Nym and Karnog shake there head not quite understanding the oddity of the demiplane's construction.
Everyone notices that gravity is normal but the plane seems to be folding upon itself and it a fluid motion. You are in a seemingly endless forest of light devouring trees.
The stars briefly go out simultaneously, plunging the forest into darkness. At that moment, a faint breeze caresses the nearby trees. When the faint light reappears you notice a twisting morass of folded space, rendering navigation by traditional means impossible. You do notice a network of dirt paths twist and weave through the forest, though the frequently forking paths often double‐back or end without warning.
surival
Grung tries to make sense of what he is seeing
"This place is not normal. I suggest we be on close guard, no telling what or who will jump from these shadows."
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Nym leans towars Kalim and in a hushed tone
Nym leans towars Kalim and in a hushed tone** spoiler omitted **
For as far as you can see…and then some… all the demiplane is a labyrinthine pine forest. Between segments of total blackness rest flashes of seemingly unending starry night’s sky and eternally full moon
A second, smaller moon hangs like an shadow against the sky in this in‐between realm, nearly hidden against the darkness between the stars, containing a secret trove of knowledge long since forgotten.
The Midnight Labyrinth is a twisting morass of folded space, rendering navigation by traditional means impossible. A network of dirt paths twist and weave through the forest, though the frequently forking paths often double‐back or end without warning. Finding a location within the labyrinth is a matter of time and luck because of the demiplane’s true nature. It is not one singular location, but a network of small, interconnected pocket dimensions linked via the labyrinth.
I need a drink. . Grung downs his everfull mug then readies his sling again
knowledge (planes)
"Aye, Grungsdi, a drink seems very much in order. This place sets me I'll at ease, for sure."
Karnog also downs a mug full, then stows his own cup.
"Can't worry about the endless crushing depths of the universe if you're drunk." Desmond says as he fills a cup.
It is not easy for Felicitas to concentrate, but the presence of Aurora helps her to focus.
She then speaks up."This is the Eye of Keepers night!"
"Ohhhhh, it's the eye of the keepers night! Now I know exactly where we are! Thanks!"
Seeing the dwarves and human pull out their tankard and down a drink Nym does likewise.
"Be silent, Desmond. Twas your foolishness that forced us here, you don't get to joke about it."
The Twilight Demesne is forged from the essence of the Plane of Shadow, and inherited some of its fluidic form, making mapping the plane all but impossible.
Divination magic is impeded across the demiplane except within the walls of the Starlight Shrine. YOu once read that the Starlight Shrine is a temple‐library maintained by the Keeper serving as a repository of knowledge and divinations.
The stars in the plane’s sky are an ever‐changing illusion that sometimes mirrors celestial alignments from other Material Plane worlds.
Within this maze of towering blue-black pine trees there are twisting dirt paths, but each path appears to fold over onto and into itself as you transverse it, as if each fold represents the next stitch in this plane. You find as it each path eventually doubles back or ends without warning.
The sky is a mass of shifting stars and a gleaming, ever‐full moon. They appear just over the the tall trees, almost close enough to touch stars.
"This place is beyond my learning, does anyone know how we make our way through here? I feel we could be wandering forever and not find this blasted orc and the stolen axe."
Karnog looks down the paths and tries to see into the frosted areas, hoping something will present itself as a way to go.
Perhaps we walk and the path will unravel?
felicitas shrugs."We must somehow find the Starlight Shrine. This is a shrine devoted to knowledge. But the navigation will be difficult!"
"Walking seems as good a method as any. Do we have any tricks up our sleeves, magically?"
As you walk in the woods you eventually come upon a path. A few feet away from the path in the bushes lays the remains of a skeletal corpse clutching a compass and carrying an empty water skin. The temperature suddenly drops 20 degrees.
Nym casts detects magic.
Felicitas quickly looks around thinking what could make this temperature drop.
Nym the compass is of good quality but it is not magical.
Felicitas the sudden drop in temperature is spooky and with the corpse near by it almost feels like a graveyard. Lots of unnatural things in the necromancy world can make the temperature drop, but certain spells can control the weather too. At this point in time you just doen't know enough about where you are at to have a definitive answer other than it's spooky.
perception
"I really do not like this place, not at all. What new horror does the plane spawn, now?"
+2 stoneunning
Everyone notices a beam of moonlight shining near Desmond, you then see his shadow dance away gracefully from him and it goes over to Kalim's shadow. There it bows, then proceeds to strangle Kalim's shadow in a death grip. Suddenly, it stops and retreats back to Desmond.
The trail that you are on shifts leaving everyone standing in a thicket of low scrub bushes. When you look down at the corpse with the compass it has now shifted about 10 feet away. It's as the ground that you are standing on in perpetual motion.
Shit! I do not know what the hell is happening?
"Even my shadow knows Kalim is full of it." Desmond jests. He has gone beyond even pretending to know what's going on here.
As the group begins to move through the underbrush you feel the ground start to rumble and shake. Suddenly the shadowy rolling ground erupts both in front and behind the party. Two huge armored shelled beasts emerge and the instant they pop up the entire area is engulfed into deeper darkness.
This spell does not stack with itself. Deeper darkness can be used to counter or dispel any light spell of equal or lower spell level.
If darkness is cast on a small object that is then placed inside or under a lightproof covering, the spell’s effect is blocked until the covering is removed.
This spell does not stack with itself. Darkness can be used to counter or dispel any light spell of equal or lower spell level.
Initiative:
Shadow Bulletes
Felic
Kalim
Nym
Grung
Karnog
"Who was it whose irresponsibilty got the damned sword here in the first place? Do remind me, Desmond."
RD 1: Shadow Bulletes
The burrowing creature viciously snaps it's toothy at Kalim, whom he doesn't seem to have a problems seeing in this deeper darkness, chomping down hard.
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It swipes with both claws at the sorcerer,
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Bullete #2 attacks Desmond
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It swipes with both claws at the thief,
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"Aaaaargh! Damn you, Desmond!" Kalim utters unearthly words and steps back casting a powerful antinecromantic spell.
"Pretty sure it was the person who stole my stuff. Victim blaming Kalim, that is beneath you."
Desmond cries out as he's stricken and takes a defensive pose. Damnit I hate darkness! I'm getting a refund on these goggles!
Karnog rummages in his haversack for a moment, pulling out a small, faintly glowing oil vial.
Applying it to his shield, the buckler begins to glow with the light of the noonday sun, hopefully eliminating some of the darkness surrounding these monsters.
"Never tried this before, I hope it works!"
"Aaaaargh! Damn you, Desmond!" Kalim utters unearthly words and steps back casting a powerful antinecromantic spell.
[Dice=HD undead killed, 40 ft burst, dc 24]13d4