Adventure Path Reign of Winter

Game Master Almonihah

Slides will be updated to night after work, however you all are roughly 15 ft away from the creature, also hope you all have had your health insurance updated for spore removal

The crocodile missed it was so close to connecting

~~Round 1~~
Bold to act
Maka
G
Sakitu
Hace
Bulvi
Fin
Quasit

The look on Maka's face grew more confused as the conversation moved on. Unsure of how to act, Maka had been hoping that Issy would have been able to make the decision for her. "Agh fine, let's see how it likes fire then!" She said before sending a blast of fire at the mold.

Swift action crane style, Standard action fire blast, fighting defensively

Fire Blast vs Touch AC; Elemental Overflow; Defensive: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 8 + 1 - 2 = 24
fire; Elemental Overflow: 2d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3, 5) + 2 + 2 = 12

AC: (D:23) Touch: (D:22) FF: 14 CMD: (D:26)

"I suggested a rabbit to be fair not a jaunt round the local orphanage to find a new host!" Bulvi responds glibly.

"Even so, using an innocent animal doesn't sit right with me. Maybe if we planned on killing and eating to survive anyway...too late now anyway." Hace says as he tries to will healing magic into his hands. Focus on golden light closing the wounds! Just like before.

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Maka manages to kill the mold, and singe the host a little

~~end of combat~~

with Finngarth free of the Mindslaver, you all return back to the cabin

Sylgja is very happy to have her husband back, food and a place to stay for the night is available, and before the day was over she notices that two of you are cursed, sadly she only has a scroll to remove one and will gladly do so.

come the morning Finngarth hands over his "Lucky Bear Trap" as a gift for saving him as well

Insidious Bear Trap:
This bear trap looks no different from any other ordinary bear trap, but it has several additional magical abilities. On command, an insidious bear trap snaps shut, opens to release a trapped creature, or resets itself. The trap can also be set to ignore a creature that speaks a password (designated by the person setting the trap), thus preventing the trap from triggering when the creature enters the trap’s location. In addition, the person setting the trap can effortlessly insert and withdraw the spike designed to secure the trap into the ground or even stone.

Once per day, an insidious bear trap can be commanded to turn invisible for up to 5 hours or until triggered. While invisible, the insidious bear trap is virtually impossible to spot or disable (+40 to the DCs for Perception and Disable Device checks), though the person who set the trap can still see it. The trap receives no bonus on its melee attack roll. If a target of the trap has the trap sense class ability, it retains those bonuses to avoid the trap’s attack. Additionally, once per day, an insidious bear trap can also be set to emit an audible alarm or mental ping, as per the alarm spell, when it is triggered.

Maka manages to kill the mold

Quasit jaw drops open when she sees Maka stand up and effortlessly incinerate the monster in one shot.

"Cripes Maka..." she gapes. "I'm honestly still just getting use to the fact that you can shoot fire out of your hands. But you just completely toasted that monster while we were discussing the ethics of enslaving woodland animals. I think the land of bunny rabbits just elected you honorary mayor of the forest for the day."

Sylgja is very happy to have her husband back, food and a place to stay for the night is available, and before the day was over she notices that two of you are cursed, sadly she only has a scroll to remove one and will gladly do so.

Quasit is chewing a large mouthful of bread when this little nugget drops and she stops, blinks, looks around and laboriously swallows as much bread mush as she can so she can slurp out: "Cursed? What kind of curses? And which ones of us are cursed?" She glances around the table worriedly.

"Well, there you go. Good job Maka, lets get this man back to his wife." Hace says as they make their way back to the cabin.

"So, can buy some food from you for our travels? And yeah, who is cursed?" Hace asks alongside Quasit.

Technically I detect has having a curse as well from being an oracle, not sure if that was included in the 2 curses.

hace it is not included in the two

Sylgja looks at Quasit then at Bulvi "surely you two are aware that you both are cursed"

Sylgja will spare enough for the rest of your trip for the party

That will be a useful trap.

Maka laughed as the mold burned away, leaving being a singed Finngarth. "See, we didn't need to do all of that thinking." Maka had a toothy grin as she responded to the others, clearly pleased with herself.

When the group returned, Maka gladly partakes in more food and a comfy rest. "Wait you are cursed?" Maka mumbled through a mouthful of food at Sylgja's revelation. "Is that why Bulvi keeps getting stabbed?"

Sakitu cheers when the mold is defeated then goes with the others back to the cabin.

She thanks the host for all the food and the magical trap.

"So you're saying that two of us are cursed and I guess we don't even know it. Who? Do you know anything about how they are cursed?"

Sylgja looks at Quasit then at Bulvi "surely you two are aware that you both are cursed"

Quasit still doesn't seem to pick up what Sylgja is throwing down for a few seconds, and then it seems to click.

"Wait... me? I'm cursed? What sort of curse do I have? Is it... wait a minute..."

She falls back in her chair and lets out a deep breath. She thinks for a bit, then shakes her head and begins to chuckle ruefully.

"It was that blasted ice statue, wasn't it? That thing it did to me. I haven't felt right since it zapped me, but I figured I was just fighting off this cold and being hungry. And other stuff. Oh my gosh. No wonder I felt so crappy!"

She looks toward Bulvi and studies him for a few seconds, looking for the visible signs of a curse on him. Then she shrugs and smirks.

"Flip for it?" she suggests to the big Ulfen.

Not sure what Bulvi's curse is, but -6 CON is very dangerous, so I'd like to get that removed ASAP.

"Hmm...I wonder." Hace says as he tries to focus magic into his eyes. Show me magic...show me magic.

Casting detect magic and focusing on Quasit and Bulvi.

you don't notice magic beyond Quasits normal gear, though on bulvi his normal gear that would be magical, you can take your time and spellcraft, but as you do, the ring is now obviously coming off as cursed

"Hmm...I wonder." Hace says as he tries to focus magic into his eyes. Show me magic...show me magic.

Casting detect magic and focusing on Quasit and Bulvi.

Quasit blushes a bit self-consciously as Hace studies her. Instinctively she looks toward Sakitu. She forces a cavalier smile.

"I don't suppose Selena decided to curse me on her way out the door, just to spite me? Most likely if she did, she would have stuck around to get her jollies watching me suffer."

spellcraft, spending a point of inspiration: 1d20 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 8 + (1) = 17
d6 reroll: 1d6 ⇒ 6 = only 22

"I think I'm getting the hang of this magic thing...but I'm a little worried. Why do I have this magic and what happens if I keep using it?" Hace thinks out loud.

"I think I'm getting the hang of this magic thing...but I'm a little worried. Why do I have this magic and what happens if I keep using it?" Hace thinks out loud.

Quasit smirks and shakes her head and looks back at Hace. ”What are you so worried about? You just found out that you can make your wishes come true, and you’re acting like it’s a disease or something. It seems to me like you just won the lottery! I mean, cripes, I wish I could touch a wound and heal it just by thinking it! That would be amazing! Who says there has to be a downside? I say go with it until you have a reason not to. And if you explode in a cloud of wild magic, we’ll give you a great funeral and Maka can adopt your crocodile!”

She passes a bowl to Hace. ”Fried rutabaga?”

"It's just that, look where we are. Look at who our enemies are right now? Suddenly I have magic...I don't know, people don't usually develop magical abilities out of the blue." Hace says as he takes a fried rutabaga from Quasit. "What if this is all part of someone else's plan? I dont like being a pawn on the board game of life."

”Everyone’s a pawn on the board game of life.” says Quasit matter-of-factly. ”It could be worse. You could be flippin’ cursed.”

She grabs a carrot and takes a big munch, then uses it to gesticulate as she talks.

”Come on, this is a marvelous and magical time for you. Your body is changing. It can be scary and confusing at first, but just take it one day at a time.”

She changes gears and looks toward Sakitu. ”So Saki, how did you come to learn you could cast spells? Any pearls of wisdom for Hace?”

Fin shakes his head. "Q and Bulvi are cursed? How did we not know this?"

Her hunger finally satisfied, Maka undid her braid and began combing her long hair. "I don't know, a lot of people I've know have developed magical abilities. You should listen to Quasit and stop worrying so much. Especially if the worse case scenario is that I get to have Issy." Maka teased Hace, taking a moment to snuggle Issy. "But if it is a part of someone's plan, that means they are helping us out, and that isn't so bad."

"Me? I guess I just always knew it. I mean, at first I wondered why everyone else couldn't do what I could. When I was a kid, that is. After a while I figured out that I was weird. But so did the other kids." Sakitu looks a little sad but then laughs. "I found a way to make the best of it though."

With a flick of her hands some small balls of light start floating around the room. "When I could do this, some of my friends thought it was amazing. Then I kinda got popular." She looks wide eyed at Quasit. "When I got to be teen aged, or rather when the boys did, I think their imaginations started going crazy. If I could do this..." She waved at the slowly moving lights. "I think that they thought I could do other, uh, I guess, amazing things. Never quite figured out what they thought though."

"Me? I guess I just always knew it. I mean, at first I wondered why everyone else couldn't do what I could. When I was a kid, that is. After a while I figured out that I was weird. But so did the other kids." Sakitu looks a little sad but then laughs. "I found a way to make the best of it though."

With a flick of her hands some small balls of light start floating around the room. "When I could do this, some of my friends thought it was amazing. Then I kinda got popular." She looks wide eyed at Quasit. "When I got to be teen aged, or rather when the boys did, I think their imaginations started going crazy. If I could do this..." She waved at the slowly moving lights. "I think that they thought I could do other, uh, I guess, amazing things. Never quite figured out what they thought though."

"You never got curious enough to find out? Might have been something fun." Maka said with a teasing laugh.

the ring shows 2 magic layers, the upper most outer layer is to make the ring show as a ring of Regeneration, while in actuality it is a Ring of lifebleed

"Me? I guess I just always knew it. I mean, at first I wondered why everyone else couldn't do what I could. When I was a kid, that is. After a while I figured out that I was weird. But so did the other kids." Sakitu looks a little sad but then laughs. "I found a way to make the best of it though."

With a flick of her hands some small balls of light start floating around the room. "When I could do this, some of my friends thought it was amazing. Then I kinda got popular." She looks wide eyed at Quasit. "When I got to be teen aged, or rather when the boys did, I think their imaginations started going crazy. If I could do this..." She waved at the slowly moving lights. "I think that they thought I could do other, uh, I guess, amazing things. Never quite figured out what they thought though."

While Sakitu speaks, Quasit rests her chin in her hand and listens attentively. She seems both very interested and a million miles away. As Sakitu comes to the end, Quasit cocks her head to the side and gives Sakitu a curious look. Her brow furrows a bit, but then a moment later, her face relaxes into an amused smile.

Her chin still resting on her hand, she takes another cracking munch of carrot, and as she quietly chews, her head bobs up and down on her hand. Her eyes stare off into space now, dreamily. She seems relaxed and yet wistful.

"Bulvi, I'd tell you to take off that ring of regeneration because it's actually a ring of life bleed, but, uhh... you can't." Hace says to Bulvi.

Bulvi nods "Yeah, once you said I was cursed... I realised it was probably the ring. I mean I had been thinking it wasn't making me heal particularly fast in the first place."

Fin shrugs his shoulders as he looks to Quasit and Bulvi and pulls out a coin. "Might as well get this over with...so, heads Quasit and tails Bulvi?"

Will post the coin flip in next post...

Fin flips the coin and lets it land...

Coin Flip: 1d2 ⇒ 1 (1=Heads, 2=Tails)

"Heads..."

Fin shrugs his shoulders as he looks to Quasit and Bulvi and pulls out a coin. "Might as well get this over with...so, heads Quasit and tails Bulvi?"

Quasit nods. She reaches over and takes Bulvi's hand. "Good luck."

Fin flips the coin and lets it land...

"Heads..."

Quasit seems a little embarrassed by this, but also obviously relieved. She looks around at everyone else, then looks at Sylgja and pushes back her chair and stands up to go stand in front of her host.

"I guess it's me. So... what do I need to do? Just stand here?"

She suddenly gets a thought and looks over at Hace. "Hey, watch and listen to this closely. Maybe you can do this sort of thing too? It might be worth a try anyway?"

Hace slyly smiles back at her, "What? Flip a coin? Sure I can do that." He then watches the lady use her remove curse, as Quasit was really meaning.

Sylgja nods and pulls out her last scroll and activates it, removing and lifting the curse off of Quasit

Back to normal as can be for Quasit

Hace slyly smiles back at her, "What? Flip a coin? Sure I can do that."

Quasit rolls her eyes and smirks, then looks down gravely at Issalisk. "Bite him, will ya?"

Sylgja nods and pulls out her last scroll and activates it, removing and lifting the curse off of Quasit

As the magic cascades over her, Quasit instinctively shuts her eyes and winces a bit, as if bracing for a blow. But color comes back into her cheeks, she stands a bit straighter, and she suddenly seems to breathe more easily, without the snuffling of the nose that she'd been battling for days. Her eyes pop open excitedly.

"Oh my gosh! I can actually feel it! It feels like I had a lead cloak pulled off my back! Or a stake pulled out of my chest! Or ... I don't know, it's hard to describe. But it definitely worked!"

She comes forward and clasps Sylgja's hands in her own. She is obviously ecstatic.

"Thank you so much! I don't know how to repay you. If we hadn't come here, I wouldn't have even known there was anything wrong with me. You don't know what a relief it is to find someone in this country who is actually kind to strangers!"

Hace smiles at Sylgja, "She could probably say the same thing about kind strangers. We did free her husband from that mold after all."

Suddenly full of energy, Quasit scoots over to Bulvi's chair and puts her hands on his shoulders. She looks eagerly at Hace.

"Try doing the unhex spell on Bulvi's ring. Maybe this will really be our lucky day all around!"

Maka clapped excitedly as the magic removed Quasit's curse. "You look like a stake has been pulled out of your chest."

as Quasit clasps Sylgjas hands in her own, she can feel they aren't really flesh texture, but more like bark, though looking at her you do not see a change at all.

as Sylgjas realizes what has just happened she kindly pulls her hands away and nods.

"I'd settle for some weaker healing magic right now truth be told... now I knoe I'm cursed I'm not afraid to admit it. Everything aches. Bending over is a chore... oh!" Bulvi melodramatically groans. "Quasit will have to do all of my camp chores for me... I wouldn't say no to a piggy back ride either."

Bulvi melodramatically groans. "Quasit will have to do all of my camp chores for me... I wouldn't say no to a piggy back ride either."

”Ha! Since when do you even DO camp chores?” teases Quasit. ”But you’re welcome to try and convince the crocodile to give you a piggy back ride.”

you may have missed that we gave Bulvi 3 hits from the healing wand after the wolf fight, so he should be at 42 hp

Fin nods to Bulvi. "Sorry, my friend, we could always try the Elf piss if you wish..."

Looking to Q, he winks conspiratorially, adding, "You owe me, Q...I used a 2-headed coin..."

Looking to Q, he winks conspiratorially, adding, "You owe me, Q...I used a 2-headed coin..."

“Of course you did. Who do you think gave it to you?” she says, cheekily raising an eyebrow.

"Quasit! You seem so much better now!" Sakitu jumps up from her place by the fire and tries to give Quasit a hug. "I'm so glad you're back to normal."

She turns to Bulvi. "Don't worry. We'll find something for you too."

Hace tries to mimic the remove curse spell on Bulvi, but nothing really happens. "Well I tried, but I don't think I did anything."

2 more levels for 3rd level spells.

Quasit tries not to look too disappointed. She gives Hace a small smile and shrugs. "It was worth a shot. Thanks for trying. We'll just have to settle for you being able to heal all our wounds."

As she speaks, she sneaks a hand up behind Saki's head and scritches her between the ears.

after the night and food you continue on your way

several hours down the path

The skies are clear up ahead, and the air grows warmer. Sunlight shines down on fresh grass that has sprouted where the snow suddenly ends in clear line. As far as the eye can see, fir trees have shed any sign of white, and birch trees show signs of fresh new leaves. The sounds of rivulets of water and melting snow can heard everywhere.

updating the map to show where you are on your path there, using Sakitus image

Perception Check to look for Aslan: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

"Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Maybe someone else already took Elvanna down and we can go home after all."

Quasit pulls back her hood and lets her short hair blow in the spring-like breeze.

Fin frowns. "While this is a welcome change, it seems...odd..."

"That does seem odd...and we are being hounded my magical things...give me a minute." Hace says as he wills magic into his eyes. casting detect magic. Any knowledge nature rolls I can make?

will save to disbelieve an illusion, worth a shot: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

"Speaking of which, I don't think Sylgja was human." says Quasit, as she finds a fallen tree to sit down on. She pulls off one of her boots and begins to rub her foot. "I think she was made of wood, actually. I had a chance to touch her hands, and whatever her hands were, they weren't flesh. I didn't say anything at the time because I didn't want to start up a whole thing, and obviously they were nice people who were actually helping us."

"This doesn't seem natural at all." Sakitu scrunches up her nose and squishes her eyebrows together while she looks first at the snow covered landscape and then the vibrant green forest. She draws on her innate magic and tries to sense any magical resonances in the area.

detect magic

She plops down on the tree next to Quasit. "Really? Made of wood?" Her hands move to rub the bark on the tree underneath her.