Laughing at Arnuanna’s joke Moira sets the brass pot down and looks over her book again setting everything in place she starts weaving the arcane sigils around the makeshift brazier with her wand. Pulling whips of shadow from her surroundings to hang in the air. Once everything is in place and drawn out she checks the book again to be sure. Then taps the pot ”Aton teinevni.”The strands of fire suddenly caught fire burning inward and setting the ingredients aflame. In a puff of sulfurous smoke a small orangish red ball of fur filled the pot. Raising its head and looking around. “This is Rusty.“ Moira will make her goodbyes and go to find the others and grab a bite to eat. Introducing everyone to Rusty
9 looks at Rusty, then at the mechanical panther. “Seems like everyone is getting a pet. Are they going to be safe in the swamps?”, she raises an eyebrow at the fluffy ball, her face in a rare stupid smile of adoring.
Nemeia scratches at her horns for a moment at the question. The swamp could pose a problem with the internal workings. She was going to have to make sure Cali was sealed up well. "She'll be fine,"Nemeia says sounds not so confident.
"Oh that's Adorable!" Sora nearly squealed as she reached over and scratched the cute familiar behind the ear. She then turned to Cali and added, "But don't worry girl, you're still awesome too! I'm sure both of you will be great to have along."
”Well Rusty is a bit different.“ In a small puff of smoke Rusty disappears from Moira’s arms. A moment later and another puff he is sitting on 9’s shoulder. “So he can stay gone if things are to dangerous. And at worst I can bring him back again. I can even make him different kinds of animals.” Rusty is very curious and moves around to all the party members sniffing at them and climbing on them. He keeps coming back to Moira periodically before exploring more. He gives a good bit of attention to Cali. Climbing on her and examining her closely.
"I think so far the only plan we have is 'Let's go Stomp Frogs', the trick is probably gonna be finding them." Sora explained to Moira while still playing around with the new party pets. "Actually, if we don't have anything better, plan-wise, we should probably head out soon. Less of a chance for any trail to grow cold."
Nemeia nods at the suggestion. Having had breakfast, her spirits are lifted again. She looked to Cali and gave her a quick scratch behind the mechanical ears. She appears ready to hunt down the creatures.
(( Once the party is prepared to head out, let me know how you plan to proceed on this quest. Basic tracking through the swamp will require a Survival check. You will have a good idea of the initial direction to head just by following the trail of rushed Bullywugs and the damage they left in their wakes. However this trail quickly disappears once you get into the thick of the swamp just outside of town. ))
Moira looks at the plate of food. Then takes a roll and smears it with butter. She wraps a few fruit into a cloth, including some smaller berries for Rusty. Then grabs up her pack. Checking to make sure her spell book is still in the bag and tucking her wand up her sleeve. “I’ve held us all up long enough. We should go see if we can find a trail to follow. If not those goblins gave us a bit of directions. Does any one remember what they said?”
“Well alright, lets head out. I and Witt can lead the way for tracking. Once we find them, we’ll figure out what to do.”, grabs a fruit and couple of pieces of bread. Once in the swamp, she remembers how she navigated in it before, and focuses on the ground and surroundings. Survival, assuming Witt is helping me: 17
Witt is absolutely helping as best he can, though his understanding of cultivated lands is much better than his knowledge of wild places such as this. Um, I think that green part is water, and the other bit is moss. I wouldn't recommend stepping in either.
While they headed out into the swamp Sora tried to recall what she could in response to Moira's question, "Pretty sure the goblins said it was north east, which I think is what the guards said as well, North East of the lake." It seemed 9 and Witt had the tracking part covered so Sora focused on keeping an eye out for potential ambushes along the way.
Witt looks up at the sky. How's the weather, and what's it looking like for the rest of the day, rain or fine? (Witt is using his 'Of the Land' feature to make accurate weather predictions)
You set out into the deep swamp, travelling out of town and into the harsh overgrowth. Following along the lake at first before breaking off towards the north east. It isn't long before you find yourself completely enveloped by the swamp. With hues of green, brown, and black everywhere you look. The going is difficult, there is no well worn trail here to ease the travel or guide your direction. However you do manage to find feint evidence of the Bullywugs path as they rushed back from their raid. So far you've managed to stay on their trail.
The sun moves across the sky as you spend hours trekking through deep muddy water and vegetation. So far you've been lucky enough not to run into anything deadly, not yet anyway. But you are clearly burning through daylight, and you don't know how much longer you'll need to travel.
Everyone can make perception or survival checks (but not both) as you continue travelling the swamp.
Witt focuses on tracking and trying to guide the group past the dangers of the unfamiliar swamp terrain; Survival20
He frowns and looks over at Nemeia; How's Cali holding up in the swamp? I'm doing my best to keep us out of the deepest water, but there really isn't a dry path through here, that I can find at least.
"I'm starting to worry that we might be out here all day. Not sure we wanna hit these guys at night."Sora thought her concerns out loud yet she continued pushing forward with everyone else. Where possible she would move ahead of everyone else to ensure there were no traps or monsters that might hit the others first. While 9 and Witt continued tracking the creatures as best she could, she kept her eye out for anything that might be dangerous to the group.
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Moira
As we get further on and the trail begins to get harder to follow and the swamp swampier. “Some extra set of eyes would be good. Elivo erecuder aton“ Moira taps her wand on Rusty’s head and he stretches to either side as two hawks, who share the red panda’s coloration, split off of his form and fly ito the air around the party. “Be on the look out you three.”
Moira
Laughing at Arnuanna’s joke Moira sets the brass pot down and looks over her book again setting everything in place she starts weaving the arcane sigils around the makeshift brazier with her wand. Pulling whips of shadow from her surroundings to hang in the air. Once everything is in place and drawn out she checks the book again to be sure. Then taps the pot ”Aton teinevni.” The strands of fire suddenly caught fire burning inward and setting the ingredients aflame. In a puff of sulfurous smoke a small orangish red ball of fur filled the pot. Raising its head and looking around. “This is Rusty.“ Moira will make her goodbyes and go to find the others and grab a bite to eat. Introducing everyone to Rusty
9 looks at Rusty, then at the mechanical panther. “Seems like everyone is getting a pet. Are they going to be safe in the swamps?”, she raises an eyebrow at the fluffy ball, her face in a rare stupid smile of adoring.
Nemeia scratches at her horns for a moment at the question. The swamp could pose a problem with the internal workings. She was going to have to make sure Cali was sealed up well. "She'll be fine," Nemeia says sounds not so confident.
"Oh that's Adorable!" Sora nearly squealed as she reached over and scratched the cute familiar behind the ear. She then turned to Cali and added, "But don't worry girl, you're still awesome too! I'm sure both of you will be great to have along."
Nemeia grows excited to see Moira's new friend. She loves the red fur. "Amazing!," is all she's able to say as she looks on in wonder.
Moira
”Well Rusty is a bit different.“ In a small puff of smoke Rusty disappears from Moira’s arms. A moment later and another puff he is sitting on 9’s shoulder. “So he can stay gone if things are to dangerous. And at worst I can bring him back again. I can even make him different kinds of animals.” Rusty is very curious and moves around to all the party members sniffing at them and climbing on them. He keeps coming back to Moira periodically before exploring more. He gives a good bit of attention to Cali. Climbing on her and examining her closely.
Moira
Grabbing a small plate of food and some water Moira sits “So should we discuss what our plans are?”
"I think so far the only plan we have is 'Let's go Stomp Frogs', the trick is probably gonna be finding them." Sora explained to Moira while still playing around with the new party pets. "Actually, if we don't have anything better, plan-wise, we should probably head out soon. Less of a chance for any trail to grow cold."
Nemeia nods at the suggestion. Having had breakfast, her spirits are lifted again. She looked to Cali and gave her a quick scratch behind the mechanical ears. She appears ready to hunt down the creatures.
(( Once the party is prepared to head out, let me know how you plan to proceed on this quest. Basic tracking through the swamp will require a Survival check. You will have a good idea of the initial direction to head just by following the trail of rushed Bullywugs and the damage they left in their wakes. However this trail quickly disappears once you get into the thick of the swamp just outside of town. ))
Sylnache Ashrain - 7th Sojourn
Moira
Moira looks at the plate of food. Then takes a roll and smears it with butter. She wraps a few fruit into a cloth, including some smaller berries for Rusty. Then grabs up her pack. Checking to make sure her spell book is still in the bag and tucking her wand up her sleeve. “I’ve held us all up long enough. We should go see if we can find a trail to follow. If not those goblins gave us a bit of directions. Does any one remember what they said?”
“Well alright, lets head out. I and Witt can lead the way for tracking. Once we find them, we’ll figure out what to do.”, grabs a fruit and couple of pieces of bread. Once in the swamp, she remembers how she navigated in it before, and focuses on the ground and surroundings. Survival, assuming Witt is helping me: 17
Witt is absolutely helping as best he can, though his understanding of cultivated lands is much better than his knowledge of wild places such as this. Um, I think that green part is water, and the other bit is moss. I wouldn't recommend stepping in either.
While they headed out into the swamp Sora tried to recall what she could in response to Moira's question, "Pretty sure the goblins said it was north east, which I think is what the guards said as well, North East of the lake." It seemed 9 and Witt had the tracking part covered so Sora focused on keeping an eye out for potential ambushes along the way.
Witt looks up at the sky. How's the weather, and what's it looking like for the rest of the day, rain or fine? (Witt is using his 'Of the Land' feature to make accurate weather predictions)
You set out into the deep swamp, travelling out of town and into the harsh overgrowth. Following along the lake at first before breaking off towards the north east. It isn't long before you find yourself completely enveloped by the swamp. With hues of green, brown, and black everywhere you look. The going is difficult, there is no well worn trail here to ease the travel or guide your direction. However you do manage to find feint evidence of the Bullywugs path as they rushed back from their raid. So far you've managed to stay on their trail.
The sun moves across the sky as you spend hours trekking through deep muddy water and vegetation. So far you've been lucky enough not to run into anything deadly, not yet anyway. But you are clearly burning through daylight, and you don't know how much longer you'll need to travel.
Everyone can make perception or survival checks (but not both) as you continue travelling the swamp.
Sylnache Ashrain - 7th Sojourn
Witt focuses on tracking and trying to guide the group past the dangers of the unfamiliar swamp terrain; Survival 20
He frowns and looks over at Nemeia; How's Cali holding up in the swamp? I'm doing my best to keep us out of the deepest water, but there really isn't a dry path through here, that I can find at least.
"I'm starting to worry that we might be out here all day. Not sure we wanna hit these guys at night." Sora thought her concerns out loud yet she continued pushing forward with everyone else. Where possible she would move ahead of everyone else to ensure there were no traps or monsters that might hit the others first. While 9 and Witt continued tracking the creatures as best she could, she kept her eye out for anything that might be dangerous to the group.
Perception: 15
”Maybe we should just find where they like, and camp nearby to ambush early in the morning.”
Perception: 19
Moira
As we get further on and the trail begins to get harder to follow and the swamp swampier. “Some extra set of eyes would be good. Elivo erecuder aton“ Moira taps her wand on Rusty’s head and he stretches to either side as two hawks, who share the red panda’s coloration, split off of his form and fly ito the air around the party. “Be on the look out you three.”
Moira perception : 10
Rusty perception (hearing and smell) : 18
Hawk perception (sight) : 7
Hawk perception (sight) : 14