My character concept was probably a contributing factor. He was a weird dude and got told to shut up as he was spooking people.
Also we decided to split the party early on which caused us to lose steam.
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Harkell nods at Felix's words, adding nothing.
"I see no magic."
Harkell will detect magic.
"Yes, burning it is for the best. Hopefully it won't come back."
Harkell thinks on the lady's words and the secret knowledge of such things that he has been privy to, and considers what he may do to mitigate such dangers.
Harkell lashes out with a kick, reinforced with magic.
Harkell backhands the enemy.
Harkell begins chanting quietly, his hands glowing with white energy as two wisps apparate and coalesce into his fingers.
"If it worked, it worked. People probably don't believe that kid anymore than they believe us. If he starts spouting off, few will believe him, and those that do likely already know of us."
Assuming there are no "normals" around, since he isn't supposed to talk near them, Harkell says the following. "So, the man is strapped to a camel and kicked out of town for abusing women. The camel tends to focus on women when attacking. The connection is the skull strapped to it. Granted, this is all a leap of intellect. The man's spirit, or some fraction thereof, likely remained in the skull and tainted the camel before the skull became detached. The camel continues on, either tainted by the man's malevolent spirit or currently possesses the spirit, leaving the skull inert. That leads me to my next suggested course of action, we visit the skull. I believe it is in these very archives, or at least what we found would suggest such. Investigating the skull should tell us more, particularly if it is inert OR active."
Harkell turns to Leon, the one with whom he saw the horse-like corpse. He pulls out a brush and begins to write on his own hand in gleaming, lighted ink: 150yrs. Same age as corpse. He ensures the camel farmer doesn't see it. Once he is sure that Leon has seen it, he spits on his hand and smears the ink to the point that it loses its light and is unreadable, then puts the brush away.
I mean, if it is one guy, then yeah it is hard to see as a company and i see it more as a guy supplementing his income. but still, i mean... to not have backups from a year back is pretty egregious. I'm glad that i rarely used mythweavers (didnt really like it/google drive is a thing).
Ah, i thought they got ad revenue.
exactly. i mean especially a company providing a service
"Sour, but not sour enough."
Harkell will look at the creatures for signs of distress or mistreatment.
"This seems related to the horse-like corpse we found."
thinking: <------- <------- <------- <-------
Harkell looks around from where he stands, letting the others do the talking.
"I plan to try the eatery, and the zoo. Camels..."
"That seems like a fruitful avenue. Mistreatment of animals, perhaps."
"Nothing of import, as far as I can tell at this juncture. Its spirit was red with rage, and it is atypical for creatures to make ghosts, much less angry ghosts. It suggests an intelligence above that of a normal creature and either an extreme drive or a horrific death, perhaps."
Yeah same here
Harkell looks in the area the camel was just in, searching for any ectoplasm, or traces of where it came from metaphysically. knowledge: i roll each twice and take the better result
With the beast up in his face, Harkell attempts to give the beast a taste of its own medicine: a powerful kick.
my bad, i totally missed that it was my turn.
Also of note on that page is the Admixture talent and the Thorn Blast talent, I am using all 3. Since Thorn and Adhesive both fall under the Plant category, no additional casting time or SP expenditure is needed to Admix them. I should have been more descriptive, but i did not spend SP on the blast so it is only 3d6. I had planned the character to spend his SP more on non-blast stuff, but if needed pop off a few per day in combat.
Harkell draws his strange-looking staff, and looks (perhaps foolishly) ready to strike.
In my opinion, any of them are fine. GM rolling initiative speeds things up, which is good. Once initiatives are sorted out (by GM rolling or PCs rolling), then I find it also speeds things up to block the initiatives together by side.
"Hmmm." Harkell follows Thomas out.
Harkell looks at the sign-in page and reads the names that have already signed in.
I've done what i can as far as on-scene investigations. I'll tag along with the others, doesnt matter what side i go with if we split, I'm not really made for gathering info via charisma skills.
ah i was confused, i didnt realize there was a second nurse and thought that was the enemy spellcaster
Harkell replays the scene for the others, pointing to the routes various creatures took. Pointing down the tracks found, he concludes, "... and down that way went the creature, where it abruptly disappeared. The mystery creature was large, and immediately vanished. No invisibility was involved. In conclusion, I agree that it was likely a summoned creature and therefore our antagonist is a mage of some sort."
"Summons, quite a likely scenario. Permit me to study the tracks a moment." Harkell's eyelids flutter and his lips move to mumble a language none know. A mote of light appears in front of him, taking the shape of a large, ghostly lens. He then looks about the scene for magical signatures. GM: Using Channel Spirit to use two spirits, to gain Divination Sphere and Expanded Divinations. These abilities operate at a range of 150ft. Spending a spell point to change the 10m meditation down to a full-round. Detecting for Magic of course, and in addition will do the following divinations: Divine Time (last 5 hrs): If you possess the Time sphere, you may divine the events that happened within medium range (100 ft + 10 ft per caster level). You can only divine what occurred up to 1 hour per caster level ago. When you divine time you are only given the following details: The number of creatures that were in the area, their size, how long they remained in the area, and any movements they made while in the area. In addition, if objects were left unattended or unattended objects were moved during this time, you learn the size and vague shape of such objects. Divine Illusions: If you possess the Illusion Sphere, you may divine for illusions. This grants you a free Will save or Perception check (in the case of illusionary disguises or invisibility) against any illusions or invisibility within the area. in case of illusions/hidden things
Harkell's eyes glaze a bit, and he says nothing. He might have mumbled something.
Greenbeard looks up out of his reverie, sees the sheriff, and looks as if he had only just remembered the inconsequential man was even present.
"As I suspected, these marks are the very same as those at the construction site. Cloven-hoofed, very strong indentations, and now we add to the modus operandi the ability to teleport. I doubt it is mere invisibility, due to the loss of scent, but if it was a mere invisibility coupled with scent-masking, we are dealing with a creature of great cunning, if not intelligence."
"You'd be surprised at just what is possible. A cloven-hoofed demon who can become invisible, or teleport about is just the most sensible of possibilities."
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