once out of the hole Omen quickly looks around and counts the prisoners and his companions. "I think that was all the survivors. I am fairly certain the rest were dead. we need to get away from here before this area collapses!" He say with a squak as he works to haul the injured townsfolk farther away from the opening that they crawled out of
Thar tries to go down and help the others but Omen words stops him. With tears in his eyes he backs off, grabs his father and another survivor and follow the others to safety
Just in the nick of time, Kit climbs out of the cave, half-elf man in tow.
Now back in the forest, the sunlight shines down on you through the leaves of the branches above. You notice that as soon as the vines erupting from the holes come into this light, the growing slows to a halt. Unlike before, these vines don't turn to ash in the sunlight. Instead they just fall still.
From where you stand, you can see the tomb's entrance where you'd expected it to be. Though you note that even the tunnel you entered through seems to have caved in, however it will be easy for you to navigate around and back to the path you entered the forest on.
That is sitting n the ground, with his father’s head on his lap. Now that he has come back to his normal size combined with his posture and perhaps even more his attitude, for he has his head low and his shoulders shake when he sobs for the loss of his mother, he seems to be little, which for him thr means a normal seized person.
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Omen squats down and removes his bloodstained hat. Breathing heavily he looks around towards his companions and then the rescued villagers. "I don't have any way to help them... but we need to move. Those vines didn't die in the sunlight... and I don't want to see what they do once the sun goes down. We need to try to get them back to the village before dark." The kenku says in-between deep raspy breaths. Blood continues to drip from the Omen's face and other wounds. Many of the small black feathers along his face are damaged or missing, resulting in the cuts on his face being very visible.
Omen will attempt to determine if they can be moved without being hurt in their current state... 4
(Wow, between this group and the other you won't believe the amount of crits ya'll have rolled since that last battle started. This is ridiculous XD)
Kit examines the five victims the group managed to save. She is easily able to deduce that they have been placed under a coma due to some sort of toxin, though in the case of Thar's father and the half-elf man, they are also extremely emaciated, pale, and have a fever. The only wounds you find on those two are bite marks on their necks. Telron also has bite wounds and is pale, but he isn't as emaciated as the other two. Twig has a few scratches on her arms and is a bit pale, but other than that she seems alright. Akyan is the only one who seems to have sustained serious injury. You'd remember that when you saw him earlier, he'd had vines growing from a wound in his left arm. These vines have turned to dust now that they were exposed to sunlight, but the wound remains. It's fairly deep, and could very easily become infected without treatment. You are fairly certain that the toxin will wear off now that they are away from the source, though all of them could use medical attention.
Thar:
While you aren't entirely sure she wasn't just deeper inside the cave. You don't recall seeing another bugbear among the victims. Perhaps it is to much to hope, but perhaps if you can get your father medical attention he could tell you what happened.
(Also, I thought your mother was the one who told you that your father went missing in Withermore? That's what's on your character sheet lol.)
Omen also investigates the victims. Other than perhaps Akyan, you are pretty sure moving them won't harm them. Though even with the wound, Akyan looks to be the healthiest of the lot. Perhaps if you could figure out a way to speed up the recovery of at least two of them from the toxin, those two could walk back with you. Based on their health, Akyan and Twig could probably walk back. Telron might be able to as well, but it's hard to tell if he'd have the strength at the moment.
Kit sits near the wounded and pulls out her thelarr. It's an ugly little flute, poorly carved from a river reed, but, as Kit begins to play a soothing tune, the notes come out clear and true. The tune evokes images of springtime, new growth, and cleansing rain...
(Casting Lesser Restoration on Akyan & Twig with the effect "remove the poisoned condition" in the hopes that it cleanses the toxin from their bodies.)
Omen nods to Kit as she works to aid the hostages. "I'm afraid I cannot do much to help. I have food and drink that I can provide.... but until the wake up I don't know how much I can help." The kenku replies with a sigh. "Do you think we could quickly make a sled and start dragging some of them back to town? It wasn't exactly an easy stroll through the woods to get here. I really don't know that we want to be out here in the night. I like to think that the largest threat has been taken care of... but we don't know that for sure."
As Kit plays her lovely sounding ugly little flute, color seems to return to Twig's face. She doesn't wake up, but her body seems to relax as she starts snoring loudly. You know for certain that you've removed the toxins, so it seems she's just asleep now....you should be able to wake her up....
Akyan grimaces, gritting his teeth before opening his eyes. Then he shoots up into a sitting position, "What in--gah!"He starts only to cringe in pain from both his arm and his head. Holding a his right hand to his forehead for a moment, he remains still while a wave of nausea washes over him. After that subsides, he moves his hand to his arm and looks around seeming slightly disoriented. "What the hell happened?"
Omen gives a small sigh of relief as Akyan wakes up. "Well.. you were kidnapped by an evil creature that had been feeding off of your blood" The kenku says as he removes his top hat and holds it in his hands.We saved those of you that were still alive... sadly many of the hostages didn't make it." Omen says as he looks from the man to the ground.
"I am not very strong so I can probably only carry one of the smaller ones. I can help to build a simple sled and hopefully we can get moving." Omen replies to Thar with a nod. He then begins looking around for strong vines and branches that can be used to make a sled. He also removes a bedroll from his pack and unrolls it before incorporating it into the sled..
Still gripping his arm, Akyan seems to take everything in as Omen explains. His gaze lingers on the ruin's of Rose's tomb and the vines reaching towards the sky. After a moment, he starts to slowly stand up. He then looks over at the other survivors, noting the bitemarks on the necks of a couple. He briefly releases his arm to rub his own neck, checking for a similar wound. However, he finds none. Clearly he hadn't been captured for long as you are sure the witch likely preferred pureblooded fey over half-elves.
After a moment, the drow slowly rises to his feet, "You're sure it's dead? Whatever was down there?" He nods to the tomb.
Meanwhile, Kit coaxes Twig back to the waking world. The young half-elf suddenly shoots upward into a sitting position as Kit begins to stroke her hair. "Guahhh!" She yelps, "Uhhhoooo"She groans when the sudden movement causes her to get lightheaded. After a moment she shakes herself, and stares wide-eyed at Kit. "Huh?! Where am I?! You...you were at my house...Telron!" She looks around, then seeing her friend, she crawls over to him."Telron! Wake up!" She tries to shake him, then looks over at Kit, "Why won't he wake up! Did you do this? Who did this to him! If you did it I'll...I'll..." She looks at Omen, then Thar, then Akyan, then back to Kit tears forming in her eyes. In her panicked state, she doesn't seem to register the conversations around her as Thar and Omen discuss how to move the others.
Ignoring the child, Akyan speaks up, "Why don't you," he says looking at Thar, "Carry your father. While she and I carry the blacksmith," He gestures to Kit. "and you can carry the child."He says to Omen. Clearly the dark elf has forgotten your names, if you ever even told them to him that is.
"I suppose we don't know for sure if she is dead... she seemed dead and when she fell, the vines holding all of you withered away like she did. I suppose I would have liked to burn her remains to be sure... but we didn't have much time to act due to the cave in." Omen says as he replays the events of the encounter in his head.
In response to Akyan's plan to move the bodies, Omen stops what he is doing and looks to the child. "Sounds good to me." Omen replies with a nod before scooping up Telron.
I am just going to roll a D20 to decide if Omen believes that the creature is dead. Not sure what modifier to add but Perception would be +8, Investigation would be +9, Medicine would be +2
"Shhh, it's okay. It's going to be alright. He's safe now. We're going to get you two back to the inn with the others and he'll be right as rain by morning."
As she soothes the young Half-Elf she strokes her hair and begins to hum a lullaby.
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(Oh sorry I thought I specified. You are fairly certain that no one else down there is alive.)
once out of the hole Omen quickly looks around and counts the prisoners and his companions. "I think that was all the survivors. I am fairly certain the rest were dead. we need to get away from here before this area collapses!" He say with a squak as he works to haul the injured townsfolk farther away from the opening that they crawled out of
Thar tries to go down and help the others but Omen words stops him. With tears in his eyes he backs off, grabs his father and another survivor and follow the others to safety
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(Yes Kit needs to make another check.)
(Currently Kit is still in the rapidly collapsing hole.)
(Athletics 23)
Just in the nick of time, Kit climbs out of the cave, half-elf man in tow.
Now back in the forest, the sunlight shines down on you through the leaves of the branches above. You notice that as soon as the vines erupting from the holes come into this light, the growing slows to a halt. Unlike before, these vines don't turn to ash in the sunlight. Instead they just fall still.
From where you stand, you can see the tomb's entrance where you'd expected it to be. Though you note that even the tunnel you entered through seems to have caved in, however it will be easy for you to navigate around and back to the path you entered the forest on.
"We'll need a way to transport everyone," Kit notes, "unless we can figure out how to revive them. I don't suppose either of you is a trained healer?"
Kit kneels down and begins to examine the victims for any wounds or indications of why the might be unconscious.
(Medicine 19)
That is sitting n the ground, with his father’s head on his lap. Now that he has come back to his normal size combined with his posture and perhaps even more his attitude, for he has his head low and his shoulders shake when he sobs for the loss of his mother, he seems to be little, which for him thr means a normal seized person.
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Omen squats down and removes his bloodstained hat. Breathing heavily he looks around towards his companions and then the rescued villagers. "I don't have any way to help them... but we need to move. Those vines didn't die in the sunlight... and I don't want to see what they do once the sun goes down. We need to try to get them back to the village before dark." The kenku says in-between deep raspy breaths. Blood continues to drip from the Omen's face and other wounds. Many of the small black feathers along his face are damaged or missing, resulting in the cuts on his face being very visible.
Omen will attempt to determine if they can be moved without being hurt in their current state... 4
(Wow, between this group and the other you won't believe the amount of crits ya'll have rolled since that last battle started. This is ridiculous XD)
Kit examines the five victims the group managed to save. She is easily able to deduce that they have been placed under a coma due to some sort of toxin, though in the case of Thar's father and the half-elf man, they are also extremely emaciated, pale, and have a fever. The only wounds you find on those two are bite marks on their necks. Telron also has bite wounds and is pale, but he isn't as emaciated as the other two. Twig has a few scratches on her arms and is a bit pale, but other than that she seems alright. Akyan is the only one who seems to have sustained serious injury. You'd remember that when you saw him earlier, he'd had vines growing from a wound in his left arm. These vines have turned to dust now that they were exposed to sunlight, but the wound remains. It's fairly deep, and could very easily become infected without treatment. You are fairly certain that the toxin will wear off now that they are away from the source, though all of them could use medical attention.
Thar:
While you aren't entirely sure she wasn't just deeper inside the cave. You don't recall seeing another bugbear among the victims. Perhaps it is to much to hope, but perhaps if you can get your father medical attention he could tell you what happened.
(Also, I thought your mother was the one who told you that your father went missing in Withermore? That's what's on your character sheet lol.)
Omen also investigates the victims. Other than perhaps Akyan, you are pretty sure moving them won't harm them. Though even with the wound, Akyan looks to be the healthiest of the lot. Perhaps if you could figure out a way to speed up the recovery of at least two of them from the toxin, those two could walk back with you. Based on their health, Akyan and Twig could probably walk back. Telron might be able to as well, but it's hard to tell if he'd have the strength at the moment.
Kit sits near the wounded and pulls out her thelarr. It's an ugly little flute, poorly carved from a river reed, but, as Kit begins to play a soothing tune, the notes come out clear and true. The tune evokes images of springtime, new growth, and cleansing rain...
(Casting Lesser Restoration on Akyan & Twig with the effect "remove the poisoned condition" in the hopes that it cleanses the toxin from their bodies.)
Omen nods to Kit as she works to aid the hostages. "I'm afraid I cannot do much to help. I have food and drink that I can provide.... but until the wake up I don't know how much I can help." The kenku replies with a sigh. "Do you think we could quickly make a sled and start dragging some of them back to town? It wasn't exactly an easy stroll through the woods to get here. I really don't know that we want to be out here in the night. I like to think that the largest threat has been taken care of... but we don't know that for sure."
As Kit plays her lovely sounding ugly little flute, color seems to return to Twig's face. She doesn't wake up, but her body seems to relax as she starts snoring loudly. You know for certain that you've removed the toxins, so it seems she's just asleep now....you should be able to wake her up....
Akyan grimaces, gritting his teeth before opening his eyes. Then he shoots up into a sitting position, "What in--gah!" He starts only to cringe in pain from both his arm and his head. Holding a his right hand to his forehead for a moment, he remains still while a wave of nausea washes over him. After that subsides, he moves his hand to his arm and looks around seeming slightly disoriented. "What the hell happened?"
Omen gives a small sigh of relief as Akyan wakes up. "Well.. you were kidnapped by an evil creature that had been feeding off of your blood" The kenku says as he removes his top hat and holds it in his hands.We saved those of you that were still alive... sadly many of the hostages didn't make it." Omen says as he looks from the man to the ground.
As Omen explains the situation to Akyan, Kit hums a peaceful tune and strokes Twig's hair.
"Wake up, Little Bird, it's time to go home."
(Ups my bad for some reason I thought they both were missing. When Ibam back to my pc I will edit that post to make it tears of relieve )
Thar leaves his father head with care upon an improvised pillow made of his now half torn cloak and help Omen and Kit with the survivors.
“I can carry one of them in my back and drag one sled. Perhaps we can put my father, one of the biggest, and another of the smaller ones on it?”
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"I am not very strong so I can probably only carry one of the smaller ones. I can help to build a simple sled and hopefully we can get moving." Omen replies to Thar with a nod. He then begins looking around for strong vines and branches that can be used to make a sled. He also removes a bedroll from his pack and unrolls it before incorporating it into the sled..
Still gripping his arm, Akyan seems to take everything in as Omen explains. His gaze lingers on the ruin's of Rose's tomb and the vines reaching towards the sky. After a moment, he starts to slowly stand up. He then looks over at the other survivors, noting the bitemarks on the necks of a couple. He briefly releases his arm to rub his own neck, checking for a similar wound. However, he finds none. Clearly he hadn't been captured for long as you are sure the witch likely preferred pureblooded fey over half-elves.
After a moment, the drow slowly rises to his feet, "You're sure it's dead? Whatever was down there?" He nods to the tomb.
Meanwhile, Kit coaxes Twig back to the waking world. The young half-elf suddenly shoots upward into a sitting position as Kit begins to stroke her hair. "Guahhh!" She yelps, "Uhhhoooo" She groans when the sudden movement causes her to get lightheaded. After a moment she shakes herself, and stares wide-eyed at Kit. "Huh?! Where am I?! You...you were at my house...Telron!" She looks around, then seeing her friend, she crawls over to him. "Telron! Wake up!" She tries to shake him, then looks over at Kit, "Why won't he wake up! Did you do this? Who did this to him! If you did it I'll...I'll..." She looks at Omen, then Thar, then Akyan, then back to Kit tears forming in her eyes. In her panicked state, she doesn't seem to register the conversations around her as Thar and Omen discuss how to move the others.
Ignoring the child, Akyan speaks up, "Why don't you," he says looking at Thar, "Carry your father. While she and I carry the blacksmith," He gestures to Kit. "and you can carry the child." He says to Omen. Clearly the dark elf has forgotten your names, if you ever even told them to him that is.
"I suppose we don't know for sure if she is dead... she seemed dead and when she fell, the vines holding all of you withered away like she did. I suppose I would have liked to burn her remains to be sure... but we didn't have much time to act due to the cave in." Omen says as he replays the events of the encounter in his head.
In response to Akyan's plan to move the bodies, Omen stops what he is doing and looks to the child. "Sounds good to me." Omen replies with a nod before scooping up Telron.
I am just going to roll a D20 to decide if Omen believes that the creature is dead. Not sure what modifier to add but Perception would be +8, Investigation would be +9, Medicine would be +2
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Kit scoops Twig up in her arms.
"Shhh, it's okay. It's going to be alright. He's safe now. We're going to get you two back to the inn with the others and he'll be right as rain by morning."
As she soothes the young Half-Elf she strokes her hair and begins to hum a lullaby.