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Taking up the rear Sabrine, quite as thought lost in thought she eventually speaks up as the party continues its journey, ”Nighttail, I believe that once we place in you power of this tribe, there may be a chance that the kobolds do not need to leave if they do not want to; but it requires my friends and I to stay alive. Please keep us safe and we will return the favor. Sabrine will be on the lookout for any that she seems in this cavern or area that would be a resourceful benefit to the town of Belhaim that the city currently does not have.
Nighttail, thank you for your assistance. One last question from me, do the Kobolds want to move?” Bri steps forward, smiling as she perceives an opportunity for diplomatic prowess,”Perhaps if we can remove the diseased parts of this tribe, we can work some mutually amicable arrangements with the city of Belhaim. Just a thought, for now lets carry forth and complete our task.”
Bri watches Yngvilda ungag the Kobold, This seems to be the right choice, this kobold could be a wonderful tool for us. Stepping forward Bri bows low before speaking initially in Kobold, ”मैं आपके अन्यायपूर्ण व्यवहार के लिए क्षमा चाहता हूँ। ड्रैगन आपको छुटकारे में मदद कर सकता है” Kobold:
I apologive for your unjust treatment. May the dragon help you find redemption. ”Nighttail, it is a pleasure to meet you and my associated and I will consider helping you. What did you do to get yourself put here?”
Coming up on the other side after Yngvilda, Bri walks up to Galandram. ”I am glad you’re safe. And you too Yngvilda. Let us move forward but cautiously, I hope we all make it out alive.”
If the spell ended Bri will put another Light spell on Yngvilda’s shield. ”So you can see my friend”
Bri, is caught off guard by the sudden collapse of the ground and the disappearance of her friends. She peeks over the edge, ”Sadly Eldon, I do not have a rope. Maybe Cei?”
”Pity, they seem so cowardice now, we could have avoided killing any of them. We should regroup and pursue, I vote to the right.” Bri says as she casts light on Yngvilda’s shield.
Sabrine will move as close as she can to the Kobold at the south.
”Can’t say I expected the murderous lizards to surrender,” Bri says as she whips around the rocks, drawing her curved blade and contiunes moving towards the two kobolds towards the south.
”Good idea Yngvilda. Can I show them what you taught me earlier Galandram? Feel free to add or correct me if I mispronounce something.” Shouting now from behind the rock, Draconic:
“Friends! No fight, we want to talk“
Embarrassed by her rough sounding Draconic, Bri immeaditely sinks further down behind the rock blushing.
@GM Shadowlord How do you like doing putting ranks in linguistics. I had planned to learn draconian and I’m totally fine with saying I don’t know if yet. Would it be possible to say that Bri asked Galandram to teach her some Draconic while they were around town?
”I noticed you eyeing that breastplate Yngvilda, here take 350 gp and get it for yourself. The more protected you are the better we all are.” Bri then spends the next couple hours scribing a scroll of Charm Person before heading off with everyone else to the Quarry.
Whispering as quiet as possible, Bri speaks up, ”Should we split up? Three left and two right? I could take Eldon and go right while the rest of you take the three out on the left. What do we think of that plan?”
Wow......does anyone need anything lol? As a noble, Bri had quiet a bit of change before so I suddenly find myself with about 1,095 gp. Should I just get a cloak of resistance? Also are we leaving immediately? Bri could create a couple scrolls of cure light wounds or other things if we have a few hours.
”I do not mean to step on your toes Eldon, but a noble certainly should be able to tell the relative worth of something so exquisite. Please if I miss something check my work both of you.” Bri says stepping up to help Galandram and Eldon examine the gems.
How do you like doing shopping? All through role playing or is there a list of the available magic items rolled on a table that we can peruse?
Bowing low as the Baronness ushers them out of her office, Bri waits patiently with the others while the servant fetches their payment. Once they receive it and the servant leaves, she turns to Galandram. ”Thats not a bad a idea, if it’s quick enough we should be able to get some useful things from those chests. I have a little under 700 gold pieces now, Yngvilda, do you need anything? Cei? I wonder if we should invest in a wand with restorative powers.”
Nodding with the rest of the party Bri speaks up, ”Your fears are not unfounded Baronnes, but I believe we have proved ourselves as capable and reliable thus far. We thank you for your continued trust in our abilities and we accept your gracious offer. Did the scouts find anything else out about the kobold camp? How many did they see? Any other information you have may be just as useful as the gold.”
Clearing her throat, Bri takes her best diplomatic stance in the chair, ”Baronness Devy, we thank you once again for entrusting us this task. We have discovered that a group of rogue kobolds have collapsed the tower.” She then glances at her comrades,”And we found the wizards body amongst the rubble, seems he had something to do with the tower collapsing although what we haven’t discovered yet.”
Bri smiles at the rest, ”You misunderstand me, I do not believe the Baronness has any ill intent towards us or the town of Cassomir, in fact I quiet like the Baronness. She is the type of noble I want when I grow up, strong, beautiful, commanding. But it is impossible to avoid the game of politics. Especially this information about the previous Baron, it could be used to more of our advantage than simply informing the Baroness. Let us carry on though, if we decide to tell the Baroness everything it will certainly make her like us more, and there’s never anything wrong with having a noble who likes you.” Bri will stay where she is at with the rest of the party but keep an eye down the north tunnel to see if she sees anything.
Contemplating their next course of action Bri weighs in as they stand over the dead body of what use to be Hunclay, ”I’m still not sure if we do quiet understand what’s happening. Maybe the Baronness can tell us more about this wizard, but we at least know how the tower collapsed even if we do not know the why.” She appears deep in thought for a moment before exclaiming, ”I wonder if we could turn this in to a retainer job. Do you think Cassomir has had previous trouble with these Kobolds? Personally, I am still trying to figure out if Hunclay was the mastermind behind this or this Sesserak.” An idea strikes her before the shadow of fear comes over her face, ”Galandram, Cei, do you know if they ever found the ‘good’ Baron’s body? Could this Hunclay have any relation? Yngvilda I’m afraid that until we know more about this situation, I believe it best to play the political game and withhold this information from the Baronness. Perhaps we can leverage later.”
Once she hears the Kobold’s response from Galandram, Bri’s demeanor immediately becomes annoyed, ”This Kobold has barely given us anything, we still dont know why Hunclay even hire these lizards to collapse his tower anyway? Was it a falling out that they had? BAH! I say let him go on the principle that he seems to a worthless lackey of this Sessarak.”
I ended up putting a point into Linguistics and hope that Galandram could teach Bri some Draconic, does that work?
”Galandram, ask him how he even got involved with Hunclay to begin with. Maybe if we can figure that out all of this may make more sense. Right now it just seems so needless and chaotic.” Bri rest her hand on the elf’s shoulder.
Bri pauses for a moment when Cei speaks, remembering what her father use to say to her ”Not everything deserves death, young one. You would do well to figure out when to show mercy as a diplomat.” She clears her throat once she is done helping Cei tie the Kobold up. ”Thank you Cei, I had forgotten myself and gotten lost in the battle. Depending on his answer, he may not deserve to die. This could have only been an accident Yngvilda. If he doesn’t seem to have ill intent, I say we little the poor thing go. Seeing no need to further identify the gems or the liquid, Bri holds her tongue. While Bri does not speak Draconic, she watches the Kobold for any signs that he may seem nervous or lying to them ”Well Galandram what do you make of the lizard?”
Also I’ll also be taking half plus 1 for my hit die
Nice!! That just made my night! I’ll be taking Charm Person as my new first level spell and Message as my 0th level spell. I also now have Versatile Performance and took it in Singing so my Bluff and Sense Motive can now use my Singing bonus instead. Lastly I’ve got Well Versed, a +4 bonus to saves against Bardic Performances, sonic dependent and language dependent effects.
Sabrine moves up to stand behind Cei and puts her hand on its shoulder ” I can kill if you need me to. Go help Yngvilda if you want to!”
Bri will move right in front of Cei, and beginning a lullaby as her voice focuses on the Kobold in front of Yngvilda. Sleep:
A sleep spell causes a magical slumber to come upon 4 HD of creatures. Creatures with the fewest HD are affected first. Among creatures with equal HD, those who are closest to the spell’s point of origin are affected first. HD that are not sufficient to affect a creature are wasted. Sleeping creatures are helpless. Slapping or wounding awakens an affected creature, but normal noise does not. Awakening a creature is a standard action (an application of the aid another action). Sleep does not target unconscious creatures, constructs, or undead creatures.
Upon getting through the rubble, Bri rushes to Yngvilda’s side with Cei and waits to see if Cei will heal him. Once he does, she relaxes a bit before Galandram’s warning to be quiet comes over her. ”I’m glad your ok Yngvilda, I was worried.
Relieved that Yngvilda is healed, Bri will look around and see if there are any advantageous positions to get into.
Bri begins pacing the floor as Galandram initially sets to work on picking the locks, ”Be careful Galandram.”, the relief on her face when nothing happens is palpable although immediately turns to disappointment when the elf is unsuccessful in opening anything. ”I am of the same mind of Yngvilda, although maybe we can contiune exploring this tower and the next time we find ourselves topside we can pick up some lockpicks.” Pointing with her sword towards the open tunnel,”Should we contiune through the tunnel? It’s not like anyone else is going to be exploring this dangerous tower and steal our well earned treasure.”
”If these chests are anything like the rest of this dungeon, I’m wary that they are in fact treasure. Knowing the good Baron, maybe they’ll suck us in and close the lid.” Sabrine will take a look at them from a distance to see if they look locked or dangerous.
Sabrine wakes up in the morning feeling very refreshed and happily follows her friends back to the tower. Seeing Galandram pull out his rapier, Bri grabs her blade as well in both hands. At least we rested last night Sabrine thinks as the door is opened and the creature bounds toward them,I’m not sure we would have survived had we come in here.
”Thanks for the warning Galandram!” Bri shouts as she saddles up next to the ghoul on the opposite side of Galandram, flanking the creature. As soon as she gets there she brings her blade down on the creature in a swift downward arc.
”Talia, you simply are a dear!” Sabrine squeal with delight at seeing the blackberries, ”My friends were kind enough to remind me that I should apologize to you, you are so gracious in hosting us tonight, would you allow me to entertain the people here at your lovely establishment I have trained by the Kyonin choirmaster himself?” Sabrine begins rummaging through her bags to see if she has any sheet notes only yo find that she is missing them. ”Well I do know The Storming of Gilramore by heart if that would suffice. As long as Talia allows it to happen, Bri will stand up and begin singing a sad love song about two lovers caught on opposite ends of military siege on a town. When the man makes his way inside the walled town he finds that his lover had killed herself, along with all the other townspeople in an effort not to be captured. The melchanoly of the song coupled with her sweet soprano voices fills the air as the song dies.” I am tired, I think I will see you all in the morning. Good night everyone. As she turns, you catch the briefest glimpse of a tear rolling down Bri’s eyes.
”Yes, I think I vote for a rest as well. A lady can’t go too long covered in the dungeon grime before she loses her mind. Are we thinking of heading back to town to rest in the inn? I would obviously be all for a spot of civilization.” Before they go, either back to town or to stay in the dungeon for the night, Bri will make sure that she grabs the key floating above the guardians head and put it in her bag.
I definitely see the pros and cons to both! I think I’m ok with 5 players, we do have a decent party composition; but if we all decide to bring in a sixth I wouldn’t mind that either. Like Yngvilda said, the more the merrier lol.
Sabrine rests momentarily on her sword, trying to catch her breath, before a moment of remembering rushes over and she rushes over to Galandram’s body. ”I thought we had lost you. And Yngvilda, she still has not woken yet. I can not lose anyone you.” She then turns to Cei, bowing low to the ground ”Thank you Cei, you have kept myself alive more times today than I can count and you continue to be the one that heals us further. You must be tired, should we rest now? I know Galandram and Yngvilda probably will not complain and I have to admit, neither would I. If that door is locked then we may only need to worry about that direction? Maybe one of us can put the acid back and find a way across? That would cover our tracks in even more?”
”We’re falling left and right! We’ve got to think of something quick!” Sabrine shouts momentarily before picking up on the note she left off on. . She then takes a five foot step onto Yngvilda’s square in order to flank with Cei and swings her sword at the guardian.
With the bow now on the ground and her blade drawn, Sabrine begins to sing a song of rage. and then moves over atop Galandram’s body immediately to the north of the guardian. Raging Song: +2 Morale Bonus to Str and Con +1 Morale Bonus to Will Saves -1 AC
”Blasted dungeon!” Sabrine screams as she sees Galandram fall down. ”You will not take him, metal beast” she says before loosing an arrow at the metal beast. Then dropping her bow she pulls out her Elven Curved Blade.
Following the party through the room Sabrine finds herself looking at a wholly unfamiliar thing, a metal clockwork monster. Her surprise is increased when it whirls to life and beings speaking to them, caught off guard Sabrine does not know how to respond. Too late to say anything the guardian appears to take an aggressive stance as it captures Cei in its net. Sabrine pulls her longbow out .
Sabrine concentrates on the key and holds her hand up, making a grasping motion and then mimes pulling her hand closer to her body. .
”Yes, Yngvilda, that is a good word. Although I am not a fan of having to put any of us in danger, at least Galandram was able to see that the floor is designed to drop off.”, she nods her head stowing her bow and helping to tie the rope to Galandram and grasping it with the others once the job is done.
She braces herself with the rest and waits for Galandram to walk in and close the door.
”Should we all go in this room together?,” Sabrine turns around and asks everyone still in the other room,”Or should we leave some people outside in case this goes poorly?” She gives a weak smile to her friends, betraying how tired she is from exploring this dungeon; waiting for the others answers before speaking what she believes is the passcode.
Sabrine, confidently steps forwards bow in hand. ”Well its time to lets us in, don’t you know? Good Baron Sarvo wills it?” She then turns to her companions, ”Be ready for anything. I have a feeling that whatever is behind this door does not bare good will to those who have no love for the “good” Baron. she glances at Cei in acknowledgement.”Hopefully we can put to rest all of the Baron’s minions, I’m tired of getting impaled by spikes and blasted by elementals.”
Slightly somber Sabrine first looks at Yngvilda, ”It is not your fault Yngvilda. Nor anyone else’s but mine own. I made a mistake and put you all in danger and for that I am sorry,” Sabrine sheathes her curved blade and pulls out her longbow and turns to the rest of the group,”I thank you Galandram for your concern, but I do not believe I will be on the frontlines anytime soon. If the rest of you want to push on I will gladly accompany you all.” Moving her arms around in an attempt to stretch them out she begins testing her voice by singing octaves,”Well the elemental didn’t ruin my beauty singing voice, so shall we see if that pool of acid is gone?”
Sabrine’s eyes open from the healing energy released by Cei. Her eyes open and she props herself up onto an elbow, spurting and coughing blood. ”Cei, thank you friend. I have asked too much of you and you have spent too much of your power. Thank you again. I am in your debt. Save the rest of your abilities for the others” Sabrine begins singing a song as white notes fill the air they surround her and she becomes enveloped in a white light. Once her wounds have begun to heal she turns to the rest of the group, ”Well now that thats over, what’s our prize? I hope it was worth it! What does the lever connect to?”
Well at the least the second crit wasn’t confirmed lol. I should have Raging Song’ed then moved, thats definitely a misstep on my part.
Brought down to her knees, a yelp is all Bri can manage before the electricity begins causing convulsions. Recovering momentarily, Bri looks at Yngvilda and Galandram and gives them a knowing look, staying down on the ground.
Raging Song:
+2 Morale Bonus to Str and Con +1 Morale Bonus to Will -1 AC
Sabrine nods in agreement when Galandram speaks up, ”I was curious about that phrase as well Galandram. It’s worth a shot at least. If it fails, how confident are we in our abilities to pull the lever and defeat the elemental?” Sabrine asks this while following the others back to the lever. ”You know, I just had a thought. I can’t put the elemental to sleep, but I wonder how heavy that lever is. I could conjure some arcane force that might be able to pull the lever. Should we try that first? I suggest if we do that we still prepare for a fight.”
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