I'm going to have to bow out. I find myself spending more of my free time off the computer at this point.
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That works for me.
Ensu is glad to be back in town, hardly believing all that happened in a single day. Weary to the bone, but aware that tasks still needed to be done, he struggles to stay awake. "We should see if Shalelu is around as well, and probably store the religious items at the cathedral until we can figure out how to dispose of them."
Ensu just shakes his head at the whole scene, amazed at stupid some folks could be at times. Once they are away from the goblins, he'll stop and apply any necessary healing that isn't starvation related, which will have to be taken care of with food, the gathering of which is outside his skillset.
"I suspect with Nualia and that thing out of the way, the goblins will have little to keep them organized. If we intend on taking Nualia back to Sandpoint as a prisoner, we should probably leave soon."
If you do keep running it, I'm game. I'm paring down a lot of games, but this is one AP that has really caught my interest, and I would enjoy seeing how it plays out from a player's perspective before trying to run it any further myself.
Ensu pulls out his wand and taps the crazy dwarf a few times to get him up to a reasonable state of health.
Ensu will be character #1.
I have the PFS number, let me check what character # it would be.
Ensu moves into a position roughly in the center of the group and activates a different aura as the group feels more protected.
CLW 1
Ensu frowns at the religious gear as he lets out one final wave of positive energy. He wonders if he has finally found the purpose that Nethys had laid out for him and if he has the strength to see what was obviously going to be a long and troubled road through to it's conclusion. "We need to find out just how far she got in her attempts to find something down here before we leave. I doubt the goblins are likely to be capable of handling whatever it was on their own, and not dealing with it now will simply cause more headaches down the line."
Ensu responds to the wave of negative energy with wave of positive energy.
I am moving this week, and will likely be out of touch until this weekend. Please DMPC as needed to keep the story moving.
Ensu casts guidance on himself and anyone else who wants it before taking his longspear in hand and waiting for his turn to head down the stairs.
After next week, I'll be able to post more often. I had known going into this month it was going to hurt, and it didn't disappoint, but I did a lot of stuff that put me in a stronger position overall, and look forward to returning to the regularly scheduled minor chaos that is my normal life after I get moved next week. Speaking of which, I will likely be out of contact starting Tuesday and and getting back on hopefully sometime Friday, but it might be later in the weekend before I finally get everything together enough to get back on. Feel free to DMPC Ensu as needed in that time frame.
"Was the half-elf's name Tsuto, by chance?" Ensu asks quietly as he comments to Ysme, "I may not be a merc myself, but I have been around enough to realize that the definition of 'nutters' is widely variable and could potentially encompass our own activities if you asked enough people."
Ensu is relieved that the party is still mostly intact, a fairly rare outcome for their battles. He remains quiet, giving the man a chance to speak.
Quickly switching to his longspear, Ensu jabs at the man in an attempt to make it harder for him to hit Ventus, making a mental note never to make Pirknok angry.
Ensu will move to F6, and send a stone flying toward the woman.
"Directly, I fear not much more than what you have already seen me capable of providing; while Nethys has been gracious to allow a bit more of his power to flow through me, I am still at heart a scholar and researcher; dealing with people directly, either through combat or talk, is not a particularly strong point, though I can make others have an easier time at it."
"Sounds like a plan to me."
"Having the poison prepped as a backup is not a bad idea."
"That's a goblin shaman's dog bone fetish. Show it to any goblin and they'll be impressed - they think it brings good luck. Wear it if you want them to be in awe or you could try offering it as bribe." "We should try to use the fetish, perhaps as a bribe to get them to back down, but I don't know that I'm the best one to lead the talking; Ysme would likely be a better choice. For one, she has been arguing for their protection the entire time, so her arguments would sound much more authentic; for another, she is likely to be better at talking than I would be, as I am a scholar, not an orator. I can back her up, but she should probably take the lead on this one."
"Perhaps we should try using some of the things that Shalelu gave us. Even if it wasn't a bad idea to kill the entire tribe, I doubt we are strong enough to do so and still face Nualia."
Same here. As much as I enjoy PBP's, real life is being very demanding right now; my hope is that by dealing with these particular issues now, I'll have a lot more freedom of action, and a lot less headache, in that arena going forward.
Ensu has little to add as the party progresses, preferring to keep an eye out for trouble on the flanks as the others who have proven to be far more effective at spotting things focus on moving forward.
I'm enjoying the game greatly, and should be able to react much quicker, at least during the week, to things in a week or two once I get the issue of moving to a new apartment settled and only have to deal with the routine of balancing two jobs.
"At least we all managed to stay conscious this time; I suppose that's an improvement all things considered." Ensu pulls out the wand and starts healing up those not topped off by another wave of healing energy.
Ensu releases another wave of healing energy over the party, again wrapping it around his foes so that they don't get the benefit of it.
I'm working literally all day today and most of tomorrow so feel free to NPC Ensu if need be. Between work and sleep, I won't likely have much time for looking at the computer.
Ensu frowns as his ability to move and act gets even more limited, but with the lack of immediate distractions he is able to release another wave of positive energy over the party, shaping to it avoid the goblin shaman and the cat, though he can't quite keep it from washing over the mobs of rabble.
Ensu lobs a stone at the cat, wanting to hold of on spells until he has a better measure of the challenge the party faces.
"I tend to agree that if we can take Nualia alive, it's worth considering, but only if it doesn't endanger any of us or the townsfolk in order to do so. I doubt she will come peacefully, and a priestess of Lamashtu is not going to be an easy target even under the best of circumstances. To that end, I would not focus on trying to capture her, though if an opportunity presents itself, the idea is not entirely without merit, though her return to Sandpoint would need to be handled extremely delicately. The town has enough troubles; publicly opening old wounds would do little to help the leaders handle them.
Ensu once again thanks the priest for his aid, content to find the priest considerably more receptive to the information than he had been previously. With the wand in hand, he heads back to the inn to see how the others are doing and pack his stuff up to head out on the morrow for Thistletop.
Ensu accepts the book with a thank you, and heads over to the cathedral, hoping that the very real problem of the shrine to Lamashtu will be enough to get the local priest to acknowledge the possibility of greater dangers.
Ensu will return to Brodert's cellar in the morning after a good night's sleep before trying to meet again with Father Zantus later in the day.
"I have reason to believe that we have only just scratched the surface of the real trouble, but these things should help us tremendously against the immediate problem at least. Perhaps once we are done dealing with that, we'll have found enough more clues to proceed to the dealing with the next challenge before it gets out of hand as well."
Ensu ponders how to respond before finally speaking quietly. "Their leader, from both journals that we have recovered that contain relevant information appears to be Nualia, a priestess of Lamashtu looking to cleanse herself of her celestial 'taint'. Their purpose is simple; destroy the town of Sandpoint as an offering to Lamashtu and, as a secondary benefit, feed the recently awoken runewell beneath the town in some ancient Thassilon ruins. The runewell and the ruins around it have been dealt with, at least for now; Nualia sits in Thistletop, so that is where we go next. Taking out Nualia won't likely take care of bigger issues currently hiding in the shadows, but it will resolve the immediate known threats, and that is as good as start as we can hope for."
After a long day of studying, Ensu is not overly eager to accept the dinner invitation, but figures that the more information he has, the better prepared he will be for whatever faces the group on the morrow. Accordingly, he appears at the appointed hour, hoping that he will be able to listen more than talk.
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