We have at last found our long lost father and saved him from certain doom from that bastard gnome. But we have slain him and his fellow cohorts and sent them all to certain doom.
I am envious of the cleric, father gave him the pretty amulet. Oh well I will get my own someday. Oh yes the sparkling gem stone. I wonder if thorin will let me hold it during our trip back? thinks Mon. "Are we heading back to town now? Father can tell us story's of his travels abroad." Mon asks everyone else.
I would like to check the foot prints of the two sneaky guys we just sent to the underworld. And Mon I am going to smack you with the broad side of my axe if you keep getting my name wrong. We have been brothers for a long time now....
And Mon if you think I am going to let you carry anything you are out of your mind. The last time I let you hold a bag of coin, I found the bag a couple of days later laying on the floor of our room empty.
And Mon if you think I am going to let you carry anything you are out of your mind. The last time I let you hold a bag of coin, I found the bag a couple of days later laying on the floor of our room empty.
"I am sorry Sore_end. Heehee. I didn't want to hold anything any ways. Hmph." Mon snickers and runs toward Dad.
After that mon says, "Should we head back to town? I bet Dacs chainmail is ready."
Mon wonders to him self if there is any thing else laying around that might be worth something.
Mon makes a perception check for any thing of value laying around. (1d20 9=16)
If Thorend becomes a pally then we would be adding healing.
Mon says "I am guessing we are finished here at the grave yard so lets head back."
The footprints match their shoes but don't match any other footprints you have seen...these prints are smooth (no hobnails), short and wide. The footprints from the scene of the murder were long and narrow with a smooth print and short and wide with hobnails.
While the others are checking out the hobnailedness of the various shoes. Dac will ask again if any one wants to go and collect the young womans body to see if the town cleric can/will raise her. After all if it is possible then we can get some information from here if she is willing. If not then at least we may earn some points with whatever wizards gild she belongs to.
While the others are checking out the hobnailedness of the various shoes. Dac will ask again if any one wants to go and collect the young womans body to see if the town cleric can/will raise her. After all if it is possible then we can get some information from here if she is willing. If not then at least we may earn some points with whatever wizards gild she belongs to.
Yes that could be a good idea. I think it would be worth while and indeed maybe we'll get some additional info or we could be reviving an important person involved in the opening of the void.
After all it does seem odd that she is out here.
Only heros can be raised. Normal people cannot. There may be something that would allow us to speak to the dead but that is about all we can do. Of course this discussion is out of character. When have we ever seen someone raised from the dead?
In my training as a fighter for Kord, I have heard that it may be possible for a very heroic person to be brought back to life but have never seen it. This young woman would not be a canidit for such a gift from a god.
Kord has granted me the ability to heal 3 times a day now. Not sure this will help if Lance leaves us since he could heal at least twice per encounter.
If this woman was wearing this ring she might be of rank to be savable, however Avandra is the only temple I know of that is close enough to perform this ritual and they have very strict rules on who qualifies for this service. I doubt the woman would qualify given the poor history between the Mages of Saruun and Avandra. A divination might be more likely but that would require Siser Linora to make the trek to the body and she's loathe to leave the confines of Winterhaven. We'd need to find some way to get the mage from the falls to Winterhaven.
He shrugs and continues...
These rituals take time and cost a lot to perform. That bastard Agrid took my coin purse and spent it on hiring those four thugs you killed back at the dragon burial site. Knowledge of this particular woman's intentions or history won't change the fact that we have some whacked out Orcus priest trying to bring the abyss to Winterhaven's door step. It's hard to say what the right thing to do is, but we don't have much time to do it in.
These rituals take time and cost a lot to perform. That bastard Agrid took my coin purse and spent it on hiring those four thugs you killed back at the dragon burial site. Knowledge of this particular woman's intentions or history won't change the fact that we have some whacked out Orcus priest trying to bring the abyss to Winterhaven's door step. It's hard to say what the right thing to do is, but we don't have much time to do it in.
Mon bites his lip and then with a drop of blood on his lip finaly says "Well Pops....uhh...we could, well I mean we have earned...uhh hmmm.."
Mon stops and thinks to him self for a second."Gosh darn it Pops, we have a bit of coin that might pay for it but damn it, it better be worth it. That was some hard earned coin that we have and it better not be used for information that is useless. Maybe though we could at least go get the wizard and bring her into town. Maybe we could get a better price then making Siser Linora come all the way to it. Or is a divination required to be performed at the location?"
What have I told you about greed Mon? It will be your undoing one of these days and I will be greatly saddened when it does.
I have no idea if she would have anything valuable to pass on or not. That's why people do a divination is it not? Any anger you have that results from what she says will be solely your responsibility. Do not inflict it on your brothers.
I am sure these rituals take a day or more. I think we should focus our energy and time on keeping the rift closes. After that we can investigate the death. What are you in love with this person whom you have never meet? Or should I say lust??
Let's focus, we have to try to stop the fools that want to open the rift or there will be a lot more dead.
They needed a special mirror.
Do we have any way of keeping them from getting another one? Is that what we need to put our efforts into?
Would it do any good to go back to town and ask about/study up on Rift Opening 101?
I think we should go back to town, see if Valthrun has come back with any information on how to keep the rift from opening. If he is not back we may need to track him down. And then go to the Shadowkeep to see if we can stop whomever from opening the rift.
What have I told you about greed Mon? It will be your undoing one of these days and I will be greatly saddened when it does.
I have no idea if she would have anything valuable to pass on or not. That's why people do a divination is it not? Any anger you have that results from what she says will be solely your responsibility. Do not inflict it on your brothers.
A smirk creeps across Mon's face
Yes your right Father indeed it maybe my undoing and it is indeed a terrible task for me to over come. Mark my words though, I intend on helping us all. So I will gladly go on yours and my older brothers words. For they always ring truthful when my heart is burden with gold. More importantly it is the task that has been laid at our feet to destroy those who are intent on opening the rift. So I as well say we head back to town and talk with Valthrun and see what news he has brought back. So we are off to town then.
(whisper to the group) Brothers, this can't be good. Pedraig looks he's about to be attacked. And from the way the guards and others are acting, I'm afraid they may think we are in league with the bad guys. I wonder what lies the unknown villain has told about us. Which one of us brothers has a high charisma and would be good at negotiating in case, we need to convince Pedraig that we are not with the bad guys.
(whisper to the group) Alternately it could be that Pedraig and the rest are just scared that they are going to be overwhelmed. How can we find out what info they have that we don't? Will Valthrun fill us in?
After seeing the exchange between Valthrun and Pedraig, Mon speaks up "We better go check and see if Draconis's armor is ready yet. We can catch back up with Valthrun after that and see what he has found out for us."
"Good idea." says Arin. "Hopefully things will have calmed down by then. Also, the armorer should have some truths and rumors about what's going on."
You boys go ahead, I'll see if I can knock some sense into that Khorani blockhead.
"I hope Dad can fill him in. If we can stop the rift being opened, then the town doesn't need defending. Even if we can hold them at first, a siege can defeat us." says Arin. "defending the town would be just be delaying the inevitable."
"My brothers, I must have taken a blow to the head during battle, I don't remember..." says Arin sheepishly, "Do you think there someone in town I or we can go talk to and brush up on the lore about rifts? I'm hoping to find out if there a key point, a lynch pin we should be looking for during our explorations and encounters. It seems to be a good idea to break any mirrors we see on the villains."
"Hmm, I seem to remember something about those rifts." Mon replies.
Knowledge arcana on rift (1d20 6=14)
Arin thinks and checks his notebook for anything to do with rifts.
( Along with his spell book, he keeps a notebook full of scribbled notes and bits of info that he thinks might be helpful someday, like "There is a rumor that gelatinous cubes will follow a trail of cinnamon power." and "It's not a good idea to kid a Tiefling about hats."
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/ On the very bottom is the BBCode link. If you click on the code following it, that will copy the code then you can paste it into your post here. Do a test. Also if you type your name into the box on top, you will be able to use the search box there for all of your previous rolls. Pretty cool die roll site.
I need to find a heavy shield. And some healing potions.
Valthrun is the sage of the town. He said he needed to go to the next town to get more information on the rift. I am glad to see he is back. Bairwin is someone who left right after he did and I suspect that he is in league with Iron Tooth. Ooo we should search his house from top to bottom to see if there is anything there.
Padraig is probably mad because we left the town to look for our father while Valthrun when to get more info. He really wants us to defend the town. Hopefully the news about the mirror being broken and delaying the opening of the rift will help calm him down. Where is Buc?
I need to find a heavy shield. And some healing potions.
Yes indeed and Thair the Blacksmith should also have our crossbow bolts ready as well. I sure could use some now that I am almost out.
Thair turns your way and almost looks comical as he blinks the sweat out of his strangely clean eyes, white and blue in a face black with soot. He grins tiredly and welcomes you back. Joey is sitting on the low stone parapet around the edge of the building cross-legged as he is tying points to arrows that have been freshly fletched. Rory is busily hammering rings into the hemline of a nearly complete chain shirt.
"Aye," Thair admits ruefully,"I'm sorry for the quality of the shirt. It's the best we could do in a day full of a mountain of other things to be done." He grimaces ruefully and gestures to Dac,"bring it back when you are done killing the beasties so we can re-do the links and clean it up properly. It will serve for now though." He also hands you a bucket of crossbow quarrels. "I think there's 50 or so in there to share amongst yourselves. That's the most that Pedraig will let me give ya given you are leaving the town. Now...for shields. I don't have any but there is a bunch of weapons piled near the big ol siege engines they dragged out this afternoon. If you tiptoe over there I suspect no one will mention it to Pedraig if you keep it down low. They have Winterhaven's crest on them so don't let him see that you have them. He thinks your intentions are foolish. I for one am glad you are looking to fight there rather than here. I'd hate to see any of the villagers get hurt. These are nae fighting folk and even with spears and shields they won't last a day. Their hearts are good but we know what that's worth against the likes of that Orcus fellah."
Arin makes a point to direct his words to his brothers and Thair. This may be common knowledge to the town but there is no reason to cause a panic if it's not. "Thair, you are right. If only some of the lore about Orcus was true, we would need dozens of Epic level heroes to defend this town if Orcus got loose. Preventing the rift is our best option."
I think I will go over to the pile and take a look while Padraig is in the tavern with Valthrun and our father. I will just bundle it with my backpack to cover the front so that the emblem is not showing. Do not need it in town. We should also search Bairwin's house throughly.
Perception on arrows. (1d20 1=2)
I think those bolts aught last for now. You see anything interesting Arin?
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I need to find a heavy shield. And some healing potions.
[ooc]No I will go with Thorend to collect my chain mail. I have a diplomacy of 8 and if necessary a intimidate of 10. A little bit of garlic in tonights dinner perhaps I can a bonus for any intimidation rolls that come along this evening[ooc]
[/QUOTE="Dac"]No need to tug the shirt tails Torend, I'm coming. Perhaps Thair Coalstiker will have a few more cross bow bolts ready for us as well[/QTOTE]
1d20+1=3 I am leaving the blacksmiths for the pile of shields. Is there a difference between a tower and large or hugh?