The Kraken continues to play tricks on the Barbarian’s mind, but Kondor ignores the vision, what say the Cleric?

Last edited by Iron Ranger (3/30/2020 10:37 pm)

Yes, an hour has passed, Bless wore off Kondor 30 mins ago while Omen swirled inside the barbarian's head, but he chose to ignore its portent, and the phial is now filled with the salty brine of Gundrabu's master.

Last edited by Iron Ranger (3/31/2020 12:16 pm)

Wait why did we wait an hour after casting the spell?  And I don’t understand what the omen was vs the strange sensation of Cthulhu. Did I just lose sanity?!
Also, the salty brine in a cup? Did... did... should we turn it in to a fertility clinic? Lol.

[We’re all speaking poetically—our words are like “kennings” out of Old Norse verse.]

So we gather our things and head back to the room with the magic fire. Mission accomplished!

[I’m happy you seem alright, fireinthedust. Did you have the virus? My 22-year-old daughter, working grocery in Wisconsin, got it, but she’s recovering just fine.]

Iron Ranger wrote:

[So glad everyone is okay and I hope that the Sorcerer just didn't like the game and not something else!]

The vision that plagues the Barbarian is this:

He holds the side of a wooden canoe for balance in the pitching rapid. It is dark, but lamplight comes from behind, splashing the glistening rock walls of an underground cave. Over his shoulder in a second canoe rides the Esquimeaux, he holds a lantern high in one hand and points into the darkness ahead. He yells something over and over but his voice is drowned by the rushing cascade...

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Iron Ranger wrote:

[So glad everyone is okay and I hope that the Sorcerer just didn't like the game and not something else!]

The vision that plagues the Barbarian is this:

He holds the side of a wooden canoe for balance in the pitching rapid. It is dark, but lamplight comes from behind, splashing the glistening rock walls of an underground cave. Over his shoulder in a second canoe rides the Esquimeaux, he holds a lantern high in one hand and points into the darkness ahead. He yells something over and over but his voice is drowned by the rushing cascade...

That’s what Kondor saw while waiting for Gundrabu to finish?  Is it from the Omen spell?

Great vision, btw. Reminds me of the cool scene that Emral saw in the chapel. I wish I could have kept exploring that, too!

Is this game in abeyance, waiting for a definitive action? I imagine that Gundrabu and Kondor, together, gather all of their leftover provisions from the night camp, then retrace their steps to the previous camp.

(I’m having difficulty remembering what to call that structure—the one with the magical firelight on the door, the one with the burned books and incense sticks.)

All ooc:

Ugh! I hate the idea that I’m missing something obvious. It’s maddening—MADDENING, I say!

I know what you mean. Right now I’m running an online Conan 2d20 game. Two players have been trying to get a boat by which to get to a pirate ship. On the banks of the Thunder River, they ran into a group of Picts, killed them all, and now I expect they intend to merrily go traveling on by the two cleverly concealed canoes.

Before they do, I’m prepared to give them each a roll—without the chance for Momentum (if you know that system at all)—to at least stumble on the very thing they have been looking for and what naturally should be there!

Conan PCs:  Yeah, tough call. The question is whether you've given the players enough material that the players can reasonably have a chance to guess there's canoes hidden nearby.  With the Picts in the area would the canoes have been hidden the way they would if the Picts were about to leave them behind?  Are any of the characters trackers/hunters, or familiar with the ways of the Picts the way Conan was in the story? And if none of them are, did you as the GM describe something for the players to search when you described the location?  
For this game my issue is likely proximity blindness:   I've been seeing the same locations for... two years now? Plus Kondor cannot use sorcery, so he wouldn't know what to do with materials in the room (ie: priestly incense, bowls, etc.). Additionally, I've got two characters with different experiences, and trying to compartmentalize the bits of information has been a focus. 

    Which is a nice way of saying I have no idea!

THOUGHT PROCESS RIGHT NOW
I'm not sure what Kondor would be able to do with this aspect of the story, y'know? He doesn't use magic, so if that's the only way to open that door, I'm not sure.
     I as a player discounted the wine cellar, but that's because the round room where Emral found the monk with the ring of warmth was described as not having any apparent additional doors - and that monk/acolyte had starved to death hiding from the undead children, meaning there wouldn't have been another exit.   The third entrance to the basement was through the dais pool, which caved in with Emral & Malak, so we moved on from there.
          Sol, the arcane trickster who vanished before we lost Tetranna, had the boots of spider climb with him. so it can't be about climbing up and around or we're stuck.
     We'd also looked over the burned books, and only found hymns to Borias. The Picts had poison phials, weapons, and we checked the roof for treasure. Malak had the magic hood on him, which may have been found by Igrest, who is now gone with the ring of warmth. Tetranna disappeared, in theory down the well but we froze before we could get down there, and seemed like we'd die if we tried.

Kondor and Gundrabu gather their things and the few firewoods remaining from the Kitchen and head out through the main sanctuary doors. Immediately they see distant flames way off in the densely wooded hills to the east.

Kondor +100 XP
Gundrabu +100 XP 
for much needed contemplative thoughts!

Last edited by Iron Ranger (4/07/2020 3:29 pm)