May 29, 2018 8:31 pm
Grimm, where are we going next, man? Balak asks the hill dwarf, looking for direction.
Chapter 2 - Red Larch, continues
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May 30, 2018 12:03 am
Rolling his eyes a little, "Unless Anyone absolutely needs to head straight back to town the I suppose we could take the walk down the Larch Path and see about that skull on the tree. We ain’t figuring anything out standing here that’s for sure. "
May 30, 2018 7:08 pm
Balak nods, pulls his hammer and shield out, and begins towards the Larch Path.
May 30, 2018 7:49 pm
The proposed location of this arrow and skull is not far from where you are. Essentially you would travel back to the Larch Path (which you took most of the way here), cross it, and proceed into the wilderness on the other side.
After an hour or so, you come across what is clearly a weathered human skull, jaw sagging, is pinned to the trunk of a tree ahead by a big black arrow protruding from one of the skull’s eye sockets.
Black parchment appears to be wrapped around the arrow just in front of the fletching.
After an hour or so, you come across what is clearly a weathered human skull, jaw sagging, is pinned to the trunk of a tree ahead by a big black arrow protruding from one of the skull’s eye sockets.
Black parchment appears to be wrapped around the arrow just in front of the fletching.
May 30, 2018 8:33 pm
Ooh! Ooh! Someone else grab the cursed parchment. I'll stand back here. Yell if you start dying horribly.
May 30, 2018 9:15 pm
Grimm, check for magical traps. I'll check for physical ones.
Rolls
Perception - (1d20+4)
(9) + 4 = 13
May 30, 2018 10:16 pm
Sorgrimm nods in agreement and performs the now familiar ritual.
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Ritual casting Detect magic[ +- ] Detect Magic
Level 1 Divination (ritual), prepared
Casting Time: action
Range: Self
Components: C, V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
For the duration, you sense the presence of magic within 30 feet of you. If you sense magic in this way, you can use your action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that bears magic, and you learn its school of magic, if any. The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
Casting Time: action
Range: Self
Components: C, V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
For the duration, you sense the presence of magic within 30 feet of you. If you sense magic in this way, you can use your action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that bears magic, and you learn its school of magic, if any. The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
May 31, 2018 12:47 am
Xella slowly approaches the skull, sniffing the area around it expectantly.
[ +- ] Divine Sense
The presence of strong evil registers on your senses like a noxious odor, and powerful good rings like heavenly music in your ears. As an action, you can open your awareness to detect such forces. Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any celestial, fiend, or Undead within 60 feet of you that is not behind total cover. You know the type (celestial, fiend, or undead) of any being whose presence you sense, but not its identity (the Vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich, for instance). Within the same radius, you also detect the presence of any place or object that has been consecrated or desecrated, as with the Hallow spell.
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May 31, 2018 1:05 am
Qralloq sent a note to Sclasclemski
May 31, 2018 1:37 am
"Necromancer! The arrow reeks of your type of magic. Can you discern its nature further? I am definitely concerned about what may happen if we move it. Can anyone summon a magical hand or construct to remove the arrow so we can observe from a safe distance?" .
Jun 3, 2018 11:08 pm
GM prompt: Well that probably-isn't-cursed arrow isn't going to do anything by itself. Also that note tired to it could be a clue.
Jun 4, 2018 12:41 am
To whichever one of you brave souls who are willing to suffer some horrible death curse in order to line our pockets with treasure, I shall immortalize you in song.
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Dazzle is granting Bardic Inspiration to whoever goes for the note/arrow, giving them +1d6 on their inevitable saving throw.Jun 4, 2018 1:14 am
"Blasted lazy Good got nothing Wizards. Can’t even raise a spectral hand to help." Sorgrimm looks irritated his request fell on deaf ears and just pulls the arrow out himself, flinching slightly as he does so.
Jun 4, 2018 1:22 am
Bravely (or at least impatiently) pulling it free, the skull dangles from the end.
The arrow’s point is of black-painted metal, and it punched a hole through the back of the skull and sank deep into the tree.
Black parchment (which Sorhrimm can immediately troll is actually dyed human skin) is wrapped around the arrow just in front of the fletching. It is a message that reads, in Common:
The Last Laugh
You’ll be next!
Valklondar
The arrow’s point is of black-painted metal, and it punched a hole through the back of the skull and sank deep into the tree.
Black parchment (which Sorhrimm can immediately troll is actually dyed human skin) is wrapped around the arrow just in front of the fletching. It is a message that reads, in Common:
The Last Laugh
You’ll be next!
Valklondar
Jun 4, 2018 2:33 am
"Valklondar? Sound familiar to anyone?
Be on the look out folks. This is a warning!
Be on the look out folks. This is a warning!
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Jun 4, 2018 3:17 am
Balak grips the hammer and shield, and looks and sniffs and perks his ears around to make sure that danger is not in the immediate vicinity.
Rolls
Perception - (1d20+4)
(7) + 4 = 11
Jun 4, 2018 12:19 pm
Dazzle tries to remember if he's ever heard tell of someone or something named "Valklondar".
Rolls
History - (1d20+3)
(7) + 3 = 10
Investigation - (1d20+3)
(3) + 3 = 6
Religion - (1d20+3)
(1) + 3 = 4
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