Dies the Fire

Teaching and trading what magic the new friend can learn, before he departs Thomas tells him "Don't be surprised if one day you hear words in your head from me! I'm working on magic that will let all our disparate groups collaborate and coordinate. Also, I'd recommend using the Familiar spell soon. They are very helpful beings." 

When he hears about the DARPA rumour, Thomas is less than thrilled. "With the changes in physical laws and the resurgence of new ones, I'd not be surprised if someone in that research center brought forth something dark and vicious. A basilisk, a roc, a dragon - all of them would be far more than any group of scientists could handle."

Aleister will trade his medical services and recipes for herbal medicines (and bombs) for as much "... Food, booze prechange knives or tool... that sort of stuff" as practical to trade with the Apaches as warranted.  He will be happy to learn any new 'desert' medical knowledge as he can acquire from whomever, at any time.

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Uthvern will seek others who take part in entertainment. Watching them before introducing himself and his skillset, I guess trying to see if anyone would be interested in musical skills of the flute or just in need of manpower I guess.

 How skilful are you, musically? Performance check.

Anything else or are we moving on?

Sarah feel she's ready to go when her companions need.  She does barter a couple arrows for a grilled stick of squirrel.  Or what she hopes is squirrel but is probably rat.  Sarah also takes the time to subtly renew the spells she's got active as they go down.

George is anxious and itchy and ready to keep moving. 

Happy to get on the road again, Thomas plans on bartering his magical knowledge to the Bands, instead of weapons and such. His familiar once again in flight and scouting, he periodically watches the world through the eyes of the bird of prey. 

Perception T/G 4 / 21

OOC - Thomas renews Darkvision as needed on the party (8 hours) , and keeps a Disguise self active to hide his armor and Ghillie to look like leather clothing. (hourly) His saddlebags are Arcane Locked (Permanent), if possible. If not, Magic Mouth (permanent) on them to go off if they are opened (or cut open) by anyone other than Thomas. Magic Mouth is also on a half dozen small, flat stones marked on one side with a rune that will scream loud and long (10 minutes) when any creature larger than a dog passes within 30 feet, unless a password is heard within 10 seconds, once placed on a solid surface rune side down. All the party knows the password for these stones. (Subject to DM fiat)

Day 3
10 6 4

A peaceful days travel.

Day 4
4 8 2

You get to the Phoenix check points around midday and using the contact names get into the city without any undue problems. Do you want to continue on or spend some time here?

Day 5
1 3 5

You leave Phoenix and head east toward Apache country after an hour or so 13 Thomas feels the link to his familiar go silent. Something has happened

Day 6
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Day 7
6 10 8
Day 8
1 1 6
Day 9
2 6 1
Day 10
7 1 1

 Seeing Thomas start, Sarah slips one hand to draw an arrow and slowly readies her bow, searching the environment near them for a threat.  Perhaps she's paranoid but better to look a fool than to be a sitting duck and Thomas wasn't the twitchy sort.

Perception 11

When the now-familiar contact goes silent, Thomas reaches out to his companion and hears nothing. Calling sharply up to George and the rest, he tells them. "Unless the magic of his form has been suppressed or something, the only way he'd be out of touch is if the form was destroyed. It takes an hour to call him back into a new form, so we need to find out what's happened." Thomas then drops his disguise and slips into the nearby shadows, staying near the group but looking for suspects. Perception 18

"Is there a way someone could have known he wasn't just a normal bird?" Sarah asks with a frown.  "I still don't really know how all this magic stuff works, even though I can cast some spells.  It makes sense, though, that there is a way to sense magic or something supernatural.  Divination is featured heavily in stories."

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 Seeing Thomas start, Sarah slips one hand to draw an arrow and slowly readies her bow, searching the environment near them for a threat.  Perhaps she's paranoid but better to look a fool than to be a sitting duck and Thomas wasn't the twitchy sort.

Perception 11

 You perceive nothing

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When the now-familiar contact goes silent, Thomas reaches out to his companion and hears nothing. Calling sharply up to George and the rest, he tells them. "Unless the magic of his form has been suppressed or something, the only way he'd be out of touch is if the form was destroyed. It takes an hour to call him back into a new form, so we need to find out what's happened." Thomas then drops his disguise and slips into the nearby shadows, staying near the group but looking for suspects. Perception 18

 Do you perceive anything? 24 Ah, no.

'Shit. Ok people, let's get ready for contact.'   As he says this, he pulls his Ghille cloak up and takes cover on the side of the road, dragging Sarah along with him and making sure she's using the terrain to her advantage to disappear.  'Sarah, you stick close to me if things go sideways, we can support Uthvern and Max when they close in if we run into trouble.  Anything you can do to keep them on their feet is good.'

Stealth: 20

Perception: 19

investigation: 11 (if needed/appropriate)  

Uthvern grips his shield and katana  ready for whatever it be, 10

Ooc. That 10 is perception and it is some shite mate XD

IOC - forgot to stealth. 21

With Ofn and Terfysgeath overhead at about 300 m., Aleister will ride out with the others.

When Thomas looses contact with his familiar Aleister will signal his ravens to perform a standard watch and report action.  If they spot anything Ofn will stay loft and Terfysgeath fly back to Aleister and let him known what is going on.

Perception  9

Three people appear out of nowhere behind Max, Uthvern and George. You are surprised. They are armed with rapiers and are wearing studded leather armour.

Max attack 22 Damage 23 or 12 +9
Uthvern attack 20 Damage 15 or 7 + 
George attack 23 Damage 23 or 14 +

F**kin' unbelievable. Invisible rogues attack and two of them miss plus the one that hits does wussy damage even when rerolling the weapon damage

Initiative from everyone please

Sarah nods and then smiles nocking an arrow and readying herself for a fight.

"Don't be surprised if I do more than disappear.  I'll need a little space too," Sarah says softly as moves a careful 16 feet away.

Stealth 16

Perception 23 (For when the attack happens to check out how much armor they are wearing.)

Initiative: 5

George ducks under the first strike from the Ninjas and immediately drops back 25 ft from the combat, hoping to get clear and counting on his speed and armor to keep him safe.  Once clear of their blades, he starts pumping arrows at their attackers.

Initative: 6

Attack: 23 Damage: 7

Horde Breaker Attack: 25 Damage: 6