The two guards were taken down so quickly and quietly that no one seems to have heard.
What do you do now?
Uema then looks in the hut curiously
There is a rope on the door of the hut. Untying it will take a bit of time but will not be difficult.
If you untie it or have it cut:
Inside the hut are three prisoners, two men and a woman. All of them are tied up by their arms and legs. They look weak but alive. when they see you they look scared. Their mouths are gagged but one of the men is moaning in pain.
"Shall we join them?"
Yaja scans the encampment in case there are any more guards approaching. If it looks safe, she will join the two monks beside the large hut.
Lion thinks about they're victory and considers a high five before deciding that with two monks that is probably not the safest of plans.
He then looks in over Uemala's shoulder,.
Kornelius says:"Don't be scared,we're going to help."
Quickly undoing the man's gag, Yaja cautions him.
"We can help you, but you must be quiet. We don't need any more guards."
She swiftly assesses his condition.
Heal check: 1d20+8 ?¨ [7,8] = (15)
Quickly undoing the man's gag, Yaja cautions him.
"We can help you, but you must be quiet. We don't need any more guards."
She swiftly assesses his condition.
Heal check: 1d20+8 ?¨ [7,8] = (15)
His leg is injured from an arrow. He can walk on it but only with great pain.
The rescue operation is going quite well so far. What do you do now?
Uema unties the two other priseners, and checks them out.
The other prisoners were not wounded.
"Thank you ... but shouldn't we be getting out of here?" asks one of the prisoners.
Well! A successful rescue attempt, wasn't it? But ... somehow ... you're sure that you're forgetting something. You feel like you've made one mistake ... What could it be?
... something that could let anyone else in the camp know that a rescue attempt was taking place.
... something that would cut into your advantage of surprise.
"Wait a minute, wasn't there a watchtower?"
"The guards bodies!!!!!!!"Uema then goes to the door and tries to pull the guards in.
"Wait a minute, wasn't there a watchtower?"
There was a watchtower but it is far away. You were told that there were some guards in the watchtower.
"The guards bodies!!!!!!!"Uema then goes to the door and tries to pull the guards in.
Yes, the guards! Having pulled the bodies in helps a bit. Anyone coming outside now will see missing guards which is less suspicious than dead guards. This may buy you some time.
What do you four want to do?
We could wait infront of the bridge and use our ranged weapons until they are close enough but if there are too many we could retreat onto the bridge and give the prisoners time to escape (their pig is too get by the boggard).
There are six horses and around 13 pigs.
If so, I let a prisoner on my horse with me.
If not, then i'll do the same on another horse in the ?barn?
Your borrowed horse is back with Larjen just outside of the bandit camp area. There are horses for each of you there.
As Yaja has pointed out, it is difficult to ride without a saddle.
"Let's just send them to Larjen on foot then."Uema says quickly. "We'll let the animals out to cause chaos and got to the bridge because it will be easier to defend."
"Let's just send them to Larjen on foot then."Uema says quickly. "We'll let the animals out to cause chaos and got to the bridge because it will be easier to defend."
"Perhaps I can stay with the captives to protect them and provide cross-bow cover. This wounded man cannot walk fast." suggests Yaja.
"If you release the animals and hide by the bridge, then I might be able to pick some of them off as they run towards you and you can ambush them there. The captives and I will join you when you have mopped up the guards."
She pauses for a second. "Could you signal to Larjen so that he and Ogre can get into range in case any of them escape over the bridge?"
"Good plan, I might even forgive you for waking me up."
Lion walks over to the bridge, releasing the animals on the way.
"Great plan."
"I'll be with Yaja ready to fire with my bow."
Kornelius gets out his shortbow and helps the prisoners across the bridge.
"Yaja, good plan."Uema then helps Lion corral the animals towards the center of the huts,then gets behind the bridge.
You have barely gotten into position when five men on horseback ride into the camp from the other side. "Wake up. Get up. Get out!" one of them is shouting "Kerrigan's coming."
Three more bandits emerge from the huts "Kerrigan?," one of them asks "How many men with him?"
"Isn't Kerrigan alone enough for you?" asks the bandit on horseback.
"For me? Yes. But for eight of us? ... Who let the pigs out?! And the horses?! ... Where are the guards?!"
"Kerrigan's not alone! Grab a horse and let's get out of here."
At that the five mounted men attempt to ride towards the bridge where the monks hide.
The animals cause much confusion amongst the horses. Two mounted horsemen make it through to the bridge. They are unaware of Kornelius, Yaja or the monks.
One other man struggles as his horse starts going around in circles avoiding the pigs. Two other men dismount.
If your plan was to create chaos, it is working perfectly.
Uemala leaps out at the horseman.
Yaja will try to shoot one of the mounted warriors.
Kornelius fires his bow (ZING~!)
and misses.
Sighting as carefully as she can, Yaja tried to bring down one of the mounted bandits. She finds it incredibly difficult to aim at the rapidly moving target ...
Uema dashes onto the bridge and furiously attacks the bandit.
Lion lashes out at the nearest unmounted bandit
1d20+2 ?¨ [14,2] = (16) 1d6+2 ?¨ [1,2] = (3)
1d20+2 ?¨ [6,2] =(8) 1d6+2 ?¨ [4,2] = (6)
As the entire party misses in their attacks, the two horsemen rush towards the path that Kornelius and Yaja are blocking. One tries to overrun Kornelius, the other Yaja. Both Yaja and Kornelius get to make 'attacks of opportunity'.
Yaja leaps nimbly to one side and uses her mace to try and throw the rider off balance - and hopefully off his horse as well.
1d20 ?¨ [19] = (19)
Kornelius attacks the rider of the one horse.
Both men fall from their horses upon taking damage.
Meanwhile, the third horseman has managed to get his mount to trample through the pigs and is charging towards the bridge. He swings his sword at Uemala but misses.
Attack of opportunity
[14,4] = (18) Damage:[3,3] = (6)
Attack
1d20+2 ?¨ [12,2] = (14) Damage: 1d6+3 ?¨ [2,3] = (5)
1d20+2 ?¨ [10,2] = (12) Damage: 1d6+3 ?¨ [5,3] = (8)
"Irori guide me." Yaja leaps on the fallen bandit wielding her mace.
1d20 ?¨ [18] = (18) damage 1d8 ?¨ [2] = (2)
Although a solid hit, her blow seems to do little damage to the foe.
"I never knew combat could be so satisfying." She smiles across at Korney. "Maybe I should work on my strength skills."
Kornelius swings and surprisingly misses.
"Uh....Well, at least YOU hit!" says Kornelius frowning.
Yaja looks contrite.
"I distracted you Korney. I should not have spoken. I have much to learn about combat I fear."
Uema hits with his first but not with his combo.
The combined attacks of Uemala and Lion manage to knock the third rider from his horse but neither of them are able to hurt him any further as his horse is kicking and rearing.
Yaja does a little more damage to the man she's attacking but Kornelius only frightens his.
Yaja takes a hit from the short sword of one bandit. Kornelius avoids a short sword from his bandit.
The horses of all three of these riders run a bit further and then wander over to the grasses.
Kornelius responds to the last round miss.
"Ha Ha! Take that you little pesty bandits!!"
"Ha Ha!"
Distracted by her wound, Yaja considers her options.
"I'm better at ranged attacks - need to get some distance."
Uema stumbles on a hard stone misses his combo.