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Glad to hear you are safe! Take care of yourself and your loved ones while giving this a place.

"Why is Garnult not including me in this discussion? Doesn't he trust me?"

Donagh turns to Mirialle "Thank you for your council lady, we mourn your loss. I will pray for your late husbands soul and destiny in the afterlife. We will take our leave, if there is anything we might assist you with then please let us know."

I will be on a business trip out of country till Tuesday evening, I might be lucky and have time and wifi to update, but probably not.

Dain wants to have some time alone with a Skis'raal? Disgusting!

"What gives you reason to doubt the words of this Malathorn?" Donagh asks. "and I assume he is a drow?"

Well said Garnult, that is the way a ruler should speak.

Donagh silently supports the leader of their band, he seems to handle this situation perfectly.

Donagh replies in undercommon
"Indeed we should help our friends by posting a guard of our own. We can't expect them to do all the work while we relax. Who do you want to take the first watch?"

Donagh turns to Harvalt "We do not want to impede on your customs. If you do not want us to join you when breaking the news to Gunther's wife please say so."

Deaglan eyes light up at the wonderful craftsmanship. He moves over to Jesper and tells him

"Your stone-working kinsmen are marvellous indeed. Such a wonder of marble craftsmanship I have never seen!"

Donagh packs his crossbow again and nods at Grunyar. "Impressive indeed"

Donagh touches his holy symbol and mutters some divine phrases. Bryggya's blessing washes over all allies. Donagh then draws his crossbow

Casts Bless: Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

I will be one day Grunyar, her help comes when you least expect it. She helps those who help themselves. She is not the Deity of weak-willed elves, that rely on their gods to help them. She is a Dwarven Deity, and we have to prove that we are worthy of her.

Donagh smiles

"Sure, if I would have access to the proper tools and had some time available I could set the stone myself. Setting the stone itself is not that difficult. The act of asking Bryggya to bless the weapon is the difficult part. She only blesses when asked by one who is truly worthy and represents her in every way. I am afraid I am not entirely there yet. Although it is my main aspiration to be one who is worthy to represent her beneath the mountain.

Donagh is reverently looking at the axe, lost in awe that he holds a masterfully crafted item from Dammerhall

"Bryggya be praised! If only I could work in the smithy where this fine axe was crafted!"

Donagh's eyes light up at the mention of even a few smiths that can work mithral. "I would be most honoured to see the craftmanship of your fellow gnomes, be it marble or mithral."

He then nods at Grunyar's suggestion to return the short sword to the gnomes. "She probably does, or one of the other gnomes might find a use for it"

He looks at Dain and moves over to his friend
"Can I have a look at that battleaxe, it looks finely crafted."

Donagh studies the wedding ring for a while, noting that the material used is uncommon at best on the surface. He then returns the ring to Harvald

"Here, I think that Gunther's wife would like to receive it. Do you forge mithral items in Fasturvalt? I look forward to meeting your smiths."

Donagh can't channel... :-(.

"What is what Grunyar" Donagh asks and then he is joining the rogue in his investigation of the material.

"If any needs healing desperately I can ask for Bryggya's support.

Donagh grabs his holy symbol and tries to determine if anyone is in a really bad shape

Donagh sees Dain trying to heal the creature and goes over to have a look. To his surprise the Skis'raal is still alive, although bleeding fast to its dead.

"Good Bryggya, please guide my hand in healing this creature to honour our vows"

He then tries to heal the creature

Heal, guidance: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 1 = 18

Donagh's hand lands heavily on Garnult's schoulder as he follows the paladin.

Well said he says as they walk onward

Donagh joins the others in the spiders cave, he just overhears Garnult's words and he chimes in.

"It is as I feared, vows given should be honoured my brethren! Even if we do not agree with the vow as given we can never dishonour our heritage. A vow given by one of us binds us all, even if we where not there or do not agree. I will pray to Bryggya for guidance and resolve in our further endeavours."

Donagh sees that his comrades and the spiderthing are irrevocably in combat. He sighs deep and peers around cautiously to check if any other spider things are trying to outflank them.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Donagh is still around!

"Elmador, did you or didn't you allow the creature a safe passage for whatever reason? Your word is your bond!" Donagh shouts back at Elmador.

Donagh is unsure what to do

Not choosing is also a choice, in which you lose the initiative. So pick an action and live by your choice Donagh!

Donagh shouts to his companions
"Hold your attacks! We do not know if it lying! Killing the thing when the others have given it mercy would not be honourable!"

Donagh is trying to calm the mules, while also helping Wrex to escape from the darn net in any way he can.

We need to discuss strategy. Any fool can see that running off in pursuit while leaving part of the team is not wise. I would have thought that Garnult would act more like the leader he is supposed to be.

Happy 2014 for you and your loved ones!

Donagh cast guidance on Mirrin

"Holy Bryggya, please give your aid to Mirrin so he can escape the web"

Dain, I hope everything worked out and that things are back to normal

A merry Xmas and a wonderful 2014 to everybody!

Donagh draws his crossbow and loads it.

Looks like we have this ambush covered, better save Bryggya's blessings for a time they are more needed

Dain, hope there are no things missing that can't be replaced.

Good luck dealing with this mess!

Same here, Donagh is twiddling his thumbs...

"Dain, give me your weapon. You to Garnult."

Donagh grabs in his pouch and takes out something that looks like a steel pen. He uses this to inscribe a rune on Dain's weapon. He then goes over the rune three more times. Each time it seems as if the rune is etched deeper in the steel of the weapon. After returning Dain's weapon he does the same on Garnult's weapon. The whole process takes less than a minute.

"I am ready to to Bryggya's bidding, I am a tool in her capable hands, as we all are. She decides our fate, it is by her creed that we live and die. If today is the day we perish, we do so in the firm belief that we have lived our lives in Bryggya's honour.

Dain and Garnult, your weapon is masterwork for the next hour

Donagh is following the wagon, on difficult parts of the track he helps the donkeys by pushing the wagon.

"Garnult, Bryggya looks favourable on your actions. She knows how it is to be a captive and would not condone us if we where to ignore Ivy and her kin."

Donagh follows Garnult.

Funny, there where so many applicants with the masterwork weapon trait that I thought most of our groups frontliners had that trait as well. Oh well, more weapons for me to put runes on

Donagh touches his holy symbol

"May the Steel Sister give us strength and perseverance so that we can free your friends"

He then turns to Ivy,

"How long do you think we need to travel to this cave where the Skis-Raal live?"

Question: any frontliner without a masterwork weapon?

Donagh speaks to the woman in gnomish

"Are you hurt? Can we offer you anything to drink or eat?"

If she is hurt Donagh will cast a cure light wounds.

After she has eaten and drank something Donagh asks: "What are these Skis'Raal?"

Donagh has his eyes fastened on the wheel as he moves towards it.
"It surely must be a sign from our Steel Sister that we are on the right path and she approves of our missive!"

He referently lays his hand on the wheel
"Honored Bryggya, thank you for this omen, we will continue to honor you by word and deed alike"

Donagh loads his crossbow, it seems that his companions know what they are doing.

I say 5 more mess kits are in order. We do not want to eat with our hands!

GM, I just discovered the explorer map. For your information: when I click on it I get a battle map tagged with "map not visible to players"

"Show me your plans Elmador, I am not that good a woodworker, but am quite proficient with metal."

take my 7 gp as well.

I see excellent suggestions here.

Regarding food: shall we pool that and appoint a quartermaster?

Donagh has 10 days worth of trail rations

Perseverance and remembrance

I will be out of country until Friday night on a business trip. I might very well be unable to post.

Regarding the discussion on spells: I will stick with the lvl1 spells (bless *2 + domain animate rope), I like to keep guidance as lvl0 and do not really mind what the other 2 are.

"The Steel Sister gives her faithful magic to perform. A minor magic is to create water out of thin air."

Donagh looks at Wrex and Elmador

"Wrex, I do not think that there is a reason that we both should pray for the ability to create water. It might make sense to discuss the spells we will prepare."

"Liquid in the form of water won't be a problem. Bryggya will provide her children with that."

Donagh wrote:

Dain knows about Donagh's remorse about his brother's death. He has promised not to tell anyone else about it. The others have noticed the broken hammer in Donagh's backpack. If they have asked Donagh about it he has told them it has to do with his past and he has not elaborated on it.

Wow, that's a lot's of trust. I've read your story and I like it. Rest assured that no matter how brambling Dain might look (I am trying to properly display his low CHA), he will not betray the story of your brother. After all, Briggya teaches us - knowledge should be shared between dwarves, but secrets should be kept.

Btw. how do our characters know each other - acquaintances from the Church of Briggya, I guess?

If there is a in-character need to tell Donagh's secrets: by all means go ahead. Donagh may not like it though....

According to the fine introduction by the GM we where send by the church to join this expedition. I assume we met some years ago and were send out to visit other dwarven communities for Bryggya. During these voyages we became friends, rather than just companions. Donagh felt secure enough to share his past with Dain.

Does this work for you?