Moving into position, Steinolf attacks out at one of the remaining living creatures.
The longsword is cold iron just as a refresher.
Steinolf hits but does not crit. The creature falls to the ground.
Out of combat!
What do you do?
Steinolf will make his way around and making sure these blue creatures are finished off, then he will go check on the elk that was slayed. He will put his sword away and check to see if the creature is dead.
“Mordred, from the way those creatures acted previously we know they are tricksters. They could have been doing something to cause this elk to act as an ally to them. It could be that this elk, which is out of its natural habitat, was frightened and wanted to get home....”
Gavinia searches the bodies. "The elk may also have been a companion to one of these fairies, such as druids or wizards sometimes have. But I don't think we can rule out magical compulsion either."
Garassay looks over the slain elk and the fey.
"Rrrrrr. Such a shame. I wonder if these blue fey infesting the forest are the cause for the weather, or a symptom of it. How did the bandits get involved in all of this? We should press on to see if we can save the lady and find a way to put an end to all this. grrrrr.
He makes ready to move on when the rest of the group is prepared.
You are not sure if it's dead, you can roll a heal check.
“Can anyone tell if this creature is still alive? If it is just going to die we should mercifully end its suffering. If it is going to live we could help it a little.”
“All that matters to me is that it attacks , save any moral quandary for later after we find who we are looking for ; plus the meat will serve us well in this environment “ with that morde takes his throwing axe out to carve out some choice meat and some fur before moving on knowing that we don’t have much time he will be as quick as he can
"Hhhrrrgm. What's done is done. I am fine with taking what we need now, it is going to feed the animals of the woods now so I see no reason why we shouldn't take a share for ourselves."
Garrasay assists Morde and then makes ready to move on.
The snow falling snow keeps sticking to his bushy eyebrows and he spends most of the time trying to brush it away just so he can see the path ahead.
Yukiharu
“All that matters is that it attacks? By that logic I attack also... take your time. I’ll scout around.”
I previously rolled a 15(16 vs traps) perception. I want to spend sometime looking around fallowing tracks and clear some of the area while we wait for dinner.
The date is 4713 AR on Fireday, 18th Earstus at 10:15 am - current moon cycle: waxing crescent
The location is The Border Wood - Wishbone Creek
With the sustained wintry weather over the past several days, a small stream called Wishbone Creek has frozen over. A human-sized snowman stands in the middle of the trail before a frozen stream. A crude wooden sign leans against it and bears the words in common, Trespassers Turn Back.
Current Map:
Wishbone Creek
A solid sheet of ice extends across this frozen stream, while snow-covered rocks line its banks. The stream is 20 feet wide at this point, but its surface is frozen. You might observe from your position that this appears to be the safest place to cross due to the mountainous wooded terrain surrounding you.
With your perceptions, you don’t observe any creatures of hear anything other than the sound of the chilly snowfall. You can only see 60 ft around you as the snow continues to plague your vision and movement.
Steinolf did not find any tracks.
Morde looks around for tracks, "Hmm i don't like this, I feel like this could be another trap, should we try going down river to check for another Ford? if the water is frozen here it might be frozen further down or up the river."
Gavinia draws the cold-iron throwing axe and eyes the snowman speculatively. "A trap, an ambush, or maybe some other poor person encased in ice." She pauses a moment. "I shall investigate. Every one prepare for unexpected trouble. I have Resistance and Guidance prepared, which can provide a small boost in protection for a minute."
While the others prepare, she casts Detect Magic and examines the snowman.
In a lower voice, Gavinia tells the party. "Magic on the snowman - three auras. Yuki, can you read any more?"
Once Yuki has cast, Gavinia casts two spells on herself - Resistance, then Guidance.
“Magic on the snowman? I wonder if it’s like the magic of those blue creatures, or if it is something else. I am no good with magical auras.” Steinolf draws the longsword and stands at the ready to attack if something reveals itself.
Having enough of the fey folk attacking him Morde moves forward and tries to hide in the bushes before anyone does anything. Not known for his stealth Morde just is looking for cover , muttering "not this time, you two bit little fairies." Morde always carries his axe out because its a greataxe.
"Grr. The whole magic snowman thing feels like a fairy prank, but the sign written in common doesn't seem right. The fairies we have met so far didn't speak common. Something doesn't add up here."
Garrasay looks a little sheepish, odd considering his canine visage "I don't normally prepare detect magic, I'm not really versed in the theory of arcane magic. I was taught in a much less formal environment directly by my mentor, there were very few books involved and the emphasis was on practical applications so my understanding on how magic actually works is...limited. Hhhhhrrg."
He squints at the snowman and then peers into the forest to see if he can spot any hidden watchers.
Knowledge (Arcana)
Yukiharu
"I detect Abjuration, Illusion and Evocation."
Gavinia touches her holy symbol and murmurs a quick prayer to Alseta as she uses a blessing on herself.
"Evocation probably means a trap of some kind. Keep back in case it is."
With her protections up, she tromps forward to the snowman. If nothing happens, she will carefully remove the snowman's head, then the body.
When Gavinia starts to move forward, the snowman erupts with a scream of frustration. ”Can’t you read? The sign says turn back! Now get lost!”
Gavinia keeps moving forward as she answers.
"Under whose authority? You are made of snow and clearly not native to this part of the world."
“What the.... talking snow men?” Steinolf waits to hear their response about “Under whose authority?” Before continuing. He does however listens to how they speak and tries to sense the intent.
Gavinia continues forward and a loud scream arises from the snowman.
sonic damage
Gavinia is stunned for 1 round
Initiative
Steinolf Stone
Garrasay
Gavinia Hornsten
Yukiharu
Mordred
Unknown
Round 1
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Party Buffs:
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21.01 - Mordred
20.04 - Steinolf
16.03 - Yukiharu
16.00 - Garrasay
11.02 - Gavinia
10.05 - Unknown
---Round End---
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Up first, Mordred
I don't know if I can make it moving then attacking the snowman, I will be trying to cut off its head.
If I cant make it ill double move and ignore my attack. (move to F11)
"DIE!, you little fey bastard!" morde yells as he runs forward to attack.
Mordred double moves due to the difficult terrain.
Up next, Steinolf!
Moving up with the Cold Iron Longsword in hand, Steinolf strikes out against the snowman creature.
Steinolf hits the snowman and most of it's body is no longer.
Yukiharu will ready an action to slumber something if he sees it.
Up next, Garrasay!
Seeing Gavinia reeling from the effect of the magic, Garrasay moves as quickly as he can to stand between her and the forest edge. He pulls out his flail and scans the treeline warily.
Garassay moves.
Gavinia drops everything in her hands and is stunned.
A creature rises from the snow next to Gavinia E12 and attacks AC-2/loses Dex to AC 17
From the waist up, this icy creature’s features are humanoid, but below its body is a snake-like, slithering tail.
Yukiharu uses his readied action to hex the creature (yellow) but has no effect.
20/x2
Miss
Another creature rises from the snow on the other side of Gavinia G12, providing a flank AC 17
20/x2
Miss
Gavinia is no longer stunned, but your weapons/items you were holding is now on ground.
Up next, Mordred!
( the web sight has been twitchy all day)
Morde sees the creature come up curses “ by the gods!”
And pulls his head weapon back and chops down with a vecious over the head swing of his axe using all of his power
Mordred misses.
Up next, Steinolf!
Steinolf will move into flanking position with Mordred, D13. Can he 5 ft step on this path?
With both him and stein trying to hit the creature it quickly moves out of the way of both attacks. "Damn, its fast! its like trying to hit lighting. " Morde says to stein.
Steinolf misses.
Up next, Garrasay!
Garrasay whirls around to face the new intruders "Rrrrrrwrrg. What are these things? Rrrrrrr."
He plows his way through the snow to get next to both of them and then taking his flail in two hands, proceeds to bash the one to his left.
He slips on the icy surface and his swing goes wild as he scrambles to regain his balance.
Rather than risk picking up the axe, Gavinia draws her new dagger and stabs at the creature to the north.
Garassay moves and misses.
Gavinia hits and does damage.
Yukiharu with withdraw the crossbow and load it.
Creature (yellow) attacks Gavinia flank AC 20
20/x2
Hits
bludgeoning damage plus cold damage
Saves
Creature (green) attacks Gavinia flank AC 20
20/x2
Miss
Up next, Mordred!
<- ouch two 5's now
"Leave her alone, you fiends" Morde attacks again with flank however once again the creature guessed his attack and turned before the axe could connect.
Mordred misses.
Up next, Steinolf!
