Session 4: Westbridge to Beliard

[shiffd]

Dorobo uses footspeed and his bow to ensure victory...

(I find it highly unlikely the movement speed for such creatures can match that of a normal man...so dorobo keeps his distance and picks them off.... If things get dicey he'll run rather than engage such creatures in melee combat.)

[Storm11]

Alexa approaches Nexus on the end of the first day and asks him if he would be interested in trading a few spells.

I have Sleep, Message, and Spider Climb that are good spells. If your interested in trading for Armor, Color Spray, and Unseen Servant.

We have several days at night we can spend studying or I can copy them into your books at your leisure.


The footer is correct for now. Now sure why I chose that spell for memorization but it is what it is.

I would be most obliged and appreciative of the spell exchange my good lady, yes indeed. Those seem like a great exchange to me. the gnome says a little greedily. He begins as soon as he can.

Sorry I stopped getting notifications and suddenly thought today, it’s been awfully quiet. My own fault for not checking sooner. Apologies. Back to the day of the centipede attack

Nexus will scuttle back to find a place behind the warriors some 25 feet back as the centipedes approach. He will gather on of his daggers and also prepare a colour spray spell should a group of the critters get passed the fighter line. He will try and catch as many as he can in the cone of magic so will wait until 5 or 6 are passed before casting.

Maybe if one of you nature types could talk to them and get them to leave us alone?

[GreyWolfVT]

Delgrot watches from where he is to see what the centipedes do and if they head towards the group or off somewhere else. "Ifin' ya need it I'm ready ta cast dust devil er bless tha group." he says openly to anyone listening.

[Zhym]

"Hold," cautions Roderick, one hand held up before the party. He steps back from the path of the centipedes. "Surely even centipedes have enough smarts not to attack a large party of well-armed adventurers. Perhaps they are chasing a large rodent or other easy prey. Let us stay out of their way and not be distracted from our quest."

[ravenn4544]

Jaroo examines the hoard curiously. "We disturbed them, let's leave them be. See how shiny they are? You don't want to ever eat something that's shiny, colorful, or slow - usually poisonous."

[shiffd]

"shiiiiiiiit them things fast!" Dorobo yelps as the swarm draws nearer the party and it becomes apparent the little buggers scurry a bit faster than it looked at first.. He dashes wide of the creatures' path, bow and arrow still in hand he abandons any effort to knock and loose in arrow in favor of quickly getting wide of the danger. He starts to calculate in his head who might be carrying a lump of sugar or other such smell that creatures might be after and makes a point not only to stay wide of the critters' path but to keep a healthy distance from any party member it may seem the creatures may have targeted...

[onlyme]

Ardium likewise attempts to scurry around and away from them, not wanting to get into a standoff.

[Darklin2]

Alexa

Alexa moves away from the centipedes and backs up the trail.

Stay away from them. if they are like the small ones they are poisonous.

[dmw71]

Beliard
The wild centipedes are safely avoided and, sticking to the well-traveled Stone Trail, the town of Beliard comes into view shortly after midday on the fourth day of travel.

It's a quiet town. Poor, with most structures in some state of disrepair. A handful of locals -- all human by the looks of them -- all wearing weathered clothes, meander about without seeking attention.

Alexa, whom passed through this town a handful of days ago, but didn't stay too long, was able to provide some advanced notice to the conditions. From the few rumors she previously overheard, apparently the town's hardship developing within the past couple years.

Alexa was in a haste to return to the inn, looking to recover her father's dagger -- a silver blade with a green gem in the pommel.

Helmaer urged the group pay a visit to the farm of August first thing as he was the most likely source of information about Jane's whereabouts... if she came this way.

The group previously agreed, when they accepted Alexa into their ranks, that finding Jane was the priority, with tracking down a lost blade would be a secondary concern.


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Please remove three days of rations for days two through four.

This, obviously, is just a summary to catch things up. I will update again shortly in a new "Beliard" thread with the details of August and his farm, assuming that is what the group still wants to do.


Actions?


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Date: 01 Sextilus, Year 7102
Time: 14:12 Sunrise: 07:03, Sunset: 18:42)
Temp: 67 F
Conditions:

• Comfortable
  Light Breeze

Light Sources:

• None

Known Conditions/Spells in Effect:

• None

Character Status

• GreyWolfVT | Delgrot | Dwarf | Male | Cleric: 1 | Alignment: NG | THAC0: 20 | HP: 10 | AC: 5/5 | Move: 4
  • Experience
    • Bonus: +10% (16 Wis)
    • Total: 0
    • Needed: 1,500
  • Offense:
    • Warhammer
    • Club
  • Defenses: AC: 5/5
    • Armor: Chain (AC 5)
    • Shield: None
    • Dex: 10 (0)
    • Other: None
  • Prepared Spells:
    • 1st: 3
      • Bless
      • Cure Light Wounds
      • Cure Light Wounds
        • Pass Without Trace (Trailblazer)
    • 2nd: 0
• ravenn4544 | Jaroo | Human Male | Druid: 1 | Alignment: N | THAC0: 20 | HP: 8 | AC: 8/8 | Move: 12
  • Experience
    • Bonus: None (17 Wis, 15 Cha)
    • Total: 0
    • Needed: 2,000
  • Offense:
    • Quarterstaff
    • Sling (20)
    • Dagger
  • Defenses: AC: 8/8
    • Armor: Leather (AC 8)
    • Shield: None
    • Dex: 14 (0)
    • Other: None
  • Prepared Spells:
    • 1st: 3
      • Cure Light Wounds
      • Entangle
      • Shillelagh
    • 2nd: 0
• Rex | Unna | Dwarf | Female | Fighter: 1, Thief: 1 (Kit: Wayfinder) | Alignment: NG | THAC0: 20 | HP: 9 | AC: 5/8 | Move: 4
  • Experience
    • Fighter:
      • Bonus: None (13 Str)
      • Total: 10
      • Needed: 2,000
    • Thief:
      • Bonus: +10% (16 Dex)
      • Total: 11
      • Needed: 1,250
  • Offense:
    • Long sword
    • Short sword
    • Dagger
  • Defenses: AC: 5/8
    • Armor: Leather (AC 8)
    • Shield: Medium (-1) ("...any frontal or flank attack...")
    • Dex: 16 (-2)
    • Other: None
  • Prepared Spells: None
• Storm11 | Nexus | Gnome | Male | Wizard: 1 (Specialist: Illusionist) | Alignment: CG | THAC0: 20 | HP: 6 | AC: 2/6 | Move: 6
  • Experience
    • Bonus: +10% (17 Int)
    • Total: 0
    • Needed: 2,500
  • Offense:
    • Dagger
  • Defenses: AC: 2/6
    • Armor: None
    • Shield: None
    • Dex: 18 (-4)
    • Other: Spell: Armor (AC: 6, HP: 9)
  • Spellbook:
    • 1st: Armor (V, S, M | Time: 10), Color Spray (V, S, M | Time: 1), Detect Magic (V, S | Time: 1), Phantasmal Force (V, S, M | Time: 1), Read Magic (V, S, M | Time: 10), Unseen Servant (V, S, M | Time: 1)
    • 2nd: None
  • Prepared Spells:
    • 1st: 2 (1 + 1 Specialist)
      • Color Spray
      • Phantasmal Force
    • 2nd: 0
• Zhym | Roderick | Human | Male | Paladin: 1 | Alignment: LG | THAC0: 20 | HP: 10 | AC: 3/5 | Move: 12
  • Experience
    • Bonus: None (14 Str, 17 Cha)
    • Total: 0
    • Needed: 2,250
  • Offense:
    • Long sword
    • Short bow (24)
  • Defenses: AC: 3/5
    • Armor: Chain (AC 5)
    • Shield: Small (-1) ("...protect against two frontal attacks of the user's choice...")
    • Dex: 15 (-1)
    • Other: None
  • Prepared Spells: None
  • Abilities: Lay on Hands (2 hp): 1
• onlyme | Ardiam | Elf | Male | Fighter: 1 | Alignment: NG | THAC0: 20 | HP: 10 | AC: 5/7 | Move: 12
  • Experience
    • Bonus: +10% (16 Str)
    • Total: 0
    • Needed: 2,000
  • Offense:
    • Long sword
    • Long bow (24)
  • Defenses: AC: 5/7
    • Armor: Leather (AC 8)
    • Shield: Small (-1) ("...protect against two frontal attacks of the user's choice...")
    • Dex: 16 (-2)
    • Other: None
  • Prepared Spells: None
• shiffd | Dorobo | Human | Male | Thief: 1 | Alignment: CN | THAC0: 20 | HP: 6 | AC: 4/8 | Move: 12
  • Experience
    • Thief:
      • Bonus: +10% (18 Dex)
      • Total: 0
      • Needed: 1,250
  • Offense:
    • Long sword
    • Short bow (40)
  • Defenses: AC: 4/8
    • Armor: Leather (AC 8)
    • Shield: None
    • Dex: 18 (-4)
    • Other: None
  • Prepared Spells: None
• Darklin2 | Alexa | High Elf | Female | Wizard: 1, Thief: 1 | Alignment: CG | THAC0: 20 | HP: 5 | AC: 5/8 | Move: 12
  • Experience
    • Wizard:
      • Bonus: +10% (17 Int)
      • Total: 0
      • Needed: 2,500
    • Thief:
      • Bonus: +10% (17 Dex)
      • Total: 0
      • Needed: 1,250
  • Offense:
    • Long sword
    • Dagger
  • Defenses: AC: 5/8
    • Armor: Leather (AC 8)
    • Shield: None
    • Dex: 17 (-3)
    • Other: None
  • Spellbook:
    • 1st: Copy (V, S, M | Time: 1 Round), Detect Magic (V, S | Time: 1), Message (V, S, M | Time: 1), Read Magic (V, S, M | Time: 10), Sleep (V, S, M | Time: 1), Spider Climb (V, S, M | Time: 1)
    • 2nd: None
  • Prepared Spells:
    • 1st: 1
      • Copy
    • 2nd: 0
  
  Marching Orders
  Scout:
  • Dorobo
  5-foot:
  • Dorobo
    Delgrot
    Jaroo
    Unna
    Alexa
    Nexus
    Roderick
    Ardiam
  10-foot:
  • Delgrot | Dorobo
    Jaroo | Roderick
    Unna | Alexa
    Nexus | Ardiam
  Rolls
  • None

[onlyme]

Ardium continues with the crowd, not enjoying his hard tack each day, thinking back on his family meals from home. Still, he knows he has to make his own way in life, and following this crowd seems the best course.

(3 deducted)

[Rex]

Unna

Unna will ask the first person they come to how to get to Augusta's farm.

3 days deducted.

[Darklin2]

ALEX

She agrees to finding Jane. Pretty sure that her father's silver dagger is long gone. Only hoping to find the direction of the thief that took it.


3 Days deducted

[dmw71]

Here is Beliard:

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The group enters via the trail to the southwest; nearest the location marked as R3.


Locking topic for now.[/ooc]

[dmw71]

Moving here: Session 5: Beliard