The remaining worg executes a retreat as a move action, ending up 50' away.
Not satisfied with letting the last creature escape, Xavier follows 20ft, dropping his favored scimitar and Drawing his Masterwork bow as part of the move, he then fires at the fleeing worg.
Damn!
Again...
Darc and Rashun have their actions at the bottom of the previous round, too.
Sami rushes after Xavier and the creature, adding his own projectiles to the assault.
Once the worg is away Rashun stands up. He then puts his scimitar away. He starts to reach for his bow, but that won't take place until the next round.
Round 5 (final):
The half-orc snatches out a javelin while following the worg and lets fly at the fleeing creature, but the missile overshoots.
Round 6:
Initiative order:
Eretria-cast magic missile; failed to penetrate SR
Besmarial-holds action
Xavier-misses with bow
Sami/Wolf-follows & misses with sling/flees at a run
Darc/Rashun
Darc continues to follow, throwing another javelin and falling short this time.
Over to you, Rashun (if you're still around).
Round 6:
Rashun switches to Judgment of Sacred Smiting and tries to bring it down with arrow fire. He hits, and the power of his judgment allows his arrow to penetrate the creature's unnatural resiliency. It drops.
Eretria, with a +6 on Knowledge (Nature) you're reasonably familiar with real wolves, and by extension worgs.
Despite a surface similarity, these creatures are nothing like that. Their blood is black and sort of tarry, and it smells horrible. They don't seem to have bones, really. What looked from a distance like fur is actually a mat of fine tendrils that move independently, and some of them have what look for all the world like tiny eyes at their tips. Their tongues seem to be a couple of feet long, with another eyeball at the tongue tip. Also, once they die they begin to rot away almost immediately, deliquescing into mounds of stinking black slime that kills the vegetation around them.
Burn them?
You're able to get them burning, although standing downwind of the fire is an invitation to lose breakfast. Fortunately, the wind isn't blowing that hard, and it's not at your backs. Unfortunately, that means you're stuck rowing for most of the day.
By the end of the day you haven't reached Bellis, but there are a few largely ruined docks on that side of the river, along with burned-out ruins of lumber camps. One of them makes for a comfortable camping spot.
We should camp and rest. We have seen a lot this day.
After the initial camp setup, Xavier once again, heads out a bit to find food.
The pickings were meagre, he only brings back 1 rabbit and some shoots.
Only enough for 2 I'm afraid. We'll have to use some of our trail rations.
I have some to share.
Between 1 days trail rations and what he bought, Xavier can feed 3 but he has more and will share more if needed.
We will need to restock soon. There may or may not be good game the rest of the trip. Without knowing the land I cannot say.
Sami waves away any food. Many thanks, my friend, but I have no need of food or water, ormuch sleep for that matter. I will be of no concern for supplies.. He wiggles a slender finger with a ring on it. I would certainly share, but my ring is bonded to me, and one need wear it for a week before any benefit can be seen from it
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"Silly me... I thought there would at least be livable towns in this alternate version and yet so far all we have found was a hermit and a lone druid... maybe we should have packed more rations... I couldn't carry much myself though." She sighs softly, pulling one of her rations out to eat. "I should have anticipated this better."
We have yet to eat our boat provisions. We should start on anything that will spoil soon andkeep any hardtack or nuts. I can keep fishing as we sail. We will be fine for at least another 5 days. Maybe more if the hunting is good.
Sami nods. Please divide an rations of mine between yourselves. I'll take first and last watches, if it suits everyone. My eyes are good in low light.
"Sounds like a very smart idea Xavier."
Thank you Milady, outdoor survival is one thing I did pay attention to, growing up.
Xavier, while you were out foraging you had an unfamiliar small plant try to take a nip out of you. It didn't do any damage; you noticed, though, that around its base were what looked like the bones of a rat or other rodent.
The evening passes without incident, though you hear occasional distant howls like the unnatural worgs you fought.
Conjunction -25 days.
The next morning, the weather is awful. Driving rain, winds out of the north, and it's cold. Something else is going to happen, too, but right now the DM has to go to a meeting.
You make very little progress that day, rowing into the teeth of a downpour. Everyone (including Eretria, who didn't have to row but had to bale) give me a DC 12 Fort save or be fatigued.
Darc is silent in the rain.
Fort:
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Did you intent to type something other than a "."?
The DM is also still alive. The Keewenaw Peninsula isn't exactly the most connected place in the world, though.
I thought I'd dotted too ... but I'm alive over here looking across the Solent.
The rain has abated a bit when you put in, bone tired but not exhausted or fatigued. There's another ruined logging camp that you can use for shelter. Scrub vegetation surrounds it. As the party makes their way towards the shelter, Rashun and Sami notice something out of the ordinary...an unpleasantly active vine snakes out towards Xavier. (The downside of being in the lead, eh?)
Surprise Round:
Initiative order:
Rashun
Foe
Sami
Round 1 (if it comes to that):
Initiative order:
Darc
Eretria/Xavier
Rashun/Besmarial
Foe
Sami
From now on I will assume I have the bow equipped, but since I did not think of that until now I will say I have the scimitar equipped.
If I have a clear path I will charge the vine.
If I don't have a clear path then I will try to get into a position to flank the vine.
Free action:"Watch out for the vine."
Attack(charge):
Damage:
Surprise Round (cont'd):
Rashun slices deeply into the vine, and it writhes away from the blow.
he half-orc grunts his acknowledgement of Rashun's decisive blow against the vine. Nodding he follows his fellows.
Xavier barely begins to retract his foot as Rashun's Scimitar slices through the vine.
He smiles.
Thank-you. Best cut I have seen from you I think.
Surprise round (cont'd):
Moving quickly despite the gash in it, the vine cracks out at Xavier before he can react, thudding solidly into the fighter and entwining him.
Xavier grunts as he hits the deck. Damn
He keeps hold of his Scimitar but can't bring it to bear, so he attacks with His spiked cestus, attempting to break the vine's grapple and establish a grapple of his own
I will attack the vine again.
Attack:
Damage:
If I was able to move into a flanking position the I should get two more to my attack roll.