(Homebrew D&D) Breaking New Ground

[Manzanita]

Ulysses

"My understanding of what Aunt Anoria said, was that these amulets will communicate once/week w/her, & that they can send us back once per month. It's the amulets that are key, not our current location. I don't think there's any real reason we have to stay close to our starting location. If we do need to return, Zyrial can track our path back here. I suggest we pick a direction & start moving. Perhaps uphill, if there is any slope. We have many hours before sunset. Perhaps Felkhorn has found something. Let's try to find her." Says Ulysses. He takes Margo & lets her hang off a little rod that sticks out of his quiver that hangs over his back.

 

[electric-ant]

Ellar follows the group in the direction that Felkhourn left.

"If I may offer a suggestion, it would be wise if we paused to let Margo or Arrow scout every forty-five minutes or so. We should travel a distance between stops that would place us in an entirely new area, as far as a familiar's radius is concerned, assuming we travel about two to three miles per hour," he says.

"Also, we need to ensure our goals are well-defined. Right now, we are looking for Felkhourn, water, including a spot suitable for a small group from the court to set up, possible danger of any sort in this world, and native civilization in that order. Is there anything I have omitted?"

In addition, Ellar will keep a careful watch for things usually taken for granted on his home world. Specifically, the movements of the sun, bird or animal calls, strange vegetation or odd arrangements of trees, small creatures running underfoot, and insect life, including underground as well as in the trees.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

"I was hoping to map the terrain from the point of origin to the base camp whever that will be. Felkhourn should not have run off like this. She is bound to disrupt any advantages we might have from our arival if there is any threats to us here." Zyrial whistles for Arrow. "We have no choice now. We must follow Felkhourn." Zyrial mutters to himself about impulsive idiots and how this will get them all killed by a dragon.

 

[Keia]

"Ellar makes some good points on the value of initial scouting. Have either of the creatures seen any other birds or other flying creatures? At home a forest such as this would be teeming with animal life, yet do we see any such indications?" Zykovian postured.

Zykovian will take point with Zyrial in the search for Felkhourn, and keep a sharp eye out for animals or creatures of any kind (even trees with eyes).

 

[Arknath]

Since Felkhourn left, your senses seem to have become more acute. You feel the gentle breeze on your skin and through your hair. You smell the sweet scent of budding trees and grasses that give off a pungent smell. Glancing around small woodland creatures peer at you from tiny holes or high branches. Squirrels, hawks, weasels, sparrows, and even an owl or two can be seen. There are a few creatures here that you have no name for, but they look harmless to the naked eye. The forest is exceptionally quiet, as if a hush had come over the animals in curiosity of the newcomers to their home.

Shortly thereafter, Zyrial spots a deep imprint in the forest floor.

 

[Manzanita]

Ulysses

"Good, cousin Ellar. I believe you've summarized well, & your reasoning sound. There must be water somewhere near, with all this lush vegitation & animal life....Oh, what a foot print."

Can we determine what sort of creature might have left it?

 

[Arknath]

The print is slightly larger than a print that you or your kindred might make. It is clear the creature was not wearing shoes of some sort and the print has 4 toes with looks like a pad in the middle of the print. Upon closer inspection there is a sign of another smaller print next to it. This creature is wearing some sort of footwear and it seems to have been very recent.

Zyrial notices that the smaller footprint looks like many footprints he's seen in his lifetime, which could only mean that it belongs to his cousin Felkhourn. The other looks like it could be some large cat but the existence of only one print is baffling.

 

[Manzanita]

Ulysses

"Can you track down Felkhourn, Zyrial?"

 

[Chauzu]

Felkhourn continues to scout out the parameter, stopping along the way to look at the vegetation and creatures.

 

[electric-ant]

"How odd. A single foot print? And with footwear? Unless it's very far outside our range of knowledge, that seems to me to indicate intelligence, but this is highly confusing."

Ellar peers around the area carefully, looking for any footprint at all, within about 25' or so of the first. [Untrained Wilderness Lore if need be.]

"I can only think of a few possible explanations: either the creature was attempting to erase its tracks for some reason, or it has a very strange anatomy, and leaps about on one foot."

He pauses.

"On the other hand, I can easily imagine a flying creature that stopped and landed to grab a worm or other morsel, then took off without walking along the ground," Ellar says. "That, or a creature who erased its tracks, seems the most likely."