Rexlin binds his wounds and breaks the tribal spears across his good knee. 'Gin' Van de Poel drags the three bodies into the bush and covers them under loose branches. He pockets the large conch into his duffel bag and adds the long thin mollusc necklace to his collection of wearable trinkets. Holden takes up smoking and pouches the tobacco and pipe. Siggard sits Face down on a nearby stone and lays out for him some powder and pistol shot, going through some slow repetitive motions and words. Face eager to please in the hope of a banana reward (though not of the jellified hag type), patiently sits and chatters accordingly. He dextrously pops in a bullet and powder and then excitedly at being given a new toy jumps on a high branch and begins to wave the pistol around. Pointing it at master Siggard and then to Holden, back and forth between the crew and then sucks the pistol like a lollipop, all the while an itchy trigger finger poised...
Face pistol fire [1d20-5] = 6-5 = 1 a pistol shot fires into the air scattering a flock of nesting starlings and scaring the capuchin into climbing further up the tree, dropping the pistol at Siggards feet. I think the lesson is over for another day.
The monkey finally climbs down the tree and shamefully hides himself in the backpack roost. The guys continue to warily trek the path towards the native village.(cue a d6 roll for every turn). After an hours slow trek, you find that at several points each of you step on or shake of your boots a small writhing mass of slithering snakes. They hiss and put out forked tongues to taste the air and the smell of the forest floor is 'heady' as if you walked into a high pollen count. Looking about you note every bush and tree is covered all over, like the branches are sprouting snakes. The floor to an ankle depth is covered in a giant shoal of snakes. You are in the middle of an orgy of mating snakes.actions please[img]
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Back at the plaza:...
Captain Lazarus fires his pistol at a native seeking to breach the barricade, hitting another native in the chest, the man falls to the over the grain sacks and then takes a several wounds from the farmers who bash him mercilessly with sharpened hoes. Some musket fire goes off and the area begins to fill with the drifting smoke of gunpowder. Two of the farmers get hit by flint headed arrows and the native warriors continue to press their melee. Grimwald is locked in a hand to hand combat with one of the natives who face each other with like gladiators in a square. Zoggrot is faced with the boneheaded warrior who clutches one of the larger carved bones strung around his torso and gestures in a 'stop' motion. (please give me a save vs spells please, if successful you may continue to melee).
Pocc can attack freely though no one is within arms length. You hear Lucille shout "they are trying to breach the windows." There is some commotion and a window breaks and shutters get ripped off the outside wall of the manse kitchen. The voice of Padre Claude is heard,"No, No, you mustn't",. Iggway is upstairs in the manse attic. The noise of melee and the native activity gets louder. You can hear screams and shouts and tribal cursing going on. The woman cover the younger children's ears with their hands and one or two draw small bladed daggers to watch the stairs should intruders come up.
Elijah in the chapel sees the teenage boys manfully repel a wave of native warriors from entering through the broken windows. The two sisters continue with blessings and Geoffrey has his sights on another group of natives below who hammer at the chapel door. One drops dead from his accurate gunfire, his musket quickly reloaded and exchanged by Pascale who peers over the belfry edge.(Geoffrey you can see some of the natives carry small ladders and begin to run across the open ground as to reinforce the first wave of attackers).
next actions and verbals please. some PM's have been sent
