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Adventure (A D&D 5E Game)

On the way deeper into the campsite, Flicker kept glancing behind themself back towards the fight, a grimace slowly creeping over their face. The weird feeling that fire had given them, the fact the attackers were speaking Primordial, and the strange mutilations they had all was making Flicker feel more on edge than normal. It was only when they were far enough from the fight that the exhaustion finally hit them.

"Well, that happened," Flicker said, fighting back the urge to yawn as they returned their attention back to their companions. It was only then that the fire genasi realised that three of their group had already ran off and were currently near some stall, downing some kind of suspicious potion without a second thought. Flicker mumbled some elvish curse under their breath before reluctantly following after them. "Do you three have a death wish or something?" they hissed once they were close enough. "You don't just drink something that some random merchant is selling you. Especially..." They waved towards the sign. "Not from one who's spelling is that terrible."

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Skobeloff was barely able to keep his composure when he realized what he was dealing with. A bearded dragon who had become her Shadowself? Skobeloff could barely contain his excitement at the thought of matching wits with a bearded dragon who had fallen under the sway of the Darkness!

@rush99999

Skobeloff:

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@XxFellsingxX

When you say that Fogdance has been taken over by the darkness, do you mean she is currently her Shadowself?

@rush99999

Yes, she is.

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When Skobeloff sprinkled the dust into Fogdance's eyes, the older dragon was stunned for a couple of seconds as she tried to reflexively blink the obstruction away. When that didn't help, she started rubbing at her with her claw. "Sorry, I, err, this place is dustier than I thought it was," she said. "Give me a moment." Once she finally able to keep her eyes open for longer than a couple of seconds, she returned her attention to Skobeloff and, seeing his bowl was empty, gave a smile. "Oh, you're done. Good," she said, though there was a hint of confusion in her voice. "You, err, really must have been quite hungry. Now, err, was I saying something just now...?" She frowned, looking as if she was trying to remember something, and for a brief moment, Skobeloff notes her behaviour was slightly different from how it had been moments before. A little less jittery and nervous, as if her mind had been taken off something that had been deeply troubling her.

Then, whatever it was that she had forgotten returned to her, and her eyes cloud over with sadness. Skobeloff recognises that Fogdance is indeed taken over by the Darkness, and that it is exploiting a particularly painful memory in order to control her. She turns back to look at Skobeloff, once again appearing nervous and jittery. "Well, after that walk and a nice meal, you must be feeling pretty tired, hmm?" she said. "If you'd like to have a little nap, I can show you where Tamba and Pleexem are."

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At the mention of his name, the face of the brownie from Fellwing's earlier vision peaked out from the bush. Alpin blinked up at the dragons in surprise and confusion. "How did you..." He trailed off and then shook his head. "There's no time to talk. Follow me. I know a place that's safe. Well..." He paused before correcting himself. "Safer at least." He slowly crept out from the bush, and the dragons can see that, unlike the other brownies, he's not corrupted, just a little disheveled and frightened. He glances around him to make sure the other brownies are still distracted before beginning to lead the dragons away.

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Jub the Peculiar

Jub look visibly more and more disheartened as each of his companions agreed to this deal. "I guess we're doing this, then," he said with a sigh. He then looked towards the wisps. "The halfling is right, though. If you could at very least point us in the direction of this 'Bavlorna' and warn us of any tricks of hers we should be on the lookout for, that would be appreciated."

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The moment Skobeloff agrees to Fogdance's offer, she eagerly begins leading him out of the main hall and towards one of the side rooms. Should Skobeloff follow, he'd find himself in a small dining area. It's very bare, with the only real furnishings being a table with chairs near the center, and a pantry and counter off to the side, and Skobeloff quickly would note that these seem to have been grown out of the wood of the floor itself rather than having been moved in. Fogdance motions him to sit down, and he'd realise as he's explaining his journey, she's not even really listening to him anymore as she starts to prepare his food.

When she's finished, she come's over with a bowl of what appears to be porridge, albeit garnished with a variety of tropical fruits. "Now, I know it's probably not as fancy as what you're used to," she says, with what Skobeloff had just said seeming to completely go over her head. "But we of House Tessith find that the simplest meals are usually the best for you." She places the bowl in front of the drake and looks at him very expectantly.

It seems like she really, really wants Skobeloff to hurry up and eat. What will he do?

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As the group starts to sneak past the corrupted brownies, they will notice one of the bushes nearby starting to shake as they approach. "Psst! Hey, you lot!" a voice calls out, and a small hairy hand sticks out from the leaves and beckons towards the group. "This way! Follow me. Slowly, so as not to disturb 'em."

This voice seems familiar to Fellwing. What will the group do?

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Hmm, so would there be another Traverse the Wilderness roll for the rest of the journey, or are we in the clear?

@Vertigo

No, you don't have to roll Traverse the Wilderness again. I'll get the next post up soon.

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I think we've lost Digizel for now at least ):

@Vertigo

Yeah, I've sent him a couple of messages over Discord, and he hasn't responded to them so I'm just assuming he's really busy at this point. If he hasn't responded by the end of the Chapter, I'm going to have to consider whether or not to remove Shieldwing from the clutch and/or making him an NPC. I still think we have a bit of this chapter to go, though, so I won't worry about that for now.

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"Hmm?" Fogdance took a moment to register the question she'd just been asked. Despite Skobeloff's inability to detect anything unusual about this room, the older dragon's mannerisms give the impression as if she's having two conversations at once: one with Skobeloff, and one with someone the drake can neither see nor hear.

"Oh, well, there was a whole group of us when we came here, but, err, things got out of hand and we ended up separated." Fogdance nods towards the staircase behind her. "So now it's just me and two drakes, Tamba and Pleexem. Poor dears have been pretty spooked by this whole ordeal, completely tuckered them out, so they're having a little nap right now." She give Skobeloff a small, and somewhat pained, smile. "Speaking of groups, is it just you here? How did you make it all the way out here by yourself? You must be tired and hungry. If you want, I can get you something to eat or drink. We still have plenty of supplies, thankfully."

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There is a pause, as if the Moons are considering Fellwing's plea. Then, Fellwing feels the gentle light of the Spirit Moon course through her scales as every tree and bush in the vicinity start blossoming with large tropical of many different colours, filling the area with a fresh floral scent. The corrupted brownies' attention is taken away from the dragons towards the plants, as they begin chattering and chirping to one another in a mixture of confusion and fascination. Before, they had the group surrounded, but now there is enough room for the dragons to make a break for it.

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Had fallen asleep, whoops! Hmm, she was probably calling out in general, not even knowing what specifically she was asking for - just something magical in the forest that would draw the rodents away. Some noise, light, smell, maybe some natural phenomenon like flowers blooming all of a sudden, or maybe something that would make their hardworking nature flare, like something making a mess in their forest. I can settle on a specific thing too if needed though, maybe some sort of a combination; particularly enticing, vibrant flowers starting to bloom all over the place?

The +1 was the Friendship Gem returned if I understood the wording correctly. Or does this mean that you need to use one gem anyway, and if you use more than one, you can add those to the result?

@Vertigo

Yeah, that'll work. I'll get to writing that post.

Okay, so about the Moon Magic move!... Turns out, I have been misconstruing how that move works this whole time. I was reading it as "you roll Friendship Gems that other people have returned to you", but looking through the rulebook, no, your interpretation is the correct one. So yeah, you did it right, my bad ^^' Sorry 'bout that.