Eladorn waits until everyone else is on or across the bridge before urging Shael forward. They both move especially carefully; Shael's hooves were never meant to walk on boards. Eladorn follows Shael, keeping a close eye on the stag's safety.
Thorn grips the sides of the bridge and moves very very slowly after watching the fates of his companions.
Every step he takes, he grips the bridge tightly and manages to keep a constant pace.
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Ylosani is not LESS certain that their expedition is cursed when three of them attempting to cross the bridge tumble off into the icy waters below.
He grits his teeth, both from the cold and with determination and pushes himself up out of the water. "I will not yield," he mutters, low enough that he might not be overheard.
As the group gathers on the other side of the bridge, he looks around at them, fierce determination writ large on his face. "Someone use the wand to get us all healed up then we'll move on," he says.
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Maraxus' solid five minutes of cursing while he dragged himself from the water was only interrupted by bouts of chattering teeth.
Regaining the bank and slowly recovering his wits and body control he changes to a low muttering to himself.
"This is a test? It has to be? Why not glorious combat? It is punishment for getting dazzled, it has to be."
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as the wind picks up and tyrael is thrown off the bridge. he has a look on his face that is just pure dumbfound as he falls into the icy water below.
as he hits the water he screems as the icy water shocks his body. he fights and struggles against the cold to get to any side of the river. looking for purchase on the the river bank he will try to pull himself back on to land.
as he pulls himself out of the water you can see all of the water on his armor crystalize and it turns to ice. fits of shivering and convulstions of cold rack his body as he tries to stand. when he is finally able to he finds himself making his way back over to the lodge to start a fire and warm himself and the 2 others that also hit the water.
Thorn looks at his froze companions and begins to move among them, casting his weather resistant spells.
"Best let me handle this."
"First. We need to find somewhere to put up and wood to light a fire."
Are we losing another day already? I guess we have no choice. I can't ask them to go into a snowy wood if they're shivering with hypothermia.
"We should just go back to the lodge. It's still just right there, and it will be both the safest and warmest place." He gives the shivering people a stern eye. "Just go slowly across the bridge."
Eladorn and Shael move back across the bridge, still moving at an uncomfortably slow pace, and they head back to the lodge. Eladorn begins getting a fire going in the fireplace. Once the fire is going well, he heads out to hunt.
"I'm going to go wrangle us some dinner." And go get some peace of mind!
Despite his familiarity with these woods, Eladorn is unable to even find enough food for himself, let alone to feed others. He chalks it up to the winter weather. Well, that or the fact that we're going so slow I can't even think any more!
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Ylosani growls and grits his teeth, both from frustration and from shivering. Looking at his soaked companions and knowing how he, himself feels, though, he knows there isn't much choice. The creatures and challenges they've faced have tested their limits even when they were healthy. Soaked through and freezing will be just the hindrance that might get them killed.
"Yes. Back to the lodge. We'll spend the night there then strike out in the morning. And cross the bridge slowly," Ylosani says.
He then does just that, crossing back over the bridge extremely slowly so that he doesn't end up in the water again.
Thorn follows back though he an feel his companion's fustrations with the way things have gone...
In this weather though, Thorn forages for berries and nuts he hopes that he can find since hunting is not his forte at all. He does it as near to the lodge as he can..
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As everyone makes their way across the bridge slowly as possible, they notice two things, one is a bag that had all the previous gear in it partially buried in the ground and snow. And two they notice a little further as they travel the trail
The forest stands deathly quiet here. Even the wind has grown still as snow softly falls through the stark branches overhead. Tracks, human in size but oddly misshapen, mar an otherwise unblemished trail through the trees.
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"well look at this gift from the gods Apsu blesses us today." as tyrael reaches down to pick up the sack that was noticed on the ground.
after picking up the sack he straightens out a bit. "well will ya lookie here the wind died down. im hoping that is a good thing and works in our favor."
noticing the all the foot prints he looks aver at Eladorn. "hey there Eladorn is it what do u make of these tracks?" as he speaks Tyrael will pull out his really big hammer and starts scanning around trying to notice if there is anything moving around besides the group.
Eladorn starts approaching the sack of goods, intending to search it for traps, but Tyrael has picked it before he can get to it.
He bends down to take a closer look at the tracks.
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Ylosani spends a night of frustration, alleviated only partially by the comfort that comes from being out of the elements and in front of a warm fire after taking a dunk in near frozen waters.
When they get back across the bridge (very carefully) he is somewhat relieved to have found the items his previous party found and is not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Though he will be surprised if it is not trapped.
He has the Bow of the Southern Winds in hand and an arrow knocked and watches for an ambush, the other tactic their opponents prefer.
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Relieved to be dry and reasonably warm, though he would have pressed on if necessary, Maraxus edges his way across the bridge.
Seeing the paladin pounce on the buried gear he cringed, expecting the trap he surely would have placed if he was the enemy.
He scans the area, hammer ready for any ambush that might be sprung.
Thorn tries his best to check the bag for dangers in his own limited ways.
"Perhaps our luck is turning for the best." he says even though he really really wishes for their luck to turn for the best.
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Tyrael looks at the group that all seem to have a shicked look on there face. "apsu protects me and his light has shown on all of us today finding these items here for us."
After passing off the bag to his fellow comrades he will re-ready his hammer and slowly start walking further down the trail keeping an eye out for anything that might want to cause them harm.
Thorn shivers despite his magical protections.
This could also be our fates...... as his gloomy thoughts turn to match the weather.
"Be on your guard as we walk... those tracks look like they might have been skeletons. Humanoid, but still. Our necromancer seems like he's not done with us yet."
Eladorn continues to search out their path as they travel deeper into the woods.
Eladorn attempts to use all of his woodland skills to find the lost trail.
Eladorn stands slowly from where he was croutched by the ground. "I have a bad feeling... I think something is watching us," he says as he begins scanning the woods around them, trying to find the source of his unease.
Thorn sighs as he prepares to bring up one of his patron's blessings.
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Maraxus doesnt seem to notice in time but notices before the rest and sees Skeletons so cold there is Ice formed on them
Red, Blue and Green all advance 5 feet and attack
Red vs Ylosani
miss
miss
Blue vs Mustafa
hit
hit
2 cold damage
1 cold damage
Green vs Eladorn
hit
miss
5 cold damage
After the creatures dig ther claws in who they can Eladorn Ylosani and Mustafa can feel the cold coming off the creatures and each take additional cold damage
~~Round 1~~
Knowledge religion
R
B
G
Tyreal
Thorn
Eladorn
Maraxus
Ylosani
Mustafa
Glad that he sensed enough to warn the others, so they were at least on their guard, Eladorn draws his heavy flail. He shifts his weight and makes a great two-handed swing at the skeleton in front of him. "What are you waiting for; attack that thing!" he calls to Shael with urgency.