I'll be traveling for work this next week, and will probably be slow to post.
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The dwarf shakes her head. "Did it sound like this?" She repeats what she thinks the word is. "That's a Giantish word meaning shrine or tomb. I wonder if they meant this place? It used to be dedicated to Iomedae, and there are certainly bodies here."
Any recent word from GM J?
*checks pulse* Yup, still alive
Good luck, Purg! Unfortunately Hilde isn't available for a couple of CLW spells. I had something similar done a little less than a year ago and it went fine, except for some interesting scars. Hope yours goes as smoothly.
No worries. RL always has to come first.
Hearing the youth's words, Hilde turns to watch behind the party.
Hilde shakes the goo off of her mace before hanging it from her belt again. "Gather around before we rescue...whoever that is."
Hilde drops her crossbow, draws her mace, and takes a short step towards the blob before smacking it.
Hilde shoots past the party at the translucent wall of protoplasm.
...and bounces the crossbow bolt off of the doorframe before reloading.
Hilde readies her light crossbow.
"The rats seem to be content to remain where they are. Let's see what's below."
"When we get back, we should tell High Priestess Varvatos that the statue is here."
"Is it safe up there? I haven't heard any screams yet."
Good luck--I hope things settle down soon.
"Before we clear out the rats, there's one other area on this floor that we haven't looked at yet." Hilde checks the door she's standing next to.
"If you're sure the rats are the only things up here...."
Hilde steps back from the door. "There are more rats in there, and at least one of them sounds big. I'm not going to open it until everyone is back up here." She carefully walks over to the trap door and quietly calls, "I think it would be wise to clear this floor in case we need to retreat."
Hilde nods to the goblin and listens at the south door.
The dwarf shudders and prays again for the dead.
I've done a moderate amount of Organized Play on Discord, but haven't tried to play an AP there. If we moved, I would have to keep much better records on my character profile--as far as I can tell, there's no easy way to use your posts as the record (i.e., on the boards I can easily see all of Hilde's posts, and if the search utility worked as it should I could easily find key words). For a short module that isn't a big deal, but I'd feel the lack in a longer game. That said, if Discord has that functionality I'd drop the objection (and would really appreciate knowing how it works).
Hilde follows the others in, murmuring a prayer for the people who died here.
Hilde backs up to join the rest of the party as Wild opens the door.
Hilde murmurs to the goblin, "Lots of them...depending on what sorts of parties and things make you happy. We can talk about it later."
Also unwilling to face lots of rats, Hilde nods. "Good plan, Robin." She steps forward and listens at the door across the hall.
Hilde looks puzzled. "I thought he was investigating a threat to the community here, and lost his hopeknife. Where did he say it was stolen?" She peers around, frowning. "And it was something he thought was too dangerous to even hint at to Brinya...he just said it was an investigation, and didn't say where."
Hilde drops to one knee beside the collapsing half-orc, pulling a healer's kit from her pack with practiced haste and tending to the poisoned rogue. "Stay with me, Vethorm."
Hilde steps up behind Vethorm and casts a healing spell on the rogue.
Hilde catches up with the retreating gnome and claps him on the shoulder. "Stay with us!"
Hilde continues to close.
"I've got your backs." Hilde marches forward stolidly, finishing next to Ranhild and Robin.
The dwarf makes sure that her holy symbol is out, just in case. "I'm ready to go."
"To be fair to Sara, if Katrezra told her where he was going and asked her not to tell anyone, she seems like the sort who wouldn't break their word to a friend without a very compelling reason. Yesterday we only had suspicions, but after at least one attack meant to stop us from investigating I think we have more than that today."
"I think we're better off talking to Sara first, getting as much information as possible before we go outside the walls."
Hilde thinks about that, then shakes her head. "Not necessarily. If he had food or drink in his room, the killer could have poisoned it during Ruby's Hopeknife party."
Hilde nods, her spell confirming her suspicions. She examines the body more closely, sniffing around the corpse's mouth where Vethorm indicated. "I know that smell.
Hilde smiles. "Knowing we were going to be investigating a body, I prepared that spell today." She murmurs a cantrip and examines the body for poisons.
Good luck!
Traveling this weekend and didn't have time to post; I'll try to catch up tomorrow.
It's a common comment about the AP, although it's not quite as much whiplash as Second Darkness (in Part 1 you take over running a casino, and then all of a sudden you're altruistically taking on drow out of nothing more than the goodness of your hearts).
Hilde doesn't say anything more while Omast breaks down, but when the man pulls himself together a little she has one more thing to say, this time in a more tender voice. "I know you can't believe in yourself right now, Sergeant. But Rodrik did. Think about that."
I also didn't have a fever last time I had it. Both times I've had it, though, my major symptom--and the one that lasts longest--is that my heart rate would jump to like 120 bpm if I went up a couple of stairs. Walking quickly I'd easily get to 140 bpm or higher. And that didn't go away for a month or so. On the other hand, I've read that the best way to avoid long COVID is to do as little as possible for at least a month after you get over the primary phase, and the heart rate spikes made that easy.
Recovery comes first. Take your time...we'll be here.
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