Jinara would depart the group soon after arrival back to the keep. Tapping is boots, he would fly up to the top of the mountain and find Doom Tail. He would lay with his griffon as he contemplates the overwhelming power that just consumed him moments earlier.
"Thank you for your help on this Gaelin." Zinmaer would put the amulet over his neck with an obviously over-sized chain designed for Graal. "How does it look? He would say to Gaelin with a smile draped across his face. "I THINK I'll need to take this to get it fitted before any of us could even wear it."
'Sweet, call me little red riding hood." Aryn says as she fastens the cape around her neck.
Aryn would return to her quarters happy about her new cape and examine the backpack intensely. She will investigate inside the backpack to see what it contains. If she can't feel anything she'll turn it upside down and shake it to see if anything is in it.
Aryn- you reach into the backpack and find it is cool inside but empty. You check the other pouches and can't find anything. You are familiar with what this is and tip of upside down. It's a Handy Haversack Flowing out all at once are: 6 flasks, 3 of which you recognize as potions of healing, a small silver ring with blue sapphires, and a small pouch containing 50 platinum.
As the day fades to night exhaustion hits you and you fall into a deep slumber. You toss and turn as flashes of the tortured children and scenes from the battle play across your mind. As the images flash by you hear Daegon’s voice creep into your minds, “Vengeance.”. You see the children in the cells covered in cuts and bruises, their wounds begin to pour out blood and their screams become piercing. You try to block out the sound but you can’t escape it. You see Graal , towering above you appearing even larger than he was in life and you hear his deep maniacal laugh as he raises all four axes and bring them down onto your bodies. You feel intense pain in four parts of your body and your body feels wet with blood. You hear Daegon’s voice again, “Doom”.
You awake in a cold sweat and look down at your body. Those that slept in their quarters see blood stained sheets and aren’t aware of what time it is. Those that slept outside see grass and moss stained with blood and the moon still high in the sky. You spend a few minutes checking over your bodies and can’t find any wounds or scars. Your bodies still ache from the previous battle and you find it hard to move around so you return to your slumber. Fatigue takes hold of you and you fall fast asleep.
Jinara- You dream of your life back at the temple, how you wanted to broaden your understanding and power from a young age. You see period images of your journey to this point flash before you until you seem to be thrust into the future. Your attire and demeanor have changed. You look older but stronger and wiser. You see yourself back at the temple but not as an apprentice but a master. you look up in the sky and see Doom Tail patrolling the skies and you tap your boots and fly up to meet him.
Zinamer- You dream about your life back home, of your family and feel a weird sensation growing from within. Rage, sadness, joy all fill your body at once until you feel your soul pushed from your body and you float up in the air and look down upon yourself. You’re teaching at the finished monastery atop Castle Daybreak watching two apprentices spar with one another.
Aryn- You drift into a whirldwind of emotion as you relive your father’s murder, then your vengeance against the duke and sheriff. Your vision flashes white and you are suddenly eating at a table, surrounded by your family. A little girl and toddler boy sit stuffing their faces as you smile and laugh. You look across the table and see Gaelin and Valeera in her human form enjoying a meal with family and your heart is filled with joy.
Mucor- You feel wet and sticky as you pick your face out of the swamp mud. You cry and look around for any form of support and feel helpless. You see a small mushroom that resembles Button and you blink. When your eyes open again you see a 3 foot tall button surrounded by a dense patch of mushrooms all glowing blue. You turn and see two minotaur children playing around the mushrooms shaking their horns and spreading little clouds of spores into the air.
Gaelin- You see your sister heart broken from the loss of your father and you comfort her. You wipe away tears and suddenly feel as though your falling from a great distance. You look around and see your riding Valeera and feel the cool mist as you pass through a cloud. You stand on her back and run down her spine leaping into the air off her tail and transform into a dragon yourself. You feel elation as you flap your large wings and soar through the skies alongside your partner.
You each wake feeling renewed, a bit stronger and sharper. You make your way to the dining hall for breakfast and find Herbert standing beside a chest containing 1500 platinum. (Welcome to level 12!)
Aryn will remain quiet most of breakfast then turn to the group and say, "Did anyone else feel like they died last night?" After a short pause she'll continue, "I had a dream we were back at the orphanage but this time we lost. When I woke up my bed was covered in blood."
"Ya,. My sheets were stained as well. If felt like Graal hit me with all four axes as once but then when I fell back asleep it was like the best dream ever..." Gaelin says trailing off and turning a slight shade of red. "We need to figure out the purpose of these altars and stop Daegon. I'm getting tired of his nightmares interrupting my sleep." then turning to Herbert, "Any news from Inara Herbert?"
Mucor would slowly stagger into the dining hall, still soaking we and smelling a bit like wet dog. "I took a quick bath this morning... trying to get cleaned up from our fight yesterday and the strange blood dream this morning." The minotaur would say collapsing into a chair with a small painful groan. "The dream did get much nicer though as the night went on.."
(OOC: So I have not been keeping track of any gold since paying off bear equipment. I assume it is all just going into the community pot again.)
(OoC: how are we on paying our construction debt? also how many more days are left on everything outstanding?)
Aryn, Gaelin and Mucor see Jinara wonder into the dining hall clearly distracted talking in a language foreign to the normal. This deep gutteral noise comes from his mouth. (If any of you speak primordial, see the spoiler box below)
"Why have a been distracted. I will never be able to get where I need to be if I do not focus on my practice. This needs to be..."
Startling out of his seeing the gang, he says in common " (coughs slightly) oh hi guys. You look well rested" not knowing any of their previous conversation.
(I'd like to pay off the debt for the monastery with my share assuming that is 1800 GP and any leftover can go to the vault.)
Zinmaer would walk in almost as if he was walking on air and sit down next to the group after grabbing a few pieces of fruit. He overhears the others talking about their sheets and he nods with concerned look on his face, "My sheets were also blood stained....I agree Gaelin...we must find a way to stop this madness."
@Mucor-You might depending on how they work out. It's literally been 2 game days since you brought them to the castle. (Feels like months) They have one week to try out each job to see which path they might go down. At the end of the week we'll will roll a dice for each bandit to see where they go.
@Jinara- her level is tied to the tower not to the group.
@Zinmaer- Noted. Take some time to think about which option you want to take once the monastery is completed. Options are below: (They can only be used once/ extended rest [2 weeks at the castle] unless otherwise noted)
As a bonus action on your turn you cause your skin to become like diamond and take no damage except pyschic until initiative count 20
You use your bonus action to make 8 unarmed attacks against a single enemy adjacent to you.
You use a bonus action to regain all ki points immediately.
While you have ki points remaining you can use a bonus action to ignore an attack's effect and only take the attack's damage. You can do this a number of times equal to your Castle level (2).
"The mages have not arrived yet but she expects them within 24 hours. She said to congratulate you on a hard fought battle and inform you that she will return as soon as the mages have finished their investigation of the altar." Herbert responds.
Jinara would depart the group soon after arrival back to the keep. Tapping is boots, he would fly up to the top of the mountain and find Doom Tail. He would lay with his griffon as he contemplates the overwhelming power that just consumed him moments earlier.
Gaelin you identify Zinmaer's amulet as: Amulet of Health
(More coming later today If anyone wants to do something during the rest of the day before you rest go ahead and post.)
"Thank you for your help on this Gaelin." Zinmaer would put the amulet over his neck with an obviously over-sized chain designed for Graal. "How does it look? He would say to Gaelin with a smile draped across his face. "I THINK I'll need to take this to get it fitted before any of us could even wear it."
"I think that's the new style now. For combat though you'd definitely want to make it a bit shorter." Aryn responds. "Also Gaelin what is this cape?"
Gaelin identifies the cape as: Cape of the Mountebank
'Sweet, call me little red riding hood." Aryn says as she fastens the cape around her neck.
Aryn would return to her quarters happy about her new cape and examine the backpack intensely. She will investigate inside the backpack to see what it contains. If she can't feel anything she'll turn it upside down and shake it to see if anything is in it.
Investigation: 22
Aryn- you reach into the backpack and find it is cool inside but empty. You check the other pouches and can't find anything. You are familiar with what this is and tip of upside down. It's a Handy Haversack Flowing out all at once are: 6 flasks, 3 of which you recognize as potions of healing, a small silver ring with blue sapphires, and a small pouch containing 50 platinum.
As the day fades to night exhaustion hits you and you fall into a deep slumber. You toss and turn as flashes of the tortured children and scenes from the battle play across your mind. As the images flash by you hear Daegon’s voice creep into your minds, “Vengeance.”. You see the children in the cells covered in cuts and bruises, their wounds begin to pour out blood and their screams become piercing. You try to block out the sound but you can’t escape it. You see Graal , towering above you appearing even larger than he was in life and you hear his deep maniacal laugh as he raises all four axes and bring them down onto your bodies. You feel intense pain in four parts of your body and your body feels wet with blood. You hear Daegon’s voice again, “Doom”.
You awake in a cold sweat and look down at your body. Those that slept in their quarters see blood stained sheets and aren’t aware of what time it is. Those that slept outside see grass and moss stained with blood and the moon still high in the sky. You spend a few minutes checking over your bodies and can’t find any wounds or scars. Your bodies still ache from the previous battle and you find it hard to move around so you return to your slumber. Fatigue takes hold of you and you fall fast asleep.
You each wake feeling renewed, a bit stronger and sharper. You make your way to the dining hall for breakfast and find Herbert standing beside a chest containing 1500 platinum. (Welcome to level 12!)
(Nice)
Aryn will remain quiet most of breakfast then turn to the group and say, "Did anyone else feel like they died last night?" After a short pause she'll continue, "I had a dream we were back at the orphanage but this time we lost. When I woke up my bed was covered in blood."
"Ya,. My sheets were stained as well. If felt like Graal hit me with all four axes as once but then when I fell back asleep it was like the best dream ever..." Gaelin says trailing off and turning a slight shade of red. "We need to figure out the purpose of these altars and stop Daegon. I'm getting tired of his nightmares interrupting my sleep." then turning to Herbert, "Any news from Inara Herbert?"
Mucor would slowly stagger into the dining hall, still soaking we and smelling a bit like wet dog. "I took a quick bath this morning... trying to get cleaned up from our fight yesterday and the strange blood dream this morning." The minotaur would say collapsing into a chair with a small painful groan. "The dream did get much nicer though as the night went on.."
(OOC: So I have not been keeping track of any gold since paying off bear equipment. I assume it is all just going into the community pot again.)
(OoC: how are we on paying our construction debt? also how many more days are left on everything outstanding?)
Aryn, Gaelin and Mucor see Jinara wonder into the dining hall clearly distracted talking in a language foreign to the normal. This deep gutteral noise comes from his mouth. (If any of you speak primordial, see the spoiler box below)
"Why have a been distracted. I will never be able to get where I need to be if I do not focus on my practice. This needs to be..."
Startling out of his seeing the gang, he says in common " (coughs slightly) oh hi guys. You look well rested" not knowing any of their previous conversation.
(vault excluding the 1500 platinum chest:
(All of my share can go in the vault.)
Expenses outstanding: Monastery- 1800 Army wages: 1460 due in 3 weeks.
Construction time: Monastery - 13 days Keep and Grove - 70 days.
(I'd like to pay off the debt for the monastery with my share assuming that is 1800 GP and any leftover can go to the vault.)
Zinmaer would walk in almost as if he was walking on air and sit down next to the group after grabbing a few pieces of fruit. He overhears the others talking about their sheets and he nods with concerned look on his face, "My sheets were also blood stained....I agree Gaelin...we must find a way to stop this madness."
(OOC: So do we make any additional money by having the ex-bandits working on the farm?)
(Did Iris Level up as well?)
"The mages have not arrived yet but she expects them within 24 hours. She said to congratulate you on a hard fought battle and inform you that she will return as soon as the mages have finished their investigation of the altar." Herbert responds.
(thanks. is iris considered an arcanist [aka artisan?]?? if so, what does level 2 artisans get?)
(Wow! This is pretty cool Xtra! Could you explain what the last part of the first option means "until initiative count 20"?)