<hr/><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/ebY6b8P.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>: Valderina Stramonte (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=316350.msg15272715#msg15272715)<br/><br/><br/><strong>Level:</strong>1<strong>Xp:</strong>0<br/><strong>Load:</strong>7/10<strong>Coin:</strong>0<br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Armor:</strong></td><td>0</td><td><strong>Hit points:</strong></td><td>21</td><td><strong>Damage:</strong></td><td>d8</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Str:</strong></td><td>8</td><td>[-1]</td><td><strong>Dex:</strong></td><td>16</td><td>[+2]</td><td><strong>Con:</strong></td><td>13</td><td>[+1]</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Int:</strong></td><td>9</td><td>[+0]</td><td><strong>Wis:</strong></td><td>15</td><td>[+1]</td><td><strong>Cha:</strong></td><td>12</td><td>[+0]</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><strong>Action</strong>: Discern Realities<br/><strong>Tagging</strong>: All<br/><hr/><br/>Valderina was in her element. For the past few days, she had led the group through the woods, and it was more like home than the town that she and the rest of the Delvers in her little group used as their base of operations. The shade from the trees made the best roof, the grass below a superlative floor and the trees themselves made infinitely better walls than those horrible flat things that didn't let anything through. She reveled in the feeling of the sun on her face and the gentle breeze tickling her neck. It would have been perfect if she didn't have to wear so much, (by objective standards, it wasn't so much) but the party's ranger wasn't the only one who deserved to be comfortable, so she would make the sacrifice for now.<br/><br/>Above them in the canopy, Val could see the fleeting gray form of her partner in adventure, Paxton. He was scurrying through the trees running reconnaissance and generally making himself useful - something she suggested after certain misunderstandings had caused problems with previous parties she had worked with. If Paxton didn't have something to keep him busy, he'd find something. And the person wearing that something might object - strenuously. It was better to be careful for now.<br/><br/>And careful was the order of the day. With little warning, Val stopped, but it seemed that the white-haired priestess Elise had noticed it as well. She was a bit naive, but sweet in her way. Val had long decided that she liked the woman. But that was a thought for another time. Something here in the woods was, for lack of a better word, wrong . Looking around for clues, the forest practically sang for her. The woodlands didn't give up their secrets to just anyone these days but they sang like canaries for her. Paxton hurried down and perched on his partner's shoulder, and the two seemed to be working everything out in a system of glances and gestures. As they did, she turned to the others and gave a universal "halt" gesture, so that everyone would be on alert.<br/><br/>The initial warning sent out, Val was quick to explain. "This isn't solid ground here. And the plants are not of the type that should be growing here. It's almost as if..." And here she stopped and tasted the water. "It's... sweet. They're trying to grow something under the water here... Or..." Her eyes widened as she slowly drew the connections.... "Feed something..."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Discern Realities Roll</div><div class="spoiler_body">144327   Idlewyld   Nastara   2020-02-16 18:07:33   At 2020-02-16 18:07:33, Idlewyld (uid: 53605) rolls: 2d6a3 Result: 12[/url]<br/><br/>Apparently I rolled d10 rather than 2d6 at first. I'm glad Nastara's here to clear this stuff up for me!</div></div>