Pud bights his lip and ponders how the heck this orb works. "Don't worry Matilda, I'm holding on tight. I won't drop it. This is definitely some sorta compass. I'm gonna try to activate it, see if it helps lead us in a direction."
Before doing so, Pud inspects the probes again, trying to figure out their purpose. He wonders if this thing needs to be inserted into some sorta of device. Investigation check: 18
Action: Attempt to activate the orb of direction
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Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 3 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Titaani has seen a key like this before. It's a Mystery Key. An all-purpose key that actually sometimes works.
Pud examines the orb. It looks like it's meant to be hand-held; it doesn't seem to require another mechanism. He gives it a try, but in this directionless world, it just spins aimlessly.
"Oh! I know what this is! It's a key that unlocks things!" Titaani bursts out excitedly, before realising how unhelpful that explanation is. "Oh, um, I mean, it's a key that could unlock a lock, but sometimes it doesn't, but if it does, it disappears. Does that make sense?"
"Dangit! This thing just keeps spinning. This world has no direction."He turns to Matilda and gently hands the orb to her.
"Hang on to him. I'm not giving up yet, I just wanna try something with the toad statue.'
Pud whistles for Rizzo and she darts into the room and perches on his hand. He digs out some string from his satchel ties it to her little mechanical foot. He walks over to the toad statue and gives Rizzo some instructions.
"Hey, Riz. I need you to fly in the mouth of that statue. Go SLOW. Don't fly all crazy. Fly 10 feet or so and then stay there. I'm gonna pull on the string and see what happens."
He scritches the little clockwork bird on the head and sends her off into the statue.
IF Pud feels the line go taught. He will pull on it and see if he can pull her out of the statue.
OTHERWISE Pud will give it a minute or two and then reach his hand into the statue and say Rizzo's name to fetch her.
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Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 3 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Rizzo navigates itself into the frog's open mouth. It slowly pulls a few feet of slack string in with it, but it stops after maybe five feet. Eventually, Pud has to reach in to pull his arcane mechanical companion back out. Rizzo is unharmed.
Pud is thankful that little Rizzo came out unscathed, but he was hoping that the magical dimension would have been larger, perhaps another world where the orb could be used to free Wirrun.
"I dunno, Matilda. My magic tells me your brother will be released of one can use the orb. But it just doesn't seem to work in this crazy upside down world.
Maybe the key is finding a way outta this place?"
He gently hands the orb back to Matilda.
"I'm gonna have a go at reaching in. See if I can find what they took from me."
Pud hobbles over to the toad statue and reaches both hands into the gaping void of a mouth. He feels around and says aloud "The missing piece of my leg."
"An orb, a key, and a rod...something tells me retrieving my stuff isn't going to be as straightforward as I'd hoped," Titaani says despondently. Dipping her hand into the frog, Titaani screws her eyes tightly shut and declares: "My focus."
Horatio sticks his hand in the frog's mouth next. He feels the cool mud and swimming-eels sensation that the others experienced, as well as seemingly-unidentifiable items that just slip out of his reach. He eventually withdraws an empty hand.
Upon saying the name "Stiltsomere" out loud, the pole extends in both directions, transforming into a 10-foot-long pole. Something else happens, too – an odd tingling sensation in Pud's short leg. Then a sudden wrenching feeling. He has gained the missing three inches in his leg.
Pud giggles at the tingling sensation in his wonky leg. "hehe that tickles..."
At first, Pud is more surprised and excited by this magical 10 ft retractable pole. He admires and inspects the device, trying to figure out how he can replicate this thing with his magical know how. Anyone observing the scene unfold might have noticed a subtle, yet perceptible shift in his stance. Almost as if someone, or something, propped him up. Still unaware of what just happened. he spins on his heel, and takes a step or two towards his friends.
"Where to next...hey..." Pud stops mid thought as he hobbles towards the group in a still awkward, but different gait than usual. He's favored his wonky leg for so long, but now, it's as if he doesn't have to any longer. "Guys...GUYS!!" Pud kicks and shakes out his previously wonky short leg as he's waking a limb thats fallen asleep."My leg, it's back!" Pud breaks out into an awkward jig and dances around his friends.
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Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 3 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
”Wonderful!” exclaims Ben, grabbing Pud by the hands and joining him in a dance of happiness. After his initial celebrations, he reflects, “Let’s hope we can reunite everyone with their stolen parts! We may have to take this frog with us to the Witchlight Carnival and park it at the Lost and Found if we can’t learn what its contents are.”
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
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Pud bights his lip and ponders how the heck this orb works. "Don't worry Matilda, I'm holding on tight. I won't drop it. This is definitely some sorta compass. I'm gonna try to activate it, see if it helps lead us in a direction."
Before doing so, Pud inspects the probes again, trying to figure out their purpose. He wonders if this thing needs to be inserted into some sorta of device. Investigation check: 18
Action: Attempt to activate the orb of direction
Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 3 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Titaani has seen a key like this before. It's a Mystery Key. An all-purpose key that actually sometimes works.
Pud examines the orb. It looks like it's meant to be hand-held; it doesn't seem to require another mechanism. He gives it a try, but in this directionless world, it just spins aimlessly.
"Oh! I know what this is! It's a key that unlocks things!" Titaani bursts out excitedly, before realising how unhelpful that explanation is. "Oh, um, I mean, it's a key that could unlock a lock, but sometimes it doesn't, but if it does, it disappears. Does that make sense?"
Ben:
Somewhat bewildered, Ben says, “Yes, kind of?” As he pockets the key. “What else do you think is in there?” he asks.
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Pud furrows his brow.
"Dangit! This thing just keeps spinning. This world has no direction." He turns to Matilda and gently hands the orb to her.
"Hang on to him. I'm not giving up yet, I just wanna try something with the toad statue.'
Pud whistles for Rizzo and she darts into the room and perches on his hand. He digs out some string from his satchel ties it to her little mechanical foot. He walks over to the toad statue and gives Rizzo some instructions.
"Hey, Riz. I need you to fly in the mouth of that statue. Go SLOW. Don't fly all crazy. Fly 10 feet or so and then stay there. I'm gonna pull on the string and see what happens."
He scritches the little clockwork bird on the head and sends her off into the statue.
IF Pud feels the line go taught. He will pull on it and see if he can pull her out of the statue.
OTHERWISE Pud will give it a minute or two and then reach his hand into the statue and say Rizzo's name to fetch her.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 3 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Rizzo navigates itself into the frog's open mouth. It slowly pulls a few feet of slack string in with it, but it stops after maybe five feet. Eventually, Pud has to reach in to pull his arcane mechanical companion back out. Rizzo is unharmed.
Pud is thankful that little Rizzo came out unscathed, but he was hoping that the magical dimension would have been larger, perhaps another world where the orb could be used to free Wirrun.
"I dunno, Matilda. My magic tells me your brother will be released of one can use the orb. But it just doesn't seem to work in this crazy upside down world.
Maybe the key is finding a way outta this place?"
He gently hands the orb back to Matilda.
"I'm gonna have a go at reaching in. See if I can find what they took from me."
Pud hobbles over to the toad statue and reaches both hands into the gaping void of a mouth. He feels around and says aloud "The missing piece of my leg."
Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 3 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Pud pulls out a rod, about a foot long. The name "Stiltsomere" is carved into it in small, ornate, silver-lined letters.
Matilda wrapped the orb up as well as she could and placed it carefully in her pack.
"An orb, a key, and a rod...something tells me retrieving my stuff isn't going to be as straightforward as I'd hoped," Titaani says despondently. Dipping her hand into the frog, Titaani screws her eyes tightly shut and declares: "My focus."
Titaani withdraws a tiny wand made of birch wood.
"Huh," Titaani considers the wand for a moment before a childish grin spreads across her face as she points it at the mannequin. "Abracadabra!"
The wand sparks for an instant but then does nothing; Titaani realizes that she must first attune to it. That'll take a little time.
An idea coming to mind, Horatio waits for the others to finish, then puts his hand in the frog's mouth... "Everything out!" He exclaims.
Horatio sticks his hand in the frog's mouth next. He feels the cool mud and swimming-eels sensation that the others experienced, as well as seemingly-unidentifiable items that just slip out of his reach. He eventually withdraws an empty hand.
"Stiltsomere? What the heck is that supposed to mean?"
He inspects the rod, looking for a switch or something.
"What do you guys wanna do? Should we look around some more?"
Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 3 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
" What if we break the frog? Will that make everything fall out....or will it all be lost forever?"
Matilda wanted to know what was in there but not risk anyone elses family that might be within.
Upon saying the name "Stiltsomere" out loud, the pole extends in both directions, transforming into a 10-foot-long pole. Something else happens, too – an odd tingling sensation in Pud's short leg. Then a sudden wrenching feeling. He has gained the missing three inches in his leg.
Pud giggles at the tingling sensation in his wonky leg. "hehe that tickles..."
At first, Pud is more surprised and excited by this magical 10 ft retractable pole. He admires and inspects the device, trying to figure out how he can replicate this thing with his magical know how. Anyone observing the scene unfold might have noticed a subtle, yet perceptible shift in his stance. Almost as if someone, or something, propped him up. Still unaware of what just happened. he spins on his heel, and takes a step or two towards his friends.
"Where to next...hey..." Pud stops mid thought as he hobbles towards the group in a still awkward, but different gait than usual. He's favored his wonky leg for so long, but now, it's as if he doesn't have to any longer. "Guys...GUYS!!" Pud kicks and shakes out his previously wonky short leg as he's waking a limb thats fallen asleep."My leg, it's back!" Pud breaks out into an awkward jig and dances around his friends.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 3 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Ben:
”Wonderful!” exclaims Ben, grabbing Pud by the hands and joining him in a dance of happiness. After his initial celebrations, he reflects, “Let’s hope we can reunite everyone with their stolen parts! We may have to take this frog with us to the Witchlight Carnival and park it at the Lost and Found if we can’t learn what its contents are.”
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"