William holds his ground and is ready to launch an arrow if one of the gugs appears.
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William follows along but keeps a little more space between him and those in front.
William shrugs "We know there are some wounded ones and there may be more. I suspect this all connects. Let's head north from here and see. I'm gonna stay toward the back to try and stay out of range if I need to shoot at them again."
William whistles "We are probably going to have to track them down once we are done with healing. I don't know if they heal quickly but I doubt any of them can cast curing spells."
William moves slightly to get a better view of the one left and fires off a volley of arrows.
William steps back and then unleashes a volley of arrows at the new threat behind them. He shouts out "Not nice!"
William steps forward and fires a volley of arrows at the creature in the middle.
William nods solemnly to the ghost and says "Any idea what the best way to do that is? I would rather not have to fight you to do it." He then thinks about anything he know about the gugs.
William nods when asked to investigate and adss "We will look into what is going on down below. Hopefully we can put an end to the hostilities between you and Molthune."
William starts the tale of their journey from Longshadow to the Valley of Aloi,"It appeared that the tower in Longshadow was attached to the Valley of Aloi and the Mayor of Longshadow asked us to check it out on our journey here. On our way we came upon something that seemed to be using groundhogs as bait and later a giant ant colony. We passed around both of those. As we were leaving camp we were set upon by earth elementals. Further into the day we ran into a huge giant with large tusks and a third arm. We had fought one before and since we had the drop on it, we filled it with arrows. Then as we descended into the valley we were set upon by two rocs and Aerel was grabbed. Benedict used the dragon figurine and we managed to hurt it enough that it fell out of the sky and was killed. It's mate left. In the southwest corner of the valley was a hastily built camp of wooden buildings and tents. In the center of the camp was a pile of black rocks. I believe that was the remains of the other end of the path to Longshadow. We found ogres left in the camp and dispatched them. That was a long day of fighting."
William tells what he can about the fey but admits he is no expert. When William hears they want proof he pauses and thinks for a second and then smiles and reaches into his haversack and pulls out a black scale and tosses it on the table. His smiles grows larger as he says "You never forget your first dragon but it's nice to have a piece of it. Amkarang was kind enough to get us each a scale from it. I'm sure you can work some divination spells to verify who it was from. We didn't take the ones from Naphexi that Ibzairiak had, they were covered in a thin layer of mold."
William adds any arcane details he can about the mysterious vaults and the Excavator.
I thought you could only wear one item in the neck slot, I've been combining NA and AMoF into one on characters. Each of these crimson leather bracers is emblazoned with the image of a soaring golden falcon scanning the ground for easy prey. They continually grant the wearer the benefits of the aspect of the falcon spell, though without the spell's physical transformation. Is this not correct?
I think I know what I want to do for my purchases.
Any thoughts or other suggestions from anyone?
As Benedict pauses William starts "I was driven from a monastery outside town that focused on Aroden. I have some arcane abilities because of that. I joined the others shortly after they arrived in the cave and as a witness to Grum's fight I will say it was epic. Fighting a hobgoblin on a dire wolf alone took some guts." William pauses here and looks for any reactions.
He then continues "I am going to skip ahead a little to give you my take on what I think may interest you the most. That is the black tower. We got an up close an personal look outside of Longshadow. The runes seem to enable the tower to connect to the Stone Road allowing the hobgoblins to move large amounts of troops quickly from somewhere. I can attempt to draw some of the runes."
William then sketches some out and attempts to give as detailed of an explanation of what he has gleaned from them as he can. He then says "I have shown you this to offer what we know about them. If they are truly dwarven in nature I am confident you will know far more than I." He then sits back and waits for questions or someone else to pick things up.
I don't know how much I can recount. I don't even remember when I came in. I'll get a post up with something. Also I'll get a post of my purchases. I generally find that whenever I have GM'd something I get a lot of characters I don't really care for. You were pretty clear you weren't looking for power builds but you are getting them. I hope you find a group you like.
Great to see you running a game. I am in a CC game as well, though it is a bit slow moving. One of these days I might finish one. I've been lucky enough to pick up a new one around where my old ones have died. I'm on number 3 or 4 now.
I currently have no natural armor but I think the +2 should go to someone in melee first. I can take a hand me down if there is one, if not to biggie. Same with the ring of evasion. The Eyes might be best for Aerel. I have added the wand and scrolls to my list. I wonder if I should put any of them in my spellbook. I've got a bit of money to spend. Have to see what is available first.
William eats his fill and says to a servent "Please send my compliments to our host. This is the best food I have had." When an offer to look at wares arises William looks to Benedict and says "I believe we have a few things to trade and some things to look for."
William listens intently to the description of those who may or may not be there. He then says "If the general can't come to us, for obvious reasons, then we may have to go to him after the meeting. It would be good to confirm if this is the Ironfang army and we may be able to exchange tactics for fighting them. It would be good for both of us."
When Karburtin starts talking to William about the magic, William just smiles knowingly and puts his finger to the side of his knows. William stops and watches Karburtin curiously when he wants to try a gesture. Upon seeing the "bow" he returns it with a proper bow and then walks next to Karburtin and says "As a man of learning I am sure you would want to know more about that. Most humans don't bow in greeting. That is strictly among the upper classes and nobles and the one of lower status bows first. Most humans would be happy with a "Hello!", a hearty slap on the back and being handed a mug of ale! We really appreciate the last part." He then smiles at Karburtin warmly.
HP: 10
William smiles and nods and then says, "Better to tell the tale once rather than 1000 times. We did find evidence outside that the Ironfang Invasion was here at some point. They left some of their gear which we appropriated." Best to be open about having items with their mark on them.
William shrugs and steps back with Aerel.
William's jaw drops when he hears Benedict say we are going to have to fight them. He shakes his head and says "If these are the allies we seek then we shouldn't start things out by fighting them. What did they say?"
William nods and then says "Makes sense. Does anyone know if this is the door to our destination or is this an Ironfang hideout? I would say literally knock on the door with your pommel but alarm would work as well if this is our destination."
William coughs as he looks around and motions Aerel quietly toward the lockpicks. He then studies the pouch and area around it with detect magic.
William looks at the doors and says "Well does anyone know if this is our destination? If it is knocking would be polite and the best way to start things off." He then looks around for any writing or runes to see if this place is identified.
William cast's detect magic on the door and studies it. He then nods and says "Your instincts are good. There is magic on the door. It looks like an alarm spell."
William moves along with the others looking for any signs of danger as they move on. When they reach the doors he whistles and says "Now those are big doors!"
William shrugs looking at the creatures.
Before moving out William takes a minute to try and identify the two magic items.
With the creature lit up William takes one step forward and unleashes a slew of arrows at the creature.
William calls out to the group "I think that is something called a khardajeen. They have no discernable anatomy. They may also confound darkvision, so some sort of light source would help with hitting it I t hink. It's a strange one" If it's still up he pulls out a sunrod and activates it.
William takes a moment to see if he knows what this creature is and how to defeat it.
William moves forward and casts haste on the group "I don't know what that thing is but it doesn't look good!"
William casts his resist energy spell against fire. He looks to the others and says "Which one? Main or branch?" He then heads off behind them.
William looks curiously at the gem and asks Aerel "May I?" as he puts out his hand. Once he has it he casts detect magic and studies it.
William manages to dodge some of the fire and then moves forward and fires at the southern naga.
William moves forward and fires at the naga he can see. Seeing the creature fighting Grum he says "Guess we know what a trox is now."
William unleashes another fusillade of arrows at the remaining creature.
Hearing Benedict's directions William fires at the ooze Benedict pointed out so Aerel knows what to fire at.
Unsure what else to do at this point, William pulls out a thunderstone and throws it trying to get both creates in it's range.
William shakes his head and tries to shake the noise off that he can feel in his bones more than hear.
As William looks around he sees something disturbing and calls out "Be careful there are two oozes known as carnivorous crystals over there." He then points them out.
William keeps an eye on the group they encountered in case they try to start anything as we move off.
William tilts his head to the side and says in Minatan "I'm all for not helping the slavers but maybe we should go see if we can help the slaves. No knowing what they ran into. It seems down here everyone is a slaver and unless they are helping the hobs we need to get on with our business."
William looks on at the group getting ready for trouble if it happens.
I have no problem with Haela wearing the stoneplate if no one else wants it. I have 2 rings already and I think one of the melee fighters might be better with it.
William casts detect magic and examines the unidentified items.
Edited to inculde all items.
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