Q'Barra: Facing Truth Chapter 2

[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan Hp: 19/36 DR remaining for day: 7

Kaelan wipes his blade on the creature as he tries to identify what it is. [sblock=ooc]Knowledge nature 13 [/sblock]
He quickly pulls out his wand and begins healing the wounds of Darrick.
[sblock]32 damage healed 5 charges [/sblock]

He looks at his wand, and then to his blade and shrugs his shoulders[sblock=Pebele]Would you allow me to heal some of my wounds by hitting the dead dino with my blade(using my crystal of life drinking)?[/sblock]

"Do you still have that wand of lesser vigor Catherine? It should finish off healing the rest of us, while we figure out what happened here."[sblock=ooc]We should just use enough to get us to less than ten hp, we can use the CLW after that. Also, if you want to interrupt me healing Darrick with the CLW wand go ahead. I forgot we had the vigor one until I already rolled, and posted it anyway.[/sblock]

 

[Yeoman]

"I do indeed. I'll get right on healing both of us right now." Catherine uses the wand once on Kaelan and twice on herself.
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11 hp healed to Kaelan, 22 hp to Catherine.
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Catherine kneels next to Darrick. "Feeling better? You had us all worried."

 

[Pebele]

[sblock=Kaelan]Since the description of the Crystal of Life Drinking specifically mentions a "living target", I'm going to have to say no. However, Kaelan did heal 1 hp to himself in the last round, so he only effectively took 16 damage.[/sblock]

Kaelan is able to identify the creatures as deinonychus dinosaurs. They are well within their typical habitat range and seem to be of average size. Kaelan believes that they were most likely attracted to the area by the corpses around the ruined wagon.

Now that the group has time to survey the area, they find the remains of a ruined wagon, and various broken chests and casks surrounding it. There are also the partially-eaten remains of 6 humaniods.

The corpses of the elf and the two humans are scattered near the ruined wagon where they made their last stand. Their bodies stand in stark contrast to the others scattered about.

 

[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan 36/36hp; DR remain:7;

[sblock=Pebele]Yeah, I should have figured that, I guess I should have reread the item before I posted. The MIC is unclear how the weapon crystals interacts with double weapons. Are you going to rule that I can only have one crystal on my double scimitar, and the effect works when I hit with both ends, or that I can have one crystal attached to each end, gaining the effects of each when I hit with that end. If it is the latter, then Kaelan won't heal that point of damage because the crystal is attached to the main hand of his weapon.[/sblock]

As the healing power from Catherine's wand does it's work, Kaelan taps himself with his own wand then begins to investigate what is remaining from the caravan. "I don't think this was all the lizard's doing. Many of these men were dead before the lizards arrived." Kaelan looks to see if any of the men are yet alive. He will heal with his wand that appear to be alive. If none of them are alive he examines their wounds trying to determine what killed them. He also looks at the wagon, trying to see what goods they carried.
[sblock=ooc]9 hp healed to Kaelan, 1 charge Heal checks: checking for lifenat 20) 22; Checking for cause of death: 18 Search wagon: 9[/sblock]

 

[Pebele]

[sblock=Kaelan]You are right, the MIC isn't entirely clear. However, since a double weapon can have two different "heads", for example one of cold iron and one of silver, I am going to say that Kaelan may have two crystals attacked to his weapon. So, since the crystal is currently attacked to the "main" end, I will keep a note that the first attack roll is the one with the crystal. [/sblock]

Kaelan checks all nine of the bodies, and none of them are alive. He tries to determine the causes of death for the six oldest bodies, but it is obvious they have been in the jungle for a few days. Between decomposition and scavengers, the only thing that Kaelan can make out is that three of the bodies have arrows stuck in them.

When he examines the wagon, he can only find broken chests and casks, but no goods or coins.

 

[Yeoman]

Catherine (34 of 38 hp)

"No doubt, those things were likely here to scavenge for an easy meal. I doubt those three were survivors of the caravan. If they were, they would have fled towards the main road before now. Now, let's take a look at the most recently deceased here." Catherine takes a look at the bodies that were killed by the lizards and tries to find any identifying marks on them, and examine their equipment. Then she moves over to the other corpses and tries to figure out precisely how long they have been out in the jungle.

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Catherine will try to determine how long the deceased have been out here in the jungle, and then search for any gear or identifying marks on the newest corpses.
Heal Check 22
Search Check 19
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[Pebele]

Catherine examines the bodies after Kaelan, and is able to determine that the bodies appear to have been here for about 4 days give or take.

Three of the bodies seem to have been of civilian men, they are wearing no armor and have no weapons. The other three bodies appear to have been at least somewhat skilled with fighting. All three wear ruined leather armor, though their weapons appear to be missing. All six bear the marks of combat underneath the marks of scavengers and the ravages of time.

One of the armored bodies has a tattoo on the left forearm. Catherine notices, while examining the three newest corpses, that all three of them have the same tattoo.

Only the newest corpses seem to have anything of value. Between the three of them, Catherine is able to locate a letter written in halfling, two Long Swords, one Short Sword, one Composite Long Bow, one Chain Shirt, two Breastplates, three heavy shields, 11 arrows, and a total of 15 gold.

[sblock=Translation of Halfling Letter]
Ilya,

Take Steiner and Gorderovich with you and finish removing the trade goods and anything else of value from the caravan. When you are done, burn the rest of it. If anyone spots you, eliminate them. Watch out for scavengers near the caravan. I don't want any of the damn cargo damaged. If there is a scratch on it, I swear I will cut off those pointy ears of yours and feed them to you.

Janus
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[Rolzup]

[Sblock]
Sorry for the silence -- holiday weekend, and all that. Thankfully, Darrick was unconscious for most of that....[/sblock]

"Many thanks," Darrick says with a sigh, to Catherine and Kaelen both. "Must have liked the taste of me, eh?"

Pushing himself to hit feet slowly, he grimaces at the sight that greets him. "We were too late? Hell and damn. But...what were they doing on this road?"

 

[Yeoman]

"It certainly seems that way. We all just need to be careful when engaging in melee. I'm seriously getting sick of lizards of all types. Catherine laughs, "On a more serious note, I'd definitely say it appears they made a wrong turn at that fork. Obviously they encountered the bandits the riders warned us about. I'd say judging by the letter, that it's safe to say these are some of the bandits. I'll be happy to translate the letter for anyone who wants to read it.

 

[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan

"My guess," Kaelan says as he begins pulling the bodies off the road, "is that the bandits somehow confused the caravan into going the wrong way. Maybe by magic. From there the bandits attacked, killing most of the merchants and maybe taking prisoners. The wagon was ruined in the scuffle so they left it behind. The wagonless bandits then took as much of the goods as they could on foot. They then sent back three of their number to retrieve what was left, only to find the lizards were here." After Kaelan the bodies are off the road, he waits while the other's ready themselves. "We should expect trouble, is anybody else hurt?"