Blood from Stone Chapter #1: A Simple Message

[DEFCON 1]

Hp: 9/15 | Ac: 18

"Go on, woman! Get out of here! Get yourself patched up! You're no good to us dead!"

As soon as he says this, Leone's blade zips across the bandit's throat so fast, the dwarf isn't even sure she attacked him at all. But when the line of blood start forming at the bandit's neck, he just looks at her in amazement as the body drops to the ground.

"Ah... never mind what I just said. Looks like you got things covered."

He then steps to the last remaining bandit and raises his axe...

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OOC: Attack last bandit. [+3 to hit / damage 1d10+3.] If the die roll plus the attack bonus equals 12-15, I will spend an Action Point to increase my to-hit roll.

 

[green slime]

Eldrago curses under his breath as his arrows fail to find their mark, and tries to concentrate this time, firing another arrow at the bandit.

 

[SecondTime]

With their comrades out of melee, Eldrago and Moravec direct their projectiles, both mystical and mundane towards the remaining bandit. But acid and arrow fly immediatly infront and behind him respectivly into the cave, failing to connect.

The bandits time, however, is numbered as an axe blade falls in a powerful arc, ending between the rogue's eyes. He stands still for but a second, his eyes going wide, then blank. His knees buckle, and he slouches down at Massif's feet.

Out of Initiative. Everyone recieves 150 xp.

The battlefield is still. The cave's mouth lies before you, filled with darkness.

 

[TeleriMage]

Moravec comes out from behind the rock, stepping around the corpses to avoid getting blood or other substances on his boots. "I suppose it's too much to hope that the one we're looking for is in there." Drawing his mace, he gestured at the cave before cautiously walking towards its mouth, ready in case there were any more bandits inside.

 

[TwistedMindInc]

Leona roars, her voice echoing off her surroundings, and then she kind of staggers a bit.. grasping onto the dwarf to steady herself. Slowly as she comes out of her shifted form, the pain becomes more apparent upon her face. "Woo.. that hurt a bit."

 

[green slime]

"Well fought, my friends!"
Moving closer to Leona, Eldrago touches her elbow gently, looking intently into her eyes,
"Are you hurt badly? Perhaps it would be better for a person of a "lighter" persuasion to scout the terrain, while you take care of your wounds? I shan't go too far. Hopefully, in the poor light, with a little luck, they may confuse me with one of their own."

Eldrago stares intently at the bandit slain by Massif's mighty axe blow, examining every furrow of the now-dead man. "How many more of these fools must we suffer?" Eldrago starts to quickly undo the hooligan's cloak, with the intention of donning it.

Looking up again at the others; "Well, what say you all to my plan?"

 

[DEFCON 1]

Wiping the blood off his blade head with a part of his tunic, Massif looks back and forth between the shifter, half-elf, and human. "You do whatever you want. Looking at Leone's wounds... she's gonna need quite a while to treat them all. Anyone see a House Jorasco waystation on the way here?" he smirks.

He reaches down and grabs one of the bandits... pulling the body out from the cave mouth and dragging it a bit aways before dropping it behind some bushes and trees. "I'm gonna clean this area up in case anyone else is returning this way, as well as try and stash the horses. Last thing we want to do is let folks know we're here."

 

[TwistedMindInc]

Leona smiles softly to Eldrago. "Mm.. I like your plan, but do be careful." Her weapon is sheathed and she pads slowly to the brush out of the way, snagging the horse's reigns as she passes. "Tch.. c'mere.." Cooing quietly to it as she leads the horse into the brush as well, tugging on it gently in hopes of having it lay beside her. She had seen many a warrior in tune with his mount aid it lowering to the ground. Perhaps it would work for her?

 

[SecondTime]

The mounts move out of immediate site of the cave mouth and trail at Massif and Leona's biding. Massif is able to hide all four of the bandit bodies in nearby brush (after giving Eldrago time to disrobe and don one's cloak of course).

OOC: Whenever Eldrago is ready to begin scouting the cave, let me know.

 

[green slime]

Once robed, Eldrago steps back, takes a quick glance at the others, and ducks into the cave entrance.