Edson Kazil - Shawn R; AC: 28 (T 21, FF 20), CMD: 24 HP: 65/65 Sunday November 27th, 2016 9:24:13 PM
Edson watches as Barratore is out. He moves closer to the minotaur and tries to help drag him to safety but his skinny arms are too weak.
" Brom.. this might be more your job."
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 31 (T 15 FF 27), CMD:31; HP: 82/121Character Sheet Monday November 28th, 2016 5:42:10 PM
At nearly 1,500 pounds, Barratore is all but immovable to any save Brom. The minotaur seems quite content to lie where he is
Talking with Patina (SteveK) d4=3 Monday November 28th, 2016 7:53:37 PM
Between Evaris and Baslim, all hurts are healed in rapid fashion, but not the gibbering Barratorre who needs ability healing to return to consciousness.
Edson, Velarin, and Brom, well, mostly Brom... the two heroes can't pick up Barratorre, but are able to drag the mound of flesh to the cavern entrance with much sweat and maybe a curse or two.
Lanliss has unasked questions and Baslim has a specific one for the Copper Dragon. Patina looks to Emrys, but the Witch hasn't been very talkative, and so the dragon answers. "The Ley Line is healed, thanks to you heroes. I am a Fixer, and thought to bring the Ley Lines ills onto my own body. Instead, I created some symbiotic life and really messed up the natural order. If it wasn't for you, I'd be dead soon and still under the power of a semi-sentient Ley Line. Fate worse than death and no, I have no idea how that situation happened."
He moves to Barratore and casts a Lesser Restoration spell, restoring Barratore 3 points of Wisdom. This brings the Minotaur to consciousness, though barely above the level of an animal!
Patina shakes his head. "I'm not sure I can do much anymore anyways. I was overconfident and now I need to rest. Where most people don't know I'm a dragon".
Patina moves his claws in a spell that The spellcasters easily recognize, and polymorphism himself into a grizzled gnome, a little stooped and worn. "So, is there any place that Patina the gnome could work and rest?"
......
The treasure is still there, sitting on the floor.
Edson Kazil - Shawn R; AC: 28 (T 21, FF 20), CMD: 24 HP: 65/65 Monday November 28th, 2016 8:27:42 PM
" Not to overstep my bounds... but Patina, is that our treasure now? " If so, he nods to the ones who can identify it.
Evaris [AC 20; HP 91/84] (Kathy) d4=1 ; Monday November 28th, 2016 10:46:24 PM
Evaris also has a Lesser Restoration prepared, and he casts it on Barratore, restoring only a point of Wisdom.
"Sorry, my friend," he says. "We'll keep working on it."
Turning to the treasure, Evaris says, "I can help identify it, but I think Velarin may be better suited to the task."
Shepherd Baslim (Tanner) HP 118 -- AC 13/10/13 -- F+16 R+8 W+19 -- CMD 15 Monday November 28th, 2016 11:44:55 PM "A brother in the Light!" Baslim walks forward and claps his hands on the now-gnome's shoulders. "We are well met, indeed! It makes me so happy that you are safe and sound." He drops his hands and makes a motion toward the rest of the party. "We have been tasked with the honor of protecting Cinnamon Valley. We came from a small town, perhaps a day's journey away. I am certain -- as long as you kept your current form -- that they would welcome you with open arms." He shrugs apologetically. "Not that you wouldn't be welcome as a dragon, but it would probably make some people very nervous."
Velarin Xilontheel(Chris J), AC 17(FF 14), hp 69/70, extended mage armor(22 hrs) Tuesday November 29th, 2016 10:29:53 AM
Velarin finally relaxes a little as Patine claims the Ley Line is back to normal, and listens as Patina explains what happened.
"I can Identify the treasure Evaris, but not until we have rested and I memorize a new set of spells. It can wait until tomorrow."
"I'm sure that the village would house Patina Shepherd, but he might find better accomodations and more chance for rest in town. For that matter, the best option at present would probably be to put him up at our place until he has at least gotten the lay of the land and figured out his next step."
"Patina, the undead that roamed this area...were they the result of the Ley Line and it's influence on you, or do we have another situation to deal with?"
Lanliss HP88/88 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+15=24 ; d20+15=17 ; Tuesday November 29th, 2016 3:22:33 PM
Lanliss takes an eye on the items found, trying to figure the most valuable object. He also takes a quick glance at the dagger. Appraisal 24 Appraisal 17
Talking with Patina (SteveK) Tuesday November 29th, 2016 8:05:31 PM
"I'd be more than happy to give you that stuff, really I would ", replies Patina. ""I don't even know what they are, but you are free to take it all."
And with the dragon-gnome's blessing, the heroes can acquire all the treasure. Lanliss can see the greatsword is the most precious thing in the meager hoard. ... Rhino Hide Armor Spined Shield Greatsword Silver Dagger Rod Heavy gold bracelets with crudely shaped agate insert
As for a place to live, "if I have the blessing of the heroes of Cinnamon Valley, I bet I can go anywhere. And yes, I can keep this form up indefinitely. I suppose I'll see where the best place to live would be for me. And maybe help the people and heroes of the valley occasionally too!"
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 31 (T 15 FF 27), CMD:31; HP: 82/121Character Sheet Tuesday November 29th, 2016 9:50:45 PM
Barratore sits up and then clamors to his feet. He looks about slightly blankly, "So....um, we done with the dragon?"
Edson Kazil - Shawn R; AC: 28 (T 21, FF 20), CMD: 24 HP: 65/65 Tuesday November 29th, 2016 10:42:58 PM
"Just whatever you do don't move to Float City. That place is a cesspool of scum that doesn't know how to run itself. Stick to the nicer settlements. "
Evaris [AC 20; HP 91/84] (Kathy) Tuesday November 29th, 2016 10:46:25 PM
"I'm sure Cinnamon Valley would be delighted to have you," Evaris says. "We only just arrived ourselves, but I'm sure there are townsfolk who would be happy to find you a good place to live. Especially if we explain how you helped restore the ley lines."
Emrys Myrridanmyl, stephen f. ac10 hp70/73, spectral hand, deathward Tuesday November 29th, 2016 11:29:02 PM
"Patina, I must first apologize that my efforts were so insufficient and ill-conceived. As of late, I've been so prone to failure, I find it hard to believe that I deserve the charity of my fellows' friendship. I am so sorry you had to be beaten within an pinch of your life in order to be freed from the leyline. I am so deeply sorry. I hope you can forgive me."
Emrys can barely look Patina in the eyes.
Shepherd Baslim (Tanner) HP 118 -- AC 13/10/13 -- F+16 R+8 W+19 -- CMD 15 Tuesday November 29th, 2016 11:32:54 PM "Cinnamon Valley seems to want for heroes right now. I'm certain you fit the description." Baslim smiles. "Now, come. Let us gather these treasures and make our way out of this cavern."
He turns thoughtful for a moment. "We ought to seal this cavern." He rubs his beard in thought. "I can memorize some wall of stone spells while Velarin prepares to identify the treasure...
Brom the Barbarian - Rich P; AC: 25 (T 14, FF 25, Raged 23), CMD: 30 (33 Raged); HP: 114/132 (165 raged); DR 2/- (DR 4/-) Tuesday November 29th, 2016 11:53:54 PM
"Yes, we are." He says to Brom. He stands near Barratore and helps him up if he wants.
Lanliss HP88/88 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Wednesday November 30th, 2016 8:47:03 AM
This great sword is the most precious out of the other stuff, Lanliss says quickly after inspecting the goods. I assume one of you will be happy to have it, he says in the direction of Brom and Barratore. He proceeds to Patina and says, thank you very much Patina we will put the stuff over there to good use and points to the treasure they have acquired.
Needing Next Steps (SteveK) Wednesday November 30th, 2016 5:31:15 PM
Brom helps Barratore up and assures the Minotaur that the gnome IS the dragon and yes, the battle is over.
Edson and Evaris reassure Patina the Gnome that Connamon Valley would welcome him as a Herod. Just don't go to Floating City! Patina hastily affirms that he wants to keep a low profile. "Just a little place off to the side would be fine!"
Emrys explains his feelings of failure and can't even look at the gnome-dragon. Patina moves to the elf and pats a shoulder. "The Ley Line was not acting like a Ley Line which is how I got caught. How could you expect anything differently? And getting a beat down is my own penance for behaving like an overconfident fledgling!" His explanation is better than accepting an apology, for he says without words that no apology is even needed.
Lanliss offers his knowledge and points at the treasure.
Baslim and Velarin talk about spells they will need which seems like it might be an oblique reference to staying here for the night. Maybe.
....
What hasn't happened is a hero actually doing something. Picking up the treasure, leading the way out to camp, setting up camp here...
Velarin Xilontheel(Chris J), AC 17(FF 14), hp 69/70, extended mage armor(22 hrs) Wednesday November 30th, 2016 8:00:19 PM
"Well. It's late, and it's been a long day, and many of us are in no shape to run into anything unpleasant in the night So it looks like we are camping here for the night. We can heal up more and identify stuff in the morning, and seal the place with some walls as well."
"Patina, you didn't answer my question about the undead we ran into... were they a result of the Ley line's influence upon you, or do we have another problem to deal with?"
Velarin starts pulling out his bedding for the night. "Shall we prepare a watch, or are we secluded enough in here to not worry about it? We are no longer concerned about the Ley Line, correct?"
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 31 (T 15 FF 27), CMD:31; HP: 82/121Character Sheet Wednesday November 30th, 2016 9:29:35 PM
Barratore lloks from Brom to the gnome and then back to Brom and again to the gnome. "Thats a Dragon? I thought they'd be bigger." The subject and thought is quickly abandoned as the treasure is mentioned and Barratore spies it across the way. Barratore heads over to the treasure. Things that sparkled were especially fascinating right now. He immediately gravitates to the Great Sword, even though it is undersized, and scoops it up. "This is so cool." he says excitedly and instantly starts out having a mock battle with unseen foes. Barratore begins playing and running about
Evaris [AC 20; HP 91/84] (Kathy) Wednesday November 30th, 2016 10:26:24 PM
Evaris winces slightly as he watches Barratore. "We'll fix him up in the morning," he assures the group.
In the meantime, Evaris helps set up camp, and volunteers to stand whatever watch might be needed.
Brom the Barbarian - Rich P; AC: 25 (T 14, FF 25, Raged 23), CMD: 30 (33 Raged); HP: 114/132 (165 raged); DR 2/- (DR 4/-) d4=1 ; Wednesday November 30th, 2016 10:44:48 PM
The fun I'd could have...he thinks as he see the child-like state of his friend thanks to mind scrabble of the ley line, but maybe he'll just make up some stories to poke fun at his large companion.
He does draw a potion from his pack and get Barratore to drink, lesser restortation, the draught was not as successful as hoped, healing 1 point of Wis damage.
Emrys Myrridanmyl, stephen f. ac10 hp70/73, spectral hand, deathward d100=6 ; d100=28 ; d20+26=35 ; d20+26=46 ; d20+26=44 ; d20+26=29 ; d20+26=31 ; d20+26=45 ; Wednesday November 30th, 2016 11:10:38 PM
"Thank you for your kind words. You are very wise, dear Patina. It's an honor to finally meet you."
With that being said and overhearing all the discussion of the unknown treasure they have been gifted, Emrys thinks he can at least be useful with this task. He begins to cast a simple divination, a school of which he has dedicated much of his life to. He stops his magical words abruptly and takes a short pause (Leyline: 6, fail ... (seriously?!). Because of his excessive failures, he's learned to quickly recognize their malfunction before completing their casting. He can at least spare himself the embarrassment from the sparks and smoke.
Thankfully he still has more chances to cast the simple little spell from a school he's supposedly mastered. 'Wild leyline magik is a fickle mistress,' he thinks ... and this particular leyline has an exceptionally cold touch. He attempts to cast again, this time with a bit more insistence.
Emrys takes each item in this hand, one at a time, and examines it for a moment and then reveals its secrets to all that wish to listen. (Spellcraft checks to identify: 35, 46, 44, 29, 31 and 45)
Edson Kazil - Shawn R; AC: 28 (T 21, FF 20), CMD: 24 HP: 65/65 Wednesday November 30th, 2016 11:22:42 PM
'So can anyone tell what this is? Picking locks is my gig, not magic. I mean I can tell you how much it is worth in value but not if it is magical or not."
Shepherd Baslim (Tanner) HP 118 -- AC 13/10/13 -- F+16 R+8 W+19 -- CMD 15 Wednesday November 30th, 2016 11:47:04 PM
Baslim watches Emrys work with interest. "The Light gives many gifts, but this is not one of mine. What do you see?"
Treasure! (SteveK) Thursday December 1st, 2016 6:19:16 PM
Velarin announces he is satisfied with camping right here and reminds Patina that the dragon didn't answer an earlier question. Patina considers and then shrugs. "There are many undead in the Dread Woods, so I would be certain that they weren't all created by the one Ley Line. However, I'm certain that it did disturb them more and would be a contributing factor "
Barratorre grabs the greatsword and plays a game of 'Knights and Villeins'. Brom watches and considers how he can tease his big friend. The barbarian also notes that the greatsword adjusts to become large in the minotaurs hands. (If anyone chooses to keep the greatsword, it will be of perfect size to that person).
Evaris, ever practical, sets up the schedule for watches during the night.
The others take a look at the treasure. After an abortive start, Emrys is able to easily Identify all the magical treasures...
Rhino Hide Armor; 5,165gp Spined Shield; 5,580gp Greatsword Frost Brand; 54,475gp Silver Dagger +2; Undead Bane, Ghost Touch: 32,320gp Rod of Absorbsion; 50,000gp Heavy gold arm band with crudely shaped agate or quartz 5,000gp
After the treasure party, it is simple for dinner, a watch, a good night's sleep. Morning dawns with no one noticing in the bowls of the hill. But heroes awake, breakfast, and ...
......
heroes!. All heroes get 1 Hero Point for the great fight! Brom gets 1 Hero Point for using non-lethal damage and saving Patina!
All heroes get 18,750xp! [this should take all PCs to 12th level!]
Velarin Xilontheel(Chris J), AC 17(FF 14), hp 69/70, extended mage armor(22 hrs) Thursday December 1st, 2016 8:13:14 PM
"Velarin starts to make himself as comfy as possible, and listens as Emrys reads off the list of goodies. "So? what is our standard way of splitting up the goods? don't think I've had occasion to do that with you all yet. Sell it all in the catacombs, and split the cash so each can get what is most useful? Hmmm...Don't recall if they mentioned a catacombs entrance back in town. We should check into that. We should also at least introduce our Gnome friend Patina to a few folks in town, and get him some finances to get himself started, or a place to stay."
Velarin while trying to get some rest slowly becomes annoyed with the minotaur running around playing war, and tries to remind himself to get a couple potions of restoration the next time he's in the catacombs
"Don't suppose anyone can tuck the minotaur into bed now?" the wizard calls out from his sleeping spot.
Once morning arrives, Velarin yawns, stretches, gets ready for another day, and breaks out a bite to eat. He rememorizes some spells and prepares for the day ahead. "So? off to home, with a stop at the nearby village to check on things then? after Shepherd walls the place in."
Lanliss HP88/88 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Thursday December 1st, 2016 8:19:34 PM
Lanliss thinks about the dagger, it's good against the undead it might prove useful In the future. He sleeps at night rather more relxaed than he thought. Something in him has changed. He also wonders about what he dreamed.
Evaris [AC 20; HP 91/84] (Kathy) d4=2 ; d4=1 ; d4=4 ; Thursday December 1st, 2016 10:45:05 PM
In the morning, Evaris prepares his spells, and casts some of them to help Barratore recover his damaged Wisdom.
[7 points of Wisdom restored, with 3 Lesser Restoration spells.]
"If we sell the goods," Evaris says of the treasure, "we will get half price. So if there is a specific item that somebody wants, they should probably claim it so that we reap the full value."
Barratore Steelwind (Dan K) AC: 31 (T 15 FF 27), CMD:31; HP: 82/121Character Sheet Thursday December 1st, 2016 10:50:08 PM
Barratore slays many evils; demons, dragons, and even vanquishes Ga'al before settling in. He hands the weapon to Brom. "This is just like yours, but only more awesome." Barratore will then go into, at great length, why the Frost brand sword is way better and cooler and more awesome then the sword Brom has. He drinks the medicine readily enough when offered by Brom, unfortunately, the potion does little.
Barratore will settle in and will certainly volunteer for watch, because he is totally not tired or sleepy. He's one of those minotaurs that does not get tired so Barratore can totally stay awake all night if....zzzzzzz
Shepherd Baslim (Tanner) HP 118 -- AC 13/10/13 -- F+16 R+8 W+19 -- CMD 15 Thursday December 1st, 2016 10:54:40 PM
Baslim rubs his beard in thought at the division of treasure...
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Later, when the group is ready to depart, he will cast wall of stone on the opening. Shaping it to his will, he creates a wall that is 5'x10' and 11" thick (Barratore squeezed through the opening, right?). Hopefully that will be enough to keep the chamber secret.
Emrys Myrridanmyl, stephen f. ac10 hp70/73, spectral hand, deathward Thursday December 1st, 2016 11:14:34 PM
"Yes, it's a very cool sword, dear Barratore. It warms my heart to be a witness to all your many fights of whimsy. Such exuberance really suits you."
"Evaris, don't we get full price for fine works of art," as he looks at the crude arm band. "It's all perception and how we present it. Especially if the item is tied to a historical event. A little research may be prudent. Collectors really eat up tales of provenance."
At twilight, the stars seem brighter to him. Their light embrace him more tightly. The muttered whispers on the wind seem more coherent. Little secrets reveal themselves in hushed tones. He feels light as air. "Most excellent," he says whispering.
Edson Kazil - Shawn R; AC: 28 (T 21, FF 20), CMD: 24 HP: 65/65 Thursday December 1st, 2016 11:43:46 PM
Edson just shakes his head at all the treasure.
"Nothing for me, just take my share in coins."
Shepherd Baslim (Tanner) HP 131 -- AC 13/10/13 -- F+16 R+9 W+19 -- CMD 16 Friday December 2nd, 2016 12:23:44 AM
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Brom the Barbarian - Rich P; AC: 25 (T 14, FF 25, Raged 23), CMD: 30 (33 Raged); HP: 114/132 (165 raged); DR 2/- (DR 4/-) Friday December 2nd, 2016 2:24:23 AM
"Yes, it's a very cool sword, but better that my BAS, I don't think so." He says to his friend. "This guy," he says holding up his sword, "cut through just about anything. Don't think you can say that about that one."
"Another sword would be good, but I ain't got the coin to cover the cost."
Velarin Xilontheel(Chris J), AC 17(FF 14), hp 76/76, extended mage armor(24 hrs) Friday December 2nd, 2016 9:05:34 AM
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