Quest #1 "Loggers Run"

[Spearmint]

krystal

poste haste...

Longsword melee [1d20+1] = 13+1 = 14 damage [1d8] = 6

[Bluehorse]

Monocar

Perhaps a bit blinded by some of the veggie juice in his eyes, he swings wildly around growling at the gourdheads as he does.

To Hit [1d20+2] = 3+2 = 5 Dmg +mods [1d6+5] = 4+5 = 9

[Urson]

init. [1d10] = 3
attack [1d20] = 8

Luther gasps and wheezes, resigned to death and trying to take as many of these things along as possible.

[OGRE MAGE]

Oh Shit! Now What?
Round 6


Monocar quickly resorts right back to his old ways, missing yet another tiny adversary completely with his mace. He is in turn, poked and bashed by two successful veginoids this time, nearly ending the not so gentle giant's existence. 4 dam

Luther can no longer keep his head in the fight when his blow falls short once again. One after another of these creatures jump in at the stout ranger, breaking down his defenses and his will to continue. There are just too damn many of them! He steels himself for the worst, hoping to take a few down with him. The worst indeed comes when the burly human is pommeled in the back of his head from one of their tree branch clubs. 3 dam The big Bear drops to his knees and then unconsciously falls face first to the jungle floor. These hungry monsters fall on him like rain on the desert sands. Some begin pulling down a few vines from the canopy above to bind and rig their new delectable prize for transport.

Krystal does not falter. She forces herself not to think and instead just acts. Her sword slices through the last vegi-man that she faced, its gooey body drops to the ground in 2 separate pieces before it can even raise its weapon to her. The astute elf listens intently to the sounds around her. She can no longer hear any fighting coming from either in front of, or behind her. She fears that she may be the only one of her group to survive this ordeal.

Jack puffs up with pride when he notices that the tides have turned considerably in his battle, a big mistake for the fledgling adventurer. His last enemy pokes his sharpened stick into the boys ribs, turning his proud smile into a sneer of pain. 2 dam Jack isn't having any more of that. He slashes the things arm off with his sword and then plunges his dagger into its gourd-like head, dropping it instantly. The boy fears the worst when he listens behind him and can no longer hear any sounds of battle. He could simply continue on to the safety of the loggers clearing, but instead, he takes off the opposite way, running deeper into the jungle hoping to find Krystal and the rest of his friends.

Actions!

Monocar 1/12 with 8 of them left on him (none injured)
Luther -1/13 with 8 of them on him (unconscious)
Krystal 1/5 CL DM RM 1/1 first
Jack 3/10 CL DM RM 1/1 first

[Bluehorse]

Monocar

His head is starting to swim. Even the voices have stopped.

To Hit [1d20+2] = 6+2 = 8 Dmg +mods [1d6+5] = 1+5 = 6

[Spearmint]

Krystal

Not sure if edging further up the path will alert her presence to any veggie mites ahead of her and going back down the trail, injured as she is looks an unwise choice. Thinking of a better option, Krystal will lop the heads off the dead veggies and mount them on the spears they carried. If time allows she will pour some oil over the heads and light them, hoping the visual effect will scare away any more critters about.

[OGRE MAGE]

Oh Shit! Now What?
Round 7

Monocar continues to spin around, swinging wildly at these creatures as they continue to club and poke at him one by one. Somehow, the huge fighter is again able to avoid taking any serious hits. Unfortunately, he is also unable to administer a solid blow, concentrating instead on keeping himself alive. The tiny vegetable monsters do not relent, flying in at him from every angle, trying to bring the mountain of a man down. They know they could feed nearly their entire tribe with this one juicy human. Monocar begins to lose hope that any of his friends have survived this ordeal.

Luther lies motionless, with his hairy face still pressed into the ground. The biggest vegi-pigmy leans in and takes a bite out of the rangers neck and shoulder, tearing flesh and causing a nasty wound. 2 dam When a second creature tries to get a taste of the man, the first one bats him away with some authority. Apparently this meat is for the entire tribe to share, not just for the hunters. They begin tying Luther up with the vines as the big one grabs a handful of mud and starts packing it into the rangers many bloody wounds. He is apparently trying to keep the meat as fresh as possible until they can get back to the others. With the threat now gone, the monsters that originally fled start to come back onto the scene to help the others with the tying and rigging. Their many hands are making short work of the job.

Krystal quickly concocts a plan in hopes of saving the others who are still behind her on the trail. She beheads the three monsters and impales their gourd-like heads on their own sharpened sticks. She is about to cast a spell just when Jack comes running up to her from the opposite direction of the loggers clearing. "Miss Tal! You yet live! What are you doing now? And where is Luther???" Without thought, the little elf boy takes off running further up the trail, desperately trying to find his friend and hero. "Come on!!! Stop playing! We gotta go find the others!"

Actions!

Monocar 1/12 with 8 of them left on him (none injured)
Luther -3/13 with 10 of them on him (unconscious, dead at -6.5)
Krystal 1/5 CL DM RM 1/1 first
Jack 3/10 CL DM RM 1/1 first

[Spearmint]

Krystal

Krystal gathers the mounted trophies, lights their oil marinated veggie heads and summons 'Beauregarde' to carry a pair of them in front of her. Hoisting the third she bellows an elfin war cry and follows after Jack to the recue or to our doom.

[Urson]

Boy? Wake up,boy!

So tired. Can't see, can't move.

I know, son. But jest shake off that husk- you kin come to Fiddler's Green with me.

Pa?

Yeah, boy. Ever'body's waitin for ya. Yer ma, yer eldest brother, all of us. Just stand up, git outa that mortal husk of your'n, and we kin go.

I...I don't know, Pa. I'm not sure I'm s'posed to be in the clearing at the end of the path.

Look at ye, boy! Nothin else for ye here.

Ok, Pa. just give me a bit, huh?

[Inferno]

Jack, lost boy:

Jack sneaks ahead. Hoping to surprise anyone he encounters, he'll steer clear of Krystal's bloodthirsty fireworks, or use them as a distraction.

If the villainous vegetables had garment-like growths on them, Jack would swipe one to use as camouflage, and then hurry to find Luther and that big loud dumb guy.

[Bluehorse]

Monocar Jemara

Growls loudly, somehow the pain helping him shake out the cotton stuffed in his head. The new voice shrieks with laughter inside his head and he feels a powerful burst of adrenaline course through his body. Picking a target he brings down the fury with his mace once more!

To Hit [1d20+2] = 18+2 = 20 Dmg +mods [1d6+5] = 4+5 = 9

"Die you disgusting bastards!"

[OGRE MAGE]

Oh Shit! Now What?
Round 8

Monocar aggressively splats one more of the creatures, ending its existence just before he himself is finally knocked unconscious by one of their many clubs. 4 dam He drops to the ground with a heavy thud as the vegi-creatures begin to have their way with him. This crew also gathers vines to use for binding the huge man, hoping to get him back to their tribe before something much bigger and hungrier comes along.

Luther smiles and starts moving towards the light.......

Krystal takes the time to coat the severed heads with oil before she lights them up. She then casts her summoning spell to bring forth her invisible helper, Beauregarde.

Jack does not wait for her, still hoping that he can save the others......well, at least Luther. He sprints off up the trail past her, slowing to a crawl once he spots a large bunch of the jungle goblins just up ahead on the now well beaten trail. The boy squints through the foliage and spots the unmoving form of his large buddy, Luther. The ranger is hog tied by his hands and feet with vines. There are about 10 or so of the creatures currently dragging his limp form back in the direction where you originally saw the many tree anomalies. They are currently about 60 feet ahead and moving slowly with their large, valuable battle spoils.

Actions!

Monocar -3/12 with 7 of them on him (unconscious, dead at -7)
Luther -3/13 with 10 of them on him (unconscious, dead at -6.5)
Krystal 1/5 CL DM RM 0/1 first
Jack 3/10 CL DM RM 1/1 first

[Inferno]

Jack, lost boy:

Wide eyed, mouth agape, young Jack creeps forward, trying to gain on the slow moving procession.
If he can get within 30 feet of the plant pygmies, the ancient spirit of youth will weave a faerie spell he had learned from his mischievous abductor-hosts, a clever trick they loved to play on unsuspecting humans and elf children.

Casts Sleep.
Sleep spell: [4d4] = 10

[Spearmint]

Krystal

runs a round or two behind Jack, bleeding a leaving a trail of bloody footprints as she hurries to the distant hooting of veggie mites. She has to concentrate her mind to focus on keeping the flaming heads before her. If she breaks into or near the circle of veggie folks tying the characters up then Krystal will make the two heads held by 'Beauregarde' to be waved in the air and she will beat her chest like an ape (thinking should really use that 'enlarge spell to make her 'cup size' into more of an impressive 'D'), saying "I am the fiery Queen of the Jungle" waving the third flaming spear head in front of her too.

[OGRE MAGE]

Here's One, Where's the Other?
Round 9

Monocar is already in bad shape when the largest of his enemies takes a huge bite out of his exposed neck in some kind of ritualistic showing of power. 2 dam Again the leader has to shoo away the other hungry warriors also wanting a taste of manflesh, being more concerned with getting this huge prize back to their nest so everyone can feed. The remaining 7 creatures on him continue tying his limbs and then attempt to lift the mountainous man off of the jungle floor with very little success. Understanding quickly that they will either need to get themselves some more help, or lighten up their load, they begin stripping the unconscious fighter of his belongings.

Jack spots his bloodied friend through the bush and knows exactly what he needs to do next. He sees that the much smaller creatures are having a hard time dragging their spoils (Luther) through the uneven ground and fallen branches. They all stop and gather around the rangers unconscious form, now attempting to lift him up off the ground to carry him the rest of the way. They too begin stripping off his gear and weapons, casting them aside for now in hopes to lighten the load. The pair of injured tree pygmys goes around collecting all of the things that the others are discarding, not wanting to leave something behind that might prove valuable.

The elf boy creeps up behind the stalled monsters who are all now conveniently bunched up together nicely. He counts a total of ten of the creatures and begins softly chanting a spell as he tosses a pinch of sand in the direction of the mob. A swirl of magical dust flitters through the air towards his target and, just like that, all ten of the monsters drop to the jungle floor in a deep slumber. Jack cringes when Krystal rushes up behind him with her 3 flaming heads, shouting like a crazy person and beating her chest like an ape. He remembers what happened the last time someone was shouting out here but is glad to see that none of the creatures wake up and no more join in on the assault. He crinkles his nose up at the boisterous female as he moves in to check on his hero.

Actions!

Monocar -5/12 with 7 of them on him (unconscious, dead at -7)
Luther -3/13 with 10 of them on him now all sleeping (unconscious, dead at -6.5)
Krystal 1/5 CL DM RM 0/1 first
Jack 3/10 CL DM RM 0/1 first

[Spearmint]

Krystal

"The sleep should last a while won't it? Time to rescue the other big ape!" she says and continues down the path following the sounds of the looting and pillaging of Monocar.

[Bluehorse]

Monocar

Laying there unconscious, he farts like a bear.

[Inferno]

Jack, lost boy:

All out of magic tricks, Jack lets the evil girl rescue the big dumb guy.

He rushes to Luther's side. If his hero is still bleeding, he'll treat his wounds as the faeries showed him.
He frantically straps on a few choice possessions that were stripped by the walking weeds.

Then the little child will try to lift the Bear!

...or drag him at least.

[OGRE MAGE]

Here's One, Here's the Other!
Round 10

Jack tries to pick up some scattered items without rousing any of his victims but quickly finds that it will be nearly impossible to even try to move Luther without disturbing at least some of the sleeping veginoids. The unconscious man is literally encircled by the things, as they were all around him when the elf magic took affect. He sees that the man looks stable, but he is covered in mud and blood. 2 of the sleeping zucchini are actually laying across his body.

Krystal the fiery Jungle Queen continues alone up the trail, looking for the last big ape to save. Unseen Beauregarde stays with her, their 3 burning trophies really starting to give off a disgusting odor and noxious smoke. They see the brute Monocar lying in the dirt just up ahead. He is already completely stripped of his possessions, even missing parts of his armor. He is surrounded by 7 more of the gardenfolk who are frantically tearing at the rest of his apparel. Even from this distance, you can see blood still draining out of a gaping neck wound. 1 dam The human is starting to turn blue and does not look as though he is going to make it.

Actions!

Monocar -6/12 with 7 of them on him (unconscious, dead at -7)
Luther -3/13 (unconscious, dead at -6.5) 10 still sleeping (10)
Krystal 1/5 CL DM RM 0/1 first
Jack 3/10 CL DM RM 0/1 first

[Spearmint]

Queen Krystal

will run into the veggie mites around Monocar."Mine, Mine,"she grunts, beating her chest with the sword hilt and poking the pointy end it at the prone mid-drift (or a little bit lower at the 'meat and two veg') of the burly fighter. She will let the veggies pull away the clothes and armour of the fighter and his pack but she will stake her flaming veggie head between Monocar's legs and rip a strip of her blouson to use as a tourniquet around his throat wound, all the while flanked by Unseen Beauregarde waving and stomping the two other flaming heads.