Bosk AC: 40/18/36 (+1 Air Mastery) blur, blinking, DR10/magic, CMD: 35 91 hp /169 (18 are temp) Spells d20+20=38 ; d20+21=23 ; Sunday May 6th, 2018 10:18:32 PM
As I look for any of the Lich's remains I stumble upon the two halves of the Staff of Power. This is not good! The lich was using a staff of power. There is a chance the lich is still alive! I put the staff in my bag of holding and then cast detect magic to help determine what happened to the lich.
Actions ---------------------------- Knowledge Spellcraft to determine of the staff of power sent the lich to another plane of existence or it destroyed her = 38 Put staff in BOH Cast detect magic to try to detect the lingering aura to determine what happend to the lich.
If we are jumping ahead I will also search for any items dropped Perception = take 20 for 41. I will also collect samples of the remains of everything we killed as trophies and spell components. (There should be some on me hoens and weapons if not on the ground.)
Bosk AC: 40/18/36 (+1 Air Mastery) blur, blinking, DR10/magic, CMD: 35 91 hp /169 (18 are temp) Spells Sunday May 6th, 2018 10:23:21 PM
ooc: Bosk is not pushing to chase the lich, just satisfying his curiosity.
I have a spare bag of holding with nothing else in it. We can put the wind in there.
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot -- AC 38*/24*/29* (+2 vs Evil) -- CMD 26 -- HP 214+17/214 -- Spells -- Active Effects Monday May 7th, 2018 7:12:40 AM
Before they leave Tink will encourage everyone to gather any items dropped by the ghosts or necromancer. You never know.
DM Mitch Monday May 7th, 2018 7:25:30 AM Garett suggests the party shrink the cage and put it in a bag of holding to capture the wind.
Sesha suggests a telekinetic sphere and wonders if they can teleport back to the Manfri.
Zane is shocked at Garett’s suggestion and makes his own about using a portable hole and an ice wall.
Restlin asks for ideas on moving the wind and is also impressed by the idea, but points out that he can’t alter the already created forcecage. He thinks the telekinetic sphere is the best idea, and also remind the party about the magical whistle that will take them home.
Tink also likes the sphere idea and points out that their enemy is probably still very much alive. She advises caution with the wind and gathers any dropped loot.
Beri agrees with the rest and suggest summoning some elementals so they have extra eyes on the field. He wonders if the trap is disabled.
Bosk digs through the rubble and finds part of the staff of power from the Lich. He tries to determine if the lich died in the explosion, but between the magical remnants of the many explosions and the giant pile of rubble it’s impossible to tell for sure if the corpse is just buried or if he got teleported away. He offers his bag of holding for the wind as well.
Examining the stones with some Arcana Knowledge DC 35 reveals Highlight to display spoiler: {} with the stones now horribly out of alignment and the barriers down the trap is almost certainly disarmed. There is no hint of magic in any of the stones.[/b]
The Dragons have a plan to contain the wind and the whistle that sends them home. Are they heading out or still taking care of a few last minute things?
Wyaar ( Sheet) AC 35/19/30, CMD 40 , HP 150/153, DR 5/Evil Monday May 7th, 2018 9:31:36 AM
Wyaar helps gather whatever can be gathered, but just shrugs about the wind and lets the more intelligent members of the group puzzl that out.
Restlin (Carl) -- AC +16/+7/+13 CMD: +20 HP: 142/150 (Spells) Luck Points: 9/22 Monday May 7th, 2018 9:40:58 AM
Restlin looks crossways at Tink. "What do you mean, 'Sorry Restlin?' We're arguing the same thing, lady."
Anyways, Restlin hates...HATES...leaving a lich out there to reform, but he has a hunch that destroying the bloodgrass will have unpleasant effects for the lich as well, so he's ready to get out of this place.
Sesha [AC 35 /23 To/35 Fl] | HP 146/129 | CMD 33] Monday May 7th, 2018 11:02:06 AM
"Alright then. Sphere it is."
Sesha casts Telekinetic Sphere around the forcecage.
"20 minutes folks. Lets blow that whistle."
Sesha keeps a stern countdown by the minute. Once everyone is done looting and prepping, she signals that its time to blow the whistle.
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:43/37/35; +4 vs AOO; Blur: 20% miss; HP: 206/232 Ki:9/17 CMD: 49 SR: 28] Monday May 7th, 2018 2:14:52 PM
Garret looks around and says, "You don't have to know much magic to know magic can shrink stuff. But that shows how much I know, because you can't actually shrink that thing, whatever it is."
He wanders around a bit and watches Bosk pick up the staff. He says, "Hey, you know that think is broken, right? I mean, are we just picking up all the trash we find now?" He winks at Bosk, then uses his toes to dig through some of the rubble, looking for anything useful.
When Sesha mentions the whistle, Garret looks up and says, "Wait, who has the whistle again?"
Zane (JCC) AC 46(33), CMB 22, CMD 38, HP (4nl)202/268, Blindsense 60' Character Monday May 7th, 2018 2:37:02 PM "So, you want that ice wall to open the portable hole on?" If yes, he casts it, and then helps to lift it up over the force cage if that's what is decided.
Whatever is decided, Zane is ready to go...
Beriothian -- AC:38/18/36 HP: 166/231 CMD = 23 2d4=4 ; d4=4 ; Monday May 7th, 2018 9:04:37 PM
As Sesha starts her countdown, Beri finishes up his elemental swarm summons , calling forth 4 large and 4 huge air elementals by the time the countdown completes ( ten minutes after that the final greater elemental will appear ).
Bosk AC: 40/18/36 (+1 Air Mastery) blur, blinking, DR10/magic, CMD: 35 133 hp /169 (18 are temp) Spells d6=5 ; d6=2 ; d6=6 ; d6=3 ; Monday May 7th, 2018 11:13:21 PM
I hold my Bag of Holdings for the others to place the wind into. As we prepare to leave I channel energy to heal everyone for 16hp. This staff is worth well over 200,000 gold. Even damaged and paying the Catacombs restocking fee will offset our costs quite a bit...and if I can get it repaired...Before we go back I want to make sure everyone is prepared for whatever we have to face. Let me know if you are damaged.
ooc: I will heal everyone back to full heath. I have two restoration, lesser spells prepared and heal from a scroll. I will use these as needed to help restore the group. Please list how much HP you still need and how far your ability scores are drained so I can adjust my spells accordingly. [b]Note that I healed everyone for 16hp already and Wyarr healed everyone for 26hp. I will also cast False life on myself again to regain my temporary HP.
Bosk AC: 40/18/36 (+1 Air Mastery) blur, blinking, DR10/magic, CMD: 35 133 hp /169 (18 are temp) Spells d6=5 ; d6=2 ; d6=6 ; d6=3 ; Monday May 7th, 2018 11:13:21 PM
I hold my Bag of Holdings for the others to place the wind into. As we prepare to leave I channel energy to heal everyone for 16hp. This staff is worth well over 200,000 gold. Even damaged and paying the Catacombs restocking fee will offset our costs quite a bit...and if I can get it repaired...Before we go back I want to make sure everyone is prepared for whatever we have to face. Let me know if you are damaged.
ooc: I will heal everyone back to full heath. I have two restoration, lesser spells prepared and heal from a scroll. I will use these as needed to help restore the group. Please list how much HP you still need and how far your ability scores are drained so I can adjust my spells accordingly. [b]Note that I healed everyone for 16hp already and Wyarr healed everyone for 26hp. I will also cast False life on myself again to regain my temporary HP.
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot -- AC 38*/24*/29* (+2 vs Evil) -- CMD 26 -- HP 214+17/214 -- Spells -- Active Effects Tuesday May 8th, 2018 5:11:12 AM "Whoa whoa whoa!" Tink holds up her hands and steps back from the whistle "We just had a huge fight and used up a lot of resources. I for one have less than half my spells left. One more big fight and I'll be throwing sling bullets"
"If we are heading back to that Manfri guy, then yep, sounds like a plan. There's a place to rest. If we're heading back to the Wold I'm pretty hesitant. We've got a good defensible position here. We put the sphere forcecage in a bag of holding. That will contain it until we open it again. We take some time to heal our wounds, and as Bosk says, make sure we are prepared for what we have to face"
OOC: Sorry guys, but another combat like that would likely have Tink sidelined half-way through
DM Mitch Tuesday May 8th, 2018 7:35:34 AM Wyar helps gather any items that can be found.
Restlin hates to let the lich go, but figures destroying the grass will ruin it’s day regardless.
Sesha casts the telekinetic sphere and lets everyone know they have 20 minutes.
Garett points out the staff is broken so why is Bosk taking it? Then he wonders who has the whistle.
Zane is still a bit uncertain about the plan.
Beri summons some elementals as planned.
Bosk points out that even broken the staff is valuable and he gets out a bag of holding to to the wind into.
Tink objects to leaving, pointing out they’ve had some tough fights and should probably rest.
On the one hand the party could use the rest - on the other who knows what’s going on back home. Can the afford another rest? (See e-mail)
Regardless of resting or not, eventually the party uses the whistle and finds themselves back in Hook City on the bridge. Or at least that’s probably where they’re at; it’s hard to tell with the field of bloodgrass covering everything.
The blood red grass stretches as far as the eye can see down both directions from the bridge. It’s hard to tell exactly how far it has spread on the ground, but it’s clearly spread in a much farther area than it should have in the time you were gone. It’s either accelerated it’s growth rapidly or you were gone far longer than expected.
The crystal sits about 40 feet away. It’s glowing and pulsing with power, so much so that the party can feel it even from this far away.
Restlin (Carl) -- AC +16/+7/+13 CMD: +20 HP: 142/150 (Spells) Luck Points: 9/22 Tuesday May 8th, 2018 11:09:09 AM
Restlin's spell selection is still pretty strong, but knows what it's like when everyone insists on going forward & you know that you're almost useless.
"Tough call." He thumbs through the ritual book that Manfri gave them. "Says here we just have to perform this ritual, but who knows what bloodweed mad nasties are terrorizing Hook City. Of course, if there are bloodweed mad nasties terrorizing Hook City, the heroic thing to do would be go help as soon as we're able..." And just like that, Restlin's talked himself into leaving. "I say we go, but if you guys think we should wait, I won't argue."
Wyaar ( Sheet) AC 35/19/30, CMD 40 , HP 150/153, DR 5/Evil Tuesday May 8th, 2018 11:12:02 AM
"I am more than able to continue as well.. hopefully that wind stays locked up and I'll be of more use if any bloodweed mad nasties come out, but while delaying may make things harder, having our spellcasters sidelined would make things far harder still.
Bosk AC: 40/18/36 (+1 Air Mastery) blur, blinking, DR10/magic, CMD: 35 133 hp /169 (18 are temp) Spells Tuesday May 8th, 2018 12:41:24 PM We are talking about delaying part of a day in a scenario where there might be an angry lich waiting for us at our destination. I vote for resting up first.
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:43/37/35; +4 vs AOO; Blur: 20% miss; HP: 206/232 Ki:9/17 CMD: 49 SR: 28] Tuesday May 8th, 2018 1:04:55 PM
Garret, flying in place, just stares, open-mouthed, at the massive spread of the weed.
Zane (JCC) AC 46(33), CMB 22, CMD 38, HP (4nl)202/268, Blindsense 60' Character Tuesday May 8th, 2018 3:22:32 PM "I have enough to enhance us, but prolly only enough for a single fight. Whichever you all decide I'll go by, I'm good with." Zane takes a look to the sky, hoping to lay eyes on the ship, or possibly even the Inspector or one of his men, keeping watch for the Dragon's return....
Beriothian -- AC:38/18/36 HP: 166/231 CMD = 23 Tuesday May 8th, 2018 9:17:04 PM
Beri shakes his head at the thought of what may be waiting for them. I agree with Bosk. What we dealt with was a long string of safeguards that have likely been in place for a long time. And there were likely several similar locations to protect the other items. It's possible that everything was divided among the various stations, but assuming there was a backup plan in case one of the items was retrieved, we should assume the final effort to defeat his plan is going to be the strongest. And everything we've seen about this Lich suggests it won't be a single fight. The first attack resulted in endless waves of diseased enemies invading our city, and unless I miss my guess the last fight was actually multple traps we set off at once. I believe resting is the wisest course of action at this time, because if something is waiting for us we need to be ready for it..
Sesha [AC 35 /23 To/35 Fl] | HP 146/129 | CMD 33] Wednesday May 9th, 2018 2:13:49 AM
"Well, we seem to have a consensus. Heroes can't help anyone if they are dead."
Sesha lets go of her Giant Form spell, and rests with the others.
------------------------------------- Next day, in front of crystal ------------------------------------
"Well, that's a thing."
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot -- AC 38*/24*/29* (+2 vs Evil) -- CMD 26 -- HP 214+17/214 -- Spells -- Active Effects Wednesday May 9th, 2018 5:54:13 AM
Tink is quite relieved that the party agree to rest. She's confident they could overcome any obstacle they may face, but if something should happen to one of them and she couldn't do anything, well, she couldn't live with that.
Now fully rested she is ready to go.
DM Mitch Wednesday May 9th, 2018 6:06:55 AM Restlin debates the merits between staying and going but decides to cast his vote for leaving.
Wyaar says he can continue on but questions the wisdom in having their spellcaster’s sidelined.
Bosk votes for resting as an angry lich might be waiting upon their return.
Garret floats starring open mouthed at all the grass.
Zane says he has enough magic to enhance the party for a single battle and leaves the resting decision to the rest of the party. Zane then takes to the sky hoping to see either Auslander or Starblazer.
Beri says he agrees with Bosk and postulates that there could be a backup plan enacted if an item was retrieved. He suggests the Lich won’t be waiting for them with a single fight since the first attack was waves of diseased creatures attacking Hook City and the second fight was multiple traps they set off at once.
(Know Arcana 23 + Detect Magic) Highlight to display spoiler: {You detect a strong aura of abjuration emanating from somewhere near the crystal }
Sesha rests with the others and comments on the crystal the next day.
As Zane flies up he gets a better view of the city. It seems that almost the entire town has succumbed - grass spreads as far as the eye can see and tiny dots of movement can be seen here or there.
Restlin’s consultation of the ritual book gives the party more insight as to what exactly they have to do. It seems that someone will have to make a performance - the type of performance doesn’t seem to matter except it can't be comedy, only that some type of performance occurs. As the performance begins the ritual object must make contact with the meteor.
There is danger in the ritual. The crystal will give off powerful negative energy and the grass being spread will resist being purged. The other party members can use raw ability checks to assist the party member with their performance, for example fighting back the grass using strength or raw will power, warding it away with incense while not touching it, or assisting the performance with a Charisma check.
Once the ritual is completed the Bloodgrass in town should die off, and any local infected be cured of the infection.
Zane (JCC) AC 46(33), CMB 22, CMD 38, HP (4nl)202/268, Blindsense 60' Character Wednesday May 9th, 2018 8:54:35 AM "I haven't practiced in years, but the Monks at the monastery taught me to dance when I was younger to improve my body and limb coordination. When I was small, I really was a klutz." Highlight to display spoiler: { Perform dance+11}
Wyaar ( Sheet) AC 35/19/30, CMD 40 , HP 150/153, DR 5/Evil Wednesday May 9th, 2018 9:57:28 AM
"What I lack in talent I will make up for in enthusiasm with whomever does the performance," Wyaar offers and spends a few minutes scanning over the area around the crystal with Detect Evil just to be sure there are not nasty surprises about.
Restlin (Carl) -- AC +16/+7/+13 CMD: +20 HP: 168/168 (Spells) Luck Points: 9/22 d20+22=24 ; Wednesday May 9th, 2018 9:59:17 AM
Restlin tosses the ritual book in his pack and turns to Zane. "I've been practicing for this for a while now, think I've got it." (Perform: storytelling +17, more w/ luck points)
"Hey rock!" he calls out. "Let me tell you why this plan of yours is nonsense. You see, me and my friends here..."
Perform: 24 - a disappointing start, but it happens.
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:43/37/35; +4 vs AOO; Blur: 20% miss; HP: 206/232 Ki:9/17 CMD: 49 SR: 28] d20+7=9 ; Wednesday May 9th, 2018 11:31:28 AM
When the performance is mentioned, Garret leans to the side, preparing to "perform," but then Restlin says it can't be a comedy bit. Garret stands back up, then lets one slip and he smiles. "Sorry, that's all I've got."
As the others make offers, Garret says, "Well, I'm not sure what else I can do, but I can try and keep those grasses and vines away from you performing types." He goes up to attempt to pull some vines away from the rock, but slips and falls on his knee.
OOC: Garret does actually have a stinking 40 in acrobatics, but that's nowhere near as fun as I imagine Restlin's storytelling will be! Strength check: 9
During their time with the Sultan and his people, Sesha had shown she had some skill in performing dances. They were a regular past-time of her life-kin, the barbarians who raised her, and so now she danced one of the dances of her people.
She dances the Story of the Snake, the animal which she as a drow was named after. Her movements are lithe and limber, and tiny beads of sweat accumulate as she slowly moves and twists her small body.
Perform: 35 - Nat 20.
Beriothian -- AC:38/18/36 HP: 166/231 CMD = 23 d20+27=39 ; d20+4=13 ; Wednesday May 9th, 2018 9:04:57 PM
The druid shakes his head when he hears mention of a performance. The party's adventures have taken him across the Wold, and he can transform into many creatures people have never even heard of, but to actually perform is another story. Beri digs through his pack looking for inspiration.
Well I have this hand puppet that I suppose I could... maybe.. Oh! Did you just say that I can fight back using raw will power, well that's a whole different story. I'll just put away this little guy then and leave the performing to the more talented members of the team.
The druid puts the puppet back in his bag, and transforms into an air elemental so he can hover above the plants, and fights the plants back using raw will power.
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