CH 2.2 The Aftermath

[mighty]

Varis glanced over to regard the kid. He did not know what to say, he had no words that could make things better. Taking a deep breath, he sat up, ignoring the pain in his hands and the wounds suffered down in the caverns.

"It's never easy but you're alive. Al is alive. Rose is alive. Others still live because of your actions. That makes it worthwhile. Let them be your strength, they'll help you forget the pain. It may take a little time but you'll get there."

Allowing himself to lean back onto the bed, Varis continues to look over at the kid, trying to offer him a comforting smile.

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

He takes in varis's wisdom it seamed to have a lasting impression.

The kid wakes to a few bad dreams but eventualy he clams down and is able to sleep.

The party has a full long rest, one well deserved.

In the morning our party wakes. With yet another note left for varis this time by the kid.

" I now understand a bit more why A.l had you bunk with me last night. For what its worth thanks for looking out after me.

It means a lot to know others care about me out side of rose and A.l

Just please make sure others are looking out for you. So that u don't have to carry the weight of what you do all the time. Also so u can save some blood, reduce the busted hands and lastly some big wall dents.

Just so you know cave walls would be much worse and bloody. Also know punching sand with a wound could infect it and lose limbs, so you need your limbs and have them not infected as much as possible.

I know your team will have your back as will A.l and myself.

Know u always have a place with us.

- A.l Assitent.

[messiahmoose]

Wind wakes and walks to the window. Dawn is on the brink, and in a deep, gutteral voice, he says to Flappy the bat, “Thank you, my friend. You may go.”

He checks his component pouch to make sure everything is there that he’ll need. Dried beans, mistletoe, spruce, obsidian, holly berries, and an assortment of other stones, sticks, and foliage that could serve many purposes. 

He checked his rations and his water, which he’d fill downstairs, and checked the leather strap around his bicep. 

He was ready for their infiltration to the camp, he was more than ready. Sneaking in, getting help, covering escape, he was ready. Their excursion underground was unexpected and threw him for a loop, but he think he held up his part. It was hard to improvise for a kenku. It was impossible, actually. You couldn’t forget anything. Every tactic and strategy and skill you'd ever witnessed in action needed to be there, ready at a moment’s notice, because there was nothing new. 

Sneak in. Hide. Get help. Escape. Slow pursuit. Hide again. 

He was ready. 

He went downstairs, and in the high-pitched voice of a halfling, he said aloud to anyone that would listen, “Oy! There any reward for all that trouble?”

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

A.l is down in the main hall. He hears winds request. Ah go head and take this to some of our gaurds i can handle our friends request.

To wind " Ah yes i was wondering when we would get to that. Well number one thing is free room and board as offeten as you would like as well as
free drinks until i have to cut you off or til the expence of free drinks gets to a place I simply can't stay instock to run a bar.

As to the other monetary rewards what did you have inmind? Please understand our funds will need to go primarily to getting supplies, to getting the staff on thier feet, rebuilding the place that is no simple expense. Yet none of it would be standing if not for the efforts you and the team made.

Perhaps we should wait til the others join us that way we all can come to an agreement as to what is most fair.

[at]

Callo made her way downstairs, recovered from the night before with healing and mending spells hiding any sign of battle, but she was still concerned as to the intentions of Isis in all of this. Their excursion here had at least answered the question of what to do with the slaves.

Wind was already in the hall with question of reward and Callo interjected on Als suggestion of coin, "Magic, or where to find it. Coin will not buy off the dragons wrath or the vengeance of Sets followers". By her own time the Reds had all but quashed magic from the land and were no doubt already moving against this threat to their power here.

[mighty]

Varis folds up the note and places it into his bag after reading it. Taking a moment to gather his thoughts, he heads down to join the others. It seemed there was a conversation in place regarding rewards for their previous efforts. 

"I think Callo speaks truly. If you know of anything or anywhere that we might find something useful to aid in the coming battles. Any knowledge you can share will also help. We have quite the dangerous task before us to accomplish, the more we know of what lies in store for us, the better."

(Also I'm forgetting as it's been awhile since we've slept, I know we use hit dice to heal up during our sleep. How do getting hit dice back work again? Just need to know as have 4 available going into our sleep which I'll be using.)

(Hit dice used for healing)

lSmKIUI_p_1-12+3 =9+ 32= 41 HP

p_1-12 +3= 12 + 41= 53 HP
p_1-12 + 3 = 15 + 53= 68 HP
p_1-12 + 3= 13 + 68= 81/117 HP1-12�1-12�1-12�1-12

[messiahmoose]

You get back hit dice equal to half your level (rounded down).

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

I am also working in that you get one free max hit dice + your con mod on a good full nights rest witch this is.

So there is advantages to taking a full rest in better places.

However thats not always possible to find.

So getting them when you can is character choice but some places are far more comfertable to do so in.


"Well I do have one idea one before.

Yet we needed to rest for before we found out.

Miss Callo, I speak of the gems that were found.

Perhaps given the kid's new tailents and Omar and yourself could perhaps find out what is in them, how they work and if they are evil or not.

They could use prehaps some magic to see if they should be kept or destroyed."

Kid do you have anything that would help?

Well i think i can use this spell, mis Callo but um i would need to hold them to make sure it works.

Sven will pipe up. I can detect if its good or evil if that will help that way if it is bad we know before you put them in your hands.

[mighty]

(Good to know, thank you)

So one free max hit dice = 15 + 81= 96 HP

6UZo5Lg6p_1-12 + 3 = 4 + 96= 100 HP
p_1-12 + 3 = 11 + 100= 111/117 HP1-12�1-12

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

Sven :" Actuly we don't have to take them out to see if they are evil or not, as long as its not in a metal case thats a few inches thick or behind wood of about 4iches or more. Now led that from what i know is very uncommon. Led would prevent my spell at about one ich thick.

( If callo gives her the indacation the gems are not behind those objects. )

As she casts her spell there is no indacation of evil or Good glowing from callos pockets.

" Well good news what ever evil you were thinking was possibly in them, is not there anymore.

If they were i would know right away my spell for they would glow.

The other news is nor did they come up Good those would also glow. That is the best from what my spell can descearn as of right now.

Perhaps are arcane useser might be able to discern more. "

[at]

Callo looks at the shards, "They seem to absorb magic. The shard earlier absorbed the healing energy, but I am unsure if they would be safe to use for offensive magic"

(Callo has a single pearl left from her earlier identifications - she is willing to use it on these crystals but will also ask around to see if she can secure more for the future)

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

( I'm unsure if the pearl of power made the iteam list in 5th ed it may have and i over looked it i think these maybe simular to them. They tossed a lot of stuff out from 3.5 then changed all of it in 4th and then mixed back in stuff for 5th going back to more of a 3.0 and 3.5 style of iteams. I may have to track it down but no worries.)





Kid : Given the information they are not evil I would like to examine with my spell. I would like to try and be helpfull if i can be.

How i understand this spell works is : step one I place the object im trying to find out flat on a surface, Al with your premission what is left of your bar would be preferable. Now i think i should try the non glowing one first.

Step 2

All but the caster that being me should back away a few steps just incase.

Step 3 I would be run my hand over it and do my incantation.

If nothing goes wrong and after 10 mins of me setting things up for it, i should know what they do.

( to save time ill asume the non glowing gem and the others are on the table placed by gloved hands to advoid contact. While the party steps back all but the kid.)

His eyes glow a light blue as he mutters running his hand over the gem. It to lights up lighish blue. At the end of his spell.

" O my, this is great this is truly remarkable."

He starts babbling but does not seam to be affected by any spell


Al : KID! In laymans tearms just spit it out already, your worring us again!.

Kid : O right um sorry Al, um ok i'll do my best.

Each gem functions the same yet they are all broken away from what ever linked them. yet formed a link or bond to eachother.

Mis Callo you are right it does obsorb spells for later use but it can use combat magic as well for its owener being the one who put spells in them.

Yet they can if broken into shards make magic armor or swords. Heck you with enough of them could make a dancing table.

Yet you would need bigger ones the bigger the object. Or many more of smaller ones.

A single one can't store anything 4 spell power and above.

Yet much bigger ones could store more then one spell at much higher spell power.

What is more interesting is that if you get more to sink to yourselfs comand you can store say a message spell and all the others sinked with that gem would get it to all the others.

Yet they can work as indaviduals, once you sever that link it can't restablish that conection again. If you use say a 5th spell power it would carry a lesser version up to lv 3 of that spell. Yet thats only healing ones it does that with.

Each can hold a 3 lv ones

A lv 1 and a lv 2.

Or one lv 3 per gem. Once it gets used it can't store a spell til the next long rest.

Or you can brake them down an make +1 armor or a +1 weapon.


You can however swap out what spell(s) are in them during a short rest ( not mid combat) as long as you give up your spell slot like normal.

[at]

Jul 23, 2018 23:58:57 GMT -5 (George) 3.5./ ZEM ( 4.0) said:

( I'm unsure if the pearl of power made the iteam list in 5th ed)

Just regular pearls - they are material components for Callos identify spell.

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

( Yha they should have those around.)

( To party: please let me know what you wish to do with the gemstones given you have many options with them )

[at]

Callo counts up the shards. Magical spells of armour could be useful for the others, though the shards also held potential for use in wands and other items of magical power.

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

( I counted how many party got there were 5 in total, and the largerest of them still down there. )

[at]

"Crafting magical wands and weapons is not among my skills", notes Callo, wondering if the others would know such an individual. They were all but unheard of after the war but perhaps here...

(a large one that we missed or that we didn't pick up? I thought we'd grabbed all of them that we could see)

[messiahmoose]

Specifically what type of gems are they? Diamond? Emerald?

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

Jul 26, 2018 21:21:40 GMT -5 messiahmoose said:

Specifically what type of gems are they? Diamond? Emerald?

They are Emeralds.

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

( So has the team decided what they wish to do with the magic gems? )