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Post by achinca on Jul 26, 2007 14:56:40 GMT 1
After a 2 hour march, the group arrives in sight of the dolmen. The group within reasonable distance, worrying about ambush or trap.
OOC: If one of you will do a reconaissance trip, I will need rolls.
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Post by Caledonian Achilles on Jul 27, 2007 14:10:44 GMT 1
Odlin hunkers down alittle off the trail and looks to the others to discuss their next move.
If asked, his suggestion is that they try and stay as much together as possible because there is only the 4 of them. Everyone should be in sight of one another.
If they are ambushed and the odds look great they should flee but first they could look for tracks around the dolmen to determine where the goblin camp is.
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Post by Ilya on Jul 27, 2007 21:25:59 GMT 1
The discussion wasn't started by Stadvas. He lookss around, occupied by his own thoughts, and now, moves his gaze to his groupmates, expecting them to speak first about what the group's strategy will be, and how they will now move and act.
The only sound he makes is a humming, and, at the same time, asking "Hmmmm..."
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Post by nodaisho on Jul 28, 2007 11:31:10 GMT 1
"I want to scout out the area, see if I notice any traps or patrols." When Odlin mentions sticking together, Augustine thinks, and says, "All right, but try to stay a good distance back, I am less likely to be noticed than any of you."
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Post by achinca on Jul 30, 2007 16:57:29 GMT 1
Using his acute scouting skills, Augustine approaches the dolmens. He sees a lot of tracks and quite of them pretty old. Half seems to lead bac ktoward the hammlet, and the other hlaf toward the wilderness. Although the tracks are old they can still be easily followed.
Augustine explains his findings to his comrades when Jukia interupts him by yelling "did you hear that?"
Listen roll please
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Post by Ilya on Jul 30, 2007 18:07:04 GMT 1
Stadvas turns his head to Jukia, eyebrows raised, with the question " What, then?"He raises his head a bit and listens to his surroundings, making such an effort his ears move a bit.
invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1181848 |
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Post by Caledonian Achilles on Jul 30, 2007 19:03:49 GMT 1
Odlin shrieks a high-pitched warble, uncharacteristic for such a squat dwarf.
Looking around fearfully, he looks for what frightened Jukia. His knuckles whiten tightly around the shaft of his club as his beard bristles
listen = 12
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Post by achinca on Jul 30, 2007 19:37:31 GMT 1
Augustine looks at his companions with a mean look, upset at Jukia for yelling and Odlin for squealing. He puts his fingers to his lips in a sign for silence.
Everyone is trying to hear but it is silence for everyone but the ranger. He points towards a certain direction and walking quite silently, although not perfectly moves toward the bushes.
After a while, he motions the group to join him.
A goblin, wearing the apparatchick of a shaman is laying there, moaning, his face and body covered with acidic burns. He i barely breathing and will likely dies in the upcoming seconds.
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Post by Caledonian Achilles on Jul 30, 2007 21:03:46 GMT 1
"What!" exclaims Odlin then with an apologetic face looks at Augustine.
"Sorry!"
Odlin looks around.
We're here to find the truth, not start a war. Hurriedly he petitions his comrades. "Jukia, please heal him! Stadvas remove his weapons and equipment! We need answers, not blood right now.
Augustine! Use your shrewd senses to survey our environment lest that which burnt the goblin comes for us!"
Odlin wonders if this is the same druid that attacked them earlier then remembers that they killed that one.
ready action to swing at the shaman with my cudgel if he starts to cast an offensive spell (using Spellcraft+5 to check what he is casting)
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Post by Ilya on Jul 30, 2007 23:04:19 GMT 1
" Alright..." The large human replies, whispering, removing anything that seems potentially dangerous off the shaman. " Looks to me like we've just drawn a joker." While saying this, he tries not to kill the much smaller goblin in the process and to fully disarm him. In the process, he takes everything that can be useful, interesting, or just handy to have as well. " Congratulations on your ears... by the way..." The last words are addressed at Augustine for finding the shaman, but also at Jukia for noticing the sounds in the first place.
((OK, I assume I'll need a spot check to find everything he has on his person? In case I do, here it is.)) invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1182478 |
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Post by achinca on Jul 31, 2007 14:40:52 GMT 1
Jukia looks at Odlin in disbelief. “I will not heal him. He might be a friend but also a foe.” She clings to her holy symbol as a sign of protest.
Stadvas removes an empty spell component pouch and nothing else on the dying goblin. He notices a few feet away a walking stick.
When Stadvas compliments her hearing, Jukia smiles mischeviously “Well, when you have to make sure that a mother or an angry wife does not disturb you, you develop an acute hearing.”
Augustine stays on the lookout, just in case it is a trap.
Stadvas is about to get up when the goblin grabs him and his acid burn eyes, looking into nothingness fix on the warrior. He opens his deformed mouth and yells “Haaraan tagaan ghec dekaan dhuul Noak ..... Darax man mel'daal daan och sheklac .... Noak drel den duun ghaan .... tagaan ghec dekaan . haaraan”. He gaps one last time and falls dead.
Jukia looks at the group. “Did you get that? I am not sure I understood everything. Something about saving a tribe from …. Not sure … may be a Noak or something. Not sure what a Noak is …something also about killing … chieftain … someone … not sure …. I am lost.. ”
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Post by Caledonian Achilles on Jul 31, 2007 15:24:06 GMT 1
Odlin watches the goblin die with a heavy heart.
Throwing a look at Jukia that is heaped with sorrow, not the fire and anger that one would expect, the dwarf lowers his head.
"I've learned that not everyone can follow the stereotype. Sometimes those that mean to do us good appear to be otherwise."
The dwarf stands up and considers building a funeral cairn.
"Something attacked and killed this goblin. Maybe not the villagers from Barrows Edge but maybe the dark force that turned the tribe against its neighbours. Maybe he was an ally we didnt know of. He is dead now and we must continue on.
Do you think Noak killed the chieftain or became the chieftain? Let us follow the tracks and see if we can find the tribe. perhaps there is a secret cave entrance nearby to their lair"
Odlin waits, hoping someone will help him bury the goblin but remains too timid to do anything if the others want to press on instead.
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Post by achinca on Jul 31, 2007 17:18:07 GMT 1
Jukia looks at Odlin and it is obvious that the goblin death did affect her somehow. "Well, dwarf master, sometimes the village tramp is not a tramp at all ..... and sometimes the beloved healer is an incredible evil person ..... "
She turns to silence .. then adds "something is funny about the word Noak .. it does not sound goblin ... I have very limited knowledge of goblin but Noak does not sound goblin at all."
She makes no movement to make a cairn or anything.
Augustine looks at Stadvas "So what do we do with the body?"
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Post by Ilya on Jul 31, 2007 17:27:44 GMT 1
Startled by the yells, Stadvas backs off, but the goblin's hand stops him.
As the shaman expires, Stadvas takes an annoyed glance at Jukia, and then begins taking the poor man's fingers off. Her reaction on his compliment clearly doesn't amuse him.
"Ok... there goes our ace..." he sighs.
He looks at the belt and the cane, saying "Hey... can these be of any use to us?" to his comrades. His face has already cleared up slightly.
With a shrug, he says "I'm open to suggestions..." on the subject of the corpse.
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Post by Caledonian Achilles on Aug 1, 2007 19:32:44 GMT 1
He looks at the belt and the cane, saying " Hey... can these be of any use to us?" to his comrades. Odlin shrugs and suggests they carry them if there is room. he cant test them for magic later. " If no-one minds, perhaps we could bury him. Rather than leave him for the wolves. It doesn't seem right somehow" With Stadvas' help, the pair construct a crude cairn of stones over the venerable goblin. " Let us check out the dolmen" suggests Odlin
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