Hekazu

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@Gordian Nought Though I recognise that you haven't been online on the site for five days (or perhaps because I indeed noticed that) I would like to request a prompt reply at your earliest convenience.

In any case, I do believe we who are present should keep some activity up: Governor Nighthill will be calling for you soon, but he needs to gather his thoughts first.

The escape from Wolfwing's lair

@Dusksong@LChris314
I don't personally think anything from me is needed right now.

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Sorry for being offline for so long everyone! Someone stole my computer but I managed to get it back today. It's very late right now but I'll try and post tomorrow.

@Norschtalen

Computer thieves on the loose? I hate to hear that such a thing happened to you, but I'm glad you got it back.

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@Lucius Cypher@The Harbinger of Ferocity@Norschtalen@Gordian Nought@Ryonara
The map of Greenest has been added onto the Characters tab.

The escape from Wolfwing's lair

The door creaked as it had done before Wolfwing, nevertheless allowing access to the space beyond. It seemed to be a simple hallway, but with pretty much no light in this space, it was tough to tell further. Not being a fool, Derrick borrowed the dying lantern from the dungeon and took a better look around. Even in the flickering flame, he could make out some shapes in the darkness: There were quite a few ragged tapestries around, as well as plaques decorated by skulls of animals. An evident shield and weaponry rack had served here, but now it was empty and simply stood there without clear purpose.

As he stepped just a bit further to investigate, he noticed perhaps the best thing about this place: The smell of dust hung in the air, but at least the dampness and smell of mould were not present in this space! Just before the lantern took it's dying breath, he managed to notice the very thing he was here after: A ring of keys was hanging from a small hook on the wall to the left of the door (looking from this hallway to the cell block).

@Lord of Evil@Dusksong@LChris314

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@Hekazu

You should paste it on the first post of the OoC with some basic info about Greenest like "This farming village is known for its truffle crops and once was the home of Sir Pecs Flexington, muscle wizard" or something.

@Lucius Cypher

Speaking of muscle wizards, the first game I ever DM'd had a Sorcerer whose source of magic was his oiled muscles. He was a tiefling that had adopted a virtue name for something they were going to achieve... and that name was no more, no less than Swaglord Yoloking. He is still my favourite Wild Magic sorcerer to this day.

Now about the actual subject, I could do what you suggested. Soon^TM anyway, right now is not exactly a good moment to start picking the most important pieces of the history of Greenest.

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Now, unless anyone wants to continue shooting after your glorious and vastly superior adversary Lennithon^*, tell me. Otherwise we can break away from Initiative order.
I also found a spoiler free map of greenest! Should we pin it somewhere, or...?


* In no way has Lennithon demanded this praise, for I did it on my own for he truly is the greatest. _{please don't lightning breath me...}

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Just as suddenly as the Orc had actually followed their plan and jumped, they fell due to very unfortunate circumstances. Despite all their rage and shouting, they just couldn't hold against both their own weight settling down and the dragon tugging on the rope to head upwards, it was a miracle that the harpoon withstood said pressure. Well, less of a miracle now since Orchid was not weighing it down any longer.

A guard dove out of the way, not willing to catch the falling man with their head and barely managed to stumble out of the impact zone before the person would crash down if nothing would be done. Catching them by hand would only serve to injure both sides and it didn't seem like the guards had any ideas in the one second Orchid would spend in free fall...

Mechanics

Orchid hits the ground immediately, taking 16 bludgeoning damage on impact and landing prone unless damage is mitigated or speed slowed down.

The escape from Wolfwing's lair

Despite Derrick's best attempts, this lock was not going to budge before his tinkering. The metal effortlessly ground down the piece of wood he was trying to use and continued attempts would be more than likely to simply fill the lock with scrap that would only serve to prevent it from opening later if appropriate tools were found. Despite this was not the approach they were looking for? The smell that emanated from the breaking wood didn't exactly inspire confidence either...

@Lord of Evil@Dusksong@LChris314

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@The Harbinger of Ferocity
That would be the natural continuation of this, him checking whether he hits the ground (which he will in one turn if he does not hold) or flies off with Lennithon.

So indeed @Lucius Cypher, do your thing!