Kesni quietly accepts the bread with a confused look on her face, still not used to this attention. ”Well that was odd but...nice.”
To Gudada’s comment, Kesni nods. ”Yes, let’s get this creature to the tannery. Larz will be impressed with this.”
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Kesni is ready to return if everyone else is finished.
”I would think this band of gobs were what the sheriff had us hunting. As far as I’m concerned our task is done with them being corpses. You think we should spend more effort searching, Rast?”
Dejected, Kesni begins the trek back to Sandpoint if everyone seems to be done here.
Kesni’s head whips around when the amulet is mentioned. ”It wasn’t here? This was our only lead to setting right that tomb...” Once the bear is mounted and ready to go, Kesni will go poke around the goblin corpses quickly before they set off. She is still trying to puzzle out why there appear to be so many tribes involved in the recent activities.
Kesni will help Rogar fashion the sled. Her movements are slow but efficient and she does her best to mask the pain she is in. ”Thank you, Rogar. My buyer in Sandpoint will be surprised at this. Rarely do I bring in bear and never this size. And with the tools available in Sandpoint I can harvest most of it.” Her eyes widen as a thought occurs to her. ”We will bring Ameiko the choices pieces of meat. A cook such as she could do wonders with it. We will eat good tonight!” You think it is a smile that settles on her face but it is hard to tell with the tusks.
As the bear falls, so too does Kesni’s adrenaline. She swings her longbow over her shoulder and hunches over with her hands on her knees, breathing heavily. ”Thank you, Rast, for taking it’s attention. I felt like a meal for a moment.” She stands up straight and makes slowly for the fallen bear, blood flowing down her arm and dripping from her fingertips into the soil. As she passes where she dropped her dagger she kneels to retrieve it. She calls over her shoulder. ”Loot the gobs, if you would. I will try to make quick work of this.” She kneels beside the beast and slaps it on it’s lifeless belly. ”You fought well, beast. Thank you for the nourishment you will provide.”
Not an AOO in the mechanical sense since she’s at range but Kesni’s action will go off on her turn if she can still reach the bear after it flees.
Kesni sends another arrow at the beast but does notice the hesitation from the others.
“Why send it off? This animal will feed several families in Sandpoint if we bring it in. And in it’s poor condition if we aren’t eating it, something else will be eating it soon.”
”Have you ever had bear steak, Rogar? We will find this amulet and eat well tonight, besides.” Kesni fires an arrow at the bear from her now safer position.
Transferring the bear’s focus was obviously a ploy on Kesni’s part, as she quickly moves as soon as she is released. She drops the dagger and retrieves her longbow from the dirt before retreating from the beast. She makes a point to stay close enough that should her half-orc companion channel his god’s power that she will feel it. “Rast may last longer under that thing’s fury than I did but he still will not have long. Make every attack count!”
As her attempt to intimidate the creature fails, Kesni’s anger finally gives out. I am in no shape to continue a wrestling match with this bear. While not falling prone, she slumps slightly under the bear and releases her own grapple on the creature.
The thought enters Kesni’s mind that she may have bitten off more than she could handle pissing off this creature. She fights off the fear with red hot rage. She puts her face closer to the bear’s and roars as fiercely as she can and pushes up as tall as she can under the weight of the bear.
Sure. “St. Patrick’s Day”. Admit it, I did something stupid I immediately regretted and you wanted me to stew all weekend. Lol!
As the bear grabs her, Kesni drops her bow and fumbles to retrieve her dagger from her belt. She attempts to pierce the beast’s belly as she wrestles with it.
We needed something the goblins took from the tomb yeah? These goblins were our only lead so far.
Holy cow. Speaking of replacements, I might be rolling up a back up character...
Kesni ponders the situation for only a quick moment. If this happens to be the bear’s lair we could be waiting a long time for it to leave. That cursed tomb needs to be set right before any more abominations are born. I just hope those are the gobs with the trinket. Kesni notices Gudada missing and gives him another moment to, hopefully, get into position and then raises her bow to fire. Her last thought before letting the arrow go: Been awhile since I’ve had bear steak...
Well I guess the gobs are no longer a problem. Now the question is: Is it worth taking on a bear that slew a dozen gobs for a trinket the gobs may or may not have had.
Kesni turns to the others and motions as best she can to communicate ”one large enemy”.
Yeah that sounds like a good plan to me.
When Rast does not come forward, Kesni will move back a little to him and share with the others what they have seen. ”I’d like to split into two groups if we can manage. If Gudada and I can sneak up to the left entrance and get the jump on them, maybe fill them with a couple arrows, before the rest of you charge in from the right entrance. If you think you could get around to the other side even better but that might be pushing our luck in all that armor you’re carrying. Thoughts?”
Kesni motions for the others to come forward as they approach their target.”They’ve pinned themselves against that river for us. No need to worry as much about any getting away.”
Have we heard from Wyndel at all? I just noticed it had been a week and a half since his last post and he hasn’t updated to level 2 yet.
”I am fairly certain some of the raiders came from this direction. A couple dozen coming out and only 8 or so headed back in. Now that we know we’re onto something, I’ll range ahead a bit and see what I see. Anyone comfortable moving ahead silently feel free to join me.” Kesni will creep forward through the brush, moving very slowly so that she can focus on following the tracks while looking ahead for danger, all the while silent.
”Hold. Seems we have had some activity here...” Kesni crouches to get a closer look.
”We’ll let you know what we find, Sheriff.” Kesni nods to Hemlock and starts in the direction he said the goblins were spotted.
Kesni listens to the considerations. At Hemlock’s prodding, she nods towards Wyndel. ”I agree with Wyndel on this. Gobs are a chaotic bunch. Especially if we are going to be looking for something specific in their possession, we won’t want to risk scattering them. We need to see what we are working with and then plan a way to wrangle them accordingly.” She then turns to Rast. ”Rast, the most dangerous thing about gobs is that chaos they embrace. Do not dismiss them so easily. All it takes is one gob a little smarter than usual to get the jump on you and it’s over for you. They are rare, but gobs have heroes among them, too.”
”Thank you for the kind words” She speaks quietly and sounds a little embarrassed.
”You all did good. I cowered. Took all I had not to bolt. I’ve never seen anything so unnatural in my life. It felt wrong in my very core.” She stares at the tomb entrance warily. ”That godly power was something else too though. Never seen it used to destroy like that. I think I have spent too long in my cabin. There’s much I haven’t seen...”
After a moment of silence outside the tomb, Kesni moves to Rogar and says shakily. ”Have you...ever seen anything like that before?”
After favored class and Con that will be +8 HP.
Kesni will exit the tomb as they go to retrieve Zanthus and stay outside with Rogar.
Kesni stands at the exit with an arrow ready to let fly. Being so far away from the main group, she doesn’t realize the battle is over for a moment and when she does she exhales loudly. She lowers her bow and calls to the others, ”Great job with...that. If our business is done, let’s get out of here. If not, I will guard our exit until we’re ready to leave.” Anyone who pays her any sort of attention is easily able to notice she is still quite frightened, a strange look for such a tough half-orc woman.
Kesni’s mouth drops open at the show of divine power. She quickly composed herself and mumbles to herself. ”Nevermind Zanthus. We might be okay...” Kesni is very unnerved by these unnatural creatures and is weary of getting too close. She remains by the exit and sends another arrow into the tomb, knowing it to be mostly ineffective but not knowing another way to contribute for now.
Oh wow. I just looked at the map to see a bunch of inanimate skeletons. Sorry for not having faith in my clerics and running for more help.
Kesni hears he commotion from behind realizes the horrible position they are in now. She runs for the exit. She stops at he foot of the stairs and shouts up to where they had left Father Zanthus. ”Zanthus! We’re outnumbered by undead! Some of Desna’s holy power could turn the tide.” She turns and fires at the closest skeleton.
Kesni, having never experienced anything like this before, is hesitant to make a move. She will remain at the top of the stairs and an arrow ready to pierce anything that comes out into view.
Now that she has looked the tomb over and confirmed that they were not alone, Kesni will swap her longspear for her bow and take a position at the top of the stairs with an arrow knocked. She says as quietly as she can and still be heard by the others, ”Take up a position. Whatever is in here with us is in the alcove down the stairs and to the left. We need to draw it out into the open.”
If someone can’t move Kesni’s token 30 feet to the right, I can move it tonight when I get home.
Kesni will head to the top of the stairs and look for signs of recent activity, especially tracks headed deeper into the tomb.
”Hear that? Something is definitely down here, and with all the noise we made getting in, it probably knows we’re coming.” Kesni feels a little better now that she is in the tomb and sees she might have just enough room to maneuver in a fight.
”There may have been gobs here but they didn’t move that slab themselves. Something stronger than a gob is down there.” Kesni watches the others struggle with the door. Once she begins to realize how small the entrance is, she looks down at her longspear. Gudada was right to suggest weapons for closed quarters. Spear and bow won’t be incredibly efficient here, but it’s all I have until I resort to my knife.
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Kesni makes the trip to the tomb quietly. All the attention makes her visibly uncomfortable, as even the few days she has had dealing with it haven’t been enough to get used to it. As they meet with Zanthus and he ushers them in, Kesni will go with Wendell to investigate the outside of the tomb.
She is having a hard time looking closely enough as she finishes her breakfast. She sets Ameiko’s bowel on the ground in a safe place to retrieve and take back to her when they are finished.
Kesni stands back in the doorway to keep out of the woman’s way. ”Morning, Ameiko. The city officials have us looking into some things. Gobs may be involved so we want to get on it quickly. You got anything quick I can grab for breakfast on the run?”
Kesni disappears for a few minutes and comes back armed and ready to leave. She is distracted by a song coming from the kitchen. Kitchen? Gods, I almost left without breakfast. Something small for the walk then. She enters the kitchen, following the sound of the singing and hoping it’s a cook.
Same here. Interested in the play as a player but can’t think of a way Kesni would be interested.
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