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slash discord. Thank you, Joy. As this strange fay creature falls to
the ground, our group licks their wounds and searches some nearby houses in skywash.
Thanks for the hat, Yarah, what kind of four is this?
Is it? Cat? Oh? Well? I certainly hope it's not cat,
but it feels like cad Oh well, I would ask Manovic. Then
I like it are good? Do you enjoy it? How goes the set?
Which house did we wanted to do first? Malevic? Mm hmm,
up to you. I don't want to do any of them, to be
honest, I will follow you and protect you. Thank you, Mike.
I want to go and I will follow. I would have searched the northern
house and gone the clockwise motion. Sure, Okay, So we'll be in
exploration mode for this and let's see here you can m hmm. Malevic,
you're m hmm. Are you better at finding things? So tracking? Mmmm?
It depends if it's a lock or a door that needs to be open.
I am able to do that. I am able to track things.
Yes, I guess I'm pretty decent in both. M hm m. Perhaps
you may look around for things. I'll look for tracks to make sure that
there are no more of those creatures lurking about. All right, then,
I guess I'm searching. Okay, Man, they'll be identifying. Is it
tracking? Is it just stuff up there? Yes? Track? Okay,
uh, survival check or rash talk and let's get a perception check from Alvick.
I think I will re roll that one. Okay, So there's a
little bit of snow that is coming down right now. Rash talk, You're
I'm gonna say that it's not a total failure here in this situation. You
can see that like they're there are like uh, bootprints and things through this
area. I think you get the impression. You can't really like tell how
much traffic this place has had, especially since some snow is falling and it's
sticking. But I will say that you can tell that there's definitely been some
people through this area, and it doesn't appear like there's any other creatures.
You maybe find like one set of of claw prints. Find anything there has
been foot traffic here, though not immediate looking a D ten seven. Okay,
let's see. It appears malvic that this place has sort of been cleaned
out already. There is one thing that catches your eye after searching through these
houses. There is a vial, small glass vial, and it holds a
dried flower inside of it. It is preserved. I'll just pick it up
and put it on my side for now. It looks like who's ever has
been through here has picked a clean If anybody has come through here, not
surprised I didn't find a vial, has it flower in it? I'll bring
it back to the camp with us. Do you want to continue looking or
are we done? I think that is each house we've searched. Yes,
that's the total of searching. Uh. Yes, I'm just h that's what
I wanted to do through the Yeah, yes, I think that's Unfortunately everything
all let's rejoin them. I'll make my way back sam uh rage tak,
make me a nature check. Mm hmm yeah, fifteen. Okay, don't
recognize that flower that's in the vial. Mm hmm it's I feel like it's
it's just on the just on the tip of your brain. You quite remember
what it is. H I think I've seen that flower somewhere before, but
I cannot remember where. Mm hmmmmm close enough to hear any of this.
Probably walking out and talking. Imagine. So did you see a flower preserved?
One Padavic found. I'll have a look. I'll lend you can make
a nature check. It looks delicious. That is a star bloom lily.
It is a rare flower found in remote and mystical reins across Galian. Its
petals resemble delicate, translucent stars with a faint luminescence that makes them appear to
twinkle to exposed faint light. However, this flower in particular is desiccated.
It's dead, it's preserved. It has no real value for alchemy from your
eyes. Well, you found some worthless garbage. It's a kind of lily
that is useless, decrepit. I'll take it back. Yeah, yeah,
all of the effects about it jump down all of the facts and hand it
to you. Why are you upset about because it is worthless and it defends
me. I'll turn away and didn't hand it to you? All right?
I guess it's a flower, but one person says it's useless. I give
it to one another at the end of the day. Yeah, that's what
we found. Find any living ones by any chins? No, there's nothing
in there. It seems like the place is but clean. Well, it's
hard to be so mad when it's a house full of flower killers. It
should be joyous. We were able to preserve so many parts for you.
Already, he almost died for you. Do you remember it's not a nice
thing to go around killing flowers? But if just for funzies they've found it
like this, not I'm saying that whoever you found it from these people in
the houses the murderer. I'm ready to leave. Is everyone really? Yes?
Yes, I will tug the flower amongst my things. Okay, hmm,
let's move you back on over to the big map. Yeah, the
plan still head to the SkyWatch gates. Where are you headed? I believe
so the gates? Yes, how are we all doing on spells and whatnot?
I am still good. I am for the moment, all right,
all right. If anything seems like it's going to be too difficult, then
we flee. Understood here one moment. I pull out a small satchel and
hand it to you a h in case things go wrong, this may help.
It has an odd scent to it, maybe floral licorice aneath. What
take your hand to Yara? What do you do? What do you see?
It is a very small pouch. Occasionally, if you shake it,
it might have a little dust and pollen fall from it. It looks almost
quaint, but as a smell of your almost incense, home made it protects
you from spells and ghosts. Actually a circumstance bonus against a spell saving throw
a choice of yours as needed. Once wonderful, thank you, just because
uh nicotine was not here last week? Uh did you all give nicotine uh
karne the pertions? Yes? Okay, so let me just add those to
your inventory. Mm hmmm. I really do love the heat. I'm glad
you're too good because uh, you guys got to moderate cheetah elixirs, uh
to moderate eagle eye elixirs and an antidote. I can't remember did you end
up spending the antidote last last week? Yes, I I drank it.
Okay, MODI fine Cheetah's elixir times too? And moderate? What was the
other one? Eagle Eye? And the moderate elixirs are like? I think
the third tier. Yes, it's a lesser minor moderate. I think you
are correct. Okay, So there you go, Karoun, because I remembered
that I did not add that for you last week. Okay uh. Sakawachi
begins to take the lead and tries to lead you all out towards the gates
again. Is anybody assisting Sakawachi. I will cast guidance on her. That
would be my contribution. I would supervise. H. That's a natural one
from Skawachie. Can she have my hair? You better? Maybe I'm bothering
her too much, trying to learn still seventeen with a natural one. It's
is wild. But you are all going to spend basically another hour getting lost
in circles. Sacawachie size frustrating, frustratingly, and Denig sort of puts a
hand on sacawachi shoulder. He's all right, just remain calm and do what
you do best. Read the stars. I'm trying put this magic here.
It's so off putting. You are your best astronomer, you know what you
are doing. Take your time. Sorry, I cut you off, Malavik.
What were you saying? I was gonna ask if would you like me
to take your mind off the frustration in what way? Yes? Or no?
Yes? I will take a knife out and I will cut along the
side of arm very good, immediately like draws, draws bow and arrow has
an arrow draw on, pointing right at your face. Malavik, My hand
up is fine. Release tension, stuff that we used to do in training
all the time. Fine, it's a shallow cut. It won't even even
lose blood. Long sorry, clodding, release tension. Believe me. I
need you to beating out the ghosts. I get it. Make a diplomacy
check, please, Malvic twelve huh okay? Can I use my alchemist expertise
to agree with Malevec and try to smooth it over? You can this sits
backed up by side. It will take a medicine check, all right,
use either that or break of finger release. Look, it's all in these
documents. Did you read the scrolls? You know? Just starts pouring shit
out for lots of bards saying so it takes your mind off of the oca
and focus. Pain is in a way to alleviate frustration. It's a very
shallow cut in me nothing, Sakowanchi just is looking like horrified at you,
and Denigi shakes her head and she looks to san Chouanchi, Are you all
right? It hurts fine? Oh, look at the stars, calculation your
destination. You will think of me. We will do no such thing.
In I stares just out of the corner of her eye. I'll be watching
you. Nothing new. Everyone watches me. Oh ocus, Sankowuanchi takes a
deep breath, picked out some paper, begins to figure out your position.
Yet again, Wow, wow for one and ant two folks. Yeah,
yet again. You are lost for another hour, passing by the guard post.
Is it possible for me to use some of this time to start crafting
the spyglass I've been trying to work on for a while, noorry, Now
you need proper, proper It's fine to do that. I'll start to unsheathe
my blade again and just it was sting. Focus. Just just allow me
to help her or one of the others. She will be fine, and
might be able to try and assist you. Please come only trying to assist
you, and I feel, of course that I have gotten us far worse.
No, no, watch it is it is all right, darling.
These stars are very confusing and there's only so much you as one person can
do. So how about we put our heads together? Yes, and once
we get to where we're supposed to go, I'll take care of your your
arm, all right, as a shallow flesh wound is nothing, yes,
but I can I can get rid of it. Mm hmm, all right,
please, of course I will attempt to help Sakawachi on this third it
here, I'll just walk by or say and say, well, they don't
see the importance of redirection of pain scars learning every time they overthink the stars,
they would think about that cut a good preventive way of losing focus.
My people have utilized such a tactic from time to time, especially on battlefield.
But you have to understand not everyone is born of the same culture.
It might mean something different to them. Unfortunately, m are you casting guidance?
Well, it has been an hour, so I mean that would be
the same benefit as me assisting. So I will just cast guidance again.
I'll assist with a survival check. See if I can point out things that
repeat? Yes, can I will be sure to give her some reassuring words
of guidance. Twenty two. This is the time actually rolls ridiculously. Well,
uh, Sacawachi says, yes, of course, there's the constellation.
Mm hmm. They we knew you could do it, it just took a
different perspective. Thank you, m You're welcome. Denigi looks over her shoulder.
She wasn't thinking you hmm. In time, you will understand. Come
follow me. Sacawachi sort of begins to trot off. Eventually you make your
way to SkyWatch gates m h. Once there you see the large ramparts of
I Watch and towers and turrets. The gates are open. Sakawachie sort of
looks around and she says, what now? Oh, does anyone see any
sort of footprints or anything, any signs of movement. I'd like to look
around and see if anything sticks out. I'll have a look as well.
Creatures are beings passing through Uaralysis of perception checks M seventeen. Did you want
that from everyone? Or just those two you as well? I thank you.
M m okay, well should I do one instead? Everyone's looking sure,
uh okay, yeah, just super quiet. Just the way that I
see this is you're just adding because you all passed the assist thing basically,
and you're just assisting or Celia, so you uh, you've added on a
bit, so you all sort of spread out, start looking around. There
is one set of tracks in the snow leading out of SkyWatch. Look here
a single set? Yeah, mhm, is is that the Abgoblin? This
runner? You think I want to inform their army outside? This track is
definitely a some sort of snow like a like a boot, like a leather
boot. And looking at Sakawachi and Nig's footwear, you can see that they
are you know, probably some like seal skin uh boots with like tufts of
fur in them, and uh it looks like they could leave a similar track.
If you look behind where they have walked, you would see similar tracks.
Hm hmm. You're person looking to them. Denigi bends down and sort
of looks at the tracks, or at least someone wearing similar boots. Yes,
hm hmm. I thought we were looking for missing one of the wolves.
Pomac that was the name. Yes, Palmack is one of yours escort.
Yes, Matt's the leader of the Smiling Wolves said that they were missing
some of their own as well. There's a possibility that they were traveling together.
But there's only one set of tracks here, recent set of tracks.
This no may have covered older ones. Wrap soves we're dead. Mhm.
This magic does it go past these walls? If you look outside, it
does not? M hm. You do not have that weird sort of sense
of vertigo or like the changing scenery. It doesn't. It doesn't affect you
the same way. It's probably a little disorienting, honestly. M M.
Well, I believe that Sakawachi would not have to come with us if we
go track these down, keep us safe and the gates Didn'tiki get be with
her. I meant to come with you. It is our fate. Yes,
there is nothing that's going to stop them, Melovic, that is right.
I think the question becomes, now that we know or we'll have some
sort of a lead, do we wish to continue from here or do we
wish to go and get some sleep? Yeah? What time of day is
it? It's probably in the afternoon, I'd say two or three pm.
So how long have we been awake, because I know we did a couple
of things five hours or so? Ah, okay, all right, Well
we could hunkle down and come up with some sort of a plan as this
is going outside of the gates, or we continue. Mhm, there are
started. You are familiar with the Gallerian in this build up. I suggest
that we keep going until close to nightfall and then find a place to set
up camp and kill some time. But if you feel that that's not a
good idea, m m. That really depends on In that horb goblin runner
arrives to their armies. How long has it been since they sent them out?
You are the one speaking with them, yarra. I believe they had
said that they left the day ago, and then it would take what three
days? Two or three days? I think? Yes, I would like
to take a fistol of snow and ball it up into a snowball. Does
anything happen if I throw it over a threshold? Yep, christ mm hmm.
It might not be bad to head out and at least scout. We
do not know how close the army is there. I will well the rest
of us all right with that? Mm hmm right, I'm looking to the
rest of them. Does time run differently in here when we exit and then
we come back. Will it have been a day? Many days a week?
It is? It's hard to tell. I worry if we step out,
the army will be there in moments rather than this. Have we heard
of anything to do with SkyWatch? With that? I remember we we have
a rolled rolled really high. Yeah, you haven't. The only thing that
was I mean, the main thing that was strange about SkyWatch was that it
was closed to outsiders. The gates were closed and no one was able to
get inside, like it was like magically sealed. Right. I believe it
was either yourself or Ossilia who gave us the rundown of this place. I
don't I don't recall you mentioning anything to do with time magics, so it
should be fine. From where we are, am I able to see any
kind of ruins or indication of magic carved into the walls or the door?
Make a perception check. Actually no, you've already rolled a perception check,
despite the fact that your immediate rolling of this one was very good. Sorry,
No, it's not problem. You don't you don't see like any ruins
or anything, since there's no indication that there is some kind of magic that
has been cast here which would lead you to believe. Well, let's make
a le let's make a probably an arcana check, okay, twenty one.
Yeah, I think I think that leads you to believe because of this magic
that's been cast here on this city, it's not directly tied to the gate
or could be like part of the city. Maybe it is. Maybe it
is actually in the walls. Maybe it's like a protective spell in the walls.
It could also be it could also be like indicative of where the towers
are, like maybe the towers are related to some kind of anchor or the
spell. But it doesn't appear to have anything to do with the gates that
you can tell. I share this with the others, so I don't think
that the crossing of the threshold will do anything suspicious. It's in the walls,
it's in the fortification of the city, all right, And you see
no reason not to follow Malevic's thoughts. I think you should be fine.
Tracks appear to head off like southwest from the gates, not following the path.
I wonder where I think about this. We partner about two and two
as much as possible, not including Karun likes to stick to their own shadows.
I believe you can stick with us in the front. Maybe I could
take lead or hit rear. Let me take career. I'll work on removing
our tracks as we follow. You should probably have someone there to protect you
as well while you're distracted. Mm hmm, I say you would you mind,
I'll stay with her rash talk someone come with me and will be in
the front right Kidnigi and Sukawatchie behind us. I will skitter by that.
You mean what that's too far away from us? Yes? Walking around okay
in the shadows. Make sure you're close enough off in case anything happens,
right Cohen, I'm not going anywhere away from you guys. All right,
excellent. So you venture forth from SkyWatch out of this strange illusory magic.
Stepping through the snow, h there's a thin layer on the ground enough to
make that sort of crunching noise as you walk. Cold. The walls were
definitely like stopping a big portion of the wind, and it's sort of hitting
you pretty hard. As you continue away from the city for about half a
mile. Everybody make perception checks for me. Twenty eight not twenty twenty six.
Okay, rash talk, you were the first to notice. Up ahead
you can see large sort of outcropping of rocks. There is a quite clearly
like a rock cave up ahead, sort of adjoining side of the start of
a mountain. And you can definitely see blood on the rocks. And there
are gibbets of flesh lying scattered here and there wait uh carnage up head.
A predator likely of some kind, or someone very brutal er viscera flesh bud
uh near that's true. I don't know if i'd say it's a cave or
a divot in the rocks, and it's hard to tell from this distance spot
likely a predator's stand of some kind. You can all start to smell those
smells. That's a Rashtak has pointed them out as well. Everyone should prepare
for combat. I know it lies I head taking in sort of formation that
we need to be here. I'll raise my shield. You believe that they
were taken in there are sir. I do not know who or what was
taken in. All I know is whatever that was did not survive. Can
we look at the bits and beasts to see if there's any furze er anything
amongst them? I'm from this distance. Mm hmm m Should we get closer
and if I'm able to get my hands on it? I think there's something.
I continue to get more information. M hmm. Fine, you come
with me. Maybe we will stay close but not immediate. Yes, you
are within distance of being able to assist if need be, or as Tucker's
beauty yourself, Karun, you come with us well since you can. Seems
like there's a bunch of places you can probably hide in an ambush if need
be. Already got the Alchemist's fire out. I'm here. We also do
have the invisibility potion if needed. M hm. I could say that for
another time if you'd like, but h I don't need it depends are we
upper down wind from the queb cave? Is that what we smell? If
we smelled it likely a downwind you aren't all right? Yeah? I think
the potion may not matter in this case, only in that we are downwind.
It likely cannot smell us, so we can get closer without it recognizing.
Hmmm. I would like to start making my way if I say,
yeah, I'll be stealthy though doing it stealthily. Yes, you could say,
quis making question? Am I still clumsy and encumbered? No? Okay?
Checking out seven stealth check from Marsilia since she got a seven on the
keep. Fourteen. I don't really do stealthy, but I try. Okay.
Marsilia and Malvic are leading the way, trying to be quiet. There's
some foliage around some rocks, and as you approach blood and the bits lying
about peruna, are you also sort of following behind them? Definitely? Okay,
like the shadows were the six the wind, So I think whoever's leading
the way here, you don't notice as you step on what appears to be
several bonesh As you approach this pile of blood and bits, Malevic, please
make me a nature role m nature nuts okay? Uh oh, good old
five. Okay. If there's a particularly prominent fistful of flesh or anything,
I'd like to grab it. Sure, can I see what kinds of bones
these are? Sure take a medicine check for me. Sixteen It's not that
hard to tell that these are human, all right, I'm fine. As
the bones break on foot, I'm not sure if it was Malvic or Celia.
I was in the lead there, but it doesn't matter. I could
be in the lead. Maybe I was just worried about our city kick any
clankinging and trying to keep their objects still and a misstep, and I'll just
sorry. I've got lots of pockets. It's fine. About to have bigger
problems. Because Malvic says this, there's a gust of what you assume to
be wind that blows some of the foliage around the mouth of the cave.
If yeah, oh, and you realized for a moment that it is started
breathing, and then Malvic, you recognize the sound of his wings begin to
beat, and you see a large lizard like creature with wings and large neck
emerging from the cave. Let's bring you all over here, and I need
you to select your tokens. I'm sorry, bring your tokens onto the map
here. Let me it's showing up black. It's okay, everyone, It
only eats humans. Do I count? I'm a dusk walker? Oh yeah,
I'm like a spicy human sort of targled tarcoli ash gwilled. Yeah,
so I need some lotion to throw you onto the map here. Everybody.
Is that a dragon? Yes, it is Malvic. I do not have
my heels. I've just got my spells. Here's a couple of things.
I do get a plus and AC when I'm going against dragons. Great,
that's for you to keep track of. Ye, please place yourself in the
red square where you think you were for this to happen. And to be
clear, my shield has been up this entire time, just as the heads
up, did we come from the north to south of this meet came from
the northeast? Okay up, yeah, yeah, i'd be that, thank
you. Okay, have we rolling initiative? Yes? Please let your tokens
and roll initiative. I would like to speak. Is this perception based for
those of us in the back? Uh? This is perception based for everyone
except for Malvic, ar Celia and Karun Oh should be rolling stealth. Well,
just modify it accordingly. Just modify it. Just change your role accordingly.
In Oh God, I'm so sorry, I keep pushing the wrong button.
Hang on the second, Ruth. Okay, listen, it's fine,
and everything's fine. Everybody's have to lower this by four to seventeen. There
we go. My twenty two becomes to twelve. Well, Frank, if
you're still using the first role, it would just be minusing two. I
think right, you rolled the base nineteen. Yeah, yeah, it will
be month cent too. Yeah. As this creature emerges from the cave from
Malavik's Malvic, you do not recognize what kind of creature it is, but
it definitely looks like a dragon. As it emerges from the cave, it
speaks draconic. I can understand wary you thoy, which translates to something Malvic
would understand to be flee fleshlings, unless you wish to meet a similar fate
to the last who came upon my cave. Say, I do not translate.
It sounded like it was talking. What did it say? Run if
you must. I will stay here and do what I must. As I
say this, the horns of my body in scale start to form. I
have to say it you can go, and bids you passage away from its
cave. Oh that's a thirty seven natural twenty initiative for this creature. Hitting
Uh, Danigi and Sakawachie are sort of shaking for a moment. Denigi immediately
is reaching for her a bow and Sakawachie is uh. Also in the midst
of preparing a spell. Okay, this creature will uh M speak again,
hm, crod that you die. If my belly weren't so full, I
would have torn you limb from limb already. I'll relay the message in this
way. If you want to leave, go now. I do want to
leave, but it is at a disadvantage markaita. I'll just relate to it
that then I will relieve you of your full belly. Well, I believe
this is all quite damning, isn't it. I am going to go ahead
and utilize the power of my curse to cast a vision of weekness. My
eyes will go ahead and start to glow a bright blue as the curse starts
to spread deeper into my face. I am to know what it's Let us
see here. There are three things, or a few things. If they
have any weaknesses, I learn them as well as which of its three modifiers
is the lowest, and I gain a plus two status bonus to my next
attack role if it is on this term. Um okay, sorry, work
yah okay, uh No weakness is the lowest of the three is? Will
there? You go? All right? Looking at my colleagues, it appears
malevic As is primed to attack. Yes, you just sorry, season small
coming from my lips. Ah fuck, I'm going to go ahead, and
I will you the plus two that I have on my attack at this moment.
I will wave my hand over the rapier that I have at my side
of Arodronesis rapier, and a bunch of needles will spawn above my hand,
floating as I cast needle darts in the direction of this dragon for a twenty
seven to hit, twenty seven to hit. Indeed, the needles all begin
to pierce this creature. That is my turn, Alec. I'll let you
see if you want to count this. I've raged in the moment of it
speaking to me, because for those that don't know, whenever I see a
dragon, I must lay period and with that I will run up to it
and I will slash at its belly. Oh whatever I suppose. Is it
leaning upward or is still down? Oh? Yeah, it's leaning sort of
backwards. Yeah, okay, we'll do an upwards slash fifteen rushing forward while
you rage, you bring your sword upwards for a strike and you connect.
But the scales are too thick shallow. Yeah, reverse my grip and I
will go for a piercing strike. Okay, twenty four. Now here's a
question for you. Do you use You did rage? Attack and move right?
Oh? Yeah, that's what I was asking about rage in the beginning
when it was talking to me. I raged because it was a dragon.
But if you want to count that as an action, then you can omit.
Let's do it. Fuck it. I think I wants us to fight
this and die. I don't think so too. You you rush and the
second strike is more of a piercing strike with your sword. You spin and
drive your blade deeply into the creature's side. You can feel that the scales
leave like a They definitely diminish your attack. You can feel some resistance there.
That be the end of my turn. Did I do damage? Oh?
Yes, you do, very good. Denigie is yelling, what what
is that creature? It is bigger than most whales I have seen, but
it is a dragon and if you need to attack its will that is probably
the best thing you can do, darling. Uh, Denigi will take that
as a challenge and will draw the arrow to the bow and we'll try and
strike with a long bow attack. But first she points to the creature and
she says, you will be my prey. She will use hunt prey for
an action and then will I think, Yeah, we'll fire with long bow
deposit long bob and that's deadly as well. Ya, this is so much
damage that just happened right now. You definitely wanted to create. No,
No, that was to hit. That was not. The damage is income
but gets bonus. It's not like you, but for an NPC that's helping
you, it's a lot. Uh. Denigi has precision edge. The first
time the bounty hunter hits their hunted preying around, they deal an additional one
D eight precision damage, which is also double okay, so this is going
to be doubled this damage first that's thirty piercing damage plus one D ten flat
and then double bow another six on top of that, so thirty six.
Damn. We don't you get one D ten as well because of deadly flat.
You gotta check. So what do the ods to be? One turn
this guy's move Yes, on a critical hit, the weapon adds a weapon
damage die of the listed one. Roll this after doubling the weapons damage flat
one. So it's just on top. Yeah, it's just flat okay so
still thirty eight damage, like you take that shit. You see an arrow
sail into the neck of this creature as you can see it like rearing up
in response to Malevich's attack. Danig sinks an arrow, then begins to run
and will running reload. Denigi will rush down this way and reload, notching
another arrow. Karun, it's your turn. I don't really want to fight
the Dragon's particularly because I am safe it only eats humans. But but I
think I will just because I don't want all of my friends to die.
I'm like an obligate carnivore. I can survive out there on my own.
I will take it with the alchemist fire okay, oh yeah, four damage
of my damage just fire. Sorry, fair enough. That's a net for
one Karoun. But it still deals the splash damage, Yes it does,
which is helping. Uh. The ball of nap palm that explodes out from
the vial that Karun throws splashes and you can see it like lick up the
side of this this creature that is definitely descended from the room Saku wachie.
Oh, and I will also take cover, okay, very well? Is
it great to cover because I'm behind it? Because I'm behind the foliage and
waiting with the shadows. Well, being part of the shadows would be great,
but you did attack, so I think the shadows mean ship right now.
But the cover, however, I will say, I will say it
would be a greater cover in this case. Good thank you? Uh Soakawachie
Uh Nope, I wouldn't do that. Mm hmmm that's fair. Mhmm.
Yeah, it's looking like the blessed again. Still the best option blessed is
getting radiated out from Sakawachi and will uh you can is it an action to
uh to increase the radius? It is a sustain the spell action, so
that takes one point of action every time, so you have two others.
So she can't do that this turn, right, She can't increase the range
this turn, it says in the text there. It has to be the
turn after you casts a Yeah, so you can't like just spam it,
okay, uh Saqaquachi will cast blast. Let's put that down on the map
for you all. But she could move uh yeah, she will follow de
nilly go there, I think, Yeah, not really interested in getting super
close to this creature? What probably not very interested in that I imagine the
SOCCA watch is quite scared. Or Celia, it's your turn, Okay,
how I found any significant mass of meat our bone on the ground, you're
still yeah, give me a give me a persumption check. Just won't count
towards this turn, okay, seventeen. It could even be part of the
clothing. Yeah, just something sizable. Yeah, I think you can find
bits of fur and stuff. Okay, I will grab as much of a
fur as I can, and I will use wall of text read a psychometric
resonance super successful. Essentially, I can hold something in my hand when bare
hand to watch it, and if I spend one minute concentrating on it,
then I can get the vision of the face of the person, the face
of the person who this belongs to. Okay, it's gonna take a while,
though, because it's a minute long. Yeah, that would take you
out of combat. Yeah. Yeah, that's essentially last the concentrations fell,
though. I mean, you see shit going down. Mm hmm. It's
up to you. I mean I could do things at the same time,
can't I No, Okay, in that case, I will instead exploit vulnerability,
Okay, twenty nine against its standard DC uh. Yeah, that is
a success. Okay, it has no weaknesses. Okay, well, you've
heard of these creatures before. However, Oh, okay, what do I
know about these creatures? This is a miroga. They are greedy, simple
minded dragons with supernatural occult powers. Hmm. Okay, I think with the
twenty nine, I'll give you a little bit extra. I think this is
a crit, but let me double check. I don't think it's actually a
crit. Wait, let me see not a crit. Okay, it's not
a crit. I'll give you a little bit more info. Um, you've
definitely heard something along the lines of this creature, these moroga having something to
do with lay lines. Interesting. Okay. I would like to then for
my second action move up here and my third action spear. Unfortunately, your
spear slides against the scales of the dragon. You hit it kind of obliquely
as you go in for the strike. M damn it didn't hit or it
did hit and do me good image it glanced off the scales. Rash talk.
M. I guess we're staying and fighting a dragon. Okay, kill
free, so dying very well. I begin to put my hand to the
ground, willing out any bugs that may be hibernating under the snow to come
and bite and pull my final goblin box of the day, crawling over,
attempting to bite through the scales, knowing it is likely feeble attempts against this
dragon. Come on a fortitude save of nineteen. Yeah, it does nothing.
He's not one through one, guys, it's thirty two. Yeah,
it's ineffective, as poor oss talk expected. It's already built up an immunity.
You just see this cloud of mosquitoes and other insects flying past you are
Celia Malvic, hoping to see some kind of reaction from the creature. Just
with a buffet of its wings. It sort of sends the insects flying in
all directions, and my last action is moving towards the edge of the map.
That's all I did. Miroga, what a a lodge? I suppose
I'll have to find some room maroga. Okay, you head around to fuck
around and find out here we go. M mmmmm sh and I forgot about
this. Oh my god. Okay, that's really nice playing with all of
you. Okay, Uh, how do I describe this? All? Right?
So there is a strange sort of humming effect that is happening. It's
light at first, you don't notice it. It's sort of like a drone
that is happening. Then you see maybe some ripples of water inside the cave,
this small pond dripping water inside the cave is collected into this pond.
It's ringed with ice, and you can see the water begin to shake and
reverberate. You can see first of which you maybe thought were just ripples from
the drips of the water, you realize something far different. There's haze.
It begins to wreathe itself around the moroga. First it seems invisible, and
then it starts to sort of coalesce into this heery sort of light blue light
that begins to surround it. And I wish you luck. Oh my god,
Okay, might die. I can't affect anything, but I do have
something that may apply. Huh, recognize spell as a reaction. Okay,
I don't know if it will apply, and that's for you your knowledge.
But basically, if I'm trained in the appropriate skill for the spell's tradition,
so if it's occultism, nature, arcana, or religion, which I'm all
trained in. And this is the part here that is a common spell a
second level or lower. But if it's an occult fourth level or lower,
because I'm an expert in a cult, ah, you make a secret check
to see if I recognize what spell is being cast. Okay, and if
this doesn't apply, it doesn't apply. It is not a spell. I
will tell you that. Great, that is information I still don't like.
Thank you, Dina Cave and Dinery life. Let's see here, how shall
we do this? What seems the most appropriate? Malvic Innyara heard it,
so karn I think it's pretty angry at Malvic right now? See here,
Okay, Malvic and our Celia. Behind you, you feel the sort of
same reverberation. It is growing in intensity, and then you start to see
some energy coalesce behind you. Both of you. Please make a reflex save,
don't fail. Oh wait all that? Oh never mind? Then okay,
those are two fails, well twenty two fails. Huh okay, let
mean just double check alrighty, in coming this massive reverberation of force strikes Malvic
and ar Celia four twenty four force damage, debris tossing in all directions as
you were hit by this force damage, as this massive lay line explosion goes
off. You're lucky I didn't roll Better World. Okay, that's eighteen damage
for me. It's a very voice. Took six of it. Yarra,
it's your turn. Oh Michael, all right, I am going to go
ahead. Oh actually, I'm sorry, Malvic, that was a crit that's
forty eight damage. Oh okay, umm oh you took eighteen. It was
supposed to be twenty four. Right, that's just another Let me just do
this to make it easier. Whoa yeah, Malvic got a ten on that
saving through. I see blood start to come out of my mouth. I'm
trying to old steal and it's a combination of just getting hit by like a
wall of like dense air as well as debreathe. There's rocks and things that
are just like you're pelted from behind, and there's like probably like one big,
large like clump of dirt and rock that just smacks you like in the
back of your head and he catches you off guard and you can see like
blood like splattering where it connects. Yara, it's your turn. Sorry,
I want to interject, as is a bit slow on the draw. I
will raise up my amulet and try to block some of the damage. It's
not going to be a lot. That's going to be six damage reduced on
Malavik. We all help, right, malevic Asilia, and I will channel
my healing energy inside of myself. Hence THEND forth a blowing golden orb towards
Malavik as I heal him with my moderate curse at a second level for twenty
two points of healing. Let me see. Wait it also, I did
a two action, so that it's going to be another sixteen on top of
that because I rolled D twelve for my moderate curse, so you now have
thirty eight more HP. Fuck, that was a juicy spell. Use that
is my last second level, darlings, oh rue, I'll know where it
came from. And tightened my grip on my sword and hold my ground.
And now the thing was, hmm, you know what, I'm not going
to risk overwhelming myself for only a few HP. It would have been fun,
but I'm not going to do that. I will go ahead and I
will use my last action. Shit, I will use my last action to
send forth guidance upon Malvik, so you will get a plus one to your
next attack. And that is my time the attack Yes for attack row perception
check, saving throw or scale check, so you also get it for other
things. Okay, Alvic, it's your turn. I'll let the anger fuse
in me because I need to protect those around me, and I will go
on a rampage of slashing. Twenty seven. That's a hit. I'll just
for a slash and then I will reverse my grip and then drive in and
upward at the underbelly side, trying to find a loose scale nineteen nineteen.
The dragon, This miroga sort of twists and folds its wing and sort of
uses its wing as a brace to block this follow up attack, and it
does not succeed. And with my final action, you do also have guidance
just to sets up. Yeah, I don't think I twenty would have hit.
No, no, no, I'm just saying, for whatever you're about
to do, I am going to attempt while this wing is moving, I'm
going to attempt to grab at its wing, okay, and I'll apply the
guidance athletics check, yes, athletics correct, yes, ah sixteen very sure
that doesn't go through. It shakes you off easily that if you turn sort
of rushing to the side. What did that creatia do Is that some sort
of spell, No, not a spell, something innate. It's a moroga.
It has the ability to manipulate lay lines that would explain it. DENI
will fire a longbow shan at the creature twenty nine. Okay, that is
a hit. Now, precision edge on this one. This is a hit
deadly. It doesn't go off. It's just for a creer, right,
yeah, no, don't care. Deadly is only on crit propulsion and all
that I believe is regular though, DENI, Well, then, dude,
nice another fifteen piercing damage. See another arrow sail past. You are Celia
connecting probably this time uh somewhere in the ribs of the creature, and it
snarls and roars and pain. Sorry that was so loud. I mean it's
it's very accurate. Yes, sorry, that's so loud. It should be
that loud. Okay, and I think we'll uh not another arrow and fire
again? Holy shiit thirty one on a second attack, right, can we
keep her forever? Please? Romance her quick yess in your area? Is
that what you did is like? Fires yet another arrow? Two quick shots.
The first one sinks somewhere into the ribs of this creature. And it
howls in pain, and as it does so, shoots another arrow, this
time through its jaws, sinks right through the creature's soft palate, and why
not go for a third? One sixteen is not going to hit this time.
The creature brings its wings up again and just kind of deflects the arrow
off to the side. You can see the Miroga looking at Danigi with focused
hatred. Say your card, you recognize this to be a challenge to Danigi.
Malevic, I will eat your eyes first. You you will not see
and I will leave you alive as long as I can. Will just turn
to d I won't shout anything, but I'll give her a look. I'm
understand. Warrior to warrior, Melvic just looks over it, screaming and raging.
Warrior. That means there's a challenge. It's your turn. I don't
want to fight the dragon, but I can't survive alone, so I have
to morelchanical supplies. Darling light it on fire again. I guess I don't
mean it. I'm sorry. Yeah, the fire again just kind of bursts
near its I know, I know, I swear. I feel so bad
for your roles because you could hit but it just doesn't. It just won't
roll understand this pain, all the potential wasting it use. Yes, and
it's ha spleash damage again. So hey it hits. That's better than me.
Yes, it does? Uh anything else on your turn career. I
will take great to cover again and be very very quiet so it does not
hear me. Okay, Sakawachie will increase the range of bless and Celia.
It's your turn. I will try to do what I do best. That's
a miss fifteen Yes, uh, you go to strength with your spear and
uh it is batted aside again. Eighteen eighteen is also a miss again,
now quickly rebuffed by this creature's wings, the spear is cast aside or Cilia.
It's my final action. I will try to grab its wink. Okay,
can I grabble it? Absolutely try? Wait? Is this a titan
or is this just large? This is a large creature. Okay, it's
not a titan. I flex and I pose you know my big orc mommyself
in rule twenty five. Pretty good, you grab its wing ur Cilia,
I hold on to it and I dam it dug in your your heels,
you know, like you just see the back of Arsilia's heels, just like
digging into the snow and the ice holding this creature's wings down. Rash talk
to return, Yes, he'll do what I can. Stay up and a
couple of mosquitoes gorge themselves of my magic power and fly over and aid Arsilia.
On your turn at the beginning, you will hear four HP for four
rounds, and then for my last two actions, I pull some of the
water out behind this dragon and splash it over Arsilia for five temporary HP.
What's the range on that sixty feet? Yep? Technically ninety feet with reach?
Okay, oh good, ten temporary? Was it five? Temporary?
Five? Five temp HP or celium for your turner, Rash talk, that
is it? Yes, that is it? Okay, let me Rolla will
use its draconic frenzy. It will erupt in a challenge which you recognize Malvic
immediately, and you can see the creature take on a more predatory position as
it will now strike with which is also grappled by our celia. Yes,
yep, useful. Two Allen strikes and one tail strike. Let's see.
It will go after Malavik with the two Kalen strikes first, thirty not a
great but ahead for seventeen slashing damage. Really second talent attack twenty seven,
say it, this is going to be for uh, I'm sorry for eleven
slashing damage. A tail strike in the hit on you. Yes, Malvic,
you see the tail coming as you're sort of trying to uh regain your
composure. You see the tail about to sweep underneath you. Ur Celia manages
to step out of the way of it. Uh, and you see it
coming leap just up into the air, and we see the camera sort of
like do this like quick bird's eye view on Malevic as he like leaves up.
He's got his sword in hand, looks like he's about to bring it
down yard. It's your turn. Oh, I'm sorry, I have one
more action. Your Konic frenzy is only two yep, just actions, so
it uses your Konic frenzy. It has a special bullshit and that's only two,
so it still has one more action. Uh. And then it's then
it will uh it will let's see. I think then he has been rather
annoying. Uh. As it's doing all this stuff, you can start to
hear that hum again. And right where Denise is a five foot ball of
force is formed and discharged. Uh Denis has to make a reflex. Oh
you said five feet this doesn't touch me. It is not. It will
hit Sakawachi. It's all right, course, Watche anyway, just give it
a little kids on the elbows flash. Hey, that's a say. Yeah,
twenty two failed earlier, so I'm pretty sure it is. Yeah.
I'm just saying if it's a critical fail, it is not a critical fail,
just fairly not a critical fail. Socca watchie. Okay, here we
go. Oho, Okay, not bad. I rolled like shit. Eleven
four damage to Sccuquatchie and ANII. Oh as I hear the hum, I
will raise my ambula once again, and I will target Slaqouatchie. So reduced
Slaquatchi's rriage by six. Okay, very well, thank you, Yara.
It is your turn, all right. Well, with my first two actions,
I will muster up some more of this golden energy and I will cast
it towards towards Malevik, healing him four eleven points of healing filled. Very
low on that, but it's still something. Now. With that being said,
I do have one action left. So with that remaining action, hmm
I will, I will go ahead, and I will send guidance forth towards
Assiria, so you will feel that familiar cold children from me, and that
will be my ten. Okay, Alevic, it's your turn. As I'm
up in the air, I'm going to reverse my grip and flip the sword
downward into a downward strike. Seems like piercing damage is better against this creature.
Ah, sobroutine. The creature manages to notice you up in the air
and just it sort of moves its its neck in that serpentine way, and
its body just kind of follows and it manages to dodge out of the way.
It's this creature flat fooded? Still? Is it flat footed and grappled?
All right? In the midst of turning, I'm going to unbuckle a
vial on the side of my hip. Uh, and I am going to
finally use the water from she who walks. Okay, I don't know how
to calculate this, so you'd have to help me with this. Huh.
I believe I wrote values down. Uh it is two D ten plus thirteen.
Do you want me to just roll it for you? Because I have
a button right fifteen points of healing. That was the lowest right and while
I'll throw the pile to the ground and swoop in a backward sword attack,
both behead. Okay, second twenty not enough, uh malvic as you uh
spin you again? You you strike the creature, but it's it's an oblique
strike. It's a glancing blow right on the scale. I'm just grow angry.
And the end of my turn, Danigi is sort of like has one
hand up to uh, one hand up to her ear. It's just a
sakawachi. I'm here, I'm here. Are you all right? That creature
it has some sort of connection to the land. Yes, it's it is
still my pray. I will protect you. This is my job. Danigi
will fire with longbow yet again, Mommy. Twenty five to hit is a
hit, so lucky on the damage this time, but the arrow sinks in
a little bit into the creachair. Second deposit long bow attack. Twenty six
to hit. That is another hit. Technically twenty seven let's do yeah.
Oh, blessed doesn't have to be declared. No, no, bless is
just an area of effect. Okay, verty cool, it's just yes.
So that one is another nice shot from Dannie. You see the arrows like
sink in probably like near the base of the neck and like near where its
collar bone would be, I guess. And a third attack, why not,
let's go for it. Sixteen misses this time. This time a wing
comes up and just kind of acts like a shield, and the arrow doesn't
have enough power as it hits an oblique angle. Okay, Karun, I
don't want to fight the dragon. I still don't blame you, nor do
I, darling, but I have to because I'm like an obligate carn for
it can survive out there on my own. I missed Kern too. Again
the nineteen does not connect. I imagine Karun is like in the bushes,
like in the trees and the bushes. Right at the mouth of this case.
It just side lobbing, you know, these things from me comes higher.
I kind of like that. We can't actually see her potentially, and
just this, a little little book keeps flying out of the bushes. You
just see the flicker of the Molotov cocktail being lit, and then and then
nothing like the shadow. She has gone. Okay, still doing great to
cover, and I'm now in great to cover okay, and that's my turn.
Dash back into the bushes. Uh okay, Sakawachi increases the range of
bless one more time. Excellent, So now that's will hit our melee,
yes, are Celia, I will try. Also have guidances. They have
twenty eight to hit twenty nine with twenty nine less, and you also have
a guidance if you want to use it. No, okay, she didn't
say it beforehand. So twenty nine is a hit. You feel the spear
past the scales, but you can't quite seem to get to the flesh there
are, Celia. Okay, you struck just hard enough. You have to
add a damage correct antithesis. Ah, yes, what is the added damage?
Yeah, so the damage total would be five six oh a nine,
I love the damage shuttle. Okay, then you do, in fact pierce
the flesh. You feel it sink in just a little bit. See some
blood trickle out. I ripped the spear out and I do it again.
Nope. Ten, It just kind of clatters against the spot. The creature
moves as you stab it, yelling in pain again. Eighteen nineteen are you
twenty twenty? Twenty twenty? It's just barely enough. Wait oh no,
I'm sorry, No, no, it is. It is flat footed,
but that's still not enough. Like yeah, right, anyway, math is
hard. Okay, that's the end of my turn. Very good work,
thank you. All right. First thing, I look for where the hand
poked out throwing a bomb and put guidance upon kon Ah. Maybe it's will
help since apparently we have to fight. Looking back at the throat is doing
that like what that likes in place? Jog shit goes down? You know
what are roun stuck is doing. He's like casting everything over his shoulder,
you know, like it's ad over there somewhere at Yeah, and then I
think this held on the medible check. Oh yes, good, take a
deep breath, an attempt to breathe poison upon it. It must make a
fortitude save the thing. Everything is good at for nineteen and it does nothing?
All right, good twenty nine on that, So that's a crit save.
Yes, it does nothing. Okay, let me a ronga. Oh
boy, okay, it will activate its driconic frenzy. Oh actually no,
I'm sorry. It will try to break free of your grasp arcilia, but
I have nice hands there felt pretty sell pay twenty six stays grappled, will
try to break free again. Mommy sides, sit down. I'm gonna rear
all that eighteen. Got a nineteen twenty one. You hang on, ar
Cilia, and it will use its last action to try and break free.
It looks a little bit frantic now, I'm gonna rear all that eleven.
I have zero hero pints left twenty one twenty four, ar Cilia, you
hang tight. What does this look like? As you are holding this creature,
you can see it's it's bleeding kind of bad right as it's throwing me
around in a frenzy. My fingers dig deep. They punched through a bit
of the leather here as I'm gripping it as hard as it can knuckles tightening.
The creature is doing that thing like when an animal it's trying to escape
regardless of its of its pain, you know, like escape is its first
thought right now, and it's disregarding the fact that you're hurting it. I
feel so pets, I've result about too, But you know what for you,
I'm sending forth my needle darts, casting my hand upon the rate per
shwink. That is a twenty seven with blessed for twelve points of piercing damage.
Okay, you see the darts tear into it. Several scales like get
torn off in the process. You can see a blood pouring from a wounds.
God's creature. We are making a dent. Well done, And I
will go ahead and I will cast guidance upon Danigi this time, and that
will be my ten. Okay, Malavic, I'll say a discreeture and can
see that his eyes are filled with fear, and I'll say, ah,
sink cut me as I will say, I will eat your heart, and
I will slash added. That's say twenty eight. It's a twenty nine with
bless Oh yeah, true, there you go. Do you kill it?
Oh uh? I'm going to look at our Cilia as she's pulling this wing
down, and I'm going to kind of scale up the side of it and
dig my sword and reach deep and pull up in trying to set and smith
section open. And then I will throw my sword down and rip its rib
cage open and go in for the heart tries to like snap at you,
and it likes quickly losing strength. It consumes. This creature is hot falls
around sh Malevic. It is done. It is done, darling, m
I don't want to fight the dragon. I think it's dead, Krony.
You don't know it's so, it's gone. It's I don't need to fight
it anymore. I'll of the heart and offer it to you. I would
like to look for eggs. Isn't looking at you at all? Is uh?
Walking over to the blood and the bits, I'll finish it. Do
we'll find any eggs. You definitely do not find any eggs. You're just
gonna get that out of the way quick. I would like to join and
do what I intended to do earlier. I'll kneel down, take a handful
of the furs and try to read the psycho metric resonance of it. What
is this journey like for you, Celia? What happens when you cast as
well? I have this ability. It's not quite magic, but it is
a connection. When I hold things that have significance to someone, A favorite
blanket, perhaps their shield against the cold, what has carried them on their
journey, a gift. I hold it in my hand and smell it.
I feel it, the texture against my fingers, the weight of it.
I close my eyes and it speaks to me. It conjures an image over
time. It is about the power of emotion, the power of connection.
As I open myself up to whatever it will tell me, as painful as
it might be. So close your eyes, and when you open them you
see a different sort of scene around you. You see Sacawachie, you see
Ullikuk, you see Danigi and Numa. Sacawachi says, are we all ready
to leave? We're going to make our way to SkyWatch? Are you sure
we should be doing this? Wu Lecook says, I am sure. That
is where the fate I have seen guides me. I've seen it in the
stars. And then you are Celia where the person you are speaks up,
says, if that is what Sakawachie has seen, we must honor her.
We will go with you, we will protect you. I will forage for
food. I will tell you when the blizzards come. You need me feel
yourself, smile broadly, and everything falls away. You see instead, now
different vision of Sakawatchee. One. Recognizing pain in your eyes, she begins
to weep without you even saying anything. H oh, poor dog. I
pull her into my arms and I hold her against my burst. I'm so
sorry. Me moves closer, and what's that hand on Socca wat Che's back
as well. Malevic has ripped this creature apart, Yes, just as Chess,
and as would so you wouldn't have touched like the area with the stomach
or anything, right, not yet mm hmm, Malvic, mm hmm.
Would you help me so that I may inspect to see if it has eaten
recently. M I'll take out a chop a knife and start to try to
cut away at the area of the stomach, and I will be inspecting for
any owns or any identifying materials. Yeah, you can make a survival check
forming Malic nineteen. It's messy. There were a lot of wounds this creature
suffered, but there are bones that are there, and it's said as much
to Malavik. It did say that it was full as of why I wanted
to let you all pass, But I knew that this was probably the fate
of what we're looking for, so we just barely missed them. Hard to
tell. Do not mention it to Saatchi in case she doesn't put the connection
together that if we had gotten here sooner mhm, it is not by the
turtle. And then I will get up and we should see what else this
creature was hiding, Yes, and if there are any pieces that might be
useful to Karun As I walked past this creature's head, how do I How
are the teeth? Are they snake like? Are they full full mouth of
serrated teeth? They are? Uh? Dragon like? You know there's there's
there was chewing and swallowing versus just swallowing. Well, if yours coming with
me, a let I know that they have been If it was just bones
and they had been dead for a while, maybe days or maybe a day,
half a day enough for the chewing process and the digestion to take period,
probably was going to pass soon on. Maybe we had chosen the gates
first. Hey, we cannot save them all. It was either this one
or Danigi and I believe in our difficult times, we made the right choice
very well. Mm hmm. Shall we look around then, see if there's
anything of note? Yes, we want to see if there's any dragons like
treasure. We want to see if there's anything that they're hiding. May be
some if they have spit out, or if they had any underlings, the
hobgoblins or anything working for it, since dragons do have authority, anything and
it's done. Yeah, so somebody make me a perception. Shag call over
our Cilia if she well, I know she's comforting as you called out my
name. You see me look over my shoulder, I shake my hand.
Kazuna is taking same piece of the water. Okay, then I will if
you want to make the perception, it's one of us or both of us
that are there. Everybody that's looking for stuff in there can make a perception.
Role. Just pick somebody to be the person. I got a twenty.
Alvic rolled first, So we're gonna say Malvic is first. All right,
Malvic, So you do find a bunch of stuff in here. Just
to sort of explain, there's a lot of like trinkets and things all over
the place, lots of stuff that would be considered like kind of kitchy,
you know, lots of kitchen uh, and it's still probably worth a little
bit. But there is something that catches your eye. There is I'm guessing
Malvic doesn't know what this is, so I'm going to describe it like I
think Malvic would see it. So all throughout this cave, there are several
like trinkets here and there, figurines, some like art, and stuff like
some small like sculptures and things. And uh, there is something that looks
especially strange to you, Malvic. It is like kind of a it's a
metallic sort of disc like thing mm hmm. And it has a has a
point kind of on the end. Here paste that in our gate walkers discord
chat, and I will put it on the screen for our chat as well
here in a second. Uh. It's clearly a very like shiny sort of
metal that has been you know, sort of a bit stained, you know,
from various bits and things through through the cave here. It's Uh,
it's big enough to be held in like two hands. It'd be the size
of kind of like a serving platter. Uh. And it's a sort of
disc like shape. It has concentric rings inside of it. The rest of
us, I imagine Sakawachi for sure would recognize this as an astrolabe. Mm
hmmm. I found a device to hold fruit. I like fruit, Malvic.
It's it's definitely flatinum and there are ruby gems that are placed in various
places on this mm hmm. This is very ornate. Maybe it's a shield.
Some sort is looking at it wantingly. Can I roll a crafting check
to identify it or identify alchemy in the water. So you were kind of
focusing on the water. So I'm gonna say that you can definitely sort of
take a look at it if you do a crafting check, that will definitely
be something different than what you might get if you were to roll on our
kana check. All right, I will roll in our couna check. Okay,
okay, you recognize that this is an astrolabe karoon. You might have
even seen some like rudimentary ones that were inside the observatory, and you definitely
saw them in on castra Vel, saw them in loasque Alua. There were
a bunch of astronomers there, so they would have astrolabes. I imagine Malvic
that you had no idea. You probably just assumed they were like a platter
or something, you know, Oh yeah, I thought it was like a
platter, maybe a fancy shield. I'm like trying to hold it to my
arm like they have. They have tons of astronomical stuff in Laskielua, right,
So it's like, who's to know what's actually used for astronomy and what's
used for uh, you know, eating this in particular. Let me just
double check that you succeeded on this. You did. This is an astrolabe
of falling Stars, Karun. You know that this astrolabe is fashioned of magically
attuned platinum plates and rings, and his inset with carefully measured ruby gems.
This astrolabe's back is engraved with helpful charts, a calendar, and a maker's
mark. It can be used as a mariner's astrolabe so on the water as
well, and in addition, it can produce the following magical effect once per
day. With a flick of your finger, you set the astrolabes rule spinning,
causing the inset rubies to become a blur. Choose a point within one
hundred feet. The Astrolabe of falling Stars calls down a brief rain of meteorites
and a ten foot burst centered on that point, dealing one eight bludgeoning one
da fire damage the creatures in the area. Orbital defense platform uh dead stares
from everybody. What is an incredible serving platter but also has a couple of
other functions and I will relay what those are. Porites shoots, Yes,
an orbital meteorite Ruby defence platform. You cannot stand on this snow platform no
no, no, no, no, do not do not do anything to
it's like it we don't we don't know, we don't know platform stand no
no no no no no no no oh. And I'm like studying everyone's face.
You can tell I am incredibly panicked weapon like no, no, I
just and I walk up to sat watch watch and I'm like, mm hmm,
look back at your one minute one minute to come here, and I
walk over. Perhaps we do not fuck with it for now? I cut
her. Who's going to give it to her? No, that is probably
worth so much, that's worth more than our lives. Probably maybe something you've
given, you've got at a price that maybe one hundred and fifty gold pieces.
That's it, all of us have coron. How much is this thing?
It's worth a lot hundreds of gold pieces. I'll keep it vague.
One hundreds even. Mm. They will be joining us on our avenge,
on our journey, and they should be equipped with something that can that could
kill us all could it not? Meteorites? Incredibly dangerous weapon and could be
wielded with such such imperfection as to kill one of us. Okay, I'm
just imagining me privately talking to your ankorn? Is all my souls taking up
your keep it a secret or look like rosta? Please? What I walk
a little closer? Is our cilia still hugging on? Okay? Yeah,
we could lend it because it is an astrolabe navigation with it. We'll receive
it later. Okay, I'll let me do it because I feel bad I
cut them and they were a question for I have a question about the mechanics
of such a thing. Is there a delay between flicking it and when the
meteorite appears? We have like a countdown of like ten seconds ten foot so
we can get out of the way. No, it's a choose a point
within one hundred feet in nucular choose choose a point within one hundred feet,
and then the radius of the impact is a ten foot burst and that just
happens instantly. It's two actions. Okay, all right, okay, so
we're okay with us linding it to actions and once per day. So if
everything's if you find a bunch of enemies that are grouped up in a ten
foot radius and you drop that down, they have to succeed on a nineteen
reflex save. So I just drew a circle on the map. That's a
ten foot radius right there. Sex pretty big smoke bomb. I think,
well, we can deny someone access to a place with the threat of orbital
defenses. Yes, certainly, all right, So we want to loan this
to Soakuachi. Yes, perhaps you do so, as you were suggesting,
as a means of apology if they are looking injured, though, perhaps I
should work on them too. Sakauachi and DENI have taken if you cut some
in scrapes, so I will follow you give them a gift. M.
I pulled up my chest and I will follow your over to watching or saco
watch, I should say, and I'll say, yeah, are you too
all right? Suck watch is she's the same question. She seems to be
taking it pretty hard. Deny looks over to you, M, you cut
some scrapes some of the blast as well. Well, I will work on
your injuries here. And I believe Manafakia had something to show you. Mhm
mm hmm. Would you like for me to take your mind off of No,
I am sorry for doing a custom that you're not accustomed to, and
I would like you to know that I am mean well, and I have
this to lend you his mind to lend you. Mm hmmm, mm hmmm.
Yeah, don't break it. It's not a platform. It's a an
astrolabe. An astro labe. Now it does have a functionality that can be
quite dangerous, so be careful. It should assist you in following the stars.
I would assume I'm no astronomers, but what I will say is if
you flick that, don't flick it. Now you can actually call down a
hail of meteorites in about ten feet of a radius. Thank you. I
know it's not going to bring back your comrade, but do know that they
were brave to stand up against a dragon. And though it is sad,
we are all here together and we have avenged them. It's a custom in
my people to celebrate the opportunities that they have given us in the past.
Maybe we can do such tonight. This seems like a perfect place to set
up. Maybe invaders around here know that a dragon lives here and they would
not bother us. We could tell stories from your people, who could tell
us stories of the stars and how your comrade has lent their knowledge to you,
and a good remembrance of who they were. Hallmuck, what was our
storyteller. But I will try my best, and we can all give a
story of our own and memories of your comrade, if you allow it.
If I may, it is then your job. You will do it to
your friend to continue telling those stories, but the best of your ability.
Yes, would you like a proper burial of your comrade a send off?
Yes? I will fetch the bones and I'll walk off. It's going to
get the bones. Now. Let me just see you on here, Malvic.
Hmmmm, you uh find too many bones. There's quite clearly another set
of bones in here, So like after you start taking out the bones,
the numbers don't add up. There's you know, and then some of the
bones that were scattered on the ground outside, like you're trying to do a
little bit of piecing together here, and it doesn't really make sense. There
has to be two, you know. But I'll just start digging two holes
just in case they want to use them to lay them in. Might I
attempt to medicine check to the possibly identify what bones might go with whipped quarts?
Sure? Meanwhile, our Celia is making a bone forty the fourteen crafting.
It's a terrible bone fort Wow, trying to do now you you don't
know, it's a secret earl that the world never gets to see. I
hide whatever I made in my shirt. Was there anything else chemical about the
water? Did you find anything in there? Amiebus? Maybe so, Karun,
you made a role for this earlier, basically did not. So here's
what you do find, Karuna. The water that is here is very very
neutral. It's very neutral, which is kind of odd given the minerals and
things that are around here and in the cave, it should be probably leaning
towards like hard water, you know, all right, But as you make
your way to the southern poor of the cave, some of the trinkets and
things were found. There is something about this area, this cave in particular,
that really sort of activates your brain. Interesting, Now, your various
tests that we see Karun doing kind of in the background, every sort of
alchemical test that Karun has in the water and this cave, Karun, you
come to the conclusion, yes, that this cave is directly over one of
the lay lines of this world, and this lay line runs towards SkyWatch in
interesting, and I imagine that there's like probably like litmus paper, you know,
testing them well, absolutely. I've got several different types of papers and
dabbing it everywhere. I've got several vials of different elements and tincture just to
test and retest. I don't want to cause a panic or anything. Excuse
me, the rest of you, excuse me, come here for a moment.
I have something to discuss it. Thank you for joining me in the
cavin. Now that if you could assemble over near where I'm assembling, Yeah,
all right, I'll speak up. You see the water over there,
It's very neutral, which is kind of strange, right, Like you would
think that there would be more minerals in it because we are surrounded by such.
But nay, it is not the case, and the peers to be
that this Kevin here is built upon the very lay lines which control the magic
from you know, the place outside SkyWatch. Yes, that's it. This
is the place from well from which the magic wells from the ground. Does
that mean is SkyWatch no longer under that spell now that the dragon is slain?
It means control whether it is or maybe? Does anyone know how to
use lay lines? I don't, No, I have a question. So
I was able to identify that the dragon had a connection to lay lines.
Do I know anything about lay lines? You can make another esoteric or role
I think, or arkana or occult. I'll take it. I'd be curious
myself. But twenty two, yar Soter, you can help with the role
if you'd like. Yes, I would love to with occultism at twenty three.
Okay, So lay lines they are found throughout the universe. They are
magical. They're magical energy that exists throughout the multiverse, and it flows within
and without all specs of all aspects of reality. In places where this magical
energy flows particularly strongly, it takes the form of lay lines, which are
like conduits of magic that flow through the cosmos. This magical energy travels through
lay lines much like blood flows through the veins of living creatures. They transcend
physical form and even across planes. They carry their own specific manifestation of magical
energy. One lay line might contain the power to enhance divinations, while another
forms a channel for the destructive power of fire. Regardless of a lay line's
specific nature, its presence influences the world around it in subtle or overt ways.
If you had gotten a crit I would give you a little bit more
info but I think that's about what you now. I will share all of
this and do so in a very bookish and nerdy way, pulling out notes
and small books like rains. At the very least, this dragon was drawing
from them for it's some power. But I have no idea if it manipulated
them for the city, or if it is mere coincidence and was drawn here.
It's probably more likely that it was drawn here. What I think the
connection would be is whatever disrupted the barrier around SkyWatch must have also interfered with
the lay line. Hmmm. I suppose it matters the timeline of whether the
lay line was always here or if it's a recent development. I don't think
they'd move, but it is always possible a rastark. Would you like to
eat its brain? Yeah? No, why would you do that? It
was told me by Shamans that you can gain knowledge from devouring parts of a
creature. I've heard that too. There's a lot of there's a lot of
science to back it up. Have got scrolls, lots of scrolls. No,
I wished to take a tooth in honor of it. They are brethren
to my kind. Are you saying you're a dragon? No? We view
them as brethren. Nonetheless, I will slaughter all of your brethren. I
think there's some miscommunication happening here. That's the truth. Yes, that is
What would you say if I said I will slaughter your entire family? Is
it your duty? Is it your will? Is it your fiber of your
to them? Will you tremble? Do you feel your hand going towards your
weapon without even cause and want to slit the throat? Desire aside moment?
Perhaps those are inside thoughts. I don't say them out loud. Yes,
expect again, melevic if you wish for truth? Oh and I meant well,
karn and begin taking a tooth. I meant, I meant well.
I know we'll discuss this later. How about you work on gathering whatever it
is you can from this creature, alchemy, food, whatnot, and I
will finish preparing the bodies. Fine as they turn around, I see a
rash talk at a distance, I do this, give him wings and make
a ending cuney, and I'll continue to try to say what I see,
what I can save it from the dragon. I will join a rash talk
inharvesting various ingredients, including water from this small pool here. Sure, so
Malvick rolled a survival check earlier, the nineteen Malvic, let's see here with
the nineteen, does he find nine thousand goat? Definitely, not only eight
thousand. That's so good to players. Give them an inch, they take
a mile. We need it every battle second. We almost got killed by
fucking drawers. Whack. Yeah, that was pretty good. We couldn't defeat
the but yeah, okay, Malvic, you are able to collect the following
roll me yeah, uh hwo D two's and shoe d tense. Okay,
we're able to harness one horn one miroga horn h one miroga eye oh seven
total Maroga teeth. This includes the one that rash talk took and three Maroga
scales. Okay. From the stuff, the trinkets and things that you all
have found, uh somebody, I think you know Karun. With your crafting
checks, you can see that the stuff that's kind of been collected by this
Maroga might be worth another one hundred gold pieces worth a random trinkets and things
hundreds of gold pieces here, keep it vague good, you'll need it all
right since I harvested the two foul and take it to a rasstock won't ask
for an all apology or any forgiveness. I'll just hand it over. Also
with the water here, it's neutral, it's portable. Yes, we can
drink it. Yeah, absolutely. I have filled up my cask, my
little water jug just to be clear. It's got it has minerals in it
and it should you know. But it's phs. It's like neutral. Oh
I see, all right, zero, Well then I would drink some can
fill up my water bottle, Karun. As you drink the water, oh
oh no, please roll me a fortitude save. Oh no, h's for
Korean krun. Some best tasting water you've ever had? Oh? Sweet,
very pleasant? Oh this is nice. Do you guys want some of those?
It's prune? Do you like being afreshing and a sort of just say
no? I want to see. It's nice to be able to hide.
Okay, well no, I mean I could really take it to leave it
have already changed the time already. Just I think it's a yes or or
no questions or no question. I don't I don't really like it. I'd
rather being a funnest. No, not really, Karun. Uh, your
curse has been broken. Oh you see, Karun, drink the water and
start coughing like violently in the water rush and she said it was good?
Are good? Good water? I thought it was good. You see height
grow taller, You see the appearance begin to change, looking more like her
old self, Karon Darling? Did they grow up just so? Do I
look different? You look the way you you did before? I feel a
little different. My ears are back interesting, your rated the stored, I
will freezing. I am so cold, oh cold, No, I'm putt
hearing this. I'm going to run over to the water and drink it myself.
Now, it'd be great if Melevic became became an lu. You rush
over to the water. You see this sort of light blue glow start to
fade from the water, same sort of blue glow that happened when the roga
used that strange force attack. It's gone. Take a zip of the water.
No, I yes, I after I saw what happened, haste fantastic,
pure clean water. It don't seem to change. I looked down and
see my reflection in the water. Dam it does my eye look all right?
Melevic, Hearend's eye is restored. You look as if you're from I
feel like I can see out of it like it hurts when the poke it.
Oh my god, let me have a look at it. What was
this water? You are fully restored? I don't know, but I'm putting
a ton of it in my jugs here. It seems only work on you,
right. I think whatever power that the lay line gave this water,
it has drained now. I think this is just a taste of what is
possible. So I'm still a monster. You are not a monster. You're
not the only one. You're not an Elephant's all right, Corona, It's
fine. Never walk away from the group. Nicely done there, I'm just
saying, and not possible to just tap back into the lay line? Are
you would be the one to ask. I'll walk over to the water,
tis see if if there is any way I can do so trying to reach
out to the lay line, sure or comma check or cultism, I don't
think so M a critical success twenty nine Yeah, rash talk. I think
for your investigations you can tell this probably occurred over a long period of time
where this lay line has sort of infused this water with magic, and the
magic has dissipated for now, might return if you're a long enough period of
time. But from what you can tell this this it's no longer magical.
How long do we think it would have taken? Decades? Hundreds, millennia
more like years? Yes, that's the answer I wished. Ah, the
magic is dissipated from the water, but it will return. How long do
you think? Yes, at most that's it. And no, it's not
very long at all. That is very good news. If Malevik witches for
it, he should mark his map and come return in five or so years.
M. I think I'll go talk to him. That is good news.
If he wishes that, I will walk away. I'm just glad not
to be a monster anymore, you know. Hm hmmmm, full elf again
I seek, and full of your hatred of other people. It's not hatred
really, m fair enough. I will continue wrapping up the bodies and you
know, whatever like cloth I can find to try and at least preserve it
properly. I'll be writing all of this down in a notebook. Meanwhile,
Albic maur Celia, Hey, I'm fine, No you're not, that's right
there. And my finger tips what why do you think you are a monster?
Look at me? Horns, teeth, claws, tail scales, spikes,
homes of a monster. Everyone calls me my own mother. That's what
I am, and that's what I am destined to be forever. I almost
forgotten now it is to be human. If I could ever say that.
When I saw a change to something beautiful, I thought I could. Are
you saying you were human? Once I feel that I was, I don't
know anymore. All I know is this monstrosity that I look at in the
reflections of water in people's eyes every day. My mother was human, I
believe, of some sort. That's hard to remember what you looks like when
you see someone stare at you as if they want to bury you alive.
There was some kind of human contact at one point. I almost forgot what
it felt like until we went into that room and they jogged the memory.
I just wanted to feel normal for once. Whatever that feels like. You
see it. Though they all look at me, you're a beast. Well,
when I look at you, I don't see a beast. I don't
see a monster. I see someone who's passionate and strong. You are perhaps
the most strongest willed person I've ever met, without contest, and you are
who you say you are. You have been transparent, you have been clear,
You speak your mind. You are not one of deceit. I don't
think whatever happened to you defines you for who you are. I have seen
someone loyal, someone protective. You didn't know any of my my companions,
and you still chose to help them. You have become part of our family.
You're wrong about one thing. I do lie to myself constantly tell myself
I'm okay with who I am and what I've become. It's all I know.
No one would have a love beast like me. No one whatever look
at me as if others look at each other. I have accepted that.
And I had just slipped my mind for a brief second, seeing coron change,
I thought maybe I had a chance. That it was silly of me,
it was wrong to think that someone like me would get a chance.
Hey, step forward, and I put my hand on your arm. Just
because it happened once doesn't mean it can happen again. If we are on
a lay line, if our path continues this way, it's possible we might
find it again. Fade whatever is okaind I have to accept this monstrosity that
I am. Kill dragons see their heart, believing that it'll restore me,
It'll make me stronger, so I could take the life of the one who
made me like this. I didn't ask for this. Yeah, I didn't
ask for it, but I have received it. Most of the things that
happened in our lives we didn't ask for. All we can do is persevere
in the face of it. You are what you do when it matters.
And I don't think this will defeat you. I think you will figure it
out. I think you will overcome it. I think you are stubborn enough
to find an answer. I just think today it wasn't it. Maybe you
hated a reminder. It's clearly very important to you. I appreciate your confident.
Do you know what the wonderful thing about this is? I squeeze your
arm. You don't have to look for the answer alone. Now you don't
give me your knife. I cut my hand and I'm making a promise.
I promise through a blood bond that I will help you. Celia. As
you draw blood over a lay line, you not only say these words,
they reverberate against the mountain around you. You feel these words have power.
What do you say, I will help you find what you need to have
happiness, I promise. Hm. There is there is this reberation that begins
to happen. You see, it's a rubble begin to fall down the sides
of the mountain, and there is blood begins seeping out from where you cut
yourself or Celia. It begins flowing rapidly. M hm hm hmm. I
don't look at it. Look at you. Well, I'll grab at it.
No, no, no, you will grab me ar Celia's hand.
The blood begins to wrap around you both and circling both of your hands,
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