The party makes camp and sets watches. The night goes by quietly.
Day Ninety-Eight
It is still dark on this western side of the ridge when the party breaks camp.
The night before, Haskyll burns the last of his spells to ensure that everyone was hale and hearty.
In the morning.
I be thinking that we not rush into things. They have been sitting this long, a few more days, will not hurt.
Leira prepares some stale bread with water as a breakfast "I think Kaos idea has some value. We can walk to the southern location. Once finished we can teleport to some known place before heading east to the last location"
While the others make preparations, Leira studies her spells for the day and asks Anga for help to learn the tongues spell.
Level 0 (at will; 8 prepared)
acid splash
detect magic
message
mage hand
dancing lights
mending
open/close
read magic
Level 1 (5/day; 5 prepared+ring)
enlarge person (For DC 14, only humanoids)
vanish
liberating command (immediate)
feather fall (immediate)
ray of enfeeblement (For DC 14)
ring: disguise self (10 min/level)
Level 2 (5/day; 3 prepared)
mirror image (1d4+2)
scorching ray (2x [2x spending for +1 CL] 4d6)
create pit (Ref DC 15, 30', 8r)
Level 3 (5/day; 2 prepared)
fly
major image (Will 16)
Level 4 (2/day; 1 prepared)
greater invisibility
Once the group is ready, Leira opens the descend into the valley, looking around for danger while Ulfgard guides the group to the southern location .
Seeing Leira making bread with water, Haskyll offers her one of his rations.
I can make more if we need it, Lass.
He ponders over her point.
Agreed, but thinking that we use this point as a reference to walk from.
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The party breaks camp and heads down the valley to the west.
Mile after mile the party trods at a Dwarf's pace down the steep rocky slope of this side of the great ice-capped Minderhal range. Though the party scares off a lizard or two, maybe a deer along the forested edges, there were no hostile encounters throughout the day.
By evening as the sun sets over the range of mountains to the west, the party reaches a wide valley with a swift running river coursing through its heart. Tall grasses and shrubs cling to the river's edges. This larger valley aligns northwest to southeast.
Anga's Mage Armor, and Droja's False Life spells wear off.
I be thinking that we set up camp, and carry on in the morning.
Haskyll prepares and then casts create food and water for the party for a wholesome meal for the night.
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on waking, Anga memorises her spells and helps Leira with her spell.
Remember that the correct word completes tha spell. Say "linguae", and make sure the pronunciation is clear ye ken.
"Oh thanks!" Leira takes good note of Anga's teachings once more.
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Leira agrees with Haskyll and profits to test her recently learnt spell. The girl uses her arcanist pool to prepare and cast secure shelter for the night.
A sturdy cottage of stone materializes in front of the group's eyes. The floor is level, clean, and dry. The lodging has a sturdy door, two shuttered windows, and it is equipped with a small fireplace "Ah! This is much more comfortable than our rope trick previous lodging, isn't it?"
Leira helps to set Haskyll's created food and water with dishes and glasses "While we are far away from home this helps a lot to feel home. You are family now..."
The party has a pleasant nights rest without encounter and thanks to Leira, greater comfort that what has been typical.
Day Ninety-Nine
Again the party breaks camp before the sun's light shines into the valley. The fast running river's water is fresh and pure. The party heads southeast following a trail that is wide enough to be considered a road. About mid-morning the party comes across several mountain streams that converge where a side canyon intersects with the main valley. Widely spaced structures built from thick coils of clay and stone stand upon a black-soiled floodplain here. What few buildings remain standing resemble tremendous beehives, but the great majority lie in heaped piles of rubble.
Leira and Ulfgard notice Hill Giants ahead. They appear to be searching the bee-hive like structures. They do not notice the party.
"They are in our way. Better surprise them now!"
Ulfgard almost gleefully smiles upon the idea to bash in a few more giant skulls.
On the morning Leira will prepare the same spells as the day before.
As the group spots the giants she proposes "Or... we could try just to avoid them!"
But knowing this will end into a fight, she does cast enlarge person on Ulfgard before she sneaks into a sniper position at the southern bushes where she might be able to surprise the giants.
Start of day, Anga casts Mage armour
Nay, tha' world is better with fewer giants. Old Dwarven truism.
She pulls out a scroll and casts shield
Only one of those left now. Best write some more when I get time
Droja starts her day by adding a bit of additional life force:
Surprise Rounds
Anga pulls out a scroll and puts up a Shield.
Kaos put up a Shield and tries to move stealthily forward. The first Hill Giant was too distracted to notice Kaos' movement. Blacky and Hill Giant 3 are too far away and also distracted. However, Hill Giant two hears Kaos' approach.
Ulfgard agrees it is time to take action.
Leira cast an Enlarge spell on Ulfgard and then seeks a sniper position in the bushes. She is more successful in her ability to sneak than Kaos.
When the party comes across Hill Giants Droja whispers out in her Orcish dialect, "Nasty creatures, Hill Giants." She begins to summon in some help.
Haskyll is heroic.
Round One
Ulfgard cast Longstrider in the morning to improve his movement.
As the battle is about to unfold he runs towards the first giant.
At the distance, Leira says arcane words and casts [url=http://legacy.aonprd.com/coreRulebook/spells/majorImage.html]major image[/spoiler]. Suddenly the land seems to break with a tremendous tremor noise and fire and lave starts to spring from the middle of the giant campsite! Leira makes sure the appearance and noise is coupled with an extreme feeling of heat.
The girl then maneuvers to move forward while covering behind the rocks so she can keep herself hidden and ready to snipe at the, hopefully impressed, giants.
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At the distance, Leira says arcane words and casts major image[/spoiler]. Suddenly the land seems to break with a tremendous tremor noise and fire and lave starts to spring from the middle of the giant campsite! Leira makes sure the appearance and noise is coupled with an extreme feeling of heat.
The girl then maneuvers to move forward while covering behind the rocks so she can keep herself hidden and ready to snipe at the, hopefully impressed, giants.
[dice=Stealth-full speed]1d20+18-10
[url=https://legacy.aonprd.com/coreRulebook/spells/majorImage.html] Major Image .
Haskyll takes some time, and starts to work on a quiver.
Haskyll having asked Torag, to allow Trudd to bless him, brings forth Trudds mighty strength on Ulfgard.
He then follows up at a more sedate pace as a trot on his short legs.
He then brings forth a Blessing upon the party.
incoming
DC20 reflex for half
Anga aims for the largest group she can hit, without hitting the party
[ooc]ta
Round One
Anga sends a Fireball out to the nearest Hill Giant. It erupts. The Hill Giant tries to duck under the flames, but is swept up by the Fireball's full force.
The Dragon Disciple takes flight. The second Hill Giant believes it is being attacked by a Dragon.
Ulfgard advances toward the first Hill Giant. The Dwarf Ranger becomes Enlarged by the end of his run.
Leira casts an illusion. She creates what amounts to the earth splitting up, a volcano arising spewing forth its hot magma.
Seeing Leira's illusion, Droja shifts slightly the location of where she brings in an Elemental. This time the Elemental is larger than she has ever summoned before. It appears atop a beehive-like ruin in front of the Half-Orc Oracle.
Droja calls out in the Ignan language to attack. The Large Fire Elemental briefly looks at Droja, nods in the affirmative, and moves across the thick brush toward the second Hill Giant. Fires begin to form in the brush as the Large Fire Elemental passes.
The stronger Haskyll blesses the party.
The second Hill Giant has seen and felt enough. It withdraws from the scene, exit stage left.
Seeing the second one run, the first one decides that may be a good idea in light of what it has seen.
The third agrees.
Blackie is a bit more brave, but seeing the other three flee, it decides to join them.
All the Hill Giants run away. One and Blackie would make it off the map. Two and Three would be still on the map.
Round Two
The Hill Giants are running away.
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Leira double moves through the bushes to see how the giants run "And do not return or Hell itself will open up again to eat you!"
The girl will not do much more as long as the giants do not turn to look at the fire elementals running after them.
Seeing them run, Haskyll walks sedately over to their camp to start looking things over.
I wonder if this was temporary, or if they are off to give someone a notice that we are on route.
Ulfgard with a gleeful shout runs after them.
"Come back you cowardly sons of fester infected orcs and ugly trolls!"
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Round Two...well again mostly
Kaos charges, I mean flies, I mean both at the second Hill Giant. He rains Gorum's Thorn down on the hapless big lug.
Ulfgard chases after the Hill Giants.
Leira moves through the fiery brush as she calls out the the fleeing Giants.
Haskyll move toward the ruins and looks around.
Droja calls out in Ignan, or at least the best she can muster in this strange language the idea to chase the Hill Giants dto own. The large Fire Elemental moves toward the third fleeing Hill Giant. She then moves further down the road.
More out of a sense of fear than bravery, the second Hill Giant turns around and attacks the flying Dragon Disciple. Its first attack glances off Kaos' magical armor. But the second Hill Giant hit Kaos solidly on its back swing. It was more luck than anything else, but it was nearly a critical blow.
The third Hill Giant takes the second one's actions as incredible bravery. Little does it know that the second one response was more a reaction like shooing away a stinging wasp. It turns and attacks the approaching Fire Elemental. It displaces the fiery creature's form causing damage to this infernal entity.
The first Hill Giant spurned on now by an emboldened Blacky, turns around and moves toward the approaching Large Dwarf oxymoron. It attacks. But even Enlarged Dwarves are trained to dodge Giant attacks. Ulfgard just ducked under the massive club's potential strike.
Now Blacky is a bit larger Hill Giant and wields a scythe. He too turns and moves for an attack. But he wants a piece of that little flying dragon. The Hill Giant leader slices into the Dragon Disciple with its massive Scythe. This weapon is large and a fine example of its kind.
Round Three
"Oh well" Leira keeps moving forward and shots her crossbow at black.
The first Hill Giant dodged it. The second one was nearly killed by it.
shaking his head, Haskyll starts to pursue as fast as he can go.
You know, we cannot put the fear of the steelhand into them, if we don't leave any to spread the tale.
round 2
Anga casts haste on herself and anyone she can reach, after moving after the giants
they run fast. Maybe we can run faster
Round three
Normal move, followed by a magic missile at the nearest
Round Two Complete
Anga casts a Haste. She catches everyone into the Haste except Kaos.
Ulfgard feels the haste like a fresh spring breeze.
Smiling at blacky he whirls his hammer once in two handed grip
twice
and once more for good measure.
before removing his hand from the hilt and with a flick swinging his shield back in place.