(CLOSED) Eddistone Point

[Antman9]

[Zirus - Lizardfolk Aspiring Cleric 0] (HP 10/10) (AC: 16)
Actions: Speaks to the group, examines items
Actions: Passes Diary to Artorias, Takes Book

When the Psion turns down the spell book, Zirus cracks it open and begins examining its pages. "This book speaks-s-s of the divine realms. I may find something here at my leisure to pursue. What of this, Artorias?" Zirus says, producing the diary from his belt and tossing it to the Psion, "The writings of this-s-s volume are a mystery to me. What do you make of it, my warmling brother?"

Zirus then returns his attention to the map and becomes silent, as if in deep thought.

The diary Zirus acquired from the podium in the theatre room is written in elf-tongue. The pages are crumbling and faded. It appears to be written by a wood elf from a long forgotten community. The first few pages tell that he was the eldest member of a council that resided in the Seamyst Forest; the forest you have no knowledge of. His name was Dinenor. Many of the pages describe council meetings that took place in a small theatre room, beneath a great oak tree of grand spirit. The final pages tell about a grim time for the wood Elves. War with a wizard named Damara and the loss of their forest to the humans from the city of Dragons Belch. The final entry depicts the last stand by Dinenor and his wife and small child. This is the last entry.

[Antman9]

Buckey, Halfling {HP: 4/10, AC: 12/12}

If it doesn't look deeper than he is tall, Buckey will give the magic pool a try.

Buckey steps into the pool with trepidation. The pool is roughly 6' feet long and 2.5' wide. the floor of the room has been dug/mined around the spring pool, the sides of which raise up several feet. The cool spring water, bubbling up from below, is cool and refreshing. A peaceful strength begins to envelop his mind and his body begins to heal and ebb with new strength. After several minutes Buckey feels as good as new, in fact he feel stronger than ever.

[Keehnelf]

Buckey laughs and exclaims with an ecstatic smile, "Oh my motherloving spawn of the abyss your god is a whore, lizard man! The best whore in all of Dragon's Belch!"

[badams30]

I only did that out of boredom since asides has been me talking to me..... the NPC's don't reply often enough.

Gort is a team player. If you whiz, Gort's whizzing with you. That's how he rolls.

[Antman9]

[Esilia Willow – Pixie Sorceress 1] (HP: 14/14) (AC: 10/fly 14)
Action: Bored senseless

As the party members return from the elf hovel, Esilia springs from wallowing place in the grass and announces in a boisterous fashion:
“Oh my God! What took you so long! I have been wasting away to nothingness. Gorthak had to inter my bones already! What does a princess have to do?”

She flies around the group eyeing their new gear.

"Can we go now?" she asks. "I am soooo bored. There is nothing to do here, just look around." She flies around in a wide circle pointing in every direction. "Nothing! There is nothing but this itchy grass! She points to the ground. "How is a princess supposed to thrive in this...this...Dessert!?"

[Antman9]

[Grognork Kettleforge – Human Fighter 1] (HP: 20/20) (AC: 15)
Action: Eyes the treasures.

Gorthak sends Buzznork off to fly when he sees the party has returned with loot. “I zee vee have pillaged zee loot!? Vut a grund day zees muzd be for you, no?” He eyes the party approvingly, shaking his head vigorously, “Yes, yes, a grand day eet iz. Bravo!”

[Antman9]

Zirus, Buckey, Seeker, Gort, and Elktran stumble out into the bright light of midday, just as Gorthak finishes shaking the dew from his Lilly. They are accosted by Grognork and Esilia. Gorthak seems indifferent.

Actions!

[Sol]

[Zirus - Lizardfolk Aspiring Cleric 0] (HP 14/10) (AC: 16)
Actions: Final Tasks Underground

(Zirus has done the following prior to leaving the dwelling):
Gathered the remaining 8 gray candles from the entry room and stowed them in his inventory
Taken the map if no one else has
Filled his waterskins and gourds at the pool (assuming these are all empty)
Taken one last swim in the pool (I recall it leads somewhere and Zirus needs to explore this before leaving).

[Sol]

[Zirus - Lizardfolk Aspiring Cleric 0] (HP 14/10) (AC: 16)
Actions: Reply to Buckley

To Buckley: "The goddess sees something of worth in you, small one. You are expelled from her gut alive. Revel in the gift you have been given. You have out-survived your siblings by devouring the weakest in the nest. Her blessing of strength is upon you, Buckley."

[Keehnelf]

Buckey, Halfling Guide {HP: 20/10, AC: 12}

"Hey, dillheads--let's get out of here." Buckey heads off toward the north, doing his best to locate the path that will take the group toward Hommlet. "There's a town like 800 miles north and if we leave now we should be able to arrive by nightfall!"

As an aside to Zirius in response to his comment, "You're freaking me out with all your talk about eating that doesn't involve cupcakes, but any god that finds me awesome is a god I think I could ask more favors of."

[ArtoriasAbyssWalker]

[Elktran - Dark Elf Psion - Lv 0] {HP:10/10} {AC: 9}

Action: Follows the party outside, offering his two cents

"Isn't Eddistone Point in the same direction as this new village? I feel as if our mission had some urgency to it... Maybe we should stop there before going on any more tangents."

[Keehnelf]

Buckey

"Yeah, the village is on the way. Eddistone Point is like nine hundred miles* past the village, so it'll take us till morning to arrive if we push on. And I, for one, do not plan to walk all night for five lousy gold pieces."

*Buckey is not concerned with accuracy when trying to get people to move, and he is working from Halfling Miles. One hundred Halfling Miles are an equivalent subjective travel time to one physical mile traveled by foot while having missed second breakfast.

[GreyWolfVT]

Gorthak
Action: Eager to continue
"Might we continue with our original mission?"

[MonkeyWrench]

If no one had objected Jyrbian also took the second silver dagger, wearing it in his belt.

["Seeker" Jyrbian Talanador of the Bleeding Eye - Lvl 0] {HP:4/10} {AC:9}
Action: I would walk a thousand miles...

Jyrbian checks his new gear, making sure everything is in place, before heading north towards their destination, "Yes, Yes. Lets us continue on! We will only find new discoveries by going forward."

[badams30]

Gort - Savage 0 lv (HP: 10/10; AC 11)
Action: Next to Gorthak, ready to depart

Gort stands next to Gorthak, proudly showing him his rope. "Gort get good rope, see? Gort also take good tasting drink, I share later. We go now, Gorthak? Gort tired of smelly elf hole in ground and ugly mouth things."

Gort paces about waiting for Gorthak's direction.

[GreyWolfVT]

Gorthak smiles at Gort's child like enthusiasm "Alrighty there fairy princess shall you continue to guide us to the original destination or is that too dull for you my princess?" he says with a smile and a wink.

[Antman9]

[Esilia Willow – Pixie Sorceress 1] (HP: 14/14) (AC: 10/fly 14)
Action: Ready to go!

Esilia flies up to Gorthak and walks a few fingers up his furry arm and says, "Your bristly fur is much to thick to be cute mister!" And with that she turns up her nose and moves off north along the road toward Hommlet.

[Antman9]

[Grognork Kettleforge – Human Fighter 1] (HP: 20/20) (AC: 15)
Action: Declines the offer

Grognork stands and bows grandly. “I vill remain heer for a beet. I shall meet you in zee future soon my friends." He bows once again, takes his seat, and begins to work repairing his armor.

[ArtoriasAbyssWalker]

[Elktran - Dark Elf Psion - Lv 0] {Hp:10/10} {AC: 9}

Embarrassed, Elktran chuckles a little and says "I suppose my sense of direction was off, I could swear Eddistone Point was closer." He fits his own Silver Dagger into his belt where the knife once was and then wraps that in his bedroll, stuffing it into his bag. "Onwards then I say! he exclaims rather cheerfully.

[Antman9]

The party moves off down the road, following Esilia. The plains flow out in every direction and the mountains to the north slowly grow out of the northern horizon, as the fiery yellow orb in the sky crawls its way across the blue expanse. The journey to Hommlet is long, boring, and uneventful. Nearly five hours pass before the village buildings appear, marking the edge of town. The sun is starting to fall from the sky and your legs are getting very tired, especially Buckey's, he's travelled 8,000 miles today.

As you start to enter the village you notice something is very wrong. You hear no children or barking dogs, no people talking, nothing at all. Then you notice half of the buildings and houses have been smashed in or raised completely.

You have advanced to the first intersection from the south.

Actions!

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