“That’s how I know Val must have lit his fire.”

In reply to Evelina Grattan (msg # 336):

ignoring Masugatan  except for a steely glance, Valerie continues.
"You got fire slorn, poison slorn, Acid slorn. ice slorn... it's like dragons, only low rent."

In reply to Valerie (msg # 338):

"Sounds like we cannot make assumptions about them until we see what they are...much like dragons at this time."

They move off and continue all day.

"Is is also true what the hunters claimed, that a slorn is too stupid to know when it's dead?"

In reply to Evelina Grattan (msg # 340):

She laughs.

"That probably depends on how dead it is!"

[Private to GM: Noting the changes to Create Food and Essential Food, can Emma use her spare point to pray for Create Food, since that was how I was using Essential food in the past?]

In reply to Emma Wilson (msg # 341):

responding to PM, yes.

the road ahead is less maintained than others you have been on.

“For every highway paved with gold, there are nine-hundred and ninety-nine others paved with something else.”

"Really?  I wouldn't have thought there would as many as one in a thousand paved with gold.  Perhaps one, total -- or perhaps just a short length of one, owned by a particular vain ruler."

In reply to Elaina Grattan (msg # 344):

"It is a road, the gold is not relevant. I am sure any road paved with gold would have to be very well guarded..."

[Private to GM: Thank you, change made.]

“Just my way of saying this road looks like it’s covered in shit.”
This message was lightly edited by the player at 01:22, Wed 25 Aug 2021.

In reply to Masugatan (msg # 346):

"Be glad it is only looks..."

In reply to Christine Bjorn (msg # 347):

not so much shit, but weeds grow between the hex pavers, and undergrowth encroaches on the road, instead of the customary 3 yards of cutback to either side.

It is the road less taken, for sure.

Let’s hope it makes all the difference.

In reply to Masugatan (msg # 349):

Continue along the road until about 2 hours before sundown, at which point we will start looking for a place to camp for the night.

Sounds like a plan.

The two sisters watch for a good camping spot and point out their choices to the group.

[Private to GM: 09:43, Today: Evelina Grattan rolled 9 using 3d6.  Survival (Woodland) (Default 10) .
09:43, Today: Elaina Grattan rolled 12 using 3d6.  Survival (Woodland) (Default 10).]

In reply to Evelina Grattan (msg # 352):

you find a spot with water, bur also with mosquitoes,  and visibility

"Look, Holiness!  This seems a good place for our worship.  If only it would rain, so we could dance properly."  The younger sister's hips sway, seemingly to unheard music.

"Perhaps when we are settled in our camp, I can commune with the god and ask for a rain.  It has been too long since we last danced for him -- and for the others, it would knock down the mosquitoes for a time."  The elder sister's hips sway in synchronous with the younger's.

In reply to Evelina Grattan (msg # 355):

Emma seeks a place without the mosquitoes...

"Not so keep on the rain, but whatever..."

[Private to GM: Survival(plain)s rolled 3 under.]

In reply to Emma Wilson (msg # 356):

you find a place without water or mosquitoes,  but greater comfort.

Masugatan swats as many mosquitoes as he can while he watches the sisters gyrate.

"Okay, no water isn't a big problem, we can make some.  And I'll admit I'm not a big fan of mosquitoes, either -- but I was rather looking forward to the possibility of dancing for our god.  Still, rain might not be off the menu, and where there's rain, there's mud."

In reply to Evelina Grattan (msg # 359):

"Happy to create water as well. Sounds better."

She creates 2 gallons, and two meals, while Emma creates an additional six meals. All meals created out of existing plant life.

[Private to GM: Rolls 5,9 under to create water, 9, exact to create food. Emma rolls between 7 and 2 under to create food.]

Immediately after the meal, the elder sister takes a seat on a flat area just outside camp, and begins to sway and hum to herself as she makes contact with the frog god.  After a minute, her eyes open, rolled back to show only whites.

[Private to GM: 05:06, Today: Evelina Grattan rolled 8 using 3d6.  Will (for Channeling 14 + 2 for Autotrance).]