Act Two: Hush now...

[jkason]

Ellu Minayum

Evasion: 9 | Armor Score: 3 |

Armor Slots ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | HP ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | Stress ▣ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ |

Hope ▣ ▣ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

Passive: Arcane Sense (class)You can sense the presence of magical people and objects when you’re close to them.

Reactions: Luckbender (per session)Once per session, after you or an ally in close range makes an Action Roll, you can mark a Stress to allow a reroll of the Duality Dice. If you do, take the new result.

Token actions this combat: 0

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Ellu sighed. So much for his ability to leverage useful information from locals. "Ah, so she's not imbibing at the moment? Fair enough, and our thanks."

They turned to the others. "Not that I'm opposed to painting a pretty rock, but given our fun on the way here, I'd rather get our package handed off first, then we can talk about wrestling people's arms, yes?"

[Dixi]

The barman lost Ivy at the "new crops". She was a city girl after all. Whatever the man expected her to say, she could not do it - Ivy completely spaced out. The idea that all speech could be some code to separate those who are allowed to see Arcanist from those who could not simply did not cross her mind.

"Yeah, thanks. We have a package for her. We'll catch her in her house then. Bye!"

Ivy turned to the exit where she could be happily reunited with her boots.

[8w_gremlin]

As Ivy turns to collect her boots, she notices that they are swinging a little more vigorously than when she left them, as she gets there she notices a couple of small candies and a tiny carved wooden doll, as well as her boots, have never looked so shiny and new, since she got them. All the scuffs have been buffed and repaired.

As she looks around she notices that all the group's boots have candies and small carved wooded gifts in them, and all the boots and shoes look pristine. The Clank at the door looks at her placing his finger to his mouth in a Shush manner, He looks to the rafters and back at her and winks.

[jkason]

Ellu Minayum

Evasion: 9 | Armor Score: 3 |

Armor Slots ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | HP ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | Stress ▣ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ |

Hope ▣ ▣ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

Passive: Arcane Sense (class)You can sense the presence of magical people and objects when you’re close to them.

Reactions: Luckbender (per session)Once per session, after you or an ally in close range makes an Action Roll, you can mark a Stress to allow a reroll of the Duality Dice. If you do, take the new result.

Token actions this combat: 0

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"Oh, thank goodness," Ellu muttered under their breath. Ivy going for the shoes meant he could go for his own. Having the bent of his feet exposed made his ankles itch. At the sight of the candy and figurines, he pauses and squints. Something crackles behind his eyes as he assesses the new objects.

 

((OOC: Ellu's just going to make sure they aren't radiating any magic before touching them.))

[8w_gremlin]

OOC: Ellu does not detect any magic from them
@jkason - what does this look like to the others, when you use your arcane sense?

[jkason]

Ellu’s past taught him the usefulness of being flashy as a means of influencing a mark, but that means he also understands that it’s better not to draw attention unless it serves a purpose. There’s a slight tilt to his head that his companions would find familiar, and if they happened to be looking directly at his multi-faceted eyes, the slightest, rippling spark of something electric crosses their compound surface.
 

To strangers, it’s a brief moment of the husky faerie cracking his neck. A common gesture from a common wanderer.

[Dixi]

"Aah.. Um..." For a full minute, Ivy did not know what to say. She glanced at Ellu, back at her boots, then carefully took out the gifts not sure what to do with them.

"Um," repeated she, "thank you?"

Ivy put on her boots, tucked candies in her backpack and winked at Clank. "I like the service here!" Declared she, leaving the facility.

[jkason]

Ellu Minayum

Evasion: 9 | Armor Score: 3 |

Armor Slots ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | HP ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | Stress ▣ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ |

Hope ▣ ▣ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

Passive: Arcane Sense (class)You can sense the presence of magical people and objects when you’re close to them.

Reactions: Luckbender (per session)Once per session, after you or an ally in close range makes an Action Roll, you can mark a Stress to allow a reroll of the Duality Dice. If you do, take the new result.

Token actions this combat: 0

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Ellu gave a bemused shrug at Ivy's look. "I had an aunt who liked to leave trinkets for mortals when they weren't looking. Never quite made sense to me, but when in Hush, I suppose."

He gave his own polite nod back to the clank. "Thanks much for the help." He gestures to the others, hoping they'll follow the faeries out the door so this odd delivery job can be settled before some less benign surprise manifests.

[8w_gremlin]

The clank, a mechanical man perched at the edge of the Clover Tavern, turns its head toward the newcomers. Its voice, tinged with the whirring and clicking of gears, adds a distinctly mechanical quality to its speech. "I didn't mean to eavesdrop but the Arcanist is quite busy, but if you’ve travelled so far, I’m sure she’ll be more than hospitable."

It pauses, gears whirring softly as it continues, "We... would be lost... without her." The metallic tone emphasizes the gravity of its words. "She keeps this whole place under a powerful ward so that no dangers from the Sablewood can pass into town. You’ll find her house to the south, through the farmland. It’s hanging from one of the old Sablewood trees, you can’t miss it."

[Dixi]

"I swear on the soul of my departed pet we mean no harm to either the Arcanist or your village!" Ivy even put a hand over her heart underlying the significance of her words.

"We just need to deliver the package," added she in a much plainer words. "Let's go guys, the Lady is waiting." Ivy did not elaborate on which impatient lady she meant.

[8w_gremlin]

Making your way past the village's homes, then through the farmlands of Hush, you see a variety of crops that have begun to cultivate a thin layer of glowing blue moss over the top of their fruits and vegetables. They pulse softly like a heartbeat as you pass Among the thriving groves, you notice that the Sablewood trees in this area have hundreds of unique faces carved into all sides, the eyes peering in every direction.

One tree, taller than the rest, bears the Arcanist’s home, like an overripe fruit. It hangs from a braid of rope, as wide around as a giant’s forearm, tied to a massive branch and counterweighted by a cabin-sized bolder lying at the base of the tree. The stone is marked with a collection of symbols and the cabin windows flash with a soft, yellow-green light.

[Dixi]

Ivy tilted her head measuring the distance to the house. "Um.. How on earth did the Arcanist got in there? Is she a flying kind?"

Her wings began to vibrate lifting her up.

"Let's check"

Ivy flew to the house to look into the window.

[Lex Samreeth]

"'Tis a danglehouse! I've seen ones tha' ha' a lever that let ye raise an' lower i'. Makes i' safer when ye live in an area wit' bears o' o'er large nasteh beasties."

Kurith looks about to see if there's any way to lower it from the ground, or if there's a bell to ring.

[Neopopulas]

Yhen Davasdrend

Agility +1 Strength -1 Finesse +1 Instinct +0 Presence +0 Knowledge +2
Evasion: 9 | Armour: 5 | Armour Slots ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐| HP ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | Stress ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | Hope ▣ ▣ ▣ ☐ ☐ ☐ Breastplate ArmourBreastplate Armor - Base Score: 3 (-1 AGI) Armor | GreatstaffGreatstaff - Knowledge, Very Far - d6+2 (Mag) Two-Handed Feature: Powerful (Roll one extra damage die and drop the lowest.) Primary Weapon | Glowing RingsGlowing Rings - Agility Very Close - d10+2 (Mag) Two-Handed Primary Weapon | Scholar of Magic (+2) | Wilderness Expert (+1)
Domain Effects • Book of Ava[Spellcast Roll: +2] [Damage: 1d10] Power Push: Make a Spellcast Roll against a target in melee range. On a success, they are blasted back to far range and take d10 magic damage. ------------------------------ [Feature Roll: 1d6] Tava’s Armor: You may spend a Hope to give a target you can touch +1d6 to their Armor score the next time they spend an Armor Slot. You cannot stack Tava’s Armor multiple times onto a single creature. ------------------------------ [Spellcast Roll: +2] [Damage: 1d6] Ice Spikes: Make a Spellcast Roll to summon large ice spikes within very far range. You may also treat them as a ranged weapon against a target or group. On a success, they deal d6 physical damage. • Book of Tyfar[Spellcast Roll: +2] [Damage: 2d6] Wild Flame: Make a Spellcast Roll against up to three enemies very close to you. A flame erupts from your hand, dealing 2d6 magic damage to any you succeed against. ------------------------------ Magic Hand: You can reach out with a magical hand the same size and strength as your own to anywhere within far range of you. ------------------------------ Mysterious Mist: Spend a Hope to cast a temporary, thick fog that encircles a stationary area up to very close range your current location. Everyone within is hidden to anybody outside the fog.	Features • PrestidigitationYou can perform harmless, subtle magical effects at will. Examples might include changing an object’s color, creating a smell, lighting a candle, floating something small, illuminating a room, repairing a small object, etc. • Strange PatternsChoose a number between 1-12. Anytime you roll that number on a Duality Die, gain a hope or clear a stress. You may change this number on any long rest. [1]	School of War (Knowledge) • Gain armour slot. • Attack with Fear, deal +1d10	Daemon • FearlessWhen you roll with Fear, you can mark 2 Stress to make it a roll with Hope instead. • Dread VisageYou have advantage on rolls to intimidate other non-Daemon creatures.	Loreborne • Well-ReadYou have advantage on any rolls you make that deal with the history, culture, or politics of a prominent person or place.

"A Dang-" she shakes her head "Anyway... Perhaps one of us can fly up there.."

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[jkason]

Ellu Minayum

Evasion: 9 | Armor Score: 3 |

Armor Slots ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | HP ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | Stress ▣ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ |

Hope ▣ ▣ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

Passive: Arcane Sense (class)You can sense the presence of magical people and objects when you’re close to them., Lightfoot (community)Advantage on rolls to move silently.

Reactions: Luckbender (per session)Once per session, after you or an ally in close range makes an Action Roll, you can mark a Stress to allow a reroll of the Duality Dice. If you do, take the new result.

Token actions this combat: 0

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Ellu's eyes rippled with electricity as he took a look at the runes. "Probably something with the rock gets a body up and down, I'd imagine. Do you recognize the language, Yhen?" ((OOC: Arcane Sense))

So drawn to the stone was he that it took a second to realize Ivy was already zipping upwards. "Be careful!" he shot out at a stage whisper. His own moth-wings floomphed out. He fluttered upward at a distance; didn't want to crowd Ivy when she was scouting.

((OOC: Trying to give Ivy room but stay close enough she's not alone. If he needs to make any stealth-style checks, he makes those at advantage, which should reduce the risk from his crap Agility score))

Edited May 12 by jkason
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