Part of that was on me. I had Betty charge in because I assumed Maric had moved somewhere he hadn't. I think numbering the monsters going forward will help alleviate most of the assumptions.

But, to be fair, Betty is a typical hot-headed Barbarian, so maybe this encounter will temper her anger. Not to mention what it's going to do to her poor emotions!

-Ken

And you all survived, so not a big deal regardless.

Fair point, that! :D

-Ken

I'm going to get the loot written up in the next post, which is going to be tomorrow because I'm beat.

If you want to pick our next destination, I'll get us headed that direction as well.

Huh, that's going to be an interesting decision.

Betty will (most likely) continue to stay with the group. We can either further explore the interactions in roleplaying, or we can skip ahead (TV style) to the next episode where the tensions may still be strong between them all and the perhaps explore things in "flashback" style.

I'm all for what's preferred by the rest of the group and the DM.

-Ken

Enjoying the RP, but I'm good to skip ahead to our next episode. Orcs? Or if we level up, should we try the dragon?

I'm fully prepared to flee the dragon encounter if it goes bad (good odds, I'd guess).

We need one more side quest to get you up to level 4.

Can you remind us of our Quest Line, main and sides? Or, barring that, what makes the most sense for the next "stop" on our journey?

-Ken

If I remember right, we have:

routing orcs for the town headman

investigating a banshee for (someone)

fighting the dragon for the druid

finding Wave Echo Cave (the location on the map we recovered) for Gundren the Dwarf

As I recall, Wave Echo Cave is the Main Quest, but I don't recall how much "progress" we have towards that.

-Ken

I say let's rout the orcs. Chances are they are working for the folks that running counter to our plans. Clear them and it makes it a bit easier to navigate.

Sounds like a good idea!

DM, does that contradict anything in your notes?

-Ken

Nope, that's fine with me. I'll try to get to it tonight.

I may be able to respond.

-Ken

My dog got sprayed by a skunk tonight. I didn't realize it had happened, I just knew she had barked at something after I let her out. When she came in, she dove into the carpet to wipe it off, then jumped up onto the couch to wipe it off there too. Now my entire house smells absolutely horrendous, and the smell is a trigger for both my wife's post-covid condition and my own, so the smell is amplified. I may be going to a hotel tonight if I can't get through it, but I get to spend tomorrow trying to deskunk my house. We're going through every home remedy Google has to offer right now, to do what we can tonight, but relief can't come soon enough.

I may be a bit tied up tomorrow for posting, trying to take care of this smell.

Having grown up in rural Illinois, I feel for you. Skunks galore back home. Best of luck!

Sorry to hear that. I've heard that the acid in tomato juice cuts the stench. Not sure how that would work, though. Poor pup...good luck.

In reply to Maric Arumae (msg # 670):

That will help with the pupper, not so much with the carpet or furniture.

I'm back and recovered from the Con. Ready to continue, though happy to leave Betty off screen for a bit longer, I suppose. :)

-Ken

Bump for activity?

-Ken

I'd like to take on the orcs. If we're all rested up, I'd say let's get to it. :D

Oh, and can either Talin or Maric use those scrolls?

possibly regarding the scrolls. I'd like to take a look...

AFAIK, any magic user, or any high enough level Rogue, should be able to use the scrolls, but I could be wrong.

-Ken

You have to have the spell on your class list to cast it. If it's a level of spell that you can already cast, then you can do so as though you had just cast it yourself, consuming the scroll instead of a spell slot. If it's a spell that's higher than what your character has access to, then you have to make an ability check to see if it succeeds or fails.