Professor S.

Professor S wakes up and goes to retrieve his dagger saying, “Well done everyone.”  Looking around and seeing everyone still more or less intact, he smiles.  “Shouldn’t we keep going until we find someplace safer?”

While the others work on harvesting sap or searching for water, Professor S performs the ritual for detect magic, mentioning, “Perhaps there is something useful left behind from previous victims?”  He casts the spell and investigates the area.

Maxine, you determine that the plants contain glands around their blossom that combine at the point of ejection to form a corrosive alkaline compound. Although the glands are almost constantly producing the liquid for self-defence, the jet doesn't have enough power to travel more than five feet.

Professor, for your information, it's only about noon, so you could easily continue to travel. You do also notice a very faint shimmer of magic coming from about ten feet away.

Maxine collected glands (supposedly full of yet unmixed liquids), made a picture (that could be added to Professors Gazette) with a brief description, and was ready to join the search party, seeking water and shelter.

Professor S:

The Professor moves over to the source of magic and investigates the area (previous check).  Then he tries to identify the item radiating magic.

The professor finds a small stone figurine, easily overlooked in the undergrowth. The find is somewhat ghastly, as the figurine is clutched not by roots, but by skeletal fingers of some unfortunate person that had come to an untimely end here. As he polishes it, he can make out the stylized form of a wild boar, an animal believed to be lucky by Chultans.It exudes a faint aura of divination magic.

The rest of the group goes about trying to gather additional herbs and plants for consumption. It doesn't take long however for Shae to realise that the aggressive tri-flower plants in this valley had depleted the soil to the point where other plants aren't growing for at least another mile. Kam's voice starts to ring inside her head :Shae, do you think that's why these plants attack living tissue? Do they require nutrients from living tissue? And if so, where do they get their nutrients from now then?

OOC: Wait, are we surrounded and trudging through the miles wide thicket of those acid plants?! What is around? "you are surrounded by vividly coloured flowers taller than a grown human" - all of them are hunting plants?

The plants are similarly vivid in Colour, but not yet aggressive. 

Professor S.

The Professor takes the item and checks the partially dissolved body with a sad expression, saying a quiet prayer for the victims of these plants.  He plans to spend more time with it during their next short rest to determine its magical properties.

Standing, he nods and says, “Are we ready to go?”

"We must, before those plants begin to attack as well." Joined Maxine, regretting now the careless delay.

"put a little distance between us n them anyways

Shae would hurry along with the group, talking and pointing to things as she walks. "Notice there aren't any other type of plants around? The soil's depleted..." She'd continue looking around as they move, "It could be why these plants attack living tissue... They very well could require the nutrients from living tissue... and that certainly is a good question. Where would they be getting their nutrients from now?" She'd answer Kam's questions out loud while she thought about it herself.

OOC: What do mosquitos eat when there are no tourists around?

"From unfortunate travellers?" Suggest an answer Maxine. "I guess there is still some wile life around, those bright flowers should attract at least some insects."

Without much further ado, the group shoulders their belongings and heads on from th small valley of red flowers. The afternoon is passing slowly, with a relentless sun beating down onto the jungle, turning ground without tree cover into almost-scalding hot patches of dry packed earth, and any spaces under the canopy into a greenhouse. All of you are sweating profusely, in particular Maxine and Berrus. Although surrounded by green plants once more, you find neither water nor mushrooms along your path. Though managing to stay hydrated, your waterskins are empty at the end of the day, as are the barrels.

Towards the evening, all of you see two enormous shapes in the sky, a fair distance away. 

Constitution check from everyone, Berrus and Maxine roll with disadvantage. Perception rolls for those who want to find out what the creatures in the sky are. 

Shae Con Save: 16

Perception: 8

Con Save: 8

Perception: 2

"We can try to press and squeeze grass for juice. Checking plants, eaten by animals and insects. It would not be tasty I assume, but better than dying of thirst." Maxine, despite her returning tiredness, went to check surroundings for such plants.

Survival: 17

con save14

Perception 5

Professor S:

Constitution Save:  *4
Perception: *15

Berrus and Maxine, you are both exhausted by the conditions. Shae, you can determine that the shapes in the sky are large feathered snakes, flying in a pair and suddenly diving into the canopy to hunt. 

Maxine, you notice a mushroom on a dead tree. What makes it peculiar is that surrounding the mushroom, there is a circular blank spot not covered by lichen, or rot.

OOC: What about grass, eaten by insects/mammals? Anything like it around? (And does Maxine need an additional Con save?)

Maxine called Shae to share the founding: "I know I already tried to find some more medicinal plants and failed, but look at that mushroom - it kills anything around. Can be good for treating wounds to prevent blood rot." She sighed, "We can always test it on me - do not think at this point it matters - but if we can find some other guinea pig, I would be glad."

"Though, this is not what I was looking for - we need water. May be we can try to get sap from trees?"

There are green plants, but none that you recognize as being edible. And yes, please give me another roll.