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A Walk In the Jungle


Homecoming - DM Jess- Maps and documents  
Monday August 5th, 2024 9:31:43 AM
Ezekiel wonders about the magical mechanics of plant wizards. Dapple and Siolo provide some answers.

Kaze, noticing the dead dinosaur, looks for traps. Yofiel also investigates the area.

The clearing is roughly oval in shape and fairly large--about 150 feet at its widest section. The dead albertosaurus is about 30 feet long. And in the north-east quadrant of the clearing. It appears that a number of trees in that area were recently knocked down.

As you investigate, you notice a number of dinosaur tracks and a clear sign of a fight. Kaze and Yofiel, Highlight to display spoiler: {you identify the tracks as triceratops tracks and can identify at least 4 separate sets. This seems odd to you, because unlike most herbivores, which move in packs, triceratops tend to be solitary. In addition, from what you can tell, there seems to have been some coordination in their efforts as they not only surrounded the albertosaurus but also used some of the fallen trees to their advantage during the fight.}


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33 
Monday August 5th, 2024 10:14:51 AM

"Ah, I think I'm seeing what you noticed first, Kaze," Yofiel says. She points out to the group the tracks, the multiple stab wounds, and the apparent tactical use of some of the fallen trees to gain advantage over the slain dinosaur. "Four triceratops, working together - though, as far as I have heard, they are typically solitary animals - managed a brilliant take down of a ferocious albertosaurus. Grim would be having an absolute fit right now, though we already have seen evidence of the work of one or more, if his suppositions are correct, monstrologer. I don't think Maya likes that term. I'm not certain what term she would prefer be used."

The elf walks around the loser of the battle. "Can anyone see whether this albertosaurus has insides that are partially formed of vegetable matter, as we have seen before?" She does not bear any great cleaving weapons.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38  d20+12=13 ; d20=4 ;
Monday August 5th, 2024 10:52:46 AM
"Those plants over there look shifty," says Ezekiel. "Maybe one of them is our wizard."

Ezekiel casts detect magic and investigates the plants.

Perception 4, Spellcraft 13

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d20+5=20 ;
Monday August 5th, 2024 11:23:25 AM
Dapple walks carefully around the clearing, trying not to step on anything important. She tries to notice things. [Perception 20]

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21   d20+6=22 ; d20+6=21 ;
Monday August 5th, 2024 12:55:33 PM
Einar stops at Kaze and Yofiel's warning. He doesn't like the sound of dino's coordinating their attacks... at least... he knows there are other animal predators that hunt in packs but he hasn't heard of them coordinating their attacks and knocking down trees to their advantage.

Whispering he says : "Why leave prey behind? Perhaps they come back later... "

Without speaking a word he quietly unsheathes his blade, hunkers down in the treeline surrounding the clearing and waits orders for examining the place. (perception 22, stealth 21)



Kaze (JonS) HP 45/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7  Perception: d20+10=15 ; Survival: d20+8=18 ;
Monday August 5th, 2024 2:51:39 PM
Kaze walks up to the dead dino, muttering something under his breath, ending when he places his hand on the dino's head.

Getting this close, with sword in hand, he checks to make sure nothing is clawing its way out of the deceased Dino.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 
Monday August 5th, 2024 6:32:39 PM
With an ambush not seeming likely, Siolo also moves up to the dead dino and investigates. He draws his sickle and cuts open the dino to check its insides

Homecoming - DM Jess- Maps and documents  
Tuesday August 6th, 2024 8:41:18 AM
Yofiel informs the group what she noticed about the dinosaur corpse. She suggests that they check to see if the albertosaurus is made of vegetable matter.

Ezekiel casts detect magic on some plants and makes the discovery that they are entirely unmagical.

Dapple and Einar look more closely at the fallen trees. They discern that they were recently felled--likely by being struck by something hard and blunt. There are also a few scrapes and gouges in the bark.

Einar wonders why the dinosaurs would have left prey behind.

After saying some words over the dead creature, Kaze makes sure that there is nothing clawing its way out of the dead dinosaur. There is not, though the stomach does appear a bit bloated.

Siolo slices into the dead albertosaurus’s bloated belly. Its viscera slides out of the carcass with a sickening squelching sound. Poking around through it, you find no evidence of vegetable matter--just dinosaur meat that has begun to rot in the humid jungle air. The smell is rank and pungent.

Yofiel, Kaze, and Siolo --and anyone else positioned close to the dead dinosaur--please make a DC 13 Fort saving throw against being nauseated from the smell.


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38 
Tuesday August 6th, 2024 8:57:12 AM
"These plants are not wizards," says Ezekiel. "Of course, if they were plant wizards, that's just what they would want me to think. They are tricky, these plant wizards. Oh hey, there's a dead dino."


Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0  d20+3=9 ;
Tuesday August 6th, 2024 10:11:44 AM
((Fort 6+3=9))

The fetid smell crashes against Siolo and he cannot maintain his composure. He staggers a few steps away, falls to his knees, and begins retching.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+2=12 ;
Tuesday August 6th, 2024 12:04:01 PM

"Whoa... that is RANK!" Yofiel exclaims. She almost saves as she takes several steps away from the spreading gasses. Then she stumbles still farther away, then can't handle it any longer, falls to hands and knees, and retches into the grass and tiny little yellow flowers.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Tuesday August 6th, 2024 2:27:23 PM
"I do not want to meet the thing that can chop down trees with a blunt object," Dapple declares.

She quickly moves to hold Yofiel's hair back.

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21  
Tuesday August 6th, 2024 7:01:49 PM
While some choose to go straight for the dead dino Einar keeps observing the clearing itself...
how many paths lead into this clearing? Just the one the group came from and one exit say on the opposite side? Or are there multiple ins and outs of this place?

Depending on how many paths lead to and from this clearing Einar checks the ground for tracks... did these dino hunters all leave in the same direction? Did they scatter away from the clearing?
Einar slowly walks around the edges of the clearing. He keeps the dead dino behind him and constantly faces the jungle... listening... watching... his sword firmly held with both hands.

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Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21   d20+6=16 ; d20+8=11 ; d20+9=10 ;
Tuesday August 6th, 2024 7:03:21 PM
clicked too soon sorry... rolls completing the above post. DM feel free to merge both posts.

(Perception 16 / Survival 11 / Know nature 10)

Kaze (JonS) HP 45/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7  Kaze FORT Save: d20+6=7 ; Patches FORT Save: d20+5=11 ;
Tuesday August 6th, 2024 9:29:57 PM
The wind changes direction, and Kaze gets hit by the dead dino smell and begins projectile vomiting into the foilage. Patches looks at her master, and then gets hit by the smell, and she too begins throwing up in the nearby bushes.

Homecoming - DM Jess- Maps and documents  
Wednesday August 7th, 2024 9:23:11 AM
Ezekiel shares his tentative findings about the lack of plant wizards in the general area. He notices the dead dinosaur.

Siolo, Yofiel, Kaze, and Patches, unprepared for the smell of the decaying dinosaur, feel their stomachs begin to roil in reaction, and vomit into the bushes. Dapple holds back Yofiel’s hair.

Einar surveys the surroundings. The clearing has two points of entry and egress. They are not directly across from each other (they are at roughly 2 and 5 o’clock). Upon closer inspection, you realize that a third path (10 o’clock) has been blocked by some of the fallen trees. The trees are passable, but they’d slow most creatures down, preventing a quick exit from that direction.

The triceratops seemed to leave from in the same direction (the one that you came from). Einar has a hard time determining how old the tracks are, likely because of the rain that continues to fall around you.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday August 7th, 2024 11:36:18 AM
"So, was this an ambush?" Dapple asks. "Or did the trees just happen to fall and block that path?"

Kaze (JonS) HP 45/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 
Wednesday August 7th, 2024 1:10:31 PM
Once he's done emptying his stomach, and after washing his mouth out with some water, Kaze throws out his two coppers, "If these triceratops did indeed plan this ambush, it would make sense for them to block any chance of escape. I'd say lets check out those trees for an answer."

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38 
Wednesday August 7th, 2024 5:52:21 PM
"Triceratops using trees?" asks Ezekiel. "Perhaps they were treeceratops? Half-tree, half-lizard, all deadly!"

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+2=13 ; d20+14=15 ; d20+15=28 ;
Wednesday August 7th, 2024 9:21:50 PM

"Th--th--thank you, Dap--dap" Urp!

The redhead lets loose with one last upchuck. She shudders for a moment, spits a few times, then takes some shaky breaths.

After a moment she pushes into a nearly upright kneeling position. "You are very kind, hon," she says to Dapple. She reaches on her hip for a water flask, rinses her mouth, spits, cleans the end of her left braid - which would have been much worse had the halfling not helped - next her face, and hands, caps the flask, returns it to her hip, then stands up. [Fort save DC 13 made]

"It had to have been a couple of days ago or more," she posits. "Things rot, but it takes a few days for them to get that ripe.

"The tri-tops are either lab-enhanced or Maya-modified. I don't know about Albert, here, but at least he's not a veggie-saur."

"And, sure, let's follow Kaze's suggestion." She walks to the nearby trees, and joins others in looking them over so as better to read what happened.

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Fort save DC 13 vs noxious fumes of corrupted flesh: 13
Perception: 15
Knowledge, nature, 28

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20  d20+6=8 ;
Wednesday August 7th, 2024 10:47:24 PM
Colt has shed his pack, and glaive in hand, keeps watch from the perimeter of the clearing. He's a little downwind and after getting a whiff of the dino guts decides to move to a position upwind that provides a wider field of view. Along the way he also tries to decipher the riddle of the tracks and fallen trees.

Colt tries to follow Kaze's reasoning. [b]"If the trees had already fallen, I could see triceratops using them to advantage after the albertosaurus attacked. But if they were felled by the triceratops as part of a trap, it would have been planned ahead. And the wood would be freshly broken. Colt moves to examine broken stumps.

survival - is the break fresh or old and grey? = 8

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21  
Thursday August 8th, 2024 4:19:11 AM
"Alberto first prey... now bait? Luring curious here... curious us?", Einar says with a concerned look on his face. "Remove trees to open exit? Maybe go that way then... someone no want us to follow third exit... "

Homecoming - DM Jess- Maps and documents  
Thursday August 8th, 2024 8:58:08 AM
Dapple wonders if the trees just happened to fall and block the path, or if they were set there specifically for an ambush. Kaze agrees that they should check out the trees for answers, while Ezekiel wonders if the triceratops are half tree. Yofiel speculates that they were modified by Maya or the lab and agrees that the party should investigate further. Colt looks at the tree, but has a hard time determining from looking at them. The breaks don't look old, but he can't really tell how fresh they are.

Einar suspects that it’s a trap! He suggests moving the trees to unblock the exit. The trees are large, but not that big, and the party, working together, could easily roll them from the entrance. However, you could also fairly easily climb over them (DC 8 Climb check).


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday August 8th, 2024 1:36:36 PM
"Aren't triceratops plant eaters?" Dapple asks.

Kaze (JonS) HP 45/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7  Know - Nature: d20+7=25 ;
Thursday August 8th, 2024 7:17:14 PM
Kaze looks at Dapple, "I believe that is what Grim or another person told me, if they did eat this dino, then I would agree that they have been messed with by magic or whatever else."

OOC: Know Nature check to determine if these trees fell on their own, or had help

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 
Thursday August 8th, 2024 8:40:32 PM
Siolo groans as he remains keeled over with nausea. "I..regret..my..decision..so..hard.." he manages to get out amidst concentrated panting. "So..foul.."

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38 
Thursday August 8th, 2024 9:10:46 PM
"If plant-eating dinos become plants, then what do they eat?" asks Ezekiel. "Do they eat plants? Do they eat dinos? Is there even a difference to them anymore?"

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20 
Thursday August 8th, 2024 10:01:13 PM
"Don't worry, Siolo. We got used to it in the cave. You'll be okay soon, especially if you stand halfway between me and Albert Sore Us."

[ooc] That would put Siolo downwind of Colt , but upwind of Albert. [/ooc]

Since he doesn't have a lot to contribute here, Colt turns his attention to the surrounding forest again.

[ooc] Nothing in the description so far indicates that the trikes munched on Albert. [/ooc]

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20=13
Thursday August 8th, 2024 10:49:57 PM

"They didn't eat Albert, Kaze," Yofiel responds. "They punctured him, one, two, or three pokies at a time. Her? Anyone want to run a gender check? I've puked enough at the moment. Do we have Albert, or Alberta here?"

"Meanwhile, let's help get Siolo away from the stench!"

She prepares herself, dropping her pack and accouterments while taking a few deep breaths upwind of the malodorous zone, then, holding her breath, and a loop of rope, steps to where he is, loops the rope under Siolo's arms, then draws him as well as she is able out of the area - with help from anyone appreciated.

[Not sure what to roll... so I rolled a 13 on a 20 to determine success of the effort, submitting to our DM's will on the outcome.]

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21   d20+6=21 ; d20+9=23 ;
Friday August 9th, 2024 2:46:35 AM
Einar remains on guard. No one else seems to think this might be a trap so perhaps neither should he? ... and yet... something smells bad around here... and not just Alberto...

Perception 21 / know nature 23

Homecoming - DM Jess- Maps and documents  
Friday August 9th, 2024 9:05:08 AM
Dapple asks about triceratops eating habits, which causes Ezekiel to question what vegetarian plant-dinosaurs eat. Kaze confirms that triceratops are, in fact, vegetarian. Yofiel reminds the group that while there were puncture marks--presumably from the triceratops horns--they did not see any evidence of the herbivores nibbling on the beast.

Siolo regrets his decision to cut into the albertosaurus. Colt reassures him that he’ll get used to the smell, and Yofiel pulls him away from it. Unless Siolo decides that he wants to resist her efforts, her attempt is successful.

Still suspicious of a trap, Einar keeps a sharp lookout. He doesn’t see any danger, but at the edge of the clearing, he does notice one of the cacao trees that Yofiel mentioned looking for.

Kaze examines the trees and notes that they were felled recently--likely within the past week. They did not fall naturally, but appear to have been knocked over, using blunt force. There are also a couple of gauges in the bark. There is also evidence that the trees were dragged from the original location and roughly arranged in their current position blocking the path.


Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 
Friday August 9th, 2024 9:57:41 AM
Siolo helps, as much as he can, Yofiel's efforts to get him farther away.

"Thanks..," Siolo pants. He slowly rises and looks around.

After a couple more minutes of recovery, he speaks again, "We don't need to be here. Let's just keep going."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33 
Friday August 9th, 2024 10:43:04 AM

Unless Einar mentions the cacao tree, Yofiel agrees with Siolo. "Thank you for performing that surgery, Siolo. I was not quite prepared for the consequences. But yes, let us continue on. We need to be alert, as usual." She picks up the gear she had dropped and asks if any object to setting out. If not, and if Einar concurs their pathway continues on the far side of the lumber pile, she asks people to head out.

Kaze (JonS) HP 45/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 
Friday August 9th, 2024 6:18:20 PM
Kaze looks at his friends, "So something knocked these trees down and then moved them here. We're not dealing with normal dinos. So yes Yofiel, we need to be alert. If they can block a trail, I'm worried about what else they can do."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20 
Friday August 9th, 2024 10:32:13 PM
Colt shrugs and returns to his pack. He lifts and loads it on the travois. It's about time for his shift dragging their gear anyway. He wedges his glaive between two parcels.

"Einar, we've got a choice of which way to go. Which one do we take?"

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Saturday August 10th, 2024 10:19:51 PM
Dapple waits for the group to decide which way to go.

"Ginger," she tells Siolo. "Ginger settles the stomach. I think I still have a little, if you're still feeling queasy."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+4=15 ; d20+4=24 ;
Sunday August 11th, 2024 3:49:15 AM

"Over the logs, I should think," Yofiel comments. "However, we have one important task to resolve before we all leave the field."

She looks where Siolo sliced into the dinosaur. The bulk of the initial release of stench, the expulsion of gas, has had a chance to ease.

How lies the albertosaurus? With evidence of whether it is male or female exposed and evident to all? Or merely lightly obscured such that with a little quick effort the matter can be uncovered? Thankfully, it's smaller than the upstairs guardian of the laboratory complex. If great effort needs to go into this gender reveal party, then Yofiel will open a recruiting station. If it is patently obvious to the most casual observer, she will simply say, "Oh," and be on her way.

Just in cast she needs to pull out her crowbar... Here are a couple of rolls to pry the information loose. Plan: Stand upwind, prep the lungs to hold her breath for a minute or so, then go in, and lift and look. If the 1st roll of 15 is inadequate, she tactically retreats, prepares again her lungs, then heads in for another look-see. If 24 is not adequate, she steps back and asks for help.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20  d4=1 ; d20+2=5 ;
Sunday August 11th, 2024 8:03:16 AM
"Yofiel, why does it matter if it's a boy or girl?" Colt asks. He just can't see the point.

But if asked, he'll help Yofiel with her investigation.

[ooc] He just won't be any help with that roll. [/ooc]

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33 
Sunday August 11th, 2024 8:06:01 PM

"Well, Colt, I like to know the story. Little bits of information gathered here and there can add up. And, I'll bet that Maya would want to know what she could about a triceratops-killed albertosaurus," she responds to him in a serious voice. Then, with a grin, she adds, "Finally, because I'm obsessive!"

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21  
Monday August 12th, 2024 5:29:14 AM
Einar isn’t sure if it matters but wasn’t Yofiel looking for some cacao trees?!

"Yofiel... isn't that the cacao tree you were looking for?!", Einar says pointing to where he spotted one.

Homecoming | Co-GM Ryan (Falco in Taur) 
Monday August 12th, 2024 9:37:00 AM
Siolo is help away form the albertosaurus and feels the urge to keep moving and Yofiel agrees. Kaze is worried about the dinos having the ability to block the road and Colt wonders which way to head and Yoriel suggests over the blockage.

Yofiel, with a quick examination, can tell the fallen albertosaurus was female just before Einar points out the cacao tree.


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+15=20 ; d20+14=28
Monday August 12th, 2024 9:52:59 AM

"Wha - what?" Yofiel responds to Einar. She looks to where the man is pointing and sees the cacao tree.

She breaks into song:
The cacao in the jungle grows
Heya hiya hoya
A smart tree farmer well he knows
To pluck the pod from off the tree
And open the pod there to reveal
A mound of purplish cacao seeds
He'll dry and they'll turn brown
Heya hiya ho
Yofiel then laughs. "My cousin taught me that song! Bless your sharp eyes, Einar. Let's take a look! Come!"

She walks straight over to the tree. And looks.

After looking to see if it's safe, and if there are pods on the tree, she plucks one, opens it carefully with the edge of her dagger, and checks the pulpy seeds to see if they seem ripe or not.

If it's not safe [if the tree is occupied] she will step back, nock her bow, and deal with the threat appropriately.

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Knowledge, nature: 20
Perception: 28 (She wants to make sure as she looks at the tree that she does not spot a snake, nasty spider, or the like)

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38  d20=10 ;
Monday August 12th, 2024 11:58:45 AM
Ezekiel walks over to inspect the tree.

"Ah yes, just as I thought. This is a tree."

Perception: 10.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Monday August 12th, 2024 12:11:01 PM
"Oh, wow," says Dapple. "I've heard of cacao, but I've never seen one. That I know of," she adds.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20 
Monday August 12th, 2024 12:41:58 PM
Yofiel said, "Well, Colt, I like to know the story. Little bits of information gathered here and there can add up. And, I'll bet that Maya would want to know what she could about a triceratops-killed albertosaurus," she responds to him in a serious voice. Then, with a grin, she adds, "Finally, because I'm obsessive!"

"I'm not sure Maya's the best role model. She'd return us all to Queen Maab if she could," Colt replies with a smile.

The cacao interrupts the conversation. Colt leaves the travois and walks to the tree. Following Yofiel's example he also picks a pod, but looks sideways at it. "Can we eat it now?

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21  
Monday August 12th, 2024 12:54:00 PM
Einar observes the Elf as she bursts into song and laughter for seeing this... tree... ok... cacao tree...
He knows there are certain regions of the Wold where they can make delicious treats with cacao but the poor barbarian is clueless about Yofiel's admiration for this...

"And... this... relevant?!" he stammers, "Should we not go?"

They are spending way too much time around the place where predators roam...

Kaze (JonS) HP 45/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 
Monday August 12th, 2024 1:45:10 PM
Kaze suddenly understands why Grim was so crabby at times. He watches as the party runs around in two separate directions. Shaking his head he'll take out his pipe, tamp it, and light it, waiting patiently for the rest of the group to decide what they want to do.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+8=12 ;
Monday August 12th, 2024 9:07:01 PM

"No, it's not yet good for eating. Let's quickly take eight pods, leave the rest for our return trip - or another trip, and continue on our way. It takes about a week or so to dry them - banana leaves are good for wrapping them, but not essential. Later, after drying we roast them."

Assuming there was no immediate threat in or around the tree, Yofiel takes three total herself, and leaves it to others to pick up four more, in addition to hers and the one that Colt grabbed. Two of hers she places in her bag, and the crowbar back inside too, and the other pod on the travois. "Yes, Einar, let us go. Do you agree the outpost is in the direction of the triceratops' tree land dam? If so, let's clamber over. Otherwise, direct us, traveler." She begins to move in the direction of the tree barricade unless Einar says to choose another route, and helps people climb over by placing her looped rope over the obstacle to assist people in climbing, and is ready to give boosts to friends who need it. If needed, she can also lend a hand to steady the travois over the obstacle.

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Climb: 12. With the rope assist, people's climb DC should drop to no more than 5 (and maybe 3?).

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20 
Monday August 12th, 2024 10:13:16 PM
Colt shrugs and returns to the travois. He begins dragging it after the others.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0  d20+12=32 ;
Tuesday August 13th, 2024 12:00:25 AM
Siolo, having had the opportunity to recover while Yofiel carefully scales the tree, is thankful for an opportunity to distract himself from the dino carcass. He closes his eyes and concentrates.

His form begins shrinking as his vestments meld with his body. Small bright feathers begin forming and his faces enjoined slightly and then rounds sharply. After a few seconds, where once Siolo was is now a macaw.

Siolo-caw flies up to the four cacao pods and carefully pecks them off of the tree.

((Survival 20+12=32))

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33 
Tuesday August 13th, 2024 1:09:58 AM

[OOC: Joe - Is Siolo sticking with the red fronted macaw form as when he flew outside the lower door of the laboratories up into the jungle trees? Inquiring minds want to know! /OOC}

Off To See The Outpos | Co-GM Ryan  
Tuesday August 13th, 2024 9:02:00 AM
Yofiel sarees a song about the cacao tree while Ezekiel confirms it is a tree and that he can see it. Dapple is suitable impressed while Einar and Kaze are not.

Yofiel examines the tree and doesn’t see anything harmful, only midges (little flies), flitting about the flowers and fruit. You can see six or seven ripe fruit and another eight that are less mature with each being an oblong shape and just under a foot in length ranging from green, to yellow and finally a more rust color. At the base of the tree lie a few older fruit that appear to have been partially, or mostly, eaten on the same timeframe as the dino attack. Some of the fruit would require climbing and the transportation of the large items would need to be considered.
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Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+8=25 ;
Tuesday August 13th, 2024 11:13:28 AM

"Let's just take the ... seven that are ripe, and leave the rest to let nature do its work," suggests Yofiel. "I am thinking of us giving some to the folks at the outpost, and keeping some for our own outpost guards. I think we can remember this place."

The elf has no problem ascending the tree, and thanks Siolo-caw for his help. If someone will catch what he looses, that will work fine. Or she can do so if he waits until she descends with the one she cuts away.

Her bag with two, the travois with some, and if someone else wants to carry one or two, that should be fine. They weigh about 3-4 pounds each.

"Now, for the third time, Einar, do you think our pathway back lies over the wood pile? Unless you speak otherwise, then let us go that way, right?"

"Let's split this scene!"
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Climb: 25 for harvesting cacao pods
Already rolled Climb: 12 for clambering over the wood pile, using the looped rope to assist herself and others over, so it should be DC 5.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38 
Tuesday August 13th, 2024 11:51:41 AM
"And now we're climing the tree," says Ezekiel. "I have not idea what's going on."

Kaze (JonS) HP 45/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 
Tuesday August 13th, 2024 12:46:08 PM
Once the party seems ready to go, Kaze will put out his pipe (digs a small hole in the dirt, dumps the hot stuff in it, mixes in the hot ash with the dirt until it's out, then covers the hole up)

Looking at his friends, "Ok, so mystery hunting we go ... Einar, if you keep us heading in the right direction, I'll try to keep us from being eaten by sneaky, underhanded Triceratops."

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21  
Tuesday August 13th, 2024 8:45:25 PM
Since Einar has been to the outpost before he confirms which path he took earlier... be it the path that was obviously blocked or the other one. He’ll lead the way again with Kaze like marching orders.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 
Tuesday August 13th, 2024 10:08:26 PM
((Yes, it is the red fronted macaw))

Siolo-caw flies up to join Yofiel in the tree. He uses his beak to help disconnect the pods front the rest of the tree.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20 
Wednesday August 14th, 2024 8:13:31 AM
"Onward."

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan  
Wednesday August 14th, 2024 9:22:27 AM
Somewhere an immortal power chuckles at the antics currently taking place but the fruit is gathered easy enough and the seven cacao are stored away. The whole process only took a couple of minutes but to Ezekiel it feels like it took three days to complete.

Once past the blockage the path is overgrown but manageable, for the most part. Survival DC12 Highlight to display spoiler: { With some ongoing maintenance on the trail this trip could be handled in a day but things have overgrown. } At one point the jungle floor is disturbed and it appears something large passed at some point weeks ago but it is to far gone to know what it was. The day wears on and you hear the normal movement of things in the jungle. Around dusk you find a wider small clearing with stones set in a small circle off to the side and remnants of a long extinguished cooking fire.

Einar knows that the group will make it to the outpost by midday tomorrow unless they decide to pushing on and travel overnight which will be difficult.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+4=12 ;
Wednesday August 14th, 2024 10:00:26 AM

"Siolo - if you want to scout for us a while as we travel, that's fine," Yofiel tells the shape-changed druid."But watch out for snakes in trees and the like, friend!"

As they move along the elf says, "This pathway has been less traveled lately. As we go along, if you can manage, let's cut some of the impediments back a bit," she recommends, and does so herself, when not pulling the travois.

At the clearing, she asks, "Would this be a good place for us to rest for the evening?" If people decide it is, she will get to work helping to set up camp.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20  d20+6=10 ;
Wednesday August 14th, 2024 10:05:57 AM
Clueless, Colt struggles to keep up with the party while pulling the travois. He's grateful when his shift is over and he can walk burdened only with his pack and gear.

The fire ring seems propitious. Colt suggests stopping for the night. Indeed, his pack is already sprawled beside the fallen tree trunk, presumably felled by more natural means than predatory triceratops, on which he has seated himself.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d20+3=7 ;
Wednesday August 14th, 2024 1:09:00 PM
"Do you think we could plant one of those pods?" Dapple asks. "I mean, it would be years before we had a tree mature enough to bear fruit, but if we could pull it off, it would be pretty handy."

Kaze (JonS) HP 45/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 
Wednesday August 14th, 2024 2:03:03 PM
With Einar following his trail, Kaze will ask him, "What was so important about those bean pods?"

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21   d20+8=10 ;
Wednesday August 14th, 2024 4:22:35 PM
When Kaze questions Einar about the bean pods Einar lifts his shoulders : "Honestly I no clue... Elf lass funny... "

Once the find the previously used campsite Einar says : "After sleep we find outpost mid day... risky to travel at night.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33 
Thursday August 15th, 2024 3:19:46 AM

"That is an excellent idea, Dapple. With Delilah's tree shepherding, and Siolo's skillset, we could in time have a long-term delicious and healthy addition to our diet - maybe even develop some specialized mixes, and develop a coveted item of trade," Yofiel enthuses. "They usually have about 30 to 50 seeds, or beans inside each pod. If we succeed with planting half of them that could be a great start."

She helps build an underground slanted chimney fire for relatively smokeless burning. She offers a couple lengths of rope. "Colt, Einar, are you good with setting up trip lines in the brush? Have you tried that, Kaze?"

"Ezekiel - have you ever tried chocolate?"

"All right, what do we do for watch order? I'll take first or last, either is fine with me."

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0  d6=6 ; d20=15 ; d4=4 ; d4=4 ; d20=19 ;
Thursday August 15th, 2024 6:49:13 AM
Siolo-caw nods his plumed head to Yofiel's suggestion and flies off to take advantage of his aerial ability for scouting purposes.

He carefully raises above the tree line, checking the skies for any superior air predators. After ensuring there would not be death from above, he sets off. Flying was amazingly fun

4 hours later, he makes his way back down through the tree line and joins the crew as they find a clearing.

After making the disturbing shift back into Siolo, he carefully rummages around in the brush for some natural berries and magically alerts them.

"I'll take first watch, " Siolo offers.

((Accidental d6, Perception while flying 15+12=27, Survival for berry gathering 19+12=31, berries goodberry'ed 4+4=8))

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan   d100=53 ; d100=26 ; d20=2 ;
Thursday August 15th, 2024 8:48:59 AM
The party does not rush and wisely Yofiel has the group trimming back some of the overgrowth as they go. The impediments are new growth and easily removed as you go which makes using the travois easier and will make the return trip even easier. You hear more sounds in the jungle, birds and bugs mostly and after a while you spot other creatures in the trees, mostly lizards and small mammals.

Siolo has a nice view of the area, well at least the top of the canopy, as he flies about. At one point a king vulture is seen circling an area before it swoops down for whatever meal is waiting below. Looking back you can see Cloudhaven in the distance but you do not see any evidence of the outpost from the air in the direction you are moving which makes sense given the canopy of branches.

Finding the clearing the group beings to prepare for the night and [b] Siolo [b] is able to find plenty for the group to eat the night. As you settle down you see a pair of sloths overhead chilling and watching you, probably happy for something different to stare at.

{ooc: Lets set a standard watch}


Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21   d20+8=10 ; d20+6=22 ;
Thursday August 15th, 2024 10:05:55 AM
"Me new to group... give me guard shift and I happy to do any hour"

Einar helps setting up trip wires as Yofiel suggests but he needs some advise on how and where to put them for optimal result. Luckily he himself just doesn't end up entangled... (survival 10)

When evening falls and after they have eaten Einar runs a whetstone slowly and constantly along the edges of his falchion. To him this has a soothing effect almost like meditation.

During his watch Einar tries to keep eyes and ears open for... well... anything?!
He made a fool of himself with the trip wires but luckily he's more alert during his watch... (perception 22)


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38 
Thursday August 15th, 2024 10:10:06 AM
"Chocolate?" asks Ezekiel. "Do you mean boiled, mashed, or put in a stew?"

Upon noticing the sloths, Ezekiel says "Wise men say that every move a sloth make is porpoise-ful (sic) , which is more than you can say about most people."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+4=8 ; d20+14=16 ;
Thursday August 15th, 2024 10:53:38 AM

"All right, I've got just-before-breakfast watch, then," says Yofiel. Sadly, she is not of any great help with Einar at the laying of the rope (Survival: 8). "Eh, that'll have to do."

Perception on watch: 16

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday August 15th, 2024 11:56:53 AM
Dapple requests first watch, but warns her companions that she can't see very well in the dark and isn't very good at noticing things anyway.

Kaze (JonS) HP 45/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7  Playing with rope: d20+8=9 ;
Thursday August 15th, 2024 12:52:49 PM
Since he didn't dip into his magic, Kaze is good to fill in on whichever watch isn't filled. Kaze tries to help with hanging the ropes but ends up tying his right foot to his left arm. Once the group helps him out of his own trap, he'll sigh and blush, and go find something he can do.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33 
Thursday August 15th, 2024 9:11:40 PM
Nighttime Watch List
20:00 - 22:00: 1st Watch: Siolo - Dapple
22:00 - 01:00: 2nd Watch: Einar - Colt
01:00 - 04:00: 3rd Watch: Kaze - anyone else?
04:00 - 07:00: 4th Watch: Yofiel - Ezekiel

"Will that work for everyone?"

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 
Thursday August 15th, 2024 11:25:16 PM
"Sounds good to me," Siolo replies.

"Hey Dapple, do you mind if I practice some new sneaky forms? I want to start with a cat about my size."

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan Maps  d20+5=15 ; d20+5=9 ; d20+5=12 ;
Friday August 16th, 2024 10:14:28 AM
The group makes camp, totally fails to set traps bt does manage to at least not hurt themselves and settles in. DIsucssion of sloths and chocolate dominate the evening and the sun fades leaving the party in darkness taking turns watching for hostile creatures in the night.

On the first shirt Dapple and Siolo are are watching over the group. Siolo practices sneaking about as a large cat and finds he can hide from Dapple most of the time if he really puts his mind to it unless she is humoring him.

Einar and Colt take the second sift and stare into the darkness listening hard for the snap of a trip. At one point a sloth shifts and small sticks rain down but that ends quickly and the night is quiet… until it isn’t. There is a rustling in the underbrush first on one side and then the next before a deinonychus bursts out pouncing at Einar who is caught unaware. {To Hit: 15/9/12} Even flatfooted the lucky Einar is not injured by the attack.

On the opposite side something moves in the underbrush and another deinonychus can be seen along with one to the south!!!

{ooc: Most of you are sleeping unarmed, please remember that in your actions.}

Deinonychus Red - AC:???/???/??? HP” ????
Deinonychus Lt Blue - AC:???/???/??? HP” ????
Deinonychus Purple - AC:???/???/??? HP” ????


Einar (StevenVdB) RAGE 1/14 - HP78/78 - AC17/11/14 - CMD 23   d20+13=32 ; d20+13=18 ; 2d4+10=15 ; 2d4+10=17 ; d20+13=27 ;
Friday August 16th, 2024 12:32:26 PM
(@DM - as a Barbarian 5, Einar has improved uncanny dodge and cannot be flanked nor caught flat-footed)

"TO ARMS", Einar shouts as he makes a stance (+1 AC for 3 rounds) towards the nearest Deino Red, "TWO MORE WEST AND SOUTH"

Einar, angered by this sneak attack, bursts into rage and swings his Falchion...
HITS AC 32 - CRIT CHECK HITS AC18 - Damage 15HP (+17HP if Confirmed Crit)

"DOWN", Einar shouts at Deino Red to demoralize (Intimidate 27 vs (10 + Red Hit Dice + Red WIS Mod). If successful Deino Red is shaken for 1 round (or +1 round for every 5 by which Einar beat the DC)

***** STATS *****
RAGE - 1/14 rounds
Guarded Stance - 1/3 rounds


Einar (StevenVdB) RAGE 1/14 - HP78/78 - AC18/12/15 - CMD 23  
Friday August 16th, 2024 12:33:51 PM
HEADER CORRECTION - sorry

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+8=24 ; d20+14=29 ;
Friday August 16th, 2024 4:57:26 PM

Who is sleeping unarmed in the wild jungle? Yofiel's keen rapier lies next to her, her unstrung bow adjacent to that, with wool draped over it to keep jungle moisture at bay. By 'unstrung' - that does not mean the string is not on the bow. Rather, the string on one end is fixed to the small string channel, and towards the other end the loop is around the shaft of the bow, perhaps 80% of the way toward the opposite end. Pulling her blanket off, she places the far end of her bow against the rock near her feet, pushes the near end so the shaft of the bow presses against the rock, and with her other hand draws the string up to connect with the near end, and sets it in place. Quiver and bow taken up in left hand, rapier in the right, she sits up halfway, pushes off with her knees bent, lifts legs over her head and shoulder-rolls backwards from a tuck to a standing position using her acrobatics training, tucked between greenery about five feet or so from where she was resting. In a moment she will pull an arrow to nock it as her little and ring fingers hold the handle and pommel of her rapier against the palm of her hand, tip pointed downwards. [OOC: I have several times thus held a sword in my right hand as the index and middle finger of the same hand drew back the arrow shaft against the string, and loosed the arrow myself - with decent aim, to boot. I've also done the backward shoulder-roll while holding objects before - was trained in gymnastics/tumbling as a child]

Her move shifted her from i7 to h6 on the map. [I like the map!]

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Acrobatics: 24
Perception: 29

Kaze (JonS) HP 45/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7  Kaze Bite: d20+11=15 ; Damage if hits: d4+7=10 ; Patches Bite: d20+4=23 ; Damage: d6+3=9 ;
Friday August 16th, 2024 6:40:44 PM
Kaze rolls up, sees the dinos, he and Patches charge the "purple" Deinonychus. Even without a weapon he has his bite attack, as does Patches

OOC: So Patches can trip things, if she hits, haven't tried this before, I should start paying better attention to what my ride can do

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 
Friday August 16th, 2024 10:15:45 PM
((Perception DC = 0; hearing the sound of battle -10 to DC, is asleep +10 to DC))

Siolo is startled awake by Einar's shouts. He reflexively stand upon his four feet. He looks to see Einar mightily swing his sword at the dino. He hears Kaze and Patches engage the dino to the west. His head finally snaps to the south and sees an unengaged deinonychus. Without considering how, he begins an incantation and draws symbols in the dirt.

((stand; cast Hold Animal on the southern deinonychus Will DC 14))

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Saturday August 17th, 2024 12:29:49 PM
Siolo seems busy, so Dapple darts over to give Colt a Bit of Luck.

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20  d20+7=12 ; 2d4+7=10 ; d8=5 ;
Saturday August 17th, 2024 2:05:43 PM
Colt is caught off guard. He reaches for his staff, no, his glaive, and levers himself to his feet. Einar has one in hand. A quick glimpse to the other side shows that the others are reacting quickly. Colt tries to position himself between Dapple and the free deinochyus, but he's holding the glaive too high and it snags in an overhanging branch. He wrenches the blade down and swings it to point toward the dino.

[ooc] I planned most of that as flavor text, but take it as you will, Oh Kind and Generous DM. Net effect is Colt ends up where I put him on the map with a readied strike for any incoming dino that menaces him or Dapple. Glaive's got reach. Readied strike hits AC 12 and does 10 damage, but -- what's the Bit of Luck mechanic. I tried looking it up, but the spell description I read didn't match what I vaguely remember. Just in case rolling a d8 is correct I'm doing that. Brings my attack roll to 17. [/ooc]

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38 
Sunday August 18th, 2024 2:21:41 PM
"There she blows!" says Ezekiel in alarm. He stands up and throws on his mage armor.

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan Maps  d20=5 ; d20=20 ; d20+5=9 ; d20+5=24 ; d20+5=24 ; d20+5=14 ; d6+2=5 ; d6+2=4 ; d4+2=3 ; d20+5=8 ; d20+5=18 ; d3=2 ; d20+5=24 ; d6+2=4 ; d6+2=3 ; d4+2=5 ;
Monday August 19th, 2024 9:28:48 AM
Einar, after avoiding injury, decapitates the first dino giving the team their first real chance to see him in combat. (I think.)
Yofiel shows the grace and skill of someone seasoned by combat and quickly moves to arm herself for combat.
Unarmed does not mean without weapon in the case of Kaze and Patches and both try to bite the pink dino. Kaze cannot connect but Patches does. Patches doesn’t manage to trip the pink deinonychus.
Siolo spots the blue deinonychus and casts a spell which doesn’t seem to have any effect. {Nat: 20 on the save}
Dapple gives Colt a bit of luck.
Colt grabs his weapon and gets read to attack when the dino moves in.

Having been bit by a large dog the pink deinonychus attempts to end the creature. {@Patches: Hit: 24/24/14 | Dam: 5/4/3}
The blue dino shakes its head as the spell fails to land and pounces at Colt. {@ Colt Hit: 8/18/24 | Dam: 4/3/5} As it charges in Colt swings and does some damage to the dino. {See email re Bit of Luck}
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DAED Deinonychus Red - AC:16/12/13 HP: 0 DEAD
Deinonychus Lt Blue - AC:16/12/13 HP: -9
Deinonychus Purple - AC:16/12/13 HP: Full


Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38  d20+7=20 ; 4d6+1=21 ;
Monday August 19th, 2024 9:59:30 AM
"New spell time!" says Ezekiel excitedly.

He fires a "scorching ray" at the lt blue deino. Note because of his bloodline it does electrcitiy damage.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 (PBS) = 20 vs. touch AC. (Ezekiel has precise shot).
Damage: 4d6 + 1 (PBS) = 21 electricity.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+9=12 ; d6+4=7 ;
Monday August 19th, 2024 10:19:57 AM

Finding herself without a clear line of sight shot at either invader, Yofiel moves to g12, and lets fly an arrow at the purple (magenta?) deinonychus, but in her effort to avoid hitting Patches, the arrow flies too far to the left of her target.

Hit AC 12, damage 7 --> but likely ineffective

Einar (StevenVdB) RAGE 2/14 - HP78/78 - AC17/11/14 - CMD 23   d20+13=23 ; 2d4+10=16 ; d20+13=27 ;
Monday August 19th, 2024 11:00:06 AM
Einar smiles as the fist Deino falls at his feet. He quickly turns around to assess the situation. Closest now is the Light Blue Deino... Time to flank...

Einar moves from P9-P12 and then from P12-M12. This brings him behind Deino Light Blue. This one already dances with Colt so Einar can flank it. Once in position Einar takes another swing with is Falchion.

HITS AC23 - Damage 16

Einar hopes Deino LB, being attacked from both sides, will be intimidated. (Intimidate 27)

*** STATS ***
RAGE 2/14
Guarded Stance 1/3

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d20+3=15 ;
Monday August 19th, 2024 11:19:26 AM
Dapple moves closer to Light Blue and waves her little dagger at it. Light Blue blinks, possibly wondering what Dapple thinks she's doing.

[Aid Another action, 15, success. Einar has a +2 bonus in his next attack against Light Blue.]

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0  d20=8 ;
Monday August 19th, 2024 10:15:31 PM
Siolo-leopard pounces upon the nearby deinonychus, going in for a bite.

((Bite 8+6+2=16 to-hit, for 1d6+3 damage))

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20  d20+7=26 ; 2d4+4=8 ;
Monday August 19th, 2024 10:48:23 PM
Colt swings his polearm's tip at the dino's face to fend it off, steps carefully back, and, sighting along the guisarme's shaft jabs at the dino again.

[ooc] Gracious DM, last turn I accidentally added my to hit bonus to my damage roll. So 26 probably hits , but instead of the 8 damage rolled, take 3 off for the mistake = 5 damage. [/ooc]



Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 42/50 CMD 20 
Monday August 19th, 2024 10:53:13 PM
[ooc] Posting with updated header to reflect damage. [/ooc]

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan Maps  d20+5=24 ; d20+5=20 ; d6+2=4 ; d6+2=7 ; d20+5=23 ; d4+2=4 ;
Tuesday August 20th, 2024 9:26:10 AM
Ezekiel shocks the blue dino pretty good and it staggers about a moment.
Yofiel launches an arrow but it is lost in the jungle.
Siolo tries to bite the blue dino but misses.
Einar and Colt with aid from Dapple, finishes off the blue dino.

The purple dino, off to the west, continues to flail at its attackers attacking both Patches and Kaze. {@ Kaze Hit: 24/20 Dam: 4/7} {@Patches Hit: 23 Dam: 4}

Overhead the sloths watch the battle retreating from the area as quickly as they can, so they will be gone by morning.

DAED Deinonychus Red - AC:16/12/13 HP: 0 DEAD
DEAD Deinonychus Lt Blue - AC:16/12/13 HP: 0 DEAD
Deinonychus Purple - AC:16/12/13 HP:-5

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0  d20=16 ; d6=2 ;
Tuesday August 20th, 2024 9:48:56 AM
Siolo-leopard quickly turns and charges the last deinonychus, with teeth bared.

His new form feeling natural to him. The speed and balance from utilizing four legs as opposed to two is noticeable.

((16+6+2=24 to-hit, for 2+3=5 damage))

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+9=25 ; d6+3=5 ;
Tuesday August 20th, 2024 10:36:42 AM

Yofiel moves to d15 so as to have a clear line of sight to the critter without intervening friends. She shoots an arrow, striking the remaining late-night visitor this time with AC 25 for 5 hp damage. Patches is beginning to look in poor shape!

Einar (StevenVdB) RAGE 3/14 - HP78/78 - AC17/11/14 - CMD 23 
Tuesday August 20th, 2024 11:29:26 AM
Einar has no chance to getting near the last Deino. None the less he makes a double move... even if it distresses the deino or if he can draw an attack rather than his new friends, it is a win for Einar.

A double move brings Einar behind the last Deino, offering flanking bonus to Kaze and Patches.

With his Falchion dripping with Deino blood Einar waits his chance...

***** STATS *****
RAGE 3/14
Guarded Stance 1/3

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Tuesday August 20th, 2024 11:37:29 AM
Dapple runs as fast as her little halfling legs will carry her, which honestly isn't that fast. [Double move]

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38  d4+1=3 ; d4+1=5 ;
Tuesday August 20th, 2024 12:03:17 PM
Seeing the last dino surrounding, Ezekiel fires a pair of magic missiles from his wand at it.

"Watch out for the sloths!" he says. "They are slowly getting away!"

Force Damage: 3 + 5 = 8.

Kaze (JonS) HP 45/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 
Tuesday August 20th, 2024 4:38:23 PM
Seeing that his bite was ineffective, Kaze will unsheath his long sword, and wait to see if the Dino makes it through all of his friends' attacks

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 42/50 CMD 20  d20+7=24 ; d4=4 ; d4=4 ;
Tuesday August 20th, 2024 8:49:49 PM
Colt's road is shorter and more direct than Einar's. He stops just behind Patches and reaches over the dog to lance the dino with his guisarme.

[ooc] 24 to hit. Damage is the two d4s +4; so 12. [/ooc]

[ooc] Okay. That was Colt's best combat ever. [/ooc]

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan Maps 
Wednesday August 21st, 2024 9:31:57 AM
Arrows, magic and blades all find their mark and the final deinonychus falls a mangled pool of blood, bone and gore. Well and truely awake, in the middle of the night, the heroes stand triumphant but poor Patches is quite badly hurt. (maybe unconscious.?) The jungle is silent, the sounds of combat causing most creatures to hunker down so as not to be noticed, except the sloths. The sloths continue their rapid, by their standards, movement from the immediate area of battle.

It is just after midnight and the bodies of three dead dinos littler your campsite.

DAED Deinonychus Red - AC:16/12/13 HP: 0 DEAD
DEAD Deinonychus Lt Blue - AC:16/12/13 HP: 0 DEAD
DEAD Deinonychus Purple - AC:16/12/13 HP:-35 DEAD


Einar (StevenVdB) FATIGUED 3 rounds - HP68/68 - AC18/12/16 - CMD 19 
Wednesday August 21st, 2024 10:01:30 AM
With the last Deino dead Einar calms down... breathing heavy he feels weak. (Fatigued for 3 rounds taking -2STR and -2DEX)

"Where... they came... from?", is all he has to say for now.

***** STATS *****
Rage 3/14
Guarded Stance 1/3
Fatigued for 3 rounds

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d8+5=8 ; d8+5=8 ; d8+5=8 ; d20+14=29 ;
Wednesday August 21st, 2024 10:36:16 AM

The bard laughed at Ezekiel's warning about the slowly fleeing sloths. Then she saw poor Patches, often her defender, and very beat up. She comes to him. "Patches. Patches? Oooh poor boy." She casts cure light wounds on the dog, healing 8 hp damage. Then she notices Colt is lightly wounded, and heals 8 hp on him, as well (I think bringing him up to full hp). "That was a mighty swing you took, Colt!" she praises her young friend.

Having one more spell to spare, she returns her attention to the dog, and cures another 8 hp damage. [Wow, her healing is remarkably consistent this evening!]

She carefully pulls the arrow that helped fell the last deinonychus of the three, and cleans it off using an available leaf or two.

The dinosaur being fairly well sliced open, Yofiel checks to see if these are part vegetable inside, or just normal dinosaur meat, muscle, and bone, pulling out her everburning torch to help in the examination. Looking at where she had been standing, and recalling the angle the arrow had been aimed, she pushes through the brush looking to see if she could also find the shaft that had missed the purple invader. [Perception: 29 to find the arrow.] She found it half buried in the ground about 30 feet beyond the saur's body.

After she emerged from the brush with half a torn leaf stuck in her right braid, she addresses their newest member. "We were in the jungle - not as distant as we are now from Cloudhaven - a few weeks ago, Einar, and the place was teeming with dinosaurs, large and small, plus some winged pterosaurs. Honestly, I'm surprised this is our first encounter with some since we set out on this journey. They live around here, I expect."

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday August 21st, 2024 12:37:05 PM
If Patches is still hurt after Yofiel's treatment, Dapple is standing by with more healing spells.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38 
Wednesday August 21st, 2024 1:28:16 PM
"So how did those dino's sneak up on us like that?" says Ezekiel. "Wasn't someone on watch? Wait, was that me?"

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d8+5=8 ;
Wednesday August 21st, 2024 7:04:47 PM

"Wait! You got bitten, too, Kaze!" [which Kim failed to notice, as it was not in your header :-) ]

From the elf's spell-casting reserves, she shows her total healing consistency post-midnight by curing 8 hp of damage to Kaze. (Were you only down by 11 hp?)

Kaze (JonS) HP 42/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 
Wednesday August 21st, 2024 7:51:45 PM
[ooc: I always forget that, ugh]
Patches happily slober kisses Yofiel once she heals her

Kaze looks down, then realizes in the heat of battle he didn't realize he'd been bitten, "Hey Yofiel, you're right, when did that happen? As to who was on watch, I have a sneaky suspicion that they were here already, as this is a main path through the area, and were waiting for a tasty snack to wander by."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20 
Thursday August 22nd, 2024 8:02:17 AM
Colt thanks Yofiel for the healing. Then he begins cleaning his guisarme while he listens to the party talk. He frowns at Ezekial's question. How did the dinos get in that close?

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan Maps 
Thursday August 22nd, 2024 9:35:21 AM
Einar wonders where the attack came from as does Ezekiel.
Yofiel moves quickly when the fight is over healing Patches/ and Colt before noticing that Kaze is also wounded and heals him. Very busy after combat she finds the lost arrow and determines that there is not plantlife inside the dino, just normal bits.
Kaze suggests that the deinonychus may have been laying in wait to attack.
Colt likewise questions how they got so close.

Looking at the dinos and thinking about how they moved, in the little time they survived, it would be easy to figure that the dinos were very stealthy and could move very fast. They probably specialized in fast pack attacks.

It's the middle of the night and there is a bit of gore around but the rest of the night passes without incident. {Assuming any clean up would happen when you can all see better.) The next morning there is a drizzle of light rain that doesn’t bother you over much as most of it is delayed by the canopy above and it only drips occasionally as the water runs off the vegetation.

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21 
Thursday August 22nd, 2024 11:23:42 AM
Since everyone is questioning who was on watch Einar feels a bit ashamed that he failed to see the Deino's closing in. Some got hurt... especially patches... all because of him being distracted perhaps.

The next morning Einar is fully recovered from last night's rage. He cleans his falchion, enjoys the gentle rain that runs down his face and then he prepares to move out again.

"We leave their remains for the forest to clean up? We find outpost by midday"

If they start walking Einar takes his place back next to Kase. He looks down at Patches and says :
"Will keep better eye out next watch..." he says. If patches allows Einar will scratch behind the mastiff's ears.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday August 22nd, 2024 1:23:35 PM
Dapple checks her gear, then takes her place in the marching order. She walks along, enjoying the faint patter of rain on the leaves overhead.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 
Thursday August 22nd, 2024 2:57:49 PM
Siolo suggests that the crew moves the bodies of the dead dinos well away from the trail or the clearing. "There's no sense in suggesting to the locals that meals will come from these places regularly."

As the rain falls, it provides some solid white noise as they travel while Siolo thinks about what it was like to be the human sized cat.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+14=23 ; d20+4=21 ;
Thursday August 22nd, 2024 7:33:39 PM

"Maybe we can put better thought into how we place the ropes," Yofiel says. "Having some unexpected obstacle for opponents to run into can give us at least a little advance warning, and perhaps trip up a few of them. Between the three of us - or more, if they have good ideas - we should be able to figure a good way to set them up."

She concurs with Siolo, and will help to get the bodies at least a little ways off the trail - but is not wild about pulling them more than about ten or fifteen yards away from the path.

One thing not mentioned recently - Yofiel maps everywhere they go, and finds moments here and there to note significant landmarks, along with line maps and other pertinent information in helping retrace their pathways.
==========
Perception along the way: 23
Survival: 21 - for whatever application this may have along the way.

Kaze (JonS) HP 42/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7  PERC check: d20+10=16 ;
Thursday August 22nd, 2024 7:59:26 PM
Patches always loves scratches behind her ears and under her jaw ... she only allows belly rubs once she trusts folks ... Yofiel is on that list as is Kaze, at least at the moment.

Kaze looks up into the canopy, how far away have the sloths moved by morning ... "Maybe we need to pay attention to where plants and creatures are around us. This place isn't very friendly to folk. Those sloths seemed to know where it was ok to roost ... until the skirmish ran them off."



Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20 
Friday August 23rd, 2024 8:38:35 AM
Colt helps drag the bodies off the trail. While he does so, he thinks about the dino attack and how he might have paid better attention while on guard duty. "And you, Foggy. Why didn't you smell them coming?
You're supposed to to have keener senses than me.'

He listens to Kaze's comments on the sloths. "You're right, Kaze. They know where it's safe. Up in the trees. Maybe we should sleep up there."

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38 
Friday August 23rd, 2024 10:04:56 AM
"I forgot about the sloths," says Ezekiel. "We must be vigilant. They could be regrouping and preparing to a launch a counterattack."

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan Maps 
Friday August 23rd, 2024 10:33:19 AM
Einar suggests leaving the bodies where they are for the jungle to clear up but Siolo would prefer to move them. Yofiel agrees and the bodies are moved a bit away form the clearing. There is further discussion about using ropes more effectively when setting camp and other ways to keep by pretty much everyone except Ezekiel who is worried about a sloth attack.

Breaking camp and cleanup is done pretty quickly and, after any of those who need to prepare spells do so, the group is on the move again. At one point another path joins the current and overall you find things less overgrown from that point.

After a couple of hours Yofiel spots what looks like a torn cloak behind a fallen tree about fifty feet off the path. In fact it looks like there was a commotion of some sort over there but it is hard to make out details.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy)  d20+5=9 ;
Friday August 23rd, 2024 11:01:39 AM
Dapple stops and looks around. [Perception 9]

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+14=33 ; d20+4=18 ;
Friday August 23rd, 2024 11:06:39 AM

Yofiel quietly gets the attention of Kaze & Einar who are ahead of her. "Look over there - a torn cloak," she points to a tree about 50 feet off the path. "Some sort of skirmish? Let's be alert. I suggest we check it out." She relays the same message quietly to those behind her. She figures Colt can hear her both times.

She nocks an arrow, checks her rapier to make sure it will be easy to draw if necessary, and checks the coil of rope on her left hip to ensure it is accessible and not bound up on anything at the moment.

"Shall we form a wide arc to enter from multiple points?" she asks - "But we also want to be careful not to trample on footprints, unless we get in an immediate combat." She wants to see if her tracking skills will help her discern what happened there. And others in the group are even better than she at figuring out such.

The elf looks at the tree - what kind? How tall? What about adjacent foliage? From the trail she tries to get the lay of the land. Once she feels she has looked enough, and if people seem ready, she takes the center, signals for the others to start (or heeds any counsel to delay), then, if no one suggests delay, she heads straight for the tree, arrow readied.
=========
Perception: 33
Survival: 18

Kaze (JonS) HP 42/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7  Perception check: d20+10=13 ; Stealth check: d20+11=16 ; Survival Check: d20+8=13 ;
Friday August 23rd, 2024 1:03:42 PM
Kaze sees the cloak, and thinks for a moment, "We haven't passed any human'sih foot praints have we. Hey Einar, how would someone get here from the other side of the path?"

OOC: He's working on the assumption that someone coming from the other direction was attacked ... since his rolls didn't help him out any =)

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20  d20+8=25 ; d20+6=10 ;
Friday August 23rd, 2024 1:13:17 PM
Colt sheds his pack and creeps into the woods to Yofiel's left. He holds his guisarme ready and looks carefully for tracks or anything unusual as he picks his way through the forest understory.

Percpetion: 25
Survival : 10

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33 
Saturday August 24th, 2024 2:05:21 AM

[OOC: I found a seafaring song that Ezekiel might like: The Devil Down Below by Gaelic Storm]

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33 
Sunday August 25th, 2024 2:23:10 AM

At some point during Yofiel would have, or at least should have, mentioned to Dapple that Kaze is still very lightly wounded. He was down 3 hp after the post-midnight CLW that Yofi cast.

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21  d20=18 ; d20=11 ; d20+6=12 ;
Sunday August 25th, 2024 2:13:05 PM
(Don't know where the first 2 x D20 came from)

When Yofiel draws their attention Einar looks to where she points. He sees what Yofiel points at but not much more.... (Perception 12)

"Path leads to Outpost, Kaze," Einar answers.

Just in case Einar holds his Falchion a tiny bit firmer.

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan Maps 
Monday August 26th, 2024 9:35:10 AM
Moving cautiously and with many keen eyes an image of what happened begins to take shape. {Some great perception rolls on this.} There is a variety of plantlife around, the largest of which being the mighty Kapok Tree which can grow to over a hundred feet tall. There are many smaller trees and plants, a large action of this area is covered in xate plants {Auto correct really didn’t like xate.} Looking at the jungle floor you can see that there are drag marks, possibly of something humanoid size had been dragged here from the path you were on. Yofiel even notices a small bit of fabric snagged on a stick that appears to match the cloak. Getting closer you can see that the fallen tree is a rubber tree that appears to have fallen from natural causes and is starting to slowly rot.

Closer still you can see that there are in fact bodies behind the fallen tree, as though they were dragged out of site but the job was done very poorly. The bodies have, to a large degree, been consumed but you are sure these were humans that had been attacked by dinosaurs.. From a distance Yofiel can spot tracks of deinonychus that were larger than those you fought, probably full grown examples of the species. Looking from a bit away you see no movement in the area except for the odd insect flying about moving about on what is left of the bodies, none of the insects appear to be a threat.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Monday August 26th, 2024 11:51:15 AM
Dapple moves near where the bodies lie. She pulls out her dice and begins saying prayers for the dead.

Kaze (JonS) HP 42/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 
Monday August 26th, 2024 1:12:29 PM
When Kaze sees the bodies, he will offer his own prayers, helping the spirits move on to their next location. "Einar, do you happen to recognize these people, maybe you saw them at the Outpost, or have we just found a group of folks out in the jungle?"

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21 
Monday August 26th, 2024 1:39:21 PM
"I never stepped foot in outpost... did not trust me.. had to return without ingots."

First thing that comes to Einar is fear... fear Selene would be with these dead bodies... He hurries after Dapple to see for himself. Praying to his Queen that she is not...

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38  d20+12=15 ;
Monday August 26th, 2024 3:36:41 PM
"It would be nice to sometimes just show up a place and not be greeted by a bunch of dead bodies," says Ezekiel.

Ezekiel will do his detect magic thing.

Spellcraft: 15

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20  d20+6=19 ; d20+2=18 ;
Monday August 26th, 2024 7:11:57 PM
Colt echoes Ezekial. "I agree. Poor souls. I wonder how long they've been here. And why they were dragged off the trail. Some animals hide food, but this seems more like a humanoid thing."

[ooc] Colt tries to answer his own questions [/ooc]

Survival +6 -> 19
Heal +2 -> 18


Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0  d20=14 ; d20=3 ;
Monday August 26th, 2024 8:16:46 PM
With a newfound understanding of being a deinonychus, Siolo focuses on the scene and the tracks.

How did they attack? Why did they drag? Where did they go?

((Survival 14+12=26; Perception 3+12=15))

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+14=19 ; d20+14=16 ; d20+14=21 ;
Tuesday August 27th, 2024 4:07:21 AM

How do the sizes of the deinonychi foot imprints compare to those of the blue deinonychus that Maya sent against the party in the lowest level of the laboratory complex? Was the Maya-altered critter closer in size to the group of three that attacked last night, or to the larger ones whose tracks she notes?

"I've seen dogs and squirrels and other animals hide things, including prey, so their comportment does not seem terribly unusual."

She names the trees, and looks to see if any of the kapok fluff or pods that contain it may have dropped to the ground. As the dryad Delilah has recently made a rubber tree her new dwelling, she is acquainted with that species, and not only from Delilah. "In the Culverwood, some would harvest the whitish sap, and make balls that bounce. They also used it to coat fabric, and make it waterproof."

Mainly though, Yofiel considers the fallen. She sadly looks over the remains, and tries to judge about how long it may have been since the killing took place. Does it appear they all died about the same time? Or are there longer-deceased remains, and, uh, fresher ones?

The cloak, the matching bit of fabric on the stick. Does close examination of them grant any additional insights? She tries to suss out the pattern and what specifics she can discern about just how things may have occurred.

If any faces are in fair enough shape to be able to recognize, to describe to others, she will note them. Perhaps some were associated with the keep - or not.

The bard takes out paper and pen and sketches the layout of the scene. "Let me know if something jumps on me."

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan Maps 
Tuesday August 27th, 2024 10:53:37 AM
Some prayers are said over the bodies as the investigation goes on. It is more apparent that the deinonychus dragged the bodies out of sight, but as some of the party mentions, that is not unheard of in nature though it shows a bit planning than most dinos are known for. Yofiel examines the tracks more and gets the idea that the deinonychus the group recently fought were not fully mature whereas the ones that attacked here were full grown. {They are both medium creatures} She does not see any kapok fluff but there are pods high up in the large trees.

Colt and Siolo can work out that the bodies have been here for several weeks by the state of decay and the amount of insect activity. From the dragging signs it is safe to assume they were ambushed on the trail and then dragged off of it.

Ezekiel scans the area with detect magic and does come up with a couple of things. Off to the side there is a ripped bag with what can only be described as residual magic, this he identifies as a torn bag of holding. Nearby there are three potions, two of which look the same and one of which is different. There is also a mundane aquamarine bracelet laying near the potions along with some papers.

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21 
Tuesday August 27th, 2024 11:34:14 AM
"Bracelet good to find owner? Learn more who they are... and how they here now... ", Einar says now reassured Selene is not with the dead.

All he can do is pay his respect to the dead.

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Tuesday August 27th, 2024 11:41:22 AM
Dapple continues with her prayers.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38  d20+12=17 ; d20+12=29 ; d20+12=30 ;
Tuesday August 27th, 2024 12:34:10 PM
"Did anybody lose a bag of holding?" asks Ezekiel. "Slightly ripped. So...not so much a bag of holding now I suppose. A bag of leaking?"

Ezekiel will attempt to identify the potions:
Spellcraft: 17, 29, 30.

Kaze (JonS) HP 42/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 
Tuesday August 27th, 2024 3:08:09 PM
Kaze looks at all his companions doing cool stuff. He looks around and then up to see if the sloths have caught up to them yet, and to try and figure out what time it is ... like another well-known "bear-kin" his tummy is rumbly

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20 
Tuesday August 27th, 2024 6:20:49 PM
"These bodies have been here a long time. I wonder if they were killed before or after the attack on Cloudhaven. Hey, Yofiel, are we burying them? "

Colt hopes she says no. We're going to have to start bringing digging tools if we're going to bury all the dead bodies we find, or axes to cut wood for burning the bodies. This doesn't augur well for the fate of the outpost.

"Einar, how long ago were you at the outpost?"

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+15=16 ; d20+15=17 ; d20+15=25 ;
Wednesday August 28th, 2024 2:24:26 AM

Yofiel checks to verify Ezekiel's evaluation of the contents of the potion vials. His evaluative abilities are sharper in each case than hers, but what she offers gives him a +2 on each item identification. (16/17/25)

How many bodies or remnants of same do we count here? Being several weeks dead, that's a fair bit of time in this moist environment and insect assitance to accelerated things, as opposed to the bodies they so recently found in the much drier laboratory cavern complex. "No, they were not killed at the same time as the attack on Cloudhaven. Much later. I'd say a month or two ago, roughly."

Papers. Yofiel has this thing about papers. She picks up the ones she finds, and begins sorting through them, seeing what information they might have to offer.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0  d20=11 ;
Wednesday August 28th, 2024 9:42:48 AM
Siolo continues looking around the clearing for the tracks and tries to identify in what direction they left.

((Survival 11+12=23))

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan Maps 
Wednesday August 28th, 2024 9:55:43 AM
Ezekiel is able to easily figure out that there are two potions of cure light wounds and one potion of endure elements left from the attack. Siolo looks for the directions the attacking dinos may have left towards but it hs simply been to long an other creatures have come by for an easy meal he would guess.

The sheets of parchment that were found seem to tell the tale of these folks being traders. While time and exposure has made them hard to read and you only get bits of the full information you can see that three of these are receipts. There are two different receipts for alchemical components and a third receipt for magical reagents. The final sheet appears to be a shopping list that, while extremely damaged, seems to correspond to the receipts. Unfortunately if the items were being transported in the destroyed bag of holding they are lost to a pocket dimension.

Einar wonders who the bracelet belongs too but as it is not listed on any of the receipts it will remain a mystery. Colt wonders about burying the bodies or if they should leave them. The three bodies are quite far gone at this point and their mundane effects hare ripped and destroyed as they were torn in the attack and what was done to the bodies save for a mundane short sword that is found a bit back from where the bodies ended up.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Wednesday August 28th, 2024 12:29:37 PM
"I don't think we have time to bury the bodies," Dapple says. "And they're pretty far gone already."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33 
Wednesday August 28th, 2024 12:45:37 PM

In the discussion regarding the disposition of the bodies, Yofiel hesitates. "Perhaps we might attend to them on our return trip. I hate to leave people's remains such as they are. I have a crowbar, but no shovel with me. Thank you for your prayers over the bodies of these poor souls, Dapple."

She looks around. "If there is no more to be done here today then, shall we resume our journey?"

If people seem amenable to that suggestion, she sings a short piece in elvish sung when a person has departed the body, then returns to the trail, waits for all to assemble, then heads again along the way.

Kaze (JonS) HP 42/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7  Cue Pink Panther music: Perception check: d20+10=21 ;
Wednesday August 28th, 2024 1:16:47 PM
Kaze is ready to press forward. This finding of dead bodies raised concerns in his head about the safety of him and his friends on this trail; though he doesn't say anything for the moment, he keeps an eye open for danger.

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 
Wednesday August 28th, 2024 8:20:49 PM
Siolo enters the clearing from the thicker brush.

"It happened a bit back and there is no sign where the adult deinonychus squad went. We might as well continue in my opinion."

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+14=31 ; d20+4=24 ;
Thursday August 29th, 2024 4:12:11 AM

For this next leg of the trip, Yofiel's Perception is 31; her Survival: 24.

She is on the alert!

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21  d20+6=7 ;
Thursday August 29th, 2024 7:56:56 AM
When Colt questions Einar about the time he passed this trail Einar answers : "Left home when all was still safe and sound. By the time I got back everything was destroyed... It was just a few days travel to and from the Outpost... Lady Yofiel saw these bodies... I did not see them now and I did not then. "

"We should soon arrive at the outpost if my memory serves me right..."

There can be a T-Rex in front of you on the trail... Einar will not see it... (perception 7 - natural 1...)

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38  d20=11 ;
Thursday August 29th, 2024 8:18:04 AM
"These two are potions of endure wounds, and this one is a potion of cure light elements," says Ezekiel.

Ezekiel looks for Einar's T-rex but does not find it.

Perception: 11.

Off To See The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan Maps 
Thursday August 29th, 2024 9:21:39 AM
The bodies are left where they are with idea of returning to lay them to rest. Without the proper tools it would be a challenge to dispose of them anyway.

The path would be more familiar to Einar but he seems to be having some vision problems at the moment, at one point he even walks into a fairly large tree. Fortunately Yofiel and Kaze are keen eyed and know the way of the jungle. There is the sound of the normal jungle life but no sign of predators that could pose a threat as you travel. Sadly the family of sloths has been left far behind, while their minds were willing their bodies could just not handle the pace set out by our heroes walking though the jungle.

After a bit the path is clearly more cared for. Even the undergrowth to the sides of the path looks different, while it is still there it seems not to block site lines as much as it did further back meaning an sneak attack would be much more difficult. About forty minutes after the path becomes better maintained the party sees the first sign of habitation. About twenty feet off the path there is a small stand up in the tree, maybe a hunters blind? It is nothing but a very small platform with nothing on it and it is currently not in use. If it is pointed out to Einar, who doesn’t see it, he was told that this is sometimes used as a lookout post by the outpost.


Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+8=17 ; d20+14=15 ; d20+14=31 ;
Thursday August 29th, 2024 11:29:51 AM

"That's pretty close, Ezekiel. For clarification, that's two potions of cure light wounds and one potion of endure elements."

After a while, she spots a small platform up a tree. "Hey, a lookout post! I'm going to check it out. Hold up, guys in front." She takes the rope from her hip, looks up, and along the trunk. Have little spots been prepared to make climbing easy? Or is it simply a fairly easy tree to climb? If so, she climbs without the rope. If it looks tougher, she will take a moment to loop the rope over a branch to assist her climb.

Looks like she can do it without the rope. Once up to the platform, she takes a look around to see what advantage the additional height gives. She nocks an arrow, then calculates how far the local foliage might let her shoot, aiming here and there - but not actually loosing an arrow. Aim, relax, aim, relax... She tells those below what she sees. She looks up the path ahead to see if she has line of sight to another platform, or even the keep.

Once done, findings reported, she descends, and continues on with the group.

=============
Climb: 17
Perception: 15 - okay, but not outstanding - while in the lookout
Perception: 31 - for the rest of the journey, or until the next finding or encounter

Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Thursday August 29th, 2024 1:27:47 PM
"I wonder why there's no lookout posted now?" Dapple says.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38 
Thursday August 29th, 2024 1:43:20 PM
"Isn't that what I said?" asks Ezekiel.

"Maybe the lookout looked out and saw what they were looking out for so the lookout stopped looking out for it."

Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 18 T 14 FF 14 HP 50/50 CMD 20 
Thursday August 29th, 2024 6:47:53 PM
"If the outpost was attacked, they might not have enough people to man this lookout." Colt bites at his lower lip. He's clearly thinking about the worst possibilities, but he doesn't say anything.

Kaze (JonS) HP 42/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 
Thursday August 29th, 2024 6:56:05 PM
Kaze echo's Colt's statement, "If this outpost was attacked, we might not find anybody alive."

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21 
Friday August 30th, 2024 6:38:38 AM
Einar doesn't know what to expect... so best he can do is prepare for trouble...
He proceeds with the group with his Falchion in hand. The outpost didn't welcome him last time he was here... not sure how he looks now with some spilled Deino blood on his clothes and a Falchion readied.

Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 38/38 
Friday August 30th, 2024 8:38:10 AM
"Great, more dead bodies," says Ezekiel. "It would be nice to find a living body once."

Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 
Friday August 30th, 2024 3:52:13 PM
"Agreed Ezekiel, it would be nice to find somebody alive. Someone who knows what has happened.," Siolo adds, following the rest.

Kaze (JonS) HP 42/45 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 
Friday August 30th, 2024 4:29:49 PM
Kaze will wander over to a tree and knock on it three times, "Here's to finding living people, and not carnivorous plants, or hungry hungry dinos"

The Outpost | Co-GM Ryan Maps 
Friday August 30th, 2024 7:27:16 PM
Yofiel can easily climb up into the lookout post, there are protrusions from the back of the free that work as handholds. Know Nature DC14 Highlight to display spoiler: { These hand holds where most likely made by a druid or something similar. } As she climbs there is discussion about the reason for the lookout and its unmanned state as well as fears of a potential attack.on the Outpost.

The platform in the tree is empty but there, once up, it can be seen that the platform is part of the tree itself. Just over a foot from the platform another small shelf grown from the tree can be see that is clearly a natural curved bench, the whole thing giving 135 degrees of seating around the trunk. No personal items have been left and the platform does not look to be very well used. Looking back where there is no seat there is an oddity in the jungle, a wall of vegetation after a couple of switchbacks in the path. The wall of vegetation itself appears covered in sharp spikes and is not the most inviting place to say the least.

On the ground, with time to look around, Einar finds this area more familiar and mentioned that he was stopped not far from here and not allowed any further. The outpost appears to be just ahead and there is no sign of there having been an attack.


Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) 
Saturday August 31st, 2024 10:40:09 AM
Dapple is content to wait until Yofiel returns to tell them what she saw.

Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 5th AC 16/16/14 HP: 33/33  d20+15=23 ;
Saturday August 31st, 2024 9:09:01 PM
Yofiel relates all the info the DM gave above!

Knowledge: Nature: 23

[Sorry, will post better later.]
{Okay, here's the 'later' post tacked on}

Yofi on descending tells the others of what she saw. "If you look at the first part of the trunk, it looks like the footholds on the way up may have been formed by a druid or a greenmage. It's quite simple to climb - do so, if you wish.

"The platform above is part of the tree itself. Just above the area for the feet is a small shelf - really a bench for sitting. It goes about 3/8ths of the way around the trunk. It's empty, otherwise - I don't find anything left behind. Looking up the path behind the bench - I see a few switchbacks, then it looks like a wall of spiked vegetation. We will have to walk ahead to figure that out better."

As said in an earlier post, she heads up the trail toward the outpost - is the way blocked by the spiky vegetation?

Einar (StevenVdB) - HP68/68 - AC19/13/16 - CMD 21 
Monday September 2nd, 2024 8:40:21 AM
"This is as far as I got last time... anyone with a friendly face to go first?"

Einar just waits to see the more diplomatic folk doing their magic.

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