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[scriver]

Tadhg makes a lazy salute as the halfling enters, but then goes back to wishing he had brought something stronger than water to drink, and stays silent as the others explains the situation except for the occasional hefty sigh when he drinker from his waterskin.

[Dwarmin]

"...Acceptable," Samara allows, "However, what is the extent of this... 'Sunkenstew'? How long to cross it, how deep does it go?"

"Nawt long t'all, going cross, hardly half a day and some. 'Course you know to swim, then.

Goes deepah than even Coney has evah, though. She can't breathe that deep. No one can-not even yer Lizahdman. Don't figyah we're going in that direction. Unless it's one way."

The party spends the next hour undergoing a short rest, letting their meatshields recover.

Tadhg recovers +20 HP (now 28/35HP)
Sarco recovers +12 HP (now 27/35HP)

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

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Spoiler: Enemies (click to show/hide)

Ennui

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Spoiler: Party Loot and Experience (click to show/hide)

Party EXP to next level
1570/1800
party Loots
1xSunrise Health Potions (Held by Tadhg)
1xHealth Cordial (Held by Tadhg)

Spoiler: Party Status (click to show/hide)

Samara Oestel (Flying Dice)
Class: Wizard
23/23 HP left
Status: Healthy
Death Saves Remaining:3/3
Resting HD Remaining:1d6/3
Effects: Summoned Raven (No name, Current location: In a cave, Current status: Sleepy)
Abilities:
Spells Remaining Today
Lv. 1: 4/4
Spells Prepared
Cantrips/Fire Bolt, Light, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation
Rituals/Find Familiar, Alarm, Identify, Detect Magic
Lv.1/Shield, Grease, Sleep, Feather Fall
Lv.2/Flaming Sphere, Misty Step
Arcane Recovery/Ready! (2 Spells)
Inspired!
Portent (3, 7) 2/2 remaining
1. IF something tries to grapple Samara while in the water, THEN substitute the 3 for its roll.
2. IF something tries to grapple another party member while in the water, THEN substitute the 7 for its roll. If multiple party members are grappled simultaneously, give the 7 to the enemy targeting the party member least likely to avoid being grappled.))

Wielding: Wizard Dagger (A primitive weapon spellcasters used to carry for self defense, in the dark days before unlimited cantrips)
Wearing: Practical linens and leathers (Traveling outfit for an Elven woman with noble affectations-a scooped neckline, flared wrists, and a high collar. Tends to leave an impression. 13 AC)

Magical Items
Wand of Chromatic Orb
Current Charges: 2/3
Current Element: Thunder
This fires the Chromatic Orb spell-it's element can be either acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or thunder, doing 3d8 damage. It regains 1 charge each day at dawn, to a maximum of three charges. If you expend the wand ’s last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ash and is destroyed. You can also use the wand at 0 charges, and it will be irrevocably destroyed afterwards.

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=93752

Aldeth (My Name is Immaterial)
Class: Warlock
27/27 HP left
Status: Healthy, creepy
Death Saves Remaining:3/3
Resting HD Remaining:1d8/3
Effects: ~
Abilities:
Spells Remaining Today
Lv. 1: 1/2
Spells Prepared
Cantrips/Eldritch Blast, Mage Hand, Spare the Dying, Dancing Lights, Thaumaturgy
Lv.1/Hex, Hideous Laughter, Charm Person, Dissonant Whispers
Lv.2/Darkness, Invisibility
Lv. I don't know/Detect Thoughts, Phantasmal force
Inspired!
Empathic Mindlink 3/3 Saves remain (Linked:)

Wielding: Arcane Focus Staff (When sanity blasting horrors appear, lean on this, and clutch your forehead. A simple wooden staff carved with meandering lines.)
Wearing: Leather Armor+Mystics Clothing (A long red dress, with a leather chest piece under the cloth. Comes complete with combat boots, it's sort of a metaphor for her dual nature. Bet you never got that. 13 AC)
http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=93702

Magical Items
Magical Scarab Necklace
A magical key to something, somewhere...

Bag of Tricks (Animal)
Anyone reaching into the bag feels a small ball of fur, scales, or shell. If the ball is removed and tossed away, it turns into an animal. The animal serves the character who drew it from the bag for an hour (or until slain or ordered back into the bag), at which point it disappears. The animal is seemingly random, being either a bat, crab, giant badger, lizard, snake, horse, mule, goat, cat or rat.
Current Charges: 10/10

Akira (kj1225)
Class: Rogue
24/24 HP left
Status: Healthy, Discouraged
Death Saves Remaining:3/3
Resting HD Remaining:1d8/3
Mastermind Lessons: 1/1 Remaining (Nothing yet)
Effects: Sneak Attacker/Does +2d6 with finesse weapons when ever attacking with advantage, or if allies are in 5 ft of enemy.
Abilities:
Inspired!

Wielding: Rapier+Dagger (Standard equipment-these pitted twin blades show years of hard use, and frankly, neglect.)
Wearing: Dark Hooded Clothing+Leather armor (Akira usually doesn't like to be seen, and these weather-worn clothes reflect a lack of light, and muffle details of her appearance even to her closest friends. She also wears an Iron Collar, but it doesn't seem to serve any obvious function... 14 AC)
http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=93450

Tadhg Maeloc (Scriver)
Class: Barbarian
28/35 HP left
Status: Alright!
Death Saves Remaining:3/3
Resting HD Remaining:1d12/1
Effects:
Abilities:
Rage/Ready! (3/3)
Inspired!

Wielding: Standard Issue Maul (More the sort issued to military engineers, it's not exactly designed for killing, but labor. A block of stout oak can easily punch a tent peg in the ground as it can blast through armor and jelly the bones and muscles of the enemy underneath. Kept in immaculate condition, even if it shows signs of recent heavy use.)
Wearing: Armor Not listed on sheet (Nothing really stands out behind Tadhg's normal wear-it seems the barbarous fellow enjoys comfortable, light colored cloth breeches and shirts-they seem to have been mended and patched many times by his own meticulous hand, and are in fairly good condition. An odd skill for a sailor, one might think, but a lifetime of mending sails makes one pretty deft at sewing holes in shirts. 15 AC)
http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=93818

Sarco Idous (Cript)
Class: Fighter
31/35 HP left
Status: Scale-shedding
Death Saves Remaining:3/3
Resting HD Remaining:1d10/1
Effects: Great Weapon Fighter/Reroll 1's and 2's on damage dice when wielding a two handed weapon.
Abilities:
Second Wind/Expended (1d10+3)
Action Surge/Ready!
Superiority Dice/4 of 4 remaining (1d8)
Inspired!

Wielding: Knight's Maul (This royal looking hammer is made of dark blue and green steel-engraved  in a fashion similar to a Dragon's open maw, attached to a long haft of pure steel, wound by a segmented spiral of small blue gems, like a serpents tail. It's seen better days, and seems to have undergone recent surface damage through wear and tear. It's clear this weapon was made with skill and attention to pure lethality, and it reflects a certain pageantry of a long lost age.)
Wearing: Thick Chainmail (Thick and heavy with overlapping layers of strongly woven mesh, Sarco enjoys the obvious advantage his strong build and armored scales afford him AC 18.)

Magical Items
Wisp Orb
Current Charges: 2/3
Soul Energy: (1075xp) HUNGRY HUNGRY MORE FOOD
Available Abilities:
Shocking Swarm/The Wisps can now be ordered to directly attack opponents, as per the 'Shocking Grasp' spell-Sarco can order them to do this a free action on his turn. Every attack reduces the duration they are summoned by 10 seconds, so they can do at most 5 attacks before being forced to return. Enemies directly killed by this ability generate 50% more experience for the Orb. They may attempt to use this ability without your permission, on those close to death. They can only do a single ability at any one time.
Mist Shield/The Wisps can be ordered to guard a target as a free action-they will form a misty shield either in a 3x3 box (15ft by 15ft), or around a target, providing the same effect as half cover to all friendly characters within the shield, +2 to AC and an advantage on all dexterity checks from being targeted from outside the mist. They will cunningly deny this same advantage to hostile enemies who attempt to enter the cloud. Every turn they spend shielding reduces the duration they are summoned by 10 seconds, so they can do at most 5 turns before being forced to return. They can only do a single ability at any one time.
Soul Lantern/This ability mimics the Dancing Lights spell, but unlike the spell, you can control them mentally as a free action-though they are still limited to 60 seconds duration, and one combined 60 ft move a turn.
Feed on Death/This ability is not so much activated, as inherent-when any being dies while the wisps are summoned in their perception range, or their users, they will immediately disregard all previous commands, and rush to feed upon the energy released by the dying. The orb gains experience in this way depending on the strength of the slain, much like a player character, and as it levels it's power will grow-and it will become harder to control.
Imprison/This ability withdraws the Wisps back to their 'home', before their allotted time. They may attempt to resist this, if they have not been fed while summoned, or you are actively preventing them from feeding.

http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=93470

Kawtari (GiglaDes)
Class: Fighter
35/35 HP left
Status: Healthy, stoic
Death Saves Remaining:3/3
Resting HD Remaining:1d10/3
Effects: Two Weapon Fighter/When dual wielding, adds her ability modifier to the second attack
Abilities:
Second Wind/Ready! (1d10+3)
Action Surge/Ready!
Superiority Dice/4 of 4 remaining (1d8)
Inspired!

Wielding: Meteor Hammer+handaxe (An exotic weapon favored by Kawtari, versatile and surprisingly deadly-two round mace heads on a length of thick swing chain, it can be wielded in one hand or two. It's got decent reach, and the chain can be manipulating with deftness to strike from afar or around corners, or to hamper an enemies movement by binding their legs. Useful when you don't want to get very close to an opponent. Kawtari also carries a completely mundane handaxe in her other hand, handy for close encounters)
Wearing: Baggy Clothes, beaked Helm+Studded Leather Armor (One can't see much of the Kenku underneath this ornate armor, of which most notable is a hawk-beaked metal helmet. Is she trying to hide from the gaze of her enemies, or her friends? She seems to be sporting spiffy new, metal studded leather-what looks like old iron, fashioned into razor studs, not designed so much to slice as to catch and foil incoming blades. AC 15)
http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=93531

[Criptfeind]

Revived by his time in the warm Sarco is recovered somewhat from the cold. He reared up from his resting position and streched out, before digging around in his pouch for the money to pay the guide. He brought out ten gold coins from his pouch and readying it for payment to the guide. "I am ready. I am glad that we do not have to travel into the wintery hell that is above us."

[Dwarmin]

Coney has spent most of the time warming her hands and fletching her crossbow bolts. She nods.

"The weathas not my usual concern anyway. Can't say I wasn't sahprised by it. Shouldn't hurt my business none.

Figure we'll get going soon enough, if ya's ready. One more thing.

She knows how to whispa...nicely..."

The Halfling seems to think to this over, as if trying to put a concept into words you'll understand.

"Coney can speak real quiet. Only on the inside can ya hear her words-useful, down here. The whispa, Her kind can all do this. But, we don't do it without pahmission. Not to outsidahs. Will you let me in, Sahco? It wont hurt."

Sarco feels a queer sensation a that moment-like someone politely knocking on a door...inside his head.

[Criptfeind]

Sarco considers the offer for a long moment before finally nodding his head. "Yes. I can see the usefulness of that. Although there is one thing I cannot allow. If we enter battle I would ask you to withdraw from my mind, even though it is an inconvenience. In battle there are some things I must not be distracted for." he says, worried about how this type of communication could distract his concentration from holding onto the wisps. With that he tried to open his mind slightly to the probing. To send it a greeting thought.

[GiglameshDespair]

"You can touch minds? Can you read them, too?"

[Dwarmin]

Sarco does so-it's not entirely unlike the things he hears from the Wisps, though there is no unpleasant feelings of those fragmented minds-instead it's a mortal mind, infinitely more complicated, fragile, yet beautiful. Even without going further than a slight touch, he feels immediately in tune with Coney's 'self'-he finds he can visualize her position, even if he closes his eyes, and seems to be able to predict her movements to some degree. He feels her own surface thoughts, tentative and probing-for a moment, he allows himself to go a bit deeper through the tunnel Coney has opened between their two minds, and sees what might be true, or just how she is portraying herself to him-consciously or unconsciously. He finds a fiercely romantic heart, like a small wisp of flame cupped in his hand, beautiful to see, painful to hold-encased in an iron box of harsh discipline, and cold pragmatism-curious and nervous when meeting strangers, though she never lets it show, a professional in most matters. A love of natural beauty and solitude, and a fierce loyalty to her family.

The images begun to fuzz.

"*...careful. Don't overdo it.*" She says. Sarco hears this voice echoing in his own mind-oddly, it has no accent, but seems to be unique, from either her real voices-it might be what he imagines it would be.

"You can touch minds? Can you read them, too?"

Coney responds at the same time in reality-Sarco gets a bit of a headache from this doubling effect, but it's clear she has no trouble holding two conversations at once.

"She can look and see. Not read like a book. Surface thoughts...feelings. Going deeper is dangahrous. The whispa goes both ways. Only go fah till the mind-the unconscious mind-starts to fight back. Easy to get hurt, that way. Ya want someone to dive in yer mind, ya have to trust them totally. Totally. If ya think they'll lie to ya, then yer mind will make them see lies. Ya unnerstand? Othas in my village are better at it than me, 'course."

[My Name is Immaterial]

Aldeth activates her own telepathy, sending a message towards the halfling. <I can do that too! Always so fun to meet another silent-talker!>

[Dwarmin]

Aldeth activates her own telepathy, sending a message towards the halfling. <I can do that too! Always so fun to meet another silent-talker!>

Her facial expression doesn't change, but Coney flashes an interior smile. Aldeth feels much the same things Sarco did, though more naturally.

*"Ayuh! I spend alot of time away from my family. It gets lonely, just whispering to normals. They're so afraid to open their minds...it's good I'll have a sister, I can whisper to, at least.

...What are those other voices? They're bothering me. We can make them be quiet, if you want. Make a fort in our heads-two to keep out three. I assume you know the technique?"* Of course, she could just dig for this information, but prefers to show telepathic politesse.

[scriver]

((My post got eaten by ninjas! I swear!))

Tadhg brings out ten coins of his own and hands them to the guide, then walks over to his backpack and begins making himself ready to travel.

"...Yes, it would've been a shame to have to use the equipment we paid so much for..." He mutters half to himself, half as q response to Sarco's comment about the wintery above. "Guess there's still a chance for climbing down here... And when we get up..."

He finishes up and tells the others he's ready to go.

"This mind-whispering thing, though... It's not dangerous, is it?"

[Dwarmin]

"This mind-whispering thing, though... It's not dangerous, is it?"

"...well, lemme try to put in ways ya' can unnerstand...

Just, like we are now, isn't harmful, right? But, ya can say things to hurt me. Or ya scream really loud. Those things might hurt only feelings. Inside, it can hurt for real. That's why I whisper. It's not different than talking, really-just have to be polite-don't enter someones home without permission, and remember not to shout indoors. If I wanted to hurt you that way, I'd really have to try. In some ways, you'd even have to want me to hurt you. It's called an empathic link-we share emotional states, and make words and thoughts through them. That helps soften the whole thing. It's only as dangerous to the one who's listening, as the one who's speaking. I'm not like to hurt myself, am I?

Now, there are ways to hurt for real-more like a knife to the brain, than just shouting harsh words-but I don't really know any of them. Yet."

[My Name is Immaterial]

Aldeth's jaw drops and her eyes go wide. She had never heard of anything like this before. Not wanting T͚̻͕̜̩h͚̠e̬͔̪m͖̞ to hear, she drops her 'voice' to a conspiratorial 'whisper'.
<You can make them go away?>

[kj1225]

Akira is looking about nervously. She really doesn't like these caves, not cramped enough for how dark they are. And nothing to trip over. It's not natural to not have to look out for stuff in the dark like you do on the surface.

[Dwarmin]

Coney considers a moment and answers. *"Go away? No. Have to find and make them stop for real, right?

But, you can make them be quiet and let you think. Yes.

See-you can whisper, it's like a door. You can get out...and, things can get in. My people, we're all whisperers. We know about the voices. We all built a mental wall, like we built a wall to keep monsters out-it's called the community mind. We defend each other. Rely on each other, when we're weak, so things can't prey on us. When I was very young, I was scared alot-of the voices, the things. But, my family and community protected me, until I was strong enough to look out for myself. And to help others-to make the wall stronger. A whole community is very strong, but even just two people can learn to form a wall.

...Weren't you taught these things as a child?"* she asks, sending a tendril of emotion to Aldeth-undiluted pity.

...

Everyone else in the room might be a bit confused to see Sarco and Adleth essentially standing around and looking into space, not saying anything out loud.

[GiglameshDespair]

"I assume you are whispering mind-talk to each other."