The Hunters IC

[Andraste]

This is the thread for posts that are in character for the game "The Hunters". Any out of character notes should be in spoilers with the word "OOC" before it. If a spoiler has a name before it, please read it only if it's yours. OOC Thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157848)


Map
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee243/Daedalu/The%20Hunters/Map-1.jpg

Players:
Jeremy -> Gerasheo -> Kalzaik (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=219291)
Nic -> Shadderblade -> Nicnadros Steel (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=220476)
Tony -> vatovie -> Moreum Gareek (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=224729)


Kalzaik
You have heard rumors of a red dragon, who could be your mother, around here, so you came here from the southern mountains to look for her.

Nicnadros
You've gone as far south as you can, trying to flee from the assassins so they don't find out that you're not dead.

Moreum
You've wandered here from the cities of the north, hoping that being closer to the wilderness will make you more accepted.

You are all in Nebton, a medium sized town on a river near the southern forests. You are sitting in the local tavern when you notice a strange looking man sitting at a table muttering slightly crazily.

[Shadderblade]

i grab ye flask

[vatovie]

I sit at table and put out flyers for my business.

[Shadderblade]

more like i the roll a spot check and see what i can about the old man

[roll0] +1

[vatovie]

Dose anyone come up to me

[Shadderblade]

do i see anything

[Andraste]

OOC
Be patient, you guys. We need to wait for Jeremy, and I can't just watch the thread constantly. Also, I'll make any spot checks for you. You can add the bonus to the roll directly like this 1d20+1

[Gerasheo]

I move to the bar 3 seats away from him, i order a beer and see if i can make out what he is saying.

[Andraste]

He is a man of middle age, and he's muttering something about wolves and silver.

[Shadderblade]

[object Selection][object Selection]

[vatovie]

Does anyone come up to me

[vatovie]

I also put out flyers for my adventuring services

[Shadderblade]

also do i see any thing of value on any one in the bar?

[Andraste]

Moreum
The bartender comes up to you and says, "Hey, I want one silver piece for each of those papers you're putting up."

Nicnadros
There's nothing especially valuable on the bar. You see no silver on him, but he is wearing a heavy cloak.

[vatovie]

I was the one who put out th flyers

[Gerasheo]

i say to the man, "it sounds like you have wolf problems, of which type I'm unsure.

[Shadderblade]

i add on "perhaps a wolf in sheep's clothing?"

[Andraste]

The main says "Yes! Wolves! And men who are like wolves, but worse! Not wolves in sheep's clothing, but wolves in men's clothing!" He starts shouting, They drove me from my home! They're unnatural! They're evil! You must stop them!"

OOC
Can you each pick a color, and make all of your character's speech that color. You do this by doing "stuff", which makes "stuff".

Also, seriously guys, use capital letters.

[Gerasheo]

Sounds like trouble, how much would it be worth to you to get rid of them?

[vatovie]

I scream at the top of my lungs."Anyone need a mortician or a cleric."

[Andraste]

"It's worth your life, and everyone else'!" he replies to Kalzaik, then he screams back at Moreum, "You'll all need morticians once the wolves come!"

[Gerasheo]

I turn around and say to the rest of the bar, "Is there anyone who wishes to investigate this werewolf problem with me?

[Gerasheo]

OOC
You guys like my new avatar? I made it myself

[vatovie]

I'll go if you sign a contract of mine and promise not to read it and if not as the weird guy said the town will need a mortician nice avatar and don't change your avatar every day

[Gerasheo]

I don't sign contracts, if you want to help then you come with me and we share things equally. No contracts.

[Gerasheo]

OOC
Why would i change it every day?

[Andraste]

OOC
Jeremy, put your ooc stuff in the same post.

[Gerasheo]

OOC
sorry i kept forgetting until i already posted it.

[Shadderblade]

Im in..... but i demand a fair share of the profits, and if this fair amount is not given i will go through standard island process to settle the dispute.

[vatovie]

My contract just states that I get full rights to all the cropses we find on the journey and maybe there stuff if there relatives agree and I will not share the stuff I find on corpses that we did not kill

[vatovie]

I also do not agree with the other guys terms and will onley adventure with him if agrees to mine.

[Andraste]

The man who until then was thought to be the craziest in the room stares at you three. "What are you idiots bickering about! There's wolves!"

[vatovie]

I know but this is how I join an adventuring party

[Gerasheo]

"Look we need to get rid of these wolves we share equally although i think that you," i point at the man with the contract, " are the only one who will want to keep the bodies." "You," i point at the other man, " i share loot equally and this other guy is the only one who thinks otherwise. " I say to both of them, "Now if you are both in we need to share personal information like names and classes. My name is Kalzaik and i am a barbarian."

OOC
I only don't say your guyses names because my character does not know them yet.

[vatovie]

My name is Moreum I am a neutral cleric so I can chose between cure and inflict wounds and I will ask the family members of the corpses we find if we can take there stuff or I will ask them and will split it how the corpse says to and that could go any way.

[Andraste]

Some of the patrons start eying you suspiciously because of your talk of corpses, and the people sitting next to you move a few seats farther away.

OOC
Tony: Please choose a color that is not the same as Jeremy's.

Also, I believe that you might misunderstand how clerics work. Because your god is evil, you can only spontaneously cast inflict spells. You are still able to cast cure spells, but you must prepare them.

ALSO: Try not to mention alignment in game. True, you can say that someone is a good person, or that that guy over there is really evil, but try to keep it subtler.

[vatovie]

I'm a mortician I get paid to bury people and will retrieve the corpses to see if there family wants them to have proper burial. I will also ask if I can keep any items they happen to have.

[Gerasheo]

If we are to be a groupe then we need to share loot equally, so if the family is ok with us taking the corpses posestions then we share them. Anyways we need to get moveing people are getting suspitius with all of this talk of corpses.

[vatovie]

I wisper to the barbarin But I'm a mortician I have a right to talk about my job, but I'm also an cleric so I don't want to freak people out. Okay I'm in and I'll follow you out.

[Andraste]

"Er, the wolves are that way..." he gestures in the general direction of southeast, since you seem to have forgotten him, then slinks back to the bar.

[Shadderblade]

Im a wizard with good combat...oh snd my name is nicnadros

[vatovie]

I say to the rest of the groupLet's go that way then. Alough I don't trust the wizard I think he multi classed.nic snd is not a word.

[Gerasheo]

Then lets head out we should get started as soon as possible

[vatovie]

Okay let us brave heros of right and good head in a thatish direction.I point northwest

[Gerasheo]

How about instead we head that direction i point southeast, since that is the direction the man said they were. Let's go. I walk towards the door.

[vatovie]

I say Err yeah that a way.I point the correct directionBut first let's look around town and talk to the townsfolk before we go on a good old medevial wolf hunt

[Shadderblade]

im down with that

[Andraste]

You wander around town, asking the locals about the news, anything special going on, et cetera.

(Gather Information)

Kalzaik
A red dragon has been burning up/eating farms, travelers, and the like, but hasn't been causing too much trouble, and hasn't been seen much recently. There have been some wolf problems closer to the forest.

Nicnadros
You weren't able to get anyone to tell you much.

Moreum
A red dragon has been burning up/eating farms, travelers, and the like, but hasn't been causing too much trouble, and hasn't been seen much recently. There have been some wolf problems closer to the forest, and there is the possibility that there are werewolves. There are rumors of some undead sighted in the forest. Some travelers claim to have been saved from bandits by a strange magical thing they could not see.

You each only know what's in your spoiler, but you can tell each other what you found out.

[vatovie]

When I meet up with the rest of the party I ask if we can first look into the undead problem

[Andraste]

They don't know about the undead problem, so maybe you should tell them about it.

[vatovie]

Sorry forgot to tell themI tell them

[Gerasheo]

OOC
Can you actually tell us?

[Andraste]

Here, I'll just say it, though in the future I would rather that the player who knows is the one to tell others.
There are rumors of some undead wandering around the forest, which Moreum wishes to take care of.

Tony: If you want, you can tell them the other stuff too.

[vatovie]

There are also people being save from bandits by somthing they can not see

[Gerasheo]

Interesting, well i guess we could start with the undead then the werewolves then, just a thought, we could search the country for other problems.

[Shadderblade]

I say we find and capture a bandit.... we can learn more about the unknown force that way.

[Gerasheo]

Then let us take a vote, since we seem to all want to do differant things. We have 3 choises undead, werewolves, and bandits. I vote undead.

[vatovie]

I also vote undead

[Gerasheo]

Then it is settled, let's search the forest for the undead.

[Shadderblade]

All righty then

[Andraste]

Do you make any preparations before you head out?

[vatovie]

I put my two different fliers up around town

[Gerasheo]

I start heading towards the forest

[Andraste]

You head southward, on the road that stays generally close to the river. After a few hours of travel, you see 3 lumps on the road in the distance. Looking closer, they appear to be bodies.

[vatovie]

Am I there

[Andraste]

If you came with him, which I would hope you did.

[vatovie]

Okay I use a spell to ask one of corpses what happened

[Andraste]

When you get closer, you notice that one of the bodies seems to be just a pile of flesh, with no bones in it. The others have strange burns on them.

Please specify exactly what spell you use.

[Shadderblade]

I use spellcraft combined with assassin's knowledge to see what killed them

[vatovie]

What about me asking them

[Gerasheo]

I try to scan the area around us to make sure no one is sneaking up on us.

[Andraste]

Kalzaik, you don't see anyone.

Nicnadros, you can't identify anything magical. Also, you don't have any points in Knowledge(Assassin)

Moreum, from your knowledge of divine magics, it appears that the pile of skin was a corpse that was used to create an animated skeleton. Assuming that you cast Speak with Dead, on which corpse do you cast it?

[vatovie]

The one that looks like it died last

[Andraste]

The corpse jolts for a moment, then it's soulless eyes open and it jerkily lifts its head to look at you with an open jaw.

[Gerasheo]

i take 20 on scanning the area just in case

[Shadderblade]

I draw my sword and wait to see any movement

[vatovie]

I can still talk to so I step back and do

[Andraste]

You don't see anyone around you. You should ask the corpse what questions you want before the duration ends.

[vatovie]

What happened here and describe who did it

[Andraste]

The corpse replies in a wheezing, hollow voice, "We.. robbing merchant. Bolts, of energy... from high up... but nothing there. Got hit... died." He continues to stare at you with his dead eyes.

[Shadderblade]

sounds kind of holy or a at least 5th lvl wizard using and some other unknown spell to kill than another to raise them.... i take a 20 on spellcraft

[Andraste]

I don't believe that you can take 20 on spellcraft. Also, you can't use it to identify something that happened previously, but is not currently happening.

OOC
Also, get Tony to post

[vatovie]

The spell makes the corpse clearly so I refuse to talk normally I say in a garbled raspy voice I'm going ...... to use my other spell today ........... to ask the one ............ that looked like died first.

[Andraste]

((What do you mean "the spell makes the corpse clearly"?

Also, you still have one question.))

[vatovie]

I ask him what he saw after he died

[Andraste]

"I... did not see anything... after i died," the corpse says, then it collapses backward and returns to death.

[Shadderblade]

um read the spell oh and i remove all there heads to prevent zombifaction

[Andraste]

((What do you mean, "read the spell"?))

[Shadderblade]

never mind just take there heads off and put them on sticks moreum can cast raise dead on them then zombie head on a stick

[Andraste]

Do you guys do anything else?

[Shadderblade]

no im good for now

[Andraste]

Anyone else?

((Please everyone at least report that you exist))

[vatovie]

I carry the head as I jot down uses for it

[Andraste]

((Assuming you continue down the road))

The trees around you get thicker as you travel, and it starts to get somewhat dark. You eventually see a place in the bushes where many have obviously passed through, and fairly recently it seems.

[vatovie]

I cast detect undead on the path to see if the path was made by the living dead.

[Andraste]

There is one dim aura along the path. Also, you can detect about 50 feet away, among the trees, are 10 faint auras, 5 on each side of the path.

[Shadderblade]

oo an ambush can i sneak up through the trees

[vatovie]

I think I have three turn undead spells.

[Andraste]

They haven't noticed you yet.

Initiative:
Moreum: 14
Nicnadros: 10
Kalzaik: 4


Here's the combat map.

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Brown is road; green is forest.
U is undead; K, N, and M are Kalzaik, Nicnadros, and Moreum, respectively.


((Wow, look at the code for that map.))
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Brown is road; green is forest.
U is undead; K, N, and M are Kalzaik, Nicnadros, and Moreum, respectively.

[Shadderblade]

ok then meat shield you go draw them close while sneak through the trees and then slip behind them to flank

[Andraste]

It is Moreum's turn. Please say the coordinates of wherever you move.