I'm going to have to also put this on the back burner until there is some input from the GM. I hope that they are not seriously injured and that good things have taken them away from this game.
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While preparing to use the fire wand on the first rat-like creature that comes through the doorway, Sayarisha grins back saying, "Not all just most of them."
While watching the door and considering their next move she takes a deep breath and closes her eyes. Suddenly Sayarisha's eyes snap open and her expression of desperation turns to a smile. She turns to Zordlon and asks, "Do you still have that fire wand we extracted from that magic trap?" The young Varisian woman extends her open hand, "May I borrow that wand so I can use it to roast the rats?"
Sayarisha attempted to quickly usher the donkeys into the room where the rats were originally found. She announced to the others, "Friends, the rats are attempting to come in from behind us. I am going to drop some food into the hallway to slow them down. I will bring Dornhold into this room to join us." Going back out she calls to Dornhold, "Come join us in the other room Dornhold, I am going to sacrifice some food to give us time to gather our forces and come up with some type of defense!" After Dornhold (hopefully) passes through into the room with the donkeys and the others, she creates a large pile of food and then quickly rejoins the others.
Carrying an armful of food taken from the donkeys, Sayarisha quickly runs forward and arranges the food in a 5' semi-circle behind the fire in the path of the oncoming swarm of rats.
My character is not taking any action until the rats advance to the doorway after the fire has gone out.
She is preparing to scatter food ahead of the rat swarms as they enter the room so they might be slowed down or stopped long enough for the fighting members of the party to scatter or destroy them. So she is holding an action.
With about two pounds of food from the donkeys in her hands, Sayarisha prepares to move forward and scatter the food behind the fire in the path of the possibly oncoming swarm of rats. She watches the others as they prepare to attack the swarms of incoming rats.
"I should have tried to prepare for vermin but I didn't think that I might meet such creatures on this journey. Maybe if we give some of our rations we can save ourselves." she thought. "I'm going back to gather some of our rations to sacrifice to the rats once the fire burns out.' shouted Sayarisha to the others as she moved to the back of the room where the donkeys and the supplies waited.
Okay so what is the situation going to be when we start the retcon?
Pulling some of the food supplies from the other donkey, Sayarisha moves through the doorway into the room with Dornhold, Unbeugsam, and the rats. She smiles to Taanimohka saying,"I can't leave Dornhold and our brave dwarf friend alone without trying to help." Turning back towards the rats, she takes the food she brought with her and spreads it out to the right side of the warrior dwarf, tossing out handfuls until she creates a large pile of food. Someone sent these rats at us and it only seems logical that it was the more intelligent member of their number. she thought "This food will be easier to eat than we are and there could be more if someone would talk with us. Or we could just burn the rest," she says shouting towards the room where the rats came from.
I apologize for taking so long to get back to you all. I had a family issue grab my life for a while. Btw, in general, if someone has a decent idea that might save the party and you need to have Sayarisha move from a location where she just happens to be, consider her happy to move out of your way. Of course, if it specified that she has moved to a certain location, the above doesn't apply.
Sayarisha performs her spell casting macro/sequence with Guidance and Resistance if there is any time left before the sound arrives, she prepares to use the Ring of Vanish.
The young Varisian woman ponders the question posed by Zurne.
Taking a step to ensure that she avoids hitting a friend, Sayarisha loads her small crossbow and fires at the smaller darkmantle.
Her latest Evil Eye is targeted against the smaller darkmantle's AC.
"I hope that these are the only darkmantles left in our immediate future," Sayarisha says wistfully.
Sayarisha casts Resistance on Taanimohka, then hexes the creature with (the) Evil Eye.
Please remember, that Sayarisha regularly casts these two cantrips on anyone about to enter a new room Guidance: This spell imbues the subject with a touch of divine guidance. The subject gets a +1 competence bonus on a single attack roll, saving throw, or skill check. It must choose to use the bonus before making the roll to which it applies. Resistance: You imbue the subject with magical energy that protects it from harm, granting it a +1 resistance bonus on saves.
Sayarisha leaves the donkey behind her and moves forward to just behind Zordlon. As the dwarf warrior prepares to enter battle, she quietly endows him with Guidance and Resistance.
She will also remain outside the room, waiting for the group to abandon the room and move on.
Joining her observations to Byung-He's she adds in a whispered voice, "I agree that the orc was attacked by stirges but there was something else. Something I have no recollection of encountering before. Also, that orc has been here longer than the other poor creatures we saw slaughtered before ." While casting her spells of support upon the leading members of the party, she whispers to Zordlon, "Be quite careful, there is something strong enough to defeat an armed orc warrior, possibly in the next room." She then quickly hugged him before moving on.
As a player, I am sometimes worried that our characters are too low level for this dungeon. However, I appreciate our GM's efforts to make this whole adventure better balanced in light of our characters' abilities and I have confidence he will continue to make it challenging but not totally devastating. Overall, I am enjoying this game and I also look forward to our characters discovering more interactive encounters which will enable them to reveal more of themselves and bind themselves together as a team. Also, I appreciate the role-playing of the majority of my fellow players and I expect to see more of the nature of their characters as the adventure develops.
She looks over the trail of blood reminding her of the scene in the previous room, she considers the clues and sees if her knowledge provides her with more information.
Sayarisha sighs, looking slightly deflated after hearing the words of both Zordlon and Taanimokh, "I see that I was wrong. I also understand that my efforts might well be wasted and delay our quest. Very well then I will relent to the will of the majority. Let us continue on in harmony."
Sayarisha pauses to look over the individual members of the party. She addresses them with humility "It would seem that we are in slight disagreement about possibly going back to revisit the orcs. I do understand that they could be a problem should they choose to be so, yet there is something within me that has looked upon their condition and been moved to mercy. I would hope that if I were in their place, some of you might be moved to extend mercy and kindness yourselves." She turns to Unbeugsam, "No matter how much you might dislike them, my dwarf friend, I must point out that they are not pigs. If they were pigs some of us might be inclined to eat them." Looking to the elven rogue she askes, "Zordlon, what reason do you wish to revisit those lost and broken people?"
"I hope that we can bring enough optimism so that they believe they can survive but not so much that they either attack us or find our storehouse of supplies." she says as they begin to head back.
"I think we leave about half here with discouraging words as a reserve supply, and take the other half with us, divided between the two donkeys."she says as she starts to assist Zordlon in loading food onto the donkeys.
Just a couple thoughts about the rations the characters are about to recover. 1. If all the food is loaded on the donkeys and we lose the donkeys (Heaven forbid!) all the food will be lost.
I'm thinking that half the food goes onto the donkeys, with half left behind as backup/emergency food. Thoughts? Comments?
"Unless someone else wishes to, I will wear the ring until we decide that it would benefit someone else among us more." she said with a warm smile, looking to the others. "Let us inspect the rest of this food that Zurne has saved for us and see what we have before we move on."
After the area is free from black mold, Sayarisha puts on a pair of gloves before picking up the ring to make what determinations from it she can. She casts Guidance and Resistance on herself then Detect Magic on the ring itself. While under the effects of her magic, she approaches the ring to study it.
Sayarisha watched with interest as Zurne cast his spell
"Well done, a few more of those and we'll be able to salvage a feast I think."she smiled at Zurne "Between all of our abilities, let us hope we can avoid such an emergency friend Byung-He. But thank you for letting us know that you have such available should we need it." "When the way is clear, I'd be happy to pit my knowledge of things arcane against this ring you've found, Zordlon."
Sayarisha waits a moment before commenting, "Unfortunately such a spell is currently beyond my ability."
Sayarisha turns to Zurne, speaking in Varisian Varisian: "Sing us a song of these mushrooms and how they would be best parted from the black death around them."
"Maybe between those cloak monsters from before and then having to watch their food become overcome by the black mold, that's what broke those poor orcs." Sayarisha paused, looking thoughtful before continuing, "Taanimohka, this place was likely originally a prison and that we know dark forces have been sending resources to uncover whatever had been imprisoned here before. Those orcs could have been part of an earlier group sent in weeks ago. We've seen how dangerous the traps are here, I can imagine that those alone would have decimated any group without skilled members." She paused to smile at the elven monk, "Also, we are all working towards the same goal, it only makes sense to do the best for all of us."
I had a further thought. If the GM is in agreement, we could assume that she casts her spells on that group of characters in the order that benefits them most, with Durnhold being the last.
Sure but I was thinking that it would benefit you most to be first because you could then immediately take advantage of the spells' benefit while you were going ahead of the rest of the party. In what order would you suggest I cast those spells on? I'm always open to suggestions to enable me to best benefit the party.
"Wait a moment," requested Sayarisha, "Let me provide you each with a moment of arcane assistance and resistance before anyone enters that room." With a smile, she stepped forward and cast Guidance and Resistance on Zordlon, Taanimohka, Unbeugsam, then finally Dornhold. "If you wish, I can cast these spells of assistance on you before entry into or investigation of any new rooms in the future." she offered
Coming carefully in to join the rest of the party accompanied by the two donkeys Sayarisha notes, "Things are getting dangerous much faster than anyone could have possibly foreseen." She turned to her hireling and asked, "Dornhold, my loyal warrior how are you doing?"
Hello again, all! As I said before, I'm back and ready to be a continuing player in our game. Is there anything that my character needs to do to explain her absence during the events that we have missed?
Guess who has been in the hospital with the flu since the 6th. Haven't really caught up yet, just sending a quick msg while borrowing a friends tablet. Still interested in playing but will be out until Wed. Hope you all are doing much better.
"Dornhold, wait until all are ready before we move. Even then we should let Zordlon piton that door shut. While we have yet to see anyone near living except for those orcs if that room was a 'food' storage we should expect the storekeepers to find us soon."
I am having some issues moving the animal counters without changing the lighting templates.
Accompanied by Dornhold and the two donkeys, Sayarisha steps forward just inside the room with the others. She wrinkles her nose as she notes the faint smell of decay coming from the western door. Seeing the others around the door, she maintains her distance and watches the other mentioned doorways of the room keeping an eye out for trouble. "I can understand why one might be concerned about what could be behind a door with such an odor, but to be honest, it would be the last door I would open. But then, I do have a delicate nose."ahe comments just as they open the western secret door.
"Unless someone else knows more about the other possible contents of those moldy sacks I'd keep as far away from them as possible. It's curious that some being or creatures placed them so carefully in the four corners of that room. We should be very careful of any other doors or passageways into that room, those piles of black mold make that room a dangerous place."
"Friend Zordlon, what can you tell us about these doors ahead?" "Byung-He, your compassion for those poor fallen orcs is but we cannot help those who will not accept our help. Dornhold, come join me and keep me close company as we go." Keeping the doors (and orcs) within sight, she remains in the light awaiting the company of her hireling at her side.
Sayarisha shakes her head with an expression of horror and incomprehension. "I feel such pity for these creatures and I pray to Desna that no one else finds themselves where they are. But as long as I can live and dream I will not surrender," she says resolutely.
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