"Oh, it's sort of like a big frog, only it has these for fangs." She rummages around and hands you a tusk the size of a short sword "There's a bog two miles north of here where they live, but I'm getting a bit old to be catching those buggers!"
Kalum, still bleary eyed, carefully tries to heft a crate to see how heavy they are.
I watch everything she does with rapt attention. "Oh my!" I whisper after witnessing her change.
Like normal wands but turns you into a toad...jk.
Look at the witch spell list, level 1.
"I would be interested in gathering some slurk slime for you, perhaps for another wand or two?" I say.
"All right, dearies. Get me some slurk slime and I'll make you another wand. Sounds like fun!" she cackles.
"I'm afraid there's not much room in here but there's an old barn out back that I don't use. You can sleep there and I'll show you where to go in the morning."
Rena seems excited at the prospect of adventure. Please tell me more about these... Slurk. Are the intelligent, solitary, nocturnal... I'd be delighted to learn more.
Knowledge
(Arcana)
(Nature)
"Not too smart, but hard to catch. Usually you just see one or two together. I hear em' croakin' at night so they might be easier to find then. They can squirt a sticky slime from their backs that sticks to you and slows you down, and a grease from their bellies that's slippery. I could use some of both. The worst thing is their bites. Watch out for those fangs, eh? There's a marsh about a mile north where you should be able to find 'em."
"Do you perhaps have some remedy against those fangs, which you would use when you went hunting them by yourself?"
"Just try to be quick, eh?"
Shorga listens impassively, but can't help but curl his lip as the Slurks are described, and looks down at his mostly clean and well-maintained armor. He sighs heavily at the messy prospect, but nods at the directions, "We appreshiate the hoshpitality, we'll try to be ash quick ash posshible."
Once all the questions have been asked the half-orc goes out to retrieve Ursa and leads his faithful animal to the old barn, taking care she is brushed and fed before setting out his own sleeping roll. As the night closes in, "We besht get an early shtart, we've much to do in the morning. If we can quickly catch the Snark she requiresh we could try and accomplish both errandsh on the morrow."
The night passes uneventfully, although light sleepers may be unnerved more than usual by the sounds of the forest. Kalum at one point sees a pair of glowing eyes watching from the forest but it was likely just an animal.
I pass the night uneventfully sleeping peacefully through the noises of the forest, being used to travel.
Rising with the others Shorga saddles and covers Ursa in her new armor and seems excited for the next job. "Let ush be off, the Shnarksh are only a mile or sho to the north, ash the lady shaid." Once the others are read he sets off, lance pointed to the sky and leads the wagon towards their quarry.
"If it is that close, let's leave the wagon."
How will we transport the... Frog?
"How about on a shtick?" The cavalier says with complete seriousnes. "Doesh it need to be alive?"
"She never did say if they needed to be alive or not, better bring it back alive, just in case." I say as we walk along the path toward the 'frogs.'
There is a large dirty blanket in the barn, if you want to use it to wrap it up.
In the morning, you set off on the trail toward the lake. You emerge from the forest to find a large area of shallow water, interrupted by cypress trees and stumps.
Perception/survival/know nature check ...
Not sure if you meant three rolls or one. I'd pick survival (+10) if one
Perception
Survival
Know:Nature
Perception
Knowledge Nature
Shorga spots a cat-sized frog-like creature sitting on a floating log some 100 feet away. Rena, reading the waves and the lay of the terrain, is able to identify a mostly dry curving path of approach.
"So" whispers Kalum "What's the plan, Shorga?"
After pointing out the small creature to the others, and seeing the path Rena points out, considers Kalums question. Turning to the smaller Halfling, "I'm unshertain, aren't you the Navigator?" he says with a humorous twinkle in his eye. "Well, if shomeone can shneak up and catch it, that would be besht. If it shpooks and triesh to flee we musht take it down and hushtle it back to the woman." He looks up and around at the others, "Any volunteersh for retrieval duty?" he asks, and gives his rattling armor a rueful rap with his knuckles. He dismounts from Ursa, and retrieves the large dirty blanket for whomever volunteers to get the Snark.
Is that a baby? I expected it to be bigger...
"Either way, lets do this. I can assist with retrieval"
Stealth
What if mama-frog is much bigger?
Shorga frowns, "The woman shaid nothing about mama-frogsh." He also pats his weapons for a moment, and curses under his breath. I need to remember to get a weapon with range! the cavalier thinks to himself.
"What do you mean? Looks plenty big to me!" Kalum hisses.
"Alright, whoever's going out there, I can give you some protection from drowning. I can also probably distract the frog - slurk."
"Just expected fangs the length of shortswords. Ready, when you are.
*Croak* can be heard from the slurk in the distance.
Rena slinks forward.
As rena leaves Kalum invokes the blessing of the Key and the Gate on her.
Shorga stands watching anxiously as Rena makes her way to the slurk, holding Ursa's reins in one hand.
"Hey Shorga - can you lift me up so I can see?"
Rena makes her way quietly to within a few feet of the slurk, without disturbing it, when she notices a large pair of eyes break the surface of the water near her.
Initiative:
slurks:
Rena:
Kalum:
Shorga:
Icarus:
Order:
Rena
slurks
Shorga
Icarus
Kalum
Rena reaches into a belt-pouch, producing colored sand on the palm of her upturned hand. And... blows. She muttters something, which can't be made out, then runs for cover behind the nearest tree.