Presumably we're able to tie a harness around Jakur and raise him up
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"Jakur, go up with Sunishi in case he needs some help" As Sunishi goes up, Jakur scrambles up the wall beside him Take 10 for 16 climb for Jakur
"Its a plan. Lets get ready and go in" For a full frontal assault, the best thing that Nikka can provide is almost certainly extra healing. So, she memorizes 3 healing spells the next morning, together with the guidance cantrip.
"Maybe we could look at the fort and find a back way in or a low spot on the wall or something? A full frontal assault seems, uh, foolhardy"
Nikka just listens. She is just glad they're all alive
"Come on Olaff. RUN!!! Lets all RUN!!!"
Nikka is happy to take the hint and she and Jakur retreat backwards
Nikka and Jakur would be a little closer to the front. I think Nikka has one of the highest perceptions in the party. Nikka is frantically looking around, trying to find trouble before it finds here. Jakur is also alert and nervous although he does a MUCH better job of hiding it :-)
"Whatever you think best. This is NOT my area of expertise :-)"
Nikka doesn't say anything, she just proceeds into the tunnels. Inwardly she is quaking in fear "Please let us be safe. Please let us be safe"
"Yes, I can speak to her tomorrow. But perhaps we should just check and look for ourselves, with Tiltha showing us what she found?"
Nikka will also look around for another way in. Taking 20 yields a 26
"Can you please tell us WHAT is inside the keep? Numbers matter but so does what is being counted"
"A friend of ours became very, very sick out of town. We're hoping to find help for her. We don't even know HOW she became sick"
Nikka will advance slowly, hands open "No, everybody else please stay back" "I give you my word, we are peaceful and will not harm you. We're just looking for help"
Nikka lets the others lead, hanging back just a little
"I'll try and follow the tracks, but only as long as they remain within this settlement"
"We need to keep searching this place first, make sure that nobody is here"
"We need help. Lets go to the trading post" Nikka heads over towards the trading post
"I think I'll come to town if thats ok with you. I'm likely more help there than here"
"Lets look around this area. Maybe there is something causing this?"
"I can't detect poison right now. But in the morning I can check for poison and for disease"
Nikka rushes up to Ameiko, seeing if she can determine what is wrong
"Can anybody tell what is wrong with her?"
Sorry. Nikka is a spellcasting pussy cat delivery device :-). I should have bought some basic weapons. I'll do that tomorrow. For the moment, just assume she does something ineffective :-(
"So, you know that it may well be your last trip. And you still want to go. While I hope it isn't your last trip you have certainly earned the right to make your own decisions" "Feet are for Walking! If you are leaving with Ameiko then I definitely am too. Its a chance to see the world. I wouldn't deprive you of the pleasure for anything"
"Uh, Koya do you have a moment to chat? I'm not sure if you've heard, but Ameiko is planning a long trip up to Brinewall. I'll let her tell you why. But the point is that she has asked me to go with her. Its going to be a VERY long and hard trip to get there. And that may be the beginning of the journey and not the end, it seems possible to me that what we'll find will lead us even farther afield. I know that you're thinking of going on a trip and I've promised you that I'll go with you on that trip. I want to see more of the world than I've seen. Praise Desna. But surely you were thinking more of visiting your cousins in Korvosa than going into the northern wastes. And a trip to Korvosa sounds as exciting to me as a trip to Brinewall. So, shall we tell Ameiko no and instead make preparations to join a caravan to Korvosa? I've heard that Mihaithis is arranging one leaving in 2 to 3 weeks. Should I tell him that we'd like to join? Or is that too soon?" Unspoken but likely understood by Koya is the fact that Nikka views Koya as an old woman who would find the trip to Brinewall too hard. The young so often underestimate the elderly :-)
"Wow, I'd LOVE to join them. A trip like that would be wonderful.Who knows, there (or on the way) I may find answers to what happened to me. Hmm, Koya has been talking about a long trip" "I'd love to go but I'm not sure that I can. Koya has been talking of going on a long journey. But she might be thinking of somewhere a lot closer and safer like Korvosa. If SHE is willing to go on this trip then I'll come too. But if she'd prefer to stay here or go on a safer trip then I'll stay with her. She needs my help"
Uh, I may be overthinking this, but I had thought that our relationships with the OTHER characters would be key to our agreeing to this whole mission. Ie, I'd accompany Koya in a heartbeat but NOT Ameiko. I guess I'm asking :
"We think we've handled the goblins. They were attacked by a necromancer and some undead so their numbers are down a little. We showed the goblins how powerful we are by defeating the undead. We made a peace treaty with them. We don't attack them, they don't attack us (us being Sandpoint and any humanoid peoples, small or large). They can still gather food in the swamp (as can we). If they violate the treaty, they get destroyed. Hopefully it will last a long time. But we didn't feel justified in just wiping them out. But if they do attack later, you can blame me. It was mostly my idea to settle things peacefully. But even Goblins deserve a chance. We also found some other interesting stuff. I'll let somebody who understands what we found more than I do fill you in on it"
"Excellent! Yes, we have a deal" As they're leaving, she turns to everybody (but especially Olaff) "I wanted to thank you all for agreeing to making a deal with the goblins. I know some of you would have preferred killing them, I appreciate greatly the fact that you were willing to let them live. We DID the right thing" She tries to sound supremely confident when she says the last. "I just hope that our (my?) kindness was the right thing to do. I'm sure many at Sandpoint would have preferred we just kill them. And its possible that they are right"
"Yes, as Ryn says. People are allowed to go into the swamp to hunt, gather food, etc. But you are also allowed to hunt there, etc. You don't attack or kill us, we don't attack or kill you. Is that a deal?"
"Certainly" "Please don't shoot me. Please don't shoot me" She calls out in a loud voice "Chief Gutwad, we need to talk. Come show yourself" Assuming that he does show himself or at least makes himself heard "As you can see, we have defeated the skeletons and taken their stuff. The necromancer is dead. We are victorious. We fought, without loss, the force that beat you. You do NOT want to face our anger for if you do we will kill you all!! But we have done enough fighting for one day. We do not HAVE to kill you. We give you a choice. Swear now to leave Sandpoint alone, to not attack farms, to not attack travellers going in or out of Sandpoint. Leave all Longshanks alone and all the little people as well. Swear this and keep your word and you all shall live. If you leave Sandpoint alone it will leave you alone. But if you do not swear this, or if you break your word, then Sandpoint will have no choice but to destroy you. Already some of this group WANT to kill you. There is land here for you to live on. Hunt, farm, gather roots and berries, fish. Trade with Sandpoint. There are many ways for you to live without raiding. It is your choice. Choose wisely"
"I view goblins the same way that I view animals. A bear or a lion can be dangerous. WHEN it BECOMES dangerous then that is the time to kill it. But until it becomes dangerous one lets it live its life in peace. You can't kill everything that MIGHT attack you in the future, that way lies killing EVERYTHING. A deer in rut is dangerous, a bull is dangerous, a man is dangerous. That baby may grow up to be a an evil necromancer. Or a great paladin. I think we need to go to the goblins, in force. Make it clear to them that Sandpoint is too dangerous to attack. We solve the problem for NOW. Just like animals can (and DO) learn to avoid humanoids, we can teach the goblins to avoid Sandpoint. It is not as if killing the goblins will be a long term solution anyway. Somebody else will move in take over their territory. Nature always returns"
"This ears talk is absolutely revolting!! And really, really stupid. Obviously, demanding their eyes is IDENTICAL to just attacking and killing them all. If they're not bothering Sandpoint we shouldn't go kill them. This talk of good and evil kind of misses the point. The question isn't if somebody is good or evil, it is if they are a threat. And, right now, the goblins are NOT a threat We killed some of them, the skeletons killed some of them. Lets go point out to them that they need to leave Sandpoint alone and, if they don't, they WILL be killed. We're obviously more powerful than they are since we WON here and they didn't"
Levelled up. +BAB, some saves, normal stuff
I don't think that we should put all the cash into party loot. I'd like to be able to buy some scrolls, etc. I'd suggest that we put a 2/8 of the loot into a party loot list and split the rest (so we each get 1/8 of the cash total). Level up coming soon
Nikka and her Battle Cat advance, Jakur still holding a bone almost like a dog. Do NOT mention that similarity out loud, however :-)
They're definitely powerful. One of the reasons that a druid is one of the strongest classes at ALL levels (wizards definitely end up more powerful but lag for awhile at the lower levels). At low levels, a druid is almost a Cat delivery device :-). Or, in the case of Lini (the pregen druid) ONLY a cat delivery device :-(
Nikka shakes her head at Jakurs antics and speaks up "Sorry about that. But he deserves his fun! He was pretty brave and fierce when it matters!" She then speaks softly to Jakur
Druidic: "You are SUCH a good boy. Thank you for saving me oh great and mighty hunter. When we get home you're getting a nice, fresh, juicy chicken"
"Aarrrrggghhhh. Skeletons!!!!! Jakur, save me!!" With a scream of fear, Nikka steps back and casts magic fang on Jakurs bite attack Edit: Can't fail handle animal check
"That is very strange. The armor these skeletons are wearing isn't from around here. Unless I'm mistaken, its from that other continent far, far away. Tien, I believe it is called" Nikka takes a look at the skeletons, trying to see if she can see how they died
We (and by we, I mean that Nikka follows :-)) proceed further into the cave
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