<div class="floatright">(https://www.lmrcc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/maps-header-scaled.jpg)</div>NOTE/WARNING, I'm quoting/updating the post. If you see something funky, ask because I might have missed deleting something.<br/>OOC Scene 6, Post 2<br/><br/>Note:<br/><br/>A culture note. There is no real distinction between 'Elf' and 'Half-Elf' in the' Elven Empire.' If you have Elven blood, you are considered an Elf. Frore and Darius are Elvendespite his Dhampir nature.' The others in the party would be regarded as 'retainers.'<br/><br/>NPC:<br/>Lieutenant Arilemna Glynjyre (female Elf)<br/><br/>Situation:<br/>The party's boat is floating down rive next to the tree demon.<br/><br/><br/>Lighting: Daylight<br/>Terrain:<br/>Water: River, Deep and moving about 10ft/round (Difficult Terrain)<br/>Part Boat: 5ft x 15ft<br/>River Boat: 15ft x 60ft<br/>Railing - the Riverboat has a wooden barrier to about waist height; it conceals what is on the deck and would provide half cover in a fight.<br/><br/>Froroe: AC11 (+5 Shield), HP 16/20,<br/>Elli: AC 14, HP 24/24,<br/>Shade AC 16, HP 27/27,<br/>Kalinta: AC15, HP 39/44,<br/>Darius:  AC17/19, 25/25;<br/><br/><hr/>Lieutenant Glynjyre nodded, seemingly consoled by Darius's words.<strong>You are right. This mission is a disaster, but one that I can overcome. All that is left is for me to salvage what I can of the debacle. Perhaps returning this tree demon to the Empire will atone for the loss of my command."</strong><br/><br/>No one notices as Shade's astral hands reach out under the water and attempt to break the chains that bind the tree demon. However, it doesn't appear as if the chains have been broken.<br/><br/>Despite the group's best efforts, an eddy in the river sucks the tree demon into a small inlet, where it is grounded.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Darius</div><div class="spoiler_body">Darius touched the tree. A touch of the divine appeared to run up the Paladin's arm and into his body. In Darius's mind, the idea formed that the tree demon had granted Darius the ability to channel an additional divinity from the tree. He was not quite sure of the details of the divinity, but the power seemed to sway people's minds favorably, and it would work in an area.<br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Shade</div><div class="spoiler_body">Shade's astral chains grasp and pull at the chains, but they cannot seem to get a purchase on the chain.<br/><br/>The Demon called out telepathically to Shade in Sylvan, <strong>"Hurry, I sense other - my worshipers - nearby. If I'm not free to intervene on your behalf, you may find yourself in a nasty fight."</strong><br/><br/></div></div>