Scene: Wastin' Away Again in Island-Eater-Ville. Again.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Damelon's eyes flutter open. It is nearly pitch black, but he appears to be propped up against the wall in one of the huts. His feet and hands appear to be bound.

Erik awakens. His head feels like someone has played a bongo tune on it. He finds himself lying on his face... on... something wooden? His feet seem bound, and his hands are tied behind his back. He coughs lightly as he notices that he is gagged.

Crashing was having a fantastic dream about cavorting through the forest with some island ladies. He was hanging lazily in a hammock, a cold drink in his hand... and... wha? This isn't a hammock... it's rocking though, and slightly enclosing... Crashing finds that he is lying face up and above him he sees a spectactular mass of stars in a dark sky. A familiar scent wafts through his nostrils that reminds him of home, somehow...

Sigurd groans and wakes up. He appears to be propped up against some sort of wall, though his hands, feet and eyes are bound.

KT feels something tickle his face. He jerks awake to see a black spider scurry off across the... room? His hands are bound and his feet as well, but at least he can see. Flickering fire-light comes in through a door that is across the single room from him.

InitPlayer/NPCDamageEffectsHPSSurgesAPEncounter/DailiesHeals21Damelon10-15/253/70Handspring Assault (D)-18Erik10-15/255/70--14Crashing11-16/275/70--8Sigurd12-16/285/90Macetail's Rage (D)-1KT10-15/257/90Stirring Shout (D)-

[DinbinFanfoom]

New init?You're not technically in combat, so post in any order, for now. I'll update you when I have an action for everyone. If you enter combat, you'll get new init, yes.

[Shiz]

Testing the ropes on my hands, Thievery +8 = 13.

Perception check +5 = 8

Do I hear the ocean? How many in the hut/room?

[Asharad]

Perception. Am I being cooked? Anything else of interest around me? can I hear anything of interest? (18)

[Greebo]

I will try to escape (Skill: acrobatics, standard DC20) but with my +0, its unlikely I'll get anywhere...

Yay, I suck.

So...simply speak up - "Anyone there?"

[Lycos]

OOC: Can we surge at this point?

Sigurd will listen to see if anyone is close. He'll whisper, "Is anyone there?" Listen to see if there is a reply.

[DinbinFanfoom]

OOC: Can we surge at this point?While you're not particularly pressed at this juncture, I don't think you're really in a position to "take 5", what with your hands and legs (and faces in some cases) bound. You have managed to naturally recover somewhat, if you'll notice (you're at half HP and have recovered your encounter powers, but not dailies). Essentially, you've already auto-surged. Thanks for reminding me that I was going to remove a surge from each of you for that... (it's a bargain, really...)

InitPlayer/NPCDamageEffectsHPSSurgesAPEncounter/DailiesHeals21Damelon10-15/252/70Handspring Assault (D)-18Erik10-15/254/70Chromatic Orb (D)-14Crashing11-16/274/70--8Sigurd12-16/284/90Macetail's Rage (D)-1KT10-15/256/90Stirring Shout (D)-

Actions for Lycos/Erik?

[Lycos]

(it's a bargain, really...)


True. My actions are above.

[Shiz]

I will try to escape (Skill: acrobatics, standard DC20) but with my +0, its unlikely I'll get anywhere...

Yay, I suck.

So...simply speak up - "Anyone there?"

I will try this. I already rolled for my Thievery check, though. Let me know what my options are.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Speech is a free action so I'll include it in your turn as soon as Erik posts... You can change your Theivery roll to an Acro roll if you wish as I haven't processed the "turn" yet, just edit the mod in the text of the post.

[Shiz]

Acro and Thievery have the same mod so still 13. Grr. Damelon does not always roll well when his skills are needed most.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Crashing feels a bumpy item under his left buttock. Flat... round... It's hard to tell, but it might be money or something. He wriggles his hands around underneath him... yup. Some kind of coin. Crashing feels... like the universe no longer owes him anything, somehow. :D

[Lycos]

Crashing feels a bumpy item under his left buttock. Flat... round... It's hard to tell, but it might be money or something. He wriggles his hands around underneath him... yup. Some kind of coin. Crashing feels... like the universe no longer owes him anything, somehow. :D

:rotflmao:

[Lycos]

Damelon does not always roll well when his skills are needed most.

Not a good quality for the thief. :lowlol:

[EricStratton]

Erik finally comes around (sorry, all - long meeting, long drive home). He'll look around (Perc 2-1) and try to get his hands loose (Thievery 9+2).

[Asharad]

I guess I should try to get loose as well.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Sorry, Erik, didn't mean to prod. :D Oh and Greebs has the right idea, guys. Escaping bonds is an acro check, not thievery. You could also do a strength check to break them too, I think.

[Shiz]

Is an ability check DC lower than a skill check?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Is an ability check DC lower than a skill check?It would kind of make sense that they might, given that ability mods are lower than skill mods, but if you look at the PHB, some of those ability mods are still kinda high. I'd always go with the skill if I could, because base skill mods are usually +4 or so.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Damelon attempts to wriggle out of his bonds (Acro 13: fail) without success. He finds them to be rather tight, and made of some sort of vine. He attempts to gather information on his surroundings, but his eyes have trouble focusing in the dim light (Perception: 8). He does hear the gentle lap of waves on a shoreline, and he's SURE there's someone else in the room with him to his left.

Erik tries not to panic as he wriggles around on the hard surface. He flexes his fingers (Acro 11: fail) but can't extricate them and further more, even fails to roll over. All he can see is what appears to be the wooden floor, all close-like.

Crashing takes a few moments to gather his wits. He notes that his "hammock" is a dugout canoe, and the rocking is from the waves. (Perception 18) He hears a low murmuring and the crackling of a fire. Both are from fairly nearby, maybe 30 feet at most. He tries to wriggle his wrists out of the vine bindings (Acro 13: fail) but finds them quite snug. He also hears a wooden clunking every once in a while, as if his canoe were bumping against another alongside of it.

Sigurd tries to sit up, and finds himself leaning on a wall of some sort. (Passive Perception 14) He really wishes his eyes weren't covered, but he can still tell, through the rough cloth, that there is light coming through some sort of opening near him. He can also hear mutterings and the crackle of a fire.

KT struggles with his bonds. (Acrobatics 14) They are quite tight, however and he finds that he'll need another strategy to remove them, or perhaps some help. He appears to be inside a hut (Passive Perception 14), maybe even one of the same huts that he saw earlier. He senses another body next to him, to his right. He THINKS he might have heard someone somewhere to his right whisper something, but he can't be sure what it was. Taking a shot in the dark (literally) he says, "Anyone there?" Within seconds, footsteps draw nearer and a figure is silhouetted in the doorway. The humanoid, one of the previously encountered cannibals, draws near and kicks him in the ribs. (DAM: 1) It grunts at him warningly, and returns the way it came. KT gasps in pain.

[Shiz]

Damelon turns his back to what would be his left and pushes with his feet, back first, until he bumps into someone or something. Kind of scooching motion.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Damelon twists around and "skooches" backwards. He soon runs into someone. Someone who just yelped when kicked in the ribs. Hard to tell, but he thinks his back is up against KT right now, though the bard appears to be lying down at the moment.

[Lycos]

Sigurd will try to muscle his way out of bonds. Athletics +8

20.

[Greebo]

What is the lighting in the room? If I can see, look at the body. If not, then feel the body - I'm specifically looking for something sharp.

perception +4 = 22

So once I find the sharp edge on Togar's belt buckle, use it to start cutting my bonds.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Sigurd strains to break the vines binding his wrists (Strength: 12+4 vs DC: fail) but just ends up pulling a muscle.

KT, hands bound behind back (sorry if this wasn't clear) twists and then gropes around for something sharp behind him in the dim light but only encounters the person next to him, who is now partially upgright and moving towards him, backwards apparently. (Perception 22) Is that... Damelon? It is very dark, probably near midnight, and the hut is a simple 10x10 room made of bamboo. A few crude sleeping mats are on the floor, though it's hard to tell in the dim light that is cast into the doorway from the apparent campfire outside.

Damelon feels someone grab and squeeze his right butt cheek.

[Greebo]

Hey baby, how YOU doin?

Can we assist each other in trying to escape?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Hey baby, how YOU doin?
Can we assist each other in trying to escape?Standard assist rules apply, yes. Make sure you communicate your intentions somehow. Maybe butt-cheek-squeezing-morse-code or something?

[Asharad]

I;m going to try (via insight) to figure out the best way out of my predicament. Also, I'll sit up, if I can.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Crashing SLOWLY sits up. He finds that indeed he IS now sitting in a dugout canoe at the edge of the ocean. The front of the canoe is on the sand, but the latter half is in shallow water, and bobs slightly. Crashing realizes that he probably shouldn't thrash around too much, if he wants to avoid tipping the canoe and drawing attention (and perhaps drowning in the water, which is about a foot deep where he's sitting). He finds himself facing the ocean, with his back to the shore. The sounds behind him haven't changed, so he doesn't believe anyone has noticed. Very quietly he cranes his head around and looks behind him. He sees four clubber-type figures sitting around a fire. They appear to be eating and drinking and discussing something. Several bodies lie in the enclosure, piled up here and there.

Crashing reflects that if he had someone here to help him with his bindings, that would go a lot easier. Or if he found something sharp...

[EricStratton]

Erik will roll over and see if he can't get a better idea of where he is (Perc 6-1).

He'll give the ropes around his hands another try (Acro 5+2).

Then, getting nowhere, he'll just sit there and wait to be rescued.

/sigh

[Lycos]

Sigurd, will try to feel around for something sharp or feel around to determine if there is anything handy to use for escape (+4 perception). Also, he will try to use the wall to move his blindfold down or up his face so he can see better (-1 Acro).

And in the end, he senses that his comrades are also feeling frustrated in their efforts to escape. :D

[Greebo]

I'll feel around until I find Damelon's wrists - then grab them, hold the ropes and shake them a bit.

Then I'll start working to loosen them.

Acrobatics assist: DC10
11 = +2 to Damelon

[Asharad]

Looking for something sharp in the canoe.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Erik wriggles around a bit and tries to at least get face up. In that at least, he succeeds, while his attempts to loose his bonds meet with complete failure. He decides to take a breather. Hey, the stars are really pretty tonight...

Sigurd attempts to feel around in the dark with his behinds-back-bound hands. He finds nothing useful (Perception 7). He then turns his efforts to trying to "scrub" up/down the blindfold on the wall. He finds the bamboo very rough and winds up with the blindfold still on, but a nice exfoliation (Acro 8: fail).

Damelon feels KT fumbling with his bonds a bit. The bard manages to jam a few fingers in between the knot and Damelon's wrist, at least allowing the rogue a bit of extra leverage for the next escape attempt (+2 to next Acro attempt, Damelon).

Crashing (Perception 28) looks around the gently bobbing canoe. In front of him, between his knees, he sees what appear to be a few large pieces of shell. Maybe the remains of an appetizer? (Let's see an acro attempt to snag those suckers with your teeth or something... or maybe to scooch down the canoe to move over them and position them behind you...)

[Shiz]

As I understand it, Damelon and KT are back to back now, like this: _| |_.

Are our hands bound in front or back? If bound in back, I want to work on KT's ropes with my hands since our hands should be touching. If our wrists are bound, then my fingers should be free enough to try this. Easier to work on someone else than myself, probably.

This also seems like a real Thievery type action, too, not Acro.

Damelon Thievery +8 =

[Shiz]

I'll feel around until I find Damelon's wrists - then grab them, hold the ropes and shake them a bit.

Then I'll start working to loosen them.

Acrobatics assist: DC10
11 = +2 to Damelon

Acro/Thievery +8+2 = 29!

[DinbinFanfoom]

As I understand it, Damelon and KT are back to back now, like this: _| |_.Correct.
Are our hands bound in front or back? If bound in back, I want to work on KT's ropes with my hands since our hands should be touching. If our wrists are bound, then my fingers should be free enough to try this. Easier to work on someone else than myself, probably.Behind you, yes. No cannibal with filed teeth would tie your hands in the front. :D
This also seems like a real Thievery type action, too, not Acro.It might SEEM that way, but the PHB is fairly explicit that it's acro. You don't have the escape artist feat by chance, do you?
Acro/Thievery +8+2 = 29!
Damelon benefits greatly from KT's stabilization of the bindings and manages to twist/wrench his left and then right hand free of the bonds. He rubs his chafed wrists to return their circulation a bit. It only takes him a moment or two further to unbind his feet.

Damelon is now free to stand/move about.

[Greebo]

Well with a 29 or even a 27 - ONE of us should be freed...

[Lycos]

Sigurd repeats feeling around after moving a little more. Also, he tries the ropes again with his acro skill.

Yeah, rockin the skill rolls today. :-/

[DinbinFanfoom]

Sigurd rolls around and scuffs up against the wall to no avail. It's a good workout, though. He THINKS the doorway might be about 10 feet away.

[Greebo]

Whisper very very quietly to Damelon: Get me out of these ropes!

Continue to try to loose my own bonds

[DinbinFanfoom]

Since it's pretty much a given at this point.

KT whispers quietly to Damelon and Damelon unties KT.

Both Damelon and KT are able to move around and examine their environment and perhaps... you know... their own selves... Maybe... inventories?

[Lycos]

Both Damelon and KT are able to move around and examine their environment and perhaps... you know... their own selves... Maybe... inventories?

I would think that it would be a passive perception thing.

Hey, KT, your head is half shaved. :D

[Greebo]

Freedom first, Din. Checking my equipment and the room was next on the list - don't push.

Whisper "Lets check out this room - carefully"

INspect self - see what the damages are and whether I have anything useful left on my person. Then inspect the room - where the hell are we? meanwhile, keep very alert for sounds of anyone approaching.

Perception +4 to listen actively for approaching noises while giving the room a once over (not active search - yet)

"Sounds like we're in the clear for now..."

[DinbinFanfoom]

Freedom first, Din. Checking my equipment and the room was next on the list - don't push.Didn't mean to. Just didn't want you entering combat and reaching for your sword and me saying "your what?" and you saying "HEY! You didn't TELL us our weapons had been confiscated".

Ya know.

[Shiz]

Damelon pats himself down to see if he has any of his daggers on him.

Is the floor sand, wood? Is there a door or just an opening? Time of day? Who else is in this hut?

[Greebo]

Didn't mean to. Just didn't want you entering combat and reaching for your sword and me saying "your what?" and you saying "HEY! You didn't TELL us our weapons had been confiscated".[/I]

Ya know.

Actually, such blatantly obvious information should just be disclosed, don't you think?

[Lycos]

Actually, such blatantly obvious information should just be disclosed, don't you think?

We're level 1's. We all act and think like Barney Fife. :D

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/54/98354-004-C28FB57A.jpg

[DinbinFanfoom]

Actually, such blatantly obvious information should just be disclosed, don't you think?Only so many things are "obvious" when you are bound up in the dark. You'd have no real way of knowing unless you looked around... none of you really had time to "stow" any of your weapons at the points you lost consciousness and you woke up with none in your hands so... while it logically followed, I didn't want you to make too many assumptions. Your weapons could have been lying just next to you, for example... you wouldn't know until you felt around the very dark hut a bit. (As you are doing now)

It becomes clear to KT and Damelon that while their clothing/armour is in place, their weapons are nowhere to be found. They appear to be in a 10x10 hut with a rectangular opening in the western wall, south of you. You see crude bamboo mats for sleeping on and a few cooking utensils or something. You appear to still have most of the cuts and bruises of combat, but are generally better off than when you hit the dirt.

[Greebo]

We are unbound. Can we rest for 5 and surge up?

And - the utensils in the room - anything suitable for a make-shift weapon? A frying pan, for example?

[DinbinFanfoom]

We are unbound. Can we rest for 5 and surge up?Since you are free, I don't see why not. Lemme know how many you want to use.
And - the utensils in the room - anything suitable for a make-shift weapon? A frying pan, for example?You find a large conch shell and a sturdy stick, about two feet long, add to that the vines that you were bound with.

[EricStratton]

Erik...again...try to get out of his binds.

Acro 13+2

[DinbinFanfoom]

Erik...again...try to get out of his binds.
Acro 13+2Erik tries again (and fails) to loose his bonds. He's going to need help to make another attempt.

[Shiz]

So KT and Damelon are alone? I keep asking if it is day or night.

[DinbinFanfoom]

So KT and Damelon are alone? I keep asking if it is day or night.
Alone in the hut, yes. The person that came in and kicked KT retreated the way he came. It is very dark, night time yes. Through the "door" in the hut, you see the wall of another hut... the firelight comes from somewhere to the left (looking out) of your doorway... as if it's flooding down a narrow alley between the huts.

[Shiz]

Are the huts on the ground or are they slightly raised? That is, can I crawl under the hut across the way.

Damelon will take a 5 minute break with KT and surge once, 15+7=22/25. 2 surges left.

Damelon is going to peek out and look towards the flickering light, Perception +5 = 20, Stealth peak = 20

[Greebo]

Ok - and since my bonus to recovered hps is based on a song (Song of Rest) - if I want to be quiet and not get interrupted, I'm guessing - no song, no bonus hps.

If so, 2 surges please, regain 12 hps. Otherwise, just 1 and regain 10.

[Greebo]

And I'll take the sturdy stick and use it as a quarterstaff I guess...

[DinbinFanfoom]

KT and Damelon each surge (Damelon once for 6, KT twice for 12). Damelon has one surge left, not two (see last status post). Damelon remembers that the huts are indeed raised, by about two to three feet, but are not skirted in any way... their legs and the ramps/steps to the doorways are largely open at the sides. Damelon peeks around the corner and sees:

Map
(http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=58htdwun1oo8kjwc73twi713urrwnyjoeoum4 zfh79fj721z3pdgrvfkojj7uxwn)
InitPlayer/NPCDamageEffectsHPSSurgesAPEncounter/DailiesHeals21Damelon4-21/251/70Handspring Assault (D)-18Erik10-15/254/70Chromatic Orb (D)-14Crashing11-16/274/70--8Sigurd12-16/284/90Macetail's Rage (D)-1KT0-25/254/90Stirring Shout (D)-

[Lycos]

Sigurd tries again at the bonds on his hands.

17?

[Shiz]

Damelon reports what he sees to KT in a hushed whisper and then says "I am going to scout a bit using the huts for cover. Stay here, unless you hear a commotion you think might give you a chance to get away."

Damelon exits the hut and quickly crawls underneath. He waits to see if he was noticed.

Stealth +5 = 9.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Sigurd struggles again with the bonds and... just works up a lather. He also is going to need help for further attempts. Plus not being able to see really sucks.

Damelon fills KT in on the "plan" and slips out of the doorway and down the steep ramp. Within a few moments, he is under the adjacent hut. The clubbers around the fire seem not to notice. Thusfar. He sees that this hut has it's doorway facing the water. It should be noted that really, Damelon isn't terribly hidden... imagine being across the room from a dining room table, sans-tablecloth, with someone "hiding" underneath it. He should be very, very careful.

[Asharad]

Can I scoot carefully to get to the shells? What do I need to roll for that? I'll go ahead and roll.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Crashing, in the canoe, manages to pull of a fairly impressive contortionist act and (Acrobatics: 17+1) pick up a large shard of broken shell from the floor of the canoe between his shins and turn and drop it behind him without tipping the canoe over. One of the clubbers hears him moving around and starts to get up to investigate, but thinks better of it when he sees that Crashing is lying down, as before (he didn't see Crashing sit up and perform his maneuver).

[Asharad]

I do yoga, mon.

I'll try and cut myself free.

[Shiz]

It should be noted that really, Damelon isn't terribly hidden... imagine being across the room from a dining room table, sans-tablecloth, with someone "hiding" underneath it. He should be very, very careful.

Good to know. Probably better to hide behind than under.

Damelon, realizing that he is not really hidden that well, rolls north and crouches at I3. He looks to the other hut to see if the opening is on the north side. If so, he peeks in.

Stealth rolls: 9, 12
Perception roll: 25

[DinbinFanfoom]

Damelon creeps behind the hut, but finds no door in that wall. Thinking back, he recalls which walls that he'd seen did NOT have doors, and through his powers of deductive reasoning, makes assumptions about where they should be.

I've updated the map (added east, south and west door tiles) with what you remember of the doors to the huts. They all seem to face the sea.

(Stealth: 9) As he crawls out from under one of the huts, his knee crunches down on a shell, which crackles. One of the clubbers gets up from the fire and walks over to the NW hut (to D6) and looks in. After a moment, he grunts, satisfied, and returns to the fire.

(Perception: 25) Damelon notices two things... the clubber swayed and shuffled as he walked. He's either wounded or drunk or tired or all three. Also, there is a shadowy figure just north of the hut the clubber visited... it quickly hopped up on the frame of the hut and went still when the clubber approached, and dropped back down when the cannibal left. It appears female.

[Greebo]

I'm going to stay inside the hut with my makeshift staff and be ready for anything, but I'm not going to try any sneaking around just now.

[DinbinFanfoom]

After a few minutes of quiet sawing, Crashing thinks he has his hands free. Moving slowly and deliberately, he reaches down and unties his feet.

[EricStratton]

While waiting to get rescued, Erik's going to at least try to roll over see where it is he's at...where the door is...etc.

Perception 16-1

Let me know if you want me to roll to roll over.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Erik already rolled over. See above.

Erik sits up slowly, and looks around. He appears to be in a canoe, beached on the sand. 30 feet away, four islanders huddle around a campfire, chewing meat. They have not noticed his movement.

Having gotten at least a glimpse of the lay of the land, Erik and Crashing know this:

Map (http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=58htdwun1oo8kjwc73twi713urrwnyjoeoum4 zfh79fj721z3pdgrvfkojj7uxwn)

InitPlayer/NPCDamageEffectsHPSSurgesAPEncounter/DailiesHeals21Damelon4-21/251/70Handspring Assault (D)-18Erik10Bound, Gagged15/254/70Chromatic Orb (D)-14Crashing11-16/274/70--8Sigurd12Bound, Blindfolded16/284/90Macetail's Rage (D)-1KT0-25/254/90Stirring Shout (D)-

[Lycos]

Sigurd, tries to get more information about where he is, and feels around for something useful again.

[EricStratton]

If I wanted to try to get Crashing's attention, what would that entail? And would there be penalties for being bound and gagged? (I assume so)

[Greebo]

Step to the door and peek out - what can I see from my vantage?

Stealth 0

And how much noise do I make when I trip over the ropes that used to bind me?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Sigurd rolls around a bit, still bound, gagged and blindfolded. His mind tries to make sense of why he's blindfolded. I mean... come on. Clunking around on the wooden floor, he encounters what he presumes to be rough sleeping mats... an old candle maybe... ewww... some rotten fruit... and nothing else. He's definitely indoors, as he encounters walls on at least two sides.

If I wanted to try to get Crashing's attention, what would that entail? And would there be penalties for being bound and gagged? (I assume so) It depends. You really aren't sure where Crashing is (though he's on the map). He is currently lying down and you are sitting up.

KT waffles back and forth between "staying put" and "taking a look" and finally decides on the latter. He creeps to the door of the hut and peeks out... but his foot strikes a half-coconut husk and sends it tumbling out of the hut and down the ramp. One of the clubbers stands up, alarmed, and beckons to one of the others. Both head towards the hut. (See map)

Stealth roll for the somewhat in plain-sight-if-you-looked-that-way Erik, please.

[EricStratton]

Stealth roll for the somewhat in plain-sight-if-you-looked-that-way Erik, please.
Oh this aughta be good.

Stealth 12+2

[DinbinFanfoom]

Thankfully for Erik, the islanders are so intent on finding out what's up in the hut that they aren't looking his way at all. Through his gag, he clears his throat loudly to tell Crashing, or anyone else, where he is. Crashing hears Erik to the south of him and peeks over, making eye contact.

[Greebo]

Init now?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Init now?They haven't SEEN you yet, so no, not yet... you probably have time for one more action (run? hide? play dead? dance? juggle?) before they get there.

[Greebo]

Get on the ground, wrap the ropes around my arms to look like I'm still bound, have the staff nearby ready to clobber someone

[EricStratton]

Having made eye contact with Crashing, Erik will raise his hands just enough to show he's still bound (and obviously gagged). Then he'll give a sad, apologetic shrug and lay back down.

[DinbinFanfoom]

I'm giving a bit of time for Damelon and Crashing to post some sort of action, then I'll resolve.

[Asharad]

Crashing, will save against laughing at Erik and then try to indicate, via a series of complicated hand gestures, that he'd love to help but doesn't see how he can get over there without drawing undo attention to himself.

[Shiz]

Damelon is going to creep towards the figure he believes is Lamsi.

Stealth +8 = 14

Goddamn these rolls are going to get me in trouble.

[Greebo]

Damelon is going to creep towards the figure he believes is Lamsi.

Stealth +8 = 14

Goddamn these rolls are going to get me in trouble.

Don't worry, I'm sure I'll continue to do worse than you... :)

[DinbinFanfoom]

Don't worry, I'm sure I'll continue to do worse than you... :)
How's your bluff skill, Greebs? :D

[Lycos]

Sigurd will be waiting for help to arrive hopefully.

[Greebo]

How's your bluff skill, Greebs? :D

Not bad actually. Is my "laying on the ground pretending to still be tied" a bluff check?

And - do we speak the same language as these freaks?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Not bad actually. Is my "laying on the ground pretending to still be tied" a bluff check?Just kidding ya.
And - do we speak the same language as these freaks?No, but Lamsi/Darganti know it.

[Greebo]

So are we waiting on a player, or the DM?

[DinbinFanfoom]

The pair of islanders stalk into the hut and immediately notice that they're down one captive. Howling with rage, one beckons to the other two at the fire while the foremost grabs KT by the feet... and immediately can tell that the bonds have been played with. Grabbing the minstrel by a leg (Grab: 17 vs REF-2: success) he quickly drags him (Move Grabbed: 22 vs REF-2) out of the hut and down onto the sand with a bump-bump-bump. (It's up to you what you want to do here, Greebs... roll init for to attack, or try something else). He emphatically gestures for KT to "stay down" and has not noticed the "weapon" KT has behind his back.

Erik and Crashing exchange glances, and both shrug at each other so as to say "sorry, bud". Erik lies back down, awaiting rescue. Both can hear what is going on by the hut, and haven't been noticed peeking out of the canoes.

With all the grace of a gazelle with it's head stuck in a peanut butter jar, Damelon moves towards Lamsi. Two of the islanders hear and fan out to find out where the noise came from.

Sigurd, tucked a way in his hut, hears the commotion, but can do little but listen.

Roll initiative.

[Lycos]

I assume you don't need an init from me yet?

[EricStratton]

Or me?

[Asharad]

INT+1

[Greebo]

Crap how did i miss this? Let me think on this while I roll init just in case... and look for the latest map link...

[Greebo]

If I attack w/ the hidden weapon, do I get surprise? (hope hope hope)

[Shiz]

Would you grant surprise? I don't think so. hehe

Damelon init +3 = 17

[Greebo]

It never hurts to ask. :D

[DinbinFanfoom]

It never hurts to ask. :DIf you were standing talking to him, maybe... but prone on the ground, with arms behind your back and him standing over you... not so much. :D

[EricStratton]

Rolling INIT just to have it done.

INIT 10+2

[Greebo]

Ok I will...

... wait - feigning unconsciousness while trying to keep the weapon hidden - praying to the gods that my companions make a distraction soon...

[DinbinFanfoom]

Round 1:

Underling 6 runs around the huts and coming around the corner, encounters Lamsi, who is quite surprised that her cover was blown. The Underling seems equally surprised, and his wild swing (ATK 11 vs AC+2: miss) around the corner of the hut goes wide. Lamsi glares at Damelon, meaningfully.

Damelon...

InitPlayer/NPCDamageEffectsHPSSurgesAPEncounter/DailiesHeals18Underling 60---17Damelon10-15/252/70Handspring Assault (D)-15KT11-14/256/90Stirring Shout (D)-13Underling 50---12Erik10Bound, Gagged15/254/70Chromatic Orb (D)-11Clubber 40---9Crashing11-16/274/70Healing Flood (D)-8Clubber 50---0Sigurd12Bound, Blindfolded16/284/90Macetail's Rage (D)-
Map (http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=58htdwun1oo8kjwc73twi713urrwnyjoeoum4 zfh79fj721z3pdgrvfkojj7uxwn)

[Shiz]

I am at a loss at to how this all doesn't go very badly...

What weapon does the Underling have? Does Lamsi have any visible daggers on her person?

[DinbinFanfoom]

What weapon does the Underling have? Does Lamsi have any visible daggers on her person?Standard issue Eater gear, the Bonkybonk 9000. You do recall that Lamsi carries at least one dagger, yes.

[Shiz]

This is probably a standard action but Dam is going to try and "pickpocket" a dagger from Lamsi, 5+8 = 13.

Pick Pocket: Standard action.
✦ DC: DC 20 + your target’s level. If in combat, you
take a –10 penalty to your check.
✦ Success: You lift a small object from the target without
the target noticing.
✦ Fail by 4 or Less: You don’t get the object, but
the target didn’t notice. You can try again as a
new action.
✦ Fail by 5 or More: You don’t get the object, and the
target notices your failed attempt.Since Lamsi is not hostile, I don't think DC20 is appropriate, nor is the -10 penalty since I read that as referencing the target of the pickpocket, i.e. I am not in combat with Lamsi. Damelon also does not care if she notices. Dam is just trying to grab a dagger off her belt.

[Greebo]

Standard issue Eater gear, the Bonkybonk 9000. You do recall that Lamsi carries at least one dagger, yes.

I don't understand this answer. Are you saying we cannot see/determine the weapon used by casual observation? Do you want a knowledge check or perception check?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Damelon (minor, let's say) grabs for the dagger he sees strapped to Lamsi's thigh, but fumbles with it a bit as it appears to be held in place via a sort of sheath and strap. Without taking her eyes off the nearest target, Lamsi quickly reaches down and unclips the strap, and Damelon now has a weapon. (You can still do a move and standard)

[DinbinFanfoom]

I don't understand this answer. Are you saying we cannot see/determine the weapon used by casual observation? Do you want a knowledge check or perception check?
Sorry, forgot you're a late-comer. All cannibals either carry a carved club or a blowgun. These seem to be of the former type.

[Greebo]

Well the fun has begun, so if I'm going down, I'm going down swinging.

Move: Stand up
Standard: Guiding Strike: Cha VS AC - if this is a quarterstaff then that's +4 for cha and +2 for proficiency (simple melee) so +6 vs. AC and 1[w]+4 dmg plus -2 to defense of my choice EONT.

So I'll swing and...that's a 24 vs. AC.

I'll take the -2 vs AC, Alex.

[Shiz]

Damelon:

Move to G4
Std: Charge Clubber 5 and due to First Strike class feature, I get CA. So +7 base +1 charge +2 CA = +10 AB.
22 vs AC, 16 dmg

[DinbinFanfoom]

Quickly hefting the dagger he snagged from Lamsi, Damelon charges between the huts and stabs deep into the menacing KT (ATK 22 vs AC: hit, DAM 16).

KT leaps to his feet and takes the opportunity to swing his little club as well... (ATK 24 vs AC: hit, DAM: 12) ...and connects. The clubber is bleeding profusely (bloodied) and is off balance (-2 AC until EoNT KT).

Underling 5...

[Asharad]

Quickly hefting the dagger he snagged from Lamsi, Damelon charges between the huts and stabs deep into the menacing KT (ATK 22 vs AC: hit, DAM 16).

Dam stabbed KT?

[Greebo]

Dam stabbed KT?

Right, mother ****er. It's ON!

[Greebo]

DANG IT I forgot again that I can slide enemies who miss too.

Din - too late for me to slide underling 6 to D6 and offer to slide Lamsi into the underling's old square?

[DinbinFanfoom]

Dam stabbed KT? I missed typing the word "clubber" there. :D
Din - too late for me to slide underling 6 to D6 and offer to slide Lamsi into the underling's old square?Nope, I haven't posted the next player/NPC's move yet, so I'll include that:

Underling 6 staggers backwards, but Lamsi does not follow, wielding a bow and all...

Underling 5, hearing the commotion out front, skirts his comrades and confronts KT (ATK 20 vs AC: hit, DAM: 6) violently. KT is bloodied, badly.

InitPlayer/NPCDamageEffectsHPSSurgesAPEncounter/DailiesHeals18Underling 60---17Damelon10-15/252/70Handspring Assault (D)-15KT17Bloodied8/256/90Stirring Shout (D)-13Underling 50---12Erik10Bound, Gagged15/254/70Chromatic Orb (D)-11Clubber 40---9Crashing11-16/274/70Healing Flood (D)-8Clubber 528-2 vs AC until EoNT KT, Bloodied---0Sigurd12Bound, Blindfolded16/284/90Macetail's Rage (D)-
Erik...

[EricStratton]

I'm guessing that I can try to get out of the bonds again.

Acro 3+2 to get my hands untied.

"I'm going to die here...."

[DinbinFanfoom]

Technically, Erik, you can't reattempt without help, but I'll let you (all), since we're in combat.

Erik fiddles with his bonds, but alas (5 vs DC: fail) ends up simply annoyed and exhausted.

Clubber 4 closes on Lamsi the ranger and smites her heavily with his club (ATK 16 vs AC: hit, DAM: 8). Lamsi yelps angrily.

She retaliates by steping back a step and firing two quick arrows. The first (ATK 1 vs AC: miss) goes well wide, but the second (ATK 22 vs AC: hit, DAM: 4) grazes the islander's shoulder on it's way by.

InitPlayer/NPCDamageEffectsHPSSurgesAPEncounter/DailiesHeals18Underling 60------17Damelon10-15/252/70Handspring Assault (D)-15KT17Bloodied8/256/90Stirring Shout (D)-13Underling 50------12Erik10Bound, Gagged15/254/70Chromatic Orb (D)-11Clubber 44------10Lamsi8------9Crashing11-16/274/70Healing Flood (D)-8Clubber 528-2 vs AC until EoNT KT, Bloodied-----0Sigurd12Bound, Blindfolded16/284/90Macetail's Rage (D)-
Crashing...

[Lycos]

Sigurd tries to release himslef from his bonds. -1 Acro.

[Asharad]

Standup (move)

Not much useful I can do from here. Nobody die till I can step forward a bit.

Summon Papa Gator to G8 (I don't have line of site yet to put him anywhere else useful.

I will hit Clubber5 with Protecting Strike.

Attack:+4 vs will

[DinbinFanfoom]

Din, I know you've been posting today, so I'm assuming you've had time to work on this? Are you waiting on us?Yeesh, slavedriver. :D

Crashing takes the opportunity to leap to his feet and attack the distracted islanders. He calls forth his reptilian buddy and then mumbles a few words instead of enunciating correctly (ATK 7 vs WIL: miss).

Clubber 5 fights on, desperately. He swings at Damelon (ATK 13 vs AC: miss) but due to the blood in his eyes, misses.

Sigurd wriggles some more, but to no avail, though he thought he had it there for a second... Nope.

End of Round 1

Round 2

Underling 6 charges Crashing and (ATK 13+1 vs AC: hit, DAM: 4) just manages to connect. Crashing grunts in pain, and is bloodied.

InitPlayer/NPCDamageEffectsHPSSurgesAPEncounter/DailiesHeals18Underling 60------17Damelon10-15/252/70Handspring Assault (D)-15KT17Bloodied8/256/90Stirring Shout (D)-13Underling 50------12Erik10Bound, Gagged15/254/70Chromatic Orb (D)-11Clubber 44------10Lamsi8------9Crashing15Bloodied12/274/70Healing Flood (D)-8Clubber 528-2 vs AC until EoNT KT, Bloodied-----0Sigurd12Bound, Blindfolded16/284/90Macetail's Rage (D)-
Damelon...

[Shiz]

Damelon goes for Clubber 5 with a Clever Strike, +10 vs AC = 18, 19dmg.

I think they are minions but if not I can roll dmg (d4+2d6+6). Clever Strike means I get CA if an ally that can attack is adjacent to my target.

edit: Greebo seems to want me to change my target to Clubber 5 so I did. Whatever KT wants Dam to do, he will do, although I think 19dmg kills Clubber 5,

[Shiz]

http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=58htdwun1oo8kjwc73twi713urrwnyjoeoum4 zfh79fj721z3pdgrvfkojj7uxwn

[Greebo]

When C5 misses Damelon, I slide Damelon north and C5 into Damelon's old square.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Working in unison, KT and Damelon goad the clubber on. Without realizing it, the Eater is nearly surrounded and distracted by KT, presents a perfect target for Damelon's dagger (ATK 18 vs AC-2: hit, DAM: 19). Clubber 5 pays dearly. (Dead)

PS: Can someone link the source info on Clever Strike? I can't find it...

KT...

[Greebo]

Well it was a good move in case the clubber HAD lived anyway...

Hate to do it but I'm lower than anyone, so...

Minor: Majestic word on myself, +10 hps and +4 Temp hps
Standard: Guiding strike with the quarterstaff again, on underling 5
+6 vs. AC and 1[w]+4 dmg plus -2 to defense of my choice EONT
Move: Shift 1 east
Free: Spit in underling's face. Try, anyway...

[DinbinFanfoom]

KT, feeling a bit wobbly, steps away from the nearest islander and utters some refreshing words (+10hp, +4thp). He tries to connect his stick with the cannibal as he moves away, but fails (ATK 10 vs AC: miss).

Underling 5 retaliates, but in his anger, swings wildly (ATK 8 vs AC: miss).

Erik bides his time, watching the battle with rapt attention. Damelon thinks he hears a muffled "GO TEAM GO!". (The PHB states that you really can only try once, and I've given y'all a good 3 or 4 attempts, so let's speed this along, shall we?)

Clubber 4 presses forward towards Lamsi, and connects with a solid club-hit (ATK 15 vs AC: hit, DAM: 10) and Lamsi yelps.

The ranger in turn moves backwards towards Damelon and fires a pair of arrows at the Clubber, but only one hits (ATK 13 vs AC: miss, ATK 22 vs AC: hit, DMG: 4).

Crashing...

[Shiz]

Crashing, if you can kill UNderling 5, I can get to Erik and free him.

[Asharad]

Papa Gator moves to H6 (OAs be damned!).

Assuming he doesn't get killed he'll use protecting strike on underling5.

Attack:+4 vs will=13
Damage:1d8+4=10

Minor: Healing Spirit on myself ( spend a surge so +6). also, Dam gets 1d6 hit points.

[Lycos]

(The PHB states that you really can only try once, and I've given y'all a good 3 or 4 attempts, so let's speed this along, shall we?)

Yeah, I'm all about this! :D

[DinbinFanfoom]

Crashing's giant lizard trundles around the harried islander, provoking an attack (ATK 15 vs AC: hit, DAM: 9) that seems not even to faze Mr. Gator (only 10 damage or better will hurt him/Crashing). PG then crunches down on the same cannibal (ATK 13 vs WIL: hit, DAM: 10), who crumples to the ground, bleeding from a nearly torn off leg (Dead). Crashing finishes off this jam-packed six seconds by uttering healing words that surround both himself (+6 hp) and Damelon (+1 hp). Crashing is no longer bloodied.

Sigurd... leans up against the wall and listens to the battle raging outside.

End of Round 2

InitPlayer/NPCDamageEffectsHPSSurgesAPEncounter/DailiesHeals18Underling 60------17Damelon9-16/252/70Handspring Assault (D)-15KT17Bloodied8/256/90Stirring Shout (D)-12Erik10Bound, Gagged15/254/70Chromatic Orb (D)-11Clubber 48------10Lamsi18------9Crashing9-16/274/70Healing Flood (D)-0Sigurd12Bound, Blindfolded16/284/90Macetail's Rage (D)-

Round 3:

Underling 6, angered at Crashing turning the tide of war, savages the shaman with a resounding thwack of his club (ATK 22 vs AC: hit, DAM: 8). Crashing is bloodied again. The cannibal then dives into the canoe next to crashing, and grabs a paddle (move & minor). His momentum drives the canoe forward a bit from the sand, though it is still almost touching the shore. (Crashing can have an OA)

Damelon...

[Shiz]

"KT, get inside this hut to the west and free Sigurd."

Damelon moves to G7 and charges Underling 6 from behind, MBA +11 vs AC: 25.

Damelon will use his minor action to assist Crashing out of the boat or something. Whatever kind of help can be done with a minor action.

MBA = melee basic attack, +1 for charging and +2 for flanking

[Greebo]

Assists are standard actions.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Waiting on Crashing....

[Greebo]

n/m

[Asharad]

OA!

[DinbinFanfoom]

From Round 2:

Crashing takes a swing/poke/spit at the fleeing islander as he runs past (it doesn't really matter WHAT you use) (ATK 2+? vs AC: miss) but nearly ends up falling out of the canoe instead.

Back to Round 3:

Damelon moves forward (move) and then charges (standard) toward the surprised cannibal in the canoe. (ATK 23 vs AC: hit). The lackey is smashed backwards into the canoe, dead. (You aren't flanking him, not that it matters in this case)

KT...

[Greebo]

Din - do I *know* that Sigurd is in the hut to the west? If I don't - and I don't see how I would ...

Open the hut door on my right and look inside. (Minor)
Move to G3
Mockery, of the vicious variety, vs clubber 4: +4 vs. will, 1d6 and -2 to attack rolls, EONT

23 vs. will
10 dmg
Clubber 4 is -2 to all attack rolls until my next turn (assumes a 23 hits will)

[Shiz]

Going afk for several hours but Damelon will free Erik next.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Din - do I *know* that Sigurd is in the hut to the west? If I don't - and I don't see how I would ...You have no direct knowledge of Sigurd being in the next hut, no.

KT moves to the hut door nearest him and looks inside. It appears empty, save a few broken bits of pottery and a bundle of cloth in the far corner. Satisfied, the bard runs back between the huts to assist Lamsi, and yells some vile insults at the clubber (ATK 23 vs WIL: hit, DAM: 10) who growls in reply.

If eyebrows could fist-pump, Erik's would be doing so.

Clubber 4 turns and beats a hasty retreat. Running for the nearest canoe, he leaps in (move), grabs a paddle (minor) and begins churning water like mad (standard). It's an unwieldy vessel for a single occupant, but he's an experienced paddler and adrenaline fuels him. (He's no longer on the map, but imagine he's at the rear of his canoe, 15' from shore in row 6)

Lamsi (ATK 23-2 vs AC: hit and 13-2 vs AC: miss) runs to the shore and fires two arrows after the canoe. The frantic cannibal hunkers down as he paddles hard (the -2 cover) and manages to dodge one of the two quarrels. (DAM: 5) He's bleeding heavily, however (bloodied).

InitPlayer/NPCDamageEffectsHPSSurgesAPEncounter/DailiesHeals17Damelon9-16/252/70Handspring Assault (D)-15KT17Bloodied8/256/90Stirring Shout (D)-12Erik10Bound, Gagged15/254/70Chromatic Orb (D)-11Clubber 423-2 ATK until EoNT KT, 15' from shore, Bloodied-----10Lamsi18------9Crashing16Bloodied8/273/70Healing Flood (D)-0Sigurd12Bound, Blindfolded16/284/90Macetail's Rage (D)-
Crashing (passive perception) notices that there is something shiny sticking out of one of several rough sacks in the bow of the canoe next to him... the one that contains the corpse of the recently passed-on cannibal.

Crashing...

[Greebo]

Note the bundle of cloth for later - enemies first, search second.

[EricStratton]

Unless it's just a minor to check it out. Might be useful...to getting Erik untied. :D

[Greebo]

Next round action: Move to the waterline
Cutting words: +4 vs. will; 1d8 and pull target 2 squares
Minor: Wave bye bye to the jerk.

[Asharad]

I'll move to c6 at try to hit the fleeing bad guy with Haunting Spirits, giving CA to Dam.

Attack:18 vs will
Damage:5

[DinbinFanfoom]

Crashing moves to near Lamsi and curses the fleeing clubber (ATK 18 vs WIL: hit, DMG: 5), who pretty much has reached his fear threshold.

Sigurd sits and waits, listening to the ruckus outside. He briefly considers yelling, to show his comrades where he is, but then decides that they seem to have the situation well in hand.

End of Round 3

InitPlayer/NPCDamageEffectsHPSSurgesAPEncounter/DailiesHeals17Damelon9-16/252/70Handspring Assault (D)-15KT17Bloodied8/256/90Stirring Shout (D)-12Erik10Bound, Gagged15/254/70Chromatic Orb (D)-11Clubber 428-2 ATK until EoNT KT, 15' from shore, Bloodied-----10Lamsi18------9Crashing16Bloodied8/273/70Healing Flood (D)-0Sigurd12Bound, Blindfolded16/284/90Macetail's Rage (D)-

Map (http://www.primeaxiom.com/rpgt/scene.asp?ID=58htdwun1oo8kjwc73twi713urrwnyjoeoum4 zfh79fj721z3pdgrvfkojj7uxwn)

Round 4

Damelon moves closer to Erik (move) and unties him by cutting his bonds (standard) and removes his gag (minor). Erik is free.

KT moves to the shoreline and hurls expletives at the furiously paddling islander. They don't seem to register. Darn language barriers (ATK 1: miss)

Erik...

[EricStratton]

"Oh, happy day! All right, let me at them! There's only one left? GuuuyyyYYYyyys!"

Chaos Bolt at the rower.

CB: 16+4-2 (cover, I assume) = 18 vs WIL
CB dmg: 1d10 + 6 = 3+6 = 9 dmg

If it matters, Erik gets +1 AC until EoNT (even on first attack roll).

(We need a wizard. Set that boat on fire.)

[DinbinFanfoom]

Erik stands (move), turns and quickly fires a dark bolt of wildly wobbling energy at the clubber (standard) in the canoe. It strikes the paddler and he grunts, badly wounded (18 vs WIL: hit, DAM: 9).

Clubber 4 continues his mad paddle (standard+standard). The canoe glides smoothly forward at an even pace. (The canoe is now 3+4+4=11 squares from the shore).

Lamsi fires another two arrows and curses violently as only one manages to graze the cannibal, who draws farther away every second (ATK 18 vs AC+1: hit, DAM: 1) (ATK 11 vs AC: miss).

Crashing...

[Greebo]

Can I move 1 square into the water and still be able to keep head above water? Apparently I'm 5'6". (stupid short players...)

[DinbinFanfoom]

Can I move 1 square into the water and still be able to keep head above water? Apparently I'm 5'6". (stupid short players...)
Yes. You'd be swimming at 2 squares, though.

[Greebo]

Then into the water 1 square to put me at range 10, and cutting words again (see above)

17 vs will
9 dmg
pull 2

[DinbinFanfoom]

KT strides waist-deep into the water and utters one final, scathing rebuke towards the clubber. Those on shore see his arms go slack, and the paddle drops from his hands. He falls backwards into the canoe, which continues to drift out to sea.

Encounter complete.

[EricStratton]

"Hurray! Oh my wrists. Is everyone ok? Where's my staff?!"

[Greebo]

Start searching everything. Every canoe, every hut, all the bedrolls, etc. I want my equipment back.

Hey, can papa gator go fetch that drifting canoe?

[Shiz]

Wow, nice finish gang.

Damelon quickly checks the sack in Crashing's canoe. I bet it is our gear.

Crashing, check Lamsi's injuries and find out why the hell she and Darganti ran away.

[Lycos]

Sigurd:

Mmmmmmm Mmmmmmmm! Mmmmmmmmm! *muffled yelling*

[EricStratton]

Sigurd:

Mmmmmmm Mmmmmmmm! Mmmmmmmmm! *muffled yelling*
"You guys hear something?"

[Greebo]

"Just some local fauna - ignore it."

[Asharad]

I don't know if PG can get the canoe or not.

If he can, I'll have him do it.

I'll check and see what it is I saw in the canoe and then go check on Lamasi (although I imagine they ran to avoid dying).

[Shiz]

Damelon will go check out the hut nearest the lake and free Sigurd if he is inside. He will bring Sigurd's weapon to him.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Start searching everything. Every canoe, every hut, all the bedrolls, etc. I want my equipment back.
The party takes their time searching the campsite. It appears the bodies of the fallen clubbers and underlings and guardsmen are still lying out in the open, though they seem to have been at least piled up. KT drags the heavy bundle from the NE hut out into the open. It appears to have a body in it, judging by the shape, weight and size.
Hey, can papa gator go fetch that drifting canoe?No. He's an alligator, not a labrador. :D Remember, it's quite dark... the light from the fire travels out across the water, but you can't see a lot of detail farther out. You heard a splash as the fleeing clubman was hit, but you aren't sure what it might have been, at least at this time of night and at this distance.
Damelon quickly checks the sack in Crashing's canoe. I bet it is our gear.Damelon rushes to the canoe next to Crashing (the one with the dead underling in it) and sees that indeed yes, the bundled items are their weapons and equipment (you were still wearing your armour, for those of you who have it).
I'll check and see what it is I saw in the canoe and then go check on Lamsi (although I imagine they ran to avoid dying). Crashing approaches Lamsi, who is now checking the southern huts. She appears to be looking for someone. Darganti, maybe? "Why did you run?" Crashing says, interrupting her.

She turns to him, as if expecting his question. Her eyes flash, pridefully. "Did not run. Darganti... saw more Eaters coming. Told me to fall back, go for help. I did not want to, but Mokdi has told me to listen to Darganti, at least for this hunt. Darganti is a good fighter, even though he seems very... blunt and pushy at times. And frustrating to deal with..." she frowns.

"I did retreat up the path, but I just... could not go home... it was too far... you would be gone by the time I got back with more warriors. So I turned back again. I could not leave you here. so I came back and waited until dark. I saw that there were only four, so... I decided to cut myself into the huts where you were being kept. But then you got free by yourselves... Spoiled my plan, but it worked out alright, I guess." she smiles weakly.

"Darganti would not be happy with me, but... I did what I felt was right. At least, he would be mad if I could find him... I am sorry for your friend... you must be sad. When I got back, they had already hacked him apart." She takes a quick breath as if fighting nausea and tries not to look at the hunks of flesh still lying around the campfire.

"We should look for Darganti, he might be hurt!" she says.

Damelon will go check out the hut nearest the lake and free Sigurd if he is inside. He will bring Sigurd's weapon to him. Damelon enters the hut and true to his hunch, Sigurd is there, trussed up like a side of beef. Damelon removes his blindfold and cuts his bonds and the barbarian stands stiffly and flexes, working the circulation back into his limbs.

[Lycos]

Are you asking Lamsi? Or are you examining the pieces?

Do I see roasted Togar on a stick? If not, I'll ask Lamsi.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Do I see roasted Togar on a stick? If not, I'll ask Lamsi.You examine the fire and see Togar's clothing off to the side and several large hunks of meat stacked up. You see that there are other chunks and organs set aside. It appears the Eaters eat some parts of their victims cooked and some raw. You don't know much about biology but you do know that some of the parts are missing, presumed eaten. This was likely Togar, though. Seeing you looking at the macabre remains, Lamsi catches your eye and nods slowly and sadly.

[EricStratton]

You examine the fire and see Togar's clothing off to the side and several large hunks of meat stacked up. You see that there are other chunks and organs set aside. It appears the Eaters eat some parts of their victims cooked and some raw. You don't know much about biology but you do know that some of the parts are missing, presumed eaten. This was likely Togar, though. Seeing you looking at the macabre remains, Lamsi catches your eye and nods slowly and sadly.
Suddenly realizing what he's looking at Erik turns green and runs off to throw up in the ocean.

[Lycos]

Sigurd will internalize this for now. He's thinking that there is going to be some raging in the near future.

:mad:

[Greebo]

KT will compose a ballad to Togar's bravery in his honor. He'll also get his gear back and search the bodies of the clubbers to determine their equipment and if there are any items we might want to take with us.

[Lycos]

Sigurd gets his gear back, and we should search the rest of these huts for anything of interest, and make sure no one else is here.

[DinbinFanfoom]

After retreiving their gear, Sigurd solemnly begins to dig a grave for his fallen comrade. KT and Damelon search the clubber and darter and guardian bodies, finding no coin, but bits of bone... some shells and of course their clubs. Nothing really of note. These guys really do travel light.

Who examines the wrapped up corpse?

KT moves off to the water's edge to compose a ballad for Togar.

Lamsi has moved off to the south... in the direction you last saw Darganti. Within a moment or two, you hear her excited shouts. Crashing believes she is summoning you.

[EricStratton]

Erik comes back wiping his mouth with the sleeve of his shirt and quietly grabs his Adventurer's Kit, dagger, and staff.

[Asharad]

I'll grab Togor's 10gp if no one else has then I'll go see what is up with Lamsi.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Crashing moves around the southern edge of the bamboo wall and finds Lamsi searching the bodies of two more Eaters. There is a lot of blood on the ground, and Darganti is nowhere to be seen.

"He fought here." Lamsi says, starting to circle the area. After a moment, she finds a bloody trail and dashes a short distance into the forest. She seems surprised when it doesn't go as far as she thought it might. The ground is VERY bloody here.

"He got away..." she says weakly, "but they caught him, I think." She traces a trail of broken foliage back to the beach and then some bits of blood down to the waterline. She points to a line on the sand. "A canoe was here." she says, her voice getting very, very flat.

[Lycos]

Is there anyway, we can figure out where he was taken?

[Lycos]

I just meant that your request was rather... unspecific. Like: "Is there some way we can defeat Big Thunder Man?" :D

Yeah, but I lost. ;)

OOC: Look to be honest, Sigurd is not going to be rolling skill rolls to carry the story line so, I'm trying to get others who do have the skillz, to work on it. I'm just trying to keep things going.

Well, there's a lucky roll. Trying to see if there is any track with.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Is there anyway, we can figure out where he was taken?
Lamsi looks at Sigurd, and then at Crashing.

"Where?" She says. She shrugs. "Big island? More eaters there. Maybe?"

[Shiz]

Damelon will unwrap the thing in a bag.

Also, once he has his gear, he will return Lamsi's dagger.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Damelon will unwrap the thing in a bag.
Damelon carefully unwraps the strange "package". As he suspected, it is a body, that of the shaman. It appears that while the rank and file Eater doesn't thrive on much ceremony, they do revere their holy-men. This guy was probably bundled up for the trip home. He appears to be in his 60's, and while he sports the dangerously filed teeth of the other cannibals, he appears to be less dirty, more kempt. Searching the body further, Damelon finds two interesting items, a small carved shark and a stone necklace, which encircles the man's neck.
Also, once he has his gear, he will return Lamsi's dagger.Damelon turns and offers her dagger back to Lamsi, who accepts it. She speaks up, finally.

"We burn this..." she says, turning in a slow circle with her arms wide, gesturing to the enclosure. Crashing and KT read a mixture of emotions on her face. Relief and sadness, mostly.

[Shiz]

Damelon will hand the the shark and necklace to Crashing for examination.

[Asharad]

I'll look at the stuff and see what I can figure out. 22 perception.

We may want someone who is better schooled in religion and arcane than I am...assuming we have such a person.

Also, I'll look around the village to see if there are any hidey holes we missed (11).

[DinbinFanfoom]

I'll look at the stuff and see what I can figure out. 22 perception.
It's DEFINITELY a shark. Maybe a seven gill. Impressive workmanship, dispite being made with crude tools. Looks kinda like a totem. The necklace is of dark green stones, rough-cut. It's as close to "bling" as these guys seem to get.
We may want someone who is better schooled in religion and arcane than I am...assuming we have such a person.Yes, arcana is in order, much more than perception.
Also, I'll look around the village to see if there are any hidey holes we missed (11).Not that you can tell. The five huts are fairly crude and simple, emphasizing function over form. The whole place screams "outpost".

[Greebo]

I'll xamine the shark and necklace with an arcane sense

26 and 27. So - these are items I made in a past life...

[DinbinFanfoom]

I'll xamine the shark and necklace with an arcane sense...
26 and 27. So - these are items I made in a past life...
KT turns the items over in his hands for a moment. The carved shark he recognizes instantly from picturebooks he read as a wee lad. He knows that island shamans often use these to improve their grasp on primal magics.

Magic Totem
This item is a simple totem that channels primal energy.
Item Slot: Implement
Enhancement: +1 ATK, DAM
Critical: +1d6

The necklace is also something he remembers being common to tribal cultures.

Amulet of Resolution
Whether the affliction be of mind or body, this necklace gives you a second chance to ward it off.
Item Slot: Neck
Enhancement: +1 FOR, REF, WIL
Power (Daily): No Action. Use this power when you fail a saving throw. Reroll the saving throw, using the second result even if it is lower.

Lamsi was about to explain what the items were, but is impressed that KT, dispite being from far away, can explain the items right away.

[Shiz]

"Crashing can have both, as far as I am concerned."

Damelon then proceeds to remove the tribal shaman's head from his body and stick it on a 10' pole and then jam the pole in the ground.

"Let's light this place and head back to the village."

[Asharad]

I'll take the totem, The necklace would be useful to anyone.

[Shiz]

See the OOC thread. If you want the necklace, roll there. You have to beat 14 out of 100 to beat me!

[DinbinFanfoom]

OOC: So what is the plan then? Burn the village and leave? Anything else you want to do before doing so?

[Shiz]

Damelon does not want to bury Togar in this village, but we have to honor him in some way. He suggests putting his remains in one of the canoes with some parts of the huts, lighting it all and pushing it out to sea. Damelon seems to recall some stories to this effect.

As said before, we will save his sword and armor for now.

Then we will burn the village and go back to the good village.

[Lycos]

We're taking the body of the eatter shaman.

[Asharad]

Damelon does not want to bury Togar in this village, but we have to honor him in some way. He suggests putting his remains in one of the canoes with some parts of the huts, lighting it all and pushing it out to sea. Damelon seems to recall some stories to this effect.

I like it.

As for the shaman, can I insight anything to do with him that would be most horrific for the eaters?

No....no I can't.

[Greebo]

Hmm. I might have an idea...

... I've GOT It!

Hang him up on a spike, open his gut, pull out his stomach but don't cut the intestines, and jam his own stomach in his dead mouth.

[EricStratton]

Hmm. I might have an idea...

... I've GOT It!

Hang him up on a spike, open his gut, pull out his stomach but don't cut the intestines, and jam his own stomach in his dead mouth.
Erik hurries back to the ocean to throw up some more.

[Lycos]

Hmm. I might have an idea...

... I've GOT It!

Hang him up on a spike, open his gut, pull out his stomach but don't cut the intestines, and jam his own stomach in his dead mouth.

Nah, that let's them get thier dead shaman back.

[Greebo]

No, but see, it's symbolic! Their tribal leader, left eating of himself. In their eyes it'll be profane - his remains will be defiled beyond redemption!

[Shiz]

Damelon likes KT's idea and is quite taken aback it came from the bard.

Let's just decide and move on.

[Asharad]

I'm fond of Kts mutilation idea too.

[Lycos]

Ok, I'm not picky. I like the superstition idea in keeping them off the island for good, but I'll roll with the majority.

[DinbinFanfoom]

The party finishes looking through the rest of the camp, finding nothing particular of note. They gather up the remains of "Togar" and give him a proper warrior's flaming, drifting burial. As they turn to the grim task of piling up the bodies and setting up the "warning" to the other Eater's, they can't help but notice the horrified look on Lamsi's face. She quickly turns away, however, and busies herself with getting the enclosure ready to light.

A few grisly minutes later, the party is standing on the dark path, watching the tall flames from the burning grass and bamboo huts streak up into the night sky.

XP Awarded to all: 75xp

It is very dark (perhaps 1am) and you are very tired, but Lamsi is sure you can easily navigate the path back to the village, you might make it by daybreak.

[Greebo]

Lets go back and get some sleep.

[Lycos]

Lets go back and get some sleep.

It's Miller Time!!! :D