Break on Through to the Other Side (DM BatMark) Tuesday April 18th, 2023 8:47:26 PM Zazu looks more closely and confirms that this is indeed a dome of undead, flying and crawling. Zazu and Boyo are able to swoop through the opening widened by Beech’s party favors and the divine channelers, and reach the far side of the horde. Nightingale is able to advance and clear the second half of the route wide open with her channel. Beech rushes through the gap to the area beyond the horde, wisely saving spells for what comes next. Naithi reveals claws and fangs, and dances macabre fey animal-style through the corridor on Camalyas’ back, destroying foes on the way. Sahabiel runs through the gap opened by her powers and those of her friends, making it through to the other side. Lothlo also advances, skewering another half dozen of the undead with his arrows. Panzer guards the exit end of the path through the horde, in fact widening it to a nearly unbelievable extent with his flashing blades.
You have won through the undead horde, at some cost of your precious resources and a small amount of badgerfolk blood. Behind you, the nasty little undead creatures continue their slow, fitful progress away from the grove, in an ever-expanding hemisphere. They seem to pay you no attention now that you have cleared their ranks.
Up ahead, perhaps a 10 minute hustle away, you can see the border of the grove, or at least where it should be. It is engulfed in a swirling, dark mist of fog. You can see some dimly glowing areas on the surface of the fog, but are as yet too far away to make out any detail. Eerie moans, creaking, and other sounds emerge from the fog, but there is no obvious source for these sounds that can be seen. You feel an almost palpable dread just looking at this dreadful place where normally you would find your beautiful grove.
How will our heroes deal with this dark turn of events?
(OOC: Congrats on winning through! The DM reaches into his goodie bag and hands out some hero points (please track them on your PC sheets, subject to the usual max hero point limit = your character level):
Panzer - for boldly stepping into the breach! Zazu - for thinking to scout in 3 dimensions Lothlo - for wisely calculating that there is no way to destroy the horde, and that you must seek another solution Beech and Sahabiel - for figuring out how to open a wider, safer path through the horde with AoEs Naithi - for tying down the undead on one flank with a timely entangle spell Nightingale - for humbly bolstering her allies before the battle with the blessing of Queen Maab
Nightingale (JonS) HP 51/51 AC 21 CMD: 21 Channel Healing: 2d6=12 ; Wednesday April 19th, 2023 12:34:09 PM
Seeing that they have made it through the undead and are now facing something possibly worse, Nightingale once again dips into her divine energies and prays for healing ... the air now smells like fresh cut grass
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) Wednesday April 19th, 2023 6:59:18 PM
Zazu laments the lack of a magical wind spell.
"Unless someone can blow this fog away, maybe we should just cautiously enter?" Just stay close and even maybe hold hands or use rope so we do not lose each other."
Zazu looks around. How high is the ceiling of the dome? How high was the ceiling outside? Is the inside bigger than the outside?
Lothlo (WillD) -- AC: 20/15/16, HP: 56/56, CMD: 23 Wednesday April 19th, 2023 7:42:14 PM
Lothlo's gaze falls upon the dark mist of fog before them. There could be anything behind that veil of darkness, can anyone detect how powerful any magic in there is, so we can get an idea of just what kind of danger awaits us?
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 85/87 ) Character Sheet d20+4=5 ; Wednesday April 19th, 2023 7:53:20 PM
The little bite that Panzer suffered from that angry undead squirrel fades as Nightingale showers the group with healing. He smiles at her as he turns away from the undead ring and focuses on the task at hand. " WHatever's causing those animals to rise from the dead and rampage about is likely in there. I dunno if it knows we are in yet but I don't plan on giving it the chance to prepare a proper welcome." Without breaking stride he walks into the gloom. He looks around for the source of the undead or anything else that might want to kill hi or otherwise ruin his day. Perception 5 Panzer nearly trips over the grass on his first step since he failed to notice it.
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 d20+15=17 ; d20+18=25 ; d20+15=30 ; d20+2=14 ; Wednesday April 19th, 2023 8:58:06 PM
Naithi rides on Camalayas back as the job Panzer and head onward.
(Naithi had low light vision Perception = 17 Survival= 25 Knowledge nature= 30 (Add +6 to keep from getting lost)
Camalayas Perception= 14 (has low light vision and scent)
Beech (JohnC) AC 19(23)/14/15,HP 46/46 Character Wednesday April 19th, 2023 9:46:59 PM
Beech pulls his bow, and stays a few steps behind, as they enter.... it's gonna be an adventure he thinks to himself as they go...
You Know That Holy Grail Scene Where they Charge the Castle Gate for 5 Minutes? (DM BatMark) Wednesday April 19th, 2023 10:00:12 PM Nightingale channels some healing, bringing a moment of fresh cut grass smell to this otherwise dismal scene. Zazu laments the lack of a wind spell to blow away the fog, and wonders about ways to enter. The dome above is now a few hundred feet up, as the flying undead seem to be even slower to rise than the terrestrial ones were to amble outward. The dome is the same size inside as outside, and continues to slowly expand away from the grove. Lothlo wonders what is behind the dark mist and whether anyone can detect magic in it. Panzer appreciates Nightingale’s healing energy. He opines that whatever is behind the undead ring must be in the dark fog. He boldly plans to stride in, attempting to be alert for danger. Highlight to display spoiler: {I wasn’t sure whether Panzer would still stride right in after seeing more detail up close. Let me know and I can update the DM post or just take care of it next post, whichever you prefer. Not trying to push you in either direction.} Naithi rides forward on Camalayas. Beech draws his bow and follows the others forward. Sahabiel presumably keeps up.
As you approach closer to the distant grove, the eerie noises continue and you can discern the sources of the glow that you saw earlier. The first is a set of glowing Sylvan runes. Those who can read Sylvan Highlight to display spoiler: {The runes read ”Only the clever will succeed”}.
In addition, you see that the only breaks in this dark mist come in the form of three eerily glowing paths, one black, one green, and one purple, that lead twistingly into separate gaps in the mist. How do you investigate this mysterious, obviously supernatural scene?
Sahabiel (EstherLauren) -- AC 25/14/24 -- HP: 60/60 Wednesday April 19th, 2023 10:59:54 PM "Does this remind anyone else of that Bogey we found in the Deeper?", Sahabiel asks her companions. She keeps her morning star on hand...
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 85/87 ) Character Sheet Thursday April 20th, 2023 12:17:13 AM " Wazzat say?" Assuming one of the more linguistic of his companion tells him.... " You guys will be fine, I however am screwed. I know which one I want to follow. The rest of you need to come to a decision quickly. Slow as they are, those undead will reach the village eventually, and kill everyone in it." " No pressure." Panzer ques up in front of the purple path as it is the only one he couldn't make a case for following , thus it is the obvious choice to him.
Beech (JohnC) AC 19(23)/14/15,HP 46/46 Character Thursday April 20th, 2023 8:37:50 AM
Beech is surprised as Panzer lines up at Purple, the same one he does.... He obviously didn't come to the decision the same way he did....
Nightingale (JonS) HP 51/51 AC 21 CMD: 21 Thursday April 20th, 2023 1:42:21 PM
Nightingale turns to Sahabiel, "I was thinking that this (waves at the purple blackness) looks familiar."
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 Thursday April 20th, 2023 7:57:35 PM
Naithi rolled some checks already in preparing for something like this. Did it help her determine anything?
Survival= 31 Knowledge nature= 36 to keep from getting lost and find their way.
Sahabiel (EstherLauren) -- AC 25/14/24 -- HP: 60/60 Thursday April 20th, 2023 8:39:07 PM
Sahabiel meanwhile examines those sylvan runes more closely.. only the paths and these runes glow. What color are the runes in?
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 Thursday April 20th, 2023 8:50:17 PM
Naithi will follow the group if everyone is choosing purple and my checks don't reveal anything
Lothlo (WillD) -- AC: 20/15/16, HP: 56/56, CMD: 23 d20+15=22 ; d20+5=22 ; Thursday April 20th, 2023 8:58:58 PM What's it say? Well, I believe in common a close translation would be something along the lines of "Only the clever will succeed".
I'm surprised to see that it's written in Sylvan, not the first place my mind goes when it comes to the undead.
Lothlo tries to remember if there is any color that represents cleverness in the magical arts, or in the Sylvan language. He also scans the area for anything colorful that appears out of place that could be related to the three colored paths before them.
perception = 22 knowledge (arcana)= 22
Only the Clever Will Succeed (DM BatMark) Thursday April 20th, 2023 10:03:20 PM Sahabiel keeps her hand on her weapon, recalls the Bogey, and examines the Sylvan runes more closely, noting that they are a silvery color that does not match any of the paths. Nightingale agrees that the dark mists look familiar. Panzer wonders what the runes say and wants to hurry before the village gets overwhelmed eventually. He lines up in front of the purple path, the unobviously obvious choice for him. Beech also lines up near the purple pathway, for different reasons. Naithi takes a look at the mists and glow now that she is closer. As she studies this phenomenon carefully, she is able to determine that it is more supernatural than natural. There is a certain fey aspect to it as well, albeit twisted somehow. She recalls that there are many fey that find certain numbers important, and the number three–the same as the number of glowing paths–would fit that characteristic. Studying the ground near the grove, she finds three sets of graceful humanoid bootprints, one leading to each of the glowing paths, as well as three more sets of three pairs of humanoid footprints that seem less graceful, and which also lead into the mist. These are of course in addition to the myriad small prints of animals, presumably those of any undead that originated here before spreading out in the horde. Lothlo translates the Sylvan runes as “Only the clever will succeed” and notes how odd it is that anything to do with the undead used that language. He sees and knows of nothing whose color would match the paths significantly, but in examining the weave of magic here, does feel some sense of the arcane connected to the three glowing paths. His mundane examination of the paths does not reveal more about their lore, but perhaps there are other ways? Zazu lurks.
The Champions stand before this clearly magical phenomenon. Do you rush in? Investigate by other means? Something else altogether surprising to gods and mortals alike?
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) Thursday April 20th, 2023 10:25:11 PM
Zazu detects magic on he runes and uses ranged legerdemain to pick up whatever they are on. Or are they floating in midair? Zazu passes the mage hand through them.
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 Friday April 21st, 2023 1:14:13 PM
Naithi stares at the three paths. There are three paths. There are three graceful tracks each with three less graceful followers. The number three seems important.
So you think we need to split up and take all three paths for this to work?
Beech (JohnC) AC 19(23)/14/15,HP 46/46 Character Friday April 21st, 2023 2:13:59 PM "Well, the number 3 is a prime number, and I'm certain I chose the Purple path for different reasons than anyone else at the path. Green is common in nature, extremely common, only black is more common, because half of a day is spent in the dark. That leaves Purple as the oddball, and since my magical bloodline is also strange, it just called to me..." This all stated by Beech, but he has no suggestions as to what others should do.... While standing and waiting, he'll detect magic and see if there is anything manipulable about the Runes, like in the deeper Culverwood....
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 85/87 ) Character Sheet Friday April 21st, 2023 4:47:06 PM
To Lothlo's comment Panzer says" This was always going to be about the Fey, so Sylvan is in no way odd. I picked purple because it didn't fit in with what we are here for. To me green stood for the Culverwood as it is, green vibrant and not dark. Black stood for what this cult wants to make it, dark dangerous , well more dangerous, and scary. Purple, well, to me it just screamed 'hey were Fey and here to mess with you' That's not the phrase my mind conjured but there are ladies present," " Now that I have said that and 100% expect some kind of fey on the other side, I should switch one of these for cold iron." Panzer sheathes the off hand Kukri and draws a similar one, made of cold iron. He squares his shoulders and starts to step forward, his mind clearly made up.
Dashboard Darkvision 3 hours
Sahabiel (EstherLauren) -- AC 25/14/24 -- HP: 60/60 Friday April 21st, 2023 5:30:56 PM
Sahabiel thinks the words of the runes over. Only the clever will succeed.. the clever.. not the wise, not the brightest, but the clever. Somehow, the way that is worded implies to her that a trick of some kind is afoot.
Like two of her companions, Sahabiel too will cast Detect Magic, but not on the runes but instead, standing back a little, first on the various tracks that Naithi spotted, and then at the mist itself and the paths into the mist. She does not need the orison to know that there is magic here, but if she can see the colors of the different auras, perhaps there is some hidden clue.
Lothlo (WillD) -- AC: 20/15/16, HP: 56/56, CMD: 23 d20+15=35 ; Friday April 21st, 2023 9:09:49 PM Let's not be too hasty. Anything that can raise the undead like this could also quickly cause us to join their ranks if we aren't careful.
If three is an important number, then it might be that we need to take all three paths. It could also be that we have like the other sets of three that we need to have three people leave into the mist each, and any remaining people go down the paths. I don't think they would tell us to be clever and then have us guessing at possible interpretations, if they took the time to write the message I'm sure there is a way to determine the safe path if we spend a minute to examine the area and think about this.
Lothlo examines the footprints to see if any seem more sure footed and certain of their path than the others. He also pays attention to where each set of footprints starts from to see if those who took a glowing path were doing something before they started down those paths.
Perception = 35 (nat 20)
Nightingale (JonS) HP 51/51 AC 21 CMD: 21 Perception: d20+10=13 ; Friday April 21st, 2023 9:52:46 PM
Nightingale will keep an eye out for tricksters, like the Fey they met earlier when they were looking for the negative piece of the shard
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) d20+15=22 ; Friday April 21st, 2023 10:39:00 PM
Zazu asks Boyo to sniff at each of the three paths. With the Dire Bunny's scent, maybe something will be revealed.
Boyo Perception 22 with scent
Hey, We're Fey and Here to Mess with You (DM BatMark) Saturday April 22nd, 2023 6:42:39 AM Zazu detects magic on the runes and tries to use ranged legerdemain to pick up whatever they are on. The runes are magical, and concentrating for a little while longer reveals that they are figments of illusion. The ranged legerdemain is unable to move or manipulate the fog, which feels oddly substantial and resists the trickster’s pressure. Boyo’s sniffing at the paths does not reveal anything new. Naithi astutely notes the pattern of threes, and wonders whether you must also split up to take all three paths to make this work. Beech remarks that three is a prime number, and chose purple because it did not seem to fit what he expected, and because strange calls to strange. He also detects magic and examines the runes, finding the same as Zazu. Panzer responds to Lothlo, remarking his certitude that it would involve the fey. Like Beech, he chose purple because it didn’t seem to fit in here, and was like a nastygram from the fey. He swaps one kukri for cold iron, given its usefulness against the fey. Sahabiel things over the runes’ meaning, inferring that some kind of trick is afoot. She too casts detect magic and moves her focus across several targets. She finds nothing magical about the footprints. The mists and paths are another story entirely. The mist is underlain by an intricate weave of enchantment, necromancy, and transmutation. These same types of magic characterize the three paths as well, with enchantment glowing green, necromancy shades of black and grey, and transmutation displaying as purple. Lothlo cautions against being too hasty and offers alternate thoughts regarding the rule of threes. He examines the footprints again, but is unable to discern any additional clues from them, nor any signs that they did anything special before entering the paths. Nightingale keeps an eye out for fey tricksters, but only sees Zazu at the moment.
The Champions have a dilemma, namely which interpretation of the rule of three to follow. Split up and follow three paths at once? Or most of you enter the mists like the shuffly groups of three, and only the rest of you enter the paths? Your investigations have revealed that the paths are infused with magic threads of specific individual types, while the mists are a dense weave of all three. What will our heroes do?
Beech (JohnC) AC 19(23)/14/15,HP 46/46 Character Saturday April 22nd, 2023 2:12:17 PM
Beech comments, "Well, trying to examine the magic, revealed nothing new, I guess we choose and go...."
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) Sunday April 23rd, 2023 4:18:10 PM
Zazu wonders how dense the fog is. The elf uses ranged legerdemain to push into the fog, feeling for resistance. "Let me try to walk in a little ways. With a rope around me and Boyo, let's see if we can go 10 or 20 feet in but NOT on any of the paths!"
Zazu and Boyo execute the plan ... if someone will hold the other end of the rope?
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 85/87 ) Character Sheet Sunday April 23rd, 2023 6:53:25 PM
Panzer's shoulders tense as the group now tries various experiments. " OK, so this is what I see happening. We will spend an unreasonable amount of time trying this and that and heming and hawing here until the rest of you realize we either aren't clever or this is a fey prank/joke/shenanigans type thing. At that point we will just pick one and deal with whatever happens." " Or I just pick one for us now and get it over with. " Panzer walks down the purple path.
Beech (JohnC) AC 19(23)/14/15,HP 46/46 Character Monday April 24th, 2023 1:30:34 PM
Beech, had been expecting this, so he'll start after Panzer, and keep him in sight. He'll alert Panzer, if he becomes hard to see, while keeping the same distance....
Sahabiel (EstherLauren) -- AC 25/14/24 -- HP: 60/60 Monday April 24th, 2023 6:07:41 PM
Sahabiel tells her companions about the different types of magic the paths are aligned with.
"I could be completely wrong here, but... if I had to follow one of these sets, and the alignments suggest what each path will challenge us with, then I think my command of positive energy makes me suitable to follow the footsteps that take the path aligned with necromancy?"
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) Monday April 24th, 2023 8:12:33 PM
Zazu is a bit flabbergasted at Panzer’s unilateral action. “Didn’t I used to get in trouble for just that kind of thing?”
The trickster calls out, “Hey, Panzer, buddy, wait up!”
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 Monday April 24th, 2023 9:07:32 PM
Naithi shakes her head. If we know the three paths relate to different types of magic, shouldn't we prepare accordingly before going down a path? That says, transmutation is the one in least sure how to prepare for. It is also the one that aligns with me the most, and which my abilities are best suited to face. Camat and I will take the purple path, unless someone asks us to do otherwise.
ooc: Any suggestions on spells out preparation against transmutation?
Lothlo (WillD) -- AC: 20/15/16, HP: 56/56, CMD: 23 Monday April 24th, 2023 9:53:14 PM I'm not sure how much difference the path choice will make for me, they seem pretty similar when it comes to my arrows affect on them as far as I can tell..
Paaannnzzzerrr Jeeeeeennnnnkkkiiinnnssss! (DM BatMark) Monday April 24th, 2023 10:00:19 PM Zazu uses ranged legerdemain to feel for resistance from the fog. With a rope tied around, the trickster and Boyo try to enter the mist, even as they are surprised by Panzer’s sudden lurch into the purple path. Panzer loses patience with deliberation and fey tricks, and picks the purple path to try to walk down. Beech thinks that you should just choose and go, and so is willing to follow when Panzer enters the purple path. Sahabiel tells her companions about the magic associated with each path. She opines that her command of positive energy will help her counter necromancy to follow the black path Naithi feels attuned to the purple transmutation path as well, and volunteers to go that way. Lothlo isn’t sure if there is any real difference as far as arrows go. Nightingale waits.
Zazu finds that the fog is still oddly substantial and resists the legerdemain. It feels too solid to move into, despite its misty appearance.
Panzer enters the purple path, with Beech and Naithi following behind. Panzer, Beech & Naithi Highlight to display spoiler: {You feel as if you are in an entirely different place than the normal Wold, with distance and time oddly distorted. All around you, tangible threads of purple transmutation magic form fantastical terrain that constantly shifts and combines in an ever-changing weave. You are able to grasp the threads to steady yourself, and might even be able to use them to advance down the path. At the moment, though, you feel resistance to any further forward movement. Behind you, you can dimly see the entrance to the path, dim daylight showing outside, again oddly distant even though you just stepped through. The sounds of your fellow Champions that remain beyond are muted and distorted as well.}
Those remaining outside the paths Highlight to display spoiler: {You can see your companions within the paths that they have entered, although their voices are oddly muted and distorted, and they seem farther away than their recent entry would make possible under normal conditions.}
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) Monday April 24th, 2023 11:07:58 PM
Zazu sits on Boyo, gaping.
Nightingale (JonS) HP 51/51 AC 21 CMD: 21 Monday April 24th, 2023 11:43:51 PM
Nightingale isn't going to let her friends go anyplace "unsafe" without her, so she follows the group towards and down the purple path
Beech (JohnC) AC 19(23)/14/15,HP 46/46 Character d20+8=11 ; Tuesday April 25th, 2023 1:53:14 PM
Beech calls out to Panzer, "Keep me in sight, it seems that every step in here is not a step, it's something different. It seems to be a lot more than a step." Beech keeps as careful a lookout as he can and attempts to stay a steady distance from Panzer.
Perception Check : 11
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) Tuesday April 25th, 2023 7:28:47 PM
"Well, we ought to follow to!"
Zazu and Boyo follow the group, bringing up the rear.
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 d20+24=34 ; d20+21=35 ; Tuesday April 25th, 2023 7:51:35 PM
Naithi continues riding on Camalayas back and watches her surroundings to keep from getting lost.
(Naithi had low light vision Survival= 34 Knowledge nature= 35)
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 85/87 ) Character Sheet Tuesday April 25th, 2023 8:26:02 PM
Panzer feels, odd. Rather than fight his way forward, he stops and takes in the Transformative power. He remembers how magic felt when he dabbled in it. He remembers how much he missed it when it bled away. He was a force of violence and action in the Wold. He waited and allowed the transformation to happen to make him a force of violence and action in this realm too. Panzer stops and allows the magic to change him into a mirror of himself in this realm.
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 Tuesday April 25th, 2023 8:30:27 PM
Posting for Lothlo:
Figuring it is always best to not split the group Lothlo follows the others into the purple path.
One Eyed, One Horned, Standing Purple Path-inators (DM BatMark) Tuesday April 25th, 2023 10:08:23 PM Zazu sits on Boyo, gaping, before following the group in. Beech calls out for Panzer to mind the unusual conditions on the path, and tries to keep a steady distance. Naithi continues riding on Camalayas’ back. Nightingale won’t let her friends go into danger alone, so follows them down the purple path. Panzer feels odd, remembering what it felt to have magic at his fingertips, then waits for the transformation to take him. Lothlo figures it is best not to split the party, so joins them in the purple path. Sahabiel was last considering the black path…
Those on the purple path find themselves piling into each other, as forward progress continues to be impossible. Highlight to display spoiler: {You feel as if you are in an entirely different place than the normal Wold, with distance and time oddly distorted. All around you, tangible threads of purple transmutation magic form fantastical terrain that constantly shifts and combines in an ever-changing weave. You are able to grasp the threads to steady yourself, and might even be able to use them to advance down the path under the right conditions. For now, though, you feel resistance to any further forward movement. Behind you, you can dimly see the entrance to the path, dim daylight showing outside, again oddly distant even though you just stepped through. The sounds of your fellow Champions that remain beyond are muted and distorted as well.}
Sahabiel Highlight to display spoiler: {You can see your companions within the paths that they have entered, although their voices are oddly muted and distorted, and they seem farther away than their recent entry would make possible under normal conditions.}
Beech (JohnC) AC 19(23)/14/15,HP 46/46 Character d20+18=26 ; Wednesday April 26th, 2023 12:54:26 PM
Beech stows his bow, then reaches out both physically and magically to try and grasp the threads of the magic. Being of the Aberrant Bloodline, he feels an affinity with Transformation magic. Highlight to display spoiler: { Aberrant Bloodline is a lot of transformative effects} He closes his eyes, tries to grab the energies and focus them into a fairly straight path leading towards where the Grove should be.
UMD skill: 26
Nightingale (JonS) HP 51/51 AC 21 CMD: 21 Wednesday April 26th, 2023 3:38:08 PM
Nightingale tries to walk back to Sahabiel ... with a possibly catastrophic idea brewing in her head
Sahabiel (EstherLauren) -- AC 25/14/24 -- HP: 60/60 Wednesday April 26th, 2023 4:26:48 PM ooc: Sorry about missing yesterday, I'll catch up with a Saturday post
Since in her contemplation she missed the moment to follow the others, Sahabiel decides to help this exploration by acting as a beacon, calling out to her friends who seem both far away, and not. "Are.. ya..all.. right.. there..?"
Ideas are forming that perhaps someone needs to be walking every path in order to be able to progress any of them, when Nightingale turns around and starts moving back towards her. She waves, wondering what her cousin is planning?
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) d20+13=26 ; d20+14=28 ; Wednesday April 26th, 2023 4:34:43 PM
As an illusionist, Zazu can't help but think, "I'm a fish out of water on this path!" But the trickster rolls up those mental sleeves and gets to work.
If the wizard can comprehend this magic, perhaps ... there may be a way through?
On a whim, the wizard ponders the metaphor of these threads as webs, and wonders if transmutation magic ... specifically spider climb ... might help to move through them. If this seems like a possibly fruitful course of action, Zazu casts the spell, sharing it with Boyo, and tries climbing through the "webs."
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 85/87 ) Character Sheet Wednesday April 26th, 2023 6:35:11 PM
Panzer continues to simply exist in the transformative magic. He breathes it in and allows it to cover him, touching every part of his being. I holds him back for now but once it attunes him to itself and changes him to be like it he will be able to move freely through it.
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 Wednesday April 26th, 2023 8:08:31 PM
Naithi continues pondering the situation, but has run out of ideas.
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 Wednesday April 26th, 2023 8:09:00 PM
Lothlo knocks an arrow as he waits, just in case.
None Shall Pass, At Least Not Like This (DM BatMark) Wednesday April 26th, 2023 8:26:31 PM Beech stows his bow, and tries to both physically and magically grasp the threads of magic to propel himself on a direct path to the grove. His aberrant bloodline does sing to him here, but he can feel progress being thwarted, as if something is still missing that would allow this to work. Nightingale tries to walk back to Sahabiel, and thinks catastrophic thoughts that as yet remain unspoken. She can see and hear Sahabiel, albeit in a distorted fashion. Sahabiel calls out to her friends on the purple path, and waves when Nightingale starts coming back. She is starting to think that, as Naithi earlier proposed, it might be necessary for all three paths to be trod at once by members of the party. Zazu feels like a figment out of water, but tries to further study the threads on the purple path. Like Beech, Zazu gets the sense that it should be possible to use the threads to advance along the path, and the trickster’s spellcraft even suggests how this might be done, again confirming Beech’s earlier ideas. Zazu’s further investigation does reveal very dim threads of black and green that connect to the purple path, but do not actually get woven in. The detect magic shows small pulses of transmutation magic moving outward along the black and green threads when attempts are made to navigate the purple path toward the grove. Spider climb does seem like it would be helpful, if the unseen impediment to progress can be lifted. Panzer basks in the transmutation and waits on a way ahead to allow him to move freely. Lothlo nocks an arrow and waits. Naithi has no new good ideas to add to her previous one.
Nightingale is able to exit the purple path after a few moments, with just a little extra effort required to pass the boundary back into the normal Wold. She bears no ill effects from the short jaunt into the purple path.
Those still on the purple path are unable to move forward. What do you do with the new information that Zazu has revealed, and Sahabiel’s thoughts?
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) Thursday April 27th, 2023 11:57:25 AM
Zazu calls out, "I think I have a handle on this one. Some of us have to go out and try the other paths too."
With the spider climb active, Zazu and Boyo struggle to move forward, hoping that as soon as the others are in position, the duo will be able to start making headway,.
Sahabiel (EstherLauren) -- AC 25/14/24 -- HP: 60/60 Thursday April 27th, 2023 12:53:10 PM (Assuming we share everything we know, in character)
Sahabiel listens and nods. "I believe those connections between the paths mean that something needs to happen on the other paths in to unlock progress on the one you're on. Given our number,,, I think we should pair up, two for each path. I still volunteer to walk the necromantic path. I think Naithi should have the transmutation path, since they deal with change magics well. So.. how do we fill out the these pairings and who takes the lead on the path of enchantment magic? I'd suggest those with strong mental defenses first..."
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 Thursday April 27th, 2023 1:42:19 PM
Naithi and Camalayas remain on the transmutation path for the time being. Does anyone have any special resistance to enchantment? That looks like it might be the path we have the most disadvantage with. Maab had given me the ability to easily transform into something new, which will be the greatest advantage on the transmutation path, but Camalayas and I share a special bond, and against mind affecting, level/ability draining or instant death spells and effects if either of us resist the attack then we both resist the attack. It's not much, as my resistance is pretty average (+8), but it's an option if no one can do better
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 Thursday April 27th, 2023 1:53:43 PM
Posting for William/Lothlo incase he cannot post again today.
Lothlo quickly reviews his supplies and thinks if various scenarios where he could apply his abilities to greatest effect. My strengths shouldn't be hindered by any of these paths, no more so then anyone else at least, but I also don't have any particular advantage on taking one path over another. I'll fill in wherever needed and take what is left.
ooc: I'm not the most experienced with archers, so hopeful my assessment was correct. Lothlo might need help if an enchantment prevents him from seeing the enemy.
Nightingale (JonS) HP 51/51 AC 21 CMD: 21 Thursday April 27th, 2023 2:17:01 PM
Once Nightingale makes it out, she will head to Sahabiel, and in a low whisper ask...
For Sahabile Highlight to display spoiler: { If we consecrate an area within the vortex, do you think it would help us push through this mess? }
Beech (JohnC) AC 19(23)/14/15,HP 46/46 Character Thursday April 27th, 2023 4:15:34 PM
Beech just shakes his head.... The group has seen he muscles move almost everyday, but apparently his transformative link is point less, so he alerts Panzer he's headed elsewhere. He'll make his way out and then say, "Which one? The one I have a blood link to has been claimed by others...." He waits to see which he's being told to enter....
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 85/87 ) Character Sheet Thursday April 27th, 2023 7:51:56 PM
Panzer is pretty sure he is where he belongs. He is not mentally strong and a simple charm spell could end the entire run if used on him so enchantment isn't desirable. He can fight necromancy too but has not advantage against it nor weakness toward it. If they want his to swap to necromancy then he can. All that crosses his mind is the horse of undead animals making their way to home.
The Path Not Taken (DM BatMark) Thursday April 27th, 2023 9:02:19 PM Zazu thinks that you need to try the other paths too, and keeps trying on this purple path with his spider climb. Sahabiel nods in agreement, given the connections between the paths, and suggests splitting up evenly across the paths. She will walk the necromantic path, suggests Naithi remain on the purple transmutation path, and that someone resistant to enchantment take that path. Naithi remains on the transmutation path, but could do the enchantment path if needed. Lothlo reviews his supplies and abilities, and finds no particular strength or weakness that applies here. Beech gives up on the transformative path, and waits to be told which to enter. Panzer is pretty sure he is on the right path, and too vulnerable to enchantment. Nightingale whispers a question to Sahabiel.
The purple path remains crowded, with Zazu, Naithi, and Panzer (with their various sidekicks) there for now. Sahabiel is prepared to step onto the black necromantic path. Beech, Lothlo, and Nightingale have not yet chosen. If you are going to follow the plan most recently proposed by Zazu (and concurred by Sahabiel), then someone(s) will need to get on the enchantment path; Naithi has offered to do that as a 2nd choice. Sahabiel will be working alone unless someone also chooses to get on the black path with her. Progress on the purple path remains stymied for now. Perhaps this new plan, once enacted, will allow forward progress?
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 85/87 ) Character Sheet Friday April 28th, 2023 5:32:54 PM
Panzer steps back off theurple path to allow Beech, who is a transmutation type sorcerer to go on it. He will take the black path since he doesn't think anyone should go alone. The only path he feels he shouldn't be on is the enchantment path since he is not mentally very tough (will save 3).
Sahabiel (EstherLauren) -- AC 25/14/24 -- HP: 60/60 Friday April 28th, 2023 8:06:04 PM
As soon as the revised pairs are decided on, Sahabiel will start walking down the black path that holds an aura of necromantic powers. She keeps her hand on her weapon and a prayer on her mind, and moves forward calmly but alert. "Let us then see, if this mist will yield its secrets!"
Beech (JohnC) AC 19(23)/14/15,HP 46/46 Character Friday April 28th, 2023 8:33:23 PM
Beech nods to Panzer and then renters the Purple path, again reaching out magically to feel the changes once the other groups enter those paths....
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) Friday April 28th, 2023 9:22:17 PM
"Well, I think I got a handle on the transmutation magic path, and I already cast a transmutation spell, and I have a plan for us walking among the webs, so I think we better stay here, Boyo and me."
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 Friday April 28th, 2023 9:32:41 PM
Naithi scratches Camalayas ear and talks to her due a bit. She is most suited to transmutation, but it looks like no one is well equipped to take the enchantment path thus her minor advantage makes her a decent candidate.
Having never been afraid if a challenge, she and Camalayas offer to switch paths and head over to the enchantment path.
Nightingale (JonS) HP 51/51 AC 21 CMD: 21 Friday April 28th, 2023 10:18:15 PM
Nightingale will follow Sahabiel down the necromantic path
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 85/87 ) Character Sheet Saturday April 29th, 2023 1:39:07 AM
Panzer stands there scratching his head. " C'mon Lothlo, lets go down the path no one else wants to walk. If t looks like I have been charmed, dominated, confused or something like that I think your best bet is to hide from me. I suck at perception. Other than that we have no healer and I have bad will saves, what could go wrong." Panzer walks down the enchantment path (green). Dashboard Darkvision 3 hours
Seven Divided by Three, Carry the One (DM BatMark) Saturday April 29th, 2023 8:38:18 AM Sahabiel steps onto the black path once all have chosen, ready to learn the secrets of the mists. Panzer steps off the purple path to allow Beech to take it on, switching to the black path to accompany Sahabiel, then the green when it looks like it needs doing. Beech nods to Panzer and steps onto the purple path. Zazu already has cast a spell appropriate to the purple path, so stays with Beech. Naithi offers to switch to the enchantment path. Nightingale follows Sahabiel down the black path. Lothlo hears Panzer call him to the green path.
The Champions split into three groups to attempt the paths in unison. Each group finds a scene similar to that previously experienced on the purple path, with twisted threads of the relevant type of magic forming fantastical terrain outside of the normal space and time of the Wold. Similarly, you can tell that both physical and magical means will probably allow you to propel yourselves along each path. What is different is that the way now seems open on each path!
Naithi, Panzer, and Lothlo attune to the green path of enchantment. Highlight to display spoiler: {As you attempt to impose your will on the strands of enchantment, you find your attention distracted by an eerie but compelling song. As your group navigates the path, please choose a leader each round, with the others providing support; it can be the same leader each round if you like. The leader will attempt a DC15 spellcraft check to succeed each round. Give yourself a +2 bonus to walk a path that you have any sort of affinity for (specialization, spell focus, wizard school, backstory, etc.), just describe that affinity in the narrative of your post. The others may provide support to the leader with Aid Another, buff spells, useful advice, or other creative ideas. Let me know in your post what you are trying, and I’ll calculate the overall bonus to the leader and post regarding the results. Don’t forget that hero points are an option. You don’t yet know what the penalty for failure might be, but you are up against clearly powerful and malicious foes!}
Sahabiel and Nightingale brave the black path of necromancy. Highlight to display spoiler: {As you wrangle with the thread of necromantic magic, you feel the cold grasp of bony hands pulling back against your efforts. As your group navigates the path, please choose a leader each round, with the others providing support; it can be the same leader each round if you like. The leader will attempt a DC15 spellcraft check to succeed each round. Give yourself a +2 bonus to walk a path that you have any sort of affinity for (specialization, spell focus, wizard school, backstory, etc.), just describe that affinity in the narrative of your post. The others may provide support to the leader with Aid Another, buff spells, useful advice, or other creative ideas. Let me know in your post what you are trying, and I’ll calculate the overall bonus to the leader and post regarding the results. Don’t forget that hero points are an option. You don’t yet know what the penalty for failure might be, but you are up against clearly powerful and malicious foes!}
Beech and Zazu wrestle with the purple path of transmutation. Highlight to display spoiler: {As you struggle with the warp and weft of the weave of magic on this path, you find it constantly shifting and changing, and must focus keenly to shape a way forward. As your group navigates the path, please choose a leader each round, with the others providing support; it can be the same leader each round if you like. The leader will attempt a DC15 spellcraft check to succeed each round. Give yourself a +2 bonus to walk a path that you have any sort of affinity for (specialization, spell focus, wizard school, backstory, etc.), just describe that affinity in the narrative of your post. The others may provide support to the leader with Aid Another, buff spells, useful advice, or other creative ideas. Let me know in your post what you are trying, and I’ll calculate the overall bonus to the leader and post regarding the results. Don’t forget that hero points are an option. You don’t yet know what the penalty for failure might be, but you are up against clearly powerful and malicious foes!}
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 d20+15=25 ; d20+12=17 ; d20+11=28 ; d20+7=23 ; d20+5=7 ; d20+4=6 ; d20+13=15 ; d20+17=22 ; d20+14=27 ; d20-1=11 ; Saturday April 29th, 2023 11:32:16 AM
Naithi offers to take the lead. Her spellcraft skills are lacking, but no more than anyone else following this path, which gives her a little more confidence. That coupled by the reassuring feel if Camalayas' fur on her skin gives her all the encouragement she needs
She takes a moment to imitate Zazu. The stands can be very hard to detect for non-fey, and mortals that aren't trained might not be able to see or sense them at all. But for the moment she can follow them just fine! Some strands seem to lead to the source of a magic or a problem while others are just like a trap that sends you on a wild goose chase. It’s not always clear which is which! Fortunately, her at the edge she can distinguish them more easily.
As the group moves forward she makes sure she is secure in her saddle and keeps an eye out for trouble. Camalayas helps with her sense of smell, but the strange environment dulls the rabbits senses as it hits forward.
Naithi ----------- Spellcraft = 25 (+2 added for Camalayas aid another) Handle Animal= 25 Stealth=17 Knowledge Nature=28 (38 to avoid getting lost if forest walk applies) Perception=15 Ride=22 Survival=27
Camalayas ------------------- Stealth=7 Perception=6 Spellcraft aid another =11
Sahabiel (EstherLauren) -- AC 25/14/24 -- HP: 60/60 d20+15=17 ; Saturday April 29th, 2023 11:34:34 AM Note - In all spoken lines here, Sahabiel is speaking in Sylvan so she does not have her quirky drawl with which she speaks Common.
As they stepped onto the black path together, Sahabiel looks to her side to Nightingale, her companion and friend that she had bonded with over their shared spirituality and elven blood. She smiles at Nightingale, and reaches out her hand. In Sylvan, a language she normally reserves for her spellcasting and prayers, she says, “I could wish for none better at my side, cousin. We walk together!” And quite a pair they made next to each other, didn’t they… both priestesses in their completely different but complementary ways - the agile drow, willowy and dark, follower of mighty Queen Maab, exotic and so light. And Sahabiel, heavier of build, in her armor, an often very down to earth protector of the Culverwood.
“Let us show whoever is behind all this, that today, out of all the servants of all the Powers.. they chose to bring their nasty tricks to the wrong ones.”
Sahabiel puts her foot forward, and prays to the Culverwood for guidance. (As in, she actually uses the orison - +1 to skill checks) She served not a celestial being that had never itself known death… her patron was known to scholars as an Immortal Power, but she thought that title did not entirely fit… for it was not the will of the wood or the way of the wood to seek the immortality of its constituent parts. It’s own existence was riding on the very epitome of the cycle of nature. In every moment, the Culverwood knew life, knew death, knew rebirth, knew growth, and knew the natural decline as things aged past their prime. As things should be.
She speaks as she walks;
“Necromancy is stagnancy, whereas life, death, and rebirth are a wheel that can turn forever.”
She could tell the shape of necromancy, because she had all the other pieces. Necromancy was the holes inbetween, and she could see them.
“Necromancy can not create or rejuvenate. It can only try to take out of the cycle.”
Both herself and Nightingale carried within them the blessed gift of being able to channel divine, positive, radiant energy. The working of necromancy relied on its twisted mirror counterpart.. it too relied on a flow of energy, but one that always had to take away from somewhere, like how both a river and parched earth moved water, but one carried it along and the other sucked it down into the ground to not let go again. If it came to it, the very energies of necromancy might crave the warmth of that which life has, but the priestesses were connected to a source where it ran too pure for even such tastes. Not mere warmth that could be fed on, but bright flame straight from a roaring furnace, too hot to touch.
Sahabiel is not done yet with her faith-inspired oratory violence.. as she seeks out, tugs at, and where she finds weakness in the magicks, cuts through to forge ahead, she declares at the mist; “Preservation has its place, but that which only has the power to hold on to what was, can not endure against the determined turning of the wheel that births all that will yet be. That which remains stagnant, will be ground down by that which can renew, that which can find new starts. The power behind me, is greater than the power behind you.”
Walking forward with Nightingale, together reading the weave of the magics and finding the path forward, she raises her hand as in a gesture of abjuration against those threads of magic that try to mislead or hold them back…
“You are no obstacle to us.”
Dice roll: d20 + 9 (skill) + 1 (luck bonus from Prayer) + 1 (competence bonus from Guidance) + 2 (Aid Another is assumed since Nightingale can't fail that check) + 2 (Sahabiel has 'affinity' in the very yin/yang way that by standing as priestess-knight for a power that is everything that necromancy isn't, it is like looking at the negative of a picture for her -- all the colors are in reverse, but what is in the picture remains recognizable.), total bonus +15.
d20 + 15 = 17, vs DC 15, success. Almost the smallest possible success, but still a success even if the +2 for affinity is denied.
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 Saturday April 29th, 2023 11:42:38 AM
ooc: I don't know if this counts for a +2 bonus, but Naithi is connected to get clan through and enchanted weapon called "god's paw". It stores the knowledge of the clan leader and contains her level 1 did knowledge. When the campaign started the weapon was taken from her and she forgot her Druid knowledge... But she remembered something about being magic. She fought in the slave pits as a barbarian, but thought she was a mage. She would do things like throw rocks at her opponent while yelling magic missile and think she was casting a spell. Does that count as a magic connection?
DM Note: I'll allow it.
Beech (JohnC) AC 19(23)/14/15,HP 46/46 Character Saturday April 29th, 2023 8:30:19 PM
Beech, watches as his body semi conforms with the way the magic is currently tugging and pulling. Usually these changes he's seeing in moments take days or even weeks for his physical to shift, he usually ignores the effect and goes about his regular activities, but to watch it happen this fast is weird. He then realizes they need to move along, so using his skills and attachment to the purple path, he tries to assist Zazu.
He auto assists being 8 skill +the 2 bonus is +10 so an 11 is minimum, he adds a +2 to Zazu's skill check.
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 85/87 ) Character Sheet d20+4=19 ; d20+6=23 ; d20+4=12 ; Sunday April 30th, 2023 11:20:58 AM
Panzer remembers the sorcerers nature taht used to fill his bloodbefore the Den of thieves. It had made identifying things like the magic that permeated this realm easy)since Spellcraft had been a class skill). In the Den of Thieves he had been able to tell almost all of the enemy spells as they were cast, giving him an advantage. Naithi took the lead, having the better skill among them to find the way. He aided when he was able. Spellcraft 19 Aids Naithi Survival 23 Aids Naithi Perception 12 Aids Naithi He kept his eyes peeled and his blades ready.
Dashboard Darkvision 3 hours
Nightingale (JonS) HP 51/51 AC 21 CMD: 21 Sunday April 30th, 2023 3:20:33 PM
Nightingale understands what Sahabiel is saying, and the purpose behind it. She will "help/aid" Sahabiel how she can, and remains at the ready, almost expecting something to jump out and attack them
Lothlo (WillD) -- AC: 20/15/16, HP: 56/56, CMD: 23 d20+3=5 ; d20+5=13 ; d20+15=21 ; d20+5=21 ; Monday May 1st, 2023 9:52:23 AM
Lothlo might not have any particular skill with magic, but he does have a keen eye that he uses to aid Naithi as she leads the way. As the proceed he tries to match the strange sights he is seeing with his vast catalog of supernatural tales used to entertain guests while he was performing at his mother's inn, hoping to draw on the experiences of others who had run into similar magic in the past..
Spellcraft 5 Aids Naithi Survival 13 Aids Naithi Perception 21 Aids Naithi knowlege(arcana) = 21
***Active spells and abilities*** Spells and Conditions in effect on self:
Sharpshooter Skills "Can shoot ranged weapons at opponents in melee without penalty, +1 bonus on attack and damage with ranged weapons at ranges up to 30 feet, can take a –1 penalty on all ranged attack rolls to gain a +2 bonus on all ranged damage rolls (increases at +4 bab), Only a –1 penalty per full range increment between you and your target, threat range is doubled, +4 bonus on rollsto confirm crits." -Trick shots available: Disarm Trick, Ricochet Trick, Staple Trick, Slice Trick, Sunder Trick, Grapnel Trick Consumables Tracking: 0 arrows, 0 hero points
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 87/87 ) Character Sheet Monday May 1st, 2023 2:41:34 PM
(Reprinted from yesterday, with corrections, rolls were made in that previous post I was excited to be helping and posted Sunday instead of Monday)
Panzer remembers the sorcerous nature that used to fill his blood before the Den of thieves. It had made identifying things like the magic that permeated this realm easy (since Spellcraft had been a class skill then). In the Den of Thieves he had been able to tell almost all of the enemy spells as they were cast, giving him an advantage. Naithi took the lead, having the better skill among them to find the way. He aided when he was able. Spellcraft 19 Aids Naithi (21 if formerly being a sorcerer gives an edge) Survival 23 Aids Naithi Perception 12 Aids Naithi He kept his eyes peeled and his blades ready.
Dashboard Darkvision 3 hours
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) d20+17=26 ; Monday May 1st, 2023 6:23:05 PM
Zazu works hard to lead Boyo and Beech through the shifting web of transmutation threads. The spider climb spell helps with walking among the lines, lifting some, avoiding others. [OOC: Giving myself a +1 on the check, hope that's OK.]
"Once you get the hang of this, it is not so hard," Zazu tells Beech. [With a base +14 Spellcraft, and +3 in bonuses, there's no need to roll to succeed on a DC15 check.]
For the sake of the roll, if it matters ... 26.
Sahabiel (EstherLauren) -- AC 25/14/24 -- HP: 60/60 Monday May 1st, 2023 7:14:21 PM
As she and Nightingale make their way, Sahabiel tries to keep track of how far they have moved along this black path, after what she saw of how distorted distance seemed to be on the purple path.
That Was Easy! (DM BatMark) Monday May 1st, 2023 8:04:47 PM Naithi takes the lead on the green enchantment path, with Camalayas helping out. Panzer recalls arcane knowledge from his time before the Den of Thieves, and ably assists Naithi in navigating the green path. Lothlo uses his keen eye to aid Naithi as she leads the way, drawing on supernatural tales from his mother’s inn for inspiration and guidance.
Sahabiel is glad to have Nightingale by her side as they navigate the black necromantic path. Calling on the Culverwood for guidance, she uses her polar opposition to what this path represents to take control of the situation. She tries to keep track of distance. Nightingale understands Sahabiel’s eloquent Sylvan speech, and provides support to keep the darkness at bay and allow progress.
Zazu works hard to lead through the purple path, the spider climb helping the trickster along. Beech is initially taken aback by the speed of change on the purple path, but puts that aside to help Zazu move them along the path.
“Team Green” uses excellent teamwork and force of will to refocus your attention, and create a harmonious counterpoint to the distracting song, lessening its pressure upon your minds. You and your companions are able to move along the green path, and as you gain familiarity, you find that the path becomes relatively easy to traverse.
“Team Black” manages to develop an expert twist that lets you wrap the magic weave around the bony hands and snap them loose, allowing you to pull yourselves further along the path.
“Team Purple” finds a subtle pattern in the writhing magical weave, and craftily coaxes it into a synchronous form that you can navigate, moving easily along the purple path.
After what seems like only a half minute or so, each of the three groups of heroes find themselves suddenly emerging from their respective paths and spilling into a 15’ wide tunnel that leads into darkness. The paths behind you have disappeared, leaving the tunnel ahead as the only apparent way out. If you make a successful DC15 Perception check, Highlight to display spoiler: {From the tunnel ahead, you hear the intermittent grinding of stone, shattering sounds, and an odd bubbling echoing through the cavern complex.}
Panzer Braun (David F) AC 28 (T16, FF24) CMD 27 HP 87/87 ) Character Sheet d20+4=19 ; d20+4=8 ; d20+5=11 ; d20+4=23 ; Tuesday May 2nd, 2023 5:26:23 PM
Perception 19 How long is the tunnel? With 60' darkvision can I see down it? Knowledge Engineering 8 Profession Miner 11 Can Panzer make heads or tails of the grinding stone noise or any of the sounds up ahead? Panzer, normally the most oblivious member of the group, holds up his hand for the others to pause and be quiet for a moment. He whispers that there are sounds up ahead and describes what he hears (read the DM spoiler) He also indicates he is ready to move up when the others are to investigate. Stealth 23
Sahabiel (EstherLauren) -- AC 25/14/24 -- HP: 60/60 d20+7=26 ; Tuesday May 2nd, 2023 6:04:43 PM Perception d20+7 = 26, vs DC 15, success
Sahabiel greets her companions who arrived here by the other paths, then proceeds to examine what lies ahead.
"Wide enough for three people side by side...", Sahabiel muses, switching back to speaking the Common Tongue. "Makes ya wonder if this follows the rule of three as well?"
Noticing some noise coming from the dark tunnel, she listens...
"Does the rest of ya hear that too? That sound like the grinding of stone, and.. some kind of bubbling?"
"Well, since we do not seem to have a way back, forward it is then?"
Zazu Bridgebuilder (AC20, HP52) and Boyo the bunny (AC19, HP26) (Cayzle) Tuesday May 2nd, 2023 6:22:13 PM
Zazu thinks now is a good time to go invisible, and Boyo too. Two taps of a wand later, and they're ready!
Lothlo (WillD) -- AC: 20/15/16, HP: 56/56, CMD: 23 d20+15=21 ; Tuesday May 2nd, 2023 6:43:11 PM
Lothlo listens to the noises in front of them. That's not a steady sound, it's intermittent. This is a cavern complex it's leading into, do you think it's it's man made? As in, they are digging out the cavern as we speak, and that's the noise we hear? That could explain where the dead creatures came from, stuff they dug up.
perception = 21
Beech (JohnC) AC 19(23)/14/15,HP 46/46 Character d20+8=11 ; Tuesday May 2nd, 2023 7:14:39 PM
As Zazu and Boyo go Invisible, Beech begins to wonder what's going on.... As a precaution, he casts see Invisibility on himself and adds a Mage Armor as well. Beech will reach out, to see if he can still manipulate the magic power...
In Effect: Mage Armor : 8 hours See Invisible : 80 minutes
Nightingale (JonS) HP 51/51 AC 21 CMD: 21 Perc Check: d20+10=20 ; Tuesday May 2nd, 2023 7:55:58 PM
Nightingale looks at all her friends and smiles, "We all made it, thank the gods. what is that weird noise?"
Nightingale will pull out a scroll before everyone runs off and casts Bless on the party ...
[Lasts 4 minutes, +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects]
Naithi (JamesD) AC: 24/16/19 HP: 51/68 , CMD = 18 Camalayas AC = 22/16/16 d20+25=43 ; d4=3 ; d20+17=18 ; d20+11=17 ; d20+7=9 ; d20+5=21 ; d20+4=16 ; d20+13=18 ; d20+17=24 ; d20+14=29 ; d20-1=16 ; d20+12=18 ; Tuesday May 2nd, 2023 8:42:44 PM
Naithi signals Camalayas to hasn't and carefully observes the area and let's the others know what she hears and sees with her low light vision and what Camalayas smells with her scent ability.
Naithi recommends the group form two rows and offers to ride Camalayas in the front row. She also casts bark skin on her and Camalayas. (+2 to both ACs)
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