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<blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 4346692" data-attributes="member: 12037"><p>Before they got into the forest, the PCs were attacked by roving bandits. Bandits are all over the areas outside the Coalition, so it wasn't a surprise when a bunch of guys, roughly eight men with clubs and rough leather armor, jumped out from the trees around the small dirt road. Then ahead of them from up the trail strolled a halfling with a cup of wine in one hand and a dagger in the other, two big body guards beside him.</p><p></p><p>"Lay down your gold, and you shall not be struck dead. I am the Bandit King, and you are in my territory." He called out to them. The halfling was smug and his voice full of superiority to the travelers. It was obvious he was used to dealing with riffraff.</p><p></p><p>And, at this point, Alandra <em>really</em> wanted to shoot him. We rolled for initiative, the ranger went first, and <em>wham wham</em> went two arrows at the poor Bandit King. He was brought down to single digit hit points and cried out in pain, yelling "That's not how its supposed to happen! That's not how its supposed to happen! Kill them all!" as he huddled back, holding his wounded leg and arm.</p><p></p><p>The bandits jumped into action, assaulting the PCs. What followed was a difficult fight. The bandits went down quickly, but they outnumbered the PCs and the two bodyguards were trouble. Alandra had to work to keep away from the melee while Tordek had one on him almost immediately. Korvun and Quinn fought off the body guards. There were some close calls, Tordek's healing was brought to the test, and Korvun went unconcous multiple times, but our heroes pulled through.</p><p></p><p>When the dust had settled, the halfling "Bandit King" was nowhere to be found. They tracked him as best they could. Nobody seemed to like the idea of the guy surviving. The blood trail was easy enough to follow, however it looked like he eventually bandaged himself up, and they lost him. Deciding that they didn't have enough rations or time to go full blown search, they continued up the North road, toward the Kelbrook Forest.</p><p></p><p>They reached the creek without further incident, stepping off the trail and into the unknown to follow Aeryana's directions. It wasn't too difficult following the creek. While they couldn't keep close to it all the time due to the underbrush, Alandra proved to be quite skilled, and they didn't lose the creek.</p><p></p><p>They traveled like this for several days, and they had barely been in the forest before they were attacked one night by a group of wolves. These were no ordinary wolves, however, they were led by a fey wolf, which Korvun identified as a creature of the Feywild who could travel between the two worlds at dawn and at dusk, talking to and hunting with normal gray wolves, and living for the hunt. It attacked them just as the sun began to set, luckily before they had bedded down for the night.</p><p></p><p>Three gray wolves and the fey wolf surrounded the campsite, each coming from a different direction, leaving the party nowhere to move toward as a safer location. Korvun ran to intercept the big fey wolf before it could reach the others, while Quinn used his long halberd to try and keep the others at bay with the help of Alandra and Tordek. </p><p></p><p>It wasn't long before the mobile wolves proved to be difficult to contain, however, and they broke off into groups of two, surrounding their prey and dropping them to the ground to maul them. The PCs decided to focus on the fey creature, and eventually killed the beast. The grays, however, were not deterred, howling for blood. Whatever blood lust the fey wolf had was obviously given to the natural wolves now.</p><p></p><p>The two wolves who were still paired together surrounded Quinn and repeatedly tripped him to maul his face, forcing the others to abandon the fey wolf's paired wolf and come to the man's aid. A few prayers from Tordek and he was up again, and they managed to drop one of them, then its pair. With all its companions dead, the last remaining wolf howled, and ran. Although Alandra tried to drop it, she couldn't kill the creature before it slipped between the trees and disappeared into the forest from where it came.</p><p></p><p>Tired, the PCs bedded down to sleep. They would have to move further into the forest the next day, hopefully finding the next sign on their journey before another incident like tonight occurred.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThirdWizard, post: 4346692, member: 12037"] Before they got into the forest, the PCs were attacked by roving bandits. Bandits are all over the areas outside the Coalition, so it wasn't a surprise when a bunch of guys, roughly eight men with clubs and rough leather armor, jumped out from the trees around the small dirt road. Then ahead of them from up the trail strolled a halfling with a cup of wine in one hand and a dagger in the other, two big body guards beside him. "Lay down your gold, and you shall not be struck dead. I am the Bandit King, and you are in my territory." He called out to them. The halfling was smug and his voice full of superiority to the travelers. It was obvious he was used to dealing with riffraff. And, at this point, Alandra [i]really[/i] wanted to shoot him. We rolled for initiative, the ranger went first, and [i]wham wham[/i] went two arrows at the poor Bandit King. He was brought down to single digit hit points and cried out in pain, yelling "That's not how its supposed to happen! That's not how its supposed to happen! Kill them all!" as he huddled back, holding his wounded leg and arm. The bandits jumped into action, assaulting the PCs. What followed was a difficult fight. The bandits went down quickly, but they outnumbered the PCs and the two bodyguards were trouble. Alandra had to work to keep away from the melee while Tordek had one on him almost immediately. Korvun and Quinn fought off the body guards. There were some close calls, Tordek's healing was brought to the test, and Korvun went unconcous multiple times, but our heroes pulled through. When the dust had settled, the halfling "Bandit King" was nowhere to be found. They tracked him as best they could. Nobody seemed to like the idea of the guy surviving. The blood trail was easy enough to follow, however it looked like he eventually bandaged himself up, and they lost him. Deciding that they didn't have enough rations or time to go full blown search, they continued up the North road, toward the Kelbrook Forest. They reached the creek without further incident, stepping off the trail and into the unknown to follow Aeryana's directions. It wasn't too difficult following the creek. While they couldn't keep close to it all the time due to the underbrush, Alandra proved to be quite skilled, and they didn't lose the creek. They traveled like this for several days, and they had barely been in the forest before they were attacked one night by a group of wolves. These were no ordinary wolves, however, they were led by a fey wolf, which Korvun identified as a creature of the Feywild who could travel between the two worlds at dawn and at dusk, talking to and hunting with normal gray wolves, and living for the hunt. It attacked them just as the sun began to set, luckily before they had bedded down for the night. Three gray wolves and the fey wolf surrounded the campsite, each coming from a different direction, leaving the party nowhere to move toward as a safer location. Korvun ran to intercept the big fey wolf before it could reach the others, while Quinn used his long halberd to try and keep the others at bay with the help of Alandra and Tordek. It wasn't long before the mobile wolves proved to be difficult to contain, however, and they broke off into groups of two, surrounding their prey and dropping them to the ground to maul them. The PCs decided to focus on the fey creature, and eventually killed the beast. The grays, however, were not deterred, howling for blood. Whatever blood lust the fey wolf had was obviously given to the natural wolves now. The two wolves who were still paired together surrounded Quinn and repeatedly tripped him to maul his face, forcing the others to abandon the fey wolf's paired wolf and come to the man's aid. A few prayers from Tordek and he was up again, and they managed to drop one of them, then its pair. With all its companions dead, the last remaining wolf howled, and ran. Although Alandra tried to drop it, she couldn't kill the creature before it slipped between the trees and disappeared into the forest from where it came. Tired, the PCs bedded down to sleep. They would have to move further into the forest the next day, hopefully finding the next sign on their journey before another incident like tonight occurred. [/QUOTE]
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