Masters of Eothia 1-20

"The desert lotus is a rare plant, said only to grow in this oasis." He says. "I am a hunter from the Alpha Beast Hunter's guild on the West coast, run by Xolag the Orc. I have travelled far to find this prize. Hunters from all background join our guild in order to hunt ethically and for a living, although most hunters from this particular guild specialise in large game.

My quarry instead is said that, in the right hands, lends itself to illusory magical effects without the need of controlling the weave directly." (None of you are sure what 'the weave' is)

He seems open and sincere about his story. Yasei and Dani have also heard stories of the Beast Hunter's guild, and you believe it is comprised of three main camps in different locations.

Ruxio looks over the Ankheg. "Ahh, yes! Ankheg hide is a great choice for fashioning armour. I'd be happy to help you out before we get set out. In exchange, I'll take some of the edible meat off the beast."

Ruxio is happy to spend the next few hours (a long rest) training each of you in Leatherworking!

Due to his help, you can roll a survival check at adv. If you roll above a DC18, you gain Studded leather armour.

If you roll under 18, you get normal leather armour.

Roll a 5 or under and you botch it.

Riv, you can make some arm guards/gauntlets without affecting your unarmoured bonus. (If you wanna attempt a shield, that's fine too, but I dunno if shields affect unarmoured bonus.)

DC18 you manage to make some which grant you +1 AC and +1 to unarmed damage and attack rolls (non magical)

Under 18, +1 to AC

5 or under, botched job 

Cora strains to pay attention.

DC18 Survival check with advantageous: 24

"SON OF A MOTHERLESS--!" Cora screams, frustrated, and heaves the plain studded leather armor in a random direction away from her. For some cosmic reason, this situation seems familiar to her, and she balls up her fists in anger and growls feral-like, squeezing her eyes tight in annoyance at her work.

((I think shields do interfere with it, so I'll make some battle gauntlets for myself and a shield for whoever in the party will find one useful))

Survival: 20

 Edit: Woot!

Danica takes to the task easily and creates a high quality pair of chitin gauntlets and with the remaining plates a shield for someone else in the party.

Yasei is talented at calligraphy, so she knows her way around a brush. The leatherworking tools are somewhat familiar.

Survival check: 15

She ends up satisfied with the results!

[Nice work guys! Bad luck Cora. Maybe making things... isn't your forte as much as taking things apart =P ]

You all manage to fashion something out of the Ankheg hide which you salvaged. Over this time, the storm outside seems to be subsiding, but still whirls around less vigorously.

As you become accustomed to the intricacies of leather working, Ruxio rambles on about how he learnt this skill from one of his father's friends. He rambles about past times, but a story which stands out to you all is how he talked of this man.
He said he could control "The Weave" which is the magical force which binds all material things together. Those who can tap into the weave can reach extreme levels of power and is extremely rare to see among commoners. Even individuals as powerful as kings seek magical power, highly fearful and respectful of those who can use it. He explains that some people are able to control similar elements of Weave energy, usually through physical prowess. Things like uncanny hunting skills, an awareness of the space around them.. Ruxio even says he once saw a Monk punch through a rock pillar.
Before the great war, tales say that magic was common place, until it led to the destruction of the lands. It is said Eothia is a world now risen from the ashes of that land.

He also rambles on that some newcomer, a shady guy has recently appeared at their guild. Nobody's ever seen this guy before and it's like he's popped into existence, saying he's a "ruler from a previous world" whatever that means...

"Well, we'd better get moving." He says after letting your fingers recover from the leather working.

The caves are dark inside, but are illuminated by sporadic clumps of Arid Crystals. They seem to be glowing, charged by the storm outside. They range from colours of blue, green, yellow and red. (If you'd like to harvest some, that'll be a DC18 Nature. They lose their glow when removed from the walls. You see this as Ruxio takes some blue crystals.)
You guys are currently in Area 4. (bottom right) Which way would you like to go and how do you proceed?

Yasei attempts to gather one of the crystals: (Nature 6)

 And she fumbles it, dropping it on the ground as it smashes into a thousand pieces. “Oops”

Lol. A small charge of electricity sparkles around the shards when the crystal breaks, emitting a small, crackling buzz

Area 7.

Cora let her anger simmer down to a rumble and listened to Ruxio about this..Weave. It sounded interesting, and even though she had no idea of w-

A sharp glass breaking sound stole Cora from her thoughts, and looking down was a broken crystal. She looked at Yasei with a look of surprised and amusement. She rolled her eyes, smiling, and shook her head.

Area 6+7 are combined into a more enclosed space. The walls on either side pinch together and the ground dips slightly in the middle. It seems cooler in this area and you can see the cavern open a little wider again further up.

Ahhh. Cooler.

3

SNAP! Two barbed rows of teeth snatch up onto Danica's leg! She takes 4 piercing damage.

A brown, leathery Venus fly-trap like plant was hiding under the sandy floor and it grappling Danica's leg like a bear trap!

Ruxio says "Don't move! Of you try to pull your leg out, it will cut you to shreds! We need to pry it open before we can get you out!"

DC18 STR check. On each failed save, Danica takes an additional 2 piercing damage.

Danica yelped in pain as the plant clamped shut, but then she went into her breathing exercises and felt the pain fall away. She stood still so as not to provoke further damage.

Cora startled. 

“Oh shit!” She barked and ran over to Dani. Looking at the plant trap quickly, hearing Rubio’s instructions. Instinct took over. 

“Help me!” she urgently requested. Unsure of her potential, but wanting to save the redhead, she reached down and pulled at the jaws of the plant.

Assuming someone helps meh: 15 So close!! RhrGhH!! (Sorry, boo)

Feeling inspired (hint-hint....Inspiration), Yasei’s muscles ripple as she strains against the jaws of the trap: 14

...apparently the girls aren’t so tuff today?!

Cora vows to begin working out again religiously as soon as she gets Dani out of this plant trap.

Danica hissed, but she gave the others an encouraging smile anyway.

"****. Sorry." Cora looked up at Dani, and truly, she felt bad for not being strong enough. She wiggled her arms, and breathed a few motivational breaths before trying again. "Cmon, Yasei!"

(Yes, of course you can roll with adv help. Danica's taken an additional 4 damage so far. OUCH!)

The teeth get pried open, only to snap back shut into the exact same hole in Danica's leg- It's close to the bone!

Shit. Cora's stronger than your average commoner, that's for sure, but she's no Vrykul. I'm scared to try again and Dani loses the leg. I just don't think i'm strong enough.

[Dig deep, you can do it girls!]