Cyrioul shudders from the poison coursing through his body as he runs over to Lily. "Again!" he calls. "More fire - Rhagwelediad!" He taps Lily on the shoulder, imbuing her with a mote of his divination magic.
Thorek makes wordless horrified noises and the wasps get under his armor and clothes, some even crawl into his mouth and he feels his gorge rise.
Bree tries to stagger away from the swarm.
Seeing the wasps proving more potent against her allies, she decides to try to lure the swarms farther away from the others. Her blade did nothing to them, which she honestly isn't surprised about, and decided this was her best method of help and took a careful step back to not receive more harm than necessary.
"Come on you buzzing bastards," She swears, trying to instill some confidence in herself.
Round 2
Cedric sees how badly Bree is injured, and struggles for a moment with the desire to help conflicting with the need to stay spread out. Then he smacks his forehead and remembers that he can reach her from farther away if he gets big. So he doubles in size, converts his second bless into a healing spell, and bends down to palm Bree's head like a basketball to apply the healing energy.
Struggling to keep his lunch down, Thorek staggered out of the cloud of stinging insects, unable to do more as he spits out several of their crushed exoskeletons.
Caladra steps back in an attempt to draw the wasps to herself.
Bree staggers away
Cedric becomes large and heals Bree
Cyrioul fees the venom coursing through his joints, and strengthens Lily
Thorek moves away
Lily throws doing 1 splash damage to the swarm
The wasps consolidate around Caladra doing damage.
Could Thorek use his fire blessing to damage the swarm? I understand that they normally don't take weapon damage but could the 1d6 fire hurt it?
"I used to hate bugs. Now I loathe them," Bree mutters as she grabs another flask from her pack.
"We're definitely gonna need some more of these!"
+splash damage
Caladra winced and gritted her teeth as the swarm attacked her again. Carefully she moved away from the buzzing swarm and dropped her great sword. She then pulled out one of her potions she carried on her, one Cyriol had said was cure light wounds and drank it.
She gagged the thick liquid oozed down her throat. "Bloody magic," she swore under her breath
Round 3
Cedric returns to normal size and sees that Caladra has pulled the swarm far enough away from the main group that he can position himself to channel energy so that it will get all of the injured allies without affecting the swarming insects. It's not much, but there's little else he can do for everyone at the same time.
Caladra drinks a potion and the wounds close up.
Bree hits the center of the swarm
Cedric heals everyone
The poison continues its ruinous work through Cyrioul's tender veins. He pats Lily on the shoulder once more, but his voice is a little weaker. "I know you can do this - a good hit and we should be safe again. Rhagwelediad!"
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"All right this is my last one...," Lily says while concentrating really hard.
Panting and covered in welts, Thorek is able to get himself under control and backs away from the swarm again, thinking furiously about the magic at his disposal and whether it could help.
Cyrioul helps Lily again.
Thorek moves away.
Lily throws the alchemist fire true, and the last of the swarm moves away into the forest.
With the wasps gone, you find apples on the trees. They are small and tart, but still edible. 5 Provision Points can be harvested off the trees.
With some poking around in the ruined chimney, a loose stone is noticed. You find in it some long-dead settler's wealth:
- 210 sp
- 75 gp
- A set of masterwork bolas (UE)
- A masterwork javelin
- A large citine gem worth 50 gp
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Boudra keeps holding her stomach as the nausea slowly settles. Gods, I hate bugs... Once she's feeling steadier, and sees that the others have taken care of the wasps, she rejoins them in the search of the area, helping to pull the apples off the trees. That night, she retires to bed early, hoping that her stiff arm will feel better in the morning.
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During the evening, as the night's encampment is being set up, he'll search for foods. If he can find a stream he'll fish, otherwise he'll just do the best he can.
After the work is all done, before people settle down for their rest, he'll burn the rest of his channels to make sure people are going to bed in as good a position as possible after the ordeal of the wasps.
Seeking out Edran, Thorek claps him on the back and says, "You did good work with that poultice before, especially for your first try! Let's see who we can help today, come along!"
The two of them tend to the sick civilians, making poultices and treating their symptoms.
After a few more moments of vomiting, Cyrioul shakes off the wasp's poison, but he'll feel the effects for days.
He helps direct the NPCs about their tasks, having those who can assist the more skilled townspeople. While this help build up and stretch their provisions (mostly thanks to the herd's first batch of good milk), there isn't quite enough shelter to go around for everyone to stay comfortable that night. Though it is merciful to let the five sick members rest, his ledgers are a little pained by their absence.
Boudra also sets about making a poultice, watching Thorek carefully. It's just a new medicine...it's not normally so hard for me to pick up recipes like this!
This time, it works out. There we go! Eagerly, she rushes to give it to someone who's looking worse off.
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Edran almost makes a good poultice, but Thorek recognizes it as being sub par.
"I'm so sorry. I really tried. But, I seem so fumble-fingered sometimes. Maybe I'd be better suited to taking a watch or foraging for food?"
"It was only your second effort, you'll get there. Thor and Innis are looking better already, another day or two and they'll be right as rain. Then we can find you something else to do." Standing and brushing his hands off, he looks around the camp. "Well, let's see about finding somewhere to sleep, eh?"
Around and amongst the other things he needs to do during the day, Cedric will liberally cast Purify Food and Drink to hopefully prevent a repeat of "The Sickening."
Still sore from their apple expedition, Caladra needed to cool off. She wandered through the forest back to the stream she had fished at previously and decided to try her luck. She sighed deeply to calm herself before casting her line.
Having better luck than previous, she returned to the camp with more fish than just herself.
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After a day of scouting, Bree checks up with several villagers, making sure they're as comfortable as they can be given the circumstances.
"Lily, perhaps you and Oreld can teach me something about alchemy. It might be a good idea for one or both of you to take some time tomorrow to make more of those alchemist's fire bombs. I don't want to be caught unaware if we run into anymore wasps." A shiver runs down her spine as she thinks about their previous encounter. "Cripes, I get itchy just thinking about them."
She walks over to Cedric and Cyrioul. She details where she scouted today and what she thinks will be the best route to follow. "You guys need me for anything or should I take a nap?"
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"I think I can make them but its going to take a while. We have the supplies but Im going to have to improvise with the equipment," Lilly says while scratching her head.
Portable alchemist’s lab: This compact version of a full-sized alchemist’s lab provides a +1 circumstance bonus on Craft (alchemy) checks.
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Two days later Lily comes back with an acid flask and a large grin on her face. Looking at Bree she says,"I know it's not much but it's a start. Anything in particular you want me to make?
Cedric and Lily hear high-pitched yips and growling laughter from a clearing up ahead.
The roots of an ancient oak tree crisscross the ground like the tentacles of some subterranean beast. A shadow beneath the tree marks the mouth of a den dug deep into the soft earth. A tuft of pale gray fur clings to the edge of the hole, and a musky animal stink lingers in the air.
Four small blue creatures hold an injured wolf at bay with torches in their hands. One of the creatures is pulling a wolf pup, while another hits the pup with a willow branch.
Persistently pull Edran along, Thorek makes sure that Thor's illness is thoroughly tended to.
As evening set in, the young man was looking a great deal more hale and hearty than he had over the past several days. Thorek gives him an encouraging thump on the back and sets him to work building shelters for the group that evening, while he himself sets out to do the same with a will.
Finally free from caring for ill civilians, Thorek finds Edran at breakfast. "Well! Bit of a rough start there but I think you've got a knack for healing!" the dwarf proclaims, trying to be friendly. He'd taken a liking to the young man, who was quiet but worked intently--traits any right-thinking dwarf could admire. "How's your hand at foraging? I'm no ranger, but I've learned a thing or three over my past few years of wandering. Let's see what we can rustle up..."
Thorek remains totally oblivious to the kerfuffle ahead, for he was only partway through one of his favorite jokes, the one with the baker, the bats, and the overzealous constable.
Edran spends the day with Thorek, something useful. Unfortunately, although he is quiet, he wasn't able to help at all.
Day 4: Scouting
After a long day of scouting ahead of the group, Bree doesn't notice anything out of the ordinary. She's getting used to the feel of the forest, maybe getting a tad, dare she say, bored (well, except for the wasps). Hmm, she wonders, I guess boring is better than wasps.
Day 5:
With Cedric pointing out the hub-bub, Bree moves to try to see what's going on.
Apparently, from this angle, she has no idea what's bothering that she-wolf, but it probably isn't good.
Lily calls for everyone else and says while taking out her bow,"Im not sure what they are doing but we should stop this. I hope the mother is all right."
Day 4
With a new Day, Caladra finds herself at her sanctuary by the stream happy for a moment of peace. Some part of her finds it hard to believe what had happened only days prior and sometimes doubts the legitimacy of it as it was just so bizarre. yet she knows when she returns back to camp the reality of it all will sink back in. She stiffens under the shade of an oak tree.
[ooc]{{taking 10 on my survival}}[/dice]
Day 5
Out on a scout with the other she notices Cedric and Lily notice something. She grits her teeth and draws her sword. "Whatever could treat any animal like that surely can't be good," She says softly and looks at the little blue devils.