The Stranger turns to Toruun with what it obviously thinks is a disarming grin but probably appears to Toruun more like a grimace and says "Drat and I thought I was doing so well! What gave it away?"
Jaylen sighs impatiently. Taking a deep breath, she begins to sing with a more-than-average talent. "Oh, great Tymora, our friend and guide." Her arms begin to move in a kind of wave pattern, masking the fact that her hands are making specific gestures. "My will, your heart; please turn the tide."
How does Igan respond? 1) DC 15 required and (13) generated. Igan says "A masterful performance madam, you should come and perform for my parents sometime on Orlumbor? I am sure they would appreciate it, as much as I do!"
"That would be delightful, I'm sure," Jaylen says, her countenance lightening as she feels Tymora's blessing connecting her to the stranger. "Tell me more about your parents. What race are they?"
The Cat - well not exactly a cat - is out of the bag! 1) Ingar says "well I suppose the cat is out of the bag as they say. I suggest you stand back!" Suddenly where there had been a human like figure previously a large reptilian figure with bronze scales and wings furled along his back that is larger than Golemogote and almost as as big as Stuffenmouff's now headless body, is now peering down at Jaylen and Toruun with interest. 2) In response to the Dragon's sudden appearance, Golemogote trumpets in alarm and starts stomping his feet. Trayan also whinnies in alarm. 3) The noise of the animals wakes the remaining party members so everybody can now post.
Jaylen's composure slips as she physically slips backward, falling off the log upon which she was sitting, landing with a thud on her back on the ground. She scurried backward about five feet on her elbows before stopping to look at the creature with awe and wonder.
Even before the trumpeting began, feeling Golemogote suddenly shift against her proved enough to warrant D.O.R.K springing to her feet with axe in hand. Beedo and Vark weren't quite so lucky, or ready for that matter. The former in fact accidently knocks himself back out again after slamming his head into the bottom of the cart, prompting the latter to focus on trying to waking him back up.
"Re-initializing Full Combat Readiness. Searching for Hostiles... Searching.. Searching...." She scans the same scene several times before it finally occurs to her to look inward towards the camp. "Hostile Detected!"She raises her axe, and starts to march her way towards the dragon without an ounce of fear or awe to be seen from her: strange and new though the sight is. If anything, she seemed almost... Disturbed? Angry? Hard to say, but violence was definitely a desired outcome. "Emisa!"She paused to shout at the elephant in a broken replication of Jaylen's voice.
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When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Torunn's jumps back in surprise at the transformation happening in front of him. Seeing D.O.R.K head over, Axe in hand, he can tell her intentions. Just as he is about to have a similar reaction, he sees the metallic glow of it's scales. Realisation dawns on him and he calls out, "Red! Stop! I think he is friendly." He then turns examine, the dragon more closely."Orlumbor, you say.." he says thinking, "You're a Bronze Dragon! I have never seen one, but heard stories of them back on Lantan. So tell me, what are you really doing here?"
Devin's eyes snap open at the sound of Gol trumpeting.
He rolls out of his blanket and looks around, his hand sheathed in flame as he has a fire bolt ready to launch.
As he looks around for danger his eye catches the glint of firefight of off the dragon's scales. Looking up he sees the mighty bronze dragon. "Uh... Wow!"
Looking over at the tressym, who has also been awakened, he quips "Aslan, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more."
Arcana? Roll to see if Devin has any specific knowledge of Bronze Dragons. 6
D.O.R.K does stop all forward momentum, but the red light hasn't deactivated or dimmed in the slightest. In fact, none can recall it ever returning to the neutral yellows since being revived to continue fighting the giant...
"Incorrect. There is no such thing as a friendly dragons. Only non-immediate threats." She counter flatly without breaking eye contact on the dragon. And though her axe had been lowered, it was still in hand and firmly gripped for swift action.
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Jaylen finally collects herself, getting to her feet and brushing grass and dirt off of her robes. Hearing Dork, the cleric of Tymora comments, "Some might say the same of a warforged." She gives the cleric of the Red Knight a sideways glance, then turns her attention to the dragon, waiting to hear its answer to Toruun's question.
The dragon peers around at each of the characters individually and says “friends, I may call you that may I not, I really mean you no harm! I truly am looking for a lost relative!”
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Devin lets the flame on his hand die down.
"A lost relative eh? I can't say we've seen any dragons so far on our journey. Where did you lose track of your lost relative? And is it another dragon? Perhaps we can help?"
"By design. Yes." D.O.R.K had replied in a matter-of-fact tone, seeming to not understand the implications of Jaylen's words. Or not caring. What finally drove her to break her attention on the dragon however was Devin's words. "Query: Was that a jest?" D.O.R.K asks just as Beedo and Vark came crawling out from under the cart. One look at the dragon however, and the two stare there in awe for a good while. Vark at least keeps enough of his senses to blindly fish around for his shield. Eventually.
"Additional Queries: You are, aren't you? Or have you suddenly taken leave of your senses as well?" She asks, grip tightening on her axe to the point leather begins to noisily crinkle from strain.
In response to Devin’s question Ingar says “yes he is another dragon; Felgolos is his name. He is my uncle and when he was not present for my coming of age ceremony, the family became worried. He is a little eccentric and known for missing key dates but we all expected he would be present for this one.”
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Meiva jumps from her cross-legged trance to a combat-ready stance, but relaxes after seeing that there is no clear threat. She still dons her shield, though, its oak-leaf emblem seeming almost to glow in the light of the fire.
After staring long and hard at Devin, D.O.R.K looks to others caught up in varying degrees of awe, and then at the axe still in hand. The light in her eyes changed and dimmed to nothing. Wordlessly, the construct turned to start trying to calm golemogote down further. Once the shock left them Vark and Beedo brush off the dragon's presence to start stretching and getting geared up for the day. All the while Beedo mutters complaints about "freaking big arse lizards" and "getting a good night's sleep for once".
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When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Torunn having calmed down, from the sudden change of events, speaks up. "We have found ourselves traveling east. Having not been that way before, us there anything you can tell us about the land that way?" he then looks a little sheepish as he says the next part, "Speaking on the behalf of Jaylen and myself, I apologise but as we didn't know who you were when you sat by out fire, we told a little fib. We are not from a circus, but are actually a collection of clerics from different orders who have been sent to investigate some potential disturbances with the Giants. Is there anything you know about a town called Nightstone, approximately 50 miles to the west of here or the big black rock the town is name after. We are heading east, as we are following a cloud giant castle, that took this stone and we are unsure of it's importance to the Giants."
What does the dragon know? - All sorts of useful stuff it turns out! 1) Ingar looks at Devin and says “you know ‘lost’ is probably not the right word as I suspect he always knows where he is - 'missing' is probably a better description.” 2) Ingar then turns to Toruun and says “Nightstone eh? Can’t say I’ve heard off it but I did fly over a number of small villages. And you say the Giants bombarded and then raided the village and dug up some sort of stone. I don’t know the ins and outs of what the Giants are up to but I remember my grand sire telling me that after the war between the Dragons and the Giants ended thousands of years ago with the collapse of Ostoria - the Giant Empire - their artefacts were scattered all over Faerun and it could be something like that.” 3) He then thinks and says “I wouldn’t go to far East if I were you otherwise you’ll end up on the High Moor and some very powerful Black Dragons have claimed that as theirs. This range of hills in front of you is called the Forlorn Hills and as you can see Hill Giants are often found there. But if you follow the base of the hills around to the East you’ll eventually come to the town of Secomber.” 4) Ingar turns to Jaylen and says “you really do have a beautiful voice, it is a pity you’re not in some sort of minstrel troupe!”
The Stranger turns to Toruun with what it obviously thinks is a disarming grin but probably appears to Toruun more like a grimace and says "Drat and I thought I was doing so well! What gave it away?"
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Performance: 14
Jaylen sighs impatiently. Taking a deep breath, she begins to sing with a more-than-average talent. "Oh, great Tymora, our friend and guide." Her arms begin to move in a kind of wave pattern, masking the fact that her hands are making specific gestures. "My will, your heart; please turn the tide."
Charm person DC15 WIS save
How does Igan respond?
1) DC 15 required and (13) generated. Igan says "A masterful performance madam, you should come and perform for my parents sometime on Orlumbor? I am sure they would appreciate it, as much as I do!"
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DM - Four bards walk into a bar...
Cracitus Tibicen (Tibi) - Aarokocra - Rogue [Swashbuckler] / Fighter [Battlemaster]
"That would be delightful, I'm sure," Jaylen says, her countenance lightening as she feels Tymora's blessing connecting her to the stranger. "Tell me more about your parents. What race are they?"
The Cat - well not exactly a cat - is out of the bag!
1) Ingar says "well I suppose the cat is out of the bag as they say. I suggest you stand back!" Suddenly where there had been a human like figure previously a large reptilian figure with bronze scales and wings furled along his back that is larger than Golemogote and almost as as big as Stuffenmouff's now headless body, is now peering down at Jaylen and Toruun with interest.
2) In response to the Dragon's sudden appearance, Golemogote trumpets in alarm and starts stomping his feet. Trayan also whinnies in alarm.
3) The noise of the animals wakes the remaining party members so everybody can now post.
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Jaylen's composure slips as she physically slips backward, falling off the log upon which she was sitting, landing with a thud on her back on the ground. She scurried backward about five feet on her elbows before stopping to look at the creature with awe and wonder.
Even before the trumpeting began, feeling Golemogote suddenly shift against her proved enough to warrant D.O.R.K springing to her feet with axe in hand. Beedo and Vark weren't quite so lucky, or ready for that matter. The former in fact accidently knocks himself back out again after slamming his head into the bottom of the cart, prompting the latter to focus on trying to waking him back up.
"Re-initializing Full Combat Readiness. Searching for Hostiles... Searching.. Searching...." She scans the same scene several times before it finally occurs to her to look inward towards the camp. "Hostile Detected!" She raises her axe, and starts to march her way towards the dragon without an ounce of fear or awe to be seen from her: strange and new though the sight is. If anything, she seemed almost... Disturbed? Angry? Hard to say, but violence was definitely a desired outcome. "Emisa!" She paused to shout at the elephant in a broken replication of Jaylen's voice.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Persuasion: 7
Torunn's jumps back in surprise at the transformation happening in front of him. Seeing D.O.R.K head over, Axe in hand, he can tell her intentions. Just as he is about to have a similar reaction, he sees the metallic glow of it's scales. Realisation dawns on him and he calls out, "Red! Stop! I think he is friendly." He then turns examine, the dragon more closely. "Orlumbor, you say.." he says thinking, "You're a Bronze Dragon! I have never seen one, but heard stories of them back on Lantan. So tell me, what are you really doing here?"
Devin's eyes snap open at the sound of Gol trumpeting.
He rolls out of his blanket and looks around, his hand sheathed in flame as he has a fire bolt ready to launch.
As he looks around for danger his eye catches the glint of firefight of off the dragon's scales. Looking up he sees the mighty bronze dragon. "Uh... Wow!"
Looking over at the tressym, who has also been awakened, he quips "Aslan, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more."
Arcana? Roll to see if Devin has any specific knowledge of Bronze Dragons. 6
OOC uh, nope!
D.O.R.K does stop all forward momentum, but the red light hasn't deactivated or dimmed in the slightest. In fact, none can recall it ever returning to the neutral yellows since being revived to continue fighting the giant...
"Incorrect. There is no such thing as a friendly dragons. Only non-immediate threats." She counter flatly without breaking eye contact on the dragon. And though her axe had been lowered, it was still in hand and firmly gripped for swift action.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Jaylen finally collects herself, getting to her feet and brushing grass and dirt off of her robes. Hearing Dork, the cleric of Tymora comments, "Some might say the same of a warforged." She gives the cleric of the Red Knight a sideways glance, then turns her attention to the dragon, waiting to hear its answer to Toruun's question.
I’m friendly honest!
The dragon peers around at each of the characters individually and says “friends, I may call you that may I not, I really mean you no harm! I truly am looking for a lost relative!”
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Devin lets the flame on his hand die down.
"A lost relative eh? I can't say we've seen any dragons so far on our journey. Where did you lose track of your lost relative? And is it another dragon? Perhaps we can help?"
Insight 14
"By design. Yes." D.O.R.K had replied in a matter-of-fact tone, seeming to not understand the implications of Jaylen's words. Or not caring. What finally drove her to break her attention on the dragon however was Devin's words. "Query: Was that a jest?" D.O.R.K asks just as Beedo and Vark came crawling out from under the cart. One look at the dragon however, and the two stare there in awe for a good while. Vark at least keeps enough of his senses to blindly fish around for his shield. Eventually.
"Additional Queries: You are, aren't you? Or have you suddenly taken leave of your senses as well?" She asks, grip tightening on her axe to the point leather begins to noisily crinkle from strain.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
In response to Devin’s question Ingar says “yes he is another dragon; Felgolos is his name. He is my uncle and when he was not present for my coming of age ceremony, the family became worried. He is a little eccentric and known for missing key dates but we all expected he would be present for this one.”
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DM - Four bards walk into a bar...
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"So how does one go about finding a lost dragon? "
Meiva jumps from her cross-legged trance to a combat-ready stance, but relaxes after seeing that there is no clear threat. She still dons her shield, though, its oak-leaf emblem seeming almost to glow in the light of the fire.
"A dragon," she mutters aloud. "How fascinating."
And that's all I have to say about that.
After staring long and hard at Devin, D.O.R.K looks to others caught up in varying degrees of awe, and then at the axe still in hand. The light in her eyes changed and dimmed to nothing. Wordlessly, the construct turned to start trying to calm golemogote down further. Once the shock left them Vark and Beedo brush off the dragon's presence to start stretching and getting geared up for the day. All the while Beedo mutters complaints about "freaking big arse lizards" and "getting a good night's sleep for once".
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Torunn having calmed down, from the sudden change of events, speaks up. "We have found ourselves traveling east. Having not been that way before, us there anything you can tell us about the land that way?" he then looks a little sheepish as he says the next part, "Speaking on the behalf of Jaylen and myself, I apologise but as we didn't know who you were when you sat by out fire, we told a little fib. We are not from a circus, but are actually a collection of clerics from different orders who have been sent to investigate some potential disturbances with the Giants. Is there anything you know about a town called Nightstone, approximately 50 miles to the west of here or the big black rock the town is name after. We are heading east, as we are following a cloud giant castle, that took this stone and we are unsure of it's importance to the Giants."
What does the dragon know? - All sorts of useful stuff it turns out!
1) Ingar looks at Devin and says “you know ‘lost’ is probably not the right word as I suspect he always knows where he is - 'missing' is probably a better description.”
2) Ingar then turns to Toruun and says “Nightstone eh? Can’t say I’ve heard off it but I did fly over a number of small villages. And you say the Giants bombarded and then raided the village and dug up some sort of stone. I don’t know the ins and outs of what the Giants are up to but I remember my grand sire telling me that after the war between the Dragons and the Giants ended thousands of years ago with the collapse of Ostoria - the Giant Empire - their artefacts were scattered all over Faerun and it could be something like that.”
3) He then thinks and says “I wouldn’t go to far East if I were you otherwise you’ll end up on the High Moor and some very powerful Black Dragons have claimed that as theirs. This range of hills in front of you is called the Forlorn Hills and as you can see Hill Giants are often found there. But if you follow the base of the hills around to the East you’ll eventually come to the town of Secomber.”
4) Ingar turns to Jaylen and says “you really do have a beautiful voice, it is a pity you’re not in some sort of minstrel troupe!”
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Cracitus Tibicen (Tibi) - Aarokocra - Rogue [Swashbuckler] / Fighter [Battlemaster]