GentleStorm drops the Elananx as well as his bestial form. Moving the last bit of distance to Felivaine before half-kneel half dropping to the other Feline's side.
Medicine(DC20):1d20 + 18 ⇒ (16) + 18 = 34
He carefully begins removing the quills before using the last of his restorative magic to aid the ancient.
Gentlestorm burned and bloodied pants at the assault but knows the others will do well if he falls since most of their foes are down and out. To give them the best chance he can to take out the Elananx he lets the primal forces in him swell causing him to assume the form of an ancient predator the Deinonychus. Who's gripping talons reach out for the creature.
77+6(heal from vines last round)-42+5(heal from vines this round)=46/96hp
With Alessandria and Kilitsi focusing effectively on Khasprickle GentleStorm unleashes his barrage of iron shavings at the Elanax who continues to harry him. Before stepping closer to their fallen feline companion.
With a retaliatory hiss at the fey feline Gentlestorm launches another spray of coldiron shavings at the pixie using the motion to fling the cat off his arm so he can draw up his dagger defensively with a snarl.
"Felivaine gave us the knowledge necessary to find this place."
Gentlestorm keeps his hands raised and seeing how overtaken by plant-like matter Eilwith is he speaks soft assurances in Wildsong, before returning to the common tongue.
"Please, we are seeking a way to bring peace to the woods, those who inhabit it, and those without. If you can assist us in any way, we'd be delighted to provide what aid we can."
"Peace friend." Gentlestorm raises a hand defensively.
"We journey here on word of Felivaine in search of answers to his as well as our own questions. He seeks the knowledge of his companion Eilwith, and we of a way to prevent the destruction of the forest through safe means."
Gentlestorm wraps the staff up in a bundle of hide and slings it over his back for now. "Let us see if there are more secrets to this place, and decide on this relic foul as it may be once we return to the nexus."
Kili 83/122, Gentle 96/96, Alessandria 112/112, Wispil 102/102 If Wispil heals as well we're easily all full probably by 40 minutes.
Gentlestorm uses the wide variety of plant matter within the dilapidated lodge fortress to aid in the recovery of the group. He worries about the staff they pried from the construct however and seems very weary of it's presence let alone touching it.
Gentlestorm bursts from behind his cover, realizing it didn't really matter much all things considered as a large strange, furred, feathered, and scaled Anklyosaurus with a lightning infused cudgel tail and charges at the guardian hoping to at least draw some blows away from Kilitsi.
Hands crackling with electricity Gentlestorm does a quick assessment of who's in the worst shape of the group and in the most danger. Surging primal energy into Alessandria to urge her wounds to close, before hiding behind a piece of fallen debris in the chamber.
Gentlestorm presses his hand into Kilitsi before she can run off. "Bear the strength of the earth wardens!" Her skin quickly hardens to resemble that of the craggy mountains. He then darts away to make sure they can't all get hit by that kind of blast again.
Gentlestorm wriggles his face in disgust. "Well I would certainly remember that if I'd been exposed to it before."
Continuing on when Wispil asks about the fungus spreading he nods, "Perhaps simply tests, perhaps trying to find out the true source of Zibik's power. All derived from the staff it seems. Truely Goran was a deprived druid if he cared this little for the balance of things. So drunk in his search for power."
He agrees with continuing through the southern door, the other can wait for now.
Gentlestorm grabs some of the clothing that seems to have been used as a nest and gives it a good sniff to see if he recalls any familiar scents.
sniffer Amarrun detective work go!
"If we wish to go about that, I suggest we finish searching the compound first, we wouldn't want whoever was here to get their hands on anything dangerous before us."
Studying the information Gentlestorm grows direly quiet.
"More information to bring to the nexus. This doesn't really help with our current investigation but it does help narrow what sort of artifact we are looking for. This.. Zibik it is odd that a being from a primal plane such as that of wood would entreat with anyone even a druid. We or someone else may even be able to recreate the ritual used to commune with Zibik and garner even more power."
His hair stands on end as the thought passes through his mind. "I don't want to think about what that may entail. We should grab what we can, all of these books have countless knowledge that no doubt the Nexus would be pouring over for years to come. Then we should continue exploring this place."
Nature(expert):1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 17 + 2 = 25 Sweating bullets with that thank you Alessandria and primeval mistletoe
Gentlestorm studies the pollen spores for a bit determining that it is indeed dangerous. As Alessandria forms an updraft he works to neutralize it. Thr best way to neutralize poison however oddly enough is to either soak it so that it can't enter one's nose or as he takes to the task turning into a giant bee for a few moments and dusting himself in the pollen.
Once sufficiently saturated in the stuff he gobbles it down, immune to the nasty effects of most pollens he the giant GentleBuzz seems satisfied with his work and soon returns to his usual form.
Gentlestorm scoops up some of the residual fire from Alessandria's attack and breaths life back into it within his palm lobbing an orb of fire at each of the swarms.
He then moves towards Kilitsi "Stay a moment, we'll see you right as rain and stronger than granite." He closes his eyes focusing on an upcoming spell which seems to draw up the earth in the area.
2action blazing bolt(one at each swarm) stride to be adjacent to kili, next turn i plan on using mountain resilience, but I could just heal instead and I can pre-cast it before we get to the next room.
Gentlestorm is cut to shreds by the razor swarm of spores, quickly placing a hand on some of the wounds soothing leaves sprout and extrude an ointment on them causing them to quickly coagulate. He then tries to identify the ravenous plants.
Gentle Storm took a few moments to check out the area before resorting to the front entrance. But he sauntered forward and leaned his walking spear against the doorway before kneeling down.
Not sure if I need a perception to check for traps, but I assume it'll take more than one success
Circling the Kobold and human dangerously Gentlestorm growls out a reply, "So that her masters can bring about the end of many lives. She must not find the staff. Where has she sent others of your band?"
hp 96+5/96, ac 24, Animal Form(Cat level 2) duration:1 hour
Gentle storm having moved around the side, lunges in his smaller but still dangerous Fey-like feline form and tries to catch the stag beetle in his jaws before scraping his claws against it's shell in an attempt to bleed it.
Sneak(swift), strike, rip and tear
Gentlestorm thinks for a while then looks to Felivaine. "What do you know of the Laughing Prince? I've been trying to determine why he'd side with Ruzdoya and all I can think is that he was possibly harmed in the past in a way that would make him resentful of the former pact."
Gentlestorm soaks in all that the ancient fey-being says, wondering if it would do well for Felivaine to mingle more with the other members of the new lodge. Then again he feels that maybe it would just bore them further.
Gentlestorm halts himself from shifting and engaging when Felivaine decides they're at least worthy of talk. He then silently thanks Wispil for being surprisingly good at diplomacy, when he wants to be.
"It's true that we are after information that you see as boring it seems. But it is with good cause, as we are seeking the deeper threat behind the attacks that have placed Ruzadoya in power. That have made it their goals to splinter the Wildlodge and the pacts it has forged."
He muses worriedly, "And what horrors might be drawn up from the Goroth lodge's ancient armories."
Each day a PC performs Research, that PC must attempt a DC 22 Will save. On a failure, they become stupefied 1 or, if they’re already stupefied, the value of their stupefied condition increases by 1, up to a maximum of stupefied 5. When a PC reaches stupefied 5, Corazal refuses to let that PC continue to use the Viridian Nexus until they recover completely. This stupefied condition remains until that PC goes 1 week without performing Research at the Viridian Nexus, or until their stupefied condition is otherwise removed.
VIRIDIAN NEXUS (LIBRARY 8)
Foliar Treatise: Corazal’s leaves detail events of the past in tiny, ever-shifting text; Maximum RP 10; Research Checks DC 19 Academia Lore or Library Lore, DC 22 Nature, DC 24 Society, DC 26 Perception
Rootbound Record: Spiritually connect with Corazal’s roots to tap into the soul of the Verduran Forest, and view visions of the past; Maximum RP 15; Research Checks DC 19 Academia Lore or Library Lore, DC 22 Diplomacy, DC 22 Occultism, DC 24 Perception (Sense Motive)
Wyrwood Researchers: Dozens of wyrwood attendants perform their own research, some have information pertinent to your studies; Maximum RP 5; Research Checks DC 22 Diplomacy, DC 24 Stealth, DC 26 Society
Corazal 5/5 RP not included in rolls since we're maxed
Foliar Treatise 4/10 RP
Rootbound Record 2/15 RP
Wyrwoods 1/5 RP
Reminder I can cleanse stupify a few times a day
"You're more likely to make use of it than I Kilitsi. Gentlestorm answers his part as they take their leave back to the nexus.
Spending the first day back at the nexus Gentlestorm returns to the nook he's been fond of sleeping in. Though instead of sleeping today he meditates on the ancient primordial strength that he was exposed to in the abandoned warehouse attempting to connect deeper into the roots of knowledge. The experience leaves him weary for the day, so he spends the next overlooking the notes of other researchers before returning to his meditations for the day after.
Tossing the Wyvern corpse to the side Gentletops stays alert for a while to make sure there aren't any more incoming threats, before the ancient energies infising him leave.
"Ah.. that was more than I expected, not often you see such creatures roosting in a trio. Check their nests quickly. Eggs shouldn't be left nor treasures from previous victims if we can help it."
In the meantime he utilizes some simple magic to bury the corpses so that they may enrich the land.
With a bellow of pain, GentleTops swings his massive crown around at the offending Wyvern attempting to impale the creature and bleed it out further before attempting to rear up and stomp the creature to death.
Gentlestorm witholds his actions to see if the party is safe without his aid. Stuggling against the grasping Talons of the Wyvern and wary of the stinger he draws in some of the ancient primordial magic of this location and swells into the form of the formidable triceretops. Swinging and thrashing in the wyvern's grasp to gore the creature.
Gentlestorm reemerges from the rubble he'd taken cover behind after the wyverns swooped through and pulling the dimming sun-rays into his hand lobbed three bolts of light which ignited mid-flight at each of the Wyverns as they hopefully passed near enough to Alessandria to excite the effect.
Blazing Bolt(W1):1d20 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24 Fire:4d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 3, 6) = 19 Blazing Bolt(W2):1d20 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20 Fire:4d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 4, 5) = 16 Blazing Bolt(W3):1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28 Fire:4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 5, 3) = 20 Against flat-footed assuming I was hidden from them all, got foil senses incase that matters for special stuff and the weakness 4 from Alessandria to those within 10' of her
Without already being in his wildshaped form Gentlestorm finds his potential prospects of approaching and fighting the Wyvern's precarious.
So he pulls together some primal energy from this ancient druid's place. Around the wyverns small mushrooms suddenly blossom and eject clouds of spores only for a sudden intensifying of sunlight coming through the hole in the ceiling to cause the clouds to flash in broghtly multicolored pings.
Holding his tongue on the matter, Gentle Storm is reluctant to agree with Alessandria.
"I would love nothing more than to put them to ash. I even worry about how we might safely transport them so that they don't infect anyone. But Alessandria is right. We need more evidence before we go about destroying what little we have. If these may indeed help to prove the innocence of anyone there that day at all."
Gentlestorm nodded to the plant, though it wouldn't really mean anything to the tiny thing. "Thank you for your aid, we shall help as we can."
Turning to his companions he frowns, "Men were here, I would suspect under the command of Ruzdoya but perhaps even those outside of the forest seeking a way to defend themselves. Either way Wyverns await us inside."
You glean some more insights, but not enough to reach a new threshold of knowledge.
15 RP total now
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The next day, you travel through the Elder Oak and make your way east several miles through the forest to site of the supply depot. This storehouse was one of many in the Verduran Forest. Magically constructed of stone, it’s a multi-room structure with a single entrance blocked
by a metal gate. The building is overgrown with dense vegetation.
The metal gate is ajar. Inside, the floor is coated in dirt and other filth, and tenacious plants grow along walls and flagstones.
Survival:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33
Incase we get more info on a crit
"There are plenty of creatures beyond man, that share ten toes. Why I once knew a quite rambunctious Possum..." He looks about to trail off into a tale but Alessandria's glare sets him back on the 'correct' path.
"Right. A moment let's see what the hearty friends here have to say about the recent intrusion."
Gentlestorm, firmly nestles his spear nearby and whispers to the foliage near the gate.
Wildspeech(plant)"Why hello there friends of the green, it seems your home has been disturbed before us. Would you happen to know more about those who came and trespassed here recently?"
Little do the others know but, really Gentle Storm was just using this as an excuse to get another nap in the cozy nook. He just really enjoyed dozing off in this grove, so well connected to the rest of the greater woods.
Rootbound Records(dc24 sense motive):1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21 Will(dc22):1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30 As earlier he'll cure up to 3 instances of stupified on folks at the end of the day's research
But all things must eventually come to an end and the next day he is ready to do his best at leading the group onward to the lost warehouse of Ghorus.
"I don't think, one more day of research will hurt us. It may even help us locate the warehouse easier. But if we choose to leave now then I will do my best to guide us safely through my home forest."
