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-We get hired to investigate some associates that went missing. | -We get hired to investigate some associates that went missing. | ||
-Numbered 5 in total, they were tasked with retrieving an important item. Not much information was given on them or the job. | -Numbered 5 in total, they were tasked with retrieving an important item. Not much information was given on them or the job. | ||
-Apparently they wanted stronger associates, but they ended up hiring us because we were available | -Apparently they wanted stronger associates, but they ended up hiring us because we were available | ||
-Mantella looks distraught, and Lifegiver is nowhere to be seen. It looks like they had a falling out | -Mantella looks distraught, and Lifegiver is nowhere to be seen. It looks like they had a falling out | ||
-We split up and look for tracks | -We split up and look for tracks | ||
-Mantella ends up finding tracks that look like they belong to "humanoid-like creatures", one of them is bipedal with hooves | -Mantella ends up finding tracks that look like they belong to "humanoid-like creatures", one of them is bipedal with hooves | ||
-Jovial sees a trail of blood going into a cave | -Jovial sees a trail of blood going into a cave | ||
-Blood seems to be from one source. Either the thing that injured them doesn't have blood, or it wasn't hurt | -Blood seems to be from one source. Either the thing that injured them doesn't have blood, or it wasn't hurt | ||
-Mantella points out that it looks like it could've been an ambush. Might have been a bird, or something else | -Mantella points out that it looks like it could've been an ambush. Might have been a bird, or something else | ||
-The one with hooves was walking behind the person who was bleeding | -The one with hooves was walking behind the person who was bleeding | ||
-We find some brightly colored creatures, not natural, but very asleep. Some sort of aberration | -We find some brightly colored creatures, not natural, but very asleep. Some sort of aberration | ||
-Mantella says they're called Skrik Nettles. Apparently they eat meat | -Mantella says they're called Skrik Nettles. Apparently they eat meat | ||
-Mantella dresses up as me. I can't tell the difference | -Mantella dresses up as me. I can't tell the difference | ||
-We exit the cave to a clearing with a waterfall, and see a bunch of dead frogs and an injured frog | -We exit the cave to a clearing with a waterfall, and see a bunch of dead frogs and an injured frog | ||
-The living one looks scared. We leave it alone | -The living one looks scared. We leave it alone | ||
-We find a spot with a lot of blood. Seperate from the trail we were following | -We find a spot with a lot of blood. Seperate from the trail we were following | ||
-Vara finds a giant jellyfish | -Vara finds a giant jellyfish | ||
-Looks like an adult stage of the ones we found in the cave | -Looks like an adult stage of the ones we found in the cave | ||
-Vara points out that it's was killed by a lot of weapon and magic attacks | -Vara points out that it's was killed by a lot of weapon and magic attacks | ||
-A giant spined lizard creature attacks us | -A giant spined lizard creature attacks us | ||
-It starts eating the jellyfish, we leave it alone | -It starts eating the jellyfish, we leave it alone | ||
-We come to some sort of mushroom forest. Vara notices a floating sack of blood, and a floating corpse | -We come to some sort of mushroom forest. Vara notices a floating sack of blood, and a floating corpse | ||
-The corpse isn't floating for very long. It falls to the ground. It's hair looks like an onion | -The corpse isn't floating for very long. It falls to the ground. It's hair looks like an onion | ||
-We hear sounds of a fight and see some people fighting the strange blood sacs. | -We hear sounds of a fight and see some people fighting the strange blood sacs. | ||
-The people look familiar. One of them is an elf with hooves, these must be our associates | -The people look familiar. One of them is an elf with hooves, these must be our associates | ||
-Two of them immediately get their blood sucked out of them, an orc and a Kholo | -Two of them immediately get their blood sucked out of them, an orc and a Kholo | ||
-I run up to defend them. They seem very surprised. Before I can ask them anything, everything goes black | -I run up to defend them. They seem very surprised. Before I can ask them anything, everything goes black | ||
-When I come to, we're in a completely different place, with more of those skrik nettles. The people I was trying to save are gone | -When I come to, we're in a completely different place, with more of those skrik nettles. The people I was trying to save are gone | ||
-The nettles attack. They have strange powers that make people float | -The nettles attack. They have strange powers that make people float | ||
-They don't like being pierced | -They don't like being pierced | ||
-One of the mushrooms nearby eats one of the nettles | -One of the mushrooms nearby eats one of the nettles | ||
-The Nettles keep floating out of my reach, very annoying. I'm the only one not floating during this fight | -The Nettles keep floating out of my reach, very annoying. I'm the only one not floating during this fight | ||
-Jovial keeps floating higher and higher, about 50 feet off the ground | -Jovial keeps floating higher and higher, about 50 feet off the ground | ||
-She hits the ground with a sickening crunch | -She hits the ground with a sickening crunch | ||
-Thinking quickly, I use my feather token to knock one of the nettles away | -Thinking quickly, I use my feather token to knock one of the nettles away | ||
-Mantella's able to use the tree to maneuver around and heal Jovial | -Mantella's able to use the tree to maneuver around and heal Jovial | ||
-Vara's floating up really high next, they might be in danger | -Vara's floating up really high next, they might be in danger | ||
-He falls, Sutton catches him, pulls him into a twirl. It's a very impressive maneuver | -He falls, Sutton catches him, pulls him into a twirl. It's a very impressive maneuver | ||
-The battle drags on so long that I just resort to throwing random items at it | -The battle drags on so long that I just resort to throwing random items at it | ||
-Mantella finishes the job | -Mantella finishes the job | ||
-I examine the mushrooms, they seem fey in nature | -I examine the mushrooms, they seem fey in nature | ||
-One of them starts talking. It just wants the jellyfish, and doesn't think we look tasty. It doesn't like the taste of onions. I disguise myself as Mantella because I think it's funny | -One of them starts talking. It just wants the jellyfish, and doesn't think we look tasty. It doesn't like the taste of onions. I disguise myself as Mantella because I think it's funny | ||
-We find a bunch of items in a sack in a nearby tree stump, including a cake that looks like a skeleton | -We find a bunch of items in a sack in a nearby tree stump, including a cake that looks like a skeleton | ||
-We meet a shimmer theif. It looks lost, and wants to find its cave. We lead it there | -We meet a shimmer theif. It looks lost, and wants to find its cave. We lead it there | ||
-We meet a choir of frogs. They want us to go away so they can practice. We hear something sneezing in a nearby cave. We begin to suspect we're in the first world | -We meet a choir of frogs. They want us to go away so they can practice. We hear something sneezing in a nearby cave. We begin to suspect we're in the first world | ||
-The shimmer theif forgot their name, thinks their called Slimmer Theif. Jovial starts calling them Forgot | -The shimmer theif forgot their name, thinks their called Slimmer Theif. Jovial starts calling them Forgot | ||
-The mushrooms in the cave are sneezing. A bunch of us also start sneezing | -The mushrooms in the cave are sneezing. A bunch of us also start sneezing | ||
-We meet a bunch of Flumphs who don't like their names. | -We meet a bunch of Flumphs who don't like their names. | ||
-We run into a gnome with brightly colored hair. From the descriptions from other logs and from Melfyra's descriptions, this must be Gnome Ann. | -We run into a gnome with brightly colored hair. From the descriptions from other logs and from Melfyra's descriptions, this must be Gnome Ann. | ||
-She says she sent out a letter to the council 2 days ago. | -She says she sent out a letter to the council 2 days ago. | ||
(TO BE CONTINUED) | |||
Revision as of 22:11, 4 August 2024
| Where Once They Were, No Man Remains | |
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| Date | 8/4/2024 |
| Storyteller | Unseelie |
| Tier | Expert |
| Player Characters | Mantella, Holly Crown, Jovial Guts, Suttonalia Morroweather, Vara |
| Rewards | 250 exp, 35 pp, 500 cp, Wondrous Figurine (candy constrictor, Ritual: Animate Object, Scrolls (Exchange Image, Allfood, Clownish Curse), Faerie Dragon Liquer (young), Impossible cake (Skeleton Shape), Blast Boots (Moderate and Greater), Invisible Net |
| Result | Success? |
| Author | Holly Crown |
| Downtime | 7 |
-We get hired to investigate some associates that went missing.
-Numbered 5 in total, they were tasked with retrieving an important item. Not much information was given on them or the job.
-Apparently they wanted stronger associates, but they ended up hiring us because we were available
-Mantella looks distraught, and Lifegiver is nowhere to be seen. It looks like they had a falling out
-We split up and look for tracks
-Mantella ends up finding tracks that look like they belong to "humanoid-like creatures", one of them is bipedal with hooves
-Jovial sees a trail of blood going into a cave
-Blood seems to be from one source. Either the thing that injured them doesn't have blood, or it wasn't hurt
-Mantella points out that it looks like it could've been an ambush. Might have been a bird, or something else
-The one with hooves was walking behind the person who was bleeding
-We find some brightly colored creatures, not natural, but very asleep. Some sort of aberration
-Mantella says they're called Skrik Nettles. Apparently they eat meat
-Mantella dresses up as me. I can't tell the difference
-We exit the cave to a clearing with a waterfall, and see a bunch of dead frogs and an injured frog
-The living one looks scared. We leave it alone
-We find a spot with a lot of blood. Seperate from the trail we were following
-Vara finds a giant jellyfish
-Looks like an adult stage of the ones we found in the cave
-Vara points out that it's was killed by a lot of weapon and magic attacks
-A giant spined lizard creature attacks us
-It starts eating the jellyfish, we leave it alone
-We come to some sort of mushroom forest. Vara notices a floating sack of blood, and a floating corpse
-The corpse isn't floating for very long. It falls to the ground. It's hair looks like an onion
-We hear sounds of a fight and see some people fighting the strange blood sacs.
-The people look familiar. One of them is an elf with hooves, these must be our associates
-Two of them immediately get their blood sucked out of them, an orc and a Kholo
-I run up to defend them. They seem very surprised. Before I can ask them anything, everything goes black
-When I come to, we're in a completely different place, with more of those skrik nettles. The people I was trying to save are gone
-The nettles attack. They have strange powers that make people float
-They don't like being pierced
-One of the mushrooms nearby eats one of the nettles
-The Nettles keep floating out of my reach, very annoying. I'm the only one not floating during this fight
-Jovial keeps floating higher and higher, about 50 feet off the ground
-She hits the ground with a sickening crunch
-Thinking quickly, I use my feather token to knock one of the nettles away
-Mantella's able to use the tree to maneuver around and heal Jovial
-Vara's floating up really high next, they might be in danger
-He falls, Sutton catches him, pulls him into a twirl. It's a very impressive maneuver
-The battle drags on so long that I just resort to throwing random items at it
-Mantella finishes the job
-I examine the mushrooms, they seem fey in nature
-One of them starts talking. It just wants the jellyfish, and doesn't think we look tasty. It doesn't like the taste of onions. I disguise myself as Mantella because I think it's funny
-We find a bunch of items in a sack in a nearby tree stump, including a cake that looks like a skeleton
-We meet a shimmer theif. It looks lost, and wants to find its cave. We lead it there
-We meet a choir of frogs. They want us to go away so they can practice. We hear something sneezing in a nearby cave. We begin to suspect we're in the first world
-The shimmer theif forgot their name, thinks their called Slimmer Theif. Jovial starts calling them Forgot
-The mushrooms in the cave are sneezing. A bunch of us also start sneezing
-We meet a bunch of Flumphs who don't like their names.
-We run into a gnome with brightly colored hair. From the descriptions from other logs and from Melfyra's descriptions, this must be Gnome Ann.
-She says she sent out a letter to the council 2 days ago.
(TO BE CONTINUED)