Round 3
Astrianna makes some panicked noises followed by some curses and as juggles her bow on the edge of the pit, finally catching it before it plunges into the cellar. No no no... losing your bow at this juncture would be unpleasant. Much more likely to survive heroic exploits from afar.
With the lesser undead destroyed she focuses on making the Morhg more akin to a porcupine.
Even the name's disgusting, much to worry about? We've got this, really... How'd things go with the haunt?
Astri play nice with the Wyverns? Thought I heard some Draconic. Sorrin seems surprisingly conversational.
"No, you don't," she says as a brilliant light radiates from her outstretched hand.
It builds to a crescendo and blasts the beast full in the face with holy radiance. "If it kills Ptahh or anyone else they will rise as something close."
Ptahh curses his falchion and readies himself for another attack by the undead beast.
Shift over this way...
Ptahh misses and curses but then Chell's holy energy blasts through and destroys the undead. Ptahh's never been so happy to see the priestess.
Ptahh grins as he looks up at the young priestess on the ladder.
"Damn... remind me never to come back as walking dead and piss off Chell!" he says with a chuckle. The half-orc strides over to one of the dead zombies and pulling his silver longsword from its vanquished body, he sheathes the weapon.
Astrianna takes a spare bowstring from her haversack, and re-strings her bow. Hearing some celebration from below, she assumes the undead are destroyed. "Anything else down there besides those rotters?"
You gather that the mohrg was Daynor and he transformed the dank, dark cellar of the lighthouse into his macabre playground. There he used his zombies, victims who came looking for him and his family. The crates and barrels are the remains of supplies, some has decayed beyond recognition, but there are a few casts of ale and wine, along with some dried goods.
You find no other exists or passages from the cellar. It's clear there is no access to caverns below from this location.
Astrianna isn't terribly surprised they found Daynor's funhouse of death and reanimation, but she is upset there is no entrance to the caverns from this location. "I thought for sure this would lead further downward. Are we going to be forced to search this whole island?"
She taps her foot and thinks for a moment. "The ship has enough food for four more days, we should offer this food and drink to the wyverns so they don't attack us while we're exploring. Let's start moving it upstairs." She reaches into her haversack and pulls out a scroll, purifying some of the rotten foodstuffs to increase the volume of their dragon offering.
The half-elf inquires with her hat-based companion on his knowledge of wereshark-whereabouts. "Tao, do you have any inkling where we could find the entrance to the underwater caverns? Surely there's a surface connection to the caves somewhere."
The half-elf inquires with her hat-based companion on his knowledge of wereshark-whereabouts. "Tao, do you have any inkling where we could find the entrance to the underwater caverns? Surely there's a surface connection to the caves somewhere."
"Swim by statue garden...perhaps? That's were my master went swimming."
"If it had killed you, you would have. Now stop moving for a moment." Chell then checks over his wounds. When Mohrg's killed their prey rose as undead very quickly. That lead her to believe that it might be something parasitic like the purple thing that writhed inside the Mohrg itself. That it stayed in the body until it died. Thankfully she saw no signs of that. Still, he needed to be patched up.
"Yes... thank you," he smiles at Chell.
Astrianna sighs and rubs a hand across her face. "So the only way to the cavern that you know of is to swim? Great. We're not well equipped to go deep diving in wereshark-infested waters."
Shrugging, she grabs some goods to move upstairs to act as tribute to the dragons. "We'll figure something out. But first we have to appease those wyverns or we'll have to waste time killing them."
A thorough search reveal no secret passages. Astri ponder giving the dried goods to the wyverns then remembers they're carnivores, so flour, corn, and oats probably won't cut it. She doesn't recall any stories about drunken wyverns, but weirder things are known to occur.
Astrianna sighs at the revelation concerning the dried goods. The wyverns weren't going to be happy... Well, if we have to kill them at least we can loot their nest.
She gathers up what meat there is in the store room and prepares to head out with the others. "This isn't quite what I had in mind when I told them I'd bring some food. Let me talk to them, but... I'd be ready for a fight."
The bard asks one more question of Tao- "Tao, you said there were three wyverns... where is the third? Do they have a broodling?"
Here is the profile view of the island that you've seen, along with the lighthouse you've explored, and the birds eye view of the island.
Tao responds, "They nest in the lighthouse, I don't know about a broodling or the other's whereabouts."
What's a Wyvern, anyway... degenerate dragons, lacking etiquette?
" Tasty ribs with the stout ale!" the half-orc chuckles then takes a deep breath and grips his Falchion tight as he prepares to head outside.
"Even if we can't give the Wyverns this we can use it to replenish our own stores if we pull from that," Chell suggests. "Also it might be best to find the caverns from the shore. The boat is conspicuous."
Astrianna nods at Sorrin. "Essentially. They're related to true dragons, but most true dragons find their brutish nature repulsive. The ones that Aren't brutes themselves, that is."
She shrugs at Chell. "We can continue to search the shore, but if Tao hasn't seen any entrances from land, we may have to swim..."
"I am ready for that too."
How many? I suppose it doesn't matter, but... Good to know.
How will we gain situational advantage?
Things to do:
- Feed or kill wyverns
- Kill sharks
- Kill were sharks
Seems to sum it up well.
Astrianna tells Sorrin she has only seen two active wyverns, and while Tao knows there is a third, no one has seen it yet. "If the wyverns become hostile we will need to get in the forest as quickly as possible, or somewhere that Embri can put down webs to ground them. Flight is their biggest advantage, and we must rob them of it."
She prepares to go outside with the meat offerings and 500 gp in gems taken from her haversack. "We may not have to fight them at all, if I can talk quick enough..."
Meant weresharks...
Astri heads outside lugging the a side of dried salted beef and palming a few gems. She directs one of the others to grab the slab of cured pork that was cellar. One of the wyverns is perched on the lighthouse glaring at the area around the door. Another remains in the tree line perched in the canopy, and the third is still unseen.
Astrianna lays out the salted beef and piles up some gemstones, stepping away from them. The slab of cured pork is tossed on as well. She calls up to the roosting wyvern on the lighthouse.
She waits to hear the dragon's response before initiating operation: Lie to the dragon and hope you don't get eaten.
The dragon sniffs the air, tasting the salty goodness,it flaps it's might wings and takes to the air circling.
Astrianna is pleased the dragon seems satisfied with the initial offering.
She keeps a straight face and continues to placate the dragon, having no intention of returning to give it anything else. "After we annihilate the were-sharks, you will get your fair share of the spoils, just as you did with the undead. If you know of any surface entrances to the caverns below, it will greatly expedite the delivery of your tribute..."
the dragon flies around looping twice, he appears satisfied with the offering.
Astrianna nods at the dragon, quite glad it's not being as aggressive as earlier. She's not sure if she can get away with not giving it anything else before they leave, but she'll be damned if she doesn't try.
Astrianna waves to the others and begins to make for the shoreside where the serpent head lies. "The wyvern says the were-shark cavern entrance is underwater, between the shore and the serpent head statue. I don't think there is a way inside from land, Chell. " She sighs, not looking forward to swimming through the shark-infested sea. Fighting the were sharks on their own turf, underwater? I hope the whole cavern isn't flooded. We're not well prepared for this.
"That's unfortunate. Thankfully I can give us 2 hours a piece of water breathing. As long as Embrinanna takes care of herself. I wonder how effective a lightning spell is underwater," she muses as they walk. "Also, can we check the wreck when the waters are safe?" She had a feeling it might be important personally to her since it might be connected to the vision.
Time to make some new chums.
"Twenty yards out from the sandy shore an enormous serpentine head, its huge maw gaping with foot long fangs, juts up from beneath the waves. The creature is completely still, its fearsome gaze fixed on the shore." You know that the sea serpent is a statue. Looking at the sea the water look deep between the shoreline and serpent, and you suspect it is even deeper beyond the serpent.
Is there trap or magic at play?
Astrianna looks at the deep water and sighs. She checks her gear, and makes a mental note she should get a silver rapier in the future. "Well Chell, let's see that water breathing prayer you were talking about and get swimming. While you are administering that, let's tie ourselves together."
The bard removes 100 feet of bloodvine rope from her haversack, one person tied together every 20 feet. She figures Ptahh and Sorrin should be on opposite ends of the rope to protect everyone else. Astriana puts herself in the middle, because it's her rope after all.
Chell walks from person to person and places her hands on their neck beneath the jaw line. An odd but pleasant feeling washes over them as she chants words of power. The next breath that comes feels much deeper as the gills open up to accept air as well.