Subject Turn

Sorry it has been so long since the last turn. It has been a very hectic past couple of days. I will get the next turn out tonight.

Subject Where did they go?

The party looks over the clearing warily. No one is sure where the insects went, if they are invisible, if they were dismissed or if there is a mage out there summoning creatures to fight them. Allistair tells the party that he is going to use his rope trick spell to help get Salix and himself into the tree behind them. Mund agrees with the idea and he and Ragnar turn to watch the clearing while the mage casts his spell.

Allistair quickly has the rope up to the level of the first main branches, almost 30 feet in the air. He climbs and finds a good spot on the limb. Even though the tree is almost dead, the limbs are still solid. He motions down for Mund and Ragnar to help Salix. The two do their best to help the 1/2 elf but the going is slow. Salix moves slowly up the rope, taking his time, slowly regaining a bit of his composure. He is just about to the branch when his strength fails him. His hands slip loose and he can just start to feel the odd weightlessness that comes as one freefalls from a great height. His fall is jerked up short by soft hand grabbing him by the back of his armor.

Allistair's voice rings out "Grab the damn rope. Mund might be able to carry you all day, but I sure as hell can't." With Ally's assistance, Salix is able to work his way onto the branch. He sits with his back against the trunk, gasping for air, trying not to throw up on those beneath him. During the climb the elementals had gone back to their own plane and Harp's sword had vanished. A few minutes later Surin pops up in front of the party. "I looked all I could guys but did not see any sign of any type of caster out there." Mund tells them to split up into two's and that he and Ran would go out as a pair and that Harp and Kal should go out as a pair. "Ragnar, you and Surin stay here. If we run into anything we will come runnin back here."

Harp and Kal nod and move a bit north and to the west, placing some distance between themselves and the other two. Mund and Ranthir move east a bit and forward as well. Everyone keeps their eyes on the ground, trying to see if they can find the insects that they suspect are hiding there. After a few minutes of moving slowly, Mund holds up a hand and Ran stops. The barbarian whispers to Ally "Tell Harp and Kal to stop for a second." Ally relays the instructions and in the few seconds that all four of them are still, they can here a buzzing, like a beehive. They are not able to pinpoint where the sound is coming from, but they know that the creatures are still out there.

OODM: What do you do? The reason the characters have moved so little is that I have them searching each 5 foot square with a "Taking 20" That is 2 minutes per square, but this way they are sure that they are not missing anything. Ally and Salix are 30 feet up in the tree.