J'lact of Nirik-Tohr converses

[DM Bob]

Brilliant! After talking to the tree, the fruit will generally grant between 2-5 years of youthful vigor. It's a very happy sapling.

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Concerning the undead, J'lact knows little.

"My spirit memory makes me wary of the south. Hunt with no sustenance; no purpose. It seems you know more than we, here of the Nirik-Tohr. On occasion the tohr patrol very far south, but that is not here. [DM note: Hundreds of miles.] Perhaps one of the bigger settlements has better answers for that. The Emperor has expressed the desire to head east in search of better hunting, so it would make sense that the far south is not viable. We see more of the unliving occasionally crawl out of the swamp to the north, but the wet is bad for our chitin." He nods towards Chat'cho as if looking for obvious agreement. Chitin rot was not a fun thing to deal with.

[DM Bob]

OOC: I will post further tomorrow concerning your trip and arrival at the Messenger. Please feel free to talk of buffs, preparations, etc... before then.

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Chat'cho makes it clear to J'lact that the fruit of the tree will add two to five years of additional life to anyone who eats it. She adds that the tree has quite an agreeable temperament, and she would rather not see it harmed if at all possible.

Knowing she gets her spells back in the morning, Chat'cho turns to philanthropy for this evening's activities. Having heard that this clutch is in 'lean times,' she takes a few minutes to head out to their food stores and does her best to bolster them with her magic.

She casts:

Create Water x6, producing 30 gallons of water

Clear Water x6, converting 100 gallons of the clutch's water into Cleared Water, which causes it to count for twice as much for consumption and agriculture

Create Food and Water 3x, producing 15 gallons of water and 100 cubic feet of bland food that expires in 24 hours that she offers to the clutch for the nightly meal so as to make their non-perishable food last longer.

1x Raise Water on any natural body of water or well in the area, allowing the clutch to collect even further additional water while the spell is active.

1x Entrench on the weakest or most heavily-damaged portion of the clutch's defenses, producing a defensible position capable of holding off the wildlife in the area.

2x Blessed Abundance on the clutch's most long-lasting food stores, producing an additional 20 cubic feet of food that will not expire.

With this, she hopes to prove, once and for all, that the presence of outsiders is a blessing to the Tohr'Kreen.

[Niachi]

Niachi adds his input to the talk of Dead Things with two concise sentences before listening to what is discussed, then retiring to memorize new spells (updated on character sheet)

He can gird himself against evil, detect the unliving, and fight them with enhanced ranged and melee tactics.
He communicates with beings of shadow, as an emissary to that plane. Their reactions vary.

[Attilius]

Before dawn HurK does his daily yoga and meditation for 2 hours in an open area. He then helps everyone pack up their mounts for the morning trek.

[AthasianLaborer]

Aug 22, 2023 16:38:34 GMT -12 @arkinneas said:

Chat'cho makes it clear to J'lact that the fruit of the tree will add two to five years of additional life to anyone who eats it. She adds that the tree has quite an agreeable temperament, and she would rather not see it harmed if at all possible.

Knowing she gets her spells back in the morning, Chat'cho turns to philanthropy for this evening's activities. Having heard that this clutch is in 'lean times,' she takes a few minutes to head out to their food stores and does her best to bolster them with her magic.

She casts:

Create Water x6, producing 30 gallons of water

Clear Water x6, converting 100 gallons of the clutch's water into Cleared Water, which causes it to count for twice as much for consumption and agriculture

Create Food and Water 3x, producing 15 gallons of water and 100 cubic feet of bland food that expires in 24 hours that she offers to the clutch for the nightly meal so as to make their non-perishable food last longer.

1x Raise Water on any natural body of water or well in the area, allowing the clutch to collect even further additional water while the spell is active.

1x Entrench on the weakest or most heavily-damaged portion of the clutch's defenses, producing a defensible position capable of holding off the wildlife in the area.

2x Blessed Abundance on the clutch's most long-lasting food stores, producing an additional 20 cubic feet of food that will not expire.

With this, she hopes to prove, once and for all, that the presence of outsiders is a blessing to the Tohr'Kreen.

As Ande sees Chat'cho doing this, she asks Quila "Should we assist?  I am currently spent for spells though, if we could Contact Akos, I am sure he could sell us some rations.  I could open a Wormhole to bring it here, but we'd need it to be staged so it was quick.  Think it is worth the try?  Think 25 Gold of rations from each of us would improve their food stores here?"

Regardless of the success of requisitioning food to purchase, Ande will assist in providing Kreenitarian Aid however she can until she has to bed down to get 8 hours of sleep (and necessary spell meditations in) prior to the expedition in the morning.

[Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP]]

- Eslyk looks at Chat'cho - "Can you make trees grow fast in short time? If you do I have an idea" - then she looks around for any mountain or hidden área as she waits for a reply just to turn her head all of the sudden as she hears.. gold?

[DM Bob]

The druidic dweomers are cast while the rest of the party is sleeping.

You have completely impressed J'lact, who is extremely grateful for the additional water and stores.

Waiting on John/Quila's response to the request to mindlink with Akos.

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

As the day progresses and Quila notes how much of the mission success hinges on matters of comprehension, she makes a note from then on to start learning tohr-kreen. She will badger Chat'cho for lessons. And she will use her Chronicler read languages ability (51% success) to assist if there are any written resources to help a templar out in language acquisition. I understand I won't be fluent within a day, but I will commit to memory any basic phrases, greetings, words of peace, instructions, and the racial descriptions we were given by J'Lact using my eidetic memory ability (also Chronicler kit, takes me 1d4 turns plus the time of reading or listening per 'reading' or 'hearing'. It's targeted at remembering extensive oral histories and epic poems. I hope it will vastly speed up some basics here.
I will ask J'Lact via Chat'cho if any tohr-kreen who is a teacher can help me with this (basically I'm hoping someone where has the Teaching nwp like I do, which will also help out).
She will listen to everyone that shares information with J'Lact and makes a mental note what is said. Especially when people start sharing tactical information about Kurn and/or New Kurn. She will also listen very intently to HurK's stories about the undead, it almost makes her shiver and remember what happened back in Celik. Almost.

When queried by Ande and/or Chat'cho about assisting, Quila nods and smiles, "Of course I can help in the name of Oronis and Kurn" and will cast the following:

Create Water x3, producing 10.5 gallons of water
Clear Water x2, converting 14 gallons into Cleared Water, counting for twice as much for consumption and agriculture
Create Food & Water x1, producing 14 cubic feet of food that expires in 24 hours - but it's useful for now

(OOC: Quila deliberately holds back on casting everything she can, well, because she's seen nicer folk turn on her all of a sudden. It's ingrained in the training of a Spymaster.)

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

Aug 23, 2023 0:47:00 GMT -12 AthasianLaborer said:

"Should we assist?  I am currently spent for spells though, if we could Contact Akos, I am sure he could sell us some rations.  I could open a Wormhole to bring it here, but we'd need it to be staged so it was quick.  Think it is worth the try?  Think 25 Gold of rations from each of us would improve their food stores here?"

"Ande, we ought to contact Akos anyhow and update the Tribunal on everything we have seen and heard so far. Let's do that now." Quila continues after having helped stocking the kreen cupboard of munchies.

Quila and Ande will look for a quiet nook somewhere in the building or outside as Ande didn't like going into the building. Then Quila will Contact/Mindlink with Akos. She sits in a cross-legged position with her hands palm upwards on her knees. She breathes lightly and enters her mindscape and looks eastward to a shining light near snow-capped mountains and concentrates on the features of Akos, trying to ping him. "Akos, Akos, Akos." her call echoes over the peaks of the mountains into the valley beyond.

(OOC: Normally I'd succeed on Contact automatically, PS is 17-20, but distance is a thing here I reckon as Kurn is 750+ miles away. My adjustment is -7, bringing the PS to 16. I roll a 14 on 16, success for Contact. You admin the PSP's as that's level-based. I then initiate Mindlink. I roll a 15 on 18, success.)

[Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP]]

- Eslyk gets nearby Quila - "Can I help? I believe Chat'cho is meditating because she didn't reply to me, maybe you can. Do you hold any blessings to make a seed to grow to the point of producing others?
You are at your Oronis' service, so perhaps you held some of that portent too" - looking at her

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Chat'cho is very unhappy to have to speak Common again, but she resolves to trudge through it nonetheless.

"I can cast Age *lant somme other day. Right now all mmy mmagic is s*ent."

Chat'cho does have the Teaching proficiency and is quite good at it. She'd be happy to teach the language to other party members, but it would not be a short undertaking.

[Quila Oris (John M.)]

As Eslyk comes toward Quila and asks her question Quila is still concentrating and obviously with her mind on other matters. As soon as the Mindlink with Akos is finished, she looks brightly at the halfling and says "Alas, no I do not know this blessing of aging plants. Maybe it is a druidic dweomer only, or my liege Oronis has not seen fit yet to let me share in that blessing yet. One day perhaps my young companion."

Quila signs up for class with Chat'cho, asking "Is there anything you might want to be taught in return my dear Chat'cho? I can teach a subject too if you like."

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She whistles and cocks her head to one side, producing a series of odd, staccato clicks.

"What know you, soxht-skinned one?"

[Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP]]

- Eslyk nods - "Oh, that's great! I didn't mean right now..
I can communicate via thoughts, move myself and use a few more gifts but not the one you just said. I was keeping these to take to my tribe or as an animal bribe but surely will be more useful here for you"

She looks between her belongings in her backpack and offers a small sachet to Chat'cho - "Here,some seeds, I can't help with much more in this situation.."