MTG: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms

<It's charmed.  I'm going to give you guys a second to talk to Sh'derra if you like.  Or I guess the time elemental if that floats your boat.  Time elemental has next initiative and dialogue us always free, so it will do whatever she yells it immediately.  She has agreed not to harm you punitively, but your'e not friends.>

"Return to your home demiplane." Sh'derra commands the elemental.

It vanishes, along with its other manifeststions.

Tauzen js still in the desert.  Tyreus is a corpse.  

Surveying the scene, the amethyst dragon addresses the group generally.  "If you're still in my hunting grounds in three hours or if I find you in the company of any kther aberrations, any gratitude for your assistance in the present matter will be forgotten.  Is that clear?"

Marlyth sets up a makeshift medical camp to treat the injured adventurers. She applies healing balm on Tabaqui's wound after disinfecting it with a liquid from her glass vial. But, the liquid is poisoned water collected from the pool outside of the gorgon's lair, so he might remain poisoned temporarily after regaining consciousness. She prays to the spirits of nature requesting for his quick recovery.  14 HP channeled to Tabaqui by casting Cure Wounds 

She will examine the condition of Walks with Shadows to ensure the availability of additional healers. After that she will patch up the wound of Calner to help him regain 8 HP [Cure Wounds ]. She will finally spread her bedroll on the ground and carefully place the mortal remnants of Tyreus on it. She's trying to figure out if it's possible to perform an autopsy on him.

Intelligence: Medicine 9

Angus will cast locate object searching for the stone of creation.

"Wise Sh'derra," he says, "those elemental beings you sent away.. what sort of elemental's were they? I have never seen their like before.."

Angus becomes aware that the stone of creation is on Tyreus' corpse a moment before everyone else does.

They are time elementals.  They belong in their own demiplane.   Their motivations are wholly alien to a mind steeped in linear time.  That demiplane is nor ally quite inaccessible by magical means.  Whatever summoning spell or ritual or force brought them here, it was not cast through Mystra's weave.

Seeing what Marlyth is up to with the corpse, Sh'derra manifests beside it, without leaving her place, rather, appearing in both spaces at once (spatial projection).  "What do you think you are doing with this, young lady?" She asks of her.  Before she can respond, the dragon makes it clear the question was rhetorical as she continues, "That belongs to me. " The dragon makes an imposing sight, with its pupil-less glowing pale lavender eyes.  "The stone is the creative force incarnate, an amazing object of order, but lacking chaos itself, it is painfully susceptible to the ravages of entropy. Such a powerful, yet delicate artifact must be protected with the utmost care.  I have the means to shelter it and an understanding of its workings.  I seek to determine its origins and understand how it fits into the grand puzzle of rhe multiverse.  

Persuasion 28 

<Yeah, normally persuasion is not something the NPC would roll.  I just wanted to here.  You set your own DC.  Figure out for your own character what kind of DC the dragon would need ro persuade you and respond accordingly.  If I dont hear anyhting, at some point she's just going to try and take it, which is what ahe already intent on doing.>

Tauzan takes a moment to recover from the series of images that suddenly flood him.  He tries to understand them. (Arcana to try and see if he has any ideas about the dark conical creatures: 29) He again addresses the time elemental, speaking again in Primordial. 

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Tauzan takes a moment to recover from the series of images that suddenly flood him.  He tries to understand them. (Arcana to try and see if he has any ideas about the dark conical creatures: 29) He again addresses the time elemental, speaking again in Primordial. 

"The pair of men with the staff - did that happen here? Cause this crater of glass?  Can I help you find something here?"

 

 <That time elemental disappeared.  I should have stated that explicitly.  The multiple elementals were all manifeststions of the one, that is they function as one, even sharing a pool of hp.  While it might be possible for them to exists in multiple planes, they/it all failed against the dragon's ability, so they all act on it. The Primordial would have worked, but just because Tauzen was thinking it, allowing the telepathy to take over.>

Tauzen's uncanny knowledge of the arcane leads him to consider thst the creatures he saw might have been the fsbked Phaerim.  Said to have been the end of more than one dominant magical empire, and having a considerable role in the relatively recent fall of Shade and consequently Myth Drannor.  The mysterious subterranean creatures are said to be utterly alien entities, but make a special effort to cause suffering in their destructive path.  Their ability to weird the art (use magic) is purportedly more powerful than any humanoid, and they have been refining the spells of humanoids for their own purposes of the many centuries they've been on Faerûn, rough mush of that time they were absent from the overworked.  Were they not confined fir all these long years, it seems unlikely any civilizations would exist in Toril today.

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Marlyth sets up a makeshift medical camp to treat the injured adventurers. She applies healing balm on Tabaqui's wound after disinfecting it with a liquid from her glass vial. But, the liquid is poisoned water collected from the pool outside of the gorgon's lair, so he might remain poisoned temporarily after regaining consciousness. She prays to the spirits of nature requesting for his quick recovery.  16 HP channeled to Tabaqui by casting Cure Wounds 

She will examine the condition of Walks with Shadows to ensure the availability of additional healers. After that she will patch up the wound of Calner to help him regain 4 HP [Cure Wounds ]. She will finally spread her bedroll on the ground and carefully place the mortal remnants of Tyreus on it. She's trying to figure out if it's possible to perform an autopsy on him.

Intelligence: Medicine 17

 Walks is about out of spells but can use Healing Kit to heal for 1d6 +4 + target's level.

Marlyth eagerly takes in the information offered by the dragon, then replies, "You're saying that there are powerful stones inside Tyreus' body... probably inside his kidneys or pancreas or somewhere else."

She stares at the lower part of body of the corpse while drawing out a scimitar and applying disinfectant (poisoned water) on it. "Maybe, I should remove these stones first, then you can keep them inside your lair. By the way, you look pretty!"

(was Angus included on the telepathic link earlier? Is it still up? If so, he will relay the following message silently.  If not, he will turn to the other party members, his back to the dragon and try to silently pantomime the question):

"Who has the tuning fork?"

With the elemental gone, Tauzan will scan the horizon for any signs of an end to the desert,possible oasis, or other feature.  (Perception: 26)

He will then head down to the glassy crater to take a closer look.

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Marlyth eagerly takes in the information offered by the dragon, then replies, "You're saying that there are powerful stones inside Tyreus' body... probably inside his kidneys or pancreas or somewhere else."

She stares at the lower part of body of the corpse while drawing out a scimitar and applying disinfectant (poisoned water) on it. "Maybe, I should remove these stones first, then you can keep them inside your lair. By the way, you look pretty!"

" I assume he just put it in his pocket, unless you know something about this man that I do not."

(@InkedBee: Are you referencing "The 5th Element"?)

(@Wile_E_Coyote, unfortunately I didn't watch the movie. Marlyth is referring to collection of minerals inside organs since she's trying to do an autopsy. She thinks that the examination might reveal the location where he's temporarily transported.)

"Begging your pardon, Great One, but our companion seems to have vanished, spirited away by that 'time elemental' as you  called it.  We would love to obey your wish and vacate your domain, but we cannot leave until we retrieve our friend, or at least his body.  Can you tell us to where he was banished?  Can you retrieve him?  It was the monkish fellow with the curiously curved blade."

Spoiler for a 25 year-old movie / wild tangent

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"Begging your pardon, Great One, but our companion seems to have vanished, spirited away by that 'time elemental' as you  called it.  We would love to obey your wish and vacate your domain, but we cannot leave until we retrieve our friend, or at least his body.  Can you tell us to where he was banished?  Can you retrieve him?  It was the monkish fellow with the curiously curved blade."

 I have no idea where or when your friend has gone.  Adventuring g is dangerous work.

At that she searches Tyreus for the stone. Finds it and returns to her other self, now one, holding the stone.  "I suggest you head East. My hunting demyne extends West and South from here.  So long as you're on your way, it's if little concern to me."

<How long does Tauzen want to look in the sands of the glass crater?>

To the north,, in the distance, Tauzen can see through the heat shimmer what he thinks might be some greenery. Just a few palms and low-growing grass.  Further that way, the terrain rises to hills.

To the East, he can just make out some alabaster towers encircling a central stronghold of unusual design.

To the south, a single rock pinnacle rises from the sand.  

To the west, ominous mountains lay in the far diatance.

Tauzan will only spend a few minutes inspecting the glass crater, unless something catches his attention.  He tries to guage the time it might take to reach the towers and stronghold to the east or the greenery to the north.  He will head for whichever he might reach soonest.

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Calner will ask Tauzen, "Hello there, are you still on the same plane as us? Can you describe where you are? Tyreus is dead and we're departing the dragon's realm to seek you out. Anything you can share with us that will give us a clue as to where you currently are?" (this is telepathic communication)

 (OOC - I'm guessing probably same plane, but not sure, so I'll wait for DM input. Also - you have telepathy that covers anywhere on the same plane!?)