(Hey all, finally back from visiting people etc. and got reliable internet again. Will be posting sporadically until about Monday/Tuesday.)
Donnel frowns. Doesn't appear to be what he was wanting to hear. "They all HATE me!" He screams, disturbing a few more wolves, tears coming from his eyes now. Dar'Quilyn can see the teeth in Donnel's mouth becoming longer and sharper, as his eyes begin to glow red.
"I... think we should run." Delvar quietly says to Dar'Quilyn. "If we're lucky we can evacuate the town before nightfall."
"Now now... how they can hate you? Perhaps they just don't understand you. I know that it hurts... but I am sure you don't want to hurt them back, not so badly, I am sure you just want them to understand.. right? I tell you what. We go to them and talk to them and explain them the situation, but give us tonight, ok? Don't go to the town tonight so they can see that your intentions are true... at least let Delvar go and talk to them, right? "
He nods to Delvar but he doesn't feel right to left the others down with that creature, and if he could reach Donnel before it's too late, perhaps he could buy enough time so they don't attack the town that night, and they need him to let them pass again...
"They hate me!" Donnel calls again as his skin appears to shed, leaving behind small flakes as the tufts of grey fur begin to reveal themselves on the outside. "And I hate them!" Cartax growls as his mouth begins to elongate, becoming more of a snout.
"Calm down.. we are friends after all, aren't we?"
Says the elf as part of his Charm Person casting. ( WIS ST 13)
Perhaps I am reading this situation incorrectly but the only exit in the room is the one we used to enter across all the sleeping, now not that asleep, wolves. The rest of the party is down with the eating-cloning-huge-abomination creature and he is planning to destroy the entire town... so it's pointless to run, we could never pass trough the wolves... we cannot leave the rest down there, and it's pointless to fight solo against the werewolf... sleep is not going to work... so I hope karma works here and you roll a 1 on your ST XD.
If I am wrong and there is a way to run and get out of there and warn the city... please let me know ;)
(Only the wolves around Donnel/Cartax have woken up. There's been no sign of the ones in back the way you came from awakening yet.)
Donnel/Cartax's Wisdom Saving Throw:11
Donnel's angry demeanour seems to suddenly ebb away, the fur receding slightly as skin begins to show; almost like a reverse of his transformation. "Y-you wanna be mah friend?" He asks.
(Nothing quite tipping the balance on a single die roll, right?)
"But of course we want to be your friends. " says the elf with a sight of relief " and friends share things, right? Here, take my skin. Let's share a little bit of wine you and I. " he offers him his skin and drinks with him. " Now my dear friend. You must be really tired after all this nights going to the village. I tell you what. You can keep my wine and you stay here at your den with your flurry friends tonight to rest and gather your strength. Tomorrow we can meet in the great oak that is near the road, I will bring some of the villagers and we all can talk. I will not let them hurt you or your friends in any way, ok? Now... why don't you walk us towards the exit, we don't want to disturb the rest of your pack after all. It's that ok? "
Donnel seems to look much calmer, the spell making him much more docile than he was just seconds before. "Y'know, sometimes I just get angry an' all I see is red." He tells Dar'Quilyn. "I don't know why, but when I do it's like I'm more like these guys." He pets one of the wolves which appear to have decided now that Donnel is calming down they can go back to sleep. They seem unnaturally domesticated for wolves. He then nods his head. "Yeah, maybe if mah new friend goes down there an' does that there talk to 'em, they might not be so angry an' hatin' to me."
Delvar seems ready to bolt it should Donnel snap again. He isn't sure about what Dar'Quilyn did, but hopefully it'll work for a long time.
"I tottaly understand you, when I get angry, I only see red too... Ok we are going there now, be here and be safe my friend!"
the elf takes Delvar by his arm and help him croos the den of the sleeping wolves again.
Does they meet the rest and go out of there? If they are outside the clone-creature chamber they could go out inmediatly, if not, Dar will send Delvar to the village to tell the news and will go down looking for his friends before exiting the cave.
The rest of the party are down with the creature on a side passage. Since Donnel is currently charmed by Dar'Quilyn (and quite gullible) then he can perhaps persuade him to talk down the monster while Delvar goes and warns the village as to what is going on.
( Ok! sounds fine and consisten I didn't know how you wanted to handle this :) )
"So Donnel my friend. Would you be so kind to go down where my other friends are so we all can go back to the village? Delvar will go first back to the village, he has things to do you see.. thank you Delvar we will see soon back there " he says to the local guide once they reach the point where he can go back the corridor to the entrance of the caverns and go back to the village.
"shall we?" says the elf going down the corridor where the rest of the party is. Hopefully they all could make it alive.
"Hello friends. I come with my good friend Donnel here to tell you that we must be going now" he says entering the room where the alien creature is, hoping that all his friends are still intact and none has become a wolf.
Donnel follows Dar'Quilyn down the slope, seemingly enjoying it like a slide in an almost childlike fashion. The large orb-like creature seems to be looming high above the party.
Cartax, here at last.
The creature's mouth-on-a-tendril speaks out.
Have you brought me a feast?
"Well heya, mistah Mowther." Donnel says to the creature. "This is mah friend, ah... umm..." He points at Dar'Quilyn, then looks to him. "Now I feel stoopid, I can't 'member yer name."
"Dar'quilyn my friend, but you can call me Dar as my dearest friends do. We have already met do not worry. I just come to collect my friends and not to bother you anymore for the time beign."he says to the orb-creature " We have work to do on behalf of my good friend Donnel here. So " he mades a reverence. " If you two excuse us we will be in our way... companions please.."he motions to the others to move upwards the slope.
The eye stalk of the monster shifts to look at Donnel.
They are not food?
Donnel shakes his head."Nuh-uh. Mah friend Dark Willum'd be mighty sad if you ate 'im." Donnel gives Dar'Quilyn a somewhat goofy smile.
The rest of the party are using this time to casually sidestep away from the monster and get closer to the exit.
That is... disappointing.
"It's alright, Mistah Mowther." Donnel walks over and pats the mouth stalk that is talking to him. "They ain't bad folk, so we shouldn't eat 'em, alright?"
While the two monsters talk Dar motions the others to walk up the slope.
He then walks towards Donnel and shakes his hand.
"See you tomorrow my friend" he nods to the creature " Nice to meet you" and he climbs up the slope too and hurries the others to get out of there.
Once they are outside and walking back to the village he explains the situation and how close they all were to been eaten and turned into wolves.
" I do not recognize that monster " admits the elf " And I am not sure if he turns what he eats into what he wants or if the consumption of living beigns gives him the energy to create another creature. It's higly unsettling though and we should call for reinforcements. Once my spell wears off from the werewolf I can only presume that he will be upset and that monster, driven by his eternal hunger, will urge him to destroy the village. I think that our better chance is to evacuate it until this is solved. "
Dar'Quilyn manages to escape with the rest of the party, returning to outside the hidden cave. The party seems pretty on board with Dar'Quilyn on his notion to try and get the villagers out of harm's reach.
(Not for my part, Dar'Quilyn is more than happy that they had managed to escape with their lives. He will hurry to get to Delvar and go back as fast as possible to the village.
The party hustles back towards the village. Using the route that Delvar lead them through, it doesn't take too long before they see that the village is already taking action. Delvar appears to have notified a bunch of the villagers who are now outside the village hall listening to the huntsman telling them what is going on.
The elf will try to call the attentiton of everyone
"Please please listen to me. We clearly have a situation here. As Delvar has told you a former member of this community, Donel, has recently being infected with lycanthropy. He obviosuly had some grudge with the entire village for the treatment he has received by you in the past " he raised his hands to calm down any reply " Sinceresly, I do not care now if that is true or not, what matters is that he feels that way. To get things worse, it seems that he has found a creature from the underdark I think, truth beign said I've never found nothing similar before. This creature is manipulating him to provide her with food, you to be precise, and he is creating the same wolf over and over again to provide Donel with new... friends. I fear that this creature hunger will not see end and as long as Donel gives her food she will use him. I've set up a meeting with Donel tomorrow in the woods so he can see that you do not hate him. I do not know if that will stop the attacks, but at least could give us the chance to turn once against each other. As soon as the Donel refuses to feed him I bet that she will not be as friendly towards him as she has been. "
He waits for them to reply.
" I also think that we need backup from the guild. " he says to his companions.
The companions of Dar'Quilyn (they've effectively been demoted to nameless NPCs for now) agree with his plan. Thanks to the words of Dar'Quilyn and the party alongside Delvar, the village appears to be believing the story. A woman rushes up to the mayor. "Please, Mistah Mayor." She says, looking distraught. "Donnel's not a bad lad. He's just misguided, he needs help."
"Reina, your son has been turning people into wolves! If it were just the lifestock, it'd be a different matter." The mayor says back in a cold manner. "It doesn't matter that he's an idiot, people have lost their loved ones because of this."
"Please, sir. I'm beggin', lemme talk to 'im." She says, looking desperate. "He'll listen to his ma."
The rest of the village is packing emergency provisions and getting carts together. The two farmhand ladies appear to be rounding up the last of the lifestock and herding them onto the back of a large wagon, where two thoroughbred horses seem ready to be off.
"I will be with you Reina. Mister Mayor. You seem not to fully understand. The creature that creates the wolves and Donnel are two foes that we cannot face with the meanings we have here. I've bu¡ought you time to evacuate, but we need to bring Donnel back if we hope to resolve this crisis. Please go to the Guild Headquearters and explain the situation to them. They will send help. "
(Could we take a long rest or a shor rest before going to the meeting? )
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(Hey all, finally back from visiting people etc. and got reliable internet again. Will be posting sporadically until about Monday/Tuesday.)
Donnel frowns. Doesn't appear to be what he was wanting to hear. "They all HATE me!" He screams, disturbing a few more wolves, tears coming from his eyes now. Dar'Quilyn can see the teeth in Donnel's mouth becoming longer and sharper, as his eyes begin to glow red.
"I... think we should run." Delvar quietly says to Dar'Quilyn. "If we're lucky we can evacuate the town before nightfall."
Current Player In: The Guild as Elsara Deepmoon
"Now now... how they can hate you? Perhaps they just don't understand you. I know that it hurts... but I am sure you don't want to hurt them back, not so badly, I am sure you just want them to understand.. right? I tell you what. We go to them and talk to them and explain them the situation, but give us tonight, ok? Don't go to the town tonight so they can see that your intentions are true... at least let Delvar go and talk to them, right? "
He nods to Delvar but he doesn't feel right to left the others down with that creature, and if he could reach Donnel before it's too late, perhaps he could buy enough time so they don't attack the town that night, and they need him to let them pass again...
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"They hate me!" Donnel calls again as his skin appears to shed, leaving behind small flakes as the tufts of grey fur begin to reveal themselves on the outside. "And I hate them!" Cartax growls as his mouth begins to elongate, becoming more of a snout.
Current Player In: The Guild as Elsara Deepmoon
"Calm down.. we are friends after all, aren't we?"
Says the elf as part of his Charm Person casting. ( WIS ST 13)
Perhaps I am reading this situation incorrectly but the only exit in the room is the one we used to enter across all the sleeping, now not that asleep, wolves. The rest of the party is down with the eating-cloning-huge-abomination creature and he is planning to destroy the entire town... so it's pointless to run, we could never pass trough the wolves... we cannot leave the rest down there, and it's pointless to fight solo against the werewolf... sleep is not going to work... so I hope karma works here and you roll a 1 on your ST XD.
If I am wrong and there is a way to run and get out of there and warn the city... please let me know ;)
PbP Character: A few ;)
(Only the wolves around Donnel/Cartax have woken up. There's been no sign of the ones in back the way you came from awakening yet.)
Donnel/Cartax's Wisdom Saving Throw: 11
Donnel's angry demeanour seems to suddenly ebb away, the fur receding slightly as skin begins to show; almost like a reverse of his transformation. "Y-you wanna be mah friend?" He asks.
(Nothing quite tipping the balance on a single die roll, right?)
Current Player In: The Guild as Elsara Deepmoon
"But of course we want to be your friends. " says the elf with a sight of relief " and friends share things, right? Here, take my skin. Let's share a little bit of wine you and I. " he offers him his skin and drinks with him. " Now my dear friend. You must be really tired after all this nights going to the village. I tell you what. You can keep my wine and you stay here at your den with your flurry friends tonight to rest and gather your strength. Tomorrow we can meet in the great oak that is near the road, I will bring some of the villagers and we all can talk. I will not let them hurt you or your friends in any way, ok? Now... why don't you walk us towards the exit, we don't want to disturb the rest of your pack after all. It's that ok? "
( that was close ;) )
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Donnel seems to look much calmer, the spell making him much more docile than he was just seconds before. "Y'know, sometimes I just get angry an' all I see is red." He tells Dar'Quilyn. "I don't know why, but when I do it's like I'm more like these guys." He pets one of the wolves which appear to have decided now that Donnel is calming down they can go back to sleep. They seem unnaturally domesticated for wolves. He then nods his head. "Yeah, maybe if mah new friend goes down there an' does that there talk to 'em, they might not be so angry an' hatin' to me."
Delvar seems ready to bolt it should Donnel snap again. He isn't sure about what Dar'Quilyn did, but hopefully it'll work for a long time.
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"I tottaly understand you, when I get angry, I only see red too... Ok we are going there now, be here and be safe my friend!"
the elf takes Delvar by his arm and help him croos the den of the sleeping wolves again.
Does they meet the rest and go out of there? If they are outside the clone-creature chamber they could go out inmediatly, if not, Dar will send Delvar to the village to tell the news and will go down looking for his friends before exiting the cave.
PbP Character: A few ;)
The rest of the party are down with the creature on a side passage. Since Donnel is currently charmed by Dar'Quilyn (and quite gullible) then he can perhaps persuade him to talk down the monster while Delvar goes and warns the village as to what is going on.
Current Player In: The Guild as Elsara Deepmoon
( Ok! sounds fine and consisten I didn't know how you wanted to handle this :) )
"So Donnel my friend. Would you be so kind to go down where my other friends are so we all can go back to the village? Delvar will go first back to the village, he has things to do you see.. thank you Delvar we will see soon back there " he says to the local guide once they reach the point where he can go back the corridor to the entrance of the caverns and go back to the village.
"shall we?" says the elf going down the corridor where the rest of the party is. Hopefully they all could make it alive.
"Hello friends. I come with my good friend Donnel here to tell you that we must be going now" he says entering the room where the alien creature is, hoping that all his friends are still intact and none has become a wolf.
PbP Character: A few ;)
Donnel follows Dar'Quilyn down the slope, seemingly enjoying it like a slide in an almost childlike fashion. The large orb-like creature seems to be looming high above the party.
Cartax, here at last.
The creature's mouth-on-a-tendril speaks out.
Have you brought me a feast?
"Well heya, mistah Mowther." Donnel says to the creature. "This is mah friend, ah... umm..." He points at Dar'Quilyn, then looks to him. "Now I feel stoopid, I can't 'member yer name."
Current Player In: The Guild as Elsara Deepmoon
"Dar'quilyn my friend, but you can call me Dar as my dearest friends do. We have already met do not worry. I just come to collect my friends and not to bother you anymore for the time beign." he says to the orb-creature " We have work to do on behalf of my good friend Donnel here. So " he mades a reverence. " If you two excuse us we will be in our way... companions please.." he motions to the others to move upwards the slope.
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The eye stalk of the monster shifts to look at Donnel.
They are not food?
Donnel shakes his head. "Nuh-uh. Mah friend Dark Willum'd be mighty sad if you ate 'im." Donnel gives Dar'Quilyn a somewhat goofy smile.
The rest of the party are using this time to casually sidestep away from the monster and get closer to the exit.
That is... disappointing.
"It's alright, Mistah Mowther." Donnel walks over and pats the mouth stalk that is talking to him. "They ain't bad folk, so we shouldn't eat 'em, alright?"
Fine...
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While the two monsters talk Dar motions the others to walk up the slope.
He then walks towards Donnel and shakes his hand.
"See you tomorrow my friend" he nods to the creature " Nice to meet you" and he climbs up the slope too and hurries the others to get out of there.
Once they are outside and walking back to the village he explains the situation and how close they all were to been eaten and turned into wolves.
" I do not recognize that monster " admits the elf " And I am not sure if he turns what he eats into what he wants or if the consumption of living beigns gives him the energy to create another creature. It's higly unsettling though and we should call for reinforcements. Once my spell wears off from the werewolf I can only presume that he will be upset and that monster, driven by his eternal hunger, will urge him to destroy the village. I think that our better chance is to evacuate it until this is solved. "
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Dar'Quilyn manages to escape with the rest of the party, returning to outside the hidden cave. The party seems pretty on board with Dar'Quilyn on his notion to try and get the villagers out of harm's reach.
(Any plans before getting back to town?)
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(Not for my part, Dar'Quilyn is more than happy that they had managed to escape with their lives. He will hurry to get to Delvar and go back as fast as possible to the village.
What do we do with this one? )
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(Very well, we'll get back to the village)
The party hustles back towards the village. Using the route that Delvar lead them through, it doesn't take too long before they see that the village is already taking action. Delvar appears to have notified a bunch of the villagers who are now outside the village hall listening to the huntsman telling them what is going on.
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The elf will try to call the attentiton of everyone
"Please please listen to me. We clearly have a situation here. As Delvar has told you a former member of this community, Donel, has recently being infected with lycanthropy. He obviosuly had some grudge with the entire village for the treatment he has received by you in the past " he raised his hands to calm down any reply " Sinceresly, I do not care now if that is true or not, what matters is that he feels that way. To get things worse, it seems that he has found a creature from the underdark I think, truth beign said I've never found nothing similar before. This creature is manipulating him to provide her with food, you to be precise, and he is creating the same wolf over and over again to provide Donel with new... friends. I fear that this creature hunger will not see end and as long as Donel gives her food she will use him. I've set up a meeting with Donel tomorrow in the woods so he can see that you do not hate him. I do not know if that will stop the attacks, but at least could give us the chance to turn once against each other. As soon as the Donel refuses to feed him I bet that she will not be as friendly towards him as she has been. "
He waits for them to reply.
" I also think that we need backup from the guild. " he says to his companions.
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The companions of Dar'Quilyn (they've effectively been demoted to nameless NPCs for now) agree with his plan. Thanks to the words of Dar'Quilyn and the party alongside Delvar, the village appears to be believing the story. A woman rushes up to the mayor. "Please, Mistah Mayor." She says, looking distraught. "Donnel's not a bad lad. He's just misguided, he needs help."
"Reina, your son has been turning people into wolves! If it were just the lifestock, it'd be a different matter." The mayor says back in a cold manner. "It doesn't matter that he's an idiot, people have lost their loved ones because of this."
"Please, sir. I'm beggin', lemme talk to 'im." She says, looking desperate. "He'll listen to his ma."
The rest of the village is packing emergency provisions and getting carts together. The two farmhand ladies appear to be rounding up the last of the lifestock and herding them onto the back of a large wagon, where two thoroughbred horses seem ready to be off.
Current Player In: The Guild as Elsara Deepmoon
"I will be with you Reina. Mister Mayor. You seem not to fully understand. The creature that creates the wolves and Donnel are two foes that we cannot face with the meanings we have here. I've bu¡ought you time to evacuate, but we need to bring Donnel back if we hope to resolve this crisis. Please go to the Guild Headquearters and explain the situation to them. They will send help. "
(Could we take a long rest or a shor rest before going to the meeting? )
PbP Character: A few ;)