Helena finally slithers out of her hiding place, seeing that the people are not leaving soon enough. She stops about 10 feet away and raises herself to about 7 feet tall, "Who are you and why are you here?"
I don’t usually do intraparty intimidation you can role-play it however you want you didn’t have to roll if you want to be really scary.You’re really scary (The same rule applies to most charisma checks, such as persuasion and insight/deception) also what has Aurelia been doing while this happens
Helena finally slithers out of her hiding place, seeing that the people are not leaving soon enough. She stops about 10 feet away and raises herself to about 7 feet tall, "Who are you and why are you here?"
Intimidation, 21
“Well there goes the bird! Hey what’s the big deal? I’m Leif there’s a praying guy an Orc with a toad named Squig, a scholar type… Anyway we are trying to find the way to Long Shore Resort. Possibly north of here do you know it?”
Wazgob jumps nearly a foot into the air. "WAAAAAAAAAGH!" He instinctively points his quarterstaff, Da Finkin' Stick, at the towering serpent-woman before realizing she hasn't attacked. He slowly lowers the staff as Leif takes the lead with the conversation. He pulls out VERY IMPORTANT FINGS WOT HAPPENED and begins writing, "TALL SNAKE LADY. NOT IMMEDIATELY MURDEROUS. PROMISING. LEIF TALKS TO BIRDS. MAYBE SQUIG?" He closes his notebook and looks back at Leif and the snake-woman.
The heavy canopy of the dense forest blots out the sun, plunging the humid undergrowth into a suffocating twilight. A sharp snap of breaking branches cuts through the panicked murmurs of the stranded crowd as Aurelia bursts through a thicket of briars. Her fine, blue-and-gold scholar’s robes are torn, smeared with wet mud, and hopelessly tangled with twigs. Around her neck, her specialized appraiser's lenses clink sharply against a silver holy symbol of an eye and scales.
She stops, her chest heaving, and fiercely wipes a streak of dirt from her brow. In one hand, she tightly clutches a heavy leather ledger, its page aggressively scratched with the heading: EXPEDITION NOTES: LOG — Teleportation Scam. In her other hand, she holds a common, moss-covered river rock, glaring at it with a mix of profound betrayal and blinding fury as the illusion completely fades from its surface. Lifting her gaze, she takes in the sight of the other confused, disheveled travelers wandering the clearing. Her eyes narrow in immediate, sharp deduction.
"Don't bother looking for a planar anchor or a residual teleportation circle." The scholar announces, her voice tight with wounded pride as she steps into the clearing. "The components were fake. The ley-line calculations were non-existent. We aren't at a historic nexus—we've been thoroughly, criminally swindled!"
She snaps her ledger shut with a decisive crack. "Now, someone tell me exactly which direction the sun was setting before we were dropped into this thicket. I refuse to let a third-rate illusionist be the death of me."
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Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks Hildebrand Took - Level 2 Fallohide Hobbit Messenger - A Tangled Skein - Adventures in Western Middle-Earth
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Helena finally slithers out of her hiding place, seeing that the people are not leaving soon enough. She stops about 10 feet away and raises herself to about 7 feet tall, "Who are you and why are you here?"
Intimidation, 21
Omen instinctively drops low & places a hand on his dagger. "Gods" he whispers a little too loudly.
Omen shifts slightly as Aurelia comes crashing through, keeping 1 eye on the snake person. Once Aurelia starts her tirade, Omen will keep his full attention on the snake person.
"There is only a small village north of here, so make like a tree and leaf me alone." Helena glares at the group.
“I see what you did there. Clever. Come with us be our guide I’ll pay. Just gotta get some sunshine and a three fish dinner. Anyway you seem pretty s-s-smart.”
Can Leif tell what deity Omen prays to? Religion 14
Wazgob take out notebook again and begins amending notes "SNAKE LADY MAKES BAD TREE JOKES". His eyes slowly widen as he looks at Aurelia, then to her ledger, and then finally his own battered notebook. He gasps. "YOU GOT A FINKIN' BOOK TOO?!" He immediately flips open VERY IMPORTANT FINGS WOT HAPPENED and thrusts it forward, proudly pointing to the page with his entry about wizards being suspicious. "I COME TO DA SAME CONCLUSION," he says nodding gravely.
Leif grins when Wazgob presents Aurelia with his journal. It’s a relief to be here with others even though Leif reacted with bravado the snake lady initially gave him a flashback to being swallowed whole…
Even though everyone assumes we were cheated Leif still maintains hope they are simply a day or so from the resort. He also assumes everyone was going to the same place as he was.
”Come on everyone let’s just forge our way north and perhaps our guide if they agree can bring us to the white sand beach of Long Shore Resort. Oh I think it’s no toads allowed though sorry.”Leif is obviously making up that last bit with a look at Squig.
OOC- Could we have a round of introductions names at least… Leif reintroduces himself when Aurelia pops in, or did we do that prior to teleport?
Wazgob gasps at Leif. He carefully lifts Squig from his shoulder and holds him protectively. “NO TOADS ALLOWED?!” He narrows his eyes suspiciously. “DAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHIN’ A WIZARD WOULD SAY,” he says looking down at towards Squig. Squig blinks. Wazgob nods. “I AGREE.”
He places Squig back on his shoulder and thumps his chest proudly. “I’M WAZGOB DA GREEN.”
He then points to Kiefe. “YUP.” Then points accusingly at the sky. “PAID WIZARD.” Then at the trees. “GOT FOREST.” He pulls out VERY IMPORTANT FINGS WOT HAPPENED, writes one final line: “KIEFE SEEMS ALRIGHT.” Snaps the book shut. “WUZ POST TO BE STUDYING GIANTS. WANT TO SEE IF THEY GET THEIR MAGIC FROM SPLODIN’ DRAGONS TOO.”
Helena lowers herself to about 6 ft, "I will lead you to the village, but no farther." She turns north and pauses, "My name is Helena by the way." Then she starts north.
Ok I’m going to assume you all follow Helena and for your first day of travel there is no event but the forest seems to be thinning not very noticeably though you find a clearing to camp in what does your camp look like and are you keeping watch. Helena knows it’s about a two day journey but can you all delete one day of rations from your character sheet
the bird responds squig does not(unless wazgob says otherwise)
“It wasn’t sunup or down but it was that way” by looking at the sun you know that way is north
Squig remains silent, only blinking.
Helena finally slithers out of her hiding place, seeing that the people are not leaving soon enough. She stops about 10 feet away and raises herself to about 7 feet tall, "Who are you and why are you here?"
Intimidation, 21
I don’t usually do intraparty intimidation you can role-play it however you want you didn’t have to roll if you want to be really scary.You’re really scary (The same rule applies to most charisma checks, such as persuasion and insight/deception) also what has Aurelia been doing while this happens
“Well there goes the bird! Hey what’s the big deal? I’m Leif there’s a praying guy an Orc with a toad named Squig, a scholar type… Anyway we are trying to find the way to Long Shore Resort. Possibly north of here do you know it?”
Ever wonder what it would be like to be a bear?
Tooltips Crafting
Wazgob jumps nearly a foot into the air. "WAAAAAAAAAGH!" He instinctively points his quarterstaff, Da Finkin' Stick, at the towering serpent-woman before realizing she hasn't attacked. He slowly lowers the staff as Leif takes the lead with the conversation. He pulls out VERY IMPORTANT FINGS WOT HAPPENED and begins writing, "TALL SNAKE LADY. NOT IMMEDIATELY MURDEROUS. PROMISING. LEIF TALKS TO BIRDS. MAYBE SQUIG?" He closes his notebook and looks back at Leif and the snake-woman.
The heavy canopy of the dense forest blots out the sun, plunging the humid undergrowth into a suffocating twilight. A sharp snap of breaking branches cuts through the panicked murmurs of the stranded crowd as Aurelia bursts through a thicket of briars. Her fine, blue-and-gold scholar’s robes are torn, smeared with wet mud, and hopelessly tangled with twigs. Around her neck, her specialized appraiser's lenses clink sharply against a silver holy symbol of an eye and scales.
She stops, her chest heaving, and fiercely wipes a streak of dirt from her brow. In one hand, she tightly clutches a heavy leather ledger, its page aggressively scratched with the heading: EXPEDITION NOTES: LOG — Teleportation Scam. In her other hand, she holds a common, moss-covered river rock, glaring at it with a mix of profound betrayal and blinding fury as the illusion completely fades from its surface. Lifting her gaze, she takes in the sight of the other confused, disheveled travelers wandering the clearing. Her eyes narrow in immediate, sharp deduction.
"Don't bother looking for a planar anchor or a residual teleportation circle." The scholar announces, her voice tight with wounded pride as she steps into the clearing. "The components were fake. The ley-line calculations were non-existent. We aren't at a historic nexus—we've been thoroughly, criminally swindled!"
She snaps her ledger shut with a decisive crack. "Now, someone tell me exactly which direction the sun was setting before we were dropped into this thicket. I refuse to let a third-rate illusionist be the death of me."
Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks
Hildebrand Took - Level 2 Fallohide Hobbit Messenger - A Tangled Skein - Adventures in Western Middle-Earth
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
"There is only a small village north of here, so make like a tree and leaf me alone." Helena glares at the group.
Omen instinctively drops low & places a hand on his dagger.
"Gods" he whispers a little too loudly.
Omen shifts slightly as Aurelia comes crashing through, keeping 1 eye on the snake person. Once Aurelia starts her tirade, Omen will keep his full attention on the snake person.
“I see what you did there. Clever. Come with us be our guide I’ll pay. Just gotta get some sunshine and a three fish dinner. Anyway you seem pretty s-s-smart.”
Can Leif tell what deity Omen prays to? Religion 14
Ever wonder what it would be like to be a bear?
Tooltips Crafting
Wazgob take out notebook again and begins amending notes "SNAKE LADY MAKES BAD TREE JOKES". His eyes slowly widen as he looks at Aurelia, then to her ledger, and then finally his own battered notebook. He gasps. "YOU GOT A FINKIN' BOOK TOO?!" He immediately flips open VERY IMPORTANT FINGS WOT HAPPENED and thrusts it forward, proudly pointing to the page with his entry about wizards being suspicious. "I COME TO DA SAME CONCLUSION," he says nodding gravely.
Leif grins when Wazgob presents Aurelia with his journal. It’s a relief to be here with others even though Leif reacted with bravado the snake lady initially gave him a flashback to being swallowed whole…
Even though everyone assumes we were cheated Leif still maintains hope they are simply a day or so from the resort. He also assumes everyone was going to the same place as he was.
”Come on everyone let’s just forge our way north and perhaps our guide if they agree can bring us to the white sand beach of Long Shore Resort. Oh I think it’s no toads allowed though sorry.” Leif is obviously making up that last bit with a look at Squig.
OOC- Could we have a round of introductions names at least… Leif reintroduces himself when Aurelia pops in, or did we do that prior to teleport?
Ever wonder what it would be like to be a bear?
Tooltips Crafting
Is there anything else you guys want to do before you leave?
Kiefe finish’s praying and stands up and says “ greetings, I am Kiefe and I am guessing you all paid the wizard to teleport you to somewhere”.
no you didn’t have time before the teleport
Wazgob gasps at Leif. He carefully lifts Squig from his shoulder and holds him protectively. “NO TOADS ALLOWED?!” He narrows his eyes suspiciously. “DAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHIN’ A WIZARD WOULD SAY,” he says looking down at towards Squig. Squig blinks. Wazgob nods. “I AGREE.”
He places Squig back on his shoulder and thumps his chest proudly. “I’M WAZGOB DA GREEN.”
He then points to Kiefe. “YUP.” Then points accusingly at the sky. “PAID WIZARD.” Then at the trees. “GOT FOREST.” He pulls out VERY IMPORTANT FINGS WOT HAPPENED, writes one final line: “KIEFE SEEMS ALRIGHT.” Snaps the book shut. “WUZ POST TO BE STUDYING GIANTS. WANT TO SEE IF THEY GET THEIR MAGIC FROM SPLODIN’ DRAGONS TOO.”
Helena lowers herself to about 6 ft, "I will lead you to the village, but no farther." She turns north and pauses, "My name is Helena by the way." Then she starts north.
Ok I’m going to assume you all follow Helena and for your first day of travel there is no event but the forest seems to be thinning not very noticeably though you find a clearing to camp in what does your camp look like and are you keeping watch. Helena knows it’s about a two day journey but can you all delete one day of rations from your character sheet
Helena climbs a tree to sleep.