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Is this time our short rest? Do we want to chance hanging out here? What if more shadows come?

Bran hops up on a crate and pulls out a novel and begins reading, while Pax sneaks around the room looking for a meal.

[DM] I normally require a long rest to level, but since time is of the essence and you are only level one, and there isn't much of an XP difference from level 1 to level 2,  I will let you take your full level up now. After which, post a little OOC update on any important features or spells you might have gained.  Then maybe give a little in-game description of what your character does for 30 minutes to rest, heal, and make new realizations about their power.

ooc: I gained Song of rest, Beginning at 2nd level, you can use soothing music or oration to help revitalize your wounded allies during a short rest. If you or any friendly creatures who can hear your performance regain hit points at the end of the short rest by spending one or more Hit Dice, each of those creatures regains an extra 1d6 hit points. 

I also gained Jack of all trades, Starting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn’t already include your proficiency bonus.

I picked a spell I'll be using down below. You will see :-) and I swapped out Minor Illusion cantrip and took Message cantrip instead.

IC: Barrels sits on the ground, leaning against the fountain, and begins to play his drum. It's a new beat that he has never played before but seems natural to him. After ten minutes or so a blue flash of energy comes from the drum and the air shimmers in front of Barrel for a second. unseen servant "That was odd." Barrel says with shrug. "My muscles are sore from all this playing. Good thing we're resting. I could use a good massage. Anyone qualified?"

With a yelp, Barrel stands up as he feels unseen hands massaging his shoulders, releasing the tension from the recent fight. 

"By Moradin's hammer." Barrel exclaims before he bursts into laughter. "I am going to call you Max". Barrel says to the seemingly empty air. He sits back down with a smile on his face as he plays a relaxing song on the drum for everyone while they recuperate. 

OOC: DM, did Hildi discover anything cool about Barrel's drum while he looked at it?

Hiligrim wedges his torch between two boxes so that it stands erect (without catching anything on fire). He walks over to an empty corner and wields his shield and battleaxe. Swinging the weapon, he tries a few maneuvers. The battleaxe glides through the air silently as Hilidgrim swings and turns, swings and twists, deflects unseen enemies with his shield and then attacks with a flourish. He changes his grip on his battleaxe by accident and performs a double swing almost instinctively. "Oh ..." he says out of surprise. He looks over to see if anyone else saw and witnesses everyone else resting and decides he should do the same. He sits down next to Bran and pulls out the mysterious diary to — once again — try to divine its secrets.

OOC: Hildigrim can now use two actions on one turn between rests.

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OOC: DM, did Hildi discover anything cool about Barrel's drum while he looked at it?

Ooc: I have an idea for my drum that I'll post in an edit to my level up post when I wake up in 4 hours. But basically the runes and sigils on the drum are my new abilities when I level up and when I play it right before I level the sigil will flare on the drum then shoot into my head having me absorb the new powers. The drum is just my arcane focus though. It has a back story if it comes out. 

[OOC] Bran gets to choose an Arcane tradition, and he chooses Abjuration. Most noteworthy about that is he gains a magic shield with its own temp HP, and the shield can gain lost HP's every time he casts an Abjuration spell of 1st lvl or higher, that's the TLDR. He also gains another 1st lvl spell slot!

Bran yawns, and closes his novel. Feeling a little bit like a bad student of the arcane arts, he pulls out his spellbook and begins flipping through it. He eventually comes to a section that he's been having trouble with lately: Advanced Abjuration. As he's reading something finally clicks. "Aha!" he yells out loud. He begins frantically flipping back and forth referencing other pages in the spellbook.

In no time at all, Bran has laid out on several of the boxes and crates around him, a handful of reference books, his spellbook and his notebook. He is fastidiously making notes and drawing runes and symbols until he is satisfied with the results. He is so engrossed in his work, he doesn't even notice Pax has climbed up and is now perched on his shoulder.

"Oh hi Pax, I think I've figured it out. It is most marvelous indeed!"

OOC: Flow gains two Channel Divinity options. The first is Turn Undead, which can...turn undead creatures once before rests. Best case scenario, it causes all undead within 30 feet of him to have to flee as their turns for one minute. He also gets Guided Strike, which gives him a +10 bonus to an attack roll. He can use this before or after making the attack roll, but before knowing whether it succeeds or fails.

He can use Channel Divinity once before a long or short rest.

Flow also can prepare one more spell and has 3 level 1 spell slots.

IC: Flow puts the hourglass in his pack, pretty certain that it is still working.

As he sits, cleaning his weapon, he feels a sudden rush of energy. His eyes glow red for a moment, before fading to their original blue-black.

What was that? he wonders. Suddenly realizing, he says a silent prayer to Tempus.

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Ooc: I have an idea for my drum that I'll post in an edit to my level up post when I wake up in 4 hours. But basically the runes and sigils on the drum are my new abilities when I level up and when I play it right before I level the sigil will flare on the drum then shoot into my head having me absorb the new powers. The drum is just my arcane focus though. It has a back story if it comes out. 

OOC: How do you have a base movement speed of 50 ft? I thought humans only have 30 before Unarmored Movement?

OOC: Mobile feat with variant human gives me an extra 10

OOC: I thought it might be that. I was just curious. Thanks for clearing that up for me!

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OOC: I thought it might be that. I was just curious. Thanks for clearing that up for me!

OOC: I joined. I'm pretty new to Discord, though.

The party rests for about thirty minutes.  As everyone gears back up and prepares to continue exploring, you all hear a startling cackle coming from the floor level of this building above you.  Immediately after the laughter breaks out, you hear a muffled "shhh" and maybe another voice whispering "quiet!", and then the sounds of the cackling being immediately stifled by a hand over the mouth.  The sounds echo through the floorboards and down the staircase very softly.  Some of you think you hear some more indistinguishable whisper coming through after that, but it's so soft you're not sure.

Flow is holding his trident already, but now he stands, slowly.

"Do you hear that?" he whispers very quietly to Carrow, the closest person to him.

Hearing footsteps coming down the stairs Carrow snuffs out his torch and attempts to hide among the crates.

Stealth: 18

Hildigrim readies his shield and battleaxe, stepping forward to stand between Bran and Flow, and the stairs.