Mikka, there are three ghoul wolves clustered around Nadeq's body. There's one wolf each on your horse, Nadeq's horse, Rasina's horse, and Rasina. But everybody's reasonably close together; you could get everybody in a fireball blast.) One of the clustered ghoul wolves and the one on Rasina bear wounds.
Which wolf gets the lightning blast? Where are you centering the fireball
Edit ok now it shows up
The blast of lightning slams down on one of the untouched wolves clustered around Nadeq.
The lightning blast strikes the undead thing (Saving throw for half: ; sucks to be the ghoul wolf. But it's still up.)
Fireball goes off and everybody's at ground zero.
Wolf #1's saving throw: ; saves but dies anyways
Wolf #2's saving throw: ; saves but dies anyways; the call lightning made a difference.
Wolf #3's saving throw: ; injured
Wolf #4's saving throw: ; dies
Wolf #5's saving throw: ; injured
Wolf #7's saving throw: ; dies
Wolf #8's saving throw: ; dies
If Nadeq was alive, he certainly isn't now.
Nadeq's horse: ; dies
Mikka's horse: ; saves, but dies from fire in addition to wolf-inflicted wounds
Rasina's horse: ; dies
Wolf #3 flees to the west.
Rasina, your turn.
Rasina moves to the final wolf, moving to finish it off.
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(We do need saving throws for Veren and Rasina.)
Rasina's your dagger thrust takes it out! Bits and pieces of the ghoul wolf char and break apart, and within seconds, it's a pile of ash.
As it drops, you all hear the echo of the fireball reverberate across the Desolation.
A snow white owl descends in the midst of the carnage, transforming into Mikka
Rasina wipes the gore off of her weapons, and walks over to the corpse of Nadeq. His lifeless body badly burned by Mikka's spell. She picks up the body without comment, and gives it a hug. She hugs the body for a few moments, and then she lays him down, and starts digging a shallow grave for him. She works like an automaton, does not look at her companions, and says nothing during the whole process.
What do you do with all his magical gear?
"Rasinia, stop,"Mikka says gently. "I can feel my goddess' sorrow at his passing. Nadeq will walk this land again at first light. He will be changed but he will live again."
What do you do with all his magical gear?
Rasina looks over to Mikka, and there is no emotion in her eyes, as she stares at the human lady, she looks back at the remains of her best friend, then returns to her task.
Nothing else happens overnight. Dawn breaks.
Mikka will rise with the dawn and spend time communing with Freya. She will retrieve Nadeq's body and begin the ritual required to cas one of the most pwerfel spells she caan calling his valiant spirit back as the magic of the natural re-creates his body, drawing power throught the young druidess.
Rasina spends the rest of the night sitting by herself, and as dawn starts to break, soon her sobs start racking her body, and she finally lets the barriers damming her emotions down. As Mikka prepares to bring Nadeq back, she is mostly composed and only a few tear marks, can be seen.
Rasina spends the rest of the night sitting by herself, and as dawn starts to break, soon her sobs start racking her body, and she finally lets the barriers damming her emotions down. As Mikka prepares to bring Nadeq back, she is mostly composed and only a few tear marks, can be seen.
Rasina spends the rest of the night sitting by herself, and as dawn starts to break, soon her sobs start racking her body, and she finally lets the barriers damming her emotions down. As Mikka prepares to bring Nadeq back, she is mostly composed and only a few tear marks, can be seen.
"Mikka, can you use your healing skills to patch us up a bit?"
Mikka, you might want to hold onto the reincarnate spell for a bit.
You know that it uses the very land around the caster as raw materials for the new body. And Richard was almost overwhelmed when he cast detect undead here and discovered that the Ashen Wastes themselves are undead.
Having said that, on the eastern horizon, just to the left of the rising sun, there appears to be a small oasis, with greenery and trees.
Rasina spies the oasis off in the distance, and says, "If this lady Vilgara had any sense, that would be her destination. I would advise we make it ours as well."
You haven't left the scene of the battle.
Rasina's request could certainly have come before or during your spell preparation time.
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"An oasis? In this place? Colour me suspicious - but I think that's a little creepy. But you're right, it is the most likely place for the living to go."
Veren looks mournfully at his reserves. "If I ration myself, maybe I can make these last for a week. Baccusbreath, this place is the pits." And with that he carefully stows away the remnants of his liquor.
Mikka glares at Veren's alcoholic ramblings as she bandages her companions, creating herbal poultices.
Heal1d20+15, Take 10=25
Let me get this straight, we risked our lives for this rambling drunk, a guy who would have propositioned me when I was performing in Bard's Gate or any of the other taverns and hostels I found my self in? What the hell was I thinking? If he doesn't stop talking about his precious booze, he's gonna find a few leaks in his bottles, if I have anything to say about it!
Veren fails to notice the mood. "That's great work Mikka, thanks. You two - how far do you wager is the oasis? Will we make it by noon? It doesn't look like there's much between us and it."
Veren stares at Nadeq's body, sadness mingled with a little doubt. "I don't mind carrying him, it's the least I can do - but are you sure you can give him a new body? This nature magic is strange to me - I've only ever encountered it in wild tribes, shamans and suchlike. Usually I've been on the receiving end of it."
Rasina stifles a retort which would do little good, and would cause much harm. "Veren, I don't know how far it is, distances are hard to judge, but we should leave now. Mikka, can you leave a trail marker for the others, in case they come looking for us. Since we lost our horses, we will be moving slower than the others and we want to make it easier for them to find us."
Unlike Veren's conjured mount, your horses were living creatures, with full tack and harness. Are you leaving it with the horses' corpses, or taking it with you?
A combination of bleached white sand and ground bone. The kind of sand you can use in an hourglass.
Knowledge (nature) (DC 20)
Knowledge Nature
Mikka stares at the ground, looking at the sand and bone and shaes her head. Silently she reaches into the quiver slung across he back and draws out a feather planting itts quill into the ground. As she steps back there is almost an explosion as a 60ft oak tree erupts from the spot to stand majestically in the midst of the Desolation, 40ft around at the top.
Well, that will certainly be easy to spot for a distance.
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You head off towards the green area, carrying Nadeq's body, but not the horse tackle. You plough through the desert sands, and after about an hour, you come to the edge of ... something you weren't expecting.
Through the continuous chalky haze, emerges a strangely out-of-place sight, verdant plant life, trees, and lush foliage — a seeming mirage in the wasteland. However, the vision doesn’t waver as you approach, proving it to be no mirage. Whitish dust steals the luster from the fringes of this green zone, but beyond the edges you see the vivid greens of leaves and vibrant colors of flowers and plants undiminished by the dust. Squawks of birds and the occasional animal call rise from this apparent paradise.
Rasina gives a smile at the creation of the oak tree. "I like your idea of leaving a trail mark, Mikka."
As the group approaches the oasis, she barely believes her eyes. "Is this real, Mikka? How can an oasis exist out here, with no source of water, or food?"
Knowledge Nature
Knowledge Geography
Will save (if necessary) 23 if fey are involved
Mikka, it doesn't appear to be an illusion. The sand here just turns into loam.
"Mikka, does the trail of Vilgara still head into the oasis, and also is there one that leaves the oasis as well?"
Her trail does go into the garden. But this place is sizable (you saw it on the horizon.) It's at least 300 feet north-south, and perhaps the same east-west. It would take a while to circle the entire place for tracks.
Do you want to cast reincarnate here, or wait to find some place better?
Mikka, you cast the spell ...
What transpires between goddesses isn't for your eyes or mind, but you get the sense of conflict. Nadeq's spirit is already claimed, but the other goddess is willing to make an extraordinary negotiation. There is an exchange of vows.
Nadeq's spirit comes forth, accompanied by a terrible goblin battle-maiden wearing the tabard of Hel, goddess of the underworld. The goblin takes Nadeq by the shoulders, looks him in the eyes, and says something severe to him. In response, he sheds his halfling features as if they were blown away by a great wind. What remains of his spirit is yours for the taking...
...and the ground erupts, stones stretching into bone, roots knotting themselves into muscle tissue, leaves and grass and sand and dirt all rushing together and building a body. A small green body. The comatose form of a naked male goblin stands before you. At the conclusion of the spell, he opens his eyes.
Veren looks at Mikka questioningly, then rushes over to the goblin's body - lifting him up and using an unnecessarily loud voice: "Nadeq!? Is that you!? Are you okay?! Mikka reincarnated you! Can you understand me!?"
Rasina stares at the naked form of her old friend, and companion, after this and wonders whether she could handle becoming a goblin. Still, that was her friend in spirit in the ugly form, and she would not abandon him in any respect, especially since this was ALL her fault.
"Nadeq, can you hear me, are you ok?"
Mikka watches quietly as the others rush to Nadeq, a little overwhelmed at the results. Natural magic of that caliber often took a toll but the awarenesss she had been granted of the events underlying Nadeq's return was something else entirely.
Would everyone please make a Perception check?
Rasina, and anybody else who gets a 24:
Rasina notices something is wrong..."Guys, I think something is out there, to the east of us. We should check it out"