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“Well if it’s adventure that you’re looking for, then I have just the quest for you,” he said. “For many decades, perhaps centuries efforts have been made to progress through the Rusheldon Hills to the South of here. Every time that a group has set out, they have either become lost and disorientated, or fled at the sight of some of the things that they have seen. The last group to go was chosen by me personally and they made it further South than any other group previously has – reaching the ruins of an abbey, that was never fully completed, before the monks building it had to flee. They stood firm against a group of orc slingshots who tossed rocks past their heads and a giant arachnid - apparently the size of this building, during the night. The spider threatened to attack them once or twice but retreated when the men began to jab at it with spears. By the time they reached the abbey, the men I’d sent out were less than happy and tired from keeping watch. It was while they were getting ready to sleep on the abbey floor though that something really unsettled them.”
The Mayor downed the last of his wine before continuing, “according to Malthas, the captain of the group, white skinned, fanged creatures with black wings and bloodshot eyes began circling the abbey, making diving passes at the huddled figures. All had to grab their weapons and ward off the intruders. Several of the men claimed they heard rasping voices and saw horrific bloodied faces materialising from the dark. The combined effect was that the group refused to travel any further and so they left to report back to me.” |
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Elvendor did a quick count - there were at least a hundred…maybe more, although his sharp eyes picked out that something wasn’t quite right, something was wrong with the way they moved. |
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The skeletons all moved in unison as one, never faltering, never rising or falling, never changing pace - filling out across the valley floor. |
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The hills themselves gradually became steeper and more rocky as they travelled further in, |
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Still he hesitated though, his mind collating all of the information they had received about the creatures of these hills. There was at least one similarity between all of the incidents that had occurred up here recently, perhaps coincidence - but he wasn‘t so sure. |
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they have either become lost and disorientated, or fled at the sight of some of the things that they have seen. |
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They stood firm against a group of orc slingshots who tossed rocks past their heads and a giant arachnid - apparently the size of this building, during the night. The spider threatened to attack them once or twice but retreated when the men began to jab at it with spears. |
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Oh, obviously an illusion are they?
How so? |
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Every time that a group has set out, they have either become lost and disorientated, or fled at the sight of some of the things that they have seen. |
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The spider threatened to attack them once or twice but retreated when the men began to jab at it with spears. |
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Ah...yes. Jez pointed out that I was contradicting myself . |
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Still assuming they are illusions ( ), is chucking rocks at them the first and best thing to do? |
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Just because they are illusions, doesn't necessarily mean they are incorporial. A competant conjurer could possibly enhance the image to give it form as well. |
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Elfy** does have a couple of magical cantrips at his disposal, and casts a 'detect illusion' spell |
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