Penelopy's stand-in's page

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Penelopy grabs one of her throwing daggers again and sends it at one of the beasts

1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 201d2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

This time she sinks it square into one of the creatures' glowing blue eyes. It falls over and smashes into fragments

One down, the one on Gaelin is still untouched

Penelopy grabs one of her throwing daggers and sends it at one of the beasts

1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 141d2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

The thin knife Caron's off one ice creature with little effect

Penelopy's stand-in wrote:

Penelopy looks at Tama, green eyes blazing

"Yes. Yes it would."

Tama shrugs.

"The ways of the South are still strange to me..."

Penelopy grins wolfishly

"Never get a southern woman's temper up. We can be as scorching as the summer Taldane sun.."

She breaks off shivering

"Although I feel no summer sun here. What is this curse?"

She shivers again, checking her gear quickly

Penelopy looks at Tama, green eyes blazing

"Yes. Yes it would."

Penelopy sits up and grimaces at the snow all over her clothing

"If I ever catch that little fairy I'll wring it's neck!" She swore, fishing a lump of snow from her décolletage

Will: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Penelopy slaps her hands over her eyes and screams. She collapses bonelessly into a snowbank

Initiatives (Winter is Coming)
Small fey: 23 arrows
Ecaterina: 20 slumber hex
Tama 18 detect evil
Penelopy: 18 blowgun
Tristan: 16 faerie fire
Gaelin 16 sling-hit
Jeydavu: 16 pending

Penelopy takes out one of the smooth bamboo dart guns that are popular among the hunters in this region

"Time to get me a squab" She mutters, aiming at the outlined fey

1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 41d2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

The small dart buzzes by the flying purple-lit fey, but fails to strike

Jeydavu's I think you still have an action

Penelopy scans the forest for a target

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

1d20 ⇒ 17

She growls in frustration

"Whatever little snow suckers are out there, I can't see them!"

Penelope stabs at the creature

atk/dam: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 191d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

The strike slices a long gash along the wyrm's underbelly

"TAKE THAT DRAGON!" She screams fiercely, red hair whipping about her furious features

Penelopy sidles closer to Tris and whispers in his ear

Tristan:

Penelopy's green eyes narrow

"I don't know who or what you are, princess, but in our country we like to ask questions. Most dragons I have ever heard of eat people whole, not nip them on their bony shoulder."

She turns to the others

"Should we trust this stranger? How do we know she's not leading us into a trap?"

She turns to Penelopy at the woman's question and looks her up and down. "No, it was not a large dragon, slightly bigger than myself, but it was large enough."

Penelopy looks dubious

"Are you sure it wasn't a giant lizard?"

"How big was this wyrm?"

Penelopy looks at the partially-healed wound

"Not a huge one at any rate."

Penelopy stares at the newcomer in surprise

"Oh by the Dawnflower's sword, what now?"

She runs over to the fallen girl

"A little help? Anyone think to bring some wine?"

Penelopy once again heads towards the chest, looking up as well as down this time

Perception/trapfinding: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 81d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

She flips it open

"Empty!" She hollers back to the group

Jeydavu's healing energy washes over Penelopy's wound. The blood flow stops and the look of pain on Penelopy's face eases

"thank you Jeydavu. That is much better!"

She glances at the chest

"Shall we continue?"

Penelopy groans as she struggles to stand up. Her midsection is a mass of puncture wounds. Under her leathers there is likely a harsh bruise. Blood trickles down her clothes

"Urgh. Thanks Tris. OWW! By Sarenrae's holy teats that HURTS!"

Penelopy gets close to the chest, her feet treading warily

trapfind: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

There is a *tunggg* sound, and a large spiked log swings out of the trees at the young waitress

atk/dam: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 231d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

OUCH

The spiked log drives square into Penelopy, lifting her off her feet with a sickening smack.

The girl is tossed aside, bleeding

Still alive

I think she does. I have to check her hero lab file, I have been lazy about copying over the info >.<

Penelopy squints at the half-buried chest

"right. I think you are right Gaelin. This smells funnier than Qadiran goat cheese. "

She advances slowly towards the chest, warily scanning the area

Between Jeydavu and Chtonthoth, the second zombie is outclassed. The large moose gores the undead, While Jeydau's scimitar neatly cracks its skull. It falls into the snow, truly dead this time

Actions folks?

Penelopy peers into the carriage

"Nothing else" she whispers

She looks over at Tristan

"'Lo Tris. What brings you out this way? We were just at the apothecary's before we set out. You collecting herbs?"

Penelopy comes to Gaelin's side, a long dagger unsheathed

"I'll be behind the carriage door in case of trouble" She whispers

She positions herself to be in the blind spot of anyone disembarking

Penelopy nods approvingly

"good to hear somebody's got some gumption around here. If you want, we can go over whenever. I'm itching for a change of scenery"

Penelopy leans in as she wanders by with a tray of drinks

"If you are thinking about taking a look, count me in"

she lowers her voice

"I can maybe get us in to talk to the caravan survivor"

Penelopy nods

"True enough. But the elders are in a dither as to what to do"

Gaelin laughs boisterously at the raunchy joke. It is the easy, deep laugh of a man at ease, even in this tavern bustling with faces both familiar and strange.

He calls out to Penelopy the barmaid as she passes near, "Penelopy, did you hear that one? About the Galtane and the Chelaxian? Well, I don't tell it very well..."

Penelopy rolls her eyes

"I found it funny ... maybe the first half-dozen times I heard it."

The barmaid leans into Gaelin's hearing

"Hey, your people came from up north? You got a line on what's going on in The Border Wood?"

Heather is flat out until the end of the week, so I am filling in to jumpstart this