DMJeem: We left off Wednesday evening
DMJeem: To re-cap
DMJeem: Tholos
is in the town of
DMJeem: Their news is
grim. It appears that the town of
DMJeem: Dorn, Nyash and the Vin-nerds are at Jevicca's farm. This has gone un-played. I suspect Nyash might have taken the opportunity to loot the farm, but just as likely he'll become fascinated with something and NOT loot.
DMJeem: Anyhow, it's un-played so far.
RedBeardGuyMike: well, that explains that.
RedBeardGuyMike: I think we can have that done whenever.
RedBeardGuyMike: I don't see Dorn coming back into the game in the near term.
DMJeem: Selevar,
Jevicca, Amnivar, Lucius, Neve, Silaqui,
Mola, Petronius and nine other Protectors are camping
in
DMJeem: At the campsite, various Protectors are volunteering to do watches.
DMJeem: The night is clear and warm.
RedBeardGuyMike: Well, Neve has to study for a bit.
RedBeardGuyMike: and Lucius do some praying/meditating.
Selevar: Before Lucius wanders off
Selevar: Selevar approaches him
DMJeem: Mola counts stars.
Selevar: "I've been meaning to give this to you"
Selevar: Hands him a book
RedBeardGuyMike: "Oh?"
Selevar: "My father gave it to me"
RedBeardGuyMike: L:What is it?
Selevar: "Asked me to not give it to other elves, only non elves"
Selevar: "As near as we can figure, it's a holy book of some kind"
RedBeardGuyMike: N: [her interest is piqued]
DMJeem: Is Neve within earshot?
RedBeardGuyMike: L: Well, it's in the rights hands, I guess.
RedBeardGuyMike: (I presume so, if it's done at the camp)
Selevar: "One of the images is similar to the figurines we've found on the Elvii"
DMJeem: Does he open it?
RedBeardGuyMike: L: Now that's interesting.
Selevar: well, I was sort of hoping to get you out of range of neve
Selevar: sorry for not stating that
RedBeardGuyMike: okay, no neve then.
DMJeem: Then Neve needs to make a Listen roll
Selevar: We couldn't read anything
Selevar: but thought you might be able to, or at least to infer something from it
DMJeem: Since she would WANT to hear, but Selevar is deliberately trying to not be heard
RedBeardGuyMike: N: 4+ 1=5
DMJeem: So, Selevar, make a Move Silently roll
Selevar: (0) Selevar: [1d20] => [14] = (14)
DMJeem: So, Neve does not hear this conversation.
RedBeardGuyMike: okay
RedBeardGuyMike: L: Thanks, Selevar, and I'll hold onto it.
Selevar: Sure
DMJeem: Does Lucius open the book?
Selevar: one other thing
RedBeardGuyMike: L: I'll look at it some other time.
Selevar: Did anyone ever talk to you about the "doubles"?
RedBeardGuyMike: L: Yes, and that we should be careful as to who might be a double.
Selevar: Well, I was wondering
RedBeardGuyMike: L: That probably explains the non-elves part.
Selevar: I'm wondering about those figurines
Selevar: What if they somehow cause people who carry them to "switch sides"?
RedBeardGuyMike: L: Me too, but as darkness is closing in, I think I'll want to wait until another time to open up the book.
RedBeardGuyMike: L: Really, the figurines cause people to flip? Now that's an idea.
Selevar: It's just a guess
Selevar: I have no evidence
RedBeardGuyMike: L: maybe the presence of the figurine is the identifying mark of a double.
Selevar: Perhaps
Selevar: or that someone might switch
Selevar: Just something for you to chew on
RedBeardGuyMike: okay, thanks.
Selevar: Pleasant dreams
RedBeardGuyMike: L: gee, thanks.
Selevar: Selevar wanders off to ask if he could help with the watch
RedBeardGuyMike: L makes sure that the book is out of the view of prying eyes.
DMJeem: The Protectors gladly give way to Selevar.
Selevar: I'll take a shift, then
RedBeardGuyMike: (as in, Neve.)
DMJeem: Anybody else have an action for the night?
RedBeardGuyMike: nope
DMJeem: tholos?
DMJeem: Any action for the evening?
TholosB: Just perhaps spending time with the hunters over beer
TholosB: then sleep
DMJeem: Tholos notices that Nyash, and the Vin-Nerds have not returned.
DMJeem: And whispers go around the town about how the Duke Garibaldi's knights have simply vanished.
Jevicca1351: When is our rendezvous, Friday?
DMJeem: Yes
DMJeem: If there are no other actions...
DMJeem: Then, you awaken to the smell... of... BACON!
Jevicca1351: didn't we awaken to the smell of bacon before?
Jevicca1351: (MMM, bacon...)
DMJeem: yes, it's a good way to awaken
Jevicca1351: if you're not a vegetarian
Jevicca1351: which Jevicca is not!
Jevicca1351: :-)
DMJeem: The Protectors fell a deer overnight and have already prepared the meat. They'll barbecue it tonight.
DMJeem: They've made sure it isn't dripping blood and leaving a trace.
RedBeardGuyMike: Beats hardtack.\
RedBeardGuyMike: N: ::smells the deer:: Ah, I've missed this.
DMJeem: And, they explain,
DMJeem: Technically, the King of Arcadia owns it, but makes no claims of it.
DMJeem: It's east of Citrus, so close to elven lands.
DMJeem: So there's no danger of being called poachers.
DMJeem: Because, frankly, no one lives here.
RedBeardGuyMike: L: I've been surprised before.
RedBeardGuyMike: L: If someone doesn't want to be found, this would make a good hideout.
DMJeem: So, the Protectors want to leave at first light.
Jevicca1351: I'm sure, then, that the canyon is full.
Jevicca1351: ;-)
DMJeem: You're still more than a day away from Citrus, which mean's you'll arrive ON the muster date.
RedBeardGuyMike: L: No, that's hiding in plain sight.
RedBeardGuyMike: L: This is hiding where you don't want visitors.
DMJeem: Partly cloudy in the morning.
DMJeem: Tholos, on this day even the magistrate is worried about the knights not returning.
DMJeem: Kopultus finds you, just to ask if you've heard any news.
DMJeem: At the same time, Silaqui begins marching downriver towards Citrus
TholosB: No. I could take a group and see what happened to them.
DMJeem: For anyone injured, they receive the maximum healing rate overnight.
DMJeem: "Absolutely not, Tholos."
DMJeem: "We need everyone here."
TholosB: I've heard that Sequs is now the site of a sinkhole.
RedBeardGuyMike: L is pretty sure that our crew is back to full.
DMJeem: "A sinkhole? The town where you were battling goblins is a sinkhole?"
DMJeem: "You mean, the goblins dug a hole right into the town?"
DMJeem: "So they have tunneling powers now?"
DMJeem: "The gods! I'll tell the others."
TholosB: No, I think it’s a new portal
TholosB: But I can't tell without seeing it first hand.
DMJeem: "Again, no one should leave. We have to have faith in the gods that the knights know what they're doing."
DMJeem: "Listen to me, I'm starting to sound like that spook, Malvedoseus."
TholosB: "I hope you're right. It would be a terrible blow if they were lost too.
TholosB: Kopultus, do you have any theories about the silver shortage?
DMJeem: "The enemy is using it, but for what?"
DMJeem: "Did any of the goblins have silver anything?"
DMJeem: "Silver swords, silver armor?"
DMJeem: "A silver wand?"
TholosB: The one group that attacked the Nor Ranch did, but the others did not.
DMJeem: "Coins?"
TholosB: They had lots of silver coins
TholosB: But no other silver.
DMJeem: "Okay, so somehow the shortage hasn't affected them. But they aren't building some infernal machine with it either."
TholosB: No, but the silver shortage had to start somehow.
DMJeem: "Wait! So, the shortage hasn't affected them, but they don't seem to be using it either."
TholosB: I haven’t heard that it was stolen, so how did all that silver disappear?
DMJeem: "Wait, that means... the goblins are a neutral party to this!"
TholosB: They are a side effect, so to speak.
DMJeem: "So by going to war with goblins, we're not actually addressing the problem at all!"
TholosB: Someone is opening portals for some reason and the goblins are exploiting the portals to attack our world.
DMJeem: "Hmm..."
TholosB: Yes, but unless we eliminate them, too, they will keep attacking.
DMJeem: "Yes, yes... Can't let them exist or they'll bring nothing but trouble."
DMJeem: "But up to now, I thought they WERE the enemy, using some magic or other, like a wand made of silver."
TholosB: It’s a first step until we have a better grasp of the real menace.
TholosB: Too much silver is missing for just a simple wand.
TholosB: Do you know anything about stone figurines shaped like a man with outspread arms and legs?
DMJeem: "Like this?"
DMJeem: He does a jumping jack-like figure.
TholosB: yes
DMJeem: "As a stone figure? No."
TholosB: yes
DMJeem: "No, I guess I don't."
DMJeem: "Why do you ask?"
TholosB: Then one more question....
DMJeem: he nods
TholosB: Have you heard of the
faerie ring near the
DMJeem: "It's said there
was an old hill fort atop either
DMJeem: "There's an old castle up on the Torrents beyond the Sentinels."
TholosB: Dallax mentioned that too. But I think I remember he mentioned another ring near the Sentinals.
DMJeem: "Then I guess I don't."
TholosB: Beyond the Sentinals?
DMJeem: "Yes, the Torrents is a waterfal that runs out of the Escalade."
TholosB (6:28:05 PM): So Tholos does not know where the Torrents are located?
DMJeem (6:28:27 PM): Make a Wilderness Check roll
TholosB (6:29:48 PM): 20
DMJeem (6:31:13 PM):
The Torrents is a waterfall at the head of the
DMJeem (6:31:30 PM): Allegedly there's a castle atop the waterfall.
DMJeem (6:31:48 PM):
Built ages ago to stop barbarian incursion into
TholosB (6:31:49 PM): So its on the Escalade west of Dino.
DMJeem (6:32:02 PM): But a barbarian invasion never occurred and it sat empty.
DMJeem (6:32:07 PM): yes
TholosB (6:32:14 PM): ok thanks
TholosB: I'm not sure if he meant a castle. Damn. Why did he have to get himself killed.
DMJeem: "Ages ago some king thought it was a route into and out of barbarian lands."
DMJeem: "I miss him too. He knew much about this land."
DMJeem: "There is probably much he took to the grave."
TholosB: I'm still trying to puzzle this thing, but I have more questions than answers.
DMJeem: "I've noticed you doing a lot of writing."
DMJeem: "And horse training."
TholosB: Yes, and going over Dallax' notes as well.
DMJeem: At the same time, the
other party is traveling past the town of
TholosB: I think that the Orcs that were killed by the Elvi were the ones using the ballista.
DMJeem: "They were? And these Elvi took the ballista from them?"
TholosB: And the Elvi stole it from them when they killed that party by the lake.
DMJeem: "And used it against our dearly departed friend?"
TholosB: yes
TholosB: So in a sense the Elvi did us a favor by killing the Orcs and taking the ballista, but then used it on poor Dallax.
DMJeem: "No favor."
DMJeem: "But we've heard no new reports of villages getting sacked."
DMJeem: "Other than Sequs, of course. For a while, a new farmhouse was struck every night or two."
TholosB: Dallax notes always mention ballista evidence with booted creatures. But the Elvi are barefooted.
DMJeem: "Good point."
TholosB: And they have disappeared for now.
DMJeem: "But they seemed to learn the machine very quickly."
DMJeem: "Or we got unlucky."
TholosB: I actually wonder if
that lone Elvi we killed was part of a larger group
in
DMJeem: "We never figured out what they were. Are they allies of the goblins?"
TholosB: I doubt it. I think they are part of the larger trouble.
DMJeem: "Or are they allies of the power stealing silver?"
DMJeem: It's midmorning by now.
DMJeem: The other party has been marching since dawn and are moving to Cessex now.
DMJeem: Any interest in returning there?
RedBeardGuyMike: not yet
DMJeem: keep going?
RedBeardGuyMike: sure
DMJeem: If you don't mind, I'll skip ahead a few hours.
TholosB: ok
DMJeem: When the party is near Cessex, they can see the
DMJeem: This, as you recall, is an afternoon occurrence.
DMJeem: By afternoon...
Jevicca1351: as in, every afternoon?
Jevicca1351: The daily stormclouds?
DMJeem: Just about
DMJeem: Jev has seen this every summer
DMJeem: Selevar's
party marched past the
DMJeem: Thunderstorms were again brewing in the mountains to your north.
DMJeem: Just as they had the day you rescued the girl.
DMJeem: By midafternoon,
a canyon emerging from the
DMJeem: Down which you've been marching all day.
DMJeem: One of the Protectors
called this canyon
DMJeem: Please, everybody make a Spot check.
DMJeem: (everybody but Tholos, that is)
TholosB: darn
DMJeem: Amnivar too.
Selevar: (0) Selevar: [1d20+2] => [14,2] = (16)
TholosB: Amnivar 15
RedBeardGuyMike: N: 16+1=17, L: 14+3=17
DMJeem: Mola: 10
Jevicca1351: 10
DMJeem: Silaqui: 8
RedBeardGuyMike: N: ::squints into the sky:: Vultures.
RedBeardGuyMike: L: ::looks up:: I see them too.
RedBeardGuyMike: L: What's that canyon to the North?
RedBeardGuyMike: N: Midas canyon.
TholosB: I see them. Should we investigate?
DMJeem: Mola: "Circling vultures? Oh, that can't be good!"
DMJeem: Silaqui checks the sun. Checks how far away the vultures are circling.
TholosB: Amnivar: Could be more Kobolds.
Jevicca1351: "As long as they're not coming for us."
DMJeem: Silaqui: "If so, we have them outnumbered this time."
DMJeem: She makes gestures to the Protectors.
Selevar: If we're going to make it to the muster on time, we should probably try to avoid confrontation
DMJeem: They immediately split
in two, with each half ducking into the woods on either side of
DMJeem: Silaqui: "We investigate in case we're about to be ambushed."
RedBeardGuyMike: L: Wait, there might be other things too.
RedBeardGuyMike: L: What else might have already been ambushed?
DMJeem: She ducks over to a rock and gestures for Lucius to follow her.
DMJeem: "Meaning?"
DMJeem: she asks.
Selevar: Meaning, a fight might delay us from reaching the muster on time. If we can avoid a fight, perhaps we should
RedBeardGuyMike: L: That's true, but it's also likely that someone or something making it in from the outlying areas got ambushed too.
DMJeem: "Yes, and we could be next."
RedBeardGuyMike: L: or maybe they were allies that got ambushed.
DMJeem: "Then we need to inform their loved ones."
Selevar: OK, then...
RedBeardGuyMike: L: Okay, just be careful and we'd best make sure we can hammer anything.
DMJeem: "Take a river side, and move quietly."
Selevar: Fine, I'll take the side Sil isn't on
DMJeem: Silaqui
begins moving into
DMJeem: Who is going with her?
RedBeardGuyMike: L: I'll go.
RedBeardGuyMike: N: I knew you'd say that.
Jevicca1351: I'll go with Lucius.
RedBeardGuyMike: N: Okay, I'll go with Lucius.
TholosB: amnivar goes too
Selevar: I'll take the side Sil isn't on
Selevar (6:52:07 PM): with those protectors that went thataway
RedBeardGuyMike (6:52:08 PM): k
Jevicca1351 (6:52:18 PM): Jev is with Lucius.
DMJeem (6:52:24 PM): got it
DMJeem (6:52:38 PM): Sil in on the left
DMJeem (6:52:51 PM): Selevar is on the right?
TholosB (6:53:01 PM): Then Amnivar will be on the other side with Selevar.
Selevar (6:53:12 PM): 'k
DMJeem (6:53:18 PM): Lucius is with Sil?
RedBeardGuyMike (6:53:30 PM): yes.
DMJeem (6:53:41 PM): Neve with Lucius?
RedBeardGuyMike (6:53:42 PM): N: I guess I'd better keep an eye on you, Mister.
DMJeem (6:54:22 PM): Mola crowds with Jev
DMJeem (6:54:33 PM): Petronius would travel with Selevar
DMJeem (6:55:07 PM):
DMJeem (6:55:23 PM): Is anyone on horseback?
RedBeardGuyMike (6:55:30 PM): L: Perfect place for an ambush.
RedBeardGuyMike (6:55:49 PM): L: following Sil as Sil is traveling.
RedBeardGuyMike (6:55:57 PM): N: doing the same.
Jevicca1351 (6:56:09 PM): Hm, hadn't thought about whether we're riding.
RedBeardGuyMike (6:56:12 PM): N: has bow out just in case.
DMJeem (6:56:30 PM): Sil whispers to Lucius, "The Protectors know this would be a good place to be ambushed. They're not following the river. See? No tracks."
DMJeem (6:56:37 PM): "They're deep into the woods already."
Jevicca1351 (6:56:38 PM): I would think so, since we're expecting to be gone a long time, going into various battles, etc.
DMJeem (6:56:59 PM): "We're the bait."
DMJeem (6:57:26 PM): "Whatever it is, comes after us because we're obvious. Gets flanked by the Protectors."
DMJeem (6:57:49 PM): She continues.
RedBeardGuyMike (6:58:04 PM): L: ::nods:: ::whispers to the others:: Be ready.
DMJeem (6:58:18 PM): Make a Search check, everyone
DMJeem (6:58:25 PM): (not Spot)
DMJeem (6:58:49 PM): Mola: 15
Selevar (6:58:50 PM): (0) Selevar: [1d20+5] => [10,5] = (15)
RedBeardGuyMike (6:59:18 PM): L: 16+2=18, N: 20+4=24
DMJeem (6:59:20 PM): Sil: 15
TholosB (6:59:28 PM): Amnivar 19
Jevicca1351 (6:59:31 PM): 15
RedBeardGuyMike (6:59:40 PM): (these new Chessex dice are very funky. some nice rolls, some nasty)
Jevicca1351 (6:59:52 PM): (are the Protectors we're with all imposters, and they're leading us to our doom?)
RedBeardGuyMike (7:00:02 PM): N: ::whispers:: there's a cabin up ahead.
DMJeem (7:00:19 PM): You all quickly see it too.
RedBeardGuyMike (7:00:21 PM): N: ::whispers:: Thatched roof. door is ajar.
Selevar (7:00:37 PM): <must resist pun....>
RedBeardGuyMike (7:00:46 PM): L: ::whispers:: does that match the vultures?
DMJeem (7:00:52 PM): Vultures landing before door, walking into cabin.
Selevar (7:01:10 PM): do both parties, on both sides of the creek, see it?
RedBeardGuyMike (7:01:12 PM): L: ::whispers:: whatever it is, is dead.
Selevar (7:01:13 PM): and which side is it on?
DMJeem (7:01:27 PM): Yes, it's on the right, with Selevar.
DMJeem (7:01:40 PM): No Protectors are visible.
DMJeem (7:01:58 PM): Just your party for now.
Selevar (7:02:05 PM): 'k
RedBeardGuyMike (7:02:12 PM): L: ::whispers:: Wait. Let me check something.
DMJeem (7:02:14 PM): As Sil said, they set up an ambush against the ambushers.
DMJeem (7:02:38 PM): You can see black feathered creatures rustling in the doorway.
DMJeem (7:02:41 PM): on the ground
Selevar (7:03:29 PM): can I hear Lucius' whisperings, or shall I act as if I can't hear and do my own thing?
DMJeem (7:04:22 PM): You are with Amnivar.
DMJeem (7:04:28 PM): You two can act together.
DMJeem (7:04:32 PM): Without waiting
RedBeardGuyMike (7:03:24 PM): I cast detect evil
RedBeardGuyMike (7:03:27 PM): quietly
DMJeem (7:03:46 PM): Super-faint dweomer
DMJeem (7:03:58 PM): It is stronger north of the cabin, not IN the cabin
RedBeardGuyMike (7:04:04 PM): k.
RedBeardGuyMike (7:04:38 PM): L: ::whispers:: I sense evil north of the cabin, but very faint. nothing in the cabin.
DMJeem (7:04:46 PM): Initiative, everyone
DMJeem (7:05:07 PM): Sil: 22
Jevicca1351 (7:05:08 PM): 3
Selevar (7:05:17 PM): (0) Selevar: [1d20+7] => [20,7] = (27)
TholosB (7:05:17 PM): Amnivar 9
RedBeardGuyMike (7:05:19 PM): L: 8+0=8. N: 11+2=13
DMJeem (7:05:19 PM): Mola: 10
DMJeem (7:06:08 PM): Selevar, you can go first. First, make a free action Listen check to see if you heard Lucius' comment.
DMJeem (7:06:12 PM): Before you move.
Selevar (7:06:37 PM): (0) Selevar: [1d20+1] => [12,1] = (13)
DMJeem (7:06:42 PM): yes, you heard it
DMJeem (7:06:58 PM): Something about feeling "evil"
Selevar (7:07:01 PM): 'k
Selevar (7:07:10 PM): I'll approach the cabin
Selevar (7:07:14 PM): how far away is it?
DMJeem (7:07:23 PM): 100', has a small clearing around it
Selevar (7:07:33 PM): switch to longsword as I'm walking
DMJeem (7:07:33 PM): Smoldering fire ring.
Selevar (7:07:34 PM): not rushing
Selevar (7:07:42 PM): trying to "remain alert"
Selevar (7:08:11 PM): not make a whole lot of noise, but not "move silently"either
DMJeem (7:09:12 PM): How far do you go?
Selevar (7:09:26 PM): I can get 30', so that's how far I go
DMJeem (7:10:58 PM): In one action
DMJeem (7:11:01 PM): You have another
Selevar (7:11:21 PM): does switching weapons count as an action?
Selevar (7:11:25 PM): if so, that was it
Selevar (7:11:45 PM): if not, I suppose I don't have another action, as all I'm trying to do is get closer to the cabin
DMJeem (7:12:21 PM): (I'm preparing a map)
DMJeem (7:12:35 PM): I guess it does.
Selevar (7:12:46 PM): 'k, then that should be it for me
DMJeem (7:15:39 PM): Okay, that took a long time.
DMJeem (7:15:46 PM): But I just got a map out to everyone
DMJeem (7:16:00 PM): Tell me if I've got the marching order correct
DMJeem (7:16:16 PM): On the right hand side of the stream I have Selevar 30' ahead of Amnivar
DMJeem (7:16:29 PM): On the LHS, I have Sil, Lucius, Neve, Mola, Jev
DMJeem (7:16:40 PM): And the Protectors are hidden
RedBeardGuyMike (7:16:49 PM): good thing
DMJeem (7:16:51 PM): Do you see it?
TholosB (7:17:01 PM): Looks good to me.
Selevar (7:17:16 PM): yep, looks fine by me
DMJeem (7:18:05 PM): Any other action, Selevar?
Selevar (7:18:26 PM): don't believe I have any, unless a spot check is a free action?
DMJeem (7:18:40 PM): Silaqui will duck into the woods to the left.
DMJeem (7:18:49 PM): and sneak
DMJeem (7:19:41 PM): That means Neve is up next
Jevicca1351 (7:20:03 PM): marching order looks good to me
Jevicca1351 (7:20:11 PM): I've got my bow out
DMJeem (7:20:38 PM): Are you moving?
RedBeardGuyMike (7:20:40 PM): N: gets into sneak mode and stays close to Lucius.
DMJeem (7:21:04 PM): who hasn't moved yet. Does she want to hold her action until he goes?
RedBeardGuyMike (7:21:12 PM): yes.
RedBeardGuyMike (7:21:15 PM): N: yes.
DMJeem (7:21:20 PM): Her new initiative is 8
DMJeem (7:21:43 PM): Mola is going to hold her action until Jevicca, so her new initiative is 3
DMJeem (7:21:53 PM): Amnivar is up.
TholosB (7:22:31 PM): Amnivar catches up to Selevar with sword and ax in hand.
DMJeem (7:22:51 PM): Any free actions?
TholosB (7:22:54 PM): "I'm right behind you Sel"
TholosB (7:23:04 PM): no
DMJeem (7:23:15 PM): Lucius, you're up
DMJeem (7:26:11 PM): You're spell is still on
RedBeardGuyMike (7:26:16 PM): good
DMJeem (7:26:18 PM): From what I can tell
RedBeardGuyMike (7:26:26 PM): yeah, it's only been a moment.
RedBeardGuyMike (7:26:43 PM): those sort of things linger for a while the higher level.
DMJeem (7:27:40 PM): The Evil still feels north of the cabin and is fading.
RedBeardGuyMike (7:23:37 PM): L: ::whispers:: should I spring whatever is out there?
DMJeem (7:24:17 PM): (who is this addressed to?)
RedBeardGuyMike (7:24:27 PM): (in general)
DMJeem (7:24:52 PM): Mola whispers, "Yes."
RedBeardGuyMike (7:24:54 PM): N: ::whispers:: don't be foolish.
DMJeem (7:25:19 PM): What does Lucius do?
RedBeardGuyMike (7:25:59 PM): L: keeps going forward.
RedBeardGuyMike (7:26:04 PM): in the same pace.
DMJeem (7:27:53 PM): To where on the map?
RedBeardGuyMike (7:28:03 PM): L: ::whispers:: whatever evil is out there, it's going away.
RedBeardGuyMike (7:28:06 PM): to the North.
DMJeem (7:28:37 PM): What is your new coordinate?
RedBeardGuyMike (7:28:46 PM): n8
DMJeem (7:29:11 PM): Any other action?
DMJeem (7:30:40 PM): Is Neve up yet?
Jevicca1351 (7:31:08 PM): the evil thing is moving northward?
RedBeardGuyMike (7:31:58 PM): yes
DMJeem (7:32:00 PM): (I just re-sent the map)
DMJeem (7:32:13 PM): Any other action, Lucius?
RedBeardGuyMike (7:32:18 PM): L: Nope
DMJeem (7:32:25 PM): Neve is up
RedBeardGuyMike (7:32:57 PM): N: ::ducks into light woods and goes up to M6::
DMJeem (7:34:35 PM): Got it
DMJeem (7:34:47 PM): Any other action?
RedBeardGuyMike (7:35:04 PM): N: nope
DMJeem (7:35:11 PM): Jevicca is up.
DMJeem (7:35:15 PM): Action?
Jevicca1351 (7:35:54 PM): Catch up with Lucius, staying near to the woods.
Jevicca1351 (7:36:07 PM): And not leaving Mola behind.
DMJeem (7:36:11 PM): Any other action?
DMJeem (7:36:31 PM): Mola toddles along
Jevicca1351 (7:36:35 PM): yes
DMJeem (7:36:44 PM): What?
Jevicca1351 (7:37:12 PM): can I "search" over to Amnivar and Selivar to see if anything is sneaking up on them?
DMJeem (7:37:46 PM): You hustled to move 50' up, as one action. You use "Spot" to see if anything is sneaking on the other side.
DMJeem (7:37:51 PM): That's a second action.
DMJeem (7:38:00 PM): which you still have
Jevicca1351 (7:38:00 PM): well, even if I can, I'm not going to see anything. Natural 1.
Jevicca1351 (7:38:04 PM): 3 total
Jevicca1351 (7:38:10 PM): no wait. Spot would be 2 total.
DMJeem (7:38:17 PM): Swatted a mosquito
Jevicca1351 (7:38:22 PM): damn
DMJeem (7:38:22 PM): instead of looking
DMJeem (7:38:54 PM): Any other action?
DMJeem (7:39:42 PM): Mola has a dagger in her hand
DMJeem (7:39:51 PM): Trying to look menacing
DMJeem (7:39:58 PM): Any other action, Jevicca?
Jevicca1351 (7:40:40 PM): no other action
DMJeem (7:41:19 PM): Selevar, you're up
Selevar (7:41:35 PM): Move to T14
DMJeem (7:41:53 PM): That looks like one action
Selevar (7:41:58 PM): spot check to see if I can look in the doorway (you said it was slightly open)
DMJeem (7:42:04 PM): Yes, go for it
Selevar (7:42:26 PM): (0) Selevar: [1d20+2] => [11,2] = (13)
DMJeem (7:42:48 PM): Several vultures are huddled around a dead human!
Selevar (7:42:57 PM): 'k
DMJeem (7:43:14 PM): They're pecking away at the body
Selevar (7:43:18 PM): That's it for my actions
DMJeem (7:43:40 PM): Silaqui – hidden
DMJeem (7:44:16 PM): BTW: The Evil you can see just suddenly vanished!
DMJeem (7:44:26 PM): Not a fade out, but just plain gone
DMJeem (7:44:33 PM): Amnivar is up
TholosB (7:44:34 PM): Amnivar: hustle to W16
RedBeardGuyMike (7:44:54 PM): L: ::hisst:: The evil just vanished.
RedBeardGuyMike (7:45:07 PM): L: ::whispers:: not faded, just Poof!
Selevar (7:45:11 PM): hrm
Selevar (7:45:13 PM): odd
DMJeem (7:45:22 PM): Hustle, that was one action
Jevicca1351 (7:45:34 PM): ::whisper:: "portal?"
TholosB (7:45:38 PM): spot check behind cabin
DMJeem (7:45:46 PM): Roll for it
TholosB (7:45:56 PM): 21
RedBeardGuyMike (7:46:18 PM): L: ::whispers:: A possibility
DMJeem (7:46:23 PM): Cabin has window made with grease paper
RedBeardGuyMike (7:46:37 PM): N: ::whispers:: could be an extraplanar creature.
DMJeem (7:46:50 PM): Which is skin stretched thin and greased so it's sort of transparent.
DMJeem (7:47:01 PM): Well, it's torn through, inward.
DMJeem (7:47:24 PM): A huge hole through it
TholosB (7:48:21 PM): Large enough for something to enter through?
TholosB (7:48:33 PM): something like a living creature?
DMJeem (7:48:34 PM): Footie prints leading up to the window
DMJeem (7:48:41 PM): Large animal prints
DMJeem (7:49:37 PM): Hole is big enough for a large man, if that's what you're asking. Yes it is.
DMJeem (7:50:04 PM): Any other action, Amnivar?
TholosB (7:50:09 PM): no
DMJeem (7:50:18 PM): Lucius, you're up
RedBeardGuyMike (7:50:30 PM): keep going.
DMJeem (7:50:37 PM): To where?
RedBeardGuyMike (7:50:51 PM): p8 is what I can reach with a 20' movement.
DMJeem (7:51:05 PM): In one action, yes
RedBeardGuyMike (7:51:11 PM): L: how deep is the stream?
DMJeem (7:51:22 PM): 1'
RedBeardGuyMike (7:52:01 PM): L: let's keep on this side until I get a bit closer.
DMJeem (7:52:11 PM): You still have another action.
RedBeardGuyMike (7:52:17 PM): to r8
DMJeem (7:52:31 PM): Any free actions?
RedBeardGuyMike (7:52:53 PM): L: just a spot as to whether anything had crossed the stream.
DMJeem (7:53:10 PM): That's not a free action.
RedBeardGuyMike (7:53:16 PM): L: darn
RedBeardGuyMike (7:53:22 PM): okay, done
DMJeem (7:53:30 PM): Unless it was obvious, like the stream's depth.
DMJeem (7:53:35 PM): Neve is up
RedBeardGuyMike (7:53:48 PM): N: keeps up with L, hidden behind the woods.
RedBeardGuyMike (7:53:59 PM): N: to Q6
RedBeardGuyMike (7:54:01 PM): that's it
DMJeem (7:54:12 PM): Jev's up
Jevicca1351 (7:54:28 PM): I will keep up with Lucius
Jevicca1351 (7:54:50 PM): And wait up for Mola if necessary.
DMJeem (7:55:19 PM): She's able to keep up just fine
DMJeem (7:55:25 PM): She's not saying anything
Jevicca1351 (7:55:45 PM): And Spot the river for anyone's having crossed.
DMJeem (7:55:56 PM): You can keep up with Lucius by hustling.
DMJeem (7:56:02 PM): Leaving you an action to Spot
Jevicca1351 (7:56:14 PM): 19 for Spot
DMJeem (7:56:48 PM): You see what the vultures are doing -- they're munching on a dead human in the doorway of the hovel across the river.
DMJeem (7:56:57 PM): There are tracks in the mud over there, but not close by.
Jevicca1351 (7:57:33 PM): "Looks like the vultures got someone."
DMJeem (7:57:52 PM): Mola remains quiet.
Jevicca1351 (7:57:53 PM): "I don't see any tracks from this side, just over there."
RedBeardGuyMike (7:57:56 PM): L: ::mutters a curse::
DMJeem (7:58:31 PM): Any other action, Jev?
Jevicca1351 (7:58:47 PM): nope, that's it
DMJeem (7:58:51 PM): We have time for one more round.
DMJeem (7:58:56 PM): Selevar, you're up
DMJeem (7:59:02 PM): I'll re-send the map
DMJeem (7:59:44 PM): Okay, it's out
DMJeem (7:59:54 PM): What does Selevar do?
Selevar (8:00:06 PM): Not sure where the door is, but I'll enter the doorway, sword at the ready
Selevar (8:00:20 PM): if nothing jumps at me and tries to deck me, I'll survey the room
DMJeem (8:00:23 PM): Door is at V14
DMJeem (8:01:27 PM): Dead old man lying on his back upon a dirt floor. Vultures scatter.
DMJeem (8:01:37 PM): His eyes are pecked out
Selevar (8:01:41 PM): excellent
Selevar (8:01:48 PM): anything else in the room
DMJeem (8:01:51 PM): His chest is open, with exposed ribs
Selevar (8:01:55 PM): oh
DMJeem (8:01:59 PM): Simple furniture
Selevar (8:02:13 PM): next round, I'll check out the corpse, see if I can tell what killed him
DMJeem (8:02:14 PM): Arm and leg flesh is missing
Selevar (8:02:26 PM): well, that'd be from the vultures, I'm sure
DMJeem (8:02:33 PM): Cabin has simple window in back, ripped out
Selevar (8:02:43 PM): 'k
Selevar (8:02:49 PM): I take it I can see Amnivar?
DMJeem (8:02:50 PM): Furniture is still upright.
Selevar (8:02:54 PM): hrm
Selevar (8:02:57 PM): 'k
DMJeem (8:03:05 PM): (is he peeking in, yet, Bill?)
TholosB (8:03:16 PM): not yet
Selevar (8:03:24 PM): I take it nothing other than vultures are moving in the cabin?
DMJeem (8:03:35 PM): No.
Selevar (8:03:40 PM): 'k
Selevar (8:03:53 PM): I suppose that's the end of my turn. I'll call out to the others what I see
DMJeem (8:04:04 PM): Aloud?
Selevar (8:04:28 PM): whispered, hoping they will hear me
DMJeem (8:05:04 PM): Got it
DMJeem (8:05:15 PM): So you all know what he just saw.
DMJeem (8:06:29 PM): Sil does her stealth thing
DMJeem (8:06:33 PM): Amnivar is next
TholosB (8:06:44 PM): Now Amnivar peeks in window.
DMJeem (8:07:09 PM): He sees muddy paw prints upon the floor, in addition to what Selevar just described
DMJeem (8:07:34 PM): What does Amnivar do besides peeking?
TholosB (8:07:45 PM): Amnivar: "Selevar, I see animal tracks back here and a hole in this window where a creature got into the cabin."
TholosB (8:08:27 PM): Amnivar goes around north side of cabin to door.
DMJeem (8:08:29 PM): Selevar of course would hear this
DMJeem (8:08:59 PM): Ground outside cabin is a churned up mess
DMJeem (8:09:02 PM): Muddy
DMJeem (8:09:46 PM): Two moves to get to door, unless you hustle.
DMJeem (8:10:10 PM): Any other action?
TholosB (8:10:23 PM): Put Amnivar at X14 for now.
TholosB (8:10:33 PM): "I guess we got here too late unless we want to go after the critter."
DMJeem (8:10:51 PM): Does he have another move, then?
TholosB (8:11:04 PM): no
DMJeem (8:11:07 PM): Okay
DMJeem (8:11:22 PM): Lucius is up
RedBeardGuyMike (8:11:59 PM): L: Moves over to r12.
DMJeem (8:12:29 PM): Full round action, getting through the muddy creek
RedBeardGuyMike (8:12:41 PM): L: okay, I figured.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:12:50 PM): L: has to be done.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:12:57 PM): N: will stay put
DMJeem (8:12:57 PM): Any other action?
RedBeardGuyMike (8:13:01 PM): L: nope
DMJeem (8:13:10 PM): Any for Neve?
RedBeardGuyMike (8:13:21 PM): N: nope
RedBeardGuyMike (8:13:24 PM): N: staying put
DMJeem (8:13:30 PM): Jevicca is up
DMJeem (8:13:38 PM): last round
Jevicca1351 (8:14:00 PM): I try to get Lucius's attention, without yelling.
Jevicca1351 (8:14:03 PM): "Lucius?"
RedBeardGuyMike (8:14:11 PM): L: ::whispers:: yes?
Jevicca1351 (8:14:14 PM): "Should we cross?"
Jevicca1351 (8:14:30 PM): (no sense getting wet if he doesn't think we need to be over there)
RedBeardGuyMike (8:14:34 PM): L: ::whispers:: stay there. you've got a better angle for a shot.
Jevicca1351 (8:15:04 PM): I nod.
DMJeem (8:15:12 PM): So what does Jevicca do?
DMJeem (8:15:23 PM): Mola hangs...
Jevicca1351 (8:15:42 PM): I move forward to about Q7
DMJeem (8:15:59 PM): back into the woods a little
DMJeem (8:16:15 PM): Mola imitates
DMJeem (8:16:25 PM): Make a Listen check, everyone
Jevicca1351 (8:16:50 PM): 17
RedBeardGuyMike (8:16:51 PM): L: 16+3=19. N:16+1=17
TholosB (8:17:00 PM): amnivar 10
DMJeem (8:17:35 PM): Mola: 6
DMJeem (8:17:50 PM): Silaqui: 18
DMJeem (8:18:31 PM): Footsteps coming from north of the cabin, being obvious and relatively slow paced.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:19:25 PM): N: ::notches a bow at the ready::
RedBeardGuyMike (8:19:36 PM): L: ::makes spear ready::
Jevicca1351 (8:19:37 PM): Jev readies her arrow
DMJeem (8:19:37 PM): Silaqui draws her bow
Jevicca1351 (8:19:58 PM): gestures with her head to Nola to get back toward the bushes
DMJeem (8:19:59 PM): "Hold your fire," comes a voice.
DMJeem (8:20:11 PM): An elf emerges from the woods
DMJeem (8:20:24 PM): One of the Protectors
DMJeem (8:21:07 PM): "We tracked two man-cats -- possibly lycanthropes -- deep into the canyon. Then all at once their tracks vanished"
DMJeem (8:21:25 PM): Sil curses from her hiding spot
RedBeardGuyMike (8:21:42 PM): N: that explains your sense of evil.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:21:52 PM): L: Yes, they just went "poof"
DMJeem (8:22:13 PM): Silaqui steps out of the woods, bow at her side, "How did you lose them?"
DMJeem (8:22:20 PM): her voice is taunt.
DMJeem (8:22:45 PM): "Sil," replies Ash, "I think they used magic."
TholosB (8:23:08 PM): Amn: Do you think it was a portal?
DMJeem (8:23:18 PM): "Then the man-body needs to be burned before it becomes one of them!"
RedBeardGuyMike (8:23:47 PM): L: Alright, let's make this quick.
DMJeem (8:23:54 PM): Mola says, "Yeah, one of those jaunts onto the shadowworld. Could they have gone there?"
RedBeardGuyMike (8:24:11 PM): L: Those are the big sinkholes. I doubt it.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:24:25 PM): L: I suspect something like a spell.
DMJeem (8:24:47 PM): Silaqui asks Neve, "So, professor, what kind of magic could werecats be using?"
TholosB (8:24:52 PM): But they would still need a portal to get back and forth from the shadowworld, right?
DMJeem (8:25:19 PM): Mola, "Right, that should be easy to find."
RedBeardGuyMike (8:25:20 PM): N: ::emerges from hiding:: Could be a teleport. only way that'd be happening is if they were given it by someone.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:25:32 PM): N: similar to what a blink dog would do.
DMJeem (8:26:10 PM): Silaqui orders other Protectors to gather firewood.
DMJeem (8:26:30 PM): She then tracks around in the mud.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:26:38 PM): N: Were the tracks bipedal or not?
DMJeem (8:26:46 PM): "Finding that out?" she says without looking up.
DMJeem (8:27:20 PM): "One is in human form. Other in cat form. They went... this way..."
DMJeem (8:27:36 PM): "And..." she trails off as she walks into the woods to the north.
DMJeem (8:27:55 PM): comes back a few minutes later, "And the tracks just vanish, all of a sudden."
DMJeem (8:28:08 PM): curses in Elven.
TholosB (8:28:17 PM): Perhaps they came from a portal without teleportation spell. Shall we track them to the source?
RedBeardGuyMike (8:28:43 PM): L: we still have to go to the muster.
DMJeem (8:28:55 PM): "Backwards?" Silaqui asks.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:29:01 PM): L: Is there anything of import in the cabin?
Jevicca1351 (8:29:19 PM): "I think we need to go to the muster. "
DMJeem (8:30:05 PM): Silaqui wanders around for a minute and says, "They
came from the direction of the
TholosB (8:30:08 PM): "Nothing of note inside but a dead man."
RedBeardGuyMike (8:30:34 PM): L: how long do you think he was living here?
DMJeem (8:30:57 PM): Protectors are moving the body onto the pyre.
DMJeem (8:31:40 PM): Mola, "Should we say a few words?"
RedBeardGuyMike (8:31:43 PM): L: before you light him up, let me look at him a minute.
DMJeem (8:31:55 PM): Protectors back away from the firepit
DMJeem (8:32:22 PM): He's all yours, Lucius
DMJeem (8:32:40 PM): Silaqui has silvered weapon in hand, just in case
RedBeardGuyMike (8:33:03 PM): L: I'd rather not touch him per se, but I want to look at his face and body
RedBeardGuyMike (8:33:13 PM): try to figure out a bit about him before we light him up
DMJeem (8:33:40 PM): The sun is setting behind the canyon walls
RedBeardGuyMike (8:33:44 PM): right
RedBeardGuyMike (8:33:49 PM): just real quick.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:33:56 PM): L: can I glean anything about him?
DMJeem (8:34:00 PM): Make a Heal check
RedBeardGuyMike (8:34:15 PM): L: 17+7=24
RedBeardGuyMike (8:35:44 PM): L: Okay, somebody remember this:
TholosB (8:36:07 PM): a kiss is just a kiss?
RedBeardGuyMike (8:36:22 PM): L: Chest cavity opened, heart removed. Significant flesh removed from arms, legs, buttocks.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:36:52 PM): L: Needlemarks in neck. Lots of pinholes in nearly a straight line on neck. Seems to be in line with jugular.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:37:16 PM): L: No bruising. Small bite marks. Eyes missing.
TholosB (8:37:29 PM): Needlemarks or teeth marks?
RedBeardGuyMike (8:37:33 PM): L: My guess is that he was killed by the jugular.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:37:39 PM): L: Needlemarks.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:38:06 PM): L: Those are too small to be teeth.
TholosB (8:38:11 PM): Poison perhaps?
TholosB (8:38:19 PM): Or loss of blood?
RedBeardGuyMike (8:38:20 PM): L: too many to be a blow dart, I suppose.
DMJeem (8:38:42 PM): Mola: "Vampire?"
RedBeardGuyMike (8:38:51 PM): L: I don't know if we'll be able to tell, given the loss of heart.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:39:04 PM): L: vampires would leave teeth marks.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:39:20 PM): L: I strongly suspect a ritualized killing.
DMJeem (8:39:44 PM): "Not consistent with lycanthropes," Sil says.
DMJeem (8:39:55 PM): "They are more about wild killing."
DMJeem (8:40:01 PM): "It satisfies a hunger."
TholosB (8:40:23 PM): So someone is collecting hearts for a reason.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:40:25 PM): L: (can I tell about when he died?)
DMJeem (8:40:35 PM): Several Protectors have re-emerged into the forest.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:41:00 PM): L: I believe he died yesterday.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:41:31 PM): L: Not an hour or so ago, as you would think with the tracks.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:41:44 PM): L: How old were those tracks?
DMJeem (8:41:48 PM): Mola: "Under different circumstances I'd say that was a sweet gesture."
Jevicca1351 (8:42:10 PM): "Killed by one source, heart collected by another?"
DMJeem (8:42:22 PM): Sil: "Close by ones are maybe a day old."
DMJeem (8:42:29 PM): "The ones leaving left recently."
RedBeardGuyMike (8:42:35 PM): L: That, I don't know.
DMJeem (8:42:42 PM): "An hour before we got here, maybe."
TholosB (8:43:11 PM): Perhaps the ritual takes a day to complete.
DMJeem (8:43:13 PM): Mola, "So it camped here?"
RedBeardGuyMike (8:43:17 PM): L: Interesting. One thing to consider is that it was a person with a four legged companion.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:43:33 PM): L: sound like anyone who might make a living out this way?
RedBeardGuyMike (8:44:01 PM): N: Are you thinking of a ranger or a forester or something with an animal companion?
RedBeardGuyMike (8:44:51 PM): L: That was what popped into my head when I heard that there were two sets of tracks.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:45:19 PM): L: Although I thought Rakashasa when I heard cat-person.
DMJeem (8:45:19 PM): Sil: "You mean a serial killer?"
RedBeardGuyMike (8:45:32 PM): L: Maybe.
DMJeem (8:46:14 PM): "Like a perverted ranger or druid."
DMJeem (8:46:18 PM): she adds
RedBeardGuyMike (8:46:32 PM): L: Yes, that's possible. nevertheless, let's cremate him.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:46:44 PM): L: Oh Zeus, return this man to your bosom.
DMJeem (8:46:49 PM): Protectors move forward with torches
DMJeem (8:46:52 PM): and oil
RedBeardGuyMike (8:46:53 PM): L: Grant him repose.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:47:05 PM): L: steps back.
DMJeem (8:47:13 PM): poof
DMJeem (8:47:16 PM): On fire
DMJeem (8:48:03 PM): Silaqui seems to let her guard down a little once the man is on fire.
RedBeardGuyMike (8:49:12 PM): N: Is there any evidence that someone stayed around overnight in the cabin?
DMJeem (8:49:47 PM): One of the Protectors points out that there's a patch of fur.
DMJeem (8:49:55 PM): So yes, he says
DMJeem (8:50:05 PM): At least for a while
RedBeardGuyMike (8:50:17 PM): N: That lends credence to the portal idea.
DMJeem (8:50:23 PM): Mola goes, "Did they know you were following them?"
RedBeardGuyMike (8:50:40 PM): N: Why would they stay behind when they were finished unless they couldn't leave?
DMJeem (8:52:11 PM): Silaqui says, "We should not stay here tonight. Too much bad blood."
TholosB (8:52:48 PM): Amnivar: "Yes, we should keep moving."
RedBeardGuyMike (8:52:48 PM): L: Yes, you're right. Was there anything important in the cabin?
DMJeem (8:53:29 PM): Silaqui goes: "Evil druid! Pass Without Trace spell!"
RedBeardGuyMike (8:54:13 PM): L: what?
DMJeem (8:54:17 PM): "I've spent a lot of time trying to find a loophole in that spell."
DMJeem (8:54:27 PM): "Can't do it."
RedBeardGuyMike (8:54:50 PM): L: I don't think I quite follow.
DMJeem (8:55:46 PM): "If it's an evil druid, it could have an animal companion. We said that. One of the first things druids learn is how to pass without trace, it's a forest magic thing."
RedBeardGuyMike (8:56:17 PM): L: Then why were you able to track them as they left?
DMJeem (8:56:20 PM): "It casts this spell, and the woods crawl over the path, hiding it."
DMJeem (8:56:58 PM): "Hadn't cast the spell until they thought they were being followed."
TholosB (8:57:55 PM): Amnivar: "But Lucius also sensed them disappear."
DMJeem (8:57:20 PM): Does Neve have Spellcraft?
DMJeem (8:57:23 PM): Or does Lucius?
RedBeardGuyMike (8:57:26 PM): both
DMJeem (8:57:36 PM): Roll both of them
RedBeardGuyMike (8:57:59 PM): L: 14+7=21, N:15+11=26
DMJeem (8:58:48 PM): Pass Without Trace: 1st Level Spell of Rangers and Druids Affects one creature per level touched, lasts 10 minutes per level
DMJeem (8:59:21 PM): The subjects can move through any type of terrain -- mud, snow, dust, etc. -- and leave neither footprints nor scent.
DMJeem (8:59:34 PM): Tracking the subject is impossible by nonmagical means.
DMJeem (8:59:44 PM): Both characters know that much
DMJeem (9:00:02 PM): Neve:
DMJeem (9:00:17 PM): Dust of Tracelessness works off the same spell, but has a more potent benefit
DMJeem (9:00:36 PM): It can cause paths already created to back-vanish
DMJeem (9:01:02 PM): And one it is sprinkled, it leaves no magic trace either
DMJeem (9:01:27 PM): She isn't sure if either spell can hide Detect Evil
RedBeardGuyMike (9:01:52 PM): N: Hmm, Pass Without Trace would work for non-magical means, but a magical one would work.
DMJeem (9:02:04 PM): Sil gets in a huff and goes, "I don't know then, cowboy."
RedBeardGuyMike (9:02:07 PM): N: However, there are things that can hide tracks.
RedBeardGuyMike (9:02:26 PM): N: From even magical methods. Dust of Tracelessness, for example.
RedBeardGuyMike (9:02:50 PM): N: Still, I don't know if Detect Evil would still work or not.