Ah i see. I wrote florin and elorin. Should have said Darin and elorin :)
Tarinhil's hands begin to mix together a bomb, almost purely by reflex, "Hopefully, plants still burn.", he says as he hurls it.
for
Elorin and I bravely endure our paralysis.
It screams...strange from a plant.
Unalaq gets bitten, slapped by one of two tentacles and grabbed and he takes 19 damage
GO it is burning
Vinny takes a quick step to let someone else into the room and then unleashes on the plant.
"Let's take it quick! That looks like it hurts!"
yes and yes
Unalaq goes with the flow and beats on the plant creature with his club.
The plant thing releases unalaq and falls still
Fernus approaches the thing carefully and finds his dagger along the way.
He carefully prods the plant thing with his dagger, curious about what it was.
"Any of you know what this was? It seemed dangerous."
"What happened to Darin and Elorin? Are they all right?"
They come to in about 30 seconds and Elorin shouts
TENDRICULOS! IT CAN PARALYZE! DONT GET SWALLOWED!
Tarinhil nods, "Got it, thanks.... but is any part of it useful?"
Darin coughs repeatedly to get spores out of his throat - he seems to have been allergic to the spores but didn't get a chance to sneeze until now.
You could *cough* probably sell the *cough, cough* spores to some *cough* wives with overbearing *cough* husbands after a night of drink.
"That you could. Vinny or Tarin, want to clear that door over there?" Unalaq points to the door on the north wall. "We'll see if this beast was set here to guard something."
Tarinhil nods and flies over to look at the door.
There is literally nothing down here. Totally could have burned down the house
"Sorry everyone. Didn't want to take the chance. Let's head out and put it to the torch."
Vinny quickly beats a hasty retreat. Keeping quiet, he stands just off the porch, leaning on the butt of his spear.
Tarinhil smiles, "Let me. It'll be the best part of my day."
Darin will sigh.
Can I at least light a torch for you?
Tarinhil raises his hand, drawing on his feygift and causing it to burst into flames, "No need, I've got that covered too."
Darin grumbles a bit and then takes a hit from his flask.
I need a higher class of enemies. Maybe some nobleman's footmen will attack us with tea and biscuits.
Tarinhil goes through the first level of the house, gathering flammable materials near the walls, then using his burning hand to ignite them. That'll work nicely.. He watches each pile start to burn, then emerges from the now smoke-filled house... lobbing a few fireballs to speed the burning.
The house goes up fairly quickly it will take a bit for it to burn completely but you do manage to succeed
Where to now? Jakadaros says as he watches the flames.
"In light of our new situation, we should perhaps head back to town and regroup and plan?" Vinny suggests, since they are no longer going in completely blind.
Darin will say a brief prayer to bless the souls of all those who suffered within the walls of the house-pyre, granting them rest and consigning them to the protection of Cayden Cailean.
That sounds like a plan Vinny.
He'll turn to Jakadaros.
Are you coming with us?
No we must find a way to retake Fort Rannick. I had hoped you would come and assist, but I understand
Tarinhil nods, "No, we will. Absolutely. I think the only issue is deciding where we draw up the plan as to how we retake the Fort."
"That was entirely our plan. But a good night's rest and getting your belly full will help you be ready for it, will it not?"
We must go now, we will scout the area and will wait 24 hours before we attack.
"That is...very...dangerous, but that is where we were heading." He shakes his head, thinking it is foolhardy, but he will support them.
Darin will watch them leave and shake his head.
Well, gotta love a man with a plan. Speaking of which what's our plan? If we need to retake the fort fire from the sky isn't the best idea.
He pats his mace.
One day. One day.
Tarinhil watches the fire for a while, content as he stares at the dancing flames before turning to face the others, the flames reflected in his multi-faceted, mutated eyes. "It's not a bad idea... the scouting may help us plan... Ogres aren't exactly known for subtlety."
So I just want to point out that you totally could have torched the place.
We know, oh we know.
Now.
The fire burns down and the cottage and barn are charred ruins.
"Why not just head for the Fort? We can have Tarin fly up overhead and see if he spies any areas that they aren't guarding and plan to go over the walls there. Unless those of you that are familiar with the Fort have a better idea."
gotcha
It will take 2 days to get back to the fort. Along the way you have ample opportunity to speak with the rangers and learn what you can. If you check out the map you will see the map that Jackadaros draws for you on the way
Darin checks the map.
Not that I'm a mountaineer but perhaps we'd be best off coming off the mountain into the fort instead of going through the gates?
I can also scout the fort invisible and flying. If we wish to come into the fort from behind we could use fly to move people into that area. Elorin offers up.
"Seems like an approach they wouldn't be expecting. I like it."
Tarinhil says, "My mutagen will likely expire before we get there -- but give me an hour and I'll mix up another. Gives us a second flying scout..."
"Sounds like a solid plan." Looking to the rangers, "Any suggestions or things that might help with this infiltration?"
You mean besides an battalion of crossbowmen or a cavalry regiment?