As captain Greensparrow emerged Pheara immediately stops what she is doing and drops to one knee bowing her head briefly before she returns to her feet. After issuing his instructions she turns to see how Ledmo is proceeding, still unfamiliar with the ways of the army and finding comfort in following his lead.
As he asks regarding the strange plate the emerald scaled Dragonborn appears gaining her attention. Watching as he severs the hand of a yuan-ti and begins to chew on it Pheara wrinkles her nose and says "Snake bloods no good. Dirty flesh."
With that she turns back towards the emerald plate Ledmo was looking at and proceeds leans down to sniff at it for a moment, taking in it's scent and examining it thoroughly, before giving it a lick to see how it tastes also.
Completely perplexed by the alien object and making no sense at all of the scents or tastes around it Pheara looks to the dwarf and shrugs. "Pheara no understand this...thing."
With that she moves to one of the other corpses and grabs it by the wrist before dragging it off after the others who have begun to move the bodies.
The armored dwarf crouched beside the wildling shifter over the dead yuan ti sucks at his teeth for a moment, no better off understanding the significance of the silver and gemstone body apparel than before. He gave a short nod to Phaera's comment. "Me neither. Le's brin' it up nex' we see Hugs, see iffen 'e 'as any ideas on the matter, er iffen 'e mightn' know someone who would." Led stands again then, and watches as Phaera, Storat, and the two dragonborn start moving bodies. "Good 'nough. Iffen y'all're doin' tha', I'll be gittin' this gear o'er ta the Quartermaster." And Ledmo collects up an armload of swords and bows before heading off in the other direction to turn them in.
As she begins dragging the Yuan-ti corpse she has grasped by the wrist the dragonborn's words cause her to stop and look at him curiously, tilting her head as she examines him further. As she tries to make sense of his words she starts to look down at herself, obviously confused by the question and exactly what he means. Looking back up she answers, clearly not entirely sure if it is the right answer or not: "Pheara is Pheara? Pheara k...kind is..."
She hesitates briefly as she can't find the right words for what she wants to say before a look of frustration crosses her face before she suddenly speaks fluently in a language that is completely unfamiliar to anyone else "Veen Kutt Uopi Monai." Shaking her head again she goes back to her broken and slow pronunciation of common. "Me not have words for tribe....but Pheara is...of tribe."
Finishing with a nod, that is more to herself that she has got across what she could, she moves over to the Dragonborn and tentatively sniffs at him before looking up at him as if she had just confirmed the answer to a question she had not spoken. "You smell dd..dif...not same as other scales."
As Bahli declares he smells like the gems and points to the backs of the Yuan-ti Pheara immediately hops backwards onto all fours lets out a low growl at the dragonborn. As he continues and tries to explain about purity she glances back and forth nervously as she attempts to grasp the meaning behind the words. After a moment realisation comes to her and she starts to relax. "Bahli is pu...pure?" She sniffs the air again before nodding. "Yes."
Standing back up she continues to keep a slight distance from him. Before she thinks on the last thing he said. Looking around she glances at everyone nearby as they go about whatever task they are carrying out before she looks back at Bahli, confused once more. "All is beasts? No?" Then with a look of understanding, like a parent would give to a child who asked the meaning of something that is fundamental, she replies "But Pheara is woman." She points to her chest to highlight her gender to Bahli as if he didn't understand.
Feldri nodded and explained the situation to your guides. They begin to lead you through the complex trails of the swamp, calling out what ground is safe and what is not. Soon, you return to the camp. The first thing you notice is that it seems like a battle has recently taken place. Your guides depart once the camp is in view, saying (according to Feldri), "We are not brothers and sisters of bond yet. Your commander may attack us on sight." As they leave, one hands you a map with the yuan-ti encampment's approximate location marked on it.
[The Swamp Group gets 50 XP for recon and peaceful handling of the lizardfolk situation!]
Camp
The plates are not carved with any notable markings. Your yuan-ti prisoner stoops down next to Ledmo as the dwarf examines one of the gems, Greensparrow now safely supported by Hugs and giving commands. "These are the snakeblood crystals. Droplets of blood, crystalized, and suffused with a combination of transmutation and enchantment magic. The transmutation allows our bodies to change over to yuan-ti, while the enchantment locks our memories of what we once were." Standing back up, the yuan-ti offers Ledmo a hand, saying, "My crystal has been cracked a bit. The elf over there slipped and fell while trying to get out on his own. I'm fairly certain I'm not supposed to remember that."
On the horizon, you can see three figures approaching the camp, one of whom appears to be a lizardfolk.
Will returns to the rest of the war party and hands Greensparrow the message that the lizardfolk leader gave them. "This letter will explain it in full, but the lizardfolk are willing to let bygones be bygones and join up with us if we stage a raid on the snake-people who stole their eggs."
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Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
"Traitors, stones that allow the user to shape-shift and egg thievery...? What in the world is going on here?!" Saprys exclaims, not even trying to hide his abject confusion.
A look of utter bewilderment falls on Ledmo's face as he, at first, attempts to pull away from the yuan-ti they had taken prisoner earlier, and then listens to what he has to say. "Gimme a momen'... jus' a momen'." The wheels are turning in his limited mind, and his eyes are a window to that, squinting, then arching a brow, then arching the other to meet it. He shakes his head shortly after. "This be some fell magic, then. D'ya mean ta say tha' ya weren' born t'be a snakeblood, a yuan-ti, butcha were rather changed ta one through some evil rite? An' tha' once done, all recollection t'yer pas' life be beyon' yer grasp? Am I un'erstandin' ya right there? An' iffen so, lemme be askin' ya then, be this a ritual ya willin'ly gave yerself up ta, er was it forced upon ya?" The sense of wonder diminished then a bit, and the sense of suspicion grew in his mind. He regarded the yuan-ti closely then, to see if he had given any sign of falseness.
Insight : to determine if the yaun-ti is attempting to deceive him - 21
Greensparrow looks at Will for a moment. "Hold on, what? Why are the-" Hugs cuts him off as he takes the map and note from Will. Gesturing for Feldri to accompany them, Hugs takes Greensparrow, who calls back over his shoulder "One second while we figure this out. Help with cleanup, if you would."
Feldri bows to you. "I must take my leave. Brother Tusk, it is I. Be assured that there is only one of me, and that I would never turn on my allies."
The yuan-ti smiles. There are no hints of lies in his words as he continues to answer Ledmo's question. "You've got the ritual and memory parts right. I don't know if anyone is ever born a yuan-ti, and I don't remember my life before the ritual. Or if I do, it was only helping conduct the ritual myself. Those particular memories are... hazy, at best." Spotting the crystal in Tusk's hands, the yuan-ti suddenly becomes more attentive. "I can't believe it. They must have perfected the magicule crystal to store spells."
Good, Feldri. Don’t like traitors. Find anything promising? He then looks at the snake man. Ah, yes, this is... what’s your name? Ah, I don’t care. Apparently, we have had Yuan-Ti stuck here pretending to be soldiers. And, this crystal does what? Store spells? Interesting.
Glad to be back at camp, Manon will hurry to the medic tent to help with the recently wounded. She will hand off the Uwae root she has gathered so it can be made into medicine for the soldiers suffering from Bog Flu.
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Camp
As captain Greensparrow emerged Pheara immediately stops what she is doing and drops to one knee bowing her head briefly before she returns to her feet. After issuing his instructions she turns to see how Ledmo is proceeding, still unfamiliar with the ways of the army and finding comfort in following his lead.
As he asks regarding the strange plate the emerald scaled Dragonborn appears gaining her attention. Watching as he severs the hand of a yuan-ti and begins to chew on it Pheara wrinkles her nose and says "Snake bloods no good. Dirty flesh."
With that she turns back towards the emerald plate Ledmo was looking at and proceeds leans down to sniff at it for a moment, taking in it's scent and examining it thoroughly, before giving it a lick to see how it tastes also.
investigation:2
Completely perplexed by the alien object and making no sense at all of the scents or tastes around it Pheara looks to the dwarf and shrugs. "Pheara no understand this...thing."
With that she moves to one of the other corpses and grabs it by the wrist before dragging it off after the others who have begun to move the bodies.
“Not to bad tasting personaly.” Bahli replies to Pheara. “I’ve never seen your kind before. What are you?”
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Camp
The armored dwarf crouched beside the wildling shifter over the dead yuan ti sucks at his teeth for a moment, no better off understanding the significance of the silver and gemstone body apparel than before. He gave a short nod to Phaera's comment. "Me neither. Le's brin' it up nex' we see Hugs, see iffen 'e 'as any ideas on the matter, er iffen 'e mightn' know someone who would." Led stands again then, and watches as Phaera, Storat, and the two dragonborn start moving bodies. "Good 'nough. Iffen y'all're doin' tha', I'll be gittin' this gear o'er ta the Quartermaster." And Ledmo collects up an armload of swords and bows before heading off in the other direction to turn them in.
Camp
As she begins dragging the Yuan-ti corpse she has grasped by the wrist the dragonborn's words cause her to stop and look at him curiously, tilting her head as she examines him further. As she tries to make sense of his words she starts to look down at herself, obviously confused by the question and exactly what he means. Looking back up she answers, clearly not entirely sure if it is the right answer or not: "Pheara is Pheara? Pheara k...kind is..."
She hesitates briefly as she can't find the right words for what she wants to say before a look of frustration crosses her face before she suddenly speaks fluently in a language that is completely unfamiliar to anyone else "Veen Kutt Uopi Monai." Shaking her head again she goes back to her broken and slow pronunciation of common. "Me not have words for tribe....but Pheara is...of tribe."
Finishing with a nod, that is more to herself that she has got across what she could, she moves over to the Dragonborn and tentatively sniffs at him before looking up at him as if she had just confirmed the answer to a question she had not spoken. "You smell dd..dif...not same as other scales."
Breathing in deeply to deduce the beast she is related to. (If there is one I’ve not read shifters since 4th)
”I am Bahli I smell like gems.” He points at the emeralds on the silver plates. “I just smell better, more pure.” “Are you a beast-man Pheara?”
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Eternal Warfare warparty A :Bahli
Survival:17
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Eternal Warfare warparty A :Bahli
Camp
As Bahli declares he smells like the gems and points to the backs of the Yuan-ti Pheara immediately hops backwards onto all fours lets out a low growl at the dragonborn. As he continues and tries to explain about purity she glances back and forth nervously as she attempts to grasp the meaning behind the words. After a moment realisation comes to her and she starts to relax. "Bahli is pu...pure?" She sniffs the air again before nodding. "Yes."
Standing back up she continues to keep a slight distance from him. Before she thinks on the last thing he said. Looking around she glances at everyone nearby as they go about whatever task they are carrying out before she looks back at Bahli, confused once more. "All is beasts? No?" Then with a look of understanding, like a parent would give to a child who asked the meaning of something that is fundamental, she replies "But Pheara is woman." She points to her chest to highlight her gender to Bahli as if he didn't understand.
Swamp
Manon will nod to Will. "Agreed. I think we should return to camp as soon as possible."
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Swamp
Feldri nodded and explained the situation to your guides. They begin to lead you through the complex trails of the swamp, calling out what ground is safe and what is not. Soon, you return to the camp. The first thing you notice is that it seems like a battle has recently taken place. Your guides depart once the camp is in view, saying (according to Feldri), "We are not brothers and sisters of bond yet. Your commander may attack us on sight." As they leave, one hands you a map with the yuan-ti encampment's approximate location marked on it.
[The Swamp Group gets 50 XP for recon and peaceful handling of the lizardfolk situation!]
Camp
The plates are not carved with any notable markings. Your yuan-ti prisoner stoops down next to Ledmo as the dwarf examines one of the gems, Greensparrow now safely supported by Hugs and giving commands. "These are the snakeblood crystals. Droplets of blood, crystalized, and suffused with a combination of transmutation and enchantment magic. The transmutation allows our bodies to change over to yuan-ti, while the enchantment locks our memories of what we once were." Standing back up, the yuan-ti offers Ledmo a hand, saying, "My crystal has been cracked a bit. The elf over there slipped and fell while trying to get out on his own. I'm fairly certain I'm not supposed to remember that."
On the horizon, you can see three figures approaching the camp, one of whom appears to be a lizardfolk.
(Hey , no! I have the crystal! Or are there 2? I’m confused.)
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[You have a different crystal. Everyone else is looking at the ones in embedded into the backs of the yuan-ti.]
Camp
Will returns to the rest of the war party and hands Greensparrow the message that the lizardfolk leader gave them. "This letter will explain it in full, but the lizardfolk are willing to let bygones be bygones and join up with us if we stage a raid on the snake-people who stole their eggs."
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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Bahli pipes upas he returns to collect more corpses to transport
”I AM IN!”
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(Is the transformation to yuan ti permanent?)
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Hey, Lizard Man! I mean, Feldri! That you? Gotta ask. We were attacked by lizard folk earlier, and just now traitors.
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"Traitors, stones that allow the user to shape-shift and egg thievery...? What in the world is going on here?!" Saprys exclaims, not even trying to hide his abject confusion.
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A look of utter bewilderment falls on Ledmo's face as he, at first, attempts to pull away from the yuan-ti they had taken prisoner earlier, and then listens to what he has to say. "Gimme a momen'... jus' a momen'." The wheels are turning in his limited mind, and his eyes are a window to that, squinting, then arching a brow, then arching the other to meet it. He shakes his head shortly after. "This be some fell magic, then. D'ya mean ta say tha' ya weren' born t'be a snakeblood, a yuan-ti, butcha were rather changed ta one through some evil rite? An' tha' once done, all recollection t'yer pas' life be beyon' yer grasp? Am I un'erstandin' ya right there? An' iffen so, lemme be askin' ya then, be this a ritual ya willin'ly gave yerself up ta, er was it forced upon ya?" The sense of wonder diminished then a bit, and the sense of suspicion grew in his mind. He regarded the yuan-ti closely then, to see if he had given any sign of falseness.
Insight : to determine if the yaun-ti is attempting to deceive him - 21
Greensparrow looks at Will for a moment. "Hold on, what? Why are the-" Hugs cuts him off as he takes the map and note from Will. Gesturing for Feldri to accompany them, Hugs takes Greensparrow, who calls back over his shoulder "One second while we figure this out. Help with cleanup, if you would."
Feldri bows to you. "I must take my leave. Brother Tusk, it is I. Be assured that there is only one of me, and that I would never turn on my allies."
The yuan-ti smiles. There are no hints of lies in his words as he continues to answer Ledmo's question. "You've got the ritual and memory parts right. I don't know if anyone is ever born a yuan-ti, and I don't remember my life before the ritual. Or if I do, it was only helping conduct the ritual myself. Those particular memories are... hazy, at best." Spotting the crystal in Tusk's hands, the yuan-ti suddenly becomes more attentive. "I can't believe it. They must have perfected the magicule crystal to store spells."
Good, Feldri. Don’t like traitors. Find anything promising? He then looks at the snake man. Ah, yes, this is... what’s your name? Ah, I don’t care. Apparently, we have had Yuan-Ti stuck here pretending to be soldiers. And, this crystal does what? Store spells? Interesting.
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Glad to be back at camp, Manon will hurry to the medic tent to help with the recently wounded. She will hand off the Uwae root she has gathered so it can be made into medicine for the soldiers suffering from Bog Flu.
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