant man into the wood to complete a test for the Chancers Club. He failed miserably, but we learned that it was necessary for us to constantly keep an eye out and help keep our tracker on the right path. When we reached te center of the Eastern wood we found totems at which we made sacrifices. If the Noble had done so sincerely, we would have been fine. Instead he thought the wood dirty and the trial stupid, so the woods sent small plant men to kill us in the night. They were similar to the plant men we found in Farungia, but none of us spoke their clicking and gesture filled language so there was no way to parlay with them. Sadly we had to kill a bunch of the to defend the stupid noble. Too bad really, the plant men had far more heart and honor than the noble."
When they camp Cameron will move off by himself for a few minutes. He prays to Jancassis for guidance through the wood the same as she guided him before, by sending various venomous creatures to guide him. He prays to the forest as well to please allow them safe and swift passage to wherever these folks are headed. It sounds like alot of halflings may be harmed if they don't reach home in time and that would be sad, and possibly not help the forest at all either. As a sacrifice to the forest, he buries the one poisoned dagger he has. The poison came from a poisoned toad that they encountered in the eastern woods. He hopes that this is enough to make the woods play nice and help them on their way.
When midnight comes he prays to Jancassis again, sitting silently in the darkness just outside of camp he consumes a small centipede he caught while making camp. As he feels the weak venom course through him he thanks her for sending these halflings to find him and free him. He isn't sure what they are doing, but hopes she will allow the venom to make his insights into their actions clearer so that he can help them.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Wednesday November 25th, 2015 1:07:22 AM
OOC
Nope that timing is fine. Cameron will wake up an hour early to pray and be ready to then take his watch.

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle)  d100=39 ; d100=82 ; d100=12 ; 6d4=17 ;
Wednesday November 25th, 2015 12:05:57 PM
As the party sets up camp, Bliss asks Trill and Murphy for help.

"I have a nifty spell to make berries better. Then you can eat them for a lunch or a second lunch and even heal wounds and like that. But I need berries, and you guys are like nature experts. Can you help me find some please? Pretty please?"

If any berries are found, Bliss will cast two goodberry spells. Actually, the ley lines fall sweetly here, and he casts three! That's 17 berries!

He is happy to take his watch as usual.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Wednesday November 25th, 2015 12:57:15 PM
Pressi's contribution beyond helping to dig the hole was to mutter a few statements in a strange language as she stood watch above him. A quick carving of a bisected diamond (anvil and hammer) and that was that.

Domi funerals were somewhat strange affairs, built around the ideals of physical contest. Pressi had considered drop kicking someone but sensed it might be taken the wrong way.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Wednesday November 25th, 2015 1:56:00 PM
At some point during Murphy's tirade, Pressi pulled back, refusing to speak any more on the subject. She would be the silent and dutiful soldier until such time she could sneak away and smack the smug off a few trees.

The argument to her had gotten somewhat personal, as Murphy seemed to take her objection as a monk of Domi to be one of cowardice, uncaring and insufficiently religious. And thus his stubborn, optimistic, unplanned move to tell others to abandon their stubborn, optimistic, unplanned move will go forward.

Not that she was absolutely convinced she understood this time travel stuff, but it seemed the thing to consider. But what boiled her blood most was how he just brushed her off, when she had tried to meet him halfway, trying to....

She had told people that the targeting of leska's was random. She suspected leska knew of her crush some time ago, but they never mentioned it. It didn't matter, really.

Dm Shawn - Campy Fun 
Wednesday November 25th, 2015 3:59:01 PM
The burial is finished with some nice words.

The March is uneventful. Trill and Cameron helps Murphy find a nice area to set up camp. The floor of the campsite turns into a bowl so the fire can burn without being seen from a distance. A small ledge, built of tree roots and dirt prevents the winds from slicing into the group.

Watches are set up to alleviate Alleah and allow her to cast her spell.

Discussion is also made still about the time travel and what to do. Shel agrees with Murphy about his plan. Some feathers are ruffled and some trees pay the price.

Cameron shares his opinion and when given a chance prays to his goddess and dines on a crawler.

Bliss is able to find some winter berries, enough to fulfill his spell.

Kezzem scouts around the campsite, but enemies are not found.

Before casting her own spell, Murphy aids Alleah with an Endurance spell.

Once able to.. Alleah cast her spell to deliver her message. (Rob can you email me and let me know what ability this is? I didn't see anything on the sheet.)

Ooc: For those who celebrate, an early Happy Thanksgiving. I don't know when I'll post tommorow, or if I definitely will.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Wednesday November 25th, 2015 4:05:03 PM
Retcon: Pressi had spent some time thinking of the nature of time and space. She had spent the last few years a cloistered monk wondering about the world. Before that, she had done courtesan work for many a rich mage. And then there was that stint with spoiled jerks bill and ted, the ones who taught her slang.

She wondered how easy it would be to explain this thinking to one who had never even thought about time. To be honest, she felt the limits of her own understanding. Still, one who had to think about time travel would realize some basics, right?

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  2d4=5 ; d100=87 ; d4=1 ; d4=4 ;
Wednesday November 25th, 2015 8:56:21 PM
Alleah finds a nice quiet spot to cast her spell (OOC: Details of spell and conversation emailed to DMs).

When the spell is complete Alleah feels quite drained from it. She takes a moment to use the party Wand of Lesser Restoration.

----------------------------
Cast spell: Call Spirit. Leyline check: 87 = Ok.
Alleah takes 2d4=5 pts Con damage as a result
Use Wand of Lesser Restoration to cure Con damage: 1 + 4 = 5. Two uses expended.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Thursday November 26th, 2015 2:20:38 AM
(Happy Thanksgiving, all)

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood.  d20+11=21 ; d20+16=22 ; d20+11=23 ;
Thursday November 26th, 2015 1:15:14 PM
Pressi Issues

At some point the rather dense Murphy realizes that he has managed to upset her.

"Uh, Pressi. Pressi? Was it something I said? Or, how I said it? Or... you are mad at me, aren't you? I am not very good at reading minds. Tell me, please. What is it?"

He is very concerned, and apparently somewhat clueless. [He can only guess at internal monologues, but does not really know what Pressi is thinking. And there is no way he deems Pressi a coward, at all - but he does not realize that she thinks he implied cowardice in her.]

For whatever reason, he adds the comment, "My brother Kendry traveled back in time once. Way back in time, with a group of adventurers. Did Leska ever tell you about that?"

Dream Talking

"How did it go, Alleah? Did you talk with Alouryn? Or with someone else? How are you feeling?"

Blissful Berries

Murphy helped Bliss find some berries for his nice little spell. [Survival 21]

He also thanks Trill for finding something for the evening meal, and both her and Cameron for helping to find such a great spot to set camp.

Chancer's Club

"Really?" he asks Cameron after hearing the story. "I remember hearing a little about the Chancer's Club, but I never knew anyone who worked with someone from that group. Or, I guess, he was trying to join the club?"

His interest is especially piqued when he talks about the creatures they had to fight. "Tell me more about the plant people. I have heard such exist, but never have met any. What do they look like? Are they green and brown, or other colors, too? How big are they?"

Cameron's Questions
"Those are good questions, Cameron. What you and Pressi asked about, or commented on, are good considerations. What if we can't get to the Second Breakfast Club before they cast their unwise spell, and a breach is opened? I do not know a way of containing the breach once it is made, nor of protecting the tower from destruction after the portal is opened.

"If anyone has any good ideas along those lines, they would be welcome. Our first goal, nonetheless, is to try to keep the experiment from ever taking place within the giant tower, if such be possible. If we manage that, then it will, as far as I can see, at least, abate the imminent threat from the north - and save a lot of grief. If for some reason we cannot do that, then, yes, clearing the people as far from the tower as possible would be wise. Now, the purple smoke did help to keep them some distance from it."

He realizes a mistake he made in telling the story. "Oh, none of the wizards actually died in their first explosion - the one that opened the rift, but did not knock down the tower. I thought at the time he was dead. But one was knocked silly - the woman, and another was unconscious for some time, even after we arrived in Koshe Marr. One did die later within those lands - which is another reason why, if we can, we must do all we can to mend or prevent this disaster. Souls which die in Koshe Marr can only be returned at immense cost and pain by dealing with a very, very wicked person - the so-called Dark Lord, Marteaus."

Setting out again
Murphy does what he can to discern the right way to travel, and suggests a direction for Humble's Sword.

[Choosing the way: Perception 22, Survival 23]

===========
Happy Thanksgiving!

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Thursday November 26th, 2015 3:00:39 PM
Shel follows along with the group, staying out of any of the arguments. The time space continuum was far beyond her. She was y sure what would happen one way or the other. The only thing she knew was that they had to hurry back and see, one way or the other if the tower explosion could be stopped. If not, they had to try and manage the damage to the town.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Thursday November 26th, 2015 4:09:44 PM
Pressi does not easily share any of her inner dialogue, preferring to insist that everything is fine over the sound of tree smacks. Thus the discussion ends for the moment, though the marteus statement does affect her.

Despite herself, she does listen in to alleah's answer just in case.

(Happy thanksgiving. Sorry I didn't have time to write more today)

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle) 
Thursday November 26th, 2015 4:24:05 PM

Bliss thanks Murphy for the help with the berries. The fresh food is good too. It's been a long day, and Bliss conks out until it is time for his watch.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+12=20 ;
Thursday November 26th, 2015 7:29:28 PM
"I'm guessing this tower does something other than just be a tower? I didn't grow up in the valley, but I was born there. I don't know anything about the place."
"If I might say though, from what I know, the Culverwood generally doesn't like fires or tree beating within the forest.. We might want to avoid that. On that note I have asked the forest and Jamcassis to help guide us, like she did the only other time I was in the woods."
"The tree people were called vegepygmies I think. They were about my size. They were both woody and leafy. They were just trying to make us leave, but this guy needed to stay there overnight to prove his mettle to the Chancer's. Thankfully, most of the people on the selection committee couldn't be bought, so when we told them how he had hid under his blankets and been the cause of the upset creatures in the first place they did not accept his application. By the way, should w be in Plateau city We would like to avoid him. He just doesn't like me after that story."
Perception 20 while on watch
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Magic Stone, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Sound Burst, Resist Energy
Spells cast
None
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
0/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Dm Shawn - Campy Fun 
Thursday November 26th, 2015 10:31:56 PM
Pressi does her best to wrap her head around the thought of time travel and dimensions. It's a hard thing to wrap around.

Murphy assures Pressi he meant no Ill will before him and Cameron get into a discussinon about the Chancet's club and plant men.

Bliss finishes his berries, thanking those who helped.

Shel stays ouT of the timey wimey stuff.

Alleah moves to a private place and casts her spell. Highlight to display spoiler: { After a brief moment, Alleah hers own voice answering her back. It takes two minutes of the time for her to convince herself of who she is. Then she relates the entire story so far and what has happened which takes another 2 minutes. Finally she issues her warning and Alleah v.2 finally speaks up. " This is a lot but I'll head over right now." Before she can relate anything back to Alleah v.1 the spell ends. }

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Friday November 27th, 2015 12:29:34 AM
Kezzem looks for a tree to use for target practice as Alleah is casting her spell.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39 
Friday November 27th, 2015 1:27:51 AM
"It's been a while since I've had some 'me' time" Alleah observes as the spell finishes.

She rejoins the group and let's them know what has occurred

"Since I didn't have any personal possession of Allouryn's, I couldn't contact her. Instead, I contacted myself. I took a bit of convincing. Seems I have trust issues with myself. Anyway, I convinced myself about what was happening, what would happen, and the need to stop the Second Dinner Club. I think I believed myself"

Alleah smiles. "It's odd that that sentence actually makes sense"

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Friday November 27th, 2015 11:08:50 AM
"I hate to even ask, Alleah, but how did you manage to contact yourself? And how did you get yourself to believe it was you and not some strange dream or just a bonk on the head? I don't think I'd ever believe that I was contacting myself, to be honest. Did you say everything was still okay in the Ford right now?"

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22  d20+16=36 ; d20+5=19 ; d20+12=14 ;
Friday November 27th, 2015 12:22:48 PM
"Crickey," Pressi said. "Looks like we dodged a bullet with any time stream changes."

Pressi stood up, straightning her leather jacket and trademark whip, her blond curls spilling from her fedora. "Still, we'd better better be on the lookout. I'd bet me pet wallaby that we'd still...."

Pressi couldn't finish the sentence. The glammers from the hat of disguise fell as she cracked up.

(Disguise nat 20, bluff 19, perception 14 if we move on)

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Friday November 27th, 2015 12:57:48 PM
"What's the Second Dinner Club?" asks Kezzem.

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood.  d20+16=24 ; d20+11=17 ;
Friday November 27th, 2015 1:09:35 PM

Murphy is delighted to hear of Alleah's clever approach. "That is amazing, 'Leah. And brilliant."

During breakfast, the druid thinks again over the time they have spent traveling, and how much time is left before the Giant Tower incident. He takes out a piece of paper, a pen and ink, and writes as he talks.

"Anyway, like I was saying, the amount of time we've traveled... was seven days to the first waterfall inside the Culverwood. Later that day were the pretty fae spiders that tried to kill us. We slept in a cave. The 8th day we saw many beatiful plants, and then had to figure out how to get past a patch of Lost Wood Morels. Then we slept in a massive hollow oak tree. The 9th day Trillium and I went to look around at the morning changes to the forest, and came across Pressi and Kezzem. Midday, we all came across the fae gnomes and their manipulative feast.

"The next day, the 10th since our journey began, we came upon Cnossia's waterfall, and spent the night with her and her friends, the oak man and the willow tree and the otters.

"After leaving the beautiful naiad, on the 11th day the orcs attacked us, we found Cameron, and buried Icky Gump. That was yesterday. Last night, Alleah talked with herself in a dream....

"and that brings us to today, the 12th day of our journey from Goblin's Rest. Since on the day we left there, we learned that we were three weeks behind the day the tower blew, that gives us 9 days - really, 8 days, to be safe, or 7, to be safer still, to get to the tower before the Second Breakfast Club casts their spell."

Here is what he has written on his piece of paper.
3 weeks & 1 day - Goblin's Rest
1/21 Start travel
2/20 Wasps, barge, cold iron, Sardok leaves
3/19 Barge, meat barrel, crocs, shooting contest, 2nd barge
4/18 2nd barge beached, crew gone, snakes, more snakes, Hazel & Faoil leave, we meet Trillium, back on barge
5/17 River travel
6/16 River travel
7/15 Culverwood, waterfall, fae spiders
8/14 Lost Wood Morels
9/13 Meet Pressi and Kezzem, fae gnomes
10/12 Nymph Cnossia
11/11 Orcs, meet Cameron, Alleah's dream talking
12/10
There is room left on the bottom of the paper for additional lines. "See, here the left number is our day of travel. The right number is how many days until the purple smoke incident at the Giant Tower," Murphy explains to his friends.

When all are ready (assuming nothing else occurs to get in the way), Murphy plots the direction. He seems a bit diffident. "I think that is the way we should go. What do you think, friends?" He asks for help in choosing the way they go.

Once they are underway, he steps out of order for an hour or so to walk out front. "Kezzem, you seem a fairly quiet fellow. You've heard me talking a lot, I know. I'd love to hear more about you. How did you come into the adventuring life? What sorts of things have you done to learn your skills? Any interesting stories along the way?"

[Perception 24, Survival 17]

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle) 
Friday November 27th, 2015 2:23:22 PM

Bliss is a little sceptical. "Are you sure, Miss Alleah? I know you pretty well, and you are always a nice person and trusting. You always trust me!"

"But we should still go back home right away. See, Cam, this tower is one of the Giant Protection Towers that protects us from giants! When they come out of the mountains, they can't walk past the towers to get to the Crescent Valley. So makign sure we protect the tower is still pretty important."

Kezzem asks where the mages are.

"They went home by a different route from the land of nightmares."

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+6=12 ; d20+12=16 ; d20+9=21 ; d8=8 ;
Friday November 27th, 2015 4:23:50 PM
As Alleah mentions she was rather skeptical of her own story as she told it to herself Cameron thinks You, trust issues? Couldn't be. As he remembers the generally warm reception of the group and her colder, but nonetheless prudent caution of his story. Honestly, she was probably the smarter one since he wouldn't just trust a cleric of Jancassis he met tied up in the woods either.

He shakes his head and tries to focus as Bliss explains the tower and it's purpose. Once he grasps the meaning of the tower he can't believe someone let mages tinker around in such an important structure.

" So is it common in Humble's Ford for people of dubious qualification to be allowed to tinker with one of the most important buildings in the area? Heck, I'll fit right in. Probably not even get a second look."

Cameron listen's to the account of their trip so far and in overjoyed at the omens he sees in their trail. Spiders are an excellent sign they are on the right path. Then the mushrooms, knowing the Culverwood they were likely poisonous. Gnomes with a manipulative feast sounds like some shenanigans went on with the food causing odd effects, close enough for him to the food being poisoned to be a good sign. All very promising. Silently he thanks Jancassis for leaving him a trail to prove they were on the right path. When asked he listens with his head cocked to one side for a moment as Hobbes, the scorpion that only he can see, gives his opinion of which way would be best to travel. Cameron applies what he knows about hunting and travel in the woods to this consul and helps Murphy find a good path.

Survival 12 beats DC 10 to aid another Add +2 to Murphy's survival roll.

Once they get underway he unslings his Crossbow and loads it, keeping it ready in case anything leaps out to attack them.(yes it HAS happened before)

Perception to notice trouble 16 (but with that roll Cameron will likely be the last to notice it)
Readied action to shoot anything that attacks the group (not merely threatens it) Hits AC 21 for 8 damage.
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Magic Stone, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Sound Burst, Resist Energy
Spells cast
None
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
0/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today


Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. 
Friday November 27th, 2015 4:53:02 PM

Murphy nods his head in agreement with Bliss, then laughs at Cameron's comment. "Bliss is correct. The story goes, a mage from over a hundred years ago, Shafbaffum, made several towers. He then interlinked the towers with magical forces and something he call the essence of giants. When the giants came a little while after the towers were erected, they were repelled.

"Since then some engineers, mages, witches and clerics - even a fixer, that I know of - have helped to maintain and repair the towers, ley lines, forces of interlocking magic, and so forth. For the tower just north of Humble's Ford, the three mages of the Second Breakfast Club are in charge of its upkeep."

Then Murphy thinks to add, "Oh, some say that Shafbaffum is still alive, and keeps to himself - and denies he ever had anything to do with the making of the Giant Towers." He shrugs his shoulders. "So, who knows? At least the giants haven't come down since they went up. Although a few have come in from the Red Hills - but never too many at once, and one, a family friend of ours, is out in Hovel. An ogre bard named Lomar lives over there."

Recalling the point of Cameron's comment, though, he says, "So, I guess that tinkering helps them to keep the tower working - but they overreached this last time. Extending the range of a dimension door spell does not seem to fit in with maintaining the tower's defenses - at least as far as I can tell.

"Oh, and, the three mages were holding hands with us as we began to teleport from the Inn of Koshe Marr, but let go halfway into the effect - so I have no idea where they ended up. Well, technically, one of them was holding my hand, and he was carrying the poor fellow who had died, and was holding on to the addled woman with his other hand. He called out her name, then his hand slipped from mine - and I couldn't hold on tightly enough." He kicks the ground with his toe as he recalls the separation.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19  d20+12=26 ;
Friday November 27th, 2015 11:25:32 PM
"Wait, so you're back in time now...and there's two Alleah's here? Yowzah, that gives a fellow some ideas!"

"Well, my cousin Kozold once found this magic ring that made him act all funny for a while and gave him a nasty cough until some other fellow came along and stole it from him. Then there was the time I helped about a half-dozen dwarves rescue this princess that could talk to birds. Of course, nothing compares to the time I had to fend this emotionless chick from both a werewolf AND a vampire."

Sense Motive DC 26 Highlight to display spoiler: {Kezzem is spinning tall tales, naturally.}

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle)  d20+8=12 ;
Friday November 27th, 2015 11:46:27 PM

Sense Motive ... 12. Bliss is oblivious to Kezzem's nuance.

"Wowsy, those sound like great adventures," says Bliss. "How did that ring make him feel?"

Mookie rolls his eyes. "Maybe the answer is for big adventurers, Kid. You can ask again when you are older."

'Humph!" says Bliss. He actually enunciates the word like it is spelled.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Saturday November 28th, 2015 2:31:34 AM
"The ring made him feel precious," replies Kezzem.

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood.  d20+7=14 ;
Saturday November 28th, 2015 2:40:04 AM

"What happened to the werewolf and vampire? We raise chickens, but I've never paid close attention to the emotional status of the little chicks. Most of 'em are hungry, or want to get warm," comments Murphy.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Saturday November 28th, 2015 12:58:31 PM
"Not those kind of chickens, Murph, girlie chicks, like Alleah, Shel, and Pressi" says Kezzem. I killed the vampire, but the girl died and the werewolf ran off with her baby. Actually, I think I may have dreamed that part up, and they all just decided to go home without fighting. Kind of anti-climatic, I know, but hey, werewolves and vampires, right?"

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle) 
Saturday November 28th, 2015 4:19:24 PM

Bliss listens with wide eyes. "Really? What happened to the baby? Do you think ..." his voice gets quieter "... the werewolf ate it? Poor baby."

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39  d20+1=20 ;
Saturday November 28th, 2015 6:44:28 PM
[ooc]Sense Motive 20. [/ooc]

That Kezzem tells some strange stories all right. I'm not sure exactly what he's talking about. Chicks, werewolves, goodness!

Shel was growing impatient. "Let's pick a direction and go! Standing around here talking about chickens isn't doing us any good at all!"

Trill (AC: 21/16/21, HP: 47/54, CMD: 20, hasted ) (Kent)  d20+7=17 ; d20+13=21 ;
Sunday November 29th, 2015 12:19:55 PM
Having had first watch and slept the rest oft he night, Trill is up early and ready to go. Hey Guys, I'm with Shel. If time is of the essence here then we need to get going. Not knowing exactly where they are is somewhat of an issue, however, as they are in the Culverwood, it stands to reason that Crescent Valley lies to the northeast. Doing the best she can, Trill tries to ascertain which way is Northeastish and to locate a path of sorts that heads that way. survival DC 17, Perception DC21

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39 
Sunday November 29th, 2015 7:18:05 PM
Alleah gives Shel a pat on the back"I like your enthusiasm. Let's go!"

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. 
Sunday November 29th, 2015 9:55:33 PM

"Girls are 'chicks'?" Murphy asks. "Huh. My mother used to call us when we were young 'pups.' Chicks... all right. Hadn't heard that one before."

He says, "Bliss, it sounds like it was maybe a pretend story, or a dream Kezzem had. So likely no real baby was lost, or stolen. I hope."

(Murphy didn't ask Kezzem the question until we already were already underway on today's journey.)

With help from Trill and Cameron, plus the aid of Cnossis' spirit, Murphy gains confidence they are on a good path for the moment... or 'good' at least as far as being the right direction. Time will tell whom they come across on the way home.

Dm Shawn - Campy Fun 
Monday November 30th, 2015 3:56:38 AM
Discussion, talking, tall tales and some optimism all part of the hike through the Culverwood. Some even learn a new meaning to the word chicks. The hiking is not bad by an means, but around mid day when a watering hole is spotted it is a welcome relief. The cold, clean water looks refreshing. The hole itself is only 10 by 10 and lays about 30' off the trail.

Need appropriate checks through out the march.



Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19  d20+12=24 ; d20+18=30 ;
Monday November 30th, 2015 10:40:32 AM
Kezzem scouts.

Perception: 24 (+3 vs. traps)
Stealth: 30

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+6=22 ; d20+12=16 ; d20+15=20 ;
Monday November 30th, 2015 10:49:57 AM
Jancassis provides Cameron with all the water he can drink each day from her magic. Safe, nonpoisonous water. Cameron looks at this pool warily, wondering what if anything lives here, or uses the water for drinking. First he looks for the presence of poison in the water, saying a quick prayer to the Lady of Vengeance. Then he starts looking for signs of other visitors to the pool.
Cast detect poison on the pool and surrounding area.
Survival 22 to look for tracks and other signs of use at the pool
Perception 16 to look for any signs of a hunter watching the pool.
If the pool seems unsafe, Cameron warns the others, then steps back into the brush and hides(see below)
If he is satisfied the pool seems safe, Cameron steps back and blends into the surrounding trees and maintains overwatch while the others do their thing at the pool.
Stealth 20
Readied action to shoot anything that attacks the group (not merely threatens it) Hits AC 21 for 8 damage.(rolled in last post, still unused)
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Magic Stone, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Sound Burst, Resist Energy
Spells cast
None
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
0/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22  d20+2=12 ; d20+12=21 ; d20+15=20 ;
Monday November 30th, 2015 1:27:22 PM
Pressi had remained silent through Kezzem's spinning of wild tales, already knowing their falsity. After all, she had spent some time getting yanked around at the same questions, in between his come-ons and his insistence that she start joking during battle (we'll get to that later).

(OOC to Kezzem - I do want to post something about Kezzem and Pressi's backstory, so I don't know if you have boundaries, ideas, things to keep secret, don't care, etc. Also don't know if you care if she shares X with the group or just tells the audience. So message me if you do.)

Pressi did cringe somewhat as being "a chick of that type," since she did see herself as more of a Buffy, or at least a Sooki.

At the water, she readied an action to refill her waterskins if the water was judged by others as okay.

(Survival no ranks 12, perception 21, stealth 20).

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle)  d20+15=24 ; d20+25=31 ;
Monday November 30th, 2015 4:27:55 PM

Bliss wonders what the fuss is all about. "We got plenty of water, right? And we got them what can make more."

Mookie says, "Hush and make a perception check, Kid! If we notice a pool, odds are it's there for a reason."

"Oh, OK."

Bliss looks around carefully. Perception 24. For good measure, he casts his longstrider spell, checks to see that his bah is loaded with a fresh clip, and then fades into the shadows near that tree closeby (if there is one).

Stealth 31

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Monday November 30th, 2015 4:54:18 PM
"Hey, yeah," Pressi said. "And when was the last time any of needed to eat or drink, anyway?"

Trill (AC: 21/16/21, HP: 47/54, CMD: 20, hasted ) (Kent)  d20+7=18 ; d20+7=15 ; d20+11=28 ; d20+11=16 ;
Monday November 30th, 2015 5:23:28 PM
Not really sure about how to take Kezzem, Trill stays away from him so that her mother's side doesn't come out if he calls her "chick" and continues to scout ahead.

When they come to the pool, she looks for the telltale signs that it is drinkable. (small animal prints, small or large animal trails through the undergrowth leading to the water.small fish, the sounds of frogs jumping into the water, dragonflies, healthy plant growth around the edges, etc.)

Survival rolls DC 18, DC 15, Perception Rolls DC 28, DC 16



Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Monday November 30th, 2015 6:37:31 PM
Shel moves ahead and casts Detect magic on the pool. We are in the Culverwood and a nice watering hole just presents itself? Has to be a trap!.

If Shel notices anything untowards, she will immediately let the other know. "I don't know if I like this guys. Too coincidental, if you ask me..."

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d20+11=22 ;
Monday November 30th, 2015 8:20:09 PM
Alleah just sits atop Thistle, watching the others scurry about. All this travel in a forest doesn't suit her. She's more a town type person.

Being still, she uses her ears rather than her eyes.

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Perception: 22

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood.  d20+16=28 ; d20+11=20 ;
Monday November 30th, 2015 11:05:31 PM
Murphy walks carefully through the brush, looking for animal trails, signs of other disturbances in the perimeter perhaps 30 feet or so from the pool.

Perception 28, Survival 20

Dm Shawn - Campy Fun 
Tuesday December 1st, 2015 2:56:05 PM
Cameron checks the water for poison but none is present.letting the others know it is safe he disapears Into the brush.

Kezzem scouts around.

After getting the ok, Pressi fills up her waterskin.

Bliss looks around as well, casts his longstrider and also blends into the surroundings.

Trill sees some smaller tracks as well as some frogs In the water.

Shel casts detect magic but nothing radiates near the pool.

Alleah listens instead of looks, but other then the movements of her friends and the normal wilderness sounds, she hears nothing.

Murphy also look for signs of animals. He comes around a felled tree and a deer lays on its side. Some muscles and organs have obvious teeth marks torn into them. The body is cold, maybe a day old since no bugs are present.

Everyone else comes upon a track here or there. One sticks out though. A track, more then a foot and half across appears animal but walks on 2 legs. It is present through out the little area.

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood.  d20+16=25 ;
Tuesday December 1st, 2015 5:28:32 PM

Murphy looks at the tree to determined how it was felled. Did it fall on its own (a commonplace thing in the forest)? Was it felled with a saw? Or was the trunk chewed through or broken? Has the tree been down for a long time (judging by decomposition, growth of other plants around it), or has it been on the ground a relatively short amount of time.

He looks at the teeth marks on the deer, trying to gauge the size of the teeth which bit or ripped into the deer, as well as how large the mouth was.

"Got a deer, recently killed, with teeth marks on it next to this fallen tree," the druid lets his companions know.

[Perception: 25]

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Tuesday December 1st, 2015 9:07:31 PM
"Come look at this, Murphy! Look at this huge track here! Looks like an animal but on two feet somehow! And there's more tracks of it here and there. I don't want to run into that thing, that's for sure. Do you think that's what took down that deer over there?". Shel instinctively moved closer to the group, not wanted the two footed animal to come up and pluck her away from behind.

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle)  d20+15=24 ; d20+25=29 ;
Tuesday December 1st, 2015 9:21:07 PM
Bliss says to Mookie (and anyone in earshot), "I'll Message you, you stay with everybody. I'm gonna peek ahead."

He casts his Message cantrip, recasts his Reduce, and sneaks over to the tracks. He says (from the shadows), "Murphy and Shel, you guys follow the tracks. I'll stay a bit ahead and out of the path."

Bliss watches where they are going, and tries to stay a good 25-50 ft ahead, sneaking and spying.

Perception 24, Stealth 29

Mookie whispers, "Why is this more important than getting home to save the tower?"

"Hush, Mookie," says Bliss.


Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+12=26 ; d20+6=19 ;
Tuesday December 1st, 2015 11:10:36 PM
" The world might be about to end, because I 100 percent agree with Mookie. Get your drink on if that's what floats your boat and let's hit the road. Yeah that critter looks big and probably is mean, but it isn't the goal, it's a distraction. Let's get a move on."
Cameron whispers this over the message spell (assuming he is included, not sure how many targets Bliss gets) If not included he says it loud enough to be heard. Cameron DOES put his head on a swivel though. A track that large means the critter could do some serious damage if it gets close without being stopped.
Perception 26
Survival 19 vs DC 10 to aid Murphy in finding a path out of the Culverwood. Murphy gains +2 to his roll.

Readied action to shoot anything that attacks the group (not merely threatens it) Hits AC 21 for 8 damage.(rolled in last post, still unused)
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Magic Stone, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Sound Burst, Resist Energy
Spells cast
None
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
0/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Trill (AC: 21/16/21, HP: 47/54, CMD: 20, hasted ) (Kent)  d20+11=22 ;
Tuesday December 1st, 2015 11:14:16 PM
Trill takes a look at the big tracks to see if she can identify them at all. knowledge nature DC 22 24 if magical beast

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19  d20+4=9 ; d20+12=28 ;
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 12:08:33 AM
After being unable to recall any local legends to help him out, Kezzem keeps an eye out for trouble.

Knowledge (local): 9.
Perception: 28.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d2=1 ;
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 1:51:02 AM
Alleah isn't quite sure what to do at this point, so decides to consult Wardd. She takes her lucky coin from her pocket and gives it a flip. (Heads = Use your head and focus on the task. d2=1. Heads it is)

"Yep, I'm with Mookie and Cameron on this. If there is some creature here, it calls the Culverwood it's home. We should just let it be, and continue on our way"

She says this loud enough to be heard from atop Thistle. Let's be honest, a halfling riding a pony isn't the most stealthy of things to begin with.

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood.  d20+11=18 ; d20+10=22 ;
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 3:22:00 AM

Murphy responds to Shel's invitation to take a look at the large footprint. [Knowledge, nature: 22]

"Big." He says simply. "Yes, let us go onward." He takes a moment to gaze for a moment into the pool below, curious and wanting to know what, besides water, may lie within.

After looking, he walks the 50 feet back to the trail, and says, "Let us continue, then. Eyes and ears out for large bipedal creatures, though."

[Survival: 18+2=20]

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22  d20+5=9 ; d20+12=15 ; d20+15=31 ;
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 7:47:03 AM
Pressi looks around. "Are you waiting for me? Because I don't have much to add here if you're waiting for me."

(Knowledge Religion 9, Perception 15, Stealth 31 if possible.)

Pressi looks around at the trees nearby. "I guess if you think some height might help, I could climb one real quick."

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle) 
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 10:13:48 AM

"Aw shucks," Bliss whispers, turning tail and coming back to depart with the party.

Dm Shawn - Gorilla In the mist 
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 3:37:53 PM
Murphy can tell the tree has been down a while. Possibly longer then Murphy has been alive. The bite marks are bigger then a normal size humanoid.

Shel calls Murphy over to the set of tracks, but then moves back to the group. That might be a wise plan.

Bliss reduces, casts Message and relays for the others to continue on the path.

Cameron suguests filling up the waterskin and heading out of the area

Trill looks at the tracks and then it hits her. Looks like Gorilla tracks. (Ooc: Don't you need a knowledge arcane for magical beasts?)

Kezzem cannot recall any local legends, and does his best to look around for something.

Alleah throws stealth aside and shares her opinion on getting out of the Culverwood asap.

Murphy also sees the tracks and figures they could be gorilla tracks, though bigger. But what kind of gorilla calls the culverwood home.

Pressi offers to climb the tree if need be. Decisions need to be made.

Some.splashes from the pool, and some insects buzzing around are all that can be heard when a silent moment goes by. Everyone is waiting for a giant, bipedel meat eater to come exploding out of the woods. If the party leaves, same marching order as before?

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood.  d20+16=20 ;
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 4:53:27 PM

In a stage whisper, Murphy says, "Some sort of huge gorilla. Let's go - same marching order, tighter formation, except that I'll be towards the back with Pressi, in case something comes from that direction for the next half hour."

Murphy has an entangle spell in the forefront of his mind, and ready to cast if need be.

[Perception 20]

Trill (AC: 21/16/21, HP: 47/54, CMD: 20, hasted ) (Kent)  d20+9=11 ; d20+9=27 ; d20+11=14 ; d20+11=23 ;
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 7:38:38 PM
(OOC: Shawn > No, because Trills favored enemy is magical beast/animal so she actually gets a bonus on a bunch of stuff about them.)

"Yup Murphy it is definitely some sort of gorilla, But I don't believe it is magical. That doesn't mean its not fae though. So yes let's go with some haste. I would say we need to keep an eye turned upward into the trees too while we move."

"Hey Bliss do you think that perhaps Mookie could scout for us through the trees while we focus on the ground?"

As they move out Trill keeps a look out for more tracks or signs of the gorilla beast or anything else that might be a cause for concern.

Survival DCs 11 & 27, Perception DCs 14 & 23

Dm Shawn: Ok.. Highlight to display spoiler: {then you know it resembles a girallon foot print more.}

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39 
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 9:07:17 PM
"A gorilla, or perhaps someone who can shift into the form of a gorilla" Alleah adds. She's seen Murphy change into all sorts of creatures before. Surely in a place like the Culverwood, other such people could be found.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22  d20+12=21 ;
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 10:15:33 PM
"Oh, please. If it is another shape shifter, we could just sue it to oblivion," Pressi said.

(Perception 21)

"Ok, tight formation it is," Pressi said as Murphy fell back. "Wow, you really did mean tight."

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Wednesday December 2nd, 2015 11:23:14 PM
Hearing the nature experts discuss that's there was either a large gorilla or a shapeshifter that could turn into a gorilla didn't sound great to Shel. She was glad the group decided to close ranks, so to speak. She kept her spot in the marching order, and she made a note that she was going to talk one of the others into sharing her watch, the next time her number came up.

"Why don't we scurry on out of this general area? The quicker we move, the quicker we can put the gorilla behind us. I can use a Haste spell to let us cover more ground for several seconds," she offers.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Thursday December 3rd, 2015 7:18:40 AM
Pressi shook her head. "You know, I love this group decision that the possibility of moving in the wrong direction, say away from any major city or toward this gorilla in our midst, is more speed.

"Don't get me wrong. I agree with you that sooner or later, you just have to make your best guess if the alternative is paralysis or circular reasoning. But this seems to be something that's better handled by stealth and planning than by haste."

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Thursday December 3rd, 2015 7:59:20 AM
"I don't think I heard any alternatives, Pressi. Contribute or don't just criticize, please," Shel adds in a huff.

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle)  d20+15=32 ;
Thursday December 3rd, 2015 8:01:10 AM

"Trill, we can do it!" says Bliss. He reinforces his Reduce and shares an Enlarge with Mookie. Hopping on his familiar's back, he cries, "Hie Ho, Mookie! Away!"

Mookie mutters, "Sure, sure, Kid." The bird flies to a nearby tree branch. The next round, to another branch. The round after, up and to the ground. And like that, essentially making big hops every round.

"Mookie, why don't we go super high and look around?" asks Bliss.

"Kid, we're overdue to meet some flying enemy, and I do not want to be in midair when we do. Up on a tree branch is plenty fine."

"But Mookie ..."

"Look, your mom made me promise to keep you safe, so just settle down, youngster. We're doing fine."

"Oh," says Bliss. "OK." He contents himself with recasting the enlarge/reduce magic that makes this possible every mnute or so.

Perception from a treetop or rocky boulder or shubbery or the air in midhop: 32.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Thursday December 3rd, 2015 9:20:13 AM
"I suppose that's fair," Pressi said. "Of course, I don't pretend to have any idea of alternatives, either. Its the monk way to throw out generalized statements that get others to think about stuff, especially given that I don't have a lot of prep moves and hardly know what you can do.

"That said, it occurs to me that maybe you could use some mist or darkness or something to keep us hidden, or maybe even try to direct the creature."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Thursday December 3rd, 2015 10:18:10 AM
(OOC: Pressi's watch is after Shel's and she hasn't been sleeping well, so she might keep Shel company if Shel asks.)

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+10=27 ; d20+12=31 ; d20+6=21 ;
Thursday December 3rd, 2015 12:46:41 PM
Murphy has set the direction, and Cameron has military experience, so he follows it.
As far as he is concerned this is the big critter's hunting area. The kill is his, the watering hole is sufficiently marked as his, so a wise mobile hunter would get out of the area as soon as possible to avoid a fight, unless that is what they want. It isn't what HE wants, because this critter is easily too large for him to trip and doesn't appear to fight with weapons, leaving him no moves if it comes down to combat. He heads off on the heading Murphy and he figured was this Humble's Ford place and tries to keep quiet as he goes.
Stealth (-5 for going normal speed) 27(heck, add +2 to the roll for my stealthy hunter ability. I never get to use it, I know the ape is here and as far as I know he doesn't know I am)
Perception 31
Survival 21 to keep the heading
Readied action to shoot anything that attacks the group (not merely threatens it) Hits AC 21 for 8 damage.(rolled awhile ago, still unused)
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Magic Stone, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Sound Burst, Resist Energy
Spells cast
None
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
1/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today


Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19  d20+12=30 ; d3+2=3 ; 3d6=6 ;
Thursday December 3rd, 2015 1:18:06 PM
"I've got my eye on the big ape," says Kezzem. He readies a dagger to hurl at the beast, just in case.

Ready Attack: 30 + 1 (Point-Blank Shot, if applicable); adjust with Far Shot if needed
Damage: 3 plus 6 (Sneak Attack, if applicable) + 1 (Point-Blank Shot, if applicable)


Dm Shawn - Gorilla In the mist 
Thursday December 3rd, 2015 9:23:01 PM
The word gorilla goes around the group. If the print fits, name it.. it appears.

The decision is made to skirt the edges of the alpha predators domain and leave It alone. Seems wise enough.

Moving down the path, everyone expects the beast to attack at any moment. The group moves about a 1/4 mile past the watering hole and the tension lets up a bit... that's when everyone hear it. A Scream from the deepest pits of pain. Something screaming its last scream of its life as something else ends it. As soon as it comes, if goes. The woods are once again quiet.

The scream came from the direction you are headed but you are unsure of the distance.


Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. 
Thursday December 3rd, 2015 10:35:42 PM

"This must be the right direction," Murphy says grimly. "Let us see who has died. And who, or what, has slain."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Thursday December 3rd, 2015 11:07:00 PM
"One second," Pressi said. "I haven't told Shel 'I told you so' yet, and I'm having trouble figuring out the best way. Should I go sarcastic, do some prop comedy maybe? Or should I just shout Booyah. "

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle)  d20+25=34 ; d20+15=18 ;
Thursday December 3rd, 2015 11:36:21 PM

From a tree branch overhead, Bliss laughs at Pressi's words. "BOOYAH!" he shouts.

"Hush!" Mookie responds, and then the scream pierces the air.

"That sounds dangerous," says Bliss. He cancels the enlarge on Mookie. "I better check it out." He casts message to connect himself to Cam, Alleah, and Mookie.

The tiny fellow sneaks off at his longstrider-accelerated rate of 40, hiding in plain sight where possible, sticking to underbrush and foliage otherwise. He quietly renews his Reduce Person when he seems able to do so unobserved. He keeps his eyes and ears open and whispers what he discovers back to his friends. He keeps his bah loaded.

Stealth 34, Perception 18.

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Friday December 4th, 2015 8:41:49 AM
"Yes, Pressi, I would hate to have quickly gotten to the area so we might have saved whoever just made that death wail. Great point. Perhaps you can tell the corpse that when we happen upon it...I'm sure that will be comforting to it."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22  d20+15=26 ; d20+12=25 ;
Friday December 4th, 2015 2:29:24 PM
"I have no doubt that it would be more comforting for us to rush into the situation completely blind. Misery and company after all....

"At any rate, I believe it is now time for action, unless Shel would prefer to continue to waste our time with arguments, blessings of Domi upon her."

Pressi made her way towards the front line, trying to keep as silent as possible. Every time Shel says something afterwards, Pressi places a finger on her lips.

(Stealth 26, Perception 25)

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+10=26 ; d20+12=21 ;
Friday December 4th, 2015 3:45:00 PM
Cameron is not one to cast stones, heck he usually talks to most opponents they meet, to the constant anguish of his former group of flat out fighter. But this ceaseless bickering was just so... pointless.
" If you two don't stop bickering we may have to lock you both in a small room and wait until the sounds of combat fade before we open the door. Honestly, lets just TRY working as a team and see how it goes."
Staying focused he slipped ahead, still moving at full speed and still trying to remain at least somewhat hidden.
Stealth 26, 28 if that Stealthy hunter bonus applies
Perception 21
Readied action abandoned to move again in my standard action phase
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Magic Stone, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Sound Burst, Resist Energy
Spells cast
None
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
1/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today



Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP14of21) (Cayzle) 
Friday December 4th, 2015 5:58:24 PM

Bliss continues to advance as quietly as he can.

Back in the group, Mookie snorts at the bickering and Cam's reaction.

"Good one, Camelot!" he caws. "We've missed you around here!"

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39 
Friday December 4th, 2015 8:30:40 PM
That scream. That awful scream. Alleah wants to spur Thistle onward, to call out that help is on the way. But the others show caution, and so she must try to restrain herself.

"We might still be able to save whoever that was. Please, let's not waste another moment."

Trill (AC: 21/16/21, HP: 47/54, CMD: 20, hasted ) (Kent)  d20+9=13 ; d20+9=15 ; d20+11=20 ; d20+11=15 ;
Friday December 4th, 2015 10:33:08 PM
Ok all from everything I can tell this print belongs to a beast called a Girallon. It is extremely aggressive, blood thirsty and extremely savage. Eight feet tall, four armed, eight hundred pounds, stuff of nightmares.

Trill keeps on trekking along the ground.

survival 13, 15; perception 20, 15

Dm Shawn - Girallon In the mist 
Friday December 4th, 2015 10:48:02 PM
Murphy, very grimly, assures the group they are moving in the right direction. If the halflings words weren't enough, the now quiet woods after the Scream is a good indication.

Prissi and Shel bicker back and forth, laying blame on one another, and throwing snide remarks back and forth. It is only punctuated with a loud Booyah from Bliss.

Cameron lets the two know their bickering is getting old, and maybe they want to find a room and hash it out.

Alleah tells the group not to waste time. The scream was bad, but they couldn't waste any time incase their was more screams on their way.

Trill finally realizes what they are tracking and let's the group in on the secret. Not a gorilla but a Girallon.

Bliss and Cameron are the two that move up, staying as quiet as possible. But who is to know if the Girallon isn't aware of the intruders in his hunting grounds.

Up ahead, the two come across the scene of a murder. That is the only thing that can describe what they see. A large bear, laying on it's side. It's neck spun completely around so it can look at it's own back. It's chest ripped open, show casing it's heart.. or more correctly where it's heart was.

Branches are swaying in the wind... or maybe swaying from something knocking into it as they left.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19  d20+12=20 ; d3+2=4 ; 3d6=7 ;
Saturday December 5th, 2015 12:34:37 PM
"I guess we're going to have to kill the beast, right?" asks Kezzem.

He readies a dagger in case anything shows itself.

Attack: 20 + 1 (Point-Blank Shot); Far Shot
Damage: 4 + 7 (Sneak Attack) + 1 (Point-Blank Shot)

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Saturday December 5th, 2015 3:05:07 PM
"If something's strong enough to kill a bear like this, can we have a chance at killing it, Kezzem? Look how big this thing is. To snap it's neck so easily...wow, I don't know if we are ready. I say we keep moving and hopefully we just avoid the beast."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22  d20+12=24 ;
Saturday December 5th, 2015 8:13:10 PM
Pressi stared at Shel, open mouthed, for a while before finally turning to Cameron. "Is that locked room option still on the table?"

"Of course we have a chance of killing this... GrillOn? Am I saying that right? Girlaloon? Of course we have a chance of killing it. First, there's eight of us as opposed to one bear. Second, we just mowed through a number of trained orcs without breaking a sweat. And third, I can't speak for everyone here but I like to think I'm smarter than the average bear."

Pressi knelt down at the bear for a little bit, saying some silent prayers while taking some of the blood and smearing it over her face. "Anyone else? Anyone?"

Pressi stood up, looking at the surrounding area (Perception 24). "Okay, I think we have a chance to bring the beast here and trap it. And as part of my plan, I personally volunteer to be the bait while everyone else sneaks. Now, I believe the key to this is not just spells to trap the creature but also spells to direct it. Fog, illusions, whatever it takes. That's my vote anyway, to try to get it into a choke point."

(Readied action: In case anything shows itself.)

"Or we can just say screw it." Pressi shoots up into her bugbear form (-1 to AC, +1 to CMD) and beckons the Girallon towards her.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+6=10 ; d20+15=31 ; d20+15=19 ; d20+10=22 ; d6+1=5 ; d6=4 ;
Saturday December 5th, 2015 11:34:12 PM
" Well, you beat me to volunteering, and you seem to have a similar idea to what I had so I'll share my idea and back you up."
Cameron reaches deep into his religious bag of tricks and tries to recall everything Jancassis has taught him about hunters and predators.
Knowledge religion 10
Clearly this isn't much, but he pushes on.
" Predators have a territory. They defend it from anything that tries to move in because they want to be able to hunt there and not share their bounty. If you go on as you are, making like you are stealing it's kill from it and making it your own, there is a really good chance it will be angry and come after you. Like good hunters we all hide in the brush here and wait for it, then try to keep it from doing to you what it did to the bear and the deer."
" Very brave of you by the way. Recklessly brave maybe. Would you accept Jancassis help in staying alive?"
If the answer is yes,Cameron lays a hand on Pressi's shoulder and asks Jancassis to protect her as she hunts this dangerous predator. Cast Shield of Faith on Pressi +2 Deflection AC. Cameron then produces a wand from his pants pocket and taps Pressi on the head with it. It grants her a Shield spell for the next minute. +4 shield bonus and absorbs Magic Missiles.
UMD 31 to beat DC 20 to activate a wand
"That is all I can offer from my keep people alive fund, I hope it helps. I will do my best to hurt it when it comes for you."
Cameron then fades back into the trees at the edge of the clearing and waits for this Grillion to come for Pressi.
Stealth 19 +2 if the Grillion is not yet aware of Cameron (used stealthy hunter again)
Once hidden Cameron slings his heavy crossbow, and pulls out the slingshot Bliss gave him when Bliss left the Fist. Cameron picks up three pebbles from the forest floor, whispers a few words over them and fits one onto the slingshot, while holding the other two ready.
Readied sling shot for when the Grillion attacks Pressi hits AC 22 for 5 damage + 4 sneak attack damage if that applies.
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
Magic Stone (3 stones) 30 minutes duration
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Magic Weapon, Bless, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Sound Burst, Resist Energy
Spells cast
Shield of Faith, Magic Stone (3 stones),
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
2/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d20+11=15 ; d20+9=27 ;
Sunday December 6th, 2015 7:49:36 AM
Alleah instinctively places her hand to her mouth to try and calm any gag reflex.

She turns her head away from the scene, and keeps a close watch on the forest behind them. (Perception: 15)

She thinks hard, trying to recall any details about a "Girallon" might be, and what strengths and weaknesses it might have (Knowl Arcana: 27)

Trill (AC: 21/16/21, HP: 54/54, CMD: 20, hasted ) (Kent) 
Sunday December 6th, 2015 8:08:55 AM
"Why are we now all riled up about killing something that has not attacked us or threatened us and is only doing what it does by nature and Domi's will? Are you planning on killing this beast for food? If so don't you think 800 pounds of meat is perhaps a bit too much for the eight of us. Not to mention predators aren't usually very tasty eats. and this delays your return to the valley and the tower."

"I know am not the leader of this group, but I think we should just move on. Why ask for trouble?"

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Sunday December 6th, 2015 9:10:50 AM
Why does it always come down to having to explain these things?
Hobbes scuttles up onto Cameron's shoulder, still unable to be seen by anyone else and answers the disciple of Jancassis.
Weren't you on the other side of this discussion last time sonny boy? I would LOVE to hear you justify this one. What spheres of the Lady's power do you claim to worship again?
Venom and Hunting, Hobbes, you know that. That's why I can explain it
Oh I can't wait...
Quiet Hobbes, the adults are talking now.

Cameron looks at his shoulder for a moment, almost as if something were there and conversing with him. After a moment he turns to Trill and answers his question.
" I am a hunter, so I understand your point. Let me see if I can explain at least why I think it needs to be brought down."
"It isn't a natural predator, that bear is. A natural predator would kill for it's dinner, not for sport. That bear was killed for sport, just look at it. The killer took a trophy and left the meat. The deer is very similar. I would wager we aren't going to get out of the Culverwood in the next couple of minutes, which means we will be sleeping and vulnerable near here tonight. Who wants to wait for this thing while sleeping? Show of hands please."
"No one does"
" The Culverwood is known to direct travelers around inside it's confines. My guess since it lets many of the good ones go eventually is that it uses the travelers to fix the problems going on inside itself that it can't fix on it's own. It brought us to the site of a unnatural hunter in its woods. A hunter that is upsetting the natural balance. It wants this hunter gone, but the animals it has at it's disposal, like bears, aren't up to the job, which is odd, because I have seen a bear tear an armored man in half. If the Culverwood is asking for help in dealing with it's problems, the likely reward for such help is a quick route to the edge you were looking for. Isn't that why we are here?"
" When it was just the deer I felt like you do, it is a predator, leave it alone. This kil; marks it as more that a predator. I asked Jancassis last night for a clear path that we were on the right track. The last time I asked that, she led me with signs of venom and poison at each milestone in our journey. my friends thought me insane as I rejoiced at every sign of poison in our path. This time she is showing me signs of her hunter aspect. I can see them very well, even if they aren't as clear to others. This is why I am here, what I am supposed to be doing. Pressi seems to feel the same. If it is just me and her, I am afraid we will both die, but that hasn't stopped me before and now I have no fear of it, thanks to my Lady's tests"
Cameron waits to see if there are more questions, before fading back into the trees.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Sunday December 6th, 2015 9:15:37 AM
Trill spoke up before Pressi could respond to Cameron. For a while, she was silent, looking at Trill, at the Bear, at the group around her.

Finally, she stood. "My apologies for letting my competitiveness get the best of me. And for forgetting my place. While it would be the easy thing to ambush this creature, it wouldn't be the right thing. Shel, that haste may be a good idea and thank you for offering. But I do think we should also consider ways to get this creature moving in a different direction, even if I have to lead it away myself."

Later on, she will answer Cameron. "I did almost refuse your god's offer, and I want to apologize for that too. When I became a monk of a Pantheon god, I agreed to give all the Pantheon gods the respect they are due. Otherwise, why even have a Pantheon?"

Pressi, however, does keep her readied action to transform if anything bursts out at them.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 
Sunday December 6th, 2015 9:27:37 AM
(Note: I posted at the same time as Cameron, so I didn't respond to him. Some retconning.)

"I do agree, Cameron, that we need to protect ourselves. And I don't trust that it will leave us alone just because we leave it alone. But if we trap it as I suggested, aren't we hunting for sport ourselves? Just with some rationalization that we can decide what's natural and what is not? Domi can also be about the hunt, even about hunting for sport. But isn't part of the hunt knowing when to let an animal go?

"Not because of fear. Because it can take courage to not kill. Because it can take courage to back down."

At this point, Pressi calls for a vote - we can ambush it, track it down, or try to avoid it/lead it away. Before she votes herself, she asks Murphy what he thinks about all this, silent as he has been.

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood.  d20+16=29 ;
Monday December 7th, 2015 5:19:57 AM

"Aside from our time with Cnossis, and figuring out how to get past the morels, our brief encounters have not slowed us down too much," Murphy says. "The snakes side-trip did eat up part of a day, but we also came across Trillium.

"So, whether we forge ahead, and possibly have one or more girallons stalk us, or remain and fight will likely not make a huge difference in how long our trip takes - so long as we all survive."

"The creature kills for sport, perhaps. Maybe it likes its meat to ripen before eating. Trill - are they the gorillas with six limbs? I do not know. I do not want to stand around and wait. Let's move forward now with caution, and be on the lookout for a good defensible position." He looks about their present surroundings to see how thick the trees and bushes stand, how high above the ground the branches begin, and casts longstrider on himself. He listens to the breeze, attending in particular to any sounds even slightly out of the ordinary.

He leads out, adding, "We travel as hunted hunters, Cameron." Walking through the forest, he makes no tracks, and uses a varying pattern of looking ahead, up, left, right, and over his shoulder, changing the sequence of his scan so as not to be overly predictable to any observer.
[Perception 29]

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle) 
Monday December 7th, 2015 7:52:53 AM

"Let's just leave it alone," says Bliss. "My Aunt Priss has a saying ..." he concentrates on remembering the right words, and the tip of his tongue pokes out the corner of his mouth.

" 'Nature Red In Tooth And Claw,' I think it went. It means that creatures in nature kill each other, and that's okay. If it attacks us, we'll fight it. Sometimes things die. It's sad, and I used to get more upset about it. But things like that don't bother me like they did when I was a little kid."

The look in Bliss's eye as he stares at the ruined bear might make you wonder if he is quite so inured as he says.

"So let's just get going."

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+9=15 ; d8=4 ; d20+12=18 ;
Monday December 7th, 2015 1:02:21 PM
Cameron shrugs, casts none of his spells and follows along. Several of the others are casting long term movement spells. At this he shrugs too. He had asked whether or not the group of like speed halflings used such magic, so he could prepare it himself and gotten no answer. He was used to casting them just to keep pace with the humans in his group and not be a burden. Now they would just have to move at the slowest speed or become strug out and an even more appetizing prey fro this large predator.
He does keep his crossbow ready for an attack though
Readied attack hits AC 15 for 4 damage
Perception 18
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Magic Stone, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Sound Burst, Resist Energy
Spells cast
None
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
1/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Dm Shawn - Girallon In the mist  d20+5=19 ; d20+12=18 ; d20+12=29 ; d20+12=14 ; d20+12=29 ; d4+6=9 ; d4+6=9 ; d20+12=31 ; d6+6=9 ;
Monday December 7th, 2015 5:53:57 PM
Shel asks the inportant question. Could they kill something like this.

Pressi scouts around the area, and even offers to be the bait. She takes the form of a bugbear... maybe the girallon has a sweet tooth for bears?

Alleah has to hold back a gag. She decides to use her time scouting behind them and try to recall any weakness the girallon has... she cannot recall any. In fact she recalls it being an apex predator.

Trill speaks up about the creature not doing anything agressive to them, which leads to a back and forth between Trill, Pressi and Shel about the merits of killing this creature. Pressi wants to vote.

Murphy gives his point of view on the whole situation, and wants to find a defensible position. He uses his time to scan around looking for anything.

Bliss tries to recall a saying he heard, his look might show more then he is letting on.

Murphy is the first to pick up movement, and isn't surprised when the woods erupt to the left of the group. The giant four armed, ape looking creature is pegged with Camerons' sling as he was waiting to attack. (I am a nice dm and too the shot that hit, your crossbow attack missed.)

Kezzem flicks a dagger at the garillon, but misses.

Pressi readied an action.... (take one for this round and one for the next round, I don't want to waste a day and miss a round. Murphy gets a second action as he was the one who spotted the creature. )

The ape swings two fists into Trill. Connecting once. (9dmg)
The second two fists swing into Pressi, also connecting once (9 dmg)
It also reaches forward and takes a chunk out of Trill with its mouth (9 dmg)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wbt_Q260ep9vxjiODwFH1dNoksJ3euvZFfsb0zG9ggc/edit?usp=sharing


Trill (AC: 21/16/21, HP: 36/54, CMD: 20, hasted ) (Kent)  d20+14=30 ; d4+6=8 ;
Monday December 7th, 2015 7:46:56 PM
Hit and bitten, Trill manages to answer several questions. Murphy 4 arms and Now we can Kill it!!

Catching it coming at her from the side Trill draws her sword and slices into the beast as it attacks her.

AC 30 for 8 points damage

She then take a 5 ft move to E6.



Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d8=2 ;
Monday December 7th, 2015 7:48:21 PM
Cameron looks at the beast and has no doubt that it is a predator. His stone smacked it hard and it is still far enough away from his friends for a second spell before it intermingles with his friends. He calls on his goddess and drops a stunning burst of sound behind the creature(B7 looks like it shuld miss Murphy).
Cast sound burst for 2 damage Fort DC 14 or stunned for one round
Cameron then reloads his sling
( Since you were being nice and took the sling's readied action, I counted the magic stone spell as cast and noted it below, otherwise I wouldn't have done nearly as much damage)
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Resist Energy
Spells cast
Magic Stone,1 of 3 used, Sound Burst,
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
1/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Monday December 7th, 2015 7:50:30 PM
the above should read "B7 looks like it shuld miss Trill" not Murphy.
My bad.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 18, HP 34/43, CMD 24  d20+8=15 ; d20+7=17 ; d20+7=17 ; d6+4=9 ; d6+4=5 ;
Monday December 7th, 2015 8:22:25 PM
> Pressi readied an action.... (take one for this round and one for the next round)

(OOC: I think there's some confusion. The transformation to a bugbear is the action I readied for this round, so I only have the next round left. I will provide both, just to be on the safe side.)

"Glad to have your permission," she snarked to Trill. "Teach me to ever listen to anyone and be flexible."

Pressi lept, grabbing at the large (even by bugbear standards) furball. (Grapple 15 - probably not enough). "Domi marked Bandersnatch," she muttered.

-------------

(If she actually does get two moves)

"Ok, lets try this on for size," Pressi said as she took a full swing. (Both Hits 17. If hit, damage =9+5 or 14).

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Monday December 7th, 2015 10:58:56 PM
Shel casts Haste on the group and moves away from the scrum to G 10. "Eeek," she squeals as she heads in the opposite direction upon seeing the awful monkey creature.

[i]OOC: Remember your Haste bonuses everyone![/ooc]

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d100=89 ; d20+11=29 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 12:56:25 AM
Alleah reaches for a nearby leyline and uses it to help Trill, before cautiously guiding Thistle out of reach of the girallon.

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Alleah: Standard Action - Cast Bull's Strength on Trill. Leyline check: 89 = Freebie! Trill receives a +4 enhancement bonus to stregth
Alleah: Move Action - Guide Thistle in a 5ft step east to G7
Alleah: Perception check: 29 (in case there are more of them)

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle)  d100=45 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 1:03:23 AM

Bliss casts Blindness on the monster. (Fort Save DC 14 to resist.)

Ley check 45 = A-OK.



Pressi (Melvin) - AC 18, HP 34/43, CMD 24  d20+7=10 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 8:38:51 AM
(Quick addendum to my move, occurring before the hasting)

If Pressi gets both the grapple try and the flurry, she spends 1 ki to add another blow. (Hits AC 10, just not my night.)

If Pressi only gets the grapple, she spends 1 ki to add to her AC (it jumps to 21 for this round).

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+1 (Haste), HP 48/48, CMD 19  d20+14=21 ; d3+2=3 ; 3d6=13 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 11:34:55 AM
Kezzem will move to get in a flanking position with someone on the girillion. With the haste, he should be able to have enough movement to circle around out of reach of the creature using a single move.

Kezzem then attacks with one of his magical daggers.

Attack: 21 (probably a miss).
Damage: 3 + 13 (Sneak Attack) = 16.

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood, longstrider, call lightning  3d10=19 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 1:45:34 PM
First action: Murphy steps 5 feet diagonally away from the beast, and casts call lightning on the girallon. [As there is wind in the forest and the spell indicates damage is 3d10 if there is wind and clouds, rather than 3d6 in quiet weather, am rolling 3d10. Please roll 3d6 for me if the conditions are not sufficient to justify 3d10]

Second action: The casting is complete, and a carefully targeted vertical bolt of lightning comes down upon the head of the monster (19 hp damage, reflex save for half) - centered such that it barely avoids singeing Pressi.

Dm Shawn - Girallon In the mist  d20+10=21 ; d20+11=27 ; d20+14=30 ; d20+11=17 ; d20+12=31 ; d4+6=10 ; d20+12=18 ; d20+12=28 ; d20+12=13 ; d20+12=25 ; d20+12=28 ; d4+6=7 ; d4+6=7 ; d4+6=10 ; d4+6=8 ; d6+6=8 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 2:30:18 PM
Trill sliced into the girallon, cutting into it's flank.

Cameron casts a spell, bring a deafening sound behind the creature. The damage is done but the ape is not stunned.

Pressi rushes the ape, and tries wrestling it. She wou of have a better shot wrestling a greased pig.

Shel casts haste while moving away.

Alleah casts Bulls strength on Trill while guiding Thistle away.

Bliss casts Blindness but if the creature is affected it, it doesnt show any harm.

Kezzem moves around and tries flanking the monster. His dagger attack misses and he gets a punch for his efforts. (10dmg)

Murphy calls down the lightning, grazing the creature.

Something Pressi did must have angered the creature, or it just wants to kill her as the creature swings all four arms and bites her connecting four times. (32 dmg)

Girallon 21 dmg

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 18, HP 34/43, CMD 24 
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 2:58:51 PM
(OOC: Three times. My AC should have been 21 for that attack.)

Dm Shawn - Girallon In the mist 
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 3:25:49 PM
Ooc: Ok. 7 less damage

Trill (AC: 22/17/22, HP: 36/54, CMD: 20, hasted, bull's strength) (Kent)  d20+17=23 ; d20+17=33 ; d4+6=7 ; d4+6=8 ; 2d6=7 ; 2d6=7 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 3:44:06 PM
Trill moves around for a flanking strike (Don't have map can't tell you where) And feeling a surge of strength and speed lashes out with her rapier twice AC 23 for 7 points and AC 33 for 8 points damage (an additional 7 + 7 points damage if able to get a flanking position)

She continues to move in order to move to the rear of the beast.

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle)  d8=8 ; d100=14 ; d8=3 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 3:56:14 PM

Worried about Pressi, Bliss gets out a vial, takes a five ft step behind her, and smears the oil on her. It is oil of cure moderate wounds, and it restores 14 hp damage to Pressi. [OOC: please ignore d100 roll -- misclicked.]

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+10=17 ; d6=5 ; d6=1 ; d20+10=18 ; d6=4 ; d6=3 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 7:19:14 PM
OOC
I didn't see any updates to the map, so I will post my damages with and without sneak attack since I am not able to tell where to go to get flanking.

IC
Cameron can try only one of two responses to the ape beating the snot out of Pressi. He is pretty sure it will beat the snot out of him next if tries to get close enough to heal her. instead he tries to put the beast down. He takes a 5 foot step closer to Pressi in case he needs to heal her next round and fires another stone from his sling. Things are moving so fast that he has time to fire a second time as well.
Sling attack hits AC 17 for 6 damage +1 more if it is a sneak attack
Haste attack hits AC 18 for 5 damage +3 more if it is a sneak attack
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
Haste
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Resist Energy
Spells cast
Magic Stone,3 of 3 used, Sound Burst,
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
1/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d100=76 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 8:13:55 PM
Alleah reaches for another leyline, this time to target the Gorillon!

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Alleah: Standard Action: Cast Blindness/Deafness on the Gorillon. Leyline check: 76 = Ok. Gorillon to make a Fort save vs DC16 or be permanently blinded!

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 18 (21), HP 22/43, CMD 25 (hasted, bugbear)(used 2 ki)  d20+10=11 ; d20+10=15 ; d20+10=11 ; d20+9=13 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 10:44:41 PM
(OOC re some confusion: I think Kezzem, Pressi, and Trill are all flanking each other. With a large creature, almost any triangle will do. That's good because I keep forgetting sneak attack applies to flanking.)

Pressi gives a nod of appreciation to Bliss, but it's clear in her eyes that she wishes he had stayed back, and not just because of her own ego.

She is also rather silent, aside from a brief admission that she may have not thought this all the way through. She isn't sure why the Girallon is so fixated on her, though transforming into another predator and poking at his prey might be a factor.

With a swallow, Pressi lets loose a flurry (with flanking bonus), the first attack being a stunning fist.

(Nat 1, AC 15, Nat 1)

(Hero point spent - extra action)

Whispering to Bliss and Cameron to get back, Pressi tries grappling the beast again. (Grapple 13.)

(Well, it's been a pleasure getting to know you.)

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 18 (21), HP 22/43, CMD 25 (hasted, bugbear)(used 2 ki) 
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 10:45:17 PM
Oh, and Pressi prepares for the inevitable with a swift action boost to AC.

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39  3d4+3=10 ;
Tuesday December 8th, 2015 10:53:28 PM
Shel casts an Empowered Magic Missile at the four armed beast. They strike true.

OOC: 15 damage from the empowered spell.

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood, longstrider, call lightning  3d12=19 ; 3d10=11 ;
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 12:26:53 AM

Murphy steps back to where he had been, and lightly touches Pressi, next to Bliss, "Gaseous form - go with it Press," he says, and casts the spell, rendering her into an insubstantial translucent mist. "Float away a bit," he recommends. Then the druid points to the sky, and a bolt of lightning discharges upon the gorillon's head, for another 11 points of electrical damage. [accidentally rolled 3d12 first]

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22+1 (Haste), HP 38/48, CMD 19  d20+11=30 ; d20+11=20 ; d20+11=16 ; d3+2=3 ; d3+2=5 ; d3+2=3 ; 3d6=13 ; 3d6=10 ; 3d6=9 ;
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 10:33:54 AM
Dagger, dagger, dagger.

Attack #1: 30 + 2 (Flanking) = 32.
Damage: 3 + 13 (Sneak Attack) = 16.

Attack #2: 30 + 2 (Flanking) = 22.
Damage: 5 + 10 (Sneak Attack) = 15.

Attack #3: 30 + 2 (Flanking) = 18.
Damage: 3 + 9 (Sneak Attack) = 12.


Dm Shawn - Girallon In the mist  d20+11=21 ;
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 5:30:35 PM
Trill uses the flanking of the creature to tear into the beast. Huge gashes appear were her weapon tore.

Bliss heals Pressi for 1r damge. Her brusies look less purple.

Cameron whips two slings shots at the creature but the hard muscles repel the the stones.

Alleah reaches into her leyline and casts Blindness but the creature is unaffected.

Pressi swings her sword three times but does nothing damaging. Reaching into her heroism she attempts to wrestle the beast down, but muscle and sinew prevents that from happening.

Shel unleashes and empowered magic missle, obviously hurting the beast.

Murphy thinks defensively and casts gaseous form on Pressi to get her out of the situation. If she is willing she is able to float 10' away. (Haste doesn't give a second spell, if you have and meant to use a hero point let me know. )

Kezzem steps in with the dagger and dices into the ape. The last shot plunges into the creatures stomach and before it's eyes can glaze over the four arms go limp and the creature drops.

Ooc:

Garillon Dead

Somethings about HasteWhen making a full attack action, a hasted creature may make one extra attack with one natural or manufactured weapon. The attack is made using the creature's full base attack bonus, plus any modifiers appropriate to the situation. (This effect is not cumulative with similar effects, such as that provided by a speed weapon, nor does it actually grant an extra action, so you can't use it to cast a second spell or otherwise take an extra action in the round.)

I will give out xp a lititle later tonight

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood, longstrider, call lightning 
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 6:54:19 PM

"Well struck, Kezzem," Murphy says. "Shel, thanks for the missiles." He was not able fully to track what everyone did, however.

He kneels down and looks at their opponent. "You are a formidable beast, girallon." He touches the fur, to see what it feels like.

If Pressi took advantage of turning to mist, he tells her, "Stay in that form for a little bit, Pressi, to get used to it. You can move about slowly - forward, back, upward, downward. When you decide you have been a beautiful cloud for long enough, simply decide to return to your normal self, and we can heal you up the rest of the way."

"Bliss - a timely healing that was. I was afraid for her."

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle) 
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 6:55:35 PM
"Thanks Mister Murphy."

"Well, that was something else," says Bliss. "He was a bad monkey."

"Should we skin him and the bear? At least then the furs would not go to waste."

"I know a spell to keep the furs and meat fresh if we wanna take some with."

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood, longstrider, call lightning 
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 7:05:29 PM

OOC: Sorry about the lightning bolt, Shawn. With the description of call lightning, and the haste spell, I thought I could do it, but was mistaken.

Dm Shawn: No sweat Kim. Just mentioned it because it has happened in the last game I dm'd also.

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood, longstrider, call lightning 
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 7:08:53 PM

"Sure, Bliss. That is a good idea. Furs can help keep us warm - or be sold to buy needed items. I'll help. Anyone else?"

He gets out his dagger, takes a minute or so to keen the edge, then carefully begins the process of skinning the girallon.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d20+11=21 ;
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 7:14:52 PM
Alleah keeps her distance from Murphy's butchering of the gorillon. Blood is a very sacred substance to Bloodwitches, and should she aid in skinning the beast, she may very well find her magical abilities suppressed for a while.

Instead, she looks about and listens. Perhaps the gorillon wasn't alone?

Perception: 21

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 7:35:24 PM
Shel also averted her gaze from the butchering of the beast. She didn't care if she had to make a bad creature bleed, but she didn't want to be the one who was cutting it up afterwards. "Good idea, Alleah, if there's another one of those things around, we don't need to let it sneak up on us!"

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d8=4 ; d8=2 ; d6=4 ; d6=6 ;
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 7:49:23 PM
Cameron waits until he is sure the Gorillian is dead then looks to be sure all of them are close enough to him, especially Pressi. When everyone is close enough he will call upon Jancassis and channel positive energy to heal his several injured companions.
Channel energy for 10 healing to everyone. (forgive the d8s, sometimes I forget what I am doing. The d6s worked out better anyways)
With the healing out of the way, at least until Pressi regains material form, he helps skin the beast and preserve the meat, quietly praying to the goddess of the hunt as he does so. She should be pleased that the meat will not go unused.
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Resist Energy
Spells cast
Magic Stone, Sound Burst,
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
1/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
1/5 channel energy used for today

Trill (AC: 22/17/22, HP: 53/54, CMD: 20, hasted, bull's strength) (Kent)  2d8+1=8 ; d8+1=9 ; d8+1=8 ; d8+1=4 ; d8+1=8 ;
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 7:49:53 PM
Digging through her bag Trill pulls out a CMW potion and quaffs it down. She hands another to Pressi.
"here drink this it tastes awful but it will help. Pressi gets 12 more points back

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 22/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki, 1 hero point) 
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 8:48:51 PM
Pressi, finally defeated, had taken the gaseous form, feeling like an utter failure, completely out of control. There had been a part of her that continued to fight - maybe she could float away and get a smokestick, or float above the creature and drop straight down like a stone - but deep down, even before the gorilla fell, she knew she had let everyone down, that she hadn't even stubbed its toe.

Embarrassed as she was, she did feel a strong amount of gratitude. Until Murphy had said something that sounded to her like she was trapped in that form until he chose to bring her back. (OOC its not clear if Pressi can dismiss it or only Murphy, but I originally misread the statement as Murphy would have to bring her back). Pressi did not feel like being a cloud.

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"Look, I get what he was trying to do," Pressi grumbled to Bliss later. "I've been through all the martial arts stuff. I've done the psych stuff. Control anger, move slowly, wax on. I don't need anyone to tell me how to handle my humiliation at the fact I had to retreat and leave it to... I mean, what good am I if I can't even...."

For what may have been the first time in years, Pressi sat down in the dirt and started crying.

"Thank you," she finally said between tears. "Thank you for just listening..."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 43/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki)  d20+12=28 ;
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 9:01:13 PM
With heals from Trill and Cameron, Pressi found herself feeling better, physically at any rate. After some thank yous to pretty much everyone on the team, she took a step back to look over the situation.

About half the team continued to skin the gorilla and bear, while the others pretended not to be grossed out by the situation. She supposed that she should join in, but was pretty sure she'd cut her own neck by mistake at this rate. Too late, she realized that she could have used the gaseous form to try and get some height to look around, but settled for taking a look through the area (Perception 28), as well as watching Shel in particular warily. She wasn't quite ready to talk to Shel yet.

Pressi did sit down next to Murphy. "Thank you for helping me, before.... So, you were really worried about me, huh."

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39 
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 11:10:58 PM
Alleah grins. Cameron could channel healing magic as well? Why, between the two of them they should be able to patch up nearly any injury!

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood, longstrider, call lightning 
Wednesday December 9th, 2015 11:51:54 PM

"Well, of course I was worried, Pressi. That was a killer monster - I don't know if I've ever seen anything that could rip someone up so quickly. And you are too precious to let that happen to you. Hope you didn't mind me vaporizing you without ever discussing it ahead of time." He scratches his nose. "Had to do that one time for Shel. A huge snake was squishing her, and biting, and I was afraid it might try to swallow her."

He takes a moment to explain how the spell works, and that it lasts twelve minutes or so with his current level of training. "You have total control over it, though. First, you can resist it and just refuse to go into cloud form. Second, when you take that form, you control what direction you go - though if it's real windy, it might blow you along. Third, when you want to go back to your normal shape and substance, you just kind of decide to do that. It's a fairly polite spell, all told. Now, you can still get hurt in that form, but physical attacks have to be pretty heavy duty to cause you harm, and your insubstantial form helps to avoid some of that damage." He goes into further detail - Pressi should understand it well after he finishes (so, read the spell description, and you have the knowledge of its effects and parameters, and DR/10, etc.).

[Just OOC: I'm trying to figure out what Murphy said that made Pressi think he was telling her he would have to dispel it - I thought it was clear he was telling her she had control over it, and when it ended.]

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39 
Thursday December 10th, 2015 4:01:50 AM
Alleah interjects "Actually Murphy, Pressi cannot dismiss the spell. Once she accepted it, it would last until either 12 minutes pass, or, you choose to return her to her normal form. She would not be able to return to her normal self by herself"

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OOC: Dismissible spells can only be dismissed by the caster, and only if they expend a standard action to do so

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Thursday December 10th, 2015 4:26:14 AM
OOC
Kent and I cross posted. Still, I will resume my default bold, italicized, and underlined healing messages both in and out of combat. I know they can sometimes be hard to pick out, especially in combat where things move fast.. Kent unless you took more hits than just the first one you should be able to save your potion. (DM permitting of course)

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki) 
Thursday December 10th, 2015 8:57:55 AM
OOC: Actually, Kent gave me the potion, and as you can see I don't really need it. (It will fill me to full HP and then some, but I should be fine where I am.) So yeah, I think Kent should save the potion (and the DM should permit it).

IC: Pressi thanks Trill for the potion but it isn't really needed.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Thursday December 10th, 2015 10:27:50 AM
"Yeah, whose the halfling, whose the halfing," says Kezzem as he does a victory dance.

OOC: And people say rogues are underpowered.

"Hey, don't feel so bad, Pressi. You distracted him long enough for me to get into position to work my magic."

Dm Shawn - Girallon In the mist 
Thursday December 10th, 2015 6:37:27 PM
Murphy feels the fur, which is rough and matted in places. Dried blood in others. He begins skinning the creature after Bliss makes the suggestion, wich leads to some members of the group to turn around. (Roll a survival check for the skinning)

Alleah turns away and keeps a look outonight but sees nothing.

Kezzem brags about his kill.

Shel also turns her back on the butchering.

Cameron heals those in the vicinity.

The skinning takes awhile and the sun begins to drop again. The winds pick up and the trees begin to wave in the air. Need watches.
Trill gives Pressi a potion, but she tells her it was not needed.

Ooc: Exp.for the last few encounters. . Everyone besides Cameron gets 1285xp and Cameron gets 350xp.


Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki) 
Thursday December 10th, 2015 7:41:22 PM
OOC: Rogues are underpowered. That's why we're all splashes. :-) But before you respond, ask those people what they think of monks.

Pressi grunts at Kezzem's remarks, not exactly finding comfort in that. (OOC: though it's a fair point given her front line "tank" role.)

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OOC: It's less what Murphy did than my own inattentiveness; I misread the item initially while trying to get into Pressi's head and just ran with the emotions. There is a hint of "you should do this", especially through the lens of their last fight, so I kind of kept it.

Pressi looks up when Murphy says she is precious, and back down when he says he did it for Shel too. As for not asking her fist, "It's not my favorite thing in the world, but I get it. You can't always ask in the middle of battle. And if you had asked me to retreat and keep from dying, I would have said no. So good call on not asking. A pity I couldn't do 'bugbear falls, everybody dies' though."

Pressi is silent for a bit longer. "You and Shel have been together for a while now, huh. She... is she always this panicky?"

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle)  d20+13=31 ;
Thursday December 10th, 2015 7:45:42 PM

Bliss sees that Pressi is emotional, and he gives her a couple Goodberries. "Here, eat these, they're good," he says. And he eats one himself in solidarity.

Then he stands on his head and does a flip.

Acrobatics 31! Pretty good!

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Thursday December 10th, 2015 11:07:04 PM
Looks like another night in this forest, at least, Shel thinks, as she observes the wind and weather coming in. She takes the same watch as she has been handling recently. As she took her spot by the fire, she began to wonder if she would ever get home. Hopefully they could get there to save the town, and make sure Alouryn's wedding went off without a hitch as well.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+6=10 ; d20+6=14 ;
Thursday December 10th, 2015 11:44:37 PM
Cameron watches as Murphy starts the skinning, then realizes that the druid seems to know more than he does about skinning. Because of that, Cameron decides to help, rather than skinning one of the beasts on his own.
Rolled 10 vs DC 10 to aid another, Murphy gains +2 on his survival roll to skin the critters. ( rolled a 14 in case it was a 'per critter' roll, secnd is to aid Murphy with that creature too)
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Resist Energy
Spells cast
Magic Stone, Sound Burst,
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
1/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
1/5 channel energy used for today

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39 
Friday December 11th, 2015 1:34:53 AM
OOC: I've added typical party watches to the Wiki: Party Watches
Any objections? Everyone needs to get 8hrs rest a night or you get the Fatigued condition
My thinking was that
- We should have more on watch in the middle of the night when it is darkest
- Cameron and Alleah - both clerics - should be on separate watches
- Alleah doesn't need sleep if she expends one of her Calming Touches each day. It feels a bit bogus if she were to do that trick on everyone

Alleah says a quiet prayer to Gargul and Maab, begging forgiveness for having to kill one of their creatures.

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood, longstrider, call lightning  d20+11=14 ; d20+13=22 ; d20+16=35 ;
Friday December 11th, 2015 2:14:16 AM
Backstep:
As it has been pointed out that the spell must be dispelled by the caster, Murphy would have tried to interact a bit in communicating with Pressi when she was in gaseous form, to know when she wanted to change back - and would then have dispelled the alteration. His spell explanation would accommodate the fact that, yes, he needs to dispel it (which frustrates him, as he would like for the recipient to have that measure of self control, but, oh, well).

Who's the halfling?:
"Kezzem, you're the halfling, all the way. I was astounded. And so was the girallon, I think."

Skinning work:
Murphy has skinned several critters in his time. Nowhere near as much as some, but enough. This is his first girallon, though, and it was tougher that he was used to. It was hard in places to separate the skin from the flesh beneath. He was happy to have Cameron's help, and things went a little better. He did take a few minutes to examine the muscles, sinews, and skeletal structure of the creatures arms - especially since it had one more pair of arms than most apes have. [Survival (skinning) 14+2 from Cameron's help= 16]

The poor murdered bear was an easier job for the pair of them, and the skin overall in better shape. [Survival (skinning) 22 (including Cam's assistance)] He talks with Cameron as they work together - some conversation about the task at hand, "You take that part, I've got this over here," but also about his own devotion to Eberyon, and how his siblings were the first to fight against him when he was reborn into the Wold, and the verdant chaos he unleashed upon the Wold, but also of his repentence, and reform, and some of the blessings he later brought about. "I know as there are those who still resent him. My brother Kendry is not pleased with my devotion, and Selithe told me to be careful. Like as not, with the distance we've traveled here in the Culverwood, we are not that far off from where the great battle was fought by Eberyon against the druids and some elves and with treants and buzzing insects and lightning and earthquake.

"Anyway, maybe that's why I decided not to give you a hard time about your devotion to Jancassis. Frankly, I think many of her followers are so bent upon vengeance that they get all twisted up inside with their bitterness. But I suppose that vengeance also is one way that, from time to time, a form of justice might be wrought."

And to the present:
The druid thinks upon his friend's soul. She is so observant, and comes up with amazing insights, yet wildly misinterprets motives and meanings from time to time. And she is so funny - though her wit can carry a bite.

"Shel and I were members of Humble's Sword from day one. She and I knew each other a bit growing up, but it's really since the Valley Games that we got to know each other fairly well. Shel has the kind of courage that overcomes her sometimes timid nature. She is over all a gentle soul. But I've learned she can ungentle fast when she sees her friends getting hurt. Like a sweet kitten part of the time, and like a she bear when someone comes against her own.

"Panicky?" Murphy thinks a moment. "She knows fear, certainly, and may say anxious words at times. But her love for her friends trumps her fears, I think. I have found I can always count on her, Pressi."

He picks up a blade of grass, and stretches the flat part between his thumbs. Murphy presses his mouth against the slight curved opening between the thumbs, and blows with subtly fluctuating breath, and a tightening and easing of the tension on the grass blade. It makes the sound of a bird singing.

"That was kind, Bliss!" he says as the small halfling shows his generosity. He laughs and claps when Bliss performs his flip.

After a moment, he continues. "I know there's some friction between you two. Maybe it will go on for a while. But I'll bet my Uncle Orbi's pipe that you and she become friends. Go easy on your judgments for a while... if you want to." He smiles at Pressi, then blows the song in the musical blade of grass that answers the first one he made.

Short travel:
Murphy recommends that the party put at least thirty minutes distance between the place of the attack and where they choose to bed down for the night, if not more. "Too much bloodshed here for us to sleep in comfort," he explains.

Along the way, he asks Alleah, "Do you feel up to another dream talk tonight? It seems you were able to reach yourself. Do you want to try one of us? Or yourself again? Y'know, maybe Hazel will get there before us. If you want to try to reach me," he says, and plucks a hair off the upper right side of his head, "ouch - here you go."

Night watch:
Murphy gets up to spend a few minutes with Shel on nightwatch. "You and Pressi seem to be going at it a bit, Shel. You think you two will survive each other?" He opens. After they chat a little about that, he then says, "It will be nice to be back in Humble's Ford, Shel. I just hope we can get there in time, and do what needs to be done. I miss home."

[Perception on watch: 35]

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki) 
Friday December 11th, 2015 9:32:48 AM
(OOC re party watches: the big thing for Pressi is that "The ki pool is replenished each morning after 8 hours of rest or meditation (the monk equivalent of prayer or spell prep, it does not combat fatigue); these hours do not need to be consecutive." It looks like Pressi can meditate and be on watch at the same time. So it looks like her placement in the watch is good. Make sure, though, that its also good for clerics, sorcerers, etc. Anyone that has to regain spells or powers.

Also, I was considering taking a crack and filling up the history portion of the page. Maybe some basics rather than full recaps.)

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki) 
Friday December 11th, 2015 1:41:09 PM
"Go easy on my judgements," Pressi cried. "You saw how she... I mean she just.... ok, I can't exactly explain what we're fighting about, but how dare she!"

Pressi placed her head in her hands, laughing. "You must think I'm completely insane. I assure you I'm not completely. But I don't know, there's her shouting because I'm shouting because she's shouting... maybe I should clear the air at least."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki) 
Friday December 11th, 2015 2:15:00 PM
Pressi would also shake her head at Bliss acrobatics. "Don't ever grow up," she finally said. "Don't let them change you."

Trill (AC: 22/17/22, HP: 53/54, CMD: 20, hasted, bull's strength) (Kent)  d20+11=22 ; d20+11=27 ; d20+11=19 ; d20+11=15 ;
Friday December 11th, 2015 2:21:37 PM
Trill accepts the potion back saying that it is there if anyone needs it.

While the skinning and discussions occur trill keeps a watch on the perimeter of the area that they are in knowing that Garillons aren't always loners and that there could possibly be more of them about.

As she watches and walks the edges of the area random things brush the edge of her mind. these halflings are a study in dichotomies, they are in a hurry but wait around to skin animals and what were once an intelligent race and yet they get all prickly about possible eating an owl that was already dead. They seem to like each other and yet they are often bickering and arguing among each other. Geesh, is this what it is like to be part of a group? Is that what I am, part of this group? I guess we will see what we will see.

perception dc 22, 27, 19 & 15


Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle)  d20+15=20 ;
Friday December 11th, 2015 7:14:15 PM
Bliss bows to thank his audience of Murphy and Pressi.

"Is Pressi short for anything," it occurs to him to ask. "Because I have an Aunt Priss, which is short for Priscilla."

That night, the tiny halfling takes his usual watch. Him and Mookie keep alert. Perception 20.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Friday December 11th, 2015 8:33:59 PM
"Thanks, Murph," says Kezzem. "As my terribly mysterious grandpappy once said, when you hide your strikes from your opponent, you can more viciously strike his hide."

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d20+11=17 ;
Friday December 11th, 2015 8:34:36 PM
Alleah spends the early part of the evening meditating and recovering her spells. After that, she is wide eyed and ready to help with watching out over the camp

Perception: 17

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Friday December 11th, 2015 11:55:37 PM
Cameron has forced marched, double time marched and done almost every other thing that can tire out a person. None of it has ever come between him and Jancassis. She always listens, even when his thoughts are jumbled from tiredness. That said, it is way more fun and far more pleasant to be with a group that wants a full night's rest.
He listens carefully to Murphy, even while trying to work the tough hide of the ape loose. Murphy knows alot about this group and can explain alot to Cameron. He listens and tries to find his niche to fit in with these guys.
Then it hits him. These guys are almost all way younger than he is.
" I grew up with dwarves, many of which resented the closeness I had with my foster father. I was the son he never took the time to have the normal way. He taught me what he knew, he instilled in me the morals he had lived by. The desire to do right by everyone I met stuck. The rigid code of laws and his belief that the 'authorities' will see justice done never took though. No one ever investigated their deaths by Morgan and me. Once he was killed there was just me. Someone did this and will get away with it unless I follow Jancassis and what she has taught me to find them and either bring them to the people that will punish them for what they have done, or do it myself. Morgan taught me to be stubborn, and that is sometimes grating to those around me. But I have no fears anymore. Not of death, not of being alone, or outnumbered. All that scares me now is failing to find those responsible and bring them to justice."
" Ask Bliss though, I have never been afraid of doing the right thing, no matter the cost. In the Fist I once threw away my chance at command and risked execution for not leaving some travelers to their fate, death at the hands of a pack of gnolls. By Jancassis will I survived and those travelers lived too. I also learned not to judge things at first glance. Their strongman was a hill giant, should have been a mortal enemy to me, yet it was him fighting to his last breath that made the difference between me living and dying. He became my friend. Because of that, I prefer to talk to any intelligent opponents first if possible. Better to settle differences with words rather than build an enmity that requires THEM to seek revenge on ME."
"I'll do my best to keep you all alive and keep the peace between us. Vengeance is a hard road to walk. No need for more of us to walk it than necessary eh?""
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Resist Energy
Spells cast
Magic Stone, Sound Burst,
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
1/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
1/5 channel energy used for today


Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle) 
Saturday December 12th, 2015 12:03:56 AM

"It's true," says Bliss, remembering that incident. "Those were the circus people, right? You were a real hero, I think, Cam. You guys shoulda seen Cam! He was really brave. All the rest of us did was follow orders. Honestly, now that I am not in the Mailed Fist anymore, I think I like being a hero better."

The tiny halfling shows off his WLA badge. "See! I'm an adventurer now!"

You might note that Bliss is still wearing his Mailed Fist uniform, however. It is really threadbare, with travel stains and a few holes here and there. He never bothered finding anything else to wear.

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Saturday December 12th, 2015 11:45:29 AM
"I'm not sure exactly what Pressi's issue has been with me, Murphy. It would seem that someone new to the band would be more understanding of everyone, instead of judging and snipingh. Maybe I'm wrong, but the others we have picked up on the road haven't been nearly so snide, I don't think."

She sighs loudly. Maybe I'm just more sensitive away from home and all. I swear, I don't think I've been happy since we were telported out of that tower. I like our village, and knowing it's okay. The not knowing is killing me."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki)  d20+12=23 ; d20+12=27 ; d20+12=27 ; d20+12=29 ;
Saturday December 12th, 2015 8:43:13 PM
(Perception rolls 23, 27, 27, 29)

"It's funny, because I was just about to ask what your issue was with me," Pressi said from behind. "But being wrong and sensitive, that sounds familiar." She signaled to Murphy. "Sorry for the eavesdropping. I've kind of had trouble sleeping and my shift's about to begin, so... Hey, don't you have to go do that thing about the stuff?"

At Murphy's worried look. "I promise to return her to you in one piece, and more or less the same shape."

Pressi sat down for a bit, and they stayed silent for a while.

"You know, I'd probably be gone by now," Pressi began. "If I wasn't here in the woods trapped with you guys, I'd probably have said goodbye long ago. That's kind of what I do. I suffer her, I serve there, and then I go... on to the next home, really. I don't know, maybe I'll feel for Angel Springs what you feel someday, but I'm still waiting for that time I have to move again.

"I've had a tough life. I've had the not knowing killing me since I was a kid. So, I try to control the chaos, and I detach myself when I can't control, and I try to be brave, don't always succeed at that. And when someone like you pushes me, I push back. And when you don't.... Well, pushing first always helped make the goodbyes easier."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki) 
Sunday December 13th, 2015 8:42:41 AM
"Is Pressi short for anything," Pressi responded to Bliss. "It's actually Gaelic for 'Make me more wine.'"

"Actually, I don't know. I've just always been called Pressi. (OOC: I got it from Paizo's list of names, so you should ask them.) I guess it might be short for Priscilla too, kind of like how Robert leads to Rob and Bobby. Sorry, I just don't know."

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle) 
Sunday December 13th, 2015 8:07:49 PM

Bliss shrugs at Pressi's lack of certainty. "Well, MY name is 'cause my mom was super scared me and my sisters would turn out evil, cause we were harpies. So she named us Bliss, Faith, Hope, Grace, and Joy. When I came back from being dead and I wasn't a girl anymore, I was worried that Bliss was a bad name for a boy. But my Aunt Priss had a funny little book about a fellow named Mister Bliss, so I figured it was a good name for a girl or a boy."

"Look, that's funny," says Bliss, laughing. "You have two S's and I have two S's and my Aunt Priss has two S's! We should go visit her sometime."

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood 
Monday December 14th, 2015 4:55:19 AM

Talking with Cameron during earlier work
Murphy hears and appreciates Cameron's telling, and comments here and there, asking for clarification. "Yes. I noted the affection Bliss showed you when we found you." "We have a giant friend - Lomar. He's an ogre, and bard. I often try to do as you suggest - to the consternation of my friends, I'll allow. We've made friends with some who appeared to be starting as our opponents.

"Maybe because of Eberyon - maybe I see that the best vengeance is transformation of an enemy into a friend."

On skinning - I've skinned animals before - a deer might take half an hour or so. It likely took us an hour and a half, two at most to do so. The balance of the day until shortly before dusk should have been spent in travel.

Talking with Shel
"I'm not sure why there's a thing going on between you two exactly, either. Though when you first met her, you did express some suspicion. Maybe just got off on the wrong foot from the beginning.

"Yeah, I miss our home, too. And want to be sure it is going to be safe. But - oh, hi Pressi." "That thing. Oh, yeah, about the stuff. Have fun chatting, friends."

Names
"My brother obsesses over names and their meanings," Murphy says as the conversation turns in that direction. "He buys books, and talks to historians and sages. He used to tell me all kinds of stories about this name and that. Some are easier than others. Your name means perfect happiness, or great joy, Bliss. A good choice your mother made. By the way, do you speak the language of harpies?" he asks.

"'Pressi' is not as easy. If what Kendry told me, though, was right - I think it means, 'I press,' or 'I pursue.' It can be one who runs a book press - I think there is at least on in Plateau City. It can also mean 'a neighborhood' in some places. But, you do seem to press in pursuit of a thought or understanding.

"If it was derived from Priscilla - well, that can mean old, worthy, venerable - perhaps someone who has a long life, or who one hopes has a long life.

"My name means, well, sea warrior. Which is strange, because we are not really a family that does anything with the sea. But my cousin told me I was named for a potato. Ha. A potato. Murphy - the sea warrior potato."

"'Shel' can be a plateau, or a steep valley. I think it may have something to do with willows, too."

"But sometimes a name will have a different meaning or significance for the parents, or a local meaning. I mean, 'Shel' could be like a seashell or the like.

"'Trillium' is a beautiful three-petal flower. It comes in different colors. While, yellow, purple, red. It blooms in early spring. My Aunt Nilli calls it 'wake-robin.' It grows in rich woods and thickets. You can eat the young leaves before the petals appear. The roots make good medicine. Keep swelling down. Clean things - even wounds. Treating earaches. It's supposed to help women with, uh, their monthly cycles, somehow or another. And if you are suffering from the runs, mix a decoction - like a boiled down essence - with warm milk at bedtime, and that will, er, help firm things up. Trill - do you know more about your name, or the plant?"

"'Kezzem' - I am not certain. It might mean 'one who gives' - someone who is generous, who gives to people."

"'Alleah' - one who rises, who ascends. Or, a bright one, honorable. I think it also can be one who travels to an important place."

"As for 'Mookie' - I have no idea what his name means. Maybe he can tell us."

"And 'Cameron' was a chieftain's name. It means 'crooked nose.' So, the notion is, he has been in battle, and has his share of wounds - but he still fights, and developed as a leader. Or, maybe it means he leads with his nose - which is great when you're hunting for truffles!"

Watch schedule
As watches may change over time, here is Alleah's suggested current schedule:

PCs need 8hrs rest every night to avoid gaining the 'Fatigued' condition.
20:00 - 22:00 : Shel, Cameron
22:00 - 01:00 : Bliss, Kezzem, Alleah
01:00 - 04:00 : Pressi, Trill, Alleah
04:00 - 07:00 : Murphy, Alleah

After spending the first watch preparing spells, Alleah uses one of her Calming Touches to remove the Fatigued condition from herself and thus doesn't require sleep.

Dm Shawn - Girallon In the mist 
Monday December 14th, 2015 10:19:26 AM
While Pressi, Trill and Alleah are on watch.. the winds continue to blow while the branches sway. In the distance a noise is heard.... BLOP. Like something dropping to the ground... BLOP. Again. BLOP. BLOP. then silence. Are the branches moving a little more?

Ooc: Sorry for the missed post Friday and short post today.



Trill (AC: 22/17/22, HP: 53/54, CMD: 20, hasted, bull's strength) (Kent)  d20+11=30 ; d20+9=17 ; d20+13=26 ;
Monday December 14th, 2015 2:53:30 PM
Well the only other thing I know about Trilliums is that they have magical properties for both Love and Luck. I do know that my mother and grandmother's names are also flowers that have both medicinal and magical properties and uses.

----

During watch the odd plops are heard Perception DC 30, Survival DC 17. Not sure what they are but pretty sure they aren't fairies farting, Trill comes alert bow in hand and arrow notched. Quietly Stealth DC 26 she moves off to the side and away from the others to be less of a target and to perhaps flank whatever is coming.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+12=27 ; d20+6=25 ;
Monday December 14th, 2015 4:49:51 PM
Perception 27
Survival 26
If Cameron hears the sounds or has them described to him he gets a warm smile on his face. " To my ear that is Jancassis telling me I am going the right way. I would guess it sounds like the stealthy drop of something like a spider from the canopy to the ground. We may want to watch the trees as we travel."
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
None
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Hornet's Nest (domain), Hold Person, Resist Energy
Spells cast
Magic Stone, Sound Burst,
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
1/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
1/5 channel energy used for today


Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki)  d20+12=13 ; d20+15=20 ;
Monday December 14th, 2015 5:02:48 PM
Pressi was in the middle of a meditative exercise where one goes through all the moves you know as slowly as possible. Alleah and Trill were staying very far away.

(Perception: Natural 1, stealth 20)

"My god, I can't even see my hand in front of my face... having placed it in front of Alleah's face apparently. Really sorry about that."


Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d20+11=14 ;
Monday December 14th, 2015 7:06:49 PM
Alleah isn't quite sure what it was she heard, but Trill and Pressi are already starting to hide.

She starts moving about the camp, shaking those who are sleeping to wake them up.

Perception: 14

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle)  d20+20=35 ; d20+35=48 ; d20+16=17 ;
Monday December 14th, 2015 7:49:42 PM
Bliss wakes up and hides in the night.

Stealth 35

He stands up and casts Reduce Person. He hides again, with his extra bonuses for being tiny.

Stealth 48.

He picks up his bah and looks around.

Perception 17. He rubs his eyes and yawns.

Mookie launches himself into the air and flies higher and higher.

"Good Luck, Kid," he softly caws.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Monday December 14th, 2015 8:39:58 PM
OOC
OK, clearly I spaced out when I read that the first time, because I saw no names before.
Also this is probably WAY more actions than I'll get, so use them as you like.
IC
Cameron says that when woken up. Having prayed at midnight, his spells are refreshed. He steps away from those hiding and casts light on the fletching of his crossbow bolt. He then uses that perception he rolled to look into the night. If whatever made those noises looks intelligent, he greets it, if it tries to eat him or his friends he will shoot it.
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
light
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Magic Stone, Hornet's Nest (domain), Sound Burst, Hold Person, Resist Energy
Spells cast
none
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
0/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood 
Monday December 14th, 2015 9:03:59 PM

"Is it my watch yet? Huh? What's going on?" sleepy Murphy asks.

Should someone let him know about the plops, he casts entangle between where the group is encamped and the plopping sounds were heard, taking care to let his friends know its parameters, and to ensure none of them is in the area of effect. Then he transforms into a good-sized owl.

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Monday December 14th, 2015 9:39:10 PM
Shel was asleep, sleeping better than she had recently. At least she and Pressi had approached the topic of the cold between them. Perhaps we can both work on being better, she thought as she drifted off after her uneventful watch.

If she is woken up and alerted to possible danger, she will cast her Haste spell as her normal M.O. She then rises to her feet, and takes a look around.

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Tuesday December 15th, 2015 1:19:16 PM
"Hey there baby, want to see my dagger," mumbles Kezzem in his sleep. "It was forged of cold iron."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki) 
Tuesday December 15th, 2015 2:15:37 PM
"I'm quite familiar with your dagger," Pressi replied. "It might have been cold but it wasn't iron.

"Also, GET UP!"

Dm Shawn - Girallon In the mist  d20+9=21 ; d20+9=17 ; d6=1 ; d6=3 ;
Tuesday December 15th, 2015 2:25:13 PM
Trill and Pressi move out and start searching around. They continue to follow the noise wich leads them About 200' from the camp. Pressi doesn't notice anything but Trill notices the most peculiar site.. above the duo, rounded hard fruits are lined up on the tree, secured by a smoking wad of leaves. As the leaves burn down, they release one of the rounded fruits dropping to the ground. PLOP.... As Pressi moves around an audible click is heard. (Reflex save DC 15 or snared +4 dmg). The snared releases as Pressi's foot stops near it and slings 20' into the air. (With or without pressi attached)

Alleah begins waking the rest of the sleeping group, some waking easier then others. Looking around she sees nothing.

Bliss hides while looking around but sees nothing.

Cameron cats light on his crossbow bolt and also looks around but sees nothing. The entire camp is lit up now.

Murphy casts entangle between the group (minus Pressi/Trill ) and the sounds. He then turns into an owl.

Shel casts haste on herself.

Kezzem is awoken from a dream.

The group doesn't see anything, but they do hear grunting. Both coming from the other side of the camp, away from the plops.



Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki)  d20+12=25 ; d20+5=21 ; d20+12=19 ; d20+15=25 ;
Tuesday December 15th, 2015 2:43:33 PM
(Reflex Roll 25.)

Pressi jumps back as the snare swings away and watches as the fruit drops one at a time. "I have a bad feeling about this." As she thought about what she knew (dungeoneering check 21, perception 19 on the release mechanism, +1 to perceive traps), she wished she had more forms of knowledge.

She continued to hide, not moving (sneak 25).

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki) 
Tuesday December 15th, 2015 4:22:42 PM
(OOC: Oh, and it goes without saying that Pressi's comment to Kezzem is retconned as not actually happening, given she's not even there.)

Trill (AC: 22/17/22, HP: 53/54, CMD: 20, hasted, bull's strength) (Kent)  d20+11=12 ; d20+9=24 ;
Tuesday December 15th, 2015 10:23:40 PM
Puzzled by the actions of the fruit, trill tries to see if there is anything she remembers abut such a plant/tree Knowledge Nature DC 12 or if this is actually natural or magical in nature.Survival DC 24 As she hears the the snare snap upward she begins to wonder who is baiting this trap and for what they are hunting.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet  d20+12=22 ;
Tuesday December 15th, 2015 10:36:52 PM
Perception 22
"Anyone else hear that?"
Cameron turns towards the grunting and sees what he can see. He doesn't hide, because he s lit up like a roman candle while holding the crossbow. Instead he points the crossbow towards the grunting.
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
light
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Magic Stone, Hornet's Nest (domain), Sound Burst, Hold Person, Resist Energy
Spells cast
none
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
0/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle)  d20+20=32
Tuesday December 15th, 2015 11:57:53 PM
Bliss keeps on sneaking toward the noises.

Stealth 32

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19  d20+12=29 ;
Wednesday December 16th, 2015 12:35:38 AM
Kezzem gathers his bearings. "What's going on?"

Perception 29

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d20+11=18 ; d100=73 ;
Wednesday December 16th, 2015 12:49:38 AM
Alleah stays put in the middle of the camp. If the others want to scout out what is going on, that's entirely their call. She will happily lay-low and still.

She does, however, cast a Deathwatch cantrip, just in case... (Leyline check: 73=Pass)

Perception: 18

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Wednesday December 16th, 2015 9:17:24 AM
Shel knows that there is safety in numbers. All by herself, unprotected by anyone would be a recipe for her getting herself eaten. She moves closer to Alleah, looking around for anything else that might threaten them.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Wednesday December 16th, 2015 10:19:58 AM
" Any of the other spellcasters here have a light they can maybe extend the area we can see here? Because if something asks for this crossbow bolt, our light source is going with it. Then we would be in the dark, and light blind, with....SOMETHING. I'm thinking that might be not so good."

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. Great horned owl  d20+16=21 ;
Wednesday December 16th, 2015 1:38:04 PM

Now in the form of a great horned owl, Murphy ascends in the direction of the grunting sounds, staying close to trees as he flies, trying to discern who or what are making those sounds.

[Perception: 21]

Dm Shawn - Girallon In the mist  d20+9=24 ; d20+9=18 ;
Wednesday December 16th, 2015 3:00:49 PM
Pressi and Trill can both tell the fruits, though natural, are dropping due to the flaming leaves. Something smart set it up to catch an intelligent meal apparently. The trap, though rudimentary, is a well done snare line that most hunters would use.

Cameron tries to see into the woods but the light pollution from his spell is making it hard. He unfortunately sees nothing.

Bliss keeps on sneaking into the woods. She startles herself when she comes upon another girallon, hiding behind a tree looking towards the camp. The girallon turns, and almost looks towards Bliss but she can tell he is looking past her to something else.

Kezzem finally wakes up and looks around but sees nothing.

Alleah let's the others prance about while she casts a death watch cantrip.

Shel stays close to Alleah.

Murphy Owl flies around but doesn't see nothing. The noisemakers must be hidden. ( Stealth DC 24)

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle) 
Wednesday December 16th, 2015 6:11:28 PM
Bliss sneaks back to report on what he has learned.

"There's another of them four-armed gorillas, that-away. Why don't we try to head off in the opposite direction?"

"I'll spy on it to make sure it does not come in our direction. I'll keep in touch via Message."

He casts his Reduce Person and Message cantrips.

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Wednesday December 16th, 2015 6:32:54 PM
OOC
I am unclear which way 'that way' is? Is the Gorrillion towards the fruits and that are plopping down? Or is it toward the grunting noises?

Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Wednesday December 16th, 2015 7:50:12 PM
Shel was only too happy to cast Light for the group. She placed the cantrip onto her Warddstone necklace, so everyone close to her could see rather well. All the better for them to protect her from another of those awful four armed beasts. "Be careful, Bliss. We don't want that thing to come for us, or for you. Stay hidden..."

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki)  d20+15=26 ;
Wednesday December 16th, 2015 8:34:38 PM
(OOC to Cameron: I think we're looking at three different directions. The Girallon is in one place, the fruit (trap) in a second, and the noisemakers (grunters - the hunting party perhaps?) is in a third. Which means... our upcoming discussion on whether to save the girallon will probably last until St Patricks Day. ;-)

Pressi, unaware of anything besides the trap, is unsure what to do. "We should probably head back and tell the others about this," she said to Trill. "Just sneak our way to... uh, I'm going to assume you know where the camp is."

(Stealth 26)

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19 
Thursday December 17th, 2015 1:26:44 AM
"Another one of those things?" asks Kezzem. "Don't worry, friends, Piercy and Stabby here will take care 'em, just like his friend."

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. Great horned owl  d20+16=27 ;
Thursday December 17th, 2015 3:29:03 AM

Murphy knows there were grunting sounds over there, so he swoops from edge of tree to edge of tree, not coming very close to the ground, to get looks and listens from other angles.

With a bit better perception this time, he spots one or more girallons, and marks their positions (and actions, if any), then flies back to the camp. If any are nearby, he writes in the dirt with his claw, 'GIRALLONS' and the number of them he was able to perceive, with an arrow pointing the direction he saw them. He then flies back up and over the entangled area on the other side, swooping down to warn away any friend who looks about to step therein - despite that he let everyone know where he put the entanglement.

[Am assuming we're not yet in combat rounds.]

Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Thursday December 17th, 2015 1:43:29 PM
Cameron checks his gear as the reports come in. He was wearing his armor, since the Fist he had always work light armor, so he could slee in it without fatigue. He had all his weapons, they went in hs pockets when his camp was set for the night. If they had to run all he would lose was his tent and bedroll, easily replaceable.
" So wait, this gorillion thing set traps for us and is waiting forus to trip them?"
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
light
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Magic Stone, Hornet's Nest (domain), Sound Burst, Hold Person, Resist Energy
Spells cast
none
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
0/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle) 
Thursday December 17th, 2015 5:36:29 PM
Bliss whispers to Cameron, "Nah, that can't be right! It is just a big monkey with four arms."

OOC: Seriously, since we seem to have detected it/them without being sensed, Bliss is all for keeping on keeping on.

Trill (AC: 22/17/22, HP: 53/54, CMD: 20, hasted, bull's strength) (Kent)  d20+11=29 d20+13=30
Thursday December 17th, 2015 6:37:59 PM
Hearing the grunting she tries to place the sound with any particular animal she may know. knowledge Nature DC 29

Then agreeing with Pressi she stealthily stealth DC 30leads the way back to camp. to report to the others.

Alleah -- RobC -- AC 14/13/12 -- CMD 12 -- HP 39/39  d20+11=20 ;
Thursday December 17th, 2015 7:34:15 PM
Alleah stays put, right in the middle of the camp

Perception: 20 + Deathwatch

Dm Shawn - Girallon In the mist 
Friday December 18th, 2015 8:24:21 AM
Bliss heads back to the group and lets them know what she found, She also casts reduce person and message.

Shel casts light on her necklace, helping illuminate the camp more.

Pressi starts sneaking her way back to the group,

Kezzem boast that his weapons will take care of the new girallon.

Owl Murphy flighs towards the grunting sounds, and sees another girallon. (Well to him it is the first).

Cameron is asking why the gorilla creature set traps.

Trill listens to the grunting, and it seems similar to the sounds from the girallon before.

Alleah stays put and and keeps watch.

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The girallon's continue grunting back and forth.... are they calling for reinforcements?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IxoIHpbq1N-u5o0pmjWohlgOIxV7wYMFX9Piw0bxH70/edit?usp=sharing

OOC: Sorry about yesterday, It is extremly hectic right now. If everyone gets posted today, I'll do another post tonight.



Cameron (David F) AC 23 (T 15, FF 19) CMD 17 HP 50 /50 Character Sheet 
Friday December 18th, 2015 11:09:07 AM
"So then let's bug out. We head away from them, towards where Murphy entangled and leave them behind." If we don't need to fight them, then I'd rather not."
Cameron hastily takes down his tent and beedroll and stuffs them in his pocket, getting ready to move out.
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Notes
Spells and effects on Cameron
light
Spells remaining
Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light, Delay Poison (domain), Shield of Faith, Magic Weapon, Bless, Magic Stone, Hornet's Nest (domain), Sound Burst, Hold Person, Resist Energy
Spells cast
none
0/5 uses of Touch of Poison used for the day.
0/5 Stealthy hunter used for the day
0/5 channel energy used for today

Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 22, HP 48/48, CMD 19  d20+13=32 ; d3+3=4 ; 3d6=14 ;
Friday December 18th, 2015 12:48:57 PM
Kezzem moves 5 ft. west (this should put him 35 ft. away from both girillons)

"Go, I'll be right behind you."

If either moves towards him (placing them with 30 ft.), Kezzem will hurl a returning dagger at him.

"Eat steel, you fugly ape."

Attack: 32 (include Point-Blank Shot)
Damage: 4 (include Point-Blank Shot) plus 14 (Sneak Attack, if flat-footed)

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki)  d20+12=13 ; d20+15=26 ; d20+12=20 ;
Friday December 18th, 2015 1:13:51 PM
Pressi and Trill start heading back towards the camp, Pressi once again unable to discern anything in front of her, such as the entanglement (I don't know what is needed to see and avoid the entanglement, but Perception Natural 1 and it doesn't look like Murphy got to their little group). (Stealth 26 towards it.)

If Trill points out the entrapment, or if Pressi steps into it, Pressi begins to wonder who might have cast this and why. (If needed, reflex roll 20). She may even lead Trill back towards the trap, assuming that they might have to make a stand there.

Pressi takes out a torch, considering how she can use it to signal the others or to fool whoever set the trap, whatever that grunting is, that there is a fire that needs to be put out.



Shel Gerald--AC 15/14/12--CMD 14--HP 39/39 
Friday December 18th, 2015 2:07:14 PM
If Shel hears the others suggesting they try to head out and avoid the monsters, she is in complete agreement. "Let's keep going. Maybe we will get lucky and the gnome fey and these four armed apes will kill each other," she whispers as the group moves out.

Murphy CMD 21 AC 19 HP 43/43 - (Kim) +4 to Will saves, clear sense of direction in Culverwood. Great horned owl 
Friday December 18th, 2015 4:40:57 PM

Just a quick note - Pressi, Murphy told everyone - including you - where he cast the spell.

Pressi (Melvin) - AC 19, HP 32/43, CMD 22 (used 2 ki) 
Friday December 18th, 2015 4:56:08 PM
That's good, but I'm assuming allies have to avoid the entangle.

So the issue remains. Do we go around it slowly or make our stand at the trap. Either way, we've split the party. (I vote trap because we have a better chance of using the trap against foes than just fighting on our own. Trill?)

Trill (AC: 22/17/22, HP: 53/54, CMD: 20, hasted, bull's strength) (Kent)  d20+9=13 ;
Friday December 18th, 2015 6:13:47 PM
Having made their way around the entanglement on the way out Trill manages to keep Pressi out of it on there way back but stops as Pressi asks her question about making a stand there by the trap and motions for her to put the torch away.

"These Girallons used to be a very intelligent race. Extremely evil, but very intelligent. Supposedly even had their own cities etc. My guess is they sent these traps for pigs and such but will not be adverse to eating us. That grunting is likely them communicating with others."

"I say we head north (upward on the map) and work our way back around to the camp hopefully they will be heading that way as well and we can meet up and avoid all of this."

Bliss (AC20, HP43) & Mookie (AC19, HP21) (Cayzle)  d100=24 ; d20+25=45 ;
Friday December 18th, 2015 7:45:53 PM

Bliss casts Divine Favor (Ley Check AOK), and then moves closer to Alleah while staying in whatever shadows / concealemnt he can find ... Stealth 45.

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