iamatiger
Guardian Tiger lvl 7
Abilities:
Claws and Teeth
Flame's Brilliance
Scent Tracking
Security
Smite Evil
Spelunking
Way of Cat
Scent + Security + Spelunking + Cat = 4
The plant smelling tunnel is soon encased in plant material, with small holes allowing in flickering light from above, rendering his Flame redundant. The tiger's sense of Security makes him very much aware that this cavern complex has an enchantment of disorientation upon it making it impossible for anyone to explore it all in anything less than a lifetime. There are almost certainly other hidden passages here and there, hidden in shadows, behind rocks and leaves, etc.
That being said, though the main plant tunnel narrows to the point that he has to squeeze through it, it appears to be safe. It's also very long, and seems as though nobody's been through it in a long time if ever. It's overgrown, wet and a tight fit...and then...his Tiger Sense goes off.
There are thorns up ahead. If he wasn't so skilled in Security they likely would have slashed up his flanks and maybe even eyes and face!
By scent there is nothing here but the plants in the tunnel...but the thorns are arranged facing forward, such that they prevent retreat even as the tunnel gets more densely filled with more thorns up ahead...
No, wait! There's the scent of death!
A rotting corpse of some creature is buried under vines underneath the thorn trap.
All currently active Player Characters (PCs) are now underground. The rumbling and the flickering light and dark alternating patterns, the heat...nobody's quite sure what's going on.
The Tiger returns down from the plant path, skilfully avoiding the plant trap. He is now near the humans, just out of sight around the corner where the major branch occurs. There is an evil-smelling, rot-and-bone tunnel and a very tight fitting tunnel sloping downward. Iamatiger also understands that he can go back and explore the other two tunnels further and find new pathways, and possibly get lost...it is the nature of this place. It is even possible that passageways that once were there may become hidden in the future.
All PCs stretch forth their senses to figure out what is going on...
MrPhil has no idea what is going on.
Banana King (Leadership + Stormcalling = 2) knows that telecomladyj has with her warning provided enough time and information to save many people who would have died due to dangers from the sky...but not from the sky...that last thought is confusing!
Telecomladyj (Rock + White = 2) knows that there is evil magic involving stones involved! In some sense the stones are from below, in some sense they are not...a whisper in her hear...
"What is the above is from the below and the below is from the above"
Iamatiger (Flame + Security + Evil) can sense that there is a very dangerous evil foe invoking Flame for some malevolent reason, endangering his friends!
And our new Banana Knight Uries...
Uries
Banana Knight
Abilities:
Secret of the Axe
Silent Talk
Way of the Banana
Inventory: Blessed Banana Scythe
Enchantment: Banana Knight Blessing
(Silent Talk = 1) Uries can hear the same thing the Singers seem to be able to hear...a silent singing off in the distance.
(Silent Talk + Banana + Axe = 3) Uries also knows that the "chatroom" effect was created by the Banana King, who did not have the power to communicate without the Scythe hearing. He also knows however that he, as the Banana Knight, DOES have the power to block out the Scythe, and so the two can communicate silently while Banana Phil continues to touch the grid.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungIt would seem that a creature inside the rocks has spewed forth death in defiance of those who live above. Highly unlikely it will stop on its own.
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Telecomladyj (Rock + White = 2) knows that there is evil magic involving stones involved! In some sense the stones are from below, in some sense they are not...a whisper in her hear...
"What is the above is from the below and the below is from the above"
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Will any champion step forward to seek out the creature in the bowels of the earth and destroy it?
"The grid" is carved into the wall of the tunnel underneath the Banana Grove. Inside the squares of the grid are scratches and patterns. Only one symbol can be currently made out; it is the crescent shape of a banana, represented by the "Knight" on the following diagram.
Banana King cast the spell that called the spirit of the Banana Knight to Uries, awakening him to his destiny and opening a telepathic link between himself, the Knight and the Scythe. In doing so he channelled the spell through the Banana symbol on the carved grid, which his finger is currently touching.
Uries, armed with his Scythe, and Iamatiger investigate the evil smelling tunnel.
It is DARK, but Iamatiger is a Tiger of Righteous Flame. The orange stripes on his fur flicker...they have become the image of flames and they give off light!
Iamatiger attempts to communicate with Uries and finds it is much, much easier than with the others! Normally humans don't understand his way of speaking, but Uries has Silent Talk skills, so the two can communicate, but only with difficulty. Iamatiger does not understand the Way of the Banana, which makes it much harder for Uries to communicate with him compared to say with the Banana King.
NOTE FROM GAME MASTER:
I think I'm going to use chess diagrams a lot since they are available. DIFFERENT CHESS DIAGRAMS WILL MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS.
So far I've shown a Grid that is carved into a wall. The following has NO RELATION to that Grid.
Coming up is a Tactical Map!