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Thank you for the invite ADM. Nathan is built to be a channeler first and foremost. He is able to channel twice a round. He will need to be within 30' of the vampire. He can put out an aura of heroism in the same area and those under the effect of his bardic performance don't grant soft cover for his archery.
Thanks for the game, I did enjoy it and would love to continue one day.
Still here.
As the group starts it's journey, Nathan brings up the subject of the route back again. "I think we might be best off skirting the forest. Even though it's longer, we won't have the trees and underbrush slowing us down. What do you think?"
Welcome back CaveToad. Hope you had a relaxing time.
"Let us start back then. Should we follow our route out here or try to cut straight back to Cliffort through the woods?"
Nathan shakes his head as he sees the harpies flying around the obelisk, "I think this changes things. The dwarfs need to know about this weapon. Maybe they have some idea on how to destroy it. The harpys definitely know about it and have activated it. It can't be left in play. If we can't get a message to them, we have to go back, I am afraid."
"While the silence may help us, their sheer numbers will be our undoing. We will either have to make for Cliffort or follow them to see where it goes and if we have a chance of destroying it then."
Nathan see the large group of harpies over the center of the lake, "If that is where the obelisk is then this may not be good. Though I don't know if harpies can swim."
Welcome back! Hope your back is better.
Nathan shakes his head. "I don't know about Lotham but I doubt I could pull off such a bluff. Even if I were good at such things, there is no good contingency plan to deal with this many harpies. All they have to do is use their song on my and I fail to resist but one and it's over and there is nothing you can do to save me. I say we see where the go tomorrow and if they leave the obelisk alone then we continue on the way we were going."
"We may have to settle for knowing they are trying to get the obelisk. If they do we will have to see what we can do to warn everyone."
"That works for me. I will pray for the necessary spells in the morning and we can travel by river to see what they are up to."
"I may have some spells to help us use the river in the morning, but Lotham, my brave brother, attacking this group would be throwing our lives away with nothing gained. We are outnumbered at least 20 to one and they have the advantage of ranged weapons which you don't have. Unless you have some way of evening the odds, I am afraid we must let them go." Nathan pats Lotham on the back and watches as the cloud disappears.
"You are correct Lotham, we have no way to take on that many, but we must go together to see if they try to do anything in the lake. I wish we had some magic way to warn Cliffort."
Nathan nods as Crest speaks, "Yes, we must just leave this for now and forget about it. We will tell a few of the others but even then knowledge of this should not be known by everyone. Tomorrow morning we will continue our scouting mission as planned and head up the river."
When everyone gets to the surface, Nathan explains, "I didn't detect any evil on the obelisk, however when I attempted to read the runes using the read magic spell it darn near drove me insane. That think is dangerous. I don't know exactly what it does but it is used in some sort of summoning ritual that would lead to an apocalyptic end. It should probably be destroyed as we don't want the end of the world. At the very least I suggest we mention this to no one other than our brothers and sisters and leave out the location when we do." Nathan seems relieved to get that off his massive chest and just rests.
Nathan's eyes go large and you can hear his scream through the air bubble. "We need to leave this HERE! Let's get out of here!" Nathan then starts swimming to the surface.
Nathan looks to the group and messages, "With these sick feelings I'm not sure we want to raise this. It may be an evil object. I will check for that and then see if I can read it." Unable to divine anything from his knowledge about the obelisk, Nathan detects evil on the obelisk and then he casts read magic and tries reading the runes.
Nathan studies the rune for a bit to see if he knows anything about it.
Congrats on one year. And in the words of the Dead, What a long strange trip it's been.
You will be able to cast underwater as you have a bubble of air around your head.
Nathan casts mage armor and before casting the shorter spells, "Crest, my brother, I believe you mentioned channeling to cure those of us suffering out here. I could do with a bit of healing before heading down. If you don't want to channel I can do so myself." After the healing is done, Nathan casts Message on Crest, Bull strength on Crest and Lotham and then Air Bubble on, Elanor, Lotham, Mlinzi, and himself.
When they arrive at the spot Nathan says. "That took a lot out of me. Let's rest here a few minutes and then head down. I have 4 spells to let us breath. We'll need 3, so that gives us one extra. I also have two spells to increase our strength is they are needed for anything. Both spells will only last four minutes. I can cast the strength spells now or save them. It's up to you guys."
Price was changed a while ago (2013) in FAQ to: 4,000 gp (+1), 16,000 gp (+2), 36,000 gp (+3), 64,000 gp (+4), 100,000 gp (+5)
Refined spells for today for underwater exploration. Don't know how much it will help but have very little diversity.
Nathan prepares for the night and says, "Yes I agree. Let's go in the morning when I can prepare the spells and when we will have more daylight."
We should take the raft out. us larger ones can use it as a "kickboard" or to hang off of and rest as needed. Greebins could sit on it and watch our back as well.
"I think we should investigate as well. We will need someone here I think to guard our backs. I think Greebins would be best for that. The rest of us can go down for a short time and see what we can learn. I can request Air Bubble spells and we can go down for a short time. Does that sound good to you Greebins and everyone else?"
Aboleth's lung is a Gillmen spell so I don't think we can get it. The closest we can come is Air bubble I believe and we will need one for each character and only have 4 minutes each.
"We should investigate. Some of us will need more help though as we are not adapted to water. Does anyone have any water breathing spells?"
It looks like a good system to me. It is basically avoiding the middleman so to speak. No need to find a town to sell the item and thus you can speed up putting "gold" enchants on the signature items.
Nathan takes some time to look at the scepter as well.
When they discuss their path Nathan says, "I think we should head north around this lake on the east side and then follow the river to the north or north east. We need to see if we can find another scepter and confiscate it."
"We must continue on brothers and sisters. Let them take the prisoners and the baby back. We'll have to trust our family back there to make the case for humane treatment of them. Tolheimia can deal with the dwarves. They need to know about these scepters. We'll keep this one with us and study it to see what we can learn about it. Have them ask about the Fellhammer and let them know the giant's plans. We'll try to collect more of the scepters and see what else we can find out. I wish we could communicate better with those back at the fort."
All ready here. Picked up Unchained monk as my cheese dip. AC shot up.
After the questions are done. Nathan pats the giant on the back. "Thank you friend Shaggorak. That information is good to have. Let me tell you about a friend of mine. Her name is Sarenrae and she is a great goddess. One of the things she teaches is about turning from your evil ways and becoming a new man. Let me tell you more about her..." Nathan will spend what time he can trying to convert Shaggorak.
"Shaggorak my friend, do you know what the scepters do or where the others are that have them?" "What is the Fellhammer? Can you tell us more about it?"
Nathan smiles at the giant. "It was necessary to tie you up for a while unfortunately but I think it is safe not to now."
Nathan nods to Crest, "You can untie him. I doubt he can out run my arrows. And he does indeed seem to speak modern common. Here." Nathan reaches out and touches Crest and shares modern common with him.
Once Crest casts his spells Nathan attempts to speak to the giant in modern common. "My name is Nathan what is yours?" If he responds he then casts share language on Crest.
"I don't know that the giant speaks modern common so sharing it with you may do no good. If he speaks it I can do that though. We need to find out if he speaks it first." Nathan' hand glows and he touches Crest. "This should help some"
Nathan appears thoughtful for a moment. "If you can charm him that might be the best way to go if you can speak to him. I can lend you some aid in that department as well."
"I will do the interrogating. I believe I have the best chance of getting anything out of them. Does anyone have any questions they want answered in particular?"
"We'll have to interrogate them and then march them back to the fort I think. We don't have another option." Nathan says as he looks at what's left of the group they battled with.
Nathan nods to Lotham, "Let's go see their camp and what they have. I can interrogate them when I get back and we've had a chance to look through what they have."
"I can't figure this out. It has Evocation, Divination, Conjuration and Necromantic energies on it. We'll need to continue to study this as we proceed. Let's get to their camp and search it. Are the prisoners ready to move or do we need to bring them around." |
