Necromancer's Delusion-Homebrew

"I can scry on him.  I don't know what he really looks like but if one of you can make yourself look like him or create an image of him it would probably make it easier."  Gaelin says telepathically smiling at Aryn slowly crawling across the cavern floor towards Mucor.

(hahaha sorry Aryn, couldn't resist, that's how I imagine it in my mind.)

(hahaha love it... its about time!)

"Yes.  However, we must begin the purge of the forest immediately.  The lord of Mithrendain expects us to meet up with his forces tomorrow.  This may cause Wymeron to extend his stay or could cause him to rush back to the material plane.  We won't know until we can observe where he is.  Jinara or Kelgos can either of you assist Gaelin?  It would aid his ability to find him with this magic."    Rowan says looking to Kelgos and Jinara.

Kelgos quickly casts Dancing Lights and creates what resemble a glowing faceless, average sized human male form made up of light.  "This is the best I can do.  My capabilities are more tuned to physical rather than the arcane."  

While the group discusses plans, Aryn crouches suddenly in the middle of the circle of conversing people then drops down to a prone position and slowly crawls across the floor.  Everyone sees this and chooses to ignore it as best they can, while Aryn fully commits to the bit, unknowing that her movements are quite visible.  As she finally gets within 15ft of Mucor Button, who occasionally glanced her way now turns and stares at this strange sight. "Hey." Button says in near perfect common with a small wave and smile.  Exasperated, Aryn stands to her feet and kisses Mucor's forehead thanking him.

Mucor would grin and give a small snort through his nose as Aryn approached. When she gave him a kiss on he head he would look nervously towards Button. "Not... exactly." The elf would say as he gave the mushroom a small pat on the head. "I beleive it is button.. but also me." He says as his eyes move to meet Aryn's. "I believe when I went through my transfermation... that i was fused with a bit of Button... so.. I guess I would like you to meet Button Jr.... or... Mucor jr... I suppose I am still working out the name." He would say with a smile. 

(@Xtra- would Detect thoughts work well enough to give me an image of Wymeron? )

If so:

"Jinara, If you'll allow me, I can can peer into your mind while you think about Wymeron and use that to focus when I cast my scrying spell."  Gaelin adds.

(Question Xtra. If I am scrying or casting Find the Path could Gaelin see what my mind records with detect thoughts?)

(I'd allow it since you would be a willing target.)

Jinara & Gaelin, let me know what you want to do and we'll see how it goes.

(ugh it hurts... but i suppose i deserve it.)

Aryn stands to her feet and dusts herself off.  "Interesting.  Nice to meet you mini Mucor." she says with a wink and pats Mucor on the shoulder. "Come on, let's rejoin the others and get moving." 

Jinara waves Gaelin over and says "ok. Sit and look closely. Take in as much as possible at the location and terrain. I am betting we only get one shot at this."

Jinara will cast scrying focusing on Wymeron. 

Mucor would smile at Aryn and place his hand on her shoulder as they walk back to the group.

Jinara and Gaelin seat themselves as comfortably as they can on the stone floor while the rest of the group gathers around them to observe.  Jinara begins to chant rhythmically as a small spec of light pops into existence.  The spec slowly grows in size as Jinara continues until it reaches a 1ft by 1ft sphere.  The swirling mass of energy darkens and pulses as it spins.  Small arcs of arcane electricity spark off the side and the center sphere starts to clear until the entire sphere is nearly transparent.  A flash of energy bursts from the sphere.

Wymeron save:  1

Jinara- you peer into the sphere and feel your eyes glaze over.  Your vision and body feel as though they are sucked into the sphere and your vision goes black for an instant.  Your muscles reflexively blink and your eyes adjust as you blink repeatedly for a few seconds to a new setting.  In a dimly lit room you see Wymeron sitting in a chair behind a desk.  You do not recognize this room but he appears to be writing something on parchment.

Make 3 perception checks!

#1 17

#2 7

#3 6

Jinara-The low light in the room makes it difficult to distinguish the type of parchment or even the language that the words are being written in.  After a few minutes of writing Wymeron scrolls up the parchment, placing it in a small leather bag and quickly exits the room.  You feel your vision follow behind passing through the wall as he heads down a long dim lit hallway that eventually leads to an exterior exit.  There's snow on the ground and the only light seems to be from torches periodically placed in sconces that hang on the stone walls.  He pauses for a moment as if to think to himself.  In the shadows you make out the various shapes of well armored dark elf guards. Wymeron swiftly maneuvers himself through a courtyard and enters into another stone hallway that leads to a well guarded door. 

The door opens to a large chamber with multiple torches and adornments where you see a dark elf male in purple and black leather armor standing.  Wymeron hands the bag over to the elf without uttering a word.  The elf nods and ushers Wymeron to a side room where a glowing teleportation circle awaits.  Wymeron steps in and vanishes.  Your vision flashes white and you feel yourself lurch through space and time.  Your vision clears as you see Wmyeron exit a similar room with a glowing teleportation circle.  He quickly makes his way outside after passing through a few corridors that are patrolled by wererats and walks down snow covered steps into a large courtyard.  Standing guard around a small pool of unfrozen water are multiple weretigers with crossbow armed werewolves looking down from a thick high stone wall that surrounds the courtyard.  They allow Wymeron to pass through and he steps up to the edge of the pool taking a a single short breath.  He falls face first into the pool and disappears from sight.  There is no splash like there would be from normal water just a few small ripples that cascade out from the shape of his body.  Your vision goes black at the expiration of 7-8 minutes and you would know Wymeron has crossed into a different plane of existence causing the spell to end prematurely.

Gaelin-  You are able to watch Jinara's visions from his spell in sporadic images and brief glimpses of time as it occurs.  You immediately sense a deep anxiety within Jinara tinged with a bit of fear.  The anxiety and fear soon drop as anger and excitement take over and Jinara seems to be vengefully enthralled to follow his former master's every step.  You do catch numerous glances of Wymeron, the white and red robed human male.   You would instantly recognize the second courtyard and pool guarded by various lycans as the same fortress from your vision that belonged to Kar'gal.  

Everyone else- You see Jinara's eyes turn pale white as he seems to stare into the swirling translucent ball of energy.  You watch him sit motionless for nearly 8 minutes before his eyes return to normal and he seems to take in a deep breath.

As Jinara comes out of his trance, he immediate says "we need to get to the material plane now. Rowan, are there any safe ways to transverse planes that we can reach fairly quickly? We know Wymeron is there and can locate him once we are there."

"Valeera could use her amulet to get us back now or Jinara could borrow the amulet?  It would take an hour but you could cast the spell yourself to get us to the temple.  If that's where you think he'll be." Gaelin proposes if Rowan doesn't know of a place.

"If time is of the essence then let Valeera get us to the material plane.  Gaelin, Mucor, Herbert or Varian can help us move once we're there."  Aryn chimes in.

(Xtra. Would any of us have any knowledge of plane travel and any issues or side effects? If I have knowledge, then I would voice it, but Jinara would rush to get to the material plane if there is no concern or side effects that he knows about.)

(Hey everyone, hope you all had a great weekend!)

Torq will stand ready to leave but remain silent.  He was of no use currently and adding his opinion to the deliberation would only take up more time.

(Most of your knowledge comes from the single instance that brought you to this plane.  While Valeera had gotten you there it was in a random location, due to her failure.  However, you'd figure that a random location on the material plane is much easier to handle than one in a relatively unknown plane.)

Valeera looks around the group and back to Rowan.  "I can do it.  Just tell me if we should go to the castle or somewhere else if possible."  Rowan looks at Valeera, "So that's how you returned... I wish you the best of luck.  Unfortunately I am only aware of the pool within the lycan fortress.  I'm sure there are more, perhaps in the major cities but I do not have knowledge or access of them.  I will work to make sure we do our part here.  Gaelin, send me a message of your success as soon as you can.  Also, do your best to continue to support him.  He will be a great ally." she says as she points to Kelgos and shifts her gaze to Jinara.

"The castle would be the best.  Herbert can probably get us closer than anyone else, don't ya think? Thank you Rowan, hopefully we can take care of our side quickly and maybe return to help." Aryn says walking over and giving a hug to Rowan.  "Now let's go, we've got bad people to kill."

"We need to get to Zhora. Once we get there, we will have 24 hours to get wherever he is. If he leaves the material plane, I will know it. We must move now!" Jinara says to the group. He turns to Kelgos, "Now is the time to earn your keep. Dig deep in your memory. Any specifics about that portal beyond that it goes to this grotto?"