The journey home

[sageaqua]

Sylvan is the Fey's tongue - not the forest's tongue. No it would take speak with animals to understand the wolves language. But the real wolves body language may tell us something useful.

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Mar 14, 2013 19:29:20 GMT -5 nobu said:

I try and listen to the how or barks of the coming wolves to see what they maybe chanting or were there allegiance lies

They sound like a pack of common, wild wolves.

[at]

For the sake of keeping the game moving - it can be assumed the final guard is easily overcome. Does the group wish to push on into the temple after the shaman, fortify the entrance, or take other actions ?

[sageaqua]

Ka'lion will using as much cover as possible move up to the temples doors to take a look inside. He'll cast on himself cure minor wounds. So he has one point. Then he'll turn back into a wolf.

[harknail]

Vadania will cast her cure light wound spell on Ka'lion and send Aelos back to tend to the brave man who had held off the Barbarians alone for so long.

Cure light wounds on Ka'lion:[dice=8]+3=9 HP restored

Did Vadania get a chance to cast her goodberry spell this morning? I.E. does she have any goodberries that she can hand out?

Vadania and Ylva will push on to try and stop the shaman from whatever evil he is attempting to do here. She'll encourage any who are able to come as well. When she expects combat soon, she will cast her Flame Blade spell (which only lasts for 3 minutes).

Light saber for the win! (I hope)[rand=66893390356563034297200189903378573829686152748763685509462375194]

[sageaqua]

Thanks for the healing Ka'lion will head inside with Vadania. We need to have the real wolf track the shaman down. Ka'lion also has tracking so he's looking for signs of passage such as a blood trail or durty feet or bodies or if anyone headed anywhere bloodied. Such as temple guard, clerics or the Shaman or his men.

Seach +5+roll [dice=20]=[rand=1695132539607584505977050913497805601901444140821695304837371991015971]

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Mar 16, 2013 21:43:38 GMT -5 harknail said:

Did Vadania get a chance to cast her goodberry spell this morning?

No, as she was eating breakfast in the inn when things kicked off. There are suitable berries outside the temple though if she takes a moment to collect them.

The temple priests and guards are dead or scattered, though there are few of them - most travelled to the tomb with the city guard.

A number of lesser ranking acolytes and townsfolk who came here to hide emerge from cover, one bringing a roll of cloth containing 4 healing potions. Two of these are given to Aelos, the others to the wounded warrior Grale.

One of the Acolytes speaks up "I saw where they went, to the springs, that way!" as he points into the temple.

Another adds, "they must have been waiting for the guards to leave, ever since the storms started they've been threatening the town, demanding that we leave, perhaps the storms were theirs all along?"

Aelos knew the barbarians were a superstitious lot, prone to interpretting all kinds of things as omens, but he had never expected something like this to come of it - the attack was madness.

[sageaqua]

Ka'lion returns to human form. "The Shaman is either going to pollute the temple waters or steal the temple waters somehow. We need to move quickly."

[harknail]

"I concur," agreed Vadania, "We must stop them before they ruin the sweat water." Matching actions to words, she starts heading in the direction indicated for the spring. Ylva comes along of course, and any who want to help are welcome!

[namklim]

Sorry for being gone so long. Got busy and ketp forgetting to check.

Aelos will also head out with Vadania. These barbarians must be stopped.

[Rojito]

Throsah will nod and follow along, bow at the ready.

[sageaqua]

If Ka'lion is going to fight the other barbarian he's going to need addition to have a fighting chance.

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The villagers, performing girl, Grale, and Madaline remain at the entrance to try and barricade it against the wolves.

The rest pursue the shaman and his men further into the temple. You note that the floor and walls of the temple are quite badly cracked in places following the quake.

Reaching the inner sanctum you find several dead priests and acolytes and the iron gate to the lower levels forced open. Only the more senior priests and water gatherers were permitted past these gates to the springs beneath the city - Aelos had not seen them in person but knew there was a shallow series of caves and tunnels beneath them and that the water was gathered from several locations.


(Marching order please, and any last minute healing and spells)

[sageaqua]

Ka'lion is still extremely badly injured, "I think the wild dogs should take the lead. But I'm going to need additional healing. Those with ranged weapons bring up the rear with the other hand to hand combatants taking the space behind the wild dogs." Ka'lion returns to wolf form and moves to the front of the party next to the other wolf.

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What wild dogs?

[harknail]

I think Ka'lion is talking about himself and Ylva, both of which are not fully wild, but neither which could be considered tame either.

[sageaqua]

[glow=red,2,300]Ka'lion was referring to himself, the wolf and the fox[/glow].

[harknail]

Ka'lion's suggested positioning took some translation, but it was really the only order than made sense. Although she was much better with bow than with sword, she wasn't good enough with the bow to risk firing close to an ally. And although it wouldn't last long her newly learned flame blade spell will cut though the barbarians shield and armor as if it wasn't there. She just needed to wait till she was close the the barbarians before casting it.

Vadania plans to be a melee fighter this next fight, flanking with Ylva, and using flame blade (hopefully cast just before combat) to give her a decent chance to hit.

[sageaqua]

remember flame blade does not add strength bonus.

[harknail]

What STR bonus?

That's why she want's the flame blade, because it's the only way she can have a good chance to hit in melee...