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@secularmerlin
This really doesn't seem like a safe place to rest)
(Barovia in general doesnt seem like a safe place to rest tbh)
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@Earth
(Do you have any questions you might want to ask of Ismark, or any other interactions?)
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@drafterman
Better hurry. I think Earth is going to try and 1v1 Strahd)
(Just get him a drink first and I like his odds 👌💯)
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@Earth
@TheDredPriateRoberts
@kindertina
(maybe ask him who actually wrote the original letter from the Vistani?)
The Church Party
Help?! You just want to destroy him. He speaks to himself frantically. No. There is a way. I just need... I need to pray more.
He returns to the altar and resumes his prayers, seemingly oblivious to Snerp's attempts to clean him and the church up.
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@Buddamoose
(I vote we rest at the windmill. A windmill is just as defensible as a shop and there ain't no vampires in the basement. That makes it better than anything I've seen in this town.)
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@secularmerlin
Yeah, lets blow this stand and move out.
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@drafterman
Help?! You just want to destroy him. He speaks to himself frantically. No. There is a way. I just need... I need to pray more.
Just don't mind my friend, she's a bit direct and uhhhh, not very diplomatic at times to say the least. She may think the only choice is too kill your son. I don't, I think we could find a way to cure him of his vampirism.
But I'm gonna need you to simmer down. If we were a threat and/or from Strahd, don't you think we would have come with Vistani in tow instead of trying to calm you down?
From underneath the floorboards, you can hear an unearthly yell. Father! I can smell their blood!
(Idk, kid might not actually be evil. His father seems to be alive, if not well...)
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@drafterman
I join in his prayers beseeching Zud to take this man's confusion away that he may see a straight path to follow.
(Zud to the left of me, Vampire to the right, here i am stuck in the middle alone 😁)
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@drafterman
Wait I explore the church fully
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@drafterman
Wait I explore the church fully
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@drafterman
(what is Ismark's back story, he must be or have been someone of importance, or his family, to have a manor and coins to buy others drinks)(I don't fully trust him, the whole fool me once thing......)(given my path choice, should he have any tactical knowledge of weakness etc about the Vistini or any others/things we may face, I want to know as much as he knows.)
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@Earth
Wait I explore the church fully
(Not a bad idea, but how about we calm the priest down and make him an ally first? Also its best notjust come barging in. The guy freaked out at the sight of an orc and gnome. A scaly huge dragonborn barging in his gonna make him crap his pants and stroke out 😂😂)
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@Buddamoose
After ten or twenty minutes I turn to Snerp. Much as I hate to admit it you are right. This led, whatever afflicts him (cough.. vam.. cough, cough.. pire) seems only a symptom.
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@Buddamoose
The real problem is the curse on this land. It must be lifted. Zud the discombobulated has shown me this.
The real problem is the curse on this land. It must be lifted. Zud the discombobulated has shown me this.
I clap, somewhat sarcastically 😂,
Hail Zud and his wisdom!
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@Earth
(You're not at the church?)
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@drafterman
So head over there?
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@Buddamoose
Hail Zud and his wisdom!
About time you recognize sense.
(Merlin's right btw, it's a vampire. Everyone should group up at church once priest calms down in case the vampire gets a little too handsy 👌)
(but remember how burying the kids bones gave us something? Maybe helping him and his son does the same. Remember there was no evil affiliations allowed. Tells you most of the cool bonuses and side quests type stuff probably involve doing good things, ya dig? Maybe some neutral-ish thievery here and there 😎)
Day 2Evening (the sun is beginning to set)
The Church Party
The priest calms down considerably as Eikka prays with him. He closes his eyes and takes a few deep breathes, wincing as another yell originates from underneath the church, reverberating throughout its walls. FATHER!
He sighs and looks to Snerp and Eikka.
I am distraught and I do not know what to do. If the village found out, they would kill him. I thought my son lost when he left a year ago. I rejoiced when he returned but... with him in this state... yet I cannot lose him again. I hold out hope that the Morninglord will release him.
The Tavern Crew
Ismark escorts the group outside and watches as Grahf silently leaves and heads for the church.
He's not one for words, is he?
Ismark leads Roberts and Luraxt south down the main road toward a large manor, speaking in hushed tones.
I know that note wasn't written by Koylan because Koylan is my father. I am Ismark Koylanovich, son of the burgomeister. When I said I have duties here, I meant duties in terms of helping run this village, or what's left of it. My sister, Ireena, has been targeted by Strahd for some vile scheme and I intend to get her somewhere Strahd cannot reach.
My sister, Ireena, has been targeted by Strahd for some vile scheme and I intend to get her somewhere Strahd cannot reach.
(I gotta admit, this is a hell of a twist. The first letter wasn't part of Strahds plot 😮.)
He's not one for words, is he?
(shurg)
I'm sure you are anxious to get Ireena to safety, do we have time to inform the others whom, some inexplicable reason, seem to be at the church? Then we can all meet you at your manor.
Ismark nods.
Yes, and I would hurry. That church is not the holy place one would expect.
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@drafterman
yet I cannot lose him again. I hold out hope that the Morninglord will release him.
I hope he does too my dude. Have you asked him about how he was turned yet or who turned him?
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@drafterman
Oh? What can you tell me about the church?
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@Buddamoose
(Oh yeah.)