Day Two. Night. 12th day of the month of Qrot, 1280th year of the Age of Aquilonia
Partly cloudy, cool
In the darkness bursts a maelstrom of slaughter and arrows and cries of Pictish reinforcements on the river!
Those with lambent blades shield or sheathe them as the adventurers take cover! Eyes straining, they peer east into the black of night for the Picts that assail them without mercy! Cruloc pulls their arrows from his ravaged flesh and binds his wounds (+1hp). "There are others coming. From the river," Kiri whispers, almost to himself.
The arrows of the Picts hunger for their death. They wait patiently for a target to present itself. They don't wait long.
Grigor lays another plan and kneels before Amethu, exposing a sliver of his curving sword from its scabbard. By that glimmer of light, Amethu unfurls the brittle, dusty Papyrus of Uthoth from the platinum case found within the fabled Treasure of Xuthalhotep and reads aloud its arcane hieroglyphs!
When the incantation of warding is complete, Grigor feels no different. Trusting his life to the masked sorcerer, the gypsy draws his glowing scimitar and walks out from cover to certain death.
Arrows fly, descending upon him without mercy...
...and have no effect!
The adventurers witness the superstitious savages retreat in bewilderment and fear before the powerful magic of the intruders and flee toward the river!
Actions?!
Map:
The river is toward the bottom of the map.
Behind the DM Screen:
PC Status:
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 3: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 32/45
Dahinna: Zamoran Southwoman Thief 4: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 19/19
Grigor: Zamoran Nomad Cleric/Fighter 3/3: Move: 9", AC: 1, HP: 20/29, Spells: 1/4 1st lvl, 1/2 2nd lvl
Iago: Zingaran Southman Fighter 4: Move: 12", AC: 2, HP: 8/32
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 3/2: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 15/19, Spells: 3/3 1st lvl
Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 4: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 16/29
Gnasher: Grigor's Hound: Move: 12", AC: 5, HD: 2+2, HP: 11/11, AT: 1, D: 1-4
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