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Apr 25, 2021 6:02 am
OOC:
I would love it if Kit and Code can come back as well, but if that’s not possible then resetting the storyline would make sense. I’m planning to continue whatever you decide.
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Apr 26, 2021 1:11 am
OOC:
They both tell me that they are coming back. I am very happy about that and hop they come back soon. Meanwhile, y'all need to step up and drive this story. What do you do?
Apr 26, 2021 2:23 am
I turn facing the inner courtyard and call out to anyone inside.

Hello, we are friends of Uhti, can anyone come out to greet us?
Apr 26, 2021 4:45 pm
BattleaxeBiff says:
I turn facing the inner courtyard and call out to anyone inside.

Hello, we are friends of Uhti, can anyone come out to greet us?
It's late and past curfew. The streets and courtyard are empty and there is no one to respond to Kon. The party had passed through an arcade and into what seemed an entry courtyard but there are no doors. The party stands in the middle where there is a simple herb garden with no markings or sculptures to indicate an ecclesiastic place usually filled with metaphors and symbols. Here, there is nothing but a garden surrounded by archways on all sides.

In what should be silence, the party continues to hear the soft strumming of lutes and the melodies of flutes played in the groin vaulted arcade that circles the courtyard all around in a cloister. The volume seems louder at the mention of Uhti's name though. Still, the source of the music is undeterminable. It echoes a simple, catchy tune akin to a Gregorian chant without the words.
Apr 26, 2021 5:57 pm
Duke, may I borrow the jade talisman to Uhti? While holding the symbol he will make his own plea to Uhti for help, choosing to ignore Anax for now. If nothing happens he will then try to hum along to the sound of music.
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Apr 26, 2021 7:29 pm
Duke hands the owl the jade and the talisman glyph warms in his hand with the music playing. The music introduces new subtle and intricate harmonies to the chant as he matches the tune. Eldritch light flickers amongst the arches, but something is still missing to the spell...

"Xoch', your intonation is beautiful. Still, a church requires followers raising their voices in celebration. I don't think your humming is quite cutting it."
Apr 27, 2021 1:15 am
Okay, okay, I'll chant, but you two have to join me
Apr 27, 2021 1:20 am
"😒 Fine! I'll try to chant, too. What are the words again?''
Apr 29, 2021 4:50 am
Xoch’ does his best to invent lyrics to the song in the form of a prayer.

Rolls

Performance. This should be good. - (1d20-1)

(11) - 1 = 10

Apr 30, 2021 12:41 am
Xoch' is able to match lyrics to the song, roughly fitting to the meter and phrasing, but nothing much happens except the song is strong and loud now, what with someone at least singing something.
Apr 30, 2021 12:45 am
"Well, at least we are getting somewhere. If we don't know these words, who would?"
May 1, 2021 3:02 am
Xoch', hesitating, addresses the newcomer who he blinded, then accosted.

Anax. Do you know the words to this song?
May 1, 2021 3:54 am
"You have made more progress with this church than I. What mysteries do they hide, that they make a song with secret words their front door? Surely the congregation knows the words, they all sleep now. The darkness is thickening and this church offers no succor from the ills of our night. Accursed new religions!"
May 1, 2021 4:29 pm
The night answers Anax. The howling desert wind that provided the string section to the melody of the arches, is now drowning out the church's music. Darkness within the darkness in the sky passes over the almost full moon. Wraiths cry out as they fly overhead like bats looking for their insect prey. The well lit courtyard of the church provides little protection from this new threat.
May 3, 2021 2:32 am
I join in with Xoch, trying to match his lyrics and the rhythm of the chant even though this is much more mellow and soft than the Dwarven music I am accustomed to. I start stomping my foot and slapping my knee to help increase the intensity of the chant, for any good it may do.
May 3, 2021 2:56 am
"Kon!" Duke hisses. "We must hide! Not sing the wraiths to our throats. Let us be gone from this open courtyard and seek shelter, or be prepared to fight a choir of winged undead. These must be the creatures that the towns people batten down their hatches from. Lead on Xoch'! Stormslayer! Know you a safe path safe in the shadows Caine? Perhaps to the black church or some safe abode. Kitty and I will bring the dwarf and his melancholy singing with us!"
May 4, 2021 5:31 pm
Kitty takes Dukes hand right before her eyes roll back and she collapses. Duke quickly takes his sword arm up her knees and lifts his wife into his arms. "Kon! Quick! Kitty has fainted. Take us out of here! I cannot defend us from those flying undead like this."
May 4, 2021 5:36 pm
The Zaltec priest makes prayer to his god, where upon a swarm of claws shoot out of his outreached hands into the sky above the adventurers. The wispy wraiths plummet toward him, the claws doing little damage and only manage to slow the undead. The priest had stepped forward to cast his hishna magic and sacrifices himself for the party. The leading wraiths grab the priest and fly off with him. He screams back, "Run! Seek your gods! Run!"
May 4, 2021 8:12 pm
With an avian curse Xoch’ takes to wing after Anax and his captor and send an infestation of insects.
[ +- ] infestation
Last edited May 4, 2021 8:14 pm
May 4, 2021 11:33 pm
ROLL INITIATIVE

Rolls

Wraith's Init - (1d20+3)

(3) + 3 = 6

Anax - (1d20-1)

(8) - 1 = 7

Duke - (1d20+1)

(2) + 1 = 3

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