"The problem now is that there are things only I can do. I misjudged, I
wanted to be at least 20 yards out from them when I cast the entanglement,
which would have been after I'd had time to change back. I didn't judge that
well enough so I was in range after all. Next time I'll space that out
better. I got a reminder, see this spot? It's a cheetah spot. I don't know
if it'll ever go away. So, has anyone told you about the dogs? I lost two of
them, my beta bitch and my gamma sire. Buddy and the beta sire wouldn't let
anyone get close enough to me to heal me back to consciousness. And the
damned Uruk Hai also managed, somehow, to cut a big nick in my armor. I
didn't think that was even possible with enchanted armor."
She takes a few deep breaths. Talking seems to be wearing her out. "Did
Mother talk to you? I heard nothing from The Weaver of All or her
associates. I'm so glad Pomeroy was able to take care of Xander.. Buddy,
Come. Good boy, sit. Rest. Yes, you're a good boy. Ahearn, I don't know if
you got a chance to meet my dogs. This is buddy. He's a utility dog, so he
stays out of fights. Buddy, Ahearn is a friend. Don't worry Ahearn, as soon
as I get my prayers back I'll explain it to him. Forvenceven, come. Sit.
Rest. This is Forvenceven, or North Earth. I've taken his armor off. As long
as I'm here he'll let you pet him, but both of them are super protective of
me. They don't go into fights until I tell them too. I learned a lot more
about training dogs from you."
She thinks for a moment, letting Ahearn to say something if he wants to.
Then she says, "If you really don't want to sit idle for all this, when I
can pray again I can hibernate you so you can heal and not get frustrated
about sitting around getting fussed over. Let me know if you're interested."
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"His only real threat was his speed," I agree. "I suspect something was
helping him along, if not an item, a spell of some sort or potion."
"As to the getting knocked to the point of lights out, well, it's a risk we
run being the front line," I say. "I would prefer it if you did leave it to
us, you are of more use and threat from a mid point of attack."
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Carandolana staggers, limps, or is assisted to get near to where Ahearn is.
"I'm going to leave that falling unconscious thing you and Sean seem to do a
lot to you. I don't see what the attraction is. Damn that guy was fast."
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Sean talks with Ahearn, briefly, not wanting to overtax him. "Brother, I am
going to check out the dragon's lair, make it easier for us to go back that
way when it's time to do so. I will be careful. I look forward to going
back there with you to my front."
To Hagar, Sean says "My Prince, I intend to scout out the route to Ezanus's
lair. He must be destroyed, when we are all up to snuff, we must destroy
the wyrm. I prefer to scout it alone, I would not lead anyone into danger
until we are ALL going into danger together." Sean smiles. "I'll try not
to stir up too much trouble." At that, he smirks.
On Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 04:05:33 PM EDT, Buddy Schirmer
<buddyschirmer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hagaor says "Whoevere wishes to Range with Sean is free to Range."
Hagar sets up the cave crew into defense guarding rotations through the week
until all are healed up and ready to go. Keeping the rotation so no one
gets burnt out and always has night vision mixed in at night guarding.
Holly can reset her trip wires but Hagar thinks they will be less affective
the next time.
He says Farab be praised also with the three raised from certain death. We
need to do the last rights too.
Card, we know you can recover like a Troll so we had to gamble or knock your
pups out. This time the gamble worked.
OOC - Yea, it will take some time to get everyone healed up so until then,
Holly can be our scout in the air patrol nad keep an eye on things. Sean
will Rnage and the rest run patrols but close to home with guard duties to.
If any localized work on the cove/caves/dock can be done that is organized.
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 1:08 PM Nicole Massey <nyyki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:nyyki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
*Healed up, just tired. Getting knocked under takes a lot out of
you. Remember I heal about three times faster than you do, so there's that,
and skin changing also heals me a lot. I had to become a dog to tell the
boys I was okay and to get them to relax, because they weren't letting
anyone near me while I was down. Just bring me arrow parts so I can keep
busy and not feel useless. I hope to be able to pray soon enough for spells;
that drop under knocked all my prayers out of my head.* She sounds a bit
scattered.
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*Carandolana, let me help you... what can I do to ease the
healing...?* Holly is upset and concerned.for.her.best friend ... she is
confused and want to heal her...I think she may have a potion stashed...nope
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How did folks get the idea that Carandolana isn't going to need to
recover just like any other character who drops below 0? Just because she
can selfheal doesn't seem to give her a pass on being a lump for days after
it.
If she can cast spells she'll turn into a Goodberry factory again, 6
Goodberry spells per day for a maximum of 48 goodberries or a total of 336
for a full seven day of making them and perfect die rolls.
She wants to chat with Ahearn.
She'll keep an eye on her armor, seeing if the enchantment does
anything to repair it.
And soon after she gets to the caves she'll wash and oil her skin so
she feels clean again after all that. She suspects the cheetah spot won't
wash off, and it's there as a reminder.
As much as she can she'll be her easy-going charismatic self instead
of the Carandolana -- Warrior Druid she seems to have to adopt so much.
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In the immediate aftermath of recovering everybody and getting them
to the cavern, Sean and Joseph will go and recover the horses. Hopefully.
Thereafter, we appear to have time on our hands.
Xander, Ahearn and Johnny Mac need rest and rehabilitation. Farab
be praised.
Carandolana will slowly heal herself if not aided.
We have a week to kill. Or whatever Steve decides.
In that week, Sean has plans. In addition to the interment of our
honored dead, in properly consecrated ground, Sean intends to remove
Largeskull's large skull and mount it on a pole near where his landing party
landed. That will be a day one project. He'll also decapitate the ogres,
tying their heads together in pairs by their hair. The plan is to leave
them at the entrance to Hilda's caves. He'll spend the better part of the
rest of the day waiting on any patrols issuing forth from Hilda's cave, and
killing them. Or retiring before them if they are too much for him to
handle. He'd prefer to go it alone, but is willing to accept aid from
Padrock and Wolfgang, as he has been training them in the longbow. What
he'll do is track the ogres back the way they came, not because he doesn't
know where Hilda's cave is, but because he wants to see the route the next
patrol is likely to take. The ambush will be somewhere along there.
Because he is so easily taunted, and because every action requires a
reaction. The equal and opposite part only applies to a physics response.
Sean is very much a disproportional response sort of fellow.
If the rest of the party strenuously objects to this plan, he will
not do it, certainly not that the party knows, anyway. Whether he does it
alone is a whim of the moment thing.
His big plan for the week, however, is to trek to Ezanus's lair.
His intent is not to engage (unless a golden opportunity presents itself)
but, rather, to fix it's location (as opposed to having a map designation
we've never checked) and determine what we will encounter on our way there.
Because, surely, when back to strength, we will dispatch this draconian
nightmare once and for all. In this, Sean will accept no help, with the
exception of goodberries, not for their healing, but for their incidental
ability to obviate the need to eat.
Sicarius, during this time, will be doing routine maintenance of
weapons and armor. In addition, he will be looking to see if he has enough
materials to build a ballista, using Bertha as a model. At some point, he'd
prefer to make something that fires rocks (an onager or a scorpion) but he
has no model to use for that, while Agrobast made a perfectly practical
mobile ballista for Hagar, and Sicarius thinks he can manufacture a bigger
model using it as an example (Sicarius is a weaponsmith, but he could use
some assistance from a bowyer, which we have a few).
Sicarius will ask Xander, when his is out and about, whether he
thinks that trick he did with the rocks turning into a paper would work if
attached to a ballista bolt. One hit on a ship by a ballista bolt so
enhanced could destroy it.
