”Going to eat well tonight. Mayhaps we can tan the hide as well, if we have the time. We’re awfully light on supplies like blankets and this will help alleviate that.” Gazul said. ”Lets be cautious approaching the cabin. With the lynx being so aggressive it might have young inside, and I’d hate to hurt the wee ones.”
Cheshire smiles at Gazul's comment, "Sure I was hoping for a lynx headed cowl and a nice fur cape." He laughs, "Never eaten lynx should be interesting."
Kudvathalas didn't share his companion's light mood. Something was still bothering him, something that wasn't quite right about that poor beast.
Kudvathalas cautiously approached the cabin, searching the ground for tracks, paying special attention for anything made by something other than the lynx they slew.
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Sarya breathed deep as her magic ward faded from her skin. She inspected the wound where the lynx had managed to penetrate her armor, quickness and magic. It was far from a fatal wound, but it still stung. She noticed the others celebrating and quietly moved her eyes to Kudvathalas, who was inspecting the terrain. She said "There are two possibilities. Either this is an abandoned hut and a lynx came to make a home out of it, or this was the inhabitant's companion."
Afraid that the latter option was true, Sarya joined the other elf in searching traces of anything worthwhile. She said "Be mindful of traps." Hunters like to make those.
She was more focused on the traps than on tracking.
Katra nodded towards her brother and said "We should make a hot pot. I'm sure it'll be good for it." as she made her way across the clearing towards the cabin.
"A wight!" Katra calls out as the creature appears.
She then moves up and smacks it in the face.
Gazul dashed over to stand by his sister’s side. Due to his short stride, he was unable to bring his axe to bear...yet.
Kudvathalas watched as the undead hunter burst from the doorway, and the details fell into place.
That lynx must have been this man's companion while he still lived. The poor beast was loyal to the end... at least it is now at rest.
Cheshire circles behind Katra and stands in front of Sarya he readies his coin and the heat rises following with the now signature bolt of fire toward the undead.
Cheshire looked back at Sarya concerned and then surprised as she lept forward at the wight. "Oh thank goodness I thought you were caught by the trap."
OOC: long day; I'll move things along tomorrow.
Game on!
"Wights are intelligent, you know!"
Turn 051 - The Cabin in the Woods
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, Gazul
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, Gazul
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Sarya saw the wight try to grab Gazul and winced at what might happen at its touch. She side stepped so she could flank the creature with the dwarf and thrust her sword.
Afterwards, she reached inside to her training and struck again with lightning fast speed.
Her advantageous position allowed her to penetrate the wight with her sword on its shoulder, then her second attack caught it completely by surprise and her sword went through its head poking out the other side.
Cheshire begins the process of launching another firebolt again. Hoping the fires consume the monster.
Following up on the wight being knocked off balance by Sarya, Gazul slammed his axe into the wight’s leg. He didn’t expect it to be felled so easily, but bit by bit they’d cut it down to size.
Kudvathalas uttered a quiet prayer to Desna "Mother of Dreams, put this poor man out of his misery. Nobody deserves the curse of underneath." Wintery winds gathered around his arm and shot forth as he extended his hand towards the wight.
Katra swung her hammer on the undead again, trying to bring it down.
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, Katra
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, Katra
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"Trudd, give me the strength to lay this monster low."
Cheshire takes a step to the left to have a straight shot at the creature. He raises the coin and blasts away at the monster.
"Just die already . . . for good this time."
The wight was ignoring him, and thus was wide open to Gazul’s attacks. He didn’t say a word so that it wouldn’t be alerted to him circling behind it. Once he was behind it, he buried his axe into it’s back. It was a solid hit, cutting through flesh and crunching bone. He didn’t know if it would be enough to take it down, but he was confident that it would at least bring them closer to breaking the magic that bound it.
Kudvathalas repeats his prayers to his diety. Hoping this creature will stop permanently.
OOC:
Busy weekend (and busy week coming up), but I intend to move things along later today.
Game on!
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, Sarya
, hit
, Katra
, miss
Only 9 hit points left but it's got resistance to non-magical weapons...
Katra screamed in frustration at the creature then swung her hammer...
...and her anger empowered her hammer as it slammed into the abomination.
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Sarya almost dodged the wight's swing, but she hadn't expected it to swing at her, given its focus was on the dwarf. She refocused and tried using Katra's precise attack to finish it off.
Sarya's sword severed the wight's supernatural muscles, making it stop moving and falling to the ground. "Phew, are all the undead this annoying?"
Afterwards, she cleaned her sword and crouched near the lynx and stroked its dead head. "You were a very loyal friend", she said quietly.
She said to the others "Careful with the traps.", then entered the shack to search it.
"Is it dead? I mean destroyed you know not coming back to kill us?"
The gnome doesn't lower his coin. And lets one last blast go just in case.
OOC: the wight is dead.
I'm assuming you will want to enter the cabin and investigate further.
I intend to move this along later today.
Questions?
Game on!
Cheshire waited a few beats, "Okay now its dead."
The gnome looks inside the cabin. "It'd be a tight fit but I think its a touch safer than the first stop. Roof needs work. Do we want to go back to the others and bring them here or check the other two sights first." He looks to the others. "I suppose we should get a good look at the surrounding area."
Cheshire walks the perimeter of the cabin's clearing.
Kudvathalas' shoulders visibly relaxed as the undead creature fell. He put away his butterfly totem, and walked forward. He looked sadly down at the wight.
"May your final rest be peaceful." He looked up to Sarya and Katra and smiled slightly "Well done."
Kudvathalas walked into the cabin, and moved around carefully. His eyes were drawn to the longsword an bow. "We should take these, and either use them ourselves, or give them to those who will fight for justice. It will help ease this man's soul"
Kudvathalas lifts the weapons from the wall and hands them to his allies, or stows them if nobody else wants them.
Kudvathalas was pleased to find that the smokehouse had served it's purpose well. This will be enough to keep them going for some time He brought the meat inside the main cabin to the party.
"I suppose we should burn or bury this old hunter. Dead on the stoop is a poor design choice."
”There we go. A real roof! Aye, let’s bury the body. Also, anyone able to pick a lock? The sod has no use for whatever is inside, Magrim rest his soul.” He added, lest he come across as being too insensitive.
At Sarya's reminder of the traps, Katra goes back outside, uses a couple of branches to set them off, then collects them. She returns just in time to hear the discussion about burying the body.
"Would it be easier to bring the others here, or take the food back to the others?" Katra asked of no one in particular.
"I think we should head to the ranger's redoubt. It's closer than the logging camp, and there may well be rangers there that can help us."
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Sarya noted to the others "I would prefer to bring the villagers here as soon as possible. That place where they are is not well defended, nor is it protected from the elements. They have no training to be in the woods by themselves, and the more they stay there, the more dangerous for them it is."
Afterwards, she suggested they brought the survivors as soon as possible, not even wait for the next day. Then, she said "It's not necessarily safer here. I mean, if there are bear traps, it means that there are probably bears. But the traps can be reset."
About the arms over the hearth, the elf asked "Are any of these magical?"
The gnome moved over and looked at the items. He shrugged, "I wish that was something I could do easily." He looked at Kudvathalas, "You?" The gnome studied the items.
OOC:
Where to?
Katra: to ranger's redoubt
Sarya: back to camp to bring refugees here
Kudvathalas: not sure what he means :)
Cheshire: no opinion
Gazul: no opinion
I'd like to move things along so someone make a decision or I will roll for it.
Questions?
Game on!
PS: No lock picker? I'm trying to help you and give you something but you have to play along and collaborate. :)
"I think bringing the others here would be the wisest course. It has shelter. Then we can strike out to the other locations once they are here and settled."
"I think bringing the others here would be the wisest course. It has shelter. Then we can strike out to the other locations once they are here and settled."
That may be the deciding vote.
Unfortunately, I'm busy the rest of the day so update will be forthcoming tomorrow (I think morning).
Questions?
Game on!
”Aye, bring them here. I’ll stay here and try to open this. Between Sarya and me I’m sure that we can do it.”
He began by trying to find a way to open it. He figured that his open wouldn’t too hard. He was a proficient smith, afterall. A few minutes of puzzling showed him how wrong he was. So he quickly moved to brute force...but even then he had to admit that it was a two-person job. ”Right, lass. Let’s do this. Just hold the bloody thing still for me, and I’m sure that I can rip it open.”
Kudvathalas looked at the weapons and shrugged. I'm not entirely sure either, but I'm sure I could get a better sense of them if I were to spend the night with them. Sarya could likely do the same, we do not require as much rest as most others."