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Chapter 1: A Fateful Competition


Brian Skies

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image.png.a3631b3d4b1df6139e851e498461c12e.pngNamira - MW Sheet


checked-shield.svg AC: 14 health-normal.svg HP: 24/24 | awareness.svg PP: 14 Spell slots 2/2 Conditions: N/A


Relaxing upon the stage with her hands on her very full belly and a contented grin on her face, Namira accepted her award. A second medalion of the day and one alongside her friend, and tying with a Bugbear! Her grin widened as he introduced himself and she replied in kind.

"Namira... Farah and me came here to win all the things." She said with a shrug in her slow breathy and drawling way of talking. "There's a turtle race we were going to try next... but then some walking might help settle a stomach... there was a maze? It might be handy to have someone with us who can see over all the crowd, wanna come with?" She added absently. As the lavender blue goblin spoke it was unclear if her sentences were meant to follow each other or if they were just whatever happened to float through her mind at the time. The large dark and heavily lidden eyes looked up at the Bugbear for a while, then motioned for him to come closer to her height. If he doesMouth slackening, but still grinning she reaches up with her long painted finger nails, ruffling and stroking and scritching his furry face and neck. Her head lulls back this way and that as she thoroughly scratches up around his neck and ears. She will continue to do this until made to stop.

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The human's hand is seemingly swallowed by Wandile's giant mitt. Still, the human continues to smile. "The name is Irvan. I'm not from here. I just came here to experience the festival's contests. What about you? Are you from here, or another visitor like me?"

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image.png.e27b3358131daffd07203a7782acd89b.pngVir Corath - Kryn Bladesinger

checked-shield.svg AC: 16 (19)  | health-normal.svg HP: 24/24 | sprint.svg Initiative: +4 | awareness.svg Passive Perception: +9 | image.png.5761a33e1190901d4b01eb5ad3c8dbcf.png Bladesong: 2/2


Vir had been hanging back, but moved to rejoin Wandile when the carnage was over.

"That was horrifying to watch, but also damned impressive."

They conceded, giving the blue Goblin in question an nod of respect. 

"My name is Vir, of Clan Corath. I think after that, you might explode if you got bumped around on the back of a turtle. Perhaps we can all do the maze together."

The contests were childish, but Vir didn't mind. These sorts of tests, these sorts of games? It was not so much about the contest itself as it was the idea of it. It was a bonding exercise, a way of bringing folks together. The fact that it did so in a way that tested their skills and endurance was just sugar over the oats, or spirits poured in the ale, depending on the company one kept. They could appreciate them for what they were.

 

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~image.png.8e7e3d897b23140563c5c87e4c9427d3.png  Piper HP: 21/21 | AC: 16 | Pass percep: 14

Piper cheers along with the crowd, although her energy seems to have gone down a bit. Her eyes take on a heavy look like she could fall asleep at any moment. Her sleepy eyes look at the human that spoke to her and she shows a big open mouthed smile, "Yeah! Those pies were delicious! I've never tried to compete by eating a lot of food before. Don't take much to feel this small stomach though, ha!" , she gives her stomach a pat. As small as she was, the stomach wasn't big either, to her it felt twice her size with as full as it was. "That blue one with the hair like a cloud kept up with the cat and Wandile though! She is smaller than me but ate so many pies! I wonder where they all go."

 

Piper looked at Vir for a moment, horrifying? Was watching others eat like that scary to them? The thought perplexed the kenku, but she let it go and her attention went back to the blue-skinned goblin. "Turtle race? I wonder how fast a turtle can really go?" , she pondered. Piper didn't pay much attention to turtles, so she was really curious, "I wanna find out, I'll go to the turtle races. Wandile, you coming too? Oh, I wonder if you can see over the maze... we got to check that out... but would it be any fun if you can see over the maze? Oh, you coming too Vir? Irvan?"

 

"This is my first time here and in a fun festival, I love it so far." A bit of her energy had come back, despite most of it trying to digest, her eyes had regained their wide and shiny gaze.

 


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5sp (not sure how to convert. Do we need to worry about Electrum?) @Brian Skies

Bardic inspiration (free d6 to add to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw) on Wandile

 

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spacer.pngFarah - DDB | MW Thread


checked-shield.svg AC: 16health-normal.svg HP: 27/27 | awareness.svg PP: 14Psionic Energy 4/4Conditions: sickened (1 hour)


Farah smiles, despite still feeling quite queasy.

"Nice to... nice to meet you all. Nami's right, we're here to show these contests who's got the chops... and that's us! Even if... urgh... even if that means sometimes... maybe... eating one too many pies."

She grins, though she definitely appears a little "green around the gills" as it were.

"Anyway, I know how much Namira wanted to see the turtles. It's your call, Nami. I picked the last one, now's your choice! I'm happy to go for either contest."


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image.png.a3631b3d4b1df6139e851e498461c12e.pngNamira - MW Sheet


checked-shield.svg AC: 14 health-normal.svg HP: 24/24 | awareness.svg PP: 14 Spell slots 2/2 Conditions: N/A


Namira looked over, head bobbing in a repeated nod as she looked west. "I do really want to try to lead the little kinespaji" She said (perhaps still ruffling a bugbear's mane) to her friend and the black bird girl. "They're adorable."

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Festivalgoers are clustered around a paddock full of young horizonback tortoises that are shuffling around inside the enclosure. The fifteen-foot-tall tortoises are being tended by young herders, who are fitting them with makeshift bridles. These individuals are overseen by a tall, attractive orc who makes sure the bridles are attached correctly. The orc is a horizonback trainer named Adan. He supervises the transfer of the young tortoises from the paddock to the open fields on the west side of the Jumble, where the tortoises will begin training to become mounts and mobile buildings for the tribes of Jigow.

The orc waves at you and says, "Have you come to join the horizonback migration? There's a tortoise for each of you, and a medal to be won if you make it to the end in one piece. Las year we had to rebuild three houses after the festival!"

Ayo can be seen relaxing here, watching the tortoises.

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image.png.e27b3358131daffd07203a7782acd89b.pngVir Corath - Kryn Bladesinger

checked-shield.svg AC: 16 (19)  | health-normal.svg HP: 24/24 | sprint.svg Initiative: +4 | awareness.svg Passive Perception: +9 | image.png.5761a33e1190901d4b01eb5ad3c8dbcf.png Bladesong: 2/2


Vir was pleased to see the little band coming together, though they had no idea what they intended to do with it. It was just nice to be bonding with strangers, after so long on the road. She'd come to the festival to earn some coin and replenish her dwindling supplies, maybe meet some contacts she contacts she could draw on later. This was exactly what she had hoped for.

"We are indeed."

They said with a smile. 

"Having never seen a race before, what are we actually doing?"

They were more than happy to learn on the fly, over confident as always in their abilities, but learning first would surely ease the challenge of the task.

 

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image.png.a3631b3d4b1df6139e851e498461c12e.pngNamira - MW Sheet


checked-shield.svg AC: 14 health-normal.svg HP: 24/24 | awareness.svg PP: 14 Spell slots 2/2 Conditions: N/A


Namira scampered over excitedly, watching eagerly as the attractive orc... she just watched him for a little, while forgetting why she was her until he spoke to them. Tilting her head she grinned and nodded. "Yes Mister handsome, we're here for the turtle riding. I we get some of their favorite food or anything to help lead them? I hear they understand goblin, but I'm not sure... that will make them easier to manage. The little kinespaji are adorable, but that doesn't make it less able swallow me whole, so I'd appreciate something I can bribe them with." She said

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~spacer.png  Piper HP: 21/21 | AC: 16 | Pass percep: 14

Piper gives Farah some space, not particularly because she was a cat, but because it looked like the pies she ate might escape their prison. "So big!" , Piper states the obvious when she sees the turtles and blinked a few times, not really seeing 'adorable'. She cocks her head and listens to Namira, she seemed to know a thing or two about these large creatures. Something to bribe the turtles sounded like a sound idea, what better motivator then food? The kenku figured said food would cost some money, so she got her gold purse ready.

 


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Bardic inspiration was used (free d6 to add to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw) on Wandile (3/4)

 

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spacer.pngWandile Dandala

Bugbear Echo Knight 


AC: 15 (Chain Shirt) | HP: 31/31 () | HD: 3/3 | Speed: 30 ft. | Initiative: +2
Senses: Passive Perception 13, Insight 11, Investigation 11. Darkvision 60ft.
Str: 18 (+4) | Dex: 14 (+2) | Con: 17 (+3) | Int: 12 (+1) | Wis: 12 (+1) | Cha: 12 (+1)
Languages: Common, Undercommon,


 

"Jigrow resident myself, though not quite native. Moved here a few years back. Retired." he replies bluntly to the human. "Lots of people visiting, lots to do! If you're look for a drink later, I can recommend The Orc's Horn." There, Thrindrut would be a little happier with him taking the day off perhaps, he thought.

 

Wandile looked at Piper as the little blue goblin - Namira he repeated to himself - offered more company. He wasn't sure what to think of them really. Perhaps they were still just full from the pies, but with their lackadaisical attitude it certainly seemed like they were a sitting duck for criminals. Not that Jigsaw was a hotbed of crime, but Wandile did feel somewhat like a responsible citizen, he wouldn't have signed up for the army otherwise. At Namira's gesture he leans closer in, wondering if she's something to tell him. Confusion crosses his face as a hand creeps round behind his head, only growing as it begins to gently scratch him. By the second scratch, he realises there's nothing else forthcoming, and grasps her wrist firmly, delivering her hand back as he standing up again. "Well, right," he replies, not quite sure how to react. He looked sideways at Vir and Piper joining them. "It's not so much racing as herding cats - they're the little ones of those bigger ones you've seen round here," he shares regarding the tortoises. "That sounds like a good show to me though, if I can see over the top of the maze I doubt they'll let me in. It would ruin the fun."

 

He strolls slowly behind the scampering group, long legs easily keeping up. "Food, or perhaps a good bit of encouragement to remind them where to go," Wandile muses, rubbing his biceps again. "I've seen those things get going mind you - slow but stubborn as an ox and harder to change direction than an avalanche. Don't know how the goblins do it." He looks towards the orc, "So is it a turtle each, or we work in teams?"

 

OOC

Action: -

Bonus Action: —

Movement: -

Reaction: -

Object Interaction: -

Actions & Resources

Actions:

Maul . Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 2d6 + 4 bludgeoning damage.

Flail . Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + 4 bludgeoning damage.

Javelin [4] . Thrown/Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, ranged 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 + 4 piercing damage.

 

 

Bonus Actions:

Manifest Echo . magically manifest an echo of yourself in an unoccupied space you can see within 15 feet of you. This echo is a magical, translucent, gray image of you that lasts until it is destroyed, until you dismiss it as a bonus action, until you manifest another echo, or until you're incapacitated. Your echo has AC 14 + your proficiency bonus, 1 hit point, and immunity to all conditions. If it has to make a saving throw, it uses your saving throw bonus for the roll. It is the same size as you, and it occupies its space. On your turn, you can mentally command the echo to move up to 30 feet in any direction (no action required). If your echo is ever more than 30 feet from you at the end of your turn, it is destroyed.

When you take the Attack action on your turn, any attack you make with that action can originate from your space or the echo's space. You make this choice for each attack.

When a creature that you can see within 5 feet of your echo moves at least 5 feet away from it, you can use your reaction to make an opportunity attack against that creature as if you were in the echo's space.

Echo Swap . You teleport, magically swapping places with your echo at a cost of 15 feet of your movement, regardless of the distance between the two of you.

Second Wind . 1/1 (Short Rest) Regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.

 

Reactions:

 

 

Class Features:

Action Surge . 1/1 (Short Rest) You can take one additional action.

Unleash Incarnation . 3/3 (Long Rest) When you take the Attack action, you can make one additional melee attack from the echo's position.

 

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Adan places his hands on his hips, and with a big smile on his face responds to the adventurers. "It'll be a tortoise for each participant. There's plenty of food laying about here. You can try to lead the horizonbacks with it, but they can be fickle creatures. You can grab what you think you'll need for the migration. They do understand Goblin, so you should try communicating with them if you can."

Inside the paddock are piles of massive leafy vegetables.

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spacer.pngWandile Dandala

Bugbear Echo Knight 


AC: 15 (Chain Shirt) | HP: 31/31 () | HD: 3/3 | Speed: 30 ft. | Initiative: +2
Senses: Passive Perception 13, Insight 11, Investigation 11. Darkvision 60ft.
Str: 18 (+4) | Dex: 14 (+2) | Con: 17 (+3) | Int: 12 (+1) | Wis: 12 (+1) | Cha: 12 (+1)
Languages: Common, Undercommon,


 

Wandile strolls doubtfully over to the field of food, glancing back to the tortoises. Animals had never really been his strongpoint, but he felt like he couldn't bow out the competitions now. Maybe best just to do it his way. He turns his back on the fields and steps up to the line of tortoises. "Alright then, which one of you thinks you're tough enough to take a bit of this!" he challenges them in common, slapping a tattoo'd bicep. None of them seem particularly impressed, though one at the end shows a little more interest in the noisy bugbear. "Right then, you're up. Never tried out for the cavalry regiments, but here we go!" He grabs the reins as he swings himself up atop the creature. "Hyah! Go on, git! We've a medal to win you lazy bugger! Call that racing? I seen faster snails! By the time you make it to the end, the other's will have eaten all the best leaves! Food is for winners, and second place is just first loser!"

 

OOC

Action: -

Bonus Action: —

Movement: -

Reaction: -

Object Interaction: -

Actions & Resources

Actions:

Maul . Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 2d6 + 4 bludgeoning damage.

Flail . Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + 4 bludgeoning damage.

Javelin [4] . Thrown/Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, ranged 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 + 4 piercing damage.

 

 

Bonus Actions:

Manifest Echo . magically manifest an echo of yourself in an unoccupied space you can see within 15 feet of you. This echo is a magical, translucent, gray image of you that lasts until it is destroyed, until you dismiss it as a bonus action, until you manifest another echo, or until you're incapacitated. Your echo has AC 14 + your proficiency bonus, 1 hit point, and immunity to all conditions. If it has to make a saving throw, it uses your saving throw bonus for the roll. It is the same size as you, and it occupies its space. On your turn, you can mentally command the echo to move up to 30 feet in any direction (no action required). If your echo is ever more than 30 feet from you at the end of your turn, it is destroyed.

When you take the Attack action on your turn, any attack you make with that action can originate from your space or the echo's space. You make this choice for each attack.

When a creature that you can see within 5 feet of your echo moves at least 5 feet away from it, you can use your reaction to make an opportunity attack against that creature as if you were in the echo's space.

Echo Swap . You teleport, magically swapping places with your echo at a cost of 15 feet of your movement, regardless of the distance between the two of you.

Second Wind . 1/1 (Short Rest) Regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.

 

Reactions:

 

 

Class Features:

Action Surge . 1/1 (Short Rest) You can take one additional action.

Unleash Incarnation . 3/3 (Long Rest) When you take the Attack action, you can make one additional melee attack from the echo's position.

 

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image.png.e27b3358131daffd07203a7782acd89b.pngVir Corath - Kryn Bladesinger

checked-shield.svg AC: 16 (19)  | health-normal.svg HP: 24/24 | sprint.svg Initiative: +4 | awareness.svg Passive Perception: +9 | image.png.5761a33e1190901d4b01eb5ad3c8dbcf.png Bladesong: 2/2


Vir went for a softer approach, seeking out one of the beasts of average size rather than one of the giants. They didn't try to ride it either, though surely it could of contained their weight. Instead, they reached down and grabbed a crisp apple, took a knife to cut off a thick slice, and snapped their fingers. At their shoulder, just behind their head, reality warped. The blur shifted, changed, and suddenly upon their shoulder rested a tawny white owl.  Their familiar hooted once appreciatively, accepted a loving scratch from Vir, and then took the fresh apple slice. 

Silently, it took to the air, working hard to keep itself just in front of the Tortoise that Vir then encouraged from the back. 

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Help Action from my familiar!


 

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spacer.pngFarah - DDB | MW Thread


checked-shield.svg AC: 16health-normal.svg HP: 27/27 | awareness.svg PP: 14Psionic Energy 4/4Conditions: sickened (1 hour)


Farah's grin widens.

"Well, this seems simple enough, at least in theory! There's always a bit of nuance and finesse needed to really shine in things like this."

Luckily, Namira had taught her to speak Goblin long ago. She gathers some food and any other supplies, then picks a healthy-looking horizonback and begins speaking to it in Goblin.

"Hello! My name is Farah, I hope that you're being treated well! My, what a strong, beautiful shell you have!"


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