Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
Frozen Sick
D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Basic Rules (2014)
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Sasha will have her bath then, splashing around a bit in the stream before coming up and wringing the water out of her long curly black hair before getting her clothes back on, then joining the others by the campfire. "Hey, hope Luke is okay, shouldn't he be back soon." She says, looking a bit worried.
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You stop a moment to breath the fresh air of freedom, watching as the sky turns a deep crimson as the sun begins its descent. As you look about for any signs of trouble you see a large buck deer rise up out of the grass, its body catching the remaining Ray's of the sun. A beautiful specimen with 5 points on each antler. It stands stock as it sniffs the air. It knows something is watching it. Luke marvels at its magnificent frame, silently calculating how much venison it would provide.
A cool breeze moves in and the sky becomes cloudy all of a sudden. The light fades rapidly and as Luke looks on, the flesh rots on the deer, as it stands there. huge sores open up across its body as its flesh sloughs off and its eyes turn to fire. It looks directly at Luke and makes the most terrifying sound luke has ever heard.
The moment passes and the sun is still setting and the sky is clear. The deer runs off and Luke can see something shiny near where it was standing
Aaron follows up behind and says to Gerty, “Of course - I didn’t bring my pole though. We could try to fashion some together.” Aaron will begin to look around for some saplings that would make decent poles. “I think if we fray some rope we could make lines, and perhaps get hooks out of wood or bone.”
Luke hesitates at seeing the deer turn into what he thinks was an u dead creature. He rubs his eyes only reading about these sorts of creatures but never thought he’d see something so peculiar. He walks over to the shining thing in the grass and looks down at it wondering if he’s ever seen anything like it in the books he’s read.
History: 18
"Well, I could always go in again and use my fey wand to put the fish to sleep, grab it with my hands and throw it up to you." Sasha suggests with a shrug as she hears Gerty and Aaron talking.
Looking down at the object he can see it is a hunting cap like the mountain hunters wear. The shiny part is a small gold Stagg pin attached to the hat band. It is a very nicely made hat in remarkably good condition for being left out in the weather like this.
"And stop the fun of actually trying to catch one? C'mon Sasha, we're adventurers remember? Let's see what we can put together!" Gerty pulls out her rope and frays a piece off of it and goes to see if Aaron has found a branch that would work.
Sasha shrugs and smiles. "Okay, good luck with the fishing then I guess." She says, finding a seat by a tree and her flock of sheep, playing a soft tune on her flute while watching the progress of Gerty's and Aaron's fishing endeavour.
Aaron is able to find some good, stiff canes to use for poles
Aaron hacks the saplings off their roots with a few swings of his handaxe, then makes his way back to the others. "Here we are - couple of poles." He drops them to the ground in front of him, "Anyone have something to make a hook out of? otherwise I'm gunna look around for something uh, hook shaped. Remind me when we get to Mirabar to stock up on good fishing tackle!" He chuckles, and starts to look around for something that could be shaped into a hook.
Investigation: 7
Luke shrugs and picks up the cap with the stag pin in it and rides back to camp
As Luke makes back into camp, he can see Loran watching the animals and relaxing a bit and the others have found some make shift fishing equipment and are trying to see if they can catch fresh dinner
“Hello there. I found this cap in the woods. It was quite uh odd how I found it. I thought about putting it in to see how I look”
"Yes, please do, I'm sure it will look lovely on you Luke." Sasha calls out cheerfully as she sits by a tree with her flock closeby.
"Quite odd? What do you mean?" Aaron asks Luke while looking for any sharp, hook-shaped objects.
“Oh well you see there was this stag. Big and beautiful standing there where I eventually found the hat. But it uh turned into an undead creature before running away. I mean it’s flesh was falling off and it had these nasty sores. It was awful but I found this hat there where the buck had been. So odd. Say none of you newly magical folks can detect anything about this hat or the pin on it can ya?”
"Are you okay Luke? That all sounds weird even by my standards." Sasha says with a giggle. "But no, I only have this..." She says, waving her fey wand around a bit. "...and it won't detect anything really. Just good at making mischief sometimes."
" I am ok, a little weirded out but the whole scene. It's not every day you see a big buck turn into an undead looking creature and then back to a regular buck before running off.....It is a nice hat though"
"No kidding - I'm not so sure I trust that thing. Those are some strange circumstances. Sounds like a bad omen if you ask me.." Aaron eyes the hat wearily before going back to his search.