A Grave Matter for the Party of Seven Strangers

[buzzard]

Valjean drops his bow, draws his sword and dispatches a dire rat in a single flowing move.

Kyr'nan, seeing four small rat-like bipeds as the source of the arrows, fires her hand crossbow at one. However it glances off the creature's armor.

Melvos lashes out, shield bashing two rats, and smearing them into pulp.

Bruk, not one to be upstaged, swings his axes at the horde of rats wreaking incredible havok. Half the original number is laid waste by his mighty stroke.

Lazz'rut also seeing the rat-men fires two arrows at the nearest. One of the arrows is dodged, but the other flies true. It strikes, but does not appear to do any damage.

The rat-men, again shoot at the targets of their ambush. However they are so taken aback by the carnage unleashed by Bruk, that they all miss their mark. The elf maiden darts up a side passage and out of sight.

Lorelin tries to blast at her as she moves, but misses due to her nimble footwork.

The rats around Melvos and Valjean continue to attack, undeterred but the demise of their brethren. most are ineffectual, but one slips past Melvos' guard and inflicts a nasty bite.

[new round- announce any changed actions- people with darkvision can see the amushers]

buzzard

 

[GruTheWanderer]

"Anyone packing silver?" Valjean asks as he slashes at the remaining rats. "Or should we just let Bruk and Melvos pulp the lycanthropes?"

 

[buzzard]

Ok folks, we seem to have a drop off in participation. Granted, I have been rather slow to update at times, but this last update of mine waited a week for a response, and that response, which asked for help got no answer. Thus if the apparent lack of interest is the case, I will be dropping this game.

buzzard

 

[reapersaurus]

OOC: so this is where the thread got to! It fell so far it was hard to find.... I am still interested in continuing, but from the looks of it, there doesn't seem to be enough to sustain a combat-heavy adventure. Also, maps help me out tremendously since I can't visualize combat positioning and scenes that with without them...

Melvos is deeply wounded by the "woman's" laughter, and weakly bashes at the nearby rats, suddenly not as motivated to continue the fight.

 

[GruTheWanderer]

I think the "announce any changed actions" comment may encouraged lazy players (like me) to wait for you to post the next round of combat. I didn't even realize how much time had gone by until I was scanning through my favorites.

I'm still interested, but I have no regrets if the game is cancelled. Then I can buy a copy of Rappan Athuk and see what I missed. At the very least this was a good trial run for 4CTF combined with D&D.

 

[garyh]

"Bruk no need silver! Bruk strong!"

OOC: I'm with Gru (and was out of town a few days) and figured Bruk would continue to do what Bruk does. I'd like to keep going, but if you're not interested, buzzard, I can understand. This has still been a fun game!

 

[buzzard]

Since this last call only garnered three responses, I rather think we should call it a game. I have enjoyed the characters who have been involved, and the game has gone fairly well (until the present era of bogging down.). However, Rappan Athuk is a truly HUGE module, and I would rather not be committed to running such an epic at a snail's pace (which is my fault as well). It would take years to finish at this rate. I could continue on for a while, but I suspect my heart is not in it.

buzzard

 

[GruTheWanderer]

Sounds good, buzzard. Thanks for all the hard work.

 

[reapersaurus]

I think, all considered, that that's the smart call here, Buzzard.

Thanks for the offer and game.

 

[Dalamar]

Thanks for the game from me too, it was a blast

Now the big question is, will we still get these chars to the big book of powers?