>>5350341>>5350542>Your work here is finished. You are happy and relieved. Thank her with all the energy you have left, then fall back into unconsciousness and let yourself rest and recover. (Long Rest)You barely manage to whisper a "thank you". [b:lit]You close your eyes and the dismal Barovian woods fade into nothingness.[/b:lit]
...
You are standing at the Sea Ward docks in the city of Waterdeep, looking over the ships as they come and go from the Sea of Swords. You had known that the ocean was big, but you had no idea it was [i:lit]this[/i:lit] big. You can't even see the end of it.
You came here to Waterdeep with your family - a five day trip - because your dad had a business endeavour or some such. However, your sister Joannus did not travel with you. She was already in Waterdeep when you got here.
Joannus is standing next to you now, polishing an iron helmet. She doesn't seem too interested by the sea. She is only a teenager, yet she towers over you.
You decide to ask the question that's been on your mind for a while. "I miss you. Are you coming home soon?"
She smiles, though it may be from amusement; you hope she's not laughing at you. It took a lot of courage to ask that!
"Soon," she says. "I've still got that work to attend to, remember?"
She called it "mercenary work" but she explained that that isn't really what it is - it's just the technicality of the title. It's more dangerous than it sounds. "I can't believe you're going out there," you say. "What if the boat sinks?"
"Mikel is a great captain," she says. "His crew's been sailing with him for... well, decades. If they're still here, one trip won't kill me."
"Mom said you're stupid for leaving for so often," you say. "She hates you."
"Oh?" she says. "What do [i:lit]you[/i:lit] think?"
"I couldn't go on adventures like this," you say. "I'm not brave enough to leave home, and I won't ever put myself in danger. It isn't worth it."
Behind you, you can see your mother is coming - she's done with the magistrate. Guess Aranuel will want to go back to the Yawning Portal now.
Aranuel chuckles. "It's not like you, that's for sure," she says. "But at least you make Mom happy. And hey... it's really nice to see you, Aranuel."
"Come home soon," you say, smiling in return.
You look up to her. It's true that you could never live her life, and you wouldn't want to; but the thought of it fills you with awe.
...
[b:lit]Long Rest[/b:lit]
You rest for 8 hours. You regain all expended spell slots, half of all expended hit dice, and lose 1 level of Exhaustion.
You dropped from Exhastion Level 5 to Exhaustion Level 4, so you lose the following penalties:
- You are no longer immobile, but you still suffer from half speed. (15 ft/turn instead of 30ft/turn)
You return to max HP. Your total HP is now 26*/46. [i:lit](*HP maximum is halved due to Exhaustion Level 4.)[/i:lit]
[b:lit]You gained 1,000 XP, putting your total XP at 11,725.[/b:lit]
[b:lit](2,275 XP remaining until 6th level.)[/b:lit]
(cont.)
