Girvan Adventure V

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There he is</div> <div> ElwingFD: duke</div> <div> Dukejr01: Kill!</div> <div> Missiledine: Maim!</div> <div> Missiledine: On that note.... Time to die!</div> <div> Dukejr01: I prefer to be on the killing end</div> <div> ElwingFD: top of the food chain and all that</div> <div> Missiledine: When last we met... Ham and Tim were face down over the saddle bows of a group of adventurer types whom our heroes had</div> <div> provoked... They were being taken to the local jail to be charged and held</div> <div> Dukejr01: Right. Corren picks up the pace a bit heading back into town.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb and Corren had decided to follow the party back to town (Only a quarter mile away) and ensure that they were properly charged</div> <div> rather then subjected to simple vigilante justice and dumped in the sewer</div> <div> Dukejr01: its the LEAST Corren can do.</div> <div> Missiledine: It's the most that Rolb will do</div> <div> ElwingFD: and Corren wants to make sure he does the Least possible :-)</div> <div> ElwingFD: I follow along too, otherwise I'd be sitting alone outside of town</div> <div> Dukejr01: Its cold out there....</div> <div> Missiledine: Passing through the gates the party heads directly to the Town Watch were the accused are unceremonioously cut down and dumped</div> <div> in the street in front of the jail/barracks</div> <div> ElwingFD: well, maybe I'll throw a fireball at a group of adventures to keep warm </div> <div> Missiledine: There are several Watch present and a small crowd of interested bystanders gather to gawk and listen...</div> <div> Dukejr01: Great. as if we don't already have enough attention... of the wrong kind</div> <div> Missiledine: The officer in charge comes out to see what the hubbub is about and when he hears the aggreived party's story, Ham and Tim are</div> <div> dragged off to cells.... The Officer then asks the complaintents and any interested parties to come inside</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes inside.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb sighs, gets off his horse and ties it to a rail and follows</div> <div> ElwingFD: the same</div> <div> Missiledine: Once inside, the body of the dead adventurer is brought in as well, the officer asks everyone what they're connection is. The party</div> <div> leader points at you three and says, "They say they know those two."</div> <div> Missiledine: The officer looks at you expectantly</div> <div> Missiledine: (They're? What the hell am I writing tonight? It ain't English!)</div> <div> Missiledine: "Is this true? Who are they and what is this all about?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I am Corren of Soche. This one's name is Tom Ham, the other is Tim Long. I hooked up with them the day before yesterday. Long is a mage, Tom is a</div> <div> mage and a druid, or so he says."</div> <div> Dukejr01: <BTW the y killed one of the other party?></div> <div> Missiledine: <Yep></div> <div> Dukejr01: <geeez></div> <div> Missiledine: The officer makes some notes</div> <div> Missiledine: (Stone missile, firebal..... It adds up)</div> <div> ElwingFD: "I met them yesterday at the Inn. Never had any dealings with them other than at the dinner table."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "We agreed to team up to find the kidnapped merchant's son. I have no idea what they were up to attacking these men."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Hmm, I see." To the other adventurers, "Is that your purpose in being here?" The leader nods "Yes sir, we were waiting the rest of our</div> <div> people when these two lit into us... Fireballs and everything... You can see how scorched our friend is. His horse needs attention too."</div> <div> Missiledine: The officer says, "These three were not present for any of this?" He gestures at you.. The leader says, "No, we met them just a few</div> <div> minutes ago coming out of town."</div> <div> Missiledine: After making a few more notes, confirming Ham and Tim's names and your own. The officer says to you, "Is there anything you can</div> <div> tell me about these men in way of their background, behavior, demeanor etc?"</div> <div> Missiledine: The officer has one of his men going through Ham and Tim's pockets, pouches etc. He is looking at their papers and belongings</div> <div> with care... "Hmmm, very little money on either of them..." He mutters</div> <div> Missiledine: "See," Says the leader, "They were trying to rob us!"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren tilts his head slightly. thinks a moment. "I know little about them personally. I can't say we exchanged more than a couple hundred words. I do</div> <div> know the names of their next of kin, as we agreed to split the reward with shares going to next of kin for those who didn't survive."</div> <div> Missiledine: The officer takes that information as well.</div> <div> Missiledine: "What about their behavior? Are they larcenous or violent in nature?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren sighs. "Ham almost started a bar fight last night, although Long was against it. I managed to keep them from getting their asses kicked."</div> <div> Missiledine: The officer makes a few more notes. "What was the fight about?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: "I saw that too, it didn't look like a they were picking a fight rather getting drawn into one"</div> <div> Missiledine: More notes are made...</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Ham had some altercation with another party that is also after the reward. I don't know who started it. I just saw the arguement heating up and didn't</div> <div> wish to spend time nursing them back to health." Corren nods to Ty's charactor, confirming his story.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Ok then... Anything else you care to add?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Where did this altercation occur?" He asks</div> <div> Dukejr01: <busy typing!!></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren gives a brief and terse description opf what it was about.</div> <div> Dukejr01: He also tells them that they probably left last night shortly after that duel, as they knocked on Corren's door etv</div> <div> Dukejr01: etc</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> ElwingFD: "at the <fill in the blank> Inn"</div> <div> Dukejr01: right. :-P</div> <div> Missiledine: right</div> <div> Dukejr01: <have I forgotten anything?></div> <div> Missiledine: <That depends on what 'brief and terse encompasses... For example, does it detail the origins of Ham's uhm, irritation?></div> <div> Dukejr01: yes. Corren shakes his head in disgust over the matter.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Then I guess not.></div> <div> Missiledine: When you are finally done the officer says, "Very well... Is there anything you want to add?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "No."</div> <div> ElwingFD: "No"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Since by all accounts you are not involved in this incident, you are free to go. Your friends will remain in custody until their trial which</div> <div> will be within the week."</div> <div> Missiledine: He will ask you to intitial or sign your statements before you leave</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grunts. "They are unable to uphold their part of the Contract, therefore they are in breach. I will not be back to see them unless the Magistrate</div> <div> requires my testimony."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren initials.</div> <div> Missiledine: The other group will remain for the officer to take their statements as well. The officer frowns, "I do not believe that your testimony will</div> <div> be needed.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren nods. "Good. Thank you, Sir. Good day."</div> <div> Missiledine: "The case rests entirely on what they did and why, you were not party to their actions."</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Trial"><U>The Trial</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Missiledine: A few minutes later you are all back outside</div> <div> Dukejr01: Right. off we go</div> <div> Missiledine: "All right then," Grumbles Rolb, "Let us get on wit wat we are here ta do>"</div> <div> Missiledine: You exit the town, again, and set off back down the road to the ambush site and the brook.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren nods. "Damn fools." he mutters.</div> <div> ElwingFD: "young, impulsive idiots"</div> <div> Missiledine: It is only a few miles dwn the road and you arrive a bit before noon.</div> <div> Dukejr01: So much for an early start</div> <div> Missiledine: (Are you going to the ambush site or the brook?)</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren suggests that we pause at the ambush site and make sure we are not being followed.</div> <div> Missiledine: There is not a lot of traffic on the road right now, though the state of the road shows that there has been quite a bit in the recent past...</div> <div> Dukejr01: imagine that.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Okay. if the ambush site hasn't changed much, we continue on</div> <div> Missiledine: Since it is getting on to fall and the harvest is in, there are not many people working the fields, so the countryside is pretty empty</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. Lts head to the brook.</div> <div> Missiledine: No changes that you can detect</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: <BTW Ty. we have a lead to go on></div> <div> Missiledine: A short time later you are at the brook the wood cutter told you about</div> <div> ElwingFD: oh?</div> <div> Dukejr01: right. Corren scouts off to the side of the road. while Rolb, I assume, looks fo the best place to take his horse along hte brook.</div> <div> Dukejr01: We havea alocation of an old copper mine that is used as a bandit lair.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Make sure no one is present when we tell Ty's charactor and when we leave the road.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb will let the horse find its own way along the brook</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will take point.</div> <div> Missiledine: You follow the stream across the pastures to the forest edge</div> <div> Missiledine: The undergrowth, at least initially, is pretty heavy, but a couple hundred feet in, back under the shade, it thins out considerably and</div> <div> travel is easy</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren zig zags about 20 yards ahead of the rest. scouting.</div> <div> Missiledine: The water way is fairly shallow, no more than a foot or two for most of its length with a few deeper scower holes here and there. The</div> <div> banks are lined with big mossy boulders and huge old trees... very pretty</div> <div> Dukejr01: nice.... :-)</div> <div> Dukejr01: any prints?</div> <div> Missiledine: There is no need to wade through it, since your now looking for a pair of hills that it flows between</div> <div> Missiledine: so far you have seen nothing like that</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: However, about threequarters of a mile in, things change. Even someone with limited tracking skill can easily spot the trail of at least a</div> <div> dozen horses where they splashed through the brook</div> <div> Missiledine: It looks like they were headed away from Girvan</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren bends to examine them. Rolb might be better than he so Corren makes sure not to disturb them.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb and Ferric arrive a minute or so later</div> <div> ElwingFD: "what did you find?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren nods to the tracks and steps around them looking for watchers or ambushes.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb looks down and says, "Mebbe fifteen to twenty, looks like the poor beasties are all weighted down with men an iron too."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "We can't take 15 to 20."</div> <div> ElwingFD: "that would be a stretch"</div> <div> Missiledine: "An who says we'r gonna try?" Rolb asks. "I'd wager these be hunters, not hunted."</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm.... Are they headed toward the mine?</div> <div> Missiledine: "The prey we're lookin for are not gonna leave so obvious a trail as this."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren nods. </div> <div> Missiledine: What you can see of the trail it doesn't seem to be heading that way. It leaves the brook at right angles</div> <div> Dukejr01: ah... my mistake.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Right then. Lets be off"</div> <div> Missiledine: "of course, ya never ken fer sure..." Rolb adds cheerily</div> <div> ElwingFD: "spoken like a true optimist:</div> <div> Missiledine: Continueing along the brook for another two miles you see ahead of you, through the fading leaves, what appears to be rising</div> <div> ground... The brook seems to be cutting a deeper channel here as well</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren moves more cautiously. He has his regular spear in hand.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb dismounts and ties his horse to a branch, first allowing it to drink a bit. </div> <div> Missiledine: He puts a nose bag on the horse with a fair quantity of grain. "Old cavalry trick," He explains. "An eatin horse is a quiet horse."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren listens and nods, saying nothing.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <Corren learns a lot from Rolb></div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb gets out his bow and strings it</div> <div> Dukejr01: What kind of ranges ware we talking about here?</div> <div> Dukejr01: ware = are</div> <div> Missiledine: "Lets go see if anyone is at home.."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren usesspear/shield.</div> <div> Missiledine: Range to what? The slope starts about two hundred feet ahead, the trees are thick enough that you can't see much further than that</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren also looks rather roguelik with a piece of cloth tied around his head pirate style. he puts on his helm over that.</div> <div> ElwingFD: the first dew rag</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Dukejr01: I was just wondering if sper or bow in hand are more appropo. I already decided on spear. as we might get into melee quickly.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: What formation are you taking?</div> <div> Missiledine: column, line, etc</div> <div> Missiledine: And, what order are you in?</div> <div> Dukejr01: I suggest a triangle. Corren will take point.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Ok with you Ferric?></div> <div> ElwingFD: I guess so</div> <div> Missiledine: Advancing up the slope, moving as quietly as you can, you soon see that there are infact two hills here. The slope will soon get steep</div> <div> and rocky with large outcrops, mostly vine covered and partially buried in dead leaves.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren tries to find the quietest way up. take time. no rush. don't mind an ablique approach.</div> <div> Missiledine: Footing is tricky because the leaves hide many rocks, logs and holes... They also make it difficult to move silently</div> <div> Dukejr01: oblique</div> <div> Dukejr01: take more time.</div> <div> Missiledine: The easiest route seems to be to your left, on the stream side. It almost looks as though there had been a trail or road cut along the</div> <div> hillside a long, long time ago</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks at Rolb, points at it. Shakes his head.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Lets find a different way up.</div> <div> Missiledine: The ground along the old trail is smoother with fewer holes or big stones... To the right it is steeper, rockier and has more brambles</div> <div> etc</div> <div> Missiledine: Going straight up entails scrambling up the rock faces directly</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb shrugs, your on point, pick away</div> <div> Dukejr01: Can the rock faces be climbed?</div> <div> Missiledine: Looking up slope you can see to the right a large expanse of small rocks and scree, posibly all that remains of the old tailings pile</div> <div> Dukejr01: would hte scree be a means up?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is very suspicious of the easy trail. if our boys are home, it will be wtached. perhaps trapped</div> <div> Missiledine: Yes, they are not shear, they aren't even that high, each rock or boulder face averages 6 to 8 feet in height, and there is less steep</div> <div> parts between the faces as you climb... Not challenging, just inconvenient</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes straight up then.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb leans across to Ferric, "by any chance, can ye fly up there and look around a bit?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: "I was considering that, but I don't want to waste too much of my power if it comes down to a fight"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren merely continues up.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Aye, but it would be a bit easier if we ken wat was up yon.."</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb shrugs and starts to climb after Corren...</div> <div> ElwingFD: "ok then" I cast levitate and go up and look...making sure not to go beyond where I could be seen</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren tries to make it easier for the rest of the party. stopping to givea hand up, etc</div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric rises straight up into the branches above as you and Rolb continue to climb....</div> <div> ElwingFD: I float back down and tell Corren and Rolb that from up there I cannot see any traces of anyone or thing</div> <div> Missiledine: <lost my color!></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren shrugs. "Shall we take the easier way up?"</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb nods, "Might as well... Let's knock and see who's home."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Take the trail then.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Correnwill be a few yards ahead, he stops frequently to listen and look.</div> <div> Missiledine: You move across the slope to the trail and continue on up. The trail wraps around the hillside as it rises... You can see the crest now, it</div> <div> is mostly bare of trees, being too rocky to support them... On the far side of the hill the trail flattens out and gets wider, ending in front of a cave</div> <div> entrance which has a small trickle of water running out of it</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren tries not to be visable from the entrance.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb crouches down a bit, he points to a small lean to beside the cave entrance that is keeping a stack of firewood dry</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren tries to fade into the rocks.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren removes his backpack and sets it aside.</div> <div> Dukejr01: sugs it under in the lee of a boulder or something.</div> <div> Missiledine: Suddenly an arrow shatters against a boulder about a foot from Corren's head.. Another thunks into a tree trunk next to Ferric and</div> <div> somethjing skitters leaves near Rolb</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Found 'em"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren says laconically.</div> <div> Missiledine: The shots are coming from the other hill across the brook... you can't see anyone tho</div> <div> Dukejr01: ist here an oblique approach to the entrance?</div> <div> Dukejr01: what is that range?</div> <div> Missiledine: Oblique? Hmmm, you can hug the hillside right up to it</div> <div> Missiledine: It's on the long side, but still managable</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren does so, he laregely ignores the barrage from the other hill.</div> <div> Dukejr01: largely.</div> <div> Dukejr01: keeps his shield up though</div> <div> ElwingFD: I look in....can I see anyone?</div> <div> Missiledine: Another round of arrows and, you believe, pellets, skitter around you. Rolb is watching for a target...</div> <div> Missiledine: <The entrance?></div> <div> ElwingFD: yep</div> <div> Missiledine: no, it is dark but you don't see anyone</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Got a light?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: can I judge a distance of the depth of the cave enterance?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb takes a shot at someone... no joy tho</div> <div> Missiledine: You can see maybe six or eight feet into it before it is too murky to make out anything</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren had better get a torch before going up there.;</div> <div> ElwingFD: well, lets start things out with a 3d exp fireball down the hole</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> ElwingFD: fire is always good</div> <div> Dukejr01: <and hope thatthere is no kidnapped kid at ground zero></div> <div> Missiledine: You cast the spell and the ball goes shooting off into the darkness, vanishing from sight and then you hear a muffled "WHOOMPH"</div> <div> ElwingFD: how far down do I think it went?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is surprised but immediately takes advantage and runs up to the entrance.</div> <div> Missiledine: a bit of smoke trickles out, you saw a bit of flash on the walls and saw no one illuminated... </div> <div> Missiledine: Maybe twenty feet or a bit more, past what you can see normally....</div> <div> ElwingFD: no screams or curses?</div> <div> Dukejr01: <mages live for that></div> <div> Dukejr01: <screams and curses that is></div> <div> Missiledine: No cries, Corren, you did not get your torch lit when the mage cast the fireball, you rush into the darkness and suddenly run out of</div> <div> earth... You fall about six feet, then are on your back sliding down a slope</div> <div> Dukejr01: oops</div> <div> Missiledine: Now you hear curses</div> <div> Dukejr01: <you wer hoping forthat weren't you?></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren digs in his heels.</div> <div> Missiledine: :-D</div> <div> ElwingFD: well well</div> <div> Dukejr01: Actually I did think of that.... but that is okay.</div> <div> ElwingFD: I get a torch and start walking down the enterance</div> <div> Missiledine: The slope is flinty, hard and ungiving... You bang yourself several times before you manage to stop</div> <div> Dukejr01: ah well, HPT is cool.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks about.</div> <div> ElwingFD: flinty? does he have a trail of sparks behind him :-D</div> <div> Dukejr01: :-P</div> <div> Missiledine: You are still in darkness, what little light that is here is filtering down from about forty feet above you... the air smells smokey</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks for checks to the side to see if he has solid ground there and rolls that way</div> <div> Dukejr01: he doesn't want to remain still.</div> <div> Dukejr01: We made quite and entrance.</div> <div> Missiledine: Feeling about in the dark, you find that there is a drop off a few feet to your lefdt</div> <div> Dukejr01: poke with spear</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren lights his torch.</div> <div> Missiledine: ferric: You are inside, about ten feet past the entrance there is a drop off and below that a steep slope going down...</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, you are getting the benefit of Ferric's torch light now...</div> <div> ElwingFD: and beyond the drop off?</div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric, you see Corren sitting on his butt about forty feet below you, trying to light a torch in the dark</div> <div> Dukejr01: how steep is the slope?</div> <div> Missiledine: To Correns left the drop continues at an almost vertical fall. To Corren's right there is an open area and a mouth to another tunnel.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes right</div> <div> ElwingFD: what about beyond the drop off...can I assume that's where the arrows were comming from?</div> <div> Dukejr01: arrows were coming from behins us on the other hill</div> <div> Dukejr01: behind</div> <div> Missiledine: The slope you came down is steeper then 45 degrees, you will need a rope to get back up it... it's wet and slick as well</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: do I have my torch lit?</div> <div> Missiledine: yep</div> <div> Dukejr01: what is right?</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Make sure Rolb is okay.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "</div> <div> Missiledine: The passage leads in the direction of the other hill, more or less</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I think this passage leads to the other hill:</div> <div> ElwingFD: you know, this is what I hate about playing online....I didn't SEE that the arrows were coming from the other side, I thought they were comming from</div> <div> inside the cave...otherwise I wouldn't have shot the fireball</div> <div> Missiledine: <Review the text!></div> <div> ElwingFD: I did</div> <div> Missiledine: <I figured you were clearing the path to get under cover></div> <div> ElwingFD: it musta happened when it scrolled between your message and daves</div> <div> Dukejr01: to the left is a dropoff, the right is a passage, what was straight ahead</div> <div> Dukejr01: ?</div> <div> Missiledine: wall</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks down the passage.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Where is Rolb?</div> <div> Missiledine: It descends, but not as steeply... It's low, maybe 6' in height and about the same wide</div> <div> Missiledine: Still at the entrance</div> <div> Dukejr01: inside or our?</div> <div> Dukejr01: out?</div> <div> Missiledine: out</div> <div> Dukejr01: I don't want him to get injured and left alone out there.</div> <div> Missiledine: He hasn't come in yet...</div> <div> ElwingFD: what's he doing?</div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric: You can see him crouching behind one of the outcrops exchanging an occaissional arrow with someone on the other side</div> <div> Dukejr01: "PErhaps you should ask Rolb to join us?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: "maybe we should take care of the pests outside first. Would you like me to come get you?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Throw a rope down."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Charging archers who are under cover isn't my idea of fun."</div> <div> ElwingFD: "but they will be at your back if you don't take care of them" says Ferric as he throws a rope</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Hmph. Maybe we will be at THEIR back if we take this passage that leads in the direction of the other hill."</div> <div> Missiledine: Using the rope it isn't hard to climb the slope and you are soon up with Ferric</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren rejoins Rolb. He keeps his shield up</div> <div> ElwingFD: we need to end this soon...last time was a bit late and I suffered :-)</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren tells Rolb what is down there.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb grins, "How was it doun their?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Flinty, but hard"</div> <div> Missiledine: "I wanna keen on goin in that wee rabbit ole when the lads across the way seem so keen to push us that way."</div> <div> Missiledine: <ok. shortly></div> <div> Dukejr01: "Makes sense. Now what? charge them or find another way?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "ta charge em we hafta climb down this ill, cross the brook an climb their hill. Dunno seem like a good plan ta me."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "There is that passage leading toward that hill. Maybe they don't know about it"</div> <div> ElwingFD: "can you tell how many there are?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Mayeb that pile of wood is a ruse."</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb lets fly with an arrow at something.... "Two with bows, one with a prodd... maybe another movin around a bit..."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I think their job is to delay us."</div> <div> ElwingFD: how far apart are the ones with bows and the prod?</div> <div> Missiledine: "Might be, they didna try and stop us goin in the hole... Wonder why?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "About thirty feet."</div> <div> Dukejr01: how easy is it to climb that other hill?</div> <div> Missiledine: It looks much the same as this one, but without any trail up</div> <div> Dukejr01: bleah. in the face of archers. no thanks.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "They are just harassing us. Maybe they want our attention."</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb says to Ferric, "Can ye magic us over there?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: "one at a time, I could fly you over"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Aye, well, they've got that."</div> <div> Missiledine: "That might be a bit tricky fer the first across while a waitin for reinforcements."</div> <div> ElwingFD: "that's why I didn't suggest it"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Hmmm."</div> <div> Dukejr01: how close are say. two of them?</div> <div> ElwingFD: "I could probably take them out, but how much trouble do we want to go through with them?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: I am wondeing if Ex fireball would even the odds a bit in knocking out a couple.</div> <div> Missiledine: Closest, maybe ten or twelve feet</div> <div> Dukejr01: "We have two choices. go into the cave behind us. or attack those guys. a conventional assulat is out. so that means its mahic or nothing.</div> <div> Dukejr01: magic</div> <div> ElwingFD: "I could start lobbing fireballs at them, but I'm trying to think if it's worth it. Of course while Im doing that, they wouldnt be concentrating on you two if</div> <div> you decide to try and sneek up"</div> <div> ElwingFD: but that fight should take place next game session</div> <div> Dukejr01: sneaking would take hours.</div> <div> Missiledine: "We'd have to go down the back side and around."</div> <div> ElwingFD: if it's within arrow range, it can't be that far away can it?</div> <div> Missiledine: "If that wee bairn is with them, yer fireballs might, err, char im a bit. His dad probably won't appreciate that."</div> <div> ElwingFD: "true, and I'm not keen on hand to hand combat, alone"</div> <div> Missiledine: It's a matter of climbing down the slope, crossing the stream and climbing up again, withou being seen</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I think they are trying to distract us. I say we go in the cave."</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb shrugs, "I'll leave it up to you two then."</div> <div> Missiledine: A prodd stone whizzes by, shot at you from across the way....</div> <div> Dukejr01: "They want us to mess with them."</div> <div> ElwingFD: "well, I could go do some recon...maybe I'll scare them away"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren shrugs.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Well, make a deciscion on tactics then we will play it out next time.. Corren says go in... Ferric?></div> <div> ElwingFD: think I'd like to have a peek over there first</div> <div> Dukejr01: IF you want to scout them that is fine. </div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren strings his bow</div> <div> Dukejr01: He finds a place to be comfortable....</div> <div> Missiledine: ok Ferric, what is your plan?</div> <div> ElwingFD: I will fly over top and scout around</div> <div> Missiledine: okay then, I will tell you what you see and how you die.... err do, next time....</div> <div> ElwingFD: great...</div> <div> Dukejr01: night then</div> <div> Missiledine: night all</div> <div> Dukejr01 has left the room.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>