Act 1, Scene 3: "Out of Harmony" (Game Thread)

[TristenC]

Adran nods and pats his longsword. I have some skill with cantrips too. I fear my sword is only plain steel. I do have some spells prepared.


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During the rest Adran memorized and cast armor on himself.

Alright, last double-check before they settle in for the night. I'll move us along if there are no changes/objections by tomorrow.

Roof: (cold, potentially hazardous, 360 deg view)
Pyros, Artanis

Hall by Side door: (No visibility, East door is possible point of entry)
Elsa

Kitchen: (1 window, visibility West only)
None?

Den: (2 windows, 1 north 1 west. North door Possible point of entry)
Adran, Mira, Cal, Cross, Jerry, Merrick.

[kerap]

Once settled on the roof, Artanis will cast Endure Cold on himself.

[Jenara]

(I'd prefer at least one was in the kitchen. But the mages need covering and we dont have enough warriors)

[Chris1234]

"Where d'you want me, Mira?" asks Jerry.

[Jenara]

"I'd say in the kitchen with Adran, but frankly I cant cover the mages by myself." Mira admits, a worried look crossing her brow.

[Chris1234]

"Well enough, Mira, it shall be so," responded Jerry, respecting Mira's tactical ability.
She smiled a ~Love you, stay safe!~ message to Merrick and then moved off to the kitchen, adding, "Adran? You coming to the kitchen?"

She looks at the kitchen window and then around the kitchen for likely weaponry - sharp knives, especially if suitable for throwing and also for anything whatsoever made of silver.
{OOC: Is the window glazed? Barred? Shuttered? Opens? Size?}

[TristenC]

[Nothing made of silver in the kitchen. 3 knives potentially suitable for throwing. Glass in all windows is simple sand-cast rectangles in wooden grids. Heavy wooden shutters outside glass that can be closed and latched.]

Merrick smiles genuinely back at Jerry and takes his place. Adran shrugs and stands in the doorway between the kitchen and den. I can watch all of the windows from here if something breaks through.

The group settles in... Time drags slowly by, and the family holes up in the bedroom upstairs. The cold outside slowly seeps into the kender's bones, though his covers help some. Strange shadows and movements grow in the night. The glowing moon, like a drop of silver fire, pours down on the farmyard. Fog lies thick and even on the ground, filling the low places and rolling through the yard. It doesn't rise high enough to top the white-picket fence, but is thick enough to obscure the surface of the ground.

High atop the house, Artanis is the first to spot something moving towards the trees between the house and the barn from the east... it may be just the rolling fog... or perhaps it is something of a similar color...

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Artanis casts Endure Cold. Artanis will be protected from cold for 3 hours.

Mira loads her light crossbow with a silver bolt and sets it nearby.

Cold seeps into Pyros [-2 To dex for the cold]

Conditions outside:
Moonlight, full (couple days after full moon).
-1 to hit, -1 to dodgeable saves.

Visibility ranges from Table 62 in phb for "Full Moon" apply.

[Chris1234]

Jerry pulls out the three knives and lays the to hand, just in case, next to a pair of the special bullets.
She practices the words for a 'flare' cantrip to be ready to catch a wolf's attention so it's ready for Webbing.

[Rivi]

cross quietly goes over his spell in his head while waiting ready to summon the spitting image of Ontash

[Jenara]

Mira gets the spell in her mind, preparing to web the creatures, her hand on the Crossbow.

"Get ready." She warns.

[kerap]

With his bow in his hand and an arrow ready to be notched, Artanis watches the area where he saw the movement as well as the nearby locations. He gently prods Pyros and points to where he saw the movement.

[Nocturno]

Pyros startles a second, then watches the area.

[TristenC]

On the roof the pair of lookouts watch as a blurry grey figure moves through the heavy mist. It is a little difficult to tell from here, but it seems the size of a large dog. It moves from the trees near the barn towards those far in front of the house (about 60')

About that same time Pyros spots another movement to the southeast, coming out of the low place between the fields and the side door (about 75'). Straight to the East they spot a third figure, identical to the first two, as it moves around the corner of the chicken house...


Inside, Merrick points into the moonlit night out the front window. Did you see that? Something moved behind those trees out front, past the fence... Cross, Cal and Mira look in just enough time to see something grey move behind the trees through the fog...

[Nocturno]

Pyros taps Artanis, arm with the tune he tapped on the chimney earlier.

[Rivi]

cross whispered "should we cast the illusion or wait to draw them in"