Group 1: Adventure 2

[attriel]

A couple day's walk and the group arrives back at the site of their former destruction.

After some searching, Goater finds suggestion that more goblins have been through the area since the last encounter, presumably to find what happened to their skirmishing group. It seems unlikely that they'll chalk the deaths up to "unexplained circumstances," they may be waiting for you as you continue on their trail.

But the second group was definitely larger, and as such left behind a more legible trail than the week-old one that was already faint when you were here the first time.

The trail leads directly into the hills and trees. Anything waiting for you is well out of sight.

BTW -- did you guys bring the horse? Leave it behind? Sell it for beer and wenches?

[DinbinFanfoom]

The trail leads directly into the hills and trees. Anything waiting for you is well out of sight.
I'll resume scouting the trail again, if nobody objects, sneaking as I can, making best use of cover.
BTW -- did you guys bring the horse? Leave it behind? Sell it for beer and wenches?
*stops gluing stuff to Turin*
"What?"

PS: Did you get the creds I sent you to my mapping site? It's a bit improved since I sent them. If you don't wanna use it, that's up to you too, but it's working out well for us in game 3.

[Lycos]

Ummmm, beer and wenches. ;)

We brought the horse with us.

You guys ready? Let's keep an eye out for ambush locations. We don't want to get in a bad spot. Bad spot would be anywhere that has a high ledge above us where enemies could shoot down at us. Also, any spot which bottle necks, or a spot where we are walking into an area blind. We'll do more investigation prior to jumping in head first in those situations. We'll let Der Goater determine actions to take in that case. :D

Yes, I'm paranoid. :mrgreen:

[attriel]

Ummmm, beer and wenches. ;)

We brought the horse with us.


Well, that brings up a different question. What's the horse doing? You riding it? It riding you? Wandering behind you? Are you holding the leads? How are you feeding it? You don't need to give me blow by blow, but a general idea of what the horse's job on this trip is. Since you only have one, it seems silly for you to ride off and get like a day ahead of everyone else on your own ;)

[DinbinFanfoom]

Well, that brings up a different question. What's the horse doing? You riding it? It riding you? Wandering behind you? Are you holding the leads? How are you feeding it? You don't need to give me blow by blow, but a general idea of what the horse's job on this trip is. Since you only have one, it seems silly for you to ride off and get like a day ahead of everyone else on your own ;)
*stabs the horse*
"It's... sleeping..." (just kidding)

[Kiir]

Sitara says, "having Tess scout a bit ahead sounds like a good idea." She then readies herself just in case she has to cast a spell or two against some enemies. She figures the goblins are unlikely to be patrolling the area a week after their comrades were killed, but figured better safe then sorry.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Sitara says, "having Tess scout a bit ahead sounds like a good idea." She then readies herself just in case she has to cast a spell or two against some enemies. She figures the goblins are unlikely to be patrolling the area a week after their comrades were killed, but figured better safe then sorry.
"Yeah, it worked out great last time!" Tess laughs. "Keep the horse well back, I think..."

[EricStratton]

Flay stays more towards the rear of the group.

I'm not sure we should've brought the horse....

[Lycos]

Well, that brings up a different question. What's the horse doing? You riding it? It riding you? Wandering behind you? Are you holding the leads? How are you feeding it? You don't need to give me blow by blow, but a general idea of what the horse's job on this trip is. Since you only have one, it seems silly for you to ride off and get like a day ahead of everyone else on your own ;)

The horse is riden by whoever feels the need to ride. Since I have the short stubby legs, it might make our trip a little less slow if I ride unless there is another person who needs to ride. We can have the horse more towards the back while we work the tracks of this larger group. If we think we're getting close, we can tether the horse to a tree until we return.

I don't like the idea of Tess going too far out ahead of us. Like last time, she could be dead by the time we get to her.

[Shiz]

"Hold on a second. We KNOW there are goblins in those trees. We KNOW they will have scouts that we likely won't see. Sending Tess ahead by herself is nuts. She is just going to get jumped.

"I propose that we just enter the woods and proceed cautiously together. Goat and I in front, everyone else behind us. It isn't a jungle so we aren't going to get separated. If Tess wants to stay wide of the group and a bit ahead of us, fine, but she shouldn't be our point man.

"We know what we are going to find eventually, so just keep that in mind and don't make unnecessary noises. Anyone on horseback is going to draw the first fire. I say just lead it for now."

My proposed "formation" is something like

---Sarz--------Goat
------Turin--Flay---
-----Sitara-----

Stealth has a movement penalty anyway, so Tess cannot scout in stealth and stay ahead of us unless we stop every 5 minutes.

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Whatever..." Tess rolls her eyes. (IC)

[Shiz]

"Tess if you like getting critically stabbed and the start of every fight, I am sure we can work something out!"

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Tess if you like getting critically stabbed and the start of every fight, I am sure we can work something out!"
*sticks her tongue out at Sarz and sulks a bit*
"Fine. What you want me to do, then?"

YEah I did, I just haven't had time.No problem. I've taken the liberty of creating a default map and associating it with a scene so you can more easily find it if you decide to.

[Lycos]

I'm not sure we should've brought the horse....

The horse can help carry a lot of our mundane stuff. It makes us leaner and meaner. :lowcool:

[noptov52]

"I'm not much for sneaking and the horse over there isn't much better. I suggest we advance cautiously in the formation Sarz suggested."

"We'll draw the scouts eyes, Tess can move parallel or a bit ahead and try to spot any ambush."

[EricStratton]

The horse can help carry a lot of our mundane stuff. It makes us leaner and meaner. :lowcool:
Don't make me set that nag a flame.

[Lycos]

Don't make me set that nag a flame.

Do that and I'll watch the goblins gnaw on your bones before you get a heal from me! :lowrazz:

[Lycos]

Atty, I'm assuming that we are moving forward by following the newer trail using the formation submitted by Sarz. I would say since Tess is missing from the diagram that she is with Sitara in the back.

[DinbinFanfoom]

http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=uzkfyy118vezm94kt6z9ux5lp1b674gtekm7r xzl83brs45hzv7r6ixsdg8yygr1

[Shiz]

I don't have a shield! Boo! Boo!

How do I keep that link and the Group 3 link separate? NM. Just Bookmark them separatelky.

[Draknor]

Don't make me set that nag a flame.

An_insubstantialvoiceoutofnowhere_01 says: You may as well. Any seasoned adventurer knows that your horses and everything on them are toast when you go into that next dungeon. And oh yeah, I almost forgot, when was the last time any of you changed clothes and took a bath? You're looking a bit threadbare, and frankly, you all smell. You never know when you'll need to meet a king. Spend a little money on nice threads already.

/fades back into nothingness

[attriel]

OK, trying the niffy tools ... http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt The brush is the trail you're following ; It's still trees, really, but I couldn't find a paintbrush to mark with, so it's brush-y, because the trail is already broken ... work with me here

Tess leads the group, trying to stay ~30' ahead of the rest as they move through the brush (Stealth: 29; I'll give you the choice: Do you want to make the time to keep ahead, and still move pretty quietly, or sacrifice the speed to keep the full 29? (or, i suppose, mke everyone else slow down to move slowly so you stay ahead AND keep the 29))

The group has followed the trail 100m into the woods so far, and the land is starting to slant upwards. As they've moved through, Sarz and Flay have noticed that some of the trees look like they've had marks carved into them sometime in the past, and Turin notes some torn cloth on a branch just off the side of the trail, when the horse moves to graze on a branch (Perception: 7 13 22 14 21 18). No one senses anyone watching them yet.

[Lycos]

FYI, we tied the horse up before going on this trail.

I'll take a closer look at this cloth that I have found.

[Shiz]

That link doesn't take me anywhere. Just a brown background webpage.

Once we see the signs, I motion everyone to slow down so Tess can stay stealthed.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Attriel: The URL you want is on the scene page, at the bottom, which includes a 64 character key string. You can also place every PC and NPC (if any). The maps can be created independently of the scenes, but the scenes are what tie the map and the pcs and npcs together.

IC: I don't think we should waste a 29 stealth roll, it's the best I can get...

[attriel]

Attriel: The URL you want is on the scene page, at the bottom, which includes a 64 character key string. You can also place every PC and NPC (if any). The maps can be created independently of the scenes, but the scenes are what tie the map and the pcs and npcs together.

IC: I don't think we should waste a 29 stealth roll, it's the best I can get...

Hrrm. That was the URL I had selected. Guess I didn't hit copy right or something *shrug* oh well. And yeah, I know I can. But I didn't want to have to draw the map out to the right level of detail to put all the pcs in since then I'd have to ahve made the map MUCH bigger ...

Really the URL (http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=k3vq5u9u7ler1vkbmwdib2ojcs4iwvgsdrjoj 3exkqhzuub27eascirwgqdegxli) (maybe)

Hrrm. The PC I placed isn't showing. Annoying. You all are in 6x5 (Din -- maybe you might think of making one side letters so we can refernce A6 instead of remembering if columns or rows come first)

[Lycos]

You all are in 6x5

Column 6, row 5?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Hrrm. That was the URL I had selected. Guess I didn't hit copy right or something *shrug* oh well. And yeah, I know I can. But I didn't want to have to draw the map out to the right level of detail to put all the pcs in since then I'd have to ahve made the map MUCH bigger ...
LOL have you seen Sagar's maps? 15x15 =)
Hrrm. The PC I placed isn't showing. Annoying.Odd, yes. I replaced all of them (after expanding the map) and it allows me to place near map edge... dunno why it didn't before. I guess I didn't plan for 6 people in a 5' square!
You all are in 6x5 (Din -- maybe you might think of making one side letters so we can refernce A6 instead of remembering if columns or rows come first)Done.

[Sagar]

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LOL have you seen Sagar's maps? 15x15 =)
Odd, yes. I replaced all of them (after expanding the map) and it allows me to place near map edge... dunno why it didn't before. I guess I didn't plan for 6 people in a 5' square!
Done.

Sweet!

Now how about die rollers on the scene page :p

[noptov52]

*tap tap* Is this thing on?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Tess will continue to scout ahead, looking for signs of trouble. Tracks, a trail, suspicious silver glints, shortswords protruding from her ribcage, etc. :rotflmao:

[Shiz]

*tap tap* Is this thing on?

All of us need to be more "verbal" so post anything and everything that comes to mind.

[Shiz]

"Tess, you see anything yet? Should we keep going?"

[DinbinFanfoom]

"Tess, you see anything yet? Should we keep going?"
"Nothing yet" Tess hissed back. "I'll keep moving..."

ooc: North, I assume... but that was the map I made... hope it's accurate... wherever "ahead" is...

[attriel]

Hey, did you know that when you click "SAVE" on the scene page, the URL at the bottom reverts to having no md5 hash? i'm betting thats what happened to me last time :o

http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=l582zw47ju5vi5rk3noxrcwsvb5ssxc2vcge7 pl8zlemrshfguevulkde4tgzwp3

Turin snags the piece of cloth as he passes it. As they walk, he turns it over and rubs it between his hands. It feels like a rough spun sack. Something like a fieldsman's (tennant farmer) tunic or something to haul the crop in.

Tess continues to trail ahead of the group, keeping to the brush and trees to the west of the broken path. After a hundred feet or so, the ground opens up on the east, and she can see some kind of building north and east of the group. A little further on, she finds the wood breaks for an old path that has been walked into hard clay, although she notes that there are some cracks beginning to appear. It'll be only a few more years before the path, wherever it leads from, is devoured by the forest once again.

Stopping on the edge of the wood by the road, she can see the temple ~100' NE of her. Her view of the front is blocked by some large stones jutting from the ground like the fingers of a giant that fell. The road in front of her gives no indications of who or what has been travelling it, if indeed it has seen any traffic in years. The trail she was following led in this direction but vanished when the wood opened up, presumably leading into the clearings. Having chosen to stay out of plain sight, she cannot be sure anymore. The rocks, however, sparkle and glint in the sun, as though metal or crystal.

She returns to the group to tell them what she saw from her vantage.

Map (http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=l582zw47ju5vi5rk3noxrcwsvb5ssxc2vcge7 pl8zlemrshfguevulkde4tgzwp3)
The squares are 20' Flay, Turin and Sitara are in the same squares as Sarz and Goat. I just chose not to draw them because I wanted the larger scale map. There is a low rise at 9, preventing the rest of the group from getting a good view of the temple.

[Lycos]

I'm going to wave to people in the group to note that I found something by pointing to the cloth and motioning everyone to come over. I'll share with them my thoughts from above. I'll take a look around the immediate area for any other signs of this cloth anywhere.

[Shiz]

"Now this is more like it. Our little friends think they are kings, eh?"

What time of day is it? Can we circle the building in either direction and remain in cover?

[EricStratton]

I guess we should make our way to where Tess is. Or try to creep up the rise?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Tess would like to do a stealthy perimiter search. Get the lay of the land. We just see one corner of it, whatever it is.

[Lycos]

Team huddle! :D

[Shiz]

So stay in the bushes and let Tess circle the structure from cover?

[Lycos]

So stay in the bushes and let Tess circle the structure from cover?

That works for me unless she runs into trouble.

[Shiz]

We need Kiir and noppy to chime in. Sending Pms.

[noptov52]

Der Goater is content with having the stealthy one scout the perimeter - cautiously.

[EricStratton]

Ok, that's fine. Do your scouting thing, Tess, and then we'll figure out where to go from there.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Assuming the woods encircle the structure outside a fairly consistently sized open margin, Tess will follow the tree-line counter-clockwise, crossing that road.

[Kiir]

Sitara is fine with having Tess scout the area.

[DinbinFanfoom]

All is go?

[noptov52]

Get a move on ya lazy thief

[DinbinFanfoom]

I thought I was! :P If I'm not, I will, immediately.

[attriel]

Yes, you are. But I fell asleep with the boy last night, and Kiir is sick today, so I've been up and about with the boy ; doing work right now, but I'll try to get a start on the expanded map. Everyone else is just hanging out and waiting?

[Lycos]

Yeah, I'm waiting on her to get jumped. :D

[EricStratton]

Me too!

[DinbinFanfoom]

That could never happen... TWICE! :rotflmao:

[attriel]

OK boys and girls.

Sorry to do this, but I have to drop out of running this. This is the first time I've had more than 5 minutes on the computer for something other than work in two days.

Someone at my office figured out I was mildly competent and now I have work to do pretty regularly. I just can't commit to running this game.

Sorry folks :/

[Lycos]

It's ok. Plus, your family commitment is increasing with a pregnant wife and all. Maybe another time. :D

[Shiz]

No prob. Let us know if you want to try again some time.