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Emm watches intently as her friends depart, lowers her head in silent prayer, then turns to the Dwarven Priest. I can slip thru the jungle to the victim of fire, She whispers, No fire can harm me, so if our foe launches his familiar attack I will mock him. I will try to save that unfortunate if it is at all possible, but all other focus must be directed to the "Lieutenant." If even one of our blessings is able to thwart the devil, it may lead to our victory. She pauses a moment, as if in apology. My blessing of protection will not shield the rest of you as it does me; if the heathen directs his wand at any of you I bless, there will be pain, tho much less than without the blessing.
Griffo, you and Thalion will serve as our archers, the rest of us will face the enemy and his flame. If we drive him from his hole in the ground, he is your pincushion.


The Priestess casts her Protection From Fire blessings on Manoah, Lauranna and herself. She prays Bog is strong enough to withstand anything the Karagonian devil can throw at him... Or that the combined effort of those present can prevent any active response to the party's assault.

The Druid then moves thru the thick jungle mass as if it does not exist, heading toward the body of whoever was the recipient of multiple fireballs.

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EDIT: Corrected an oversight on my part.
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~ The sight of the former watch blind being completely decimated by magical fire gives everyone momentary pause. Their collective desire for revenge and understanding there's still clear and present danger abound, however, snaps them out of any potential follow-up reverie...

It's especially so with Lauranna. Before anyone else can speak up, the High-elf is calling for and motioning everyone to huddle up so she may lay out her plan. Thalion equips his bow and takes up a fire position nearby at the treeline with Griffo to keep eyes on the plateau above whilst the remainder of the team come together. Hollis, the young man that arrived with Manoah, appears fixated on the body lying there on the trail...

Lauranna starts by stating this tango is going down hard. She then proceeds to detail her proposed course of action. It includes her and Bogdan going after the mage by themselves, while invisible, with her initiating the first strike when they finally catch up to him.

Bog doesn't appear opposed to the idea, he's just not sure how it's supposed to work. The big fighter requests a clarification from the magic-user/thief on how the two of them, if they cannot see each other, will know where the other one is and can therefor avoid running into them...

Before the High-elf can reply, Ulrich proposes a divine supplemental to her stratagem. The dwarf Curate reaches down, picks up a small rock, and offers to cast a silence spell on it. He explains this will make them and everything within 15 feet of the rock completely silent, and that their adversary will be unable to hear their unseen approach. He details that if they need to speak to each other, they simply cast the stone aside.

Lauranna nods in the affirmative before turning to Bog and elaborating they will keep a length of rope between them, so they will always know where the other one is at all times. Confirmation the plan will work with Ulrich's silence spell enhancement is also noted.


~ With no alternative ideas offered nor disagreements proffered, the plan gets unspoken approval. The downpour and howling wind continue unabated as Bogdan gets some rope out of his pack to cut a piece to length and Lauranna and Ulrich prepare to cast their spells. Emm reaches out to the High-elf and Half-orc with best wishes and affirmations. Manoah refrains from speaking up and looks for a fire position of his own as Lauranna begins to reply to the druidess...

Suddenly, Griffo cries out in a hushed shout. "Hey kid, get back here!"

Attentions are quickly turned northeastward, where the party sees Hollis scrambling up the steep, muddy game trail towards the body lying there. The young man has slung his crossbow over his back and is using his hands to help him navigate the drenched and compromised conditions, so as not to slip and slide right back where he started. He reaches the burned up body as everyone jumps to their feet, readies weapons and/or spells and considers what they're going to do in response...

... but the wait isn't long as Hollis simply grabs hold of the magical fire victim by the crispy remnants of his armor and begins pulling him back down. After a few steps, the young man has the body sliding along the slippery game path and back towards the treeline. Griffo slings his bow and darts out of cover to assist whilst everyone waits nervously and expectantly, looking up for any sign of you-know-who and around the perimeter for danger or trouble. With the halfling archer's help, the young former first mate turned soldier of the Island Hands makes it back to cover with his dragged cargo.

He rolls the scalded body over, nearly out of breath from his quick action and exertion. Everyone immediately recognizes it's Cutler. He, as well as everything on his magical fire blasted person, is burnt to an absolute crisp.

"He moved! I saw him move," Hollis blurts out between gasps for air. "He's still alive!"


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OOC: okay gang, I realize not all of your declared actions have been accounted for but since they would collectively take at between 2-3 rounds to resolve, we'll hold those where they are for now (as Hollis takes his unannounced action).

~ Please feel free to make a new declared action or amend any previous ones. At this point, declared spells have been prepped but not cast.


TOD: 7:07am Day 13 on island (Total time since departed Karagonia: almost 23 days)

If you have any questions, or need additional clarification, please let me know!


HPs/Status: Bog 38/38 ; Emm 20/20 , Lauranna 19/19 , Manoah 43/43 , Ulrich 28/28
WIH (primary/secondary):
Bog – Karagonian masterwork spear* & shield / longsword, axes of hurling & dagger
Emm – spear* & shield / SC
Lauranna - none / magical DDDs, short sword & throwing knives & SC (& Wily!) (daggers thrown: 0)
Manoah – +2 short bow* & fine flight arrow / +1 longsword, dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Ulrich – +1 mace & shield / holy symbol & SC
Griffo - none / short bow & fine flight arrow / longsword & dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Thalion - longbow* / longsword & dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Hollis - none / magical crossbow & special quarrel / hand axe & dagger (normal/special quarrels fired: 0/0)
(SC = spell component/spell to cast, * indicates loaded & ready to fire/or to throw at beginning of round)

Light Sources / Illumination:
- none / Light of dawn

Spells cast:
Emm: none
Lauranna: none
Ulrich: none

M.O./Location:
At the edge of cover @ 60' below the former watch blind: Bogdan , Emm , Manoah , Lauranna (& Wily) , Ulrich , Griffo , Hollis & Thalion & Cutler!

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Bog waits for Lauranna to take off, tugging on the rope to indicate when she leaves
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Manoah will help cover the others as they assist the injured.
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Leaving those with healing skills to take care of Cutler, Bog follows the tug, the strain of anger evident on his face, if anyone could have seen it...
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Emm gasps at the sight of Cutler. By the Forest Father, the man is tough! She almost jumps to his aid, then recalls her supply of mistletoe is at a critical juncture, and looks pleadingly at Ulrich.

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#348 Post by SocraticLawyer »

Sorry for the delay. I'm not 100 on what's happening. Bog and Lauranna are still visible and audible, right? And no one has been fire-proofed yet?
Ulrich quickly sidles up to his burnt companion, casting Cure Light Wounds.
Edit: forgot to roll! : Cure light wounds [1d8] = 3
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SocraticLawyer wrote:Sorry for the delay. I'm not 100% on what's happening. Bog and Lauranna are still visible and audible, right? And no one has been fire-proofed yet?
OOC: Correct. Everyone's combined declared actions would've taken a minimum 3 rounds to accomplish. Hollis acted in the 1st & 2nd rounds. Just wanted to be sure everyone had a chance to react to the incident and get a chance to amend their declared action(s), if so desired!

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~ Realization the burned up body was in fact the Seahawk's master sergeant and beloved cook causes consternation. In some more than others...

Emm and Ulrich kneel down by the torched culinarian, almost in disbelief that anyone could survive the blasts he endured. The druidess knows she's running low on mistletoe and looks pleadingly to the dwarf for him to pull the curative trigger. The recently-leveled Curate does so without hesitation, laying one hand on Cutler's blackened chest and making the required somatic gestures with the other...

The stalwart cleric feels the divine healing power flowing through him, and when the spell is done, the burned up cook looks slightly better (+3hp). He remains unconscious, not to mention missing all his hair and still being seriously seared, but magically-revitalized skin begins to appear on his burned away eyelids, nose, lips and ears. Even some of his fingernails start to reform. The saved just in the nick of time cook takes a noticeable breath and appears to relax a bit. Almost everyone breathes a sigh of relief.

Emm stands, and seeing that Bog and Lauranna are all prepped and ready, confirms her plan to apply her Protection From Fire spells. She steps over to Manoah, a pinch of mistletoe in one hand and making somatic gestures with the other, and casts the first spell on him. The second spell gets placed on Lauranna and the last one on herself...

Seeing they got to their fellow friend and ally whilst still alive and that he's at least stabilized for the moment, Ulrich follows through with his part of their rehearsed stratagem. He picks up another small rock and steps away a bit before casting a Silence, 15' Radius spell on it...

In the interim, Lauranna produces a bit of gum arabic with an eyelash encased within and casts Invisibility on herself. She then steps back from Bog about 20 feet and waits for Ulrich to hand him the silenced stone. The dwarf does so and once the Half-orc swashbuckler has it in his possession, takes up the rope and nods his readiness, the magic-user/thief casts Invisibility on him as well.

The party can no longer see nor hear the High-elf and Half-orc, let alone hear the sounds of the raging storm around them. Once audio of the torrential downpour and gusty winds return, the others realize the brave dynamic duo have departed*...

Griffo pats the brave and perhaps foolish Hollis on his shoulder and proffers him a well done nod before taking up his bow and returning to his previous fire position opposite Thalion at the treeline. The young fellow acknowledges the halfling's praise almost businesslike, but still appears concerned about other potential victims.

"Was there not also another at the watch blind with this one? An elf archer named Caelvanna?"



Actions!

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* ~ pm going out to Al & Nuke for Bog & Lauranna!

OOC: okay gang! The party is now officially separated and will be taking Bog & Lauranna's action to pm until such time as I can get that additional hidden forum put up; TOD adjusted and tracking spell durations forthwith.

POP: all DA spells have been cast & confirmed marked off on all battle sheet spell rosters. Cutler was administered that CLW while very deep into negative HPs but it was nonetheless in time and he'll now hopefully live to tell his tail...


TOD: 7:10am Day 13 on island (Total time since departed Karagonia: almost 23 days)

If you have any questions, or need additional clarification, please let me know!


HPs/Status: Bog 38/38 ; Emm 20/20 , Lauranna 19/19 , Manoah 43/43 , Ulrich 28/28
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Bog – Karagonian masterwork spear* & shield / longsword, axes of hurling & dagger
Emm – spear* & shield / SC
Lauranna - none / magical DDDs, short sword & throwing knives & SC (& Wily!) (daggers thrown: 0)
Manoah – +2 short bow* & fine flight arrow / +1 longsword, dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Ulrich – +1 mace & shield / holy symbol & SC
Griffo - short bow* & fine flight arrow / longsword & dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Thalion - longbow* / longsword & dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Hollis - none / magical crossbow & special quarrel / hand axe & dagger (normal/special quarrels fired: 0/0)
(SC = spell component/spell to cast, * indicates loaded & ready to fire/or to throw at beginning of round)

Light Sources / Illumination:
- none / Light of dawn

Spells cast:
Emm: Protection From Fire x3
Lauranna: Invisibility x2
Ulrich: CLW , Silence, 15' Radius

M.O./Location:
At the edge of cover @ 60' below the former watch blind: Emm , Manoah , Ulrich , Griffo , Hollis & Thalion & Cutler!
Departed out of sight/earshot: Bogdan , Lauranna (& Wily)

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An almost painful sigh of relief issues from Emm when she learns Cutler will indeed survive. After confirming with Ulrich that the Seahawk's cook will be stable if left alone, she vanishes into the greenery.

Edit: Late correction.
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#352 Post by SocraticLawyer »

Argennian wrote:"Was there not also another at the watch blind with this one? An elf archer named Caelvanna?"
"Indeed there was," says Ulrich. "We must find her. But first we must deal with the devil we know."

Seeing as the rest of the party has some measure of fire protection, Ulrich casts Resist Fire on himself.

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~ With the bold and brash duo of magic-user/thief and fighter gone to places and fates unknown, the remaining members of the southern trail strike team are left to try and sort things out whilst they wait...

Cutler is barely recognizable and still looks burned beyond death but Ulrich confirms he is indeed alive. It would seem the quick thinking and brave, selfless actions of young Hollis and subsequent followup magical ministrations of the recently-leveled dwarf Curate have saved the Seahawk's beloved cook and master sergeant. At least for now. There's no further sign of the wand-wielding mage, and now neither Bog and Lauranna. No way to tell where the High-elf and Half-orc are, what's happening at present and how it's all going to play out if and when the two of them bump into the elusive Karagonian lieutenant and fireball shooting mage...

Emm breaths a heavy sigh of relief as Ulrich completes one final check of their scorched companion and pronounces that although still heavily wounded, the man's stable. Hollis, Griffo and Thalion are also consoled that he'll make it but that moment of elation is quickly replaced by mounting concern for the cook's missing partner...

SocraticLawyer wrote:
"Was there not also another at the watch blind with this one? An elf archer named Caelvanna?"
"Indeed there was," says Ulrich. "We must find her. But first we must deal with the devil we know."...
The dwarf curate gets to his feet and steps back to cast his Resist Fire spell on himself. As he does so, the druidess moves into the thick flora of the eastern treeline without a single word and disappears from view...

Griffo and Thalion exchange quick looks of concern at Emm's wordless departure and turn their attentions back to watching the plateau above for any sign of their wand-wielding enemy. Hollis glances about with an incredulous visage and looks ready to run up the trail again to look over the blast zone of the former watch blind himself.

Griffo seems to sense the young man's mounting trepidation and turns around to meet his gaze. The halfling archer shakes his head in the negative. Hollis looks about ready to snap from the growing inaction and steps over to confront the until now silent ranger in a strained whisper.

"Manoah, for the love of Dagda... Shouldn't we be trying to find the other one? What if she be up there, and barely alive like that one... We just going to let her die?"



Actions!

Questions?

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OOC: cast spells marked off; TOD adjusted

TOD: 7:12am Day 13 on island (Total time since departed Karagonia: almost 23 days)

If you have any questions, or need additional clarification, please let me know!


HPs/Status: Emm 20/20 , Manoah 43/43 , Ulrich 28/28
WIH (primary/secondary):
Emm – spear* & shield / SC
Manoah – +2 short bow* & fine flight arrow / +1 longsword, dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Ulrich – +1 mace & shield / holy symbol & SC
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Griffo - short bow* & fine flight arrow / longsword & dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Thalion - longbow* / longsword & dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Hollis - none / magical crossbow & special quarrel / hand axe & dagger (normal/special quarrels fired: 0/0)
(SC = spell component/spell to cast, * indicates loaded & ready to fire/or to throw at beginning of round)

Light Sources / Illumination:
- none / Light of dawn

Spells cast:
Emm: Protection From Fire x3
Ulrich: CLW , Silence, 15' Radius, Resist Fire

M.O./Location:
Spread out along the edge of cover in the treeline @ 60' below the former watch blind: Manoah , Ulrich , Griffo , Hollis , Thalion & Cutler!
Disappeared into the foliage east of the trail: Emm

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Manoah nods.
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"Andra moi ennepe Mous'aa,"* says Ulrich to no one in particular. With that, he activates his boots to leap as far toward the watch blind as he can. OOC: Should be ~30 feet.

If nothing jumps out at him or anything,
Ulrich makes another great leap towards the watch blind, and begins running towards the area.

*A Dwarven phrase meaning something like, "Not on my watch!"
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Manoah will follow, just in case.
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~ With all spells cast and pertinent positions postulated, the party decides their next move...

Manoah's answer of indifference appears to shock Hollis. The young man's eyes water as his meet the recently-leveled Tracker's. His incredulous visage slumps for a moment before turning hard and cold. The ranger's seen that look before, when first his father and then his uncle were killed on the voyage here. He survived and had to face the worse thing one could, the deaths of the only family he's ever known. Innocence lost? Understatement of the bloody century...

Before the recently-leveled himself former first mate of the forever doomed Sea Sparrow can turn and line himself up for another go up the muddy, slippery trail, Ulrich springs forward out of the treeline canopy, landing 30' up the trail! The cleric's move, made without a single tangible word nor warning, startles Griffo and Thalion, but they keep their bows dutifully trained on the ridge of the plateau above. Hollis stops short and turns to smile at Manoah before arming himself with his sinister-looking black crossbow and moving up to provide cover fire with the halfling and Half-elf. Emm has not reemerged from the eastern flora...

Manoah watches as Ulrich holds his position on the trail, as if waiting to see if it's a trap or not. Whether feeling guilty of his response to young Hollis or not wanting to feel guilty for being the only one of the southern trail strike team to do nothing, the recently leveled ranger slings his bow and makes to follow...

With nothing malevolent occurring upon or around him, Ulrich uses his new magical boots to spring forward again. He's absolutely amazed at how well they work and how much faster he can now move despite his heavy metal armor and former racial limitations. The Curate of Moradin lands right before the switchback. Behind him, coming up the trail is Manoah. The ranger uses his hands much like Hollis did, knowing the extra points of contact will be needed to minimize his chances of slipping and going for a ride in the slick conditions. Griffo, Thalion and Hollis continue to provide fire support and scan the surrounding area for danger. There is still no sign of Emm anywhere...

Ulrich also quickly realizes that despite his magical boots amazing ability to stride and spring, he too must also use his hands to move forward normally and cover the 10-12' feet of now barren, slippery hillside to where he can see down in the open depression that was formerly the watch blind. Behind, Manoah makes surprisingly quick work of the muddy trail and is now more than halfway up...

The dwarf scrambles the rest of the way while the rain continues to pour and saturate the already bloated earth and the wind maintains its blustery, violent nature. What was a huge clump of thick brush surrounding a good sized tree is now nothing but a burned stump and charred ground. Lying within the depression in around 5-6" of pooling water are two burned bodies. They are both face down in the rainwater and appear to have been wearing leather armor that is now burned down and scorched completely black.

Whilst Ulrich takes in the grim sight, Manoah scampers up the last bit of muddy trail and hillside to look down into the depression and gaze upon the scene.


Actions!

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OOC: okay guys, Positioning & TOD adjusted

TOD: 7:14am Day 13 on island (Total time since departed Karagonia: almost 23 days)

If you have any questions, or need additional clarification, please let me know!


HPs/Status: Emm 20/20 , Manoah 43/43 , Ulrich 28/28
WIH (primary/secondary):
Emm – ??? / spear & shield / SC
Manoah – none / +2 short bow & fine flight arrow ; +1 longsword, dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Ulrich – +1 mace & shield / holy symbol & SC
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Griffo - short bow* & fine flight arrow / longsword & dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Thalion - longbow* / longsword & dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Hollis - magical crossbow* & special quarrel / hand axe & dagger (normal/special quarrels fired: 0/0)
(SC = spell component/spell to cast, * indicates loaded & ready to fire/or to throw at beginning of round)

Light Sources / Illumination:
- none / Light of dawn

Spells cast:
Emm: Protection From Fire x3
Ulrich: CLW , Silence, 15' Radius, Resist Fire

M.O./Location:
Up at the former watch blind: Manoah , Ulrich ,
Back down in the treeline providing fire support: Griffo , Hollis , Thalion
Disappeared into the foliage east of the trail: Emm
Lying unconscious within the treeline by the others: Cutler

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#358 Post by SocraticLawyer »

Working as quickly and gently as he can, Ulrich turns the bodies over. As he does so, he looks for any sign of life or recognition.
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~ The cleric wastes no time moving into the depression to roll bodies and check for signs of life and association...


Fearing the worst, Ulrich steps down into the pooling rainwater and over to the first victim. He reaches down and rolls it over carefully...

Human male. Slender build, brown eyes, not much hair left. Well done dead and not recognizable as anyone from the ship.


The cleric then moves to the second body. This one's slightly shorter and thinner than the first. Applying the previous method of procedure, he reaches down and carefully rolls it over with held breath...

Human male again. Very thin. No eyes, hair, nor much skin left for that matter. Burned beyond death and recognition. In fact, this poor bloke was so thin and crisped so bad he was one step short of cremation by magical fire. Looks more like a skeleton actually...


Spread out amongst the two bodies in the depression are what look to be burned up weapons and maybe tools as well. There are both crude axe and pick heads without their wood shafts and even a few metal handles without blades. From his vantage on the rim, Manoah spots two complete-looking daggers underwater, lying right below where Ulrich rolled the first body over...


Actions!

Questions?

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OOC: Positioning & TOD adjusted

TOD: 7:16am Day 13 on island (Total time since departed Karagonia: almost 23 days)

If you have any questions, or need additional clarification, please let me know!


HPs/Status: Emm 20/20 , Manoah 43/43 , Ulrich 28/28
WIH (primary/secondary):
Emm – ??? / spear & shield / SC
Manoah – +2 short bow* & fine flight arrow ; +1 longsword, dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Ulrich – +1 mace & shield / holy symbol & SC
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Griffo - short bow* & fine flight arrow / longsword & dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Thalion - longbow* / longsword & dagger (fine arrows fired: 0)
Hollis - magical crossbow* & special quarrel / hand axe & dagger (normal/special quarrels fired: 0/0)
(SC = spell component/spell to cast, * indicates loaded & ready to fire/or to throw at beginning of round)

Light Sources / Illumination:
- none / Light of dawn

Spells cast:
Emm: Protection From Fire x3
Ulrich: CLW , Silence, 15' Radius, Resist Fire

M.O./Location:
Up on the edge of the former watch blind: Manoah
Down inside the watch blind depression: Ulrich
Back down in the treeline providing fire support: Griffo , Hollis , Thalion
Disappeared into the foliage east of the trail: Emm
Lying unconscious within the treeline by the others: Cutler

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Manoah picks up the daggers, checking to see if there is anything special about them to allow their survival in such a fireball.
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