[Weekly Downtime Thread][Fall IV 1524 HC]

Please post any of your downtime activities below. You can find the full rules for downtime here . You can find last week's downtime thread here. Always remember to be specific about what downtime action you are taking! If you're leveling up type that in your post labeled as OOC! If you're looking into an item be specific about where that item is from, what mission, when you got it, who from, etc. If you tell me "I read that book I found" I am going to likely have no clue what you are talking about. If you are learning a language, or tool make sure to write down how many weeks you have been practicing! This lowers the DC, and gives advantage depending on the number of weeks. Also a reminder players only get one main downtime action per week.

Shlar will again be levelling up during his downtime.

Roland :  Spends his time with Kalder, his mentor in the Cohort, learning new skills and honing old ones (Level Up). Savas:   Spends his time practicing with his weapons on the practice field, and meditating to Khindai to unlock the secrets of his faith (Level Up).  He'll be spending quite a bit of time thinking about his feelings for Eirena, and what he wants to do about it. Jannis:   Will seek work as a ship's navigator/cartographer.

Medi Eirwen (formerly Teresa):  Medi checks the status of her sister practically every day, probably to the annoyance of the Cohort members taking care of her. The rest of her time is spent avoiding the gaze of her friends, out of guilt for how close she came to causing their deaths, and she focuses on looking after Madeleine. Making sure she's safe, comfortable and doesn't feel lonely. She just about finds time to teach Anuirean to Ant between everything else. Cordelia: Cordie wishes she had been able to make the encounter with the Mammoth Warrior more fun and less serious, so she focuses on improving her magic, finding new ways to use it. She also makes a habit of speaking to animals she finds around the island, seeing if they know any good secrets. (OOC: Levelling up if she has enough exp to do so. Talking to animals for fun mainly.)

Salazar di Fioretti:  Salazar does his best to immerse himself in Levocan society. He carefully observes their practices and habits, particularly as they pertain to the use of magic. He spends his days lending aid wherever he feels it could be best used, using Bardic Inspiration to help the villagers with critical tasks and working himself with Coral or other villagers if need be. In the evenings, he tries to perform with his Viol in a place where the Levocan people gather (an inn or taphouse, if such a thing exists, or the equivalent of the Town Square otherwise). He uses this as an opportunity to meet as many of the villagers as possible and ingratiate himself to them. He continues to stay with the Priest at the church as long as he is allowed, but tries his best not to overstay his welcome. OOC: Salazar tries to learn to speak the language of the Levocan people. This is his first downtime week attempting to do so. He has access to Comprehend Languages if this helps in any way with his check. Cedrych Brightbough: Cedrych returns to the Cohort after his outing to Drachenward. Spurred on by the sight of the undead Gnoll army, he practices his archery intently. He continues to explore the Cohort's Island, making note of areas of tactical significance. OOC: Assuming he has enough XP, Cedrych levels up to Rogue 3.

Prudence Duskhart Location:  Halls of the Cohort Arcanum, Island of Fabrica After returning to the Cohort after Morrendeep Prudence will spend some time in the Cohort Library to see if she can find out a thing or two about the corruption that's spreading by the Portal to the Feywild, as she has been thinking about the alseids and the moon more and more. Research:   Anything on the corruption of the land Anything on demonic corruption Ways to prevent corruption, and purify corruption Effective ways to hurt/injure and deal with demons The sort of ways demons are known to attack/what they rely on How to protect against demonic corruption Are they capable of possession and ways to protect against it. Any weaknesses demons may have Minor Action: Send a letter to Aulbrunn requesting an appointment with Kier Adler, the Landgraf of Wierech, to discuss about granting a party from the Cohort access to the 3rd circle of magic in the area to better deal with the corruption in his lands. Portia Folkor Location: Halls of the Cohort Arcanum, Island of Fabrica Will celebrate the victory over Solaria in the tavern with Ant, and wishes she could speak his language and so seeks out a teacher to teach her Karamhul as she is a little embarrassed to ask Ant, and also wants to impress him. She seeks out Mamm, as she had adventured with her before. Learning a Language: Karamhul (provided Mamm accepts teaching her.) Berry Brambles Location: Halls of the Cohort Arcanum, Island of Fabrica Berry wants to be even stronger than he already is, so next time he can protect his friends a bit better than he did before. He'll try to see if the tavern in the Cohort also sells chocolate milk. Leveling Up:  Barbarian Lvl 2 (Provided he gets the experience.)

Diesa Gemfire Location: Halls of the Cohort, Island of Fabrica Diesa tries to offer support to Medi and assuage the guilt as we all await the revival of her sister. She suggests taking some time out and going somewhere quiter than the Halls in the new carriage, writing out and organising her thoughts and adventures because no doubt Teresa will want to hear all about them when she wakes up. Spell Research: Remembering that nonlethally incapacitating the magic exploding frogs can be useful she searches through magical tomes on enchantment hoping to learn the Sleep spell. Letters: Diesa writes and dispatches two letters. The first she sends home to her mother appologising that she won't be able to visit before winter as she had said she would and explains that she has to help her friends for now and will still be home for cerilia equivalent of christmas. The second letter she sends to the Baroness Marlae Roesone; To the Honorable Baroness Marlae of Roesone from your friend and servant Diesa Gemfire of the Cohort Arcanum         Tidings to you and your people, your highness. I hope this letter finds you all well and comfortable and with your stocks and stores replete for the coming winter. I would like to repeat my gratitude for the opportunity you extended to myself and my friends back at the festival as well as the support you showed to me personally. I have to confess that this letter is not just to express well wishes and admiration however.         News may have spread to Anuire by now that my family homeland in Daikhar-Zhigun has come under attack. The perpatrators of this assault are not mundane and familiar enemies like the gnolls or the orog however but creatures from the realm of shadow that have taken on nightmarish aspects of frogs and toads ruled over by a thing known as the froghemoth.         It appears this is also a cyclic terror, having appeared in the time of our great-grandfathers and other times before them. Many Dwerren like myself had assumed that their handed down stories were just that, stories for frightening children but alas we are mistaken. Given the age of these attacks occuring through our history however I plead if you might petition your friend Queen Isaelie Galanohel of the Sielwode on my behalf.         Given the agelessness of the Sidhe, she or members of her court and peers of her realm may have lived contemporaneously with the last appearence of the Froghemoth. Therefore any information that she and her long-lived and magically-gifted peoples may have on this otherworldly threat and the nature of the shadow world could be very useful to Daikhar-Zhigun's war. In particular on how it was defeated in the past, any methods to counter their powers or cut it off from its source would be most excellent to the Dwerren's prosecution of it.         Should such a request incur any debt upon yourself and your House please inform me and I will without hesitation return to Roesone once the threat to my homelands is dealt with to repay your kindess and generosity in full and with interest. Galena Abanâthu Location: Port Helen, Realm of the Siren - Comfortable Lifestyle Training: Galena spends a couple of days back at the cohort writing her log and taking advantage of the tavern before returning to Port Helen where she continues her training with Jerusha, The Siren. Observing the power of the Voice, and developping a nose bleed and having tinnitus for a couple of days, she starts to be able to invest her own with some small power - though she'll not be shattering logs with it any time soon. (Training for Bard Level 1: 2/3 downtimes spent)

Robert Bossouri While worried about Salazar, Robert will dedicate himself to divulge deeper into the teachings of Nesirie and level up if given enough experience. Perhaps a chance to return would open up, if he is able to get to a higher level of understanding.  OOC : Leveling up to 5th level life cleric. Eirena Lightshadow Now that Savas has been deratified, Eirena finds herself at a bit of a loss about what to do. She will spend her time thinking about many things: Her future, what to do next, Savas and if Kirken would still be willing to grant her his powers, even after communing with the weapon that cursed her into a pact so much. When she isn't lost in thoughts, she will spend her time in prayer to Kirken, to learn wether she was still "eligible" of his powers.  OOC : She isn't trying to achieve anything in particuliar. As she hadn't had the chance to use her cleric powers, she simply wishes to know if Cuiracaen still "watches over her". Shango Bayu Shango, having survived the primordial encounter, will spend quite some time meditating or drinking. With all the worries of surviving dropping off from him, he will simply await his trial, hoping for the best. Provided he isn't forced to stay on the island of Fabrica, he will go Rhzlezsky, to learn the language of the Vos so he can actually show off. He is well aware that the Torva aren't that keen on him, so he will not bother going to the black wolf inn, as avoiding followers of the Torva ways would be in his best interest. If he is to stay on the island of Fabrica while his trial takes place, he will just slack of and rest up for the next month of missions. OOC : Shango is trying to learn Vos.

Bellasaar  will begin to learn Karamhul from Korak assisting in his travels. Rose  will probably level up. Varis  will retire from the Cohort and rejoin his home.

Brognir : Spends his time practicing with weapons and fighting styles with members of the Cohort. He spends his evening studying a book titled How to Basic Tic Tacs for Dummies . (Brognir leveling up to Fighter lvl 2) Phage : She spends her time in the library of the Cohort and studies all week with how to cast basic arcane magics. She goes around and asks wizards in the cohort for help and advice as to what to study. ((Phage is learning from her 4th level feat to learn Magic Initiate Wizard. (Spells learning are Cantrips: Green-flame Blade, True Strike, 1st lvl: Find Familiar.))

Korak (Armor commissioning) He heads to Hjolvar to see how the city fared after the battle stopping by the Cohort along the way to see how Drago fared in the battle and accepts his loan of 1230gp. When reaching the city he sees if he can talk to the King or one of his advisers and have an existing set of plate molded to fit him instead of being made from scratch. He will use his many skills in smiting, leather working, and good old Dwerren stone work to help rebuild and make plans to expedite any construction sharing just a few Dwerren tricks for stone working. (20 Renown Hjolvar with 1500gp to buy plate armor, trying to use renown to get it a little faster than being made from scratch)     He uses sending to relay a message to the guard leader he met on the border of Haarlik near mount Acorn warning her of the enemy on her border. (4 Rjurik fame so she hopefully takes this seriously)  Near the north edge of twopeak and Sodenside there is a magic teleportation circle with over 100 undead gnolls near your border.     He uses sending to relay a message to Silver letting her know how Drago is doing.  Drago has come out alive but I worry for his mental state, the boy fears the flame now and is obsessed with wearing your cloak.      Teaching Ballisar Karamhul while at Hjolvar. Hedrin     The boy tends to his wounds and sits over Devamora's grave looking very depressed. He then does whatever he can helping dig graves, not using any spells but digging with a shovel muttering to himself about how he should have done more to stop this.  Lolgon      Lolgon pays his debts to Drago. He looks about for a Cohort member who would be willing to start training him in Vos and hears that there is one named Skag who is from the land. He attempts to learn the language.      Writes a letter to The Siren and the Sultana thanking them for their aid, writing his regrets that he was not able to go personally but the potions given to his comrades were of great aid.  Gundle He will try to learn Navagators tools while traveling with the boat he learned water vehicles from. Hi

Rvannûn Rvannûn decides he's not yet skilled enough to begin training in the mystic arts so he spends his weaking crafting a potion that will aid him in combat. (Crafts a Healing Potion at 25gp) Marlmo Considers that the land has not been tapped enough, Marlmo decides to embrace this quest of asking Eric why he lie!  To do this he grows deeper in his connection to the grasslands around, filling himself with as many lawn clippings, and lawn clipping tea as possible.  That way Marlmo closer to land.  It way, and it best way!  (Marlmo trains to level three and becomes a Land Druid of Grasslands) Hafr The amount of unnatural monsters and the distinct lack of knowledge of them has awakened the professional nature of Hafr.  He embraces this strange, dangerous, and often hopefully in the future better paid lifestyle, and begins spending more of his time studying the various abominations the Cohort has engaged with previously.  Through this rigorous study, and the continued practice of his form tricks of the trade, Hafr hopes to train to become a real Monster Slayer.  (Hafr trains to level three and becomes a Monster Slayer Ranger)

Mamm Bealdaartsdotter Mamm will be unable to stop smiling after having adopted Nimogene and will move in with her. Mamm will happily teach Portia how to speak Karamhul, in between looking after her daughter. Mamm will also pick up her training again, feeling determined to be able to protect her comrades more than ever. ( Leveling up to level 5 ) Skag Polavich Skag will Keep himself to himself, and stick to his training. ( Leveling up to Level 2 ) Ant Having given his insignia necklace to Portia, he decided to get a new one. He buys one and gets the words 'Hunter's Stew' in Karamhul engraved on it. Ant will celebrate with Portia the victory over Solaria, though will mourn the dead, particularly Devamora. While in the tavern with her, Ant will notice a few words accidentally spoken in her native language of Anuirean. Ant decides to learn Anuirean so he can understand her fully, and remembers Medi also being Anuirean. Ant meets up with Medi, apologises for not going back to Morrendeep with her, explaining he got caught up in other stuff, and asks her to teach him. ( Learning language: Anuirean )

Darvius Darvius spends the time after the battle in quiet meditation and practice, he will accept any visitors with polite conversation. He meditates on the battle with Solaria and the actions of the Cohort. As he practices he feels his forms begin to improve and his unarmed strikes can now be imbued with pure Ki, as well his movement speed increases, and he is able to partially heal minor wounds just by focusing his Ki. (Level to 6!)    Spending 2050 gold to purchase an excellent +3 Quality longbow from the Cohort.

Agatha Duskhart Agatha is determined to keep her promise to her sister and make sure to always tell her everything, no more secrets. Spending time in Roesone with Emily she decides to go visit the Baroness. Agatha asks her if she has, or know anyone who has, something the twins can use to always be able to communicate with each other, maybe even secretly so she can tell Prudence what her patron says even when others are around. ( Trying to spend renown in Roesone for some sort of magic item, or knowledge of a place to buy a magic item, that allows the twins to be able to talk and share secrets even when others are around. Agatha has 36 renown in Roesone. ) Nim Mammsdotter As Nim is now Mamm's daughter she wants to embrace Mamm's rjurik heritage and take a new last name: Mammsdotter .  When Mamm teaches Portia, Nim will entertain the girls by baking, painting, playing music, reading and watching the stars through her bedroom window. She decides to move in and share room with Mamm now that they are a real family. She asks Maria to teach her how to use the Cook's Utensils so she can cook and bake even when she's not the dominant soul, hoping to impress Mamm. ( Learning: Cook's Utensils )

Nubby Oddlang Jumps back onto the ships however find himself less interest in the ship and more focused on his skills. OOC: Level up. Dragomir "Drago" The Black Drago seems scarily quiet after the battle and extremely anxious. He goes and finds Korak and hands him bag of money 1230gp, saying he needs better protection otherwise he will become ash, why keeping a good distance from his molten hammer. He going to stay at the Cohort for a while but could Korak let Larmedylth know he lived. He removes any open flame from his room, even if it means being cold and avoids any place within the cohort where there is a fireplace. When near any fire he is seen to be holding his cloak close by like a security blanket. As the days go by, he has trouble sleeping due to nightmares of the Solaria standing over him. Solaria Eye fixed, why his skins burns and bubbles. Over the weeks, he gains some of his energy back but shutdowns when in front of open flame, developing Pyrophobia. He spends all his time trying to find a way to keep the cloak on without dying to its effects. Searching the library for ways to protect the skin against the freezing cold of Larmedylth Cloak. An item, potion, a blessing, special training, anything so he no longer fears death by flame.  Orithar Trisk Will look around the battlefield straight after defeating the god for anything that can count as a Trophy. Retreats back to his room inside the Cohort to enjoy the comforts of a bed and outside toilet. He will go back to his study remembering to burning from the god and focusing on quickening his reflexes. OOC: Leveling to 5,  Fenris Will assist Prudence Duskhart with her research into the demons that lurk in the woods. Taking breaks for hunting as wolfs.  OOC: Please see Prudence downtime bullet points for research.

Jaidiele sylus Spends time honing his skills in archery to better himself (leveling up to lvl 2 ) and than also decided to go shopping for new gear He bought the following: rapier, and studied  leather , arrows. he sold the following: Leather armor , and 2 daggers. also while in the market he is searching for a better long bow if possible. 

Ezren Drakkar In the days following the encounter with Solaria, Ezren focused on healing his wounds. Knowing that he was absolutely out of his depth during the encounter, he focused on staying back and defending the Cohort troops. Even at that distance he received intense burns and a lingering heat stroke. Once Ezren was able to travel, he headed to the edge of the Sielwode, to complete his recovery while also mediating on the horror of that day and how he wants to respond to it in the future. While praying with his faith community to the Gold Dragon, he comes to a revelation: his faith isn't just a dedication to the Gold Dragon, but to all dragons - or rather, what they represent. To Ezren, Dragons are also immortal and godly aspects of the world, its elements, and its characteristics. He decides to venerate all Dragons, but will stand with the side of good. He also decides to build his oath on the foundations of the Gold Dragon's philosophies, but will take anything he needs from his understanding of the others - cunning, wisdom, kindness, ruthlessness - to ensure that he can fight whatever evil is beyond the edge of the light.  OOC: Levelling up to 2

Shlar Shlar levels up. Roland Roland levels up. Savas Savas levels up. Jannis Jannis earns 48 silver servants, and 72bp working as a navigator. Medi Medi checks on her sister periodically throughout the week. She doesn't seem to be her usual self. More of a monster possessed with a serious will to harm, or other times completely mad. Madeleine (who ends up being called Maddie most of the time) is not particularly happy about the current situation. Both her, and her last remaining strand of snake hair are currently quite bitey. Luckily the new snake doesn't have any teeth, though its owner does. Medi teaches Ant when she has time. Cordie Cordie levels up. Salazar Salazar manages to learn their language known as Midgardian . The villagers are very distrusting of Salazar. Part of the reason for this is that the forest has been acting rather strange. Animals are on the move, wolves attack townsfolk, swarms of bugs fly nearby, and he hears whispers of 'The Hollowman.' Cedrych Cedrych levels up. Prudence Prudence learns that most demons are resistant to weapons not blessed with magic. She does learn about certain spells such as protection from good and evil which can help keep demons at bay. Prudence receives a response of willingness from the Landgraf. Portia Portia begins learning Karamhul, but has not mastered it yet. Berry Brambles Berry levels up. Diesa Diesa looks around, and finds the sleep spell in the archives. She responds to Diesa's letter with a letter of introduction with the Queen Isaelie Galanohel. Galena Galena continues her training (2/3, bard). Robert Levels up. Eirena Eirena spends time praying, but there is no response from the distant god. Shango Shango learns Vos. Bellasaar Bellasaar begins practicing his Karamhul, but it's not quite there yet (week 1). Rose Rose levels up. Varis Varis retires. Brognir Brognir levels up Phage Phage begins learning magic from members of The Cohort (week 1/3). Korak Hjolvar isn't of any help when it comes to acquiring plate armour. They usually import theirs. Korak can spend time crafting armours, or get it commissioned somewhere else during his downtime. Hedrin Hedrin spends some time digging in recollection, and remembrance. Lolgon Lolgon feels he is on the cusp of learning the language, but can't quite get some things down. Gundle Gundle begins learning, but it's going to take some time. Rvannun Cratfs a healing potion. Marlmo Marlmo levels up. Hafr Hafr levels up. Mamm Mamm levels up. Skag Skag levels up. Ant Begins learning Anuirean. Darvius Darvius levels up. Agatha The Baroness says that she does not have anything like that, but she does have 1 or 2 scrolls of sending she could give Agatha if that would help (-3 renown per scroll of sending if Agatha takes her up on the offer). Nim Nim begins learning how to cook properly. Nubby Nubby levels up. Dragomir Dragomir learns that there are some spells that can offer protection from the cold, but doesn't find anything permanent. Orithar Orithar levels up. Fenris Helps Prudence in her research. Jaidiele Jaidiele levels up. Ezren Ezren levels up.