”Lamorna did that last time, too,” says Ben. “Last time we had to swim back to shore to be included in the conversation—feel free to go if you like.”
Ben continues to work on the rocking horse, using water from the pool to clean it up and placing it out of the way of the fire, but in a position of honor where he can see his mate.
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With that, Pud slowly wades into the water and swims across the lake to join Matilda and Titaani.
(assuming the swim goes off without a hitch.)
Pud slowly emerges from the water, soaked to the bone. He checks to make sure that his horn is still attached and slowly approaches his friends and Lamorna. Unsure of proper protocol, Pud lifts his artificer apron and performs a sort of curtsy.
He clears his throat and introduces himself “Ms Lamorna, my name is Pud. It’s an honor to meet you.”
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Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
"We'll do our best to save Prismeer, and your husband," Titaani says bravely. "But could you please remind me where exactly Amidor is in Yon? Not imprisoned, right?"
" I think the oil can knows how to get to Yon...I think."
As Ben cleans up the wooden rocking horse to put on display from the rocky isle, and as Pud begins to swim back across the lake, Matlda and Titaani continue their conversation with Lamorna.
Lamorna replies to Titaani, "Amidor should be easy enough to find, I expect. Look for a 3-foot-tall talking dandelion with a rapier. It tends to keep an eye on visitors approaching through the twisted paths from Thither. It's as good with its blade as it is with its poetry, so make use of Amidor's services wisely."
"...Andyes," she continues to Matilda, "I have heard that your flying oil can friend here knows the way there. Feel confident in your good use of that little one as your guide to get to Yon."
"Burn! Burn! Burn!" cries Squirt to nobody from afar, tearing through the sky over the lake.
Pud emerges from the water, introducing himself to their unicorn host. "Hello, Pud. Thank you for your help in these dark times..."
She pauses as she notices the rocking horse on the distant rocky isle. "Oh, Elidon..." she says quietly, upset by the sight, pausing for another long minute. "We will restore you..."
In the distance, Elkhorn shouts and does a cannonball jump into the lake from the steep, rocky edges of the isle, clearly enjoying himself.
When he is done, Ben swims back over to join the Unicorn. He asks, “We have Bavlorna’s dollhouse, and there are several items that may be useful locked in its attic. Do you think you can open it for us?”
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Titaani shoots Elkhorn a glare, annoyed by his lack of awareness for Lamorna's emotions. "I'm sorry about the dwarf, Mrs Unicorn. We picked him up on the way."
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"Let the old dwarf play," responds Lamorna. "These waters are meant to ease our pains and lift our spirits. I'm glad he's enjoying himself. This is a place of peace."
Ben emerges from the refreshing lake waters with a new question for Lamorna.
"I'm afraid I have neither the appendages nor the arcane know-how to open such fussy things," she replies, lifting one hoof. "Are there no magicians or pick-locks among you?"
Lamorna continues to speak telepathically with Titaani and Matilda, now joined by Pud and Ben. Horatio and Elkhorn remain on the distant isle, enjoying the serenity of Wayward Pool. Elkhorn's false horn has long fallen off. Squirt continues to buzz around through the air above, muttering to itself.
"I cannot join you," adds Lamorna, "as I am bound to this place. For the good of Prismeer, you need to go to the Palace of Heart’s Desire, find the horn, and free Zyblina. Bring back the horn so we may restore Elidon. Prismeer has been usurped by Zyblina's cruel hag stepsisters. They used Elidon's horn to imprison Zybilna in her own stronghold. The fate of Prismeer is in your hands, friends. Please heed our call."
Matilda looked stoic as she listened to Lamorna and nodded seriously, " Uh....I just realised...will old key-back have moved in with one of the others since we burned her place down? So we have to face two of them at once?"
"It's possible," replies Lamorna with a sigh. "Although they say the sisters loathe each other’s company. Occasionally, though, I'm told that one hag will visit another to plot against the third sister."
"You also must beware the jabberwock, something of a pet to Zybilna – a fierce, dragon-like creature that few survive an encounter with. It lives in her palace and frequently prowls the forest. Once it sets its fiery eyes on prey, it rarely gives up the hunt."
”I say we keep going and save this realm if we can,” says Ben, “Though I can’t help but feel some of our lost items and people may be back at Bavlorna’s place.”
”We may also need to take some time to craft items needed to make use more effective in combat,” he adds with a nod towards Horatio.
”I had hoped we could get these items out of the dollhouse and make use of them in our upcoming struggle, but I have no skill with magic or locks to open it,” admits the stonemason.
”What say you, Elkhorn, will you accompany us?” calls Ben over to the frolicking dwarf.
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"My magical knowledge isn't extensive, but I'll try and see if I can open it," Titaani says to Ben, before moving to the dollhouse and inspecting it. "No promises, though."
Arcana: 14
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Pud sits in silence taking in all that Lamorna and his friends say. The mentioning of the lock strikes Pud as interesting. He tries to think back and struggles to remember if anyone of the group actually searched for keyholes or anything of the sort. Pud walks over to the dollhouse and looks back to Lamorna. "Excuse me. Ms. Lamorna. You said that you don't have the appendages nor know how to open the dollhouse. Do you see a keyhole that we've missed?"
He returns his attention to the dollhouse and looks it over very closely trying to spot anything that might appear to be a keyhole.
Perception check: 4
He looks back at his friends. "Hey guys, a little help here? Anyone spot a keyhole?"
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Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
"What?" calls Elkhorn across the lake, responding to Ben's question. "There's a company approaching?" He loosens his blade and looks around, warily.
Titaani looks again at the dollhouse. She has no idea how to open it.
Pud, Ben, and Lamorna examine the dollhouse as well. The roof is hinged, like the lid of a toybox, but it is clearly held shut by some kind of arcane lock spell. No amount of brute force seems to be able to open the sealed roof, nor is there any sort of keyhole or physical lock.
"It looks like a foul thing," mutters Lamorna, clearly repulsed by the decaying dollhouse, besmirched by peeling paint, mold, and rot.
Squirt buzzes up, overhead. "Are you going to burn it, now?"
”Yes,” agrees Ben, finding himself unwilling to pick it back up again, “Perhaps we should burn it and see what of use inside survives—or we can try and break it apart.”
Taking his Stonemason’s tools, Ben looks for a weak spot away from the Arcane Lock and proceeds to try and dismantle the thing.
(Roll with proficiency bonus, add +1 of Wisdom applies or +3 of Strength applies): 11
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Pud looks to Ben and Horatio. “Uh…is she gonna come over here? I kinda wanted to meet her. I wonder what they’re talking about!?!?”
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Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Ben:
”Lamorna did that last time, too,” says Ben. “Last time we had to swim back to shore to be included in the conversation—feel free to go if you like.”
Ben continues to work on the rocking horse, using water from the pool to clean it up and placing it out of the way of the fire, but in a position of honor where he can see his mate.
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Pud looks anxiously across the shore.
“O…okay, if you don’t mind, I’ll go.”
With that, Pud slowly wades into the water and swims across the lake to join Matilda and Titaani.
(assuming the swim goes off without a hitch.)
Pud slowly emerges from the water, soaked to the bone. He checks to make sure that his horn is still attached and slowly approaches his friends and Lamorna. Unsure of proper protocol, Pud lifts his artificer apron and performs a sort of curtsy.
He clears his throat and introduces himself “Ms Lamorna, my name is Pud. It’s an honor to meet you.”
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Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
" I think the oil can knows how to get to Yon...I think."
As Ben cleans up the wooden rocking horse to put on display from the rocky isle, and as Pud begins to swim back across the lake, Matlda and Titaani continue their conversation with Lamorna.
Lamorna replies to Titaani, "Amidor should be easy enough to find, I expect. Look for a 3-foot-tall talking dandelion with a rapier. It tends to keep an eye on visitors approaching through the twisted paths from Thither. It's as good with its blade as it is with its poetry, so make use of Amidor's services wisely."
"...And yes," she continues to Matilda, "I have heard that your flying oil can friend here knows the way there. Feel confident in your good use of that little one as your guide to get to Yon."
"Burn! Burn! Burn!" cries Squirt to nobody from afar, tearing through the sky over the lake.
Pud emerges from the water, introducing himself to their unicorn host.
"Hello, Pud. Thank you for your help in these dark times..."
She pauses as she notices the rocking horse on the distant rocky isle. "Oh, Elidon..." she says quietly, upset by the sight, pausing for another long minute. "We will restore you..."
In the distance, Elkhorn shouts and does a cannonball jump into the lake from the steep, rocky edges of the isle, clearly enjoying himself.
Ben:
When he is done, Ben swims back over to join the Unicorn. He asks, “We have Bavlorna’s dollhouse, and there are several items that may be useful locked in its attic. Do you think you can open it for us?”
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Titaani shoots Elkhorn a glare, annoyed by his lack of awareness for Lamorna's emotions. "I'm sorry about the dwarf, Mrs Unicorn. We picked him up on the way."
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"Let the old dwarf play," responds Lamorna. "These waters are meant to ease our pains and lift our spirits. I'm glad he's enjoying himself. This is a place of peace."
Ben emerges from the refreshing lake waters with a new question for Lamorna.
"I'm afraid I have neither the appendages nor the arcane know-how to open such fussy things," she replies, lifting one hoof. "Are there no magicians or pick-locks among you?"
Lamorna continues to speak telepathically with Titaani and Matilda, now joined by Pud and Ben. Horatio and Elkhorn remain on the distant isle, enjoying the serenity of Wayward Pool. Elkhorn's false horn has long fallen off. Squirt continues to buzz around through the air above, muttering to itself.
"I cannot join you," adds Lamorna, "as I am bound to this place. For the good of Prismeer, you need to go to the Palace of Heart’s Desire, find the horn, and free Zyblina. Bring back the horn so we may restore Elidon. Prismeer has been usurped by Zyblina's cruel hag stepsisters. They used Elidon's horn to imprison Zybilna in her own stronghold. The fate of Prismeer is in your hands, friends. Please heed our call."
Matilda looked stoic as she listened to Lamorna and nodded seriously, " Uh....I just realised...will old key-back have moved in with one of the others since we burned her place down? So we have to face two of them at once?"
She shuddered slightly...
"It's possible," replies Lamorna with a sigh. "Although they say the sisters loathe each other’s company. Occasionally, though, I'm told that one hag will visit another to plot against the third sister."
"You also must beware the jabberwock, something of a pet to Zybilna – a fierce, dragon-like creature that few survive an encounter with. It lives in her palace and frequently prowls the forest. Once it sets its fiery eyes on prey, it rarely gives up the hunt."
Ben:
”I say we keep going and save this realm if we can,” says Ben, “Though I can’t help but feel some of our lost items and people may be back at Bavlorna’s place.”
”We may also need to take some time to craft items needed to make use more effective in combat,” he adds with a nod towards Horatio.
”I had hoped we could get these items out of the dollhouse and make use of them in our upcoming struggle, but I have no skill with magic or locks to open it,” admits the stonemason.
”What say you, Elkhorn, will you accompany us?” calls Ben over to the frolicking dwarf.
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"My magical knowledge isn't extensive, but I'll try and see if I can open it," Titaani says to Ben, before moving to the dollhouse and inspecting it. "No promises, though."
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Pud sits in silence taking in all that Lamorna and his friends say. The mentioning of the lock strikes Pud as interesting. He tries to think back and struggles to remember if anyone of the group actually searched for keyholes or anything of the sort. Pud walks over to the dollhouse and looks back to Lamorna. "Excuse me. Ms. Lamorna. You said that you don't have the appendages nor know how to open the dollhouse. Do you see a keyhole that we've missed?"
He returns his attention to the dollhouse and looks it over very closely trying to spot anything that might appear to be a keyhole.
Perception check: 4
He looks back at his friends. "Hey guys, a little help here? Anyone spot a keyhole?"
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Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Ben will help Pud look for keyholes on the dollhouse.
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
"What?" calls Elkhorn across the lake, responding to Ben's question. "There's a company approaching?" He loosens his blade and looks around, warily.
Titaani looks again at the dollhouse. She has no idea how to open it.
Pud, Ben, and Lamorna examine the dollhouse as well. The roof is hinged, like the lid of a toybox, but it is clearly held shut by some kind of arcane lock spell. No amount of brute force seems to be able to open the sealed roof, nor is there any sort of keyhole or physical lock.
"It looks like a foul thing," mutters Lamorna, clearly repulsed by the decaying dollhouse, besmirched by peeling paint, mold, and rot.
Squirt buzzes up, overhead. "Are you going to burn it, now?"
" Ok, well we already chased off one dragon....I guess we can do the same to another."
" Maybe the stuff will pop out when the doll house is burned up? Or it might explode..."
Matilda knew she had to go back and face the swamp hag at some point to get her brother as well....
Ben:
”Yes,” agrees Ben, finding himself unwilling to pick it back up again, “Perhaps we should burn it and see what of use inside survives—or we can try and break it apart.”
Taking his Stonemason’s tools, Ben looks for a weak spot away from the Arcane Lock and proceeds to try and dismantle the thing.
(Roll with proficiency bonus, add +1 of Wisdom applies or +3 of Strength applies): 11
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Matilda Helps.
"I can't see any key holes. I think Squirt is onto something. If you guys can't crack it open, I say light it up!"
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Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)