Here's Phntm888's magus, Kerak Fellspar, who's come to Falcon's Hollow looking to enter the dangerous Darkmoon Vale and prove everyone who said he'd never amount to anything wrong.
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Kerak pauses, mulling things over for a minute. Still, it seemed like the person they were tracking had been by here. It also looked like the kobolds knew something about the black fortress. They might have the information they needed.
Kerak looks about as the kobolds act in unison, all turning their heads to look at them, then returning to going about their business. It made his skin crawl, that weird uniformity. What if the tribe was under some kind of mind control magic, and they had grabbed Caitriann? He loosened his swords in their scabbard as they approached, and spoke with the leader of the kobolds and the lady who apparently knew Isaiah. "Jewel Water Hollow? Dangit. We were looking for the Limecracker Hollow. The person we were looking for left a journal entry that she was going to see them before heading South. You wouldn't be able to direct us to them, would you?"
Kerak glances over at Lilly and says, "Do you want to take the lead on the approach? If they were friendly with Caitriann, they may react better to another druid than to either of us."
Kerak does not hesitate - the beast attacked them, and when it woke up, it would probably still try to kill them for food. He thrusts both short swords into the beast's head, seeking to finish it.
I didn't mean anything by my response to Lilly, GM. I was just answering her question so she didn't think no one had seen it. Sorry to hear about your neighbors.
I think you're right. Sorry, I'm still getting a handle on the rules. I didn't correctly remember the Rogue's Sneak Attack description, which says I don't need Advantage to deal Sneak Attack if another enemy of the creature is within 5 feet of them. I thought it gave me Advantage if I was flanking, which allowed me to use Sneak Attack.
Being right next to the Owlbear had its advantages - especially with both swords out. Kerak begins thrusting his swords into the Owlbear, trying to bring it down as it focused on Lilly.
With Lilly directly confronting the Owlbear, Kerak looped around behind the bear to stab one of his shortswords into its back.
I delayed until either Lilly engaged the Owlbear or it engaged Lilly.
Kerak decides to wait until the Owlbear is in a more advantageous position.
Kerak looks at the diseased, rampaging, hungry Owlbear and decides Isaiah's advice is pretty good. Unfortunately, he had forgotten to purchase a bow back in town, so all he had were two daggers. Deciding they wouldn't be particularly effective, he circles around behind the beast, then waits for it to attack Lilly before rushing in to stab it.
Kerak looks at the doll like version of the Owlbear and says, "That's rather hideous." He then adds more wood to the fire to help Lilly build it up, then draws his short swords and moves to take cover.
Kerak's sight making him the best suited to the darkest hour of watch, hears the sound and begins to awaken everyone. "Something approcahes, I don't know what, but it sounds big."
"Agreed. I can see fine, but we'd be better taking a rest than wandering on. Let's find a good spot."
Terquem:
So, given that spoiler regarding Orcs, what does that technically make me, seeing as I am a half-Orc? Kerak cracks his neck and stretches his shoulders, then perks up at the mention of the black fortress at the Maranda river. Could be the place they needed to go. Still, Lilly had volunteered them to help, so they would have to kill a creature with lots of tentacles and a toothy maw. Since it was chained, they could probably get away with peppering it from afar with arrows.
"Why don't we just bypass them? Let the slavers and goblins kill each other." Kerak clearly has little care for slavers or goblins - the slavers moreso than the goblins.
"What forces are within? As Lilly said, if they are bandits, it may be to the better that the goblins and bandits wipe each other out. Safer for the people of the region, as well."
Kerak slows up, squinting at the goblins in the distance. "I don't suppose those o fyou that have been in the area for longer than I have know why a bunch of gobins with a catapult are set up here, do you?"
"Let's push on. Time may be the difference between success and failure."
"We'd be happy to stay for the meal, but we aren't heading to Seaport. We have other business to attend to farther south," Kerak says, trying to avoid giving away too much about their mission. He will also attempt to help with the fishing, although he isn't particularly good at it.
Yep. I'm heading over to post now.
Congratulations on your daughter's wedding! I hope you have a wonderful time!
Kerak tilts his head quizzically at the friendly people on the island. If there were bandits about, these people certainly didn't seem concerned - unless they were the bandits. A good ruse if so. He'd have to remember it in the future. He lets Lilly and Vash take the lead in talking with them - after all, as a scout, he'd learned much by watching and listening as opposed to interrogating.
Kerak nods. "We should also make sure to keep a careful eye out in general. Don't want the bandits to get the drop on us."
Wife had a respiratory infection that turned into bronchitis - now I’m getting it.
Sorry. I am coming down sick. I’ll work on getting something up.
"I concur. We should make sure we have sufficient supplies to be out in the wilderness for a while - just in case. How many weeks should we plan for, do you think?"
Still here.
”These Limecracket Kobolds seem to know where the fortress is. So, I’m thinking we go visit them first, and make sure Caitriann made it there. Then, we find out where the fortress is, and if the Druidess was headed that way. Then, we can journey to the fortress, and hopefully find out more about if she was there or not.”
Oh, geez. I hope everyone's okay, and I'd say that's a bit higher priority than the game.
Okay. Plan: Let's go visit the Limecracker Kobolds at their hovel and ask to speak to Marolyn so we can get the location of the Black Fortress in the City States of Tarule. We'll probably have to do something for the Kobolds, like help solve their problems with the red goblins, but once we've done that and we have the location of the fortress, we need to gather the supplies for making the journey to the City States of Tarule so we can find the Black Fortress. Once we've found it, we need to see if we can locate Caitriann, or at least find out her fate. If the Black Fortress turns out to be the temple Vash is looking for, we may also have to do whatever it is Vash needs to do with it, but once we've found Caitriann, we return to Pawkutukit with her - or her remains - and get the second half of our reward. I think that, generally, is what we need to accomplish. Thoughts?
"Well then, once we've got everything sorted out, we'll get a move on. Let's go."
"Could this black fortress be the same as the black temple you were looking for?"
"No contract. I was given a specialized task unrelated to any mirror, and this is part of it,"[b] Kerak answers to Nickels' scowl. [b]"Incidentally, Vash, aren't the City States of Tarulle south of the Deer Creek Falls River?"
Kerak smiles, "If you're going to Seaport, I'd like to give you a letter to take with you and have delivered to a gentleman you may be acquainted with named Edmund Azcarinze. I'll need to give him an update on my status before going to search for Caitriann. Do you have ink and paper?" Once provided with such, Kerak will write a letter informing Edmund of everything he's been told by Branhilde, as well as the fact he is joining others to assist in locating the druidess Caitriann, who went to investigate a Black Fortress to the south west, which may in fact be Elwyn's location in the City States of Tarule, as well as that of the stolen artifact - successful apprehension of Elwyn and recovery of the artifact by agents working on behalf of the Chapel Hill Lodge may provide the Lodge with the means to prevent closure.
Kerak considers Branhilde's response for a short time before saying, "I assume there are no agents associated with the Chapel Hill lodge left here in Pawkatukit, then? No current missions? Is there anything you might be able to do to delay the Solutions Society in closing the Chapel Hill lodge, at least for a time?"
Once the group arrived at the Chapel Hill lodge, and after all the introductions had been taken care of, Kerak asked, "Important as this is, could the situation with these two Tanakov brothers be even more important? According to our ringed friend, their goal is to close the Chapel Hill lodge to allow them to move about unimpeded. Do you have agents who could deal with that issue here? What do you consider the more important issue?"
"But does it say where the fortress is? I know we can't know what we found, but obviously she knew where she was headed. So, where was she headed?"
"5 weeks, huh? How far away is this place? Depending on distance, 5 weeks may be the travel time it takes just to get there," Kerak asks, rubbing his chin. The issues in Chapel Hill may be more important to Edmund, but there was always the possibility this black fortress was Elwyn's hidden temple - and that could be the larger threat in the end. "Does she say where this fortress might be located?"
I'm still waiting for an answer to how long the druid's been gone. We haven't heard anything about that yet, and we technically still have a prisoner we need to deliver to Pawkatukit. If that druid's been gone for several months or something like that, I see no reason to rush off now. Obviously it can wait a bit. Why is it so important for Lilly to find the druid, exactly? Is she a friend of Lilly's, or is this just a case of "She's a druid, I'm a druid, so I'm going to help her?" Cause if it's the latter, I think you'd have more obligation to the people you've actually met than a druid you've never seen before.
My character is more invested in resolving this issue with the two gangsters, as well as shapeshifter man. He'd rather learn a lot more about where the druid went before we do so - after all, this Temple or whatever may be more than we can handle. Plus, the gangsters may have information about it.
I will be traveling this weekend, and only on mobile. Bot me if necessary.
Looking at the journal, Kerak says, "Interesting. Once we deal with these gangsters, we should see about tracking her down - as was our original purpose. How long has she been gone - and who is...Marolyn?"
That's why I thought we were walking. The site issues probably sabotaged a lot of people - I know at least one person who told us he was quitting the forums altogether in a game I was in specifically because of them. Some people may not have noticed that they are no longer signed in.
Walking behind the man, hands on his swords, Kerak watches the shapechanging man, keeping a close eye on him in case he tries anything. |