I rolled a lot of misses in this session. It didn't kill our heroes but certainly made things more interesting.
Kiah and Gruff spent a few days in Great Mount. Kiah shared some of her famous stories, however, few people in the city listened. Some even laughed at her. She was a Brokenhelm bumpkin after all.
On the third day, Gruff found that some of their supplies had been stolen.
[Sourjun: Miss]
That evening, in the temple after prayers, Kiah brought such up to her grandmother.
Remma, chuckled at that, "They steal from you Kiah because they don't respect you. Once you earn their respect they will stop."
"This is a crime, there's nothing you can do?" Kiah fumed.
Remma smirked, "If I did that, then you'd be respected even less."
Later Kiah said to her brother, "We're leaving, tomorrow."
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"What in the Nightlands?" Kiah cursed.
They arrived at the harbor that morning to find their boat sunk. They were greeted by fisherfolk snickers.
[Undertake Journey: Miss]
In response, Gruff drove his fist into their leader's face. The next few moments happened in a flash. Tristanson moved with both speed and power, dropping two other bullies before they could blink. The rest ran.
[Battle: Strong Hit]
The powerful warrior yanked the head thug to his feet and snarled.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," eeped the blackguard, "T-take my boat, it's a gift, it's right over there."
The warrior huffed and nodded.
The slackjawed witnesses watched, stunned. as Kiah, who kicked the bully while he was down, joined her brother on the boat, and they calmly headed on their way.
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Sailing was smooth for most of the day. Gruff kept to the rudder while Kia managed the sail. They made good time.
[Journey: Strong Hit]
Then, near evening, while Gruff had paused to fish, he was pulling in a large catch when a wave knocked him into the icy water.
[Resupply: Weak Hit - Journey: Miss]
He climbed back onboard but was shivering and covered in frost. Kia helped him change his soaked clothes for fresh, dry ones. He wrapped himself in a fur blanket.
[Compainion Endure Harm: Weak Hit]
Kia spied small island and they landed there. It was lightly forested. Here she could set a fire and cook her brother a warm stew. She gave that to him. They took that brief respite to re-orient where they were and catch some fretful sleep.
[Make Camp - Weak Hit]
The next morning brought trouble. The clouds and wind kicked up into a major blizzard.
[Journey - Miss]
Kiah and Gruff knew exactly what to do. They quickly tipped their boat into a small shelter and used the sails and a tiny fire to keep warm. The winds roared and battered their shelter but they were safe and toasty. The next day, they popped out of their snowy fort with a laugh.
[Face Danger - Strong Hit]
Before moving Kiah gathered herbs, medicinal plants, and useful fibers while Gruff fished. They gathered plenty of supplies. Though a clever fox stole some of these.
[Resupply: Strong Hit]
[Journey - Miss]
Unfortunately, before they could continue, it seemed that the blizzard from the night before had damaged their boat. Gruff made some repairs but they would have to stay another night.
[Jounrey - Miss]
That night went well enough. The sky was clear and the stars were bright. Kiah told Gruff some of the old stories, and they both remembered when they used to go on similar trips like this when they were kids.
[Make Camp - Weak Hit]
The next morning the siblings finally set off and made good progress by the afternoon. They even enjoyed some of the bounty from their island along the way. Of course, they also replenished by more fishing.
[Journey - Weak Hit]
[Resupply - Strong Hit]
After a full day of sailing, they finally reached the Ragged Coast. They camped on the beach, in the distance they could hear Ravens Falls crashing.
At one point Gruff gave a serious look at Kiah.
"What?" she asked.
He crossed his arms and continued his meaningful glare.
"I-I don't know," Kiah responded, "gathering my magic hasn't worked very well so far."
Gruff jabbed a finger toward the falls.
The bright woman sighed, "Very well, I'll try."
First, she drew a series of four runes and a circle, then she placed a fox pelt in the center.
[Oracle - Take Debt ]
She uttered a payer to Uktannu, the Counter. Hoping her recent misfortunes would even out into a bit of luck. In the back of her mind, she heard a polite chuckle.
[Secure Advantage - Miss]
[Endure Stress - Strong Hit]
"Fine," she huffed, "I don't need you anyways."
With that, she sat in her circle and emptied herself to let the magic flow in.
[Invoke: Weak Hit]
[Endure Stress: Weak Hit]
An icy wind whipped around her, chilling her to the bone. Even so, her soul was filled a little magic.
It would have to do.
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