Forest Guide
Get behind me, Dyria. I will draw the shadows onto my steel. Strike while the core is exposed.
The Forest Guide leaps over the rotting planks, his blade humming with a harsh, golden light. The shadowy tendrils whip toward him, recoiling from the touch of his ward.
Dyria
The fissure is drawing its power directly from the water beneath the boards.
Forest Guide
Now! It is shifting its grip!
Static dances across the metal of Dyria's gauntlets as she prepares to lunge.
The pulsating purple light of the fissure intensifies, momentarily blinding anyone foolish enough to look directly into the void.
+ Scene Quest Added
Defeat the shadowy entity
“Throw a sack of fish laying on the ground towards the entity and then immediately lunge striking it with my gauntlets”
SUCCESS (Legendary Melee Combat, rolled +0)
Dyria scoops up the heavy, brine-soaked burlap sack, swinging it with effortless momentum toward the center of the void.
Forest Guide
Distraction secured. Make it count, Dyria!
The sack strikes the shimmering center, causing the viscous tendrils to lash out blindly at the sudden impact.
Dyria pushes off the slick wood, her bladed gauntlets gleaming as she drives a precise strike into the exposed core.
A high, discordant shriek echoes through the alleyway as the fissure fractures, leaking a foul, cold mist.
Forest Guide
It is not done yet. Look out, more of them are clawing their way up from the harbor!
+ Scene Quest Added
Defeat the encroaching shadows
− Scene Quest Removed
Defeat the shadowy entity
“I use the walls to leap around the shadows and grab a nearby torch and then push a barrel of oil into the fissure lighting it with the torch”
SUCCESS (Superb Athletics, rolled +0)
Dyria launches herself off the mossy brick, her boots finding purchase on the slick stones above the fray.
Dyria
The oil barrel is heavier than it looks.
With a surge of strength, she heaves the heavy wooden cask toward the shimmering fracture.
Forest Guide
Get back! That blast is going to be fierce!
Dyria swings the burning torch, arcing it through the damp air until it strikes the splintering wood of the barrel.
A sudden, blinding roar of flames erupts as the oil ignites, bathing the alley in an intense, gold light that forces the violet shadows to recoil.
Forest Guide
The core is exposed now, Dyria. Strike it while the fire holds the dark at bay!
Quest Complete
Defeat the encroaching shadows