Steinolf wants to take in what he is saying and how truthful it is. Mainly about the number of men and that they “are good men, just on the wrong path.”
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Listening to the man speak Steinolf chimes in when he brings up the lady. “They have the lady in the cellar?” looking to his party; “Atleast she survived her travels through this wild land.Tell us a bit more about what is going on at the lodge. How many men are there and is there an outside enterence to this cellar? Also, what did you mean by some were really small, and a bit bigger one?”
Steinolf drops his shield and moves forward sword still in hand. “Why did we kill Joe? The real question is why did you and your friends attack a group of people who clearly was coming up peacefully?” Steinolf grabs him by the collar and kicks the back of his leg forcing him to his knees. “I am going to manacle you so you don’t try any funny business.... we are going to ask you a few questions, and then we will go from there. We clear?” Steinolf pulls out his set of manacles and cuffs his hands behind his back. “You brought this on yourself. Behave and things will be a lot smoother for you.” Steinolf also checks his pockets and belt for anything that could be used to hurt us, himself, or help him flee.
Sword and shield ready, Steinolf takes a full attack on the blue guy.
Steinolf closes the gap on these guys to catch them flat footed, while doing so Steinolf pulls out his longsword and attacks.
In the games I run I roll everyones initiative. Then I lay it out in the order as the appeared and people can post or take their turn in any order as long as they are up. Example below Initiative
So Fred Jake and Suzanne can act in any order that they post, they go at the same time. Zombies, then Tony and Amanda, finally goblins. The only time I jump in between PCs actions if something falls, something specific happens, or if I need to make a save or AoO
How will this be effected by traits or improved initiative?
Steinolf pulls his shield off of his back and grabs the longsword; “Looks like I’ll be needing these again...” He then goes out to scout the area.
“Woah, it seems like guys are a bit jumpy. You must have come across those blasted fey creatures like we have. Lets all put away our weapons, no need for fighting. We also don’t want the money you’re fighting over.” As Steinolf mentions putting away weapons he begins to put his longsword in its sheath, but doesn’t let go of the hilt until the lower the bows.
“This place has become increasingly deadly. We need to get on a move on it and find these bandits.... We’ve already spent to much time, I don’t want to loose them.”
Regaining his composure, Steinolf brushes off the snow from his pants and cloak; “Yeah, I’m ok.... I didn’t expect that to happen...” Steinolf looks around on the edge over here to see if he can find a tree to tie off the rope to. Something that his party could hang onto, maybe to take off some of the weight from the ice?
Seeing the ice beginning to crumble below his feat, Steinolf yells out as he dives back towards the shore. “NO! No further!” He dives and continues to scramble towards Garrasay who has a rope out.
Steinolf begins walking across as he would normally cross a road. As he is on the frozen water he hears Mordred call out to him. “What’s up?”
“Before we cross I would like to see if the ice on the water is safe enough for us to travel across.” pointing to the water under the ice, “If the ice were to break and one of us went under, the current would pull us down river and no doubt drown and freeze.”
“Looks safe to me.” Steinolf continues across the frozen water.
After finding a proper resting place for us, Steinolf will build a fire to help keep us all warm and then he will keep a look out for any possible troubles. “I am not skilled with healing but I will help keep us warm and safe.” after building a fire he comes back to the group. “I am sorry that I did not see what was so obvious. I don’t know if its the snow or the fact of meeting a fellow Ulfen, but my eyes and mind have not been as sharp to see these traps. I will do better moving forward. I also think that if something seems like a trap we should try to spring it from a distance. Rest up, I will keep watch.” During his watch he will half heartedly be looking for palm sized stones. Something of a little weight, but can be easily thrown.
“You’re right, we need to find a better place to camp. I will look for a place that is protected from the wind and snow.”
Steinolf moves up confidently after felling the last creature.
I don’t know how Witches work, but looking over Yukiharu he does have Stabilize as a 0-level spell..... just sayin ;-P
Steinolf moves up towards the one closes to him and attacks out.
“The only deaths that will be happening is yours!!”
Whoops... sorry this was me ^. I was posting it as the boards went down, again...
Steinolf’s eyes go wide as one of his companions go down. “Gavania!!! Blast it.... This ends now!”
Steinolf checking in, finally.... this was a long twoish weeks of maintenance...
Finally within flanking position with Mordred, and realizing the lack of luck the two are having with this creature, Steinolf swings out only using his longsword.
Steinolf will move into flanking position with Mordred, D13. Can he 5 ft step on this path? Not able to 5 ft (Longsword Attack):
able to 5 ft step (Longsowrd & Shield Attack):
Moving up with the Cold Iron Longsword in hand, Steinolf strikes out against the snowman creature.
“What the.... talking snow men?” Steinolf waits to hear their response about “Under whose authority?” Before continuing. He does however listens to how they speak and tries to sense the intent.
Tuesday nights are my IRL gaming nights and one of my friends had the UW book. Looking at it within it is under the Gathlain Archetypes section. The subtext says that they are typically only taken by gathlains, but members of other races, with the GM’s permission, can take them as well. That is where you must have seen it Mordred.
Fey Courtier is from the Ultimate Wilderness book, which I do not have... From how it reads on the SRD it looks like anyone can go into it. It also isn’t listed in the racial section of bard like the Gnomish Prankster is.
“Magic on the snowman? I wonder if it’s like the magic of those blue creatures, or if it is something else. I am no good with magical auras.” Steinolf draws the longsword and stands at the ready to attack if something reveals itself.
“All that matters is that it attacks? By that logic I attack also... take your time. I’ll scout around.” I previously rolled a 15(16 vs traps) perception. I want to spend sometime looking around fallowing tracks and clear some of the area while we wait for dinner.
“Can anyone tell if this creature is still alive? If it is just going to die we should mercifully end its suffering. If it is going to live we could help it a little.”
Steinolf will make his way around and making sure these blue creatures are finished off, then he will go check on the elk that was slayed. He will put his sword away and check to see if the creature is dead.
“Mordred, from the way those creatures acted previously we know they are tricksters. They could have been doing something to cause this elk to act as an ally to them. It could be that this elk, which is out of its natural habitat, was frightened and wanted to get home....”
Moving into position, Steinolf attacks out at one of the remaining living creatures.
The longsword is cold iron just as a refresher.
“Why did you do that!! Don’t you see those creatures flying around it?” Steinolf moves forward to attack the pesky blue creature with his longsword. If the only one that he sees is the one sleeping on the ground he will move up to finishing it off with a Coup De Grace. Otherwise the attack below goes to the closest one he sees.
Scratching his head Steinolf slowly reaches for his sword. “This is not natural, I have never seen anything like this before....”
As it begins to follow us Steinolf tries to see what is going on.
“These creatures are not natural to this area, let alone a white stag... If we don’t need to mess with it we should go around. Maybe it has been brought here by the same means that this weather has been brought here... It could be scared away from its home.”
Steinolf thinks of his travels in this area thinking on what Gavinia said.
Turning to Gavinia. “Do not feel bad. These creatures are an evil bunch that would have easily killed less capable travelers. This region needs to be rid of them. I have no moral issue with getting rid of a threat. Once the questioning is finished we will kill them, quickly with no suffering I assure you.”
Steinolf walks up besides Garrasay, coffee in one hand longsword in the other. “Any luck? What language is this that they speak?”
(don't see you as +4, unless looking at initiative by mistake?)[/ooc]
Glancing at what Mordred is brewing up Steinolf perks up. Digging through his mess kit he pulls out a small steel mug. “Thank you! Nothing like warming up your core before starting in on a frigid day.” Looking over conversation between Garrasay and the fey Steinolf takes sips of his coffee.
After the nights rest in the cold snow, Steinolf is ready to continue with finding the Lady... but first these Fey creatures. He walks up to them and taps them with the flat of his cold iron longsword. “Did you sleep well? You look tired. Hopefully my snoring didn’t keep you up....”
Steinolf will help tie up the little creatures. Not knowing anything about them, Steinolf shares a few ideas; “If we are going to wait until morning, we should try to keep them from getting much sleep. Those of you who cast spells keep talking about how you need a certain amount of sleep. Maybe the powers these creatures were using won’t come back in the morning if we keep them sleep deprived. They also might not be as sharp in the morning that way and could let information slip...” Pulling in closer to the group not wanting the creatures to hear incase they are awake; “Whatever happens with the questioning, these things need to be killed. They are foreign predators that are damaging these lands.”
Coming to Steinolf lets out a yell “Ahhhh!! Get back here!!” Looking around, Steinolf realized he is on the ground with Mordred kicking his boot. Looking up he takes Gavinia’s hand to help him up. As he stands and collects his shield and sword Steinolf tries to save face. “Those cowards use magic to hide between attacks. If they would have faced me head on this would have been a different story!” Hearing the group talk about making camp, “I agree we should take time to find some safe shelter, but do we really want to go all the way back to the wagons? We have traveled some distance since then. Maybe lets try to take a brief look around and see if we can find some safe natural shelter out here?”
When Steinolf fell unconscious he dropped both his shield and the cold iron sword the party received at the ambush site....
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