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<blockquote data-quote="Fenros" data-source="post: 9916" data-attributes="member: 975"><p>First Adventure – “From The Woods Come The Undead” Part 4:</p><p></p><p></p><p>The party begins their hike north to escape the Nalvayan woods. Even though they know that they cannot travel fast enough to escape the woods before nightfall, they are unafraid. They had fought the skeletal wolves before and had won easily each time. Why should they fear to face them a third time?</p><p></p><p>Victor relates to Ajanen and Krog the winning battles against the skeletal wolves. Ajanen tells the party that he and Krog have seen more than just a mere group of eight or ten wolves. He tells them that they’ve seen sometimes over thirty to fourty together. Sometimes there are more than just wolves. Animated skeletons of larger animals stalk the night alongside the wolves too. Krog remarks that Victor and his friends must’ve gotten off light by only encountering the few that they did. </p><p></p><p>Victor just thinks Krog isn’t good enough to fight his way clear. However, Evanstil is now more nervous about traveling through the woods again now that he has heard of the things Ajanen and Krog have seen. Victor tells Evanstil to not act so much like a coward and just go on.</p><p></p><p>Golorn the Enchanter asks Krog if he could tell him more about his former employers. Any clues could help the party decide best on how to track down the thieves. Krog tells the story of how he was hired. He had met a man named Zinlan in Palizar, the nearest port city across the ocean from the elven lands. Zinlan supplied some gold up front and the promise of a lot more upon completion of the mission. Not too many details were provided for Krog and the others going, except that it involved sneaking through evlen territory to steal something. Krog also mentions that upon arriving on the elven shores, the group met up with several men wearing fancy blue cloaks. Zinlan was seen conversing with one of these men from a distance. Krog assumes that the man might be Zinlan’s own boss. But he wasn’t too sure. Regardless, they set off into the woods without them.</p><p></p><p>Golorn asks Krog where he thinks this man in the blue cloak might be now. Krog thinks for a moment and says its possible that he’s at the port city of Thomsdin. It’s a place where most humans trading with the elves sail to from Palizar. It is directly across the ocean from Palizar and on elven lands. However, most of its population is human. Although the town is guarded by elves. There, humans trade cargo with the elves and then sail back to Palizar. When Zinlan and his band of hirelings first landed it was at a point not too far west of Thomsdin. </p><p></p><p>Atalos says that if the man in blue is indeed Zinlan’s boss and if it is he who may now possess the Heart of Nalvaya, then he IS probably at Thomsdin looking to get a ride on the next ship bound for Palizar.</p><p></p><p>They continue their journey north. Night falls fast, but the party decides to not make any camps or take any breaks. They intend to force march themselves through the night until they clear the Nalvayan woods. </p><p></p><p>Toward midnight, they grow very weary. Everyone except Victor, Krog, and Rashino begin to slow their pace. Golorn says that it might not be a bad idea to rest at least ten minutes or something. Victor insists they continue without delay. He says to the party, “The sooner we get out of these cursed woods, the sooner we can chase after the thieves, and the sooner we don’t have to worry about the undead.”</p><p></p><p>The party grumbles.</p><p></p><p>Atalos speaks up, “ Y’know, we’re not even sure the undead are confined to just their territory. Maybe in the beginning they were, when the temple first got disturbed, but how long till they start roaming further?” Everyone thinks about this for a bit. Evanstil then says, “Before we chase after the man in the blue cloak we have to warn the people in Valindrea.”</p><p></p><p>Victor groans, “Why do we have to do that? They can take care of themselves. We can’t afford to waste time by making a detour.”</p><p></p><p>Rashino says, “But dude, your mom’s there.” Victor pauses. Then he asks how far of a detour it would be to go to Valindrea. Rashino tells him that it’s practically on the way to Thomsdin and that they really need to stop and get horses anyway if they’re going to stand any chance of catching the man with the blue cloak before he leaves. Victor says, “Alright then, lets do it.”</p><p></p><p>The party continues on some more. The urgency of having to do all they still needed to do has made them forget their fatique.</p><p></p><p>Sometime after midnight, Evanstil and Rashino start hearing the approach of skeletons. They seem to be moving to intercept them. Moving fast!</p><p></p><p> Evanstil suggest they pick up their pace and try to outrun them. Victor says that the group should stop to confront them. “These undead must be destroyed.”</p><p></p><p>Evanstil tells Victor, “From the noise they’re making I can tell that there may be way too many for us to handle this time.” </p><p></p><p>“Bah,” Victor responds. Evanstil then looks to Golorn. The stereotype of most novice wizards choosing flight before fight makes Evanstil think Golorn will side with him on the decision to flee. Evanstil asks, “Golorn, you agree with me right?”</p><p></p><p>Golorn throws off his pack, readies his crossbow and with a smile says, “Bah, this is D&D man, we gotta fight stuff.”</p><p></p><p>Evanstil’s shoulders sag with grim acceptance of his situation. The party then moves about, getting into strategic positions, and getting their weapons ready for the coming of the undead horde. They wait and slowly start to hear the sound of the skeletons growing louder and louder. Then from out of the mist, they come charging through an alley of trees. A swarm of skeletal wolves lead the assault as something larger is seen coming up from behind them. </p><p></p><p>Krog, Victor, and Evanstil are the first to meet the wolves. They start hacking away as best they can as the wolves start to gang up on each of them. They destroy many right away, but some get past them and head toward the second line of the adventurers. Further back stand Pelbek, Ajanen, and Golorn.</p><p></p><p>Before the wolves can get to them Ajanen casts a spell. The wolves suddenly get entangled in vines and weeds that magically sprout up from the ground. Golorn lets off a crossbow bolt and manages to smash a wolf apart. Pelbek steps past some of the entangled wolves and holds up his holy symbol. Saying loudly some ceremonial words, a bunch of wolves turn away from him and run away. </p><p></p><p>Rashino and Atalos come out of the shadows and start to attack the wolves entangled in Ajanen’s spell. Krog and Victor finish off the first set of wolves that initially attacked them. Then they go over and help Evanstil finish off the wolf he is still fighting with. After the three of them destroy it, the large form that was in the distance emerges through the mist and appears before them. They look up at it and see a huge skeletal sloth. Its long arms immediately swing to hit the adventurers. Victor and Evanstil manage to step to the side, but Krog doesn’t. He is hit with tremendous force and is knocked to the ground.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, more skeletal wolves come running out from behind the giant undead sloth. Rashino and Atalos abandon their task of finishing off the entangled wolves and run up to meet the new swarm coming in. Ajanen and Golorn are left to finish off the entangled foes while Pelbek moves forward again and attempts to turn some of the undead again. He succeeds and more skeletal wolves turn away and run back into the darkness. </p><p></p><p>The giant sloth hits Krog again and this time he is wounded severely. Krog’s legs are shaking and he looks as if to fall at any moment. Pelbek rushes in and casts a healing spell on the barbarian while Victor tries to distract it. Victor manages to get in some fantastic blows that send large chunks of skeletal bone fragments flying into the bushes. However, Evanstil keeps failing to do any damage to the sloth. He decides then to help Rashino and Atalos dispatch the remaining wolves. Atalos in particular is having trouble being effective with his rapier so Evanstil goes to attack his opponent. Doing a fancy spin with his staff he accidentally loses grip of it and the weapon goes spinning off far into the darkness between the trees. Evanstil doesn’t even hear the sound of it landing in the bushes.</p><p></p><p>Revitalized, Krog runs back into the fight and begins wailing on the giant sloth again. His attack does an impressive amount of visible damage to the thing. Yet, it still stands and still fights on. Krog yells, “How much more can this thing take?!?”</p><p></p><p>Golorn and Ajanen finish dispatching the entangled wolves and move up to help with the sloth. Golorn lets fly from his fingers a magical missile. It hits the sloth creating a tiny explosion of bone powder. The sloth ignores it and continues to beat on Victor. Pelbek looks over at him and notices that he’s on the verge of falling. So he runs over and uses the healing power of his faith to relieve Victor from some of his injuries. </p><p></p><p>Rashino looks over and sees that Victor and Krog still haven’t destroyed the sloth. He runs over to join in the fight leaving Atalos and Evanstil with two remaining wolves. Surrounded by many adventurers, the sloth begins to weaken under their many attacks. Rashino, Krog, Victory, Pelbek, Ajanen, and Golorn gather around it and swing their weapons against its skeletal frame over and over. Finally, in a fit of beserker rage, Krog lands the killing blow against its spine and the monster falls apart!</p><p></p><p>A few feet away, Atalos dispatches a wolf and turns to see if any foes remain. </p><p></p><p>Only one. </p><p></p><p>Evanstil is doing battle with the last remaining skeletal wolf. He yells, “Damnit! I will hit something tonight!” And with that he lands a mighty kick to the wolf sending it flying through the air and shattering against a tree.</p><p></p><p>Everyone gathers together in exhaustion and look about at the remains of the battle. Golorn claps his hands and says, “Good job everyone, that was a tough fight!”</p><p></p><p>Victor replies with, “Yes indeed, even I was starting worry a little……..just a little.”</p><p></p><p>Atalos looks around the battle scene, then looks at Evanstil and asks, “Hey, where’s your staff?”</p><p></p><p></p><p>To be continued . . .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fenros, post: 9916, member: 975"] First Adventure – “From The Woods Come The Undead” Part 4: The party begins their hike north to escape the Nalvayan woods. Even though they know that they cannot travel fast enough to escape the woods before nightfall, they are unafraid. They had fought the skeletal wolves before and had won easily each time. Why should they fear to face them a third time? Victor relates to Ajanen and Krog the winning battles against the skeletal wolves. Ajanen tells the party that he and Krog have seen more than just a mere group of eight or ten wolves. He tells them that they’ve seen sometimes over thirty to fourty together. Sometimes there are more than just wolves. Animated skeletons of larger animals stalk the night alongside the wolves too. Krog remarks that Victor and his friends must’ve gotten off light by only encountering the few that they did. Victor just thinks Krog isn’t good enough to fight his way clear. However, Evanstil is now more nervous about traveling through the woods again now that he has heard of the things Ajanen and Krog have seen. Victor tells Evanstil to not act so much like a coward and just go on. Golorn the Enchanter asks Krog if he could tell him more about his former employers. Any clues could help the party decide best on how to track down the thieves. Krog tells the story of how he was hired. He had met a man named Zinlan in Palizar, the nearest port city across the ocean from the elven lands. Zinlan supplied some gold up front and the promise of a lot more upon completion of the mission. Not too many details were provided for Krog and the others going, except that it involved sneaking through evlen territory to steal something. Krog also mentions that upon arriving on the elven shores, the group met up with several men wearing fancy blue cloaks. Zinlan was seen conversing with one of these men from a distance. Krog assumes that the man might be Zinlan’s own boss. But he wasn’t too sure. Regardless, they set off into the woods without them. Golorn asks Krog where he thinks this man in the blue cloak might be now. Krog thinks for a moment and says its possible that he’s at the port city of Thomsdin. It’s a place where most humans trading with the elves sail to from Palizar. It is directly across the ocean from Palizar and on elven lands. However, most of its population is human. Although the town is guarded by elves. There, humans trade cargo with the elves and then sail back to Palizar. When Zinlan and his band of hirelings first landed it was at a point not too far west of Thomsdin. Atalos says that if the man in blue is indeed Zinlan’s boss and if it is he who may now possess the Heart of Nalvaya, then he IS probably at Thomsdin looking to get a ride on the next ship bound for Palizar. They continue their journey north. Night falls fast, but the party decides to not make any camps or take any breaks. They intend to force march themselves through the night until they clear the Nalvayan woods. Toward midnight, they grow very weary. Everyone except Victor, Krog, and Rashino begin to slow their pace. Golorn says that it might not be a bad idea to rest at least ten minutes or something. Victor insists they continue without delay. He says to the party, “The sooner we get out of these cursed woods, the sooner we can chase after the thieves, and the sooner we don’t have to worry about the undead.” The party grumbles. Atalos speaks up, “ Y’know, we’re not even sure the undead are confined to just their territory. Maybe in the beginning they were, when the temple first got disturbed, but how long till they start roaming further?” Everyone thinks about this for a bit. Evanstil then says, “Before we chase after the man in the blue cloak we have to warn the people in Valindrea.” Victor groans, “Why do we have to do that? They can take care of themselves. We can’t afford to waste time by making a detour.” Rashino says, “But dude, your mom’s there.” Victor pauses. Then he asks how far of a detour it would be to go to Valindrea. Rashino tells him that it’s practically on the way to Thomsdin and that they really need to stop and get horses anyway if they’re going to stand any chance of catching the man with the blue cloak before he leaves. Victor says, “Alright then, lets do it.” The party continues on some more. The urgency of having to do all they still needed to do has made them forget their fatique. Sometime after midnight, Evanstil and Rashino start hearing the approach of skeletons. They seem to be moving to intercept them. Moving fast! Evanstil suggest they pick up their pace and try to outrun them. Victor says that the group should stop to confront them. “These undead must be destroyed.” Evanstil tells Victor, “From the noise they’re making I can tell that there may be way too many for us to handle this time.” “Bah,” Victor responds. Evanstil then looks to Golorn. The stereotype of most novice wizards choosing flight before fight makes Evanstil think Golorn will side with him on the decision to flee. Evanstil asks, “Golorn, you agree with me right?” Golorn throws off his pack, readies his crossbow and with a smile says, “Bah, this is D&D man, we gotta fight stuff.” Evanstil’s shoulders sag with grim acceptance of his situation. The party then moves about, getting into strategic positions, and getting their weapons ready for the coming of the undead horde. They wait and slowly start to hear the sound of the skeletons growing louder and louder. Then from out of the mist, they come charging through an alley of trees. A swarm of skeletal wolves lead the assault as something larger is seen coming up from behind them. Krog, Victor, and Evanstil are the first to meet the wolves. They start hacking away as best they can as the wolves start to gang up on each of them. They destroy many right away, but some get past them and head toward the second line of the adventurers. Further back stand Pelbek, Ajanen, and Golorn. Before the wolves can get to them Ajanen casts a spell. The wolves suddenly get entangled in vines and weeds that magically sprout up from the ground. Golorn lets off a crossbow bolt and manages to smash a wolf apart. Pelbek steps past some of the entangled wolves and holds up his holy symbol. Saying loudly some ceremonial words, a bunch of wolves turn away from him and run away. Rashino and Atalos come out of the shadows and start to attack the wolves entangled in Ajanen’s spell. Krog and Victor finish off the first set of wolves that initially attacked them. Then they go over and help Evanstil finish off the wolf he is still fighting with. After the three of them destroy it, the large form that was in the distance emerges through the mist and appears before them. They look up at it and see a huge skeletal sloth. Its long arms immediately swing to hit the adventurers. Victor and Evanstil manage to step to the side, but Krog doesn’t. He is hit with tremendous force and is knocked to the ground. Meanwhile, more skeletal wolves come running out from behind the giant undead sloth. Rashino and Atalos abandon their task of finishing off the entangled wolves and run up to meet the new swarm coming in. Ajanen and Golorn are left to finish off the entangled foes while Pelbek moves forward again and attempts to turn some of the undead again. He succeeds and more skeletal wolves turn away and run back into the darkness. The giant sloth hits Krog again and this time he is wounded severely. Krog’s legs are shaking and he looks as if to fall at any moment. Pelbek rushes in and casts a healing spell on the barbarian while Victor tries to distract it. Victor manages to get in some fantastic blows that send large chunks of skeletal bone fragments flying into the bushes. However, Evanstil keeps failing to do any damage to the sloth. He decides then to help Rashino and Atalos dispatch the remaining wolves. Atalos in particular is having trouble being effective with his rapier so Evanstil goes to attack his opponent. Doing a fancy spin with his staff he accidentally loses grip of it and the weapon goes spinning off far into the darkness between the trees. Evanstil doesn’t even hear the sound of it landing in the bushes. Revitalized, Krog runs back into the fight and begins wailing on the giant sloth again. His attack does an impressive amount of visible damage to the thing. Yet, it still stands and still fights on. Krog yells, “How much more can this thing take?!?” Golorn and Ajanen finish dispatching the entangled wolves and move up to help with the sloth. Golorn lets fly from his fingers a magical missile. It hits the sloth creating a tiny explosion of bone powder. The sloth ignores it and continues to beat on Victor. Pelbek looks over at him and notices that he’s on the verge of falling. So he runs over and uses the healing power of his faith to relieve Victor from some of his injuries. Rashino looks over and sees that Victor and Krog still haven’t destroyed the sloth. He runs over to join in the fight leaving Atalos and Evanstil with two remaining wolves. Surrounded by many adventurers, the sloth begins to weaken under their many attacks. Rashino, Krog, Victory, Pelbek, Ajanen, and Golorn gather around it and swing their weapons against its skeletal frame over and over. Finally, in a fit of beserker rage, Krog lands the killing blow against its spine and the monster falls apart! A few feet away, Atalos dispatches a wolf and turns to see if any foes remain. Only one. Evanstil is doing battle with the last remaining skeletal wolf. He yells, “Damnit! I will hit something tonight!” And with that he lands a mighty kick to the wolf sending it flying through the air and shattering against a tree. Everyone gathers together in exhaustion and look about at the remains of the battle. Golorn claps his hands and says, “Good job everyone, that was a tough fight!” Victor replies with, “Yes indeed, even I was starting worry a little……..just a little.” Atalos looks around the battle scene, then looks at Evanstil and asks, “Hey, where’s your staff?” To be continued . . . [/QUOTE]
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