Black Spine: Adventures under a Dark Sun

[humble minion]

"Arriha, get the straggler! We can't let him warn the rest of the tribes that we're coming."

Garak unslings his lance. With his other hand, he reaches into a belt pouch and retrieves a pinch of earth. He moistens it with spittle, then smears it on his face in a crude runic pattern, while muttering pleas to the spirits. (He casts divine favour on himself.)

OOC: To clarify, the current position is: one gith stopped, where Arriha saw him (the one who pointed upwards), one headed away, and about half a dozen headed towards us. Am I correct?

How far away are the gith from our group? Are they in sight? Do they appear to have realised Arriha was not alone?

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

OOC: To clarify, the current position is: one gith stopped, where Arriha saw him (the one who pointed upwards), one headed away, and about half a dozen headed towards us. Am I correct?

How far away are the gith from our group? Are they in sight? Do they appear to have realised Arriha was not alone?

The one who paused is one of the ~6 headed towards you. They're about a hundred yards away, but only Arriha can see them; dunes get in the line of sight for the rest of you. Given that, it's quite possible that Arriha is the only one they've noticed.

 

[Keia]

"Arriha, get the straggler! We can't let him warn the rest of the tribes that we're coming."

Arriha nodded at the instructions, turned and with a powerful thrust of her wings, accelerated up and toward the direction of the straggler. On the fly she unslung her bow.

OOC: Full action fly (base 90 flight) [not certain if its 180 or 360ft], free action draw weapon during move

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Arriha nodded at the instructions, turned and with a powerful thrust of her wings, accelerated up and toward the direction of the straggler. On the fly she unslung her bow.

OOC: Full action fly (base 90 flight) [not certain if its 180 or 360ft], free action draw weapon during move

One of the approaching gith blows a horn, which echoes for miles over the still dunes. Another looses a spear as Arriha flies over, but it flies well wide.

OOC: You can make a "run" action, which would go 360 feet, but wouldn't be able to draw the weapon. The 180 foot double move does allow you to do so, so I shall assume that is what you did.

 

[Keia]

Arriha: Aarakocra Air Cleric 1 / Nomad 9 PP's:61

'So much for not alerting anyone' Arriha thought. 'If we eliminate them however, none will tell of how many of us there are.'

Arriha concentrates on Acceleration, greatly improving her speed and reflexes and moves on the straggler (still airborne)

OOC: Acceleration [Dark Sun] (+30 ft base move to flight, +1 hit and dodge, one extra attack on full attack action). Move 120' toward and/or past gith straggler.

 

[evileeyore]

Gykee: AC:13 PP:98

Grykee pulls out the pink quartz dorje, it glows. She touches Uden and he fades from sight.

"Uden, it's trouble."

Grykee's other mind focuses on manafesting the talent Lesser Natural Armor. There is a momentary smell like a mekillot, and Grykee's skin thickens and develops protective ridges.



OOC: Spent 7 power points (5 for the dorje, 2 for the talent) already tallied.

 

[Jarval]

"I will go deal with it." Uden's disembodied voice says. "Who is with me?"

He sets off at a quick pace towards the gith, jogging over the dunes.


(OoC: Taking a run or double move action towards the gith, whichever is more appropriate.)

 

[humble minion]

"Uden!" hisses Garak, after finishing his spell. But with the half-giant invisible, he has no idea where to direct his warning, and quickly realises its futility. Garak shakes his head in resignation.

"That boy's going to get himself hurt one day. We'd better try and give the gith something else to worry about."

He nudges Kejo into motion, and the inix sets off on an angle to Uden's path, loping upslope towards the crest of a dune.

OOC: Garak is trying to give the gith a target - one that is not on the direction that Uden will approach from. He will move as quickly as possible to the top of a dune, so the gith can see him silhouetted against the sky. Hopefully, they will angle towards him and not notice Uden before he plows into their flank. When this happens (or when the gith get within about 40 ft), Garak will charge downslope.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Arriha pursues the gith, which moves in terrific leaps and bounds; despite her best efforts, it gains 40 feet on her.

The gith see Kejo as he mounts a dune top, and rush forward, shrieking war cries.

Uden closes swiftly with the gith, and is now a scant 30 feet from the nearest.

OOC: Anyone heard anything from Tailspinner or Wynter Wolf?

 

[humble minion]

OOC: To clarify, Garak is still mounted on Kejo.

I was a bit hesitant before posting that last action - I didn't want to jump ahead of Tailspinner and WW. Tailspinner was online just two days ago, Wynter Wolf today, but neither seem to have posted. How long should we give them to make an action, before we just go ahead without them?