Scions of the Sky Key [Core] (Inactive)

Game Master Zizazat

Scattered throughout the camp you find journals and logbooks. These logbooks also indicate that the Gold Crown Company had discovered an abundant silver vein in this gorge and have worked tirelessly to keep it a secret from their competitors.

The fifteen-mile journey from the Gold Crown mining camp takes you on a long and treacherous route through the wilds of the Bandu Hills. It’s now dark and cool enough that there is no further danger from heat.

Seeing the state of the Men, Beorin helps in treating their wounds.
Heal 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

"We should move on and see what we can do for their captured friends." once the party is more then ready to set off on pursuit.

Survival 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

Cathryn watches the treating of the wounds, and smiles.

"Back home, medical arts, and healing with wonders, were highly prized, but I was too young to learn them."

She tries to learn something of the healer's art here by watching the men, but is unable to actually pick up on anything yet.

"I would respectfully suggest, however, that from now on anyone who wishes to rush ahead of the rest of us would allow me to go before them as armed escort. If I fall you have lost nothing, but if one of you should fall, it is a more serious loss.
"It is a very serious thing that kobold raiders would come and kidnap ten people. And why ten? Do they want bargaining chips or slave labor? And, of course, as much as I am grateful that those men were saved and can return, I wonder if they will not speak irresponsibly and start a panic, or an angry mob, in the fort."

Cathryn reads the log books, but shakes her head with disgust when she is finished.

"Mining, and even worse, greed and competition! I often wonder if the civilized world is really civilized at all. Cooperation and common cause were what kept . . . What I was raised to believe in. The blessings for one should be shared with the rest. And the sacredness of the land was never to be violated in search of meaningless metals unless something was given back to the earth. Come Zondra. Nicholas, my dear friend, sniff and find!"

She greatly hopes her dog, Nicholas, will be able to pick up a useful scent.

Survival: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

You march through the jungle and even in the darkness Beorin is able to find a good way through the overgrowth. Nicholas is not able to smell any Kobolds in the area although the dog's hair on the back stands high.

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24.

"Ooo! Look! There's a big cat following us! Hello kitty!"

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Taken slightly aback by Radagast's announcement, Tariq squints his eyes in the direction indicated "Your elven eyes aid you well my friend! Do you know of such beasts? Will it try and eat us, or will loud sounds scare it off?"

"Maybe... or we could try and befriend it!"

Perception Check 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

"Nay Cathryn. Speak not like that. All of us are valuable and as long as Torag grants me the spells I'm able to channel, I'll not see you all fall." then looking up as he is warned, he continues.

"So is the cat hungry?"

"Maybe... it could be following us, to see if we are easy prey... or to see if we leave any such in our wake."

"Perhaps we can feed it the dog then?" Tariq points to Nicholas. It is hard to tell from his tone if he is kidding or serious.

"The Dog's owner might object....."

"And I do object. Radagast is right. Befriend it if we can. It is something m . . . I have seen before. We're in its domain, remember that. It belongs here. We don't.
"On the other hand, thank you, Beorin, for your offer of channeling power. "

... I should have been able to identify it. But it been age since i came home. So....

Radagast.. could you try to tame or at least stop follow us?

"I could try, but it is being very cautious about us..."

@GM Baerlie: Is it still around, or has it been scared off at this point?

radagast? It is starting to look like my nightmare. Please make it go.

"I can but try..."

Radagast turns to the cat, and makes friendly overtures.

"Hello kitty! Would you like to be our friend?"

Wild Empathy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12.

Beorin blinks at his companion's actions.

"Well I suppose, to each his or her own......"

Cathryn will attempt to help Radagast by the use of handling animals. She is impressed by his skills, and cracks a smile.

Those were arts Father and several others practiced. Could he be someone like them? I must watch him further to be sure, but if he is, maybe he's the teacher I've been searching for.

Handle Animals: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Frightened by the cat, Irisus start to run.

Reaching out his hand, Beorin grabs Irisus.
"Calm my friend, if you run you'll be seperate from us and might look like a tastier meal."

Actually it planned to eat you, so it was not scared off at this point :D

The cat bares its teeth, water drips from its mouth. You can see its tail moving from one side to the other while the cat ducks and attempts to jump. But hearing Radagast's and Cathryn's words it decides not to attack but to calm down and run away.

You continue your journey until you reach a valley. This ancient valley nestled in the Bandu Hills is well hidden, being almost impossible to spot from more than a mile away. Ancient megalithic stones — most of which are toppled and partly buried — ring the border of this deep valley. These stones, long since weathered by time and encrusted with vegetation, serve as the only indication that humanoids may have at one time settled this region. The thick forest canopy of the valley below hides any sign of civilization — ancient or otherwise — from outside observers.

From the edge of the valley you have to descend 300 ft into the dense jungle below.

Knowledge(Nature): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15.

Radagast waves farewell to the cat as it flees.

"Goodbye kitty!"

As the party continues on, he hums happily to himself. Once they get to the cliff edge, however, Radagast is clearly quite impressed by the panorama spread before the party from the top of the cliff.

"Ooo! That is a nice view."

Survival: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21.

"Hmmm... Look's like there is a trail here; whilst abseiling down the cliff might be fun, I don't think everyone could do it. This track will undoubtedly be a safer way to get down to the valley floor."

He then ambles off down the trail.

Tariq follows the surefooted druid down the trail.

Beorin laughs as the cat runs off.
"I must admit to being impressed. I didn't think such a thing would have worked. Well Done Radagast!"
Survival Check 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Assuming that the writing was dwarven.

"I can read these engravings. They say call this place the Valley of Broken Blood and the city within as Ashkurhall. Perhaps this was what made him risked himself here."

Sorry, yes, the writing is dwarven.

Radagast and Beorin guide you down into the valley safely. You find yourself beneath a dense canopy of tall jungle trees. Due to the limited sunlight that comes through the canopy, the jungle floor is largely devoid of undergrowth, save for extremely small and sparse vegetation. The majority of the jungle floor is made of massive root structures from the ancient trees and moss-covered rocks.

You can easily follow the trail of the kobolds and miners, who did not work to conceal their tracks once they got this far. The tracks lead you through the jungle to a flowered clearing 2 miles from the ridge.

The dense forestation of the valley jungle thins here, opening up enough to reveal the sky through the canopy. Beneath this opening, an ancient ruin consumed by the jungle is barely visible. Vines and leafy foliage encrust toppled blocks of quarried stone, tall grass grows up between derelict paving stones, and squat statues depicting dwarves in heavy armor stand crooked or fractured entirely from the infiltration of twisting roots. Among the more notable features here are the exotic flowers — tall, pitcher-shaped, golden blooms with seven petals, the interior of each a deep red. The soothing fragrance of the flowers fills the valley, and motes of pollen drift lazily in the air.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Tariq seems somewhat fascinated by the exotic flowers and spends a little time studying them and drawing pictures of them in a sketchbook.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Knowledge: Nature: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Cathryn doesn't notice anything else, because her attention is immediately directed to the plants.

"Cover your mouths and keep away from those plants, boys! They eat dead things, and their pollen puts anyone who breathes it to sleep. I presume that means the plants will try to eat them. Father and the o . . . Father called them a natural defense system, and tried to use them as one. Mother called them xtabay."

Like always. The corneille was in the sky surveying the area.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

stealth: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

Knowledge local: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (17) - 2 = 15

bones! At least fifty humanoïds of varying race! Don't come closer!

Great! now everybody know that you talk Taldan!, say with anger Irisus.

Still... this place is dangerous. Let use some ranged weapon against this plant and let's continue.

Irrius takes a rock on the ground and draw his sling.

"Simmer down, Mister Irisus. I don't care what languages you speak. But I do think I should go first, or rather, that Nicholas should, then me. Would you like me to cut down these plants as I proceed? Personally I would rather not as it would be a great insult to the earth, but if you feel your safety comes first, I will acquiesce. "

Cathryn prepares her scythe and her dog, but lets her mount go in the back of the group, and slowly, carefully proceeds ahead, taking direction from any of the men if they have good suggestions.

"Let me know if you pick up anything, including panthers, Nikky boy."

Perception 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
"I see the bodies. I'm guessing there's a trap of some sort. Radagast what do you know about these plants, seeing that you're most likely along with Cathryn are the experts in the flora and fauna here."

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27.
Knowledge(Nature): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7.
Knowledge(Nature): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10.
Knowledge(Nature): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16.

"Hmmm... I see the bones that you are referring to, but I am afraid that I do not recognise the plants. Do they have hallucinogenic properties? If they are a threat, perhaps we should destroy them from a distance?"

killing the plants from distance it is :)

You find out that the plants are dangerous so you decide to destroy them from distance.

Round 1
Irisus + La Corneille
Tariq
Beorin
Radagast
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Cathryn
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Xtabay red
Xtabay green

Oookay... Apparently we are 5' away from the plants? ;-)

With a shrug, Radagast steps up, and attempts to turn one of the Xtabay's into so much psychedelic salad.

5' step, and attack green :-)

MW Cold Iron Scythe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12, for 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 2) + 6 = 14 damage.

Beorin also steps back and lets loose with a twirl of his sling but lack of practice is telling.
Sling 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 71d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Tariq fires his crossbow at the red plant!

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Warily, Cathryn once again sticks to her defensive instincts, watching, fighting totally defensively and with her combat expertise, on her guard for a blast of pollen so she can evade and retaliate.

- 5 to attack, but + 3 to ac.

"Has anyone got a way to start a fire, and, since we don't wish to ruin the rest of the life here, stop it when we're done?"

Since she does not, she readies her scythe and slashes with it . . .

Attack: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (2) - 4 = -2 (+1 from the fact that she does have a slightly positive strength score.)

In case she actually hits, Damage: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 1) + 1 = 4

Irrisus take a 5foot and attack attack: 1d20 + 1 - 1 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 1 - 1 + 3 = 23 dom: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2

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"I'm not sure if we want to do that. We might not be able to control the fire should it spread."

Radagast steps up to the closest xtabay and cuts it into pieces. Beorins attempt to destroy the remaining xtabay with a sling stone misses. Tariq fires a crossbow bolt at the red plant and hits, but enough leaves remain to keep the plant alive. Cathryn's barbarian instincts tell her to fight defensively and she attacks the plant, but also misses.

Suddenly you see something green, looking like a leaf, dropping from a tree above. It attacks Radagast.
Stinger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Fly-By attack, as far as I'm informed it provokes an AoO from Radagast

Round 2
Tariq
Beorin
Radagast
Irisus + La Corneille
Cathryn
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Leaf ray
Xtabay red -5HP

Tariq calmly reloads his crossbow and fires again at the xtabay!

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Beorin loads up and lets fly once more!!!
Attack with sling 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 171d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
"This takes some getting used to as I've not used this for a long time."

Momentarily surprised by the flying leaf, Radagast nevertheless gamely takes a swing at it.

MW Cold Iron Scythe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22, for 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 6 = 14 damage.

"Keep clear and be wary. Let me take the chances!"

Cathryn continues her defensive posture, only now she is aware of the threat of the leaves.

I definitely need to learn how to fend off arrows. I've heard tell of that, and seen it done once. Now I need to learn how.

Attacking in the same manner as she did before, but hopefully with better result . . .

Attack: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (5) - 4 = 1 (But +3 to her AC.) And should she hit, Damage: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2) + 1 = 5

Same thing att: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13dom: 1d3 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

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Toriq shoots another bolt at the remaining xtabay and hits its roots. Beorin finally finishes it off with a sling stone. Radagast takes a swing at the leaf flying by and makes a big cut in one of its wings. Cathryn continues to pose defensively while Irisus tries to thit something, but there is nothing left, the leaf ray is too far away.

The leaf turns around. It flies towards Toriq, stops in front of him and tries to hit him with its stinger. It misses.
Stinger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Round 3
Tariq
Beorin
Radagast
Irisus + La Corneille
Cathryn
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Leaf ray -13HP

Radagast charges forward, and attempts to finish-off the flying plant.

MW Cold Iron Scythe: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 2 = 21, for 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 6 = 14 damage.

Radagast finishes off the flying plant with his scythe.

combat over

Among the skeletal corpses scattered through the clearing, some are outfitted with serviceable adventuring gear. You discover a suit of +1 studded leather armor, a masterwork scimitar, and two potions. In addition, several of the plants growing here are key components in expensive medicines, and the PCs can harvest sundry alchemical and medicinal reagents.

Between the humanoid remains you find a miner, he looks like fallen short time ago.

Radagast huddles over one of the fallen miners.

Heal: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15.

"Hey! One of these guys is still alive!"

He then tries to do what he can to make the man comfortable.

Stabilize, if required, and Create Water to help moisten his lips, and help to bring him round.

While the others tend to the wounded miner, Tariq inventories the found gear. "This armor would be well suited for me," he comments. "And this scimitar is of quite a fine quality. Not as good as you could find in the streets of Katheer, but still quite serviceable to be laying around in the jungle."

I'll take the armor if there are no objections. The scimitar can maybe get put to good use by someone else? Healing is pretty well covered I believe, but extra potions are always good (assuming they are CLW). If someone wants to try and id them and we can split them smartly.