Nat completes her spell as with a burst of light, leaves, and feathers, an eagle appears out of thin air on the other side of the wolf from Angus.
The eagle tears into the giant wolf's fur, screeching angrily.
At the same time, Nat swings her spear into position and steps forward, striking out at the wolf.
Angus welcomes the healing energy as it flows into him, as little as it might be, ”Yer gonna regret chompin me puppy” he growls as he goes for an overhand chop to the direwolfs head, followed by a swift kick to the throat.
Yasmin takes a step back and then casts a color spray at the two smaller wolves, infusing the spell with her inner power.
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This ability replaces inspire courage.
Giovanni moves--the long way around--to J24 (avoiding AoO).
He pulls his rapier out as he does so just in time to stab at the wolf.
As Darian slips his blade again into the small wolf's flesh, Yasmin's spell overwhelms the two creatures!
They are unconscious, blinded, and stunned for rounds, then blinded and stunned for round, then stunned for 1 round.
The rest of the team wails on the large wolf.
The eagles deals 7 damage, Nat does 2, Angus slams a meaty hand right into the beat's eye for 6 damage, and Gio slips around and stings the creature with his rapier for 2 more!
The massive beast snaps its jaws at the eagle!
But no luck for wolfie!
The wild halfling stabs with her spear again, angry at the huge creature.
Nat drops her spear and pulls out her sling in case the wolf tries to flee (unless it's already dead).
Angus senses the little shaman's intent, and slides to the side to allow Giovanni to move into a tactical location. Then, once he does, lets loose a quick one/two set of punches.
Nat's eagle, and her spear bite the large wolf's flesh, but Angus deliver the killing blow, a bone-crunching combination that caves in the beast's skull and sends it to the ground, life fleeing from its body...
Giovanni slips his rapier between the ribs of each prone wolf, putting them down permanently.
With the wolves slain, the group decides what to do next. Investigating the cave proves fruitless, and some sort of magical barrier "pushes" you away as you near the entrance.
Nat takes out her mess kit knife and cuts off the left ear of each of the wolves. "I don't recall if there were a bounty in town, but worth seeing about it, eh?"
If the team wishes to stop, Nat will spend the evening skinning the wolves in order that their hides may be properly tanned. "I recollect a furrier in town, would probably tan these for us if you want 'em, otherwise he'll probably buy them."
The wolf carcasses, though a bit gamey and tough, could be roasted for a meal that would feed even Angus.
”Fine wit me!” grumbles the dwarf, still feeling some of the nasty bites he received, ”Anyone thinkin I might be getting Rabies, er some other disease? If’n ye think we should turn’m in ta town, I’m fine wit that. Biggun’d make a nice cloak though.”
Yasmin yawns "Let's call it a day, I would not mind spending the night at the inn and listening to Giovanni play. After we have rested and I have prepared my spells we can sort out this kobold mess."
The party makes its way back to the ranch, pelts in tow. The farmer and his hands are delighted at your success, and he gladly turns over the full reward of 800 GP.
Afterwards, you make your way to the inn. There is a small crowd in there tonight, and your entrance causes quite a stir among the locals. Word of your deeds in the Witch Tower are all over town by now, and rumors of your wolf hunt have already started to spread. Darian and Giovanni are especially admired by the young ladies in the common room this evening.
As long as the food and ale continue to come, Angus is content with the attention he receives. Depending on how hairy and meaty the lasses Giovanni is trying to make swoon are, Angus may even try and suppress his belches.
The party continues into the night, with Giovanni winning over fans in droves. Angus even finds a few stout lasses to his liking, though it's not clear he meets their expectations...
Yasmin is quite chatty, and quickly learns that the town's oldest resident is another gnome named Bassy, and ancient woman who travelled far and wide in her youth. The other more exotic residents include a halfling who works at the town Record Hall and the elf Emarthine Willoway, the owner of Willoway Orchard.
Nat will visit Willoway Orchard first, as she feels more kinship with an elf who works with trees than a halfling who works with records. When she goes there, she will greet Emarthine Willoway in elvish and, preferentially, conduct the entire conversation in that tongue.
Angus will excuse himself for the night once Giovanni has enough doe eyed lasses to occupy him the rest of the evening, and get a good night sleep before the group tackles the Kobolds in the morning. He does check with Nat to see if the little shaman's spirits have anything that might fortify his body, but stoicly accepts it if she doesn't.
I will pay Bassy a visit tomorrow, after we have dealt with these kobold pests
Yasmin enjoys the evening, dancing a bit and annoying Angus when and if she can.
Ms. Willoway seems pleased to meet Natulcien.
"It is a pleasure to meet another person so attuned to the natural world. I find such a great solace among my trees. They are quite different than those that grow in the wild, don't you think? Yet, each is beautiful in its own way. I find the same to be true in the animal kingdom. Domestication changes them, but I would hesitate to say that it diminishes them. Some of my kin would disagree, saying that domestication of any kind is akin to slavery. So I now live here among the humans, where I can enjoy all things that grow without bias."
The party sets out at dawn for the kobold den. The now-abandoned quarry lies just a quarter mile beyond the ruins of the Witch Tower. The team sees the sheer walls of the quarry in the distance. It looks like several caverns and holes are present.
"Azmur Kell and his wife Rima left Belhaim a few months ago. That is not unusual, for they often go on journeys together, But they have been gone far longer than ever before. Some folks are beginning to worry for them..."
In the distance, Giovanni and Natulcien hear a small stone skipping along the quarry floor. They an make out the shapes of at least two kobolds, standing guard near two of the dark openings in the cliff face. The shadows could be hiding others, and they'd have to get closer to see...
"Shall I try to distract those kobolds so you can quickly seize them?" Yasmin asks
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Giovanni bows gallantly to the Ladies as his hands reach into a pouch at his belt.
He blows some sand into the direction of the Kobolds, incanting a sing-song verse.
School enchantment (compulsion) [mind-affecting]; Level bard 1, sorcerer/wizard 1, witch 1; Domain Night 1
CASTING
Casting Time 1 round
Components V, S, M (fine sand, rose petals, or a live cricket)
EFFECT
Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Area one or more living creatures within a 10-ft.-radius burst
Duration 1 min./level
Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes
This content was created for the Pathfinder rules by Paizo Publishing LLC and is part of the Pathfinder RPG product line.
DESCRIPTION
A sleep spell causes a magical slumber to come upon 4 HD of creatures. Creatures with the fewest HD are affected first. Among creatures with equal HD, those who are closest to the spell's point of origin are affected first. HD that are not sufficient to affect a creature are wasted. Sleeping creatures are helpless. Slapping or wounding awakens an affected creature, but normal noise does not. Awakening a creature is a standard action (an application of the aid another action). Sleep does not target unconscious creatures, constructs, or undead creatures.
Angus seems a bit more at ease here in the quarry, the familiarity of unworked stone softening his gruff nature. "What ye?" he asks, having not seen anything in the distance, and when Yasmin menions kobolds, he assumes a fighting stance, wary of any ambushes.
What Giovanni remembers about kobolds:
While they may speak loudly of divine right and manifest destiny, kobolds are keenly aware of their own weakness. Cowards and schemers, they never fight fair if they can help it, instead setting up ambushes and double-crosses, holing up in their warrens behind countless crude but ingenious traps, or rolling over the enemy in vast, yipping hordes.
Kobold coloration varies even among siblings from the same egg clutch, ranging through the colors of the chromatic dragons, with red being the most common but white, green, blue, and black kobolds not unheard of.
Gio advances on the sentries, trying to get close enough for his spell.
Before Giovanni can begin to cast, he hears a series of yipping barks. Five kobolds burst out at him!
Round 1:
Kobolds
Group
The kobolds race toward the party (run straight at you, covering about 100'), brandishing their spears!
Nat pulls out her sling as she moves forward, loading it swiftly and swinging it around, sending a bullet flying through the air towards the nearest kobold.
Yasmin follows Nat's lead, using her crossbow for a ranged attack at the nearest kobold. Unfortunately she underestimated the speed of the draconic creature and misses.