Completed Play-by-Post: In Search of the Sorcerer

[Helly]

Sleep save [1d20] = 5
Ker bids everybody a good rest, communiates a bit with the surrounding corrupted nature then tries to meditate.

 

[nikolokolus]

Question

Was there dry ground in the main cavern?

Spoiler

"Dry" is too strong of a word, but yes there are a few spots where people could probably stretch out, In fact enough for everybody.

 

[Grimgravy]

Question

Was there dry ground in the main cavern?

Spoiler

"Dry" is too strong of a word, but yes there are a few spots where people could probably stretch out, In fact enough for everybody.

Question

And that would NOT require a save to get a full night's rest?

 

[nikolokolus]

Question

Was there dry ground in the main cavern?

Spoiler

"Dry" is too strong of a word, but yes there are a few spots where people could probably stretch out, In fact enough for everybody.

Question

And that would NOT require a save to get a full night's rest?

Spoiler

Correct

 

[ERYFKRAD]

[1d20] = 19

 

[nikolokolus]

Eschewing the cave, Ker, Urash and Mab squat on their heels and lean up against the bole of a tree and try and fail to do anything other than fitfully doze. Borric spits into the palms of his hands and easily jumps up and grabs a large branch and hoists himself into the crotch of a tree where he contorts himself into what looks like a stupendously uncomfortable position and within minutes starts to snore softly.

Spoiler

Does anybody take a watch?

 

[Llywelyn ap Gruffydd]

"I'll take first watch."

 

[Wayward Son]

"I'll take second. Not like I'm going to be getting more than an hour's rest tonight as it is."

 

[L'ennui]

Before he dozes off, Urash says to just wake him up whenever his watch comes.

 

[nikolokolus]

Question

Is anybody attempting to sleep in the cave?

 

[Llywelyn ap Gruffydd]

Spoiler

Cormac hates the cave, he is "sleeping" above.

 

[Grimgravy]

Rhenmyr will take a watch, but sleep in the cave.

 

[nikolokolus]

Spoiler

4 watches will cover the night

Cormac's watch passes uneventfully and he wakes Mab who stands stoically in the cold, dense fog listening intently for any sounds. Around midnight (by best reckoning) the impenetrable mist begins to clear and a few minutes later you think you see a torch bobbing in and out of the thickets and trees perhaps a hundred yards away or more. The light disappears behind trees and seems to be moving parallel to to your camp.

 

[Helly]

Ker will take the fourth watch, the filth exuded by the cave prevents him from meditating anyway

 

[Siveon]

Marcán is definitely trying to sleep.

Saving Throw: [1d20] = 3

 

[Wayward Son]

Mab quietly tells the nearest individual about the lights in the distance and readies himself for a fight.

 

[Llywelyn ap Gruffydd]

Saving Throw vs Wet Bed Roll [1d20] = 6 vs 13

 

[nikolokolus]

Mab wakes Brule who groggily opens one eye. He sits up and peers through the thick undergrowth at the gently bobbing light as it moves from west to east several hundred yards away. After a minute or two the light winks out. Brule lets out his breath through clenched teeth, "Will o' the Wisp perhaps, a lightning bug? Whatever it is, I don't think it noticed us. Maybe our luck has finally turned?" He then motions Mab to head off to sleep and takes a turn keeping watch.

The night continues to pass uneventfully until everyone is roused from their restless sleep, sometime at the end of Brule's watch. A muffled shout can be heard echoing from within the cavern; Rhenmyr shouting something.

(Que Grimgravy)

 

[Grimgravy]

Rhenmyr bursts from the cave. "I had dreams...no visions sleeping in the cave! In the first, a pair of werewolves attacked Fidach and Oona! I'm afraid Fidach is dead and Oona captured..."

 

[Wayward Son]

Mab, unable to fall asleep, replies, "Do you wish to send after them?"

 

[Llywelyn ap Gruffydd]

Cormac sits up with a start. Looks over at Rhenmyr coming out of the cave. "I hope it was just a dream. I'm not sure we are quite ready to fight two more beats, let alone one."

 

[Grimgravy]

"First they appeared to be wolves. Then wolf-men. More akin to Uvan than the spirit vanquished here. As for that, in the second vision, a bloody crow said we had defeated its servant so the curse would be lifted. Temporarily. If the false king is not removed the curse will return."

 

[Wayward Son]

"Can anybody here sneak reasonably well? We could try and remove the "false King" through subterfuge and knives in the dark, rather than having to travel for a week."

 

[L'ennui]

"No matter how we go about it, this vision makes one thing clear: time is of the essence. I believe we should make haste for Crannogmére as soon as we are able. Drune or not, Talorc cannot maintain himself there...

As for these wolf-men... we will see. This does not bode well for Fidach and Oona. You said you saw her captured? Did you see where she was taken?"

 

[Grimgravy]

"The vision was of night. It was in a forest, but it was too dark to make out any significant landmark. Fidach tripped and was torn apart by the wolf-men. The vision faded out as they bore down on Oona with a net between them. I didn't see the outcome, but I'm sure they captured her. It was uncannily vivid. Brule, I'm sorry for your loss, and I vow to do everything in my power to avenge your brother and save your niece."