"Well, aye'd say you've managed to find yerself doing more than a little bit of good! Maybe a higher hand was guiding somethings for ye, maybe ye found the right path here yerself."

He scratches his matted sweaty beard,

"So, ye get outside of Neverwinter much? Aye was never a city boy and Neverwinter was always a bit too busy for meh taste."

“Not really.” Alton says with a fond smile. “Born and raised there… this is the farthest I’ve been from there by a long shot.” He then pauses for a moment after a small chuckle.

”For sure, I think the hustle and bustle is an acquired taste, but I could imagine any other place to be home, y’know.”

"Aye've seen the road a fair bit, longer than aye called anywhere home but aye'd hazard that this is still the furthest aye've traveled too!"

He laughs and looks at particularly vibrant flower.

"Nothing like this where aye've been before. Other wonders for sure, just different."

Huffing he adds,

"If it wasn't so warm aye prefer this to a city. Whatever digs yer hole as meh mom used to say!"

Gotur, with P'Lip's help, you manage to find a nice haul of raw material for healing potions. 40gp worth.

DAY 23 - 8:00AM

The Chult map has been updated with previous day's travel.

Direction: South, finishing the crossing of the canyon.

Speed: Normal (one more day of normal speed as the party crosses the canyon)

Navigator: P'Lip 

Encounter Checks: 12 / 81       5 / 26       2 / 90

Everyone please use 1 insect salve if required. 

Please make any survival checks if you will be foraging on this day, and let me know specifically what you might be looking for. Otherwise it will be random. 

-> same old same old! No encounters.  Survival rolls are next, then on to day 24 with continuing fast travel. 

"P'Lip, do you need my help foraging for anything tonight? With everything we brought back yesterday, I think I ought to put in some time processing that."

((How many hours of progress is Gotur able to make the evening of the 23rd Day?)) 

“Nope nope nope! Uh huh… yep! Mr G’Tur, Sir… Nope, you can get on with your work! Uh huh, nothing I need tonight! Nope nope yep!… I’ll help you though, iffffff, you like? Uh huh?…”.

((I think I have to give you the max time for today. We are getting NO encounters. The party is getting very efficient at camp setup due to the routine you're all getting into. You have 6 hours on this late afternoon/evening.))

((Sweet! Gotur makes berries for everyone to help themselves to, and spends a good part of the evening working on prepping the herbs and such that they harvested.))

((Re: vials?))

Re: Vials, that is a good idea about just purchasing enough so you'd never have to track empty/full and handing them back. Sometimes, the vial wouldn't be reused if it got chipped or broke or something, but this stockpile will solve for those cases along with the empties you need to fill the ones you make. I think if you bought 50 empties at the beginning of the game, we'd never have to worry about it. Would that work? Didn't Alton buy some at the beginning too, or was that something else?

DAY 24 - 8:00AM

The Chult map has been updated with previous day's travel.

Direction: Southeast through the dense jungle. 

Speed: Fast (will earn 2 hexes)

Navigator: P'Lip 

Encounter Checks: 13 / 91     10 / 5     3 / 43

Everyone please use 1 insect salve if required. 

Please make any survival checks if you will be foraging on this day, and let me know specifically what you might be looking for. Otherwise it will be random. 

-> And it continues. No encounters! Let me know about survival rolls and downtime stuff if desired. Gotur, another 6 hours of work is yours if you want it. After that, I will process day 25 and update the map. 

((50 gold deducted for a lifetime supply of vials.))

Gotur was able to complete a potion of healing on Day 23, and will spend the evening of Day 24 getting most of the way through another.

"Does anyone not have a healing potion? Here, take this one."

((Whoever take it, make sure to add it to your inventory, since I'm not adding it to mine!))

((He has another 10 hours of potion making before he'll be out of materials, so I think he's going to prioritize that over the next few days to have as many on hand as we can heading into Omu. So if you want to just keep letting me know at end of day how much time he has, I'll be making full use of it.))

Phillip has 3x healing potions already. He’s set.

Evo has one potion left and would take another, given no one else wants it.

((Looks like Alton has 2 and Gotur has three, so unless one of the guides is entirely out, looks like it's yours.))

Guides have zero, but give this one to Evo and then maybe the next ones to the guides. 

I'm going to start keeping closer track of their equipment and allow for some changes if need be. Like if Azaka finds other weapons etc. 

((Gotur will give one of his three to Azaka for now, Eku has limited healing capabilities, but they are perhaps more durable than the party with some of their damage immunities and HP, so would be good for Azaka to have a potion to be able to pop one of us up if we need it.))

Azaka tucks the potion away in her pack. "Gotur, do you flavor your potions? I once had an acquaintance who also had a knack for brewing up liquids of healing, and she was able to add some fresh rhytha flowers to the mixture. Didn't affect the effect, haha, although sure made it taste good." 

((happy to process retro rolls for survival for Day 24 if Alton/P'Lip/Evo desired. The guides did not do any foraging.))

DAY 25 - 8:00AM

The Chult map has been updated with previous day's travel.

Direction: Southeast, then south through the dense jungle. 

Speed: Fast (will earn 2 hexes)

Navigator: P'Lip 

Encounter Checks: 11  /  80          18  /  35          16  /  96

Everyone please use 1 insect salve if required. 

Please make any survival checks if you will be foraging on this day, and let me know specifically what you might be looking for. Otherwise it will be random. 

-> and the streak continues!!!!

Let me know about day 25 foraging / camp desires if any. Gotur, this day would yield only 3 hours of work should you want to. Travel time took longer on this day.

I will give some time for that and then proceed to day 26. 

"I did back home, usually just mint, but I'm still getting familiar with the herbs and such down here, I'll have to try that out though. We should keep an eye out for rhytha flowers then!"

((He finishes a potion and hands it off to Eku, and gets started on the last one he has enough materials for.))

Gotur, Azaka responds "Ah yes, healing de-menthes! Trademark perhaps? Perhaps a business opportunity for after we save the world?" and she smirks at you in a humorous yet serious way kind of trying to make light at this entire situation.

Eku takes the potion from Gotur. "Very skilled." ((tracking inventory and whatever else might come up now for the guides on the NPC tab))

Azaka then turns back into her human form and says to everyone "I think I'll travel like this today, if you all don't mind."

Eku remains in her couatl form, flying above the party as travel begins.

((I still have to create Azaka and Eku in human form on heroforge - looking forward to that! I will also update the weretiger and couatl ones that are already done ASAP))

DAY 26 - 8:00AM

The Chult map has been updated with previous day's travel. 

The party will reach the wrecked airship at the end of the day's travel and will be camping close-ish to the location, so you'll be able to at least have a look for sure and then decide.

Direction: South. 

Speed: Fast (will earn 2 hexes)

Navigator: P'Lip 

Encounter Checks: 14 / 67       10 / 69       17 / 78

Everyone please use 1 insect salve if required. 

Please make any survival checks if you will be foraging on this day, and let me know specifically what you might be looking for. Otherwise it will be random. 

-> and the streak continues. I will give you the details about the ship and move the game along ASAP. 

Gotur grins at the banter with Azaka, "Yeah, most folks that need a potion are just grateful for the healing, but no reason it NEEDS to taste like mud and bitter herbs."

"I think I'll spend more time working on this potion, but might be up for going out foraging with you tomorrow. We might want to think about slowing our travel as we get closer to Omu, we don't know what sort of patrols, or villages the yuan-ti might have."

((How aware are we that our path takes us through a dense undead region?))

((you are aware that a straight path to Omu will lead you through a dense undead section. This is on the map which you would have marked. The party can circle around it if you wish... heck, you might not get any encounters taking the long way anyhow! Although you might not get any going straight through either. Your call! I will pause to confirm speed and direction once I get the next day kicked off.))

Still need to get the next post out about the airship. Stay tuned.