>>3466476
>Blast that Goblin nigga wit our Mac10. Brutha Wolfgang wuz our homie n sheeeeeit. Ain’t no muhfucka gonna mess wit a boss nigger like us

>>3466476
Boss Nigger, goblin killa

>>3466476
>> Avenge brother Wulfgang, attack the goblin rider with your small ax

Uhtred

>>3466476
>Avenge brother Wulfgang, attack the goblin rider with your small ax

Rip & Tear!

>>3466485
>>3466492
>>3466545
>>3466548


With a blind rage for seeing your dear friend brother Wulfgang being munched on by a wolf you throw yourself on top of the goblin rider with your small ax with a clear murderous intent!

You surprise the creatures and get the initiative!

Will you attack

> The goblin first (roll 1d20 DC9)
> The wolf first (roll 1d20 DC12)

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>3466585
Is this the beginning of our glory

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3466600

since you didn't pick which one you wanted to hit I'm gonna roll

1 is goblin
2 is wolf

>>3466600
>>3466617

You throw yourself towards the wolf, making a deep gash into its neck with your small ax!

Maddened by the pain the wolf starts running away into the forest, carrying the goblin with it.

(You've gained 2 experience! You'll level up once you reach 10 experience. You're currently level 0.)

You're alone in the burning monastery for the time being.

What do you wanna do now?
> Enter the burning monastery to gather some provisions for the travel, the goblin might be back with friends any minute now
> Give a proper burial to brother Wulfgang, you don't wanna think about him being eaten by the beasts of the forest, there should be enough time to bury at least your dear friend
> Just leave the monastery and begin the trip towards the villages in the east
> Write in

>>3466633
> Give a proper burial to brother Wulfgang, you don't wanna think about him being eaten by the beasts of the forest, there should be enough time to bury at least your dear friend

>>3466654
Supporting

>>3466654
>>3466660


Goblins be damned! What worth is life if you can't even give the proper burial rites to your deceased friend? You find a shovel and dig a deep hole, then bury your friend Wulfgang in it. You then cover the hole with dirt. You'd say some words but you wouldn't know what to say so you just stare at your handiwork respectfully.

You're taken out of your meditation by the sounds of more goblins approaching the site of the burning monastery - three of them, on foot, carrying crude spears. Their buddy must have warned them about survivors and they came here to check.

What will you do?
> These tiny fucks are not that tough, I'm gonna kill them all with my ax!
> Three to one is not the kind of odds I'm prepared to take, time to take my leave and head towards the villages in the east
> Head inside the burning building real quick to get some provisions for the trip the try to leave before the goblins find you
> Write in

>>3466681
>These tiny fucks are not that tough, I'm gonna kill them all with my ax!
Blood, rage, come unto me!

>>3466681
> These tiny fucks are not that tough, I'm gonna kill them all with my ax!

>>3466726
>>3466765


Feeling lucky you come running from behind the burning building and jump on top of the goblins ax in hand ready to make short work of the three of them!

You got the initiative, roll 1d20 to hit the first goblin DC 9!

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>3466781

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>3466781

Rolled 5, 11 = 16 (2d20)

>>3466789
>>3466801

With unbridled fury you hack the back of the head of the first goblin open, killing it!

The other two goblins turn to you with their spears and try to puncture you with them! Rolling to hit you against DC 11.

What will you do?
> Continue attacking the goblins with your small ax (roll 1d20 DC 9)
> Try to hit both goblins with your small ax (roll 2d20 DC 13)
> Focus on evading the goblin attacks while you hit them (roll 1d20 DC 13, you get one free dodge)
> Run away from the goblins, they shouldn't be able to catch up with you with their tiny legs
> other

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>3466846
>Continue attacking the goblins with your small ax (roll 1d20 DC 9)
We are seeing red. We'll cleave them apart

>>3466917

One of the goblins manage to sink his spear on your flank, but you're seeing red! You'll cleave them apart!

You drive your ax into another of the goblin's skulls, killing it instantly. The last remaining goblin starts to flee!

What do you do?

> Let him flee
> Go after him and kill him (roll 1d20 DC 9)
> other

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>3466846
> Continue attacking the goblins with your small ax (roll 1d20 DC 9)

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>3466935
>Go after him and kill him (roll 1d20 DC 9)

>>3466951

You run after the last of the goblins and crack its head open with your small ax, killing it too!

You killed all three goblins!

(You gained 3 experience! You have 5 experience now. Once you have 10 you'll level up. You're currently level 0.)

You then pause to examine your wound. The pain is bearable and the wound wasn't too deep, you should be able to recover from it in a few days.

What are you going to do now?
> Enter the burning building to gather some provisions for the travel
> Leave the monastery and begin the trip towards the villages in the east
> Write in

>>3466978
> Enter the burning building to gather some provisions for the travel
Just some basic essentials really fast.

>>3467017

You enter the burning building to gather some provisions for the travel - just some essentials really fast.

You grab a backpack that the monks keep for when they need to go to the village, with a large waterskin and some dry meats for the travel, enough rations to last about a week, more than enough to reach one of the nearest villages.

Once you're again out of the monastery you begin to ponder your situation... the monastery is gone for good, with all the monks dead nobody will come to rebuild this place. It might be pointless to go ask for help in the villages in the east. You'd probably end up as a serf or artisan of some kind if you chose to settle around there.

With the little extra provisions you acquired you have a bit little extra range... you could try reaching the army outpost in the south, an old fort that watches over the frontier between this kingdom and the next. Maybe you could even join the army?

Or you could head north, you heard there's a port city over there, maybe you could get a job in a ship and travel the seas.

The only direction you think you really shouldn't go is west, there's only death for you in the mountains infested with goblins, orcs, trolls and who knows what else. Still if you want to abandon civilization and try out a life as a ranger, slaying the beasts of the mountains, that might just be the path.

What are you going to do now?

> Leave the monastery and begin the trip towards the villages in the east
> Leave the monastery and head south towards the old fort in the frontier
> Leave the monastery and head north towards the port city
> Leave the monastery and head west towards the mountains
> Write in

> Loot the Dead Goblins
> Leave the monastery and head north towards the port city

>>3467075
>Leave the monastery and head north towards the port city
I have a good feeling about this one guys

>>3467075
> Loot the Dead Goblins
> Leave the monastery and head south towards the old fort in the frontier

>>3467140
Here's hoping.

>>3467104
>>3467140


You loot the dead goblins. One of the goblins have a few copper coins in a pouch, another have a bunch of dead rats, the third has a half eaten piece of meat. You keep the coins but you discard the rats and the half eaten piece of meat.

You decide to head north towards the port city!

On your first night of travel as you're trying to get some sleep under the moonlight you hear some sounds in the underbrush. You head your ax, prepared to defend yourself against whatever beast comes your way but what you see surprises you.

An elvish woman wearing green clothing and carrying a longbow and a sword appears from behind a tree and asks you, speaking with a weird accent

"What does a human boy do alone in the forest at night? Don't you know it is dangerous? What's you name?"

"I'm Uhtred. I'm an orphan, I used to live in the monastery in the forest, but it was burned by goblins and all the monks were killed. I'm heading to the port city in the north. What is your name?"

"My name is Dandala Brightmoon. I'm sorry to hear about your monk friends. But port city? You mean Celedo? I'm heading towards there too. I guess we can tag along if you want. It's usually safer to travel in groups. Elves don't really sleep but we still need to meditate for about four hours a day, you could keep watch while I do it and I watch while you sleep. Deal?"

> Travel with the Dandala
> I'd rather travel alone
> Write in

>>3467269
>Travel with the Dandala

>>3467269
> Travel with the Dandala

>>3467286
>>3467328


"Deal."

The two of you then travel together. She does indeed enter in a trance for about four hours everyday, you keep watch for the time she's meditating; and at night she stays awake while you sleep under the stars.

The two of you talk a bit to pass the time over the course of the few days you stay together.

You tell her about the few books you've read in the small library of the monastery:

"My favorite book was Guardians of Hope, it was the story of a group of adventurers who defeated a powerful evil wizard who was menacing the land, great stuff.", you say.

"My favorite book was Children of the Forest, a tale about a couple of elves whose love was forbidden for they were from families who were feuding with one another, it was a very fun read.", she says.

One day you ask her what is her business in Celedo.

"I'm going to catch a ship to Greshire in the far north, I'm after the fabled jewels of Guldar."

"This name is not entirely strange to me but I can't quite recall where I heard it before...", you say.

"Guldar was a great human king of the past. During his reign he comissioned from the elves a set of seven jewels to preside over the elements, water, air, fire, earth, light, darkness, and one for metamagic itself. He was in great standing with the elvish nation so the best elvish archmages worked to deliver to him the jewels that he asked for. With the powerful magic of his jewels Guldar drove away the beasts that plagued the land and defined the new frontiers of his kingdom. Before his death he had his agents hide his jewels throughout the land so they wouldn't fall in the wrong hands. To this day only two jewels have been found, the water jewel that is in possession of the guildmaster of the maritime guild from Kradiff, a port city in the far east, and the air jewel which is in possession of an archmage named Darius who lives in the far south. I've been investigating the location of these gems for quite a few years now and I'm pretty confident that the fire gem has been hidden somewhere in the island of Greshire."

"How powerful are these gems exactly?"

"Very. They make a common person as powerful as an archmage, and in skilled hands their potential is nearly limitless."

After a couple more days of travel you arrive at Celedo.

"Here we are! Well, the ship to Greshire won't go out until next week. Do you have any plans already, Uhtred?"

"Not really."

"Well, would you like to come with me to go look for the jewels of Guldar?"

"I don't have any money, how could I pay for a ship trip?"

"Well, you could get yourself hired to help in the ship, they're always hiring more people since so many people die of sickness in the sea - in a long enough sea voyage about half the crew in any given trip doesn't seem to make it."

"I don't like these odds..."

"Just make sure you eat some bits of fruit everyday and you should be fine."

> Get yourself hired to help in the ship going out to Greshire
> You're not interested

>>3467424
>> Get yourself hired to help in the ship going out to Greshir

>>3467434

You go talk to the ship master of the ship heading to Greshire. Turns out it is not really hard to get yourself hired - they were having a hard time finding enough people willing to go on a month long travel towards the kraken infested waters of the north.

You pack your few possessions - your trusty small ax, your backpack, your few coins - and get into the ship.

The tasks you're assigned are simple enough - cleaning stuff, pulling some ropes on command, loading and unloading cargo. You'll be paid once the ship arrives in Greshire, if you survive the trip.

There aren't many passengers on the ship, it's mostly just cargo - loads and loads of metal bars of all things. You'd think they could just mine some metal themselves in the frozen tundra, but apparently it is cheaper to import it. And to think lots of men will lose their lives just to deliver all this metal, it is sickening. You only hope you don't end up being one of the men to lose life for it.

The day of departure comes. The small cog departs from the port towards the north.

The trip transcurs calmly for the first week. You have a bit of seasickness and throw up a few times but you get better after a few days.

On the second week you catch a storm and the ship is taken off course. A lot of men begin to get really sick. The first death amongst crew members occurs. You have been lucky so far and haven't been sick, maybe because you've been eating a bit of rotten apple every day like Dandala told you to.

On the third week a large kraken attacks the ship! Dandala tries to fight it off with her sword, a couple crew members try to hack at it with machetes!

What will you do?

> Grab your trusty ax and charge at the kraken's head (roll 1d20 DC15)
> Grab your trusty ax and chop at one of the kraken's tentacles (roll 1d20 DC10)
> Hide in the basement of the cog with the cargo until the kraken is gone
> Write in

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>3467549
> Grab your trusty ax and chop at one of the kraken's tentacles (roll 1d20 DC10)

Rolled 5 (1d20)

> Grab your trusty ax and charge at the kraken's head (roll 1d20 DC15)

Rolled 8 (1d20)

> Grab your trusty ax and chop at one of the kraken's tentacles (roll 1d20 DC10)

Rolled 7, 12, 11, 2 = 32 (4d20)

>>3467638
>>3468152
>>3468154

You grab your trusty ax and chop at one of the kraken's tentacles, severing its tip! You see that Dandala managed to sever one of the kraken's tentacles close to it's base. One of the crew members manage to sever one of the kraken's tentacles close to its tip too! The beast attempts to grab you, Dandala and the two crew members swinging machetes at it!

>>3468612

The kraken however fails at grabbing anyone! More crew members grab cutting implements and begin to join the fray, hacking away at the kraken's tentacles!

What will you do?
> Continue to hack away at the kraken's tentacles (roll 1d20 DC10)
> Try to cut two tentacles of the kraken (roll 2d20 DC 14)
> Charge at the kraken's head that is visible half submerged near the starboard of the ship (roll 1d20 DC15)
> Flee from the battle and hide until the kraken is gone
> Write in

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>3468636
>Continue to hack away at the kraken's tentacles (roll 1d20 DC10)

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>3468636
> Charge at the kraken's head that is visible half submerged near the starboard of the ship (roll 1d20 DC15)

Rolled 14, 19 = 33 (2d20)

>>3468636
>> Try to cut two tentacles of the kraken (roll 2d20 DC 14)

Rolled 13, 9 = 22 (2d20)

>> Try to cut two tentacles of the kraken (roll 2d20 DC 14)

Rolled 15, 5, 9, 18, 15, 5, 3, 17 = 87 (8d20)

>>3468760
>>3468856
>>3469258
>>3469329

You move deftly and hack away at two tentacles of the kraken, maiming the beast severely!

By now there are eight people in the ship hacking away at the kraken, and one tentacle has been severed away fully and six of his other tentacles have been injured to some capacity already!

The kraken attempts to grapple all the people fighting it that are on deck in the ship, starting with you, then Dandala, then the six other sailors.

>>3469446

The kraken manages to catch you and three of the sailors! He then begins to drag you all towards his mouth underwater!

What will you do?

> Hack away at the tentacle grappling you to get free (roll 1d20 DC 10)
> Wait until the kraken drags you closer to its mouth and attack its head (roll 1d20 DC15)
> Write in

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3469461
>> Wait until the kraken drags you closer to its mouth and attack its head (roll 1d20 DC15)

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>3469461
>> Wait until the kraken drags you closer to its mouth and attack its head

>>3469466
>>3469468


In cold blood you wait until the kraken drags you closer to its mouth; once you're almost inside it you unleash a powerful blow to the kraken's head! Purple blood gushes out of the wound and you see the monster squirm in pain as it emits a howl of agony! It drops the men it was dragging towards its mouth, emits a jet of black ink and plunges towards the deep seas!

You fall into the sea; you swim towards the ship and climb the nets by its side.

"Well done kiddo!", says the captain of the ship "Krakens regenerate lost limbs in a matter of weeks, but he'll be feeling that wound to the head for months. That if no killer whale have him for breakfast. It's not breeding season for kraken so it was probably a male, they're far more aggressive a bold than the females, he probably thought a ship like ours would have an easy meal for him. He wasn't counting on a man like you to save the day!"

(You survived the fight against the kraken! You got 3 experience! You now have 8 experience! Once you reach 10 you'll level up. You're currently level 0.)

The rest of the trip transcurs uneventfully. You're beginning to feel the sickness of the sea taking over your body when you finally get to land!

You aport in the island of Greshire, in the city of the same name. It is a rather large port city. Your duties with the ship are not finished until you unload the cargo so you get down to business.

Dandala tells you "Meet me at the Bloody Dagger tavern once you're done with your work."

Once you're finished unloading all the metals into the port the ship master comes to you and says "Here's your pay for a job well done. I'm giving you a little extra for that act of bravery with the kraken back there."

He pays you a few gold coins worth in silver for your four weeks of work. It's not much but you could buy a little something for yourself with it.

What will you do?
> Go to a blacksmith to buy yourself a sword
> Go to the local apothecary to buy a healing potion
> Go to the local market and buy a leather armor
> Go meet Dandala at the Bloody Dagger tavern
> Write in

>>3469568
>> Go to a blacksmith to buy yourself a sword

>>3469568
>> Go to a blacksmith to buy yourself a sword
> Go meet Dandala at the Bloody Dagger tavern

>>3469575
>>3469698

You go to a blacksmith to buy yourself a sword.

You take your time choosing a nice sharp and shiny blade with a solid hilt and a strong guard. You finally settle for one of a very traditional design.

You adjust the scabbard to your belt as you begin to get used to the weight of a sword by your side and begin strolling towards the Bloody Dagger tavern to meet Dandala.

It's a two-storey timber and brick building with unusually high ceilings. After glancing around for awhile you find the table where Dandala is sitting as she waves for you. There's someone else sitting in the table with her, a short busty woman with green eyes, red hair and freckles in her face dressed in the red robes of a wizard!

"Uhtred I'd like you to meet my friend Bailey Brix, the wizard. She's the one who gave me the tip that the jewel of Guldar could be in this island."

"It's a pleasure to meet you mister Uhtred. Dandala told me about your exploits with the kraken back at the ship. If what I know about the jewel of Guldar is true we'll need all the bravery that you can muster I'm afraid."

Bailey continues "If my research is correct the fire jewel of Guldar is hidden inside a demi plane that can only be accessed once three special keys, magical orbs of power, are placed on top of the altar in a special place in the heart of the island of Greshire. The demiplane itself might have some sort of guardian, probably some beast linked to the element of fire. When it comes to it I could cast a spell to protect us from fire. But our more immediate concern is finding the three orbs that give access to the demiplane."

"And you know where they are?", you say.

"I have strong suspicions. There is a tribe of orcs in the north whose shaman was described by adventurers who faced them as wielding a staff with a glowing white orb on top of it. I believe the orcs might have acquire this orb from someone tasked from protecting it generations ago and kept it with their shamans ever since."

"And what about the other two?"

"One of the gems in most certainly within the hoard of Grizztomar the White, a dragon who lives in the mountains in the north. He goes out to hunt every week so if we could sneak into his hoard while he's out hunting we could steal the gem without having to face him in combat!"

"And the last one?"

"The last one I'm not entirely sure to be honest. It is either in the ruins of castle Fornstein or in the swamps of Stalia, the records are inconclusive. The castle is haunted and full of undead, it contains an ancient library with very rare tomes, if nothing else we could loot those. As for the swamp a tribe of lizardmen live in there, if the orb is there then it is a similar deal than the one with the orc tribe."

"And once we have all the orbs we take them where?"

"The altar is in the middle of the forest, shouldn't be too difficult to find."

Where do you wanna go?
> The orcs
> The dragon
> The undead
> The lizards
> Let's find more people
> Write in

>>3469816
>> The orcs
>The lizards
> The undead
> The dragon

That order.

>>3469911
Orcs first.

>>3469911
>>3470250

"I think we should go after the orcs first, then the lizards and if the lizards don't have the orb we should go after the undeads. We should leave the dragon for last.", you say.
"Works for me.", says Dandala.
"Then it is decided! We're headed to the orcish territory in the north!", says Bailey.

The three of you head to the market and buy provisions for the trip. Then you begin the trek towards the cold north.

You talk during the travel to pass the time.

"How did you became a wizard Bailey?", you ask.
"Me? Well, when I was a kid I scared and amused the other kids changing the color of things to unnatural hues, and once I set my family's barn on fire. They took me to the local priest, father Davos, thinking I was possessed by some evil spirit. He told them I had the gift for magic and should go develop it in a magic school. My parents took me to the royal academy of magic in the capital. They didn't had the funds to pay for a magical education, but the nice folks at the academy arranged for a scholarship to be provided for me. I studied there for ten years, then I went for an apprenticeship with an archmage named Julian. I was an apprentice for five years until I was deemed worthy to don the red robe of a wizard, and I've been adventuring for two years since."
"Woa, you sure studied alot. And how old are you exactly?"
"Well that's rather rude to ask to a lady Uhtred, but I'll entertain you. I'm 24."
"And how did you met Dandala."
"Funny that you ask. We were at the same library and got to the same book about the jewels of Guldar at the same time. We plunged into a discussion over who should get the book until she told me nicely that I could keep it if I made a summary of it for her."
"And we've been the bestest of friends ever since.", added Dandala.
"We've been in touch and met a few times to discuss about the jewels of Guldar. Once I got a solid lead I sent a Sending spell to her for her to come to Greshire and here we are."
"And why are you so interested in these jewels after all?"
"Why wouldn't I be? The distilled powers of an elvish archmage at your fingertips... anyone would be interested in it, more than interested, obsessed even!"

The trip transcurs rather uneventfully except for a few timber wolves that approach your camp at night but dare not come too close scared of the campfire.

"These wolves... should we worry about them?", you ask.
"Nah. If they come too close I'll blast them with my magic. We'll be out of their territory soon."

Rolled 7, 1, 10, 15 = 33 (4d20)

>>3470438

After a couple weeks of travel we finally arrive at the orcish territory proper.

"From this point on we can't lit our campfire at night anymore or we would easily be found by the orcs. We should be three or four days away from their settlement."
"What will we do once we arrive there?"
"I have a plan. I'll cast an invisibility spell on one of you and you will sneak into the orcish settlement, get into the shaman's tent and steal the shaman's staff with the orb. If the shaman is awake and holding the orb you'll have to fight him, it will end the invisibility spell; that's why I brought with me one vial of invisibility potion. Once you acquire the staff if you needed to wrestle it from the cold dead hands of the shaman you'll drink the potion and sneak out of the orcish camp undetected. I only have one potion so we only got one shot at it with the double use of the invisibility effect, if we fail on the first try it will be much more difficult later on."

On the twilight of the second day of travel through orcish territory you happen upon a patrol of orcs! Ten orcs come running after you wearing animal pelts for armor and with axes in hand!

Bailey casts a fireball spell! Six orcs meet their doom engulfed in flames!

Dandala shoots at one of the approaching orcs with her longbow! She hits him but it is not enough to make it stop approaching! She draws her longsword and prepare to meet the orcs in melee!

The four remaining orcs attack your and Dandala with their axes!

What will you do?
> Attack the nearest orc with your sword (roll 1d20 DC 12)
> Attack the nearest orc with your sword twice (roll 2d20 DC16)
> Focus on dodging their attacks while you attack the orcs (roll 1d20 DC16, you get one free dodge)
> Write in

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>3470442
>Attack the nearest orc with your sword (roll 1d20 DC 12)

>>3470700
Not good

>>3470442
>> Attack the nearest orc with your sword (roll 1d20 DC 12)

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>3470438
>>3470851

Rolled 12, 2, 6 = 20 (3d20)

>>3470700
>>3470703
>>3470851
>>3470853

Dandala dodges the attack of the orc but doesn't manage to land any hits herself!

The orcs miss all their hits this time around!

You attack the nearest orc with your sword, giving it a grievous wound in its chest! The beast howls in pain but continues to fight!

Bailey casts a magic missile and slays one more orc! She then yells "I'm out of offensive spells! It's on you guys now!" as she draws her dagger!

The three remaining orcs continue to attack you and Dandala!

What will you do?
> Finish the nearest orc with your sword (roll 1d20 DC 12)
> Attack two orcs with your sword (roll 2d20 DC16)
> Focus on dodging their attacks while you attack the orcs (roll 1d20 DC16, you get one free dodge)
> Write in

Rolled 10, 13 = 23 (2d20)

>>3470982
>> Attack two orcs with your sword (roll 2d20 DC16)

Rolled 20, 1 = 21 (2d20)

>>3470985

You attempt to attack two orcs with your sword but fail to hit them!

Dandala finishes the one orc she had shot before with a swift blow of her longsword!

One of the orcs land a hit on you, drawing blood with his axe! You're lightly injured!
Dandala yells to you "Be more careful!"

Bailey tries to hit one of the orcs with her dagger but fails.

The two remaining orcs attack you and Dandala!

What will you do?
> Finish the nearest orc with your sword (roll 1d20 DC 12)
> Attack the two orcs with your sword (roll 2d20 DC16)
> Focus on dodging their attacks while you attack the orcs (roll 1d20 DC16, you get one free dodge)
> Write in

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>3471017
>Finish the nearest orc with your sword (roll 1d20 DC 12)

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>3471017
>> Finish the nearest orc with your sword (roll 1d20 DC 12)

>>3471039
>>3471115

The orc closest to you lands a devastating blow on you with his axe, causing you massive damage! You've suffered crippling damage and are now getting a penalty of +4 to all DCs.

With a swift attack with your blade you end the life of the orc nearest to you!

The last orc turns to flee!

Dandala grabs her longbow and shoot at the fleeing orc! She misses her shoot!

The orc runs too fast for us to catch up with it! The orc manages to flee!

You then go tend to your wounds.

"You're in pretty bad shape.", says Bailey.
"Here, have this." she says, handing you a minor healing potion "I don't have many of those so don't get used to it!"
You drink the contents of the potion and your wounds magically begin to heal! You're back at being just lightly wounded! You should be fully recovered in a day or two.
Dandala tells you "You gotta be more careful when you're fighting. Sometimes it is better to adopt a defensive stance to avoid being hit by the enemy, even if your offense will suffer."

(You gained 2 experience for defeating the orc!
You now have 10 experience! You leveled up! You're now level 1. You'll reach the next level upon reaching 30 experience.

Upon gaining a level you gain one extra hit automatically so you can now sustain 5 hits instead of 4 before dying!

You also gain one/some of the following boons (you have two points to choose):

+1 extra hit before dying (current is 5) (1 point)
+1 to hit (current is +1) (1 point)
+1 on armor class (current is 11) (1 point)
+1 on critical hit range (base is 20) (1 point)

Deft, 1 extra melee attack per turn (2 points)
Ambidextrous, can fight with two weapons (2 points)
One free dodge at the beginning of each combat (2 points)
Write in (some other ability that you might want, within reason, subject to approval)
)

You check the orcs corpses for loot, they only have some meat with them that you'd rather not eat.

You then continue moving towards the orcish settlement; you have a very tense couple nights where thankfully nothing actually happens. Then you finally arrive in the vicinity of the orcish settlement.

Bailey says "It is time to sneak into the orcish settlement. Which of you will go into it to retrieve the staff of the shaman? And at what time do you think it is best? The invisibility spell only lasts one hour."

> Volunteer to go
> Tell it is better if Dandala goes

> Go after the shaman at dawn
> Go after the shaman at noon
> Go after the shaman at twilight
> Go after the shaman at midnight
> Write in

bump, I'm still around waiting for votes

>Write in (some other ability that you might want, within reason, subject to approval)
)
> Lay on hands: Heal two wounds per day. 2 point.

> Volunteer to go
> Go after the shaman at noon

>>3471790
+1

>>3471790
>>3471792

Feeling imbued with a new sense of purpose in life, you feel that the heavens have blessed your for your devotion with a new power! Two times a day you can heal wounds by laying on hands upon a wounded person! If that makes you a cleric or a paladin you're not entirely sure, but you're pretty sure you're on your way to become some sort of divine warrior now!

You volunteer to go steal the shaman's staff with the orb needed for your quest. You decide to go after the shaman at noon.

Bailey casts the invisibility spell on you and you go on your way towards the orcish settlement.

Once you arrive there you find several tents scattered haphazardly around a much larger central tent guarded by two orcs carrying axes. There's not much activity on the settlement right now, seems like the orcs are asleep, they're mostly nocturnal. You wander about trying to figure out which tent is the shaman's tent.
You pass by a large tent near the largest tent with a weapons rack in front of it, then check out a medium sized tent with an opening up top for smoke to come out which has a fire burning inside it but in there there are only a bunch of orcs sleeping, no sign of the shaman. Then you see it; a small tent away from the others with a bunch of skulls stuck in spikes in front of it.
You enter the tent and you see the shaman sleeping, hugging his staff close to his breast. Damnit, couldn't he just had left it hanging somewhere like a normal person?

What will you do?
> Try to take the staff from the shaman without waking him up (roll 1d20 DC14; you'll break invisibility; if you fail he'll wake up and start a fight)
> Slit his throat and steal the staff (roll 1d20 DC 4 to hit, DC 10 to kill him; you'll break invisibility; if you hit but don't kill him he'll wake up and start a fight. If you fail to hit him he'll also wake up and start a fight.)
> Write in

>>3471842
Hey, you have a great quest, but I'm gonna dip out. I hope you find more players to continue your story. This bump should help.

>>3472214

Thanks for sticking around this long!

Now hoping someone else come along so we can continue the story.

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3471842
>> Slit his throat and steal the staff (roll 1d20 DC 4 to hit, DC 10 to kill him; you'll break invisibility; if you hit but don't kill him he'll wake up and start a fight. If you fail to hit him he'll also wake up and start a fight.)

>>3472353
Noice.

>>3472353

You slit the throat of the orc shaman who dies in a pool of his own blood before he can realize what is going on!

You grab the staff, chug the invisibility potion and head back towards the rendezvous point!

You arrive there to find two very anxious and alert women who get startled when they hear your footsteps in the foliage around.

"Uhtred, is that you?", Bailey whispers.

"Yes, it is me.", you say, still invisible.

"Did you get the staff."

"I got it! The gem is in it!"

"Great, then lets get moving, I don't wanna stay in the orcish territory longer than I have to."

(you gained 2 experience, you now have 12. You'll level up once you get 30 experience. You're currently level 1)

Once you hand the staff to Bailey she yanks out the gem from it and discards the rest of it.

You manage to slip out of the orcish territory without bumping into any more patrols.
As an added safety measure for the first week of travel we do forced marches to cover as much ground as possible and don't light campfires at night as we don't know if the orcs are tracking us.
Only once we're quite far from the orcish territory we allow ourselves the luxury of lighting a campfire at night.
"The orcs may be tracking us but we're currently going through wolves territory, if we don't light a campfire by night we'll likely be attacked in our sleep.", says Dandala.

After one more rather tense week of travel we arrive back at Greshire, the threat of retribution from the northern orcs a thing of the past.

"We got the first orb!", says Bailey exultant, as we're on the Bloody Dagger planning our next move.
"Now we're headed to the swamp of Stalia, on the southernmost part of the island of Greshire. I'm gonna get a new invisibility potion so that we can try to pull the same trick as we did with the orcs. It should be more difficult as the terrain in the swamp is not very favourable, but we must check to see if they have the gem that we need!"
"And what if they don't have it?", you ask.
"Then we'll head to the ruins of the castle Fornstein and face the undeads there, it's the only other location where the gem could be. The wizard who had the gem was killed in the swamp by the lizardmen while he was out looking for rare herbs, so we don't know whether he had the gem with him or if he had it stashed in the castle while he was traveling over there."

What will you do now?
> I'm ready, let's head to the swamp of Stalia
> I need to do some more preparations (what?)
> I think we should get more people
> I think we should skip the swamp and go to the castle instead
> Write in

> I need to do some more preparations (Practice throwing the Axe)
> I think we should get more people (A Bard, we can offer them the chance to tell stories or make songs of our deeds)

>>3472636

"I need to do some more preparations. I want to practice throwing the axe.", you say.

"Suit yourself", says Bailey," I'll take a few days to brew another invisibility potion anyway."

"I also think we should get more people.", you say.

"Do you have anyone in mind?", says Dandala.

"I've been thinking we could get a bard. We can offer them the chance to tell stories or maybe make songs of our deeds."

"Sounds great! I'll begin looking for someone.", says Dandala.

You get a solid wooden board and go to an alley behind the tavern and begin practicing throwing your axe at it. You spend a few days practicing your throws until you're reasonably satisfied with your results.

A few nights later when you meet at the tavern there's another person sitting by your table, a tall blond half elf with her haid braided wearing a practical blue dress carrying a short sword and a lute.
Dandala tells you "Uhtred, I'd like you to meet our new friend, Selena Wilstrom the bard!"
"Hello mister Uhtred, it's a pleasure to meet you!", says Selena
"She agreed to go with us in our travels to pursue the jewels of Guldar.", says Dandala.
"I had heard about such jewels before and it is quite exciting to actually be part of a group that is going after them. I'll make sure that the world gets to know about our adventures!", says Selena.
"Good, good, it's great to have a bard in the group, bardic music might just give us the edge we need to fight our enemies more effectively! Welcome aboard Selena!", says Bailey.

What will you do now?
> I'm ready, let's head to the swamp of Stalia
> I need to do some more preparations (what?)
> I think we should get more people
> I think we should skip the swamp and go to the castle instead
> Write in

>>3472781
> I'm ready, let's head to the swamp of Stalia

> I'm ready, let's head to the swamp of Stalia

>>3472781
>"Let us depart."

>>3472918
>>3472921
>>3473597

With all the preparations done and supplies for the travel acquired, you all begin your trip towards the swamp of Stalia!

You talk a bit to help pass the time as you travel.

"So Selena how did you became a bard?"
"I didn't like life in my old village, it was too monotonous, and people in there were mean to me because I'm a half elf. I'm the daughter of an elf adventurer who passed through our village decades ago. One day a bard called Lucian passed through our village and I managed to convince him to take me as his apprentice. I wandered the land with him learning bardic music for about five years until we parted ways. I've been wandering the land learning and telling tales ever since."
Dandala says "I wonder what kind of creatures we're going to encounter in the swamp."
"The swamp is known for its megafauna, so expect a lot of giant bullfrogs, giant dragonflies, giant mosquitoes, giant alligators...", says Bailey.
"Oh great, we're going to get eaten before we even reach the lizardmen village", says Dandala.
"Don't be a downer, Dandala, the swamp is a hard terrain to traverse and it is full of dangers but we're going to overcome it all. We have to.", says Bailey.

As you arrive at the swamp and begin venturing forth into it on the first day of travel you find a large wooden hut with a bunch of canoes by the side of it. Curious, you enter the hut.

"Hello? Is there someone in here?", you ask to no response.

There are some signs of recent life in the hut, namely some recent dirty plates in a corner. Inspecting the hut further you find a bundle of papers inside a drawer apparently detailing logistics of a small fishing operation. There's a small chest under a bed with a bunch of clothes and a pouch with some silver coins in it. There are two barrels full of salted fish and a bunch of empty barrels near the hut.

What will you do?
> Continue your trip through the swamp
> Steal a couple canoes you might need them to traverse the waters of the swamp
> Steal the money and continue your trip through the swamp
> Wait by the hut until its owner show up
> Write in

>>3473634
> Wait by the hut until its owner show up
No need to rush it...

>>3473738

You decide to wait by the hut until its owner show up.

You wait all day and as the sun is setting a man approaches the hut in a canoe full of fish. He eyes you curiously.

"Hello there strangers. I'm Dreifus, and these murky waters are my home. What is your business in the swamp of Stalia?"

"Hello. I'm Bailey, these are Dandala, Uhtred and Selena. We're headed into the lizardmen territory to see if they have a magic gem that we need for a ritual. Can you help us mister Dreifus?"

"To lizardmen territory you say? Well, that's a tall order lady. The lizardmen don't come out of their territory much but within it they are rather territorial you see. And the area so happens to be infested with alligators. Most of the path on the way there is flooded, we'll need to use canoes to navigate the area unless you intend to swim with the gators."

"Have you been there before?", you ask.

"In the lizardmen territory? Yes, a couple times. Once a wizard wanted some rare herbs that only grow over there so I took him there for him to grab some of it. The other time it was a wizard who wanted to document the habits of the lizardmen for scholarly purposes, he took a large gift of fish to the lizardmen and talked to their shaman using his spell, the shaman allowed him to stay and watch the tribe for three days. It seems like only wizards want anything to do with this swamp."

"You said the lizardman shaman allowed the wizard to stay and watch the tribe for three days? So the lizardmen can be reasoned with?", Bailey asks.

"Well, I wouldn't count on the average lizardmen as being as reasonable as their shaman was. We got lucky and managed to slip past their patrols right into their village, and we gave them two barrels full of fish as a gift to prove our goodwill. If we go around killing lizardmen or show up there emptyhanded they may not be as reasonable you know. There's also the fact that the wizard could talk to the lizardmen in their language using his magic."

"Well, that I can do too. This mission may turn out easier than what I was expecting.", says Bailey.

"What if they have the gem Bailey? What do you think they will want in exchange for it? Surely not just a bunch of fish.", you tell her.

"I have some diamonds, maybe they'd be willing to exchange the gem for a bunch of them.", says Bailey.

"And what if we run into a patrol of lizardmen on our way to their village? We might need to kill a bunch of them on our way in, their shaman certainly won't see it with good eyes."

"Well, I guess the mission won't be that easy after all. We'll cross those bridges when we come to them alright? Our priority is figuring out if the lizardmen have the gem or not."

"So do we hire mister Dreifus to guide us? Should we bring some fish with us to offer the lizardmen as a gift?"

>>3473796

"Well if we kill any lizardmen on our way in it will be pointless to gift them any fish after doing it. But we may get lucky and elude their patrols. I really don't know. What do you think Uthred?", says Selena.

> We'll probably need to kill lizardmen, no point in taking a gift of fish for them
> Let's bring a gift of fish for the lizardmen, hopefully we won't need to kill any of them
> Write in

And what about hiring mister Dreifus

> Let's hire mister Dreifus to take us to the lizardmen territory, he knows the path after all
> I don't trust him, let's get into the swamp on our own
> Write in

>>3473799
>Let's bring the fish, hopefully we don't have to kill any

>Hire Dreifus

>>3473877

"I think we should bring the fish, hopefully we won't have to kill any lizardmen. Let's hire mister Dreifus to guide us there, he knows the path after all.", you say.

"Well, then it's decided! Mister Dreifus, you're hired to take us to the lizardmen village. Also get us some fish so we can gift the lizardmen.", says Bailey.

"Alright, we can go out first thing tomorrow. Today I'm spent, I've been fishing all day."

You all camp for the night on Dreifus' hut and the following morning you all get ready to travel towards the lizardmen territory.

You grab a couple canoes and carry them over your head as you walk the trail through the swamp. Very large insects bother you along the way.

By the end of the day walking through the swamp you find another hut, a tad smaller but taller with a second floor.

"Who lives there mister Dreifus?", you ask.

"Ah. There... it's Magda, the hag. The peasants come to her when they need something like a potion to make an abortion, to get someone to fall in love with you, to poison someone... she's old and more than a bit crazy. It's better if we avoid her entirely."

> Enter Magda's hut
> Avoid the old hag's hut and continue on your way
> Write in

>>3473907
>Avoid
We did hire the guy as a local expert, might as well follow his advice.

>>3473969


You continue your trip through the swamp avoid the old hag's hut.

In the following days you take turns paddling the canoe and carrying them above your heads as the terrain dictates it; whenever you found a good dry spot to rest you deemed the day's trip finished even if you only had paddled for three or four hours, as you'd rather finish the day earlier than get caught up still paddling blindly at night with no dry place to rest in sight.

After about five days of this we go through a part of the swamp that is full of giant frogs, the smallest the size of pigs, who can be seen feeding on insects the size of our palms. Mister Dreifus says "Beware as these giant frogs are aggressive. The largest of these frogs are the size of cows and might try to swallow one of us whole. Brave folks like you shouldn't have too much trouble fending off some giant bullfrogs if it comes down to it, I only hope we don't meet too many of them at once. The alternative is going through the Old Cranky territory."

"What's the Old Cranky?", you ask.

"It's a giant alligator, nine, nay, ten meters large. He's very aggressive so it's usually better to stay out of his territory, even for a group like yours it might prove a challenge to kill a lizard that big."

"Doesn't sound too tough, I bet I could fry it with a fireball.", says Bailey.

"Well, if you guys think you can take it we can go through there.", says Dreifus.

"Both paths sound awful!", say Selena."Isn't there a safer path that we could go to avoid these cold blooded monsters?"

"Well, now that you say it this way... we could go around the frog territory the opposite way than the Old Cranky territory is, the only thing that comes to mind that we might find around there are a bunch of giant carnivorous dragonflies..."

"Carnivorous dragonflies? Oh crap, things keep getting better...", says Selena.

"They mostly eat giant mosquitoes, they don't swarm on us or anything, they're like a meter large or so, they might try to eat us in our sleep though so we would need to keep someone on watch with torches in hand to keep them away at night. Well in any case, the swamp is a dangerous place, it's no walk through the park, everywhere is the territory of something that wants to kill us. You guys will need to make a choice."

What will you do?
> Go right through giant frog territory
> Avoid giant frog territory and go through Old Cranky's territory
> Avoid giant frog territory and go through giant carnivorous dragonflies territory
> Write in

>>3474004
This swamp is horrible
How do the lizardfolk live here?

>Right through the giant frogs

>>3474039

"This swamp is horrible, how do the lizardfolk live here?"

"Well, it's their ancestral home, they're used to it by now.", says Dreifus.

"Let's go right through the giant frog territory, seems to be the less horrible path, and shorter too, what is a boon."

As you move through the insect infested waters the sighting of giant frogs become more and more common; until one day as you're readying yourselves to rest for the day five really big giant frogs step out of the water and into the patch of dry land you all were intending to stay the night on.

"Uh... guys... these frogs are looking funny at us..." says Selena.

"Damnit, they're too far apart, I can only fry two with a fireball.", says Bailey.

"Maybe the others will flee if you kill two.", says Dandala.

"Or maybe they'll just get angrier and try to eat us with much more enthusiasm. I don't know enough of frog psychology to tell for certain. And I only have one shot.", says Bailey.

"It doesn't look good people... these frogs are big enough to swallow one of us whole...", says Dreifus, grabbing a paddle.

> Tell Bailey to cast a fireball on two of the giant frogs
> Tell her to wait to see what the frogs will do
> Write in

And what will you do?
> Wait to see what the frogs will do
> Throw your ax at one of the frogs (roll 1d20 DC 10)
> Run towards one of the frogs and attack it with your sword (roll 1d20 DC 10)
> Run towards one of the frogs and attack it with your sword twice (roll 2d20 DC 14)
> Write in

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>3474082
>Throw your axe

Have Bailey roast them if they rush us. They'll hopefully group up to work as a pack so she can hit more.

Rolled 12, 16, 6, 8, 4 = 46 (5d20)

>>3474098

You throw your axe at the nearest giant frog, hitting it squarely.

Bailey then toss a fireball at the frogs, catching three of them in the explosion radius! The frogs however jump out of explosion blast, not suffering the full effect of it - they've been bloodied but were not killed!

"Dammnit!", screams Bailey.

The frogs then jump around and project their tongues towards us!
Each frog picks one target, starting with you, then Dandala, then Bailey, then Selena, then Dreifus.

>>3474137

You and Dandala were caught by the sticky tongues of the giant frogs and pulled towards their disgusting mouths!

Bailey kills one of the giant frogs she had wounded before with a magic missile spell!

Selena kills another of the wounded giant frogs with her short sword!

What will you do?
> Grab your ax from the head of the frog, you may need it if you get swallowed by the damn thing
> Attempt to break free from the giant frog's mouth (roll 1d20 DC16)
> Attack the giant frog with your sword (roll 1d20 DC14)
> Attack the giant frog with your sword twice (roll 1d20 DC18)
> Write in

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>3474155
>Attack the frog
Make sure not to lose our sword. Pretty sure it's better than an axe for cutting out of a stomach.

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>3474155
>> Attack the giant frog with your sword (roll 1d20 DC14)

Rolled 1, 7, 11 = 19 (3d20)

>>3474159
>>3474172

You attempt to attack the giant frog with your sword but the hit fails to connect!

The giant frogs eating you and Dandala try to swallow you two, and the remaining giant frog tries to catch Bailey with his tongue!

>>3474180

The giant frog who were trying to swallow you chokes on your sword and takes some damage!

The giant frog trying to swallow Dandala doesn't manage to do it.

The giant frog trying to catch Bailey miss by mere inches.

Bailey casts another magic missiles spell on the giant frog that is trying to eat Dandala, killing it. Dandala begins to crawl out of its disgusting mouth!

Selena attacks the giant frog who tried to catch Bailey with her short sword, wounding the creature!

Dreifus hit the same frog Selena is attacking with a paddle, further injuring the creature!

What will you do?
> Grab your ax from the head of the giant frog
> Attempt to break free from the giant frog's mouth (roll 1d20 DC16)
> Attack the giant frog with your sword (roll 1d20 DC14)
> Attack the giant frog with your sword twice (roll 1d20 DC18)
> Write in

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>3474194
>> Attack the giant frog with your sword (roll 1d20 DC14)

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3474210

You try to hit the giant frog with your sword but fail!

Dandala runs towards you and attacks the giant frog attacking you with her sword!

Selena attacks the other giant frog with her short sword!

Dreifus attacks the same giant frog as Selena with a paddle, killing it!

Bailey draws her dagger and runs towards you to attack the giant frog that is trying to swallow you but doesn't manage to cause any damage to it.

The giant frog tries to swallow you!

>>3474220
Oooph
Good thing the rest are dealt with so we can be rescued.

>>3474220
>attempt to stab its throat

>>3474220

The giant frog swallows you!

It then begins to jump away, satisfied with having earned himself a nice meal!

You're blinded and restrained trapped within the giant frog! You managed to hold on to your sword but it's too unwieldy to properly use inside of the frog as you have no room to swing it and you can't exert enough force to puncture with it effectively.

You begin taking acid damage from the digestive fluids inside the giant frog!

***

On the outside, Dandala, Selena, Bailey and Dreifus run after the giant frog who swallowed you and is now fleeing back towards the swamp.

Dandala grabs her longbow and and chances a shot at the giant frog!

She lands a hit, killing it!

With the giant frog dead you crawl out of its innards, covered in digestive fluid!

(You gained 2 experience for surviving the encounter with the giant frog! You now have 14 experience. You'll level up once you get to 30 experience. You're currently level 1.)

You all then set up camp for the night, hoping that no more giant frogs decide to come try to make you all into a meal.

On the following day you continue your journey.

After a few more days you're out of giant frog territory and approaching the lizardmen territory.

Dreifus then asks us again which route do we prefer.

"We could take the route straight towards the lizardmen village, which is shorter but more likely to get us spotted by one of their patrols; or we could take a detour through their ancient burial sites, there shouldn't be any lizardmen over there, but they might get angry at us for desecrating their holy sites if they find out we went through there."

"There's nowhere else we could go through, both options sound bad.", says Selena.

"Well, we could try going through the breeding area of the alligators, but it's very difficult to navigate through alligator infested waters. The lizardmen tend to avoid that area too so there shouldn't be any over there."

"I wanted a better option, not a worse one!", says Selena.

Which path should we pick?
> Straight towards the lizardmen village
> Go through their burial sites
> Go through alligator infested waters
> Write in

>>3474275
>Chance the alligators

>>3474286

You decide to chance the alligator infested waters.

Dreifus tells you "Beat the alligators in the head with a paddle if they get too uppity. We can't really fight all of them so we need to get past them without startling them too much."

You all paddle slowly through the alligator infested waters, it seems there are hundreds of alligators all around you at some point, if not thousands!

You have to hit the alligators in the head with the paddle quite a few times as they got their heads above the water and opened their mouths towards us, motioning trying to get into the canoe or worse even tip it over. You'd hate to be swimming in these alligator infested waters, so you kept hitting the alligators with the paddle.

Dreifus also hit a bunch of alligators in the head with the paddle. He seemed rather tranquil, with a pensive expression as he paddled yet another alligator who was getting uppity. You wonder what he was thinking about.

After a rather tense day going through the alligator territory we find a spot to land and rest.

"By tomorrow we should reach the lizardmen village.", says Dreifus.

It's your turn so you stay on watch during the night. You can't help but wonder if the magical gem is really with the lizardmen or if it was all for nothing.

The following morning Bailey goes through her routine of studying her spells then we get ready to approach the lizardmen village.

How should we approach the lizardmen village?
> Stroll right into it with gifts in hand, have Bailey use her magic to tell them we come in peace
> Have Bailey cast invisibility spell on one of you so you can get in without being seen to check if they have the gem
> Write in

>>3474344
> Stroll right into it with gifts in hand, have Bailey use her magic to tell them we come in peace

>>3474344
>Stroll on in

We come in peace, filthy unevolved primitives.

>>3474400
>We come in peace, filthy unevolved primitives.
Excluding this part, obviously.

>>3474391
>>3474400
>>3474473


You decide to stroll right into the lizardmen village with gifts on hand and hope for the best.

Your group approaches the wizard village and Bailey casts her spell to be able to communicate with the lizard people.

In short notice we are surrounded by dozens of lizardmen carrying spears. An elderly looking lizardmen carrying a staff comes out of a hut and towards us. With some expectation you gaze at the elderly lizardmen's staff but alas no gem can be seen.

Bailey exchange some unintelligible words with the lizardman shaman; the two barrels of fish we hauled through the swamp change hands.

They talk a little longer and by the look on Bailey's face you realize that the shaman doesn't have the gem.

Then something weird happens. An albino lizardman comes out from behind the ranks of lizardmen and begins talking something to Bailey and the shaman. He seems to enter into a heated argument with the shaman, then talks something in what seems to be a pleading tone with Bailey.

"What is going on Bailey?", you ask.

"Sadly the lizardmen don't have the gem we're looking for, we'll have to go look elsewhere for it. This albino lizardman you see here, Ss'rath is his name, says that the whole tribe shuns him for being an albino and that he would like to join us in our adventures, he says he's a capable hunter and a proven fighter, having slain an adult giant bullfrog on his own, and would much rather travel and learn the customs of the world outside the swamp than to live the rest of his life being mistreated be his own people in here. What do you guys think? Should we let Ss'rath join our group?"

> Let Ss'rath join our group
> He would be a burden, we're not interested
> Write in

"The shaman says that since we came in peace we're free to leave in peace. A couple lizardmen warriors will escort us to the edge of lizardmen territory.", says Bailey.

Which path will we take on our way back?
> Giant frog territory
> Old Cranky territory
> Giant dragonfly territory
> Write in

>>3474497
> Let Ss'rath join our group
> Giant dragonfly territory

>>3474497
> Let Ss'rath join our group
> Old Cranky territory

>>3474549
Actually, dragonflies don't sound too bad.

I believe they said dragonflies are only dangerous when we're asleep

>>3474563
And what's the time? Better not be night.

>>3474516
>>3474549
>>3474553


We let Ss'rath join our group! He fills a pack with dried fish, grabs a bunch of spears, says his last goodbyes to the few lizardpeople dear to his heart and come join us in our adventures! It might be a bit problematic that we can only talk to him through Bailey if she casts a spell one hour at a time; we can only hope that Ss'rath is a fast learner.

We begin by teaching him our names as we head back through the swamp.

"I'm Uhthred! Uh-tred!"

"Uh-tred! Friend!", he says pointing at you.

"You're getting the hang of it buddy, you'll learn common yet!"

We go through the dragonflies territory!

As we're boating around we see them, majestic flying creatures a meter long buzzing around feeding on giant mosquitoes.

"As long as they're just feeding on mosquitoes they're okay in my book.", says Selena.

"These mosquitoes are the size of my fist!", says Bailey, swathing one away.

"Yeah most of these things just drink plant sap. Some drink blood though so be careful. If you sleep around here a bunch of them might drink all your blood and you'll never wake up.", says Dreifus.

"Holy crap, these things are dangerous. I volunteer to be on watch.", says Selena.

On the afternoon we find a dry place to set up camp; we collect some firewood to light a campfire.

"I hope it scares them away.", says Selena.

"It might backfire, like the whole moth to a fire sort of a deal.", says Bailey.

"Oh c'mon, I don't wanna be in the dark when those damn bloodsuckers could be killing one of my friends in their sleep. We'll light a fire.", says Selena.

"Let's only hope we don't attract every dragonfly in a mile radius.", says Bailey.

We light a bonfire and prepare a whole bunch of crude torches to wave around at the dragonflies if they come flying too close. Selena and Dandala take the watch the first day.

"Everything will be okay folks, you can sleep sound, we'll keep the bugs away.", says Selena.

However, the night is chaotic at best. You're all woken up multiple times by giant mosquitoes trying to drink your blood, and giant dragonflies trying to take a bite at you. You even get a scratch on your arm from one of the dragonflies who landed on your arm and tried to bite you.

The rest of the week isn't any less hectic. You barely get any sleep from all the close calls with the giant mosquitoes and giant dragonflies, getting your blood drained a bit and your flesh bitten at. Everybody suffered alot and morale was at an all times low. The only one who seemed to be taking it all in stride was Ss'rath, likely because he was already used to life in the swamp. He even catches a few giant dragonflies and roast them in the fire.

Finally we were out of the dragonfly territory, and it still took us another week to get out of the swamp proper. Bailey paid mister Dreifus for his services and we parted ways, returning to Greshire with our new friend who was very curious about the landscapes he was seeing for the first time.

>>3474630

Bailey prepares the spell to talk to Ss'rath everyday. We talk a bit with our new friend on our way back.

"So we already know people in your tribe didn't take it too well that you're an albino Ss'rath, but what gave you the idea to become an adventurer?"

"He says he has been thinking about it since he was little, he was always curious to know what existed outside of the swamp. In the village everyone is a hunter gatherer except the shaman. He knew he hadn't it in him to be a shaman, and he didn't want to be a hunter gatherer, so he had to go outside of the boundaries of the village to become something more."

"Well in the city you gonna need to worry about stuff like money, have you thought about that? What are you going to do?"

"He doesn't seem to understand the concept of money very well. I'm trying to explain it to him. He asked me 'people do stuff in exchange for tiny bits of metal? where this thing metal comes from?' and I told him 'from mines in the mountains' and he replied 'so the people in these so called mines are the masters over everyone else?'. I guess it will take awhile to explain exactly how money works to him. I only have a few hours a day to do it, I hope it doesn't take too long."

We're back to the Bloody Dagger planning the next step of our journey.

"So the thing with the lizards fizzled out. Next place to go check is castle Fornstein, or to be more precise its ruins. It lies in the westernmost part of the island of Greshire, it had been built as a bastion against the incursions from the people from the western continent but has been abandoned ever since the peace of Darvalos has been signed a couple centuries ago. Since then it has been home to a necromancer who was defeated last century, but the place was never consecrated so it remains haunted and filled with undead that respawn after awhile once destroyed. It has a rather large library that despite being two centuries outdated is still rather comprehensive in matters both arcane and mundane, it was once the personal library of a wizard after all, the personal court wizard of the noble who inhabitted the palace, the late Duke of Fornstein."

"Why did the duke abandon the castle?", you asked

"Rumor has it that he was poisoned, and left no heir, but we don't know for sure. All that we know is that the castle was rather isolated, so over the course of the next decade following his death the servants stopped being paid and abandoned it, and it failed into disrepair.", said Bailey.

"Who was this wizard who got the gem we're looking for?"

"The court wizard of the duke of Fornstein, a man called Vorzak. It's documented that he went on an expedition to look for rare herbs in the swamp of Stalia and never came back. There are accounts of him carrying a scepter with a gem that matches the description of the gem we're looking for. Since it wasn't in the swamp it must still be in the castle somewhere."

>>3474716

"Wait, wasn't the castle looted once? By a bunch of heroes who defeated the necromancer? Who is to say they didn't took the scepter?", says Selena.

"I thought of this possibility. Their identities will be rather difficult to determine after all this time and the whereabouts of the gem even harder to pinpoint if that was the case. But I think it is worth it to investigate the castle first. They might have defeated the necromancer and left the castle without looting every single room. It's actually quite likely, since the library is still there, and the scrolls and books in there are quite valuable. They might have been moved by their quest alone and not by greed.", says Bailey.

"Well, I say we take a wagon there and fill it up with all the books from this library and bring them back to sell here on the city and share the profits. We haven't made any money ever since we started on this quest I don't think.", says Selena.

"Well, we could do that, sure. We'll need funds to pursue those adventurers legacy if the gem is not on the castle after all.", says Bailey.

"Also if we're facing undeads we should stock up on holy water. It's rather pricey but it might just save our lives.", says Selena.

"You're spot on on it being pricey, insanely pricey. I'm low on fund myself after brewing those invisibility potions, one of which we ended up not even using. I could afford a couple bottles of holy water, or I could buy us a wagon and a couple good horses. Well, maybe I could buy one bottle of holy water and a wagon and a mule.", says Bailey.

"Can't you sell that invisibility potion?", says Selena.

"Well, invisibility potions aren't exactly in high demand. I could try to sell it to an apothecary shop, but selling in a rush I'd get only a fraction of the cost of the potion.", says Bailey.

"Well, keep it then, we might find an use for it later.", says Selena.

What should we buy before we head to castle Fornstein?
> Buy a couple bottles of holy water
> Buy a couple horses and a wagon
> Buy a bottle of holy water, a wagon, and a mule
> Don't buy anything
> Write in

>>3474718

"This holy water is way too overpriced Bailey! It's like four times the usual price. These priests are ripping us off!", says Selena
"I know. But there's only one temple in Greshire that sells holy water, the temple of the sun, and they charge whatever price they want, so they're charging four times the normal price. Not very pious of them at all.", says Bailey.

> Try to convince the priests to lower the price of the holy water back to normal prices since we need it to kill undead (roll 1d20 for persuasion, DC 10)
> Have Selena try to convince the priests to give us some free holy water since we're going to kill some undead (roll 1d20 for persuasion, DC 14)
> Try to convince a cleric of the sun to come along with us to kill some undead (roll 1d20 for persuasion, DC 18)
> Write in

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3474783
>Try to convince the priests to lower the price of the holy water back to normal prices since we need it to kill undead
I feel like bringing a cleric along would trivialize the mission...

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>>3474791
>say that
>roll a 19
ffs

>>3474791
>>3474796


We manage to convince the priests to lower the price of holy water back to normal since we need it to kill undead!

So what are we going to buy before we head to castle Fornstein?
> Buy eight bottles of holy water
> Buy a couple horses, a wagon, and a single bottle of holy water
> Buy four bottle of holy water, a wagon, and a mule
> Don't buy anything
> Write in

>>3474808
> Buy four bottle of holy water, a wagon, and a mule
Best option, really.

>>3474832

We buy four bottles of holy water, a wagon and a mule. We divide the bottles one for everyone except Ss'rath. Then we begin heading towards the ruins of castle Fornstein.

The trip there is largely uneventful rigth until we reach the abandoned village near the castle, where we catch sight of a small horde of undead! About 20 skeletons, shambling around the streets of the abandoned village, some of them carrying spears, clubs, pitchforks, rusty machetes, some carrying bow and arrow, and a few of them unarmed.

> Go in a wide circle around the village and towards the castle, we have no reason to fight these skeletons
> Draw attention of a few of them, lure a smaller group away from the village for us to kill them
> Charge into the midst of the skeletons and begin slaying them all
> Write in

>>3474871
> Go in a wide circle around the village and towards the castle, we have no reason to fight these skeletons
It's not really worth the holy water.

>>3474871
>Lure away a smaller group to kill

I doubt these are the only undead we'll run into. Might as well practice on a small group and learn how to fight them. Don't use the holy water unless it's an emergency.

>>3475500
When you put it that way, then I guess it should be fine.

>>3474871
>> Go in a wide circle around the village and towards the castle, we have no reason to fight these skeletons

>>3474948
>>3475500
>>3475515
>>3475518

Looks like we have a tie between avoiding the skeletons and luring a small group of them.

I'll wait a little and if there's no tie breaker I'll roll for it.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3475594

alright, no tie breaker so I'm rolling for it

1- we avoid the skeletons
2- we lure a small group of them

>>3474948
>>3475500
>>3475515
>>3475518
>>3475852

"Let's lure a small group of skeletons to practice and learn how to fight them!", you say.

"Alright, let's do it!", says Bailey, grabbing a staff from the wagon. "I won't toss a fireball at them if that's the case. Skeletons are more vulnerable to bashing damage so a staff seems more fitting to deal with them than my dagger."
"How do you think our swords and Ss'rath spear will fare against them?", Dandala says.
"Poorly. But they should still go down with a couple hits, maybe a bit more in the case of a spear, skeletons are usually not that tough, and these skeletons don't look like they were from warriors or anything, seems like it's just the animated corpses of the angry townsfolk.", says Bailey.
"Shouldn't we all get clubs instead then?", says Selena.
"Well, that's certainly an option. There are some trees nearby you could cut off some sturdy branches and fashion some clubs for yourselves.", say Bailey.

> Fashion clubs for ourselves before attacking the skeletons
> Attack the skeletons with our usual weapons
> Write in

>>3475876
>> Fashion clubs for ourselves before attacking the skeletons

>>3475881

We decide to fashion clubs for ourselves before attacking the skeletons!

You put your ax to good use getting some sturdy branches from some old trees and soon enough we're all equipped with decent clubs to bash the skeletons with!

Then we begin to lure the skeletons away from the village!

We approach the group of skeletons to draw their attention then quickly run away; eight skeletons notice us and follow us away from the rest of them and out of the village!

What will you do?

> Hit the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC 12)
> Hit skeletons twice with your club (roll 2d20 DC 16)
> Fight the skeletons with you club focusing on trying to dodge their attacks (roll 1d20 DC 16, you get one free dodge)
> Toss your flask of holy water at a skeleton (roll 1d20 DC10)
> Write in

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3475907
> Hit the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC 12)

Rolled 19, 6, 18, 5, 2 = 50 (5d20)

>>3475919

You hit the nearest skeleton with your club, cracking it's skull and dismantling it with your powerful blow!

Dandala and Ss'rath manage to similarly dismantle a couple more skeletons with blows of their own.

The remaining five skeletons come forward and attack us all with their weapons, one each! Starting with you, then Dandala, then Bailey, then Selena, then Ss'rath.

What will you do?
> Hit the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC 12)
> Hit skeletons twice with your club (roll 2d20 DC 16)
> Fight the skeletons with you club focusing on trying to dodge their attacks (roll 1d20 DC 16, you get one free dodge)
> Toss your flask of holy water at a skeleton (roll 1d20 DC10)
> Write in

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>3475949
>Fight the skeletons with you club focusing on trying to dodge their attacks (roll 1d20 DC 16, you get one free dodge)

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>3475949
>> Fight the skeletons with you club focusing on trying to dodge their attacks (roll 1d20 DC 16, you get one free dodge)

Rolled 1, 2, 20, 14, 10, 15 = 62 (6d20)

>>3475960
>>3475998

You get on the defensive focusing on dodging the skeleton's attacks and you manage to avoid a hit in the nick of time! You bash the skeleton in the head dismantling it!

Another skeleton almost catches Bailey but she too manages to avoid its attack by focusing on dodging its hit. She doesn't manage to destroy the skeleton though.

Selena begins playing her bardic music! She plays the song of courage! Now all our attack rolls have a bonus of +2.

Ss'rath destroys another undead with his club!

The three remaining undeads attack you, Dandala and Bailey, trying to land extra hits as they do so.

What will you do?
> Hit the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC 10)
> Hit skeletons twice with your club (roll 2d20 DC 14)
> Fight the skeletons with you club focusing on trying to dodge their attacks (roll 1d20 DC 14, you get one free dodge)
> Toss your flask of holy water at a skeleton (roll 1d20 DC8)
> Write in

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>3476042
>Hit the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC 10)

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>3476042
>> Hit the nearest skeleton with your club

Rolled 13, 11 = 24 (2d20)

>>3476051

You attempt to hit the nearest skeleton with your club and succeed, reducing it to an unmoving pile of bones with a well placed blow to the spine!

Dandala fights defensively but the skeleton attacking her overwhelms her defenses and lands a hit on her with his machete! She's lightly wounded! She doesn't manage to destroy the skeleton with her club.

Bailey manages to avoid the attack from the skeleton that is trying to kill her! But she isn't able to destroy it!

Selena continues to play the song of courage!

Ss'rath destroys the skeleton that is trying to kill Bailey!

Only one skeleton remains and it attacks Dandala again!

What will you do?
> Hit the last skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC 10)
> Hit the skeleton twice with your club (roll 2d20 DC 14)
> Toss your flask of holy water at a skeleton (roll 1d20 DC8)
> Write in

Rolled 14, 2 = 16 (2d20)

>>3476092
>Hit it twice like a show off

Rolled 7, 14 = 21 (2d20)

>>3476092

>>3476109

You attempt to hit the skeleton twice, but only manage to hit it once; it doesn't matter, as once was enough to destroy it!

(You get 4 experience from the fight with the skeletons! You now have 18 experience! You'll level up when you get to 30 experience! You're currently level 1)

"That skeleton managed to scratch me!", said Dandala, her arm bleeding.

Will you heal her?
> Heal Dandala
> Don't heal her

"This experience was enlightening", says Bailey,"I was fighting on the defensive the whole time, trying to avoid being hit by those things more than actually hitting anything. If they were actually smart and had ganged up on me I wouldn't have survived."

Ss'rath points to the rest of the undead in the village; seems like he wants us to kill the rest of them.

"I didn't spend any spells today, we can continue into the castle without any long rests if you guys want to do it. Or I could fry those undeads over there with a fireball, you pick off the stragglers and we camp here for the night and go to the castle tomorrow.", says Bailey.

"Or we could kill them without using magic and still head to the castle today.", says Dandala."We killed eight with minimal losses, twelve shouldn't be that much more difficult."

What do you want to do?
> Kill the rest of the undead in the village using magic
> Kill the rest of the undead in the village without magic
> Avoid the rest of the undead in the village and head to the castle
> Write in

>>3476145
> Avoid the rest of the undead in the village and head to the castle
Suck that we're the only real melee-oriented person in the party.

>>3476145
>Heal Dandala
> Avoid the rest of the undead in the village and head to the castle

>>3476145
>Heal her and avoid them

>>3476230
If we're going paladin route that's fine because they're quite tanky

>>3476197
>>3476230
>>3476278

You heal Dandala with your power to lay on hands!

"I didn't know you were a healer, Uhtred.", says Selena.

"Up until recently I wasn't.", you say.

"It will certainly come handy!", she says.

You all avoid the rest of the undead in the village and head to the castle.

The drawbridge of the castle is lowered; the moat has a bunch of zombies stuck in the mud who can't crawl out.

In the battlements of the castle you see ten skeleton archers! They'll probably shoot at us if we try to pass through the castle gates!

"None of us have shields, going through them might prove problematic.", says Dandala.

"They're not close enough to each other for me to blast them with a fireball. I could get maybe four.", says Bailey.

Still we wouldn't be out under their fire for very long; the double doors of the main castle entrance can be seen some hundred feet away from the gatehouse. The space between the gatehouse and the castle seems to be free of enemies.

We could try to run the length of the wall and get into the staircase leading to the watchtowers on the corners of the walls of the castle to reach the battlements and fight the skeleton archers in melee. However, we'd be under their fire for much longer.

We could also try climbing the walls through the outside to get to the battlements faster, it would be difficult for the skeleton archers to shoot at us while we're climbing the walls as we would have partial cover from the wall itself, but if we fail the climb we would fall into the moat full of zombies!

What should we do?
> Rush inside the castle
> Run for the watchtowers and go up the battlements to fight the skeleton archers in melee
> Climb the walls of the castle to reach the skeleton archers
> Have Bailey throw a fireball at the skeleton archers to thin their numbers
> Write in

>>3476686
>Rush the castle

See if we can't improvise cover first though, like hacking leafy branches off trees. Or turning the wagon over and everyone carrying it.

Rolled 15, 13, 13, 13, 18, 15, 1, 5, 15, 6, 19, 12, 14, 3, 7, 4, 16, 18, 12, 15 = 234 (20d20)

>>3477508

"It's no use, whatever we do we'll get shot by those things if we try to get inside. I think our best option is to rush for the castle. But we'll need some cover. If we turn the wagon over and everyone carries it overhead we can use it as cover and the skeleton archers will have a hard time hitting us!", you say.

"Good thinking! That thing is hella heavy but we all together should be able to carry it overhead just fine.", says Selena.

You then find a tree to tie your mule to, turn the wagon upside down and begin to head to the castle carrying it over your heads.

As you approach the castle you all are targeted by a barrage of arrows from the ten skeleton archers! Seems like their aim is hella precise and without cover you all would've been minced by their attacks for sure.

Still, each skeleton gets enough time to take two good shots at us before we manage to get into the castle! The wagon provides a +5 cover bonus, what is something, but will it be enough to let us get inside the castle unscathed? It will be four shots at each of us.
The skeletons are trying to hit DC 12 for Uhtred, DC 15 for Dandala, DC 12 for Bailey, DC 14 for Selena, DC 16 for Ss'rath. (your base armor class, +5 from the wagon cover, -4 from the +4 bonus to hit from the skeletons).

Let's see how badly hurt you all got out of this...

>>3478646
Uuuuh

I don't suppose those first four rolls are us?

>>3478646
>>3478658 yep


Uhtred got shot 4 times! He's been crippled and is taking +4 DC penalties on all rolls!
Dandala got shot 2 times! She's lightly wounded!
Bailey got shot 3 times! She's lightly wounded!
Selena got hit once! She's lightly wounded!
Ss'rath got hit once! He's lightly wounded!

You have one use left of lay on hands, do you want to heal one hit out of someone?

You all close the door behind you as you get inside the castle, hearing the arrows hitting on it on the outside. You're busily yanking out arrows from yourselves and stopping the bleeding.

Then you take in the view of the castle. It must have been an impressive place back in the day, but now it is in disrepair. You're on the antechamber of the castle, the double doors to the throne room lay open before you and you can see a group of ten zombies shambling around in it. When they notice you all they begin to come towards you!

What will you do?

> Attack the nearest zombie with your sword (roll 1d20 DC13)
> Attack the zombies twice with your sword (roll 2d20 DC17)
> Throw a flask of holy water at a zombie (roll 1d20 DC 13)
> Tell Bailey to throw a fireball at the zombies
> Run and lock yourself in the cloakroom
> Write in

>>3478671
Definitely heal ourselves, jeez.

Have Bailey fireball the zombies, I assume they're grouped.

>>3478678

You heal yourself using your lay on hands power! You're now seriously wounded, taking +2 DC penalty on all rolls.

You tell Bailey to use a fireball on the zombies.

She asks you "Are you sure? They don't look too tough. I can only do it once a day."

And you say "Just do it."

"If you say so."

She toss a fireball at the zombies and kills 8 of them.

Dandala steps forward and kills one zombie with her sword.

Ss'rath kills another zombie with his spear.

The area is clear of enemies!

You inspect your surroundings.

There's the cloakroom by the antechamber of the castle full of ancient cloaks; adjacent to the throne room you can see there's a dinning room with a massive table and dozens of chairs around it. Beyond it presumably there's the castle's kitchen.
On the opposite side of the dinning room there's some sort of training hall with a whole bunch of now rusty weapons hanging on the walls, there's a corridor that seems to lead to the barracks or maybe to the dungeons, or perhaps both.
Behind the throne room there are staircases leading to the second floor of the castle, there you should find the accommodations of the nobles and the library.

Where do you want to go?
> To the kitchen
> To the barracks/dungeon
> To the second floor
> Write in

>>3478697
>To the barracks/dungeon
They would have medical supplies in a barracks, would they?

Also
>hurr charge the castle

Never make a decision again.

>>3478697
>Second floor

We're gonna want to clear out those roof archers before we leave.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>3478720
>>3478752

Well we got a tie, let's roll to break it

1 - to the barracks/dungeon
2 - to the second floor

>>3478818

"Let's head that way, I think it's some sort of barracks, they would have medical supplies in a barrracks wouldn't they?", you say.

"Well, even if they had they would be two hundred years old by now.", says Bailey.

You head down a corridor with a bunch of rooms full of bunk beds, then you find a spiral staircase going down.

You descend the stairs and find yourselves in the dungeons! You hear wailing from undeads locked in cells, you see a bunch of zombies and skeletons in chains.

In a corner of the dungeon you see a torture table and a bunch of torture implements.

By the torture table you see a grossly deformed flesh abomination, easily eight feet tall with a dozen limbs protruding from its grotesque form wielding a bunch of sharp implements. It turns towards us and comes running ready to fight!
What will you do?

> Attack the flesh abomination with your sword (roll 1d20 DC 17)
> Attack the flesh abomination with your sword twice (roll 2d20 DC 20)
> Throw your holy water at the flesh abomination (roll 1d20 DC 11)
> Ask someone to throw their holy water at the flesh abomination (who?)
> Run back towards the stairs
> Write in

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>3478838
>Throw your holy water at the flesh abomination
NOPE.jpg

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>3478838
>Throw your holy water at it and tell at least one other person to follow suit

Rolled 15, 1, 5, 6, 5, 1 = 33 (6d20)

>>3478850
>>3478852

You throw your holy water at the flesh abomination! It glows burning the creature like an acid! The creature howls in agony but keeps coming towards us!
"It's working! Quick, someone, throw more holy water at it!"

"Alright! Here it goes!", says Selena, tossing her flask of holy water at the creature.

It also gets a similar effect, melting off the creature upon touch! But the damn thing is too tough! It keeps coming!

Ss'rath tries to hit it with his spear but fails!

Dandala tries to shoot it with her longbow but misses!

Bailey casts a magic missile at it, hitting the monster and causing some more damage! But the creature continues coming at us!

It finally gets close enough to attack! It unleashes a torrent of blows upons Ss'rath! Rolling to hit DC 11.

What will you do?
> Attack the flesh abomination with your sword (roll 1d20 DC 17)
> Attack the flesh abomination with your sword twice (roll 2d20 DC 20)
> Ask someone to throw their holy water at the flesh abomination (who? Bailey, Dandala)
> Run back towards the stairs
> Write in

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>3478890
We might have to open some wounds and pour the holy water into them.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>3478890
Ss'rath is a lucky boi

With that said, lets ask Dandala to hit it with the water too because it is pretty unlikely we're landing a blow.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

> Attack the flesh abomination with your sword (roll 1d20 DC 17)
> Ask someone to throw their holy water at the flesh abomination (who? Bailey, Dandala)

>>3478898
>>3478931
>>3478965


One of the blades of the flesh abomination connects with the soft bits of Ss'rath! He's lightly wounded!

You try to attack the flesh abomination with your sword but miss!

Bailey casts another magic missile on the flesh abomination, further damaging the creature!

You tell Dandala to throw her flask of holy water at the flesh abomination and she complies! The holy water finishes melting the creature, that stops moving half dissolved in a pool of smelly goo!

(You gained 4 experience for surviving the combat with the flesh abomination! You have 22 experience now! You'll level up once you reach 30 experience! You're currently level 1)

"That was a close call! Good thing we had those flasks of holy water!", says Selena.

"Now we only have one. And I'm out of offensive spells. We should find a place for a long rest so I can regain my spells.", says Bailey.

"You mean in the middle of this castle full of undead?", says Selena.

"Where else? It's not like we can get out with those skeleton archers by the door. Maybe we can lock ourselves in one of those cells, the bars look strong enough to keep the undead out.", says Bailey.

"Sounds crazy enough to work. Uhtred could also recharge his healing ability.", says Dandala.

The dungeon keeps going deeper underground.

What should we do?
> Lock ourselves in one of the empty cells for a long rest
> Continue exploring the castle (pick next room to explore, deeper dungeon, kitchen or second floor)
> Write in

>>3479010
>Lock ourselves in one of the empty cells for a long rest
Like hell are we going any deeper.

>>3479010
> Lock ourselves in one of the empty cells for a long rest

Not sure if even a full spells Bailey coulda beaten that thing.

>>3479010
>> Lock ourselves in one of the empty cells for a long rest

>>3479057
>>3479575
>>3480456


"This time around I won't be picking any utility spells, I'll go all out on damage dealing. If we need any utility spells we can take another long rest later. We may need the firepower if we find another of those things we found in the torture room.", says Bailey.

"I don't like the idea of spending several nights in a castle full of undeads.", says Selena.

"We'll do it if we must. We may need a significant amount of magical firepower to clear out this place, and I can only do so much at a time before needing a long rest. Still I'm confident that we've made some decent progress so far securing a place where we can rest. Things should get easier from now on."

We then try to get some rest even though hearing the moans of the zombies in the nearby cells makes this task a bit difficult; Selena stays on the first watch then after a few hours Dandala joins her.

After we are in the cell for awhile something spooky happens: a drawing in blood appears on the wall of the cell, written in common "GO AWAY", then we see footprints in blood leaving the cell and going towards the entrance of the dungeon... So the rumors that this place is haunted are true! How are we even going to fight a ghost?

After about seven hours of rest five zombie dogs come from the deeper dungeon and begin gnashing at the bars of the cell!

Dandala gets her longbow and takes her time shooting at them through the bars!

When we're done resting Bailey spends another hours preparing her spells then she says.

"I'm ready. Let's go!"

You renewed your ability to lay on hands too, do you want to heal someone? You can heal up to two hits.
> Heal yourself (3 hits, seriously wounded)
> Heal Dandala (2 hits, lightly wounded)
> Heal Bailey (3 hits, lightly wounded)
> Heal Selena (1 hit, lightly wounded)
> Heal Ss'rath (2 hits, lightly wounded)
> Don't heal anyone


And where do you want to explore next?
> Explore deeper in the dungeon
> Explore the kitchen of the castle
> Explore the second floor of the castle
> Write in

>>3480471
>Heal yourself (3 hits, seriously wounded)
1 hit.
>Explore the second floor of the castle

>>3480516

You heal yourself one hit, you're now lightly wounded. You can still heal one more hit today.

You decide to go explore the second floor of the castle. The staircase makes cranky noises as you ascend towards the second floor but the old wood holds your weight surprisingly well.

On the second floor you find the stairs to the main tower, doors leading to two separate libraries one in front of the other, and two corridors with six doors each where presumably are the rooms of the nobles. Maybe one of those is the wizard's room?

Where do you want to explore next?
> The library to the left
> The library to the right
> The staircase to the tower
> The noble rooms to the left
> The noble rooms to the right
> Write in

>>3480610
>The library to the left
There could be some materials Bailey could use.

>>3480627

You enter the library to the left and begin inspecting it.

There are lots of bookcases lining the walls, and a bunch of tables with chairs around them in the middle of the room. The tables have drawers with ink, paper and feathers for writing, the ink has long dried though.

The various dusty tomes seem to address various subjects in the arts, sciences and various works of fiction. This seems to be a rather comprehensive non-magical library on a wide variety of topics, ranging from practical tomes on shipbuilding, bridgebuilding, carpentry and masonry to things like rhetorics, the art of poetry, the art of courtship, manuals of etiquette, plus novels and plays by the dozens and a small selection of rather comprehensive encyclopedias spanning dozens of volumes each. These books are old and the informations contained in them are likely to be quite outdated, but still this library might be worth a small fortune!
You could certainly fill up your wagon with books and then some.
One could spend decades reading all this stuff!
"Holy crap, look at all this stuff! I think we could sell it all for 5,000, nay 10,000 gold pieces, maybe more! We're finally going to have a payday!", says Selena.

"If we figure out how to take all this stuff out of the castle. Remember that those skeleton archers are still out there by the door.", says Dandala.

"Watch out!", you say as you catch sight of a giant zombie snake approaching us from the corner of the room!

"Where the hell that thing came from?", says Selena.

"I don't know, but we're going to have to get rid of it!", says Bailey.

Selena begins playing her bardic song of courage! We're getting a bonus of +2 on all our attack rolls!

What will you do?

> Attack the giant zombie snake with your sword (roll 1d20 DC9)
> Attack the giant zombie snake with your sword twice (roll 2d20 DC13)
> Topple a couple bookcases on top of the giant zombie snake to slow it down
> Run away towards the entrance of the library
> Ask Bailey to throw her holy water on the giant zombie snake
> Write in

>>3480761
>Topple a couple bookcases on top of the giant zombie snake to slow it down
If we can pin it then it'd be much easier to disable it.

>>3480770

You topple a couple bookcases on top of the giant zombie snake to slow it down! The snake is having a hard time getting out from under the bookcases on the one hand, but on the other hand it now has cover against our attacks.

Dandala tries to shoot at the giant zombie snake with her longbow but hit the bookcase!

Ss'rath sticks his spear on the giant zombie snake a couple times wounding the creature!

Bailey casts a magic missile spell on the giant zombie snake!

What will you do?
> Attack the giant zombie snake with your sword (roll 1d20 DC11)
> Attack the giant zombie snake with your sword twice (roll 2d20 DC15)
> Run away towards the entrance of the library
> Ask Bailey to throw her holy water on the giant zombie snake
> Write in

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>3480812
>Attack the giant zombie snake with your sword (roll 1d20 DC11)

>>3480834

You try to attack the giant zombie snake with your sword but miss it!

The giant zombie snake gets up from under the bookcases! It attempts to constrict Ss'rath but he pushes the snake away and moves out of the deadly embrace of the slithering undead creature!

Dandala miss her shot with the longbow at the giant zombie snake again!

Ss'rath manages to land a couple more hits on the snake, one being a critical!

Bailey casts a Scorching Ray spell at the giant zombie snake! She creates three rays of fire and hurl them at the giant snake! Two of them connect with the creature, slaying it!

(You gained 1 experience for surviving the fight with the giant zombie snake! You now have 23 experience! You'll level up once you reach 30 experience. You're currently level 1)

"Where are all these zombies even coming from?", says Selena.

"I have no idea. Can the magic of the castle create new corpses out of thin air?", says Dandala.

"I don't think so. The place is conspurcated so anything that dies in here becomes an undead. We would need a priest and a whole bunch of holy water to consecrate this place back to normal. I guess the corpses are from things that just happens to die to the undeads around here and get revived. Maybe the skeletons are from older corpses in the catacombs and cemetery. I wonder how many more of those creatures we'll run into.", says Bailey.

Where do you want to check next?
> The library to the right
> The staircase to the tower
> The noble rooms to the left
> The noble rooms to the right
> Get downstair and check the kitchen
> Get to the dungeons and check the deeper dungeons
> Write in

>>3480972
>The library to the right
Let's keep looking for clues.

>>3480972
> The staircase to the tower

How the fuck did a giant snake get in here to die

> The library to the right

>>3481045
>>3481099
>>3481101

You decide to go check on the library to the right.

There are lots of broken glass in the ground, a large pentagram of blood drawn in the middle of the room, a large pile of bones and skulls near it with a rusted bunch of weapons scattered around it; there's dried blood splattered on the walls, bookcases and shelves of the room.

The place has a lot of books on bookcases but upon further inspection it is more of a magical laboratory than a library. There are a few large tables and several shelves with dozens of drawers in which there are a large amount of disassembled alchemical lab equipment and glass flasks of various sizes with all sorts of weird substances, you check some of the labels: "troll blood", "giant wolfspider hair", "hagfinger", "wyvern's poison", "dried psilocybin", "celestial ichor", "adamantine", and the list goes on...

"Sweet heavens, I hadn't seem such a well stocked alchemist lab ever since I've been on the royal academy of magic! Not even master Julian had some of this stuff!", says Bailey, pocketing a bunch of the rarer things and stuffing them on her components pouch.

"His arcane library of is fairly comprehensive as well, besides all the basics on arcane theory and such there are his grimories and by the looks of it he knew a good chunk of all arcane spells, that Vorzak seems to have been on the level of an archmage or near it. And to think his powers were not enough to survive an incursion to the swamps of Stalia.", says Bailey.

"Must have been his hubris. He got too confident his spells could get him out of anything, took too much damage too fast and went down.", says Selena.

"Perhaps. Still, with the resources in this alchemical laboratory I could create all sorts of magical potions. It would be difficult moving all this stuff back to town I'm afraid, as these flasks are rather fragile, so I guess I'll have to pick and choose.", says Bailey.

Suddenly the large pentagram of blood begins to glow and out of the pile of bones near it a bunch of skeletons begins assembling! Ten skeletons total get up and grab rusty weapons then turn to attack us!

What will you do?
> Attack the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC12)
> Attack the nearest skeleton with your club twice (roll 2d20 DC 16)
> Ask Bailey to throw her holy water at the skeletons
> Ask Bailey to cast a fireball at the skeletons (it will destroy lots of expensive alchemical components!)
> Run out of the room
> Write in

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>3481238
>Attack the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC12)

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>>3481242

So, you use a Fumble Chart or do you just write in what goes wrong?

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>3481238
> Attack the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC12)

I can salvage this

Rolled 20, 9, 13, 20, 16, 8 = 86 (6d20)

>>3481242
>>3481254
>>3481264
>>3481271

You attack the nearest skeleton with your club! You hit it but it isn't enough to bring it down! These skeletons seems to be stronger than the ones you fought in the village, these are proper warrior skeletons!

Dandala grabs her club and hits one skeleton with it! It's also not enough to bring it down! Seems like it will be a tough fight!

Selena begins playing the song of courage giving us a bonus of +2 on our attack rolls!

Ss'rath hits one of the skeletons with his club! It's not enough to bring it down!

Bailey casts a Scorching Ray spell! Three rays of fire are created and she hurls them towards the skeletons! She hits two skeletons with them! She destroys one skeleton, but the other one she doesn't manage to destroy!

There's not enough room for all the skeletons to surround you what seems to be a good thing for you all! Three skeletons attack you, Dandala, and Ss'rath, one each. They're fast enough to make two attacks per turn each! Hitting DC 7 for you, DC 10 for Dandala and DC 11 for Ss'rath (they have a +4 bonus to hit!).

What will you do?
> Attack the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC10)
> Attack the nearest skeleton with your club twice (roll 2d20 DC 14)
> Focus on dodging the attack of the nearest skeleton while attacking it with your club (roll 1d20 DC14, you get one free dodge)
> Ask Bailey to throw her holy water at the skeletons
> Ask Bailey to cast a fireball at the skeletons (it will destroy lots of expensive alchemical components!)
> Run out of the room
> Write in

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>3481301
>Focus on dodging the attack of the nearest skeleton while attacking it with your club (roll 1d20 DC14, you get one free dodge)

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>3481301
ok wow these skeles are strong

Good thing other anon rolled a 20

> Focus on dodging the attack of the nearest skeleton while attacking it with your club (roll 1d20 DC14, you get one free dodge)

We might want to retreat though

Rolled 20, 13, 11, 6, 5, 15 = 70 (6d20)

>>3481307

The devastating attacks of the undeads we're facing force us on the defensive, you focus on dodging their blows and still get hit by the creature's blade! You're now seriously wounded getting a penalty of +2 to your DCs.

You destroy the undead you were fighting with with a mighty blow of your club!

Dandala also goes on the defensive but the skeleton she was facing manages to land a critical blow on her, gashing her torso open! She's now also seriously wounded!

Dandala fails to hit the skeleton she was fighting with this turn.

Ss'rath goes on the defensive and manages to avoid being hit by the skeleton he was fighting against! He hits it again, destroying it!

Bailey casts a magic missile spell, destroying another skeleton!

With four skeletons destroyed, two more step forth to take place of the two that were destroyed in the front lines, three of them left behind not finding enough space to get close enough to hit us.

The three skeletons close to us then hit us again, one hits you, one Dandala and another hits Ss'rath. Hitting DC 7 for you, DC 10 for Dandala and DC 11 for Ss'rath (they have a +4 bonus to hit!)

What will you do?
> Attack the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC12)
> Attack the nearest skeleton with your club twice (roll 2d20 DC 16)
> Focus on dodging the attack of the nearest skeleton while attacking it with your club (roll 1d20 DC16, you get one free dodge)
> Ask Bailey to throw her holy water at the skeletons
> Ask Bailey to cast a fireball at the skeletons (it will destroy lots of expensive alchemical components!)
> Run out of the room
> Write in

>>3481341
>another 20
Are you kidding me?
>Attack the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC12)

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3481403
Site ate my dice.

>>3481403
>>3481406

>Attack the nearest skeleton with your club (roll 1d20 DC12)


Are you sure? Just asking because you'll get 3 hits of damage (2 from the crit and 1 from the normal hit) and you only have 2 hits of life left, this kills the Uhtred.

>>3481410
In that case, get the fuck out.

>>3481341
Yea time to run

I now holy regret not recruiting the cleric.

>>3481403
>>3481406
>>3481412
>>3481416

You disengage from the combat and run for your life out of the room, abandoning your companions to their own luck!

Now that you took the coward's way out, what do you want to do?


> Go back there, my companions need me
> Yell for them all to fall back and run for their lives
> Head to the dungeon and lock myself in one of the prison cells, I need some long rests to heal myself
> Try my luck at getting out of the castle through the front door
> Try the kitchen, there must be an alternative exit out there
> Try the deeper dungeon, maybe there's a cave down there with an exit to the outside
> Write in

>>3481436
Wait, I thought that meant everybody runs!
>Yell for them all to fall back and run for their lives

>>3481436
> Yell for them all to fall back and run for their lives

We initiate group combat but not group retreats? That's kinda weird but ok.

We were SORELY underprepared for this dungeon.

>>3481447
>>3481451


"Fall back everybody! This is a losing fight, those skeletons are too tough! Run for your lives!", you scream, from out of the room.

"Damnit Uhtred, you could've warned us before you started running! Run everybody, RUN!", said Dandala

"Well, sorry, I never called a retreat before, I didn't know how to do it!", you say.

We all get out of the laboratory and start running, with the skeletons right after us!

Where should we run to?
> Upstairs to the tower
> To one of the corridors that should only fit two skeletons at once
> Downstairs to the throne room
> Downstairs to the kitchen
> Downstairs to the dungeon
> Write in

>>3481471
Let's head to the dungeon and have Bailey wipe them out with a fireball. After that we'll need another long rest, then we head to the roof to kill the archers and leave this place. Come back with a cleric maybe but right now we're pretty underpowered.

>>3481514

We run down the stairs with the skeletons right after us, luring them towards the dungeon where we can have Bailey cast a fireball at them without the risk of destroying valuable stuff.

As we arrive at the dungeon, the six skeletons are coming after us in a beeline. Bailey casts a fireball at them, destroying them in a flaming explosion.

(You gained 3 experience for surviving the fight with the skeleton warriors. You have now 26 experience. You'll level up when you reach 30 experience. You're currently level 1)

You then decide to have another long rest locked inside one of the cells.
You can still heal 1 hit before the long rest, who do you want to heal?
> Yourself (3 hits, seriously wounded)
> Dandala (4 hits, seriously wounded)
> Bailey (3 hits, lightly wounded)
> Selena (1 hit, lightly wounded)
> Ss'rath (2 hits, lightly wounded)

On the third hour of the long rest a group of five skeleton warriors show up at the dungeon! They're just outside of the cell, trying to get in!
By the eighth hour of our long rest eight more skeletons show up in the dungeon! A total of thirteen skeletons are mucking about in the prison chamber.

Once Bailey is done memorizing her spells she says "Damn I just finished memorizing the spell and I already need to cast it. The way they're spread out around near our cell I think I can catch eight maybe nine of these skeletons with a fireball without burning us alive if we stay close to the wall of the cell".

"I have good news though. I was memorizing the spells and realized that I can now cast fireball twice a day!"

Should she throw a fireball at the skeletons?
> Throw fireball at the skeleton warriors
> Don't use fireball on them, use other spells
> Use fireball twice if you need, I don't wanna deal with those things in melee again
> Write in

And after the long rest is complete, who will you heal? You can heal up to two hits.
> Yourself (3 hits, seriously wounded)
> Dandala (4 hits, seriously wounded)
> Bailey (3 hits, lightly wounded)
> Selena (1 hit, lightly wounded)
> Ss'rath (2 hits, lightly wounded)

>>3481662
>Heal Dandala
After:
Would Bailey have both fireballs ready after this? If so:
>Use fireball twice if you need, I don't wanna deal with those things in melee again
If not:
>Throw fireball at the skeleton warriors

After:
>Yourself (3 hits, seriously wounded)
>Dandala (4 hits, seriously wounded)

>>3481717
She has all spells before using any on the skeletons, but will of course spend any spell slots she uses killing the skeletons. To regain the fireballs spent on the skeletons she would need a third long rest, and who is to tell what could wander into this dungeon in the mean time...

>>3481741
Then expend 1 fireball. And where the hell are the barracks? Old shields are better than no shields.

>>3481755
The room that is closest to a barracks is some sort of training hall with lots of weapons lining the walls before the corridor with the bunk bed rooms. It has some old shields in it too.

Calling it a night though, I'll continue tomorrow.

>>3481662
I have awoken
Backing
>>3481717
Except for the double fireball. Only one. She can magic missle a few after while Ssrath frontlines with his high AC.

>>3481717
>>3481755
>>3482664

You heal Dandala and then after the long rest you heal yourself and then heal Dandala again! You're both now lightly wounded.

Bailey casts a fireball at the skeleton warriors, destroying nine of them! Four of them are still at the cell doors trying to get at us!

Should we engage them in melee?
> Yes, have everybody get out of the cell and engage them in melee
> No, have Bailey keep throwing spells at them until they're destroyed
> Write in

What will you do?
> Grab your club and hit the nearest skeleton warrior (roll 1d20 DC 12)
> Grab your club and hit the nearest skeleton warrior twice (roll 2d20 DC16)
> Ask Bailey to throw her holy water at one of the skeleton warriors
> Ask Bailey to cast a spell on the skeleton warriors (fireball, other)
> Call for a retreat (run where?)
> Write in

>>3482792
>> Yes, have everybody get out of the cell and engage them in melee
> Grab your club and hit the nearest skeleton warrior (roll 1d20 DC 12)

>>3482795

I think you forgot to roll the dice

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>3482792
>Have Bailey magic missle one more then engage

Rolled 18, 4, 14, 18, 7, 7 = 68 (6d20)

>>3482795
>>3482811

Bailey uses magic missile in one more of the skeleton warriors, slaying it!

You, Dandala and Ss'rath go out the cell and engage the remaining three skeletons in melee!

You miss your hit on the skeleton!
Dandala hits one of the skeletons with her club! It's not enough to destroy it!
Ss'rath hits one of the skeletons with his club! It's not enough to destroy it!

Selena begins playing the song of courage! All our attack rolls are improved by +2!

The skeletons then begin attacking us back! One hits you, one hits Dandala and one hits Ss'rath. Rolling to hit DC 7 for you, DC 10 for Dandala and DC 11 for Ss'rath. The skeletons make 2 attacks per turn each, with a +4 bonus.

What will you do?
> Hit the nearest skeleton warrior with your club (roll 1d20 DC 10)
> Hit the nearest skeleton warrior with your club twice (roll 2d20 DC14)
> Focus on dodging the attacks from the skeleton while fighting it with your club (roll 1d20 DC14, you get one free dodge)
> Ask Bailey to throw her holy water at one of the skeleton warriors
> Ask Bailey to cast a spell on the skeleton warriors (fireball, other)
> Call for a retreat (run where?)
> Write in

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3482815
>Fight defensive

>>3482826

You manage to land a hit on the skeleton warrior you're facing while fighting defensively!

Dandala fails to hit the skeleton warrior she's fighting against and is hit by it despite trying to avoid its hits! She's now seriously wounded!

Ss'rath lands a couple hits on the skeletons he was facing and in the one Dandala was facing, destroying them both!

Bailey casts another magic missile spell, destroying the last skeleton that you were facing!

The area is now free of enemies!

(You gained 2 experience for surviving the combat with the skeletons! You now have 28 experience! You'll level up once you get 30 experience. You're currently level 1)

"Well, now that we're done with these skeletons where should we go next?", says Selena.

> Explore the deeper dungeon
> Explore the kitchen
> Explore the rooms to the left on the second floor
> Explore the rooms to the right on the second floor
> Explore the tower
> Write in

>>3482838
>> Write in
Get the hell out of this place first and come back when we're better prepared.

>>3482889

"It's no use, we're not prepared to handle this place, another encounter with skeleton warriors and we'll be as good as dead. I think we should get the hell out of this place and come back when we're better prepared.", you say.

"Well, and how do you intend for us to do it? The skeleton archers are still on the walls out there, they'll shoot us if we try to leave the castle.", says Dandala.

"I might be able to get four of them with a fireball, but there will still be six skeleton archers shooting at us.", says Bailey.

"Six is better than ten. Might be worth a shot if we're really leaving.", says Selena.

Will you chance the front door? Grabbing the wagon and running out of the castle using it as cover still allows the skeleton archers time to shoot you all a couple times.

You might want to have Bailey cast a fireball at them to reduce their numbers so you don't get shot by as many skeleton archers on your way out.

What will you do?
> Rush out of the castle using the wagon as cover
> Have Bailey cast a fireball on the skeleton archers first, then rush out of the castle using the wagon as cover
> Write in

>>3482916
>> Have Bailey cast a fireball on the skeleton archers first, then rush out of the castle using the wagon as cover

Rolled 20, 7, 1, 16, 18, 14, 14, 14, 14, 17, 2, 2 = 139 (12d20)

>>3482929

"Bailey, fry those skeleton archers on the wall. I like our chances better with six than with ten.", you say.

"Gotcha."

You all then open the double doors of the castle. The skeletons slowly turn towards you.

Bailey toss a fireball at them, destroying four skeleton archers in a fiery explosion!

Then we grab the wagon and begin running using it as cover out of the castle!

Rolling to see how much damage we take on the way out, everybody takes 2 shots, except Selena and Ss'rath who take 3 shots each. DCs are 12 for Uthred, 15 for Dandala, 12 for Bailey, 14 for Selena and 16 for Ss'rath.

>>3482945

Uhtred takes a critical hit! He's now crippled, taking +4 to his DCs.
Dandala takes one hit! She's now seriously wounded!
Bailey takes two hits! She's now seriously wounded!
Selena takes three hits! She's now seriously wounded!
Ss'rath takes one hit! He's now seriously wounded!

We're now out of castle Fornstein!

We begin getting all the arrows out of us and stopping the bleeding.

"Guess we head back to Greshire now. A shame we couldn't ascertain whether the gem was here or not this time around.", says Bailey.

"Do you guys plan on coming back to this place?", says Selena

"Well, we gotta make sure whether the gem is here or not. We didn't explore the whole castle. Besides there are alot of good loot to be had in here. We just need to come better prepared.", you say.

"I managed to get a few thousand gold worth of magical components out of that alchemical lab. Might take a few months before I find buyers for these though, as demand for such a thing is rather low and there aren't that many wizards here in Greshire. In any case we can use the profits to acquire better equipment in order to handle those enemies better.", says Bailey.

"Well in the mean time we could go do something else, we don't need to be all focused on the jewels of Guldar all the time. We could do some other stuff for profit to help fund the main goal you know.", says Selena.

"Well, the next step in the plan was to go loot a dragon's hoard for the gem that is most certainly there. I've been hoping to avoid direct confrontation with the dragon, but that might be unavoidable. I also need to research further on whether there are any accounts on the heroes that defeated the necromancer who took over castle Fornstein last century, maybe the gem really was with them and we wouldn't need to return to castle Fornstein after all."

We find our mule, get our wagon back in position, then begin heading back to Greshire. Every day you heal the people a little bit. On the fifth day of travel on our way back to Greshire we are harassed by a pack of wolves during the night!

There are eight of them!

"I'll just throw a fireball at them", says Bailey.

She casts a fireball and kills four wolves! The remaining wolves flee!

On the eighth day a group of six orcs tries to rob us!

Bailey just throws a fireball at them. They had some silver on them, maybe stolen from other travellers.

On the thirteenth day of our travel we find another group of adventurers! A wizard, a cleric and two human warriors. They tell us they're heading to an orcish village to recover a sacred relic that was stolen when it was on its way from a shrine in a small village to the temple of the sun. We wish them good luck and continue on our travel.

>>3483041

Finally we arrive at Greshire. We meet at the Bloody Dagger.

"As I've said I have a lot of stuff to research and things to sell. If you guys want to do some sidequests in the meantime feel free to go without me. I'll probably need to keep Ss'rath around too since I'm the only one who can talk to him, I'll try to keep teaching him common in the following months. Unless of course you all want to go to the dragon's lair right now.", says Bailey.

"I guess it's the three of us then. Should I ask around for something profitable for us to do?", says Selena

"If you don't want to go questing together we could part ways for now. Bailey can summon us with Sending spells once she's done selling stuff and researching about the adventurers.", says Dandala.


> Let's all go to the dragon's lair
> Go your own way for awhile
> Have Selena look for some quest you, her and Dandala could do together
> Look for more people to join our group
> Write in

>>3483046
>Have Selena look for some quest you, her and Dandala could do together
Anything to get more combat experience.