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The Wild Beyond Witchlight

The Carnival is not even the most malicious part of the module.

So it can still get worse.

Muahahaha! XD

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Really? It gets worse you say? Well you know what? I don't believe you. I think you are lying. I think you are a lying liar who tells lies,
that the darkest moments of the module are behind us and that it will be nothing but sunshine and rainbows from here on out.

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

Life be wild sometimes, but Wild Beyond Witchlight is always here to remind us that it could be worse. We could be at a carnival. And for that I am thankful.

@Fading Memory

There are worse things than being at a carnival. You could be at a fairy carnival.

Or even worse, you could be at a fairy carnival with a malicious shapeshifting kenku running around.

Or even worse than that, you could be at a fairy carnival with a malicious shapeshifting kenku running around while you have to make people happy so you can steal a watch from some elves who stole the ability to lie from a goblin wizard you've befriended despite only knowing said goblin wizard for a handful of hours.

Di'Siveks: Adventure (A D&D 5E Game)

@Cao the Exiled
You can use it to get advantage on a roll.

@LostDestiny
The window is ten feet above the door.

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@Cao the Exiled

Plasm is now inspired.

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I've just gotten a really dumb idea.

@XxFellsingxX

What is this really dumb idea?

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@XxFellsingxX

A seven is enough to get you something.

As you said, they are indeed cultists. But you can't quite pin down what they are cultists of exactly. The leaves and twigs and other flora-based accouterments tell you they are devoted to something to do with nature, the fey or elemental earth perhaps. But the bones and skulls and other things taken from dead animals would suggest that they are in fact fiend cultists.

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@XxFellsingxX

I might dial it back a little if Flicker starts eclipsing the other PCs but otherwise, I'll leave them alone. You guys are supposed to win, so none of you need worry about any OPness you display being nerfed.

Di'Siveks: Adventure (A D&D 5E Game)

As Flicker joined Arkisz, the fire genasi would get a better look at the guards. More specifically, at what the two corpses were wearing. With their knowledge in religious matters, Flicker was quick to realize that the flora and fauna adorning the robes of the guards weren't just decoration. They had religious significance. Flicker couldn't tell more than that at a glance though. They would need to stop and think for a moment if they wanted to draw more detailed knowledge from their mind.

OOC

Because Flicker is proficient in Religion, they recognize that the decorations on dead guards' robes have religious meaning. Flicker may make a Religion check if they wish to recall more useful information.

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For the time being, Arkisz wouldn't be able to sense much due to the stone walls of the tower acting as a barrier to his spell. The wooden door wasn't thick enough to block the spell though, and through it Arkisz could sense the ambient magics that were usually found in an arcane laboratory. Although since the presence of the laboratory had already been discovered by Aura's hawk, that wouldn't be what drew Arkisz's attention the most. That would be the dimming embers of magic he sensed from the lifeless corpses of the two strangers who had been guarding the door. From what Arkisz could sense, the two strangers had some sort of abjuration spell about them. But whatever had been protecting them, it was like no spell Arkisz had encountered before. It held a weird sort of quality to it. But that was all Arkisz could glean from the dead. A moment later, the last remnants of the magic that had affected them faded away. Any further knowledge would have to be gained from the strangers who still lived.

As Arkisz shifted his focus away from his magical senses and back to those that were more mundane, he would find that sound could be heard through the door. Strangely enough, the sounds that could be heard from within weren't those of a frantic scramble to prepare a defense that one might expect to hear when signs of an impending attack are discovered. Rather, it sounded like everything was still business as usual in the tower. Like they had just taken one look at the corpses outside, shrugged, and just carried on with their work as if nothing out of the ordinary had occurred.

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Rala's arrow soared through the air. Swift as the wind and thrice as deadly, it struck the guard to the right directly in the forehead. The force of the arrow sent the man stumbling, his back hit the wall and he opened his mouth to cry out, but died before any sound could escape as the arrow punched clean through the skull and embedded itself in the wall behind the guard, pinning him to it.

The guard on the left saw this and opened his own mouth to shout a warning, but only a quiet, pained gurgling came forth as the first of Aura's rays struck him in the throat. The man clutched at the scorched flesh of his neck just as the second ray arrived, struck him through the heart, and forced him to stumble back against the wall as well. All signs of life left the man's eyes. But just as he began to sink down the wall, Aura's third and final ray struck him in the head. When the corpse finally hit the ground, it did so with a charred stump where its head once was.

For a moment, all was quiet. Then the door to the tower pushed open from the inside and one of the androgynous elves leaned out. The elf briefly regarded the two dead guards in a calm, speculative manner before pulling back inside and shutting the door.