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slash discord. Thank you Joy. There on the western horizon. It is
a song. It is the sign that we have been waiting for. We
must go what vision the sign? Did you not see the light? It
landed in the western horizon? And no, h I believe we should investigate
what is happening. Let's extrapolate this a little bit. What do you What
are you talking about? Vision that I have? Yes, this divine beast
wrapped me in its wings. It was white and glowing. It was just
like that falling star. Is the beast here with us right now? No?
Well, I don't know what you guys want to do. I would
like to make sure that we are not going to get eaten the way that
these horses are most certainly being eaten. So I will attempt to devise some
method of protection for us, and I'm open to the idea of going to
that is that in the same direction that we need to go. It is
towards so chorus whist. Then I see no reason why we cannot check it.
It's fine, that sounds great, We'll make a day of it.
Socca Watchie. Is there any way that you and I can try to work
together to figure out exactly how far it fell? I suppose I will break
out some paper and some ink, a lot of map, and I would
like to try to use an equation mathematics, leaning heavily on Socca Watchie's astronomy
here to see exactly where it fell. Yes, she has an astrolabe that
you received when you were in SkyWatch that helps Saco WATCHI with such things.
She already has a ridiculous lore role for this. Why not make it better?
Right? Uh? Okay the astrolabe? Do we have a bonus from
that? Where was the U? I feel like I had these notes in
place and I do not know where they are. Does anybody have the stats
for that? You can find it? I just don't have a handy.
Yes, I just found it astidym of fog stars yo apply to it can
be used as an a mariner's astrolabe. In addition, can produce the follow
fact. Okay, so it's going to be circumstance bonus. Okay, but
she still has a very high score. Let's see what she gets and I
will help however much I can. Okay, I will take nature, I
will take survival. I will do a nature check then, yeah, fifteen
perhaps not very helpful. Okay, this is going to take a little bit
of time for you to work out. Is anybody doing anything else while this
is happening? While Sakawachi and our Celia start to get to work on trying
to figure this stuff out, I am trained in survival. Can I attempt
to help with the operation of the astrolabe? Sure? If you want to
sort of be part of the math team here, Yeah, sure, it
makes sense. I am quite on edge. I still have my shield up
and I am looking around. Okay, survival check from you, Kuran rash
talk Malovic doing anything else? That's a thirteenth Where am I? I'm just
keeping an eye out the surroundings since I can see pretty far in the dark,
and as a light or above us, some guess scouting, even an
eye on things. He was sixty feet up? Is that right? Yes?
If possible, I'd like to try to think on it. Any sort
of creature that might fit the description of whatever took the horse, if I
can rack my brains, and if that's a nature or Connor nature. Critical
success with the thirty four Okay, trying to find the right way to answer
this twice on this weird thing. Uh, Okay, With the information that
you have, what you've seen, there's a lot of things that can do
this. Some things make more sense than others. Worst case scenario could be
a dragon. I think you can probably rule that out. You think that
Malvic would pick up on something like that. I think a better guest here
is some kind of demon. Now you rolled the crit so I feel like
I want to give you something here, but you have very limited information as
well. So what I'm gonna say is demon seems the most likely, but
there are many creatures that can do this. Could also be something in disguise,
maybe someone in the caravan. Someone in the cavan seems unlikely since no
magic and no tracks exactly. The sky or demon wouldn't do it. Though,
would it be right to think that demons would have left a trace of
magic depending on what they've done. True, some of them can fly.
There are some pretty horrific demon creatures that have strange abilities, not necessarily magical.
Some of them are physical. But it's the most likely scenario. I
think. The thing that really creeps you out here a rash talk, is
just how well it was done for no one to find anything. I did
roll in the last time to smell for sulfur, and you said there was
no sulfur, no sulfur. Mhm. Who would be standing around still not
working on things? You said you were part of the Oh we're not talking
about that. Sorry, it's even uh h yah h yes, uh maybe
bad news uh putting their pieces together. Whatever did this, I do not
think it is of mundane nature. It is a high probability of demonic activity,
wonderful and not a good one. If they can do it so precisely
and cleanly, there is likely high intellect. Flight is an option dragons perhaps,
though I think that would have been noticed by Malevic. They're no dragons
mm hm hmm. Demon seems most likely. Perhaps it would be our best
interest to keep moving then perhaps eh, if this is a territory, But
if it is hunting, it will follow no matter what. Traveling at night,
it's only going to make it easier for it to pick off the ones
that are lacking fine double watches. Maybe an ideal so that if someone is
attacked, one can call out. All right, if we discern what time
of night it is, closer to dawn or probably midway, I'd say it's
probably like q am h m hmm. Seems like we have a whole till
dawn. May need to bundle up, keep everybody accounted for until fast light,
or we play bait. Demons are known for games, They're known for
doing things for the game of it, so it's right if we leave ourselves
on the camp, it may follow us. If that's what's truly hunting us.
They definitely took off the weakest. Maybe just y how we react,
it's possibly a good thing that we're not doing anything to rash bait. Seems
unwise. If we are away from the group, we are easier pickings.
Yes, I understand it might draw it out, but that may not go
well depending on the demon. I only suggest because we are the ones that
could probably deal with it the best out of this whole situation. Then that
means such as a raschock mentioned double watches would be good. I know that
I but likely we need more rest, but I'm not sure. I think
Karoun, you need less sleep than we do. Is that correct? Or
is that incorrect? It's not really sleep, it's just sort of heaving,
really witching by a wall. Still need it though? Yes, right,
we should be all right as long as we rotate watches. Then let's get
everyone gathered, perhaps in a circle so that we all have vision of each
other. Or move the wagons, get everyone all plumped up together. M
sleep back to back indeed, m hm. And keep the horses close as
well, since they are kind of important to all of this as well.
If it's intelligent ender demon, removing horses means it slows us down. That
is an excellent point. What's the temperature coldly? Yeah, it's pretty cold.
It's not freezing like you know, it has that extra crisp wind.
How long does your light stay lit? As long as I wish it to?
Can you be unconscious while it's lit? Yes, it stays until I
dismiss it or a full twenty four hours pass we leave that up. Unfortunately,
will not be that comfortable for those that want to sleep, But I
believe if you're tired enough, we can do that. Suggest that we've probably
circled the caravans in a circle of formation around us all, and we sit
in the middle. That way, it's a barrier of some sort. Horses
in as well. Yes, agreed, Let's just make sure that we're aware
of who's actually a warrior in this caravan as well. There may be a
couple. I know that there was one. We should get Atic and have
him organize the rest of them. Indeed, there were watches with us.
I seem right. Who would like to speak to Atiksen? What do you
probably should? I still get foul looks. I am going to continue my
watch. I will speak to Atic. I think perhaps I will speak to
the adorable little little hefling. How about we go together? All right?
Excellent? Uh? Karen, I'm gonna say that you're not able to help
the calculations? Can I hurt? Can you hurt? If I cannot help?
You are making you're a hurt? Couldn't let make it worse? Perhaps?
Well you did? You werelled to thirteen, so you probably like stepped
on the document with I thought you meant with the half thing. Never mind.
Oh you definitely can hurt there as well. Okay, good just making
sure. Yeah, yeah, okay, so ours Celia, You and Sacawatchi.
You're going to spend some time doing this. This is basically requiring some
math and some trajectory stuff in vector math and all kinds of stuff. Yes,
and I try to pull out some math. Then we will try to
see what course we would have to take to get there. Such is a
lot of work. Yes, okay, you rolled a fifteen on your nature
check to assist Sakawachi. Sakawachi technically got a twenty six on her lore astronomy
role for this. Uh okay, let's see here. From what you can
tell, this star or whatever it was, looks like it has fallen along
a different path than Cannabras. It is maybe a few days south of Cannabis.
What that means that you would have to break from the caravan follow it?
Mm hmmm. I will look to sakawachie, Look, it looks like
it's a few days out from cannaverse. It will not be say if we
travel without the caravan. Could I convince you that we go with the caravan
and after we hit Carabras, that we go south in search of your creature.
Everything that I know he's telling me to follow this vision, go now
as quickly as we can. Quickly does not mean that we will make it.
There are we all over here in this since we're entirely it or No,
I think you're probably back with them. I think Yara and u Karun
it probably started to head off to talk to m right the rest of the
carts. Okay, if I overhear this, I will step up and say
I will travel with them now and that we'll meet with you when we catch
up. That way we do both things. The potential demon, though,
probably be attracted to the bigger party, and no, if it is zion
to it will go for the smaller one. It also seems like it goes
for the weaker. Yes, it may see the smaller one as weaker.
That's good. We have Danigi and I well fit warriors. I think it's
true. With our bow, and if it gets a near shot, we'll
do what I can. But the mess the rest of us, the bigger
part of our mission will be met. The caravan will be safe. Psychowachi
will go with or without us. Do you not know that they stick true
to their visions at least if I go, We're hitting two things. Number
One, they start to trust us more because we're trusted in their vision,
and two we have able bodies. If they go without us and we lose
PSYCHOWATCHI, we lose visions. It is the only thing that we can do
right now. If you are concerned, you can come with us. The
caravan has warriors as well. If we leave at least two of us behind,
they have a good chance of surviving. Let me do the math real
quick. I would like to try to define how fast we can make it
to the location of where the creature fell with just our party with Sakowachi.
Okaym essentially abandoning the caravan. I'll take a survival check for this. Not
great thirteen okay, gosh talk. Can you help me look at the map?
Yes, I'm not sure why you were trying to do that on your
own. Literally has the map like upside down and backward? Would you like
me to roll to El dedumine this? Can you do the math for me?
You can do a survival check. M hmm, Okay, yes,
twenty two. Okay, map probably isn't detailed enough to give you the most
accurate information. Basing what you heard from atik M. This was like the
entirety of the trip was about ten days. You've been traveling for two days
thus far. This is the end of the second day. Basically, the
best I think that you can make out is this. If you separate from
the caravan to head to this, this will probably take maybe an extra day.
What you can tell, it's not a pop, skip and a jump
doing the night then yeah, if you were to say, head to Kennibris
afterwards, then it would be a few days to head to Cannabis. Mm
hmm. So it's it's it's basically instead of a straight line, it kind
of just doesn't dip. Yeah, in the idea, Ah, you cannot
get there tonight, even if you were to be quick about it. The
distance is too great. It would add a few days to the trip.
Likely if we went there first to the falling, I'll say a thing,
and then Cannibra's after. I'll just turned towards psychoat I believe we must head
there with all haste together. Now you must see that our fates are entwined.
I believe you, I will go. I'll start packing up my stuff.
I will also start packing. This is unwise. If we do not
all go together, I'll place my hand on a ras shot and say I
understand you. Because said, I will say it was odd and traveling with
you. And if we get to meet up again, and that would be
great. But some fates threads, however you may put it. Shaman's always
said that we were on a we were all part of a bigger wone quilt
of fate. So whatever thread that we are, even if it spaces out
between us, we more than likely come together in some way, shape or
form and some ideal place. Maybe this is how it is supposed to be
spun. Shummans are wrong regularly. M hm m hm, yes they are.
And why will we not ask the rest? If they just wish to
go now the caravan? Why run away with five minutes? We could ask
the question. This is foolish, malevic. I have nothing again to ask
him. I just know that if they say no, that I will be
departing with them. M Let me, at the very least go find Yara
and Karun and speak to them. I will be right back Uh, Yara
Karun, You've been going around trying to talk to the rest of the caravan.
What's what's happening. Well, I'm really trying to follow Yara's lead here.
I understand that some people like the tiny Heffling might him be afraid of
someone so tall and striking as myself then muscular really and muscular, and as
I'm really taking Yada's lead here, Well, firstly, we would be discussing
with all of the caravan as our plan to get everyone encircled, possibly provide
a fire in the middle so that we provide warmth, helping them to move
their wagons and whatnot into a circular pattern, keeping the horses together, et
cetera. Okay, all right, yeah, it's I'm not going to make
you make a roll for this. They're they're definitely on board for protecting a
caravan. This isn't hard to do. We'll get woken up. This isn't
this isn't a role kind of thing. I didn't know if you're gonna propose
any sort of insane plans or anything, but this all seems totally reasonable.
I don't imagine them having any disagreement. Then when do I ever have insane
plans, not right now at least? Okay, all right, fair enough,
ar Celia begins to make your way over towards you. Hey, is
everything going all right over here? Yes? Yes, I've gotten all of
the caravans to stop moving the wagons all into a circle to keep eyes on
one another. You have your pack change of plans. Scaactually wants to move
now in the middle of the night, I looked at Karun. Is not
a good idea, But why is there some sort of time limit? There
is great urgency being expressed by our friend and prophecy vision, all the things
that have brought us together, the civilians. So I suppose we should poise
a choice to the caravan to either come with us, to move forward at
the very least, or to leave. I don't exactly feel comfortable letting them
fend for themselves, least of all because of the tiny, diminutive leader they
have, the adorable little hefling I can put in my pocket. I don't
want to see his little guy splited everywhere. No, but it is important
to note that these people have been doing this for a long time without us
as well. Yeah, do we do do YadA? And I know if
they have they have like security here? Yes, Well, what tends to
be what you've seen here essentially is that usually each each cart of the caravan
has like some kind of a watch of some kind. Some have full on
old Mendevian crusader guards, you know, that would most likely be pretty capable.
Others sort of have some people with some you know, some bows and
arrows or crossbows. What about this place? We like, we just woke
everyone up. Did we see anyone who's pay defending this? Get? Well?
Yeah, like I said, I mean like each each cart kind of
has their own you mean, each cart more than just visha or not?
Then I mean, I suppose we can go. It just seems so sudden.
Yes, it is unfortunate. And try to appeal to Sakawachi's reason that
it seems perhaps this is one of those times where we don't follow a reason,
right, all right, I suppose let us let us see if the
rest of the caravan would like to come with us, And uh, I
mean it's possible we're going to be walking straight into quite a bit of danger.
These visions have led us to danger before, have they not? I
know? But whether their choice to we have soko. Watch you will not
stop, all right. I'm not going anywhere without any of you. So
let us let us have that conversation with the caravaners and then so make our
way. I'll make sure no one leaves without you, and I'll begin to
pack your things. Thank you, good luck. M I'm coming with Yes,
this is going to This is going to be difficult. Let's go to
atic first is already halfway there. I'm like scurrying trying to catch up,
holding my scats. Karoon, my darling. We've got treatsops at hello,
you secure those bags. I have little treats. He secure those bags.
Just put them, uh, put them over there and make sure they're all
bundled together. So if we have to move in a hurry that we can
just grab them and throw them back into the cart. But for now we
can use them as a place to lay against. Yes, Kadun has tied
a string to the end of one of the sticks, and it's like wiggling
it in front of the Hipnick, I'm going to just I'm going to swatted
hello atik so hm hmm. You can show me the toy letter. We
have a little bit of an adjustment with our group. Well what do you
mean, Well, Soakawachi and she had a vision, And there are these
visions that a lot of us have been having within our party, ones that
are very important to the cause in which we are fighting, which we are
traveling to. What does that have to do with us? Well, we
Sarkawachi wants to leave now. It is her gut feeling. Yes, going
towards what he thought for I am in agreement with you on that, but
I cannot leave any of them behind, and nor can Karon Hi. So
we wanted to pose the question to you all. I know you have many
capable fighters. However, this creature that perhaps is preying upon the caravan,
they are highly intelligent. According to rasch Tuk, it could be any number
of demon or something terrible. That's what we've been postulating as well. So
I suppose the question that I pose to you and the rest of the caravan
is whether or not you would like to come with us or with you?
Yes, no, we are heading to Cannabis, all right, that is
what I figured as you should you should go as quickly as you can.
It's dangerous out here right now. Yes, we will be securing the camp
as best we can for the night, and we will be leaving at first
light. Perfect. Is there anything that we can do for you before we
leave, anything that you might need in order to prepare? No? Is
there anything that you need before you leave? Perhaps your thoughts and prayers.
I am no cleric, nor am I. Karuna is at full squat,
so she's like face to face with the hair fling and just opens her arms.
I don't understand what's happening, like a hug. No, that's fine,
it's a fine, adorable, adorable I don't I don't know you.
I don't adorably comfortable doing that? Would you like some treats? I have
hair fling treats. I have a couple of little ground up pieces of the
dried fruit I've rolled in the little balls. I have food. Do you
think I'm a child? Oh? No, no adult, that is a
grown person. Yes, And now that Karoon is shorter than me, I'm
going to ruffle her hair regressively. Oh isn't she just adorable? She's so
funny. We must be on our way, darling, but we wish you
all the best. Please be careful. Hopefully we will make our way to
where you are eventually and check on you be safe on your trip. If
you are leaving now, you're to keep an eye out, yes, and
best of luck to you. Will please be careful. I know that you
will be, but I have a a deep gut feeling that this is not
good, very not good. Safe travels. Thank you. As we are
walking away, I just want to look over my shoulders were leaving. It's
just the heffling, a little bit of fruit coron. That is a crony
walking a crown person. It's a heafling who's probably older than me. It's
adorable, all right. They are kind of cute. Adorable r don't ever
tell anyone I said that so cute. I know they are so cute.
Well, they just put them in my pocket. I know they're so tiny.
Wait, dwarfs are tiny too, what's what? Well? You you
like halflings because they're tiny, right, but you hate dwarts. Well,
they are tiny and non threatening and also have flings like being outside the nature
and not destroying it for the sake of profit overall. Oh well, I've
I mean. In my time on the warfront the Gravelengs, there were quite
a few very marvelous and very skilled fighters who were halflings. No, I'm
serious, they were. They were devastating on the on the battlefield, very
devastating. I'm sure it was so so scary. I mean they were fighting
some of the most powerful undead demons, things of that nature. Oh,
certainly, all right, hm hm. Anyway, let's make our way back
to everyone. Venturing back to the rest of the group, you can see
people securing various uh cargo back into the back into the wagon. They do
not wish to come with us. It will be continuing on their way to
cannabis. M hm, So I love you are coming. Was it even
a question? Hm? We are a unit. We do not split up.
Mm hmm. That is good. Does anyone let us go out to
you know, whom of the astronomer? The human? Oh, the human?
One of the how many are in their group? Jim, one of
the four Karun says, oh, the human, but actually has no idea
which human the one who uses the astrolabe? Yes, seize the stars?
Definitely, Yes, you wanted to learn about the stars from them? Yes,
yes, all right, anyway, yes, let us let them Soakawachi
and Osilia. No, and we would do that, we would go over
to them and let them know I would be speaking to Sakoachi, beseeching them
to wait at the very least for our group. Look, we started this
together. Our intention is to finish it together. That is my intention as
well. Look here they come, hello, well the caravan as they wish
to continue on to Cannabris. They do not wish to come with us.
And I am not leaving my companions. Of course I would go with you
the rest of your companions. DearS, we're all in agreement. Oh that
is good to here. Are you all right? Am I all right?
No? No, I am not all right. I I have not been
challenged like this in my life, and I do not mean from you.
I mean all of this. I have had visions for most of my life,
but they come so frequent now they confuse me. And seeing this star
like a beacon showing me the way, after thinking that we are lost,
that I have been making the wrong choices, that I have led you astray,
and maybe you have led me astray. After seeing the star, now
er I have been shaken awake again the divine being you saw in your vision,
Sakuachi, could you describe that again to me? Like a large,
dazzling white bird surrounded by a whirlwind of snow, had large wings that were
covered in ice, but it felt warm upon my skin. Reminded me of
home. Does this description sound familiar? That's all I wanted to know.
Yes, of any sort of god or deity or religion, check, I
would be feeding of the occult. In this case, you can make accultism
check because I don't think it's divine. I will re roll that when I
was sixteen under thirty's thirty one twenty five religion. Okay, you are not
familiar with what Takawachi is talking about. That is no deity that I know.
I cannot think of any creature that it lines up with in my studies.
Could I possibly make an esoteric rial here for a creature? Sure?
Twenty three doesn't sound familiar to you? I suggest we get going, Yes,
or sould you cast light on this hatchet? Yes? Hey, tick,
the light is about to go out above you. I wish to inform
you and hold up a hand, thank you, and cast light. Eating
the fruit? I'm so sorry? Is he eating the fruit? Is he
nibbling on it like a tiny like a tiny mammal? I can't see that
far karoon all right, never mind, and there is light cast on your
hatchet. It will stay there indefinitely until I determine otherwise, even if I
go down, if I die, it stays there for twenty four hours.
All right, you need to get in the formation. I don't believe we're
able to take any of the caravans that he came here with. So we're
all walking. Everyone, okay with that? Indeed, what I will do
is I will throw this hatchet as far as I can in front of us.
City of your lights, Soka. Watch you secured this wagon. You're
still traveling with your wagon. Oh, just as a part of the rest
of the caravan. You guys are diverging. What is what is pulling the
wagon? Are we pulling the wagon? You're not pulling the wagon? Now
gets in the front, Karo, and it's your turn. We have a
horse though, Yes, there's a single rowan horse. What is its name?
Does it have one blossom? Do I get to name the horse?
Is it's a hat? And everything? I will be in the front.
I will walk. You will throw this hat as far as I can't give
a light horse in front something as a target. I will listen to driving
Kol was lukuk is Uh probably not driving the wagon. I think it was
Numa, and I will relate to a Numa. But yeah, I'll throw
the badget as far as I can, since his light is bright for a
couple of reasons, able to deter anything that's in our way, and to
give us a source to walk to, us to go towards. And if
the hatchet disappears or something happens, we know something's up and I can always
return in back to me. Okay, I'll post up in the rear guard.
I have dark vision, so I'll be able to see if anything is
stalking us from behind. I'll be in the caravan, walking next to the
caravan, but I do seek out Sakachi okay. Uh Sachi's definitely gonna be
like inside the wagon for sure, and I'd climb in uh sakawachie. Yes,
I do implore you to remember my words from before about the visions,
and I'm not saying it is incorrect, just to be careful. Piece that
I thought stuck out about that creature. You also described hypothermia. Do remember,
Yeah, you are used to that knowledge. Just be aware that warmth
could be a warm embrace of death. Please make a diplomacy check. Yes,
and I'm going to use the ability I haven't yet. I did by
the stars. It is free. I roll with advantage and if I can
see the stars, I will get a plus one to send roll sure trying
to use Sacawachi's own bullshit against her, Yes one in twenty seven. Okay,
Luckily for you, mercury is not in retrograde right now. Good so,
uh, Saco Wachi says, I understand you say rushed. I know
you are worried. Saco Watchie puts a hand like on your uh, probably
on your on your hand and says, I will be careful, but you
must also understand I have had these visions for a long time, and you
see something like this clear signal is rare. When it happens, I feel
implored to answer and follow it. I do understand. Believe me, m
I grew up in a peoples of divination and shamanistic visions myself. I understand
that. Do bear in mind we were all compelled towards the gates and we
have seen what that has done. Just be careful and do not trust implicitly.
I mean this with kindness, but you do not trust us implicitly,
and we have proven ourselves to you physically. This vision has not trusted implicitly
would be a disservice to us traveling with you, and we will be cautious.
That is what I ask. Do not run with open arms before knowing
exactly. But this thing is do you remember Rush Duck. You are here
as well. We are trusting you, so please trust us. Yes,
that is all. It gives you a quick smile and sort of patch your
hand. She nods her head and she sort of scoots up to the front
behind a numa looking out at the front opening. This is a like a
covered wagon with a canvas tarp over the top. I climb out and walk
probably behind it, in between the caravan itself and uh Ersilia. Yes,
so the caravan marches on through the night Exploration mode time. What's everybody doing.
I'm going to keep reading and studying. I have two more nights I
need to read. Probably have to be on the wagon. Then I'd get
on in the wagon, possibly sit on the edge if there's a lip.
If not, I would climb in. I mean, I guess I'm scouting.
Everything that we do in exploration mode is half speed for the most part,
so it'll be scouting. Okay, I'm also scouting, but at the
rear guard I will be defending, and that's also half speed. But I'll
be outside of the caravan walking. It is nighttime, yes, oh yeah
at Ale of Nike kind of doing this in side of the caravan, eaving,
sleeping, eaving. Okay, actually I think it would make sense.
I'm searching instead of scouting because I am moving literally with the caravan, so
I will search instead. Sorry, just double checking on search or some stuff.
Okay, alrighty, let's see here. Malvic, please make a perception
check for me. Roll me a flanty twenty please, Malavik five mphy.
Everybody please make me a and I'm sorry this doesn't include Korean. Everybody,
please make a fortitude save if you are staying awake throughout the entirety of the
night. Six actually mm hmmm, yeah, I re roll it, yes,
Sarah, I'm trying to see what it is. Exhausted. Does that's
what it would be? Right? It's fatigued. Yes, it sucks.
Oh. I will attempt to reroll it, but I don't know. Nineteen
okay, Doki, uh check the DC for this. Mm hmmm mm hmm.
Malvik Yarra, you are both fatigued, h real. But you travel
through the night. Eventually daybreak occurs. You're all pretty tired. Except for
Karun. I guess Uma. Uma has sort of traded off with Ulukuk and
Danigi driving the caravan through the night, and you all have kind of mostly
kept pretty aware throughout the night. Being on your toes has left you pretty
tired. In the case of Yarra and Malvic, they are fatigued. I
think somebody would probably pick up on the fact that they're starting to look fatigued
at this point, it would make the suggestion to stop. I would Hey,
we're beginning to slow down. I think we need to take a break.
Are we sure? I believe we can keep going. We cannot travel
for several days without sleep, Yara, it is not a day away,
hmm. Not just true. You can all tell that you're probably getting close
to the edge of the Austrovian forest. Trees have started to sit out a
little bit. There's probably some wetter areas, a little bit more damp here
a rash talk. There's definitely like a little bit of uh, it's not
quite a swamp, but it's definitely wetter here, and there's insects and things
moving about despite the cold I have. If I have time, or when
we have time, I will be looking for herbs I may recognize. Okay,
the wagon starts to slow down. Whoa, I guess the group will
tell that I stopped throwing the hatchet because I am losing energy. Let's take
some time to refill our bellies and take a load off our feet. We
need to recharge. If you're going to straight ahead, hm hm, that's
the case, then I will climb into the wagon. If there's room for
a big, old person like me, it's definitely not okay. Well yeah,
I mean if everybody's sort of sitting in the wagon, you're in there
like everybody's I mean, not many people are in the wagon. Sorry,
well, oh, there's nine people in the wagon. I thought people were
Well no, no, no, no, I'm saying if everyone is in
the wagon, there's like one person driving, and then there's like eight ePol
kind of squish together. It's a little bit like the middle seat in the
back of the car. In the wagon, there's not a lot of space.
Generally, if you want to sleep, it's recommended that you either try
to do it sitting up, like in the middle seat, or like making
camp and pitching some tents and doing it that way. You can definitely try
to sleep like sitting up. It's not gonna be great, but could you're
doing this face into the corner, just like the Blair Witch project just too.
You'd probably be done by now. You need four hours? Right?
Perfect? Yeah, I'm good. Yep, there's no room. I'm just
going to silently like unroll my bags in. Uh, sleep is done.
I hop out and not just give high five? Is I look to Saka
WATCHI and them. Are they setting up their own camp? Yes? Then
I will set one up as well. M Is it wise to be traveling
at night and not the day? We can rest here, But I feel
the day is safer. Is it day or night? It's day, it's
morning like crack a dawn. We probably should have waited the first light.
In my this is part of what I suggested. I mean, it's only
eight hours. See, we'll have the rest of the data's travel again.
I I just need to rest well. Actually, how many hours did we
get prior to the whole issue at the caravan? About four hours? Four
hours? Would we need to get a full eight, or would myself and
Malevic need to get four? You and Malevic would definitely need the full eight,
right, Yeah, you were up all night and pushing it. Yeah,
and you were on the lookout. Yeah. Well, I'll make a
suggestion that you're not gonna like obviously. Within four whenever they are ready to
go, you can all leave and I'll get my thoughts rest in and I
can always catch up. I have survived alone in jungles more dangerous than this
forest. Mavic, you would not be alone. I am far too tired
to keep walking. Then that Manovic and started right setting up the tenth.
Let's just just get some rest. We can make some headway. At least
there will be some people maybe awake for the first night shift to allow you
walk to get some rest. I'll take first watch. Just get some few
hours. You'll rotate, and if anyone's still tired, we can just have
them sit up in the wagon and you can I just take turns. I
thank you, rush Stock. I just I'm just going to get everything set
up, get cook site going. I believe I can rule it a survival
for the camp. Yeah, to see how good it is. H mmmm,
it's thirteen. Yes, I'm trained at survival like the cyst was.
Yes, I'm we're rolling great today. Everyone. That's a plus eleven.
There, that was a bad rule. I'm trying to decide if I wish
to rerule. No, I do not, not for the first night.
If we need two weekends later. Yeah, I'm probably giving the I'm probably
pulling out the infinite rations for the meal. They probably spill on to the
ground. Before I go to sleep, I'm going to sneak a very fresh
apple that I got at the market to Karun. He wanted one of these,
right, Oh I did, Yes, thank you. Karun breaks the
apple in two with her tiny hands and brings one of the halfs over to
the blossom, and I will attempt to befriend the horse. Absolutely make a
take either a nature or a diplomacy check. Well, definitely nature. That's
an eighteen. Do I get any kind of bonus for offering it food as
well? Yeah? Absolutely? Karun is whispering softly in Elvin, thank you
for your labor. That thing it does that thing where horses look fucking crazy
when it looks at you like it, it does that you know where it's
all like white, and it's like it's it's it's eyeballs are down at the
corner like and it just it does that thing with its lips where they go
the wrong way and the teeth come out like an Aliens movie, and it
just like chumps under the apple are very strange. They really are. I
would ride through demonic fires to save you, Blossom. I know you would
do the same for me in Elvish. In Elvish, I I hear you,
and I don't think that's what horses do them into like this rather small,
this one knows. Hmmm. See, may maybe will just roll out
her alchemist kit and just immediately start doing daily preparations. Okay, while you
watch, Celia, I can work on your hands, all right, sounds
good to me, gentle. I'm bruise easily. Yes, that is znish
you with tattoos upon the hands. You will be bruised for a while likely
mm hmm. So what did we roll last time for this? Oh?
It was very good for the tattoos I did, and that was it.
I only roll once, but yes, it was good enough that you it
was a thirty two. You cut a day off of the time. Okay,
yeah, is it like a thorn that you're using to do this.
So I actually I bought a Sterling silver toolkit for this. They're artisan tools,
so that it's probably fancier than a thorn. That's a what I've done
originally. Yeah yeah, uh oh yeah. You're expecting like a rash talk
to take out this like hodgepodge, you know, hit like it's probably just
like an ink bottle and just something sharp, and it's not. It's like
it's sweet tattoo kit. You know. He's got this uh, this thing
like laid out like he drops you know, like opens up the leather by
like whipping it with his with his hand and it falls out like a like
a set of chefs chef knives that it's all needles. Uh. And you
get to work. Okay, the third day I think working on it.
Okay, I'll trust you to keep track of that. If it is day
three, then it is the third day. Yeah, all right. As
you're working, I would say to you, our vessels are our most sacred
thing, These bodies that we wear, that carry us and among my people,
the stories that they've been through, the marks that they wear is something
of pride, something of identity. It is most humbling and most honored that
I get to share this with you. You will be a part of the
rest of my life. This is kind and these will laid you in that
journey. You will be able to read texts that you could not before,
even if you do not know the language. It should aid your travels and
studies. I don't know what will become of us after this entire adventure,
when we eventually decide to go wherever we go, but I will always think
of you as my friend. Thank you. I will view you all the
same. You have a gentle touch. It takes precision. A slight mistake
would ruin it entirely. I have grown to be needing to be delicate.
Writing is not a way of my people, so I had to len.
I admire your patience. It is a rare trait to find among people,
rare among mine, one of many reasons why you are so special. I
do not know what these runes mean. By the way, I don't either.
Perhaps once it's finished, I'll tell you what it says. It may
impot that on you, yes, but to stop moving all right now,
you'll get comfortable and keep an eye out on our surroundings. I wonder if
this is one of those moments where like a white person goes to tattoo parlor
for like an Asian. It looks so cool. I'm glad you said that,
because that's exactly what I was picturing. I was like, it's totally
gonna say chicken dumpling just on my hand, but ignorant white man. So
you you start working on this, and a rash Talk is quite skilled at
this. You feel very little pain as this is being done. He's being
very cautious about the way that he does it, and it's a it's a
fairly easy process. As this happens. Any pain that I do feel,
I will embrace it. I will encourage it. Pain is to be alive,
and at this moment, I'm thriving sharing it with rash Talk. Is
anybody doing anything else while this is going on? Is everybody just kind of
going to be resting? Me me me, me, me me me.
I'm done sleeping, so I will be doing my daily preparations. Okay,
all right, fair enough, Uh Korean. You can definitely see like everybody
else is kind of trying to rest or get ready for rest, and Uh
Sakawachian and her companions, and Numa, Ulukuk and Danigi are probably having your
own conversations. I think you can hear, like Danigi trying to work out
some kind of like guard shift around Sakawachi and trying to be awake when Sacawachi
is awake, et cetera. And Ulukuk and Numa are probably just conversing about
you know who who will drive the cart and you know and they're they're kind
of just talking about trading off back and forth like a long car trip.
So everyone's gonna basically rest. Is anybody taking a watch, I am,
depending on how long did they live daily preparations, only an hour or so
after that time, I will be also watching. I will not push myself
to the point of exhaustion. Once Rashtak is finished, and once my fatigue
begins to set in, I will tag team with kurn Okay Arcilia, please
roll me a D twenty Tenkay, You're uh, your rest goes undisturbed.
Uh? The I guess the uh the group is trying to sleep for eight
hours? Is that what I'm getting at here? I would suggest I would
suggest that we try to do like four or six and if people are still
tired and want to get full eight Maybe throw them in the wagon. That
way we can at least get some progress going. We don't want to burn
all of the daylight. Yeah, that's fine, as long as there's room
for Yara and Malvic to squish up in the caravan. I'm basically going to
have to do that, you know thing where if you're riding in the middle
seat on a flight or something, think you're just gonna rigidly just try to
sleep like this. No, no, you all can walk. We need
to sleep. Yeah, no, I'm I think that will probably be good
for about two hours. I don't think we want to do that too long,
so six hours of rest would be preferable. Okay, So, uh,
if you want to do watches, somebody would have to take a second
watch. Karun and Uh Orcelia can take the first watch, unless you want
to do a second watch or however you want to do that. Tell me
that sounds fun to me. I will do a watch, But if we
are trying to double up, I would wait for either one of the companions
Soako, Watchie or any of them. Okay, I think is more focused
on Soak and sort of protecting Snakawachi more than anybody else, so Denigi will
probably focus on that. If you guys are interested in doing the six hours
and then two hours trying to rest while moving, we can say that uh
Snaka watching Danny will do the same thing. I think they get as much
sleep as you did, so we'll still need somebody else to do the watch.
I mean, Karun doesn't need any more sleep. If Karun wishes to
have a second watch, I'll do it. I'm not going to take a
fatigue for the semi Yeah, I'll do it. Hey, you gotta you
gotta a rest. You get did your trance meditation whatever it's called. Eeving
sure fit? Yeah, Karun, make a flan D twenty roll for me,
please seventeen okay, please roll me a perception check. I will roll
you a perception check. Good twenty I received twenty six? Okay, very
well. I was enough with this this watch, by the way. You
I was with Karoon for this watch, by the way. Okay, all
right, or note, I don't think I need to rule anything. Just
a note. Six hours past Yara and Malvic, you are still it egued.
But if you get those last two hours of rest on the wagon.
You should be okay, you begin to load up the wagons, the horse
blossom has been fed, given some water, and you are ready to set
out again. I'll probably lay out some sleeping bags in order to make it
more comfortable for those that are resting in the back. Okay, yok let's
see. Okay, Sorry, I'm trying to think how I'm doing this.
Did a dice roll to see which the leak pinions would be sleep in,
which would be willing to walk outside to let somebody else sleep in the wagon?
Okay, so we're gonna say uh Inuma is driving. We're gonna say
that Ulukuk is walking alongside the caravan. Anigi and Sakawachi are sleeping inside the
wagon with Malvic Yara and who else anybody else? Okay, So karun Celia
and a Rastak you're walking outside? Yes, yes, yes, alrighty uh
okay, cincinnatifik is sleeping, I will take to the front and scout ahead.
I'll be at the back or at least sitting on the ledge of the
back of the caravan. If it is okay, I have done two watches
and now I am walking alongside. And how much time is past? Do
I need to sleep yet? Each watch is three hours. Oh then I'm
good, never mind, I'm good, fine, okay, just checking And
to be fair, you haven't really been doing much during your watch. It's
just kind of general patrol around the camp. It's more along lines with just
being like mentally aware of this stuff. You know. The the wagons are
stopped, so not like a very taxing watch or anything along those lines.
But the cart is in motion again and you are making your way through the
Austrovian forest, and again it has gotten a lot sort of like more damp
here. It's that border between freezing and just really cold to damp. It's
not quite comfortable for anyone. It's very British outside is the weather is essentially
what it is. It's just very cold and damp my outside right now.
Yeah, yeah, it's someone tasted beans. There's a lot of insects and
things flying about trying to find some warmth here and there. Usually in your
breath. Probably a few of you have like inhaled an accidental fly or gnat
or something along the way, but it's there's there's a lot of them about.
It's getting to the point where you're all kind of swatting at yourself every
few seconds here and there. M if you're outside of the cart, please
make me a fortitude save. Is it insect related? That is that's in
eighteen twenty five, that is in nineteen, But I might reroll it.
Yes, I will reroll it. Twenty four. Okay, I will reroll
mine as well. Actually I'm also rerolling that's twenty seven. Very well,
you you're getting it's really annoying. It's just one of those, really,
It's just one of those really freaking annoying. Constantly, something's like landing on,
you know, on your head or like on your nose, you know,
and you're just swatting yourself as you're walking. It's really frustrating. It
feels a little bit like you're walking through a swamp, even though this isn't
really a swamp. There's lots of lots of small streams and ponds that are
about, with various colonies of insects flying around. A rash talk probably looks
very happy. It's like home. If there is a moment, I would
be looking around for any herbs I recognize. Sure, make a survival check
twenty three okay, although that's fine, Yeah, and will also do the
same. Okay, make me a survival check twelve. Oh, keeping it?
Do you even have any hero points left? I do have one hero
two hero points left? All right, fair enough? Yeah, a rash
tak you will find, uh imagine, probably some night shade, which can
be used for various poisons and things. This will count as a lesser reagent
one one amount of it, so to speak, one one batch of lesser
reagent. And you are all making this journey and it's again it's really freaking
annoying, but you know that Yara and Malvic needs some rest. I've agreed
to walk outside the wagon. And at some point you can see that up
ahead there's like a kind of like a large pond. Somebody has obviously taken
this path before. There's wooden like old pieces of wood that have kind of
been splayed out like a makeshift bridge across the pond. It's not the size
of a lake, but it's kind of big, and there's some like annoying
environmental annoyances around it. Is this a still water pond? Yeah? I
will light a torch, and I'd like to use the smoke of my torch
to help keep bugs at bay. Okay, uh, I guess make a
like a survival check for me or celia proteine. Okay, it's not doing
much. You're still kind of getting bitten. You heard that there were some
different kinds of ways to ward off insects, but you don't have any of
that handy. From what you can tell, bitterly, I will extinguish the
torch and look at a rash talk. A rash talk, I am miserable
why things are gnawing and biting at me? Look at this welt. Ah,
yes, my scales don't have really an issue like that. Is there
anything you can recommend? I do have salves that could help at least alleviate
the discomfort, unless you mean with the insects I do. How far away
is this standing pond lake? Oh, it's not far ahead. I mean
it's just up ahead. From what you can tell a rash talk, you're
probably gonna have to have everybody like get out of the wagon and lead the
horse across. It makes them, you know, make your way across the
path of this this wood. It's definitely not the best, but from what
you can tell, you'd have to take a very long like path around the
area, probably like up some small hills and things to kind of get around
it. As the two hours past, yere no, no, no,
no yet, Okay, I may be able to help with the insects,
though I do not know for how long m U time. I'll just suck
it up. That is what they are doing, is oh you yes,
idiom let me see. I pull out one of my week's worth of rations.
I will hmm. I will set up a small shine over here and
see if I can divert them while we cross the water. All right,
Hopefully they approve of this offering. Though a fish or something freshly killed would
be best, It is too bad matter off ext leaps. I can try
to catch a fish. It can't be that hard. The water is still
unlikely there will be fish in it, Oh, not impossible. But there
also may be other things lurking. That's why I am not going to the
lake directly, but nearby light rain begins to fall. I throw one of
the drake eyes that I harvested into the pouch, and that all help.
Yes, But would that not be worth more for some sort of alchemy if
it was an agent I just took it out of the skull hmm, No,
then it that would work well, I think, if you're willing to
part with it. Hm hmm, I hand it over hold the drake eye.
Yes, she may be pleased with this. A. I will delay
until we are close, and then I will see if I can encourage them
to stay here even after the meal is over. Okay, So just to
give you a picture of what this is looking like. Pond is fairly large.
There's a few like bits of land that kind of poke up through it,
a few rocks and things, and again there's some some old wood that
has kind of just been placed, kind of connecting some of the bits of
land that jut out of the out of the pond. It's very like murky
and you know, very dirty looking water. The the the wood beams look
like they would be good for people to walk across, and you can probably
like lead a horse through the pond and probably get the wagon to move through
the pond as well while you take the wooden path. Otherwise you might have
to try and move the wood around or do something along those lines. But
that's up to you whatever whatever you want to do. So rash Hockey begins
to set up this sort of shrine. I guess while the rest of you
are trying to figure out how to handle this? What do you do?
I want my companions to get their whole rest, So in the meantime,
I'll roll up my sleeves and I'll try to maneuver some of this wood so
we can make a better path. Does this seem feasible? It's definitely going
to be challenging to make it happen. Question, could I not make use
of the any tool to create a pulley and use some ropes to create a
really crude pulley system where I can use the horse blossom to help move some
of these things to move what the wood? Uh? I suppose, so
would it be easier? It doesn't. I don't have said it out loud.
I don't think that. I don't. Yeah, I don't know how
it would really help you very much. I mean, the wood in itself
is in particularly heavy. I guess like a bunch of two by four is
the equivalent of that. Would it perhaps make more sense if we make a
sledge to put underneath the wheels of the wagon, so we just pulled the
wagon instead of trying to work with the wheels, like kind of giving it
mud shoes. It would be simple to make that, would it not?
Certainly I could. I'm certain I could craft something like that given enough time.
Do you think you would help I think expending the surface area of the
wheels would be helpful. I don't see why not. I do have two
large pieces of drift wood. Still, it could work as a makeshift pontoon.
Should we try it? How's you all the heavy lifting for you?
Or tell me where to put it? I get to work. Put it
here, right here by the wheels. Tell me where to put the wood?
All right, okay, crafting check? I take out the two pieces
of drift rerolled. Oh wow, twenty eighth that's a better that's a better
result. Yeah. Yeah. You start to get this set up using some
uh some some means, basically to keep the wagon as as steady as you
can along the pond Kern. You also have some supplies and things. I
don't know if you want to break any of those out, or if you
want to try and use what's just available here. I'd like to try to
use what's available here, but if it is not feasible, then I'm not
above dipping into our supplies for this project. Okay, I'm almost let that
fifteen ride. Yeah, that would have been fun. Okay, I'm gonna
say that you are you're able to use what's there. You've kind of ruined
the land bridge that was between these little islands. But you're fairly confident now
that you've got the wagon secure, like you'll be able to ford it across
the pond. The horse you'll still probably have to lead across. From what
you can tell, the pond is maybe at its deepest. There's a few
spots that are a little bit deeper than others, maybe five feet right,
arche talk, Please make a religion check for me, Yes, religion or
occultism. What were you doing that for? Mosquito witch? I think occultism
is witch related. Yeah, we can do we can do ocultism. I'm
gonna reroll the fifteen critical fails are with you today, folks. Ooh twenty
Okay, it's not a qut fail at least. Yeah. A rage talk
while you're doing this, what does this communion look like? It's similar to
what was in the Inn, but I have more room to work with,
so I have taken out a couple of my candles, the not repellent,
but the attracting candles I have laid out. I've used up one of my
own rations, not the infinite ones, but the actual week's worth of rations,
and i'd lay it out and then kind of in the all of rations,
so to speak, I placed the drake eye in the middle, and
then light some incense around the candles itself. If they hope to pull these
insects here in honor of the mosquito, which but also to draw them away
from the party. Yes, As this light rain has started to fall,
you hear the occasional sizzles as some of the water droplets land on some of
the candles. The insects around you, rash talk, are definitely increasing lying
all about you. Doesn't feel like you're doing much here though, rash talk.
They're seeing a lot of insects. This is like very reminiscent of back
home, almost. H I bow to the shrine and let it be and
let everything run out on its own, doing what I could. The eye
that you have placed as part of this ritual, the drake I it is
being feasted upon by these insects. You see them going to town on it.
That was hope, Karoon and our Celia. You are working on this
wagon and numa Ulukuki and Sakawachie. I've all gotten out and started to help
you. Wake up Malvic and Yara, hey, rice and shine. But
is the time already yes? And there's some light rain going on. You
might want to bundle up for that. Are we so fatigue? You are
no longer fatigue? Goods. I'll hop out and stretch. Trouble, No
trouble. There is water, though it is quite deep in some places,
and we've tried to make some preparations for it. As you can see,
I gently nudge the pontoon that we feed. You need to pulled this across.
The horse can do most of the lifting, but we will need to
guide the horse slowly. Mm I can if we have extra rope, I
can tie the ropes to the side. Here, get in front of the
horse. Got not only guide it, but pull it as well. The
strain is not on a horse, and it's in water and weighted down.
If you are going to be inside, maybe more strained on the horse.
It needs to be How deep is this water? And I'll go up to
it. Is anybody next to the water, so everyone next to the water,
can you tell me? We'd be at the shore of the water.
We haven't crossed the pond yet. Yes, we know how deep this is,
Okay. Uh, our Cilia did a bit of testing, and uh
it's very like murky, you know, like it's like dirty pond water.
It's got a lot of algae and stuff floating around, and it's there's a
million mosquitoes. Yeah, it's uh, it's it seems like, you know,
it's got that really like soft, like muddy kind of bottom to it,
like if you if you try and like use your foot to just kind
of feel around, like how like solid the boy. Yeah, it's very
like loose, you know, like if you take a step, like everything
gets disturbed and moves around. Okay, how wide is it from shorter shore
so to speak? Or Oh? Yeah, so it's probably by like I
mean, it's oddly shaped in a variety of ways, but it's probably about
seventy feet roughly across and maybe like one hundred to one hundred and twenty feet
the other way. Okay, are there any areas where its shorter in length?
That was the shortest? All right, Well I can always attempt to
jump across. Well, look, I've got enough rope for the two of
us can work together malefic with the horse. I'm trying to prevent us from
going to have to go into the water. I think we should go around.
I think we should jump across and pool. Ah, I see the
problem is and I notice all the mosquitoes. Are they on one and they're
concentrated above the lake or they are The horse may not take light to that.
You have to keep in mind that this animal may not in a perfect
situation that will follow our lead. But with it being consumed by all of
this, it may break off. It may cause more problems than it should.
If you do decide to jump across and pull, I could do that
pulley thing from earlier easier. I think that you might be onto something there.
But I have a question. Is your numbing tonic safe for animals?
By numbing tonic? Well, in a way, we are all animals,
so yes, it is true. Do you think this might help the horse?
Well? Are you suggesting we drug the horse? Do you consider all
of your you consider all of your liquids drugs? Well? Are they not
aids? It's all drugs one way or another? Oh to know that?
Could I drug the horse? You always try? But if you do drug
the horse. It may not be able to concentrate or focus. Horses already
have enough problems focusing. I'm no looking at this horse. It does not
have blinders on, does it? Uh? Probably would since it's driving a
wagon. Okay, But if it has blinders on, then M as someone
who has definitely had this tonic more than once, do I get the sense
that it would be dehabilitating to a horse's function of moving. I don't want
to hurt the horse. I mean it's it was okay for you. We're
also our brains are more developed. An animal feeling like off, completely off
may do strange things well a rostock, and I can grantule some some guidance
as well. Surely that I don't know if it's controlling the horse be able
to keep them more calm. But I suck you practice the arcane? Do
you practice the arcane magic sorcerers? That's yes, I do. The question
you have any way of making the worse float or walk on watery? Do
not know how these magics were? That is small wizardry. Yeah, well
I think you said it's how long does this go all the way down?
Or does this have an end? It's just it's it's kind of like rough
terrain. It's just this is the way that you went. You can definitely
go around it around. Oh we should go around, let me finish.
It looks like you can go around, But it's gonna be a hell of
a trip to go around because it's a lot of varied terrain and stuff.
This is just the most erect Okay, well, I'll tell you what I'll
do if I can make a survival track. Is this is as far as
I'm sure. There's big rocks, brown wood, fallen trees, stuff like
that, right, absolutely, right? What if we build up the sediment,
we drop some things down into this bank, rocks, wood, whatever
it is, to make our feet catch and go across as fast as we
can. I mean, we could also just make a bridge. Either one.
It's going to take a while. If we're felling trees, it seems
reasonable for us to make a bridge. I was looking for stuff that was
already down so it wouldn't take a long time. Ah, don't we see
a lot of this kind of undergrowth here? Like do we have access to
a lot of garbage? I mean there's some down trees and stuff. I
mean, it's it's just kind of the middle of the forest. I mean,
it's not like there's tons of driftwood. It looks like I mean there
was, I mean, before you took it apart, was a small walkable
land bridge between some small islands. You use that wood to make pontoons for
the carriage. Oh yeah, and there is no way around again you can
do that. It's gonna slow you down. Yeah, all right, I
will start kind of Do I need to make us a rival check? Just
look around twenty three okay, yeah, I think there's probably like two downed
trees in the immediate vicinity, like some logs. Yeah, yeah, I
do not have a fairly an axe. I can drop a tree. I'm
not gonna use my sword. Does it make sense? So? Oh I've
got a hatch it, got it. I'm not gonna we'll be here all
day dropping down one tree. M damnage your hatchet. That's just so good
for ticket now branches. But there's two fallen trees here. We can probably
make de just need roach. Question? Could we not freeze this water?
Do we have nothing that could freeze the water so that we might walk across
it? If the water is moving and the ice would have to be very
thick with taking an entire wagon and a horse. And are we sure that
it's not just going to take less time than it would crafting all of this
to just go around? Why do we not just walk through? I've missed
the point it is walkable. You do not know what's in this water?
For me to scout the two and three foot deep water, yes, and
perhaps detect magic whilst you're doing it. I can. You're going to watch
me basically crawl in the water deep. One other idea before any of us
do any anything. I could just attack the water with lightning, okay,
and kill everything in it, okay, and then we could just go through.
That is a good froze a bomb into the pond. But now I
have thrown it. Yes, as you are talking, Karn has taken a
bomb and tossed it in just a glowing, horrible aura emanating for you to
see little fishes, dying, bugs, animals frozen in time. They are
burning inside the water. I've fixed it. We can cross. Now.
Are there any fishes that come floating to the top stegment water? Karoun?
There will be no fish. Try. I am observing the water to see
if there are any strong ripples. Uh, that would be maybe a predator
or something moving. Okay, Uh yeah, I think what you see a
rash talk is in fact a lot of bugs. There's more bugs, and
they are clearly agitated, especially by this lightning that kind of like goes off.
You see sort of clouds of bugs, like swarms of these bugs kind
of moving around, but nothing in the water, like something that was underneath
it moving. I don't know. I can't see her see any predators.
I still suggests we throw the fallen trees in. At least they give some
kind of stability. We can still walk through if you want to. I
mean, I'm just the walking on logs versus just flat ground is not going
to add stability. I was just answering. Answering. It's a rash Talks
question about not going Why are we not going through? I do not care
what we do. I do. Let's just do it. Let's just go.
I do know that we are sitting here contemplating is taking up time.
Yeah, let's just go. Be aware though the insects are agitated. Bomb
can we go around? Oh? Going through? I thought we were you
agitated? The insects they are going to attack Unfortunately, they may not.
They are agitated. Your rush. You understand these things more than anyone.
Yes, I am saying they are agitated. Sometimes when you are agitated,
you do not attacks others, and sometimes you do. It is unknown how
they will react. If anybody wants to test this, go free. I
believe we need to make a decision now. Yes, yes, I say
that we we either move through it or we go around. Let's go through.
We should do it now. Let's good. Karun you're going first,
all right, Karun is up first, gently leading Blossom. You're going across
first, Yes, to lead. We're not bringing we're bringing the wagon with
us eventually. Yes, but you need to go across. So we're gonna
tie ropes across and we're gonna guide the horse. All right, here,
I can go first, so you can stay with the horse. Kern all
right, grabbling under the rope. I'll follow with as Celia. And I've
began wading through. Okay, it sucks, or Cilia, it's so shitty,
I mean, immediately your boots fill up with muddy water. You know
it's it's if you've ever tried to walk in like like a muddy pond or
anything, before your boots just get stuck in the mud and you have to
like and it feels like your leg's weigh a thousand pounds as you try and
slash your way through. Make an athletics check for me, please, all
right twenty seven? Okay, you get into the water again. It's uh.
It varies in places. It seems like in some places it's maybe two
to three feet deep. In some places it might be like five feet deep,
you know, near the near the edge of the pond, it's probably
two three feet deep. And as you start sloshing out there, the bugs
just start to just come from everywhere. They try and go up your nose.
It's horrible. Do you have the rope with you? How are you
doing this? Yes? I have one endo the rope with me. I'll
have it tied to my wrist. Okay, uh uh? Who is next?
Or are you waiting for Celia to cross first? I would be following
up. Okay. So if we have rassak and I say you're going in
the front, then I will. I will try to do my best to
hold the wagon steady as it goes across. Since we lease my restrength in
the back or the front, I will be alongside Malevic casting guidance upon him.
I'm attaching the rope to the pulley system with the any tool. I'm
enjoying the mud between my claws like a cat reading making mud muffins. I'm
just walking through. It's very lovely. Just to be clear, how are
you positioning the pulley? Uh? Where the horse is connected and is able
to pull the the carriage. That's where the pulley is going, right,
you know in the sides with a big horse. Things are the big horse
things are? Would they attach the horse these sticks out front? Okay?
I am very smart? All right? Uh? Did we do a crafting
check for that before? I feel like we did the pond check? Oh
that was for the pontoons. Okay, yeah, make another crafting check for
this police system twenty four huh okay, all right, somehow you cobble together
some insane police system, which to me wouldn't make any sense. I feel
like you'd need it out there, like ahead of you where you're going,
not behind you doing so. Perhaps Karoon noticing this, would you want to
move ahead in order to at least get it onto the other song? I'll
go with us Celia, I'll leave the caravan and just take I'm taking my
pulleys and I'm going over there. Okay. I feel like a master craftsman
would would do that. Karun is very smart, okay. And then a
rash talk behind Arsilia and Karun. Yes, potentially even in front of Karun
if bas crefting, okay, Uh, Karun, make an athletics check,
rash talk, make an athletics check. Oh no, do we We don't
have to make athletics checks. Yeah, really, it really it's walking survival
check. Maybe you mean, uh, you're not really swimming. I mean
you're walking across this stuff. If you can swim in it's not really I
think it's really deep enough. Okay. Seventeen Oh my goodness, wow yeah
zero zero zero Wow. Darkness Karoon crosses the bawn. I'm one with the
darkness of the water, one with the shadows. Mi mider name is Murky.
Okay. So yeah, Karun, you're you're kind of you keep like
your forward momentum going, like you don't really allow you your boots to really
sink too deep into the mud. You just kind of it's like you're you're
using your full body to wade through this through this pond, and again it
varies in depth, you know, anywhere from from like two to five ft
deep. And you and you're following along very well behind our cilia, right
behind our celia. Rash talk follows now, Malvic, you said you're staying
with the cart. You've got ulakuk sakawachi indigi as well as the cart and
the horse. Yes, I am going to guide the wagon with all my
strength and trying to keep it steadying and also push before you do that.
I don't like water, so I'm going to just be in the back peeking
out and I'm casting guidance at a distance on you. Malvik. Good luck,
darling. I am in the cart. Yes, I don't weigh that
much. Why did you say it like that? I'm light as a feather.
How dare you? And I would like to do whatever I can with
my end of the rope, pulling and such like sunglasses leaning back in the
wunderful just like a glowing gold from my hand. You've got this, darling.
Yeah, you're staying in the cart. Soakawachi uma ula cooker like,
should we stay in the cart as well? No, do not help me.
I have a phobia of water, darling with how horrible things happen.
Yes, I need your help. Psychowatching probably stay in there, but able
bodies should should help stabilize left and right. I'll be in the middle.
It can't help anyway. If something goes wrong, I will help as well.
Psycho Watch is gonna help, Okay, I'm helping. Yeah, Ula,
Kukuma, Deny and Saquachi all are kind of like helping you. Malvik
navigate with the with the cart wagon okay, and Yara is chilling in the
back. Hey, I'm casting guidance. Okay, I'll don't something. I'm
doing what I do best, helping others from a distance. Whatever helps you
sleep at night, Okay, okay, fair enough, Okay, let's see
here. Where is this role? Okay? Alrighty uh so you all kind
of begin moving or say you're leading the way, eaten alive by these bugs
everywhere. This so annoying. You keep having to like cover your mouth so
they don't go in your mouth and your nose. Now I'll pull up my
scarf and cover my face. Yeah, it's uh, it's horrible. You
know, you like waste deep in water and you just kind of making your
way through, slashing your way through. And it's at that point you see
the swarms of mosquitoes begin to roil around, and emerging from one of the
nearby bushes that are like some of the land that's sticking up from the pond,
you see a giant mosquito. Let's bring you guys over here. Ah,
I knew it, and I need you to select your tokens please and
roll initiative. But the music was so cute, How could it possibly be
combat? Now? Yeah, who knows? This is a perception based This
is perception. Yes, nineteen twelve three m twenty one really did not click
on my guy fifteen. Oh. Also, I get the plus two because
of Elvin instincts, So it's not nineteen. It is click on your number
there and change it twenty one. Got it? Do you get that every
time? Yeah? You can. You can add that into your Oh it's
called an initiative modifier. Oh there and twack. Since my turn is not
for a while, I was casting guidance on Malevik on his turn. Would
he be able to utilize that or excellent? Okay, well okay, then
I guess that's a the four. Then I just don't is guy. You
can use it whenever you want, not on a skill roll. Yes,
so you don't have to use it on your insanely high initiative. Oh I
don't, okay, I I had to use on my next hand. Now
it's just until my turn. Oh my god, he do I fixing?
Just quick number change it? Yeah, I already had a bracket, so
then I screwed up. Malevic, you see this giant mosquito shoot up as
two large swarms sort of like coalesced, and they begin to head towards the
group. What do you do? I laugh because I'm like I in my
head, I'm like I knew, I knew this was gonna happen. Now
I scream out ahead of you, and whoever hears first. I think our
Cilia will probably notice it as I look up and see the danger since we
are bonded image of a flash in her mind of two grotesque, disgusting large
mosquitoes are about to swarm their way. And with this, I had all
this set up, with the cart and everything, and then you started to
change your mind and I got rid of it, and now I have to
set it up again, and I'm assuming these lovely planks that were already in
place are not there. They're not there. Nope. Okay, look we're
attached to the wagons. The wagon can just glide across the mud. Now
see, I'm trying to figure out. I'm going to get it and get
over there. I mean I could always one. I was twenty feet I
can jump that. Okay, first action and it was gonna suck for me.
I am going to rage. As I'm raging, I will look into
my companion and be like, I'll take the lead. I can get across,
and I will run and leap across to here. And with that I
have a couple of feats. There is quick jump, and there is also
raging athletes. Pretty much. It just makes it a lot easier for me
to get a gross Okay, and I will That was one action. Hmm.
Okay, it's an actiona pull up a great sword. So what I
would do is I've already had a hatchet in hand, so I will toss
the hatchet at this mosquito. For my second action. That will be to
get its attention. All right, This will be a raging throw. As
I leaned back, I'll breathe in throw it, and as I throw it
you'll see it light and catch on fire and spin towards a mosquito. Do
feel like there could have been a more ridge? You know name? Is
it really called raging throw? It was just because rage? They just add
rage in front of all of your things. Is that what they did?
No? No, I'll just letting you know it has rage involved. In
other words, I's telling me I should not write the pies up twenty one.
Okay, And you were aiming this at the swarm. Oh I thought
that was one giant mosquito. No, it is a swarm. Okay,
sure, And I'm throwing it at the swarm and whatever it hits light to
light on fire. Okay, dog, that is a hit. Well of
it will be fire, just in case they have weakness. Okay, you
see it just kind of like slice through. There's almost like a part of
the mosquitoes. As you do this, it barely hits anny. And then
for my last action, I will then take out my great sword and ready
myself. Be careful. They are coordinated, be it? Okay? Oh
yeah, I did have a plus one? Do I have to use it
on my next turn? I'm so confused with guy, No, it would
be this turn so you would have to use it on your attack. Yes,
so I'm not sure if you twenty two would change anything. I don't
think so. But it was a hit regardless, so I guess I'll say
I used it. Okay. Size is different from the other, the giant
mosquito, which is, uh, you know the size of a medium sized
dog. Okay, mosquito the size of a medium sized dog. Uh begins
to it begins to fly over towards arcilia. That means a lot of protein
flies over towards ur cilia. Uh, and we'll uh try and attack you
with its probiscus twenty four to hit. That is a hit okay? Uh?
Oh actually no, well I meet sweets someone, damn it. Mm
hmm that's a hit. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Oh boy, I
could have used the reaction. You're lucky. Oh shit. That is twelve
piercing shit as its probiscus pierces your skin and you are also grabbed by its
legs as it starts sucking away it is. I would like to, as
a reaction from getting that damage, to raise my ambulet to reduce the damage
by eight. Okay, very nice. I then, well have this creature
use its blood drain ability or actually, will it use its other bullshit?
Oh this is awful. Yeah, it's gonna use its other bullshit. It
will activate potentially a very nasty thing forest you'd say for me, please,
Parcelia. Okay, twenty four Oh makes it breaks it so lucky. That
was very bad. Okay, that is just barely enough. Yes, okay
that okay? That is it still has one more action. This one does
not count as an action. It just gets that as freebie. It will
then it gets four because it moved. Yeah, so the the thing that
it just tried to do on you just gets to do with its okay,
ribiscus attack, so it's only been two this is. Then it will with
its last action use blood drain mhm for seven suck damage. Yes, drinking
your blood, Arcilia. I know it's going to be in a vampire story
one day, and that's what vampires are. They're just mosquitoes. It's a
return on Arcilia. I will like to exploit vulnerability my first action twenty four
against its DC uh yep, okay, does it have any weaknesses it's high
weakness. Nope, all right, I will activate my personal antithesist them.
I'll reach into my pouch and I begin to pull out charcoal and I smear
it across my morning Star. And then second action, I will try to
swing. Okay, oh that's a critic. WHOA? Okay, I get
additional stuff. Now I have where is it initiate weapon? Initiate benefit?
So I get a critical specialization effect? Now where are those critical specialization on
on a mace? Okay, let's see. Yeah, morning Star is in
the which family is it in? Should be a mace? I think?
Let me look up hammer. Uh, just look at the weapon itself.
I got it. I gotta the club. Okay, you knock the target
up to ten feet in a straight line away from you. This is a
forced movement. Okay, all right, since you are grabbed, does the
grab go away? I assume it does. We can ask for mine at
chat. So if grab okay, very cool. I swing my morning Star
like a baseball bat, and I will do a total of twelve damage as
it gets thrust ten feet away from me. Democratic double? Wait? Fourteen?
Yes damage? Yes? Fourteen plus your personal antithesis, right yeah,
empowered and personal antithesis. It will be five total. Okay, So five
on top of fourteen nineteen. Yes, you absolutely swat that thing. It
is it sort of like gets knocked around, you know, flying in the
air. You probably crunch some stuff on the front of it still flying around.
Okay, and then for my last action, I will throw my dagger
of venom from my belt at it as a can I do that? If
it stowed, I have one free hand. Uh, it would be one
action too to uh to take it out. Okay, I'm not gonna do
that. Uh what I do? Mm hmm? Those boards are not there,
y are They were removed as pontoons for the car. Mmm mmmmm.
Okay, I'm just calculating the distance either way. Uh. I'm going to
move here from my final action to wedge myself in between the inevitable course of
these creatures moving forward. That will be my turn. Okay, a run,
it's your turn. Having spent so much time with the lizard, do
I have any idea like what these things hate the most? Uh? Fair
question? I think make a nature check seventeen. Yeah, No, I
definitely. It's one of those things where you know he's definitely told you,
you know, and it was just one of those moments where you started thinking
about like something that you could be crafting, Hubert. Yeah, yeah,
something I could be crafting. Yeah not Hubert, Yes, Subert just stuck
up on Hubert. Still like a month later, a rashtak is doing one
of those, and you must be careful around mosquitoes. Last thing you want
to do? Yes, yes, you know, just the dial tone,
sound stock talking in the background, no idea. All right, well,
then most living things retreat from fire. I will throw a moderate alchemist's fire.
Okay. Where Oh this big one close to me? That's the role
in a half? What the hell one? Okay? So this is uh
yeah, so this is a swarm that you're throwing it at. Oh right,
there's swarms. Never mind, I thought it was a large Okay,
m hm. That's even better because there's gonna be splash and you're gonna hit
all of it rather than us trying to like hit one in a clown of
a bunch of them. Wait, does that swarm count as one thing or
mini? It's got special rules, but generally you Karun has already rolled and
said that that's the one. Yeah, she was aiming for that one.
Yeah, this is a direct throw with the bomb you launch this thing and
the fire sort of probably like connects these mosquitoes. By the way, these
fen mosquitoes, they're not small like regular size mosquitos. They're probably about the
size of like golf balls, right, and then there's the giant mosquito,
which is about the size of a medium sized dog. Right, Yeah,
it's like corgy sized. Yeah, good eating right there. Sure you launch
this thing and you see like it's absolutely like the best throw that you've ever
made, karn with bombs. Yeah, you see many of these mosquitoes make
horrible noises, like little balls of fire, like like falling into the water.
You see many of them fall from this. Oh anyway, Oh,
after that, I will attempt to move to the closest bit of solid ground
I can. Whatever Karine just did was very effective. Can I go here?
Can you go where? Sorry? Is that not thinging for you?
Yeah? So I just wasn't looking. Oh yeah yeah, yeah, there's
a bit of land that's up there. It's essentially difficult terrain to move through
this water. All right, I will just go here and I will try
to take cover in the mud. Okay, do a small piece of land
there? Oh, I imagine I'm putting the mud on her body. Yeah,
like like Honega in the Predator movie. Mm hmm okay the mosquito excuse
me, the mosquito swarms. I'm gonna have some fun now. Oh boy.
Uh we'll start up here with malavic. I didn't throw the splash on
it, you know what I'm saying. They begin to fly over to the
nearest suckable target, very sub and begin swarming to bite you. Uh that
sucks. Uh So they don't have to roll for damage for their attack roll.
They just roll damage. Yeah, because it's a swarm. As soon
as if they're able to like swarm you. Oh my god, I'm like
the swarm of rats and the game God, I mean physical damage. Uh
so this is gonna be three suck damage and I needed to please make a
fortitudes day m gret Oh very nice. Okay. Uh yeah. As they
begin to bite you, malevic, you are totally brushing it off like it's
nothing. No idea. My body up to bind them as they go in,
because that only took off three points of my temporary health. So and
then they do it again for five more suck damage. It takes all of
them the rest of money to create I have eight now, okay, and
I need another fortitude save. That's very good, that's very good. Okay.
The next group of Fenn mosquitoes, that's what also takes the fire damage.
Oh right, okay, Korn okay, yes, many of them have
sort of died away. There's very few left here in Malavik. The one
on the south will oh perfect. You can get ar Celia and Koroon.
Very nice. Gross. The mosquitoes match to Fi. It's like a cloud
around you barely can see anything inside. Both of you will take four suck
damage, and I need both of you to make a fortitude save. I
really am going to re roll by fifteen twenty three thirty Okay, that's good,
that's good. It will use it will use its last action to continue
swarming bites. Oh, I'm sorry. There is a reflex save here.
It's kind of buried in the text. I need a reflex save from you,
Urcilia and Karn five thirty three. I do not consent to this group
activity. You uh you managed to avoid these swarming bites. Sorry, Malvic,
I goofed on the last one. It's okayttle mine, uh okay,
okay, uh you avoid those attacks a raw shock. It's your turn.
Yes, So I'm in like three different minds here. Uh, these are
kind of sort of a holy symbol to me. I was laughing pretty hard
when I saw this encounter. Yeah, this is in the adventure path.
This wasn't me. Oh, I believe it. I'm going to attempt to
determine if these are a sign from my queen or if they are unrelated.
Ah, and I think with that it's probably I guess it's an occultism rule.
But yes, I'm calling out to her and them stand down. If
you are from my queen, we have no quarrel with you. We're thirty
one occultism. They do not respond to you. Rash tank Okay, but
I think you get the impression that there is some kind of connection here and
that there is definitely anger from the Mosquito Witch. With that role, would
I know or have an inkling if continuing the fight is bad or if defending
ourselves is what we need to do. I know that's a bit of ob
screw. Basically, if we stay in this combat, will she be more
displeased or the Sillerby's flatline doesn't matter. You don't think it directly matters.
Okay. The final question that I have is did that take an action or
was that the three quote unquote that definitely took one action? Okay, that's
what I figured. I wanted to make sure that affects things very interesting.
All right. Well with that, ah shit, I am very convicted right
now, right exclaiming, ah, I you can knock them out. I
don't think that's how it works. I step back out of the water.
What did you say? One action the mosquito, which is very displeased.
You fire all the disease, the goat it like everybody just like looking out
on the pond. You just see all these mosquitoes everywhere. It's like,
you know, shit. Ah. And with that particular movement, I have
one action left this Oh. I think with that I will end up casting
guidance actually on uh. I think koroon actually, and that will be my
final action. So you choose a plus one on your not your next role,
but just in your next turn, you may choose when to use a
plus one. You must before the role. Perfect, okay, yarrah.
All right, So you mentioned that the group of mosquito was near Malevic.
Seemed sparse, right, I should probably change the music for the ear.
How dare you? Oh yeah, she's relaxing. I forgot. I'm watching
this all unfold from the comfort of the card legs cross leaning back. No
guidance, your Pina Colada in here. I don't think I can get away
with playing like Olympus get rolling right. No, no, don't do that.
I can't do that. Now you play rigid bit, it's a different
story. Oh goodness. So the group near Malvic was pretty sparse, you
said, But the group near our Celia and Karun is not correct. I'm
already peeking out the front of the of the carriage at the moment, just
watching everything unfold, and I noticed that the fire did something. So seeing
it attack Karoon and Arcilia, I'm going to go ahead and channel fourth a
searing light towards the swarm that is encapsulating them. That is a twenty nine
to hit. Have to be clear, it's will also hit Arcilia and the
spell it's only one. No, it's only one target, So I choose
the target. No, that was a different spell. Ah, okay,
I thought this was that one. I was like danger, No, no,
this is a fire spell. Okay, searing light okay, uh A
twenty nine A ten damage is a crit? Oh excellent. They take double
fire damage. They are not fiend or undad, so they do not take
good damage, so that will be twenty five. I got damage. Yeah,
I think I have the same question. That would mean that Karun's bomb
was a crit. On the top one. Does she roll a thirty one?
I was thinking that one. Yeah, my bad, that one is
gone as well? Then sorry? Yeah, okay, this bottom one.
Uh, this is kind of like a beam that's being shot out. You
can see it definitely like it like vaporizes like a few of the mosquitoes,
like wherever it sends the beam through. What dow darlings, they're still flying
around. I smile, and with my final action, I will go ahead
and channel guidance upon upon as Celia, Celia, good luck, I guess.
Okay, Elvic, it's your turn. Mm hmm. Wait what did
a rosch talk scream out the mosquito? Which thing? Or was it just
thinking? I did? Yes, that was all verbal asking if there was
displease that sort of thing. All of that you heard. Okay, I
look towards a rock stocking and I'm going to run forth and slap the ship
out of this thing arm with a sudden charge. Let's just see flames build
across my feet and then I'll just shut off and really fast speed and use
that momentum to swing the sword as hard as I can. And I do
not have guidance, right, No, no, you don't, Corn and
as Celia do and you are immune to it for an hour. So twenty
seven okay, that is a hit. Four of it is fire, So
up, I have another action. We'll try to strike at it again.
Why twenty six that is another hit? Hello? Check check check hello,
hello check checkchack hello, yes, hello here you everybody's decinct for me.
So I'm going to refresh the camera. Yeah, everybody got thecinct for me
too. Oh okay, refresh your clean feed. We need to leave and
come back or do we need to turn off our camera? Think you need
to refresh your clean feed? Oh? Oh the clean feed? Yes,
I have done both. Now you said I am good? Or am I
not? It looks good to me. I don't see you? Yes,
right then? Yes, twenty sixtees, that was a hit in the seventeen
damage plus, well not plus, but four of it was five? Okay,
Actually, I'm not gonna worry about it. I think my damage went
up to eight, but I will just say four for now. I have
to check on that might be next level. I think it's next level.
Okay, that'll be it. That's into my ted. Okay, giant mosquito
will try to suck you will many have tried try its succeeded. If you
can find it, it will attack with its probiscus. That's nasty. That
is a twenty two hit, and that is a miss. You see the
robiscus. It's this horrific, you know. Uh yeah, thank you seng
on the microscope. A second attack that's a natural one. That is a
miss. Last attack twenty two to hit. Wow, it would have been
twenty three damage. It's a miss though. Sorry. Wow, you're you
got an AC higher than twenty two. Holy shit, I have a a
C of twenty four. Wow. Yes, noll tanky, daddy be tanky.
Okay, my AC is twenty three. Holy shit. All up there,
high fi very nice everywhere. Yeah, So Malvick, you like grab
its legs like and this biscus is just like and you're just like moving scream
it out. No, is this what Malvic has pictured the entire time like
a rat. Second and talking about the mosquit which riscus sucking things and will
bring you alive. Okay, explain vulnerability. There's swarm twenty seven. Twenty
seven? Yeah, is a cree I'm checking, might be? Oh all
right? Did you also have a plus one? I'm not sure if that
changes anything, but you can use it now or later. You it does,
You have to use it anyway, do well? Okay? I use
it? All right? What do I even give for a crit? Hold
on you? Never? I never crit. I learn all of the resistances,
weaknesses, immunities, and the numbers or all of them. Okay,
that's it. It's a lot. It's vulnerabilities as well, so like spells
that would pass through this copy paste, take a picture of it. Yeah,
I learned everything. Oh ship, Okay. In that case, then
I will turn on something new I have called uh breached defenses. When I
learn about its high susans distances, I basically just ignore them and it doesn't
matter. Okay. Resistances are bludgeoning two, piercing five, and slashing five.
All right, Oh, so I'm doing bludgeoning, so I just ignore
the bludgeoning. Now, that was my first action. My second action,
I will swing at the swarm all around me. Thirty three. How do
you kill the rest of these bugs? Ooh? I throw up more charcoal
and it completely drapes and coats the morning Star, and I just begin to
spin around in a circle. I say, Karun duck. Karoon's already on
the ground. Cruise at the ground. Perfect, and I just swing wildly
and I don't stop until everything around me stops moving. Cee. It looks
like a shot putter, you know, just like swinging around, and then
I will drop your knee next to Karoon. Dizzy. Okay, that was
just blood, bug guts. We have another action, right, yes,
I will try to move up here so it's difficult terrain. Uh okay,
so ten twenty that's it, okay, okay, uh corgeur Does it look
like they got it with this bug over there? Dog sized mosquito? I
mean, malvic is kind of like trying to fin the thing off man.
Fact you got that die will squeen. I don't really want to waste the
palm on it, but I mean that's confusing. I will if I have
to. Oh fine, this one will just be one second. Is that
better? This one will just be for splash damage, and I would like
the plus one to be for damage because there's two rolls. Is that right?
The guidance? Can I separate it out that way? The guidance is
it you get to choose if it's attack roll or damage. Is that correct?
No, it is not damage. It's an attack roll, a saving
throw, or a skill all right, then the attack roll then there it
is. Okay, you toss it. You could see it. It just
kind of like lands on the ground near malvic He kind of dances out of
the way of the fire, sort of cooks some of the lower parts of
this thing. Damage. I have a calculated splash so the splash damage is
my intelligence modifier? Is that right? Yeah? Which is four? And
it's persistent fire damage. So okay, there, I fixed it for you.
I'll just get up and start brushing myself off with all of the mud
and that is my turn. So just to clarify, because I feel like
I always fucking forget this, the persistent fire damage. And this is going
out to our path finder nerds out there. The persistent fire damage. Is
it also equal to the the modifier or is it just the normal persistent damage
I feel like I always forget that I can't. So it deals splash damage,
which is equal to the intelligence modifier. But I don't think calculated splash
incurs intelligence modifier. For the Pacific, it's just the two the initiative.
I think it's flat damage. But I'm looking enough for you right now.
I feel like it's just that too persistent damage. But I'm just not sure
it is only the two persistent. By the way, each time you take
persistent damage, roll the DC fifteen flat check. If it succeeded, you
recover from the persistent damage, and the condition ends. I just didn't know
what fire damage is. If it's if it's equal to the calculated splash like
the intelligence modifier, or if it's just the standard two is correct, I
don't know what that means, which is qualifire for the first initial attack and
then for the for the persistent damage. It's only the two. Okay,
alrighty, anything else on your turn, Karoon, that's all. I still
have two actions. Well, I will take cover behind Arcilia, how standing
from behind her? Okay, you're going to move there by physically placing myself
behind ar Cilia. That is my cover? Is it? Great to cover
if I if I'm all the way behind, No, no, this is
all right. I'll just talk a Karen into my robes. You'll be fine,
like a whole head and like ears are poking up from facade and then
uh no, I will not be moving yet. Okay, then you do
not get the cover. Oh oh, I see Ausilia is not there anymore.
Now, then I will just be here on the rock. Okay,
a rush tack. That is not the mosquito queen. That is but a
servant. Oh die, servant mosquito queen. I don't do anything, and
it's my turn. Okay, y are rah Oh that's just not scrat Lets
me see very quickly how far this thing is from me? So it is
fifty feet from me the back of the wagon. Yes, I'm just like,
Oh, I guess I could do everything for me. I can't.
I I'm going to go ahead, and I will increase my radius, channeling
my power before going ahead and sending for torturous trauma. Mosquitoes do have internal
organs, so they must make a basic fortitude save lest they take eighteen damage.
Okay, I love how I love how the traits for this are cantrip
necromancy and non lethal torture trauma. It's non lethal. Feel bad. I
think that's the point of like this spell is to make you feel bad for
casting it. Uh okay, twenty two fortitude save DC. Well, they're
definitely feeling bad after that. Yes, they take eighteen points of dumage.
Brutal, brutal. That was a good role almost max my turn, very
nice. Uh yeah. So I think, yeah, that there's some strange
movement that's happening to this mosquito as it started making these horrible kind of noises
malvic. I'm not quite sure what's happening, but it looks like its internal
organs are dancing. You would see Yara, Like, if you're looking around
my hand, would you be gripping as if I'm taking someone's heart and squeishing
it into my fingers. Okay, gotcha? Yes, what did you think
it was? I mean your hands were in a very elev at your turn?
Oh god? Oh wait, did you have one more action here?
Oh no? I oh, I thought the last action was lean with it
to the back. All right, I will notice this servant of the misquito
queen looking off and take this into a chord and come down with a slashing
ferocity nineteen. That is a miss. Then I will use the momentum to
circle myself back around as I miss. I'll throw it up again and come
with another down on strike. It's another miss. Frustration, I'll scream out
God, and then I will swing again. Twenty one another miss. Miss
mosquito dodges out of the way of all your town, and then it will
rear back and try to suck with its probiscus. Twenty four that is on
top of my ac. Twenty four is my ac? Oh shit, twenty
five piercing damage. I my ambulate and I reduced the damage by eight.
Okay, seventeen piercing damage headed your way then, and then it will require
you to make a fortitude tape. Did that work on my thing? No?
It did not occs up to change it there? Sorry, getting okay,
you said seventeen right, all right? Four to two save twenty four
makes it breaks it. That's a very good thing. It will try to
suck with the blood drain. So this is an automatic success for this one.
There's no saving throw. You are drained one. I don't even know
what that means. Oh does anything you can see some of its wounds begin
to heal. Ash that works like fatigued. It looks like it looks a
little bit like sell in the dragon ball z cell saga when Cella is like
eating somebody alive. See those like bubbles along its probiscus take damage from that
as well. Yes, oh that's a nasty one. And don't for you
can I will split you into one. You're also grabbed. Oh fantastic.
Didn't imagine my sucking going like this. Then Uh, it has one action
left and it will do a second probiscus attack. Yes, oh that's a
great Okay, there's the damage. I was waiting for it. Uh,
it was trying to suck malvic and it finally succeeded. Uh. That is
forty six piercing damage, you suf mis uh. And I'm going to go
down on till the I meant that as in you serve queen, but I
will on one knee. I'm not down. I am still kicking with a
giant roboscis in me. It's still it's still on fire. Let's see what
did it have to beat on the d twenty fifteen fifteen. No luck,
it's still on fire, alight I'll move ten. Is this difficult train on
the board? Yeah, there is no board there. You guys made them
pontoons, all of them. Yeah. Okay, as last twenty I'll stare
right here and i'll second action. Did I exploit vulnerability on this sky?
I did not? Okay, I'll do another exploit vulnerability. Thirty one one
is a I think it's just a regular success. Yes, this is just
a regular awesome alevic. I need a fortitude safe well great? Oh oh
no, I mean I can reroll it. This is not the reflex save
that was the swarm. Oh right, this is a resistance to his disease.
Twenty four Okay, you use the hero point here. He rolled it.
Okay, that is makes it breaks it. That's that's a good thing.
It's a good thing. Okay, are Cilia? What are you doing?
Okay? So excellent vulnerability? Is that just a regular success? Have
regular success? All right? I'll do the personal anthesis again and then morning
star for second action. Twenty six to hits. That is a hit,
all right, So it'll take eight leudgeoning damage plus five so thirteen damaged total.
How do you kill it? I as it is lodged in place,
literally actively sucking on Malvic. I will bring down my morning Star and smash
it in the head, ripping the probiscus out of malvic. Old kind fool
good. This mosquitobum falls into the muck below, separated from its probiscus.
As you see blood sort of pouring from the wounds of Malvic, and the
pond is calm. I'm taking sampits rash talk. The mosquitoes have kind of
stopped buzzing about. They're no longer moving. You hear the sounds of the
frogs and such around the pond as this light rain falls rash talk, you
get the sense that the mosquito, which is anger, is not quelled.
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