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Hail Smon, and well met!
Smon Has entered the room
genghisdon: hi simon
chris107: I think you will. You're useful to the Cleric
Smon: hi all
Goonergeezer: i fancy playing somthing else, it was just an idea, probably wont
chris107: Hi Simon
Goonergeezer: hi simon]
genghisdon: so to clarify, mt last orders 2 games ago, sending a man to get the horses & reserve never happened right?
chris107: I think it did
Amalric Has entered the room
atherton Has entered the room
Amalric: and here we is
chris107: Hey Ath
genghisdon: ? and you guys just suicide/surrender anyway?
atherton: remember fella's no quarter
Smon: Morganna sent a man back down the hill.
atherton: Hi Chris and everyone else
chris107: Haha Dont say that! It's us needing quarter
genghisdon: actually, i think I'll need to provide quarter to save the others atherton
Smon: Hi amalric.
genghisdon: but did they come back simon? or did i run into them fleeing or something?
Smon: Guys amalric is looking to join as a new player.
atherton: and remember guisarmes are the tools of the unrighteous
genghisdon: cool
Goonergeezer: hiya al and welcome
Amalric: i am. what do you need?
genghisdon: maybe we should all just make new characters
atherton: with that, I bid you all (except Don) good night
genghisdon: everything
chris107: 20+ bandits, 3+ Bugbears and a high level cleric..
genghisdon: except me? what's up ath?
Amalric: tank?
Amalric: i had a quick look at the last outing
atherton Has exited the room
chris107: My curry's arrived. 2 mins
Smon: @genghis - You all attacked the brigands without waiting for your 3 men to come back. When bandit reinforcements turned up, I'm thinking Morganna melted into the shadows, then went back down the hill to warn the rest of the men that the group in the abbey had been overrun.
genghisdon: just wait a sec...are we bothered with any rescue attempts or no?
Goonergeezer: yea, thinking about it i would still like to play garrick, but if you want to keep morganna alive and think that desterting us is the best course of action then thats ok
Bloated Blowfish Has entered the room
genghisdon: I totally am not caring about keeping alive gooner; it's about time. I certainly wou;ldn't abandon you if you want to play
Bloated Blowfish Has exited the room
Smon: So (1) Morganna is uncaptured and needs to decide what she is doing, (2) Amalric needs to generate a PC; other players may want to make new PCs too
genghisdon: hi bb
genghisdon: bye bb
Goonergeezer: #that does not bode well
Smon: Garrick kinda screwed up the "prove you are a useful tool" test set by the Satanic Anti-Cleric
Amalric: what do i need to roll?
genghisdon: my point is that it will take a session for me to succeed, or else die along the way; if we are making PC's we all can do that instead
genghisdon: he surely did; he's an evil man
chris107: back
Smon: :Amal - roll 4d6 x6, arrange as desired, humans get +1 STR +1 CON
genghisdon: but M's not sure of that, so it's irrelevant
Goonergeezer: yea, did not want to leaVE A WITNEES ALIVE TO SEE THE BUTCHERY I DID
Smon: Max hp on first die, normal rolls after
chris107: New curry place opened. £3.90 for Lamb balti & 3 chapatis. Deliverd
genghisdon: well, decide what we are doing; I'm happy with either a raid/capture hostages to trade for you or just making new chr
chris107: We rolling new characters?
genghisdon: I'll go for a smoke, please decide
chris107: I drove back from Lincoln to roll a new character?
Smon: BTW no game next week, next game will be in 2 weeks.
chris107: I'm in Belgium next week so that's okay.
Goonergeezer: well i would like to stay alive, the only problem i see with garrick is that a lot of what he needs to do, is solo stuff which is boring for everyone else
Amalric: nicde price Chris!
chris107: \
Smon: Amalric type /roll 4d6x6
chris107: Tastey curry too.
Amalric Rolls 4d6x6 and gets:
1, 1, 
2, 1 = 5
5, 
3, 2, 3 = 13
3, 5, 3, 1 = 12
1, 3, 1, 
6 = 11
2, 5, 6, 
4 = 17
5, 3, 1, 6 = 15
Amalric: eep
Smon: 3 11 11 10 15 14 - hmm...
chris107: Great rolls
Amalric: well 4 not 3, but still
Smon: oh yeah
Smon:
Goonergeezer: so yea i would like to be rescued, however i dont want to bore everyone else with my stuff
chris107: Not bored this end
Smon: 2 good stats - could be STR 16 CON 15 - & one really bad
Amalric: assassin?
Amalric: or extremely dumb fighter
Smon: Yup, could be Assassin or Fighter
Smon: I allow Neutral Assassins.
chris107: Are we dead Simon?
Smon: no
Smon: Amalric - you get max 1st level starting gold & 5,001 XP.
Smon: I need to know what Morgana is doing before I can continue.
Amalric: 16-11-10-11-15-4, N human assassin
Smon: ok cool
Amalric: something ive never played before!
genghisdon: i gather the men & all the horses, head back to the dame's castle & rest to get my spells
chris107: Pretty
Amalric rolls 2d6 and gets:2, 3, = 5
genghisdon: did the group decide anything?
Amalric: hit points at 3rd level = 14
Smon: 6+5+3=14 hp yup
Goonergeezer: yes we would like to be rescued
Smon: LOL
saunatonttu Has entered the room
saunatonttu: (gaym on?)
chris107: It looks like its on you Don.
genghisdon: yes
genghisdon: ok
saunatonttu: (cunts)
genghisdon: M "what are your names lads?"
saunatonttu: (i'll hang)
genghisdon: cool
genghisdon: what me rescue everyone (or perish miserably)
chris107: hey sauna, still omn small print..
chris107: (Don't perish on my account Don)
genghisdon: M"lightning, so stay & keep an eye of the abbey, come to me at the dame's manse if they come after us, ok?"
Goonergeezer: +1
genghisdon: (I'm not worried about dying)
Smon: Lightning agrees to watch the ruined abbey, though the hawk isn't too happy with the rain and the darkness.
genghisdon: (& I plan to win)
chris107: (Perhaps as well?)
genghisdon: M "we have friends to rescue, so tough it out"
Amalric: you need an equipment list from me? pretty standard stuff
Smon: Amalric - yes, you begin with max starting gold.
Amalric: leather armor, shield, longsword, dagger, shortbow, quiver 20 arrows, backpack for starters
Smon: I'm thinking your PC could be an assassin from Yggsburgh, the big city to the north. Dame Lysana Arleigh-Wright wrote to her sister the merchant Candice Wright of Yggsburgh and asked for 'protection' - she sent you.
Amalric: let's call him Shade, because with a CHA 4 he's better kept in the shadows
chris107: (Gooner, lets roll 2 Paladins to ruin Sauna's weekend
Amalric: sounds good
genghisdon: M@ the remaining men" come on, cheer up, we shall restore our comrades. I'll be needing you to quickly disarm & bind the men I'll put into a sorcerous slumber & get them on the horses...we'll trade the black priests men for ours"
Smon: Checking assassin rules - you need DEX 12 as well as STR 12 and INT 11
Smon: @genghis - you can tell me the names of the 3 soldiers
genghisdon: larry, moe & currly
genghisdon: anything happen on the way back to the manse?
Amalric: bugger
genghisdon: no minimum 2 scores of 15+ stil lsimon?
Smon: That is not a rule!
Smon: wife says dinner in 5 mins
genghisdon: human assassin str 12 int 11 wis 10 dex 16 con 16 chr 4
genghisdon: if humans get +1 str/con for some reason
chris107: Would make a great 2 Cha half Orc
Smon: GM: Morganna rounds up her men and rides back to Dame Lysana's mansion.
genghisdon: could also be a half orc, with str 13 int 11 wis 10 dex 16 con 17 chr 2/4
Amalric: doesnt add up: 4-10-11-11-14-15
Smon: You rolled a 14 & 15
Smon: Ignore genghis
genghisdon: sorry con 15..age mods?
genghisdon: ?
genghisdon: i got his scores to work
chris107: 2 Cha has got to be good.
genghisdon: lol
genghisdon: technically might not be allowed, minimum is 3
Amalric: 12-11-10-15-15-2/3
chris107: That's no fun
Smon: Amalric PM me a PC sheet when you're ready. Only humans get the +1 STR +1 CON age mods
genghisdon: I'm not the DM though
genghisdon: no encounters simon?
Amalric: i know, but half-orcs do get that as racial mods
Smon: Yes.
Smon: You can be a half-orc with CHA 2
genghisdon: sigh..."dame! disaster has occured, see to the men's needs, I must rest & recover some spells...bar the building & set watches"
Smon: & half-orc abilities.
Amalric: could do it as a human, 12-11-10-15-15-4?
genghisdon: yes
genghisdon: or half orc same stats, but 2 chr
Smon: (yes) Late that night Morganna returns safely, albeit wet, to Lysana's manor, where she tells the voluptuous lady what has occurred.
Amalric: that would be the ugliest character ever
Smon: Lysana looks fearful, but orders her servants to bar the manor.
Amalric: no, lets do human
genghisdon: dame! disaster has occured, see to the men's needs, I must rest & recover some spells...bar the building & set watches"
Smon: (I think human is better for roleplay)
Amalric: indeed. do you have a character sheet template, or will I just type something up - or borrow one?
Smon: Lysana: "A man has arrived, sent by my sister from Yggsburgh... they call him Shade..."
genghisdon: do not disturb me for at least 4 hours, but with 5 hours, understand?
genghisdon: ""
genghisdon: "and?"
Smon: OOC there are PCs here if you want to copy their sheets -http://smonsyggsburgh.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/book-2-player-characters.html
genghisdon: "is he able to aid us?"
Smon: Lysana nods: "I asked Candice for... protection..."
genghisdon: "if you are willing, have him accompany us when we leave in 6 hours...now see to my men's needs & let us rest"
Smon: GM: Shade, you are currently lurking in the shadows of the rural manor's sitting-room, where your new employer the voluptuous redhead Dame Lysana Arleigh-Wright is talking with an armoured elf-maid, who has just arrived at the manor out of the stormy night with 3 soldiers, very wet.
genghisdon: M @ the stooges "get a bite to eat, warm up & snatch some shut eye, we lewave in 6 hours"
Smon: GM: Amalric do you want to intro your PC now?
Amalric: yes please
Smon: GM: ok, you can step forward out of the shadows...
genghisdon: M in elven "good gawds, how hideous!"
Amalric: Shade steps out of the shadows, and addresses the elf. he speaks in a terrribly high-pitched voice, with a lisp
Amalric: (actually, screw the lisp, can't pronounce his own name!)
Smon:
chris107:
genghisdon: M @ shade "uh, hello"
Amalric: "Thankyou, I get that a lot. I am Shade."
Amalric: "I thought elf maids were meant to be cute, you're not"
Smon: (back in 25 mins, dinner)
genghisdon: (u speak elven?) "Morganna...I hear you are here to provide some proterction?"
Amalric: (how to win friends and influence people)
chris107: (4 Cha)
chris107:
Amalric: (elf and orc)
genghisdon: M is fairly cute; if you are an NPC she always gets 85%+ on reaction rolls
genghisdon: i though u went human?
chris107: Wee then wine. back in 5
genghisdon rolls 1d100+5 and gets:
71, (+5) = 76
Amalric: Shade gets -85%
genghisdon: oops, slacking off, but still mucho positive (76+)
Amalric: (elf and orc for additional lang, I meant)
genghisdon: ah
genghisdon: genghisdon: (u speak elven?) "Morganna...I hear you are here to provide some proterction?"
Amalric: "I...provide certain services, yes. I can be very persuasive"
genghisdon: "can you ride a horse?"
genghisdon: "tie a knot?"
Amalric: "Yes, I came here on one. And yes, but not in a horse"
Amalric: "What is your predicament?"
genghisdon: "good, I've need of some extra hands to capture some bandits for a trade of hostages"
Amalric: "When do you intend to carry this out?"
genghisdon: "my foolish companions went and got themselves captured, & I'd like to try to get them back"
Amalric: "I am here to help"
genghisdon: "about 2 dozen brigands, several monstrous bugbears & an evil high priest stand against us"
Goonergeezer: (quick smoke brb)
genghisdon: "6 hours from now; I've got to rest...could you gather useful gear, such as ropes & get them on the horses?"
Amalric: "I will seee to it"
genghisdon: "prepare some cells/jail here in the manse, too, if you can"
genghisdon: M goes to rest (or sleep, if elves do in this game)
Amalric: Shade asks the Scarlet Lady if she has such supplies around the manor
genghisdon: we need to wait for simon to get back; I'll be back in a min
genghisdon: \so what's new sauna?
chris107: ???
genghisdon: meh, brainwashing i guess
genghisdon: sorry
genghisdon: yes, a distinction
genghisdon: one that makes me wonder why bother though, in such a small thing
chris107: Hey! Faggots are a Lancashire delicacy.
Amalric: why would you peddle snake oil with an axe? is it really that hard to cut?
genghisdon: i though they were cigarettes over there?
Amalric: thats fags
genghisdon: impossible
Amalric: which are also something else
genghisdon: ah, you are another brit?
Goonergeezer: faggot are also a Welsh dish
genghisdon: what is it?
Amalric: i am Scottish
Amalric rolls 1d4 and gets:
1,
genghisdon: ok, I'm canadian, sauna's a Finn
genghisdon: chris is english (yes?) as is goonergeezer (?)
Goonergeezer: It is made from meat off-cuts and offal, especially pork.[3] A faggot is traditionally made from pig's heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs added for flavouring and sometimes bread crumbs. The mixture is shaped in the hand into little balls, wrapped round with caul fat (the omentum membrane from the pig's abdomen), and baked.
genghisdon: you are swedish finn, correct?
Goonergeezer: im an englishman living in druid country
genghisdon: sounds most unhealthy
Goonergeezer: or Wales to normal people
chris107: I'm English living on top of a hill in Yorkshire.
genghisdon: pretty coomon there I understand
chris107: V expensive booze. I worked in Swedan years ago
genghisdon: pretty diverse mix in canada, although I'm made up of the basics...french, native american & quaker (german?)
saunatonttu has a coat of arms
chris107: Quakers were English.
genghisdon: both
chris107: Penn I think
genghisdon: I'm honestly not sure which in my case, they came via the USA/pensylvania area
genghisdon: ok
chris107: pen as in penslvania
Amalric: yep, <3 High Noon too
genghisdon: yes
chris107: great Western
Amalric: i'm scottish through and through.
chris107: He was the Englishman who founded the Quaker movement.#
genghisdon: probably enlish as you say
genghisdon: came here to fight the yankee traitors, as did my native blood, as marriage/alliance in the war of 1812
chris107: My friend bought his farm near St. Helens, Lancashire (Where the faggots come from)
genghisdon: heh, cool
genghisdon: at any rate, both french/english in me is several centuries away from europe
chris107: Where in Scotland Amalric?
chris107: And the Mongolian Don?
Amalric: east coast, Dundee
genghisdon: just an affection chris
genghisdon: (or the native american long removed)
chris107: The Granite city? or the marmalade one? i get them confused.
chris107: (Damn, Illusion shattered. I assumed you typed from your warhorse Don)
genghisdon: Kanien'kehake (impoosible to say, might as well be Finnish)=mohawk
Smon: back
Amalric: marmalade! granite is Aberdeen
chris107: I said I got confused
genghisdon: playing the white dead by sabaton
Smon: GM: Lysana can provide you with normal supplies. Elves do sleep in 1e.
Smon: You rest 6 hours or so and wake a bit before dawn.
chris107: Some thing makes sense in Finnish?
genghisdon: sauna: i guessed it would, big swath across eurasia into NA
genghisdon: I take sleep times 2, gather the men, shade & eat on the ride
genghisdon: (northerm eurasia i should say)
Smon: GM: Pre-dawn light is lightening the eastern sky as you ready the horses. The rain has finally stopped.
Amalric: Shade keeps the hood of his cloak up at all times anyway
chris107: (@ Simon, SR tries to make chums with any dungeon rats who may chew through his bonds)
Amalric: he follows Morgana closely
Smon: Privates Curly, Larry and Moe are nervous but determined.
genghisdon: M scans the terrain with her raptor's gaze as she sets a steady pace
Smon: In the jail cells beneath the ruined abbey, Sweetrede & Garrick's rope bonds are exchanged for more permanent manacles.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:5,
genghisdon: M@ the stooges "fear not, all you need do is capture the fallen enemy...If I fail, just flee all the way back home to your lord"
chris107: (Stainless Steel Rats?)
Goonergeezer: garrick: i am sure me and the boss can come tpo asome sort of arrangement
genghisdon: M strings her bow, since the rain has stopped
Goonergeezer: Garrick begins his prayers to the white lady, asking for forgiveness and a chance of redemption for himse;lf
Smon: GM: As Morganna, Sweetrede and the 3 soldiers ride east across the heathland towards the Abbey, Lightning the Hawk returns to Morganna from the east, and reports that he has spotted a wagon approaching the Abbey along a faint track to the north-west.
chris107: ?
genghisdon: (shade actually)
Amalric: well spotted!
genghisdon: "thanks lightning!"...we ride to inrecept it, quickly
Amalric: "What is up, Morgana?" asks Shade, eyeing the hawk dubiously
Smon: area map: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCeUC58hCydTu0XZ6jCBbshIRm-prYBsA_NYsLAJq499sqiz22MEVML66B4BcHvfcNuNqKXGEwTgA3KbtukwIOmVGyg5JbbkYs1IEyCtNTnYKUkcvHA-5FdiOxtP5NsLey2K6RvSiaMhe/s1600/Herdley.bmp
genghisdon: "we'll catch a prize to trade for our comrades!"
Amalric: "Let's do it"
genghisdon: "lightning there is my companion; and I understand the hawk's speech"
Amalric: "Riiiiiiiight"
genghisdon: "we elves are magical you know" M says smugly
Amalric: "I have a friend who says he speaks to birds, but he's cuckoo"
Amalric: "actually, thats a lie...I have no friends"
Smon: GM: Lightning flies back up into the air, guiding Morganna north. Riding across the soggy heathland you soon see a light-awninged covered wagon pulled by two horses, heading in the direction of the Abbey a mile or so to the south-east, where dawn is breaking over the ridgeline behind the distant ruins.
genghisdon: "have your weapons & bindings ready" @ the stooges/shade
genghisdon: (perfect ime to strike)
Smon: The dawn light is red, blood-coloured.
Smon: Are you approaching on horseback?
genghisdon: M"remember, we want prisoners, not corpses"
genghisdon: yes, ride right up to them
Amalric: on foot once we are close enough, i assume. shade approaching from behind
Smon: /roll 4d6
Amalric: or not
Smon rolls 4d6 and gets:4, 1, 1, 1, = 7
Amalric: shade will ride around behind to cut off the rear if possible
genghisdon: (I'm assuming speed, but do as you wish Shade...I order the men forward)
Amalric: lets see if we can do both
genghisdon: how many, arms, arnmor? ect simon? I've hawk/elf vision recall
Smon: GM: Shade pulls back and rides around. The others ride with the dawn sun behind them and are nearly upon the wagon before they're spotted.
genghisdon: sleep spell
Smon: You can see two men on the wagon's running-board, one in chain with ash-grey hair and a small goatee, the other in ringmail.
Smon: roll init, you win on a tie
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:3,
genghisdon rolls 1d6+2 and gets:2, (+2) = 4
genghisdon rolls 4d4 and gets:1, 
4, 4, 4, = 13
genghisdon: should get others in the AOE if they are about
vondan Has entered the room
genghisdon: maybe their horses too w that roll
genghisdon: M "disarm them & bind them quickly men!"
Amalric: nice
Smon: Morganna pulls her horse up short and unleashes a Sleep spell. Both men fall backwards into the wagon, and both horses drop too, fast asleep.
genghisdon: i ride up to inspect the wagon
genghisdon: bow drawn
Smon: Morganna and co come up on the front of the wagon, seeing both men asleep, they had x-bows behind the running board. Amalric are you entering the rear of the covered wagon?
Smon: The soldiers move to bind the two men on the front of the wagon.
Amalric: Shade rides up from behind the wagon, cocvering the rear with his bow
Amalric: i'll let teh stooges search it
Amalric: or Morgana
Smon: Shade can see through the awning flaps at the rear of the wagon, it looks like there are cages within.
genghisdon: M searches the wagon after she moves the crossbows
genghisdon: "anyone need a crossbow?"
Amalric: "cages back here!"
Smon: While the men bind the captives, Morganna moves into the rear of the wagon. There is a sweaty stench of humans. Two more men in ringmail lie asleep, next to an iron cage in which lies the naked, hooded body of a very shapely human female, her wrists manacled. She's not moving. Morganna can see wisps of blonde hair from below the black leather slave-hood.
genghisdon: "shade, diarm & bind the other man" M disarms & binds the other man
Amalric: Shade moves in for a closer look...
Amalric: ..and disarms and binds the other man
genghisdon: then she removes the woman's hood
SBLaxman Has entered the room
genghisdon: "search the men for keys!" M searches her man
Amalric: and Shade does likewise
Smon: Shade gets off his horse and enters the wagon from behind, seeing the same sight as Morgana. He's never seen a woman's form as gorgeous as the captive, perfect in every respect! He starts binding the 2 sleeping guards.
genghisdon: hi SBL
SBLaxman: heyah genghis
chris107: Hey SBL
SBLaxman: (( did I walk into a game ))
genghisdon: yes
Smon: Curly: "This one has keys!" he takes a ring of keys from the man with the grey goatee,
SBLaxman: (( I'lll be quiet then and just watch ))
Amalric: Shade binds the guards tight, but takes his time, seeing as he's drooling so much
genghisdon: "good man! toss them here curly"
chris107: Guys, I'm knackered. The long drive back from the Fens has finished me. Good luck on the rescue. I'll catch up later.
genghisdon: ok, good night chris, sorry this is taking so long
chris107 Has exited the room
Smon: Morganna takes the keys from Curly, finds the right one, opens the cage and removes the girl's hood - revealing a familiar face!
genghisdon: M unmanacles the woman...any clues about her to say where she's from?
genghisdon: heh, ok, who is it?
Smon: (Ironically, as Chris has managed to miss the Big Reveal that has been building the last 2 weeks)
Smon: Morganna doesn't know her well, but she recognises the girl as Sweetrede's ward - Cassandra Starling, of the Little Aimswick Starlings.
genghisdon: (well, sucks playing but not playing, what are ya gonna do?)
genghisdon: (ouch)
Amalric: "You know this wench?"
genghisdon: "boys, be ready for when the horses wake that they don't spook"
genghisdon: "yes, she is the ward of one of the men we are trying to recue"
Amalric: "Lucky beggar"
genghisdon: sleep lasts 10 rounds, should be over soon...
genghisdon: "he's a gentleman"
Amalric: Shade muses over whether he should ask Morgana to leave the wagon for a few moments
genghisdon: "and a scholar"
Amalric: "Oh, right."
genghisdon: (unlikely)
Amalric:
Smon: Cassandra Starling -https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qjehUfkRB2KaPSa7q-M1xViqs6bvIFIvMFAKNbEi7aUjP508Et5hqlgucOgw3gKoSHv7XGkDyVcJNOqTZ5cqybBDhY-IAMYgGtOzt7EhotPRJf4nAzEQkvq3laY_SjxkA6mXveOsNokx/s1600/Cassandra+Starling+of+Little+Aimswick.png
genghisdon: ah, sweetrede
genghisdon: "lightning, did the bandits have a watch party again?"
genghisdon: brb
Smon: Lightning: "~Yes mistress, there are guards on the walls since the rain stopped~."
Amalric: "WHOAAA....." says Shade, getting a closer look
Smon: Cassie sighs in her sleep. "Mmm..."
Smon: One of the men groans.
Smon: The horses too are stirring.
Amalric: Shade readies his sword and points it at the two guys in the wagon as they come around
Smon: GM: Two of your men mind the horses to keep them calm as they wake. The four captive men wake up in the cramped wagon, shaking their heads groggily. Cassandra's eyes flutter open. "Wh-where am I?"
Amalric: "In a wagon. Apparently you were captured by some scumbags - I have rescued you"
Smon: Cassandra's wrists are still manacled, one of the other keys might fit them.
Smon: /roll 1d100-20
Smon rolls 1d100-20 and gets:
82, (-20) = 62
Amalric: Shade gets the keys from whoever has them and releases her bonds
Smon: Cassie smiles gratefully at Amalric. "Th-thank you!" Amalric releases her bonds.
Amalric: Shade keeps quiet, simply smiling, so he doesn't scare her. Too much
Smon: Cassandra nods to Morgana. "I know you - Morgana the Elf-Maid! Thank you for rescuing me, also."
genghisdon: "our please lass"
genghisdon: pleasure
Smon: She turns back to Amalric. "They attacked Starling Manor. They said they would kill mother, unless I... I.." she looks down.
Amalric: Shade frowns at the elf maiden, then points his sword at the captives
Amalric: "Unless you what?"
genghisdon: "fear not, but we need to get this wagon away from here"
Smon: Cassandra blushes at the question. "...Yesterday they said they had a message from the Master, to bring me to him.
genghisdon: "the manor stands, I take it?"
Smon: Cassie nods.
genghisdon: can we get he wagon on the way to the dame's manse between the abbey?
genghisdon: the
Smon: ?
genghisdon: ok, can we head back where we came from from here?
genghisdon: without hitting the abbey?
Amalric: "Why don't we use the wagon to get into the abbey, without the bandits making pin cushions of us?"
Smon: Not with the wagon, but the track it's on heads north-west back towards the main road, you could go south from there.
genghisdon: "because i plan a hasty retreat, and wagon's aren't hasty"
Amalric: "I thought we were here to get your chums?"
genghisdon: we do that simon "lightning, resume spying on the abbey please, we'll be back soon"
genghisdon: "we are, but we need to whittle them down..."
Amalric: "I can do that"
Amalric: "If you just get me inside"
Smon: Lightning rises up into the air again, flying south-east towards the abbey.
genghisdon: "if you are that good, be my guest...I'm taking no chances"
genghisdon: @ stooges "get he horses in line, i'll ride the wagon" Yah!
genghisdon: the
genghisdon: (sorry to be bossy amalric, everyone can do as they please once i've got he party rescued)
Smon: GM: You turn the wagon around and head back north-west to the main road?
SBLaxman Has exited the room
genghisdon: if that's what u say we need to do to avoid the abbey on the way back, yes
Smon: Cassandra to Amalric: "Wh-what is your name?"
OculusOrbus Has entered the room
genghisdon: hi oo
OculusOrbus: donnie
Amalric: (no problem, I'm new I'll take my cue from you)
genghisdon: (i think u will just die if you go in alone)
Amalric: "I am Shade. Erhm....yes." (awkward)
Smon: (prob)
genghisdon: (HIS % is what 15%?)
Smon: Cassie: "Shade? Th-thank you again for rescuing me. " She blushes again. "Um, I don't know if you have any spare clothes?"
genghisdon: (0%?)
Smon: (I give up to +50% on checks)
genghisdon: (heh, enjoy the view shade)
Smon: As you are getting the wagon turned around, the grey-haired brigand speaks: "She is the Master's property. You'll regret stealing her."
Amalric: "Sorry, I am clean out" Shade pauses for several long moments, glaring at her, and then removes his cloak. "Here, take this".
genghisdon: "I doubt that...does your master value YOU at all?"
Amalric: Fortunately Shade has a hood on his tunic, and pulls it over his head quickly
Smon: He nods. "Aye, I am Ash, a valued servant of the Master."
genghisdon: "good, then perhaps he will tade my comrades for you & some other of his minions"
Smon: Ash frowns. "Comrades?"
genghisdon: "why do you serve him, Ash?"
genghisdon: "some allies of mine foolishly allowed themselves to be caught by him"
Smon: Ash: "He is the true ruler of these lands - and soon Kallent, too."
genghisdon: "i plan on securing their release"
Smon: Ash nods: "To challenge him is to be defeated."
genghisdon: "seen his patents of nobility hyave ye?"
genghisdon: "I've challenged him, and am not defeated yet"
Smon: Ash grins: "Power comes not from titles, but from the Dark Lord of All."
Amalric: "What a tool!"
genghisdon: M laughs out loud
genghisdon: "well, make no trouble & hopefully you will soon be reunited with your fool master"
genghisdon: "then we will see who will rule these lands"
genghisdon: we make it back?
genghisdon: or around?
genghisdon: (trying to hurry gooner)
Goonergeezer: no worries
Smon: OOC my son is quizzing me about Herdley
genghisdon: ha
Amalric: my eldest asked when me & her could play again when she saw me on here
Amalric: only played twice!
genghisdon: sweet
Smon: GM: You make it back 2 miles along the dirt track to the Dunfalcon Pike, it's now around 7am.
Smon: Lightning comes flying back across the Heath, looking agitated.
genghisdon: "what's up lightning?'
genghisdon: "they've moved out in fiorce?"
Smon: "~Mistress! 12 riders have left the Abbey, heading West!~ Towards Dame Lysana's Manor!~"
genghisdon: force?
Amalric: "Thats not good"
genghisdon: "Moe! take the cart to dame Lysana;s..the rest of us, we need to ride hard!"
genghisdon: M mounts her warhorse & sets out for Lysana's
Amalric: "Onward then!"
genghisdon: (this is perfect)
Smon: You're about 3 miles from Hareboro & Lysana's manor on the Pike.
genghisdon: We'll go a t a trot
genghisdon: or more if possible, don doesn't know horses well enoiugh
Smon: You're leaving 1 man with Cassandra & the 4 tied up brigands in the cart?
genghisdon: yes
genghisdon: they should catch up in a bit
Amalric: she can have a loaded crossbow to help guard them
genghisdon: yep
Smon: So Morganna, Amalric and 2 men ride hard back towards Lysana's manor.
Amalric: Shade
Smon: yes
genghisdon: yep, the shade
Smon: Amalric sounds like more of a PC name
genghisdon: both are good
Amalric: RE Howard
genghisdon: yes, i wondered if that's the source
Amalric: and the name of my first ever character - and several since
Smon: You see the smoke of Hareboro ahead, and ride on through the village, Lysana's manor lies just to the south.
genghisdon: I've used it too
Smon: 4 in 6 you arrive in time...
Smon: /roll 1d6
Amalric: WHAT!? heresy!
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:4,
genghisdon: cool; my hawk vision pick any out?
genghisdon: yay!
genghisdon: surprisae?
Smon: Yes, as you near the manor from the north you see the group of 12 riders approaching from the east.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:6,
genghisdon: move to intercept
Smon: They spot you, and wheel north to intercept you.
genghisdon: nice
Smon: Hooves pound across the bare earth of the harvested fields...
Smon: The sun is rising but there's a frosty chill in the air.
genghisdon: bow fire until 50 yars, then sleep
genghisdon: yards
Amalric: i'm up for that
genghisdon: I'll open at 100 yards
genghisdon: medium range, correct?
Amalric: same here
genghisdon: do they fire, or can they? sooner/further?
Amalric: (set phasers to stun)
Smon: They're closing to melee.
genghisdon: (heh, not quite but soon)
Smon: Five of them are wearing shiny Kallent platemail.
genghisdon rolls 1d20+1 and gets:
12, (+1) = 13
genghisdon rolls 1d20+3 and gets:
19, (+3) = 22
genghisdon: whoops
Smon: 1 arrow hits a horse, 1 the rider
genghisdon: scale wasn't it? only one in plate?
genghisdon rolls 1d6+3 and gets:5, (+3) = 8
Smon: All your guys were in plate
genghisdon rolls 1d6+3 and gets:2, (+3) = 5
Smon: /roll 2d8
Smon rolls 2d8 and gets:
8, 8, = 16
genghisdon: really? not that i recall, but ok
Amalric rolls 2d20 and gets:
6, 
2, = 8
Smon: horse takes 8 dmg
genghisdon: i DONT shhot at plate guysd
genghisdon: i leave them for sleep
Amalric: Shade misses by a country mile
Smon: /roll 1d6
genghisdon: inititative? I'm casting sleep on the bastards
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:6,
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets:
6,
genghisdon: or maybe more & curley shoot?
genghisdon: moe
Smon: Morganna wounds a brigand. Your men ready swords & shields.
Smon: init
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:5,
genghisdon rolls 1d6+2 and gets:3, (+2) = 5
Smon: As the bandits charge in, Morganna gets off a Sleep spell.
OculusOrbus Has exited the room
genghisdon rolls 4d4 and gets:
2, 
3, 2, 2, = 9
Smon: 6 men are in the area of a 30' diameter circle, 6 men tumble asleep, along with a horse.
Smon: OOC domestic trouble, brb
Amalric: time for an OOC sleep spell
genghisdon: heh
Smon: (wife's night out failed when no bus came!)
Amalric: nae luck
Smon: The bandits charge in, but I'm going to have to end there on a cliffhanger, sorry.
genghisdon: that sucks
genghisdon: alrighty
Amalric: damn, now i have to sit and watch mamma mia
genghisdon: can we get a quickie session in so gooner & chris need not wait? any time you or amalric are available?
Amalric: LOL, if ever there was a time to say "mamma mia!" this is it
Goonergeezer: gonna watch supernatural myself
genghisdon: yes, i hope u live...6 on 4 battle still coming
Smon: Next game in 2 weeks, I need to think about my schedule and my evenings are all taken next week.
Amalric: wife & eldest watching. maybe i'll just sit at the laptop a while
genghisdon: ok then
Smon Has entered the room
genghisdon: hi simon
chris107: I think you will. You're useful to the Cleric
Smon: hi all
Goonergeezer: i fancy playing somthing else, it was just an idea, probably wont
chris107: Hi Simon
Goonergeezer: hi simon]
genghisdon: so to clarify, mt last orders 2 games ago, sending a man to get the horses & reserve never happened right?
chris107: I think it did
Amalric Has entered the room
atherton Has entered the room
Amalric: and here we is
chris107: Hey Ath
genghisdon: ? and you guys just suicide/surrender anyway?
atherton: remember fella's no quarter
Smon: Morganna sent a man back down the hill.
atherton: Hi Chris and everyone else
chris107: Haha Dont say that! It's us needing quarter
genghisdon: actually, i think I'll need to provide quarter to save the others atherton
Smon: Hi amalric.
genghisdon: but did they come back simon? or did i run into them fleeing or something?
Smon: Guys amalric is looking to join as a new player.
atherton: and remember guisarmes are the tools of the unrighteous
genghisdon: cool
Goonergeezer: hiya al and welcome
Amalric: i am. what do you need?
genghisdon: maybe we should all just make new characters
atherton: with that, I bid you all (except Don) good night
genghisdon: everything
chris107: 20+ bandits, 3+ Bugbears and a high level cleric..
genghisdon: except me? what's up ath?
Amalric: tank?
Amalric: i had a quick look at the last outing
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chris107: My curry's arrived. 2 mins
Smon: @genghis - You all attacked the brigands without waiting for your 3 men to come back. When bandit reinforcements turned up, I'm thinking Morganna melted into the shadows, then went back down the hill to warn the rest of the men that the group in the abbey had been overrun.
genghisdon: just wait a sec...are we bothered with any rescue attempts or no?
Goonergeezer: yea, thinking about it i would still like to play garrick, but if you want to keep morganna alive and think that desterting us is the best course of action then thats ok
Bloated Blowfish Has entered the room
genghisdon: I totally am not caring about keeping alive gooner; it's about time. I certainly wou;ldn't abandon you if you want to play
Bloated Blowfish Has exited the room
Smon: So (1) Morganna is uncaptured and needs to decide what she is doing, (2) Amalric needs to generate a PC; other players may want to make new PCs too
genghisdon: hi bb
genghisdon: bye bb
Goonergeezer: #that does not bode well
Smon: Garrick kinda screwed up the "prove you are a useful tool" test set by the Satanic Anti-Cleric
Amalric: what do i need to roll?
genghisdon: my point is that it will take a session for me to succeed, or else die along the way; if we are making PC's we all can do that instead
genghisdon: he surely did; he's an evil man
chris107: back
Smon: :Amal - roll 4d6 x6, arrange as desired, humans get +1 STR +1 CON
genghisdon: but M's not sure of that, so it's irrelevant
Goonergeezer: yea, did not want to leaVE A WITNEES ALIVE TO SEE THE BUTCHERY I DID
Smon: Max hp on first die, normal rolls after
chris107: New curry place opened. £3.90 for Lamb balti & 3 chapatis. Deliverd
genghisdon: well, decide what we are doing; I'm happy with either a raid/capture hostages to trade for you or just making new chr
chris107: We rolling new characters?
genghisdon: I'll go for a smoke, please decide
chris107: I drove back from Lincoln to roll a new character?
Smon: BTW no game next week, next game will be in 2 weeks.
chris107: I'm in Belgium next week so that's okay.
Goonergeezer: well i would like to stay alive, the only problem i see with garrick is that a lot of what he needs to do, is solo stuff which is boring for everyone else
Amalric: nicde price Chris!
chris107: \
Smon: Amalric type /roll 4d6x6
chris107: Tastey curry too.
Amalric Rolls 4d6x6 and gets:
1, 1, 2, 1 = 55, 3, 2, 3 = 133, 5, 3, 1 = 121, 3, 1, 6 = 112, 5, 6, 4 = 175, 3, 1, 6 = 15Amalric: eep
Smon: 3 11 11 10 15 14 - hmm...
chris107: Great rolls
Amalric: well 4 not 3, but still
Smon: oh yeah
Smon:
Goonergeezer: so yea i would like to be rescued, however i dont want to bore everyone else with my stuff
chris107: Not bored this end
Smon: 2 good stats - could be STR 16 CON 15 - & one really bad
Amalric: assassin?
Amalric: or extremely dumb fighter
Smon: Yup, could be Assassin or Fighter
Smon: I allow Neutral Assassins.
chris107: Are we dead Simon?
Smon: no
Smon: Amalric - you get max 1st level starting gold & 5,001 XP.
Smon: I need to know what Morgana is doing before I can continue.
Amalric: 16-11-10-11-15-4, N human assassin
Smon: ok cool
Amalric: something ive never played before!
genghisdon: i gather the men & all the horses, head back to the dame's castle & rest to get my spells
chris107: Pretty
Amalric rolls 2d6 and gets:
2, 3, = 5 genghisdon: did the group decide anything?
Amalric: hit points at 3rd level = 14
Smon: 6+5+3=14 hp yup
Goonergeezer: yes we would like to be rescued
Smon: LOL
saunatonttu Has entered the room
saunatonttu: (gaym on?)
chris107: It looks like its on you Don.
genghisdon: yes
genghisdon: ok
saunatonttu: (cunts)
genghisdon: M "what are your names lads?"
saunatonttu: (i'll hang)
genghisdon: cool
genghisdon: what me rescue everyone (or perish miserably)
chris107: hey sauna, still omn small print..
chris107: (Don't perish on my account Don)
genghisdon: M"lightning, so stay & keep an eye of the abbey, come to me at the dame's manse if they come after us, ok?"
Goonergeezer: +1
genghisdon: (I'm not worried about dying)
Smon: Lightning agrees to watch the ruined abbey, though the hawk isn't too happy with the rain and the darkness.
genghisdon: (& I plan to win)
chris107: (Perhaps as well?)
genghisdon: M "we have friends to rescue, so tough it out"
Amalric: you need an equipment list from me? pretty standard stuff
Smon: Amalric - yes, you begin with max starting gold.
Amalric: leather armor, shield, longsword, dagger, shortbow, quiver 20 arrows, backpack for starters
Smon: I'm thinking your PC could be an assassin from Yggsburgh, the big city to the north. Dame Lysana Arleigh-Wright wrote to her sister the merchant Candice Wright of Yggsburgh and asked for 'protection' - she sent you.
Amalric: let's call him Shade, because with a CHA 4 he's better kept in the shadows
chris107: (Gooner, lets roll 2 Paladins to ruin Sauna's weekend
Amalric: sounds good
genghisdon: M@ the remaining men" come on, cheer up, we shall restore our comrades. I'll be needing you to quickly disarm & bind the men I'll put into a sorcerous slumber & get them on the horses...we'll trade the black priests men for ours"
Smon: Checking assassin rules - you need DEX 12 as well as STR 12 and INT 11
Smon: @genghis - you can tell me the names of the 3 soldiers
genghisdon: larry, moe & currly
genghisdon: anything happen on the way back to the manse?
Amalric: bugger
genghisdon: no minimum 2 scores of 15+ stil lsimon?
Smon: That is not a rule!
Smon: wife says dinner in 5 mins
genghisdon: human assassin str 12 int 11 wis 10 dex 16 con 16 chr 4
genghisdon: if humans get +1 str/con for some reason
chris107: Would make a great 2 Cha half Orc
Smon: GM: Morganna rounds up her men and rides back to Dame Lysana's mansion.
genghisdon: could also be a half orc, with str 13 int 11 wis 10 dex 16 con 17 chr 2/4
Amalric: doesnt add up: 4-10-11-11-14-15
Smon: You rolled a 14 & 15
Smon: Ignore genghis
genghisdon: sorry con 15..age mods?
genghisdon: ?
genghisdon: i got his scores to work
chris107: 2 Cha has got to be good.
genghisdon: lol
genghisdon: technically might not be allowed, minimum is 3
Amalric: 12-11-10-15-15-2/3
chris107: That's no fun
Smon: Amalric PM me a PC sheet when you're ready. Only humans get the +1 STR +1 CON age mods
genghisdon: I'm not the DM though
genghisdon: no encounters simon?
Amalric: i know, but half-orcs do get that as racial mods
Smon: Yes.
Smon: You can be a half-orc with CHA 2
genghisdon: sigh..."dame! disaster has occured, see to the men's needs, I must rest & recover some spells...bar the building & set watches"
Smon: & half-orc abilities.
Amalric: could do it as a human, 12-11-10-15-15-4?
genghisdon: yes
genghisdon: or half orc same stats, but 2 chr
Smon: (yes) Late that night Morganna returns safely, albeit wet, to Lysana's manor, where she tells the voluptuous lady what has occurred.
Amalric: that would be the ugliest character ever
Smon: Lysana looks fearful, but orders her servants to bar the manor.
Amalric: no, lets do human
genghisdon: dame! disaster has occured, see to the men's needs, I must rest & recover some spells...bar the building & set watches"
Smon: (I think human is better for roleplay)
Amalric: indeed. do you have a character sheet template, or will I just type something up - or borrow one?
Smon: Lysana: "A man has arrived, sent by my sister from Yggsburgh... they call him Shade..."
genghisdon: do not disturb me for at least 4 hours, but with 5 hours, understand?
genghisdon: ""
genghisdon: "and?"
Smon: OOC there are PCs here if you want to copy their sheets -http://smonsyggsburgh.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/book-2-player-characters.html
genghisdon: "is he able to aid us?"
Smon: Lysana nods: "I asked Candice for... protection..."
genghisdon: "if you are willing, have him accompany us when we leave in 6 hours...now see to my men's needs & let us rest"
Smon: GM: Shade, you are currently lurking in the shadows of the rural manor's sitting-room, where your new employer the voluptuous redhead Dame Lysana Arleigh-Wright is talking with an armoured elf-maid, who has just arrived at the manor out of the stormy night with 3 soldiers, very wet.
genghisdon: M @ the stooges "get a bite to eat, warm up & snatch some shut eye, we lewave in 6 hours"
Smon: GM: Amalric do you want to intro your PC now?
Amalric: yes please
Smon: GM: ok, you can step forward out of the shadows...
genghisdon: M in elven "good gawds, how hideous!"
Amalric: Shade steps out of the shadows, and addresses the elf. he speaks in a terrribly high-pitched voice, with a lisp
Amalric: (actually, screw the lisp, can't pronounce his own name!)
Smon:
chris107:
genghisdon: M @ shade "uh, hello"
Amalric: "Thankyou, I get that a lot. I am Shade."
Amalric: "I thought elf maids were meant to be cute, you're not"
Smon: (back in 25 mins, dinner)
genghisdon: (u speak elven?) "Morganna...I hear you are here to provide some proterction?"
Amalric: (how to win friends and influence people)
chris107: (4 Cha)
chris107:
Amalric: (elf and orc)
genghisdon: M is fairly cute; if you are an NPC she always gets 85%+ on reaction rolls
genghisdon: i though u went human?
chris107: Wee then wine. back in 5
genghisdon rolls 1d100+5 and gets:
71, (+5) = 76 Amalric: Shade gets -85%
genghisdon: oops, slacking off, but still mucho positive (76+)
Amalric: (elf and orc for additional lang, I meant)
genghisdon: ah
genghisdon: genghisdon: (u speak elven?) "Morganna...I hear you are here to provide some proterction?"
Amalric: "I...provide certain services, yes. I can be very persuasive"
genghisdon: "can you ride a horse?"
genghisdon: "tie a knot?"
Amalric: "Yes, I came here on one. And yes, but not in a horse"
Amalric: "What is your predicament?"
genghisdon: "good, I've need of some extra hands to capture some bandits for a trade of hostages"
Amalric: "When do you intend to carry this out?"
genghisdon: "my foolish companions went and got themselves captured, & I'd like to try to get them back"
Amalric: "I am here to help"
genghisdon: "about 2 dozen brigands, several monstrous bugbears & an evil high priest stand against us"
Goonergeezer: (quick smoke brb)
genghisdon: "6 hours from now; I've got to rest...could you gather useful gear, such as ropes & get them on the horses?"
Amalric: "I will seee to it"
genghisdon: "prepare some cells/jail here in the manse, too, if you can"
genghisdon: M goes to rest (or sleep, if elves do in this game)
Amalric: Shade asks the Scarlet Lady if she has such supplies around the manor
genghisdon: we need to wait for simon to get back; I'll be back in a min
genghisdon: \so what's new sauna?
chris107: ???
genghisdon: meh, brainwashing i guess
genghisdon: sorry
genghisdon: yes, a distinction
genghisdon: one that makes me wonder why bother though, in such a small thing
chris107: Hey! Faggots are a Lancashire delicacy.
Amalric: why would you peddle snake oil with an axe? is it really that hard to cut?
genghisdon: i though they were cigarettes over there?
Amalric: thats fags
genghisdon: impossible
Amalric: which are also something else
genghisdon: ah, you are another brit?
Goonergeezer: faggot are also a Welsh dish
genghisdon: what is it?
Amalric: i am Scottish
Amalric rolls 1d4 and gets:
1,genghisdon: ok, I'm canadian, sauna's a Finn
genghisdon: chris is english (yes?) as is goonergeezer (?)
Goonergeezer: It is made from meat off-cuts and offal, especially pork.[3] A faggot is traditionally made from pig's heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs added for flavouring and sometimes bread crumbs. The mixture is shaped in the hand into little balls, wrapped round with caul fat (the omentum membrane from the pig's abdomen), and baked.
genghisdon: you are swedish finn, correct?
Goonergeezer: im an englishman living in druid country
genghisdon: sounds most unhealthy
Goonergeezer: or Wales to normal people
chris107: I'm English living on top of a hill in Yorkshire.
genghisdon: pretty coomon there I understand
chris107: V expensive booze. I worked in Swedan years ago
genghisdon: pretty diverse mix in canada, although I'm made up of the basics...french, native american & quaker (german?)
saunatonttu has a coat of arms
chris107: Quakers were English.
genghisdon: both
chris107: Penn I think
genghisdon: I'm honestly not sure which in my case, they came via the USA/pensylvania area
genghisdon: ok
chris107: pen as in penslvania
Amalric: yep, <3 High Noon too
genghisdon: yes
chris107: great Western
Amalric: i'm scottish through and through.
chris107: He was the Englishman who founded the Quaker movement.#
genghisdon: probably enlish as you say
genghisdon: came here to fight the yankee traitors, as did my native blood, as marriage/alliance in the war of 1812
chris107: My friend bought his farm near St. Helens, Lancashire (Where the faggots come from)
genghisdon: heh, cool
genghisdon: at any rate, both french/english in me is several centuries away from europe
chris107: Where in Scotland Amalric?
chris107: And the Mongolian Don?
Amalric: east coast, Dundee
genghisdon: just an affection chris
genghisdon: (or the native american long removed)
chris107: The Granite city? or the marmalade one? i get them confused.
chris107: (Damn, Illusion shattered. I assumed you typed from your warhorse Don)
genghisdon: Kanien'kehake (impoosible to say, might as well be Finnish)=mohawk
Smon: back
Amalric: marmalade! granite is Aberdeen
chris107: I said I got confused
genghisdon: playing the white dead by sabaton
Smon: GM: Lysana can provide you with normal supplies. Elves do sleep in 1e.
Smon: You rest 6 hours or so and wake a bit before dawn.
chris107: Some thing makes sense in Finnish?
genghisdon: sauna: i guessed it would, big swath across eurasia into NA
genghisdon: I take sleep times 2, gather the men, shade & eat on the ride
genghisdon: (northerm eurasia i should say)
Smon: GM: Pre-dawn light is lightening the eastern sky as you ready the horses. The rain has finally stopped.
Amalric: Shade keeps the hood of his cloak up at all times anyway
chris107: (@ Simon, SR tries to make chums with any dungeon rats who may chew through his bonds)
Amalric: he follows Morgana closely
Smon: Privates Curly, Larry and Moe are nervous but determined.
genghisdon: M scans the terrain with her raptor's gaze as she sets a steady pace
Smon: In the jail cells beneath the ruined abbey, Sweetrede & Garrick's rope bonds are exchanged for more permanent manacles.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
5,genghisdon: M@ the stooges "fear not, all you need do is capture the fallen enemy...If I fail, just flee all the way back home to your lord"
chris107: (Stainless Steel Rats?)
Goonergeezer: garrick: i am sure me and the boss can come tpo asome sort of arrangement
genghisdon: M strings her bow, since the rain has stopped
Goonergeezer: Garrick begins his prayers to the white lady, asking for forgiveness and a chance of redemption for himse;lf
Smon: GM: As Morganna, Sweetrede and the 3 soldiers ride east across the heathland towards the Abbey, Lightning the Hawk returns to Morganna from the east, and reports that he has spotted a wagon approaching the Abbey along a faint track to the north-west.
chris107: ?
genghisdon: (shade actually)
Amalric: well spotted!
genghisdon: "thanks lightning!"...we ride to inrecept it, quickly
Amalric: "What is up, Morgana?" asks Shade, eyeing the hawk dubiously
Smon: area map: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCeUC58hCydTu0XZ6jCBbshIRm-prYBsA_NYsLAJq499sqiz22MEVML66B4BcHvfcNuNqKXGEwTgA3KbtukwIOmVGyg5JbbkYs1IEyCtNTnYKUkcvHA-5FdiOxtP5NsLey2K6RvSiaMhe/s1600/Herdley.bmp
genghisdon: "we'll catch a prize to trade for our comrades!"
Amalric: "Let's do it"
genghisdon: "lightning there is my companion; and I understand the hawk's speech"
Amalric: "Riiiiiiiight"
genghisdon: "we elves are magical you know" M says smugly
Amalric: "I have a friend who says he speaks to birds, but he's cuckoo"
Amalric: "actually, thats a lie...I have no friends"
Smon: GM: Lightning flies back up into the air, guiding Morganna north. Riding across the soggy heathland you soon see a light-awninged covered wagon pulled by two horses, heading in the direction of the Abbey a mile or so to the south-east, where dawn is breaking over the ridgeline behind the distant ruins.
genghisdon: "have your weapons & bindings ready" @ the stooges/shade
genghisdon: (perfect ime to strike)
Smon: The dawn light is red, blood-coloured.
Smon: Are you approaching on horseback?
genghisdon: M"remember, we want prisoners, not corpses"
genghisdon: yes, ride right up to them
Amalric: on foot once we are close enough, i assume. shade approaching from behind
Smon: /roll 4d6
Amalric: or not
Smon rolls 4d6 and gets:
4, 1, 1, 1, = 7 Amalric: shade will ride around behind to cut off the rear if possible
genghisdon: (I'm assuming speed, but do as you wish Shade...I order the men forward)
Amalric: lets see if we can do both
genghisdon: how many, arms, arnmor? ect simon? I've hawk/elf vision recall
Smon: GM: Shade pulls back and rides around. The others ride with the dawn sun behind them and are nearly upon the wagon before they're spotted.
genghisdon: sleep spell
Smon: You can see two men on the wagon's running-board, one in chain with ash-grey hair and a small goatee, the other in ringmail.
Smon: roll init, you win on a tie
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
3,genghisdon rolls 1d6+2 and gets:
2, (+2) = 4 genghisdon rolls 4d4 and gets:
1, 4, 4, 4, = 13 genghisdon: should get others in the AOE if they are about
vondan Has entered the room
genghisdon: maybe their horses too w that roll
genghisdon: M "disarm them & bind them quickly men!"
Amalric: nice
Smon: Morganna pulls her horse up short and unleashes a Sleep spell. Both men fall backwards into the wagon, and both horses drop too, fast asleep.
genghisdon: i ride up to inspect the wagon
genghisdon: bow drawn
Smon: Morganna and co come up on the front of the wagon, seeing both men asleep, they had x-bows behind the running board. Amalric are you entering the rear of the covered wagon?
Smon: The soldiers move to bind the two men on the front of the wagon.
Amalric: Shade rides up from behind the wagon, cocvering the rear with his bow
Amalric: i'll let teh stooges search it
Amalric: or Morgana
Smon: Shade can see through the awning flaps at the rear of the wagon, it looks like there are cages within.
genghisdon: M searches the wagon after she moves the crossbows
genghisdon: "anyone need a crossbow?"
Amalric: "cages back here!"
Smon: While the men bind the captives, Morganna moves into the rear of the wagon. There is a sweaty stench of humans. Two more men in ringmail lie asleep, next to an iron cage in which lies the naked, hooded body of a very shapely human female, her wrists manacled. She's not moving. Morganna can see wisps of blonde hair from below the black leather slave-hood.
genghisdon: "shade, diarm & bind the other man" M disarms & binds the other man
Amalric: Shade moves in for a closer look...
Amalric: ..and disarms and binds the other man
genghisdon: then she removes the woman's hood
SBLaxman Has entered the room
genghisdon: "search the men for keys!" M searches her man
Amalric: and Shade does likewise
Smon: Shade gets off his horse and enters the wagon from behind, seeing the same sight as Morgana. He's never seen a woman's form as gorgeous as the captive, perfect in every respect! He starts binding the 2 sleeping guards.
genghisdon: hi SBL
SBLaxman: heyah genghis
chris107: Hey SBL
SBLaxman: (( did I walk into a game ))
genghisdon: yes
Smon: Curly: "This one has keys!" he takes a ring of keys from the man with the grey goatee,
SBLaxman: (( I'lll be quiet then and just watch ))
Amalric: Shade binds the guards tight, but takes his time, seeing as he's drooling so much
genghisdon: "good man! toss them here curly"
chris107: Guys, I'm knackered. The long drive back from the Fens has finished me. Good luck on the rescue. I'll catch up later.
genghisdon: ok, good night chris, sorry this is taking so long
chris107 Has exited the room
Smon: Morganna takes the keys from Curly, finds the right one, opens the cage and removes the girl's hood - revealing a familiar face!
genghisdon: M unmanacles the woman...any clues about her to say where she's from?
genghisdon: heh, ok, who is it?
Smon: (Ironically, as Chris has managed to miss the Big Reveal that has been building the last 2 weeks)
Smon: Morganna doesn't know her well, but she recognises the girl as Sweetrede's ward - Cassandra Starling, of the Little Aimswick Starlings.
genghisdon: (well, sucks playing but not playing, what are ya gonna do?)
genghisdon: (ouch)
Amalric: "You know this wench?"
genghisdon: "boys, be ready for when the horses wake that they don't spook"
genghisdon: "yes, she is the ward of one of the men we are trying to recue"
Amalric: "Lucky beggar"
genghisdon: sleep lasts 10 rounds, should be over soon...
genghisdon: "he's a gentleman"
Amalric: Shade muses over whether he should ask Morgana to leave the wagon for a few moments
genghisdon: "and a scholar"
Amalric: "Oh, right."
genghisdon: (unlikely)
Amalric:
Smon: Cassandra Starling -https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qjehUfkRB2KaPSa7q-M1xViqs6bvIFIvMFAKNbEi7aUjP508Et5hqlgucOgw3gKoSHv7XGkDyVcJNOqTZ5cqybBDhY-IAMYgGtOzt7EhotPRJf4nAzEQkvq3laY_SjxkA6mXveOsNokx/s1600/Cassandra+Starling+of+Little+Aimswick.png
genghisdon: ah, sweetrede
genghisdon: "lightning, did the bandits have a watch party again?"
genghisdon: brb
Smon: Lightning: "~Yes mistress, there are guards on the walls since the rain stopped~."
Amalric: "WHOAAA....." says Shade, getting a closer look
Smon: Cassie sighs in her sleep. "Mmm..."
Smon: One of the men groans.
Smon: The horses too are stirring.
Amalric: Shade readies his sword and points it at the two guys in the wagon as they come around
Smon: GM: Two of your men mind the horses to keep them calm as they wake. The four captive men wake up in the cramped wagon, shaking their heads groggily. Cassandra's eyes flutter open. "Wh-where am I?"
Amalric: "In a wagon. Apparently you were captured by some scumbags - I have rescued you"
Smon: Cassandra's wrists are still manacled, one of the other keys might fit them.
Smon: /roll 1d100-20
Smon rolls 1d100-20 and gets:
82, (-20) = 62 Amalric: Shade gets the keys from whoever has them and releases her bonds
Smon: Cassie smiles gratefully at Amalric. "Th-thank you!" Amalric releases her bonds.
Amalric: Shade keeps quiet, simply smiling, so he doesn't scare her. Too much
Smon: Cassandra nods to Morgana. "I know you - Morgana the Elf-Maid! Thank you for rescuing me, also."
genghisdon: "our please lass"
genghisdon: pleasure
Smon: She turns back to Amalric. "They attacked Starling Manor. They said they would kill mother, unless I... I.." she looks down.
Amalric: Shade frowns at the elf maiden, then points his sword at the captives
Amalric: "Unless you what?"
genghisdon: "fear not, but we need to get this wagon away from here"
Smon: Cassandra blushes at the question. "...Yesterday they said they had a message from the Master, to bring me to him.
genghisdon: "the manor stands, I take it?"
Smon: Cassie nods.
genghisdon: can we get he wagon on the way to the dame's manse between the abbey?
genghisdon: the
Smon: ?
genghisdon: ok, can we head back where we came from from here?
genghisdon: without hitting the abbey?
Amalric: "Why don't we use the wagon to get into the abbey, without the bandits making pin cushions of us?"
Smon: Not with the wagon, but the track it's on heads north-west back towards the main road, you could go south from there.
genghisdon: "because i plan a hasty retreat, and wagon's aren't hasty"
Amalric: "I thought we were here to get your chums?"
genghisdon: we do that simon "lightning, resume spying on the abbey please, we'll be back soon"
genghisdon: "we are, but we need to whittle them down..."
Amalric: "I can do that"
Amalric: "If you just get me inside"
Smon: Lightning rises up into the air again, flying south-east towards the abbey.
genghisdon: "if you are that good, be my guest...I'm taking no chances"
genghisdon: @ stooges "get he horses in line, i'll ride the wagon" Yah!
genghisdon: the
genghisdon: (sorry to be bossy amalric, everyone can do as they please once i've got he party rescued)
Smon: GM: You turn the wagon around and head back north-west to the main road?
SBLaxman Has exited the room
genghisdon: if that's what u say we need to do to avoid the abbey on the way back, yes
Smon: Cassandra to Amalric: "Wh-what is your name?"
OculusOrbus Has entered the room
genghisdon: hi oo
OculusOrbus: donnie
Amalric: (no problem, I'm new I'll take my cue from you)
genghisdon: (i think u will just die if you go in alone)
Amalric: "I am Shade. Erhm....yes." (awkward)
Smon: (prob)
genghisdon: (HIS % is what 15%?)
Smon: Cassie: "Shade? Th-thank you again for rescuing me. " She blushes again. "Um, I don't know if you have any spare clothes?"
genghisdon: (0%?)
Smon: (I give up to +50% on checks)
genghisdon: (heh, enjoy the view shade)
Smon: As you are getting the wagon turned around, the grey-haired brigand speaks: "She is the Master's property. You'll regret stealing her."
Amalric: "Sorry, I am clean out" Shade pauses for several long moments, glaring at her, and then removes his cloak. "Here, take this".
genghisdon: "I doubt that...does your master value YOU at all?"
Amalric: Fortunately Shade has a hood on his tunic, and pulls it over his head quickly
Smon: He nods. "Aye, I am Ash, a valued servant of the Master."
genghisdon: "good, then perhaps he will tade my comrades for you & some other of his minions"
Smon: Ash frowns. "Comrades?"
genghisdon: "why do you serve him, Ash?"
genghisdon: "some allies of mine foolishly allowed themselves to be caught by him"
Smon: Ash: "He is the true ruler of these lands - and soon Kallent, too."
genghisdon: "i plan on securing their release"
Smon: Ash nods: "To challenge him is to be defeated."
genghisdon: "seen his patents of nobility hyave ye?"
genghisdon: "I've challenged him, and am not defeated yet"
Smon: Ash grins: "Power comes not from titles, but from the Dark Lord of All."
Amalric: "What a tool!"
genghisdon: M laughs out loud
genghisdon: "well, make no trouble & hopefully you will soon be reunited with your fool master"
genghisdon: "then we will see who will rule these lands"
genghisdon: we make it back?
genghisdon: or around?
genghisdon: (trying to hurry gooner)
Goonergeezer: no worries
Smon: OOC my son is quizzing me about Herdley
genghisdon: ha
Amalric: my eldest asked when me & her could play again when she saw me on here
Amalric: only played twice!
genghisdon: sweet
Smon: GM: You make it back 2 miles along the dirt track to the Dunfalcon Pike, it's now around 7am.
Smon: Lightning comes flying back across the Heath, looking agitated.
genghisdon: "what's up lightning?'
genghisdon: "they've moved out in fiorce?"
Smon: "~Mistress! 12 riders have left the Abbey, heading West!~ Towards Dame Lysana's Manor!~"
genghisdon: force?
Amalric: "Thats not good"
genghisdon: "Moe! take the cart to dame Lysana;s..the rest of us, we need to ride hard!"
genghisdon: M mounts her warhorse & sets out for Lysana's
Amalric: "Onward then!"
genghisdon: (this is perfect)
Smon: You're about 3 miles from Hareboro & Lysana's manor on the Pike.
genghisdon: We'll go a t a trot
genghisdon: or more if possible, don doesn't know horses well enoiugh
Smon: You're leaving 1 man with Cassandra & the 4 tied up brigands in the cart?
genghisdon: yes
genghisdon: they should catch up in a bit
Amalric: she can have a loaded crossbow to help guard them
genghisdon: yep
Smon: So Morganna, Amalric and 2 men ride hard back towards Lysana's manor.
Amalric: Shade
Smon: yes
genghisdon: yep, the shade
Smon: Amalric sounds like more of a PC name
genghisdon: both are good
Amalric: RE Howard
genghisdon: yes, i wondered if that's the source
Amalric: and the name of my first ever character - and several since
Smon: You see the smoke of Hareboro ahead, and ride on through the village, Lysana's manor lies just to the south.
genghisdon: I've used it too
Smon: 4 in 6 you arrive in time...
Smon: /roll 1d6
Amalric: WHAT!? heresy!
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
4,genghisdon: cool; my hawk vision pick any out?
genghisdon: yay!
genghisdon: surprisae?
Smon: Yes, as you near the manor from the north you see the group of 12 riders approaching from the east.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
6,genghisdon: move to intercept
Smon: They spot you, and wheel north to intercept you.
genghisdon: nice
Smon: Hooves pound across the bare earth of the harvested fields...
Smon: The sun is rising but there's a frosty chill in the air.
genghisdon: bow fire until 50 yars, then sleep
genghisdon: yards
Amalric: i'm up for that
genghisdon: I'll open at 100 yards
genghisdon: medium range, correct?
Amalric: same here
genghisdon: do they fire, or can they? sooner/further?
Amalric: (set phasers to stun)
Smon: They're closing to melee.
genghisdon: (heh, not quite but soon)
Smon: Five of them are wearing shiny Kallent platemail.
genghisdon rolls 1d20+1 and gets:
12, (+1) = 13 genghisdon rolls 1d20+3 and gets:
19, (+3) = 22 genghisdon: whoops
Smon: 1 arrow hits a horse, 1 the rider
genghisdon: scale wasn't it? only one in plate?
genghisdon rolls 1d6+3 and gets:
5, (+3) = 8 Smon: All your guys were in plate
genghisdon rolls 1d6+3 and gets:
2, (+3) = 5 Smon: /roll 2d8
Smon rolls 2d8 and gets:
8, 8, = 16 genghisdon: really? not that i recall, but ok
Amalric rolls 2d20 and gets:
6, 2, = 8 Smon: horse takes 8 dmg
genghisdon: i DONT shhot at plate guysd
genghisdon: i leave them for sleep
Amalric: Shade misses by a country mile
Smon: /roll 1d6
genghisdon: inititative? I'm casting sleep on the bastards
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
6,Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets:
6,genghisdon: or maybe more & curley shoot?
genghisdon: moe
Smon: Morganna wounds a brigand. Your men ready swords & shields.
Smon: init
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
5,genghisdon rolls 1d6+2 and gets:
3, (+2) = 5 Smon: As the bandits charge in, Morganna gets off a Sleep spell.
OculusOrbus Has exited the room
genghisdon rolls 4d4 and gets:
2, 3, 2, 2, = 9 Smon: 6 men are in the area of a 30' diameter circle, 6 men tumble asleep, along with a horse.
Smon: OOC domestic trouble, brb
Amalric: time for an OOC sleep spell
genghisdon: heh
Smon: (wife's night out failed when no bus came!)
Amalric: nae luck
Smon: The bandits charge in, but I'm going to have to end there on a cliffhanger, sorry.
genghisdon: that sucks
genghisdon: alrighty
Amalric: damn, now i have to sit and watch mamma mia
genghisdon: can we get a quickie session in so gooner & chris need not wait? any time you or amalric are available?
Amalric: LOL, if ever there was a time to say "mamma mia!" this is it
Goonergeezer: gonna watch supernatural myself
genghisdon: yes, i hope u live...6 on 4 battle still coming
Smon: Next game in 2 weeks, I need to think about my schedule and my evenings are all taken next week.
Amalric: wife & eldest watching. maybe i'll just sit at the laptop a while
genghisdon: ok then
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