Odo takes advantage of the creature leaving itself open to attack, and with Pan's aid, his strike is true. The Spriggan's wounds are fast becoming serious.
Marco returns Wei Ji to his usual size as Frost moves in, swinging at the Spriggan, but missing her mark. As she enters his reach, he swings his morningstar, but loses his grip on it's greasy haft and drops it again.
Odo strikes yet again, smiting the creature in the name of Sarenrae and the Spriggan falls, soon returning to his original size.
Wei Ji takes the opportunity to heal the noble halfling paladin and feels a sting that brings to mind a pinprick or perhaps a bee-sting. Over his shoulder, the last Atomie has flashed back into view as she stabs the tengu with her tiny rapier. She places her tiny fist on her hip again, this time speaking in common.
"Hey! How you get big again? Poo! Bad birdies not play fair!"
Prep round, walking up:
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Marco – draws scroll, casts mage armor
Frost – no prep actions?
Odo – uses wand of bless weapon
Wei Ji – casts bless
Quinn and Bacchus – calls Bacchus over, cast magic fang on Bacchus
Pan – no prep actions
Surprise Round
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Enemies:
Purple – casts at Wei Ji to no effect
Orange – casts at Frost to no effect
Blue – fires crossbow on Odo, misses
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Odo – steps up, strikes Blue for 5 damage
Wei Ji – moves past the gate
Quinn and Bacchus – casts resistance on self / flies, attacks orange, misses
Pan – identifies creatures
Enemies:
Purple – casts at Wei Ji and succeeds in reducing him!
Orange – casts at Quinn to no effect
Blue – steps out from the greenery and grows large!
Marco – Casts grease upon Morningstar
-Blue drops Morningstar
Frost - delay
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Odo – detects and smites evil on Blue for 11 damage
Wei Ji – draws and inhales Litheria Blossom
Quinn and Bacchus – fires on Purple, misses / ravages orange for 17 damage, downing her.
Pan - aids Odo's next attack(AOO)
Enemies:
Purple - flutters back, scolding Bacchus and disappears!
Orange – dying, unconsious, stable
Blue - picks up Morningstar, provoking AoO, steps back and strikes at Odo dealing 13 damage
_Odo hits with Pan’s Aid for 9 damage
Marco – enlarges Wei Ji
Frost – moves in and swings, misses, provoking AOO
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Blue - tries to swing for Frost, drops Morningstar again
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Odo - smites evil on Blue for 11 damage, bringing him down
Wei Ji – CLW on Odo for 4 hp
Quinn and Bacchus
Pan
Enemies:
Purple
Orange – dying, unconsious, stable
Blue - dying, unconsious,
Marco
Frost
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Odo
Wei Ji
Quinn and Bacchus
Pan
Enemies
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The tengu blinks, then pokes himself with his wand, because hey, it's a thing.
"Wow! You're really good with your sword! And to be honest, I'm not quite sure how getting big happened? I was kind of looking forward to a nice game of tag! But we're on an errand to recover something quickly in the Henge that's not being used right, and I would be willing to play a game of tag with you and your friend on top of the hedge in the future -- say, a half-moon from now -- if we can finish our errand first, please? If we're good enough at our task, we might ALL get to play, wouldn't that be fun?"
Games children play sometimes can educate the wisest of sages. Now, does this sound like something agreeable to them?
If someone attempts to attack the atomie that Wei is talking to, he will attempt to defend the atomie by interposing between her and any attacker.
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Quinn calls her hawk back to her wrist so that his natural instinct to attack the diminutive fey can be controlled.
She steps up and adds, "I'm sorry my friend here", motioning towards Bacchus, "played so rough with your friend. If you agree to Mister Wei Ji's bargain, we can help wake up your friend, if you like."
The Atomie smiles, clearly charmed by Wei Ji's praise of her martial ability. "I am good, huh! Lookit!" She makes a few showy parries and thrusts against an imaginary opponent for the tengu's benefit. "You look tough too with your big sword and shiny black wings. Can you fly with those? Oh, that would be a fun game of tag... Ok! We look for you later when you can play. You're going to be busy trying to talk to boring druids. All they do is chant, chant, chant. Sooo booooring..." The little fairy feigns falling asleep, making comical little buzzing snores.
Quinn calls her hawk back to her wrist so that his natural instinct to attack the diminutive fey can be controlled.
She steps up and adds, "I'm sorry my friend here", motioning towards Bacchus, "played so rough with your friend. If you agree to Mister Wei Ji's bargain, we can help wake up your friend, if you like."
She sheathes her rapier and flies to the top of the hedge, eyeing Bacchus warily as she checks on her friend. "That would be very nice of you. Birdies don't usually bite us. Maybe he's just hungry."
She carries her friend down from the hedge for waking up and sticks her tongue out at the unconscious Spriggan. "Don't wake him up, though. He's a little meanie, except when he's a big meanie! Ha ha! Just like those Twigjacks inside, they don't play nice either."
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"Yes, I can fly, but only for a little while. I get tired easily because it's something fun and new!" "Oooh, chanting? That can be kind of boring."
"Master of Masters, save this one." The tengu gently pats the fallen atomie.
And then he pokes it gently with the wand.
"Twigjacks? What do they do? I've never met one."
The diminutive fairy looks around, back toward the Hedge. She flutters some distance away and beckons you closer before she again speaks in a lowered voice. "Twigjacks are sneaky! They look like a bundle of kindling walking around, all sticks and thorns. They're briar folk and can move through the Henge walls with ease. And if they really don't like you, they spray you with their thorns!" You can tell by her tone that she finds this tactic very not nice.
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"Well, then. If you're going to say it that way, I've got this little puncture where our friend landed a very nice hit. You should be able to get it through the arm-hole on my breastplate."
"This also means if we've got fire, we need to bring it, and torches might not be a bad idea, either. And we're on a timer."
Forewarned and forearmed, the tengu attempts to sneak on ahead to scout out the passageway.
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Marco nods his head in approval at the diplomatic success. As the others heal up, he poses a question to the Atomie, "Clearly, you'd enjoy watching a good fight. And these hedges look like quite the maze. Why don't you help us get through this maze to find those boring druids quickly so that we can keep the excitement going?"
Marco nods his head in approval at the diplomatic success. As the others heal up, he poses a question to the Atomie, "Clearly, you'd enjoy watching a good fight. And these hedges look like quite the maze. Why don't you help us get through this maze to find those boring druids quickly so that we can keep the excitement going?"
The Atomies chatter to each other for a moment and then the one wearing purple decides to give you some directions. "Right or left, both ways lead to druid chanting chamber. Left is storage. Right is sleeping place. Keep to the edges though, twigjacks usually in the middle. Good luck, and ta-ta for now!" The fairies give you a cheerful salute and then go invisible again, the buzz of their wings growing more distant until they are gone.
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The tengu keeps every sense open as he creeps along ahead of the party towards the 'supply area'. While it might be good and neat to hit the 'sleeping' area, he's not confident in the rest of the party to be as stealthy as he is.
He listens, feels the breeze on his feathers, and allows any wafting aromas to enter his nasal cavity as he moves, ready for ambush at any turn with blade and sword out.
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"I have an idea: I have a scroll of expeditious retreat and a thunderstone. Wei Ji can scout the right, and if there are foes there asleep, I'll head that way alone while the rest of you go left. I'll drop some grease between me and the sleeping place, hit the sleepers with the thunderstone, and retreat. It should slow them, and draw any other druids in these hedges to that side, and clear the other path for you. And hopefully, my speed will help me be gone before any of them can catch me."
This long, wide area is partially roofed by a sheet of woven bark. Under the bark sheet rest several casks, boxes, and simple pieces of furniture. Gourds dangle from the thorny walls as though hung on hooks. Three breaks in the bramble walls lead west, south, and east.
As the friendly Atomie reported, it appears the Briar Henge druids use this room for storage, relying on the woven bark to keep rain off their goods. The stores include dried food, spare bedding, a washbasin, and so forth. The gourds contain fresh drinking water. Wei Ji peruses the stored goods, and notices a large leaf folded around something like a wrapping. Inside, he finds a dozen small berries similar in appearance to blueberries, but shiny green in color.
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While kind of thankful that he's being followed, Wei missed part of Marco's plan. At least for the moment, though, the path to the supply area seems secure, so the party should be able to move up to that location at least without drawing too much attention.
Keep to the outside. Left to the storage.
He'll point out the berries to Pan quietly.
He's going to keep his senses sharp while the empiricist takes a look, and hopes the rest of the party catches up. He doesn't want to get too far ahead, but he also doesn't want the flower to run out before the party engages...
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Quinn will stay towards the rear of the group, relying on her ranged abilities.
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"Brave plan, Marco, but we should stick together the best we can. We do not want to be attacked from both sides if we can avoid it."
Odo gives the scouts to the left a head start before following. He attempts to stay about a corner or so behind them - able to react, but hopefully not close enough to give them away.
The sounds of Druidic chanting leads you onward, keeping to the edges as the Atomie advised. The path ahead opens onto a wide area on the east side of Briar Henge with a roughly circular shape. Four tall, thin spires of ancient stone thrust up from the ground at irregular intervals like malformed teeth. To the west, two thicker stones are capped with a third horizontal stone, forming a crude gateway. A thick piece of charred bark is suspended in this gateway by a web of crackling energy. The crackling energy pulses outward from the bark into the dolmen stones, and from there into the ground.
Four Druids of elven heritage circle around the stones, chanting their enigmatic ritual.
Surprise Round
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Quinn and Bacchus
Wei Ji
Odo
Marco
Frost
Pan
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Enemies:
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There's really no cure for it for the tengu. He's not going to be able to close the distance due to the meandering walls of the hedge, and having the drop on the opponent is less than helpful given the distance that has to be traveled to use it.
Still, that doesn't stop him from approaching with massive sword and board out, defensively preparing as he moves. He'll be a bit shy for melee, unfortunately.
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Quinn sends her hawk in the air with a simple command, "Hunt..." The raptor's eyes narrow as he assumes his orbit above.
With that the huntress says a silent prayer and casts Guidance upon herself as she checks her arrow placement in her quiver and the reach of her shortswords on her back.
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