pneumatik's WotBS 2 - The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar

[pneumatik]

Tiljann meets you when you get back to the seela village. "I'm glad you guys made it back. Timbre's grove is really dangerous. What happened?" After you explain, she says, "Wow, so you're really going after the stag? Just be careful. There are underwater ogres living in caves on the bottom of the lake. They're pretty territorial and I think the stag's pinned near their caves, a couple hundred feet out."

You look out at the lake. It's a patch of serenity in the conflagration of the forest. The seela maintain flaming underbrush at the edge of the water, possibly to stop the ogres Tiljann mentioned. The only gap is where the White River enters the lake in the middle of the village.

"Whew. And here I was thinking that if we could just get to some water this would get easier," Torrent says.

 

[Rhun]

Hollister surveys the lake with his eyes, stroking his goatee, as is his habit when he is thinking upon something. "Again, I must voice my concerns. How is it that we are supposed to reach the bottom of the lake? It seems to me that our task has become even more difficult, now that we know that aquatic ogres make the lake their home."


Knowledge: Nature check to determine what Hollister knows of ogres, especially those of the aquatic type.

 

[HolyMan]

"Misdirection." Shaylir states simply. "We draw the ogres out and away while a few of us go and get the sword."

 

[Rhun]

"And are you to swim to the lake's bottom, little one?" asks Hollister, raising an eyebrow as he considers the halfling's words.

 

[HolyMan]

*gulp*

"No," Shaylir says stepping away from the water. "But I could summon a few big fish to draw the ogres away. They are probably as hungry as everyone else we have met here."

She smiles showing her amazing dimples and rounded cheeks. "But these fish will bite back if them ogres try to eat them. heh heh."

 

[Rhun]

"Indeed," says Hollister. "Can you perhaps summon a creature capable of recovering the living blade from the fire stag?"

 

[HolyMan]

"No sorry," she says then smiles up at the mage.

In mock seriousness she says, "I don't think The Green Man would approve if we had his creatures do all the work. We'll need to get are hands dirty and our feet wet it seems."

 

[Arkhandus]

Liiros is disturbed by Timbre's description of what happened, and remains silent until the group returns to the village. Perhaps he should have studied more history. He did not recall Shahalesti making war upon Innenotdar, let alone having anything to do with the fire here. Perhaps it was the dryad's madness speaking, or lies and misunderstandings. Whatever the case, Liiros was here now and needed to do something about the fiery curse before he could continue his mission for the sake of Shahalesti and the Aquilline Cross.

"I share Hollister's concerns about swimming to the bottom of the lake.......I certainly can't swim in this armor, and I have only had the opportunity to go swimming a few times before, so I am hardly qualified for this. The underwater ogres are a major threat, and I do not know how we could fight them or distract them long enough to retrieve Anyariel's sword and escape the lake, to better fight them on land. Still, if we intend to follow this course, I will attempt to swim unarmored alongside whoever else is going, to retrieve the wooden sword. Let us hope that the ogres are easily distracted."

 

[HolyMan]

Shaylir looks out at the water, a pull at her she doesn't understand tugs at her. They group is so close but they can't hope to do all of this but, The Green Man...

She looks down at Fritiz "The Green Man isn't here but those he showed us are. They can do it Fritiz I'm sure they can." she says squatting down to hold the fox tightly.

{{ They can beat the fire stag they just need a little help. Maybe that's why The Green Man sent me to them. }} she thinks.

As the others continue to discuss who shoul wait and who should swim down to find the fire stag Shaylir moves slowly towards the water.

"Green Man please guide me. Please show me he way." she whispers her holy symbol starting to glow softly. Casts Detect Magic (dur: 3 min.)

"Green Man please protect me. Please defend me from this evil." she whispers a toe touching the water. Casts Protection from evil (dur: 3 min.)

The holy symbol flares as Shaylir dives into the water. Activate Pearl of Power to gain Pro Evil back.

* SPLASH *

OOC: Swim +0; CON 12

[sblock=stats]
HP: 26/26
AC: 19 (21 vs Evil which ogres are by default - )
Init: +3
Fort: +7
Reflex: +5
Will: +8(+9)

Dagger = +3 to hit, (+2 BAB, +1 size) - 1d3/19-20x2

Spells:
Druid
0- Create Water (2/2), Guidance, Detect Magic
1- Stand the Heat, Cure Light Wounds (2/2) - 1d8+4
2- Resist Energy, Bull's Strength, Cure Light Wounds - 1d8+4

Cleric
0- Mending, Resistance, Read Magic
1- Bless, Protection from Evil, Cure Light Wounds(d)- 1d8+2

Pearl of power (1st lvl): unused
Turn undead: 4/4
Speak with Animals: 1/1
Vow of Healing: 4/4 [/sblock]

 

[pneumatik]

[sblock=Liiros]Shahalesti actually has a pretty aggressive history. It's made war on its elven neighbors a decent amount, usually on the basis that there should be a single united elven nation in the area. It's not constant war, but when a single king can rule Shahalesti for several hundred years it starts to become clear that the last couple of kings (at least) have felt they should probably rule all the elven lands in the area.

That's not to say Shahalesti, or its current king Shaladel, aren't noble or never do good things. Shahalesti is still full of high culture and enlightenment. From the Shahalesti perspective the wars are almost never initiated by them. But they have fought with their neighbors a lot, and their non-elven neighbors are rarely really treated like equals.
[/sblock]

"Hmmm ... Well, there's a lot of wood around here. Maybe if we put it in the lake it'll stop burning, and then we could tie a bunch of it together and make a sort-of raft," Torrent says. She starts looking at the burning sticks and branches around the edge of the lake.

Shaylir jumps into the water. It's clear she doesn't have a lot of experience swimming, but so far she manages to not drown in the shallow water.

"Whoah, Shaylir, wait, what ... okay, so I guess it's go time." Torrent drops her shield. "I'm going in. Maybe someone can push this burning wood into the water? Um, yeah." She starts wading into the murky ash-covered water after Shaylir.

OOC: check the ooc thread plz