On Friday, August 1, 2025 5:35 PM via Emerald Flame wrote:
Nia would wonder about the effects on local creatures… are there signs that animal life survived this event? Or is at least returning to the area?
If wildlife is gone and not returning….well, that would be a bad sign.
As you get closer, it does seem as if the wildlife of the area is avoiding the site, and as for the site itself, some of the plants in the area are utterly dead, but the majority seem to be more scarred and potentially recovering. Either way, Nia also feels the unease hanging over everything in the area. [Give me a difficulty 5 Intellect task to learn something special, I think it's fair to apply your specialization in perception.]
Nia is keen to explore the cave, but she’s not luring her group to enter if she senses something malevolent is still active…
Nothing actively detrimental seems to be currently emanating from the cave, but as above, there's something wrong with the site. The forest isn't alive the way it would normally be, Nia senses, cued by her heritage and training. -- bss (Brian S. Stephan) | https://bss.zone/ | GPG: 0x80895FCB