Arr the dynamics of groups, being a Crinti meant being born to lead. But that also meant knowning when it be lead. And Kendryl was right a plan was needed.
Roz placed a hand on Adil's shoulder to holt him from drifting off in a daze, or what ever that state was he always seemed to have.
"Just a moment Adil, I would like to propose a plan to the group"
She then called up to Kendryl
"Kendryl, you'er right, we need a plan."
Then to everyone.
"Lets use a little logic. Loins mostly hunt at night and its the females of a pride that do so. Males help at times but always with the female leading with in a pride, Hunting as a group. Now we where told it was a lion not lions that had got the taste of man flesh and was eating the locals. And what we are hearing is a pride roaring over-there not a single man eating lion. In fact Kendryl spotted a lot of prides which leads me to suspect this. What we are looking for is a single male lion. As young and old deposed males tend to be ejected from a prides to roam alone between the prides territories. I suspect we are looking for is a single older male lion who has been deposed by a young male and driven away from pride territories. As Kendryl has spotted territories so packed here that it has fallen to eating the food sorce located outside of them. The local Villagers and their live stock. So I suggest this plan. Do don't spend our days running from pack to pack, but go and visit the most probable hunting ground for our rogue lion and talk to his dinner about him, don't you think?"
She felt that Alexio and Ulthak had already seen the logic, but she wanted to see what the others thought about her plan.
Adil begins his slow travel towards the lions in the distance, careful to ensure that he remains upwind of them. He mutters a quick prayer to himself before he goes, guiding himself. Find the man-eater, scare it off, or tame it, report back. Then the druids would look favorably on him.
Stealth: 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 12 + 1 = 19
Actually, if you had a party leader . . .
Although your perception is good. Very good. You notice a few lion tracks in the area, with blood, but I'll need a survival check to track them.
She lets Adil but then stops her own diatribe
"Well blast! Forget what I just said!"
While she had talked she had noticed something close to them.
"Seems we may have more pressing problems. If I am not mistaken, that is fresh blood, and those are Lion prints. We may have a victim to save. Who knows how to track?"
Derros moves up closer the the tracks and squats down by them for a moment studying them. Noticing nothing more than has been already observed, he begins to look ahead of the initial track searching for more.
Kendryl looks at the fresh tracks and trys to extrapolate their direction as he goes aloft once more; a cat pulling something close to its own weight isn't stealthy or fast.
to find a cat ...
The gnoll did his level best to be of use. Tracking wasn’t his strong point, but given that there was a trail of blood, he hoped that it wouldn’t take a ranger to follow it.
Frustrated with his efforts and the efforts of the others, Deroos mutters I'll do this the hard way. Then louder, I'll be no good in the light for a while but I can track it. waiting for no response yeah or nay, he downs a concoction. His nose, for a brief moment, shifts and elongates before returning to normal. THe pupil in his eyes slant ever so slightly and it is obvious that the light hurts to see.
Then he leans in closer to the track and once again studies it.
Now with a better idea of where it is headed, Deros closes his eyes against the glare of the sun, and follows his other senses. feeling comfortable that the lion isn't immediately there, Deros opens his eyes, kneels and sniffs the blood and track. He touches it and brings it on his finger to his lips. He spits on it and watches how quickly it runs, Very fresh indeed! It wouldn't have flowed so quick if it had had time to dry completely.
Comfortable sure now that he knows the basics of their quarry, he bends down and gently lifts some of bloody the grass and dirt from around the track.
survival to track using scent:
A faint smell comes from just ahead. Deros walks forward focusing on the ground and finds another track and then another.
Come! is his only word to his companions.
Rather than develop mutagens that increase their natural armor and physical abilities at the expense of their minds, crypt breakers focus on the creation of special draughts that can enhance their senses. When a crypt breaker drinks one of these draughts, he gains a +4 bonus on all Perception checks and gains one of the following special senses: darkvision 60 feet, low-light vision, or scent. While under the effects of a crypt breaker’s draught, the alchemist also gains light blindness. This ability replaces the mutagen class ability (a crypt breaker cannot create mutagens unless he selects the mutagen discovery from Ultimate Magic).
SCENT from draught
She waits while he transformers.
Then she follows looking at the foot prints to see where they go.
She leans down and tops Deros on the shoulder pointing and saying and a low voice.
"The prints I think, go that way Deros"
And she hands him her second pair of smiled sunglasses.
"These may help"
uggmnt is the only welcome Roz gets from the dwarf as he pulls the glasses on. Much better Now using where Roz pointed as a point of reference he begins to scan the area slowly.
He quickly finds the next and then the next. Each has a bit of blood with it and Deros begins to get excited moving forward more and more rapidly on the trail.
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Adil has no problem with stopping when Lady Rozalic asks him to. He is quite impressed by the Dwarf's technique as well. Ponderously, Adil puts a drop of the blood in his mouth, hoping to identify what sort of creature it might have come from. No sense in tracking lizard blood.
"Hmm, lookee there. Lead on little people, lead on." Alexio says changing direction and following the two who have begun the tracking.
uggmnt is the only welcome Roz gets from the dwarf as he pulls the glasses on. Much better Now using where Roz pointed as a point of reference he begins to scan the area slowly. survival to track: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
He quickly finds the next and then the next. Each has a bit of blood with it and Deros begins to get excited moving forward more and more rapidly on the trail.
THey continue this way. Might I suggest you get prepped so I don't die if we come upon them sudden like. The dwarf grumbles not daring to take his eyes off the tracks.
Kendryl slowly floats to about 60' above the team, trying to see a little further afield, and or hear the "dragging of prey" ...
Spot the beast
She had her bow ready but when you trackers says a target is near, She nocked an arrow. And slowed up giving her range.
While not his primary weapon, Alexio has his crossbow up and ready. As it seems they are getting closer he slows and begins to move more silently and seeking out what few shadows there are in the area.
While not his primary weapon, Alexio has his crossbow up and ready. As it seems they are getting closer he slows and begins to move more silently and seeking out what few shadows there are in the area.
Stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Ulthark stared at Alexio as he tried moving from shadow to shadow. The gnoll watched in rapt fascination, before finally shaking his head and casually walking after the others.
"I'm obviously distracted."
Adil is broken out of his haze by Alexio's attempts to stealth. No reason in continuing to do stealth himself if they were going to be moving with this loud tallfolk.
Adil is broken out of his haze by Alexio's attempts to stealth. No reason in continuing to do stealth himself if they were going to be moving with this loud tallfolk.
and Kendryl flies around trying to stay above the noise AND the smell of blood
Alexio moves to the west and sets up behind a tree trunk ready to take a shot once others are ready.
The lion advances. Whether or not, he is hungry, and humans are food for him.
Roz looked back at the others and was not surprised to see they had all chosen to keep out of harm's way. But she was Crinti and it had been drilled into her from childhood that Crinti leed. No matter what, and even if it meant into the jaws of a lion. She raised her hand and from it came fire.
Then it started to move closer, hunger on its face, jaws of sharp teeth showing. She stood her ground, tacking aim she took a deep breath and let loose an arrow.
The arrow flow and hit she let out the breath.
The dice gods are edgy. Sometimes they grant you a second crit.
The arrow hit, but now you have a wounded animal to deal with. Good thing that human(oid)s have evolved to be running diurnal hunters.
Alexio pulls the trigger on his crossbow when Roz fires. The crossbow nearly malfunctions and the bolt goes horribly askew.
She dropped her bow and pulled her blade,
Deros had moved up which was good, but he seemed to be having problems.
"It's tougher than it looks. If it comes on, Get behind me"
She readied herself. To the rest she called out,
"If you can hit it, do so now"
Ulthak moved to stand between the lion and Lady Rozalic, to protect her from it's inevitable charge. It was the least that a bodyguard could do.
She dropped her bow and pulled her blade,
Deros had moved up which was good, but he seemed to be having problems."It's tougher than it looks. If it comes on, Get behind me"
She readied herself. To the rest she called out,
"If you can hit it, do so now"
Kendryl was in position for a Flyby Attack, hoping to throw the beast off by giving it a target away from the rest of the team.
She was please, Ulthak had no fear in him, so she would not face this charge alone.
The lion, harmed by the shot that Rozalic gave him, does go forward. Wounded, it wants to stop, but it also wants fresh meat.
Deros steps by Uthak and claps his hands together momentarily before ripping them apart. A black ink like darkness erupts from them shooting towards the lion.
shadow hands
THe shadow has little effect on the wounded beast.
Ulthak held his position. If the lion didn't want to engage, then he was more than happy to have it be whittled down by ranged fire.
FLYBY ATTACK:
Move 35' to a position ~10' above the lion
Throw Dagger
Finishing moving, upwards, ~25' above the lion
Thrown Dagger
FLYBY ATTACK:
Move 35' to a position ~10' above the lion
Throw Dagger
Finishing moving, upwards, ~25' above the lionATK/DMG: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15~1d4 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2 Thrown Dagger
That's a hit.
Readied Hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12Ulthak held his position. If the lion didn't want to engage, then he was more than happy to have it be whittled down by ranged fire.
That was a miss. The lion is confused by the way it hurts and then just lays down for a spell.
She puts her blade away, bends, and picks up her bow, knoching, and arrow. Pointing at the hurt lion.
"Unless someone has a better idea, I'm going to end its life."
She puts her blade away, bends, and picks up her bow, knoching, and arrow. Pointing at the hurt lion.
"Unless someone has a better idea, I'm going to end its life."
"If it needs to die, than die it shall. Still, I'll try and calm it first."
"If it needs to die, than die it shall. Still, I'll try and calm it first."
Wild Empathy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
The lion is calmed by your empathy with the Wild. It lays down as you work your magic with the wild.
With the lion calmed, the next logical step is to look for any kinds of signs that would show it's been harmed or otherwise goaded into acting strangely. Could look for disease or other causes as well.
The team needs to decide to put it down or not ...
"If this is the lion that has been killing people, it will need to be put down. It has a taste for man-flesh now." Alexio says training a new crossbow bolt on the beast. "Do you have a way of checking?"
"This may not work but give me a moment"
Roz closes her eyes and concentrates on the lion.
Uses focuses to power Empathy
You detect the surface emotions of any creature you can see that is in the power’s area. You can sense basic needs, drives, and emotions. Thirst, hunger, fear, fatigue, pain, rage, hatred, uncertainty, curiosity, friendliness, and many other kinds of sensations and moods can all be perceived
"I was hoping someone would check for magic, like a compulsion or something. It's not like the whole pride is doing this ..."
Kendryl decends to stand next to Alexio, but he is ready to fly forward and body slam the lion if it hurts Adil ...
I can dose it to go to sleep for a day or so if needed til we figure this out. the dwarf states and settles back on his heals watching warily.
"This may not work but give me a moment"
Roz closes her eyes and concentrates on the lion.
Uses focuses to power Empathy
You detect the surface emotions of any creature you can see that is in the power’s area. You can sense basic needs, drives, and emotions. Thirst, hunger, fear, fatigue, pain, rage, hatred, uncertainty, curiosity, friendliness, and many other kinds of sensations and moods can all be perceived.