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Hard Core Adventurers- KOTS 20.06 The Cathedral of Shadows
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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 6149085" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">KOTS Part 14a: The fight after the fight.</span></p><p></p><p>The adventurers make a thorough search of the chamber, not speaking to each other, at least not very much- the mood is subdued, although in reality Tonka is still seething, nothing gets said- at least for a while.</p><p></p><p>The chamber is made safe, fortified- the doors shut, the bones of the smashed skeletons swept away- as best they can, a guard rota is drawn up, and…</p><p></p><p>Things finally kick off.</p><p></p><p>“I’ve had enough” Tonka stamps his foot, petulant.</p><p>“I won’t put up with any more of your behaviour, you seem to be trying to make things difficult for us, for you even- are you mad? - is that it? - it might explain it.” Tonka finishes.</p><p></p><p>The other adventurers save Sigur stop and stare, at Tonka, and then at Sigur.</p><p></p><p>The dwarf carries on, about his normal business- seemingly unaware that Tonka is speaking to him, eventually he notices, “oh, you’re talking to me. How silly of me, I didn’t realise. Sorry Tonka, what was it you were saying?” Sigur grins at the dragonborn.</p><p>“You heard me. And you’re still doing it- finding new ways to piss me off.” Tonka replies curtly.</p><p>“I didn’t realise it was about you…” Sigur starts but Tonka jumps back in.</p><p>“It isn’t about me, it’s about you Sigur, we’re all trying to do the right thing, to say the right thing- trying not to make a situation worse, trying to get on…” It’s Sigur’s turn to leap in.</p><p>“Get on. Pah!” </p><p>Tonka goes to respond but thinks better of it, at least for the moment.</p><p>“He’s got a point.” Jimmy states, Gokan nods.</p><p>Sigur momentarily looks worried.</p><p>“We get on.” Sigur tries.</p><p>“Not really.” Jimmy states, his brother nods again.</p><p>“We try to get on but you always say something, or do something to make people angry, or wary, or at least… I don’t know- Tonka’s right I suppose, you just piss people off.” Jimmy finishes.</p><p>Gokan nods.</p><p>Sigur’s face reddens.</p><p>“That’s not true- I just say what I think, sometimes it might come out wrong, but… Oh what the hell, why am I trying to explain myself to you- do you know how old I am?” Sigur moves from semi-apologetic to indignant in a matter of seconds.</p><p>“Moradin’s britches, can’t you stupid people just get on with it, or else fight back a little- I’m not apologising for who I am, I’ve been around longer than any of you. And here’s my lesson for today- warlord, toughen up- grow some, you’ll amount to nothing if all you do is spend your time whining or else lying unconscious on the floor.” Sigur finishes his speech shouting, and puffing and panting- he’s built up a real head of steam.</p><p></p><p>There’s a moment when nothing happens, the other four adventurers stand and stare at Sigur, and at Tonka. </p><p></p><p>Then Tonka chins Sigur.</p><p></p><p>It’s not a great shot but it connects with a fair amount of force, certainly not enough to put the dwarf down, but enough to get him to take notice.</p><p></p><p>The two go at it- Sigur gets a rabbit punch in, Tonka warms the dwarf’s ear.</p><p></p><p>Jimmy moves to intervene, Gokan grabs his brother.</p><p></p><p>Sigur head butts the dragonborn warlord, Tonka staggers back, his nose gushing with blood- Sigur puts his head down and charges.</p><p></p><p>“Ooof!” Tonka looks up from his bloody nose just in time for the dwarf to ram him in the belly, the warlord is almost down, staggering and flailing wildly.</p><p></p><p>He catches Sigur with a wicked wild swipe, the force of the blow turns the dwarf around- he spits out a tooth.</p><p></p><p>The two are breathing hard, Sigur with the exertion, Tonka more winded and with what looks to be a broken nose.</p><p></p><p>“Sigur, stop.” Ramm states- loud enough for everyone to hear.</p><p></p><p>Jimmy and Gokan look at the minotaur.</p><p></p><p>Sigur and Tonka only have eyes for each.</p><p></p><p>The pair go at it again, a huddled mauling frenzy- although completely lacking in finesse, and force and direction. It’s a war of attrition.</p><p></p><p>The ruck goes on for thirty seconds or so, the pair taking it in turns to get the upper hand, the odd good shot here and there- more by accident than design. Eventually Sigur manages to connect with a flailing punch to the side of Tonka’s head, the dragonborn staggers- the dwarf pounces, connects again- suddenly there’s movement behind him.</p><p></p><p>Sigur spins around.</p><p></p><p>Behind him a flailing Tonka thumps hard- shoulder first in to the floor.</p><p></p><p>Before him Ramm draws to a halt.</p><p></p><p>The minotaur’s face is impassive- no emotion.</p><p></p><p>Sigur wipes the blood from his lips with the back of his hand and stares at the three other adventurers in turn.</p><p></p><p>“Does anyone else want some of this?” Sigur proffers a bruised fist.</p><p></p><p>Ramm takes a step forward and punches Sigur in to early next week.</p><p></p><p>“Stop.” Ramm states.</p><p></p><p>But Sigur is out for the count.</p><p></p><p>A little while later the watch rota has been re-written; Ramm, Gokan and Jimmy each have a double shift; Tonka and Sigur are unconscious.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Info]</p><p></p><p>In game we had a little falling out between two of the players, you know the score one guy decides his PC is an obnoxious bastard (at times) and so plays him that way- sometimes all the time. Another PC thinks it’s his job to tell the PC (sometimes on behalf of the other players) that he’s being an idiot.</p><p></p><p>Anyway when Stu, who plays Tonka, said “I punch Sigur”, I thought why not- I’ve been here before, with other players that didn’t get on etc. I figured we’d sort things out I the end- even if we had to curtail the session to thrash it all out. So we played the fight out, we improvised rules for non-lethal unarmed (and untrained), we may have been using the right rules, I certainly didn’t look anything up however.</p><p></p><p>The act of figuring out the rules, declaring this a contest et al seemed in a way to calm things down- even though both players wanted to win the humour started to creep back in with both guys trying to get bonuses to their fighting skills due to prayer, racial skills and attributes et al. The fact that both combatants were incredibly bad at hitting and inflicting damage to each other also took a lot of heat out of the situation- at one point both guys missed something like five times in a row.</p><p></p><p>The other three players even got in a few catcalls.</p><p></p><p>Of course Steve, who plays Sigur, was left in no doubt at the end- he may have knocked Tonka down but the three other players were queuing up to knock him down. </p><p></p><p>In the end we had a sit down and a drink and sorted it all out, like grown-ups do.</p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Much later, when everyone is conscious, rested and feeling much more experienced.</p><p></p><p>“Sorry” Sigur looks up.</p><p>“There, I’ve said it.”</p><p>“And that’s it…” Jimmy starts up.</p><p>“Jimmy!” Tonka snaps, and then looks kindly at the halfling.</p><p></p><p>Sigur mopes a little.</p><p></p><p>“I am sorry.” He states, certain- he nods his head to reassure his audience.</p><p>“I’m a lot older than you lot…”</p><p>“What does that matter?” Ramm snaps.</p><p>Sigur looks up, meets the minotaur’s eye.</p><p>“I am 279 years old.” Sigur starts and the stops, all of the other adventurers gasp, choke or else catch their breath.</p><p>“Two-hundred-and…” Jimmy starts, “I’m twenty-one.” Jimmy grins.</p><p>“Twenty-nine.” Ramm snorts, even the minotaur smiles.</p><p>“Nineteen.” Gokan states.</p><p>“Sixty-three.” Tonka states- to stares.</p><p>“What does age matter?” Ramm asks again.</p><p>“I adventured with your dad.” Sigur remarks and looks at Jimmy and Gokan, and before that- well, I worked in the mines for about thirty or forty years- deep beneath Hammerfast. I didn’t see the surface until I was…” Sigur thinks hard, “maybe 180-something years old.”</p><p>“And?” Ramm asks again, not letting the dwarf off the hook.</p><p>“I’ve seen a lot of friends dead.” To emphasise the point Sigur says the sentence again.</p><p>“My family- my wife Farva, our daughter Hartha; they were both killed in a cave-in, that was a century ago, almost to the day…”</p><p></p><p>The adventurers go silent for a bit. </p><p></p><p>Sigur has something in his eye.</p><p></p><p>Eventually he looks up.</p><p></p><p>“Everyone I get close to… they die. I don’t…” Sigur thinks about the next word, “… I don’t want any more friends.”</p><p></p><p>The chamber returns to silence.</p><p></p><p>Eventually Tonka gets up.</p><p></p><p>Starts back about his business- all eyes are on the dragonborn, eventually he speaks.</p><p></p><p>“Tough!” Tonka states, still slightly annoyed.</p><p>“What?” Sigur barks back.</p><p>“I said- tough, you miserable bloody dwarf. We’re your friends, you can keep on putting us down or you can accept it. I don’t care. We have a job to do.”</p><p>Tonka folds his sleeping blanket roughly.</p><p>“I shall attempt not to take offence at anything you say in future, Sigur. But remember this…” Tonka is in Sigur’s face, “we’re in this together. Okay- all of us, to-ge-th-er. ” Tonka pronounces every syllable of the last word of the sentence.</p><p></p><p>“Right then, this is mine.” Tonka grabs the sword abandoned by Sir Keegan, “Ramm- the armour should about fit you. Get it on. Quick-smart.” Ramm stands and gets to work, Gokan helps the minotaur wrestle the platemail on.</p><p></p><p>“We’re going to have a quick chat- go over what we know, while we eat- Jimmy.” The halfling snaps to attention and then scurries for his brother’s pack and the last of the fresh food.</p><p></p><p>“What should I do?” Sigur asks.</p><p>“Take it easy Sigur, just for a little while more- it’s going to be difficult, you might want to take a moment and think about that.” Tonka finishes, and then thinks of a better ending, “Please.” The dragonborn asks.</p><p></p><p>Fifteen minutes later Tonka has completed a short practice session; his new sword seems to be of excellent manufacture.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Picture- Tonka’s new blade]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8712605688/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8124/8712605688_e335939fbb_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">Tonka admires his +1 Vengeful Longsword.</p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Ramm has likewise not been idle, his new armour has had to be let out a little but it seems to fit, the minotaur fighter wears it well.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Picture- Ramm’s new armour]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8711478425/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8418/8711478425_ddb84a3377_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">Ramm’s sporting a set +1 Black Iron Plate.</p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>“Dinner’s up.” Jimmy declares, the adventurers get comfy to eat and chat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 6149085, member: 16069"] [CENTER][SIZE="5"]KOTS Part 14a: The fight after the fight.[/SIZE][/CENTER] The adventurers make a thorough search of the chamber, not speaking to each other, at least not very much- the mood is subdued, although in reality Tonka is still seething, nothing gets said- at least for a while. The chamber is made safe, fortified- the doors shut, the bones of the smashed skeletons swept away- as best they can, a guard rota is drawn up, and… Things finally kick off. “I’ve had enough” Tonka stamps his foot, petulant. “I won’t put up with any more of your behaviour, you seem to be trying to make things difficult for us, for you even- are you mad? - is that it? - it might explain it.” Tonka finishes. The other adventurers save Sigur stop and stare, at Tonka, and then at Sigur. The dwarf carries on, about his normal business- seemingly unaware that Tonka is speaking to him, eventually he notices, “oh, you’re talking to me. How silly of me, I didn’t realise. Sorry Tonka, what was it you were saying?” Sigur grins at the dragonborn. “You heard me. And you’re still doing it- finding new ways to piss me off.” Tonka replies curtly. “I didn’t realise it was about you…” Sigur starts but Tonka jumps back in. “It isn’t about me, it’s about you Sigur, we’re all trying to do the right thing, to say the right thing- trying not to make a situation worse, trying to get on…” It’s Sigur’s turn to leap in. “Get on. Pah!” Tonka goes to respond but thinks better of it, at least for the moment. “He’s got a point.” Jimmy states, Gokan nods. Sigur momentarily looks worried. “We get on.” Sigur tries. “Not really.” Jimmy states, his brother nods again. “We try to get on but you always say something, or do something to make people angry, or wary, or at least… I don’t know- Tonka’s right I suppose, you just piss people off.” Jimmy finishes. Gokan nods. Sigur’s face reddens. “That’s not true- I just say what I think, sometimes it might come out wrong, but… Oh what the hell, why am I trying to explain myself to you- do you know how old I am?” Sigur moves from semi-apologetic to indignant in a matter of seconds. “Moradin’s britches, can’t you stupid people just get on with it, or else fight back a little- I’m not apologising for who I am, I’ve been around longer than any of you. And here’s my lesson for today- warlord, toughen up- grow some, you’ll amount to nothing if all you do is spend your time whining or else lying unconscious on the floor.” Sigur finishes his speech shouting, and puffing and panting- he’s built up a real head of steam. There’s a moment when nothing happens, the other four adventurers stand and stare at Sigur, and at Tonka. Then Tonka chins Sigur. It’s not a great shot but it connects with a fair amount of force, certainly not enough to put the dwarf down, but enough to get him to take notice. The two go at it- Sigur gets a rabbit punch in, Tonka warms the dwarf’s ear. Jimmy moves to intervene, Gokan grabs his brother. Sigur head butts the dragonborn warlord, Tonka staggers back, his nose gushing with blood- Sigur puts his head down and charges. “Ooof!” Tonka looks up from his bloody nose just in time for the dwarf to ram him in the belly, the warlord is almost down, staggering and flailing wildly. He catches Sigur with a wicked wild swipe, the force of the blow turns the dwarf around- he spits out a tooth. The two are breathing hard, Sigur with the exertion, Tonka more winded and with what looks to be a broken nose. “Sigur, stop.” Ramm states- loud enough for everyone to hear. Jimmy and Gokan look at the minotaur. Sigur and Tonka only have eyes for each. The pair go at it again, a huddled mauling frenzy- although completely lacking in finesse, and force and direction. It’s a war of attrition. The ruck goes on for thirty seconds or so, the pair taking it in turns to get the upper hand, the odd good shot here and there- more by accident than design. Eventually Sigur manages to connect with a flailing punch to the side of Tonka’s head, the dragonborn staggers- the dwarf pounces, connects again- suddenly there’s movement behind him. Sigur spins around. Behind him a flailing Tonka thumps hard- shoulder first in to the floor. Before him Ramm draws to a halt. The minotaur’s face is impassive- no emotion. Sigur wipes the blood from his lips with the back of his hand and stares at the three other adventurers in turn. “Does anyone else want some of this?” Sigur proffers a bruised fist. Ramm takes a step forward and punches Sigur in to early next week. “Stop.” Ramm states. But Sigur is out for the count. A little while later the watch rota has been re-written; Ramm, Gokan and Jimmy each have a double shift; Tonka and Sigur are unconscious. [sblock=Info] In game we had a little falling out between two of the players, you know the score one guy decides his PC is an obnoxious bastard (at times) and so plays him that way- sometimes all the time. Another PC thinks it’s his job to tell the PC (sometimes on behalf of the other players) that he’s being an idiot. Anyway when Stu, who plays Tonka, said “I punch Sigur”, I thought why not- I’ve been here before, with other players that didn’t get on etc. I figured we’d sort things out I the end- even if we had to curtail the session to thrash it all out. So we played the fight out, we improvised rules for non-lethal unarmed (and untrained), we may have been using the right rules, I certainly didn’t look anything up however. The act of figuring out the rules, declaring this a contest et al seemed in a way to calm things down- even though both players wanted to win the humour started to creep back in with both guys trying to get bonuses to their fighting skills due to prayer, racial skills and attributes et al. The fact that both combatants were incredibly bad at hitting and inflicting damage to each other also took a lot of heat out of the situation- at one point both guys missed something like five times in a row. The other three players even got in a few catcalls. Of course Steve, who plays Sigur, was left in no doubt at the end- he may have knocked Tonka down but the three other players were queuing up to knock him down. In the end we had a sit down and a drink and sorted it all out, like grown-ups do. [/sblock] Much later, when everyone is conscious, rested and feeling much more experienced. “Sorry” Sigur looks up. “There, I’ve said it.” “And that’s it…” Jimmy starts up. “Jimmy!” Tonka snaps, and then looks kindly at the halfling. Sigur mopes a little. “I am sorry.” He states, certain- he nods his head to reassure his audience. “I’m a lot older than you lot…” “What does that matter?” Ramm snaps. Sigur looks up, meets the minotaur’s eye. “I am 279 years old.” Sigur starts and the stops, all of the other adventurers gasp, choke or else catch their breath. “Two-hundred-and…” Jimmy starts, “I’m twenty-one.” Jimmy grins. “Twenty-nine.” Ramm snorts, even the minotaur smiles. “Nineteen.” Gokan states. “Sixty-three.” Tonka states- to stares. “What does age matter?” Ramm asks again. “I adventured with your dad.” Sigur remarks and looks at Jimmy and Gokan, and before that- well, I worked in the mines for about thirty or forty years- deep beneath Hammerfast. I didn’t see the surface until I was…” Sigur thinks hard, “maybe 180-something years old.” “And?” Ramm asks again, not letting the dwarf off the hook. “I’ve seen a lot of friends dead.” To emphasise the point Sigur says the sentence again. “My family- my wife Farva, our daughter Hartha; they were both killed in a cave-in, that was a century ago, almost to the day…” The adventurers go silent for a bit. Sigur has something in his eye. Eventually he looks up. “Everyone I get close to… they die. I don’t…” Sigur thinks about the next word, “… I don’t want any more friends.” The chamber returns to silence. Eventually Tonka gets up. Starts back about his business- all eyes are on the dragonborn, eventually he speaks. “Tough!” Tonka states, still slightly annoyed. “What?” Sigur barks back. “I said- tough, you miserable bloody dwarf. We’re your friends, you can keep on putting us down or you can accept it. I don’t care. We have a job to do.” Tonka folds his sleeping blanket roughly. “I shall attempt not to take offence at anything you say in future, Sigur. But remember this…” Tonka is in Sigur’s face, “we’re in this together. Okay- all of us, to-ge-th-er. ” Tonka pronounces every syllable of the last word of the sentence. “Right then, this is mine.” Tonka grabs the sword abandoned by Sir Keegan, “Ramm- the armour should about fit you. Get it on. Quick-smart.” Ramm stands and gets to work, Gokan helps the minotaur wrestle the platemail on. “We’re going to have a quick chat- go over what we know, while we eat- Jimmy.” The halfling snaps to attention and then scurries for his brother’s pack and the last of the fresh food. “What should I do?” Sigur asks. “Take it easy Sigur, just for a little while more- it’s going to be difficult, you might want to take a moment and think about that.” Tonka finishes, and then thinks of a better ending, “Please.” The dragonborn asks. Fifteen minutes later Tonka has completed a short practice session; his new sword seems to be of excellent manufacture. [sblock=Picture- Tonka’s new blade] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8712605688/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8124/8712605688_e335939fbb_o.png[/img][/url] Tonka admires his +1 Vengeful Longsword.[/CENTER] [/sblock] Ramm has likewise not been idle, his new armour has had to be let out a little but it seems to fit, the minotaur fighter wears it well. [sblock=Picture- Ramm’s new armour] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8711478425/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8418/8711478425_ddb84a3377_o.png[/img][/url] Ramm’s sporting a set +1 Black Iron Plate.[/CENTER] [/sblock] “Dinner’s up.” Jimmy declares, the adventurers get comfy to eat and chat. [/QUOTE]
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