Hemdar nods at what Enara says. "Someone summoned the tooth fairies here, using this child as a sacrifice to bring them. We found some magical writings that we'll try to identify, to find who is responsible. We won't let them get away."
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Hemdar nods sadly to Lucius. "Which means that the true perpetrator of all this is still at large. I'll try to study the runes further, since they seem like they'd be nature magic, but I don't speak Aklo, so I'm not sure how much more I could figure out about it."
Hemdar blasts the nearest faerie with cold as it rises into the air, freezing its wings and sending it back to the ground. He then speaks a word to Lucius, granting him a sliver of insight into the nature of the faeries.
Hemdar draws a simply made dagger and watches nervously watches the tooth faeries for movement.
Hemdar smiles slightly. "Well, something probably will go wrong, especially since we're dealing with fey. We just have to be ready for when it happens."
Seeing the consensus in the group to go after the tooth fairies, Hemdar relays what he knows of them to the rest of the group. 'They're small, stealthy, and unpredictable so we'll have to be vigilant, and prepared for ambushes. Their pliers can cause paralysis, so we'll need to be ready to ciover each other in case one or more of get paralyzed. They also have some fey magic at their disposal, though I'm not sure what exactly they can do with it."
Hemdar nods in agreement. "Agreed, the murders are the most important, especially since we have a lead."
Sounds good to me, don't have anything in particular I want to do.
"Well, tooth fairies are probably more strange and malicious than most fey, but they're all weird."
"Well, the good news is that the fluttering you heard probably wasn't an imp. The bad news is that it was a tooth fairy, or several. I know that sounds innocuous, but..." Hemdar indicates the man's toothless mouth and the tiny bite marks. "They're not exactly friendly. They're very small, so keep your eyes peeled."
Am back! :)
Cool! Doubling rings seem pretty good. :)
Seeing as I've never once attacked with an actual weapon this game, I don't really think I need a rune. :)
Hemdar thanks Laria and Rexus for the breakfast, then goes off to regain his magic. As sits down to meditate, Tictic tugs on his arm to gain his attention. As he looks down, Tictic flexes leafy wing-like appendages that protrude from their back. After showing them off for a while, Tictic uses them to take to the air, flying up to the roof of a nearby building. They land somewhat clumsily, though, and scare off a flock of nearby birds.
Hemdar walks along with the others as they move to the exit of the bunker.
Holidays have gone pretty well for me, managed to avoid getting into arguments with certain relatives, and my home group is finally getting around to trying out starfinder this weekend, which should be fun. :)
At Korva's mention of information gathering, Hemdar recalls the work done by Gellus for the Bellflowers. "The most effective rebels often never raise a weapon. I would be glad to work alongside you."
Hemdar shifts his gaze from the tengus to look at Lucius. "Even if these were ordinary times, it's hardly reasonable to expect them to carry out a sentence on their own family."
Hemdar takes a few steps forward and casts a brief spell as a precaution just before Lucius moves into the darkened southern passage, granting him a fragment of luck at whatever he needs to do.
Hemdar silently looks down at the floor, trying to guess if there was something he could have done to prevent this death. He understood that self-defense was necessary, and there was probably nothing to be done, but...
"I've heard of alligators before, but I haven't seen any here in Cheliax. I suppose it's possible that they came here from somewhere else trying to find food, which could explain why they attacked people, and ate that boot, or whoever was wearing it."
Hemdar moves alongside Emarel to look closer at the alligators.
Hemdar peers at the creatures as they emerge from the water and tries to recognize them. As he does so, he speaks the words to his frost spell and fires a bolt of cold at the creature approaching Lucius. He then speaks a word, guiding Enara's next shot with her bow.
Hemdar follows the rest of the group, summoning some additional light to guide the way. He considers using his newly learned magic to transform into a rat and scout ahead, but decides he'd rather not go on ahead in this place alone. He also considers that his new friends likely wouldn't react positively to him doing that, so he decides not to bring it up.
Hemdar nods. "Thank you again for your hospitality. I think it would be best to rest before we investigate the Wasps's Nest. I have some... lessons to consider from those we fought today."
Hemdar looks over the scrolls Enara has found and picks one up."I don't know about the others, but this one is not fire related. It's used to obscure tracks, which could be even more useful. If you're interested, I'd be willing to teach you, though I suspect you'd be more interested in wizardry than meditating in the wilderness for hours."
Alright, level 2 now! :)
"For what its worth, Enara, you've proven to be skilled at picking locks so far, so you have my confidence that you can succeed. Besides, that mace will be useful for breaking things other than locks. We'll need silver weapons to properly damage devils like those we just fought, and given who we're fighting, we'll almost certainly see more.
We should get botted more often, the GM always seems to roll crits when we do. :D
Hemdar ignores the attempts at humor of his companions and tries to focus on killing the disgusting creatures as fast as possible. He moves to a better position while casting his frost spell, completing the incantation with an outstretched finger at one of the lemures. The freezing spell flies forth and strikes its target dead in the center of its body.
Hemdar moves to a better position, and fires another bolt of icy magic at the fleshy creatures. His aim is off, unfortunately, and it flies over the lemure's head.
"From what I know of fey, as weak as these creatures were, it could have been a lot worse. Good work, everyone!"
Fine with me. Apologies for my lack of post yesterday, my computer seems to have something wrong with its battery and now it can't charge. I should otherwise be able to get a post off every day, and combats can really slow forum games down, so I think that's a good measure to take.
Hemdar narrows his eyes at the giggling creatures, remembering their propensity for mischief. He summons icy energy into his hand and fires it at the nearest grimple, and then reforms his magic into a shield of force.
"My thanks for the healing. I could likely use my magic to heal the rest of your wounds, though I suspect these rats will not be the only foes we face down here. If we take a few minutes here I could treat someone's wounds more conventionally and save the magic for an emergency."
Despite the heat of combat, Hemdar eagerly supplies a likely unwanted answer to Rexus's question. "When rats live underground, they have no predators to hide from."
Hearing Lucius's call, Hemdar scrambles down the ladder. Once at the bottom he hastily speaks an incantation to summon a shield of magical force.
Hemdar looks down at his leg to inspect the wound and grimaces, both at the wound and the smell in the building."The wound itself is pretty minor, but that it's probably infected is more of a concern, but at least not an immediate one. If there's other creatures here, that's a more immediate problem."
Hemdar winces as the dog's teeth graze his leg, turned partially aside by Lucius. Recalling a spell he saw used by the church of Asmodeus, he focuses his magic into a floating shield of force. He then fires another freezing blast at one of the remaining rabid dogs.
Alright, sounds good to me.
Hemdar is saddened at being forced to fight animals, having lived peacefully with them in the past. He recognizes the signs of rabies, however, and resolves to kill this one quickly so it does not suffer needlessly. He blasts the dog with cold, but it is much to fast and the magic only succeeds in chilling a small patch of the ground. He then speaks another incantation, granting Lucius a sliver of supernatural aid.
Hemdar nods in thanks to Jilvi, then a look of thought crosses his face. He looks to Tictic, who has returned to their perch on Hemdar's shoulder once the dottari pass by, having hid behind it when they appeared.
Darth Arranai I've got a high-level wizard with a whole bunch of ranks in all the knowledge skills in my home game, so I have to do that a bunch as well. :D
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