sense motive
Karnog blinks the evil chaotic sparkles from his eyes and turns his glance towards the demon.
"We seek to rid this plane of the Prince if Undeath. Where will we find capable allies to assist us in that endeavor."
"I'm could careless about those peons, his followers are irrelevant,.." He scoffs then pauses for another moment before volunteering another tidbit. "The proper question is who is he bringing it to...he's bringing it to Hecate's pet...Hrourvex."
When Karnog speaks the General roars in an evil laughter. "Rid the plane of my Master." He continues to laugh, "You will make a fine minor trophy somewhere obscurely located in his domain, but I will say..." He ponders the question a bit, "When you are in Twilight Demesne seek the Keeper." He yawns clearly growing bored with the questions.
"I ask for no pledge. I am but a simple spearman brought aware of too much. I am no prophet. But you know of the negation of which I speak. I would offer much against it."
Nym stands straight looking the demon in his eyes in a cold even tone
"Hidden?"
"I ask for no pledge. I am but a simple spearman brought aware of too much. I am no prophet. But you know of the negation of which I speak. I would offer much against it."
"Why would I be concerned about the great chaos such an event would undoubtedly cause?"
"It would not cause chaos, General. It would end it. There can be neither chaos nor destruction without anything to destroy."
"It would not cause chaos, General. It would end it. There can be neither chaos nor destruction without anything to destroy."
"Unless it is complete surprise, any reckoning causes an underlying chaos, you just don't know it yet."
"Hidden?"
"You will fight to exist. I will, too. I will likely fall. You must not."
As the news sinks into for Nym, he adds
The demon hisses, "Any other meandering questions?" He smirks at the bard, "Care to go back with me, your sharp tongue and shapely body could provide me with sport." It almost appears as is he winks at Felicitas. "Oh well, then."
He glances at each person one last time.
Anything you can tell us about Hecate and her minions that we will be facing? Tricks? Weaknesses?
"You'll be moving into a demiplane made up of shadow stuff that effects magic in an odd sort of way. Beyond that my insight fails." He spits again and it sizzles on the floor. "Remember, this... place is the ground zero in the coming war, if you fail." He then steps back through the gate.
The room releases a thunderous crack as a rift between planes is sheared open. The table the General was standing on explodes into shards.
Three is a sense of relief that everyone survived an encounter with General Chaos.
In a fatherly stern tone loremaster looks at Desmond, "so was she worth this....I mean all of this?" He eyes have the look of disappointment. he shakes his head briefly and addresses the others, "Well it looks like you have a few hours before moonrise that gate opens to the demiplane."
"You all have some limited time to prepare."
"Who has some coin they can part with? I'd like to ask for some divine assistance, but am short on the necessary materials, and gift for the outsider I'd be calling. It would bring us some additional healing, as well as being another fighter, assuming the creature agrees to our bargain."
In a fatherly stern tone loremaster looks at Desmond, "so was she worth this....I mean all of this?"
Desmond looks at the old man, cocks his head in thought, raises a finger, goes back to pondering, then smiles and nods. "Yes. Without a doubt."
"Good at least this wasn't for naught."
"Good at least this wasn't for naught."
"Thank Karnog for that."
Grung shakes his head, and takes the full brunt of the shards which do him no harm
I have none left after the scrolls
"Well, let me see if I can find anything about this demiplane but I dont' hold much hope. Perhaps I can find something out about this guardian that is about to receive the weapon."
"Let me get into my gear again and then I am ready!"
Karnog starts to make small piles of coin for the equipment he requires.
The evil ax that you took off the warlord cyclops can be sold. Talbard buys it for himself to study. The loremaster looks to group, "I understand the need to give the demon general the Fallen Angel's weapon, we needed information. Regrettable the price for the information was the powerful weapon. I'll give you 3/4 the value for the evil ax, I know you will put those funds to good use."
"Well, it would appear we don't have enough coin to bring some good outsider assistance at this time. That's okay, I will just have to use my magic to heal and support us."
Well whatever we do. Let's get after this orc and slice him up!
Grung says, tired of chatting.
After working with the librarian and a couple locals you think you locate the winding rabbit trail east of the town.
The twisting dirt path disappears into a suffocating, smoke‐like darkness from which no light escapes. Precisely at midnight near a weathered ancient willow tree a gate appears.
Grung first
After working with the librarian and a couple locals you think you locate the winding rabbit trail east of the town.
The twisting dirt path disappears into a suffocating, smoke‐like darkness from which no light escapes. Precisely at midnight near a weathered ancient willow tree a gate appears.
Just shield and sling for Grung he can QuickDraw Croaker as needed
Felicitas will follow with the banner on her spear!
This tattered white canvas banner looks like an old piece of sailcloth, or perhaps a winding shroud—a 4-foot-by-6-foot rectangle with loops that can fit over a spear haft or pole running up one side. If mounted on a longspear or pole at least 8 feet in length, the banner shifts in appearance to match the heraldry or coat of arms of the person who attached it. If that person has no device, the flag instead displays a device that echoes the owner’s personality (such as a favorite animal, favored weapon, or holy symbol of the wielder’s deity).
When carried into battle, a banner of the ancient kings confers several benefits. As long as the longspear or pole to which the banner is attached is firmly wielded in two hands, its carrier gains a +4 circumstance bonus on Initiative checks. In addition, when so wielded, it grants the wielder and all allies within 30 feet a +2 resistance bonus on all saving throws against mind-affecting effects. If the carrier of the banner fails a saving throw against a mind-affecting effect, he may attempt a new saving throw against that effect every round he continues to wield the banner of the ancient kings—once he releases his firm grip on the banner’s haft, though, he no longer gets this benefit, even if he wields the banner properly at a later point while still under the effects of the mind-affecting effect.
If the banner’s carrier possesses the Flagbearer feat, the banner of the ancient kings doubles the morale bonuses granted by that feat. A bard who carries a longspear or pole to which a banner of the ancient kings has been attached is treated as four levels higher than his actual bard level for the purposes of determining the bonuses granted by his inspire courage bardic performance ability.
Benefit: As long as you hold your clan, house, or party’s flag, members of that allegiance within 30 feet who can see the flag (including yourself ) gain a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, and saving throws against fear and charm effects. You must hold the flag in one hand in order to grant this bonus. If the standard is taken by the enemy or destroyed, this bonus becomes a penalty, affecting all creatures that the bonus previously affected for 1 hour (or until you reclaim the lost flag).
Felicitas unrolls the clan's banner and attaches it to her her defending longspear. Grung glances back and smiles whispering in dwarven to Karnog, she's grown a set of tankards in town. Confident."
Boldly the group led by Grung steps through the Midnight Portal...
...emerging into a dense forest of perpetual darkness. For as far as you can observe it appears as if you are in a Midnight Labyrinth of trees. Here, towering pine trees with needles the blue‐black colour of a night's sky drink in the light. All light sources are diminished here, having the radius of light they create halved.
Knowledge (planes)
perception
Not currently carrying any lights, Karnog has 60' darkvision.
No light 120' DV (smoked googles are resting on my forehead now that its night time)
Dark vision 60 as a dwarf
perception +2 stonecunning
Kalim casts Mage Armor while admiring the banner. "I can't see s**%..."