With one threat down Kleora reloaded her crossbow and kept it ready as they began to creep closer to the building.
Or rather she tried to creep closer but she kept stepping on twigs under the snow, making noise when snow fell from branches onto her, and generally was just having a very bad night it seemed.
Taya heals herself a little and she and Freyr look around. Freyr is very quiet about this but his sister coughs, probably removing some of the effectivness of sneaking. On the porch he can see into the room though a glass window.
H7. Trophy Room
A bearskin rug dominates the floor of this trophy room, and the heads of several deer have been mounted on the walls. Doors lead north and south, while two hallways go farther east.
It appears no one has spotted you and no one is in the room directly beyond the door.
Day 2 - 3:25pm
30 Degrees
12” Snow - Hampered Movement[u] Stat Tracker [/u]
Global Combat Condition: NONE |Freyr HP: 13/13 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Tayanalla HP: 8/8 - AC: 17/13/14 Status:
Kleora HP: 7/7 - AC: 12/10/12 Status:
Frjya HP: 7/7 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Maja HP: 8/9 - AC: 17/13/15 Status:
Neji HP: 10/10 - AC: 14/13/14 Status:
________________________________Izoze HP: 1/19 AC: 17/14/14 Status: FLYING +20 ft
"It seems no one has noticed us yet." Frjya thought to her brother. "Where do we go from here?"
Maja creeps up to the porch with the others, her breaths exiting her mouth with small puffs. Stealing a glance inside the lodge, she turns back to her companions.
"Coast seems clear inside," she says. "Although I have to imagine that there's some sort of trap inside after the fight out here. Do we go in the front door or find a different path?"
"I agree. They likely are waiting for us somewhere inside. Perhaps we should have one or two circle the lodge and look for another entrance or see if they can see anything through the windows. Maja, you're quite stealthy. Perhaps you and I or you and Tayanalla would be best."
"I can look around back."
"Come running if I shout out that I'm in trouble."
Tayanalla is sneaky enough to make it around the back if only just. There is another door around the back this one however does not have glass in the doors to look though.
Those in the front wait an are surprised by the door opening and a pair of guards stepping out. The guards jaws drop as one shouts.
"Intruders! Intruders!"
They draw their weapons and move to attack as other voices answer their call.
Bold may act:
[u] Round 1 [/u]
Tayanalla, Frjya
Red, Blue. Green
Neji, Freyr, Kelora, Maha
Day 2 - 3:15pm
30 Degrees
12” Snow - Hampered Movement[u] Stat Tracker [/u]
Global Combat Condition: NONE |Freyr HP: 13/13 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Tayanalla HP: 8/8 - AC: 17/13/14 Status:
Kleora HP: 7/7 - AC: 12/10/12 Status:
Frjya HP: 7/7 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Maja HP: 8/9 - AC: 17/13/15 Status:
Neji HP: 10/10 - AC: 14/13/14 Status:
________________________________Red: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13
Green: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13
Blue: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13
"And just like that we've been found out." Frjya said before she lifted a hand and snapped her fingers. Light flashed before the bandit's eyes in hopes of delaying him.
Freyr groans. "Stupid," he mutters. "Incredibly stupid. I can't be this sloppy." He raises his sword to a defensive position and prepares to meet the two bandits head on.
Taya moves backwards around the building, back towards her comrades.
Shes casts Shield on herself as she moves to rejoin them.
Frjya acts quickly and dazes one of the attackers while Tayanalla casts a quick spell to increase her defenses.
The green thug stands dzed while the red moves to intercept the flat footed Freyr. His sword connects drawing a line of blood from the minor wound.
The blue thung moves down and attacks Maja scoring a more dangerous strike.
Bold may act:
[u] Round 1/2 [/u]
Tayanalla, Frjya
Red, Blue. Green
Neji, Freyr, Kelora, Maha
Day 2 - 3:15pm
30 Degrees
12” Snow - Hampered Movement[u] Stat Tracker [/u]
Global Combat Condition: NONE |Freyr HP: 1/13 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Tayanalla HP: 8/8 - AC: 17/13/14 Status: AC: 22
Kleora HP: 7/7 - AC: 12/10/12 Status:
Frjya HP: 7/7 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Maja HP: 3/9 - AC: 17/13/15 Status:
Neji HP: 10/10 - AC: 14/13/14 Status:
________________________________Red: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13
Green: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13 - DAVED 1/1
Blue: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13
Taya moves forward into view and casts Acid Splash on the blue thug
(in combat, touch attack)
Seeing one cut into her brother Frjya made his aggressor her next target. "Freyr! Get out of there!" She told as she snapped her fingers focusing on the bandit who was attacking her brother.
Seeing Maja take a large wound from the sword of the bandit, Neji begins chanting until her hands light up in a warming glow, and lays a hand on Maja, trying to give her some strength back to fight these bandits.
The pain from the bandit's blow forgotten with Neji's healing, Maja steps back and fires her crossbow at point-blank range. Her hurried shot buries itself into the snow.
Cursing, Maja drops her crossbow to the ground and draws her sword.
Freyr grunts as he takes a swing at the man in front of him. "I'll live," he mutters. However, his blow goes wide as he feels the blow tug on his fresh wound.
Tayanalla tosses more acid at one of the things barely doing much damage while Neji helps Maja's bleeding stop.
Frjya attempts to daze another attacker but this time the thug shakes off the effect. Maja and Freyr both attack but cannot connect with thugs.
Bold may act:
[u] Round 1/2 [/u]
Tayanalla, Frjya
Red, Blue. Green
Neji, Freyr, Kelora, Maja
Day 2 - 3:15pm
30 Degrees
12” Snow - Hampered Movement[u] Stat Tracker [/u]
Global Combat Condition: NONE |Freyr HP: 1/13 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Tayanalla HP: 8/8 - AC: 17/13/14 Status: AC: 22
Kleora HP: 7/7 - AC: 12/10/12 Status:
Frjya HP: 7/7 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Maja HP: 8/9 - AC: 17/13/15 Status:
Neji HP: 10/10 - AC: 14/13/14 Status:
________________________________Red: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13
Green: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13 - DAVED 1/1
Blue: HP: 8/9 - AC: 14/12/13
Kleora was relieved at first that she hadn't seemed to attract the bandit's attention by triggering the trap and the ensuing fight with the creature they managed to kill or drive off. Unfortunately their luck failed them when they approached the cottage. One of the bandits opened the door and the fight was on. She saw one seem to be just standing there and another attacking Freyr so she focused her mind on Freyr's attacker and thrust an overwhelming amount of information into the bandit's mind all at once.
Kleora sends a mental spike of pain into the blue thug who winces at teh unexpected and unseen attack. {ooc: I would guess he would have no idea what even happened to him.}
The green thug is in a daze and cannot mange to act.
The red thug continues to harass Freyr wounding him a bit more.
The red thug focuses on the healer but cannot connect with Naja.
Bold may act:
[u] Round 2/3 [/u]
Tayanalla, Frjya
Red, Blue. Green
Neji, Freyr, Kelora, Maha
Day 2 - 3:15pm
30 Degrees
12” Snow - Hampered Movement[u] Stat Tracker [/u]
Global Combat Condition: NONE |Freyr HP: 3/13 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Tayanalla HP: 8/8 - AC: 17/13/14 Status: AC: 22
Kleora HP: 7/7 - AC: 12/10/12 Status:
Frjya HP: 7/7 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Maja HP: 3/9 - AC: 17/13/15 Status:
Neji HP: 10/10 - AC: 14/13/14 Status:
________________________________Red: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13
Green: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13 -
Blue: HP: 6/9 - AC: 14/12/13
Taya moves up and stabs the green thug on the steps with her rapier.
Freyr growls, but refuses to step back while he's still standing between his allies and the enemy. He takes another swing, but can't seem to strike a solid hit against his opponent.
Maja steps forward and jabs at the bandit with her sword.
Frjya's target this time was the bandit before Neji and Maja, snapping her fingers to daze the man.
Neji quickly takes a step back, getting out of the reach of the bandit and sends out another healing pulse of positive energy to the group!
Kleora you with us?
Targeting the same thug as before Kleora sent out another blast of mental energy to try and overwhelm his mind even further.
Only Tayanalla manages to connect with a weapon causing the red attacker to bleed. Kleora focuses on the same, blue, attacker and again attacks his mind. This time it is very effective and blood flows from the thugs eyes, ears and nose at it falls to the ground with an brain hemorrhage.
The green attacker shakes of being dazed while the red attacker swings again at Freyr. The thug cannot connect.
The party hears a voice from inside shout out. "What is going on out there."
Bold may act:
[u] Round 1/2 [/u]
Tayanalla, Frjya
Red, Blue. Green
Neji, Freyr, Kelora, Maha
Day 2 - 3:15pm
30 Degrees
12” Snow - Hampered Movement[u] Stat Tracker [/u]
Global Combat Condition: NONE |Freyr HP: 3/13 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Tayanalla HP: 8/8 - AC: 17/13/14 Status: AC: 22
Kleora HP: 7/7 - AC: 12/10/12 Status:
Frjya HP: 7/7 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Maja HP: 5/9 - AC: 17/13/15 Status:
Neji HP: 10/10 - AC: 14/13/14 Status:
________________________________Red: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13
Green: HP: 5/9 - AC: 14/12/13 -
Blue: HP: 0/9 - AC: 14/12/13
"Well, I suppose that's the rest of them coming this way. This is going to be fun." Freyr sounds distinctly less than amused as he raises his sword again and tries to deliver at least one solid hit.
Taya stabs the green thug again with her rapier.
Swiftly running from her area to that of her brother's, Frjya covered the gaps in his defense. "Which is bad, you can't keep going like this." Frjya told him.
Freyr grits his teeth. "Regardless of whether I can or can't, I will as long as I'm between them and you."
Maja hurries to the other side of the bandit fighting Freyr, who seemed harder pressed than Tayanalla. "That just means we need to finish this lot before the rest show up!" she exclaims. Maja jabs at the bandit's unprotected flank, hoping the distraction might make up for her otherwise shoddy swordplay.
Neji looks to see that Freyr is still hurting and preps up her last spell to cure his heavy wounds.
Freye makes a strong attack and the thug falls unconcious and bleeding.
Maja attempts to stab one of the thugs but fails.
Taya jabs the final thug between the ribs. The thug snarles as he falls to the ground, bleeding to death.
XP Award: 175 Each
As the last of the thugs fall Neji brings some relief to Freye's injuries.
Searching the body you find two mundane short swords, one masterwork short sword and 32 gold pieces.
Whoever yelled does not come out further to investigate whatever the noise was. Though the still open door you see the following.
H7. Trophy Room
A bearskin rug dominates the floor of this trophy room, and the heads of several deer have been mounted on the walls. Doors lead north and south, while two hallways go farther east. At the end of these hallways is a large table and two benches run the length of this hall, and a twenty-foot-high vaulted ceiling rises into the rafters overhead. {H13) To the west, a roaring fireplace provides a welcome heat and light while to the south, a flight of stairs ascends to a wooden balcony overlooking the room. A set of double doors stands in the wall to the east.
There are three plates on the table, half eaten and still warm.
To the south of the door you enter though is a small bedroom with nothing but a few pieces of winter clothing in it.
Day 2 - 3:15pm
30 Degrees
12” Snow - Hampered Movement[u] Stat Tracker [/u]
Global Combat Condition: NONE |Freyr HP: 11/13 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Tayanalla HP: 8/8 - AC: 17/13/14 Status: AC: 22
Kleora HP: 7/7 - AC: 12/10/12 Status:
Frjya HP: 7/7 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Maja HP: 5/9 - AC: 17/13/15 Status:
Neji HP: 10/10 - AC: 14/13/14 Status:
________________________________
Red: HP: 9/9 - AC: 14/12/13
Green: HP: 5/9 - AC: 14/12/13 -
Blue: HP: 0/9 - AC: 14/12/13
Taya looks into the corners of the bedroom to make sure no one is hiding in the corners.
With her magic spent again Kleora unlimbered her crossbow and made sure a bolt was ready to fire if needed. That accomplished she moved up to stand to one side of the door out of sight from those inside. "I'm afraid I'm out of my more potent magics until we can rest again." Kleora looked at her companions briefly, "Are we ready to get in there? I'd like a nice bed to sleep in tonight."
"I have a feeling there's one more fight between us and a nice warm bed," Freyr says. "But hopefully the lady we're tracking is here as well. I believe I can still fight, thanks to our new ally." He nods his head in thanks to Neji. "How is your magical reservoir sister?" he mentally adds.
"I'm tapped out." Frjya relayed to him. "I used my last potent spell when I hit that bandit with a snow ball earlier to ensure he didn't call for help..." She explained.
"Let us try to make this swift then." Frjya said.
”Yeah, uh, I think I’m all outta juice with my better spells. I still have a bit of healing left I could do for you and Maja,” Neji says, looking at Freyr.
Maja sighs with relief when Neji's healing magic washes over her. With a nod of thanks, she quaffs an elixir from her belt in preparation for the coming fight, makes sure her crossbow is loaded, and creeps into the trophy room.
Maja keeps her eyes open for traps or would-be ambushes.
Tayanalla's look in the bedroom does not show much bet she does manage to notice that it looks like this room has recently been used to house someone who is ill.
Neji heals what wounds are left as the others talk.
After grabbing one of the better crafted swords Maja moves into the room, quiet and observant.
Through the door directly to the north (western most) there is the sound of someone moving around, maybe chopping food and quietly talking to herself.
The other three doors to the north you can hear labored breathing and an occasional cough and rustling of a bed or two in each f the rooms
Day 2 - 3:35pm
30 Degrees
12” Snow -[u] Stat Tracker [/u]
Global Combat Condition: NONE |Freyr HP: 13/13 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Tayanalla HP: 8/8 - AC: 17/13/14 Status: AC: 22
Kleora HP: 7/7 - AC: 12/10/12 Status:
Frjya HP: 7/7 - AC: 16/14/12 Status:
Maja HP: 9/9 - AC: 17/13/15 Status:
Neji HP: 10/10 - AC: 14/13/14 Status:
________________________________
Maja points to the door directly north of her and gestures for her companions to be quiet as they past by. It would be easier to deal with whoever was in there if they knew other enemies might not join them in a possible fight.
She moves to the next door on the northern wall and slowly opens it.
"Then stay safe and I'll do my best not to waste the energy our allies have put into keeping me standing." Freyr nods and moves into the building slowly, letting Maja take the lead while he keeps himself ready for trouble.
"Be safe brother." Frjya requested of her kin before she looked to the others whispering. "How many do you all think are in there?"
Maja slowly pulls open the next door on the north side and finds an unkempt bedroom, no one is in the room and you see a chest at the foot of the bed. The next two rooms are in a similar state, messy, but each of these rooms contains a unconscious and ill ulfen.
This is seen from the door of each room.
[u] Stat Tracker [/u]
Global Condition: None |Ayame HP: 31/31 - AC: 20/14/17 Status:
Kagyu HP: 27/33 - AC: 21/10/21 Status:
Durian HP: 43/43 - AC: 20 (+4 vs Giants)/13/18 Status:
Tahata HP: 35/35 - AC: 20/11/18 Status:
Loren HP: 28/28 - AC: 16/11/16 Status:
Onas HP: 30/30 - AC: 16/12/14__________________________________________
Yellow: HP: -/18 - AC: 15/10/15 - Charged
Orange: HP: 18/18 - AC: 15/10/15 - Flat Foot
Violet: HP: 18/18 - AC: 15/10/15 Asleep
Blue: HP: 18/18 - AC: 15/10/15
Lt Blue: HP: 18/18 - AC: 15/10/15 BLIND 1/2
Green: HP: 18/18 - AC: 15/10/15 BLIND 1/2
Red: HP: 18/18 - AC: 15/10/15Asvig: HP: 03/42 - AC: 18/10/18
Helva: HP: 5/25 - AC: 17/13/15
___________________________________________
Story Reminders:
* Looking for a guide over the crown of the world - Ulf and Uksahkka
* No one has seen the guide you have a lead on.
* Fynn turned out on to Asvig Longthews whom he belived stole the sword and killed is people.
*
As they entered the building Kleora felt a wave of relief at being warm again. She followed in Maja's footsteps so as not to trip anything she hadn't found and halted near the northwest door. She tried to be quiet but, as usual, something happened to make her presence fairly obvious. this time she managed to not lift her foot enough and began to trip only to fall into the wall beside her with a gasp and a thump.
Despite making some noise the person in the north west room does not investigate. It sounds as if she is very busy.
There is the room to the NW, SE and a set of stairs that have not been investigated.
"Let's check the rooms down here before we go upstairs." Taya says.
She move over to the the SE door and listens for sounds.
Maja holds one finger up to Fryja and points to the northwestern door.
[smaller]"We should check upstairs before we confront whomever is in there," she whispers to the others, and follows Taya to the southeastern door.