Gallifrey

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 "Perhaps there is some kind of trigger," Blue said, pausing to briefly focus the sweep of his Detect Magic spell over the nearest alcove containing lit candles, just to see what sort of magic was moving there, before stepping forward and joining Xaya in her search, "A keyword or phrase?  Or something to do with the candles?  Ah, how I'd love to have the time for a truly detailed and in depth study.  This place is fascinating, even if we've managed to run into several of its least friendly denizens so far."   The wizard held his speech long enough to blow a slow breath over the glass to see if it would fog, and if it did if any words might reveal themselves, before continuing.    "I'm sure the next group we meet will be more amenable to polite conversation.  Maybe they'll even be able to give us directions to Skullport."   The wizard bent down and grabbed the piece of rope on the ground before offering it to Xaya, "You would think directions would be more readily available outside Undermountain, but I have to say I am rather enjoying not knowing at the moment.  Reminds me of that old saying about the journey being the destination and all."   Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Empty Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 "Some kind of conjuration," the wizard said thoughtfully, jotting a few quick notes as he held his focus on his spell, "So perhaps it is responsible for the slime that maintained the halls?  A mirror of cube conjuration?"   The elf cocked his head trying to imagine uses for such an enchanted item.  It would be a terrible addition to a house where anyone lived, but perhaps it could work for sewer cleaning?  Provided, of course, someone killed the slimes every so often to prevent them from growing large and numerous enough to overrun the city.  And given that, in Blue's experience, maintenance was always a top priority for bureaucrats and nobles everywhere there was absolutely no way that could go wrong.  That said, perhaps there would be at least one place that could make use of it.  Somewhere.     "Impractical normally, but maybe useful here... though another possibility," Blue continued, "is that the mirror is meant to send people somewhere.  So I would advise against trying to walk into it at this point.  At least until we're sure, one way or another.  Maybe toss something soft at it first to see if it goes through?"   Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Empty Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .Prestidigitation to conjure small pebbles one at a time and then toss them at least 20 feet ahead of the group if the party agrees.   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 Blue looked up from where he had crouched on the floor to begin scribing his ritual circle.  "Have any statues done you wrong in the past?" the wizard asked with a friendly grin, "Or perhaps a stone carver?  It sounds like there's a story here..."   Floating his Grimoire briefly closer the wizard perused the page he was on and marked a few lines on the floor.  "I for one wouldn't mind hearing about it.  If nothing else it will pass the time."   From its position on his shoulder the wizard's familiar punctuated his last remark with a serious looking nod. Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Empty Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .Prestidigitation to conjure small pebbles one at a time and then toss them at least 20 feet ahead of the group if the party agrees.   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 "Well, isn't that interesting," Blue said happily, dismissing the next stone he had conjured and approaching the mirror, careful to keep at least five feet between himself and its surface, "Most certainly out of place, but still quite interesting.  I would definitely suggest we test it for magic before proceeding.  Perhaps everyone could take a rest while I prepare myself?"   The wizard hummed happily as he jotted a few quick notes.  "I don't suppose anyone recognizes this wizard," he added casually, "or could hazard a guess as to who it might be?" Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Empty Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .Prestidigitation to conjure small pebbles one at a time and then toss them at least 20 feet ahead of the group if the party agrees.   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 As the party stood at the intersection, Blue cast a glance over at Varta.  "Are you well enough for another hallway?" he asked her, looking east to where the candle light shone from around the corner, "As awful as those cubes tend to be, we can at least take comfort in the fact that we're at least on the lookout for them now.  I could even conjure a few pebbles and toss them well ahead of us as we go to try and catch the next one early."   A quick casting of Prestidigitation later and the wizard was holding a small, worthless chunk of rock shaped like an acorn.  The elf held it up at eye level between two slender fingers before flicking it east as a demonstration.  "If you don't hear it clatter, assume something soft and gelatinous caught it," he added, possibly unnecessarily.     "If we do continue on," Blue said as the stone down the hallway vanished in a puff of smoke, "I would say we go east and finishing exploring this section." Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Empty Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .Prestidigitation to conjure small pebbles one at a time and then toss them at least 20 feet ahead of the group if the party agrees.   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 As the last of the slime vanished, Blue pulled out his inkpen and jotted another note with slightly more haste than usual.  "Clean dungeons, think slime," he muttered, "Note height of effect on walls/ceiling to determine further clues regarding size."   The wizard nodded as he penned the last word, then tucked away his inkpen once more and moved to join Varta.  "Anything around the corner there?" he asked, before noticing the hallway ended in a blank wall and turning back to ask, "Does anyone perhaps know how to find a secret door?  It seems odd to have so many dead ends here.  Or at least, we think so."   Once more rubbing his familiar under its chin, Blue turned and began exploring the wall. Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Empty Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .Search the dead end for secret doors, unless someone with better skill wants to try in which case he'll gladly assist.   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 "Are you alright back there, Varta?" Blue called out, his Grimoire flipping open and its pages turning even as his feet carried him and his familiar away from the slime.  The pages halted on the Mind Sliver cantrip and the wizard spat the words to the spell.   As soon as the spell was cast, the wizard used his free hand to slap his forehead.  "Of course!" he exclaimed, "Clean walls and floors.  Well it's at least a nice reminder to be more suspicious of that sort of thing in the future." Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Empty Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .Cast Mind Sliver on the cube.   Bonus Action: . Move: .N,N,N,N,N Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 "We certainly did get off on the wrong foot with those little goblins, didn't we?" Blue chuckled ruefully.  "Still, if we're patient enough, we should be able to work things out.  If we get the time perhaps I'll throw in a batch of cookies to sweeten the deal."   The wizard tucked away his inkpen for a moment, casting a brief Prestidigitation to clean his hands. "This isn't quite an environment conducive to baking though.  And I don't want to waste nutmeg on a botched attempt.  Something tells me it doesn't exactly grow locally down here." Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 The wizard rubbed his beardless chin thoughtfully.  Something was bothering him about the little room to the north.  The way it was positioned made it seem like a broom closet, somewhere one could store supplies to keep the candle-lit hall clean.  And yet it was particularly bare and empty.     "Does anyone else find that little bare room to be odd?" the wizard asked of the group, "It's such a tiny space it doesn't really make sense for it to be there, much less to have its own door."   Casting a glance back over his shoulder, Blue added, "It seems like the perfect sort of place for a secret door.  I'd really like to go back and look once we see where this path leads." Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 Blue eyed the candles with curiosity, making a few thoughtful noises as he continued to write, before moving to Xaya's side and looking over her shoulder at the candle she was examining.  "They are rather interesting, aren't they.  Definitely magical too.  No need for a ritual to prove that."   Equally as interesting as the clear use of magic in lighting this hallway was the lack of dust that spoke to some degree of maintenance.  "It certainly would be nice if someone friendly had just moved in to this part of the dungeon.  Perhaps another party of adventurers who decided to establish some sort of base camp?"   The wizard knew the odds of such a thing were low, especially this close to the well, but, as he usually did, he found hoping for the best preferable to worrying constantly about the worst.  Shaking his head, he followed Varta to the west, still taking notes. Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 The wizard thought for a moment, absently rubbing his familiar under its chin.  "On the one hand," he began, "I'd like to know more about the lighted halls to the south.  On the other hand, unless I've gotten turned around, the eastern corridor leads at least in part back to where we were before.  It certainly could turn off in a very different direction before too long, but it does make one wonder about secret passages we may have missed before."   Blue grinned, clearly excited by the idea.  "Yes, I suppose I'd like to see what's east of us before we turn back to the south.  But that's just me, and in the end I'm equally happy to have a chance to explore the southern way.  So what say the rest of us?" Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 Brushing chalk dust from his hands, Blue stood up from his ritual circle.  Or, more precisely, he stood up from where his ritual circle had been before he scrubbed it out.  His dice floated one by one back into his belt pouch, and once that was done a few quick castings of Prestidigitation ensured that even the dust was gone.   Blue retrieved his ink pen and starting jotting down notes even as he spoke up.  "Well, it would seem that the voice of fate is silent on this issue.  Putting the head back on the statue as is will do nothing, good or bad."   The elf cocked his head to one side thoughtfully, and then added, "Though with hindsight being somewhat more all-encompassing than future sight I can now see that we failed to account for what might happen if we mended the break between the statue and its head.  Well, I say we, but in fact I do mean you, Xaya.  So, perhaps something to come back to in the future?  I'll keep a detailed record of things so we won't forget about it later, so no need to worry on that account." Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .  If the party agrees, Blue will ritual cast Augury and ask what will happen if they place the head back on the statue.   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 The wizard plucked another crystal die from his belt pouch with his mental hand and sent it on a brief orbit around his own head before dropping it into his actual flesh and blood hand to join its companion.     "Caution seems to be the order of the day," Blue said, before reconsidering for a moment and adding, "Or night.  I suppose it is technically still night time, though I haven't been keeping all that careful a track of things.  In any case, if my Augury suggests anything but weal, then we leave this statue alone.  Does that sound fair to one and all?" Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .  If the party agrees, Blue will ritual cast Augury and ask what will happen if they place the head back on the statue.   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Caspian Talwycke - The Questing Doctor  The Doctor  AC: 16 | HP: 6/9  | HD: 1/1d8 | Initiative: +3 | Passive Perception: 13 | Ki: 0/0 | DM Inspiration: 1/1 The young man rubbed the back of his neck, trying to listen to what the Captain and Virgil were saying instead of just what he thought he should hear.  It was a bit of advice he'd gotten from a scroll he'd half read in a monastery.  It had been fairly metaphor heavy, going on about reflections, and honestly viewing oneself in order to achieve true understanding and unity of body and spirit, and in truth Caspian had set it aside before he'd finished because there wasn't much about cultivating Ki in it, but there had been a paragraph that talked about the reflection of self in others, and that some things were less biased coming from unclouded eyes when the mirror of one's heart had yet to be cleared of dust... or something like that.   Still, while he could agree he had been careful, and appreciated that no one seemed to be blaming him for what had transpired in the study, he had been acting without knowing exactly what sort of care was really necessary.  That was still something that he needed to correct.     "Magical traps," Caspian muttered, folding his hands and tapping his thumbs together, "I guess we can presume the other coffer is trapped as well?" Mechanics ___________________________________________________ Main Hand: Empty Off Hand:  ___________________________________________________ Action: . Bonus Action: N/A. Move: . Manipulate: . ___________________________________________________ Ki Abilities        

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 Blue smiled at the thought of a statue coming to life.  It would certainly be an interesting experience, and one well worth writing about.  That being said, there was a tiny chance, almost negligible really, that it could end very badly for all involved if the statue was, just perhaps, evil.  Or if not evil at least tragically misunderstood and cursed with a hunger for living flesh, or some such thing.   "We could always let the dice decide," the wizard said, reaching with his mind and floating one of the intricately carved crystal dice out from his belt pouch, "Messages from beyond are generally fairly broad, but that doesn't make them useless.  Especially if you don't keep pestering the entities that live there."   Blue plucked the die from the air and rolled it in his hand, even as his Grimoire snapped open and the pages began turning on their own to the Augury spell, but he held off beginning the ritual, clearly waiting for a consensus.   Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .  If the party agrees, Blue will ritual cast Augury and ask what will happen if they place the head back on the statue.   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 Ah the collapse of the possible into the certain, of what could be into what is.  There was nothing quite like it in all his experience.  Though, having seen more possible futures than most, perhaps his experience was less than subjective.     "Certainly wouldn't mind a chance to translate this," Blue chimed in with a grin, tapping the line in his notes where he'd recorded the unknown language, "Though whether or not it's useful I have no idea."   The wizard shrugged before glancing through the doors that Varta had opened and then north to the tunnel.  "A tunnel implies a creator," he said thoughtfully, "but so too does a light source.  That said, I do agree with Moss.  I'd prefer to have room to move if it comes to a fight.  But perhaps it won't?"   Blue hummed thoughtfully.  "Time to think isn't a bad thing.  I'm happy to help dig out the head once I've translated this." Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .  If the party agrees, Blue will ritual cast Comprehend Languages.   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Caspian Talwycke - The Questing Doctor  The Doctor  AC: 16 | HP: 6/9  | HD: 1/1d8 | Initiative: +3 | Passive Perception: 13 | Ki: 0/0 | DM Inspiration: 1/1 Guilt and remorse were weights that seemed to grow with time.  Caspian was well aware of that and so worked to keep himself busy after the party had returned to the inn.  He had a new poultice for the Captain's knee made, as well as a tonic for Vigil to help prevent infection and a pasty sort of ointment to help with healing his wounds, all before dinner.  When the meal began he forced himself to eat, fueling his body for what he knew would be another long day tomorrow, but when Virgil joined them, Caspian had to admit that some of the weight he'd been carrying was lifted.     "Is there anything we should prepare for tomorrow?" he finally asked as the meal was wrapping up, "I've learned my lesson about not touching things on the upper floor, but is there any way to tell if there are traps like that elsewhere?" Mechanics ___________________________________________________ Main Hand: Empty Off Hand:  ___________________________________________________ Action: . Bonus Action: N/A. Move: . Manipulate: . ___________________________________________________ Ki Abilities        

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 Blue chuckled at Varta's joke, shaking his head as his imagination helpfully conjured the image she described.     "I do wonder about these statues we've been finding," the wizard finally said, "All jokes aside the proportions on this statue make me think it's less a historically accurate depiction of someone and more a representation of something.  A fertility goddess, perhaps?  Or an artist's own whimsy?"   It probably wasn't relevant, but Blue dutifully made notes and a quick sketch anyway before turning to face the doors.   "Ah my favorite," Blue said softly, "A fork in the road.  Two possible adventures waiting ahead.  The infinity of choice reduced to a few simple options.  The future balanced as carefully as a dwarven made throwing dagger for just a single moment."     Tucking his ink pen behind his ear, the wizard rubbed his beardless chin.  "I would vote we check the doors first, if only to see what lies immediately on the other side."   Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .  If the party agrees, Blue will ritual cast Comprehend Languages.   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 "Poor fellow indeed," Blue added with a respectful nod towards the legless corpse, "but then again perhaps it was a well earned fate?  I can't say I understand what's written here either, nor am I certain of what it might tell us about the not-so-recently departed here, but if we have the time I can cast Comprehend Languages and fix that particular problem.  Or if no one feels like waiting I can just copy the shapes of the letters and cast the spell later, when we're in a better position to rest."     Without waiting for a consensus, Blue started copying the inscription.  It was something he wanted in his notes, after all, regardless of whether or not he could add the translation now or later.   Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .  If the party agrees, Blue will ritual cast Comprehend Languages.   Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Caspian Talwycke - The Questing Doctor  The Doctor  AC: 16 | HP: 6/9  | HD: 1/1d8 | Initiative: +3 | Passive Perception: 13 | Ki: 0/0 | DM Inspiration: 1/1 Finding nothing else to do for Virgil's wounds after he'd applied the poultice to soak through his bandages, Caspian began repacking his kit.  Now that the crisis was averted, the young doctor felt his emotions returning and for a minute he tried to just breathe as a faint whisper of feeling surged into a roaring storm.  It was hard and shaky at first, but force of habit regulated the pattern of his breaths, slowing his heart rate and (supposedly) gathering Ki from the air to fill his core.  The resolve he'd called upon to force himself to pick up the keys from the room where he'd nearly died was sorely tested as he looked down on his unconscious friend.  It had clearly been his action of opening the coffer that had triggered the creature's arrival.  He therefore bore some responsibility for what came of that.     'But what do I know about magic and traps?' he asked himself, annoyance sparking at the plaintive, whining tone he'd used without thinking.  He could make excuses all he wanted, argue that he couldn't have been expected to know, and hadn't been the one to set the trap, but the heart of the problem was that he had forgotten his training.  He didn't know, and yet he'd acted anyway.  One of the first rules you learned apprenticing under a doctor was that you didn't just go poking around without knowing what you were doing first.     Settling the straps on his pack, Caspian once again forced himself to focus on his breathing.  What he'd have given to have mastered the inner peace and diamond focus spoken of by the more experienced monks of the Hegemony.  Lacking that, he instead established a firm resolve to start learning more.  And to not touch things he didn't understand until he did.   "Virgil would do better with a night's rest," Caspian added, looking up and joining the conversation, "He should be on his feet in a few hours at most.  Then a good meal and a few poultices will have him feeling his usual self by morning, I expect." Mechanics ___________________________________________________ Main Hand: Empty Off Hand:  ___________________________________________________ Action: . Bonus Action: N/A. Move: . Manipulate: . ___________________________________________________ Ki Abilities        

Caspian Talwycke - The Questing Doctor  The Doctor  AC: 16 | HP: 6/9  | HD: 1/1d8 | Initiative: +3 | Passive Perception: 13 | Ki: 0/0 | DM Inspiration: 1/1 "Stable," Caspian replied somewhat curtly to the Captain's query, his hands still busy with his patient, eyes judging the speed at which blood was soaking through his dressings, and at least half his attention on the steps he'd need to take for a poultice to ensure proper healing later as well as a tonic to encourage Virgil's body to restore its lost blood.  Certainly the half-elf would need a good cut of steak to help that process along.  Maybe the inn would have something like that on the menu...?   "If you give me another few minutes it will be safe to move him," Caspian added, going back over his work to see what could be improved from good-enough-in-a-crisis to properly-done-now-that-you-have-time, and sorted out a few more bandages before giving Virgil another once over for wounds the young doctor might have missed the first time.  Finding nothing, he started mixing a paste out of things he pulled from his bag, barely paying attention to any planning that might have been taking place over his head. Mechanics ___________________________________________________ Main Hand: Empty Off Hand:  ___________________________________________________ Action: Stabilize Virgil's wounds. Bonus Action: N/A. Move: . Manipulate: . ___________________________________________________ Ki Abilities        

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 Blue moved along with the group, his familiar clinging to his shoulder and graciously accepting the occasional rub under the chin as the wizard continued to express his appreciation for his companion telepathically.   "Find anything interesting, Moss?" Blue asked, looking down at the four skeletons over the tortle's shoulder.  They certainly didn't look like willing guests of the goblins and drow, but honestly if they'd been reduced to bones it was entirely possible that the skeletons had been there longer than their recently deceased ambushers.     Humming thoughtfully, Blue took a moment while Moss was busy investigating to replace the parchment cover on his Grimoire.  Even considering his best efforts at minimizing his handwriting he'd somehow managed to fill nearly an entire page of parchment with notes and now seemed as good a time as any to start a fresh page.   Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: .     Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern    

Admaer "Blue" Azuregift - High Elf Wizard AC: 15 | HP: 28/32 (fey ancestry) | HD: 5/5d6 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 14 | Arcane Recovery: 1/1 | Portents: 20/13 | Spell Slots: 1st 3/4 2nd 2/3 3rd 2/2 | DM Inspiration: 0/1 "Well, I wouldn't volunteer," Blue said with a wry grin, altering his cast to generate the smell of eucalyptus and ozone directly in front of his nostrils, "but far be it from me to let a friend go in alone..."   The wizard joined Xaya and Jax in their search, telekinetically moving things where at all possible to avoid touching them.  He might not have been willing to let a friend go in alone, but the smell of this room was getting its own footnote in his documentation of their journey and he was very much unwilling to touch anything he didn't absolutely have to while in this room. Nisgaviel (Bat Familiar) | AC: 12 | HP: 1/1 | HD: 1/1d4-1 | Initiative: +2 | Passive Perception: 11 (keen hearing) Mechanics Main Hand: Ink pen Off Hand: Parchment-wrapped Arcane Grimoire Action: Cast Mage Hand to move things and investigate.     Bonus Action: . Move: . Manipulate: . Concentration: . Planned Responses: Shield for magic missile or melee attacks that hit, Absorb Elements for elemental attacks that are covered.  Natural 20 portent for life-or-death or equivalent saves, especially saves against Int drain. Nisgaviel - Celestial Spirit and Bat Familiar Action: Your action goes here. Bonus Action: Your bonus action goes here. Move: Land on Blue's shoulder. Manipulate: Your one free object interaction goes here.   Prepared Spells Prepared Spells (10) Absorb Elements, Shield, Magic Missile, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Feather Fall, Mage Armor Web, Misty Step Hypnotic Pattern  

Caspian Talwycke - The Questing Doctor  The Doctor  AC: 16 | HP: 6/9  | HD: 1/1d8 | Initiative: +3 | Passive Perception: 13 | Ki: 0/0 | DM Inspiration: 1/1 The young doctor shook his head as the gibbering faded, the voices receding from his mind like a changing tide.  And, much like a man finally freed from the pull of the tide, Caspian felt the desire to take a deep breath of fresh, clean air.  Once he'd done that, memory rushed in, reminding him of what he had been happening around him.  Leaping to his feet and finding the awful beast dead and the ground blissfully solid, Caspian moved immediately to Virgil's side.  Guilt gnawed at his guts even as he took in the other man's wounds, but he forced it down and into the box, tossing it out of mind with practiced ease.  The nightmares could (and would) come later.  Right now there was work to do.     Caspian's hands moved with practiced urgency.  His pack was open before it hit the ground, and he was grabbing supplies with one hand even as he began applying pressure to the various wounds with the other.  In between tying off dressings he pressed various acupoints to slow Virgil's bleeding, bringing every scrap of knowledge he had to bear on a truly substantial series of injuries. Mechanics ___________________________________________________ Main Hand: Empty Off Hand:  ___________________________________________________ Action: Stabilize Virgil's wounds. Bonus Action: N/A. Move: . Manipulate: . ___________________________________________________ Ki Abilities        

Caspian Talwycke - The Questing Doctor  The Doctor  AC: 16 | HP: 6/9  | HD: 1/1d8 | Initiative: +3 | Passive Perception: 13 | Ki: 0/0 | DM Inspiration: 1/1 Caspian managed to shield his eyes against the blinding flash the creature emitted, and tried to manage the breathing that kept his mind clear in addition to balancing on the spongy, grippy floor.  Most unfortunately, the young man managed neither.  The gibbering wormed its way into his ears, ringing in his mind and drowning out his own thoughts, coaxing, wheedling, needling him to move, to go somewhere...   In what was perhaps a small mercy, the fact that he was unable to free his feet from the floor meant that he actually went nowhere.   Mechanics ___________________________________________________ Main Hand: Rope Off Hand: Virgil ___________________________________________________ Action: . Bonus Action: N/A. Move: . Manipulate: . ___________________________________________________ Ki Abilities