Setonian Empire [the search]

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran pulls himself up onto the horse, watching the interaction between the two curiously. "Krahl, what are the lands like?" he asks curiously, looking to him. "It might be good to know what we're facing." He smiles and waves politely to the villagers as they go about their day, nodding his head thankfully.

[Geech000]

Krahl blinks several times, thinking hard. It had been a long time since he had been there. "Land flat. Few hills. No trees, 'scept at ponds. Tribes follow herds, no need towns. Many horses. Feherloo good with horses."

((I'm guessing based on Wiki's Description of a Steppe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppe). Please correct me if I have gotten anything wrong or left out things which Krahl would know.))

[Jongluer]

Marcuus steps out as he hears Krahl describe the plains and says, "We'll probably be better off going across them. The flat land would allow us a good travel place, and Krahl's knowledge of the region is a definite plus. Also, even with the chance of attack from the Feherloo we might have a better chance of dealing with them diplomatically than the peoples along the Hard Coast."

[Geech000]

Krahl nods. "Krahl think good plan."

[Truwar]

Butch shrugs and takes a long drag from his cigar, releasing a spicy smelling cloud of blue smoke as he begins to speak. Sounds like ah winner ta me, sounds like Krahl knows this place like the back o’ his hand and iffin he thinks it’s safe ta travel though, I trust ‘im.

[Truwar]

((Double Post, sorry))

[Yawielas]

Ely tries to make her horse go over to Krahl and smiles. "Great, Krahl. It'll be nice to see where you come from."

[amanodel]

After a long waving-goodbye session, you finally leave the small town behind, and head to the great Brenwannian forest. Compared to the southern forests you've been in, the Brenwannian woods are much colder and mistier, altough not as dense with bushes and other undergrowth. You follow a small road, but many times, it ends, and you have to travel next to small rivers or creeks to avoid getting lost. Fortunately Krahl have spent much of his life in nature, and somehow he can always find the way back to a nearby road.

You travel until the nightfall without problem, only stopping once to eat from the goods the townsfolk gave to you. The night catches you in the middle of the forest. The mist makes it even harder to see, altough the moon is fully up to light your path.


(Geech, you got the plains all right!)

[Geech000]

As night falls, Krahl stops his horse and looks to Marcuus. Krahl was not used to leading, but he remembered how the trackers signaled the tribe and he did his best to find good paths like they did. It was not the tracker's job to stop the tribe for the night, that was the chief's job, but Krahl knew it was best not to continue riding at night.

((Hooray for wiki!))

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran frowns, pulling his cloak about him closer as they travel. He hated the cold, why couldn't more places be tropical or at least WARM he wonders. As they stop, he smiles slightly and quickly sets to gathering wood for a fire. He sets it up and quickly as he can gets it burning, trying to remember not to burn all the wood at once. "Nice lands," he remarks, looking around at the misty forest.

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

The dwarf is clearly quite comfortable with the cooler temperatures, although she rides along somewhat poorly in her usual semi-meditative, semi-taciturn way. She goes through her usual ritual of blessing the campsite as its setup, then starts to inspect and sharpen her spears.

[Truwar]

As the party stops in the wilderness to rest for the night, Butch looks a bit ruefully at his bedroll. Don’t suppose theres much in the way o’ good inns on the plain are there, Krahl? Nah, don’t tell me… I’d like ta at least have the hope o’ sleepin’ somewhere besides the ground before we get back ta the Setonian's turf. Don't suppose any o' us will do much in the way o' peaceful dreamin' once we're there...

[Yawielas]

Ely slides off her horse and grins at Butch. "I have no problem with sleeping under the open sky. It's open, and it's free. Unless it's raining, of course." She reaches up to unfasten her saddlebags, and starts looking for something supper-like in their luggage.

[Geech000]

Krahl opens his mouth to reply to Bitch, but stops when told not to. He looks a little confused but shrugs it off.

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran chuckles softly. "Probably not, but its not so bad out here," he says. "An inn would be nice though." He chuckles softly as he pokes at the fire. Encendar sits on the ground, much too close staring intently into the flames.

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

"You're too soft, Kitaran," the dwarf says. "It will catch up to you some day if you're not careful."

[amanodel]

(Sorry, I was away at my grandmother for the half of the week.)

You quickly make a camp for the night, and after a light dinner, you go to sleep. Aside from the constant and sometimes really embarassing howlings, you sleep well. The night was cold, and even a light rain came down upon you to make it feel even colder.

But these drawbacks aside next morning you wake up relatively fresh.


(Will be moving the plot soon, don't worry :) )

[Truwar]

Butch shivers and pulls his heavy cloak around him tighter. Puffing at his cigar, almost as if he is trying to draw in heat from it, he glances over at Krahl. So, it goin’ ta get any warmer down here or are we gonna freeze our rumps from here ta Seton City? Glancing over Elysia a brief shadow of concern crosses his face. How ya holdin’ up missy? You aint exactly endowed in the insulation department.

[Yawielas]

Ely smiles a little at Butch. "I'm good. I'm used to the cold. Besides, I can curl up under my blanket quite easily, my toes don't stick out like yours." She grins.

[Geech000]

In the morning Krahl shakes himself and thumps his shoulders a few times to get the circulation going again. Before replying to Butch's question, he grabs his waterskin, pokes it a few times, then takes a drink. Finally he replies, "Tribe need no break water. Today is not cold. We go up more then it get cold."

[amanodel]

With Krahl's ancinet wisdoms and Btch's snarky remarks, your journey is easy and, well... full of snarky remarks, you even enjoy the travel through the mysterious Brenwann woods. You haven't seen a village for days, and have only met with a pari of travellers, but they didn't understant your language, so you hadn't the chance to talk with them.

Only one thing is bugging you. The howls at midnight start to get creepier every night. You have known the wolfsmen of the region, but this constant howling at the night sound way more sinister.

The third night came quickly in your travels, and you maaged to find a place near the raod, a small clearance in the forest.

Butch was awake during the watch, playing with his cigar, and Encendar, when he heard the unearthly howls coming from very close. Too close for even the bugbear's taste, the sounds seemed to origin from the forest right next to the small camp.

[Truwar]

The hairs Butch’s neck stand on end as the howls tear through the night at such a close distance. Setting Encendar down with a whispered admonition for him to wake his master, Butch stealthily glides from teammate to teammate, waking them up with a shake and a finger pressed to his lips. He then finds a likely space from which to ambush anything that might come rushing into their camp.

Hide: [roll0]

[Yawielas]

Ely's amber eyes open as Butch shakes her awake, and they turn wide at the sound of howling. She sits up quietly, reaching for her bow, and nocks an arrow, peering into the dark woods.

[Geech000]

Krahl startles awake when Butch shakes him. It rapidly becomes clear to him what is going on; The tribe needs to defend itself again. Krahl picks up his ax and moves to protect Bjera. I won't allow anything to harm the tribe.

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran is awoke with a slight start as Encendar jumps in his middle, chittering to him quietly. He frowns is about to start admonishing the imp when he glances to the others. He pushes his way up from his bedroll, gathering Encendar onto his shoulder as he does. He quietly mouths 'What it it?' towards Ely and Krahl.

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

The dwarf is awake nearly instantly, and stands next to Krahl with spear in hand, silent approval of this arrangement on her face.

[amanodel]

A few moments of tension-raising waiting passes in nearly complete silence. Only the ocassional noises coming from the bushes outside the camp breaks the utter silnce. Then with growling and howling, four wolf-like creatures rush out from the woods, coming from different directions, all going towards you near the centre of the camp.

These creatures, altough resembling to the wolfmen, are clearly not members of that race. They eyes radiate hellish red light, and their features are distorted, as if they were neither men or wolf. They are barking wildly, as if they were mad, as they quickly close on you. You reckongize the creatures as were-wolves, foul creatures under the feared Brennwan curse. It seems they didn't notice Butch at the shadow of a large tree, and ran past him in their charge to the camp.




Combat begins, no surprise rounds. The were-wolves' initiative is [roll0]

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran frowns deeply, his hands arching together as he casts a spell, an almost intangible force spreads across his body.


Initiative: 1D20+4 = [7]+4 = 11 (http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=3147)
Casting Mage Armor
HP: 21
AC: 16

[Geech000]

Krahl

Krahl snarls back at the were-wolves and lashes out at the nearest with his great ax.

Initiative vs Werewolves (1d20+1=9) (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1396389)
Attacking Werewolf (1d20+10=19) (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1396391)
Damage to Werewolf (1d12+7=14) (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1396393)

HP: 51 /51
AC: 16

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

The dwarf prays to Odin for strength (casting Divine Favor) and then replaces the spear in her hand with one of the others from her back. (Swapping a masterwork for a silvered spear)


Initiative: 1d20+1=14 (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1396412)

[Yawielas]

(Could you roll for me? )

Ely fires an arrow at the closest werewolf.

[Truwar]

Butch waits until a were-wolf moves close enough to his hiding place, then quickly strikes, seeking to do as much damage as possible while the creature is still flat on its feet.

On hand attack(Drow Scimitar): [roll0]
Off hand attack(Drow Kukri): [roll1]

On hand damage(Drow Scimitar): [roll2] + sneak attack [roll3]
Off hand damage(Drow Kukri): [roll4] + sneak attack [roll5]

[amanodel]

The wolves rush out from the surrounding bushes, and jump on Marcuus. The first and the second attacks him, and with their flainking tactics, the second manages to tear into Marcuus' skin. (4 damage)
The third wolf attacks Bjera, and bites the dwarf's shoulder. (7 damage)
The largest werewolf, which seems to be even more sinister than the rest three, closes on Krahl, and tries to bring down the strongest foe quickly. It moves alomst supernaturally fast, and drives it's foul teeth into the orc. (9 damage, forst save succeeded.)

Bjera pulls out a silvered spear, and asks her god's help for the battle, and faces the wolf menacing her.

Butch strikes the first werewolf, and drives his kukri into the beast. Altough the hit would be devastating, striking directly into the creature's heart, the wolf remains on his feet. (critted, but the DR negated most of the hit)

Kitaran whispered a protective magic, and a barely visible force surrounded the mage, protecting him.

Krahl swinged his massive axe, and score a brutal hit, which would outright kill a lesser creature, yet it barely effected the cursed were-wolf.

Ely, who luckily wasn't attacked directly by the wolves, shot an arrow at the wolf, but her arrow failed to do any damage to the unholy creature of the night.

Marcuus readied himself for the fight, and asked his patron to grant him strenght to fight these beasts (casting Bull's STR).

Wolf 1 16/20 HP vs Marcuus
Wolf 2 vs Marcuus
Wolf 3
Alpha Wolf 24/28 HP
Bjera 14, -7HP
Butch 12
Kitaran 11
Krahl 9, -9HP
Elysia 8
Marcuus 7, -4HP

[Yawielas]

(Do I remember correctly, did Ely have a silver dagger?)

Ely draws her daggers, and tumbles past a werewolf, trying to hamstring it.

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

HP: 35/41 (she has DR 1/-)
AC: 19

The dwarf woman growls her defiance of the beast attacking her and thrusts at it with her silvered spear.

Attack/Damage: 1d20+7=15, 1d6+2=5 (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1408531)

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran backs away, attempting to put those of the group with more martial prowess between him and the wolves. He drops his hand to his side, clawing at the air as a ball of fire forms in his hand which he then flings at the nearest wolf (preferably one already in combat).


Ranged Touch Attack: 1D20+4 = [3]+4 = 7 (http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=3379) (8 if within 30')
Damage: 2D8 = [5, 5] = 10 (http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=3379) (11 if within 30')

[Truwar]

Butch drops the kukri and tumbles towards the werewolf Elysia is fighting (( Tumble 1d20+9 )) and drives his scimitar into the creature with both hands.

Scimitar Attack: [roll0]
Scimitar Damage: [roll1] + sneak attack: [roll2]

[Geech000]

Krahl roars in anger and pain. He tries to shove the large werewolf back long enough that he can turn to swing at the werewolf attacking Bjera.


HP: 42/51
AC: 14

5-ft step, if necessary, to get within reach of wolf 3 and swing at wolf 3. If I can't reach him without provoking an AoO, just swing at the alpha wolf.

Power Attack (1) at Werewolf (1d20+9=28) (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1410670)
Damage to Werewolf (1d12+9=13) (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1410671)

[amanodel]

The first and the second wolves continue flanking Marcuus, and the second was able to bite into his arm. (8 damage)

The third wolf attacks Bjera, but the dwarf woman shoved the werewolf's head away with her spear.

The packleader attacks Krahl again, but the orc evaded the bite.

Bjera counterattacks, and her silvered spear tore into the beast's flesh, and the werewolf screamed from the pain.

Since Ely is not in danger, and she was firing arrows only at the beasts fighting with Marcuus, Butch can continue his attack. His scimitar is fast and well-aimied, and cuts deep into the monsters flesh.

Kitaran's fire magic was shot in just too much haste, and he missed the werewolf, altough it caused them to stop for a moment, as they looked at the magician.

Krahl could make it to Bjera's attacker with a swift step, and he swung his greataxe, wuonding the third wolf somewhat.

Ely attacked the second were-wolf, but she missed the agile creature. (I don't remember if it was a silvered dagger or not. I'd say it could be a masterwork silvered spear, so she has some chance to really hit the werewolves.)

Marcuus, now magically strenghtened, attacks the first, already wounded werewolf, and his bastard sword hits hard, overcoming the creature's unnaturally tough body.

The first wolf is in a bad shape, but it won't surrender, it keeps attacking Marcuus and bites the human once again 5 damage. The champion now bleeds from many wounds.

The second wolf, seeing that Marcuus is wounded, turns at Ely, bit misses the agile elf girl.

The third wolf bites Bjera once again (8-1=7 damage), biting her arm.

The alpha wolf goes after Krahl, and bites the orc in the back, tearing his flesh with great power (6 damage, fort save DC15 or catch lycantrophy).

Wolf 1 5/20 HP vs Marcuus
Wolf 2 vs Marcuus
Wolf 3 12/20 HP vs Bjera
Alpha Wolf 24/28 HP
paused here
Bjera 14, -13HP
Butch 12
Kitaran 11
Krahl 9, -15HP
Elysia 8
Marcuus 7, -17HP

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran's voice booms out. "BEGONE or I will burn you to the ground!" as his hand arcs back again, a ball of flame forming in his hand. He points towards the Alpha as he flings the ball of flame forward at it, gritting his teeth.


Casting Lesser Orb of Fire again:
Attack: 1D20+6 = [10]+6 = 16 (http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=3483)
Damage: 2D8+1 = [4, 3]+1 = 8 (http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=3483)

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

The cleric lashes out with her spear again, uncaring about her injuries for the moment.

Attack/Damage: 1d20+7=23, 1d6+2=6 (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1412228)

[Yawielas]

Ely also stabs at "her" werewolf again, with her silvered spear ( ;) ), taking a moment to give Marcuus a concerned look.

[Geech000]

Krahl

Krahl snarls back at the big wolf biting him in the back, but doesn't turn to face it. His wounds are not sufficient to force him to fight off the leader of the were-wolves, especially when the other wolf continues to hurt Bjera. His face is contorted with rage as he draws his ax back for a mighty blow.


HP: 44/59
AC: 12

Activate Rage and attack Wolf 3 again, power attacking for 3.

Power Attack (3) at Werewolf (1d20+9=19) (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1413244)
Damage to Werewolf (1d12+16=21) (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1413246)

[Truwar]

Butch circles the were-wolf in tandem with Elysia, forcing the creature to defend itself from two different directions. As soon as an opening presents itself he strikes with a brutal two-handed blow from his scimitar.

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1] + Sneak Attack Damage: [roll2]

[amanodel]

Bjera attacks with her spear, and the silvered spear ruptures the wolf's belly.

Butch continues to attack the first wolf, and with a tremendous blow, he cuts the beast's chest open. The wolf falls with a horrifzing howl.

Kitaran aims his spell better this time, and burns the biggest were-wolf badly.

Krahl delivers a mighty blow the the third wolf, hitting it in the back. The powerful blow threw the creature to the ground with it's back cut open.

Ely attacks the second wolf fighting with Marcuus, but she misses the creature.

Marcuus is wounded, but he's not down, he attacks the second wolf, but it seems this beast is more evasive than the rest of his kin, and dodged the bastard sword.

Luckily, these dodges off-balanced the wolf enough to miss his attack, aimed at Marcuus.

The alpha wolf attacked Krahl again, and bites the raging orc's neck. Luckily, it was a weak attack, so it didn't manage to break the barbarian's neck, altough it was more than painful (6 damage).


Wolf 1
Wolf 2 vs Marcuus
Wolf 3
Alpha Wolf 16/28 HP
paused here
Bjera 14, -13HP
Butch 12
Kitaran 11
Krahl 9, -21HP
Elysia 8
Marcuus 7, -17HP

[Yawielas]

Ely stabs at the werewolf again, trying to work with Marcuus.

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

The dwarf prays to her god, reaching out to touch the powerful orc standing with her.

(Dropping Augury and casting CMW on Krahl. 2d8+4=10 (http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1426268) HP healed.)

[Truwar]

Butch flips and tumbles with surprising grace for someone so bulky, towards the werewolf Ely is fighting, flanking it and striking for a vital spot with his blade.

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll]1d6+8[/roll sneak attack damage [roll1]

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran frowns deeply and steps towards the fire. He draws his hand back, seemingly scooping out a ball of flame. "Apparently you weren't listening," he growls and whips the flame foward at the Alpha again.


Attack: 1D20+6 = [8]+6 = 14 (http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=3717)
Damage: 2D8+1 = [6, 3]+1 = 10 (http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=3717)

Um, I think his attacks should be at a -4 since the Alpha is engaged with Marcus. I hadn't accounted for that...

[amanodel]

DM Note:

Sorry for the delay, I've got alot of stuff to do. I'll be moving to Paris in a few weeks, and I have to arrange just too many stuff before leaving. I'll try t get a post up tomorrow or the like. Perhaps even a reply from da Geech (or dare I say, Jongluer) arrives until then.

[Yawielas]

(I'll be away for Christmas from the 21st to the 26th)

[amanodel]

Bjera moves next to Krahl, and heals the orc's wounds with her divine magic.

Butch moves on to second were-wolf, andstabs it, altough he barely manages to overcome the creature's unholy toughness.

Kitaran's bad luck continues, he missess the wre-wolf with his fire orb, which only manages to burn the leaves of the nearby trees instead of the monster's flesh.

Krahl, healed by Bjera, turns on the Alpha male, and hits it with a terrific blow, cutting deep into it's skin.

Elysia surprised th second were-wolf, and sunk her silvery dagger into the creature from behind, wounding it badly.

Marcuus attacked the creature as well, but his swing just went over the head of the ducking were-wolf.

Seeing that they lost half of the pack, and the enemy stands strong, the were-wolves decide to withdraw from the battle. The alpha howls in an eerie, high-pitched sound, and then both wolves abandoned their fights, and started to retreat to the woods.

(Battle is effectively over. You can take AoO's against the fleeing creatures if you wished to.)

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera will take a swing at the alpha male as he retreats, and throw a spear as well, if he's still in range on her next action.

[Truwar]

Hoping to capitalize on the distraction Elysia’s silver dagger is causing the werewolf, Butch delivers a heavy, two-handed strike to the most vulnerable spot he can find on the creature.

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1] sneak attack [roll2]

[Yawielas]

Ely too swings for the werewolf as he runs.

[amanodel]

The remaining two were-wolves run for the woods, but they are not quick enough, and Butch and Bjera manage to wound them further. Nevertheless, the monsters manage to get away, and soon they totally disappear in the shadows of the midnight woods, the only trace they leave is their blood reflecting the silvery light of the full moon.

[Yawielas]

Ely turns to the others. "I don't know much about monsters....but those were werewolves, right? Is anyone...infected? How're you all doin'? Marcuus? Krahl? Butch? Bjera?"

[Truwar]

Butch raises an eyebrow. Infected? They got a yap full o’ rabies or sumthin’?

[Santanya]

Kitaran

"Not quite," Kitaran says, shaking his head. "I am uninjured," he says as he moves toward Bjera to make sure she was alright. They had traveled together long enough he was worried, as well as for the others. He shakes his head slightly. "I need more practice flinging fire," he says with an unhappy huff.

[Geech000]

((Whoops, I was on break and didn't get much on anything done online.))

Krahl snarls after the retreating werewolves, but stays next to Bjera. He does give one last swing into the fallen werewolf by him, making sure it will never get up again. He glares at the forest were the wolves ran off for a moment before relaxing and lowering his ax. He looks around at the others, panting and says. "I not hurt bad. Where 'fected'? Krahl not think he in 'fected'."

[amanodel]

None of you start to grow fangs nd begin to howl at the moon, so you are possibly safe from the lycantrophy.

The last two were-wolves were able to get away, and minutes later, you can hear their painful howls coming from far away.

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

The dwarf goes around praying over the injured, healing their wounds, tending to her own last of all. There's a fierce gleam in her eye that might called pride.

[Yawielas]

Ely pats Krahl's hand. "Don't worry about it, I don't think any of us are infected."

[Truwar]

Looking at the cooling corpses of the werewolves, Butch grunts in disgust. Whelp, leave it ta us ta get attacked by the kind o’ bandits that don’t carry a money pouch, or at least sumthin’ ya can loot besides the makin’s for a rug. Which way do we take areselfs now, Krahl ole’ buddy?

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran frowns towards the corpses as Butch speaks. "Well, that may not be entirely true," he says, glancing towards the man. "There's probably a few arcane casters about that might pay for their blood if we could collect it," he says, with a slight shrug. "Though we would need to collect it somehow."

[Geech000]

Krahl, still rather confused by the whole 'infected' thing, glances around at the woods to make sure they are in fact still woods and didn't turn into a 'fected' while he wasn't looking. Seeing nothing to worry about, he considers how they would transport were-wolf blood. He scratches his head and hesitantly says, "Waterskins?"

[amanodel]

OOC GM post

I'll be travelling to Paris tomorrow, and won't be able to post for a while. You could RP with some conversations during my absence, and since you're able roleplayers, you can move the jouney forward during it if you wish to. I'll try to get back within a week.

[Yawielas]

Have a safe trip:) Enjoy Paris.

[amanodel]

Ok, I've arrived without problems, so if you are still around, we can continue. Who's still here?

[Geech000]

I'm still here. I'm working around school, but I'll try to check in regularly.

[Yawielas]

I'm here:)

[Santanya]

((I'm still here.))

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

(Also still here)

[Truwar]

((I am here, work is just a tad crazy))

[amanodel]

After the night of werewolf-disturbed sleep, you get up lately, and still rather tired.

Any sign of the werewolves are gone, save for the slain ones. These rather disgusting creatures started to change back to their human forms when slain, but death got them before, and now thew will lie until eternity in this hybrid form.

Being new to the forests of Brennwan, you don't know what to expect during your travel, but the road shows signs of frequent traffic, there may be a settlement not so far away.

[Yawielas]

Ely looks at the tracks, then at the others. "Maybe we can get supplies if there's a village up ahead."

[Geech000]

Krahl nods, ready to head on.

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran eyes the werewolf corpses and grins slightly suddenly. He scrounges in his pack and pulls out a vial of red ink. "Black will do for now," he says a bit unhappily as he uncorks and pours the ink out and begins trying to clean the vial the best he can. He moves to one of the corpses and does his best to collect a vial of the blood, wiping it clean and putting it into his pack when done.

"Ready when you all are," he says, seeming to grin slightly.

[amanodel]

You continue your travels, surprisingly undisturbed this time. At the end of the day, you reach a small Brennwanian village. It is similar to the one you came from, but much smaller, and not as tidy and prosperous. A warrior who was standing on the walls, spots your approach, and with one leap, he jumps down to the ground. He's not armored, and carries a long Brennwanian spear. He is a strong human, and his strong chest is unclad, revealing green and blue tattoos on his light skin. He has Brennwan-style, long light brown hair, and turquise eyes.

The man stops in the front of you, and he seems to be quite confident even when facing your obviously well-armed group. He crosses his arms briefly in front of his chest, a kind of Brennwannian greating. He speaks a few words to you in Brennwan, his own language. Altough you don't really speak Brennwan, you understand that he introduced himself as W'llor of the Thok clan, and the village as Morygg Thok, and asks you to introduce yourself.


OOC: did I ever tell the name of the village you saved? :/ I think so, but I couldn't find it no matter how many times I read through the archives.
Sorry for the delay; I was travelling a lot in the weekend.

[Truwar]

Butch takes a long pull from his cigar, and considers than man in front of them. Eyeing the long spear than warrior is holding, he decides to let Krahl do the talking, as he currently feels a bit out of his element.

[Geech000]

Krahl rests the head of his axe on the ground and places both of his hands on the pommel to indicate that they mean no harm. He looks back at Marcuus, knowing that it is not his place to speak first.

[amanodel]

Marcuus introduces the party members, by pointing to them, and saying their names. He gestures that you came from far away, and would like to eat and sleep. The young warrior looks at you for a long time, than he eyes the forest behindyou with a trained scout's eye, looking for possible ambushers hiding there. After a long minute, he gestures you to follow him into the village.

[Yawielas]

Ely smiles at the warrior, and skips after the others into town.

[amanodel]

The village is a tiny one indeed, only with a couple of wooden houses and yurt-like tents. The inhabitnants of the settlement seem to be very weary, suffering from hunger, and most of the males are injured. The majority of the people are humans, with some gnomes, and a few elves as minorities. They seem to be frightened of Butch, perhaps they have never seen a bugbear before.

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran follows the others into the village, looking around curiously as they go. He raises his eyebrow slightly as he notes the injured about the town as well as the general mood. "Almost seems like they just barely defended themselves from an attack," he comments quietly to the others. He moves his hand under his cloak, patting Encendar gently, attempting to keep his familiar calm and out of sight, at least for now.

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

"We should stay for a few days, and tend to the injured," Bjera says as she surveys the village.

[Yawielas]

Ely looks around curiously, especially at the few elves, then nods a little at Bjera. "I don't know nothin' about healing, but if you want to help them, sure."

[Geech000]

Krahl surveys the town silently. He gives a surprised grunt at Bjera's decision to stay, but voices no disagreement.

[Truwar]

Butch looks around at the frightened and injured folk of the walled village and sighs heavily, sending out a plume of bluish cigar-smoke. He then leans over to Elysia and whispers to her. Not sure iffin I like the lay o’ the land here, missy. Looks ta me like they jist came out second best in ah cat-scrap. Lets jist hope the winnin’ cat don’t come back ta finish the job.

[Yawielas]

Ely smiles up at Butch. "Well, if he does, he'll find this kitty has grown some new teeth and claws..."

[Truwar]

Butch grunts at Elysia’s confident response. Aww, now that’s jist sweet music ta me ears. Butch responds sarcastically. We get ta play conqeurin’ hero ta another passel o’ village-folk. ‘Cept this time, their aint no shiny artifact fer us, iffin we do it, jist a high chance o’ getting a double helpin’ o’ hide perforations. Yup, sweet music that is…

[Yawielas]

Ely smirks at Butch. "Don't worry, big guy. I'll protect ya if it comes to that." She gives him a playful shove, however, since she's about half his size, it's more like a swat.

[amanodel]

While looking for some place to stay, Bjera also looks out for the wounded. Altough you barely speak each others languages, the locals explain you that the local druid has gone mad, and his terrible beast servants are constantly preying on the villagers. It took them quite a few minutes to tell you that, but finally, you can understand what they are trying to say.

[amanodel]

Let's see if there are some players remaining around here.


When the night falls, suddenly, screams from the villagers break the silence, and you here a strange roar coming from the forest. Soon panic speads over the little village, everyone is running away, or trying to hide in their shacks.

Some members of the militia grab spears, and follow W'llor, the warrior who you met the afternoon.

[Yawielas]

Curious, Ely draws her daggers and sneaks after the warriors.

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran raises an eyebrow slightly as the warriors rise. He hisses to Encensar, bringing the small mephit to his side quickly as he follows with a glance to the others. "Something interesting is afoot," he says a slight grin forming across his face.


DarkLadyotheSith (Bjera) is currently on vaction, but would post if she could I'm sure. She should be back, but it'll be about 2 weeks before she is I believe.

[Geech000]

Krahl gets up and grabs his ax. He looks to the others to see where they are going.

[Truwar]

Ahh well aint this jist a beeyutiful kettle o’ fish. Butch leaps nimbly to his feet and lopes towards the source of the noise in the preternaturally stealthy way for which bugbears are know. He has not drawn his blades yet but seems ready for trouble.

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

Bjera grabs a pair of spears and follows along.

[amanodel]

You all go outside, to see what caused the turmoil. Just outside the city gate, you spot two terrible beasts you4ve never even heard of before. They have the size and the lower body of a strong grizzly bear, but they have a giant owl's head, with a horridly large beak.

Some of the militia try to stop the raging beasts with their long spears, but their attempt looks futile at the best.

W'llor, the proud warrior shouts orders while he runs for his own spear, and orders the women and children to be evacuated into safety. A young, ablebodied man tries to run away as well, but W'llor stops him with the hilt of his spear, and yells at him, then grabs him, and head towards the monsters.

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran tilts his head slightly eying the monsters. "Interesting," he says as he begins towards the gates. "Would be a shame for them to ruin such a nice place," he says as he reaches into his shirt, pulling Encendar free. "Lets have some fun," he says as he urges the small mephit onto his shoulder and spreads his hands, flames starting to form in his palms.


Getting ready to cast Lesser Orb of Fire to throw at the closer of the two beasts. Not sure if I would be able to get within range before anything else happened though.

[Truwar]

Whelp, that’s jist about what I was expectin’ ta lay eyes on. Least they aint blowin’ fire out their gobs or shootin’ acid outta their nostrils… With that Butch moves in for the kill, searching for one of the creatures that is distracted fighting a villager, tumbling if needed to get in a position to attack it from behind.

Tumble: [roll0]

Attack two-handed w/drow scimitar: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
Sneak attack damage: [roll3]

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran grins to Butch. "We can help them with that first part," he says as he moves.

[Yawielas]

Ely tries to sneak around the creatures, for a possible flank or back stab, brandishing a dagger in each hand.

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

The dwarf woman closes with the nearest of the creatures, thrusting her spear at it's bizarre head.

Attack: +7
Damage: 1d6 +2

[Geech000]

Krahl rushes up with Bjera, grim and silent. He swings his axe at the same one Bjera is attacking.

Attack: +10
Damage: 1d12+7

AC: 14
HP: 51/51

[amanodel]

As quickly as you can, you rush to the help of the village militia.

Marcuus and Bjera could get to a monster fighting with the locals to help them out. Bjera hits with her spear, but it hardly even penetrates the thick hide of the owlbear. The beast continues raging, and it choses the dwarf woman. A giant claw hits Bjera, causing her a great deal of pain (10 damage), but luckily she was still able to evade the menacing beak of the creature.

Ely, Krahl, and Butch enters into fight with the second beast. This one already fell two locals. Krahl's axe and Butch's wound it, and the owlbear screams in a voice you'll remember forever. The beast jumps at Krahl, and the orc wasn't quick enough. The claw of the owlbear hit him on the shoulder, and his arm was caught by the beak (14 damage).

Meanwhile at the back, Kitaran's forming magical fire in his hand, ready to unleash it on one of the beasts.

[Geech000]

Krahl snarls, taking a brief step back to get in a more powerful swing at the beast. The edges of his vision tinge red and blood pounds in his ears. He doesn't even notice Bjera cry out. This fight was no longer just defending his tribe. That ...creature... had hurt him, and that made this fight personal!


((Attacking the creature which hurt him, adding a power attack of 2. Not activating rage...yet.))
Attack: +8
Damage: 1d12+11

AC: 14
HP: 37/51

[Yawielas]

Ely tries to backstab the creature that hurt Krahl, nimbly ducking in with her two daggers and a determined face.

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran rears back his hands, aiming as carefully as he can at the beast fighting Bjera before whipping the first forward, flinging the ball of flame towards it with all of his might.


Attack: 1D20+6-4 = [14]+6-4 = 16 (http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=4775)
Damage:2D8 = [3, 3] = 6 (http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=4775)

[Truwar]

The curved drow dagger appears in Butch’s left hand, as if by magic, as he darts in and slashes viscously at the raging owl-beasts flanks.

Scimitar: Att: [roll0] dmg: [roll1] sneak attack: [roll2]
Kukri: Att: [roll3] dmg: [roll4] sneak attack: [roll5]

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

Bjera shrugs off the massive blow (Ow) and continues to keep fighting.

(Same numbers as before. And how many spells would Bjera have-- if this is the same day as they first arrived in town, she'd have depleted herself completely in healing the injured.)

[amanodel]

(Yes, it's still the same day, around 11 in the night)

Kitaran's ball of flame hits the owlbear, andexplodes upon impact; burning hair and feather alike. Bjear and Marcuus working together, attack the beast from opposite directions, and manage to wound it, altough the large creature are still very alive, and it mauls Marcuus. You hear the breaking of bones, and Bjera notices Marcuus' left arm was broken by the bugbear, and a terrible wound is visible where his shield used to be.

Butch and Karhl are capable of showing ferocity like the owlbear. Altough Krahl misses this time, the bugbear's deadly accurate as usual, and wounds the beast once again. It bleeds badly, but it doesn't seem to slow it down. It hits Krahl noe last time with one of it's claws (9 damage), then it turns it's attention towards the bugbear. The beast catches Butch with it's beak, causing him a great deal of pain (8 damage). Ely tried to attack the creature, but her attempt bounced off the hard skin of the owlbear.

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran frowns deeply as he brings his other hand around, flinging the second ball of flame towards the same beast again.


Lesser Orb of Fire again:
Attack: 1D20+6-4 = [10]+6-4 = 12 (http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=4788)
Damage: 2D8 = [4, 3] = 7 (http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=4788)

[Truwar]

Butch grunts in pain as the owlbear’s beak tears into his side. Dancing agilely back, he then darts in again as soon as the creature is distracted by Krahl or Ely.

Scimitar: Att: [roll0] dmg: [roll1] sneak attack: [roll2]
Kukri: Att: [roll3] dmg: [roll4] sneak attack: [roll5]

[Geech000]

Krahl

"Don't turn your back on me! GRRRAHHH!" Krahl snarls in Feher, ending in an angry roar. Between his injuries and the creature's insult to him, Krahl has had enough and he loses control of his anger. His vision turns red and all he is truly aware of is himself and the beast in front of him. He takes another swing at the back of the beast.

((Activating Rage and power attacking again

Attack: +10 (+12 with flank)
Damage: 1d12+14

AC: 12
HP: 36/59
Rage Duration: 9 rounds))

[DarkLadyOfTheSith]

Bjera

The dwarf cleric attacks again, doing what she can to distract the beast from her ally.

(Same attack as before, presumably with flanking bonuses.)

[amanodel]

As the beast turns it's attention towards Butch, Krahl plants an axe into it's back with great strenght, nearly breaking the creature's spine. It mauls Butch (6 damage), and it turns it's head towards the orc, and bites the barbarian with it's sharp beak (7 damage) Butch misses the beast, which still moves quickly, despite it's injuries.

The other owlbear isn't doing any better, between the weapons of Marcuus and Bjera, and the spears of the locals, it couldn't get to it's prey, and several spears, including Bjera's, found their target.

It is clear that the beasts won't last too long, yet they throw themselves into a fury, and keep atatcking blindly.

[Truwar]

Grunting in pain, Butch keeps the pressure on the massive creature, hoping to bring it down soon.

Scimitar: Att: [roll0] dmg: [roll1] sneak attack: [roll2]
Kukri: Att: [roll3] dmg: [roll4] sneak attack: [roll5]

[Yawielas]

Ely keeps up her back stabbing techniques.

[Geech000]

Krahl continues his attack, steadily chopping at the beast.

((Attack: +10 (+12 with flank)
Damage: 1d12+14

AC: 12
HP: 29/59
Rage Duration: 8 rounds))

[amanodel]

Butch's lighning-fast blades, and a powerful blow from Krahl downs the beast, and Ely jumps there, and thusts her dagger through the easts eye, finishing off the bugbear.

Marcuus and Bjera, with the help of the townsfolk, kill the other beast. The local militia only lost two man, the women could care for the others' wounds after the battle.

The two beasts are slain, and by the look of the locals, they have seen such creatures before.

Sorry, but I miss most of my DM tools, such as dice, notes, or even a decent internet access, that's why the post was late, and is not too bright on the technical side. If you don't mind, until I find out a proper way to overcome said difficulties, I ask you to forgive me if I'm not following the rules too much, and it gets a little freeform-ish. But it will be definately faster this way. Don't be afraid to even co-DM a little if you feel like to.

[Geech000]

Krahl raises his axe again and swings again at the fallen owlbear, burying the head of his axe deep in the beast's skull. Yanking it back out he holds his axe up and roars triumphantly.

Krahl glares around at the surrounding humans, silently daring them to challenge him. A small voice in the back of his mind whispers that something isn't right, but it is drowned out by the roaring anger that demands he kill all who oppose the tribe. All of the weak town-dwellers would die or flee from the might of the tribe.

((remaining Rage duration: 7 rounds))

[Santanya]

Kitaran

Kitaran lets out a slow breath, relaxing. He raises an eyebrow as he looks towards Krahl. "You ok?" he asks, staying his distance away, but watching.

[Truwar]

Butch limps away from the carcass of the fallen owlbear, grumbling something about the “joy’s o’ tourin’ the sticks” under his breath. Once he gets about thrity meters from the fallen beast he plops on the ground and undoes his leggings, examining a deep muscle bruise on his right thigh. Oh, good times, I’m gonna feel that one a treat in a day or two…

[amanodel]

Sorry, but there's some serrious problem for me accessing the forums. I'll try to post frequently, but the page wouldn't even load itself 90% of the time!


The townsfolk back away from Krahl, who still seems to be under the orcish battle rage. He is probably more intimidating right now than the owlbear beasts were.

The rest of the local militia heads towerds the woods for a quick searching, while the women bring medicin to the wounded, including your group as well.

[Yawielas]

Ely heads over to Butch, squatting down beside him. "Are you badly hurt?"

[Truwar]

Butch winks good naturedly at Yawielas, as he shifts gingerly to face her. Bah, I’ve hade worse fallin’ down the stairs after a few too many trips ta the ole ale keg.

[amanodel]

I'm sorry to finally call this game off. Our numbers got decimated, and I don't have the time anymore to keep up with three games. This one was mostly inactive for quite a time now, so I decided to end it.

Some of the players are already in another game of mine, so if you would be keep playing with them, or you would just liked to continue, I can get you in to my other games.

Again, I am terribly sorry about this, but I believe this is the reasonable thing to do.


:smallfrown:

[Yawielas]

I'm sorry to hear that. This was the first play by post game I joined. It must've been pretty good to have lasted this long, though ;) Thank you for the game, Amanodel, I've enjoyed it very much. If there's any chance to move Elysia over to another game of yours, I'm interested. I'll have to remake her in that case, since I lost her character sheet.

[amanodel]

I wait for the others first, but I think it could be possible to introduce Vanwa in the messengers game.

[Truwar]

Yikes! I would hate to lose a chance to keep playing Butch. I would like to join as well.

[amanodel]

Then it's Vanwa and Butch to the messengers game. They are so good together, I wouldn't have the part to separate them. I just have to find a way for their characters in the story, and some necessary background alterations. Gimme a couple of days with that.

If ther are other takers, I can fit some into the Troubles in Athkatla.

[Truwar]

What is the current level of the messenger game? Just so I can prep Butch’s character sheet. Also, could you give me a link to it?

[amanodel]

It's ca level 2 and a half, but I'll PM you about the bugbear stuff, tomorrow.