d20 Pony

CHA

Yoshimon1

Clearly this is a misunderstanding. We're no Kirin, just some foreign travelers trying to get over the mountains. If there's any arrangements they made with the locals about not coming to this area, then we didn't know about it and we're sorry for bothering them. We're actually looking for a demon living on the other side, so if they can point us in the right direction, we'll be out of their fur again as fast as we can.

Nan Yunjishan

Random Encounter

[Persuasion] You roll a 10 (required 10). Success!

You figure that if the creature can talk, then surely it can be reasoned with. With that in mind, you attempt to politely explain that you are not Kirin. The imp's eyes narrow, and its demeanour quickly changes.

Imp: "Hah? You speak Impish? What are you?"

You respond that you are travellers from far away, and that you only seek to cross the mountains to meet with a demon on the eastern side. You then follow with an apologetic bow for unknowingly intruding into the imp's territory. This seems to give it pause.

Imp: "Hnn... eastern side. Over that way?"

The creature thumbs behind itself inquiringly, and you nod in confirmation. At that, it grins toothily — and throws its snowball right at you! You flinch, but the moment the snow leaves the imp's hand, it bursts into a raging storm.

Imp: "Off you go! Kh ha ha ha!"

You and your friends shield your eyes as you are suddenly enveloped in a blinding blizzard. Then, a few frigid seconds later, the snow disperses in a short flurry. You notice that the imp is gone, and a quick look around reveals that you have been transported to a completely different mountain.

Honourshine: "What... just happened?"

You walk up to the nearest ledge, and find yourself standing on what appears to be the eastern bound of the mountain range. Whatever the imp just did certainly seems to have sped you along your journey. You figure that perhaps it wasn't so bad after all!

Tsu-Ko: "Hmph! You got lucky."

Either way, you pull out your sketchy map, and attempt to figure out where exactly you ended up. Before you, the wooded terrain is riddled with large, water-filled craters. You can only hope that whatever event wreaked such havoc upon this land ended long ago.

To the north, a few hills roll between wide stretches of grassy plains. If a river courses under the distant fog, then you cannot see it from here, leaving you with only the mountains to situate yourself.

To the east is more of the same. At a glance, you do not see any oak trees, let alone a single hilltop one. Scouring the area in search of such a tree may take a while, assuming there is only one of its kind. At least you are ahead of schedule.

	5Yoshimon1:
	We already saved time by crossing over the mountains instead of going around, so we might as well follow the detailed instructions we got even if it's a bit slower than the direct path. The river and demon village should be easier to spot from up here than a single tree somewhere, so let's start looking for those.
	#507519 Dec 2025

	4The Mortal Paper Fist:
	We have a map and the directions from Quin, so why not use them to locate the hut? Fly northwards until we spot the river, follow the river to the demon town and then head south until we reach the hut.
	#507215 Dec 2025

	The Mortal Paper Fist:► The Mortal Paper Fist (#5072)
	Tsu-Ko: "Hmph! You got lucky." No, that's called not being rude. Make others more willing to help you. You should try it once in a while. ;)
	#507315 Dec 2025*

	Skywind:
	Those water filled craters seems to be results of explosions from a battlefield probably from the war long ago now their giant lakes filled up with water from a massive rainy storm from the war aftermath. I'm also surprised that imp monkey was able to magically transport us to our destination with a snowball he throw and turning it into raging blizzard storm to swept us off our hooves to carry us to another part of the mountains impressive fast travel technique with ice I've give you that.
	#507014 Dec 2025

	Spamotron:► Skywind (#5070)
	They look like typical sinkholes to me. If this world has anything like Earth geology the underlying rock is probably karst or limestone.
	#507115 Dec 2025

	The Mortal Paper Fist:► Spamotron (#5071)
	In the museum (2025-03-03) we've learned about a demon who cut a mountain in half. Wouldn't surprise me if these lakes were originally craters formed during a titanic battle in the past.
	#507416 Dec 2025

	3nopony:
	Examine the water-filled craters. Ask Tsu-Ko if she knows anything about them.
	#506914 Dec 2025

	nopony:
	So Tsu-Ko can translate Impish too? She's like our Babel Fish!
	#506814 Dec 2025

	2Steady Gaze:
	Confer with Tsu-Ko and the party and do one of: - Flying northwest to the river, following it to the demon town, then flying south to the hermit. - Doing a more systematic search for the tree based on Equestrian Exploration Society techniques. The former is more sure than searching for a hard to find tree, but the fog may be dangerous. If needed, looking briefly to see if the tree actually is easy to spot and checking how bad the fog is are both reasonable steps before fully committing.
	#506716 Dec 2025*

	1spectrumancer:
	Well, we're high up, and that means... ...gliding time.
	#506614 Dec 2025