The Sacrifice Camp (OOC)

The stone table is not 'improvised', it looks ancient, like it has 'been here longer than the forest itself' somehow.

@vagueGM, this old oak with a table underneath, is that something that either Olden or Albert might know about? If it's something religious, perhaps we've heard of it? Maybe it gives us some idea of how to delay or stop the sacrifice.

Stone tables and sacrifice are commonly linked in myth and legend. Presumably those with religious leanings have at least heard of this in stories.

You are all welcome to add bits to the legend, and to use those in your approach here. The existence of a stone table in these parts is a surprise to everyone, though.

Olden has heard some hair-raising stories from travelling jongleurs of rites involving sacrificial daises and ceremonial cups used to collect blood. He might ask about that later (and about the latter in particular) but his first instinct upon hearing about Theo's condition would be to see if something can be done for him by anyone in the group.

I'll be watching you. :D

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Hehe, no worries. It took me a minute to realize what was wrong with that name. And then another one to think of the actual name. :P

I'll be watching you. :D

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Hehe, no worries. It took me a minute to realize what was wrong with that name. And then another one to think of the actual name. :P

Oi, the poor old sod went to enough trouble to get there. He isn't going anywhere in a hurry :D

He too is watching to see what Albert says to that rabble rousing god of his ... *Olden wags his brows*

I read some of those Ahsa / Asha posts and was utterly confused. I assumed the latter was what people were expecting the name to be

Hehe. I was referencing the song "Every breath your take" by "The Police" :P Maybe I was a bit too subtle. Your prayer made me think of it.

That aside, I really like the addition of the prayer psalm :) Please keep them coming!
I'm not sure how much you read, but at some point we were in a sort of cave with many crystals. This was under the undead temple. We lost Asha at some point and found her again with some curious new talents. From that point on, vague started referring to her as "Ahsa". We thought it was a typo at first ;)

We still don't really KNOW about it IC, but there are suspicions. It might be a cool twist if Selusia or a follower there-of would be able to pick up on that.

I definitely was too dense to get the "Every breath you take" reference there. Bit of a lost cause here and, likely, need to send some messages off in a bottle.

As far as I can recall, the woman, as far as it's been played out, is bound by nothing more than threats and cajolement, mostly from Roald's side.

Thanks for the Ahsa note, @TheGenerator. I flipped through a number of the old IC posts but hadn't read that part. Curious!

So, what do we want to do? This needn't be what the characters want if you have something that you want to have happen outside of their control.

You can talk to your prisoner more, though she does not seem all the informed.
You can get Theo out of the cage and see how he is or even work on getting him revived and involved.
You can make a plan on how to deal with your prisoner while you do other things.
You can try to persuade your prisoner to come along and 'help'.
You can scout more and try to find Phil and the girl.
You can confront the dancers (while calling them 'witches' if that helps your consciences).
You can do something else completely (this list was just off the top of my head since it seems progress may have stalled.

TL;DR version:
Voting for a combination of #2 #3 and #4 above, and the horror movie cliche of, "Let's split up!"

Very likely a terrible idea that I'm not wedded to so I'm happy to see what else is proposed and to play along

I was thinking of letting one of the NPCs (Daryl or Limpy) keep an eye on 'Lady' (that's what we're calling her, right?). That way the entire PC party can go to where the action is.
We can still split up into team Theo and team Phil & Theorella (I forgot the name you gave her, vague but it was something like that :P) if that's what we want to do. But, I kinda like sticking together.

Limpy will be disappointed to not get to see ... um... nevermind. But he can stand guard over Lady.

While this is not D&D where splitting the party is contraindicated by the rules and Encounter Design, 'horror movie logic' and real-world tactics do agree that there is strength in numbers. This mainly applies when you confront the witches, though, so if you wanted to scout and free Theo at the same time that might be a good use of your time... unless you get spotted doing either of those.

Hehe. Exactly :D But that kinda thing never goes wrong.

Sticking together sounds way less ... ominous ?

I would also prefer sticking together for the same reason that I rather not lose one of the team to watch the lady.
Do we need to guard her? Are we convinced she is on our side?
That way we can just leave her be.
I vote for getting theo out first. But since this is no theocracy (hehe) , Roald will settle for a better plan if provided.

No. And no.
She looks like she will just sit there --for a while-- if you leave her. She says she does not want to go back to the 'witches'.
It does sound like we have a majority vote for getting Theo out first.

Norbert is also on board to get Theo first.

Alright. I think that is decided then. :)

Someone needs to roll something for it. If we are just doing a simple 'check we are not being watch and go get him' then maybe a WIS/Survival roll will tell us how long it takes? Or do we want to go into more detail and add the risk of being spotted while doing that?