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Wonders Investigation.

Posted by GM StarMasterFor group 0
Kurat
player, 49 posts
Hobgoblin Monk/Wizard
Tue 15 Dec 2020
at 15:45
  • msg #215

Re: Wonders Investigation

"I will go with whoever thinks they will need me," Kurat said waiting to see which group wanted him.
Lucien Soulban
player, 75 posts
Human Paladin/Sorcerer
Tue 15 Dec 2020
at 17:28
  • msg #216

Re: Wonders Investigation

OOC:Lucien could use the help not gonna lie, but you don't have to.
Tyrol Halverschlagen
player, 32 posts
Gnome Alchemist/Rogue
AC: 29/18/25; HP: 120/120
Tue 15 Dec 2020
at 18:51
  • msg #217

Re: Wonders Investigation

"That's really up to you, Kurat," Tyrol offers. "If any particular Wonder grabs your fancy, you can head off to that one. Either join one of the others, or pick one of your own."

"We're not really that organized. On the other hand, we haven't seen any particular need for organization. Not all of us are built that way."

Aniyu
NPC, 47 posts
Human Winter Witch/Druid
AC: 20/16/16; HP: 100/100
Tue 15 Dec 2020
at 20:26
  • msg #218

Re: Wonders Investigation

Aniyu didn't perceive the current situation as chaotic. A lack of dedicated organization was not the same thing.

He'd already been on a mini-excursion with Lucien when they did reconnaissance on the volcano, so he had a basic knowledge of the fellow. Perhaps it was better if someone else accompanied Lucien.

He waited to see if anyone else wanted to go.

"We could easily go after six of them right now. There are enough of us," Aniyu speaks up. "That presumes each group is successful."
Cassandra Darkwhisper
Player, 10 posts
Investigator Vigilante
Wed 16 Dec 2020
at 17:37
  • msg #219

Re: Wonders Investigation

Cassandra spent a few minutes looking around at all the paintings, even the ones that now had open doorways. She honestly couldn't say she had a preference for chasing after one of them in particular,

It occurred to her that none of the items might actually be what they appeared to be. It seemed rather odd that even Esmeralda could foresee just who would show up when the time came.

"Well, if no one else wants to go, I'll go help Lucien," she told those that remained. She then stepped through the door that he'd gone through.
Kurat
player, 50 posts
Hobgoblin Monk/Wizard
Wed 16 Dec 2020
at 23:55
  • msg #220

Re: Wonders Investigation

"Foolish to go as single twigs, A single twig is easily broken. Take several in your hands and try to break them at once though and the strength of many holds them together," Kurat counseled, "Individually we will be picked off...."

He looked over at the staff, staves often had great power. Still he didn't think it wise that they were breaking up into small groups. The Paladin while certainly possessing some courage seemed also to be a bit brash, still before he left he had asked for help. Kurat would go help him he decided.

He called to Cassandra, "I'll come with you.". He moved to the door and went through as well.
Tyrol Halverschlagen
player, 33 posts
Gnome Alchemist/Rogue
AC: 29/18/25; HP: 120/120
Thu 17 Dec 2020
at 20:53
  • msg #221

Re: Wonders Investigation

"That makes a lot of sense, Kurat," Tyrol says as Kurat steps into the portal.

"Of course, that depends on what you are using the twig for, I guess."

He looks around the chamber and realizes that there are only three of them left--him, Chess ala'riina and Trickster.

"So, what do you two want to do? Do you want to stay here and hold down the fort, or should be go after another of the Wonders?"

Just as he says that, a bunch of monkeys come scrambling out of the tunnel to the Crypt.
Tyrol Halverschlagen
player, 34 posts
Gnome Alchemist/Rogue
AC: 29/18/25; HP: 120/120
Thu 21 Jan 2021
at 17:57
  • msg #222

Re: Wonders Investigation

Tyrol frowns in puzzlement as Trickster and Chess ala'riina seem oblivious to the monkeys. As he watches their antics, he tentatively reaches out a hand and attempts to poke one of them to see if it's real.

"They're real!" he exclaims.

Watching their antics a bit more, he comes to another conclusion.

"I think they need help!"

Without waiting to see what the others do, Tyrol dashes into the magical tunnel to see what the problem is.
Chess ala'riina Nasadra
player, 50 posts
Drow Sorceress/Oracle
Thu 21 Jan 2021
at 19:42
  • msg #223

Re: Wonders Investigation

Chess ala'riina looked to Tyrol and smiled "Are you sure they need help or are you more interested in discovering what they might find?

Taking a moment she thought about all the places that has already engaged in the ones that are of the Green Star.  But still there was more to learn.

"If you wish I can stay here to gather more information.
Tyrol Halverschlagen
player, 35 posts
Gnome Alchemist/Rogue
AC: 29/18/25; HP: 120/120
Sun 24 Jan 2021
at 02:22
  • msg #224

Re: Wonders Investigation

Just as he steps into the tunnel, he hears Chess ala-riina's suggestion, and calls back:

"Sounds like a plan!"
Trickster
player, 32 posts
Kitsune Wizard Alchemist
Sun 24 Jan 2021
at 02:45
  • msg #225

Re: Wonders Investigation

He appreciated the antics of the monkeys, perhaps more than the others, because he knew what it was like to be in that condition.

"Yes, I do believe they are indicating that the others down that tunnel are requesting help," he addresses Chess ala'riina as the only other 'Cycle' left in the monastery. "And I believe they are under attack."

"Alas, battle is not one of my strengths. I'm more suited to subterfuge and, dare I say it, sneakiness. All of our combatants have gone off after other Wonders."

"Still, I suspect the little Alchemist is a good enough battler... bombs away and all that."

Chess ala'riina Nasadra
player, 55 posts
Drow Sorceress/Oracle
Sat 20 Feb 2021
at 14:52
  • msg #226

Re: Wonders Investigation

With everyone off to search for the Wonders that intrigued them the most, Chess ala'riina had other plans on this new found mystery that was placed before her.  If the Oracle lived here and her body remains in these walls then there was surely a way to communicate with her and see if she was able to share some of her thoughts to a fellow Oracle.

Looking to Jarvis "Is there a place here where I might purchase a scroll? she smiled "If not here than is there a place near that I might visit?
Jarvis Martel
NPC, 7 posts
Old Human Retired Warrior
Green Star Sage
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 01:00
  • msg #227

Re: Wonders Investigation

"Are you inquiring about a scroll with a spell already inscribed on it?" Jarvis replied. "Regular blank scrolls we have in abundance. They are free to the Green Star seekers."

"Alas, there is no nearby community nor any resident wizard--that I am aware of--that could sell you a spell scroll. We have some in our vault, though. What, specifically, are you looking for?"

Chess ala'riina Nasadra
player, 56 posts
Drow Sorceress/Oracle
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 01:13
  • msg #228

Re: Wonders Investigation

Looking to Jarvis "I wish to Speak to the Dead, don't believe a Wizard would be able to provide me with such a scroll but any Temple would suffice

Her thoughts was simple, to have time to speak with the Oracle and get a bit of a clear vision of things.
Jarvis Martel
NPC, 8 posts
Old Human Retired Warrior
Green Star Sage
Sun 28 Feb 2021
at 01:20
  • msg #229

Re: Wonders Investigation

"Ah. I see. I suppose this monastery is the closest thing to a temple that is nearby," answers Jarvis. "It's possible there is one in the vault."

"Am I to understand you wish to attempt to speak with Esmeralda? Alas, we do not know where she buried, if she was even buried. There's been talk of her Ascending."

Chess ala'riina Nasadra
player, 57 posts
Drow Sorceress/Oracle
Wed 3 Mar 2021
at 18:11
  • msg #230

Re: Wonders Investigation

Looking to Jarvis a bit oddly.

"Did you not mention that her body was placed here in the temple? she paused for a moment and wondered more about him.

Whilst you speak, we can go to the vault and see if there is the scroll I seek.
Jarvis Martel
NPC, 9 posts
Old Human Retired Warrior
Green Star Sage
Fri 5 Mar 2021
at 20:06
  • msg #231

Re: Wonders Investigation

"My apologies if I misspoke," Jarvis responds. "I am use to having to explain to the visitors that come here seeking... enlightenment, so I just used the easiest explanation."

"Esmeralda, when she died, was not 'buried' as I said. She was laid to rest in the crypts beneath this monastery... crypts, I might add, which she herself had built. And she was the first to be placed in one."

"Sometime in the ensuing 200 years, her body disappeared from the crypt. By then, it was only visited rarely, so the absence wasn't noticed for who knows how long."

"The crypt was still locked, hence the talk of ascendance starting. If her remains were removed for whatever reason, no one in the monastery was aware of it. You would think that she might have foreseen this and made arrangements accordingly, no?"

"Nothing has been seen or heard of her remains to this day. If they had been taken for some necromantic ritual or such, surely someone would have said something by now."


As he talks, he leads Chess ala'riina to the vaults. The vault where scrolls are kept is different than the one where the books are kept. All scrolls are in bone or copper or brass tubes, sealed, and organized by type and author and stored in a rack of pigeon holes.

It takes about an hour to go through the clerical scrolls, pulling out one tube and deciphering the faded and worn writing on it. But Jarvis and Chess ala'riina do find a tube that claims to have the appropriate scroll within.

Jarvis unseals the cap, gently feels the parchment inside to see how brittle it has become, and then slowly pours an oil (kept in the area for just that purpose) into the tube. He waits for a minute before pouring the oil back out, letting the tube fully drain, and then slowly extracting the scroll and handing it to Chess ala'riina.
GM StarMaster
GM, 157 posts
Wed 17 Mar 2021
at 19:55
  • msg #232

Re: Wonders Investigation

Knowing that the spell required a corpse, Chess ala'riina might have been a bit disappointed that Esmeralda's corpse was no longer available, but she read over the scroll Jarvis handed her, perhaps only because she wasn't sure a 500-year-old corpse would have been able to 'answer' questions.

As she reads over the scroll, she discovers that it is worded differently than what she was expecting. A corpse has to have a mouth, and pure skeleton may not, particularly if the jaw bone is missing. This scroll... this spell talks about speaking oracles as if it was somehow tailored for... an oracle.

And there's something about essence... While there's no mention of a Magic Mouth, that's essentially what the normal version of the spell does.
Chess ala'riina Nasadra
player, 58 posts
Drow Sorceress/Oracle
Fri 19 Mar 2021
at 01:14
  • msg #233

Re: Wonders Investigation

Chess ala'riina looked at the scroll and then up at Jarvis for a moment.

Her body has been taken from its crypt, that is something interesting and something that needs to be dealt with. she paused for a slight moment as she thought of something. "Yes her body must be recovered.
Jarvis Martel
NPC, 10 posts
Old Human Retired Warrior
Green Star Sage
Wed 24 Mar 2021
at 15:59
  • msg #234

Re: Wonders Investigation

"Really? You think, after all this time, her body can still be recovered?" Jarvis responds.

"In the crypts, it was preserved. We don't know if it was still preserved in whatever location it was moved to. What if it was buried? Or it could have been cremated."

"What if she ascended? I don't know what that would have meant to her body."

Chess ala'riina Nasadra
player, 59 posts
Drow Sorceress/Oracle
Mon 29 Mar 2021
at 19:31
  • msg #235

Re: Wonders Investigation

This was new information of the body being taken from the Crypt and she had to wonder if it was still placed on the Material Plane or was it destroyed.

"Jarvis, with all this new information.  Would you happen to have a scroll to Commune with the Gods so that I can seek more answers on where her body might be located? she asked hoping that that Scroll might be located in the room as well.
Jarvis Martel
NPC, 11 posts
Old Human Retired Warrior
Green Star Sage
Wed 31 Mar 2021
at 21:40
  • msg #236

Re: Wonders Investigation

"I've not heard of that spell before, and I've hardly memorized every scroll here in the library," Jarvis replies, "but let me check."

He turns back to the pigeonholes that hold the scrolls and starts looking through them. After about 5 minutes, he pulls out a scroll.

"This one says it has a Commune spell on it. Well, actually, three times."

"Is that what you were looking for?"

Chess ala'riina Nasadra
player, 60 posts
Drow Sorceress/Oracle
Wed 31 Mar 2021
at 22:31
  • msg #237

Re: Wonders Investigation

She gives him a wide smile "Yes Jarvis that is what I was hoping you would have in your collection. she paused "May I use it to see if I can locate her body?

She had to cast the Spell and see which God or Goddess would answer her plea and speak to her.
Jarvis Martel
NPC, 12 posts
Old Human Retired Warrior
Green Star Sage
Thu 1 Apr 2021
at 03:46
  • msg #238

Re: Wonders Investigation

"Of course, you can use it!" Jarvis replies.

"I probably wouldn't have given it to just any stranger that wandered in and asked for it, but you are one of the Green Stars! You and the others have already done so much more than any of us who've lived here at the monastery for years ever figured out."

"And the odd thing is that as many times as I've looked at those murals, I can't honestly say that they look any different now than they did last year or ten years ago. It's always possible that your mere presence made them... readable."

Chess ala'riina Nasadra
player, 61 posts
Drow Sorceress/Oracle
Wed 7 Apr 2021
at 12:02
  • msg #239

Re: Wonders Investigation

Nodding her head to Jarvis "I'm sure Esmeralda took great measure to hide the things she knew was to come.  I alone would not of noticed the difference myself if the others didn't speak up or examine the paintings. giving him a soft smile to lighten the mood.

"I would need to journey into the crypt.  I want to make sure that I'm in a area where the Gods can peruse the area.  Just in case something or another Divine evil being had anything to do with it.
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