"Yes, I suppose missing probably is the better way to put it. But missing in what area? Where was he last known to be? Maybe he flew off to see what the giants were up to?"
Devin moves to stand closer to the fire.
"And thank you for the information on where the next town is. I had hoped to stay to the east and out of the hills simply because travel would be easier. Avoiding black dragons is an even better reason. "
The journey continues – Days 9 & 10, First Ten-day, Month of Eleasis 1) Now that the party is up, they decide to get pack up camp and get moving for the day. (OOC: Everybody should have recorded a long rest) 2) After breakfast Ingar says “If you continue to follow the edge of the Forlorn Hills to the east, I would think that you will reach the town of Secomber after about four days.” He pauses and then continues “it is not a town I have ever been too however.”He then bends down and peers into the eyes of each of the party members, particularly D.O.R.K., and continues “you do a good thing, may all of your gods and Bahmut look favourably on your endeavours” as he takes off into a cold wind from the north that is just as strong as it was yesterday (gusting up to 45 mph). It is this cold wind which is despite it is now past mid-summer that is keeping the temperature down to a maximum of 65 degrees (18 degrees Celsius). (OOC: if anybody else wants to say something as the Dragon gets ready to leave please feel free to do so) 3) The party continues to wend its way around the edge of the hills buffeted all the way by the strong and gusty wind. During the day, Beedo and Vark manage to bag two hares and a rabbit, and as they are setting up camp near a pool at the base of a small waterfall, Meiva is able to tickle a few trout as well. 4) That night passes peacefully and the next morning the party finds that the wind has swung around to the south and whilst still blowing hard (up to 30 mph) it is not as strong as previous days and furthermore is now a lot warmer. 5) As with the previous day the party continues to make their way along the edge of the Forlorn Hills. As they are setting up camp for the night (see map) in a clearing surrounded by rocks and next to a small stream – again not much more than 12 inches deep, with a few deeper pools up to 2 feet deep - they hear what sounds like four voices arguing in a mixture of Giant and language that the party can’t understand. “Men Mabel, jeg jaktet den siste middagen” says the first voice when a second voice pipes up and says "Ja Mabel, vi jaktet den siste middagen, det er din tur?" Then a third voice speaking Giant says “Na bi a 'toirt cùram do Jobe, tha mi duilich a-nis. Mar sin, gabh dhomh rudeigin a-nis mura h-eil duine ag iarraidh smocadh math!” At this a fourth voice – also speaking Giant – pipes up and says “A 'smocadh math, tha meas agam air sgocadh math!” At this the third voice says “Cuir suas Flo, bidh thu a 'cuideachadh!”You then hear the first voice saying again in the unknown language “Det er ikke greit! Jeg må alltid gjøre jakten. Hvem tror hun at hun er dronningen?”
Translation from Giant (Devin & D.O.R.K.)
1st speaker - Unknown language 2nd speaker - Unknown language 3rd Speaker (Giant) - "Don't care Jobe, I ungry now. So go catch me something now unless ya wants a good smacking!" 4th Speaker (Giant) - "A good smacking, I loves a good smacking!" 3rd Speaker (Giant) - "Shut up Flo, you aint helping!" 1st Speaker - Unknown language
D.O.R.K says nothing to the dragon; and in fact, actively masks avoiding his gaze by finding work in even the most inane and unnecessary of maintenance task. Her mood -- if such a thing can be considered truly possible out of her -- doesn't improve over the following days. She says nothing outside of the very bare minimum, no longer request Jaylen's presence for morning, and left Beedo and Vark to their own devices. Between the weather and lack of task mastering, Beedo gladly takes advantage of the situation to try and coax Torunn into helping him learn to make more explosive arrows. Even if those lessons only consisted of only word and written language. Vark, on the otherhand, goes against his better judgement by continuing Golemgote's charging training.
During one such attempt the voices carry over the wind. To Beedo's Credit and Vark's diligence, the two grab their bows and take up defensive position towards the camp. "What's da plan, bossh?" To which, D.O.R.K says nothing. She just looks to the others without a weapon in hand as if awaiting their command. Her eyes as unlit as they were days ago.
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Yes - the stream on the map see Discord for base map - runs west (left) to east (right) and it sounds like the strangers are making their way up stream.
Returning from attempting to fish in the stream, Meiva, hearing the voices, hurries to join the others, quietly praying to Silvanus as she dons her shield.
"We might can hide," Jaylen says. "Tymora can hide us. She can hide us in shadow, and then we can duck into the trees until the giants pass." She looks about to see if the others agree. "Trayan and the elephant, too."
D.O.R.K says nothing. She just looks to each in turn general direction as if awaiting something until only Torunn remains to speak of plans. And if it appears as if her brother has once more slipped off into another one of his divine inspired planning phases, she just walks to the top of the ramp leading towards their campsite and stands there... waiting again. Unless someone decided to stop her.
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The Map is now up 1) A base map is up. I've shown the Ettins on the map but if people want to be hide as per Jaylen's post, there are plenty of shrubs they can crawl under, or if they want to be in a different place let me know. 2) Beedo, Meiva and Vark are the first to act.
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Beedo and Vark are 100% behind the whole hiding part of things. If it looks like there's time enough for Jaylen to cast her spell and make it easier for them to hide, they do so in the nearby shrubbery with bows and arrows at the ready. Either way, they take cover to add to their surprise. It is only after that Vark notices an issue. "Psst... Boss. Wha'dya doin'?!" Vark says in terse whispers from hiding in the bushes at Y1.
With all the subtlty of a charging rhino through an ingested city, D.O.R.K replies robotically, "I await a consensus on chosen course of action."This she says out in the open at Z4. Wide-eyed, Vark shoots a look over to Beedo who just shrugs awkwardly in confusion. "u-uh..." is about he gets out before the increasingly loud stomps of approaching giants prompts both goblins to go back to ready a shot for when as soon as the Ettins make a hostile move.
Vark's Stealth:16.
Beedo's Stealth: 22.
(@Grant: Plus +10 to both if able to receive the benefits of I assume Pass without Trace.)
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Jaylen prays something quickly to Tymora, one hand clasping her amulet. Halfway through, she looks around. "Closer to me," she advises just loudly enough for her comrades to hear. "Hurry. North. Into the bushes. But ... everyone needs to be closer to me." She leads Trayan out of the clearing and gives the command for Golem to follow her as well. When everyone (hopefully including Dork) is within 30 feet of her, she finishes her prayer.
Hiding? 1)Given the noise that the Ettins are making as they come stomping upstream there will be sufficient time (2 rounds) for the party to come together for Jaylen to cast her spell and then for the party to hide successfully (?) in, and north of the bushes stretching from B7 to M3. 2) Already rolled Stealths for Beedo (10+10 = 20), Vark (19+10 = 29), Jaylen (22+10 = 32) Trayan (9+10 = 19) stand. 3) I need Stealth rolls for Devin, D.O.R.K. Golemgote, Meiva & Toruun. (OOC: please make the roll with whatever internal {own} bonuses you have and I will add the +10). 4)Once the rolls are made can people also please indicate where they are now located.
D.O.R.K stiffly looks back to see if the others have made a consensus. Only then does he follow suit and moves to the edge of Jaylen's range among the shrubbery, but close to the ettin's entry point.
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Can you hide an elephant and a warforged? Yes to the First and No to the Second! 1) As the noise and arguments from the hunting/foraging Ettins gets louder, Jaylen signals to the party to gather around. She then casts 'Pass Without Trace" and the party scatters to hide in the shrubbery in the northeast corner of the map. 2) Toruun attempts to hide in one of the many shrubs (Stealth 10) +10 at the same time as he leads Golemogote away (Stealth roll: 13 +10) (OOC: DM exercising his perogative to keep the campaign flowing) and slips behind the shrubs to E2 with Golemogote in C1-D2 where he gives the command "khubama" and the elephant obediently kneels down. 3)Jaylen slips into the shrubbery and guides Trayan in as well where he to is told to kneel. They are in A3 and A1-B2 respectively. 4) Meiva then slips into the shrubbery and lies down under a few bushes at H3 where she can keep an eye on the clearing that the party had been proposing to set up in camp in for the evening. 5) Devin also slips behind the bushes and waits at J1 where he can see the top edge of the clearing. 6) Beedo and Vark move into the main shrubbery at L2 (Beedo) and K3 (Vark) respectively where they too lie down and watch the clearing. 7) D.O.R.K. moves off to hide behind the rocks at N2. 8)The party then waits with bated breath to see how successful they have been at hiding as about 100 feet away two Ettins - a mated pair - come into view all the time arguing. The smaller of the two is a male (AI6-AJ7) and the female (AI12-AJ13) is extraordinarily fat. 9) Suddenly the male spots D.O.R.K. hiding (or so she thought) by the rocks and its first head says "Ma, tha na creagan a 'tighinn suas gu mòr!" at which the second head pipes up and says "A 'coimhead coltach ri seòrsa de chrannag."The first head of the female then says "Tha feòil craoibhe cho milis ma thogas tu a-mach ma tha e na shligean" at which its second head joins in and says "Yeah agus fhuair mi cravin airson craobhan. Mar sin, na bi dìreach a 'seasamh ann a' dol agus faigh e." At this command the male Ettin starts to move towards D.O.R.K. 10) There is no indication that the Ettins are aware that the rest of the party is nearby.
Translation from Giant (Devin & D.O.R.K.)
Male First Head - Ma, there is somethink up by the rocks! Male Second Head - Looks like some sort of crab
Female First Head - Crab meat is so sweet if you pick it out if its shell Female Second Head - Yeah and I got a cravin for crab. So don't just stand there go and get it.
Initiative Order: Beedo, Meiva, Vark, Devin, Male Ettin, Toruun, D.O.R.K., Jaylen. & Female Ettin. I assume people will stay hiding (if not let me know) in which case the male Ettin moves forty feet closer to D.O.R.K. to AA4-AB5.
"Yes, I suppose missing probably is the better way to put it. But missing in what area? Where was he last known to be? Maybe he flew off to see what the giants were up to?"
Devin moves to stand closer to the fire.
"And thank you for the information on where the next town is. I had hoped to stay to the east and out of the hills simply because travel would be easier. Avoiding black dragons is an even better reason. "
The journey continues – Days 9 & 10, First Ten-day, Month of Eleasis
1) Now that the party is up, they decide to get pack up camp and get moving for the day. (OOC: Everybody should have recorded a long rest)
2) After breakfast Ingar says “If you continue to follow the edge of the Forlorn Hills to the east, I would think that you will reach the town of Secomber after about four days.” He pauses and then continues “it is not a town I have ever been too however.” He then bends down and peers into the eyes of each of the party members, particularly D.O.R.K., and continues “you do a good thing, may all of your gods and Bahmut look favourably on your endeavours” as he takes off into a cold wind from the north that is just as strong as it was yesterday (gusting up to 45 mph).
It is this cold wind which is despite it is now past mid-summer that is keeping the temperature down to a maximum of 65 degrees (18 degrees Celsius).
(OOC: if anybody else wants to say something as the Dragon gets ready to leave please feel free to do so)
3) The party continues to wend its way around the edge of the hills buffeted all the way by the strong and gusty wind. During the day, Beedo and Vark manage to bag two hares and a rabbit, and as they are setting up camp near a pool at the base of a small waterfall, Meiva is able to tickle a few trout as well.
4) That night passes peacefully and the next morning the party finds that the wind has swung around to the south and whilst still blowing hard (up to 30 mph) it is not as strong as previous days and furthermore is now a lot warmer.
5) As with the previous day the party continues to make their way along the edge of the Forlorn Hills. As they are setting up camp for the night (see map) in a clearing surrounded by rocks and next to a small stream – again not much more than 12 inches deep, with a few deeper pools up to 2 feet deep - they hear what sounds like four voices arguing in a mixture of Giant and language that the party can’t understand. “Men Mabel, jeg jaktet den siste middagen” says the first voice when a second voice pipes up and says "Ja Mabel, vi jaktet den siste middagen, det er din tur?" Then a third voice speaking Giant says “Na bi a 'toirt cùram do Jobe, tha mi duilich a-nis. Mar sin, gabh dhomh rudeigin a-nis mura h-eil duine ag iarraidh smocadh math!” At this a fourth voice – also speaking Giant – pipes up and says “A 'smocadh math, tha meas agam air sgocadh math!” At this the third voice says “Cuir suas Flo, bidh thu a 'cuideachadh!” You then hear the first voice saying again in the unknown language “Det er ikke greit! Jeg må alltid gjøre jakten. Hvem tror hun at hun er dronningen?”
Translation from Giant (Devin & D.O.R.K.)
1st speaker - Unknown language
2nd speaker - Unknown language
3rd Speaker (Giant) - "Don't care Jobe, I ungry now. So go catch me something now unless ya wants a good smacking!"
4th Speaker (Giant) - "A good smacking, I loves a good smacking!"
3rd Speaker (Giant) - "Shut up Flo, you aint helping!"
1st Speaker - Unknown language
Initiative Rolls: (132) and Order: Beedo, Meiva, Vark, Devin, Toruun, D.O.R.K. & Jaylen
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When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
OOC: Are the voices getting louder as in are the four speakers moving closer?
Yes - the stream on the map see Discord for base map - runs west (left) to east (right) and it sounds like the strangers are making their way up stream.
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Devin tells the other's what he understood of the conversation.
"I think we have trouble coming. We could try to hide, but not with Gol. They sound like they might be hungry."
He grabs his shield and staff and casts Shillelagh. He then readies himself to see what comes.
Returning from attempting to fish in the stream, Meiva, hearing the voices, hurries to join the others, quietly praying to Silvanus as she dons her shield.
And that's all I have to say about that.
"We might can hide," Jaylen says. "Tymora can hide us. She can hide us in shadow, and then we can duck into the trees until the giants pass." She looks about to see if the others agree. "Trayan and the elephant, too."
D.O.R.K says nothing. She just looks to each in turn general direction as if awaiting something until only Torunn remains to speak of plans. And if it appears as if her brother has once more slipped off into another one of his divine inspired planning phases, she just walks to the top of the ramp leading towards their campsite and stands there... waiting again. Unless someone decided to stop her.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
The Map is now up
1) A base map is up. I've shown the Ettins on the map but if people want to be hide as per Jaylen's post, there are plenty of shrubs they can crawl under, or if they want to be in a different place let me know.
2) Beedo, Meiva and Vark are the first to act.
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"If you think we can hide Jaylen then let us know what we need to do. What are these shadows you speak of?"
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Jaylen prays something quickly to Tymora, one hand clasping her amulet. Halfway through, she looks around. "Closer to me," she advises just loudly enough for her comrades to hear. "Hurry. North. Into the bushes. But ... everyone needs to be closer to me." She leads Trayan out of the clearing and gives the command for Golem to follow her as well. When everyone (hopefully including Dork) is within 30 feet of her, she finishes her prayer.
Pass without Trace
Jaylen's stealth: 13 +10
Trayan's stealth: 15 +10
Hiding?
1) Given the noise that the Ettins are making as they come stomping upstream there will be sufficient time (2 rounds) for the party to come together for Jaylen to cast her spell and then for the party to hide successfully (?) in, and north of the bushes stretching from B7 to M3.
2) Already rolled Stealths for Beedo (10+10 = 20), Vark (19+10 = 29), Jaylen (22+10 = 32) Trayan (9+10 = 19) stand.
3) I need Stealth rolls for Devin, D.O.R.K. Golemgote, Meiva & Toruun. (OOC: please make the roll with whatever internal {own} bonuses you have and I will add the +10).
4) Once the rolls are made can people also please indicate where they are now located.
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(@Grant I assume Torunn's got Golemgote covered.)
D.O.R.K stiffly looks back to see if the others have made a consensus. Only then does he follow suit and moves to the edge of Jaylen's range among the shrubbery, but close to the ettin's entry point.
Stealth: 0.
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Devin quickly moves closer to Jayeln and hides in the bushes. (J1)
21 +10
OOC: Using my DM inspiration to allow Dork to reroll that critical fail.
Meiva hides behind a dense patch of foliage.
"Conceal me, Lord Silvanus," she prays.
Stealth: 5+10
And that's all I have to say about that.
Can you hide an elephant and a warforged? Yes to the First and No to the Second!
1) As the noise and arguments from the hunting/foraging Ettins gets louder, Jaylen signals to the party to gather around. She then casts 'Pass Without Trace" and the party scatters to hide in the shrubbery in the northeast corner of the map.
2) Toruun attempts to hide in one of the many shrubs (Stealth 10) +10 at the same time as he leads Golemogote away (Stealth roll: 13 +10) (OOC: DM exercising his perogative to keep the campaign flowing) and slips behind the shrubs to E2 with Golemogote in C1-D2 where he gives the command "khubama" and the elephant obediently kneels down.
3) Jaylen slips into the shrubbery and guides Trayan in as well where he to is told to kneel. They are in A3 and A1-B2 respectively.
4) Meiva then slips into the shrubbery and lies down under a few bushes at H3 where she can keep an eye on the clearing that the party had been proposing to set up in camp in for the evening.
5) Devin also slips behind the bushes and waits at J1 where he can see the top edge of the clearing.
6) Beedo and Vark move into the main shrubbery at L2 (Beedo) and K3 (Vark) respectively where they too lie down and watch the clearing.
7) D.O.R.K. moves off to hide behind the rocks at N2.
8) The party then waits with bated breath to see how successful they have been at hiding as about 100 feet away two Ettins - a mated pair - come into view all the time arguing. The smaller of the two is a male (AI6-AJ7) and the female (AI12-AJ13) is extraordinarily fat.
9) Suddenly the male spots D.O.R.K. hiding (or so she thought) by the rocks and its first head says "Ma, tha na creagan a 'tighinn suas gu mòr!" at which the second head pipes up and says "A 'coimhead coltach ri seòrsa de chrannag." The first head of the female then says "Tha feòil craoibhe cho milis ma thogas tu a-mach ma tha e na shligean" at which its second head joins in and says "Yeah agus fhuair mi cravin airson craobhan. Mar sin, na bi dìreach a 'seasamh ann a' dol agus faigh e." At this command the male Ettin starts to move towards D.O.R.K.
10) There is no indication that the Ettins are aware that the rest of the party is nearby.
Translation from Giant (Devin & D.O.R.K.)
Male First Head - Ma, there is somethink up by the rocks!
Male Second Head - Looks like some sort of crab
Female First Head - Crab meat is so sweet if you pick it out if its shell
Female Second Head - Yeah and I got a cravin for crab. So don't just stand there go and get it.
Initiative Order:
Beedo, Meiva, Vark, Devin, Male Ettin, Toruun, D.O.R.K., Jaylen. & Female Ettin.
I assume people will stay hiding (if not let me know) in which case the male Ettin moves forty feet closer to D.O.R.K. to AA4-AB5.
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Tounn moves to K2 and attempts to keep in the shadow of the tree's.
Stealth: 6+10