Reaching Rings the Rogue |
Finding nothing of use on the body, Reaching Rings moves to the northern room and ponders on the use of all the alchemical tools, particularly in association with all the various crystals.
Then they accompany Popcorn to examine the southern room.
Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
Leshy GM Delta Arena |
A lot of the tools in the northern room are used for cutting and polishing the crystals. Others are moulds for candles. Rings also recognizes tools for making mutagens, along with two moderate cognitive mutagens and two moderate quicksilver mutagens.
The southern room is a bedroom decorated with fine furnishings and an imported Qadiran carpet that is marred by soot and wax stains. There is also a ledger sitting on a table that acts as a shipping manifest. Most entries refer to local orders for candles, crystals or alchemical concoctions, but the most recent entry reads "House Plants - lavender" and was delivered to one Lady Constance Meliosa. According to the notes from said entry, the house plants were delivered to her manor in the nearby town of Rosentry. They are to be the centerpiece for an upcoming gala hosted in Lady Constance's garden on Sarenith 25th. That would be Tomorrow!
Bottlespeaker the Druid |
Bottlespeaker's face contorts into a confused expression. "So they kidnapped our family so they could be decorations in a party? That's so.... So.... Ahhhh...," Bottlespeaker yells out loud.
Pacing around the room he adds,"That would be like if we took their babies and placed on the table. That just doesn't make any sense. You don't just use children as decorations for your party. What a bunch of jerks...."
Reaching Rings the Rogue |
“A troubling development this is indeed,” Reaching Rings reacts in a significantly calmer demeanor. “Fortunately I conjecture that they must still be alive for this gala to be a success—for some reason humans find decaying vegetable matter unappealing. And if this party is tomorrow, we should still have time to rescue them. The only issue is locating them.”
The fungus displays the four mutagens they found. “Although our physiologies are quite different, I theorize that these should be as effective for us as for humans. To save our friends, I believe that it is imperative that we test this theory.” So saying, Rings ingests one of the cognitive mutagens.
“A most interesting experience. It reminds me of fermented watermelon. I can feel my mind opening to the secrets of the universe …”
Leshy GM Delta Arena |
Rosentry has a bad reputation with the folk of the forest. It is mostly a vacational-home town filled with high society individuals looking for a picture perfect setup. As such, anything deemed undesireable has been removed from the place, with heavy use of insecticides, pesticides, mole-traps and more. All in the quest for a pristine lawn. It is also a couple of hours due east, with a path direcly connecting it to Petalbrook.
Not much is know about Lady Constance, but there are rumors that a few stray Leshys that have come to the forest were actually created by her. Giving some veracity to the rumours is the fact that Lady Constance is a Primal Sorcerer.
Bottlespeaker the Druid |
natural medicine: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24 DC 15 Popcorn
healing: 2d8 ⇒ (5, 7) = 12
refocus
goodberry: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
goodberry: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
"Ahhh yes sorry. I got a little worked up. Let me help you Popcorn. You are a valuable member of this group and I wouldn't want anything to happen to you," says Bottlespeaker as he starts to tend to her wounds.
After spending ten minutes bandaging up her wounds he then casts goodberry and hands one to her. "Here eat this. This should be able to heal your remaining wounds," he adds.
Leshy GM Delta Arena |
Fluff Fang is at 12/35, or 20/35 if we assume that they take the second goodberry (36+12+6=54 for Popcorn). There is also enough time to get a rest.
Leshy GM Delta Arena |
Fluff Fang is feeling much better after that, with the verdancy of their leaves much restored after the waxy burns.
Reaching Rings the Rogue |
Once everyone is fully healed, Reaching Rings adds their voice to second Bottlespeaker’s urgency while also sounding a note of caution. “Haste is paramount, but we must also be prudent. I have heard rumors that this Lady Constance is a primal sorcerer, capable of creating leshies of her own, enslaved to her will. Rosentry is a vile corruption of all we hold dear. Let us go, but be on guard.” With that the fungus leads the way out of the basement and on to Rosentry.
Not sure if a check is needed to get to Rosentry? If so ...
Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14