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"Very nice to meet you, Timm! No, I don't think these fey were chasing us previously - at least, not that I remember. I'm Porablum Flapzit!" she says, in perfect Taldane. "Are you from around here, or did you journey to Irrisen as well?"

Seeing what was happening between Hjorleaf and Easlis, she says, "Oh dear."

Hurrying across the snow - Timm will see that she doesn't leave any tracks as she does - she reaches up and touches Hjorleaf's elbow. "Maybe we should give him a chance to explain? I know some fey can bewitch the mind, and I'd rather you not kill him without giving him a chance to explain. Please?"

The sudden appearance of another gnome causes Porablum a moment of confusion. He then shoots fire at one of the creatures, and Porablum calls out,

Porablum uses her rope to tie up the twigjack - it was unconscious, after all, and therefore not right to attack it.

Porablum yells at the twig creature,

Porablum then casts a spell to help her allies. Cast bless

Porablum yelps as she gets attacked. Stepping back from the stick-thing, she yells at it,

Porablum casts a spell firing a coruscating cone of colors at the stick-thing. Then she pulls out her mace.

5-foot step, cast color spray (DC 15 Will; treat its HD as being equal to its HD-3 for determining the effects), draw light mace as a move action.

Porablum gets a sad look on her face. "Apparently not so peaceful..." She also looks around before joining Erystelle in checking the body.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

"Oh, it looks very nice and peaceful here. Seems quiet."

"Oh, I have no idea how to skin or butcher a wolf. Never learned how. If you wrap the meat up, I can probably carry some, though."

GM, I've got a question regarding a rules interaction Erystelle just prompted me to think of.

My Oracle curse makes it so I can only speak in Celestial during times of stress (like combat). Would that apply to my speak with animals SLA? Like, if I tried to use it during combat, would I babble out in Celestial regardless?

Porablum looks at the moose, then at the strange elf they'd just met who said not to fight the elk, and she waits to see what the elk does.

Delay

And Hjorleaf makes chop suey out of a worg.

Porablum babbles out some words in a lovely sounding language that fills her companions with feelings of warmth and conviction in their fight. She then stepped forward a bit.

Cast bless, then move 20' closer to the wargs. There appears to be no grid on this map, so I estimated.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

"Wow! That's so amazing! Isn't this neat, Hjorleaf? It's so nice and green here. Ooo, come smell this pine tree! That's an elk! Hi, Mr. Elk!"

Porablum seems to be all over the place with this wonder, running over to a pine tree to sniff the fresh pine needles, waving to the elk.

Is Erystelle our new 4th player?

"Hi Erystelle, I'm Porablum Flapzit. I don't what our arrival means for your people, but the Ice Witch Queen Elvanna is trying to spread winter to all of Golarion, and we're gonna try to find a way to stop her cause otherwise lots of people and animals and plants are going to get hurt and we don't want that to happen. We came through this winter portal thing that was spewing snow into Taldor but then we figured out how to close it so that's stopped but there's lots of these portals and the best way to stop it is to go to the source so that's what we're doing." Porablum simply tells Erystelle everything they were doing because he seemed very nice and she didn't want to be rude.

Well, APs are designed for 4 players, so we can continue on with just 4 of us. Is there a good opportunity to add another player either later on in this book or at the beginning of the next?

I would prefer we not end the campaign, but if that's what everyone else wants to do, I understand.

Are your other two groups having similar difficulties with player retention?

Porablum stares at the elf, awe-inspired, and then starts babbling, "You're so swift and flowy. That's so cool. How do you do that? How do you keep the snow off the trees? Is it magic? Could you show me? What's your name?"

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

"Oh, great, you can help with that? That's so cool. Desna hasn't made me strong enough to do so, yet. Can I watch while you help him? Please, please, please?"

Porablum, whose mind had started wandering as the others spoke, completely missed any subtext or subtle movements that anyone may have taken.

Porablum follows the others, having no ability to really follow the conversation, but enjoying herself nonetheless. After all, every knew it was the unknown that was really fun.

I was speaking Taldane, so he just heard me babble at him if he doesn't speak it.

"Hello, sir. My name is Porablum Flapzit. I can patch those wounds up right away."

CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Dangit. I could've sworn I posted.

Porablum pulled out her crossbow and shot a bolt at the mold.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Porablum then casts a spell, trying to help Easlis shake off the effects of the mold.

Lesser Restoration: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Heal 1 Wisdom damage, Easlis.

"Okay. I'll do my best."

Porablum attempts to sneak off to the left of the cave.

Stealth, size, ACP: 1d20 + 2 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 2 + 4 - 1 = 14

She manages to avoid completely blundering through the underbrush.

"A fire like that would generate a lot of smoke, Grim. With those ravens looking for us, they could see that and know where we are. Would this even succeed at getting the mold to leave this person? Does it have that level of sentience, or is it more animalistic?"

”I have no idea how to treat Mindslaver mold. It sounds awful - I don’t think I could do anything about it.”

Porablum frowns. "Maybe. It depends on the cause of the deformity. I don't know what it is..."

If whatever this is causes ability damage, I have lesser restoration which can treat the symptoms, but that might not cure it.

Porablum stays back, not wanting to disrupt Grim's stealthy movements with her own clumsy attempts.

What time of day is it?

Porablum follows along, trying her best to keep out of sight.

"People who live out here? While I wouldn't mind a fire and a chance to rest, we should probably avoid them. If they aren't spies for the witches, we could get them in trouble if the witches find out we were there."

Grim's attempts to compare the small tracks to Porablum's result in some consternation on his part, as he finds that Porablum apparently doesn't leave tracks.

Sorry, Grim. My Lure of the Heavens revelation makes it so I don't leave tracks.

Porablum does accommodate him by placing her foot above one of the tracks to help him compare the size, though.

"Is there any way to better use the trees to hide our direction? Maybe to throw them off the trail?"

"I'll take a watch in the middle of the night. Desna always seems strongest in restoring my gifts when the stars are out."

I figure with the Heavens mystery, and Stars being in Desna's areas of concern, taking a night watch is appropriate.

Umm...I think Bazikian took it with him.

I think Bazikian (the former gnome cleric and I) smashed it to pieces. I remember us being very excited about something like that.

"Agreed. From what you've told me about the possessed doll in the hut, and based on the worn clothes from the tower, it's clear that the witch killed her daughter and used her soul for the doll. Her mother deserves to know the truth of her daughter's fate. Besides, Nadja asked us to tell her what happened. If you're worried about it being too dangerous, I'll go alone."

”We should let Nadja know about her daughter, first.”

"I agree, too. Let's gather everything up, then get out of here. Is there any way out except the way we came in?"

Yep. Porablum doesn't understand how her magic works all that well, though, so she'd probably try anyway. Like I said, once I can cast level 3 spells, I'll be grabbing Remove Curse, and can take care of it then.

Porablum nods and says, "I don't know if Desna has given me that gift, but I can try once we get out of here."

Remove Curse is a level 3 spell, and I was going to put it in my spells known anyway (cause witches), so I'll be able to cast it eventually.

"Do you know how she did that? I might be able to ask Desna how to fix it."

"Um...Easlis...your arm looks pretty messed up. What happened?"

"Maybe you should hold off on dumping things into your sack until we make sure they aren't dangerous or trapped?" Porablum also takes time to study the ice statue, trying to determine if she knows who it's a statue of.

Knowledge (local): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Porablum perks up a bit and says, "Well, fire does do all sorts of fun things - plus it melts ice! Let's see what happens." Porablum takes another flask from Grim and prepares to throw it if the first one doesn't do the trick.

"We don't know where that teleporter goes - do we really want to risk it by possibly teleporting into a room full of witches?"

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Porablum gives Easlis a level look, and sarcastically says, "Thanks so much for your confidence."

Porablum breathes a sigh of relief, then says, "Well, that's done. Should we get out of here?"

"I don't know how to use magic to create water. Desna hasn't gifted me with the ability. However, the magic used to stabilize a dying person is similar enough that I can use that."

Before casting, Porablum prayed to Desna for guidance.

Casting guidance on myself, then casting stabilize (a conjuration spell) on the globe.

Concentration, Guidance: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 1 = 14

Porablum returns to studying the books in the room to see if they can find a way to close the portal.

I think Easlis and I will both be taking the hour to try and close the portal. I'll cast guidance on Easlis before he attempts the check again.

Porablum walks into the room, looks at the broken dolls, then says, "Wait. Do the witches kill little girls then bind their souls to dolls?"