Session 45 7/11/97 YY - orc ambush

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6:07pm  2013-10-02 Smon Has entered the room
6:09pm  2013-10-02 Amalric Has entered the room
Amalric: evening gents
Amalric: gents?
Amalric: trying again
6:15pm  2013-10-02 Amalric Has exited the room
6:15pm  2013-10-02 Amalric Has entered the room
Amalric: trying again
Amalric: *tumbleweed*
Goonergeezer: aha
Goonergeezer: hello
Amalric: oho
Goonergeezer: was just getting my shopping pout away
Goonergeezer: put
Amalric: i thought i was on my own, even though you and Simon were logged in
Amalric: chris is on his way apparently
Goonergeezer: simons having dinner but wil be with us real soon
Amalric: cool
6:23pm  2013-10-02 chris107 Has entered the room
Amalric: i went into the DF Lounge because i was worried this had crashed
Amalric: evening chris
Amalric: welcome to Yroyston Yvasey 
Goonergeezer: this is a villiage shop fir village people and all that
chris107: Odd that it made it all the way to Saunaland and OO world.
chris107: I thought it was a local phenomena
chris107: (Filmed in Derbyshire not Yorkshire by the way)
Goonergeezer: never liked the programme 
chris107: 
Smon: oops, sound wasn't working on my chatroom browser!
Smon: strange
chris107: No sound here 
Smon: Ah, I had it muted  
Goonergeezer: sound turned off here
Smon: I didn't realise anyone was posting!
chris107: Gotterdammerung filling the silence.
Smon: I was thinking in-game skip ahead to next day, the day of the Council meeting. You plan to meet Maria Kallent in Yggsburgh?
Amalric: no sound here either!
Amalric: works for me
Goonergeezer: was thinking maybe to meet her on the road on the way there....
chris107: (any news from the Purple Tower?)
Goonergeezer: just in case, bandits and all that
Goonergeezer: all depends if its possible, if not then in yggs is fine
chris107: (is Gold Hal in league with the PT?)
Smon: End of last session you had dinner with the deRedforts. Next day is the day of the council meeting, starting ca 6pm.
Smon: (you dunno)
chris107: (Been a long day)
Smon: End of last session: >>mon: Tal Colton turns to Fabian: "Darktarn is the worst of sorts - Sorceror, Diabolist, slaver. In Talworth even the Church is corrupt - hard to believe, I know." chris107: Fabian shakes his head and tut's Amalric: (almost time up for me) Smon: Lyle nods: "Aye, he and his master the Marquis Edgar truck with the dark powers of the Easterlings. They'd enslave us all, if they could." Smon: Lyle: "Kallent is fortunate that you do not adjoin Talworth lands as we do. Redfort has suffered much..." Goonergeezer: "slavery is a blight upon these lands, if we stand togehter i am sure we can put a stop to it all, Varuna was a staunch believer in it" Smon: Lyle nods: "Aye, the Herdley were -are - little better, I fear. Smon: GM: OK, reckon I'll quit there.<<
chris107: (Okay I'll recheck Hal's notes)
Smon: Currently the situation is that Baron Lyle Redfort is keen to meet Maria Kallent with a view to marriage and alliance, but hasn't committed to anything and wants a nice dowry, eg the Kallent Marches. 
chris107: Seems like a bargain.
Smon: Lyle will go with you to Yggsburgh, with Tal Colton and an escort. If he speaks in your favour at the Council meeting then Yggsburgh will surely commit to the alliance also.
Goonergeezer: (not gonna happen, however we will try to offer him Gold Hal and cash if need be, at the worst if we can just keep him strung along so he does not try to take the marches by force while our troops are away)
Goonergeezer: (maria better charm the birds out of a tree when she meets him
Smon: Where did you tell Maria Kallent to meet you? Here is a map of Redfort area BTW:https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYYfnyfDO1b8nAtus9MllHodw8ufQWP6rGtCCGYYJbDLqOQ2zDbVEmrrv4mt4wpr6BalLFK4nlifFmwi3gjfMm6MjxlfutyFEKSdiCIodgJAbcIe4KcFbeHrB54KzYELta3t-YC67dwZ4/s1600/Redfort+&+Yggsburgh+Borders.bmp
chris107: Link not working 
Goonergeezer: we just semt word that she was to make her way to yggs and neet at Ulrichs house)
Amalric: (link works fine for me)
chris107:  
Goonergeezer: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYYfnyfDO1b8nAtus9MllHodw8ufQWP6rGtCCGYYJbDLqOQ2zDbVEmrrv4mt4wpr6BalLFK4nlifFmwi3gjfMm6MjxlfutyFEKSdiCIodgJAbcIe4KcFbeHrB54KzYELta3t-YC67dwZ4/s1600/Redfort+&+Yggsburgh+Borders.bmp
chris107: Fab will leave the details to the heroes.
Goonergeezer: was the : at the begining
chris107: That works 
Smon: All maps here -http://smonsyggsburgh.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/regional-sketch-map.html
Smon: Assuming she leaves Kallent very early today, she'll likely reach Yggsburgh shortly before the council meeting is due to start. 
chris107: Interweb v slow here tonight.
Goonergeezer: (i think we should also leave early and meet maria half way then all meet up at the council meeting)
Smon: Meet Maria at the Kallent border?
Smon: In that case Baron Redfort will go on ahead north-east to Yggsburgh while you go south-west to meet Maria. Sounds like a good plan.
Amalric: indeed!
Goonergeezer: "Lady Octavia, would you care to ride with us tomorrow morn, we plan on meeting Maria on the road to Yggs, I am suire you would like a pleasant jaunt before all the stuffy meetings?"
chris107: (got Reginald Goodall's English language Ring today by the way. Picked it up in a local 2nd hand book shop for £90! Bargain!)
Smon: Garrick make a CHA check
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20 and gets: 2,
chris107: 
Goonergeezer: (O yes, Mr Charm pulls it off  )
chris107: Garrick can charm the birds when he needs to!
Smon: Octavia nods. "A splendid notion!" Her brother the Baron looks a bit uncertain, but nods. "Very well."
chris107: 1 min brb
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 7,
Goonergeezer: "Baron let me assure you, your sister will be in safe hands, you have my word on it"
Smon: Baron nods, looking at Garrick curiously. "Oh, I'm sure."
Smon: Lyle: "I'll send a couple of my men along with you, and spare horses. You'll have a lot of riding to do tomorrow."
Goonergeezer: "Well done sir, Many thanks to you"
chris107: Back (bloody sales calls at this time!)
Smon: 7/11/97 YY: Next morning dawns sunny and cool. You breakfast before dawn and mount up at daybreak Baron Lyle and his escort ride with you out from the Red Fort then bid you farewell as they make for Yggsburgh. Your trio, the Lady Octavia, and two of Lyle's men at arms head south-west towards Kallent. 
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: Heading south-west through Redfort lands, you pass Aldrun Tor mid morning, entering Kallent, and before lunchtime have ridden 20 miles. Ahead you see the lovely hamlet of Flowerbrook in the Kallent marches, seat of Dame Heather.
chris107: (Somewhere Sweetreed blushes at the thought of Dame Heather)
Smon: You're about 30 miles from Kallent. If Sir Hugh was on the ball he'll have got Maria out before dawn, so you should soon see her coach.
6:57pm  2013-10-02 Amalric Has exited the room
6:57pm  2013-10-02 Amalric Has entered the room
Smon: Lady Octavia surveys the rolling heathland around you, the brook with its autumnal flowers of red and gold. "How delightful."
Goonergeezer: G to Lady O "Your brother would have these lands for his own, i understand why, such beauty is rarely surpassed" Garricks gaze lingers on lady O as he says this
Smon: Lady Octavia blushes at Garrick's words, and looks down. GM: Are you riding on through Flowerbrook?
chris107: F will just tag along and listen.
Goonergeezer: "Perhaps a little rest, maybe you would like to pick some for your hair, i am sure they would bring out the colour of your eyes"
chris107: (Gip!)
Smon: GM: You stop by the brook to pick flowers, noticing a nearby shepherd boy hurry off towards the manor house.
Amalric: (Shade tries not to puke  )
Goonergeezer: (how close are the redfort men art arms?
Goonergeezer: within earshot?
Smon: The dark-armoured Redfort soldiers stick close to Octavia, within earshot. A tall, good-looking brunette woman in a long white gown, flowers in her hair, comes out from the manor house, smiling graciously. She wears a long white gown. Dame Heather nods to your party. "Good noontime, Sir Garrick, my friends. You are most welcome."
chris107: (In Leslie Phillips voice - "Hellooooo".)
Smon: Heather turns to Octavia. "I am Dame Heather, mistress of this place... vassal of Earl Kallent. Welcome, Lady Octavia Redfort." Octavia nods, a little uncertainly.
Smon: Heather: "Sir Garrick, would your party care for some refreshments at my manor?"
Goonergeezer: "greetings Dame heather, we just stopped for a breather and for the lady Octavia to pick some flowers for her hair, we are on the road to meet My sister in law the lady Maria, she is due to come past this point soon i would think, may we impose and take some refreshment at your manor while we wait for her?"
Amalric: (LOL chris!)
chris107: "Ratherrr..."
Smon: Heather nods and smiles. She escorts your party to her fairly humble but pleasant and airy manor house, where servants bring a lunch of cheese, apples, bread, a little ham.
Smon: Also scallions. 
Smon: Dame Heather notices Fabian's expression, and smiles graciously. "You are a noble of Yggsburgh?" 
chris107: "My family have modest holdings dear lady. "
Smon: "Which family is that? Not Kark?"
chris107: "Nay fair dame Heather - Beever"
chris107: "Um Belvoir..."
Smon: Heather nods. "Indeed, the greatest lords in all the South Pastures! You must find my humble abode terribly quaint by comparison."
chris107: (It must be tough been Leslie Phillips!)
Smon: /roll 1d100
Smon rolls 1d100 and gets: 56,
chris107: "Not at all Dame Heather"
Smon: Shade, you hear the distant rumble of approaching coach wheels.
Amalric: "Were you expecting visitors, Dame Heather?"
Smon: Dame Heather looks up. "No... but coaches come through here all the time, on the Dunfalcon Pike."
Smon: Heather goes to the window. "A coach is approaching from the direction of Castle Kallent - perhaps Lady Maria?"
Amalric: Shade also goes to the window
Smon: You can see a regular commercial stage coach approaching at a good clip, driver on the saddleboard.
Goonergeezer: "i am afraid our visit must be cut short Dame Heather, we have pressing business in Yggsburgh, Perhaps when we have more time you will permit me to show more of your beautiful lands to the Lady Octavia here, she was captivated by its beauty, that is of course if you would wish to see it with me" Thae last said to Lady O
Smon: Octavia looks slightly nonplussed, but nods. "Certainly..."
Smon: As you get up to leave and meet the coach, Lady Octavia takes Fabian aside for a moment: "Sir Garrick... He *is* married, is he not?"
Goonergeezer: "Shade could you quickly flag the driver down, I appear to be rather ahead of myself dame heather, i thought it must be the coach with Maria in it, but surely that cannot be"
chris107: "Gosh madame.... I'm really not sure. I am but recently introduced."
Smon: Octavia nods thoughtfully. 
chris107: "Though his prowess is LEGENDARY!"
Smon: You all go outside, Shade in the lead. The coach slows. A head pokes out the window - you recognise Aole, the Nerian priestess, an old ally of Sir Garrick. She calls to the driver to stop, and he does so.
Goonergeezer: "Aole, it is good to see you, is the lady Maria with you/////////////
Smon: Aole nods. "Aye, Sir Garrick." The coach door opens and out gets Aole, armed and wearing armour. Next comes Maria, looking rather subdued, clad in a demure brown gown. Aole helps Maria down from the step.
Smon: Greetings are exchanged with Dame Heather and Lady Octavia, who Maria regards rather warily.
Smon: Maria: "Uhm, hello everybody. Sir Garrick, may I speak with you?"
Amalric: Shade casts an admiring glance toward Aole
Smon: Shade make a CHA check 
Amalric rolls 1d20 and gets: 5,
chris107: (The Libretto sounds v odd)
Amalric: uh-huh 
chris107: (On fire you guys!)
Smon: Aole smiles back at Shade. "Hello Mr Shade. I trust you've kept Lady Helen safe?"
Goonergeezer: Garrick walks towards maria amd embraces her closely and whispers I am sorry for this prediciment, Redfort knew of our lack of troops and i was forced to try to appease them, please forgive me and know what you do, you do for Kallent"
Amalric: "Of course. One must always take good care of the Ladies..."
chris107: (Smirk!)
Smon: Maria nods, and indicates for Garrick to accompany her in a walk along the brook, away from the others.
Smon: Aole nods seriously. "Indeed, Sir Hugh asked me to take care of Lady Maria, likewise."
Goonergeezer: "if you would all excuse me, i wish to catch up on affairs"
Goonergeezer: Garrick take smaria gently by the elbow and walks with her towrad sthe stream
Smon: Maria: "Sir Garrick, it's all so sudden, and this now on top of everything that has happened at Kallent since you left..."
Goonergeezer: "Maria speak quickly, what has happened, Is my Tabby ok?"
chris107: (I bet the whore of Herdley has escaped!)
Smon: (Tabitha went to Yggsburgh with you!)
Goonergeezer: (yep oops soz )
chris107: (I remember her in the baths...)
Amalric: Shade asks Aole how she finds these lands, with all these strange - but noble - knights going about
Goonergeezer: "have we had news from the front? how fares Edward and George?"
Smon: Maria: "Four nights ago, the day after you left for Yggsburgh, I was bathing in the new hot pool, when I had the strangest feeling I was being watched... I looked around, but could see no one. I told Sir Hugh, and he has searched, and found nothing. But since then I am scared to bathe alone... and then, two nights ago..." she shudders.
Goonergeezer: "Fear not Maria, you are with us now and will soon be with Helen too, tel me what happened, were you attacked?"
Smon: Maria: "At midnight, a hideous apparition came flying from the south! Over the battlements it flew - a foul demonic head that sprouted wings and tentacles! Father Thadeus called it a Vargouille. We all came out to see it - it cackled, and spoke in a hideous voice."
Goonergeezer: "And wghat did the Vargouille say?"
Smon: "It said it came from Ostavitch, and demanded that we release the Countess Varuna to her kin, or those we loved most dearly would perish."
Smon: "Then Sir Hugh brought up a great longbow, and shot it down. It... melted."
Goonergeezer: "Has word been sent to george and edward, does father Thadeus know any lore on this beast?"
Smon: >>Shade asks Aole how she finds these lands, with all these strange - but noble - knights going about<< Aole smiles at Shade. "Compared to my homeland, these realms are strange and savage - and cold. But I do grow quite fond of the place."
chris107: (OOC The Vargouille, Female Vampire thingy?)
Smon: Maria nods. "Sir Hugh sent word south. My father is besieging the Arleigh. Aole knows more about the beast, I think."
Smon: (not a penanglan, no)
chris107: (Ah.... my mistake.)
Smon: Maria calls over Aole. Octavia is looking fidgety: "We should be off soon... Over forty miles to Yggsburgh. Hard riding to be there by nightfall."
Smon: Maria: "Sir Garrick, should we tell all your companions about the Vargouille?"
Goonergeezer: "I shall speak to her of it tonight, it would seem we need our allies even more, the Redfort Boy looks and seems fair, he seeks flowerbrook as a dowry but he shall never recieve it unless blood is spilled first, i ask that you meet the boy and be yourself, i am sure he will fall for for charm and beauty and that you will also find him most pleasant, i hope that with your beauty he will forget any claim for flowerbrook, if we can convince him to vouch for us at the meeting tonight then Yggsburgh will aid us in our troubles and a great nation of Kallent Redfort and yggs will stand all forms of oppression from Talworth, Dunfalcon and the remnants of Arleigh and Varunas Family
Goonergeezer: "we should be back on the road all haste, we have dallied here too long alreday and we must be in yggs for tyhis meeting tonight
Goonergeezer: (brb)
Smon: Maria sighs and nods. "Yes, yes... I am forgetting my purpose here. I only hope that I can meet with my sisters again soon. I am... afraid... but I know that Helen will advise me well."
Smon: GM: At Garrick's urging you re-mount on fresh horses for the fast ride to Yggsburgh. Would anyone like to go with Aole and Maria in the coach?
chris107: Yes please
Smon: Shade joins the ladies inside the coach as it trundles on again.
chris107: And Fab?
Smon: And Fabian.  
chris107: 
Amalric: yes please 
chris107: Horses are such beastly creatures. rather the comfort of coach and feminine company..
Smon: With the stranger Fabian in the coach, Aole and Maria seem reluctant to say much to Shade, though he can sense they want to.
chris107: Fab 'dozes'...
Smon: The weather is good and you make good time back into Redfort.
Amalric: Shade whispers to the ladies, "Something the matter?"
Amalric: "Do not worry about him, he sleeps like a babe in his mother's arms...and sometimes calls for her", he adds, rolling his eyes
Smon: Maria sighs. "Forgive me Mr Shade, so much has happened in such a short time..."
chris107: (Fab snores in a non-too theatrical way...)
Smon: Aole glances to the 'dozing' Fabian, then tells Shade about the Vargouille visitor.
Amalric: Shade is horrified but does not show it, instead exhibiting merely a worried but calm demeanour
Amalric: (concerned I should say)
Smon: Aole: "Demon-heads, hell-creatures of the Netherworld, released upon the world to wreak havoc. They are not so strong, individually - but normally they fly in packs... and the wounds they cause, never heal."
Amalric: "Interesting. The Witches are trouble indeed. But do not concern yourselves overly. We will be back in Kallent soon, a treaty forged, and we will seek out and deal with this problem. You have my word."
chris107: [/i] gentle snore, gentle snore, snuffle, snuffle, Lady Helennnn. snuffle..." [i]
Smon: Aole: "They hate light - sunlight blinds them, and by day they lair in deep caverns..." Aole nods to Shade.
Smon: Aole: "Father Thadeus is concerned that if Ostavitch controls numbers of them, they could fly over our walls, break the shutters and wreak much havoc - and he can think of no defense, save to have more men. Sir Hugh has requested that half the Kallent Guard be sent back to the castle."
Amalric: "I can't blame them. This is something a dedicated few will have to sort - men like Sir Garrick and myself...and verily, perhaps even this young wretch."
Amalric: (  )
chris107: "Snuffle, snuffle, snuffle.... No lady Helen not agaaiiinnn.... snore..."
Amalric: (brb)
Smon: Aole nods soberly. You make good time on the Dunfalcon Pike. It's mid afternoon and you have gone some seven miles past castle Redfort, about 18 to Yggsburgh
Smon: You are passing through a lightly wooded area between Drumming and Farmsly, when you turn a bend and see a good-sized tree fallen across the trail. You just have time to slow and to note that the tree appears to have been cut and dragged, not fallen, when there is the familiar *thwip* of crossbows from the undergrowth...
chris107: 
Smon: /roll 1d20x4
Smon Rolls 1d20x4 and gets:
2 = 2
5 = 5
1 = 1
15 = 15
Goonergeezer: Garrick rides alongside the carriage and caals out "Maria................... Maria, i was thinking that when we arrive in Yggs Perhaps you and your sisters might wish a visit to Albert Rasche for some new dresses, if you would like to that is"
Smon: One bolt strikes the driver of the coach.
Smon: /roll 1d4+1
Smon rolls 1d4+1 and gets: 4, (+1) = 5 
Goonergeezer: "what!!???"
Goonergeezer: "Lady Octavia, into the coach immediatly"
Smon: He yells as it strikes his pate, knocking him back from the saddle-board.
Smon: 3 at Garrick: 
Smon: /roll 1d20x3
chris107: Is there a co-driver?
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
15 = 15
19 = 19
2 = 2
Smon: hit AC 4, 0
Goonergeezer: Garrick draws his sword and urges his horse into a charge towards where the bolts were fired from" (Ac 2)
Smon: one nicks Garrick
Smon: /roll 1d4+1
Smon rolls 1d4+1 and gets: 3, (+1) = 4 
Smon: 4 dmg
Smon: 2 at each of the Redfort soldiers
chris107: (Fab ducks down and takes cover behind several ample bosums)
Smon: /roll 1d20x4
Smon Rolls 1d20x4 and gets:
11 = 11
6 = 6
6 = 6
5 = 5
Smon: They're not hit, one bounces off a breastplate.
Smon: Dark forms rise up from the undergrowth on either side, brandishing wicked scimitars, piglike snouts slavering - orcs!
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Smon: roll init
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
chris107: (distance from the coach please Simon?)
Smon: /roll 2d4
Smon rolls 2d4 and gets: 3, 3, = 6 
Smon: Around 60' from the coach on either side.
Smon: The undergrowth is fairly light.
chris107: Sleep at 60' with a 15' radius on those on one side.
chris107: (On the densest formation)
Smon: Tying init, they move in towards your group. Garrick spurs his horse towards the nearest. The Redfort soldiers move to cover Octavia and help her off her horse and into the coach. Fabian can catch 3 with 1 Sleep spell currently.
chris107: that's a start 
chris107: (15 round duration)
Smon: The (lone) coach driver is unconscious. Garrick charges down the nearest orc - att +2 charging, +1 vs unmounted
Smon: Garrick roll to hit
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 9, (+6) = 15 
Goonergeezer rolls 1d8+3 and gets: 6, (+3) = 9 
Amalric: (back! and whatwhatwhatwhatwhat?!??!?!?)
chris107: (Fab will cast invisibility next round on himself and attempt to crawl onto the running boards unseen and take control of the horses.)
Smon: (AC 6) Garrick cuts down an orc. On the other side Fabian gets off a Sleep spell at the advancing orcs.
Smon: (1 hd)
Smon: Shade wakes from a doze, finding the coach stationary and sounds of battle outside!
Amalric: Shade leaps from his seat and rushes out the door, sword at the ready
Amalric: how many orcs can he see?
Smon: Shade leaps out, sees three orcs ahead of him stumble and fall as the Sleep spell goes off. Three more run past them and charge Shade with their scimitars:
Smon: /roll 1d20+2x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+2x3 and gets:
17 (+2) = 19
20 (+2) = 22
5 (+2) = 7
Smon: 2 strike him
chris107: (Will gii'yuping the horses count as an offensive action?)
Smon: /roll 2d8
Smon rolls 2d8 and gets: 3, 6, = 9 
Smon: Shade takes 9 dmg as the orcs slash at him
Amalric: "Holy shit!"
Smon: 5 orcs around Garrick slash at his horse's ankles.
Amalric rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 14, (+2) = 16 
Amalric rolls 1d8+2 and gets: 8, (+2) = 10 
Smon: Shade stabs an orc in the throat, it goes down.
Smon: orcs vs horse: /roll 1d20+2x4
Smon: /roll 1d20+4
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 12, (+4) = 16 
Amalric: (knew I should have stayed in the wagon, or taken the driver's place! typed that in to begin with)
Smon: /roll 1d20+2x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+2x4 and gets:
2 (+2) = 4
7 (+2) = 9
15 (+2) = 17
14 (+2) = 16
Smon: /roll 3d8
Smon rolls 3d8 and gets: 6, 4, 8, = 18 
chris107: Ouch!
Smon: Garrick's horse is cut down. Garrick make a DEX check or be trapped under your horse.
Smon: (I need to get boy to bed now, be ca 20-25 mins probably)
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20 and gets: 18,
Goonergeezer: fail lol
chris107: C'mon Ken! Make the save!
chris107: 
Amalric: well this is a predicament
chris107: OOC my new Otherworld pig faced Orcs will be arriving 26/10
chris107: Painted a stubbly pinky/brown.
chris107: trapped under horse does not sound good 
Amalric: how many spells does Fab have, chris?
chris107: He's cast Sleep and next round Invisibility. Only Charm Person left.
chris107: He'll gallop the ladies away of course 
Amalric: well i was going to do that first but changed my mind
Amalric: now i wish i had! I think Garrick is about to become an orc prisoner, unless they just kill him
chris107: Rather than them face a piggy ignoble fate worse than death.
Amalric: if Shade can overcome the two orcs against him he'll either make for the carriage - if its still there - or slope off into the bushes
chris107: It's poor Garrick we need to worry about.
chris107: Maybe four auto hits?
Goonergeezer: just doing some washing up brb is thias the end foir garrick?
chris107: 
chris107: To Orcs?!
chris107: Depends how lenient Simon is I guess?
Amalric: yeah, either dead or prisoner
chris107: A horrid end for such a noble knight 
Amalric: if Shade survives he'll track the orcs down
Amalric: or, you know, console Tabitha 
chris107: fab will help. Once he's raced the lovely ladies back to Yggs.
chris107: "Sisters, Sisters, never were there so devoted sisters!" Sings Fab 
chris107: (Not sure if a 5Cha Shade is a worse fate than an Orc?...)
Amalric: about the same i'd say! he's CHA 13 now at least
Amalric: (and it was CHA4!)
chris107: (Shit keep forgetting, just got a mental image of the low CHA Shade!)
Goonergeezer: well fingers crossed its just gonna be +4 to hit me for being pinned down
chris107: Fingers crossed Ken.
Amalric: either that or Simon says, "And then you all wake up! Just a bad dream..." 
chris107: Like Dallas?:)
Amalric: indeed!
Goonergeezer: theree are the two men at arms who could come to help as well, if the shit really hits the fam hopefully one of them will understand common and they can ransom me for lots of gold or a couple of wagoins ful of weapons
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Goonergeezer: you see though, i shit my pants all the time and survive, the one time i tryu to be all noble and death looms
chris107: (It happens  )
Smon: Garrick takes 4 dmg & is trapped under his dead horse.
Goonergeezer: (maybe the white lady wil save me too lol)
Goonergeezer: Garrick screaming "Tell Tabby i love her"
Goonergeezer: Garrick will kick and try to scramble himself out from under the horse
chris107: (Tell Taby I need her. Tell Taby not to cry. My Love for her will never die!)
Amalric: (LMAO!)
chris107: (Tabby and Garrick were lovers...)
Amalric: (man I loved that song in my youth. mainly because i knew a few Lauras, and they were all babes!)
Smon: GM: (doing cyclic init) Fabian casts invisibility while the two guardsmen ride to Garrick's assistance and two orcs attack Shade again.
Smon: 2 guards vs orcs:
Smon: /roll 1d20+3x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+3x2 and gets:
17 (+3) = 20
14 (+3) = 17
Smon: 
Smon: /roll 1d8x2
chris107: Ouch!
Smon Rolls 1d8x2 and gets:
5 = 5
7 = 7
Amalric: FFS
Amalric: shit, Shade has 21hp
Goonergeezer: that was guard v orc, dont worry
Smon: Those are the guards attacking 
Smon: 2 orc heads roll in the dirt.
Amalric: oh, of course, you did say that 
Amalric: (PHEW!)
chris107: Phew!
Smon: Garrick can attempt a Bend Bars roll to get the horse off him if desired.
Goonergeezer: o yes i think so......
Goonergeezer rolls 1d100 and gets: 28,
Goonergeezer: fail
chris107: 
Smon: can try again next round
Goonergeezer: (could try to chew through the horse, might have a better chance at that!)
chris107:  
Smon: 2 orcs engage the guards will the third darts in to slice at the prone Garrick (+4 to hit & no DEX bonus so AC 3)
Smon: vs Garrick
Smon: /roll 1d8+4
Smon rolls 1d8+4 and gets: 4, (+4) = 8 
Smon: /roll 1d20+4
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 1, (+4) = 5 
Smon: The orc misses wildly.
chris107: Yeah! 
Goonergeezer: O yes, thank you 1's
Smon: orcs vs guards:
Smon: /roll 1d20+1x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
9 (+1) = 10
7 (+1) = 8
Smon: both miss
Smon: 2 orcs vs Shade
Smon: /roll 1d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
15 = 15
3 = 3
Smon: 1 hit
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 7,
Smon: 7 dmg 
Amalric: cock
chris107: Ouch still!
Smon: Shade at 5 hp
Amalric: my turn?
chris107: The invisible Fabian gid'yups the horses.
Amalric rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 6, (+2) = 8 
Smon: Shade,your go. You see Aole dismount from the wagon and come to your assistance, brandishing a mace.
Amalric: bollox
Amalric: (nice of her to show up)
Smon: Shade misses. Aole comes up swinging.
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 8,
Smon: miss
Smon: Fabian unseen gets hold of the reigns. Octavia is the only one still in the carriage apart from the driver prone beside you.
Smon: Fabian are you turning the wagon to depart?
chris107: (Maria?)
Smon: (oh yeah!)
Smon: 
chris107: If not he will use the carriage as a weapon to ride over the three sleeping orcs.
Smon: Maria & Octavia are huddled in the back.
chris107: Horse & Carriage damage v sleeping orcs?
Smon: There is a tree in front of the wagon, road behind clear. No orcs are literally on the road, the battles are ca 30' from the road.
Smon: The sleeping orcs are ca 50' away among the trees.
chris107: Then in the name of saving the ladies he will gallop off.
Smon: GM: Fabian turns the wagon and giddups back down the trail.
Smon: The Redfort soldiers hack down at their orcs.
chris107: (For the greater good of saving Kallant I think is the phrase  )
Smon: /roll 1d20+1x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
16 (+1) = 17
20 (+1) = 21
Smon: These guys are awesome 
chris107: Yeah!
Smon: /roll 1d8x2
Smon Rolls 1d8x2 and gets:
1 = 1
2 = 2
chris107: 
Smon: not so awesome
Amalric: or not 
Goonergeezer: "for the greater good of Kallent and its vassal states"
Smon: However the second orc only had 1 hp and goes down anyway 
chris107:  
Smon: The first orc is wounded, it strikes back at the guard, joined by the orc that slashed at Garrick.
Smon: /roll 1d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
4 = 4
13 = 13
Smon: The guard parries. The orcs start yelling in orcish.
Smon: Garrick can try to break free again.
Smon: BB roll
Smon: 1 orc attacks Shade, 1 Aole.
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 3,
Smon: misses Shade
Goonergeezer rolls 1d100 and gets: 65,
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 19,
Smon: Aole gasps as the orc slashes her arm
Goonergeezer: (close to giving himself a hernia)
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 7,
Smon: ouch
Amalric: (man these orcs are lethal!)
chris107: Phew lucky that wasn't on Shade!
Amalric: (4 hits, 23 damage!)
chris107: (Mr. Reaper's DM dice!  )
Smon: Aole is still up, she's 3rd level now and pretty tough
Goonergeezer: (this is on Redfort land isnt it?)
Smon: yes
Smon: Shade your go
Amalric rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 19, (+2) = 21 
Goonergeezer: (and they want flowerbrook, cant even police their own lands never mind ours)
Smon: Shade stabs his orc
Amalric rolls 1d8+2 and gets: 7, (+2) = 9 
chris107: That's the ticket!
Amalric: GET IN!
Smon: Right through the heart 
Smon: Aole:
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 2,
Smon: misses
Smon: The 2 Redfort men engage their 2 orcs
Smon: /roll 1d20+1x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
19 (+1) = 20
13 (+1) = 14
Smon: 1 hit
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 4,
Smon: The orc is a tough one, wounded twice (6 dmg) but still up.
Smon: The orcs slash at the legs of one of the horses again...
Smon: /roll 1d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
12 = 12
11 = 11
Smon: 1 hit
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 2,
Smon: /roll 2d8
Smon rolls 2d8 and gets: 6, 1, = 7 
Smon: horse at 5/7.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 5, 6, = 11 
Smon: The horse whinnies in pain and bolts 
chris107: "Fear not ladies I shall get you to safety!"
Smon: Meanwhile the carriage is rattling away at a good pace, ca 360' away now.
Goonergeezer: (yea the safety of your arms you man-whore)
Goonergeezer: (oh no that me isnt it)
Smon: Aole's orc tries to gut her
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 9,
Smon: miss.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 1, 6, = 7 
chris107: (  )
Smon: Aole's orc backs away from Aole & Shade.
Amalric: do we get to stab the fucker?
Smon: Shade your go.
Smon: yes
Amalric: 
Amalric rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 12, (+2) = 14 
Smon: AC 6 so miss
Goonergeezer: can i have another hernia attempt?
Smon: (yes Garrick) Aole:
Smon: /roll 1d20
Goonergeezer rolls 1d100 and gets: 96,
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 5,
Smon: misses
chris107: That is a hernia!
Goonergeezer: Ouch!!!
Smon: 2 Redfort men
Amalric: don't I get a bonus for him backing away? ;D
Smon: /roll 1d20+1x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
5 (+1) = 6
12 (+1) = 13
Smon: miss
Smon: orcs hack at horse
Smon: (oops should only have been 1 Redfort man, the other tries to control his horse - passed WIS check I guess) 
Smon: orcs vs 2nd horse
Smon: /roll 1d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
11 = 11
10 = 10
Smon: miss. The orcs back away.
Smon: Shade's orc slashes at him
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 19,
Smon: /roll 1d8
Amalric: arse
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 4,
Amalric: yay!
Smon: Shade staggers...
chris107: Close!
Amalric: 1hp left
Smon: The coach is now out of sight. Aole swings at the orc.
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 6,
Smon: The two Redfort guards let their two orcs retreat, and dismount to aid Garrick.
Amalric: (she may as well give up, useless. women are only good for one thing in this campaign)
Smon: Shade are you following up
Amalric: I really want to, but I also want to live!
Amalric rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 9, (+2) = 11 
Smon: Shade pauses for breath. Aole's orc swings at her
Amalric: shite
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 7,
Amalric: now i'm backing away...
Smon: miss.
Smon: Aole swings back
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 3,
Amalric: sod it, have to kill this pig-nose
9:31pm  2013-10-02 Oculus Orbus Has entered the room
Smon: The orc backs away into some bushes. Aole decides not to pursue, and turns to tend to Shade.
Oculus Orbus: lads
chris107: hI oo 
Smon: hi
Goonergeezer: eloo ooo
Smon: /roll 1d100
Smon rolls 1d100 and gets: 69,
Amalric: L OO
Oculus Orbus: 
Smon: The guards start trying to lever up the dead horse so Garrick can crawl out.
chris107: gARICK GETS 69?
Smon: 
chris107: Only he could get so lucky trapped under a horse!
Oculus Orbus: cheeky
Smon: Aole lays hands on Shade... 
Amalric: Shade has five potions, not one of them healing 
Smon: /roll 1d8
Amalric: but he'll take that any day 
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 7,
Smon: 7 hp back to Shade
Amalric: oh great, can i chase the orc again now??
Smon: Silence has fallen - the surviving orcs have fled, and the coach has gone too
chris107: (Is Fabian lashing the horses towards Yygs or Dame Heather?0
Smon: (towards Redfort) You can chase the orc Shade, it has a head start.
Amalric: ah well
Amalric: i'll let it go
Smon: You might catch it as you wear leather, so mv 12"
Smon: ok 
chris107: When Fabian is sure the ladies are safe he will pull the carriage to a halt.
Amalric: still an even fight and the way those orcs rolled damage i might go down this time, so no!
Smon: The guards help Garrick out from under his horse. One yells: "The carriage is gone! The women!"
Goonergeezer: "It was a damn fine horse, shame it had to end its life this way, wasn't even made into soup"
Oculus Orbus: (nude)
chris107: @GM - Can a MU dispel his own invisibility at will?
Goonergeezer: "I need a horse quickly, i will chase after it, which way did it head, did you see?"
Smon: A quarter mile down the road, Fabian pulls the carriage to a halt. He turns to see Octavia & Maria watching ashen-faced from the windows of their 'driverless' carriage.
Smon: (Yes Chris)
chris107: He will do so then and grin at the ladies. "Fear not, you are safe my ladies."
Smon: A guard points down the road. They spur their horses towards the carriage. Garrick can mount Octavia's horse, standing nearby looking skittish at the blood.
Amalric: Shade thanks Aole for her healing. "You have...a nice touch, my Lady"
Smon: Maria: "Magic! You're a Wizard!"
chris107: 2I am but a student at Yggs Uni madame."
Smon: Aole smiles back. "Thank you, Mr Shade. I'm sorry your last orc got away. You fought very well."
Amalric: "I took some wounds with gusto! A strange talent, and one I usually try to avoid. But those were hardy orcs indeed. I wonder what brought them here..."
Goonergeezer: Garrick races up to the horse a
Smon: Beside Fabian the coachdriver groans. Octavia: "He's alive!" Maria looks back up the road, you can hear hoofbeats, presumably your companions.
Amalric: "And I am glad you came to assist me when you did, it looked grim for a moment there. Lady of many talents you are, I see.."
Goonergeezer: nd mounts it quickly, then sets off in the direction of the carriage
chris107: Fab looks back (perhaps a bead of sweat clouds his youthful and stylish brow?)
Smon: Aole kneels by an orc. It has a fat coin pouch. She opens it and takes a handful of gold coins, inscribed with a stylised wizard's tower and the word 'Darktarn'.
chris107: fab looks at the bleading peasant with some distaste and hopes he hasn't soiled the hem of his garmant.
Smon: Aole nods to Shade. "Many talents, yes..." She smiles. "You don't know the half of it, Northlander."
chris107: He tries to staunch the bleeding..
Amalric: "Then you shall have to enlighten me some time, Southlander."
Amalric: (or West-/East- Lander or wherever the heck she comes from!)
Smon: Fabian sees the three cavalrymen approaching, Garrick sees the coach by the roadside ahead.
chris107: 
Amalric: "Are those...Darktarn coins? The bastard!"
chris107: "Fear not gentle Garrick the ladies virtue is intact!"
Smon: Aole nods. "I'd be happy to enlighten you Mr Shade... Yes I think these are coins of the Purple Tower. These orcs were well paid."
Amalric: "I would surmise they were placed here deliberately. This was no chance encounter."
Smon: Aole: "I think we were lucky there were just 12." She glances over to the three sleeping orcs, snoring loudly. "Hm..."
Smon: Aole nods. "I agree. Orcs, in daylight, on the Pike? Not very likely."
Amalric: "Let me see to them." Shade will slit their throats, check them for loot
Goonergeezer: "Did any of you come to harm? are you all unhurt? The orcs are slain but i fear there may be more, we should turn about and leave immediatly, the sooner we are in yggs the better
Smon: /roll 9d4
Smon rolls 9d4 and gets: 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 4, 4, 3, 4, = 22 
Smon: Shade rounds up a cool 220gp from the dead orcs.
Amalric: "Some recompense for our loss of blood, and Garrick's steed."
chris107: "Would we not be better returning to Redfort if the road ahead is thronged with the minions of the Purple Tower?" Suggests Fabian 
chris107: (Thinking it's perhaps what his political masters would want to achieve)
Smon: The Redfort men nod. "Not long to dark. We'll take Lady Octavia back to Redfort."
Amalric: "Do you think they will come back for us? I would hate to spend the night here surrounded by orcs, but...perhaps there are ways to pass the time..?"
Smon: Maria looks to Garrick.
Smon: Aole snorts. "Pass the time? Not here I hope - at least one of the village inns, if we can't make Yggsburgh..."
Goonergeezer: (how many hours to yggs?)
Smon: (finishing at 11pm)
chris107: (18 I think)
Smon: 18 miles
Smon: prob 3 hours, around the time the council meeting starts
Smon: assuming you canter to dusk then slow to trot
chris107: (Does Fabian's intuition tell him his masters would prefer the Kallant girl to miss the rendevous?
Smon: INT check
chris107: (Considering his Orcs are trying to weylay them)
chris107 rolls 1d20 and gets: 10,
chris107: Pass
Goonergeezer: "We need to get to yggs tonight, i cannot speand the night in redfort, Lady Octavia if you feel that you must return home then i hope you will excuse me for not accompanying you there, "
Smon: Yes, it certainly seems likely Uvoll Darktarn would like to stop Redfort Kallent & Yggsburgh allying.
chris107: (Damn your cursed elf charms simon! A MU's worst enemy!)
Smon: And stopping you reaching Yggsburgh could help w that
Goonergeezer: "let us gather our companions and make all haste to yggs, the less time on this road the bettre, and the fate of our nation may rest on our meeting tonight"
Smon: Octavia nods. "Where there are a few orcs there are usually more... I will return to Redfort. Good luck, Sir Garrick."
chris107: "Nay Sir Garrick. Can we risk these dear ladies?"
Smon: Octavia takes back her mare and bids Garrick & co farewell, she rides away with her men back towards Redfort.
chris107: "One night of rest and an escourt of Redfort soldiers would ensure their safety."
Goonergeezer: "I pray that i will see you again in better circumstances My lady" Garrick bows to Octavia and urges Fabian to make all haste onwards
Smon: Maria looks to Fabian. "I am a Kallent, sir. I am born to risk!"
chris107: (Fab scratches his inner head for a way to delay progress...)
Goonergeezer: "Fabian if you fear for the ladies then maybe you could accompany Lady octavia back Home, but we must reach Yggs tonight"
Smon: Aole and Shade saunter back down the road a little ways, see Garrick talking with Fabian on the coach.
Goonergeezer: "Now ride man, RIDE!"
Goonergeezer: "Our companions await us"
Smon: Aole: "Sir Garrick, we'll need to move the tree to go on..."
9:55pm  2013-10-02 Oculus Orbus Has exited the room
chris107: "But Sir Garrick! Who will it aid if our gallant band are overtaken by ambushing Orcs? A days caution and more guards would make our journy safer surely?"
Goonergeezer: garrick gestures down the track to Aole and Shade
Amalric: Shade crosses his fingers that they ride off without them 
Smon: 
chris107: 
Smon: Guess this is a good place to stop for tonight.
Goonergeezer: Garrick trots his horse closer to the carriage, you may ride in the carriage to yggs or walk, the choice is yours, but let me inform you, you have a matter of seconds to decide"
chris107: (Not been born of peasant stock I'm sure it's unlikely that Fabian could contrive to have the horse run into some obstcal and become lame?)
Smon: (Octavia took Garrick's horse)
chris107: (Fabian curses Simon as a dungeon master that stops Charm Person working on troublesome knights!  )
Goonergeezer: ~oin which case garrick strolls up to ther carriage
Amalric: "Looks like a village inn after all, my Lady," says Shade, turning to Aole with an expression of feigned innocence
chris107: Until next week then chaps?
Goonergeezer: Yep we stop with garrick shade aole and fabian flexing their muscles reday to remove a tree from the road
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 6,
chris107: No flexing here!
chris107: 
Smon: Aole clws herself 
chris107: "A raven a raven, my kingdom for a raven!"
Amalric: Shade would love to lay hands on her, but has no healing touch 
Smon: Aole smiles slightly wrylt at Shade. "We'll see how it goes..."
Smon: ok def stopping there!
Smon: thx everyone, fun orc fight