Myth or Mythal

[sageaqua]

How is his echo location working out for him. It should be making the mists and fog a illrelavent for him. If he can't use it his familier should be able to use it and tell him what it sees. > It's as much as part of a bat as seeing is to us. Bats use it to hunt insects and bugs in the dark. It should be just as effective in the mists and fog. As far as the trees: watching the animals hunt and eat in the trees - are there any monkeys or big cats in the trees eating fruit? When he near ground level dos he find any kills - bones of large animals.

As far as the storm he'll return to canp to raise the alarm.

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Jul 27, 2017 20:10:53 GMT -5 sageaqua said:

How is his echo location working out for him.

As a bat it is only effective out to 10m, tops. Not nearly far enough for the mists to make any distance - Ka'lion can see clearly with his eyes far further, enough to pick out mountains and other terrain features through the mist at ground level.
It is only at great heights that the mist becomes very thick, though the mages here have stated that sometimes and in some places it does close in.

With the storm on the horizon Ka'lion returns to find the others already at work ensuring shelter for themselves and the animals. Though the encampment is somewhat haphazardly thrown together scrolls for spells such as secure shelter and leomunds tiny hut are available. Each wizard seems to be either creating their own shelter or working with another while the large teleport glyph room is being used for the animals.

[sageaqua]

The tiny huts are going to calapse if it's a real storm. He'll warn anyone using them. The best defence is a nearby cave if they can find one.

[at]

"What kind of storm was it? It would take a hurricane to knock these things down and we've not seen that kind of weather here since we arrived" asks one of the mages, "the closest caves are several miles from here."

[sageaqua]

"Large."

So what do I tell them. I don't consider it a storm unless it can take down trees, . Otherwise it's just heavy rains.

[at]

Black clouds, thunder and lightning. Ka'lion didn't see any tornadoes but the speed of the clouds approach suggest reasonably strong winds though he didn't get particularly close to the stormfront.

As far as Ka'lion can tell there would be enough time to move to the caves, but getting all the animals there in good order would be challenging.


(for what it's worth the tiny hut spell will hold up to 75mph windspeeds - which would be a force 12 hurricane)

[(George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0)]

George springs into action :

His main goal to be sure kids, elderly can get to where they need to get to. He also is directing traffic and telling everone to stay calm.

He knows in panick some kids get lost he is not about to let kids die today.

Shamious is hellping in getting any suplies they need to store from the rain.

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Jul 29, 2017 10:54:05 GMT -5 (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) said:

He knows in panick some kids get lost he is not about to let kids die today.

No kids or elderly - it's a mages expeditionary camp on the other side of a dimensional portal remember

[(George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0)]

For some reason i was thinking they had younger ones here, np.

That frees him up then to make sure any and all resurch is preserved. He is also doing a head count making sure everyone is accounted for and safe, shamious is helping get the suplises best he can.

[sageaqua]

"We move to the caves as quickly as we can." says Ka'lian, "Set all animals free. It's easier to collect them latter, Anyone with a shirnking spell should use it. All magic stuff goes into my bag of holding and haversack - just make sure all edged items are prevented from poking holes in them. Non magical items store in chests here or carry with us! But don't over load yourselves. Move people. We are about to learn a lot about this place so pay attention!"

As a barbarain survival is Ka'lion top priority.
Knowledge (nature) Int 19 =
+4
+11 +2 [druid] +2 [survival]+2 senagy

zSAS6RHGp_1-20= 34
Survival Wis 8 =
+1
+5 +2 [druid]
p_1-20= 15


"I lived on the streets for 9 months and I lived in mountains for 4 years. I was nearly buryed alive in a landslide that completely covered a freeway on the coast, I was nearly drowned from a major storm and woke up floating in 6 feet of water and I've survived a number of water related trials. So I know more about storms then most people and a barbarain druid should know more then I do. The advatatage to caves in a storm depending on how deep they are and what type of caves they are (sandstone as likely to calspe on top of us and animal could hide in them. Animals hiding in the caves is food we may need."1-20�1-20

[sageaqua]

Handle animals
+5+RE_7FM3hp_1-20=20
diplomancy
-1+11+p_1-20=181-20�1-20

[at]

Ka'lions animated words gets people moving, amongst grumbles about leaving the magic shelter, complains that there had been storms before, and more than one noting that if they just let the animals wander off they'll probably never find half of them again in this magical mist.


(what did he want to learn from his knowledge:nature check?)

[sageaqua]

"Lemond's tiny hut requires the caster to stay in the hut and if it calapse during the storm - your going to get badly hurt or killed unless your very lucky. The shelter if it protects you can get trapped in either a mud slide or drown you if it is lower then the water level from the storm and if they did calapse thats a lot of rocks on top of you. So stop complanning and get to work. When the weathers coming - and it's looks angery. Get out of the way if you can!" says Ka'lion, "Now the caves are not fool proof. I haven't seen them yet so I don't know if they are safe or not. But they have servived storms in the past. I'm counting on that being true in any storm. So it's the best option. And my party has spent sometime underground. So we have a real chance. As far as the animals. I love animals and many of them will die. Or exscape. But we just don't have enough time to save them and our selves.. Free they have at least some chance to get out of the way if they are able to run or fly free. And there may not be enough room for all of us and our gear, and our familiers and animal companions and pets otherwise. People I'm a barbaion. And I survived that world - living on grubs, dead animals I found along the way and arond people a lot stronger then I am. I'm also a druid. So I know how to servive better then any of you do. And betten Goerge and me - we have more healing magic if it's needed which we share freely then you do. So your best chance is with us and Goerge most of the time follows my lead."

[sageaqua]

As far as the knowledge nature check. He needs to know the best path to stay out of the way of the water - rivers created by the storms. If it gets to high people are going to get trapped. They need to stay away from sharp objects during heavy winds and he needs to take the path of least resistence with high ground always in mind.

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Jul 30, 2017 21:53:11 GMT -5 sageaqua said:

As far as the knowledge nature check. He needs to know the best path to stay out of the way of the water - rivers created by the storms.

It looks like a thunderstorm, not a biblical flood.

According to the map the caves are at the foot of a mountain range, higher ground and at no risk of flooding. Though he can see no evidence in the vegetation around the campsite that it has ever flooded either.

[sageaqua]

A bibical flood would drown everyone. You said major storm - they happen on the coast all the time and even inside cidies. I was in Sacramento when I was homeless and nearly drowned while sleeping behind a library. I was floating at the top of the stairs in 6 feet of water the following morning. It was completely dry when I arived and hoped sleeping out of the rain would work. . It was a major storm. The flood had to of done major damage inside because the library was sold to a cupple for housing last I heard. Now on the news I've seen many people trapped by storms - so I have a rule. Anyplace that gets more then a foot of water is in trouble even if the storm missed them entirely because floods tend to uproot trees, block roads, cause mudslides and landslide because the soil looses it's grip. Ice and snow and lighting storm. I know less about but some exstreame cases include lightning killing entire heards of deer

[at]

Based on Ka'lions high Knowledge(nature) and decent survival rolls he thinks it unlikely the storm he saw would cause widespread flooding. However he is unfamiliar with the weather patterns here and the whole place is covered with a powerful and somewhat deteriorated magical spell so he continues to push the others to break camp and head for the hills.


George with his diplomacy is (presumably) trying to convince the mages to leave the animals behind as per Ka'lions request? (or did he have another goal with that roll?)

[(George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0)]

There is a sence of pride in George. He does not show it.

Months ago ka'lion would have just ran to the cave. Now he is leading a full people to safty. Its will always be a growing evolution of character but he always knew ka'lion would get there in the end.

[(George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0)]

George is just trying to keep as many people and animals safe as he can.

[at]

Without any roads or paths the camp sets out on foot, having little choice but to leave the animals without the spells prepared to guide them along - unless Ka'lion wants to try his luck at herding them through the trees.

Those with flight spells and similar prepared go ahead to find a safe path up to the caves themselves. Mages who had gone there before state that they are limestone and a river runs at their base, but the caves they are aiming for are much higher up, though looking at the map the group must take a slightly indirect approach around the river itself.