Not wanting any part of interrogation tactics, Coralle hangs back with Fjyndel to secure the area and keep an eye out for any more trouble.
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"Hey, they were going to ambush the party! It was necessary!""What? How do you know that?" "Well I thought it was pretty obvious. And Quirk thought it was pretty obvious. And Quince did too right Qunice, right. Did anyone else think it was pretty obvious, 'cause I thought it was pretty obvious..."
"Well I can't see what they're talking about either. Lets just hope that Drint and Rolly are gonna stop arguing soon because at the rate they're going and all of the talking that they're doing then all of the Kobolds, not to mention every animal, is gonna know where we are. At least we'll be safe if we stick close together. Make sure you can see everyone and don't let them out of your sight, well except maybe Quirk since it's hard to keep an eye on him when he's flyin up there. We don't want anyone to be attacked by themselves, we want to be able to help each other, right Quince?"
Coralee rolls her eyes as the pair continue their argument.
Coralee grabs Quince's hand and puts it on Monarch's saddle so she can lead him and the Pony as quickly as possible towards the cries. Anyone who can see in the dark will notice a worried but determined look on her face.
No stranger to being outdoors in the woods, Coralee unpacks her tent off Monarch and starts to put it up, whistling happily to herself.
Coralee looks back and forth between the two at each thrown insult, with an increasingly worried look on her face.
Coralee Starscryer reporting for duty **salute**
Initiative. (1d20+2=22)
Rad: Spoiler: Cool. How Intelligent? Can I just talk to it (or can I do so Telepathically)? I can imagine it getting quite sick of Coralee's constant conversation! =)
Will I have to ask it specific questions, or will it just offer up tid bits of information when it deems it necessary?
Coralee looks around at the building. "Wow, that thing is a mess. I thought Dwarves were s'posed to be good builders? So should we camp here tonight and start to look in the morning? I s'pose we should check the place out first though just in case there's something living in there. Ummm... Rolly McGolly how about you go in first... ummm y'know 'cause you're a Dwarf and all and it being a Dwarf building... yeah that sounds like a good idea!" Rad:
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Seeing Rolly in trouble Coralee rushes towards him, drawing her Light Mace as she does so and swinging at the side of the Cauldron.
Coralee turns to see Rolly whack the Cauldron with a resounding clang. Arcane syllables spill from her mouth as she attempts to help him out.
Waiting until Quince is outside, Coralee grips the Fetish by it's cord and starts jangling it up and down in front of her face, talking in funny voice. "Well hello there. You seem like a mighty attractive young lady. I bet there are many cute halflings who would love to spend some time with you."
She picks up the head and takes one last look around the hut. Noticing that Rolly is giving her a funny lookand Fjyndel is shaking his head, she blushes and sneaks past them out the door to join Quince and Quirk.
Coralee walks over to Quince and peers over his shoulder. "Is that a Spellbook you've got there? It looks like it might be a Spellbook. I wonder if it's Uzmilla's actual Spellbokk? If it is I bet there are some pretty powerful spells in there. Are you gonna borrow it for yourself? If you do can I have a look at it too? Just for some ideas, you know."
"What gives off that Illusion-aura?" Coralee points to a spot on the wall near Fjyn's head. "That trinkety thing hanging by your head there. It's only faint, though. Ooo, maybe it changes your appearance if you wear it! That would be really funny."
"Anybody find anything interesting?" he asks the group. "Well, where to begin." Coralee starts to point around the room. "Quince that book has a bit of magic about it, Abjuration if I'm not mistaken. Could be a Spell Book.Rolly McGolly, that Gong you're eying off has a pretty strong aura around it and it's Enchantment, so I wouldn't ring it if I were you, it might bewitch you. That big Cauldron over there is magical as well. Don't know what someone would want with a magic cauldron , but it's Transmutation, so maybe it turns stuff into other stuff? Also, there's a little trinket over on the wall there by your head Fjyn that is throwing off a faint Illusion aura. Is that interesting enough for you cutie?"
Coralee steps through the door behind Quince and her eyes go wide. "Wow, would you look at all of this stuff. I bet heaps of it is magic. Ooo, let me check, let me check. OK, give me a sec before you start looking around." She waves her hands before her and asks Desna for her blessing. Nothing apparently happens, but to her eyes anything magical glows with a faint blue glow. Rad:
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Once they get to thet clearing edge, Monarch stops dead and gives a short whicker. "Yeah this place does look a bit creepy boy. It's OK ,you can stay here." She ties his reins to a tree.
"That's just Drint. He's OK," she hold her hand up to whisper to Rolly, but it's a whisper that everyone can hear, "for a Kobold". She turns and winks at Drint and gives him a big smile.
Coralee comes upon the rest of you after a short while, puffing and pulling on the reins of a Monarch. She stops suddenly as she sees you all looking at her and as her eyes move from Quince to Drint to Quince, to Quirk, to Quince, to Rolly, to Quince, to Drint, to... wait a minute... her eyes dart quickly back to Rolly's blood soaked appearance and the apparently calm manner that the others have around him.
"What in the... that sounds like it could be someone in trouble. Maybe we should go and help them. It sounds like it came from over there," she points in totally the wrong direction, then sees Fjyndel jump on Grendel and race off in the other direction. "Or over there even. We should probably hurry too, 'cause there can be some nastty things around here. Pluss we saw all of those footprints around and we still don't know where the Scythe Lady went. Then there's also the fact that..." She trails off as she realizes that everyone has already rushed off after Fjyndel and that she is standing alone talking to Monarch. She glances around quickly and then urges him to follow her at a faster pace than he would normally like. Rad:
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Coralee looks at Quince with her eyebrows raised, putting her fingers in her mouth and feeling around while trying to say, "o, ee. ony un ung in ere." With that done she pokes out her tongue at Quince and gives him a big grin.
Spoiler: No Problem.
If you aren't aware, Dream Feast is in RotRL #2 from the article about Desna. Dream Feast
Spoiler: Retcon Alert: Rad, how beat up was everybody? I would assume that Coralee would have used the last of her Cure Light Wounds on people before she went to bed for the night. She has two Level 1 Spell Slots left:
Cure Light Wounds. (1d8+2=4) Cure Light Wounds. (1d8+2=9) If at least one isn't needed then one of her remaining Spell Slots will be used on her Dream Feast.
Coralee wakes up cheerily, then puts on a pout when she notices Girther gone.
Welcome, Bryan. Yay, a new Stoney. =)
"Let's go, go, go. Walking in this snow is tiring. Anyone else find it tiring? I bet Stoney finds it tiring in that armour. A nice rest will do us all good."
Coralee is looking up at Quirk with her hand shading her eyes.
Coralee blushes a bright crimson and makes herself appear busy readying Monarch to continue the journey.
Not expecting a snowball to smack her in the legs, Coralee jumps and lands on her behind in the snow. She peers under Monarch to see Quince standing there with another snowball ready and a smile on his face. She gives him a cheeky grin and scrambles to her feet, coming out from behind Monarch with her hands held high in surrender. Behind her Monarch gives what sounds suspiciously to everyone like a laugh.
Coralee looks around in wonder at the snow everywhere. She grins wickedly and picks up a big handful, rolling it into a ball and throwing it at the back of Quince's head. She giggles and ducks behind Monarch to avoid any retaliation.
Coralee calls once more on Lady Desna, giving Quirk one more dose of Healing Power before heading over to Quince and doing the same for him. Cure Light Wounds on Quirk. (1d8+2=10) Cure Light Wounds on Quince. (1d8+2=6) Coralee then turns to the others, "I still have a little of Lady Desna's Healing Power left, but if noone else needs it badly it might be better if I save it for our journey to the Elder Tree. Looking out over the forest there it looks like we have a bit of a journey ahead of us. Lets have a really nice breakfast before we start though. I think we all really need cheering up after our run in with that nasty woman. I know I was feeling a bit sad, but it's OK I'm feeling alot better now. I think I could nearly eat a Dragon I'm that hungry!"
A magical item tied to a CR 5 challenge in Rise of the Kobold King. "Don't get me started, I haven't had a big ramble in a while. I've been a little out of sorts since we fought that nasty woman." ;)
After a nice long rest, Coralee wakes up in a much better mood. She says her morning Prayers to Desna, then heads over to scratch Monarch behind his ear, while giving him some feed. She then walks straight over to Quirk.
Coralee pats Monarch gently before rolling out a blanket and instantly falling asleep.
You all notice a definate change in Coralee. She isn't very talkative (except to speak quietly to Monarch as they walk together) and she still appears sodden from the flooded campsite. She looks very much in need of a rest and is only half paying attention to what everyone else is saying.
Coralee wakes up as her little tent starts to fill with water. She quickly grabs up her blanket, but it is too late and she gingerly steps outside to the sodden campsite.
Coralee looks wearily around the camp site, before going over to check on Monarch. Once she is sure he is alright, she curls up in her little tent and goes to sleep after saying goodnight to the others and thanking Girther for keeping watch. In the morning, she wakes up still a little bleary eyed from last night's escapade, but ready to say her morning Prayers to Desna and regain the use of her abilities.
"Do we hope, that the rest of the wood does not catch fire?" asks Fjyndel. Yeah, I was thinking the same thing myself actually., you know because we still have all of our stuff back there at the camp along with Monarch and I'd hate for there to be a fire rush through there. Hey where is the camp anyway, does anyone remember which way we came? And where does everyone think that witch went? I think she jumped over the cliff to get away from us because we had her, but she did seem quite powerful, so maybe she teleported away. Oh yeah, the fire," Coralee pauses long enough to call upon Desna's Blessing a couple of times and suddenly water appears above the tree over the fire, dousing it a little. "There that should help a little bit. So, I think I came through thosae bushes over there, so that means the camp should be in that direction right?" She turns to stare at Quince and batts her eyelids at him, "so what do you think O Fearless Leader?"Then she turns to Fjyndel, "do you think you can find our way back Fjyn?"
Coralee grunts as the black wave hits her, but soldiers on towards the woman and watches as she disappears near the cliff. She turns to see her companions and rushes to help those most grievously wounded.
"It's OK, you're gonna be alright", she says to the two wounded, but then stops as Quirk's breathing returns to normal, but he remains unconscious.
" the time for your threats is over woman. We gave you the chance to surrender and you repeatedly attacked us. You have brought this onto yourself. I hope your god accepts you with open arms for you will be meeting her this night." With that Coralee throws the Starknife in her hand at the woman.
Coralee tries to follow where the woman went and is finally rewarded when Quince points out the swaying bushes.
Coralee sees the woman try to run off and Arcane Syllables fill the air around her once more, as she points her finger at the mysterious woman.
"Minion of Darkness, in Desna's Holy Name surrender".
Coralee Prays to Desna for aid and suddenly a Badger appears beside the dark woman, leaping to attack her.
Meanwhile, Fjyndel and Coralee are taking care of Grendel.
For Coralee: Coralee finishes tending to Grendel and then stands up to face the Scythe-wielding Woman in Black. She chants some arcane syllables and a bolt of force streaks out from her fingertip to strike the woman.
Coralee come rushing to a halt as her Goddess imparts her knowledge. Looking ahead, she sees the scythe wielding figure and scowls.
She starts to move towards the figure, draping Monarch's reigns over a tree branch as she goes. She then catches sight of Fjyndel and Gerendel and instead moves towards them, intending to Heal Grendel before she tries to take on the robed woman.
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