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The Bell Tower A pale, slender figure with long silver hair flees through the dark grove, her desperate footfalls making hardly a whisper. Behind her and to either side, two feline monsters pursue her in eerie silence toward a ruined bell tower. Their black, six-legged forms are hard to focus on clearly. Spiny tentacles whip forward from the back of one of the beasts and lash the fleeing figure, who drops with an agonized shriek. A rustling at the top of the tower signals a nest of stirges, awakened to the scent of blood. On the ground, the tentacled beasts move in for the kill. Monsters: quote:2 Displacer Beasts (D) Level 9 Skirmisher quote:Illumination: During the daytime this part of the feygrove is brightly lit. At night, the moon's radiance illuminates the area with dim light. Saving the Eladrin: quote:At the beginning of the encounter, the stirges are attracted to the bleeding eladrin. Trap Cards quote:The Deck of Many Things: Environmental Effects This Encounter's Card: Sun quote:
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Terranibal "Looks like we've got some action, boys. Get in to position and TALLY HO Free: Pick up card? Minor: Battlefront shift: Rehgdar can move half his speed Standard: Flattening Charge: Miss
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Farrag "Oh no you don't!" he snarled, stepping into the fray as his sword flashed in all directions. "If you want the eladrin, you've gotta get through me!" This doesn't happen until after the Storm Pillar dissipates. Move: Shift 1. Standard: Five Storms, Stirge 1 hit Free: Flurry of Blows to Displacer Beast, 5 damage. If the Displacer Beast hits me, I'm using Water Gives Way on it as an immediate interrupt.
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"Freeze!" Ellie says, pointing her finger at the Displacer Beast near her friends. A solid ray of frost appears from her finger to him, searing him and slowing him down.
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Terranibal "Ugggh, we're not going to let that happen are we Mr. Displacer Beast? GET HIM" Free: Pick up card? Move: Into flanking with DB2 Standard: Brash Assault HIT - 12 dmg Prepare Vengeance is mine if it attacks me.
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"Get DOWN!" Ellie says forcefully, unleashing another Ray of Frost at the Displacer Beast, freezing it so badly that its heart stops.
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Farrag As he felt the proboscis dig into his shoulder, he spied the displacer beast safely away and Rehgdar on his last legs. He thought to himself this was not where he was needed. With a blazing speed he ripped himself free and back into the fray, putting himself between Rehgdar and the Beast. His sword swung more to get attention than to actually deal damage, which was good because his blows were easily dodged.
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Terranibal Terranibal rushes to the last Displacer beast and attempts to fell it, however his attack misses. He then yells at Rehgdar to pick himself back up and keep fighting. Standard: Flattening Charge: Miss Minor: Inspiring Word on Rehgdar
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You defeated the monstrosities. The eladrin awakens, blinking. ''Thank you," she says in a voice bright as silver."You have saved my life, and I am deeply inyour debt. Come,follow me to my brother in the grove. He too will be grateful for your heroism." Her name is Analastra. The Font of Ioun A font bubbles in the middle of this clearing, its water sparkling in the light. Encircling its broad base is a mosaic depicting a platinum dragon and a silver stag in eternal chase; the tiles that define the beasts' shapes are marked with miniature runes. Along the mosaic's perimeter, toppled walls form a broken stone shell bounding what once must have been some manner of shrine. A host of eladrin camps amid the fallen walls, hair and mail shimmering like quicksilver. quote:Features of the Area Analastra leads you to her brother, a tall, graceful eladrin with the ethereal beauty and wisdom of the fey. His hair is pale gold, and his eyes are solid orbs of pearlescent silver. He wears a coat of chainmail woven from mithral beneath an embroidered tunic of green and gray, and a slender sword hangs at his belt. He takes you aside and thanks you for bringing his sister back alive. The fey knight gazes upon the clear waters of the font in contemplation:. "I am called Sir Berrian, and my house is Velfarren. For two human lifetimes I have searched the wide world over in a quest to discover the mystery of my father's fate and pay a son's proper tribute to his memory. "All roads have led me here, to this human ruin. But once again they diverge and lose themselves in the fog of time, and though I near their ends I cannot see them clearly. Do they lead to dishonor? Vengeance? Death? It is impossible to see. "The dark abbey crawls with perils, and orcs and giants infest the grounds. A frozen thing in white robes sometimes lingers near the font, staring into the memories its waters contain. And in the shadow of yon doorless evil tower this place confounds us with its mysteries and its dangers. "The grove thrums with the life of the Feywild . . . of home. But the closer we come, the farther we fall away. Fey beasts lair in the ruins. Gossiping nymphs tantalize us with secrets. And my sister Analastra too vanished, halting our sacred quest until she could be found." quote:Find Analastra He gives you a new quest: quote:Establish a Claim From here he directs you to a gap in the wall overtaken by the forest, from which you can return to Winterhaven. What do you do? slydingdoor fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Nov 19, 2016 |
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Terranibal "Thank you Analastra and Berrian. We were actually sent by Eriyel of the Harken forest who has been searching for you. She would like to know your status as soon as possible. Would you perchance like to return with us to Harkan forest and tell her in person? We can travel with you and return to search for any remains of your claim if so."
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They write you a letter to send to Eriyel instead, "It is important that we stay here until our quest is complete."
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 Farrag He looked over his compatriots. "You all look like hell," he said with his usual amount of diplomacy. "You want we should call it for the day? I'm good for more, but I ain't the only one here. No point in pushing on just 'cause I feel fine if it's gonna get the rest of y'all killed."
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Rehgdar "Well now I'd just look like an rear end if I said we should push on." Rehgdar rolls his shoulder. "Won't say no to a drink after dealin' with those bloodsuckers anyway."
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 Claudiu Claudiu gives Rehgdar a look at the bloodsucker comment. He looks down at a few tears in his outfit, and a few smears of blood. "Well I am a little the worse for wear but could push on. But if everyone else needs some rest I am not against taking part in a little relaxation myself."
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Terranibal "Yes I agree, let's rest for the night and begin back to the town in the morning."
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You rest in the elven camp and make the 2 day's journey back to Winterhaven starting the next morning. From there you send your letter to Eriyel and report what you found scouting to Padraig.quote:
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Ellie "Perhaps we should focus on earning the favor of the Fey. It would be most beneficial to have an ally in case the orcs decide to attack."
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Terranibal "That might be a tricky thing to do, earning the trust of the Fey, but I agree, they would be very helpful if we need support when clearing the Abbey. Lets go and meet with their leader."
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Farrag Farrag sneered with the contempt only familiarity could breed. "I don't trust the fairies. Any fairies. I ain't slippery enough to deal with their ways of thinking. But if you guys figure its a good idea then you prob'ly know something about 'em I don't. Just don't let your guard down."
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Claudiu Claudiu looks at Farrag, thoughtfully. After a moment he speaks. "The elves may prove a good ally. Though it may be harder gaining their help against the orcs than expected."
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You all return to the eladrins' leader Berrian and discuss forming an alliance. "My purpose on this plane is to find my lost father, the orcs who have since learned to respect the borders of these gardens do not concern me. You came to Analastra's rescue and I know you are virtuous, but I have no reason to trust this Padraig and risking losing more of my kin here is out of the question. We are close to finding him, I know it. Help me see my quest through and then I may have reason to lend this stranger my aid. He shows you his map of the surrounding area and points to a nearby location. "Two owlbears inhabit the cottage of the abbey's former groundskeepers. We heard rumors that the groundskeepers had received the aid of an eladrin when planting the grove and gardens. I suspect that one of my kin was the one to do so, and the cottage might contain proof. "We want to search it, but bear no ill will toward the owlbears. We had been planning to wait until the end of the season, a matter of weeks, when the beasts are likely to leave. Analastra's near death experience helped me convince her and the other younger members of our camp not to trifle with magical beasts unnecessarily. "However, you could expedite our search. Drive off the owlbears, preferably without killing them. Be warned, they will defend their territory to the death. The only thing that they are known to to fear are equal numbers of displacer beasts." quote:Establish a Claim What do you do?
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Farrag See, this is the exact sort of thing he was talking about. Would killing the owlbears really be so bad? But this was their demand, so if they wanted an alliance they could only comply. "So the best way of dealing with those owlbears is gonna be to drag some of them tentacle cats over to 'em. Rile 'em up, get 'em to give chase, and bust in the door of the cottage. Let one problem take care of the other, nice 'n' simple." He rubbed his chin. "I never thought I'd say this, but I hope the ones we took care of weren't the last ones; there might be more in that area. You wanna take care of that while we're fresh and ready? Maybe we'll get lucky and find one of Oakley's artifacts in the cottage, too."
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Berrian indicates to his rangers to use a ritual to find displacer beasts. They complete it and shake their heads. "The ones you defeated must have been the only ones crossed into this plane from the Feywild. Waiting for more is unlikely to be faster than waiting for the Owlbears to leave the cottage. That leaves the ones you left behind days ago, which are likely half taken by the forest by now."
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Terranibal "That's a good plan. If we must turn to fighting, we can simply knock them unconscious instead of killing them. It'll hurt, but they'll wake up eventually."
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An overgrown cobblestone path leads up a small hill to the shell of an old fieldstone cottage. The dilapidated roof is punctured by an oak tree, which grows up through the middle of the structure and spreads its broad branches like a canopy over the frame. Shutters and a door hang open,forced from their hinges by the wild growth. Just beyond the dim entrance to the cottage rests a massive, feathered beast the size and shape of a bear. Its short, curved beak rests upon another of its kind. The creature's great golden eyes open wide as it raises its head to sniff the air. The Groundskeepers Cottage quote:Features of the Area quote:2 Owlbears slydingdoor fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Sep 24, 2016 |
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hey guys i'm in the hospital and can't get on roll20 or discord reliably. Feel free to autopilot for me!
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Ellie Reaching out with her Power, a small funnel of concentrated magic appears not far from the doorway of the house. Almost immediately, one of the Furry beasts is pulled toward the funnel, stunned by the sudden onslaught of magic as it makes contact with the funnel. Soon after, another large furry beast is pulled from the house in the same manner landing beside the stunned first, but it is not yet incapacitated. Visions of Avirice is out and both are pulled. One is immobilized. LETS DO THIS
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Terranibal Moving forward, Terranibal charges the second Owlbear and attempts to knock it prone to give the others time to search the house, however he trips and stumbles near the wild magic, and his attack misses. Also using Battelfront Shift on Farrag, you can move half your speed. OH NO
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Claudiu Claudiu begins to walk toward the owlbears, giving a gentle smile that shows a gleam of his canines. As he steps toward them the outline of his body seems to blur, to darken. His shadow goes wild, not matching his own appearance, and then his own body follows suit as it turns to shadow and rips apart into dozens and dozens of bats of deepest shadow. The bats swarm forward and tear into the owlbears. However when the swarm of bats dissipates Claudiu seems to be nowhere to be seen. Used Swarm of Shadows close blast 3 vs fort, crit owlbear 1 missed owlbear 2. Owlbear 1 took 39 damage and ongoing 5 (save ends), owlbear 2 only takes 10 miss damage. Claudiu teleports and is invisible until the end of his next turn. So no one can see him.
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Farrag Claudiu vanished from sight, but even while invisible he might have trouble slipping between the owlbears. His fear proved prescient, as apparently their sense of smell was good enough to judge where he was. The sneaking plan was not going to work. In that case... "Slight change of plans, I see an opening and I'm goin' for it." He became a blur as he surged past the beasts and through the open door of the cottage. He wasted no time in flipping through the papers, hoping to find the records they were looking for. Every moment they delayed was a chance the owlbears would break free of Ellie's enchantments and come roaring back into the cottage. That would be bad. Quicksilver Motion to move my speed as a free action. Converting my Standard to a Move, using Five Storms movement twice to shift 4 squares total. That gets me through the door and into the cottage. Minor to search, and with a 31 I think I'll find what we're looking for. TheArchimage fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Sep 30, 2016 |
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Rehgdar Circling around while the rest unleash their distracting assault on the owlbears Rehgdar finds his ideal path and charges forward with a shout of "For glory! For Kord!" and slams into the side of one of the fey beasts, shield battering its defenses enough that the paladin's blade bites deep into the owlbear's flesh. "Come on, I'll show you what real strength is you rotund teddy bears!" Move to Valiant Rush Minor to Sanction both owlbears Standard to use Heedless Fury on Owlbear 1, hitting for 34 damage and Rehgdar has -5 to all defenses until his next turn.
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Terranibal After a long time of everyone whacking and magicing away at the Owlbears, Terranibal finally lands the last blow, ending the battle and felling the beasts. "I thought we weren't supposed to kill these things? Terranibal say as he cleans his weapon and wipes the sweat from his brow. "I guess we didn't have any choice though, it felt like we'd been fighting these things for months. That was awful."
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A search through the remains of the cottage yields ancient books and journals, including an original plot of the grove and gardens with detailed information on each plant variety and the secrets of its cultivation. The first groundskeeper's journal describes a friendship with Siravus Ardonelle, an eladrin who donated plants from the Feywild to start the abbey garden. The paladins of Gardmore, in turn, dedicated a portion of the grove to Siravus and his descendants forever. You heroes can return this journal to Berrian to complete the "Establish a Claim" quest. What do you do?
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