Chapter 1: Journey through the Jotens

[Storm11]

Hex, in the form of a 5 foot 5 inch tall sylph, will fly in a circular motion around the campsite and climb to 60 feet, looking around as he/she does so in an ever Widening circle. He will look out across the surround lands at 60 feet to see if he notices anything also.

Raffi will try and locate the warning stone and pocket it, looking for tracks by drawing out his enchanted dagger and looking around the stone for footprints that aren’t Hex’s in the magical light of his blade.

[Spearmint]

Siouxsie

"My bad."

Okay, so my original thought to send the horses stampeding the spell casters or chanters and disrupt whatever ritual they were undertaking has turned into more of a feeding frenzy as the horses have run into 'figures with sharp pointy sticks' and whoever is speaking in Green Dragon, is exclaiming that we sent them as food ....

She will whistle or whinny some retreat signal to the steeds and go herself towards the sound of battle, failing to hit any Shtelke who run to melee with her.

Siouxsie: melee using Khopesh [1d20+2]=3+2=5 damage [2d4+2]=4+2=6

[gurusql]

Nah Olos wants to shout out 'phantoms', but that would give the invisible foe his position. Nah Olos uses the darkness to sneak closer, circling to the side of the area that seems to hold the shrieker.

move up to 60' to circle sideways trying to locate an invisible foe
move silent 60
hide in shadows 53

Because I think I may have caused some confusion, the calls from whatever was talking stopped. The last call was in this post (bold added).

After the horses charge, there is some neighing and then one more call from whatever is surrounding the camp, and then panic sounds from the horses.

[Rex]

Qleceec

Qleceec will follow/stay with Siouxsie. If she sees any opponents she will attack.

Long Sword +2 [1d20+3]=11+3=14 to hit [1d8+4]=2+4=6 or [1d12+4]=7+4=11 damage

Long Sword +2 [1d20+3]=6+3=9 to hit [1d8+4]=2+4=6 or [1d12+4]=8+4=12 damage

[gurusql]

In the Jotens - Second Watch
Second Watch Starday, 8th day of Planting, 597
3rd day since leaving Loftwick

Qleceec (AC 1, HP 48/63)
Androgost (AC -6, HP 55/65, Armor 21/26) - horse
Nah Olos (AC 4, HP 46/53)
Siouxsie (AC 2, HP 33/48) - horse
Garrant (AC 8, HP 24/50)
Hex (AC 5, HP 19/27)
Raffi (AC 6, HP 16/21)
Boff (AC 5, HP 49/61) - horse
Franny (AC 4, HP 26/26) - horse

Raffi picks up the screaming stone and using the glow of this magic dagger to look for tracks but none are immediately visible to him.

Hex flies up to a height of 60' (50' this action) and then starts flying in a spiral (Assuming r=theta in polar coordinates for the search pattern). With the 40 remaining feet gets through a full rotation and more ending about the red dot. There is no visible targets within the range of his Infravision that are not part of the group, this includes not seeing the horses. The various light sources popping up are not helping.

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Nah Olos continues to head west trying to move silently and given all the noise around him is doing a nice job. He is about 60' west of the camp at the end of this action. There are still no visible targets.

Siouxsie calls using Speak the Animals to have the horse retreat, but hears their calls getting more distant and remaining paniced. She then comments about some of the various conversations that are happening in different languages. Siouxsie, Qleceec and Androgost start heading north in search of the horses with only Siouxsie and Qleceec being armored. (For Siouxsie all she needs is the shield). Androgost just has his sword and shield. Given that the ranger has to see, I will assume that she is willing her magic sword to glow. All were hoping to have someone to swing their weapons at, but are disappointed this round.

This leaves only Garrant, Boff and Franny in the camp. Garrant is also having trouble with his Infravision from the light sources

Actions?

[Rex]

Qleceec

"Should we head back, it doesn't look like we are likely to find anything out here."

[Spearmint]

Siouxsie

Well the horses saw someone, bearing spears and attacking them. We can at least follow the horses hooves or blood trails.

If others are invisible, we are not going to see them until surprised.

Of course being lured away from camp means they can steal our resources. She shrugs deciding to go look for the horse.

[cybersavant]

Nah Olos will check for signs of disturbance around where he is now and look for a good hiding spot to hunker down and watch from to see if anything returns.

[gurusql]

In the Jotens - Second Watch
Second Watch Starday, 8th day of Planting, 597
3rd day since leaving Loftwick

Qleceec (AC 1, HP 48/63)
Androgost (AC -6, HP 55/65, Armor 21/26) - horse
Nah Olos (AC 4, HP 46/53)
Siouxsie (AC 2, HP 33/48) - horse
Garrant (AC 8, HP 24/50)
Hex (AC 5, HP 19/27)
Raffi (AC 6, HP 16/21)
Boff (AC 5, HP 49/61) - horse
Franny (AC 4, HP 26/26) - horse

The party has started to spread out.

Northern Group

Qleceec asks "Should we head back, it doesn't look like we are likely to find anything out here?", but Siouxsie suggests that the ranger follow the trail of hooves and blood. Androgost throws in "While I do feel a bit exposed out there without my armor, we need the horses we have left. Qleceec track away." Using her sword light she can see the trail and there are drops of blood in the trail and on closer examination the blood is fresh. It is clear to all three that the horses are being driven hard and away from the camp to the north and then to the east in the general direction of the dragons claimed territory.

West Side

Nah Olos hunkers down Hiding in Shadows and just taking in the silence of the forest compared to the movement in the camp about 60' away. No targets present themselves.

Camp
Garrant stays in the camp, using his Infravision to try find someone. Raffi returns to the camp with the screaming rock just as the rock stops its screaming. Boff is taking a defensive position while Franny is getting her armor on.

Overhead

Hex continues his search pattern.

[Rex]

Qleceec

"They are injured and being driven hard, we are not going to catch them on foot anytime soon. If we do they will almost certainly be down, probably dead."

[gurusql]

Androgost

Androgost kicks at the ground, lets out an auditory sigh - "Fair enough."

[Storm11]

Hex flies back to the campsite and lands a safe distance away from the fire. He takes his warning stone offered by the halfling gratefully.

I saw the dragon I think, and possibly the griffin hybrid monster that almost did me in in our last fight flying away to the west, at the very edge of my infravisual capability. If the dragon itself is out we could all be in serious trouble. We may have to move even further away if we are to rest and recover our magic and health before travelling through these parts.

[Rex]

Qleceec

"I wish otherwise, but I fear it is so."

She starts back to the campsite.

[Spearmint]

Siouxsie

"Well no point in sticking around. Let us trek to the settlement."

[gurusql]

In the Jotens - Second Watch
Second Watch Starday, 8th day of Planting, 597
3rd day since leaving Loftwick

Qleceec (AC 1, HP 48/63)
Androgost (AC -6, HP 55/65, Armor 21/26)
Nah Olos (AC 4, HP 46/53)
Siouxsie (AC 2, HP 33/48)
Garrant (AC 8, HP 24/50)
Hex (AC 5, HP 19/27)
Raffi (AC 6, HP 16/21)
Boff (AC 5, HP 49/61)
Franny (AC 4, HP 26/26)

Qleceec, Androgost and Siouxsie decide that it will be difficult to follow the horses and start back to the camp. They are halfway back at the end of this action.

Nah Olos is still hunkered down in the shadows 60' to the west of camp waiting for the invisible to become visible.

Garrant, Raffi, Boff, Franny and Hex are in the in the camp. The group that is in the camp hears a large THUD to the south, which is soon compounded by shouts of "INTRUDER ALERT!" coming from the direction of the southern magic stone. Qleceec and Siouxsie can just make out the alarm, but they are not 100% sure which one of the gnomes stones it is.

[Rex]

Qleceec

"One of the alarm stones has gone off. We better get back now."

She heads for camp at the fastest safe speed.

[Spearmint]

Siouxsie

Goes to the alarm call.

[Storm11]

Hex will take flight once again and see if he can see what’s lurking near his newly sounding warning stone with his infravision, taking a flight up to 30’ high and once there in the same circling patterns upwards to fifty feet.

[shaidar]

Garrant moves to shield himself from the fire and tries to use his infravision to spot any foes.

[cybersavant]

Nah Olos walks back to camp. "We have trouble. I was just paid a visit - they want 1500gp per person, tonight, or they start killing us. Everyone ready for another fight?"