The Harbinger of Ferocity

D&D 5e -- The Lost Children

Where the the jaguar hails from, which is apparently far removed from the actual campaign if memory serves, @rush99999. Though @Guardian Angel Haruki is the one to ask about details of that as I am not so sure just what characters, if any, know about that place.

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"I think she's talking about our loot, Barn!"

I cannot read this in any other voice but that of Fred Flintstone. Wonderful, now I have this out of left field voice speaking to me whenever I read one of the two bandits' dialogue.

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With almost a certain casualness to her response, the elf slowed to turn back and address her companion. She knew he wasn't lying, especially as this mention of grease and other strange things were going on, that the cat was as honest and direct as ever, but there were two ways she could approach this issue. Either her spell would end if they delayed much longer, freeing a potentially deadly foe, and allowing him to do whatever, or she addressed the issue at the moment. Considering she spent years with Jamil of Azalorn and had wandered countless miles? The woman knew the cat could handle himself in restraint, even if briefly.

"We won't be long, just call for us if you need aid." The elf replied, brushing some of the hair out of her face that fell loose and wild. Granted she had no idea that the girl and the bandit might mistake this as being directed at them, she shared a glance with the panther, knowing he could be trusted, at least for a few minutes.

Jacoby introduced himself, potentially reintroduced as the druid wasn't sure for herself, but she nodded as she stepped aside some mossy trees and neared closer still to the vines, "Oh me?" She looked to the man and blinked, almost as if introducing herself again was just as foreign as it were the first time - animals, who she spent most of her time with did not really care for names - so her response was as awkward and practiced as one expected from there, "I am Shaedra, Shaedra Galandoel. I am a 'Wildwalker' and my friend is Jamil of Azalorn."

@rush99999@Guardian Angel Haruki

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I am unsure if Warren will have any input on what Shaedra had commented on, but I figured he might based on what she said about the last surviving bandit of the original non-leader sorts, @Guardian Angel Haruki. Other than that, the only command issued to Jamil of Azalorn was to watch him in the event he flees, which seems unlikely but not worth trusting.

Revenge of the Dragon

Yes, vile magics, which are questionably evil or lean strongly that way, are an issue, @Cu Chulainn. I would honestly say despite that you could make such an abjurer wizard to keep that in check, someone who holds that mindset that magic must be policed lest it become a threat to everyone. More reason now than before given the group's original dynamic changed from what it was.

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At first the woman was about to address the issue of the lone entangled bandit, but then she recognized that the man she had made sure was tied up was free. How did he get himself out? She shot him a deathly glare, furling her brow before she spoke up, ignoring at first what the other man said and addressing the bandit directly. "I don't know how you got out, but you better not run away because we still have questions for you!"

She gave a look at the black, sleek figure of the cat accompanying them, then back to him. The direction she gave was unspoken yet clear as day to an animal, that she was going to keep watch on him and wanted the fierce feline to help her do so. Granted she wasn't too mad, given she had other people helping to keep an eye on him now, or that the girl clung to him and slowed him down, but the last thing she wanted was to have to fight someone she already caught once! Between the leopardess herself and the jaguar he wouldn't get far, but that called to mind the fact she needed to warn the blind man before their window of opportunity closed.

Looking back to Jacoby, whose name she she hadn't yet recalled though she was fairly sure he had introduced himself, she noted at last what she did worry about. "We can't go much further," She began as the group stumbled through some brush, "Well, shouldn't, but there's one more bandit who is tied up by some plants I animated. We need to make sure he doesn't try to shoot us in the back or something."

@rush99999

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Shaedra is going to try to prevent all of them from going too far, especially since there is still a rogue bandit entangled nearby, @rush99999. She will attempt to get Jacoby's aid in capturing him as well, given she would rather not be ambushed and let the two others potentially be injured or killed.

Revenge of the Dragon

@Cu Chulainn, what now were you considering that would have made two wizards impossible? There is no reason not to have so much arcane power in the group, especially given we already have one strong outlier with a necromancer. Alternatively, what were you considering switching to and for otherwise?

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When the elf at last reached a portion of the others' party, she came to a slow. The tied man and the girl were here, along with the blindfolded figure, all of whom were attempting to flee now. At first this was exactly as the wildwalker had hoped, that these people were safe and so much so she smiled despite the irritable yowl of the snarling, frothing panther. Her boots set to a halt in the soft forest soil and the flat of the sword rest against the back of her slender arm - she was about to say something until she recognized one small detail. They were running wild through the woods at night while there were still some enemies about; the moment of pause put her behind the trio, causing her to him and haw at what should be done.

"Wait, don't run off blind into the woods, you'll get lost and we still have to stop one more bandit!" She yelled to them before shooting the big cat beside her a look. Why were they running? Where were they blindly running off to now? Then the screaming of someone and fire was clue enough for the elven outsider, her questions answered for now.

Reflexively at this point she swung her legs over a fallen, mossy tree to avoid tripping herself and caught up to them not long after she landed, "Just following, but let's not go too far."

With any normal circumstance she would have had to call for her companion to change direction, but with Jamil of Azalorn there was no reason to. The wood elf knew he was always about or by her unless she sent him away, so when she went to look back and check in upon him she surely found him already by her side, close enough to touch and pat. Hurriedly moving as they were, at least as fast as a young girl, blind man, and tied bandit could, this wasn't exactly difficult for her to acknowledge the cat with the contact.

@rush99999

Revenge of the Dragon

Thank you, @Caitimus, I am pleased to have known it worked. I was prepared to tinker with it if had needed to be.