Of Sound Mind

[Jarval]

In reply to Kerrick and Seraphina, Othic says "Aye, I've heard about this. Makes me glad me own children are grown. And people have been having some unpleasant dreams from what I've been told. Not had any myself though. Some folks reckon it's something in the water that's causing it.

"My only problem was a couple of escaped horse, and you kind folks have sorted that for me, so I have a fair amount to be thankful for."

OOC: I've got an assignment for college to finish over the next week, so my posting might get a bit sporadic over the next few days.

OOC:

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

(a 20, yay, I feel lucky )

"Well, it seems I'm no detective but theres something annoying these horses, it's a sharp object right in their head." Aiden points to where the object seems to be. "It looks like this happened about four days ago, generally at the same time."

Aiden ponders, and thinks, "Let's try and get this out-come on, help me, they might get a little mad since this could hurt."

(Aiden will attempt to unlodge that sharp object, hoping to get help from his companions first though.)

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Gholog snorts awake.

"Want me to cut one of their heads off?" he says, brandishing his glaive.

 

[Jarval]

Bump. Is anyone going to help Aiden, or should I continue?

 

[GnomeWorks]

Seraphina Tealeaf

"Hmm..." She says, looking up at the horses.

"Sure... I can try to help..."

She tries to talk softly to the horses, hopefully making them ignore the person digging the sharp pointy thing out of their skin...

[color=sky blue]Handle Animal check, again, I suppose, at a +2 for Charisma... assuming that that works in this case, at which point I don't know what I'm going to do, other than try to keep them calm.[/color]

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Bump. Is anyone going to help Aiden, or should I continue?

Gholog offered to lop a horse head off, but noooooo.

Gholog steps up and tries to physically steady the horse Aiden is working on.

 

[Other Guy]

Jason Master

"I suppose that I could tie their legs together so they don't kick at you," Jason suggests, then adds, "but I doubt if anyone else would appreciate that."

 

[Acmite]

Adren will help.

 

[Jarval]

With the help of Seraphina, Gholog and Adren, Aiden does his best to calm the horse before he attempts to remove the object. Handle Animal check: 11 (roll 7 + 2 Cha + 2 from helpers).

The horse stands quietly as Aiden begins his work, but as soon as he touches the object lodged in its head the horse starts backwards, only stopped from bolting by Gholog determinedly hanging on to it. The horses eyes glow with sliver light as Gholog feels something trying to take over control of his body, but he quickly reasserts control (Gholog gets 16 on his Fort save). You hear a scream from Othic, who runs past you with a look of sheer terror on his face. A hideous sound, somewhere between a horses whinny and a snarl comes from the horse he was tending. Its mouth has twisted and changed into that of a wolf, and its eyes too glow with silver light.

"You humans will never hurt us again!" a voice rings in your heads. "We will kill you, and then the farmers and whip-makers of this town!"

Initiatve:
Seraphina 21
Aiden 20
Jason 19
Kerrick 17
Adren: 13
Gholog 10

What do you do?

 

[Other Guy]

Jason Master

"That's different. Maybe I should have tied it up after all," Jason says, "or at least saved that spell."

What kind of an action would taking a scroll out of one's backpack be -- move equivalent? He has a scroll organizer, so it shouldn't be too hard to find. If it is move-equivalent then Jason will take out a scroll of Mage Armor and cast it on himself.