Helferick holds his axe aloft, ready to strike.
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Spotting the oncoming foes, Helferick grips his waraxe and readies to hit any that get in range.
Helferick peers up, checking if there's enough room to enlarge himself. "If you'll be taking the big one on, I can at least boost your strength some."
Helferick peers at the carving. "Huh - these are the four winds - there's North over there, and East, South, West" he points " but they ain't meant to be friendly. Could be a warning against anyone visiting the crypt, or it could just be whoever's buried here wasn't that nice to begin with. Either way, we best be ready for trouble." He grips his axe steelily and prepares to follow the rest of the group.
"If we just want to pop in and look round, this should be good enough. If it's worth coming back we can shore up the opening." Waraxe back in hand, Helferick enters the cave.
Helferick is no stranger to mining and starts hammering away at one side of the crack with a pick. "Shouldn't take too long to make it big enough to slip inside. If there's something useful and we want easy access that'd take longer." he answers Jevar. "Probably not enough room for us all to work easily. You should keep an eye open for anything else in the cave. If they didn't notice the bats, it'll be hard to miss us banging away."
"Tbe bigger they are, easier it is to hit 'em." Helferick mutters, relaxing slightly as the bats circle up into the sky.
Helferick steps back and grips his axe, ready to strike at the bats if they start attacking.
Helferick scratches at his beard. "Yeah, with the right tools, shouldn't be too much trouble to make it big enough to get in. Are there any on the wagons?" He peers into the crack, seeing if he can spot anything interesting inside.
Helferick dismounts, grips his weapon and casts Mage Armor on himself. "Ok, let's go." he says as he heads to the cave entrance.
Helferick pulls on his reins, bringing his horse to a stop. "Hold up! Looks like there's some sort of cave over there. Should check it out while we're here."
Helferick mounts up and rides along. "Yeah, we should stop back in soon."
"Source of magic, eh? Seems worth finding." Helferick muses. "But you were saying your fellow faithful sent you? Who d'you follow?"
"I've not seen anything like that and it seems like it'd be hard to miss. What makes you think it's around these parts?"
Helferick casts Mage Armor before they get too close to the strangers.
"They can clearly take of themselves, if there's just three of 'em. Ir else they're damned lucky."
" Heh, that's handy. We should come back and study it some more later. There's another rune, but better to test it when there's fewer people around. We don't know who built this after all. "
"Well, looks like there's one way to see what happens." Helferick grins. He slaps his hand down on the Rise rune.
"Hmm.. yeah, yeah, looks like there's something under the water here. Could already be a bridge, maybe. There's some magic here that'll bring it up, I reckon. Give me a second and I'll see if I can activate it."
"Runes, eh? Lemme take a look. " Helferick wades over to investigate.
Helferick glances at the stream and nods. "Yep, this looks fine. You haven't scouted the other side yet? We should cross first to make sure there aren't any surprises on the other side."
"Wasn't that the leader of the bandits? " Helferick mutters to the others. "Don't suppose you kept track of him after you killed him?"
: 15gp, 9sp, 7cp
retrying identifiction on the two other items Uneventful day:
Nettles crossing:
--- Helferick shares what he works out of the objects with the party, keeping those he can't figure out to study further (or asking to study them later if others want to claim them) As they journey along, he assists in scavenging food. --- At Nettle's Crossing, as Johanna rings the bell he remarks, "From the looks of it, I don't reckon Nettles is working any sort of ferry now."
Helferick calms down slightly as the last undead falls, then heads back to where the first zombie fell. As he shrinks back to normal size, he retrieves the ring. Poking the dismembered finger out with his own, he casts a spell (Detect Magic) and examines it. "Thought I spotted this flying past my face." he grins, as he shows it to the others. As they pick through the remaining corpses, he recasts the spells, attempting to identify anything magical. "These things have been busy," he remarks as they turn up more gear. "Good thing we've stopped them."
Happy New Year! From his book, Helferick is going to take Dodge, and a +1 to Strength. Will update stats and sheet with these after the current fight. Helferick's Wish list: Weapons made of special materials (cold iron, silver, etc) Not that fussed about any specific weapon Ring of Protection +1 Amulet of Natural Armor +1 Lesser Rod of Extend Spell Headband of Vast Intelligence +2 Belt of Dex +2 (or Strength or Con)
Helferick allows the rage to ascend, and he thunders forward with a cry, burying his axe deep into his foe.
Seeing the others dismount, Helferick also clambers down from his horse, then casts Enlarge Person on himself as he prepares to face the threat.
"What rewards are these? We're doing well, but more supplies are always useful."
"Aye, the colony is still fairly new, so there's plenty of room for new folk." Helferick looks over the wagons to see what sort of settlers are arriving.
Helferick clambers up and follows along.
Helferick pondered as words flew back and forth. No-one chose five years of hard labor over lifetime of dedication, eh? Not the choice I'd make myself. If I don't understand the magic behind it, doubt a bunch of bandits would. I reckon they probably just took the option that sounded cushier and thought maybe they'd be able to nip off later when no-one was looking. Bandits'll surrender easily enough, but I reckon it's unlikely they'll have a permanent change of heart. Depends how much they're weakened I suppose. Once things are a bit calmer, Helferick will speak up. [B]"As the one keeping an eye on the money, I'm just wondering if this means the kingdom's going to be footing the bill for looking after them? If they picked hard labour it'd be fine - the work covers the cost of imprisoning them, but it sounds like they'll be treated better than other prisoners. We've got room in the budget for it, but I'd still like to know. --- Later in the evening, Helferick will pop in to check how the dedicates are being treated.
"Hmm.. that's some complex magic - can't say I follow the details myself. But how long does this dedication last? And what happens once it's finished? Gotta agree that it'd be better to decide on appropriate punishments beforehand if we're going to be performing them ourselves out here." "I'm also assuming Hundor's issue isn't related to this dedication - I reckon more of 'em might have gone for the hard labor option if they thought that was a risk."
Helferick looks past Hundor to the ritual, examining it uncertainly, trying to ascertain its purpose. "Why're you doing this now? You get bored waiting for us? Seems like it'd be safer to do this sort of thing back at the castle."
Helferick rushes in as well. "Hey, hey, what's going on!"
"Should take the piglets back, I guess. They'll just slow us down otherwise. Plus, if we want to find the others, best to track 'em from where we parted ways."
Will probably take the power option, I think. Have to think on a feat.
"That was.. odd." Helferick said, looking up at the sky in amazement. "I've had lucky hits before, but never quite got that reaction." Kicking the mysterious chest open, he pulls out the book.
"Hmm.. I feel as though there's power in the book - I'll have to study it carefully." he says, leafing briefly through its pages.
Helferick stomps over to the boar, shouldering past a tree with a scowl, then swings his waraxe into the beast's back with a furious roar.
If Balazar is def out, I'll also want to adjust my Cat's Grace back to Bull's Strength.
"Sheesh, it's even bigger than I imagined! Well, two can play at that game." The runes on his waraxe shimmer as Helferick thrusts it in the air, then the dwarf starts to grow, expanding up to the size of the boar.
Once it is decided to either hunt or attempt to tame the boars, Helferick casts Mage Armor on himself. -- As Jevar attempts to calm the boar, Helferick grasps his axe and watches the surrounding forest carefully. These three boar definitely weren't responsible for the huge prints - so where was the one that was?
"Sure, we could try. Big fella'd make good stock, if we can take him alive. Don't reckon he'd come quietly though, boar are grumpy enough when they're small, and this one's probably used to bossing the others about."
Helferick angrily pushes his way out from the fangberry bushes.
Helferick carefully makes his way into the bushes and plucks a set of berries, somehow managing to injure himself seriously on the thorns.
Helferick watches Halseen efficiently blast the swarms, ready to assist if necessary, but the sorcerer seems to have everthing under control. Once it seems there are no more swarms, he relaxes. "Nicely done!" he laughs and claps the half-elf on the back.
Helferick dismounts, and casts a spell, causing a shimmer to briefly surround himself. He then approaches with the others, axe in hand.
"If yer going to be combining magic and hitting stuff - which I recommend, by the way - you'll only want the one axe, unless you've got three arms. Can't do the gestures right if your hand's full of weapons. Same reason you shouldn't cast and chew gum at the same time."
Helferick grunts as he looks over at the thicket. "Those're fangberry bushes. Even if there weren't spiders, you'd still have to tangle with the thorns - if you try to pick the berries, they'll try to prick you back - and the buggers are sharp. You're also probably going to get stabbed just getting into where the berries are - unless you've got thick armor or a thick hide. Fangberries are worth it though - they're good eating, and those with the know-how can brew 'em into potions."
Helferick climbs awkwardly up into the saddle. "I've got some gear for making scrolls. Can just as well use it to make a map as well. Although if I do it, it'll be rough. I can get by in the wild but that's different from putting it onto paper. If you want all the fancy squiggles on the map to look right, we should probably hire an actual mapmaker. Let them do the drawing, the rest of us can handle any critters we find."
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