Anton stops his yawning and flexes his knee a bit. He moves toward the others, "Listen, we've known each other for what, a couple days? It's pretty clear we've each been blessed with abilities that the others don't know about, and it might take a little while for us to understand each other and what we can and cannot do. Berrek, if you feel like this is something you need to do and are equipped to handle yourself if this becomes dangerous, I trust you. You know yourself."
"Thank you Anton. Don't worry, Lidia, I'll be fine."
Berrek uses his wide bladed dagger to rollback part of the turf without breaking it, slides his blanket under it and essentialy dissapears, leaving only small opening from which he can observe the door and the spot where tracks disapeared. He feels comfortable enough to sleep, counting on his twig trap to sound the alarm. He remains awake for at least three hours, like he's holding the watch back at the camp.
"Listen for the thunderstone, I'll sound it in case there is trouble coming." OOC: ideally, Berrek would sleep for two hours, then be awake two then sleep again, but I don't know what kind of abilities that would require. I heard about soldiers being able to fall asleep whenever and wherever and awake at designated time and I myself awake every morning few minutes before alarm sounds, but it's long habit and not something I can do at any time in day...
The rest of you make it back to camp and lay down for rest without incident.... Menhir watches over the rest needing to sleep as Berrek stays behind and tries his best to stick to his sleep, watch, sleep plan... and does so well till just before morning and falls asleep for good from exhaustion for about 3 hours and wakes once more slightly after dawn when the light from the suns shine into his hole he watches the door through.... The rest of you save for Menhir get a good uninterrupted nights sleep..... Lidas bird companion seems to have left her a rather small rabbit at the foot of her sleeping bad as a promise for a warm meal for the part.. however it is a small kill... it will be a light breakfast for all.... the bird himself found a small field rat to snack on......
Berrek you don't seem to find anything or anyone entering or leaving the area of the mound and while awake you so nothing disturb the door at all to the mound.... once waking you note the charred undead bodies lie where they were last night untouched and unmoved..... unfortunately your hidden position seems to be a wasted effort.... I'm also going to give you a -1 to Inits for the sore neck you have today for sleeping in a very uncomfortable place and not one designed for normal rest... laying under an unearthed piece of ground in the same position as not to give your coordinates away CAN'T be a comfortable endeavor heh
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OOC: No problem. And I asked Menhir to do it exactly so it isn't unconfortable. I'm still at +9 for init
IC:
Berrek listens carefuly to ascertain he is alone and then pulls himself forward and into a roll so that he exits lengthwise. He carefuly pulls his blanket behind him again avoiding as much as possible disturbing of the grass.
He jogs back toward the camp slowing down once he is within stonethrow of the grove he sneaks in observing around the camp for ambush. Satisfied that everything is in order he does his best to avoid being noticed until he is in the camp.
If successful he lies near outer border of the camp and rises from under his blanket making like he slept here all night and stretches.
"Good morning everyone"
OOC: if noticed earlier, he simply strolls in the camp. Little bit harmless playing of sneak. (I'm not sure what would name of the game be in english, it's similar to hide and seek except its group vs group and one group 'defends' the location while others try to infiltrate it.)
As usual Lidia wakes half an hour before sun-rise and starts her devotion. Once she has finished, she sees the bird that Shadow has left and silently thanks him. Lidia then proceed to build up the fire and cooks breakfast, although there won't me much more than a morsel of meat for everyone.
Once Shadow has finish his own breakfast, Lidia will send him to see if there is anyone in the area.
If Lidia or Shadow notice Berrak sneaking up on the camp, she will pretend to be busy cooking until he starts to get in his blanket, when she will say "Good morning Barrak. Everything go OK?"
mechanics
Lidia's devotions take about an hour, so I don't know if Berrak will be back before she has finished. If not then Spot = +10. Shadow's spot is +13
Prepared Spells
Druid Spells Level 0 (4/day)
- Cure Minor Wounds
- Cure Minor Wounds
- Flare
- Flare
OOC: probably not since he fell asleep before morning and was awakened by the sun. I meant to leave it as is, but as you consistently call him Barrak I'll make it IC...
"You are early riser, druidess. I know we had little time to properly introduce ourselves so I don't mind, but be aware: my name is B-E-rrek not B-A-rrak. Berrek Sandblade. And yes, everything is fine, nothing happened, nobody showed. But ofcourse, somebody could sneak past, I slept lightly on few occasions."
OOC: Berrek's Hide and Move Silently are at +9 + cirucmstance if any
OOC: unleashed, I don't think we're thinking on camping on the mound. The idea is to camp in sheltered spot, simply somewhat closer to the mound then original camp is.
Well, as Rathan has said since your post and as I surmised there is nowhere good to camp, except the location we already found and inside the tomb. Also, I wasn't saying that anyone intended to stay on the mound itself, but on the barren hillside nearby, perhaps a poor choice of words, but I took the area to be somewhat hilly from the description we received earlier when we found the campsite (i.e. a goat path indicates to me the area is somewhat hard to traverse, thus my thought there might be a hillside or two hereabout).
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Eltyr is awake and studying his spellbook when Berrek greets the camp, giving the man little more than a brief nod as he continues to study the tome before him.
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Again the heros have two choices at least.... continue from here on the road that leads to the keep that must be investigated... or go back down the hilly goat path back to the tomb mound and investigate inside this time....
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Lidia is very embarrassed at getting Berrek's name wrong and actually blushes. "I am very sorry for getting you name wrong Berrek. I hope you can forgive me. Please except my most sincere apologies."
OOC: Menhir's reaction is largely the same whether he spots Berrek sneaking into camp or not; the elemental doesn't make any mention of it since the rogue is recognized as an ally of the group. If it spots Berrek it'll just try to puzzle out the purpose of his odd behavior.
Once he’s finished studying his spellbook, Eltyr hunts up some food and while eating says, “So, did people want to head into the tomb today, or shall we push on towards our intended destination? Personally, I’d like a look inside, even if only to see why someone else wanted in so badly ... although I must admit the fact the tomb is warded intrigues me too.”
Once everyone has eaten their ration of meat, Lidia approaches Menhir about burying the bodies. "Menhir, last night you implied that you could take care of the bodies. Would you please do it now?"
Once the bodies are safely disposed of, Lidia assumes a worried expression. "As to what do we do next. I think we should carry on with the mission but there again I was wrong last time, so I'll leave it to you brainy types to decide. Eltyr. Is it just curiosity that makes you want to look in the tomb or do you think it will help our mission?
Anton rises in the morning and promptly goes over his daily prayers to Pelor, his devotion silent and still. The conversation of others don't really seem to phase him, but after time he rises and cleans up his area, getting his armor restrapped and eating the breakfast presented for him.
"Given the circumstances of where we are and what's happened to this land, this meal is a feast," he smiles politely at Lidia in thanks.
Moving toward the graves, Anton intones a silent prayer over the buried. He rises and faces the others, "I must admit that I am curious as well, and if we only spend a few minutes down there then that shouldn't set us too far back from our goal."
The Day's Spells
Orisons: Detect Magic, Light, Purify Food and Drink, Create Water
1st: Bless, Sanctuary, Cause Fear
2nd: Cure Moderate Wounds, Sound Burst
Once everyone has eaten their ration of meat, Lidia approaches Menhir about burying the bodies. "Menhir, last night you implied that you could take care of the bodies. Would you please do it now?"
The earth elemental pauses for a brief moment before nodding affirmatively to the druidess. Turning, Menhir leaves its companions' encampment behind as it slides waist deep in the ground out alone towards the distant burial mound.
Once in the vicinity of the tomb the earth elemental wastes no time in interring the handful of charred and broken organic carcasses. One by one Menhir takes a hold of each body and, using its ability to glide through the earth, effortlessly draws each down below the surface. When done, there are few clues to indicate where the bodies now rest.
Menhir buries the bodies in short order and then you are once again all again left to the light breeze of the early morning before the blackened mound....
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“No, it’s not just curiosity that drives me here, Lidia,” Eltyr replies, before laying out his reasoning in a methodical manner. “The fact someone tried to enter the tomb right after the starfall devastated the area indicates to me they have a compelling reason to try and gain entry now, and it’s not just simple coincidence. Whether that is one of simple greed or a grab for power of some sort we simply don’t know, and that’s the reason I believe we need to investigate. Because, if it is a grab for power, which is the most likely reason to my mind, due to the wards around the mound, it could well be something we’ll be forced to face sooner or later, and I’d like to avoid as many unexpected complications as we can ... plus I’d prefer to keep powerful artifacts out of unknown hands.”
Its labor finished, the earth elemental returns across the windswept plain to its companions' campsite; offering only a nod to the druidess when it slides into camp to indicate that it has fulfilled her request.
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