Your guilt will not go unpunished!
Gezzo maneuvers around the ogre.
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Thorgrim continues to demonstrate his overpowering strength, by crushing Ogre #2 with a blow that nearly cuts it in half, killing it instantly!
Gezzo maneuvers around Ogre #1, who takes an attack of opportunity against him. Swinging its greatclub in a powerful arc, the Ogre smashes Gezzo for for 16 points of damage! Gezzo counters by striking back for 5 points of damage!
16 points of damage!
Aye, aye, aye! That hurt!
Nästród charges ogre #1 with his greataxe!
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Nastrod swiftly attacks Ogre #1 and buries his axe deep, inflicting 11 points of damage! Already badly wounded, the creature screams in pain!
Ogre #1 swings its greatclub at Nastrod in anger, smashing him for 19 points of damage!
Ogre #4 charges Thorgrim, wielding its greatclub overhead. Flug casts Gift of Madness at the creature (Will save: . The Ogre becomes confused for one round - it is mentally befuddled and cannot act normally. It changes direction and attacks the nearest creature, which is Rudy ! The greatclub comes arcing down on the wolf, for 14 points of damage!
START OF ROUND 2
Charge ogre #4 power attack, end in square S17
AC: 13
HP: 28
Rage: 2
I move to S-12 and launch an arrow at Ogre #4.
Attack:
Damage:
Watching your demise will warm my heart!
Gezzo falls back into the trees, away from another attack and a potential charge by the ogre.
Could use a little assistance with this one!
"Hm?"
Flug hears the howling from the west wagon and steps down from the ogre's corpse to investigate, coincidentally walking towards Ogre #1 which he throws a javelin distractedly at.
Rudy attacks ogre #4.
(+2 for flanking)
Fener charges ogre #1 and assists Gezzo & Nastrod
less 2 if charge isnt possible
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Flug tosses a javelin at Ogre #1 while making his way to the wagon. The javelin lands in the dirt at the Ogre's feet, attracting his attention. The Ogre makes an attack of opportunity, swinging his greatclub outward but missing.
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Rudy snarls and lashes out at Ogre #4, biting it for 7 damage! He then trips the Ogre, which is easily done, as the Ogre falls down dead!
Fener runs at Ogre #1 wildly swinging his quarterstaff and tries to connect but misses!
Celif moves adjacent to Gezzo and touches him. A warm feeling emanates over him as healing power cures hit points.
Seeing his first opponent dying, Argyros quickly charges the next ogre.
[ooc]Next action, Flug will enter the wagon and try to open the cage. If there doesn't seem to be an apparent way to, he'll inspect the satchel.
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Argyros runs at the Ogre and swings his weapon, but the creature is able to block the blow with its greatclub!
The leather satchel is very large, consisting of a main compartment and several smaller compartments. Inside the main compartment is a riding saddle to fit the wolf, which would indicate the creature has been trained for this duty. The smaller compartments contain a packet of meat jerky, a grooming brush, and a rolled parchment with a waxed seal bearing the mark of The Brotherhood of Magus.
Although badly wounded, Nästród musters the strength to swing his greataxe at the ogre.
"You will not harm another--ever again!" He screams.
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Nastrod swings at the Ogre with his greataxe, but again the creature is able to block the blow with its greatclub!
Sirena fires another arrow at the creature but it just barely misses and slams into the wagon!
The Ogre swings its club wildly at Argyros and hits him for 15 damage!
START OF ROUND 3
The Ogre is laughing maniacally!
DIE!
Charge to N-16
Gezzo moves closer to the ogre and flings a green orb.
Hey Flug! Stop messin' around in the wagon and help finish off this ogre!
Search(loot) the wagons
When everyone is done searching pull them out of the way
Gezzo hops up on the wagon and inspects what caught Flug's attention in the middle of the battle.
Looking inside the cage, he sees the wolf. He cautiously reaches his hand through the bars to allow the creature time to smell and accept his touch.
If the wolf will allow him, Gezzo will quickly examine him for any injuries. If none are found, Gezzo will fill his palms with water and allow the wolf to drink.
Once care is given to the wolf and enough trust has been earned, Gezzo reaches for the satchel. After looking through the contents, he removes the parchment and the dried meat.
Tossing the meat to the wolf with a pat on the head, he turns back and hops off the wagon.
Walking over to Sirena, he opens the parchment to view its contents.
Good job Thorgrim. It almost had me there. Nice execution on the ambush. The beasts never knew what hit them.
Now, lets see if we can figure out who these wagons belonged to. I don't recall any wagons pulling out of town before we left this morning.
More wagons usually slows down a caravan, they might have been on the road since yesterday
Search the site for signs of Cayden.
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There is no sign of Cayden in the area. Sirena speculates that the wagons were traveling south along the trail, coming from the trading post which is located at the terminus of the trail.
The wolf is in the west wagon, contained in a metal cage whose door is secured by a padlock. The key to the lock is not in the satchel.
There are two human bodies on the ground, in addition to the bodies of four dead ogres and two dead horses. Each wagon contains boxes, crates and barrels. The west wagon has some of its cargo dumped on the ground, presumably by the Ogre who was ransacking it at the time of ambush.
Clouds continue to thicken from the west, and the wind is beginning to rise.
"Fener," Nästród says, "Will the wolf attack us if we let it out? Can you keep it calm?"
Nästród then looks to the west. Blood drips from the wounds he received in the battle. Determination fills his face.
"Storm is coming. We still have to find Cayden. Let's move on."
Gezzo looks up at Sirena with resolve in his eyes. He silently nods at her, re-rolling the parchment and bounds back up the wagon.
Reaching his hands into the cage without fear, he rubs the muzzle of the wolf and stares meaningfully into the animal's eyes.
Yes my friend, you may have lost your intended master, but fear not, you have not been forsaken. I'll be your master in the service of the Brotherhood and we will go forth to exact their mission.
Gezzo talks in a near whisper to the wolf. He then turns and yells over the increasing wind to Imowen.
Imowen, please, your skills are needed. My wolf needs to be freed from his incarceration!
Flug searches the bodies while everyone else is preoccupied, seeing if they might have anything of use and, in the case of the human bodies, clues to their identity. He drags each one to a pile in the middle of the wagons once he's finished searching them and then peers at the cargo of the wagons to see if he can use any of it.
At Nästród's declaration, Flug says, "Then let-let us move."
Fener makes an examination of the body's. ogre and human.
He will also search the boxes and wagons for anything of interest to the party.
He will also doing a weather check to determine when and how bad the storm will be.
Knowledge nature
When completed with the search of bodies and goods.
Fener will see if he can pick up the trail of Cayden and the others they were following.
Survival
Fener coments during his searches. Gezzo, thats a mighty nice wolf. I see she has had some training. I bet she would make a great mount for you in your work with the brotherhood.
Hearing Gezzo yelling at me, I hurry over to the west wagon where he is, beside a metal cage.
Is this the cage you wish opened? I examine the padlock and take out my tools and use them on it.
Disable Device:
I hear a "clink" and the padlock falls open, and I remove it.
There you go, Gezzo, and your new friend. And I open the cage door.
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Time: Mid-Afternoon
Celif channels Positive Energy to heal party members:
Total = 12
Knowledge (nature): Pretty good chance that the weather system will arrive in earnest in an hour or less, with wind and heavy rain. You can hear thunder in the distance.
Survival (tracking): This area is a tracking headache - the ground is torn up by the battle, horse hooves, wagon tracks, etc. You don't see any obvious tracks leading from the wagon trail, so you can only assume that the party you are following is still headed north along this way.
Flug picks up Sirena's sling from one of the dead ogres and silently hands it to Sirena before walking some distance away. He turns his head up and stares into the darkening sky.
Action: Continue north right now (i.e. ignoring the weather)
Come on everybody, grab all the useful stuff and let's get going on north to find Cayden right now, before this storm hits and stops us!
I think we should set up camp for the night. We are all pretty banged up from the fight and this storm is looking to be a nasty one. Also, there are 12 bottles of wine that needs drinking.
I think we can rig a shelter up using these broken up wagons that will keep us fairly dry but we need to get it done shortly.
we are on a rise now but if we continue we may end up neck deep in a river or caught in a flash flood
Survival check on rigging up a shelter. Take 10 + 12 = 22