Augustin, Fael, and Grimbald enter the courtyard through the gap in the south wall. RL, Vakiel, and Esa wait behind the wall and watch, ready to assist.
Underbrush, weeds, and stray roots grip this open-air area amidst the old keep’s crumbling walls. A tall, sleepy willow brushes the ground with its slumped branches at the south end of the courtyard. Everyone's nerves are on edge, making every shadow, every movement a threat.
Grimbald and Fael detect movement near the willow, something or someone is hiding behind its trunk.
The face of a youth peers around the trunk of the tree. Those who spend time in Albridge know him as Danner, a farm boy who had dreams about being a delver himself. He looks different now, dirty, wide eyed, but with a vacant look. He wears his usual farm clothes but they are dirty and torn.
"Stay away from the tree!" he yells. "Stay away or I will hurt you!" He produces a club with nails driven through it. His other arm carries a shield made from the lid of a barrel.
Augustin speaks a little louder, hoping his voice carries.
”hey there buddy!” We don’t want to hurt you or the tree? Is there something wrong with the tree that we need to keep away from it? Will we get sick or hurt? What are you doing out here by yourself?”
Augustin lowers his sceptre. But keeps his shield pretty high.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
Grimbald and Augustin feel a whisper in their minds, as if something was asking a question of you, but it rejected whatever answer your subconscious gave it.
Unsure if Dice Rolls are working for the above, if not:
A: 17
F: 23
Are you entering the ruins from the south?
From chat:
Augustin, Fael, and Grimbald enter the courtyard through the gap in the south wall. RL, Vakiel, and Esa wait behind the wall and watch, ready to assist.
Underbrush, weeds, and stray roots grip this open-air area amidst the old keep’s crumbling walls. A tall, sleepy willow brushes the ground with its slumped branches at the south end of the courtyard. Everyone's nerves are on edge, making every shadow, every movement a threat.
Grimbald and Fael detect movement near the willow, something or someone is hiding behind its trunk.
While waiting and watching RL will ritually cast detect magic to detect any magic within 30 ft
RL spends the next 10 minutes casting the detect magic ritual.
Map
The willow tree the something or someone is hiding behind is north west of the advance party.
*shrugs* hello! Over there. We heard some people went missing here. We are just trying to find them! Make sure everyone’s ok!
Just a couple of adventurers looking to help whoever is here.
Fael and I will strafe around the tree to draws its gaze away from the rest of the party.
The face of a youth peers around the trunk of the tree. Those who spend time in Albridge know him as Danner, a farm boy who had dreams about being a delver himself. He looks different now, dirty, wide eyed, but with a vacant look. He wears his usual farm clothes but they are dirty and torn.
"Stay away from the tree!" he yells. "Stay away or I will hurt you!" He produces a club with nails driven through it. His other arm carries a shield made from the lid of a barrel.
Augustin speaks a little louder, hoping his voice carries.
”hey there buddy!” We don’t want to hurt you or the tree? Is there something wrong with the tree that we need to keep away from it? Will we get sick or hurt? What are you doing out here by yourself?”
Augustin lowers his sceptre. But keeps his shield pretty high.
Danner is on edge and raises his makeshift morningstar.
"Get back, if you take one step closer I will hurt you! I don't want to, I know who you are! But I will!"
Grimbald and Augustin feel a whisper in their minds, as if something was asking a question of you, but it rejected whatever answer your subconscious gave it.
Random roll for absolutely no reason at all. 9.
Fael starts to growl, but he is not looking at Danner or the tree. He is looking at Grimbald.
Danners starts and looks around as if being spoken to by someone. Then he cries out and charges forward, just as Fael lunges for Grimbald.
Maybe we'll roll for initiative at this point.
(taken from chat)
Party initiative (Grimbald's initiative) - 15.
Opposition initiative: 20.
Danners charges out, yelling, swinging his home made morningstar at Augustin - Attack: 11 Damage: 6.
Fael lunges at Grimbald, jaws agape. Attack: 18 Damage: 9.
Updated map showing Danners location
Not sure why it rerolled these for me. When I originally posted they were both misses. We'll leave them both as misses.
"Aah you weak-willed whelp!" Grimbald disengages and scurries up a tree outside the walls. Bonus Action Hunters Mark
Augustin communicates to Fael telepathically.
”what’s going on? I trust you. But I need to know or let the others know.”
Augustin just choke slams the hell out of the kid to knock him unconscious.