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Post by Geoffrey Ravenhurst on Oct 7, 2020 20:23:12 GMT
"Hmmm..." Herneiros inspected the charcoal prints, trying to see if they resemble the tracks of anything he had encountered before."
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Post by The Forgotten God on Oct 7, 2020 20:37:21 GMT
Herneiros can’t place what would have caused them, but the footprints are quite similar to his own foot in size, or at least close enough to indicate it was probably made by something human-sized. Drops of rain fall onto Herneiros as he studies the area.
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Post by Geoffrey Ravenhurst on Oct 7, 2020 21:01:54 GMT
"Were you an elementalist or possessed by a demon, I wonder?"
Herneiros looked in the direction of the creek before deciding to take shelter inside the building he was suddenly curious about.
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Post by The Forgotten God on Oct 7, 2020 21:27:19 GMT
He walked into the old damaged building and sees it is adorned like a ruined family home. There’s rotted walls that once delineated rooms with bed frames and a kitchen around. A family had lived here long ago, clearly. Skeletons lay in one of the back rooms in a pattern that to Herneiros suggests they were all killed from a central force like a magical blast radiating out in a circle.
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Post by Geoffrey Ravenhurst on Oct 7, 2020 21:59:36 GMT
Herneiros cast a simple spell for detecting magic around the blast site, while attempting to not disturb the bodies.
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Post by The Forgotten God on Oct 8, 2020 1:08:32 GMT
Spell residue fades over the years so there’s no trace of the spell itself, but the bodies all faintly radiate Mist magic even after all these years. The Mist takes care of its own it seems.
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Post by Tehol Nookington on Oct 8, 2020 21:54:24 GMT
Tehol staying pretty close and well within sight of the group continues to explore more of the surroundings while Herneiros examines the one building.
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Post by The Forgotten God on Oct 9, 2020 5:16:39 GMT
Tehol noticed an old small building that was octagonal as opposed to circular, and the door is open, revealing a small altar surrounded by ancient candelabras and chairs on eight sides of it with the rows slowly expanding to almost fill the available floor space. Everything is focused on the center instead of a more traditional front to back seating arrangement, clearly more ritualistic than functional.
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Post by Geoffrey Ravenhurst on Oct 9, 2020 6:07:50 GMT
Herneiros frowned. There were simply not enough clues. What sort of beast appears in the middle of a family gathering? Unless it was one of the family...
He looked around the ruins of the house for any more hints of the arcane.
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Post by The Forgotten God on Oct 9, 2020 17:01:00 GMT
After all these years little remains. Whatever had happened here was likely to remain a mystery for now. He does get a slight sense of something, the same feeling he gets when a Mist monster nears, but this feeling is somewhat weaker and less easy to pinpoint than it usually is.
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Post by Tehol Nookington on Oct 9, 2020 23:38:08 GMT
Tehol noticed an old small building that was octagonal as opposed to circular, and the door is open, revealing a small altar surrounded by ancient candelabras and chairs on eight sides of it with the rows slowly expanding to almost fill the available floor space. Everything is focused on the center instead of a more traditional front to back seating arrangement, clearly more ritualistic than functional. Tehol inspects the building a little more. Looking for any sort of sacrifices or dust to see how long ago the last time the building was actually in use to perform a ritual. |
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Post by Geoffrey Ravenhurst on Oct 10, 2020 0:06:46 GMT
In the absent of clues, the Wild Huntsman turned back towards the creek and began walking.
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Post by Dr. Archimedes Steller on Oct 10, 2020 16:48:05 GMT
Wrugar looked around his own building to see if he would spot anything indicating that there might have been recent visitors, prior to their arrival.
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Post by The Forgotten God on Oct 10, 2020 16:59:57 GMT
Tehol can’t see any sign it’s been recently used. The preservation spells on the area must be strong but he can’t find scraps of clothing or food or blood or other stains to indicate sacrifices or the like.
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Wrugar sees no clear evidence his building has been occupied for decades. Save the near pristine condition of the structure itself it looks abandoned.
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The stream flows quickly downhill , very few turns or bends apparent before it empties into a larger river farther away. Small fish flit back and forth in the shallow water amid the small rocks and it bubbles and burbles like any brook he’s ever seen.
Farther past the stream he sees a clearing that could have been a gathering place long ago. More germane to his concerns it looks like some of the grass has been visibly disturbed, even from his distance the broken stalks are unmissable.
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Post by Geoffrey Ravenhurst on Oct 11, 2020 0:52:32 GMT
Herneiros immediately crounched under the nearest cover and drew his bow. He began moving from cover to cover in hopes of discovering what had been leaving such free tracks.
(Stealth 40, Survival 60)
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