Thursday, 30 August 2012

Book 2. Session 26 17/9/96 - The Kidnapping of Cassandra Starling

Next game next Thursday 6pm!

Cassandra Starling, of the Little Aimswick Starlings


   
Smon
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Goonergeezer: hiya smon
Smon: Hi Ken 
Smon: I tried PMing a few people today in case they might be into joining the game.
Smon: No answers yet. 
Smon: I guess Kjato should be back in a week or so; I'm ok GMing solo but I think 2-4 players is best.
Goonergeezer: sometimes it takes a little while for people to answer
Goonergeezer: 2+ is best, gives the game more directions to run
Goonergeezer: 2+ is best, gives the game more directions to run
Goonergeezer: 2+ is best, gives the game more directions to run
Goonergeezer: 2+ is best, gives the game more directions to run
Smon: Yeah, I find that I love the weird tangents you get with 2 or more active players.
Smon: Too many can create a mess though. 
Smon: Have you had a chance to read over everything on the blog?
Goonergeezer: i saw the updated map and the convo and research info
Goonergeezer: sp Gaxhill if a knight of yggs then?
Goonergeezer: if i understood it correctl;y
Smon: Sir Alec of Gaxhill is independent of Yggsburgh, though the Lord Mayor would like to bring him into the demesne by all accounts.
Smon: Was there anything else you wanted to ask Fr Thadeus?
Goonergeezer: just to clarify with him, if helen was to marry the prince then would she be no longer considered for the kallent role as she would become queen of dunfalcon?
Smon: No, she could still potentially become Countess of Kallent, which would effectively place Kallent under Dunfalcon control.
Smon: Thadeus: "I doubt the Earl would agree to such a marriage."
Goonergeezer: but maria would be considered as it would strengthen our family tho?
Smon: Thadeus nods wisely. "I expect so. Although you would need to speak with the Earl - he may have other plans in mind for her. The Baron of Aldrun has a son, for instance..."
Smon: Thadeus scratches his beard. "And if I may suggest... You should also speak with Dame Gertrude."
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Smon: Hi Chris! 
chris107: Evening gents
Goonergeezer: Garrick: I fear the our dear Fame Gertrude has taken a strong dislike to me Father
Smon: Any interest in playing in my Yggsburgh/AD&D game Chris?
Goonergeezer: hiya chris
chris107: Thanks for your message Simon. So just signed on. Nothing planned
chris107: Hiya Goongeezer
Smon: Father Thadeus sighs: "The good Lady-Dame is a little prickly with everyone, Sir Garrick. And she is mindful of Tabitha's best interests... I think."
Goonergeezer: Garrick: I have nothing but the best of intentions reguarding Tabitha NAD the Kallent family
Smon: Chris,if you're interested in playing, maybe a PC with a connection to Goonergeezer's Garrick?
Smon: Thadeus smiles: "Of course - well you married her, did you not?!"
chris107: Happy to help out for the evening
chris107: Give me five minutes to grab a pad, pencil 'n stuff
Goonergeezer: garrick shakes his head: and a strange day that was too, i hope the events of that day was not an ill-omen
Smon: Chris, if you're there, could you roll up stats? Best 3 of 4d6x6, arrange as desired.
Smon: 5,001 XP, which is third level in most classes.
chris107: Remind me how to roll the dice again 
Goonergeezer: forward slash roll 4d6
Smon: I'm thinking your PC is a retainer, guard, advisor or friend to the glamorous Cassandra Starling, of the Little Aimswick Starlings... 
chris107: Thanks 
Smon: Seehttp://smonsyggsburgh.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/nobles.htmland scroll down to the Kallent section. 
chris107: Happy to fill in with whatever for the eveninbg
chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets: 4, 2, 3, 1, = 10 
chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets: 4, 5, 6, 1, = 16 
chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets: 2, 1, 5, 5, = 13 
chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets: 2, 4, 3, 1, = 10 
chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets: 3, 5, 4, 6, = 18 
chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets: 1, 4, 3, 2, = 10 
chris107: 9 - 15 - 12 - 9 -15 - 9
chris107: Anything you particularly need GG?
Smon: If human age 21-40 you get +1 STR +1 CON
chris107: I'm thinking Druid
Smon: 5,001 XP and max regular starting gold by class.
Smon: Druid is cool if you meet the prereqs. 
Goonergeezer: nothing really need, still finding my feet so am unsure of whats gonna be happening
Smon: Might be best if you don't know Garrick since he did kill his last wife...
chris107: Okay. I'll watch while I have a flick through the PHB
Smon: I think a 'wise man' or 'wise woman' advisor to the Starlings would work. They are gentry of the County Kallent, Little Aimswick.
Smon: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_W_C0lbpT3HwbXlpVMMW_rs6p7EX4HJARF-7m1Rwcu8_mgACasu9fVaWQQpT7oXL7e7PMApynsycrxiQm6qIp7TM1Eze_s9l66xpHtO3eZYRfA5qjfOoFr7buUEexyOZ2Kitpv8KFvINX/s1600/Castle+Kallent+environs.bmp
Smon: If you give me name & sex I can get you started, then you can finish up the PC as we play.;
Goonergeezer: ooc: so kallent is populated with small towns and villages, no cities like yggs?
Smon: You will be 3rd level, max hp first die, so roll 2d8+8 for hp, plus any CON bonus
Smon: That's right Gooner
Smon: It's quite rural & bucolic 
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Smon: It's midway between the big cities of Dunfalcon & Yggsburgh. Midgrove is growing and will soon be a town.
chris107: How do you rule Wisdom bonus for Druisa Simon?
chris107: Druids
Goonergeezer: Garrick: Fathewr Thaddeus you have been a fountain of information, i believe any thing else i need will have to given by Dame gertrude, thank you father we will speak again soon. with that garrick heads off to his room and becons a servent over
Smon: Same as Clerics - they are a subclass 
Smon: A maidservant attends on Garrick. "Yes, sir?"
Goonergeezer: Garrick: could you please inform Dame Gertrude that i would like to speak to her when she has a moment to spare"
Smon: The maid gulps. "Yes sir..." she departs.
Smon: After fifteen minutes the maid returns. "Sir, Dame Gertrude requests you attend upon her in the Drawing Room."
Goonergeezer: smiling to himself at the servants discomfort at seeing gertrude garrick takes a moment to rest in his quarters]
Smon: Tabitha combs her hair. "Why do you want to see my aunt, my love?"
Goonergeezer: garrick rises and follows the servant out of the room and to the Drawing room
Goonergeezer: turningh back before he leaves" my love if i am to be a part of the family i must at least know what occours, i will return shortly
chris107: Human, Male, Wise Man (Druid) Sweetrede
Smon: Tabitha nods, Garrick follows the maid to a dark-pannelled drawing room. Gertrude sits in a high-backed mahogany chair. She looks at Garrick. "Sit" - she gestures to a much smaller chair nearby.
Goonergeezer: garrick sits obediently and waits for gertrude to speak
Smon: GM: It's mid-morning on 179/96, following Garrick's second consultation with Thadeus, two days before the funeral of the old Earl Kallent.
Smon: 17/9/96 
Smon: Gertrude looks at Garrick: "What is it?"
Goonergeezer: Garrick: my dear dame gertrude, may i speak plainly?
chris107 rolls 2d8 and gets: 3, 7, = 10 
chris107: 18 HP
Smon: Cool 
Goonergeezer: Garrick: you have made your feelings about me known, you distrust me and perhaps even despise me, i want no more than to love and honour Tabitha and the kallent family, of whicjh i am now part of.....
Smon: Gertrude: "I don't despise you."
chris107: S: 9 IQ: 12 W: 15 D: 9 Co: 9 Ch: 15
Smon: /roll 1d100
Smon rolls 1d100 and gets: 62,
Goonergeezer: garrick: what is it you would have me do to quell your fears and suspicions mt dear aunt
Smon: Gertrude looks at Garrick: "A little more piety would not be out of place. The Lord does not smile on fornicators, you know. Even those who then marry. You have much to repent."
Goonergeezer: garrick: and repent my sins i will my good lady, i know my liason with the young lady tabitha was sinful, of that i cannot change, i only wish to be a better person in the future
Smon: GM: Sweetrede - you awake with a splitting headache. You are lying in a ditch, a cold patter of rain chilling your bones. You can taste blood. The wreck of the Starling coach lies strewn across the road, with the dead horses.
Smon: You can see the body of the coachman, his neck broken by the fall.
chris107: Simon: Any survivors?
Smon: Garrick - Gertrude smiles slightly. "Well, that at least is a start. Perhaps you could make a Pilgrimage - the Lord smiles upon Pilgrims, they say."
Goonergeezer: garrick: if that is your wish then it will be so, to the temple of the fallen knight? if so i shall depart on the morn, earlier if it shouyld please you
Smon: Sweetrede - slowly, memory returns. You were travelling with young Miss Cassandra in the coach - on her way to visit her friend Helen Kallent, up at the castle. Helen's uncle and brother have just died, and she needs comforting. Suddenly there was a crash - you were thrown clear, but badly hurt.
Smon: Gertrude nods: "The earlier the better, I think! You can be gone before noon..."
chris107: (Typing spell list hurridly) But will include CLW for any injured parties.
Goonergeezer: garrick: i shall prepare immediatly, with your leave" garrick stands and makes his way back to his quarters and calls for a servant....
Smon: Sweetrede - You remember the men who attacked, then - vicious brutes - the coachman was already dead, but they seized Cassandra, dragged her away screaming - you were half-stunned, then a whack on the head and you knew no more... 
Smon: Sweetrede is at 50% hp 
Goonergeezer: Garrick: tell my squire to ready my horse and to pack supplies, we ride to the shrine of the fallen knight before noon
Smon: In the castle, Garrick summons a servant and prepares to depart. Tabitha approaches, looking concerned. "You are going somewhere, my love?"
Goonergeezer: garrick: Tabitha my love, fdamily honour means we must part again, i shall return soon, take care my love
Smon: Sweetrede casts around for survivors. Lying near the wreck of the carriage is the unconscious form of Martha, Cassandra's fat maidservant.
Smon: By her bloodied scalp she took a similar blow to himself.
Goonergeezer: OOC just getting a coffee bbrb
chris107: Sweetrede uses his first CLW on the maid
Smon: Tabitha looks downcast. "But we have been together such a little time! Please hurry back, my love!"
chris107: Spell list 5/3/1
Smon: roll 1d8 Chris
chris107: Animal Friendship, Speak With Animals X3, Locate Animals as 1st level
chris107 rolls 1d8 and gets: 7,
chris107: Charm Person or Mammal, CLW X2 as 2nd level
Smon: Martha groans and wakes up. "Oww, my head...Father Sweetrede!" she blinks.
Smon: "Where's Miss Cassandra? Oh my word..." her jowls quiver with concern.
chris107: @My child, I feared for you.'
chris107: Simon: How far from start or distination are we?
Goonergeezer: (back)
chris107: And what kind of countryside are we in?
chris107: (I want to locate an animal that can track 
chris107: Weasle, stote, fox etc.
chris107: (And as it's raining hard) Call Lightning as his 3rd level spell
Smon: GM: Sweetrede looks around - you're on the Dunfalcon Pike, a paved road, about 6 miles west of Little Aimswick you reckon, maybe 3 miles east of the village of Hortish. Spine Ridge rises to the south.
chris107: Sweetrede to Maid servant 'Hurry back to Little Ainswick, raise the guard!' I will start the search here.'
Smon: (sorry, oven just broke!)
chris107: @ Simon : If no obvious tracks are visible leaving the scene. Sweetrede will use his locate animals spell in the hedgerows along the road to locate a Weasle.
Smon: Martha looks doubtfully at the rather bleak landscape stretching east past the Petty Swamp towards Little Aimswick. She dabs her bloodied head with a cloth. "Ow..."
Smon: Martha: "Isn't there a village closer?"
Smon: Sweetrede summons a weasel, it pops out of the hedge inquisitively.
chris107: Uses Speak With Animals to communicate
Smon: Map here - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_W_C0lbpT3HwbXlpVMMW_rs6p7EX4HJARF-7m1Rwcu8_mgACasu9fVaWQQpT7oXL7e7PMApynsycrxiQm6qIp7TM1Eze_s9l66xpHtO3eZYRfA5qjfOoFr7buUEexyOZ2Kitpv8KFvINX/s1600/Castle+Kallent+environs.bmp- you are about 3 hexes east of Hortish on the Pike
Smon: (need to go for early dinner now - back in 20 mins or so)
Goonergeezer: k
chris107: Grrrr! Managed to loose everything trying to look at the map.
Goonergeezer: :-)
chris107: @ Simon: Goodrede asks the Weasle to look around and find out where 'the big people have gone?'
Goonergeezer: simonms popped off for a quick bite, said he'll be back in 20
chris107: Ah, okay mate. 
chris107: How are things with you?
Goonergeezer: be a lot better if i didnt have toothache atm, what about you?
chris107: All good thanks, though I have a wobbly tooth too. No pain yet though.
Goonergeezer: i hada crown come out about 3 weeks ago and i just havnt bothered getting it sorted out hjust yet
chris107: Ouch. It's just so expensive at the dentist. Can't get an NHS one round here for love nor money
Goonergeezer: we have an nhs one but he is so condescending that you just wanna punch the guy after 2 minutes
Goonergeezer: im sure he thinks i am 5 years old
chris107: Haha that sounds like me with any dentist!
chris107: I was told I wasn't brushing my teeth properly on my last visit. 
chris107: I'm nearly fifty and he was charging me nearly £1,200 for the work!
Goonergeezer: yep i have had that one too
chris107: It used to be just the doctor that told you to stop smoking & drinking. You get it from the dentist now too 
Goonergeezer: every bugger gets on your back these days
chris107: I'm just going to grab a quick sandwich too, be back in 5
Goonergeezer: and none of them believe a word you tel thwem
Goonergeezer: k
chris107: I'm not surprised they don't believe what we tell 'em though.
Goonergeezer: they must of heard so many excuses and such they they just turn off to it
Smon: back now - will review posts 
chris107: just finishing my sandwich
Smon: GM: In the castle, Garrick's horse is readied, along with provisions for the trip. The Kallents come out to see him off. Sir George: "I suppose you'll miss the funeral, Garrick. Ah well."
Smon: Gertrude: "Byron would understand." Garrick is bid farewell, riding out alone from the castle on a light warhorse. 
Goonergeezer: with Pennant flying from his lance gsarrick sets off at a trot northeastwards along the dunfalcon pike
Smon: Two hours later, it's about 1pm and Garrick is about 3 miles east of the village of Hortish on the Dunfalcon Pike, when he sees what looks like a coach-wreck on the road ahead...
Goonergeezer: Glancing around to check if anyone is about first garriick will dismount anfd lead his horse to the crash site
Smon: Sweetrede: The weasel sniffs around, and soon picks up a trail heading south, into the woods. Then you hear the clip-clop of hooves - a knight in shining armour is approaching from the west.
Smon: Garrick dismounts as he draws near - he can see a man (better describe Sweetrede Chris)  and a fat maid, both with injured heads. The man seems to be talking with something in the hedge(?!)
Goonergeezer: Garrick: Madam, sir are you alright?
Smon: GM OOC: Those who practice the 'Old Faith' of the Druids tend to keep quiet about it, as there are occasional persecutions.
Goonergeezer: Seeing the slighly mad old man talking to a bush garrick will rush over....
Smon: OOC: Officially there is one God, the Lord, with a Son & lots of Saints.
Goonergeezer: Garrick" sir you need to sit, a nasty bump is upon your head and you appear to be talking to a bush!
Smon: The mud-spattered maid brightens at the sight of Garrick. "A knight! Of Kallent, no less! Good sire, we have been attacked! They took Miss Cassandra!"
Smon: Maid: "Miss Cassandra Starling, of the Little Aimswick Starlings!"
Goonergeezer: garrick" Miss Cassandra Aimswick!? Helen is expecting her, i must find her before........... he lets his sentence trail off rather than to mention what might occour to a lady of high srtansing
Smon: Garrick vaguely remembers her from the wedding.
chris107: @ SAimon, okay I'll sort the description out now. Give me five minutes.. If the old faith is not tollerated I'll think of a different approach. In the mean time he'll explain to Garrik what's happened.
Smon: Looking around, it seems that a heavy chain was drawn across the road on a bend between two trees; it wrecked the coach, killed the coachman and his horses.
Smon: (It's tolerated in parts, but Dame Gertrude Kallent has a reputation for intolerance) 
chris107: (Quickly checks to see if regular clerics have speak with animals 
Smon: Martha sits down on a log. "Oh, my..." the rain continues to drizzle down.
Goonergeezer: Garrick: did yoiu see what direction the brigands took off? it may not be too late to effect a rescur
Smon: (Garrick wouldn't know either way Chris) 
Goonergeezer: Garrick takes off his oilskin cloaks and places it around the shoulders of the maid
Smon: Martha: "No, they hit me on the head... *ouch*" she dabs her head.
Goonergeezer: ooc your animal could be your familiar, i know mages have them
Smon: Martha brightens as Garrick cloaks her. "Oh, thankee sir! You're a right gentleman and no mistake!"
Eliana Has entered the room
Smon: Hi El, long time no see 
Eliana: Game?
Smon: Back running Yggsburgh again 
Goonergeezer: Garrick: and you sir, did by any chance you see what direction they took? wiuth that said garrick will start walking in a wide circle arounf the crash site to see if he can find any tracks
Eliana: Hi! 
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
chris107: Goodrede shows the tracks the weasle showed it
Eliana: Was extremely busy ... then exhausted... and now I'm under new managment regarding my gaming....
Smon: There's some trampled ground on either side of the hedges, where men lay in wait. Goodrede shows the weasel's indicated track, a faint path south.
Smon: Weasael: ~Lots of Men More than My Paws very big~
Eliana: Ath is playing the abusive artist manager....
Smon: LOL
Goonergeezer: Garrick: Godreade, was that your anme? are you armed sir? i mean to track these kidnappers and recus your lady, would you accomplany me?
chris107: If a lark or some such can be located he will use a second speak with animals (It's clkerical too) to have the bird scout along the tracks 
Smon: There are plenty of birds around, feasting on autumn berries. Goodreade summons a lark.
chris107: To Lark: Follow the track of the many big folk gooing along these tracks. Find them then come fetch us. Show us the way!
Smon: More 'locates' a lark I guess 
Smon: How many speak w animals did you take? They last 6 minutes & you get 1 animal type per casting
chris107: @ Garrik 'Sir Knight, God's own creatures will locate these fellons'
chris107: I took 3 speak with animals
Smon: ok, you'll need your third when it reports back.
Goonergeezer: garrick: then will you lead on good sir?
chris107: Sure 
Smon: GM: Are you both following the weasel's track through the woods?
chris107: @ Garrik: Young Miss Cassandra has been my ward since she was a babe. I will find her.
Goonergeezer: tes garrick is leading his horse now though
Smon: Martha: "And I nursed her! We must get her back!"
Smon: The three of you head south through light woodland, Garrick leading his horse.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
chris107: Goodrede tries again to use his charisma to convince the made to return for help
Goonergeezer: Garrick: my good martha it would be wise for you to stay heree, the brigande will not return, we will return with your lady shortly
Smon: ok CHA check, roll d20 Chris 
Smon: under or = CHA 
chris107 rolls 1d20 and gets: 2,
chris107: Well under 
Smon: Martha: "I'll go to Hortish. I can be there in an hour. It would be near dark fore I maid Little Aimswick."
chris107: @Fly then good lady!'
Smon: Martha hurries off west towards Hortish, gripping her skirts.
Smon: Garrick and Sweetreade head south, rain pattering through the autumnal leaves.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: You've been going about an hour when the bird flies back to Sweetreade.
chris107: Sweetrede uses his last speak with animals
Smon: After another SWA spell: ~They're ahead, oh yes - under the cliff, six big 'uns and yellow-hair girl at a fire."
chris107: Sweetrede wears no armour but carries a staff and has a sling with a dozen lead bullets in his pouch
Goonergeezer: Garick ties his horse to a tree and unslings his lonbow
chris107: @Tries for best directions then thanks the little birdie.
Smon: ~They took the girl's feathers. The biggest one is making fledglings with her...~
chris107: @ Simon: is it still raining heavily?
Smon: The bird indicates a little east of south. The land rises up, rugged, towards Spine Ridge.
chris107: Sweetread turns pale under his tanned skin.
Smon: No, just a drizzle.
chris107: Grrr. Too little to summon lightning?
Smon: Um, you don't get 3rd level spells until higher level.
chris107: @ Garrik, 'We must hurry. Poor Casandra's virtue!
chris107: 3rd level spells @ 3rd level. 4001 XP
chris107: 1st edition?
Goonergeezer: garrick@ goodreade : how many are there? perhaps an ambush might better the odds if there are many
Smon: No, 2nd level spells at 3rd level, 3rd level spells at 5th level.
Smon: pg 20 PHB
chris107: page 21 PHB?
chris107: Druid not cleric
Smon: Damn, you're right 
Smon: I was looking at wrong table!
Smon: sorry
chris107: That's why I asked about bonus spells 
Smon: It says a rain shower is enough 
chris107: 
Smon: >>garrick@ goodreade : how many are there? perhaps an ambush might better the odds if there are many<<
chris107: @ Garrik ' Gods good lightning will smite them down. But it takes time to summon. If we can get within site, give me time then draw them into the open with a challenge' 
chris107: My bolt will blast the largest, your strength at arms and my trusty staff will hold the rest
chris107: @ Garrik: or I could try and charm the leader while you brain the rest?
Goonergeezer: garrick: i fear these men are not of honour and would not respond to a challenge, i will supride them with bowshot and charge them, would that give you enough time to prepare?
chris107: OOC give me a moment while I flip to the spell 
Smon: pg 57
chris107: OOC 10 rounds to cast but then 30 minute duration. @ Simon, how far are we away from the beastly bandits?
Smon: You don't know, prob within 200 yards
Smon: I'm using 1"=10' outdoors BTW
Smon: So 600'
Smon: = 60"
Smon: They're prob w/in 72" range already if you could see them 
chris107: @ Garrik, I'll start casting now. Give me ten minutes and we'll both take these evil men down. Or we go now and try to overpower them with force.
chris107: @ Simon Is there some dense undergroth or briar I could get into to get within site but not be visible?
chris107: (Using the druid ability on page 21)
Smon: GM: There are a lot of ferns, and the terrain is rough ahead, rising up towards a cliff it looks like
chris107: @GG: Do we rush in or take some time to prepare a spell?
Goonergeezer: : goodreade, i will positiion myself and give you 10 minutes then i shall open fire and charge, i wish you well good sir and i hope we shall meet after, let me know when you are ready to begin
Smon: There are patches of briars, but not vast expanses
Smon: OOC: Been running the game in my shed by candlelight, very atmospheric  - was getting cold though so I came in 
chris107: @ GM, Goodrede uses his ability to pass without trace to slip into view and then starts casting his call lightning spell
chris107:  V Cold here too.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Goonergeezer: at seeing this garrick willl move into a position so that he can see the brigands, if posible he willaim for one of the ruffians raping the Lay Aiswick
Smon: Goodrede creeps closer through the undergrowth, barely parting it. Ahead after 180 yards he sees a camp, set beneath a cliff overhang stained with soot.
Smon: Garrick sneaks closer, as quiet as he can manage, until you both see the camp ahead - bedrolls around a sputtering fire; five men in leather jerkins sit in a rough circle watching the day's entertainment...
chris107: @ GM it looks to me like the range is up to 360 yards with a 1" radius AOE?
Smon: A white lady's gown hangs from a nearby bough, and feminine moans drift towards you from the camp... You make out the naked form of Miss Cassandra astride the dark form of a big bushy-bearded brute of a brigand...
chris107: @GM Will it be possible to strike some of the bad guys without endangering the poor child?
Smon: 360' yup as I'm not using outdoors scaling
Smon: 10' radius
chris107: Got you.
chris107: @GM Dare not risk hurting Casandra
Smon: The circle of men is around 15' across, the girl in the centre
chris107: MMMMM
Smon: Your main problem is the cliff overhanf, since the lightning strike is straight down
Smon: You might catch a couple of those nearest the edge, 3 if you're lucky.
chris107: Well now the spell is cast I can call the first bolt anytime during the duration so maybe we should start the party Garrik?
Smon: will be a d3 roll
chris107: If I can catch 2 or 3 I will be happy 
Goonergeezer: Garrick draws his bow and aims for the naked bushy bear of a man on his back
Smon: "Ere, Zeke, this rain's gettin' worse..." words drift over from the camp
Goonergeezer: suprise roll?
chris107: In that case Goodreed calls down the wrath of god!
chris107 rolls 1d3 and gets: 3
chris107: 
Smon: Bushy-beard is a very hard target, men around him, on his back with the girl atop him feigning(?) the sounds of lovemaking. -10 to hit for 90% cover.
Smon: I already rolled you got surprise... ZZAPP!
Smon: 5d8 dmg 
chris107: 5D8?
Goonergeezer: if i knoiw this i will aim for an easier target if possible
chris107 rolls 5d8 and gets: 3, 7, 6, 8, 3, = 27 
chris107: Yeah!
Goonergeezer Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
10 = 10
12 = 12

Smon: Three men are incinerated without ever knowing what killed them. Their charred corpses fall. 
Goonergeezer: hits ac 8 and 6
Smon: Garrick unleashes swift bolts, striking the other 2 sitting men - roll dmg
Goonergeezer Rolls 1d6x2 and gets:
6 = 6
2 = 2

Goonergeezer: if weither hit
Smon: +4 for level - your powerful shafts pierce lung and heart, both fall, dead or choking on his own blood.
Goonergeezer: witht hat done garrick drops his bow and draws his sword and readies his shield and calls out " surrender or die horribly"
Smon: The girl Cassandra had her eyes half-closed, full breasts bouncing as she rode the brigand chief... she stops with a gasp. The chief blinks once then roars, grabbing at her as he stands...
chris107: Next spell from SR is CLW on self
Smon: roll init
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
chris107: is that individual?
Smon: yeah
chris107 rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: I do individual then cyclic
Smon: You both beat him
Smon: Garrick yells out...
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 5, 6, = 11 
Smon: 
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 13, (+1) = 14 
chris107: CLW on self /roll 1d8
Goonergeezer: sorry got carried away pressed enter too soon
chris107 rolls 1d8 and gets: 1,
chris107:  up to 10HP
Smon: The brigand fails a morale check horribly, sees his men dead and knocks the girl aside as he runs for it... Garrick unleashes an arrow, which hits him - roll dmg
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6+4 and gets: 2, (+4) = 6 
Smon: Cassandra cries, falling to the ground.
Smon: Just winged him - he makes it into the trees.
Goonergeezer: @smon what armour was he wearicng?
chris107: Sweetrede runs forward to help the fallen girl.
Smon: Black studded leather, he left his bastard sword behind though. 
Smon: Cassandra looks up, sobbing: "Sweetrede!" - the Druid takes her in his arms, comforting her.
Goonergeezer: garrick knowing that he would never catch up wearing plate gos to see if goodrede needs any help 
chris107: @ Garrik, the poor girl. He passes her the white shift.
Smon: Garrick heads up. Cassandra looks starry-eyed at him. "Sir Garrick! You and Father Sweetrede have saved me!"
Smon: Cassandra takes her day-dress and blushing, turns away to dress herself.
Smon: You hear a faint sound in the distance, as of a fleeing brigand.
Goonergeezer: Garrick turns his back while the lady dresses and looks arounf the camp for any packs, and picks up the leaders sword
Smon: It's a crude, heavy blade.
chris107: SR readies his charm person or mammal
Smon: /roll 1d5x3
Smon Rolls 1d5x3 and gets:
5 = 5
3 = 3
2 = 2

Smon: One of the men Garrick shot had a shortbow, all had swords or battle-axes but most of their gear was incinerated.
Smon: OOC: Druids seem very powerful when they 'nova' Chris
Smon: OOC Poor bastards had 5 hp each!
Smon: The rain is easing up.
Smon: Cassandra is now dressed, but still looks rather bedraggled. "Sweetrede... What of Martha? Does she live?"
chris107: It was the perfect opportunity to use a difficult to cast spell 
Smon: 
chris107: @ Casnadr, Your loyal Maid has gone for help.
Smon: Cassandra nods. She looks around the devastated camp, and shudders. "I have never seen such power... I knew you had the Art, but this..."
chris107: OOC Don't think I've got seven spells off in one session PBP game before
chris107: To Casandra 'God's wrath at your abuse was great!
chris107: @They have been rightly smited'
Goonergeezer: garrick@ group we should be away, he may return with comrades
Smon: Cassandra blinks: "Yes, God's wrath..." she murmurs.
Smon: OOC Cassandra's father is long dead, her mother Dame Judith minds the estate.
chris107: @ Garrik: You sent that villian away with a flee in more than his ear!'
Goonergeezer: @goodrede my skills were no match for the power of your spell sir, i have never seen power like it
Smon: GM: Cassandra looks to Garrick. "Yes, I heard them talking - the leader's name is Oskar. They have look-outs at the Old Watchtower - he might be going there..."
chris107: @ Garrik - To the village and see the Maid safe too?
Goonergeezer: OOC is the village on route to the castle or the otjher direction?
Smon: Hortish is en route to Castle Kallent, Cassandra's village is in the other direction.
Smon: Martha went on to Hortish to get help from the Reeve there.
chris107: Hortish then?
Goonergeezer: Then onto hortish and the maid and from ther to castle kallent
chris107: @ Garrik - Perhaps when all are safe, we should find and punish this Oskar creature?
Smon: GM: You head back north through the woods to the road and the wreck of the coach, then on west. You have been going west down the Dunfalcon Pike a half hour when you see a band of men ahead afoot, with pitch-forks, bill-hooks and other agricultural weaponry.
Goonergeezer: Garrick will mount and ride ahead to the mob..
Smon: A big, red-haired man carrying a pollaxe is at the front of the band, ten strong.
Goonergeezer: from a short distance he calls out: " hello on the road, whhere are you hreading?"
chris107: Sweetrede will comfort the poor child
Smon: He raises a hand. "Hail! A maid, Martha, sent us!" He looks over your trio.
Smon: Cassandra snuggles close to the handsome Druid for warmth & comfort 
Goonergeezer: garrick @ redhead "we have rescuesd the lasy we are bound for hortish now,, I am sir garrick of the Kallents"
Smon: Redhaired man: "I am Jim, Reeve and Smith of Hortish. We came to help - but I see you have things in hand, Sir."
Goonergeezer: garrick @ Jim "we have but there is always strength in numbers we shall stay with you until hortish"
Smon: Cassandra, looking slightly in shock, is snuggled in close to Sweetrede.
Goonergeezer: with that garrick turns and becons goodrede and co, to come
Smon: Jim: "It will be near nightfall afore we get back to Hortish - do you wish to stay the night with me, or go on to the Castle?"
chris107: @ Casandra 'Now, now my sweet child. You are safe now.'
Smon: Cass: "Th-thank you, Father..."
chris107: 'Let us be guided by this good knight'
Goonergeezer: Garrick: i fear the lady has endured a great deal and we shopuld take her to castle kallent where she may be looked after in a fashoin that she is accustomred too"
Smon: GM: It's about 5pm and you're half an hour to Hortish at foot speed, dusk at 6pm.
Smon: Jim nods.
Goonergeezer: @ jim if you have mounts or a cart and horse that we may get upon our way quicker
Smon: Cassandra: "I... I cannot walk much further... My shoes are soft..."
Smon: Jim nods. "You may have a loan of me ox-cart."
Goonergeezer: garrick@ cassandra " my lady i am amiss with my manners ride upon my horse
Smon: "Thank you, sir knight."
chris107: Aye, thankee kindly sir knight
Goonergeezer: garrick will lead the mount with goodrede and cassandra riding
Smon: Cassandra mounts side-saddle, Garrick leading the spirited stallion. With Cassandra riding you have little need of a cart, and passing through Hortish you continue on down the road, then around an hour after dark you reach the turn-off south to Castle Kallent.
chris107: 'The poor lamb has had enough to test her today.
Smon: brb, wife nagging 
Smon: /roll 1d10
Smon rolls 1d10 and gets: 1,
Smon: /roll 1d100
Smon rolls 1d100 and gets: 66,
Smon: The rain is getting heavier, soaking you all to the skin.
chris107: @ The Smith - Prey look after our ladies Maid. We will send escort for her in the morning. (Passes him a GP) make sure she's well looked after 
Smon: (Jim nods happily to Sweetrede. "Right you are, sir.")
Smon: Eventually a little after 8pm, you reach the great gates of Castle Kallent, high atop Dragon Ridge. The gates are opened at your approach and servants bring you to a cloakroom where you may divest your sodden attire for dry clothes.
Smon: Cassandra again turns away from the men to strip off her wet dress and put on a new one. As you finish dressing, the fair Helen Kallent enters. "Cassandra! Sir Garrick! What happened?" 
Goonergeezer: as soon as we dismount garrick will tell one of the servants to inform sir george that i have returned and wish to speak with him
Goonergeezer: garrick@ Helen " your friend here was accousted by bandits, myself and good father goodrede here recued her
Goonergeezer: garrick@ helem " i fear she has been mistreated"
Goonergeezer: Her guardian here may give a better accounbt as he was by her side as the kidnapping tok place
chris107: @ Group ' I'm afraid it was a calculated and planned attack upon our coach. Chains were used to bring down the horses. Wreaking carriage and killing coachman. 
chris107: Thank heavens this fine knight Sir Garrik came along to rescue us all...
chris107: 'He has the thanks of the Starlings and my deep persoanal thanks to go with it
Goonergeezer: garrick @ all "witht he funeral approaching our roads do not seem safe for all the dignitaries attending
chris107: 'Now to bed with you after prayers missy
Smon: brb
Smon: >>Garrick @helen " i fear she has been mistreated" - Sweetrede notices Cassandra blush red at Garrick's words. As you are talking, Earl George enters, and you recount what happened to the sturdy noble, Helen's father.
Smon: >>'He has the thanks of the Starlings and my deep persoanal thanks to go with it<< George: "My thanks also, Garrick, Sweetrede. Cassandra is a close personal friend of my daughter, as you know, and we are all very fond of her."
Goonergeezer: garrick@ george " it was my duty as a kallent, and it was no less than any man would have done
Smon: >>garrick @ all "witht he funeral approaching our roads do not seem safe for all the dignitaries attending<< George frowns. "Yes, I suppose you're right. It would never do for Countess Varuna Herdley's coach to be waylaid by brigands, she dragged off to foul mistreatment, who knows what they'd do to to her..." he seems to enter a slight reverie at the thought.
chris107: @ All 'And these brutes who carried out this obsenity? They are to be hunted and punished? It is god's will.
Smon: George nods to Garrick "Well said" and to Sweetrede: "Hunted? Yes... eh, perhaps you two could take charge of it? I'm rather busy with the arrangements for Byron's funeral."
Goonergeezer: garrick @ george " if i were to have a small force of men at my disposal, we could police the highways so that they may be safe until our guests depart"
Smon: Helen: "Come, Cassadra, let us pray in the chapel as Father Sweetrede says, then retire to my chambers."
Smon: George nods: "You may have a squad of my best men, Sir Garrick. Eight men at arms, each chosen for their valour and skill at arms!"
Goonergeezer: OOc: i am gonna have to call it a night in a minute :-(
Smon: OOC: s'ok, was a fun game tonight, thanks guys 
Smon: Chris, any chance you can join in regularly?
chris107: @ George & Garrik ' May I beg indulgence to share in this vengence? I will bring the wrath of the one true god down upon the briggands who have so abused poor Cassadara!'
Smon: George smiles broadly: "Most certainly, good sir! Well said!"
chris107: Thursday nights at 6 are good for me.
chris107: Thanks for the game guys 
Goonergeezer: Garrick calls the men together and informs them to all fetch 1 weeks worth of trail rations and the same for myself and goodrede, plus a horse for him
Smon: cool thanks - I'll schedule next week at 6pm again, and do XP etc.
chris107: Cheers Chaps, I'll catch up on the blog.
Goonergeezer: Ok looking forward to it already, tyvm both :-)
Smon: That night Garrick assembles his squad of hard-faced veterans, Corporal Hislop in charge.
chris107: Good night all 
Smon: Hislop: "How far are we going, sir?"
Goonergeezer: gnite
Smon: good night chris 
Smon: "The horses can do sixty miles a day by road, we can patrol to Kallent borders and be back by nightfall..."
Smon: "Unless we're going east, to the orc hills?"
chris107 Has exited the room
chris107 Has entered the room
Smon: I can quit there if you like. 
Goonergeezer: along the dunfalcon pike, that is the way most dignitaries will come.
Goonergeezer: yep lets quit thewre
Smon: Hislop nods: "Aye - thirty miles each way, sir. Can be back by nightfall if we time it right."
Goonergeezer: before i start getting grief from the wife
Smon: ok, see you Thursday! 
Smon: I'll post log.

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