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@TheDredPriateRoberts
good idea(s), so in the mean time, what do we do?
Try not to get facerolled?
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@Buddamoose
(well yeah lol, do we go after the girl or wander about first?)
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
(doesn't matter fmpov. We're bound to get some gp either way, and thats high on the list of priorities so we can silver weapons.)
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@Buddamoose
(finding the girl will give us a much needed ally, he's a leader so perhaps has access to our material needs as well, though I'm not too confident we can handle the hags all at once, head on, maybe we can stake out the joint and jump one when she's alone)(if we capture one we could make a trade)
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
(are we sure the missing child got taken by the hags? And the drow is pointing us/will accompany us to the amber temple. So either we go to Amber temple or we try to track the missing child. But the two are separate things at this point and don't seem to be connected.)
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
(Amber Temple seems most narrative relevant, so clearing that might net us a level up 👍. Which would gucci for re-engaging the Hags.)
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
(I'm tempted to take call lightning so i can mock Strahd with it. That's how he summoned the storm before I bet, just be like, "ooooh, so powerful, so impressive, oh wait, i can do that too, looks like ''I aM AnCieNT, I aM tHe LaNd" 😂😂)
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@Buddamoose
(given his comparison of the temple to the 3 hags, we are no where close to being ready for the temple)(also the travel there, explore etc, and back, we'd miss the festival)(I'm guessing the hags have the child, thought the trackers might be of some help, if it looks like the direction she went in, chances are probably good they have her)
(So what do you guys do now?)
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
if it looks like the direction she went in,
(Does it? Have you found footprints or anything else to indicate a particular direction?)
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
also the travel there, explore etc, and back, we'd miss the festival)
(And how far away is the temple? We have two days so if it's about a half day travel to three quarters that leaves us with a half day to a day to check out the temple.
Night Hags would be a welcome respite compared to visiting this place.
(Ur not wrong that the temple might be a bit out of our league tho. But the narrative seems to be pointing us that way... regardless, it might be wise to save the temple for post explorations of the immediate area/festival/getting weapons silvered.)
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@Buddamoose
(we haven't looked yet, but it's in the que)
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@secularmerlin
@Earth
@TheDredPriateRoberts
@kindertina
(So, explore the forest for signs of the missing girl? Or lake(wolves+mad mage)? Temple? Haunted Mansion? Abandoned Town? We have multiple options here. My vote is on search for missing girl, see if anything turns up.)
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@Buddamoose
(temple is a difficult 20 miles one way, many horrible encounters on the way. Silvered weapons take a week I believe, once you find someone that can fabricate them. We probably have to acquire them ready made one way or another.)
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
(it's a fair sized city, should be a smithy where you can use/the smithy can craft us weapons. If you Smith + we order we can prob cut the crafting time to a couple weeks. Cause Grahf needs one weap silvered. You need two. We're looking at 2-3 weeks worth of downtime for that.)
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@Buddamoose
(let's get Frick and Frack and see if they can pick up a trail of any kind, if it looks like the trail goes to the abandon town or other p.o.i. we'd be killing 2 birds with one stone.)
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@drafterman
Maybe we should go to the temple after we deal with the festival and undead.
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@Buddamoose
@Earth
(we'll have to go there, but for now there's not time a frame in which we need to)
(the longer we wait the less chance to find the girl or find her alive)
(the festival is in a day and a half, Snerp meeting that guy and we have to deal with the vampires before then)
(other than that I don't really see any time sensitive issues)
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
(Eikka, the two hunters,and i are already on our way/there already.)
(the festival is in a day and a half,
(*Two and a half days, but i have to be back two days from now for the meeting with whomever the mysterious stranger is working for.)
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@Earth
Maybe we should go to the temple after we deal with the festival and undead.
(This is fmpov the most prudent plan 👍.)
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@Buddamoose
(*Two and a half days, but i have to be back two days from now for the meeting with whomever the mysterious stranger is working for.)
(even better, let's collect ourselves and resources and try to pick up a trail then)
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@drafterman
(once Eikka and Snerp arrive with the Hunters, and Roberts fills them in about the missing child, Snerp will, along with the two hired hands, search around the area she last was seen/the forest edge for clues such as footprints, tatters of clothing, dropped possessions, etc. that indicate the missing girl was there/traveling in a particular direction.)
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
(technically until we arrive and you relay details of the missng girl i can't search for her, cause I don't know she's lost 😂.)
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@Buddamoose
(all pcs have innate telepathy ;) )
Day 4Noon
The Vallaki crew, led by Szoldar and Yevgeni head to the Vistani camp where they meet up with Grahf and Roberts. Kasimir notes that he will stay in the camp until they are ready to head to the Amber Temple.
Kasimir: After hearing about your adventures thus far, I do not feel you are ready. Remember that the entities in this temple are the ones that instilled Strahd with his power.
With that, the crew beings to look around the outskirts of Vallaki searching for any sign of the girl Arrabelle. About an hour into their search, they can hear wolves howling in the distance.
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@drafterman
Remember that the entities in this temple are the ones that instilled Strahd with his power
(Entities that can grant immense powers? How tempting 😏)
Wolves... and so the hunt begins
Snerp turns and heads towards the sound of the howling(I would say staying low but, well, gnome 😂) cautiously moving so as to try not to make too much noise and draw attention.
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@Buddamoose
It's bad luck to kill a wolf by Zud. (Orcish explosive deleted).
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@secularmerlin
It's bad luck to kill a wolf by Zud
Bad luck, but good gold, and we sorely need it.
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@Buddamoose
@Earth
@TheDredPriateRoberts
@kindertina
The group makes the decision to head toward the howling. As they do, more and more howls join the group as the sounds also get closer and closer. Soon, a large group of wolves and dire wolves emerge from the woods and surround the group!
COMBAT!
The wolves form a large circle around the party and then close in, tearing and ripping at armor, clothes, and flesh. Whenever a wolf secures hold of one of the characters, it attempts to drag them to the ground.
[Eikka takes 10 piercing damage and is pulled prone]
[Grahf takes 9 piercing damage but remains standing]
[Snerp takes 6 piercing damage but remains standing]
[Luraxt takes 4 piercing damage and is pulled prone]
(Player actions!)
Player Summaries:
[21] Dire Wolf #1 - Uninjured (attacking Roberts)
[21] Dire Wolf #2 - Uninjured (attacking Eikka)
[21] Wolf #1 - Uninjured (attacking Yevgeni)
[21] Wolf #2 - Uninjured (attacking Grahf)
[21] Wolf #3 - Uninjured (attacking Szoldar)
[21] Wolf #4 - Uninjured (attacking Snerp)
[21] Wolf #5 - Uninjured (attacking Luraxt)
[14] ✶Roberts - 35/44 HP - 18 AC - Action Surge: ⬤ | Second Wind ⬤ | Spell Slots: 3
[11] ✶Eikka - 28/38 HP - 16 AC - Channel Divinity: ⬤ | Relentless Endurance: ⬤ | Spell Slots: 4|3|2 [Prone]
[9] Yevgeni - Uninjured
[7] Grahf - 35/44 HP - 16 AC - Breath Weapon: ⬤ | Divine Sense: 3 | Channel Divinity: ⬤ | Lay on Hands: 20 | Spell Slots: 3|2
[7] Szoldar - Injured
[5] ✶Snerp - 22/28 HP - 13 AC - Bardic Inspiration: ⬤⬤ | Feather Fall ⬤ | Spell Slots: 3|3|2
[4] Luraxt - 23/27 HP - 13 AC - Arcane Recovery ⬤ | Spell Secrets ⬤ | Spell Slots: 4|2|2 [Prone]