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<blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 2819153" data-attributes="member: 11146"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">We lost several pages of roleplay due to a database crash at EN World. The above text, from my own originating post and the first page of our IC thread, was kindly recovered by the players and myself. I have taken the liberty of condensing the players' original first-page posts and creating a narrative out the material I had on hand. I have tried to edit everyone's comments as little as possible and to remain true, in those instances where editing was necessary to make the content fit an appropriate paragraph format, to the essence of the players' words. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'">What follows below is a condensed re-cap of the action and actions of the players lost to the database outtage.</span></span></p><p></p><p>A small but violent crowd gathered out front of the Ol' Boar Inn. The Sheriff called Garon to the front of the tavern; a loud thud was heard by the company inside the bar. The sheriff and Garon soon returned, Felosial the sheriff quickly barring the front door and escorting an injured Garon to rest at a table. Felosial informed those still inside that the crowd had gathered to protest Garon's service to half-orcs. A plan was soon formed for the newly formed companions to quit the inn, with Korgrave departing for his marsh out the kitchen door and Elyan, Kiaphas, Grotz, and Karl leaving via an old escape tunnel underneath Garon's cellar. The sheriff bid the companions to all come to her jail to sleep in safety for the night. Garon and Felosial helped the foursome escape then closed the trap door to prevent anyone from following after them. Korgrave successfully skulked off to the comforts of his marsh outside of town.</p><p></p><p>While in the dirt tunnel beneath the Ol' Boar, Karl, Grotz, Kiaphas, and Elyan encountered two goblins leading a rodent of unusual size on a leash. The goblins unleashed the large rat, which promptly charged and tried to bite Karl. Elyan sang a glorific song to inspire his new comrades to action. Grotz took several rat bites and goblin crossbow bolts before finally crushing the rat to death and knocking one of the goblins unconscious. Karl dispatched the second goblin, leaving the body in a crumpled and bloody mess on the tunnel floor. Kiaphas healed Grotz. Grotz claimed the unconscious goblin prisoner. Having vanquished their attackers, the foursome elected to ignore the new south tunnel in favor of continuing westward along the original tunnel that started in Garon's cellar. After ten minutes' walk, the party emerged west of Oakhurst in the hill lands and plains surrounding the town. Deciding to drag the unconscious goblin back to town and to seek refuge for the night with the sheriff, the party carefully skirted north of town before being admitted by the sheriff to her small but welcoming cottage. Grotz and Karl accompanied Felosial to the jail next to the sheriff's personal quarters and deposited the goblin in a special and rarely used cell in the root cellar beneath the main jail. Returning to the sheriff's quarters, Felosial barred her front door, drew the cottage's inner shutters, and drew down the light shed by her lamps. The party commenced questioning Felosial, the female half-elf sheriff, and were soon in the midst of conversation about Oakhurst and the nature of the town folks' relations with the nearby goblin tribes.</p><p></p><p>Korgrave, who safely returned to the marsh and bid Nimhe good hunting for the night, soon went to sleep on a bed of rushes near a large but shallow pond of muddy water. The moon was already high in the sky when Korgrave woke to the preternatural still of night; the wind ceased blowing from the north and all the crickets and frogs had ceased their nighttime calls. Korgrave laid in his reeds, feigning sleep and spotted a winged creature with small stumps of horns from across the shallow marsh pond. The creature took flight, aiming straight for Korgrave and garbling in a menacing and water-like tongue. Korgrave cast <em>obscuring mist</em> to shroud himself and a sleeping Nimhe from sight, but not before the creature apparently landed some ten feet distant and rained droplets of acid upon the half-orc druid. Responding in kind, Korgrave cast <em>entangle</em>, causing the reeds and rushes of the marsh to come to life. Despite the roots' tangling grasp, Korgrave freed himself from the confines of his own spell and began to move north from his sleeping spot at a slow rate. Having dispatched Nimhe to attack the winged creature in the fog, Korgrave continued to move north until he escaped the fog. Once outside the cover of his summoned fog, Korgrave first drew his sling and waited. Neither hearing nor seeing anything of note, Korgrave put his sling away in favor of his bladed melee weapon and bid Nimhe to lead him to the creature. Nimhe did so, guiding Korgrave back through the tangled mass of grasping roots, moss, reeds, and underbrush to a murky brown puddle of mud-like ooze. The snake began to writhe excitedly around and around the small puddle.</p><p></p><p>Post at will, please.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CanadienneBacon, post: 2819153, member: 11146"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Book Antiqua]We lost several pages of roleplay due to a database crash at EN World. The above text, from my own originating post and the first page of our IC thread, was kindly recovered by the players and myself. I have taken the liberty of condensing the players' original first-page posts and creating a narrative out the material I had on hand. I have tried to edit everyone's comments as little as possible and to remain true, in those instances where editing was necessary to make the content fit an appropriate paragraph format, to the essence of the players' words. What follows below is a condensed re-cap of the action and actions of the players lost to the database outtage.[/FONT][/SIZE] A small but violent crowd gathered out front of the Ol' Boar Inn. The Sheriff called Garon to the front of the tavern; a loud thud was heard by the company inside the bar. The sheriff and Garon soon returned, Felosial the sheriff quickly barring the front door and escorting an injured Garon to rest at a table. Felosial informed those still inside that the crowd had gathered to protest Garon's service to half-orcs. A plan was soon formed for the newly formed companions to quit the inn, with Korgrave departing for his marsh out the kitchen door and Elyan, Kiaphas, Grotz, and Karl leaving via an old escape tunnel underneath Garon's cellar. The sheriff bid the companions to all come to her jail to sleep in safety for the night. Garon and Felosial helped the foursome escape then closed the trap door to prevent anyone from following after them. Korgrave successfully skulked off to the comforts of his marsh outside of town. While in the dirt tunnel beneath the Ol' Boar, Karl, Grotz, Kiaphas, and Elyan encountered two goblins leading a rodent of unusual size on a leash. The goblins unleashed the large rat, which promptly charged and tried to bite Karl. Elyan sang a glorific song to inspire his new comrades to action. Grotz took several rat bites and goblin crossbow bolts before finally crushing the rat to death and knocking one of the goblins unconscious. Karl dispatched the second goblin, leaving the body in a crumpled and bloody mess on the tunnel floor. Kiaphas healed Grotz. Grotz claimed the unconscious goblin prisoner. Having vanquished their attackers, the foursome elected to ignore the new south tunnel in favor of continuing westward along the original tunnel that started in Garon's cellar. After ten minutes' walk, the party emerged west of Oakhurst in the hill lands and plains surrounding the town. Deciding to drag the unconscious goblin back to town and to seek refuge for the night with the sheriff, the party carefully skirted north of town before being admitted by the sheriff to her small but welcoming cottage. Grotz and Karl accompanied Felosial to the jail next to the sheriff's personal quarters and deposited the goblin in a special and rarely used cell in the root cellar beneath the main jail. Returning to the sheriff's quarters, Felosial barred her front door, drew the cottage's inner shutters, and drew down the light shed by her lamps. The party commenced questioning Felosial, the female half-elf sheriff, and were soon in the midst of conversation about Oakhurst and the nature of the town folks' relations with the nearby goblin tribes. Korgrave, who safely returned to the marsh and bid Nimhe good hunting for the night, soon went to sleep on a bed of rushes near a large but shallow pond of muddy water. The moon was already high in the sky when Korgrave woke to the preternatural still of night; the wind ceased blowing from the north and all the crickets and frogs had ceased their nighttime calls. Korgrave laid in his reeds, feigning sleep and spotted a winged creature with small stumps of horns from across the shallow marsh pond. The creature took flight, aiming straight for Korgrave and garbling in a menacing and water-like tongue. Korgrave cast [i]obscuring mist[/i] to shroud himself and a sleeping Nimhe from sight, but not before the creature apparently landed some ten feet distant and rained droplets of acid upon the half-orc druid. Responding in kind, Korgrave cast [i]entangle[/i], causing the reeds and rushes of the marsh to come to life. Despite the roots' tangling grasp, Korgrave freed himself from the confines of his own spell and began to move north from his sleeping spot at a slow rate. Having dispatched Nimhe to attack the winged creature in the fog, Korgrave continued to move north until he escaped the fog. Once outside the cover of his summoned fog, Korgrave first drew his sling and waited. Neither hearing nor seeing anything of note, Korgrave put his sling away in favor of his bladed melee weapon and bid Nimhe to lead him to the creature. Nimhe did so, guiding Korgrave back through the tangled mass of grasping roots, moss, reeds, and underbrush to a murky brown puddle of mud-like ooze. The snake began to writhe excitedly around and around the small puddle. Post at will, please. [/QUOTE]
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