Deuce Traveler
Adventurer
OOC: let's discuss what the party wants to do in the ooc thread. I'll look for a consensus and move the adventure along by Sunday evening. Right now I have one vote for checking out the altars and abandoned towns.
[LPF] The Lady of Lake Laguna
Deuce Traveler
Adventurer
After enjoying the meal, the party received directions once more before heading out to Cotown. Pan and Chip were kind enough to walk the heroes up to the Shrine in order to say goodbyes. Pan smiled weakly, and it was clear that the older boy was troubled by the recent events. On the other hand, Chip bubbled with excitement to see adventurers questing on his behalf and went so far to give each of the men a hug before they set off.
Kanli
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As you passed the Shrine, you sensed a new entity reaching out and contacting you in your mind. You realized that it was not a spirit, but odder still, a lack of a spirit, as if reality was torn and a void came alive. You stopped to whisper quietly to the man who wasn't there before you passed him by. Although he wasn't there, he reminded you of the time that never happened when you walked a million hills together and righted a million wrongs before he ceased to be. The two of you chuckled softly at the lost memories and you asked him if he remembered the quest you were embarking upon. He answered yes, and that the quest ended in much sorrow and touched him greatly, as it did you, and that in the end you might not be able to save the woman. At this point you realized it was not right to talk to a man who wasn't there, for reality would react sharply to his intrusion and your ignorant allies might feel you were touched in the head. You passed and parted with your new friend that you had known a different reality ago. He gazed a gazeless stare at your departure, saying he understood why you must leave, but that even though he wasn't now with you he was and would always be your friend and brother.
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The going started off simple enough, though within the first hour of the trek the terrain became hilly, followed by rocky, which slowed your group considerably. The sun was close to setting by the time the terrain opened back up to grassy fields and the party reached the abandoned settlement called Cotown. There were perhaps six dozen buildings to the settlement, most of which were partially collapsed from warped and waterlogged roofs. A stained fountain stood in the center of the town, though it was featureless and full of lichen covered rain water.
Upon further investigation, Elros was able to find two entrances to abandoned mines, though both were fully boarded up with rotting boards that were dirt-covered from time and the elements. Yo found a large pasture where cows were likely penned in order to feed the settlement, however it was now overgrown and empty of animals larger than the occassional rabbit.
It was Mortar who found the more recent sign of activity. Something heavy had been dragged through the town and had disturbed the otherwise untouched earth. The heavy object was drug from the southern rocky hills, passed by the town center, and then was drug east onto a large hill covered with difficult undergrowth. The hilltop was a quarter mile east of the fountain where the party stood and took notice of Mortar's observations. From the smell of nearby water, it was also likely that the hilltop overlooked the lagoon. Mortar also noticed some large animal tracks in the dirt near the signs of the drugged object.
OOC: Mortar, make a DC 15 Survival check using the dice roller here on ENWorld in order to identify the animal tracks.
Kanli
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As you passed the Shrine, you sensed a new entity reaching out and contacting you in your mind. You realized that it was not a spirit, but odder still, a lack of a spirit, as if reality was torn and a void came alive. You stopped to whisper quietly to the man who wasn't there before you passed him by. Although he wasn't there, he reminded you of the time that never happened when you walked a million hills together and righted a million wrongs before he ceased to be. The two of you chuckled softly at the lost memories and you asked him if he remembered the quest you were embarking upon. He answered yes, and that the quest ended in much sorrow and touched him greatly, as it did you, and that in the end you might not be able to save the woman. At this point you realized it was not right to talk to a man who wasn't there, for reality would react sharply to his intrusion and your ignorant allies might feel you were touched in the head. You passed and parted with your new friend that you had known a different reality ago. He gazed a gazeless stare at your departure, saying he understood why you must leave, but that even though he wasn't now with you he was and would always be your friend and brother.
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The going started off simple enough, though within the first hour of the trek the terrain became hilly, followed by rocky, which slowed your group considerably. The sun was close to setting by the time the terrain opened back up to grassy fields and the party reached the abandoned settlement called Cotown. There were perhaps six dozen buildings to the settlement, most of which were partially collapsed from warped and waterlogged roofs. A stained fountain stood in the center of the town, though it was featureless and full of lichen covered rain water.
Upon further investigation, Elros was able to find two entrances to abandoned mines, though both were fully boarded up with rotting boards that were dirt-covered from time and the elements. Yo found a large pasture where cows were likely penned in order to feed the settlement, however it was now overgrown and empty of animals larger than the occassional rabbit.
It was Mortar who found the more recent sign of activity. Something heavy had been dragged through the town and had disturbed the otherwise untouched earth. The heavy object was drug from the southern rocky hills, passed by the town center, and then was drug east onto a large hill covered with difficult undergrowth. The hilltop was a quarter mile east of the fountain where the party stood and took notice of Mortar's observations. From the smell of nearby water, it was also likely that the hilltop overlooked the lagoon. Mortar also noticed some large animal tracks in the dirt near the signs of the drugged object.
OOC: Mortar, make a DC 15 Survival check using the dice roller here on ENWorld in order to identify the animal tracks.
Mortar stops ad examines the tracks of the beasts to see if he may shed some light on what plagues the towns. After several moments Mortar imply looks back to the party. "I can't recall every seeing these tracks. What they belong to I don't know." he says looking back at the tracks disappointed.
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GandalfMithrandir
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Elros recognizes the tracks...
Deuce Traveler
Adventurer
Elros
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Tracks of a large boar. It looks like it was dragging something heavy like a sack or a body.
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Tracks of a large boar. It looks like it was dragging something heavy like a sack or a body.
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GandalfMithrandir
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"A very large boar has been through here" Elros says to the group
"I've seen a boar before." as he rubs his fingers through his beard. "We don't get very many boars underground though. Anything that could drag a person though should be handle with care. Move with caution and have ye senses about." Mortar removes the massive hammer from its holster and holds on top of his right shoulder.
Deuce Traveler
Adventurer
Krag
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You fail to detect evil, though who knows what the foliage hides.
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The party advanced through the underbrush and up the hill as the sun began to set and long shadows from trees and branches danced along the entangling bush and vine. As they climbed further up the wind shifted to blowing towards the adventurers and the smell of death assaulted their nostrils. As the party reached a clearing at the crest of the hill they saw that it was flattened and thirty feet in a near circular diameter, with a view of the lake and the inner island barely visible far in the distance.
A six foot long granite table stood on four short, stubby legs in the middle of the clearing. The granite table looked to be some sort of religious altar as there were etchings of a perfectly proportioned non-descript female carved at regular intervals into the outer edge of the table.
A badly mauled and nearly unidentifiable corpse had been unceremoniously drug up the hill and thrown on top of the altar. As the heroes approached the table and its corpse the shifting wind stopped, creating a dead and eery silence.
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You fail to detect evil, though who knows what the foliage hides.
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The party advanced through the underbrush and up the hill as the sun began to set and long shadows from trees and branches danced along the entangling bush and vine. As they climbed further up the wind shifted to blowing towards the adventurers and the smell of death assaulted their nostrils. As the party reached a clearing at the crest of the hill they saw that it was flattened and thirty feet in a near circular diameter, with a view of the lake and the inner island barely visible far in the distance.
A six foot long granite table stood on four short, stubby legs in the middle of the clearing. The granite table looked to be some sort of religious altar as there were etchings of a perfectly proportioned non-descript female carved at regular intervals into the outer edge of the table.
A badly mauled and nearly unidentifiable corpse had been unceremoniously drug up the hill and thrown on top of the altar. As the heroes approached the table and its corpse the shifting wind stopped, creating a dead and eery silence.
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