Chapter 0: Into the Mists

[emotionaut]

Joliet

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HP:   12/12

AC:   14

Init:  +3

PP:   13

FeaturesSecond Wind: 1/1
Languages: Common, Paridon Creole

ConditionNormal

Ammo⁍⁍⁍⁍⁍⁍

IC

Joliet watches the Duchess depart, not taking her eyes away until the uppity git is out of sight and earshot. Still watching the spot where the woman was last seen, the gunslinger shakes her head and sighs. “For a woman who claims to be the straightforward type, she sure does seem to favor taking the long way round. Supposin’ it’s not proper for her to just walk up and address these folks herself, though she claimed she’d burn ‘em out personal if it came to that. Not sure why she’s keen on that but shy of a little jabber. Guess it’s the nature of ‘er type, yeah?” she asks no one in particular.

 

She hefts the pouch she received, as if to count the coin by weight alone. She then shrugs and tucks it away, unsure if these dragons will spend for much back home. Could be they’ll be valued higher for being a rarity, or could be she just has to melt them down to get what the gold’s worth. Doesn’t matter a bit if she can’t get home first.

 

“Guess all’s to be done is the doin’,” she then says to the assembled group. “So who here fancies ‘emself as the talkin’ type? I’ll be square in sayin’ that I’ve always tried to talk first and shoot last, but I’m still workin’ on my honeyed words. But if it comes to shoutin’ and cursin’ and pissin’ ‘em off, I’m your gal.”

OOC

Her way of saying she's got decent Charisma, but hasn't invested in the Persuasion skill yet. Got Intimidation though!

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[Kavonde]

 

DYNAHEIR | HP 15/15 | AC 15 | Initiative +2 | Passive Perception 12

Dynaheir has a lot on her mind as the group marches down the road towards the colorful camp. The Duchess has just pointed out something that Dyna was not comfortable reckoning with: that the wisdom passed down from her ancestors might not be all-encompassing. After all, weren't the Red Wizards typically portrayed as polished, well-manicured, aristocratic villains? Wouldn't that imply that they care for their clothing and appearance? And wouldn't that imply that they do not stink of mildew?

 

Of course, perhaps her family's beliefs aren't mistaken, only limited in scope. Certainly rougher kinds of evil stink. Every goblin and gnoll Dyna had met so far had been rather putrid. But perhaps different rules apply to wealthy ne'er-do-wells. Or, perhaps, perfume is as perfidious as perspiration? Yes, that must be it! The stench of evil may vary, but is pungent nonetheless! Perhaps not all supplementary fragrances are nefarious, but certainly an overindulgence in cologne must be a sure sign of wickedness. She files this mental note away for future reference.

 

Looking up, Dyna notices for the first time the music drifting up the road from the nomads' encampment. In response to Joliet's question, she shrugs. "Why do we not simply approach them openly and tell them why we are here? I do not think we need pretty words for this situation. Honesty is always the clearest path forward!"

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[Chylopan]

Samuel

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HP:   10/10

AC:   14

Init:  +2

PP:   11

FeaturesSneak Attack: 1d6
Languages: Common, Elvish, Thieves' Cant

ConditionNormal

Luck♧ ♧ ♧

IC

Samuel expertly deflected Giselle’s question. “O’ this sea and that,” he explained. “Been on too many ships t’ count, and after a while most the waves start t’ look the same, y’know?” Give or take. There were certainly some waters more treacherous than others, but far be it from him to get too loose-lipped without a drink or two.

 

They were shooed away to their errand by the Duchess before much more could be said. At least they weren’t going away empty-handed, now that each of them jingled ever so gently with a purse full forwarded coins. Samuel passed one between his knuckled, idly; a prelude to future dexterous tricks, mayhaps? Then, once the covered wagons were in sight, that dark-haired youth in the wide-brimmed hat — Joliet, right?— began to talk strategy, and inquired about which of them were going to try their hand at fast-talking.

 

“Ain’t exactly a smooth talker,” he confessed, smiling a handsome smile. “I do make it a point to be cordial, however.” The sailor moseyed up to the front of the pack as a somber tune began to emanate from his pursed lips. “Never met a nomad who didn’t like a song,” he interrupted. “Or a gambit.”

 

Where once there was a coin Samuel now packed the back end of a deck of cards into his leather-clad palm.

OOC

Volunteering. And scheming! 

Samuel has many skills, including persuasion. And sleight of hand... 😈

 

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[GreysonWulffe]

Ol' Shazzar

Belshazzar Zidon | Human Wizard

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Shazzar bows respectfully as he accepts the pouch of coins that is offered to him. 'I do not have so much need for this gold,' he thinks as he secures the pouch to his belt. 'While it will certainly help with purchases, I am more interested in the paths to libraries and all sorts of knowledge that the Duchess' commendation and good word can open for me.'

 

Not really the adventuring type, the middle-aged fledgling wizard lets the more-experienced and the more-daring members of the group to lead the way. When they come within earshot of the camp, he realizes that he does not understand the language being spoken there. Reflexively, his free hand goes to the intricate, leather-bound tome that hangs from his belt.

 

"Stay a moment, my friends, if you will," he calls out softly so that only his companions might hear. "I believe none of us speak the tongue being spoken in that camp at this moment. But I have knowledge of sorcery that will allow me to speak any tongue that is spoken on this mortal realm. If you think that speaking their tongue will be of help to us, I can manifest that sorcery now. I will need only a few minutes."

 

Stat Block

Belshazzar Zidon

Male Human Cloistered-Scholar Wizard 1

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hp 8/8 ▪ AC 12 (Unarmored) ▪ Speed 30 ft

HD 1d6 ▪ Proficiency +2 ▪ Initiative +2 ▪ Senses Passive Perception 11

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STR 10 (+0) ▪ DEX 14 (+2) ▪ CON 14 (+2) ▪ INT 16 (+3) ▪ WIS 12 (+1) ▪ CHA 8 (-1)

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Saves Intelligence +5, Wisdom +3

Skills Arcana +5, History +5, Insight +3, Investigation +5

Languages Common, Draconic, Elvish, Infernal

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Features Arcane Recovery♦ Arcane Recovery ♦
You have learned to regain some of your magical energy by studying your spellbook. Once per day, when you finish a short rest, you can choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your wizard level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 6th level or higher. (1/1 use), Library Access♦ Library Access ♦
Though others must often endure extensive interviews and significant fees to gain access to even the most common archives in your library, you have free and easy access to the majority of the library, though it might also have repositories of lore that are too valuable, magical, or secret to permit anyone immediate access.

You have a working knowledge of your cloister's personnel and bureaucracy, and you know how to navigate those connections with some ease.

Additionally, you are likely to gain preferential treatment at other libraries across the Realms, as professional courtesy shown to a fellow scholar., Magic Initiate (Druid)♦ Magic Initiate (Druid) ♦
Choose a class: Druid. You learn two cantrips of your choice from that class's spell list: Guidance, Produce Flame

In addition, choose one 1st-level spell to learn from that same list: Goodberry. Using this feat, you can cast the spell once at its lowest level, and you must finish a long rest before you can cast it in this way again.

Your spellcasting ability for these spells depends on the class you chose: Wisdom for Druid., Ritual Casting♦ Ritual Casting ♦
You can cast a Wizard spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell in your spellbook. You don’t need to have the spell prepared., Spellbook♦ Spellbook ♦
At 1st level, you have a spellbook containing six 1st-level wizard spells of your choice. Your spellbook is the repository of the wizard spells you know, except your cantrips, which are fixed in your mind.

The spells that you add to your spellbook as you gain levels reflect the arcane research you conduct on your own, as well as intellectual breakthroughs you have had about the nature of the multiverse. You might find other spells during your adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard’s chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library.

♦ Copying a Spell into the Book ♦
When you find a wizard spell of 1st level or higher, you can add it to your spellbook if it is of a spell level you can prepare and if you can spare the time to decipher and copy it.

Copying that spell into your spellbook involves reproducing the basic form of the spell, then deciphering the unique system of notation used by the wizard who wrote it. You must practice the spell until you understand the sounds or gestures required, then transcribe it into your spellbook using your own notation.

For each level of the spell, the process takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp. The cost represents material components you expend as you experiment with the spell to master it, as well as the fine inks you need to record it. Once you have spent this time and money, you can prepare the spell just like your other spells.

♦ Replacing the Book ♦
You can copy a spell from your own spellbook into another book—for example, if you want to make a backup copy of your spellbook. This is just like copying a new spell into your spellbook, but faster and easier, since you understand your own notation and already know how to cast the spell. You need spend only 1 hour and 10 gp for each level of the copied spell.

If you lose your spellbook, you can use the same procedure to transcribe the spells that you have prepared into a new spellbook. Filling out the remainder of your spellbook requires you to find new spells to do so, as normal. For this reason, many wizards keep backup spellbooks in a safe place.

♦ The Book’s Appearance ♦
Your spellbook is a unique compilation of spells, with its own decorative flourishes and margin notes. It might be a plain, functional leather volume that you received as a gift from your master, a finely bound gilt-edged tome you found in an ancient library, or even a loose collection of notes scrounged together after you lost your previous spellbook in a mishap.

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Attacks

 ▬ Dagger: Melee | +4 to hit | 1d4+2 piercing damage | finesse, light, thrown 20/40

 ▬ Produce Flame: Ranged 30 | +3 to hit | 1d8 fire damage

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Spellcasting: Wizard | Spell Save DC 13, Spell Attack +5

 ▬ Cantrips: Mage HandConjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Target: A point you choose within range
Components: V S
Duration: 1 minute

A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose within range. The hand lasts for the duration or until you dismiss it as an action. The hand vanishes if it is ever more than 30 feet away from you or if you cast this spell again.
You can use your action to control the hand. You can use the hand to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. You can move the hand up to 30 feet each time you use it.
The hand can’t attack, activate magic items, or carry more than 10 pounds.

Flavor:
"Apókryfo chéri"
The spectral hand seems to be made of bluish, wispy smoke. It is in the shape of Shazzar's wife's hand, as he remembers it, complete with the wedding band., Mind SliverEnchantment
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V
Duration: 1 round

You drive a disorienting spike of psychic energy into the mind of one creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw or take 1d6 psychic damage and subtract 1d4 from the next saving throw it makes before the end of your next turn.

At Higher Levels:
This spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach certain levels: 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).

Flavor:
"Spáse to myaló sou", PrestidigitationTransmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 10 feet
Target: See text
Components: V S
Duration: Up to 1 hour

This spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within range:

♦ You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd odor.
♦ You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.
♦ You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than 1 cubic foot.
♦ You chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material for 1 hour.
♦ You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour.
♦ You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn.

If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.

Flavor:
"Mageía"

 ▬ 1st (2/2 slots): Comprehend LanguagesDivination (Ritual)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Target: Self
Components: V S M (A pinch of soot and salt)
Duration: 1 hour

For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any spoken language that you hear. You also understand any written language that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text.

This spell doesn’t decode secret messages in a text or a glyph, such as an arcane sigil, that isn’t part of a written language.

Flavor:
"Gnorízei óles tis glósses"®, *Detect MagicDivination (Ritual)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Target: Self
Components: V S
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

For the duration, you sense the presence of magic within 30 feet of you. If you sense magic in this way, you can use your action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that bears magic, and you learn its school of magic, if any.

The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.

Flavor:
"Epitrépste mou na do apókryfes ávres"
For the duration of the spell, Shazzar's eyes turn into black, obsidian-like orbs that glow faintly with a pale-blue light.©®, Find FamiliarConjuration (Ritual)
Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: 10 feet
Target: An unoccupied space within range
Components: V S M (10 gp worth of charcoal, incense, and herbs that must be consumed by fire in a brass brazier)
Duration: Instantaneous

You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, fish (quipper), rat, raven, sea horse, spider, or weasel. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a celestial, fey, or fiend (your choice) instead of a beast.

Your familiar acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands. In combat, it rolls its own initiative and acts on its own turn. A familiar can’t attack, but it can take other actions as normal.

When the familiar drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving behind no physical form. It reappears after you cast this spell again

While your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. Additionally, as an action, you can see through your familiar’s eyes and hear what it hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any special senses that the familiar has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own senses.

As an action, you can temporarily dismiss your familiar. It disappears into a pocket dimension where it awaits your summons. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever. As an action while it is temporarily dismissed, you can cause it to reappear in any unoccupied space within 30 feet of you.

You can’t have more than one familiar at a time. If you cast this spell while you already have a familiar, you instead cause it to adopt a new form. Choose one of the forms from the above list. Your familiar transforms into the chosen creature.

Finally, when you cast a spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an attack roll, you use your attack modifier for the roll.

Flavor:
"Akoúste to kálesmá mou, kollitós mou fíle"
At the final stage of the spell, the fire turns a brilliant blue, and it is from this blue fire that the familiar explodes out of, extinguishing the fire at the same time.®, *Feather FallTransmutation
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you or a creature within 60 feet of you falls
Range: 60 feet
Target: Up to five falling creatures within range
Components: V M (A small feather or piece of down)
Duration: 1 minute

Choose up to five falling creatures within range. A falling creature’s rate of descent slows to 60 feet per round until the spell ends. If the creature lands before the spell ends, it takes no falling damage and can land on its feet, and the spell ends for that creature.

Flavor:
"Sýllipsi"
A magic circle that is about 1 foot across appears in the air, over the target's head. It would seem that an invisible energy is emanating from this circle to pull the target up, slowing their descent., *Mage ArmorAbjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Target: A willing creature who isn't wearing armor
Components: V S M (A piece of cured leather)
Duration: 8 hours

You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action.

Flavor:
"Panoplía tou apókryfou"
Faintly-glowing pale-blue lines that form a continuous, geometric pattern appear on Shazzar's clothing. Whenever objects impact against him with considerable force, those lines flash mildly., *Magic MissileEvocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Target: A creature of your choice that you can see within range
Components: V S
Duration: Instantaneous

You create three glowing darts of magical force. Each dart hits a creature of your choice that you can see within range. A dart deals 1d4 + 1 force damage to its target. The darts all strike simultaneously, and you can direct them to hit one creature or several.

At Higher Levels:
When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the spell creates one more dart for each slot above 1st.

Flavor:
"Apókryfa véli"
Several fist-sized magic circles appear in the air around Shazzar, and darts of bluish energy shoot out of each one toward his targets.

 

Spellcasting: Magic Initiate (Druid) | Spell Save DC 11, Spell Attack +3

 ▬ Cantrips: GuidanceDivination
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Target: One willing creature
Components: V S
Duration: Up to 1 minute

You touch one willing creature. Once before the spell ends, the target can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to one ability check of its choice. It can roll the die before or after making the ability check. The spell then ends.

Flavor:
"Eíthe to Oghma na sas kathodigísei"
The target feels a comforting warmth spread throughout their body, radiating Shazzar's hand., Produce FlameConjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Target: Self or a creature within 30 feet of you
Components: V S
Duration: 10 minutes

A flickering flame appears in your hand. The flame remains there for the duration and harms neither you nor your equipment. The flame sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. The spell ends if you dismiss it as an action or if you cast it again.

You can also attack with the flame, although doing so ends the spell. When you cast this spell, or as an action on a later turn, you can hurl the flame at a creature within 30 feet of you. Make a ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 fire damage.

At Higher Levels:
This spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).

Flavor:
"Apó to típota, fotiá"
The flickering flame is a pale blue in color and takes on a teardrop shape.

 ▬ 1st (1/1 use): GoodberryTransmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Target: See text
Components: V S M (A sprig of mistletoe)
Duration: Instantaneous

Up to ten berries appear in your hand and are infused with magic for the duration. A creature can use its action to eat one berry. Eating a berry restores 1 hit point, and the berry provides enough nourishment to sustain a creature for one day.

The berries lose their potency if they have not been consumed within 24 hours of the casting of this spell.

Flavor:
"Threptiká moúra"
The berries are perfect orbs in shape and have a perfect sheen to them.

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Equipment Spellbook, staff (arcane focus), scholar's robes, dagger, writing kit, borrowed book (Elminster's Treatise On The Arcane), belt pouch, backpack, bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, 5 torches, 5 rations, waterskin, 50 ft of hemp rope, 12 gp, 5 sp, 5 cp

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Narra | Fey Familiar

Owl (Tiny Female Fey)

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hp 1 ▪ AC 11 (Unarmored) ▪ Speed 5 ft, fly 60 ft.

HD 1d4 ▪ Senses Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 13

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STR 3 (-4) ▪ DEX 13 (+1) ▪ CON 8 (-1) ▪ INT 2 (-4) ▪ WIS 12 (+1) ▪ CHA 7 (-2)

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Skills Perception +3, Stealth +3

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Features FlybyThe owl doesn't provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach., Keen Hearing & SightThe owl has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing and sight.; Deliver Touch SpellsWhen you Cast a Spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its Reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an Attack roll, you use your Attack modifier for the roll., Link With Master (100ft)While your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. Additionally, as an Action, you can see through your familiar's eyes and hear what it hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any Special Senses that the familiar has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own Senses., Pocket DimensionAs an Action, you can temporarily dismiss your familiar. It disappears into a pocket dimension where it awaits your summons. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever. As an Action while it is temporarily dismissed, you can cause it to reappear in any unoccupied space within 30 feet of you.

 

OOC

Shazzar has the Comprehend Languages spell in his spellbook, but it is not prepared. If the party agrees to it, he can cast it as a ritual on himself - doing so would take 10 minutes.

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[Lukenary]

Giselle the Drowned

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HP:   11/11  |   AC:   17  |   Init:  +3  |  PP:   11

Features

Divine Sense PHB, pg. 84
As an action, you can detect good and evil. Until the end of your next turn, you can sense anything affected by the hallow spell or know the location of any celestial, fiend, undead within 60 ft. that is not behind total cover. You can use this feature 4 times per long rest. 4/4

 

Lay on Hands PHB, pg. 84
You have a pool of healing power that can restore 5 HP per long rest. As an action, you can touch a creature to restore any number of HP remaining in the pool, or 5 HP to either cure a disease or neutralize a poison affecting the creature. 5/5

Traits

 

Darkvision BR, pg. 39
You can see in darkness (shades of gray) up to 60 ft.

 

Fey Ancestry BR, pg. 39
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Spells

None

IC

Giselle nodded to Shazzar.  "Indeed, that may be useful.  I think they should speak Common, or our sea-dog might have mentioned such before now."  She spares a glance for Samuel.  Keep your secrets for now.  The light of Dawn will expose them in time.  As I'm sure my own will be.  She murmured, "Should they decide to try to use their own language to keep anything in the dark from us, your knowledge may bring it to light."

 

She brooded in silence as she walked. Shield in one hand, the other passed unconsciously between the holy amulet around her neck and the rapier's hilt at her side.

 

At Dynaheir's suggestion, Giselle nods again.  "Should we approach with open hands, we may find a lighter sky to aid our suggestions."  Her eyes find Sulimann looking to see what the huge tiefling thought.  "Violence premeditated can often bring stormclouds that darken hearts."

OOC

None.

 

[Mamori23]

    Altaïr Abd al-Aziz | HP: 12/12 | AC: 18 | Initiative: -2 | Passive Perception: 11

 

IC

Altaïr jingeled the small pouch of dragons provided with a wistful sigh unchecked. He's head was too preoccupied of thougths from yesteryear were such a pathetic pouch would have been twice filled over. Now, he had to consider how much of it he could spend on wine before the next time it would be filled. 

The burdens of a working man. Gods, Altaïr would have cried if it weren't for present company and the Duchess herself who left without a word further. He slipped the sad pouch away, taking to stay in the back of the newly formed pack and brood with his hand firmly placed upon his hilt. His attention bounced back and forth between the discussion, brows scrunched together at the foregin tongue spoken by the vagrants and now for which method best to approach them. What did they best enjoy? Altaïr hardly remembered much, under the influence of more than just one cup made a mind foggy on the details. "Cast the spell wizard. I'd be damned if they caught us unaware due to a simple lack of understanding a few words." He said in agrement, turning an eye towards Samuel,"And I won't be involved in any gambit of sorts, I'd need not test fate to know how well that will fair against them." He settled his sights on Griselle, and the rest,"All fine, and beautifully well-meaning to not want violence, but a further suggestion? Those who will speak can go open handed, while a few hang back incase any...issues occur? Just for assurance." He suggested, mixed with a few slips of sarcasm unable to hide from his voice; and truthfully disguise the desire to not have to work at all on the matter. 

 

 

[Kavonde]

  

DYNAHEIR | HP 15/15 | AC 15 | Initiative +2 | Passive Perception 12

Dynaheir nods at Altaïr's suggestion. "This is a good idea. Two of us are very large, which sometimes frightens those who are not. My great grand-uncle was well-known for looming over the shoulders of his companions, but he also had Boo, who was very cuddly and made him much less intimidating. Sadly, however, we currently lack hamsters."

[GreysonWulffe]

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Shazzar | Human Wizard

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Sensing that his newfound companions are in agreement with his suggestion, Shazzar nods. "Very well," he replies as he unlatches the tome from his broad belt. "I will need about ten minutes. Please keep watch for me."

 

The middle-aged wizard places the tome on the ground, between his feet, and opens it to a specific page. He begins an arcane chant in a language that none of the others can understand and traces several runes in the ground around him with the use of his staff. A few minutes into the ritual, the runes start to glow and faintly-glowing lines start drawing themselves around those runes, eventually forming a complete magic circle, at the center of which stands the wizard.

 

At the culmination of the ritual, Shazzar utters his name, and taps his staff on the ground, right in the center of the circle. The magic circle, along with the runes that had been traced on the ground, crumbles into faintly-glowing dust that is blown away by the night wind. Shazzar's eyes flash with a bluish light before returning to their normal condition.

 

He picks up the tome and secures it to his belt once more. "It is done," he says, finally. "I can understand any language that is spoken or written before me. I am ready."

 

Stat Block

Belshazzar "Shazzar" Zidon

Male Human Cloistered-Scholar Wizard 1

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hp 8/8 ▪ AC 12 (Unarmored) ▪ Speed 30 ft

HD 1d6 ▪ Proficiency +2 ▪ Initiative +2 ▪ Senses Passive Perception 11

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STR 10 (+0) ▪ DEX 14 (+2) ▪ CON 14 (+2) ▪ INT 16 (+3) ▪ WIS 12 (+1) ▪ CHA 8 (-1)

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Saves Intelligence +5, Wisdom +3

Skills Arcana +5, History +5, Insight +3, Investigation +5

Languages Common, Draconic, Elvish, Infernal

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Features Arcane Recovery♦ Arcane Recovery ♦
You have learned to regain some of your magical energy by studying your spellbook. Once per day, when you finish a short rest, you can choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your wizard level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 6th level or higher. (1/1 use), Library Access♦ Library Access ♦
Though others must often endure extensive interviews and significant fees to gain access to even the most common archives in your library, you have free and easy access to the majority of the library, though it might also have repositories of lore that are too valuable, magical, or secret to permit anyone immediate access.

You have a working knowledge of your cloister's personnel and bureaucracy, and you know how to navigate those connections with some ease.

Additionally, you are likely to gain preferential treatment at other libraries across the Realms, as professional courtesy shown to a fellow scholar., Magic Initiate (Druid)♦ Magic Initiate (Druid) ♦
Choose a class: Druid. You learn two cantrips of your choice from that class's spell list: Guidance, Produce Flame

In addition, choose one 1st-level spell to learn from that same list: Goodberry. Using this feat, you can cast the spell once at its lowest level, and you must finish a long rest before you can cast it in this way again.

Your spellcasting ability for these spells depends on the class you chose: Wisdom for Druid., Ritual Casting♦ Ritual Casting ♦
You can cast a Wizard spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell in your spellbook. You don’t need to have the spell prepared., Spellbook♦ Spellbook ♦
At 1st level, you have a spellbook containing six 1st-level wizard spells of your choice. Your spellbook is the repository of the wizard spells you know, except your cantrips, which are fixed in your mind.

The spells that you add to your spellbook as you gain levels reflect the arcane research you conduct on your own, as well as intellectual breakthroughs you have had about the nature of the multiverse. You might find other spells during your adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard’s chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library.

♦ Copying a Spell into the Book ♦
When you find a wizard spell of 1st level or higher, you can add it to your spellbook if it is of a spell level you can prepare and if you can spare the time to decipher and copy it.

Copying that spell into your spellbook involves reproducing the basic form of the spell, then deciphering the unique system of notation used by the wizard who wrote it. You must practice the spell until you understand the sounds or gestures required, then transcribe it into your spellbook using your own notation.

For each level of the spell, the process takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp. The cost represents material components you expend as you experiment with the spell to master it, as well as the fine inks you need to record it. Once you have spent this time and money, you can prepare the spell just like your other spells.

♦ Replacing the Book ♦
You can copy a spell from your own spellbook into another book—for example, if you want to make a backup copy of your spellbook. This is just like copying a new spell into your spellbook, but faster and easier, since you understand your own notation and already know how to cast the spell. You need spend only 1 hour and 10 gp for each level of the copied spell.

If you lose your spellbook, you can use the same procedure to transcribe the spells that you have prepared into a new spellbook. Filling out the remainder of your spellbook requires you to find new spells to do so, as normal. For this reason, many wizards keep backup spellbooks in a safe place.

♦ The Book’s Appearance ♦
Your spellbook is a unique compilation of spells, with its own decorative flourishes and margin notes. It might be a plain, functional leather volume that you received as a gift from your master, a finely bound gilt-edged tome you found in an ancient library, or even a loose collection of notes scrounged together after you lost your previous spellbook in a mishap.

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Attacks

 ▬ Dagger: Melee | +4 to hit | 1d4+2 piercing damage | finesse, light, thrown 20/40

 ▬ Produce Flame: Ranged 30 | +3 to hit | 1d8 fire damage

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Spellcasting: Wizard | Spell Save DC 13, Spell Attack +5

 ▬ Cantrips: Mage HandConjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Target: A point you choose within range
Components: V S
Duration: 1 minute

A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose within range. The hand lasts for the duration or until you dismiss it as an action. The hand vanishes if it is ever more than 30 feet away from you or if you cast this spell again.
You can use your action to control the hand. You can use the hand to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. You can move the hand up to 30 feet each time you use it.
The hand can’t attack, activate magic items, or carry more than 10 pounds.

Flavor:
"Apókryfo chéri"
The spectral hand seems to be made of bluish, wispy smoke. It is in the shape of Shazzar's wife's hand, as he remembers it, complete with the wedding band., Mind SliverEnchantment
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V
Duration: 1 round

You drive a disorienting spike of psychic energy into the mind of one creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw or take 1d6 psychic damage and subtract 1d4 from the next saving throw it makes before the end of your next turn.

At Higher Levels:
This spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach certain levels: 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).

Flavor:
"Spáse to myaló sou", PrestidigitationTransmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 10 feet
Target: See text
Components: V S
Duration: Up to 1 hour

This spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within range:

♦ You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd odor.
♦ You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.
♦ You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than 1 cubic foot.
♦ You chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material for 1 hour.
♦ You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour.
♦ You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn.

If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.

Flavor:
"Mageía"

 ▬ 1st (2/2 slots): Comprehend LanguagesDivination (Ritual)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Target: Self
Components: V S M (A pinch of soot and salt)
Duration: 1 hour

For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any spoken language that you hear. You also understand any written language that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text.

This spell doesn’t decode secret messages in a text or a glyph, such as an arcane sigil, that isn’t part of a written language.

Flavor:
"Gnorízei óles tis glósses"®, *Detect MagicDivination (Ritual)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Target: Self
Components: V S
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

For the duration, you sense the presence of magic within 30 feet of you. If you sense magic in this way, you can use your action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that bears magic, and you learn its school of magic, if any.

The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.

Flavor:
"Epitrépste mou na do apókryfes ávres"
For the duration of the spell, Shazzar's eyes turn into black, obsidian-like orbs that glow faintly with a pale-blue light.©®, Find FamiliarConjuration (Ritual)
Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: 10 feet
Target: An unoccupied space within range
Components: V S M (10 gp worth of charcoal, incense, and herbs that must be consumed by fire in a brass brazier)
Duration: Instantaneous

You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, fish (quipper), rat, raven, sea horse, spider, or weasel. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a celestial, fey, or fiend (your choice) instead of a beast.

Your familiar acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands. In combat, it rolls its own initiative and acts on its own turn. A familiar can’t attack, but it can take other actions as normal.

When the familiar drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving behind no physical form. It reappears after you cast this spell again

While your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. Additionally, as an action, you can see through your familiar’s eyes and hear what it hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any special senses that the familiar has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own senses.

As an action, you can temporarily dismiss your familiar. It disappears into a pocket dimension where it awaits your summons. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever. As an action while it is temporarily dismissed, you can cause it to reappear in any unoccupied space within 30 feet of you.

You can’t have more than one familiar at a time. If you cast this spell while you already have a familiar, you instead cause it to adopt a new form. Choose one of the forms from the above list. Your familiar transforms into the chosen creature.

Finally, when you cast a spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an attack roll, you use your attack modifier for the roll.

Flavor:
"Akoúste to kálesmá mou, kollitós mou fíle"
At the final stage of the spell, the fire turns a brilliant blue, and it is from this blue fire that the familiar explodes out of, extinguishing the fire at the same time.®, *Feather FallTransmutation
Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you or a creature within 60 feet of you falls
Range: 60 feet
Target: Up to five falling creatures within range
Components: V M (A small feather or piece of down)
Duration: 1 minute

Choose up to five falling creatures within range. A falling creature’s rate of descent slows to 60 feet per round until the spell ends. If the creature lands before the spell ends, it takes no falling damage and can land on its feet, and the spell ends for that creature.

Flavor:
"Sýllipsi"
A magic circle that is about 1 foot across appears in the air, over the target's head. It would seem that an invisible energy is emanating from this circle to pull the target up, slowing their descent., *Mage ArmorAbjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Target: A willing creature who isn't wearing armor
Components: V S M (A piece of cured leather)
Duration: 8 hours

You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action.

Flavor:
"Panoplía tou apókryfou"
Faintly-glowing pale-blue lines that form a continuous, geometric pattern appear on Shazzar's clothing. Whenever objects impact against him with considerable force, those lines flash mildly., *Magic MissileEvocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Target: A creature of your choice that you can see within range
Components: V S
Duration: Instantaneous

You create three glowing darts of magical force. Each dart hits a creature of your choice that you can see within range. A dart deals 1d4 + 1 force damage to its target. The darts all strike simultaneously, and you can direct them to hit one creature or several.

At Higher Levels:
When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the spell creates one more dart for each slot above 1st.

Flavor:
"Apókryfa véli"
Several fist-sized magic circles appear in the air around Shazzar, and darts of bluish energy shoot out of each one toward his targets.

 

Spellcasting: Magic Initiate (Druid) | Spell Save DC 11, Spell Attack +3

 ▬ Cantrips: GuidanceDivination
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Target: One willing creature
Components: V S
Duration: Up to 1 minute

You touch one willing creature. Once before the spell ends, the target can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to one ability check of its choice. It can roll the die before or after making the ability check. The spell then ends.

Flavor:
"Eíthe to Oghma na sas kathodigísei"
The target feels a comforting warmth spread throughout their body, radiating Shazzar's hand., Produce FlameConjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Target: Self or a creature within 30 feet of you
Components: V S
Duration: 10 minutes

A flickering flame appears in your hand. The flame remains there for the duration and harms neither you nor your equipment. The flame sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. The spell ends if you dismiss it as an action or if you cast it again.

You can also attack with the flame, although doing so ends the spell. When you cast this spell, or as an action on a later turn, you can hurl the flame at a creature within 30 feet of you. Make a ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 fire damage.

At Higher Levels:
This spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).

Flavor:
"Apó to típota, fotiá"
The flickering flame is a pale blue in color and takes on a teardrop shape.

 ▬ 1st (1/1 use): GoodberryTransmutation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Target: See text
Components: V S M (A sprig of mistletoe)
Duration: Instantaneous

Up to ten berries appear in your hand and are infused with magic for the duration. A creature can use its action to eat one berry. Eating a berry restores 1 hit point, and the berry provides enough nourishment to sustain a creature for one day.

The berries lose their potency if they have not been consumed within 24 hours of the casting of this spell.

Flavor:
"Threptiká moúra"
The berries are perfect orbs in shape and have a perfect sheen to them.

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Equipment Spellbook, staff (arcane focus), scholar's robes, dagger, writing kit, borrowed book (Elminster's Treatise On The Arcane), belt pouch, backpack, bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, 5 torches, 5 rations, waterskin, 50 ft of hemp rope, 12 gp, 5 sp, 5 cp

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Narra | Fey Familiar

Owl (Tiny Female Fey)

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hp 1 ▪ AC 11 (Unarmored) ▪ Speed 5 ft, fly 60 ft.

HD 1d4 ▪ Senses Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 13

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STR 3 (-4) ▪ DEX 13 (+1) ▪ CON 8 (-1) ▪ INT 2 (-4) ▪ WIS 12 (+1) ▪ CHA 7 (-2)

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Skills Perception +3, Stealth +3

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Features FlybyThe owl doesn't provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach., Keen Hearing & SightThe owl has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing and sight.; Deliver Touch SpellsWhen you Cast a Spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its Reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an Attack roll, you use your Attack modifier for the roll., Link With Master (100ft)While your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. Additionally, as an Action, you can see through your familiar's eyes and hear what it hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any Special Senses that the familiar has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own Senses., Pocket DimensionAs an Action, you can temporarily dismiss your familiar. It disappears into a pocket dimension where it awaits your summons. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever. As an Action while it is temporarily dismissed, you can cause it to reappear in any unoccupied space within 30 feet of you.

 

OOC

Shazzar casts Comprehend Languages as a ritual for the next 10 minutes. It allows him to understand any spoken or written language for the next 1 hour. This is a non-Concentration effect.

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Edited October 12, 2022 by GreysonWulffe (see edit history)

[Kavonde]

DYNAHEIR | HP 15/15 | AC 15 | Initiative +2 | Passive Perception 12

 

Dynaheir, who was vigilantly standing guard over him as he cast the ritual, looks at Shazzar with a sincerely impressed expression. "Even-ay Ig-pay Orass-thay?" 

[GreysonWulffe]

 

 

Shazzar | The Wizard   For a moment, Shazzar looks quizzically at the muscular young woman. He finds it disorienting to hear the sounds of the words differently with his ears and then grasp their meaning with his mind. It is like lightning preceding the thunder - the sound hits his ears, and then the meaning comes to his mind.   Finally, a moment later, he gives Dynaheir the smile a father might offer his amusing daughter. "Yes, dear Dynaheir," he replies with a small chuckle. "Even Pig Thorass. I must apologize, however - I can understand the language you speak, but I cannot speak it myself."

Stat Block Belshazzar "Shazzar" Zidon Male Human Cloistered-Scholar Wizard 1 hp 8/8 ▪ AC 12 (Unarmored) ▪ Speed 30 ft HD 1d6 ▪ Proficiency +2 ▪ Initiative +2 ▪ Senses Passive Perception 11 STR 10 (+0) ▪ DEX 14 (+2) ▪ CON 14 (+2) ▪ INT 16 (+3) ▪ WIS 12 (+1) ▪ CHA 8 (-1) Saves Intelligence +5, Wisdom +3 Skills Arcana +5, History +5, Insight +3, Investigation +5 Languages Common, Draconic, Elvish, Infernal Features Arcane Recovery♦ Arcane Recovery ♦ You have learned to regain some of your magical energy by studying your spellbook. Once per day, when you finish a short rest, you can choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your wizard level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 6th level or higher. (1/1 use), Library Access♦ Library Access ♦ Though others must often endure extensive interviews and significant fees to gain access to even the most common archives in your library, you have free and easy access to the majority of the library, though it might also have repositories of lore that are too valuable, magical, or secret to permit anyone immediate access. You have a working knowledge of your cloister's personnel and bureaucracy, and you know how to navigate those connections with some ease. Additionally, you are likely to gain preferential treatment at other libraries across the Realms, as professional courtesy shown to a fellow scholar., Magic Initiate (Druid)♦ Magic Initiate (Druid) ♦ Choose a class: Druid. You learn two cantrips of your choice from that class's spell list: Guidance, Produce Flame In addition, choose one 1st-level spell to learn from that same list: Goodberry. Using this feat, you can cast the spell once at its lowest level, and you must finish a long rest before you can cast it in this way again. Your spellcasting ability for these spells depends on the class you chose: Wisdom for Druid., Ritual Casting♦ Ritual Casting ♦ You can cast a Wizard spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell in your spellbook. You don’t need to have the spell prepared., Spellbook♦ Spellbook ♦ At 1st level, you have a spellbook containing six 1st-level wizard spells of your choice. Your spellbook is the repository of the wizard spells you know, except your cantrips, which are fixed in your mind. The spells that you add to your spellbook as you gain levels reflect the arcane research you conduct on your own, as well as intellectual breakthroughs you have had about the nature of the multiverse. You might find other spells during your adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard’s chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library. ♦ Copying a Spell into the Book ♦ When you find a wizard spell of 1st level or higher, you can add it to your spellbook if it is of a spell level you can prepare and if you can spare the time to decipher and copy it. Copying that spell into your spellbook involves reproducing the basic form of the spell, then deciphering the unique system of notation used by the wizard who wrote it. You must practice the spell until you understand the sounds or gestures required, then transcribe it into your spellbook using your own notation. For each level of the spell, the process takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp. The cost represents material components you expend as you experiment with the spell to master it, as well as the fine inks you need to record it. Once you have spent this time and money, you can prepare the spell just like your other spells. ♦ Replacing the Book ♦ You can copy a spell from your own spellbook into another book—for example, if you want to make a backup copy of your spellbook. This is just like copying a new spell into your spellbook, but faster and easier, since you understand your own notation and already know how to cast the spell. You need spend only 1 hour and 10 gp for each level of the copied spell. If you lose your spellbook, you can use the same procedure to transcribe the spells that you have prepared into a new spellbook. Filling out the remainder of your spellbook requires you to find new spells to do so, as normal. For this reason, many wizards keep backup spellbooks in a safe place. ♦ The Book’s Appearance ♦ Your spellbook is a unique compilation of spells, with its own decorative flourishes and margin notes. It might be a plain, functional leather volume that you received as a gift from your master, a finely bound gilt-edged tome you found in an ancient library, or even a loose collection of notes scrounged together after you lost your previous spellbook in a mishap. Attacks  ▬ Dagger: Melee | +4 to hit | 1d4+2 piercing damage | finesse, light, thrown 20/40  ▬ Produce Flame: Ranged 30 | +3 to hit | 1d8 fire damage Spellcasting: Wizard | Spell Save DC 13, Spell Attack +5  ▬ Cantrips: Mage HandConjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Target: A point you choose within range Components: V S Duration: 1 minute A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose within range. The hand lasts for the duration or until you dismiss it as an action. The hand vanishes if it is ever more than 30 feet away from you or if you cast this spell again. You can use your action to control the hand. You can use the hand to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. You can move the hand up to 30 feet each time you use it. The hand can’t attack, activate magic items, or carry more than 10 pounds. Flavor: "Apókryfo chéri" The spectral hand seems to be made of bluish, wispy smoke. It is in the shape of Shazzar's wife's hand, as he remembers it, complete with the wedding band., Mind SliverEnchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V Duration: 1 round You drive a disorienting spike of psychic energy into the mind of one creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw or take 1d6 psychic damage and subtract 1d4 from the next saving throw it makes before the end of your next turn. At Higher Levels: This spell’s damage increases by 1d6 when you reach certain levels: 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6). Flavor: "Spáse to myaló sou", PrestidigitationTransmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet Target: See text Components: V S Duration: Up to 1 hour This spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within range: ♦ You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd odor. ♦ You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire. ♦ You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than 1 cubic foot. ♦ You chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material for 1 hour. ♦ You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour. ♦ You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn. If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action. Flavor: "Mageía"  ▬ 1st (2/2 slots): Comprehend LanguagesDivination (Ritual) Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Target: Self Components: V S M (A pinch of soot and salt) Duration: 1 hour For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any spoken language that you hear. You also understand any written language that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text. This spell doesn’t decode secret messages in a text or a glyph, such as an arcane sigil, that isn’t part of a written language. Flavor: "Gnorízei óles tis glósses"®, *Detect MagicDivination (Ritual) Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Target: Self Components: V S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes For the duration, you sense the presence of magic within 30 feet of you. If you sense magic in this way, you can use your action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that bears magic, and you learn its school of magic, if any. The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt. Flavor: "Epitrépste mou na do apókryfes ávres" For the duration of the spell, Shazzar's eyes turn into black, obsidian-like orbs that glow faintly with a pale-blue light.©®, Find FamiliarConjuration (Ritual) Casting Time: 1 hour Range: 10 feet Target: An unoccupied space within range Components: V S M (10 gp worth of charcoal, incense, and herbs that must be consumed by fire in a brass brazier) Duration: Instantaneous You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, fish (quipper), rat, raven, sea horse, spider, or weasel. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a celestial, fey, or fiend (your choice) instead of a beast. Your familiar acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands. In combat, it rolls its own initiative and acts on its own turn. A familiar can’t attack, but it can take other actions as normal. When the familiar drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving behind no physical form. It reappears after you cast this spell again While your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. Additionally, as an action, you can see through your familiar’s eyes and hear what it hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any special senses that the familiar has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own senses. As an action, you can temporarily dismiss your familiar. It disappears into a pocket dimension where it awaits your summons. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever. As an action while it is temporarily dismissed, you can cause it to reappear in any unoccupied space within 30 feet of you. You can’t have more than one familiar at a time. If you cast this spell while you already have a familiar, you instead cause it to adopt a new form. Choose one of the forms from the above list. Your familiar transforms into the chosen creature. Finally, when you cast a spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an attack roll, you use your attack modifier for the roll. Flavor: "Akoúste to kálesmá mou, kollitós mou fíle" At the final stage of the spell, the fire turns a brilliant blue, and it is from this blue fire that the familiar explodes out of, extinguishing the fire at the same time.®, *Feather FallTransmutation Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when you or a creature within 60 feet of you falls Range: 60 feet Target: Up to five falling creatures within range Components: V M (A small feather or piece of down) Duration: 1 minute Choose up to five falling creatures within range. A falling creature’s rate of descent slows to 60 feet per round until the spell ends. If the creature lands before the spell ends, it takes no falling damage and can land on its feet, and the spell ends for that creature. Flavor: "Sýllipsi" A magic circle that is about 1 foot across appears in the air, over the target's head. It would seem that an invisible energy is emanating from this circle to pull the target up, slowing their descent., *Mage ArmorAbjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Target: A willing creature who isn't wearing armor Components: V S M (A piece of cured leather) Duration: 8 hours You touch a willing creature who isn’t wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target’s base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action. Flavor: "Panoplía tou apókryfou" Faintly-glowing pale-blue lines that form a continuous, geometric pattern appear on Shazzar's clothing. Whenever objects impact against him with considerable force, those lines flash mildly., *Magic MissileEvocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Target: A creature of your choice that you can see within range Components: V S Duration: Instantaneous You create three glowing darts of magical force. Each dart hits a creature of your choice that you can see within range. A dart deals 1d4 + 1 force damage to its target. The darts all strike simultaneously, and you can direct them to hit one creature or several. At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the spell creates one more dart for each slot above 1st. Flavor: "Apókryfa véli" Several fist-sized magic circles appear in the air around Shazzar, and darts of bluish energy shoot out of each one toward his targets.   Spellcasting: Magic Initiate (Druid) | Spell Save DC 11, Spell Attack +3  ▬ Cantrips: GuidanceDivination Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Target: One willing creature Components: V S Duration: Up to 1 minute You touch one willing creature. Once before the spell ends, the target can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to one ability check of its choice. It can roll the die before or after making the ability check. The spell then ends. Flavor: "Eíthe to Oghma na sas kathodigísei" The target feels a comforting warmth spread throughout their body, radiating Shazzar's hand., Produce FlameConjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Target: Self or a creature within 30 feet of you Components: V S Duration: 10 minutes A flickering flame appears in your hand. The flame remains there for the duration and harms neither you nor your equipment. The flame sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. The spell ends if you dismiss it as an action or if you cast it again. You can also attack with the flame, although doing so ends the spell. When you cast this spell, or as an action on a later turn, you can hurl the flame at a creature within 30 feet of you. Make a ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 fire damage. At Higher Levels: This spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8). Flavor: "Apó to típota, fotiá" The flickering flame is a pale blue in color and takes on a teardrop shape.  ▬ 1st (1/1 use): GoodberryTransmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Target: See text Components: V S M (A sprig of mistletoe) Duration: Instantaneous Up to ten berries appear in your hand and are infused with magic for the duration. A creature can use its action to eat one berry. Eating a berry restores 1 hit point, and the berry provides enough nourishment to sustain a creature for one day. The berries lose their potency if they have not been consumed within 24 hours of the casting of this spell. Flavor: "Threptiká moúra" The berries are perfect orbs in shape and have a perfect sheen to them. Equipment Spellbook, staff (arcane focus), scholar's robes, dagger, writing kit, borrowed book (Elminster's Treatise On The Arcane), belt pouch, backpack, bedroll, mess kit, tinderbox, 5 torches, 5 rations, waterskin, 50 ft of hemp rope, 12 gp, 5 sp, 5 cp Narra | The Familiar Owl (Tiny Fey) hp 1/1 ▪ AC 11 (Unarmored) ▪ Speed 5 ft, fly 60 ft. HD 1d4 ▪ Senses Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 13 STR 3 (-4) ▪ DEX 13 (+1) ▪ CON 8 (-1) ▪ INT 2 (-4) ▪ WIS 12 (+1) ▪ CHA 7 (-2) Skills Perception +3, Stealth +3 Features FlybyThe owl doesn't provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach., Keen Hearing & SightThe owl has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing and sight.; Deliver Touch SpellsWhen you Cast a Spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its Reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an Attack roll, you use your Attack modifier for the roll., Link With MasterWhile your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. Additionally, as an Action, you can see through your familiar's eyes and hear what it hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any Special Senses that the familiar has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own Senses., Pocket DimensionAs an Action, you can temporarily dismiss your familiar. It disappears into a pocket dimension where it awaits your summons. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever. As an Action while it is temporarily dismissed, you can cause it to reappear in any unoccupied space within 30 feet of you.   OOC Active Effect: Comprehend Languages (1 hour)

 

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[Kavonde]

 

DYNAHEIR | HP 15/15 | AC 15 | Initiative +2 | Passive Perception 12

 

Dynaheir grins at Shazzar, delighted. "You know, it is the opposite for me. My brother taught me how to speak Pig Thorass, but then he would say things very quickly and I could never keep up." Her smiles turns a little wistful as she spends a few seconds in reverie, but then she shakes her head, dispelling the distraction. "Ah, but now is not the time for reflecting on childhood memories. Now is the time for peaceful negotiation!" She says this with the same gusto that another person might say "action."

[Gregorotto]

A plan is hatched: they speak a foreign tongue, and they may need to comprehend it to better understand the people they are about to negotiate with. Shazzar has a plan, and begins the ritual, the spell taking its sweet time to manifest. As it does, the rest discuss the nature of language, the nature of nobility to be needlessly wordy and pedantic, and a song creeps into a sailor's heart. From the strings present, the nomads will welcome the shape of his heart, but not their spades.

 

The spell cast, Shazzar begins to listen as they speak to one another.

 

The eldest, a wiry man with wisps of hair about his head under a bandana and a pointed, frayed beard chews on a long pipe, sighing out a puff of smoke. "The signs are not clear. The moon here is not yet full, but we must away, I feel. You are right, daughter, we should have held our ground: but we cannot let that get the better of us. Pride before the fall, you see."

 

The middle-aged woman with a red scarf around her neck and a bright red hat on her head shakes her head. "The Duchess had no right to throw Hanzi out. We were nothing but kind to her lapdogs last night, and what did it get us?! And you want to leave—leave to where, father? Mordent? Barovia? Surely not Darkon, not in its current state! The Mists are afoul with dark magic. You know the rumors as well as I, the mischief that archmage has been up to. Only a Vistana can see the truth now."

 

There are nods, but also murmurs beyond hearing.

 

The eldest shakes his head. "And yet the road beckons. It does not matter where we go, we could go to Sigil even, and it would not matter! What matters is our time here is over. We must depart. By dawn, if we must."

 

The woman speaks again. "I will not, father. I—"

 

Detected, Samuel launches into action with a song, soon joined by a handsome dark young man with a lute who picks up the tune and plays it, the viols taking a break as the caravan assesses the newcomers. The elder, shorter in stature than the other men stands, grinning, his teeth cragged and jagged but his eyes alight with friendly fire. The woman who had been speaking, whose words seemed impassioned but not cruel, looks harshly at each of them.

 

Juliet realizes she knows what these people are: they are Vistani, the mist-wanderers. Masters of fortune and misfortune, they and they alone can travel the Mists without need of a trinket, an anchor, between Domains. A sign, perhaps?

 

The old man laughs at the conclusion of the song, during which Shazzar had plenty of time to explain the argument to his companions behind the cover of a song. "Welcome, welcome to our fire, strangers! From Daggerford, I would wager. I welcome you, driver of this clan, to the caravan of Clan Radoza. I am its loremaster, Stanimir, and this is my daughter, Damia. My son, Ratka, is our driver, and the young man with a hand on his lute beside his very pregnant wife is Kashi. Warm yourselves, and give more of your songs, that we may know them, sailor! What is your name, and if I may imprudent, what business brings you to this Trade Way road this night? Strange magics are afoot, I fear."

 

The mists seem to close in on the encampment, and it grows warmer than before, as if summer were returning.

[emotionaut]

Joliet

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HP:   12/12

AC:   14

Init:  +3

PP:   13

FeaturesSecond Wind: 1/1
Languages: Common, Paridon Creole

ConditionNormal

Ammo⁍⁍⁍⁍⁍⁍

IC

Joliet strolls into the camp like she owns the place, but she makes no move to disturb a thing. She smiles when she meets the eyes of the Vistani, but she leaves the talking to Samuel, for the time being.

 

Her first priority is getting a better look at the wagons up close. From a distance, they looked the right sort, but as she gets nearer, her heart sinks a little. The colors don't quite match. The group she's looking for favored yellow and sky blue, two colors hardly represented on the sides of this caravan. Numbers ain't right neither. She counted twice as many wagons before. Now, it could be that they split with the other half of their group, but it isn't likely that they also opted to repaint at the same time. Has to be a different bunch.

 

Even so, Joliet knows these folk to be well-traveled. May be that they know the way to Paridon. She fights the urge to blurt out her questions straight away, but that's not the job. She keeps her trap shut for now, hoping the evening's agenda goes no further than a few hands of cards and some friendly banter. Would be hard to get answers from folks full of holes...

OOC

Joliet is proficient at playing cards as well, so if we go that route, she can help Samuel.

[Mamori23]

  Altaïr Abd al-Aziz | HP: 12/12 | AC: 18 | Initiative: -1 | Passive Perception: 11

IC

The paladin remained out from the frontline, out of view and out from any hindrance of the others who chosen to speak. A wise decision it turns out as from what Shazzar explained of the groups heated conversation sparked a few questions within him. Sigil? He's brow lifted, knowing the city to lay at the center of the mulitverse from a few texts he read back in his training days. It's not a simple journey to cross into the domain of the Lady of Pain, yet these vagrants talk as if it was effortless. He turned an eye towards the wizard if the man glance over to him, whisping in hushed words,"Shazzar, do you know of any archmage they speak of? I don't recall any in this area nor strange magics. The mist is thick yes, but how is it dark?" There is questions stirring, mostly out of concern for dealing with more than he set to handle this night. Altaïr was a very busy man, he had a bed to continue resting in and a drink calling for him.  

OOC

Roll Results for History Check on Sigil: 16

 

Edited October 13, 2022 by Mamori23 (see edit history)

[Lukenary]

  

Giselle the Drowned

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HP:   11/11  |   AC:   17  |   Init:  +3  |  PP:   11

Features

Divine Sense PHB, pg. 84
As an action, you can detect good and evil. Until the end of your next turn, you can sense anything affected by the hallow spell or know the location of any celestial, fiend, undead within 60 ft. that is not behind total cover. You can use this feature 4 times per long rest. 3/4

 

Lay on Hands PHB, pg. 84
You have a pool of healing power that can restore 5 HP per long rest. As an action, you can touch a creature to restore any number of HP remaining in the pool, or 5 HP to either cure a disease or neutralize a poison affecting the creature. 5/5

Traits

 

Darkvision BR, pg. 39
You can see in darkness (shades of gray) up to 60 ft.

 

Fey Ancestry BR, pg. 39
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Spells

None

IC

Giselle mentions to the others that it might be a good idea not to show their whole hand immediately, in case the reception isn't quite as warm as she hopes.  "Sometimes it is best to hide one's light before it shines so brightly."  A brief spasm crosses her face, but she smooths it immediately.

 

"I shall linger in the shadows beyond the firelight, and will spring into action should you need it.  Joliet, I trust you can make the call of a blackbird?  That will be my signal.

 

"Though I certainly hope I can join you all in peace and friendship with these people."

 

Hope, but prepare for the worst.  It is folly to believe otherwise.

 

Before she splits off from the group, she closes her eyes in a short meditation, asking Lathander for the power to sense evil in the vicinity.

OOC

Stealth roll below, and using 1 Divine Sense.