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I just have not heard from her since sunday. </div> <div> revrat235: we now return to our irregularly scheduled program.</div> <div> Docportal: <Now I would not be saying that. Tho it is true.></div> <div> Dukejr01: she said she was joining us.</div> <div> Missiledine: good</div> <div> revrat235: I haven't met her yet.</div> <div> Missiledine: hopefully you will in a few minutes</div> <div> Docportal: Yes hopefully.</div> <div> revrat235: so, heard any bad jokes lately?</div> <div> Missiledine: I am going to open a couple files, then we'll get started</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Docportal: k</div> <div> revrat235: There was the one about the botonist studying folk remedies in south america- one of the locals told him about a fern that could cure constipation. when</div> <div> the botonist expressed his doubt, the native says:</div> <div> revrat235: Hey- with fronds like this, who needs enemas?</div> <div> Missiledine: ouch</div> <div> revrat235: they get worse.</div> <div> Dukejr01: I don;t see how....</div> <div> Missiledine: I can hear those CPs draining away.....</div> <div> Docportal: I think I have heard enought of the bad jokes.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, you give us a good one</div> <div> revrat235: sorry. had to get it out of my system.</div> <div> Docportal: I am not a joke teller...</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Dukejr01: if he gets to 0 CPs. does his charactor become a vampire?</div> <div> Missiledine: He becomes von vith the night!</div> <div> Dukejr01: to coffee or not to coffee?</div> <div> revrat235: mmmm...coffee....</div> <div> Dukejr01: making coffee</div> <div> Docportal: Pass it around</div> <div> Missiledine: mmmm.... don't get me started, I'll have to go downstairs and make some</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok my victims.... errr, players... when last we parted you were making your way home through some of the worst weather of the</div> <div> winter</div> <div> Docportal: no we were home safe and sound...</div> <div> revrat235: counting loot</div> <div> revrat235: and drinking coffee</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. how big is the island? can we set up a defensive perimeter?</div> <div> Missiledine: ohh... so sorry, all the loot was lost in the swamp, along with all your equipment and feet</div> <div> Dawn12 has entered the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: Hooray!</div> <div> Docportal: not funny...</div> <div> Dawn12: brb</div> <div> Missiledine: Welcome back oh Lost One!</div> <div> revrat235: greetings and salutations</div> <div> Docportal: lol</div> <div> Missiledine: oh well</div> <div> Missiledine: ok... the island is little more then a hundred feet across at its widest point.</div> <div> Dukejr01: hi dawn</div> <div> Dawn12: hi back</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. so how is the footing?</div> <div> Missiledine: There is no major growth, being mostly reeds and scrub brush</div> <div> Docportal: No trees if I remember right.</div> <div> Missiledine: correct, no trees and very soggy, but the best you have found</div> <div> Dukejr01: Pull the boats up onto the island.</div> <div> Docportal: I say we tie all the boats together after we pull them up as far as we can. THen sleep in the boats.</div> <div> Dukejr01: tie them to scrub brush or a stake.</div> <div> revrat235: I'll look around a bit- see if theres anything edible or useful for shelter.</div> <div> Dukejr01: set up camp and make sure the crossbows are in order.</div> <div> Missiledine: You can tie the boats off to the bushes easily enough</div> <div> Dukejr01: yes, can we pull them onto land so they are not destroyed by water dwelling skeletons while we sleep?</div> <div> Missiledine: The only likely edible item is tubers... some of the reeds in the palood have edible roots and tubers, but you'll have to dig a bit to find</div> <div> them</div> <div> Missiledine: Yes, you can pull them up</div> <div> Dukejr01: we have plenty of food, I believe.</div> <div> Missiledine: The only likely shelter is the reeds themselves, which could be bunched up to cover the boats and give some protection, of course,</div> <div> they are already pretty wet and icy</div> <div> Docportal: Yeah more then 60 pounds if I remember. That is just what is in my pack.</div> <div> Missiledine: correct</div> <div> revrat235: well, yeah, if you call that dried travel ration stuff FOOD.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren just sets up camp and hiddles in his cloak.</div> <div> Missiledine: better then half frozen, raw tubers</div> <div> Dukejr01: huddles.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will take middle watch.</div> <div> revrat235: I'm wide awake, I'll take first</div> <div> Dukejr01: <good thing I bought a good cloak></div> <div> Missiledine: ok, Rolb will sit up third</div> <div> Missiledine: <true></div> <div> Dukejr01: <btw we have traveled for three days? any healing?</div> <div> Dukejr01: prepare another dose of jhensari bark for Vance</div> <div> Missiledine: Vance will not gain back any health until he is in a warm shelter and can get the fever under control, all his energy is going to figh that</div> <div> Missiledine: The rest of you.... </div> <div> Missiledine: one each</div> <div> Dukejr01: better than nothing</div> <div> Docportal: I would like it if we could cover the boats now.</div> <div> Missiledine: you have the same problem, it is too cold to genuinely heal</div> <div> Dukejr01: even us Fit guys.....</div> <div> Dawn12 has left the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: oops</div> <div> Missiledine: You calculate that it will be one more night then you will be at the river... Travel out is much slower, fighting the current, towing the boats</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> revrat235: k</div> <div> Missiledine: all are making the trip out much longer</div> <div> Docportal: How is the elf???</div> <div> Missiledine: <I'm not rushing to bring him around since that means I have to play him! He'll be awake when you get out of this mess!></div> <div> Dukejr01: <he is not dead. that is good.></div> <div> Docportal: <It is just I am try to keep a trake of his health. Tho if he is living when we hit the main land I will be happy.></div> <div> Missiledine: <Ok, I won't let him die... tonight></div> <div> Docportal: ok good.</div> <div> Missiledine: <The rest of you however....></div> <div> revrat235: eep.</div> <div> Dawn12 has entered the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: rehi Dawn.</div> <div> revrat235: welcome back.</div> <div> Dawn12: got knock off brb</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, the first watch passes quietly enough... The weather remains crappy, with squalls of snow and sleet coming and going</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corrren gets up and grumbles</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Shoulda stayed in the manor house, then Sharkey and his boyos could sleep outside in this.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <grumble grumble></div> <div> Missiledine: You can see a thin skim of ice forming on the surface of the waterway</div> <div> Dukejr01: Good. useful for tracking.</div> <div> Missiledine: It won't be enough to stop movement, yet... But if things stay the way they are for any length of time, you might get iced in</div> <div> Dukejr01: crap</div> <div> revrat235: How far do you all figure we need to get before we can risk a fire?</div> <div> Dukejr01: "tomorrow we will be out of here"</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb grumbles, "If we don't get outta yon muck sooner rather them later, Sharkey won't need ta kill us."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren passes around some whiskey</div> <div> Missiledine: "Neh, not at this rate, one more night ta go."</div> <div> Dukejr01: <oops. read post wrong></div> <div> Missiledine: Second watch will also pass quietly</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wakes rolb and goes to sleep</div> <div> Missiledine: Shortly after the start of third watch, Rolb will quietly shake you each awake, "Shhh! Summat paasin too an fro overhead...Summat</div> <div> big."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks around at the water.</div> <div> Docportal: I ready my crossbow for a shot.</div> <div> Missiledine: nothing to be seen on the water</div> <div> revrat235: I ready an arrow</div> <div> Dawn12: back></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren readies armour, shield and weapons. he will set his spears into the mud point up.</div> <div> revrat235: and look up.</div> <div> Docportal: Get in armor if need be.<Should be in it already.></div> <div> Missiledine: The cloud cover is very low, and the sleet and snow are still falling, so it is almost impossible to see anything. But after a minute, you</div> <div> hear the beat of large, heavy, wings</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren readies an axe for throwing.</div> <div> revrat235: crap.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is very verrrry quiet.</div> <div> Docportal: Try to find target to aim at. Take one minute to aim if I find it.</div> <div> revrat235: I think it's about time for me to make a hunting skill roll.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb whispers, "Its passed over the length of yon channel twice afore."</div> <div> Missiledine: <One minute?></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will put a hand on doc;s crossbow and push it down. he puts a finger over his lips.</div> <div> Docportal: <60 seconds></div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dawn12: ready my Broadsword </div> <div> Docportal: I look at corren. </div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will lean close and whisper in Vance's ear. "Its searching for us. don;t give us away."</div> <div> Dukejr01: <dawn, we got you a shield too.></div> <div> Docportal: Whisper back, "ok but I want this ready if it finds us."</div> <div> Dukejr01: <no point in aiming for more than a 4 rounds anyway. depending on weapon type></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren shrugs. and rereadies his axe.</div> <div> Dawn12: and shield</div> <div> Docportal: Set the crossbow down gently and ready one broadsword and my best shiled.</div> <div> Missiledine: a minute or two passes, then you hear the beat of wings again... It is approaching from the north, your direction of travel... You still</div> <div> cant see it through the squalls...</div> <div> revrat235: watching, waiting... ready to take aim</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren stays low, he tries to be part of the ground.</div> <div> Missiledine: suddenly, through a gap caused by a gust of wind, you get the vauge impression of large batwings, 15 to 20 feet of spread, and a</div> <div> vaugely man like form....</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren waits and does nothing til he has a clear, good shot.</div> <div> Missiledine: the squall closes in again, hiding the form, though you all have a good feel for speed and course</div> <div> Docportal: I see how far donw in the boat I can get and do so. ready the next crossbow pray it dose not find us.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok... a second after the creature disappears into the squall, Thorin shoots</div> <div> revrat235: +fwipp+</div> <div> Dukejr01: <I hope you are as good as you think></div> <div> revrat235: <no pressure there!></div> <div> Docportal: <I hope my back up plan works. also></div> <div> Missiledine: There is a cry in the darkness, the wing beats falter a second, then it seems to swerve away into the night, headed west</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Shit. it was scouting for us. Now it will return to master."</div> <div> Docportal: I whisper to all " Get in a boat and lets go now!"</div> <div> revrat235: Now may be an opportune time to move camp. very quickly.</div> <div> Docportal: "No shit"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "We can;t see shit in this. more likely to blunder about and get lost."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes back to sleep</div> <div> revrat235: we could set an ambush.</div> <div> Docportal: We might be able to see if we talked the mage in to use her light to lead us...</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Lets hope that was a mortal wound and it doesn;t make it back home"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is going to sleep.</div> <div> Docportal: I get up and see if I can cammo the camp site and the boats.</div> <div> Missiledine: The minutes tick by, nothing more is heard</div> <div> Missiledine: you can't Vance, you can barely stand</div> <div> Docportal: <NM></div> <div> revrat235: I'll do it.</div> <div> Missiledine: Besides, other then reeds there is nothing to work with, the bushes are bare of leaves</div> <div> Docportal: <reeds are better than nothing...></div> <div> Dukejr01: "Vance.. go to sleep. you are sick enough as it is."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "The sleet covers us better than any cammo"</div> <div> Dawn12: i sit down</div> <div> Docportal: I get under all the cothing I can and my Blanket. and sleep.</div> <div> Dawn12: i humm</div> <div> revrat235 has left the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: The balance of the night passes quietly, tho you all remain on edge... <oops></div> <div> Dukejr01: "Dawn... shhhhh..." ;-) </div> <div> Dawn12: sorry!</div> <div> Missiledine: By morning the sleet has turned to full blown snow and it is very cold... The water way is starting to freeze overe even in the center</div> <div> Dukejr01: Lets get moving. Eat. drink. pass about some whiskey and move out.</div> <div> Docportal: "I get up. look around and then work of the courege to talk to dawn.</div> <div> Docportal: "Dawn, are you classed as a fire mage by chants?"</div> <div> Dawn12: "yes"</div> <div> Missiledine: "If it keeps up like this, we're gonna be stuck fast by tomorrow morning." Rolb grumbles. "May be best ta row through the night."</div> <div> revrat235 has entered the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I was thinking the same. use torches, it doesn;t matter now. we need speed.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren pulls at the oars. he pushes himself.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <btw. changes bandages etc.></div> <div> Missiledine: You have been rowing for about an hour when Rolb says, "We're bein stalked, I can feel it. "</div> <div> revrat235: Maybe we can block the path behind us.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks around and grunts. he pulls at the oars doggedly</div> <div> Missiledine: "if its that damned winged beast we canna block im."</div> <div> Docportal: I try to stay ready for anything and keep rowing at the same time.</div> <div> revrat235: no, but we can shoot him.</div> <div> Missiledine: Visibility is limited to about a hundred feet due to the falling snow and the dim vegetation on either side</div> <div> Dukejr01: we have long since passed the point where the arcuballista was, correct?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb shakes his head, "Ya hit em all right, but I dunno think ye hurt em." He nods at Dawn, "Mebbe she can do it."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Magic critters often need magic weapons"</div> <div> Missiledine: yes, long time ago... </div> <div> Dukejr01: k. meant to destroy it. nevermind</div> <div> Missiledine: You continue rowing, the boats push their way through the thin ice easily enough, but you feel the extra starin in your shoulders from</div> <div> fighting the resistence</div> <div> Dukejr01: lead boat will cut for the second boat. Corren is in lead boat.</div> <div> revrat235: Hey Dawn- do you know a heat spell? maybe you could melt the ice ahead of us?</div> <div> Dawn12 has left the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: Between the snow and your general weariness, you lose track of time and before you know it, it is late afternoon and starting to get</div> <div> dark</div> <div> Missiledine: <I guess she doesn't!></div> <div> Dukejr01: are we still on track?</div> <div> Missiledine: your still in the right channel.... Your not certain, but you think you have passed the first ambush point, apparently unmolested</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay</div> <div> Dukejr01: how far are we into teh swamp still?</div> <div> Missiledine: If you push on, four to six hours</div> <div> Docportal: "could some one get in the front boat and cut the ice with an ax?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Shall we stop for a meal, maybe even risk a fire, then push on?"</div> <div> Missiledine: it will be full dark in less then an hour </div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren keeps rowing.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Prow breaks the ice for now."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Eat in the boat." Rolb growls, "Eat in shifts."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Right."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren keeps rowing.</div> <div> Missiledine: The ice is less then a quarter inch in the center of the channel, where the current is fastest... To the sides it gets thicker and has a</div> <div> snow covering of about 2 inches</div> <div> revrat235: whoever is in the first boat and not rowing should be breaking ice.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Vance could do that.</div> <div> Missiledine: You continue on, into the growing gloom...</div> <div> Docportal: I move up and try to breaking the ice for the boat.</div> <div> Dawn12 has entered the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: rehi Dawn....</div> <div> Dawn12: Ikeep getting knocked off</div> <div> Dukejr01: would a torch help in the dark?</div> <div> Dukejr01: <no worries, Dawn></div> <div> Missiledine: Looking ahead, past the first boat, about 100 feet out, you see a deep shadow, thicker then anything you have seen so far... The wind,</div> <div> which is coming towards you, carries with it a stench of brimstone and sulfer</div> <div> Missiledine: a torch would help the person in the lead boat</div> <div> Dukejr01: is there land nearby?</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. the lead boat has a torch.</div> <div> Docportal: <I am not holding it></div> <div> Missiledine: the embankments are to either side, the waterway is about 45 feet across here, though I wouldn't call it land per say</div> <div> Dawn12: i ready a fire ball 1 pt</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren pulls in his oars and draws his sword.</div> <div> revrat235: If I'm not busy rowing, I think it's a good time to draw</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: the boat slows</div> <div> Dawn12: build up to a 3</div> <div> Missiledine: right</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Somethign coming...."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren readies shield.</div> <div> Docportal: I ready my shield and have a crossbow next to me ready also.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren faces the thing.</div> <div> revrat235: ready to aim</div> <div> Missiledine: the darkness ahead seems to be rolling towards you... advancing at a walking pace across the water</div> <div> Dukejr01: can we reach the embankment before it gets to us?</div> <div> Missiledine: probably, but the ice thickens towards the shore</div> <div> Docportal: Are they trees near by?</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Thorin. light another torch and throw the old one toward it.</div> <div> Missiledine: yes, though they are more like overgrown bushes</div> <div> Dukejr01: have the boats stopped?</div> <div> Dukejr01: <I meant Vance></div> <div> Docportal: If so throw ropes around one of them and tie off the boats.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <pardon.></div> <div> Missiledine: the rear ones nudge up against the lead, all stopped</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will light a new torch and throw the old one toward the darkness.</div> <div> Docportal: ok Iight another torch and throw the old one at whatever.</div> <div> Missiledine: Thorin draws an arrow, already wrapped in an oil soaked rag, lights it on the torch and shoots into the dark</div> <div> revrat235: +fwip+</div> <div> Missiledine: The arrow streaks across the water and vanishes into the darkness as though swallowed</div> <div> Missiledine: There is no sound, the darkness rolls forward</div> <div> Docportal: "Dawn you detacked magic befor see if this is magic..."</div> <div> revrat235: well this is not good</div> <div> Missiledine: The nearest tree is about twenty five feet away</div> <div> Dukejr01: Makefor shore. corren rows.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren pulls hard.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Dawn used her Mage's touch before, not a spell></div> <div> Dukejr01: "Row!"</div> <div> Missiledine: The boats crunch into th4e ice and snow, grinding to a halt 8 to 10 feet from shore</div> <div> Dukejr01: how far away is the darkenss?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb grumbles, "Course its bloody magic..." As He pulls hard</div> <div> Missiledine: thirty feet</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will chop at the ice with his axe to open a way.</div> <div> Docportal: I will row hard.</div> <div> Missiledine: it breaks up under the blows and your boat can move forward</div> <div> revrat235: I'll keep us covered in as much as that's possible</div> <div> Dukejr01: When we get to shore we pull up the other boats. tie them off, beforethe darkenss arrives. Corren will redy shield andsword and stand ready./</div> <div> Dukejr01: <better idea rev. since you are in the second boat. you might want to row></div> <div> Dawn12: i end my spell</div> <div> revrat235: right. rowing.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok Dawn</div> <div> Docportal: As soon as we hit shore I grab my crossbow and swords and shiled and everything else of mine if I can. hide behind a tree.</div> <div> Missiledine: The lead boat grates on the bottom, about thrre feet short of the bank</div> <div> revrat235 has left the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren jumps out and pulls it in. and then the secon boat.</div> <div> Missiledine: Vance, you scramble out of the boat, into thick, semi frozen mud that lets you sink in past your ankles... If it wasn't partly frozen you'd</div> <div> be knne deep</div> <div> Missiledine: Same for you Corren, moving about is going to be tough</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grits his teeth and sets to work.</div> <div> Docportal: k</div> <div> Missiledine: As the boats come ashore and Dawn and Thorin scramble out, there is a series of bright flashes and loud 'BANGS' going off all</div> <div> around you... maybe six or seven...</div> <div> Dukejr01: Duck and Cover with shield!!!</div> <div> Dawn12: same here</div> <div> Docportal: Do the same but try to keep moving for the tree.</div> <div> Missiledine: no one seems to be hurt, though you can feel the concussive force of the bangs against you, and see the snow swirl from the force</div> <div> Dukejr01: any arrows drop from the sky?</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren sniffs the air</div> <div> Dawn12: going for the trees</div> <div> Missiledine: the trees do not have thick trunks, they are more like clumps of thick bushes</div> <div> Dukejr01: he readies sword.</div> <div> Docportal: Whatevery going for one is the best plan for me.</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren will sweep his sword thru the swirls.</div> <div> Missiledine: Your feet are breaking through the frozen mud, it is a slog to advance... No, no arrows that you notice</div> <div> Missiledine: The flashes are more like bright light then fire</div> <div> Dukejr01: has the darkness reached us?</div> <div> Missiledine: it is passing across the cargo boats</div> <div> Dukejr01: well, okay. is it coming at right angles to us or directly at us?</div> <div> Dukejr01: we turned aside.</div> <div> Missiledine: It seems to be turning after you</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. we pulled up the boats. or at least that is what Corren is doing.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren did not go for the island.</div> <div> Missiledine: Suddenly, from the skay above and beyond the darkness, there is a boom of wings and you feel the air swirling against you... Out of</div> <div> the darkness comes a twirling net.. aimed at Corren... You raise your shield and try to dodge, but</div> <div> Dukejr01: slash at it with sword.</div> <div> Dawn12 has left the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: the mud is slowing you down and you can't get clear of it... The net, lined with barbed hooks, wraps itself across your shield... the net</div> <div> is of fine chains, linked with wire... your sword does not cut it </div> <div> Dukejr01: let shield go.</div> <div> Dukejr01: another shield in boat?</div> <div> Missiledine: it will take a moment to shake it loose... Ok... <What is happening to my party!></div> <div> Docportal: <yes one more for sure is in there.></div> <div> Dukejr01: is there a line attached to the net?</div> <div> Missiledine: <I waited on this encounter until Dawn was back and everyone was here... As soon as I start running it everyone disappears!></div> <div> Dukejr01: <lol></div> <div> Docportal: <i am the only one still here> I was hading for some trees or bushes.</div> <div> Docportal: <lol></div> <div> Missiledine: No, there is no line attached to the shield... <Lets give everyone a minute to try and rejoin.... Damn></div> <div> Dukejr01: k. is there a spare shield in the boat? even if its not katalla style.</div> <div> Missiledine: yes there is... but hang on a sec</div> <div> Docportal: <have you had time to work a loot list?></div> <div> Missiledine: <On paper></div> <div> Missiledine: <Its on the flip side of Athamar's loot list></div> <div> Dukejr01: lol</div> <div> Dukejr01: <well, Athamar gets more loot, but he has more outgoing expenses</div> <div> Dawn12 has entered the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Sigh.... One back></div> <div> Dukejr01: <yay!></div> <div> Missiledine: <We'll give the Rev another minute></div> <div> Missiledine: <looking for him on ICQ.... No luck></div> <div> Missiledine: <Okay, lets get back on track</div> <div> Dukejr01: <k></div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, as you reach in to grab the shield, there is a whistling 'CRACK" and you feel a burning pain across your back from a whip that</div> <div> has lashed at you out of the darkness</div> <div> Missiledine: <brb></div> <div> Missiledine: <back></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren ignores it and pulls out the new shield. HE turns to face the darkness again.</div> <div> Missiledine: OThe boat of cargo, tethered to the first boat, suddenly dips into the water as a weight lands on it, from out of the darkness steps....</div> <div> Dawn12: i cast fireball 1 pt and wait to see a target</div> <div> Missiledine: a 7' tall, black, leathery figure with folded bat wings, a long pointed tail and a singlehorn projecting from its forehead... It carries a</div> <div> whip in one hand and a barbed javelin in the other</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren murmurs "Come... Endless darkness..." Step and ready. </div> <div> Missiledine: It steps to the prow of the tethered boat and leaps forward, whirling the whip overhead and stabbing with the javelin at Corren, who is</div> <div> closest</div> <div> Dawn12: build fireball to a 3 pt and fire at the the bat looking like thing</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, you shoot?</div> <div> Dukejr01: block/thrust.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: Thorin will shoot as soon as he has a target</div> <div> Docportal: I shoot my crossbow also</div> <div> Missiledine: Vance, you are loaded with all your stuff, as you stated. Dropping it to shoot?</div> <div> Dawn12: yes</div> <div> Docportal: yes</div> <div> Missiledine: ok.. Dawn you will need to build the fireball</div> <div> Dawn12: ok</div> <div> Dawn12: build fireball to 3 pt</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, you raise your shield to defend... You see Thorin's arrow hit the creature in its chest, Vance's bolt also hits it, but it doesn't</div> <div> seem to flinch... You block the javelin thrust and stab back</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Magic bastard" Corren grunts.</div> <div> Missiledine: missing it badly, stumbling in the treacherous mud... No attack next round</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: All outdefend then</div> <div> Missiledine: The whip lashes out, aimed at Dawn</div> <div> Dawn12: can i shoot my fire ball now</div> <div> Missiledine: not for 3 points, 2 now</div> <div> Dawn12: go ahead a shoot</div> <div> Missiledine: but the lash misses her by inches, cracking the air in front of her face!</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Docportal: I put my swords in my belt and grab my shield move in front of dawn. Protect her at all cost.</div> <div> Missiledine: The spell goes off and the thing grunts and seems staggered</div> <div> Dawn12: i also geet my sheild up and sword out</div> <div> revrat235 has entered the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Hey!></div> <div> Dukejr01: <hey rev.</div> <div> revrat235: Sorry. Macs behaving badly</div> <div> Missiledine: <We'll give Duke a minute to update Rev></div> <div> Docportal: <k></div> <div> Missiledine: <All right, back at it></div> <div> Dukejr01: <done></div> <div> Dawn12: i cast fireball 3 pt</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, it stabs at you again...but you block it with your shield</div> <div> revrat235: I'm gonna duck behind a tree</div> <div> Missiledine: Vance has moved to shield Dawn and the lash cracks across his shield</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dawn12: when its ready shoot at the the bat thing</div> <div> Missiledine: right</div> <div> Dukejr01: When corren is ready to fight again. block/thrust.</div> <div> Missiledine: The creature jumpas from the floating row boat to the stern of the grounded one</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, you have initiative</div> <div> Dukejr01: block/thrust</div> <div> Missiledine: The nearest torch is on the prow of the boat that the creature is standiuing on</div> <div> Missiledine: You stab at the thing... It tries to twist clear but fails... Your blade tears at him and it roars in pain and obvious surprise!</div> <div> revrat235: running up next to dawn</div> <div> Missiledine: Thorin shoots again, his arrow whizzes past the beasts face and is lost in the gloom</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Like the taste of Weft? Come get some."</div> <div> Missiledine: <Next rd, the Thing gets initiative> Snarling in rage it spreads it's wings, beating hard and swirling up the snow around you, then the</div> <div> darkness rolls over it and you can't see it</div> <div> Dukejr01: crap.</div> <div> Dawn12: gerat</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren retreats toward shore for better footing,. he crouches and listens.</div> <div> revrat235: Dawn- can you make a fireball? I ask, drawing another arrow</div> <div> Missiledine: The boat creaks slightly as a weight is lifted off it's stern and the thing becomes briefly visible as I climbs upwards, out of the</div> <div> darkness... </div> <div> Dawn12: "i try to right now</div> <div> Missiledine: You have one quick shot before he vanishes into the snow</div> <div> Dukejr01: Close enough to attack?</div> <div> revrat235: don't let me distract you</div> <div> Dawn12: is the fire ball ready</div> <div> Docportal: I ready a broadsword</div> <div> revrat235: I light my arrow off the fireball in her hand</div> <div> Missiledine: 2 points worth Dawn</div> <div> Dawn12: tell me when its 3</div> <div> Missiledine: <Uhmmm, ok rev></div> <div> Missiledine: <It will be out of sight by 3></div> <div> Dukejr01: is corren in melee range?</div> <div> Missiledine: no</div> <div> revrat235: <hey create fire: 1 min; create fireBALL: 2 sec></div> <div> Dawn12: then shoot now</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> revrat235: +fwipp+</div> <div> Missiledine: the fire ball goes off... you see it impact as it flaps heavily away... It roars again... Thorin's arrow misses it</div> <div> Missiledine: It is gone from sight</div> <div> Dukejr01: can we hear it at all?</div> <div> Missiledine: The wingbeats fade into the night</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Lets get out of here." Corren checks the boats.</div> <div> revrat235: dammit</div> <div> Missiledine: they seem to be okay</div> <div> Dukejr01: he sheathes the sword.</div> <div> Dukejr01: recovers his shield and the net</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: stow the other shield and hte net</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: we will chop our way clear to the channel</div> <div> Missiledine: you are underway again</div> <div> revrat235: I get to rowing</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grabs a bite to eat as he is getting going.</div> <div> Dukejr01: just some cheese.</div> <div> Docportal: I get my gear and load it and help row as much as I can.</div> <div> Missiledine: right</div> <div> Dawn12: help in any way</div> <div> Missiledine: You push on into the darkness... the hours pass tensely, as you wait to hear the wingbeats agian... </div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren jsut pulls on he oars. good thing he has gloves and the boating skill.</div> <div> Missiledine: It is getting late... suddenly the waterway in front of you opens up... you have reached the river! There is no hint of the creature. The</div> <div> snow is falling heavily now and the land across the river is white, as are the trees on the</div> <div> Missiledine: bank</div> <div> Dukejr01: which is closer? Soche or Lendale?</div> <div> Missiledine: Soche</div> <div> revrat235: Well, this is a little comfort</div> <div> Dukejr01: our horses are there too. damn. didn;t want to go there with Sharkey still alive.</div> <div> Docportal: I realy think we need to find a mage with flaming weapon spell. get our weapons enchanted.</div> <div> Missiledine: Turn towards Soche?</div> <div> Dukejr01: is it easier to go downstream to lendale?</div> <div> Dukejr01: "We need to go to the monestary in lendale anyway. though our horses are in Soche."</div> <div> Missiledine: it might be easier, but it will be longer</div> <div> Dukejr01: Go to Soche.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: You pull for Soche... It takes a couple more hours, but at last you see the welcomed lights of the village as you approach the docks</div> <div> Dukejr01: whew.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Make fast and get out.</div> <div> Missiledine: There is something new tho... Moored along the village dock is a large, snow shrouded barge... You recognise it. The Hart... Rhone is</div> <div> here</div> <div> Dukejr01: good.</div> <div> revrat235: Well, that was just about the most horrible thing I've ever seen.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <maybe></div> <div> Missiledine: <lol></div> <div> Dukejr01: Make fast on one dock. and take Rhones boat with his cut round to the other side. make that one fast on the otehr side.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Okay people, I think we will close it here. I will email everyone a copy of the loot list so you can look at it before next game></div> <div> Dukejr01: <k></div> <div> Dukejr01: night. thanks for running us.</div> <div> revrat235: I don't know about anyone else, but I want strong drink and lots of it.</div> <div> Missiledine: thanks for playing!</div> <div> Dawn12: ok thanks </div> <div> revrat235: thanks</div> <div> Docportal: Thanks</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Docportal: Good night</div> <div> Dukejr01 has left the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: until next week!</div> <div> Dawn12: night</div> <div> Missiledine: good night</div> <div> Dawn12 has left the room.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>