[Adventure] He Chained Their Minds (DM: CrimsonFlameWielder; Judge Needed )

[rb780nm]

With some difficulty, the Insectoid creature climbs atop his mount.

[sblock=Quick Stats]Sound of Stone, Thri-kreen Monk 6 Speaks in Lime Italics HP49/49 Temp HP- , Initiative +8 AC 23 Fort 16, Reflex 19, Will 16 AP 1, Surges 8/8 Centered Flurry of Blows, Crane's Wings, Five Storms, Thri-kreen Claws, Open the Gates of Battle, Twin Thunders, Steel Avalanche,Supreme Flurry, Water GIves Way, Special:Blood Thread Armor: addn'l +1 AC and +2 saves when bloodied; Boots: +1 AC, Reflex when shifting
Wiki page: PC:SoundofStone (rb780nm) - L4W Wiki
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[CrimsonFlameWielder]

Now that the whole group has saddled up, Evan leads the group out of the city's northern gate and heads into the central Daunton landscape. You start at a rather brisk pace, Evan pushing the horses to move quickly, wanting to get back home as quickly as possible. After an hour of travel, however, it is obvious that this break-neck pace would not be able to hold out. The ground became too broken up and uneven to allow for that, and Evan slowed the horses to a medium pace.

You follow the river north that leads from Daunton (the city) to the islands interior until it takes a sharp bend to the west. From there, you break off north-east into a forested area. The high grasses of the plains give way to the thick lush growth of trees. When you find yourself deep enough into this forest that the light has darkened and you no longer see the way you entered, you begin to feel a sort of hum in the air.

[sblock=Perception 21]
As you continue along the path Evan is leading you through, you begin to notice a subtle change in the forest growth. It becomes more lush and full, and sometimes a random leaf or piece of bark will seem to shimmer or sparkle for just a moment before it's normal luster returns.

[sblock=Arcana/Nature DC 17]
The hum, combined with the odd sparkle in natural flora is a good indication that you are heading into an area whose link to Arcadia is strong. [/sblock][/sblock]

 

[VanderLegion]

[sblock="Perception 19"]Roll[/sblock]

 

[pathfinderq1]

Joy seemed more preoccupied with handling her steed (a task she was obviously NOT accustomed to) than with paying any attention to the details of the forest around them...

[sblock= OOC]
Perception 1d20+9= 14, roll Roll Lookup

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[Phoenix8008]

Kama'zer was not comfortable riding the horse and her normal level of awareness was reduced to the degree which she had to devote towards the animal. The hum building around them finally drew her attention, but perhaps to late to matter...

 

[rb780nm]

"We are heading into region of strong natural energies - perhaps it is closely linked to the region called Arcadia in your tongue?" Sound of Stone tells the others, indicating the strangely lush, glittering vegetation.

OOC: Perception +11, Nature +9

 

[CrimsonFlameWielder]

OOC: [MENTION=91452]rb780nm[/MENTION]: Unless otherwise noted, please always roll skills unless I include "(passive)" in the sblock title. I'll take them this time, since I didn't indicate one way or another, but just for future reference, please always roll unless told otherwise. Thanks!

 

[jbear]

Kane nods and grins, making no comment, but obviously excited by the prospect of heading towards Arcadia.

 

[VanderLegion]

"We are heading into region of strong natural energies - perhaps it is closely linked to the region called Arcadia in your tongue?" Sound of Stone tells the others, indicating the strangely lush, glittering vegetation.

OOC: Perception +11, Nature +9

Vander's ears perk up at the words. "Arcadia?" the pixie says in a strange voice. "Perhaps..."

 

[CrimsonFlameWielder]

The sharp-eyed and arcane-studied of the group pick up on the subtle clues as to their current location's proximity to a ley-line. Ley-lines are thought to be rare convergences where the material realm, and the fey realm of Arcadia overlap, touch, and provide access to both places at once, and sometimes (though more rarely) act as a direct portal from one realm to the other. In this case, those knowledgeable folks in your group can tell that you are experiencing a gentle overlap, like a mist of the Arcadian realm settling on the material realm like a light fog.

This causes the path to seemingly shift and split into multiple paths for moments at a time, causing you to stop and reorient yourself as the landscape constantly changes around you.

Evan purses his lips and shakes his head. "It wasn't like this on my trip to Daunton. We should be much further along in this forest..." he says, noting the position of the sun by the few streams of light that flit through the canopy of trees.

"At this rate, it will take us twice as long to get to my village! It also seems like it will be getting dark in the next couple of hours. Why don't we set up camp here, and I'll start building a fire for us."

A few minutes later, Evan had a circle of rocks containing a small fire, and the horses were tethered to a couple of trees with sweet bluish purple flowers blooming on them. When the sun had finally set for the day, the forest became extremely dark, save for the small area in the copse you were resting in that was lit by your fire.