Cheshire noted Katra's intent, "Hold up. I am trying to figure how we can deal with the wasp without drawing a bunch of stings. It looks to heavy for me to move with magic. I don't think we can smoke them out."
OOC: the hive is up on a tree but not too high. I mean it's an apple tree so let's say it's 8 feet off the ground.
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Gazul thinks he can create enough smoke to drive away the wasps without them swarming on you. It's not without its risks (Nature check DC 12).
I'll roll the dice (tell me who's doing it so I know what bonus to use).
Write up a good description of the technique and I'll provide a bonus on the roll. Failure means the wasps swarm and attack.
Or you can skip the apples and leave the wasps alone.
In any case, I think you're staying the night here unless I hear otherwise.
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OOC: the hive is up on a tree but not too high. I mean it's an apple tree so let's say it's 8 feet off the ground.
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I’m away from home but intend to move this along later today.
I’ll roll to see what happens.
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Almost as if he read Gazul's mind, Kudvathalas said "If only we could use smoke to calm them enough to get in and out without any hassle. We have hives where I'm from, and that seems to work for them. As a rule, I don't often use fire, but Cheshire, you seem to use fire regularly. Is there anything you could do?"
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As they successfully dealt with the wasps without too much damage, Sarya said "Boom shaka laka!" She did not, however, know why she said it. Before anyone could ask, she went on and told the survivor group to come in and start gathering apples. "It seems we have Erastil's blessing", she said.
As the refugees settled in the abandoned farm, Sarya told them to start building some shelter for the night. She approached Kudvathalas and said "I recommend we build some sort of trap if anyone should approach this group. They are tired and frightened. If they get into a fight it will be bad, but if they get jumped, they'll surely perish. Some entrapment around the farm will give them some heads up and possibly hinder some attacker."
Sarya replied to Cheshire "And do we know if this hunter is friendly?"
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Katra watched the others clear the apples and collect them. She, however, opted to dig through the remains of the farmhouse to see if it had a cellar, and enlisted help from a couple of the more able-bodied refugees to move stuff around.
Kudvathalas watched as their plan to smoke out the wasps worked better than expected "Well done everybody! We'll have trouble enough as it is without angering Calistria" He then moved forward and began gathering apples.
As the group began preparing for the evening, Kudvathalas approached his pupils from earlier that day. "Now, just as I taught you this morning. I'll be here if you need any assistance. He watched as the refugees put together functional shelter for the evening, and he smiled to himself.
With that task done he approached the rest of the party, and listened to the discussion. He added to Sarya's question "And are we sure that this camp is any less abandoned than the farm house?"
”We aren’t sure of anything.” Gazul interjected. ”We just need to keep moving away from the hobgoblins, until we can find some place defensible and off the map, so to speak. Still, I can’t quite figure out how they pulled their attack off. Can’t even figure out which direction they came from. Now that we got some breather, does anyone know anything about them? I don’t recall hobgoblins being a major power player.”
"Well we have apples or at least access to some." The gnome walked among the apples and picked as many as he could reach. He then took up his lucky coin. He then pantomimed at the air and spectral hand plucked apples from the tree.
The gnome seemed pleased with his work. As he approached Jet she in rather deadpan voice asked, "So you smoked the wasps away and you could have grabbed most the applies with your ghost hand?" The gnome looked a little foolish but bit into an apple.
Cheshire puts up a hand in surrender, "Hey now I said I would go where ever we decide." He sighs, "As for the hunters there I assumed Aubrin wasn't recommending we visit a hag cottage. I was suggesting I did not want to bring non-combatants and the wounded to the logging thorp because at least on the map Aubrin drew for us it was near the edge of the forest. If the gobs crossed the river that might be in their search area. So I figured going there after we found shelter see if it had supplies we could use because staying there seemed unsafe." His hand moves gesturing along with his train of thought, "You know because its near the edge of the forest." He pauses and lets out a deep breath. "Maybe we should stay here for a few. Both the Thorpe and the Redoubt are a day or so away. We can hit both and gather more supplies before making our choice. If neither the thorpe or the redoubt are good choices we can come back here get the non-combatants and head on to our next stop."
OOC: it sounds like the refugees will stay here for the time being. The PCs will either go to the logger's thorp or the ranger's redoubt.
I will roll unless there's a clear winner. I intend to move things along later today.
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Sarya was reluctant to leave the townsfolk unattended. But it seemed that was going to be the case. She said "If they're staying here, then I suggest we at least build some things to make them safer. Traps and defensible positions in the least."
As the day went on, Sarya took the time to explain the basics of foraging to whoever would listen in the refugees group.
Kudvathalas nodded at Sarya's idea. "Yes, that would be wise. Some among them seem to know their way around a weapon. If they have weapons, that would be a good start. I can also build some hides for them. Use the natural materials to blend them into the surroundings."
"Might want to give them a fallback point, too." Katra offered.
Cheshire shrugs, "If you don't think we should split I am open to keeping everyone together. I am leery of lingering at the Logging Thorpe because it is low hanging fruit if we are searched for."
After the decision is reached, Cheshire nods to Kudvathalas, "I can help with the shelter. Been making furniture long enough."
"Desna, lend us your aid to keep these people safe if we are not able to do it ourselves"
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Having stumbled upon something as dangerous as an assassin vine, Gazul reacted by immediately hacking at it with his axe. While it was his default response to being threatened, he figured that against a plant it should be particularly effective. Green chlorophyll oozed out as he hacked away at it.
Kudvathalas stopped in his tracks as the plant began entangling the party. He searched his memory to see if he recognized their attacker.
He knew of this sort of plant, but in the sudden chaos was unable to recall anything specific.
He quickly called the winds of winter to his hand and let loose a gust towards the base of the vine, hoping to slow it's attacks.
Kalia moved towards the Vine, summoning her hammer as she moved.
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Sarya replied to Gazul "The border isn't being patrolled, I believe. There is no strong government in Nirmathas. The meaning of the attack could be many. More than trying to take Phaendar back, I believe we'll need to unite the land."
Sarya acted quickly against the vine. Thinking that a cutting weapon would be more effective, she drew her short sword and sliced the vine.
She managed to cut a large chunk of it which flew wild.
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, Cheshire
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”Oi! Hands off our gnome!” Gazul yelled at the vine. He immediately felt foolish. Not only did it not have hands, but it was a plant. What use was there in yelling at a plant? So he continued hacking away at it. For it it couldn’t understand words, it might well understand axe.
Cheshire sucks in his what little gut he has and pulls his other arm free. He uses the little bit of space and throws his arms up high shielding his face as he drops though the vines grasp.
The gnome drops wheezing and shocked streaked blood from several thorn pokes and scraps.
"Cheshire!" Kudvathalas cried in alarm. He saw the terrible wound left by the carnivorous plant, and knew his companion wouldn't be able to take another hit like that. His rest had awakened something within him. He felt a warm summer breeze brush across his skin, smelled blooming flowers and clean air. He took a deep breath and harnessed the power in his right hand, washing Cheshire in the power of the Summer Court.
+1 Temporary hp
As Cheshire's wounds closed before his eyes, Kudvathalas called forth familiar winter winds and let them loose on the attacking plant.
"Desna, we still have much to do. Stay these tendrils, so we may continue down your path."
Katra moved next to the Gnome and wrapped her shield arm around him, saying "Grab ahold of my shield!". Once he had complied, she aided in ripping him free from it's grasp.
Katra moved next to the Gnome and wrapped her shield arm around him, saying "Grab ahold of my shield!". Once he had complied, she aided in ripping him free from it's grasp.
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@Katra: Cheshire already broke free from the assassin vine. It's probably best if you read other people's posts before you post.
You may do something else if you like.
You could have also attacked last round also and you didn't.
Are you having issues keeping up with the game? if so, let me know and I can bot Katra for a bit.
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Katra was going to help free Cheshire when he managed to get free on his own. Now that he was, she opted to swing at the creature instead.
Katra was going to help free Cheshire when he managed to get free on his own. Now that he was, she opted to swing at the creature instead.
[dice=Attack Roll]1d20+4
[dice=Damage Roll]1d8+2
OOC: I posted that everyone was within melee range for the first round. And I don't see it anywhere where it says that it's a round to summon your hammer. We are just 'fluffing' your hammer being summoned (which is great for your backstory) but I don't think it should penalize you for your cool backstory. It's the same as someone drawing a weapon.
You may be confusing this with the Pact of the Blade ability which comes later at 3rd level.
Anyhow, no problem. I intend to move this along later today.
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Turn 043 - Picking on the Little Guy
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, Cheshire
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”Don’t let it take him away!” Gazul yelled as he kept hacking away at the plant. He couldn’t imagine how embarrassing it would be to lose a comrade to an overgrown weed.
The slack and bloodied body of the gnome was pulled away toward a sad end. His head bobbed and eyes splayed wide perhaps conscious before those same eyes rolled back and he went limp again. The grotesque angle of his arm splayed out unnaturally.
OOC: I don't think about the titles much. I try them to be like the 'chapters' in the old DVDs where the title was somehow a preview of what was about to happen or what was happening. But you're right in that I will take something from you guys if it strikes my fancy at the time.
Funny thing is that I pick the titles before I write the turns (I overwrite the last file) and this particular title was meant to portray what had happened. And then I rolled the dice again and Cheshire came up again. Lucky gnome. :)
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Kudvathalas watched the vine grasping Cheshire get slashed by Sarya. He took the opportunity to grab the gnome and pull him away from the plant as far as he could.
He crouched down and spoke into his ear.
"I know you are tired, but now is not yet the time to dream. Wake, Cheshire."
Kudvathalas stood and extended his hand to the awakened gnome.
The gnome blinked a few times still looking sickly. "Did we win?"
"Drangvitt, Gnome, why don't you quit getting grabbed!" Katra said as he was snatched off his feet. She moved to swing along with the others but was a fraction too slow, and between her brother and the Elf the creature died.
She watched to make sure that the healer Elf drug him away, and realized she hadn't really learned anyone else's name.
I'll have to fix that. It's not proper. she thought to herself. Well, maybe the Gnome.
[dice=Attack in case I need it, but I think it only had 10 hp left based on the chapter post]1d20+4
[dice=Damage Roll]1d8+2
OOC: No, the vine is still alive and after the 'little guy'. :)
The 10 hitpoints at a higher AC was to release Cheshire.
I intend to update some time today.
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, Katra
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Gazul immediately hacked away at the vine that was holding his sister...and nearly severed it. But the stubborn plant held on, despite the damage done to it.
”Bloody abyss, just die already!”