(shh, Grishkar you're sleeping, no talking -paps backs into painting- I chose ghost because their something Briella can't physically touch and because they're not common where she's from. Ehlonna's worshipers strive to be worthy enough to join her in the Grove of the Unicorns before they pass on.)
Kia approaches the edge again. The lines change and swirl, and again take the form of her lifeless kin, crawling with maggots and beetles, their weight suffocating...
Weeping, Kia looks up, across at Martha and Briella, friends who are urging her up. She focuses her eyes again on the path ahead, and again the feeling of overwhelming dread, of loss, the smell of it comes back to her...
Wisdom check: 17
OOC > That's what I'm talking about!
Kia slowly stands up, the wracking sobs subsiding. She steadies herself, and stills her mind. She tenses, crouches, and takes off at a dead run...
Dexterity check: 14
... but she is not steady, her mind is whirling, she slips and sprawls gracelessly into the white.
Again, she is overwhelmed, but this time it is as if she were back there, the smells, the distant cries of carrion birds, the cold air, cold bodies, cold souls. She screams in fear, but it comes out as a kitten's whimper. Lying on the white she flops, struggles, and finally lies still, her mind split (1 Insanity point added)...
And then... her body relaxes. She finds in her a place of stillness. (Monk ability: Stillness of Mind, use your action to end one effect causing you to be charmed or frightened.) It is Arkiel standing over her, radiance shining, warming her. He reaches down, and lifts her up. In the room, you see Kia stand calmly, on the very white that nearly killed her. She calmly looks to Martha and Briella, and gracefully sprints the remaining distance (she can cover 45' or more in one move, so Stillness of Mind still applies).
When she gets there, she smiles, hugs Martha and Briella, and wordlessly sinks into a meditative pose, exhausted, eyes closing.
Imryll grabs Willow, sets her down on the black stripe and points her back towards the beginning of the room, and gives her a gently nudge (Animal Handling: 5).
"Bors! Grab Willow when she get's to you, and then put her on your shoulder and then try to come across." (OOC: and therefore roll at advantage as you're tag-teaming it across)
OOC: And Imryll hates piles and piles of gold, rubies, emeralds, diamonds, ... feel free to "punish" her by making that horror come true!
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
(shh, Grishkar you're sleeping, no talking -paps backs into painting- I chose ghost because their something Briella can't physically touch and because they're not common where she's from. Ehlonna's worshipers strive to be worthy enough to join her in the Grove of the Unicorns before they pass on.)
Haven't seen Bors on today. Did I scare him away? LOL
Okay, third time's the charm.
Kia approaches the edge again. The lines change and swirl, and again take the form of her lifeless kin, crawling with maggots and beetles, their weight suffocating...
Wisdom check (no whammy's!): 7
Edit: Effing to the eff of the effing eff!
Kia crumples right where she is.
ey/em/eirs, or they/them works, too (just not he).
Role-playing since that keep on those borderlands. I love it so.
Kia if you want you can take Brairfang with you for advantage.
OOC > I'm going to move right along...
Weeping, Kia looks up, across at Martha and Briella, friends who are urging her up. She focuses her eyes again on the path ahead, and again the feeling of overwhelming dread, of loss, the smell of it comes back to her...
Wisdom check: 17
OOC > That's what I'm talking about!
Kia slowly stands up, the wracking sobs subsiding. She steadies herself, and stills her mind. She tenses, crouches, and takes off at a dead run...
Dexterity check: 14
... but she is not steady, her mind is whirling, she slips and sprawls gracelessly into the white.
Again, she is overwhelmed, but this time it is as if she were back there, the smells, the distant cries of carrion birds, the cold air, cold bodies, cold souls. She screams in fear, but it comes out as a kitten's whimper. Lying on the white she flops, struggles, and finally lies still, her mind split (1 Insanity point added)...
And then... her body relaxes. She finds in her a place of stillness. (Monk ability: Stillness of Mind, use your action to end one effect causing you to be charmed or frightened.) It is Arkiel standing over her, radiance shining, warming her. He reaches down, and lifts her up. In the room, you see Kia stand calmly, on the very white that nearly killed her. She calmly looks to Martha and Briella, and gracefully sprints the remaining distance (she can cover 45' or more in one move, so Stillness of Mind still applies).
When she gets there, she smiles, hugs Martha and Briella, and wordlessly sinks into a meditative pose, exhausted, eyes closing.
ey/em/eirs, or they/them works, too (just not he).
Role-playing since that keep on those borderlands. I love it so.
BOOM! Lets see those two advantage DEX checks.
Don't get left behind!
YOU CAN DO EET!
OOC: Hmm, will it work? Or will Kia leave behind the best pupper?
DM - Elustran Days ~ Fate/False Revelation
Rex'aliha - Hoard of the Dragon Queen ~ Mozu of Worms - The Stormpoint Mountains ~ Muireach Maon - Shepherd’s Crossing ~ Crownsguard - Storm King’s Thunder ~ Gunnar Wayland - Boats, Rocks, and Ruffians ~ POUF! - Ex-Ravens ~ Pascal LaRoux - Long Road Dragon Heist
OOC > Kia had to do it on her own. I like how it turned out. (See above, I kept editing the same post.) Monk powers for the win!
ey/em/eirs, or they/them works, too (just not he).
Role-playing since that keep on those borderlands. I love it so.
OOC: Yes, I’m just wondering if her stillness of mind will work
DM - Elustran Days ~ Fate/False Revelation
Rex'aliha - Hoard of the Dragon Queen ~ Mozu of Worms - The Stormpoint Mountains ~ Muireach Maon - Shepherd’s Crossing ~ Crownsguard - Storm King’s Thunder ~ Gunnar Wayland - Boats, Rocks, and Ruffians ~ POUF! - Ex-Ravens ~ Pascal LaRoux - Long Road Dragon Heist
Imryll is left standing there, mouth agape at what she just witnessed.
"Screw this."
She scoops up Brairfang, and begins to dance her way across the room on the black line:
WIS check: 9
Acrobatics 1 check: 20
Acrobatics 2 check: 20
BAM! After successfully prancing across the room, she walks over to Briella and hands her Brairfang.
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
OOC: D-did... you just waltz a dire wolf across the death room..? Well, that beat Martha’s cool factor
DM - Elustran Days ~ Fate/False Revelation
Rex'aliha - Hoard of the Dragon Queen ~ Mozu of Worms - The Stormpoint Mountains ~ Muireach Maon - Shepherd’s Crossing ~ Crownsguard - Storm King’s Thunder ~ Gunnar Wayland - Boats, Rocks, and Ruffians ~ POUF! - Ex-Ravens ~ Pascal LaRoux - Long Road Dragon Heist
ey/em/eirs, or they/them works, too (just not he).
Role-playing since that keep on those borderlands. I love it so.
OOC: Shall we assume that Bors just Misty Steps over?
DM - Elustran Days ~ Fate/False Revelation
Rex'aliha - Hoard of the Dragon Queen ~ Mozu of Worms - The Stormpoint Mountains ~ Muireach Maon - Shepherd’s Crossing ~ Crownsguard - Storm King’s Thunder ~ Gunnar Wayland - Boats, Rocks, and Ruffians ~ POUF! - Ex-Ravens ~ Pascal LaRoux - Long Road Dragon Heist
Ooc: Very sorry, busy couple of days
Bros steps out onto the black line
Wis 5 dex1 6 dex2 6
OOC: dump stats, got fingers crossed.
OOC: Bors shall be remembered:
Here Lies Bors
He Didn’t Do the Thing
DM - Elustran Days ~ Fate/False Revelation
Rex'aliha - Hoard of the Dragon Queen ~ Mozu of Worms - The Stormpoint Mountains ~ Muireach Maon - Shepherd’s Crossing ~ Crownsguard - Storm King’s Thunder ~ Gunnar Wayland - Boats, Rocks, and Ruffians ~ POUF! - Ex-Ravens ~ Pascal LaRoux - Long Road Dragon Heist
Imryll grabs Willow, sets her down on the black stripe and points her back towards the beginning of the room, and gives her a gently nudge (Animal Handling: 5).
"Bors! Grab Willow when she get's to you, and then put her on your shoulder and then try to come across." (OOC: and therefore roll at advantage as you're tag-teaming it across)
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
Did someone hear that snap? That was part of Bors’ sanity. Try again. Advantage this time.