Quest #19 "Mapping Out The Jungle"

[Bluehorse]

Liam

Stopped and crouched as well. Las, my fighting days are a bit behind me... Fiona, heel. the dog crouched as well by his side.

[OGRE MAGE]

Up The Loggers Trail
Godsday, 9th of Goodmonth
Slightly After Noonish, Hot, Humid, Buggy

Creeping up a little closer, Bonnie switches to her bow. Liam doesn't sound too thrilled about a confrontation here, but a wry smile crosses the huge face of Hrothgar once he picks up on Bonnie's intentions.

Advancing on them a bit more, the group can tell that these men don't seem to be serving much of a purpose out here. One of them stays near the shack. Bonnie thinks she has seen this one before. The others meander about the clearing, not speaking to each other and not doing much of anything else either other than simply shambling around out in the open.

Fiona starts to growl softly at the sight of it all. Mr. Nehru stays silent as a church mouse, physically shaking as he watches it all play out.

Actions?

[Bluehorse]

Liam

Calms Fiona, shushing her softly as he watches to see what Bonnie's play is.

[Monsieur Rose]

Bonnie

Bonnie starts to nock an arrow and pull back the string. A nagging feeling comes over her and she gently releases the tension. "Crap. Is he here?" She murmurs to herself.

She turns and mouths to the others. "Zombies."

Bonnie smiles and winks at Hrothgar. "Hold until I test something, I'm drawing someone out."

This time she does nock arrows and lets two fly at the nearest shambling man.
Bow attack(20) = [1d20+4] = 17+4 = 21, damage = [1d6] = 2
Bow attack(20) = [1d20+4] = 14+4 = 18, damage = [1d6] = 3

[OGRE MAGE]

Up The Loggers Trail
Godsday, 9th of Goodmonth
Slightly After Noonish, Hot, Humid, Buggy

Bonnie lets the others behind her know what they might be dealing with here. She tells Hrothgar to hold while she nocks an arrow.

Liam, Fiona, and Mr. Nehru stay behind the seasoned adventurers, hoping that the elf lass knows what she is doing. The wolfhound continues to growl at the shambling monsters, despite being calmed by her master.

Hrothgar scrunches up his face at Bonnie. "Its just 4 zombies? I could run in there and kill them all myself, if you want me to."

The thief fires her bow at the nearest zombie and gets its attention with an arrow to the back. When the thing turns towards the group, she hits it again with a second arrow. It doesn't fall, but instead starts shambling in the direction of the hidden party. The other 3 zombies in the clearing all turn to move in the direction of the commotion as well.

The very thirsty Mr. Nehru starts to panic. "Oh my!"

Actions!

Can I get a hear noise roll from Bonnie in your next post, please?
I will take a d6 roll from Liam as well. Thanks!

map:

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marching order:
Bonnie 13/13
Hrothgar 20/20
Liam 6/6
Fiona 10/10
Mr. Nehru 3/3

[Bluehorse]

Liam

d6 as requested

Liam
[1d6] = 3

Fiona if needed:
[1d6] = 6

Liam reminds Fiona to heel and stay. He then knocks a bolt in his crossbow and fires, the repeats the process now that he sees the threat.
Not what I had in mind... he mumbles to himself. Not wanting to shoot over Bonnie or Hrothgar's heads, he will aim at the Zombie to the right of the cabin.

Crossbow 1:
Light Crossbow To Hit: [1d20+2] = 19+2 = 21 DMG: [1d4] = 4

Crossbow 2:
Light Crossbow To Hit: [1d20+2] = 6+2 = 8 DMG: [1d4] = 3

[Monsieur Rose]

Bonnie

Hear Noise (20): [1d100] = 77 Hearing things isn't necessary for 1e thieves.

Bonnie does hear the thwip of a crossbow behind her. She again holds up her hand. "These shouldn't be a problem. I'm waiting to see if they are alone."

She puts a restraining hand on Hrothgar. "This doesn't feel right. Keep in cover."

Bonnie fires an arrow at the shack. Bow attack(20) = [1d20+4] = 7+4 = 11, damage = [1d6] = 4

[OGRE MAGE]

Up The Loggers Trail
Godsday, 9th of Goodmonth
Slightly After Noonish, Hot, Humid, Buggy

"OH MY!" Nerhu shouts when he sees that this all out attack is going to commence.

Liam heels his hound and repositions himself so he can get off a crossbow shot on the furthest shambling zombie. With pinpoint accuracy, he shoots the oncoming zombie in it's eye. It keeps coming. (Liam is firing 2 crossbows?)

Bonnie again stays the sword hand of her huge bodyguard, firing another arrow, not at the oncoming zombie, but at the shack this time. Hrothgar looses it.

"What the hells you doing? Shoot at the damn zombie! The shack aint trying ta eat us!" He stands up and draws his large sword as the zombies advance even closer to the group.

"KILL THEM!!! KILL THEM!!!" Nerhu shouts from behind the front ranks.

Bonnie doesn't notice anything strange with the shack after her arrow hits it, but the entire group notices that the fourth and final zombie doesn't advance with the others. This one moves straight towards the west side of the clearing and looks up into the trees there.

Actions!

The zombies moved this round and will be close enough for an attack next round.

map:

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marching order:
Bonnie 13/13
Hrothgar 20/20
Liam 6/6
Fiona 10/10
Mr. Nehru 3/3

[Monsieur Rose]

Bonnie

Bonnie calmly puts down her bow and pulls her sword. She engages with the closest zombie and slashes away. Long Sword (20) = [1d20+2] = 19+2 = 21, damage SM = [1d8+1] = 8+1 = 9

"Keep calm and kill zombies."

Bonnie tries to spot what is up in the trees.

[Bluehorse]

Liam

Sorry, I thought ranged weapons got 2 shots per round

Liam falls back a little and pulls Fiona with him, aiming to another zombie. Something feels wrong about this... not just the fact there are walking dead here, but something else is going on... This feels like bait.

Light Crossbow To Hit: [1d20+2] = 1+2 = 3 DMG: [1d4] = 2

Apparently, that bolt warped a little from the sea air during the trip to the island...

[OGRE MAGE]

Up The Loggers Trail
Godsday, 9th of Goodmonth
Slightly After Noonish, Hot, Humid, Buggy

Bonnie quickly and easily eliminates the threat in front of her with one fell swipe of her shiny sword. The zombie falls at her feet and Hrothgar rushes forward to take on the next target, so she takes a look at the zombie looking up in the tree. It apparently realizes that it cant actually climb a tree, so it bends down to pick something up off the ground there. It appears to be a crossbow.

Hrothgar slashes the next injured zombie nearly in half and it too falls to the ground. Liam takes a shot at the third approaching dead man, but his bolt flies wide. (I used your second roll from your last post so you can avoid the possible negative outcome from the Nat 1 this round, but that will be your next roll if you choose to fire again.) Fiona begins to bark at the oncoming threats and Nuhru continues to backtrack slowly.

Actions!

map:

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marching order:
Bonnie 13/13
Hrothgar 20/20
Liam 6/6
Fiona 10/10
Mr. Nehru 3/3

[Bluehorse]

Liam

Puts away the crossbow for now and readies his axe, putting and hand on Fiona and pointing to Nehru. Guard. but really hoping the dog will not have to do anything but serve to calm the man as Liam moves alongside Bonnie to guard her as she fires as well. Swell outting. I hope you brought a picnic? Lovely scenery. Has it changed much since your last visit?

[Monsieur Rose]

Bonnie

Bonnie keeps her eyes on the trees while responding to Liam. "At least the weather's nice. But, yeah, it's more crowded than the last time I was here."

She glances at Hrothgar and surmises that he has things under control. She takes a step out and calls to the tree. "Hey. It's got your crossbow now. Do you want some help?"

She puts her sword away and gathers her bow.

[OGRE MAGE]

Up The Loggers Trail
Godsday, 9th of Goodmonth
Slightly After Noonish, Hot, Humid, Buggy

Liam commands his dog to guard the shrinking Nehru as he joins Bonnie. Hrothgar and the third zombie trade off weak blows. 3 dam

Bonnie ignores the verbal jabs from her fellow mapper, calling out to whoever the fool in the tree might be, asking if they would like some help. She hears a disgruntled and slightly embarrassed dwarven brogue call back from about ten feet off the ground.

"Would you mind lending me a hand here?"

Actions!

map:

please see last map

marching order:
Bonnie 13/13
Hrothgar 17/20
Liam 6/6
Fiona 10/10
Mr. Nehru 3/3

[Karaunios]

A battered-looking dwarf appears among the branches from the tree top. His black beard dishevelled, his leathery skin dirty but his demeanour seemingly unaffected by his condition.
"Sorry to bother you, but I dropped my crossbow at the best moment, as you can see. If you help me get rid of this zombie I'll be grateful and then on my way. Not much in ways of rewards, though, I tell you that upfront."

[Bluehorse]

Liam

Calls out in dwarven. Fair enough. These bastardsare in our way, anyhow. he repeated what he has said quieter to bonnie in common. Still holding his ax at the ready as he watches her back.

[Monsieur Rose]

Bonnie

Bonnie turns to give Liam a quizzical look. "Oh! I'm dealing with the zombie by myself. Ok." She turns back to the zombie and mutters. "It's not like I initiated this trek, no, I just do the dirty work."

She raises her bow and fires twice at the crossbow holding zombie.
Bow attack(20) = [1d20+4] = 10+4 = 14, damage = [1d6] = 5
Bow attack(20) = [1d20+4] = 19+4 = 23, damage = [1d6] = 4

"What's your name, Tree Dwarf?"

[Karaunios]

Grimm marvels at the two accurate shots. He wonders if some day he'll be able to do something like that without droppin his crosbow. He then chuckles as he hears the nickname Bonnie just imposed on him, but his expression goes serious again: "Greedy Grimm's the name. At least the called me thus back home." After a couple seconds silence he adds: "What about you? What's your name? And what are you looking here in this jungle?"

[OGRE MAGE]

At The Loggers Shack
Godsday, 9th of Goodmonth
Slightly After Noonish, Hot, Humid, Buggy

Bonnie and Hrothgar make short work of the last 2 zombies, Bonnie filling her target full of arrows right below the perched tree dwarf.

Fiona calms down and Nehru stops shaking uncontrollably once the undead threat is handled. All of the members of the group take interest in this treed dwarf as he climbs down to meet them. Grimm introduces himself to the unlikely group of explorers. Two tall thin human's, one with an equally tall dog at his side. Neither of these men appear to be adventurers, but both seem extremely thirsty, as does the panting dog. There is another massive hunk of a human, decked out in arms and armor, who introduces himself as Hrothgar the Deadly, though the dwarf thinks that he just made that name up on the spot.

There doesn't appear to be any other threats nearby, so Grimm inquires as to what the group may be doing this far out in the dangerous jungle.

Actions?

marching order:
Bonnie 13/13
Hrothgar 17/20
Liam 6/6
Fiona 10/10
Mr. Nehru 3/3

[Monsieur Rose]

Bonnie

Bonnie tries to hide a smile as she watches the dwarf climb down the tree. "Not something you see every day, that."

"I'm Bonnie, you've met Hrothgar the Deadly" She raises an eyebrow at Hrothgar. "This gentleman is Mr. Nehru, acknowledged mayor of Beachtown." She motions to Nehru.

She turns to Liam and flourishes. "This is Liam, saviour to Beachtown, friend to all dwarves, mapper extraordinaire, and a generally good guy."

"We're out here trying to get a better sense of the area, mapping it for future reference. How about you? When did you come to the island and how, pray tell, did you find yourself up amongst the leaves?"

BTW, Bonnie has had a very bad track record of finding PC's out in the jungle. Just ask Keilif and Franny.