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"Bugjuice is down." For the first time in the fight, Jaska is finally able to use her bow to her full ability.
Jaska feels the poison leaving her system as she drops her axe. Shifting her position again, she draws her bow and start sending arrows in the spider fighting Bugjuice. "Need to kill those faster" She doesn't speak to anyone in particular, but it feels more like she isn't happy about having been caught unprepared.
Feeling the spider teeth sink into her flesh, Jaska fights the poison coursing through her veins. Calling out for some divine help, Jaska continues to hack at the giant vermin. Looking over her shoulder, she tries to evaluate Bugjuice's situation.
"How did these get so close to us without being seen..." Upset that she can't use her bow, Jaska draw her battleaxe and start hacking at the spider in front of her. The blade flashes in the air as it circles to bite into the creature. With the attack done, Jaska uses the momentum to shift her position to stand behind Bugjuice. She feels uneasy to turn her back on the bandit, but she also needs to protect the prisoner under her watch.
As the newcomer here, I'll go with the group.
"So, there is a second head?" Jaska leans closer to the leader of the bandit. "If you don't want us to hunt her down too, you better start offering some information. I'm not in it for the money, I'm here to protect the defenless and innocent villagers from bandits."
Jaska calls upon Erastil to increase her accuracy. Without a word, she sends another volley of arrows. She then look of how high of a drop it is to the lower level, judging the possibility of bypassing the ropes.
The moment that there is only one bandit between her and the leader, Jaska start releasing her arrows. It takes only seconds, but three arrows her heading toward her target. She is hoping that they will all hit, but Jaska has her doubt.
Jaska waits for a better view of the leader. Come on, I just need one clear shot.
Still invisible, Jaska tries to get in front of some of the bandits. She still hopes to see the leader. Killing or capturing her followers might reduce her strength, but she can still recruit new bandits. Take out the head and the rest will crumble.
Since she is invisible, Jaske tries to get as close as she can to the exit that the bandit are leaving from. She hopes to get a glimpse of the leader somewhere in there.
Jaska uses divine energy to enchant her bow and then herself. "As long as that leader stand, I don't think they will surrender." She then stealth back out, hugging the wall as she does, hoping to get a clear shot of the leader.
Jaska sneaks back to the rest of the group. "I saw nine men and one leader. Are we strong enough to take them?"
Turning to her new colleague, Jaska whispers a few words. "Stay here." She prowls silently in the room, almost completely disappearing from sight. She tries to get a better view of the room, without walking too far in.
Again, Jaska takes the lead and keep an eye out for traps. This place is a maze... She hopes that they will get to the leader's room soon, since the longer they wander around, the more time he as to prepare himself.
"I'll take the lead, to make sure there aren't any more traps." Jaska cautiously makes her way in the corridor, hoping to see any traps before her step on them.
"Let me see if I can find something." Jaska looks at the ground, trying to figure out where the outlaw might of run off to. "Solid stone floor and too many mixed tracks, I can't find the right one.
While Jaska isn't as fast, she tries to keep up with Mwenye. When she enters the corridor the bandits escape with, she looks briefly over her shoulder. "I'll let you to mop up here, we can't let Mwenye rush deeper in there alone."
Walking in with the rest of the group, Jaska takes quick notes on the situation. Seeing the one that is about to run, her focus her attention toward him. "I would listen to him. Not only does he run faster than you, but my arrows are even faster. Stand down and you may live. Any other actions will result with your death and the swift judgment of the Gray Lady."
"Those traps were well hidden, I'll give them that." Jaska peers into the next corridor, trying to find any hint of more traps.
Jaska slowly moves forward with the group, keeping an eye out for traps. "You want to keep on the main path, or shall we explore the side ones first?" She is unsure who is the leader of the group, so she just leaves the question open to anyone.
Jaska looks over a Ryoken. "Let me help you get out of here." She tries to cast discreetly an invisibility spell on Ryoken then start moving away silently.
"So we play the patience game? Since they know that we are in the area, they might send some large patrols out to hunt us down. Should we try to set up an ambush somewhere?"
Looking at the cave's entrance, Jaska whisper to the rest of the group. "I have magic that can render four of us invisible, but that will drain a lot of my magical abilities. Also, once we dispatch the sentry, if done without raising the alarm, we can always smoke the rest of them out."
"To hunt down bandits? I'll be more than happy to, I can even track them down for you, unless you already have someone for that." She turns around when the Kobold walks out of the bushes, eyeing him with suspicions. Looking at the rest of the group and noticing they do seem to trust the little guy, Jaska just shrugs and get ready to leave.
Jaska looks at Mwenye for a moment, unsure of what to make of a good Kobold. "I... see..." Leaving it at that, she turns to Erianna. "It is everybody's responsibility, but by becoming a servant of Erastil, that responsibility became a duty. To help the people of those small communities from the evil that lurk in the dark part of the forest. Sometimes it's bandits, other times it's aberrations, and then you can't forget the undead."
Jaska releases the tension on the cord of her bow. She then points, to the warrior in the foreign armor. "You heal a comrade over looting the foes that are vanquished. You then position yourself to protect them instead using them as cover." She then turns her attention to the Catfolk. "You prefer to use words over aggressive actions when a stranger shows up armed." Her eyes go to one member of the group to another, studying them. She then nods has if she came to a conclusion. "Yes, you are the group of adventurers that I heard about."She returns the readied arrow to her quiver and take a more relax stance. "My business is to protect small communities from those that want to destroy them. As for Justice, I am afraid that those that choose the path of villainy don't always understand that concept." "Yes, we could be allies if you would have me. I am an able marksman and Erastil blessed me with the gift of magic." She pauses for a moment, looking at the group's reaction. "So what do you say, shall we join forces?" She then take a few steps toward Mwenye. "Are you aware that there is a Kobold spying on us from the bushes?"
Looking around to make sure that there wasn't anyone else but the Kobold hiding, Jaska slowly comes out. You see a short woman, yet somewhat muscular, dressed in a mix of brown and green clothes. Her eyes go from one member of the group to another. She still holds her bow with an arrow ready, but for now it is pointed to the ground. "Greetings. From the diversity of your group and from what she said during the fight, you are either the weirdest group of bandit ever or the adventurers that I heard were hunting bandits." She keeps her distance for now, especially since she saw how fast the Catfolk moves. "I am Jaska Dilan, servant of Erastil." She waits to see how the group respond to her.
Walking in the forest, Jaska was upset with herself. How can I just lose sight of tracks that easily? She kept walking, hoping to find some more. This forest is crawling with bandits, and I can't find a single sign of someone passing through here? Looking up, she tries to find the sun through the branches, to make sure she was still going in the right direction. She walks for almost another hour when she hears a distant voice. What was that? Someone shouting? Couldn't make out the words. Well, at least it gives me a direction to move toward. No longer looking for tracks, she accelerates the pace. As she gets nearer to the spot she thinks the voice came from, Jaska slow down. Don't know what I'm going to find there, better take a look before showing myself. Using the forest as cover, she moves closer. Like a predator, she moves quietly, readying her bow. As she gets a clear view of the situation, she evaluates the people she sees. Once she finds the biggest threat, she studies it for a few seconds, trying to learn its weaknesses.
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Thanks for the invite!! Can't wait to start playing with you guys!
Background added, I think everything is there. Now is the waiting game to see who gets picked.
I understand. I'm already running 3 games as a GM, I can run 4 but I'm keeping that for my Starfinder game when it comes out. Though I do have a game where Tide was a player that seem to be stalling right now. Not sure if it will get passed book 1. Tide himself hasn't posted in a long while there too.
I'm still here but I assumed that the campaign is more or less dead with two missing players and a missing GM. It's too bad, I was looking forward to playing with you guys. How would you feel about taking the game over again? Or maybe restart with some new blood? I really would like to play this adventure path, but sadly it just seems that I luck out... :(
It's been a while since anyone posted... Who is still here?
Real life problem is understandable. Don't worry too much about it. This is and will remain a game. It shouldn't affect your personal life if you fall behind on it. The only thing that I would like is that you try to at least post in the discussion thread once a week to let us know you are still there. A simple "Hello still there, will post soon!" in the discussion thread would do. So take your time to heal and relax. Have fun reading the gameplay, and when you are ready, make your post to move the story forward. You are not a bad GM, just a busy human being.
"Thank you, the rebate is much appreciated." Jaska looks around and finally settle for a dagger, a quiver of arrows, a grappling hook and a fishing kit. Paying her due, she then crosses over to the other ship, hoping she didn't forget anything.
Jaska listens to the speech of the new "captain". Then, as Scourge list the tasks for the crew, she can't help but squeeze her hands into fists when he gets to her. Just you wait. It will be my pleasure to send you to a watery grave. She follows Lucien and start working. While she's able to do a fantastic job, she notices that Lucien is having issues. She tries to cover for the man as much as she can to avoid him a meeting with the "cat". At the end of the shift, she is rather tired and wonder how long they can keep this up.
Jaska wakes up and heads to the main deck. Once there, she leans on her longbow and listen to the Captain do his little speech. She feels a bit for the woman that was thrown overboard, but she should have known better. Then, when she told that she will be transferred to the other ship with Plugg and Scourge in charge, she Wonder what the future holds for her. Great, we go from one bad Captain to a worse one. She quickly and quietly heads back down and grab all of her stuff. She then heads over to Grok before leaving. "Morning Quartermaster. Seems like I got transferred. I was wondering if you had anything else I could exchange my gold for before I head over to the other ship." She takes out a few gold and look at the half-Orc with a smile.
Tired of walking around the deck, Jaska heads below to sleep for the rest of the night. Once there, she passes near the little crazy goblin. She almost continued on her way when she notices that there are still some wounds on it. She tries to wake him up to get a consent for using magic on him, but it would seem he drank himself to unconsciousness. Oh well! I'm sure he won't mind. summoning the last of her divine energy for the day, she transfers it to the goblin, closing some of the wounds. Happy with the result, she heads to her sleep spot and, after a small prayer, drift off to sleep.
Hey Bleepos. I see you are still wounded from the fight. Jaska is looking for someone to heal before heading to bed. Where did you park you little green...?
Jaska takes the half-eaten crab. "Thanks friend. I'll save it for a late snack." She pocket the crab. "Well, it's getting late for me. I'll leave you to your meal. If you need more healing, you let me know, ok?" She then stands and walk back on the main deck, looking around for some other ally that might need her last spell of the day for some Healing. If she finds none, she heads to bed.
"Yes, you are a powerfull figther, aren't you? Why are they leaving you down when you should have the right to moves about the ship I will never know" Focusing some of her divine energy she lay her hand on the man. "Hold still for a second, I'll heal those wounds of yours." The energy transfert from her to him and his wounds start closing. "There isn't that better? You are a good man, and I would like to count you as a friend. You think we can be friends?" She waits for his answer with a big smile on her face.
Jaska walks toward Owlbear, trying to see if he still has any wounds from the fight. She has seen next to him, giving him time to notice her before she talks to him. When he does, she turns slightly to talk to him. "Hi there. I think I heard you got hit during the fight the other day. Did anyone come to take a look at your wounds? If you want, I could use some magic to heal you." She waits patiently for his answer, not wanting to be too invasive to the gentle giant.
"I knew we could come to an understanding." Jaska smiles at Grok as she places the gold on the nearby table. "As for the favor, let me know what you need, and if it's within my power, I'll be happy to help out a friend." With that, if Grok has nothing more to say, Jaska will pick her stuff out and heads to the main deck to plan her next move.
Thinking back in the event of the fight, Jaska remembers that the big brute got shot a few times by bolts. She tries to find him and sees if he's still injured. Always pays to have the big guy on your side...
"Thank you. Now that's a real weapon." Jaska looks over the weapon, making sure it's all in perfect order. "Now for the rest of the stuff. What would you prefer? Looking over some mundane stuff and a few acid flask that could break during the next battle and spoil some important stuff, or..." Digging into her coin purse, Jaska takes out some gold piece. "Would you rather have some nice and shiny gold that is easy to store and can be spent on some useful stuff... Like, I don't know, really good rum?" She flips the coin back and forth between her finger. "Now what would be the magic number that would make everyone happy?"
Jaska smiles at the quartermaster. "Yes, last night, after the fight, I realised just how poorly equip I was in that type of activity. Had to use a wooden stick instead of a proper weapon amount other things. Also, I had stuff in my pack that could've helped during the fight. I hope to get them back. I mean, it's not like anyone would mind if those would go missing from the store. Not after the big prize the Captain just got himself. Plus, I'd owe you a favor, and a favor from someone who has access to magic is never a bad thing." She moves a bit closer to Grok, extending a hand. "What do you say, do we have a deal?"
Kragor raises an eyebrow as Jaska joins him at the rail. With a silent nod he hands her the bottle "So what's your story? Everyone's got one." With the commotion caused by Bleepos' nighttime activity Kragor smiles at Jaska's comment "I think a lot of your prayers are going to wasted on that little one." Jaska accepts the offered bottle and takes a long sip. Wiping her mouth with the sleeve of her shirt, she passes it back to Kargor. "Not much of a story I'm afraid. I was raised by a man of the Church, always on the move. Then, when I was old enough, he started training me to serve Gozreh. In my first missing to bring to justice a cult to the rough beast, the leads got cold and then I was grabbed to be part of this crew. What about you?" ------------------------
Having been turned down about her gear, Jaska wanders the deck. Seeing Kragor by himself on the side of the ship, she goes and join him. Then, when she sees Bleepos being punished for whatever he did, Jaska raises an eyebrow. "I just healed the little bugger..." She just sigh and turn around to look at the sea.
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