Session 38: Tropical HELL, you mean

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CHARACTER: Graelor "Blight" Swiftbreeze  
CLASS: Fighter LVL: 04
LVL PROGRESS: Unknown
 

Day 67: Insect repellent 73 -> 72, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)

In the afternoon, we came across 3 giant spiders, and we wiped them off the surface real gently! (75 EXP). We set up camp in the evening, and that's it for the day.

 

Day 68: Insect repellent 72 -> 71, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)

Ah, would you look at that! More giant spiders (4) ready to ambush us during the night watch! What an awful time to get up, good thing we sleep only lightly. One of the four managed to get away, the coward. (100 EXP) Of course, we did lose track of our position on the map once again. We should make a game out of it and have fun, rather than to be frustrated with it!

 

Day 69: Insect repellent 71 -> 70, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)

In the morning, we managed to find our location on the map again. We encountered some Girallons, yeah, we were definitely the cooler monkeys. (275 EXP) And not only that! They were next to a treasure chest with! ... Nothing inside! WOOO!

 

Day 70: Insect repellent 70 -> 69, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)
NOTE: Obtained Dog Tag from dead Flaming Fist explorer "Nheimen Dessi"

So the morning scared our navigators with a little fog again, and guess what happened?! Yeah, you guessed correctly! Definitely don't travel in some tropical hell while it's foggy! Hahah! We lost track of our map position once again! And we encountered 8 unhealthy looking zombies, they were even less healthy afterwards. (50 EXP) 

We also found a dead explorer on the ground with a Flaming Fist helmet, the poor guy broke his legs and is scarily close to a cliff. Do we blame the fog once more or the loss of sanity around these regions? I'll go with both! There was a dog tag attached to this person with the name "Nheimen Dessi", perhaps the Flaming Fist would like to hear about it.

In the evening, we found our location on the map. (76 exploration EXP)

 

Day 71: Insect repellent 69 -> 68, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)

Not much of interests today while traveling, however we found a safe space for the night (sanctuary = Long rest) (76 exploration EXP)

 

Day 72: Insect repellent 68 -> 67, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)

No encounters and again, nothing of interests today! (76 exploration EXP)

 

Day 73: Insect repellent 67 -> 66, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)
NOTE: Exhaustion +1 lvl -> Graelor/Blight, Smuck, Jasper, Shago, Azaka

No rain at all, we're dancing a thin line with our water supplies! Perhaps we're luckier tomorrow? And somehow I feel ... Exhausted.

 

Day 74: Insect repellent 66 -> 65, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)
NOTE: Exhaustion recovered (long rest)

During the day, we somehow found yet another safe location to rest at, and that while it's foggy. We decided to stick around just to rid ourselves of the exhaustion. Can't hurt, right? (sanctuary = Long rest) 

 

Day 75: Insect repellent 65 -> 64, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)

And then you wake up from the restful sleep that you didn't have in what felt like a month, and there's this tropical storm saying GOOD MORNING! I do like storms though, but these ones are quite evil, must be the climate! We remained in place, hoping that it'll pass ... Yeah, that DIDN'T HAPPEN. The sanctuary is a LIE! 

 

Day 76: Insect repellent 64 -> 63, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)
NOTE: Rations -1 (9 left)

Guys, guys, is my hair still looking good~? Yeah that tropical storm did not pass today! Good thing we have some rations to consume as we wait. This is like watching a puppet show at the markets, except we're IN this story, and any slip up will murder us! 

 

Day 77: Insect repellent 63 -> 62, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)
NOTE: Rations -1 (8 left)

Okay, alright, yeah, I get it, the weather sucks, the climate does also. Is it normal for these tropical storms to last THIS long? Please tell me it'll end soon, even these bookworms tell us it's non-magical. No, that storm remained.

 

Day 78: Insect repellent 62 -> 61, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)

Wow, I can barely believe it, the storm came to an end! ... Who would have thought! I can finally stretch my limbs and walk! Woo! We resumed our journey and reached River Tiryki, and got ourselves some water. (76 exploration EXP)

 

Day 79: Insect repellent 61 -> 60, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)

No encounters this day.

 

Day 80: Insect repellent 60 -> 59, incense 10/10 (Streth 0)

We approached a rock structure in the distance which resembles the description of Fire Finger. It's approximately 300 ft tall and it looks like a watch tower that nature built. At the top of the structure there is a flame visible, likely of magical nature. Azaka needed us to head here, and we discussed what could be expected of the location.

She warned us about the so-called Terrorfolk that live here, large flying creatures that tend to travel in packs, smart like an average humanoid, capable of speech, but nastier than the average drunk you'd find at the taverns. These guys only seem to care about looting innocent travelers before casually dropping them of high heights or to otherwise kill them, purposelessly. They seem to like things of value, like gems and artifacts, rather than plain currency gold. And we're also warned that they tend to inflict a sense of fear onto those that get too close. Well, yeah, packs of large monsters, merciless nature. HMM, I wonder how well we'll do there. 

We set up camp to prepare ourselves and wait for the sun to set, so we can enter at night. They have no superiority in the dark, which is of benefit to us, they are like blind, little humans. I noticed at the camp that Azaka is terrified, and I wonder why, perhaps she has been here before. After all, how would she know they kept something that belongs to her family in there. Is it a treasure? 

In the evening, we'll enter this tower and pray for the best outcome. If it'll turn into a disaster, it better be funny before I die!