Korrik looks at Ben and Ess, "Man, it would have been so much easier if we'd had the ladies along in Neverwinter!"
Korrik hops in and with his swimming, helps Ess and Aryte pull it to shore.
((With his swim speed and darkvision, would he be able to retrieve snakes and check the pool for the remains of swallowed adventurers? Perhaps with Ben's Magic Eyes up to help spot anything of note under the water?))
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( * Ben, you will magic eyes™️ everything that the party finds from the below events and I will add the results of that in the descriptions of what you find.)
Ess nods back at Ben. "Yup! Damn my homie, this is just like old times right bro?! Different scenery, same shite! Damn my homie, this is bomb." and Ess would assist with the skinning and gutting of the croc.
The croc's hide is mostly intact and you'll likely get close to full value of what it would normally be worth.
The head is a mess, but the queen said she didn't care at all about that.
Inside the croc, you find:
- 1 small transparent pale-blue stone
- 4 almost transparent but watery gold stones
- A small dark blue baseball sized orb, giving off a divination type aura in Ben's eyes.
- A small flask with a black liquid within, giving off an abjuration aura to Ben.
- A scroll holder with a scroll inside which is omitting another abjuration aura to Ben.
About the other snake that is floating away, it's not like the marsh and exiting streams are fast, so I think given Korrik's swimming and darkvision along with Bim's flying around, the one intact snake would be eventually found.
So Ess would also help with the skinning of that snake plus the gutting. This snake hide is in rough shape but you'll probably get something for it nonetheless.
Inside that snake, you find 4 black and white stones.
*The other mangled half eaten snake is not able to be retrieved and/or checked. It was empty, anyhow.
Korrik, please roll a perception check with advantage because you'll have help from a few different people to see if you find anything that has been left behind and not retrieved from previous adventurers in the pool.
There is nothing left behind in the surrounding jungle, so there is no roll required for that.
Aryte would notice the skinning of the snake and the croc and she wouldn't say anything about it. She doesn't seem to care either way. She is too busy trying to take care of her numerous puncture wounds anyway, but she would not care about the skinning either way. She was just happy to get some action and also happy to cut the croc's head off.
*Also, this is going to take some time with the skinning and the gutting. Here's a check -> 8
There are no encounters when doing the gutting and skinning.
((Marshswamp & Lizardfolk alliance formed + 2, 4:00PM, Thousand-Teeth's pond)) - this was arrival time to the pond. I think the gutting and skinning would take 1 hour.))
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Perception: 7
"Even with the darkvision, it's too silty to see anything down here, if you wanted to give it a go, Ess.", Korrik says, popping out of the water to land on the bank, shaking the swamp water out of his facial hair.
Ash is overjoyed with how the fight went down! When the final creature falls, she actually jumps for joy, punching the air!! “That’s how you do it!!… Yyyyyesss!!…”.
She’ll help anyone who needs help with anything, and search the battlefield for any of her spent bolts. She’ll also look around briefly for somewhere that could be a good spot to camp, if they chose to, here…
Ess looks at his armor and responds to Korrik "Yeah dude, I'll give it a shot my homie!"and he awkwardly swims around the pool, barely going underwater because even with the armor allowing him to swim, it just doesn't come natural to him and he kind of flails about and makes his way around the pool. He gets out and hopes Ben will also clean him up, too. "Well guys, I couldn't see shite down there."
Korrik, while the murky water was quite difficult to see in, you were able to find a small mirror set in a wooden frame which seems to still be in ok condition. About the size of your hand. Ben sees no magic omitting from this. Also, while looking around the entire pool you were able to find 11 gold strewn about the pool floor.
Yes, please recover half of the arrows/bolts if you want. Most of them stuck in the snakes/croc so they should be retrievable and the ones that exited/missed might be lost so the half makes perfect sense in this case! Ess also grabs half of his. (I will get to his level 5 stat block eventually, hahahaha. I think I got his combat right this time though with the bump in prof.)
Ash, you are able to find a suitable location to camp. It's a drier section which seems to be elevated a few feet so you should all stay dry should you want to spend the night in the marsh. Ess has a 2 person tent. Does anyone else have one? Aryte doesn't although she would be able to create a makeshift bed/shelter using her surroundings should she need it and is happy to take any type of watch during the night. I think she will need to spend her hit die though before the watches happen, kind of like how you guys did it before, she's taking a short rest while camp is set up and dinner is prepped to tend to her wounds. She is now full HP. And then the long rest after her watch will reset her hit dice.
Marshswamp & Lizardfolk alliance formed + 2, 6:00PM, Thousand-Teeth's pond
Will the party indeed make camp, or travel the 8 hours overnight back to the lizardfolk cave?
I think she will need to spend her hit die though before the watches happen, kind of like how you guys did it before, she's taking a short rest while camp is set up and dinner is prepped to tend to her wounds. She is now full HP. And then the long rest after her watch will reset her hit dice.
((Not sure how many she has to start, but the 'cost' of doing a short before a long is that you might not get back as many HD after the long, since you only regain half of your total HD. So SR before a LR might make sure you're topped up in case a night encounter happens, but could leave you with less than a full set of HD in the morning when they refresh.))
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Aryte kind of grunts and says "HA! I was going to ask you. It matters not to me. We travel at night, we travel in day, same dangers. Thing is, we camp overnight we risk marsh monsters finding camp. Then still have trip back in morning. We leave now and avoid potential camp raid. Yes? You all ok to leave before dark?"
I think the entire party will gain one exhaustion point should you decide to travel back now, but it would be recovered once the long rest happens once the party gets back in the early morning hours. They could sleep in and then go over things with the queen after 'breakfast'. So we won't worry about the point of exhaustion as long as you long rest upon arrival to the cave.
Croc/snake stew for dinner works great for Aryte and Ess. Korrik has some spices, right? Ess would say "Hmmmm, dudes, do we have any veggies to go with the meat bros? I wonder if any of the marsh foliage is any good to eat? Korrik bro, any idea?"
OK so the party can make a fire, cook a meal, rest a bit and then head out. Is that the plan?
Ben, you almost think you have seen the orb before, but you just can't recall exactly what it is or does. The other two things (the liquid and the scroll) you have no idea. Ess won't roll as he'd have no idea.
Marshswamp & Lizardfolk alliance formed + 2, 8:00PM, returning back to the lizardfolk cave
Korrik looks at Ben and Ess, "Man, it would have been so much easier if we'd had the ladies along in Neverwinter!"
Korrik hops in and with his swimming, helps Ess and Aryte pull it to shore.
((With his swim speed and darkvision, would he be able to retrieve snakes and check the pool for the remains of swallowed adventurers? Perhaps with Ben's Magic Eyes up to help spot anything of note under the water?))
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
((Oh, ya. Ben magic eyes™️ up!))
( * Ben, you will magic eyes™️ everything that the party finds from the below events and I will add the results of that in the descriptions of what you find.)
Ess nods back at Ben. "Yup! Damn my homie, this is just like old times right bro?! Different scenery, same shite! Damn my homie, this is bomb." and Ess would assist with the skinning and gutting of the croc.
The croc's hide is mostly intact and you'll likely get close to full value of what it would normally be worth.
The head is a mess, but the queen said she didn't care at all about that.
Inside the croc, you find:
- 1 small transparent pale-blue stone
- 4 almost transparent but watery gold stones
- A small dark blue baseball sized orb, giving off a divination type aura in Ben's eyes.
- A small flask with a black liquid within, giving off an abjuration aura to Ben.
- A scroll holder with a scroll inside which is omitting another abjuration aura to Ben.
About the other snake that is floating away, it's not like the marsh and exiting streams are fast, so I think given Korrik's swimming and darkvision along with Bim's flying around, the one intact snake would be eventually found.
So Ess would also help with the skinning of that snake plus the gutting. This snake hide is in rough shape but you'll probably get something for it nonetheless.
Inside that snake, you find 4 black and white stones.
*The other mangled half eaten snake is not able to be retrieved and/or checked. It was empty, anyhow.
Korrik, please roll a perception check with advantage because you'll have help from a few different people to see if you find anything that has been left behind and not retrieved from previous adventurers in the pool.
There is nothing left behind in the surrounding jungle, so there is no roll required for that.
Aryte would notice the skinning of the snake and the croc and she wouldn't say anything about it. She doesn't seem to care either way. She is too busy trying to take care of her numerous puncture wounds anyway, but she would not care about the skinning either way. She was just happy to get some action and also happy to cut the croc's head off.
*Also, this is going to take some time with the skinning and the gutting. Here's a check -> 8
There are no encounters when doing the gutting and skinning.
((Marshswamp & Lizardfolk alliance formed + 2, 4:00PM, Thousand-Teeth's pond)) - this was arrival time to the pond. I think the gutting and skinning would take 1 hour.))
Perception: 7
"Even with the darkvision, it's too silty to see anything down here, if you wanted to give it a go, Ess.", Korrik says, popping out of the water to land on the bank, shaking the swamp water out of his facial hair.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
((Pop that bardic Spider, before it runs out! A D8.))
Ben absently prestidigitates the swamp water out of Kay's beard.
((Sure.... 4.))
"Thanks Ben."
((Mustache and muttonchops.))
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Ash is overjoyed with how the fight went down! When the final creature falls, she actually jumps for joy, punching the air!! “That’s how you do it!!… Yyyyyesss!!…”.
She’ll help anyone who needs help with anything, and search the battlefield for any of her spent bolts. She’ll also look around briefly for somewhere that could be a good spot to camp, if they chose to, here…
Survival check: 12
… plus bardic inspiration (d8): 5
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
((Sorry...))
*Silly not beard 😜
If Ess goes for a look Ben will give him bardic inspiration as well.
((I'll add the found stuff when we're done finding it!))
"Snag any arrows you see too, Ash!"
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
“Will do!”, Ash calls back…
((OOC: I assume we can just retrieve half those fired, rounded down, as per PHB))
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
Ben doesn't care about his bolts, he will just get new ones on the council's account.
Ess looks at his armor and responds to Korrik "Yeah dude, I'll give it a shot my homie!" and he awkwardly swims around the pool, barely going underwater because even with the armor allowing him to swim, it just doesn't come natural to him and he kind of flails about and makes his way around the pool. He gets out and hopes Ben will also clean him up, too. "Well guys, I couldn't see shite down there."
Korrik, while the murky water was quite difficult to see in, you were able to find a small mirror set in a wooden frame which seems to still be in ok condition. About the size of your hand. Ben sees no magic omitting from this. Also, while looking around the entire pool you were able to find 11 gold strewn about the pool floor.
Yes, please recover half of the arrows/bolts if you want. Most of them stuck in the snakes/croc so they should be retrievable and the ones that exited/missed might be lost so the half makes perfect sense in this case! Ess also grabs half of his. (I will get to his level 5 stat block eventually, hahahaha. I think I got his combat right this time though with the bump in prof.)
Ash, you are able to find a suitable location to camp. It's a drier section which seems to be elevated a few feet so you should all stay dry should you want to spend the night in the marsh. Ess has a 2 person tent. Does anyone else have one? Aryte doesn't although she would be able to create a makeshift bed/shelter using her surroundings should she need it and is happy to take any type of watch during the night. I think she will need to spend her hit die though before the watches happen, kind of like how you guys did it before, she's taking a short rest while camp is set up and dinner is prepped to tend to her wounds. She is now full HP. And then the long rest after her watch will reset her hit dice.
Marshswamp & Lizardfolk alliance formed + 2, 6:00PM, Thousand-Teeth's pond
Will the party indeed make camp, or travel the 8 hours overnight back to the lizardfolk cave?
Ben watches Ess flounder with increasing disinterest. He will clean Ess but comments,
"You need to put you head under water to see, but good enough."
On whether or not to stay, Ben would check with Aryte,
"How risky is traveling at night back? I would just assume get back if we can reasonably do so."
((I don't think Ben has a tent, maybe should get one.))
Crocodile and/or snake stew for dinner!
"I'm fine either way, don't mind roughing it for a night if you think that's best Aryte."
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
If we are sitting for a while Ben will try to identify the magical items if he can.
Arcana: 8
((Not sure how many she has to start, but the 'cost' of doing a short before a long is that you might not get back as many HD after the long, since you only regain half of your total HD. So SR before a LR might make sure you're topped up in case a night encounter happens, but could leave you with less than a full set of HD in the morning when they refresh.))
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Aryte kind of grunts and says "HA! I was going to ask you. It matters not to me. We travel at night, we travel in day, same dangers. Thing is, we camp overnight we risk marsh monsters finding camp. Then still have trip back in morning. We leave now and avoid potential camp raid. Yes? You all ok to leave before dark?"
I think the entire party will gain one exhaustion point should you decide to travel back now, but it would be recovered once the long rest happens once the party gets back in the early morning hours. They could sleep in and then go over things with the queen after 'breakfast'. So we won't worry about the point of exhaustion as long as you long rest upon arrival to the cave.
Croc/snake stew for dinner works great for Aryte and Ess. Korrik has some spices, right? Ess would say "Hmmmm, dudes, do we have any veggies to go with the meat bros? I wonder if any of the marsh foliage is any good to eat? Korrik bro, any idea?"
OK so the party can make a fire, cook a meal, rest a bit and then head out. Is that the plan?
Ben, you almost think you have seen the orb before, but you just can't recall exactly what it is or does. The other two things (the liquid and the scroll) you have no idea. Ess won't roll as he'd have no idea.
Marshswamp & Lizardfolk alliance formed + 2, 8:00PM, returning back to the lizardfolk cave
*Aryte can't see in the dark, same with Ess. Aryte is assuming the party will have a light source. Ess only has two torches left, so 2 hours.
"Cleverly put Aryte. Perhaps Kay can help you with that not being able to see."
He looks to Kay but is otherwise good to go.
((Ben only has candles, but better than nothing?))