Jax makes the best of a bad situation. His heart is racing a million miles a minute, but he makes it down safely.
He makes sure his gear is still good, and then himself.That was the order of importance. Jax could do his job with a broken hand or fractured rib. A broken crossbow wouldn't shoot, and a fractured blade never did anyone much good.
"Holy sh!t, what a ride, that was a first wasn't it Synatria?" He asks, helping the kobold to her feet"Roll Call, sound off people...Who's still alive?" He ask's keeping his eyes open for the others and also for any enemies."Anyone have any damn clue where we're at?" He asks, observing the stars in a fruitless attempt to discern his location.
"To Hell with it, let's get to some cover folks, were a bunch of setting ducks here beside this big @ss flare." He quips, pointing at the burning wreckage. He loads a regular clip into his crossbow and makes for the treeline.
" By the Hells, next time just lie to me Kaedric." He says moaning and groaning a bit.
"Less complaining. More moving. We're not out of this yet," Joyelle says in a brisk tone. She keeps a wary eye out for any sign of the enemy. "We need to put as much distance between the wreck and ourselves as we can. We'll just have to reach our target on foot."
As soon as Garroth hits the ground, he checks his gear for damage. Finding everything in place and OK, he turns his attention to finding his squad mates.
"Everyone OK?"
Once Haedric shows the team where we are, Garroth says, "Looks like we've got a bit of a walk. And staying around here just waiting for Karrnathi mop-up forces won't do us much good. Point the direction Haedric, and let's head out."
Synatria lands. "By the gods...that was close. You all alright?"
Synatria lands. "By the gods...that was close. You all alright?"
"We are all unharmed, Synatria. Good to see you are as well. We need to move out quickly now. Haedric knows the direction, so we're following where he points us for now."
Synatria lands. "By the gods...that was close. You all alright?""We are all unharmed, Synatria. Good to see you are as well. We need to move out quickly now. Haedric knows the direction, so we're following where he points us for now."
Synatria nods nervously. "Alright. Which way?
"Less complaining. More moving. We're not out of this yet," Joyelle says in a brisk tone.
"I suppose last night should have warned me about you..." He says with a smile
" Care to share scout duty with me Reynardine?" he questions, and waits for a reply before moving ahead on foot
Garroth keeps his eyes open as they move out ...
"Less complaining. More moving. We're not out of this yet," Joyelle says in a brisk tone."I suppose last night should have warned me about you..." He says with a smile
" Care to share scout duty with me Reynardine?" he questions, and waits for a reply before moving ahead on foot
She smiles back and nods in answer to his question.
"Assuming things go well, and they never do, how long do you think it will take us to reach our objective?" she asked quietly.
"Assuming things go well, and they never do, how long do you think it will take us to reach our objective?" she asked quietly.
"Depends on how fast we go. If we slow down and try to keep under cover, I'd guess about a day's travel, maybe a little more. Less than a day if we haul butt."
"I'm fine with taking it nice and easy. Better to not attract any unwanted attention." He whispers quietly.
EDIT: +5 to Stealth from cloak
"I'm fine with taking it nice and easy. Better to not attract any unwanted attention." He whispers quietly.
She nods. "Sounds fine to me. Better cautious than dead," she whispers back.
1d20+1=5, 1d20+1=13
"I'll right, then we'll take it steady and stay under cover. Jax and Joyelle, we'll let you get out to a few minutes' lead, then follow."
Perception, Stealth (1d20+9=22, 1d20+12=14)
As the hours pass, you make your way though the forlorn land that was once northern Cyre. Overgrown and forgotten farms and homesteads sometimes dot the land, fields and yards gone wild can be seen and sometimes traveled though. You see no one tracking you so far but you keep your guard up as traps and ambushes kill many on the front. Four hours into your journey close to an burnout farm your front scouts spot something in an overgrown field.
It seems one of the small sleek Karrnith airships took some damage. A crew of 10 or 12 seem to be working on the ring housing of the ship, it looks burnt and damaged. Must have been to not head back to base, where ever base is. From the looks of the pile of old wood stacked close by they have been salvaging from the old farm to repair the damage Even now four mean walk toward the farm to gather more 2 with crossbows ,and 2 that seem unarmed
Garroth gets a determined look when he hears the news. "We need to take out that group. If they fix that ship, it'll be back in action against our forces. With the element of surprise, we should be able to take them."
Haedric begins smiling. "Yes, let's destroy this thing."
Jaxon frowns and places a weary hand on Garroth's shoulder"Let's choose our battles wisely. We have a mission, and if we get ourselves killed in a battle where the odds are obviously against us, no one is gonna plant these charges, and no one is gonna take the tower." He say's in a hushed voice, ocassionally glancing over to keep an eye on the Karnnathi Bastards. "I will not fail Cyre again, and I will not do anything to jeopordize this mission." He says dryly, a bit of anger swelling in him"Now let's act like we got some sense. What's the plan? Run or hide?"
"Jax has a point. The mission comes first. But leaving these a$#@#$!s to go back to the air and kill more of our people doesn't sit right with me." Joyelle whispers. Her words would sound passionate if her voice hadn't once more taken on that dead, emotionless tone. "I will abide by your decision in this."
Garroth is obviously itching for a fight. "It's only a 3:1 disadvantage. We could hide until nightfall, take out their sentries, and then kill the rest. In the morning, we set fire to the ship and proceed. Simple."
"We may have this decided for us ... those four will see us if take off now, and see us if we stay. We have to take them out."
"We may have this decided for us ... those four will see us if take off now, and see us if we stay. We have to take them out."
Joyelle nods in acknowledgment, and prepares to fire her bow.
Jaxons eyes narrows. He readies his crossbow and goes to the edge of the house lays on his belly, and takes cover behind boards and debris, practically disapearing to the untrained eye as his crossbow sets ready to fire between mising boards. " So any way we can do this without alerting the rest of those bastards?"
"Only if we can take out all four right off the bat. Haedric, you got any spells that can incapacitate several at once?" Garroth gets his own crossbow ready and lays down on his stomache aiming at the closest one approaching.
"No, the only spell that could only incapacitate them would be too obvious." He also points his crossbow towards the approaching soldiers.
The four airmen approach, only two seem be be carrying crossbows. One on the unarmed ones point to a pile of old boards to the north of where you now lay.
"OK. We need to decide quick. We can fire now, concentrating on the two with crossbows, and get the element of surprise. Or, we hold off and hope they don't see us, possibly missing that opportunity. I say we shoot now."
"OK. We need to decide quick. We can fire now, concentrating on the two with crossbows, and get the element of surprise. Or, we hold off and hope they don't see us, possibly missing that opportunity. I say we shoot now."
"Consider it done."
Garroth quickly stands up, and hurls his dagger at the closest man toting a crossbow.
thrown dagger (1d20+3=11, 1d4+3=6)
" Send it.." He tells himself as he closes one eye, looking down the sights of his mkII. He pulls the trigger and does his best not to give away his position.
stealth check at a -20 to use stealth as per sniping 1d20-6=14
Haedric also fires a shot at the Karrnathis, but he misses.
Joyelle snipes at the back bowmen only to miss, Gorrath stands and thews a dagger at the first man with the crossbow but he also misses. Jax snips the first bowman though his left eye and turns his bow on the 2nd taking him in the belly. Synatria and Haedric open fire dropping the last bowman as well as hitting the first man in line.
Init
Garroth=19
Jax=17
Joyelle=16
Synatria=15
Haedric=15
airmen=11
Garroth will squeeze off two shots, aiming first at the closest man to him. If he hits and drops him, he'll fire at the other; otherwise both shots go at the same man.
Jaxon continues his assault, hoping to quickly drop the remaining two.
Under a hail of bolts and arrows the airmen all fall. A fast glance to the airship looks like no one has yet sounded the alarm. However it is only a matter of time before someone sees the body's or looks over to see them missing.