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Mierra readies herself for the journey as she steps out to the front of the group. She places both hands upon her Urumi's and looks aout at the wilderness in front of her.
"I say we go as straight as we can to our target, but if we notice anything we should avoid, we should go around"
"Alright, listen up people! Our target is Bawldok Greenham, a bugbear wanted for larceny, murder and being a general all 'round sumab*tch. We head straight west into goblin territory. The bounty is 100 crowns live, 50 crowns dead. A pitifully small reward to be sure, but every Hand needs its work."
He turns to look at the wizard, "You ought to keep your eyes peeled for any rare herbs. That man inside, Trope, said they're out there.
He pauses for a moment, before continuing, "Those goodie-goodies may already be out there on his trail. I suggest we press on forced march for the first day and night, we have the advantage there in that everyone has darkvision 'cept Amar. We can rest during the morning of the second day and then continue on. If the goodie's beat us there, we'll be right behind 'em and they'll have softened up the opposition. If we beat them there, we can see about negotiating with my lesser kin or setting up a superior tactical position. Finally, if Bawldok ends up dead, I say we press on westward to the river and try to find that old mansion that Trope mentioned. Might turn the whole trip from a bust to a success. Any questions?"
Mierra listens to the explanation and nods. "Sounds like a fair plan, and if no one has any objections I will lead out front. I prefer a straight up fight if we run into anything."
Mierra places the grappling hook, bear trap and collapsable pole inside her pack and straps across her back. She makes one final check on her weapons.
"Alright, lets get this started" And she begins to head west at an even pace.
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Nodding and thinking of the situation Agreed... I will not use any of my spells to show the path and trust you to guide me. Attracting unwanted attention is the least we want during night. Regarding the capturing of this bugbear as evil smile appears to Amar face I may contribute to capture... making it easy to trap him and get away
Looking at the distance he nods to Gaius and regarding herbs, indeed. Rare herbs are quite wanted resource here and even I would need some of them for my own spells without even speaking of other multiple ways to use them
"I was going to suggest the same, Mierra." Gaius says. "Perhaps, Amar you next. The ladies can protect you, and make sure you can see at night. I'll follow Rosa at a couple paces, give me room to work my bow." Without waiting any longer Gaius sets off behind Mierra at a forced march pace.
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Hm.. I agree. It is better for me to be surrounded and protected from both sides by fighters. Never to be too careful or simple... in this kind of business it would be stupidity to assume something else just because your partners are opposite sex and for last time, tightens the ropes and check everything is okey. Deciding that it was sufficient Amar follows Mierra
Rosa looks on as the group talk
then to
"Armr you stay by my side in the dark, if you can not see you best follow me, they others may need to fight, out in the wilds if your right cast light at night, every thing with sharp teeth that's not us will know where dinner is." Rosa winks.
She starts to talk behind Mierra at an even pace, To Gaius as she passed she says,
"You do not need restraints you just strike out his eyes and blind him, they said just alive, not alive and whole"
with that she walks on.
GM said
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Here is a clarification of the hex exploration rules:
1 Hex is 5 miles from side to side.
You may choose to pass through a hex, taking however long it should take for your party to travel at whatever rate you choose. There will be a chance, depending on the terrain, for you to notice any landmarks.
Or, you may choose to fully explore a hex, ensuring that you will find anything that may be there. Exploring a hex takes 1 day.
There are random encounters, more likely if you search the hex, but they will not generally affect the speed at which you traverse a hex.
Also, you can get lost, so have your navigator give me a survival check for each hex you intend to travel through.
The most effective way to explore, RL time-wise, is to give me a few hexes worth of movement at once. For example, starting from the tavern, you might choose to go NW, searching every hex until you find something. Or, you might say, we travel NW 3 hexes, then take stock of where we are.
Within an hour of entering the hilly forest, you stumble upon the unmistakable tracks of several kobolds travelling NWW.
After a few more hours, Rosa realizes that the party is not travelling quite the direction they had intended. Quickly righting their course, the party continues on towards their original destination, losing almost no time in the process.
Here is the map of what you have done. It has been 8 hours, so if you continue, you will be making a forced march.
After 11 hours of slogging through the forest, everyone is most likely exhausted. Gaius certainly is. He calls out to the others in the small column, "Alright, that's enough for now. Lets get some shut eye and continue on after dark." Without waiting for a reply, he sits down on a nearby surface and begins to gulp water and devour some rations.
"I can take second watch. No spells to prepare or nuthin'." Gaius says between mouthfuls.
As the others rest Rosa stand and starts look out, walking around from time to time, looking out into the night, she has a whistle in her mouth for danger, its on a thread around her neck, in her hands a large great sword, now and then she casts detect magic out it to the darkness.
"Amar should take first watch, as he wont be able to see once it becomes dark. Unless I miss my mark, you're a bit more alert than Mierra. Which would make you best candidate for third watch, Rosa."
good point Gaius your leadership skills are shinning throw
Rosa takes the twin out of her backpack and threads it around the camp some 10 feet out she then places the end of the twin her bed roll, after that she lays on her bed roll and places her Geartword on her chest, she stops moving looking up at the sky eyes open.
"Wake me in a few hours." Gaius says to Amar before rolling out his bedroll a few feet from Rosa. He settles down with his shortbow strung and layed across his chest. His bag full of rope and gear serves as a rough pillow. After a couple minutes he can be heard snoring quietly.
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Nodding to Gaius and appreciating the thinking of him although what Gaius said made sense in logical way Rosa, that is a good idea but the problem with spells are their limited time related directly to their makers power. If I were to make the spell now, I would just exhaust my powers for almost nothing but lasting only for 2 hour... I can try after some time later in the upcoming days. I believe that when I have more experience behind my back and I have been able to exercise with them, I could make them last for whole night and even permanently
With that said Amar distance himself little bit more from the others and try to finds a higher ground place nearby to sit and to see surrounding area more easily
Rosa nods her head as she makes her bed
Arcane magic is your realm Master Furzen, you know best how you use such things, I will use a more piratical system I have used in the past.
with that she finds her twine and starts to lay it out.
Mierra nods her assent, "Last watch is fine by me, gives me a chance to watch the moon rise as we walk" She smiles with all of her teeth, appearing to snarl.
She takes out the bedroll from within her pack and stretches out on top of it. She begins to doze off and sleeps for what seems like minutes to her, before waking up and wondering if its time for her watch.
Rosa awakens and stands her watch, then lays down again, before its day brake she awakens and go's to Mierra she says to her in Infernal
"The day is coming, wake the others then tell them to eat any food they need and drink their fill of water, Ill wake the little King and get him up and about"
Rosa gos to Gaius bed roll and prods his boot with her sword
Gaius, the day comes
The party continues west after an uneventful night.
You make good time during the next day,
Rosa spend her day leading the party throw the wilderness, that night she finds a small hollow to camp in.
"If need be we can make a campfire, the hollow will hid most of the light, if not we can find high ground but I would not risk it, We should take the same guard times, Amar ready yourself."
The then dos the same as the night before placing her twin down around the camp and linking it to the top of her bed roll. The Rosa lies down and gos still again.
Watch rota
Amar - 2 hours
Gaius - 0 hours (if needed if not we all do 2 hours)
Rosa - 3 Hours
Mierra - 3 hours
Mierra nods to Rosa having spent an uneventful night's watch, she goes over to where Amar is sleeping and shakes him awake. "Time to get going little magic friend"
She grabs her pack and slings it over her shoulder and makes sure her weapons are at the ready. She toss Amar a piece of iron ration from her bag and takes a quick sip of water from her waterbag.
She checks that everyone is ready and begins to lead them west besides Rosa. They make good time in the day and stop again once the sun begins to go down in the hollow.
"I'm not sure we need a fire, but I can make one if anyone requires. I will take last watch again if no one objects"
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Little bit sleepy and stretching, not so much used to outside camping but... it was refreshing in odd way. Getting up and catching the ration tossed by Mierra Thank you and ate his ration fast.
Looking at the wilderness and wondering what will be coming in the next few days. Amar was not devoted or singleminded towards one goal or rather not trustful of others. That was how life worked out. However, here they had to trust each other and hope that if something happens then your companion would come and help. He would do what he have to. Even if his companions seemed to be evil... Ahaha, what that makes me then? I am not so much better than them, looking for my own needs. Shrugging and preparing then to take off with others
Waking up the morning of the third day, ready to move on to the spot marked on the map at the tavern.
After a few hours of searching, you come across a deep gully, about 100 yards long, 50 feet deep, and 30 feet wide, running north to south. The trees do not grow near the gully, with the forest starting about 40 feet back from the edges, save for one large tree growing right on the edge of the gully, with some roots hanging over.
Mierra stops as she reaches the edge of the forest, unsure if she should continue out into the open area surrounding the gully. She takes a long look around and across the open space.
She turns to the group and points to the north, "Something about this makes me uncomfortable. I think we should circle around to the north, making sure to stay within the cover of the forest"
As you approach the gully, Mierra notices
Mierra ducks behind the cover of the forest and geatures for the team to also take cover. She points to her eyes and then points to the top of the tree. She removes a throwing dart from her arm holster and gets ready.
She looks back to the team and whispers, "Talk or attack?"
Edit: Seeing the two goblins up in the tree Gaius grunts and says. "Lemme talk with 'em first. But be ready to fight. I'll call out in common, if ye got ranged weapons, cover me." He walks out of the treeline with his bow drawn, and once he is within shouting distance of the goblins says "Dolu əmiuşağı! Bu gün tapa bilər?"
"Hail cousins! How does this fine day find you?"
Mierra holds her dart ready to throw at the goblins in the tree, she whispers to Gaius "They're your cousins so to speak, you going to talk with them, or do we surprise them?"