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Daggerheart: The Witherwild

Catching up on rps over the weekend!

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

@Dark Cloud@Vertigo

Just wanted to quickly check in: Would you guys like to post anything before I write up a DM Post? ^_^

@Guardian Angel Haruki

I'll do a quick add soon-ish, I hope! Coming down with something, bleh.

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

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Unfortunately, she would not have any idea who Will of the Feywild may be referring to based on the past.

But! There is something else she'd most likely know about from the past. Go ahead and roll a History or Survival check with Advantage.

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Gotcha! That's 21 for History.

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

Quick post! Would Sshizna have any idea who the Will might be referring to, based on what she knew of the place before?

(I swear if it's just some kid who named himself that Imma--)

... I hope no one caught that one typo in the post, that was unfortunate omg.

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

With the goblinoids and their gnomish brother finally quieting down, the elves of the group had their chance to speak. The bard said something in what was presumably Elvish, probably to prove he spoke it. He proved, unsurprisingly, entirely unhelpful in actually putting said language skills to use however, so she ignored him and turned expectantly to Rory. The yuan-ti waited, as patiently as she was able, for the elven woman to recount their adventure before returning to the poster.

"A vexing Will, wasss it," Sshizna mumbled to herself. Now who might that be referring to? Likely not someone they ought to just hand over, if the name was any indication. Prismeer had been defiled enough. And they certainly would not hunt this Will down and hand them over just to curse some bird, like the gnome was suggesting. Let the man take care of his avian adversary on his own.

—

Off towards the cave they went, and not long into their trek, they ran into a curious sight. An owlbear, pulling an empty chariot — due to the driver falling prey to something winged, according to the bugbear. Sshizna clicked her tongue. A fool's fate.

As the rest of the party discussed whether to kill or leave be the owlbear, Rory — who Sshizna had assumed to be the reasonable one in this crew of absolute loons — approached the beast with an offering of rations.

Not you too!

By the Wilds, now she found herself agreeing with the bard, of all things. Why were they wasting food on this thing, when it hadn't even been able to protect its master from harm?

All Sshizna could do was sigh and look to the skies, just in case the winged creature might return.

The Wild Beyond Witchlight

Welcome back, Dark Cloud!

Today and tomorrow are super booked but gonna see about posting Wed/Thu potentially.

CHANBARA [Suits, Swords, and Sorcery]

Been busy enough that I'm afraid I probably wouldn't be able to keep up at a good pace, so might have to sit this one out, chef 😔

Daggerheart: The Witherwild

What awaited outside was chaos. People running and shouting, some grabbing or holding onto weapons, clambering up - or down - ladders. Bows being drawn, commands given. But most notably, there was—

"A parasitic plant is controlling that Auroch!"

... That.

Well, at least he'd found Pepper alive, with enough air in her lungs to topple a house. That was a good sign.

... The shouting that followed immediately after was not. One thing after another, could the universe not give her — and him — a break?! At least it wasn't difficult to spot her, even amongst the chaos. Most everyone who'd taken up arms seemed to have their attention glued to the auroch and the immediate threat it possessed, so Capriccio had little trouble deciding their own focus.

Trouble was, Pepper was all the way over there, while he was all the way up here. "I don't suppose there's any quick way down?" he asked from the trio besides him, urgency cracking his usual tone. "Apart from the obvious."

He gave the katari and simiah a glance over. They were probably nimble enough to get down without a hassle, but likely not strong enough to take him with. But trying to cast from his distance... not to mention, unlike Pepper, he had no way to amplify his voice, so even any words of encouragement he might've wanted to give, no one of note would've heard.

... Unless—

Panic and alcohol sloshed around Capri's head as he focused his sights on the big-but-made-small-by-the-distance hat down below. He tried to imagine what Pepper might be thinking now, tried to feel her fear as if it were his own — and then, to spur hope in its place.

"Pepper! ... Yes, hello, it's me! I know, not quite the happy reunion I would've imagined either, but, well," Right, hope, hope— They did the mental equivalent of clearing their throat and dropping their usual, dramatically high pitch down for a more natural, serious tone. "My promise from back then still stands; you're not alone. Help is on the way."

Hopefully, just knowing that, she would feel rallied to push through.

Meanwhile, Capriccio dashed towards the nearest ladder, ready to begin his painstaking journey down, and probably break one of his knees while at it.

ooc

Capriccio spends 1 Hope to open a telepathic connection with Pepper via Telepathy, then Rally her with a Rally Die of D6. Neither apparently requires a roll.

Daggerheart: The Witherwild

Definitely wasn't Thursday, but posting once I finish formatting this thing. Lmk if I'm doing too much, and I'll cut a few sentences off from the end!

Daggerheart: The Witherwild

Looks like I got time to write again on Thursday, so I might yeet a (fast for once) reply in then! 👀