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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rune" data-source="post: 145541" data-attributes="member: 67">Session 2, part 4We head back toward my home.  On the way, we run into two priests of Shimdar, who were with the Father’s caravan.  I tell them that I was a personal friend of Father Mehmet, a small fib, but I mean no harm.  I tell them that it is our intention to try to find Father Mehmet (although I really believe that the man is certainly dead).  They describe the attack as an assault by scarecrows.  If not for the events of last night, I would be inclined to laugh at this description; now, I am not capable of it.  The priests bless us and give us me two vials that may save our lives if we are wounded.  I give one to Jared and one to Maialin, as I hope that they will be the most capable of administering them to one of us, should we need it.  They also tell me of a tracker that they have sent for and we run north to find him.  When we do, he is willing to accompany us into the wilderness in search of the priest, but something still feels wrong to me.  I tell the group to wait two hours for me; I must go to town and seek aid from some friends that I have.I return with two warriors, a slightly rotund fellow with a massive spear, named Baneir, and an athletic youth with a long sword, named Luman.  Now, we may venture into the unknown.The halfling is actually able to help the tracker find the trail.   Between the two of them, they find large boot-marks and…squish.  The halfling has stepped in something.  In fact, it is the top of a pumpkin.  Odd.Fortunately, the storm has not yet begun.  By nighttime, we come to a clearing.  In the center of the clearing a gnarled tree towers over a massive boulder.  Something seems very wrong about this tree, this stone, this place.  I light one of my oil-rag-wrapped arrows and fire it at the tree.  It seems to go out.  I prepare to fire a shot at the stone.  Dexerion suggests that an illuminating magick should be cast on the arrow.  Good idea.  I fire the illuminated arrow at the stone and, as I suspected might be the case, it also appears to go out, as well.  Instead of bouncing off of the rock and landing on the ground.Maialin, Jared, and I prepare our bows (and ignitable arrows and bolts) and circle around the clearing, keeping to the tall grass.A large scythe emerges from the boulder and is soon followed by the slow, methodical shuffling of a seven-foot tall scarecrow, creaking in the winds that presage storm.  A glowing arrow juts from its torso, illuminating the wicked features of the creature’s pumpkin head.</blockquote>

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