*need Survival/Track check to determine direction
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Aurin begins moving as stealthily as possible, on guard and ready to fight.
The only fresh tracks in the immediate area beneath you is a set of small footprints. It leads off in the same direction as the sound the large thing moving away.
*up
From the foliage, you spot a light source up ahead. You stealthily edge towards it, seeing it to be a hooded lantern dropped upon the ground.
*up
Aurin calms his breathing and takes in the surrounding moment, looking for any sign of person or creature.
Perception Roll is (17) + 20 = 37!
Aurin's natural skill and magic combine to enhance his per perception of the current setting.
The only fresh tracks in the immediate area is a set of small footprints imprinted into the mud. The rain had quickly washed away any obvious tracks or direction for you to follow.
*up
You see a male aasimar, wearing simple peasant garbs and sandals, emerge from the forest shadows to inspect the area around the lantern. After a moment he appears to see the same signs of passage as you do, but seems to not know the direction of the tracks.
Aurin quickly hides in the branches of some trees.
Stealth roll is (13) + 15 = 28.
Once safely hidden, Aurin yells out, "XUNGIS!!!"
He then waits...
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Breeze stops and sighs "I watched you hide so I know where you are besides if I wanted to harm you I would not have spoken first. I just do not want to waste my resources and cast again."
(sounds of casting)
Still maintaining his invisibility Breeze cast a minor cantrip
"The footprints went this way"
And starts moving in that direction again but quicker to make up for lost time.
Not one to mistrust the fortune of Mt. Celestia, Aurin runs in the direction Indicated by the arrow, and makes sure to keep the magic user in sight!
"My thanks friend!" Aurin yells with gratitude in his tone.
"I am in search of a young boy named Xungis!"
Aurin silently thanks the unseen helper and follows the arrow directing him.
The sound of movement in the distance that Breeze is following abruptly ceases, although the fresh tracks of small feet still remain. Aurin rushes after his invisible guide, whose location is occasionally revealed by the movement of branches and leaves. Suddenly, a brilliant green and white light comes welling and streaking out through the trees like sunlight through window panes. The source appears to be nearby. Breeze had mapped this area well enough over the past weeks to be certain there is nothing more than verdant growth.
Cautiously, you approach the source of the light - a shimmering curtain of light between two realities. On one side, you and the deep forest; on the other, the wandering site Yóuyuán Xìngjiāo.
*PCs up
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Breeze stops just in front of the portal and lets his invisibility fade starring with wonder at the object of weeks of hard work, forgetting in the meanwhile that he still is in the shape of a small air elemental.
"It....It is true....It is true and I have found it."
Turning as the stranger he was trying to help comes into view Breeze motions twords the portal and says with no small amount of pride.
" Yóuyuán Xìngjiāo."
Knowledge History roll is (14) + 4 = 18.
The Aasimar moves quickly through the thick foliage making his way towards the clearing. He makes it through with more than a few scrapes and bruises and moves to stand beside the form of the Elemental.
Aurin turns to the being of air and says, "Youyuan Xingjiao. What is this place friend?"
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"It is an extremely rare event. It is called a wondering site. It moves you see. If you friend went into the portal and does not come out before it moves he could be trapped there and i have no idea how long the portal will stay open."
With that says Breeze steps into the portal into Yóuyuán Xìngjiāo saying over his shoulder.
"The name is Breeze by the way and if your coming you should probably hurry but I can not say for sure that your friend went this way."
Aurin takes a moment to listen for Xungis. After a few moments pass, the Monk trusts the Path set before him, and steps through the Portal.
All is silent... no birds, no insects, no wind... You make out the overgrown edges of ascending steps to the northeast. The tracks abruptly stops where you stand.
"What brings me here, friend Breeze, are these footprints." Aurin bends down to inspect the print. "My surrogate nephew wandered into the foliage to engage a beast in my name."
"The boy was in search of some kind of beast," Aurin says as he stretches out his senses.
Perception roll is (12) + 20 = 32.
"Do you know of any creatures that inhabit a place like this Breeze?"
Aurin can sense they are both being watched, even more so he can hear the breathing of whatever it is. Then as if answering his question to Breeze as to the site's mythical inhabitants, something stirs in the canopy, then leaping down with a fearsome roar! Two four-armed, ape-like creatures, covered with matted white fur, roars in rage as it rears up to its full towering height.
Initiative:
Eight arms thumping chests with ferocious roars that you can feel in your loins. Clearly, they are warning you to leave, holding their ground.
*up!
Hazzakk swallows his cud and reviews his surroundings.
Realizing that fear has crept into his soul, Aurin breathes in an attempt to calm himself and sets into a defensive stance. He quietly recites the mantra learned early on in his training.
"Never move from Fear. Fear is a soul's unwillingness to accept what is. I accept all that is given with a willingness to deepen my soul through all experience." Aurin rolls his shoulders shaking the nervousness out of his body. "Come creatures, if battle is what you seek, Aurin Saa will oblige."
# you can only be intimidated once, it does not stack
"What manner of creatures are these friend Breeze?"
Aurin stands ready with his right leg back, calming his body as much as he is able. His palms up and head down as a show of submission.
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Uncertain of Aurin's supplicating behavior, the beasts step forward and roars their threats again, which seem less intimidating than before.
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"Are these the kind of creatures that can be peaceably dealt with?" Aurin calls out trusting that his new found friend is still there.
>Round 2, PCs up
Aurin moves 5m towards the trees, keeps his Defensive Stance, and continues to hold his non aggressive position.
"Breeze?"
Just then, you here faintly at first, "Masta, masta, I'm coming!", then breaking clear into the opening, Guo calls out your name, "Masta!" Upon seeing the colossal beasts, wide-eyed Guo whimpers, "...masta?..."
The garilons notices another threat to its territory in addition to the one already not backup. They both charge with fist and teeth! The second one moving towards Guo!
>Round 3, PCs up
Aurin steps into the creatures incoming strikes and unleashes a flurry of his own!
"WAAAASSSAAAAHHHHH!!!"
Breeze saves Guo for the moment as he send the beast to its knees. Guo darts off into the woods as the giralon gets up and looks up to see the source of the attack.
Aurin's many attacks all hit the large and slow moving beast but only one did any penetration. With the monk within grasp, it unleashes an equal flurry of fists and bite but only thrashes about the dodgy monk.
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>Rd 4, PCs up
Aurin lets his calm take hold and parries, dodges, and kicks away the great beasts incoming attacks!
He lets his energy flow, knowing that he moves with a righteous fury!
Without losing a beat, the Monk keeps the pressure on the beast with a flurry of hand and kick attacks!
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