Lanharath turns his attention back to the road, trying to find a path to the next town. The salty breeze coming from the Barren Sea keeps Lanharath cool, and seems to make him forget the previous tensions in the party, allowing him to concentrate on his task at hand. The avenger manages to avoid the worst of strain on his body with the rough ride, and his keen eyes pick up some telltales signs of footprints leading from a small farm just on the edge of the horizon.
River stop in at the farms to make sure they are still on the good road, despite the man's initial misgivings about the appearance of the shifter, River manages to convince him to put down the sickle and talk. He confirms that they appear to be on the right track and sends him on his way with a fresh loaf of bread that his wife made and some milk. The trip seems tiresome to the Shifter.
"It's been a time I didn't ride that much. It's seems I have been working too much in the cities since the Last War." tells River.
"I know what you mean. I'm a city girl at heart. Everything out here looks the same. And, I think I'm going to have blisters on my blisters. I won't say where." Sheeva chuckles.
Pok feels his head bouncing off the horses neck, and knows he's going to be sore later... Glancing around he is too delirious to even identify where he is, all he can consider is hiding. He should be hiding...
Valahad, slightly behind Lanharath was tired from their pace. His heavy armor fatigued him, but his will was strong. He recognized many signs on their travel: The funny looking grass that the horses weren't supposed to eat. The strange-smelling water that they were not supposed to put in their waterskins. He kept them on course and free from the dangers of the wild.
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Yeah, Pok's a bad@$$, remind me never to mess with him. I had just watched Kill Bill the night before so it was fresh in my mind...
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The group manages to find their way to the town of Ringbriar, although the sun is beginning to set. The intermittent trails you follow eventually join a faint track. Ahead, scrubland gives way to fields dotted with farmhouses. However, even before you reach the village, you feel the eyes on you. Through shuttered windows, the villagers watch your approach with dark suspicion.
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Skill Challenge: Locate the Black March
12 successes before 6 failures: 3 successes, 1 failure
Current Options:
Perception (can be used once), Streetwise, Diplomacy (Can be used once, a success on diplomacy yields a +2 on next perception/streetwise for group). Also, you can make a Heal check on those who failed their endurance checks as part of the challenge. A success will remove their penalty for the next day, but generates no successes.
Day 1 Results:
Lan - Endurance pass; Perception pass
River - Endurance Fail; Diplomacy pass
Sheeva - Endurance Fail; Aid Another Fail
Pok - Endurance Fail; Aid Another Fail
Valahad - Endurance Fail; Nature Success
Result of the failures for Endurance is that the next ones will have a higher DC for those that failed.
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