Spider's Path

[ghostcat]

Trinham is still not himself, so it takes him a couple of seconds to determine what's going on. Just about the time Lora shouts "Retreat" he decides that discretion is the better part of valour and hares off down the road as fast as his wonky balance will let him. "Come on Mogins. Lets get away from here. Its not healthy."

[sblock=OOC]Init (1d20-3=9)

Trinham's hands are empty except for his walking stick.

Speed 30' less any Dex penalty[/sblock]

 

[Theroc]

[sblock=Initiative and items in hand]
1d20+3=7
Aidan has a javelin in hand.[/sblock]

Aidan watches the creature dumbstruck for a moment, before realizing the thing was going to be attacking, and hearing the calls to retreat and run, he blinks. "I tol' ya it wasn't a log!" As he began to run, making sure not to 'break rank' not out of some regimented desire, but because he wanted to be sure Lora got out alright, rather than running away like a coward.

[sblock=Action]
Aidan will run/sprint/hustle/whatever at whatever speed he can tell Lora is moving at, so that if she is attacked he will be able to move to distract the creature and give her a chance to get away. If Aidan's full Round isn't use to run, Ready Action to throw his javelin at the Hydra should it attack anyone in the party.[/sblock]

 

[Frozen Messiah]

As Claude puts his bow away he it becamse stuck for a moment causing hime to have to fiddle with it. "Merde, merde, merde. C'est pas le temps pour c'est chose." He mutters in his native tongue as he decides to that it is just best to keep it on hand. As he turns to continue his run he rembers Trinham was still having difficulty so he moves back to attempt to help him move quicker.

[sblock]
Intiative:1d20+3=4
On Hand: Bow (20 arrows)
Aid Another to help movment, add 10 feet?
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[HolyMan]

Lora calls for a retreat as she understands what she is seeing. Jareth confirming here thoughts and looking to obey orders sets out a little in front of the group.

Only a few yards ahead of the following group Jareth looks back to see what the creature is doing. A fouth head rises out of the water to snap at the three that had already surfaced, while the one head still searches the water for the rock Onesimus threw. Hydra's are big and stupid he remember's from the stories told by his old mentor.

It takes only a few short seconds before the creature's heads all decide that dinner is more important than snapping at each other. They turn towards the way the party is fleeing and start to swim after the group.

Well ahead the party notices that the path starts to head down hill and that there is a slight bend to the dirt road that leads towards the creek. Then the group spots an old stone arched bridge, that the path leads directly to and the hydra may be planning on reaching it first.

 

[Myth and Legend]

Lora's mind was racing trough the possibilities - how could such a creature live by what was apparently a frequented road? Why wasn't anyone aware, why hasn't anyone tried to slay it? More importantly, why in the bloody nine hells was it attacking a group of people? Once she saw the bridge and the immediate danger, Lora raised her voice and pointed: "Break off from the road, everyone head East!"

The girl was hoping that leaving the river behind was going to discourage the monster.
[sblock]Lora has her glaive in her hands. Her initiative is 1d20+2=8[/sblock]

 

[ghostcat]

Because his poor balance, Trinham needs all of his concentration just to keep running. Thus he does not have any leftover for doing anything else, such as navigating. So Trinham just keeps running wherever Claude guides him.

 

[Dragonwriter]

Jareth curses as he sees the hydra and the bridge ahead. He barely hears Lora's order over the sound of his own feet hitting the ground and his breath, his blood pounding. He manages to hear her shout and turns east, still going as fast as he can. He ducks behind a tree and pauses for a moment to catch his breath, looking back to the road and everyone else.

Init: 19.

 

[Theroc]

Aidan heard her shout clearly, used to such exertions on the farm, usually to bring in any animals out during a sudden storm. He followed her orders, but always making sure that Lora was not dropping behind. Should he find that the hydra would catch Lora, he would certainly throw himself at it to buy time.

[sblock=Actions]
Head into the woods, so long as the Hydra does not catch up to Lora. Should the hydra manage to get within reach of Lora, Aidan will throw his javelin at it and move to make himself a move available target, in the hopes of buying her time.[/sblock]

 

[Frozen Messiah]

Claude sees everyone moving into the woods and, with Trinham in tow, he also moves intho the woods but stops at the treeline. "Go further into the woods, I will stay here to aid some of our comrades." He says to Trinham as he kneels down and readies his bow to shoot at the Hydra. He eye's what is going on with Aiden and Lora and he smiles a bit but refocuses on the hydra.

[sblock=Actions]
- Go into the forest right along the tree line
- ready an action to shoot at hydra if it approaches Lora and Aiden
[/sblock]

 

[Sphyh]

Onesimus cuts hard to the right at the sound of Lora's voice into the woods. He was hoping the path would have bent away from the creek rather than towards it. He makes his way a few yards deep into the woods but to where he could still have a decent view of his comrades. He waits catching his breath and listens for further orders.