Another of the mouth tendrils seems to be grinning maliciously. Seems like this monster is just waiting for an excuse. "You think yourself powerful, little surface dweller?" It speaks. "Cartax has brought me many to become his friends, all of them weak. Nothing stronger than an Umber Hulk, a tasty snack for myself to make Cartax a new friend to play with."
" Oh.. I see... And here we are thinking that you were powerful. " he turns to the others and start walking out the chamber " A humber hulk.. " he shrughs " Let's see Cartax and tell him that Khat'rylyax will be displeased." he looks over his shoulder " If you'll excuse us... " and he starts walking out to the corridor.
Dar'Quilyn turns to leave, then recalls that the corridor is up a long steep slope that'll need to be climbed.
"Umber Hulks are bitter in taste." The creature says. "But surface dwellers... They have a strange yet interesting taste. It makes us wonder what really makes them. Easy prey, though deeper down there are more interesting things to make into meals."
"R-right, that's enough." Delvar says, obviously terrified at the monstrous creature. "Where is Don- I mean Cartax?"
The creature's mouth grins again. "He sleeps among his friends, higher up the cave." The wolf the creature spawned seems to run off and up towards the slope, scurrying away.
( So just to be clear here... We are in a chamber that the only, or the most closest and with no monster between, exit needs to be climbed up, and our other option is a room full of cloned wolves and a werewolf... it seems that we are, almost literally, in the belly of the beast... ;) and I am playing solo here.... How do you want to do this? Do I control the others? Play only with our brave and daredevil elf? )
(I'm sure Dar can escape while the others get eaten ;-). It's up to you if you want to fight the scary monster or not. So far it's just being menacing... )
( LOL that would be hilarious... but if you allow me to control the other characters they would have been preparing to fight while the Dar has been distracting him. In good conscience they cannot let that creature there creating more and more wolves to finally overrun the village they have come to help... )
"R-right. Well, I know Cartax, so maybe I can talk with him first?" Delvar suggests, his feet cemented in place by fear.
The creature chuckles again."I may not be a surface dweller, but don't take me for a fool!"The creature says. "You want to go see Cartax? Well, how about these stay here and talk while you... and maybe one other... go and talk with Cartax?"
"No worries I will go with you Delvar. Let's see Cartax. But " he turns towards the creature " You must promise not to eat any of my friends or copy them or harm them in any way. You don't want to see us angry... "
"We don't think you are in the position to make demands of us." The creature lets out a low rumble of a chuckle. "The longer you take, the hungrier we will feel."
Delvar looks very frightened of the fact that the people who have come to help his town now have their lives in his hands. "R-right, let's quickly find Donnel." He says to Dar'Quilyn, scurrying up the slope as quickly as he can. "It said that he was sleeping with the wolves, right? Well, I don't want to see a hundred angry wolves suddenly waking up."
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The elf nods to his companions as a promise that he will return as fast as he could.
“Neither I” he says to Derval at the passage after the quick climb back to the corridor “ But perhaps we could distract them. First let’s go back to them and let’s see if we can find this Donnel and see of there is some way to fully understand what is going no here. Why know the how, but not the why yet. “
( Can he hold a sleep spell in case one wolf starts to wake up?
Perception to locate him among the sleeping wolves: 13
Stealth not to wake the 17
Edit: Crap I was editing to laugh of my luck but I deleted part of the code of the stealth roll so I expect the red banner. It as a 5 in case it changes it.. hahaha not eaten by that thing but eaten by a hoard of wolves cloned by an aberration digestive system... ;)
(To confirm, you can only ready a spell, which will use the slot and waste it if the trigger fails.)
Dar'Quilyn quietly steps around the huge mass of identical wolves, making sure not to make a single noise as Delvar follows nervously behind, dimming the lantern down so as not to disturb the wolves. Upon making through to the next chamber of the underground caverns, there is a raised ledge where hearing a chuckle, Dar'Quilyn can see what appears to be a well built human man garbed in pelts and petting a wolf. "Hehe, good boy." He says contently, potentially to the wolf that wandered off earlier.
"Hwuaa?" The man looks over towards where Dar'Quilyn is. She quickly stumble back onto his feet, the wolf turns and growls defensively. "Who.. Who are you guys?"
"Donnel!" Delvar says in a hushed yell. "What in the nine hells have you done!?"
"Wha? Mister Delvar?" The man says. He then shakes his head. "No sir, I'm Cartax now. Imma with all mah friends now." He gestures to the sleeping wolves. A couple of them are beginning to wake up.
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"Shhh.. ok let's keep this reunion quiet so we do not disturb them, ok? " says the elf moving away from the entrance and not making any sudden movements to provoke the wolf.
"Listen Donnel, or Cartax... you should know that what you are doing is endangering your former family and friends, right? Do you remember them? The people at the village, like Delvar here, and Jess and Mirabelle... sure do you remember them. You and your new... friends, have them scared and worried. Worried about you and worried about what's going on. Why do you need so many.. friends? " he asks to him.
Donnel frowns. "Mister Delvar ain't mah friend..." He says with a sombre tone. "They all picked on me and called me a weirdo." He pets the nearby wolf on the head. "But mah new friend ain't like that. He made me lots of new friends, friends who like mah new body after that other furry man took a bite outta me a while ago."
"What are you on about, Donnel?" Delvar says, obviously looking agitated and enraged. "You've been taking the townsfolk and turning them into animals!"
"Nuh-uh!" Donnel shakes his head. "Mah new friend did that."
" I think I understand you Donnel. You know, back at my home people always told me that I wasn't good enough. That I will never be as great as my father and mother were. It doesn't matter how hard I tried, or how much I worked. They were never satisfied. And they ostraciced me too. But look friend. That's not good reason to hurt people. To turn them into things they don't want to be. You dind't even ask! Your new friend down there? He is no real friend of you. He only wants to eat. As much as he can. And once all the people at the village has been eaten, then he will start eaten your new friends " he points to the wolf " and you don't want that, don't you? " he takes a step towards him pacefully
"That other aspect you now got? I saw you the other night, and I think that's awesome! You now can run and hunt with the wolves! I think that's pretty cool, doesn't it Delvar?" he turns to the other man and wink him to nod too. "You see? You can use your new abilities to help the village. You will be the best hunter in the village and the people will not call you names anymore, they will say "Look! there is Donnel, our hunter and protector!! And I am pretty sure that we could arrange for you to keep most of your pack. But Donnel.. this must stop. We must stop it before he consumes and destroy it all. Help us. Please... "
Another of the mouth tendrils seems to be grinning maliciously. Seems like this monster is just waiting for an excuse. "You think yourself powerful, little surface dweller?" It speaks. "Cartax has brought me many to become his friends, all of them weak. Nothing stronger than an Umber Hulk, a tasty snack for myself to make Cartax a new friend to play with."
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The deception at the elf face is obvious
" Oh.. I see... And here we are thinking that you were powerful. " he turns to the others and start walking out the chamber " A humber hulk.. " he shrughs " Let's see Cartax and tell him that Khat'rylyax will be displeased." he looks over his shoulder " If you'll excuse us... " and he starts walking out to the corridor.
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Dar'Quilyn turns to leave, then recalls that the corridor is up a long steep slope that'll need to be climbed.
"Umber Hulks are bitter in taste." The creature says. "But surface dwellers... They have a strange yet interesting taste. It makes us wonder what really makes them. Easy prey, though deeper down there are more interesting things to make into meals."
"R-right, that's enough." Delvar says, obviously terrified at the monstrous creature. "Where is Don- I mean Cartax?"
The creature's mouth grins again. "He sleeps among his friends, higher up the cave." The wolf the creature spawned seems to run off and up towards the slope, scurrying away.
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( So just to be clear here... We are in a chamber that the only, or the most closest and with no monster between, exit needs to be climbed up, and our other option is a room full of cloned wolves and a werewolf... it seems that we are, almost literally, in the belly of the beast... ;) and I am playing solo here.... How do you want to do this? Do I control the others? Play only with our brave and daredevil elf? )
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(I'm sure Dar can escape while the others get eaten ;-). It's up to you if you want to fight the scary monster or not. So far it's just being menacing... )
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( LOL that would be hilarious... but if you allow me to control the other characters they would have been preparing to fight while the Dar has been distracting him. In good conscience they cannot let that creature there creating more and more wolves to finally overrun the village they have come to help... )
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"R-right. Well, I know Cartax, so maybe I can talk with him first?" Delvar suggests, his feet cemented in place by fear.
The creature chuckles again. "I may not be a surface dweller, but don't take me for a fool!" The creature says. "You want to go see Cartax? Well, how about these stay here and talk while you... and maybe one other... go and talk with Cartax?"
(Sound like a plan? Diplomatic route?)
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"No worries I will go with you Delvar. Let's see Cartax. But " he turns towards the creature " You must promise not to eat any of my friends or copy them or harm them in any way. You don't want to see us angry... "
He helps Delvar to climb up the corridor.
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"We don't think you are in the position to make demands of us." The creature lets out a low rumble of a chuckle. "The longer you take, the hungrier we will feel."
Delvar looks very frightened of the fact that the people who have come to help his town now have their lives in his hands. "R-right, let's quickly find Donnel." He says to Dar'Quilyn, scurrying up the slope as quickly as he can. "It said that he was sleeping with the wolves, right? Well, I don't want to see a hundred angry wolves suddenly waking up."
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The elf nods to his companions as a promise that he will return as fast as he could.
“Neither I” he says to Derval at the passage after the quick climb back to the corridor “ But perhaps we could distract them. First let’s go back to them and let’s see if we can find this Donnel and see of there is some way to fully understand what is going no here. Why know the how, but not the why yet. “
( Can he hold a sleep spell in case one wolf starts to wake up?
Perception to locate him among the sleeping wolves: 13
Stealth not to wake the 17
Edit: Crap I was editing to laugh of my luck but I deleted part of the code of the stealth roll so I expect the red banner. It as a 5 in case it changes it.. hahaha not eaten by that thing but eaten by a hoard of wolves cloned by an aberration digestive system... ;)
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(You actually get advantage on the Stealth check. They are sleeping after all.)
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Great.. let’s try this again... 20
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(To confirm, you can only ready a spell, which will use the slot and waste it if the trigger fails.)
Dar'Quilyn quietly steps around the huge mass of identical wolves, making sure not to make a single noise as Delvar follows nervously behind, dimming the lantern down so as not to disturb the wolves. Upon making through to the next chamber of the underground caverns, there is a raised ledge where hearing a chuckle, Dar'Quilyn can see what appears to be a well built human man garbed in pelts and petting a wolf. "Hehe, good boy." He says contently, potentially to the wolf that wandered off earlier.
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( Yep.. slot marked as they didn't awake after all, fortunately ;) )
Dar enters the room with Delvar and says with a very smooth tone
" Good evening Donnel. Quite a den do you have here..."
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"Hwuaa?" The man looks over towards where Dar'Quilyn is. She quickly stumble back onto his feet, the wolf turns and growls defensively. "Who.. Who are you guys?"
"Donnel!" Delvar says in a hushed yell. "What in the nine hells have you done!?"
"Wha? Mister Delvar?" The man says. He then shakes his head. "No sir, I'm Cartax now. Imma with all mah friends now." He gestures to the sleeping wolves. A couple of them are beginning to wake up.
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"Shhh.. ok let's keep this reunion quiet so we do not disturb them, ok? " says the elf moving away from the entrance and not making any sudden movements to provoke the wolf.
"Listen Donnel, or Cartax... you should know that what you are doing is endangering your former family and friends, right? Do you remember them? The people at the village, like Delvar here, and Jess and Mirabelle... sure do you remember them. You and your new... friends, have them scared and worried. Worried about you and worried about what's going on. Why do you need so many.. friends? " he asks to him.
( Persuasion if needed: 4 )
Edit: Lol dice hate Dar for sure.
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Donnel frowns. "Mister Delvar ain't mah friend..." He says with a sombre tone. "They all picked on me and called me a weirdo." He pets the nearby wolf on the head. "But mah new friend ain't like that. He made me lots of new friends, friends who like mah new body after that other furry man took a bite outta me a while ago."
"What are you on about, Donnel?" Delvar says, obviously looking agitated and enraged. "You've been taking the townsfolk and turning them into animals!"
"Nuh-uh!" Donnel shakes his head. "Mah new friend did that."
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"Calm down" says the elf to Delvar.
" I think I understand you Donnel. You know, back at my home people always told me that I wasn't good enough. That I will never be as great as my father and mother were. It doesn't matter how hard I tried, or how much I worked. They were never satisfied. And they ostraciced me too. But look friend. That's not good reason to hurt people. To turn them into things they don't want to be. You dind't even ask! Your new friend down there? He is no real friend of you. He only wants to eat. As much as he can. And once all the people at the village has been eaten, then he will start eaten your new friends " he points to the wolf " and you don't want that, don't you? " he takes a step towards him pacefully
"That other aspect you now got? I saw you the other night, and I think that's awesome! You now can run and hunt with the wolves! I think that's pretty cool, doesn't it Delvar?" he turns to the other man and wink him to nod too. "You see? You can use your new abilities to help the village. You will be the best hunter in the village and the people will not call you names anymore, they will say "Look! there is Donnel, our hunter and protector!! And I am pretty sure that we could arrange for you to keep most of your pack. But Donnel.. this must stop. We must stop it before he consumes and destroy it all. Help us. Please... "
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(New Persuasion check with advantage.)
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( We cannot say we didn't tried XD here it goes... 21 )
EDIT: REALLY???!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I mean.. this probably means the death of Dar.. but at least I am laughing!!! XDD
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