Strange Aeons 2: The Thrushmoor Terror [IC]

[digiman619]

Flair continues sipping, tepeing to his teammates.

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Ask if we're okay again and keep hitting it. I need to get upset that you're disturbing breakfast to try and get up to help.

[Blackhawk101]

Once BJ recovers his senses, he Tepes.

Spoiler: BJ >>> Collective

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“I am Good now. I must not be fully recovered from the spore poison. You alright?”

BJ lines up to kick again.

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Enlarge. FA, Flurry of blows, PA, spend Ki point for additional attack.
to hit#1 - (1d20+6)[10]
to dam#1 - (2d6+13)[22]
to hit#2 - (1d20+6)[15]
to dam#2 - (2d6+13)[25]
to hit#3 - (1d20+6)[8]
to dam#3 - (2d6+13)[21]

[lostsole31]

Marsh Tritrion stays where he is which is now between the cauldron and the alchemy set on the eastern wall and says, "He really wants to get in, doesn't he?"

Brother Jaume, you Kool-Aid man through the door with the third and final strike before shrinking back down. You and Brother Dorn go in to find all three of your party members sipping from the stew bowl, even chewing. You get the solid sensation that whether or not any of them try to hide it, all three of them might be bothered by the experience, but otherwise seem to enjoy the taste of what they eat.

Marsh Tritrion, now leaning against his standing gaff in his hand more like a warning smile, says, "Very good. You may all leave .... but free to stay to finish your stew, of course. You've all started, so waste not, right? Feel free to collect any of the delicious fungus in the western cave past this cave's entrance, since Daridela will no longer be tending the fungus garden and it will probably not fare well without a druid to see to it."

[digiman619]

Flair will drink the remainder of the broth before putting his bowl down. "Thank you very much for your hospitality; the stew was delicious." He then gets up, bows again to his host and exits the cave, doing his best to stay calm.

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"Okay, he's letting us go. Let's get to the boat before he changes his mind."

[lostsole31]

Saint Dorn eyes the giant warily...

Spoiler: Dorn >>> Collective

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"I care not to root for fungi, but to be done with this place."

[bcool999]

Jens

Seeing Flair ready to go, Jens will put down the remaining unquestionably delicious, questionable stew and move to leave with the rest.

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Try to keep me updated if you develop any symptoms. If the meat is what we fear it was a whole plethora of disease can be transmitted. Still a better alternative to having a gaff shoved through your throat.

[silphael]

Having finished her bowl, Maeni goes out of the cave after thanking the giant... and keeping him in sight.

[lostsole31]

Does the party mess around with fungus in the western cave as Marsh Tritrion mentioned, or just leave the grotto and wait for the boat?

[digiman619]

Flair considers looking at the mushrooms, but decides that they've had enough ambushes for the day and decides to wait for the boat instead.

[lostsole31]

... but the cave in there is dark, and he thinks the better of bothering his tired and possibly traumatized fellows for a light source, and recommends they just go to rendezvous with the boat.

Jens, Brother Jaume, Maeni .... do you likewise ignore the cave and recommend just heading to the boat?

[Blackhawk101]

BJ (sporting a large red welt on his forehead) is never one to pass up fresh produce.....but then again who knows what kind of fungus the witch was growing.
“Let us make haste to the boat, my friends!”

[bcool999]

Jens

Considering that Jens would rather not explore alone in the dark, and others are quite uninterested in the fungi, Jens will make his way out of the cave and to the climb back to the beach.

[lostsole31]

Maeni, you are actually knowledgeable of certain Darklands-specific fungi (not fungi in general), which you are pretty sure is a main staple of food for those below the surface. Are you the one dissenting voice wanting to check out the fungi, or do you go with the rest to try to climb out of the depressed grotto to hopefully rendezvous with the fishing boat?

[silphael]

Maeni won't say a thing about those fungi.

[lostsole31]

Okay, so now the fun getting out of the grotto ....

Either a very difficult Climb check, or more nimble PCs can step or hop from rock-to-rock and end up safely in front outside of the "bowl" of the depressed grotto.

Who does what, in what order, and how?

[bcool999]

Jens

Stepping forward, Jens calls on his connection to the Earth and attempts the ascent.

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Attempt to Earth Climb the wall, take 10 for 25.

[digiman619]

Flair blinks as he looks at the two ways out. "The rocky path is our best bet. I doubt I could take the vertical path, even if I had proper supplies." He then sees Jens use his earthen powers to ascend the slope. "Yeah, I can't do that, so I'll go the other way."

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Take 10 to go over the rocky path for a 17

[lostsole31]

Jens' ascension is very easy. Flair's way via the path is challenging, but he makes it.

Dorn looks to Brother Jaume and Maeni. "I will not go until the two of you are safely up, so that I may be here to heal you if you fall .... and because if the marsh giant decides to attack after all, I will stand first."

Brother Jaume? Maeni?

[digiman619]

Flair turns to Jens. "Do you think you can ferry the rest up?"

[bcool999]

Jens

Hearing Flair’s question, Jens looks to his skinny arms and says, ”Maybe Maeni? Depending on how much she weighs and I won’t be asking that. If it was over level ground I feel I could drag them a fair distance, but up a wall? You are making me question your supposed intelligence.”

[Blackhawk101]

“Can someone craft a rope from the vegetation here?”asks The portly friar hopefully.

[lostsole31]

"Take this as a challenge, and opportunity to grow through trial," says Dorn. "You can make it up there without changing anything about yourself. I believe in you. Just don't try to go too quickly."

[silphael]

"Once up there, I should be able to help carry up brother Jaume with a rope. I'm not really good at climbing, though."

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Before trying to climb, she'll cast Guidance.

"Climb" - (1d20+3)[4]

[Blackhawk101]

Not trusting himself to the trial posed by the rock hopping obstacle course, he tosses his staff up and tries to climb the wall.

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Climb check
(1d20+4)[23]

[digiman619]

Flair leaned down to help anyone climbing up the final stretch. "Well, it's worth a shot. If nothing else, you should at least head down there to get her rope; we can use that to drag her up if nothing else."

[bcool999]

Jens

Feeling somewhat abashed Jens says quietly for Flair to hear, ”If I knew we had rope I would have grabbed that before climbing up here.”

Over the collective Jens sends a message so he doesn’t need to shout down.

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I am coming back down. I can grab the rope and either find an anchor above or me and Flair can work together to anchor it.

With that Jens will descend once more to collect equipment.

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Earth Climb taking 10 for 25

[lostsole31]

"Once up there, I should be able to help carry up brother Jaume with a rope. I'm not really good at climbing, though."

With the very worst luck, Maeni performs awfully and bounces on rocks for 5 before she spluts at the bottom. Meanwhile...

Not trusting himself to the trial posed by the rock hopping obstacle course, he tosses his staff up and tries to climb the wall.

Brother Jaume climbs up like a fricking champ!!!!

Flair leaned down to help anyone climbing up the final stretch. "Well, it's worth a shot. If nothing else, you should at least head down there to get her rope; we can use that to drag her up if nothing else."

Feeling somewhat abashed Jens says quietly for Flair to hear, ”If I knew we had rope I would have grabbed that before climbing up here.”

Over the collective Jens sends a message so he doesn’t need to shout down.

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I am coming back down. I can grab the rope and either find an anchor above or me and Flair can work together to anchor it.

With that Jens will descend once more to collect equipment.

.... and he does so easily. He also notes that Brother Jaume left his quarterstaff down here, though he might not have meant to.

Saint Dorn has 50' of rope himself he can give to the effort to more than safely tie off Maeni and have her handed up.

Jens can then easily earth climb up, and Brother Jaume and the others can bring up Maeni.

While that is happening, Dorn will pick up Brother Jaume's staff and use it as a funambulist's pole for himself, giving a prayer to the Dwarffather .... and he easily bounds up the rocky path.

All are up here, and Tolin says, "Good morning. Lots of people wondering if you'd even last the night here." He looks at the party, including a bad abrasion (fresh) on Maeni's hands and elbow. "Not that it looks like it was easy. Alright, with five of you .... that will be 10 silver."

[digiman619]

It was then Flair realized that they had left the gold at the campsite. For a good second or two he was furious, but he quickly decided that he'd rather have his life than the gold. He reached into his coin purse and gave the man his remaining three silver. He then made his way to the boat, his frustration clear in his body language.

[bcool999]

Jens

Seeing Flair about to storm off, Jens tries to stop him by speaking to him over the collective.

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”Flair wait a moment. Earlier you said that we couldn’t take that Marsh Triton with our reserves expended. But how about after we prepare ourselves? We have high ground advantage out here from the cave. Perhaps we could beat it and recollect out belongings and more?”

[digiman619]

Flair paused and waited for the rest of the party to pay their fare. He tepe'd in response, his tone utterly dejected.

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It's a lost cause. First things first, we still have wounded. Secondly, getting our resources together would take at least an hour, maybe 2, and there's no way in hell our ferryman would wait for us that long. Third, not all of us have a viable ranged option; I'm all but useless at range right now. And fourth, even if we were fully healed and readied AND had the ranged spells and weapons we 'd need AND could pull him into an advantaged position here, he can just head to the water and swim away. And that's assuming he doesn't just climb the cliff and eat our faces off. Our best bet is to come back in a day or two and hope he didn't take our stuff when he left.