"Then I shall head north. Have fun, kid, in ways that result in less trips to the outhouse." Now that the toilet drama was done, the missing girl came next.
"Wait? What do yo mean? You got another quest?" Zaidel questions the looming Jonathan. "It's not timed, is it? I'll come with you, but I wanna grab Mia first. And maybe see if any other Chosen want to come along. Maybe we'll get lucky and have a ranger or druid to help us navigate the northern wilds?"
It is probably about 2:00 pm.
Drystan you see a light come from above, though there is no bulb, the beam of light seemed to just penetrate the roof as if it wasn't there. A wreath of fire forms around your body for a few moments and you feel the security of having your divine patron's power.
"Yeah, another timed one," Jon nodded. "It was five hours when it pinged, so I assume it's down to about four and a half now. Which means she's either gonna find her way home, or she's in a situation where she only has a certain amount of time. Given our new bardic friend was in danger of going down the privy I don't wanna risk it."
"S#it!" Zaidel bleated. "Okay. it can't be helped. I get the feeling Mia's gonna be real cross with me when I come back. I'll so along and help if you want. Mind sharing the quest?"
"Not at all," Jon said with a shrug. "I'm not gonna say no to help if someone's in danger."
Time: 5 days
The quest with hours was the search for Roland's belt. Which:
Quest
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Find Roland's missing bear buckle belt
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Reward: armor worth 20 gp or less
2nd reward: maintenance kit
Time limit: 5 hours (Though now says 3 hours)
Lodestone (curse!)
Stone of Weight (Loadstone)
Aura faint transmutation; CL 5th
Slot none; Weight 1 lb.
DESCRIPTION
This dark, polished stone reduces the possessor’s base land speed to half of normal. Once picked up, the stone cannot be disposed of by any nonmagical means—if it is thrown away or smashed, it reappears somewhere upon the possessor’s person. If a remove curse spell is cast upon a loadstone, the item may be discarded normally and no longer haunts the individual.
Beneficial Medium magical item - I need two or three options from you!
Zaidel took the leather armor,
Zaidel shouts out "Roland's belt bucket quest! Quest Accepted!" The blue screen appears before the satyr to confirm the quest.
"I think it might be a good idea to do a quest check before sleep every night."
The satyr checks his pockets, which now feel heavier and notice the lodestone, instantly knowing the curse upon him. "Aw. Damn it."
"Whoops," Jon said. "Guess coming to another world isn't the best thing for my memory. Yeah, looks like the belt buckle is next. And checking often seems like a good idea."
The bloody contract rolls up on its own. Leaving behind a golden pentagram on a silver chain.
As Jonathan takes the knife and the buckler in hand they grow in size, that they fit nicely in his hands.
"Huh," Jon said as they gear grew. "I guess that's part of the magic here? Interesting. Well, I guess I can use a knife no problem." He looked at the manacle on his belt. Where the hell did that come from, and what does it do? He tapped the manacles. I don't suppose whatever is going on here can explain these?
Otto Joins Johnathan and Zaidel in their search for the buckle
Jean as you fly around you find 2d6 of what you search for in an hour.
Jean as you search you would eventually see Sage Li, Sir Drystan, or/and Davin.
Quest Unlocked:
Gathering the Whole team!
Requirements: Find all of the Chosen in town and have them join your group.
Progress: 6 of 9 found.
Time limit: 9 hours.
Reward: A strong team
2nd Reward: Treasure map
Bonus Random Reward
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Jean click on accept on the blue screen and tells Sage Li, "If you are a Chosen you should be able to pull up a blue screen and see quests. We have a quest to gather everyone. It looks like there are three more to get. See if you can pull it up and then we can go and find the last couple and get them into the group as well. There is a little girl we need to go find after we are gathered!"
With Jean telling you about the quest a blue screen appears before Sage Li. It says:
Quest Unlocked:
Gathering the Whole team!
Requirements: Find all of the Chosen in town and have them join your group.
Progress: 7 of 9 found.
Time limit: 9 hours.
Reward: A strong team
2nd Reward: Treasure map
Bonus Random Reward
Zaidel, along with the found Chosen, make their way back into New Beginnings. The satyr watches from the ground as Jacen and Sam fly into the town proper before them.
The caydenite blinks up at Jacen and makes a realization.
"What? Pointed ears. Ability to fly. Chaotic good nature. Whoa! I think Jacen's a azata! Holy sh|t! Azata's have been known to serve Cayden Cailean in Elysium. That has to be a good sign!"
The group makes it back into town.
For everyone looking for Roland's Belt Buckle:
Quest Unlocked
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Find Roland's missing bear buckle belt
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Reward: armor worth 20 gp or less
2nd reward: maintenance kit
Time limit: 3 hours
Well, hell. Time to head back and gather the party. Hopefully the tutorial boss wouldn't show up until after they left, but having everyone in one place would make any fights easier.
Jonathan looked around at the assorted Chosen. "Well, this is kinda funky. Should we do an introduction or something? I know I have some inherent understanding of what I can do, but I dunno much about you folks."
He raised his hands. "Hi, I'm Jon. Giant but not shaman. I can generate smoke when I fight, get super lucky and I have some magic. Also, I know a lot. Like stupid amounts. And I'm pretty sure I can hurl a boulder the size of a small sedan at people in a pinch. Back in the old world I was a archaeologist, so now I'm one too, but with powers."
Jean click on accept on the blue screen and tells Sage Li, "If you are a Chosen you should be able to pull up a blue screen and see quests. We have a quest to gather everyone. It looks like there are three more to get. See if you can pull it up and then we can go and find the last couple and get them into the group as well. There is a little girl we need to go find after we are gathered!"
Jacen lands with Sam outside the Tavern, and goes to try to read the new quest, but then remembers it doesn't take that much effort.
"Gathering Quest Screen please ..."
He thinks a little after reading
"So the Chosen of this Quest have already arrived, or the Quest wouldn't say "in town" therefore, no sense staking out the arrival building, we're all here. At a minimum though, we should go to all the people we know, and ask them to send anyone new they meet to a central point, like the Tavern. So if Roland would retain them, and the clerics would send them, and anyone else could be told too, then Jean and I could fly ahead along the roads to see if anyone left town already, and try to bring them back. We could make that work in 9 hours!"
Stepping through the portal into the town known as New Beginnings, Davin's piercing blue eyes dart everywhere, taking in much. The huts and lean-tos, the houses and large buildings, the various townspeople.
Running his fingers through his now long hair, his gaze turns in full towards the temple. He felt a minor compulsion calling him, urging him to step inside. Once within, he greets the acolytes and cleric warmly. "Hi there! I felt compelled to come here, uh, I don't suppose there's a shrine to Hermes, is there? He was my patron deity back on Earth, and I get the feeling he's who called me here."
Davin is wearing a pair of jeans, blue New Balance sneakers, and his Scots eVest(basically a non magical vest of many pockets, lol). Underneath his jacket, currently unseen due it being zipped up, is a Firing Squad tshirt. Around his neck is a pair of LG wireless headphones, while over his right shoulder is his backpack, which has his laptop in it. He also has his cell phone and wallet in his pockets.
Zaidel, along with the rest of the Chosen, walk back into the Pig's Roast. The cleric goes to make sure Sam and Mia are alright
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Jean shares the search for the buckle and girl with Sage and then says, "I am going to go searching for the other two and see if there are any clues on the buckle. When you are ready head towards the tavern with anyone you find. Or the buckle if you find that. Bye!"
Jean will then take off and head back to the tavern to offer the group task to everyone and see if they had a lead on the buckle.
The pig is no longer in the fire. Mia is casually eating and listening to Roland talking about a grand tale. Sam sits on a stool behind the bar listening with wide eyes.
Zaidel smiled to see everyone where they should be.
"Roland! Sam! Thank you for both of your help. Sorry I wasn't the one to being Sam back. I hope that was alright."
The satyr did a little twirl near Mia to show off his new armor. "And thank you. Miss Mia. Your brilliant idea earned me this armor. You have my gratitude." Zaidel took Mia's hand and kissed it.
He raised his hands. "Hi, I'm Jon. Giant but not shaman. I can generate smoke when I fight, get super lucky and I have some magic. Also, I know a lot. Like stupid amounts. And I'm pretty sure I can hurl a boulder the size of a small sedan at people in a pinch. Back in the old world I was a archaeologist, so now I'm one too, but with powers."
"Say, do you mean the archaeologist archetype for bards? I'm familiar with that build", the satyr smiled overjoyed. "We may have to find you a large-sized whip and an oversized brown fedora!"
"As for me, my name is now Zaidel, formerly Joe. I'm a satyr and a cleric of Cayden Cailean. So I have both fey abilities and cleric spells. And with my special power and faith in the Drunken God, I'm the ultimate adventuring bartender. No one will go thirsty on my watch!"
"No worries. If anything funny happened to my son, I would be the least of trouble for that poor soul. Also I have never had problems with Chosen, you are heroes at least you start out as that." Roland says in response to Zaidel in a pleasant voice, considering the words he just said that is disconcerting.
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Jean comes trotting into the tavern and sees the others have arrived. "Hey, I found a new quest to get all the Chosen. There are apparently 9 of us, and we have found 7. We have some time to find the other two." Jean pops open the blue screen to share the quest with the others and says, "Have we made any discoveries about the belt buckle?"
She smiles and twirls one of her hands. With the kiss she blushes.
Drystan was last within the temple and Sage Li was found outside of the temple. Davin is in the temple too.
As Davin walks with the cleric, he chats him up. "Obviously, I'm new here, what can you tell me about New Beginnings? Aside from it being a place for new beginnings." He says with an easy laugh.
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Niversal says with the gravely voice of the construct My name is Jim but my military brothers called me Universal or Niversal for short cause I could scrounge anything. I retired from the military back to the farm I grew up on and then got tired of sitting around and became a English lit professor. The one no one wants to get. Any way happy to meet you all.
"So, Niversal", Zaidel asked, "I don't mean to be offensive, but are you a construct or are you 'flesh-and-blood'? Just curious."
Returning to the tavern Otto tries to take stock of the situation So, we have Zaidel the Satyr, Niversal the Hulk, Jonathan the Giant, Jean the dragon, Jacen the elemental and myself. thinking for a moment he asks "Whos the 7th?"
Thinking for a moment he asks "Whos the 7th?"
Zaidel stops and looks in the distance, trying to think. "That's weird. I don't know...Maybe we saw them in passing? Did we run by them as we went on the bard quest?"
Before the assembled crew, Sage begins to perform the "rites of understanding," a ritual. As the ritual completes, an amulet of resurrection and a potion of cure light wounds appears before him. "I serve the forces of law and order, the deity known as Asmodeus. Those who wish to join him may do so--I shall teach you the rituals and you shall receive your rewards for your service."
"WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!" A belligerent satyr walked forward. "Hold it there, Snotty!! I serve the forces of Good and good times, the deity known as Cayden Cailean! And I will teach them the Rites of Understanding. We..we were just back from a quest, is all."
"What's so good about being a horned goat creature?" Zaidel answered. "I never have to worry about if my shoes match my outfit. I've run faster and more freely than anytime in my life. Well. That is until I got a cursed lodestone."
"Partying alone won't save the world, but it will lessen the hardships existence puts upon the soul", the caydenite continued. "Power alone will only get you so far!"
"I will help any who wish it through The Rite of Understanding, when we have found all members of this party. Ha! See! Partying! We are partying to focus our will together to save the world. Ha!"
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Jean is confused by all of this talk of rites and says, "Maybe we should look for that Belt Buckle. Hey, a bunch of us seem to have some attachment to the Gods. Maybe the other two do as well? We can see if there are any clues on the Buckle here and then swing by the temple on the way to finding it. Two birds with one stone." Jean says as he tries to avoid having to pick some Rite he doesn't understand yet. He looks over at Roland and gives him a big dragon smile as he says, "Hey Roland, do you have any idea when you last saw your buckle?"
"No, I have been looking for it for several days. I had to jury rig some rope as a belt until it is found. See!" He states and shows off this rope in his pants where a leather belt should be located. "It may be in the wash, my room, the outhouse, the shed, or anywhere in the tavern. You are welcome to look and if you find it I would be most appreciated. Though if a door is locked please don't bypass it."
Jean click on accept on the blue screen and tells Sage Li, "If you are a Chosen you should be able to pull up a blue screen and see quests. We have a quest to gather everyone. It looks like there are three more to get. See if you can pull it up and then we can go and find the last couple and get them into the group as well. There is a little girl we need to go find after we are gathered!"Jacen lands with Sam outside the Tavern, and goes to try to read the new quest, but then remembers it doesn't take that much effort.
"Gathering Quest Screen please ..."
He thinks a little after reading
"So the Chosen of this Quest have already arrived, or the Quest wouldn't say "in town" therefore, no sense staking out the arrival building, we're all here. At a minimum though, we should go to all the people we know, and ask them to send anyone new they meet to a central point, like the Tavern. So if Roland would retain them, and the clerics would send them, and anyone else could be told too, then Jean and I could fly ahead along the roads to see if anyone left town already, and try to bring them back. We could make that work in 9 hours!"
could fly off on my own and hunt for Roland ... the Breeze Spell was effective, but I guess my voice, not so much
Jacen walks out the back of the tavern