Sometime during the second watch, one of the horses gives a nervous wicker and another stamps a hoof, bringing Dornikal and Ulmwin to the edge of consciousness. Looking over, they can see Brucho and Whoopsie moving to check on the horses, but the night is otherwise quiet.

The two of them seemingly having the horses under control, Dornikal and Ulmwin roll over and go back to sleep. Dornikal feels a hand on his shoulder seemingly immediately, but as he rolls over to see Evar's dour face looking at him, and Brucho and Whoopsie settling into their bedding, knows it's been at least some time.

"Something spooked the horses. Brucho said 'bout an hour ago, they're still nervous."

He moves from Dornikal's side to go wake Garvey.

"Good to know, we'll keep an eye on them if their still jumpy."

He'll indicate a spot for Garvey to take watch where he can keep an eye on him,

"Ye shout if anything comes fast, aye?"

He'll then take a spot out of any light towards the horses and silently watch and listen to the night.

((Keeping that 23 from the prior page, if possible!))

Garvey sits where directed (without complaint!), with a nod and his eyes peeled as the prospect of something out there that spooked the horses not sitting easy with him. Evar, in his typical fashion, seems to have expended the words he was willing to voice to convey the possible danger to Dornikal, and has lapsed into his usual laconic dour state.

Dornikal catches a glint of eyes in the moonlight, near where the horses are tethered. So far they don't seem to have caught scent or sound of whatever the eyes belong to.

((Don't think we established if there was a campfire or not? Can say there is or isn't based on what you guys decide.))

((THAT would be standard routine for a watch situation.  Just have to remember not to look into the fire and ruin your night vision.))

Then some of the light from the bed of embers flickered in the eyes too.

((Any read on the size of the creature from the size of the eyes?))

Dornikal stands up slowly and says in a conversational volume to Garvey and Evar,

"Something by the horses. Aye'll go check it out, be ready to yell if aye do."

Dornikal will then move off in a direction not quite opposite the horses into the dark before moving as quietly as he can back around to where he last saw the eyes.

Stealth: 20

Maybe horse sized, but lower to the ground?

Dornikal slips quietly into the underbrush.

((Perception Check?))

Perception: 24

((Dornikal has been saving up these good rolls to blow them all before the fight!))

Dornikal makes out a furry black leg, following it up to the body, he sees a large, feline form, crouched in the underbrush. As he waits and watches, the flicker of the campfire reveals an extra pair of legs, and another set of appendages rising from the shoulders. Its focus seems to be entirely on the horses, and thus far is unaware of his presence. Probably him moving out of sight and to the side before slipping into the woods has prevented his scent from carrying to the predator.

((Dornikal can give me some form of Knowledge check if he'd like.))

Smarts: 18

(Plus 0 to all int rolls, so just a flat d20.

Hot Dang, rolling too hot.))

Everything lines up with what Dornikal knows of displacer beasts, a fierce fey feline predator with six legs and spiked tentacles. Notoriously difficult to target due to a trick of the light... in fact, the one he sees before him might be closer or farther from where he's crouched, breath held as he decides what to do next.

Dornikal backs up slowly, giving a quick look behind himself to make sure he isn't about to be jumped.

Once he's put a bit more distance between himself and the confirmed displacer beast he'll yell,

"DISPLACER BEAST BY THE HORSES, PROBABLY LEAST ONE MORE NEARBY!"

As he yells he'll run to put himself between the camp and the large pseudo feline, trying to keep it in sight as he does.

((Dornikal roll initiative, all those not on watch roll with disadvantage.))

Init: 12

DB: 22

NPCs on watch: 11

Sleeping NPCs: 6

Horsies: 10

Dis Initiative; 15

Disadv Initiative: 14

(When it is his turn)  Coljin begins casting and chanting about his goddess.  He casts Bless on himself, Randerwaith and Dornikal.  (if neither of them are in range, he will move a bit closer to then, and if still not, he will choose any other party member in range for the bless)