[Koboldquest] Delivering the box

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Taden lets out a long, almost terrified sounding sigh of relief. Shivering, he managed a proud smile which fades when he hears Kadan, "You wants be mean to big things that eats us?! We be nice to them and they not eat me again! Besides...it all big and furry," he glances down to Taden, patting the little badger on the head, "Like big Target."

He, of course, does not realize the last thing he said could be taken any other way than he meant it.

 

[Krug]

Lok-Nar takes the trap and follows after Kadan. Serk pats Taden's shoulder. "Good work," she says.

The party leaves the clearing and continues on its way.

Taden:

Spoiler

You get a sense of well-being after the encounter, that pretty much removes the stink from the previous morning's episode with the toads.

 

[Diirk]

Miki pauses momentarily as something occurs to him. "Are you sure you're headed in the right direction Kadan?"

 

[The Baron]

Kadan freezes at Miki's comment, looks around, and lets out a heavy sigh.

"Serk!"

He waits for Serk to get closer.

"Lead the way."

 

[Krug]

Serk takes out the map but it's too dark to see.

"Um... I-I think it's... this way," she says, signalling to some trees in front of you.

All of you get 85 XP for the encounter. So it's not all about killing slimy stuff!

 

[Krug]

The trees gradually part as you follow Serk, not quite sure where exactly you're headed. Time passes beneath your trudging feet, and soon you are further away than you've ever been from your main hive-nest.

"Are we ever going to be able to see home again?" Serk voices at one stage.

After about three more hours you break and camp for supper and the leftovers from the toad encounter. As you sit and eat, you suddenly hear something loud and brutish speaking behind you, about 40' away.

"See... they're little dragon men!!" says one voice.

"Yes.. one.. two. three of us against one... two... three... two.. seven... wait did I lose count.. two.. ah darn it NOT TOO MANY of them... it will be easy battle! Easy battle!" says another.

"Ja!" says the first voice. "We will kill them, then bring corpses back and boil their blood... and put on our heads and make hair grow back ja?? Now Gruk get ready we sneak up to them..."

Kadan, Zort, Taden:

Spoiler

You can see two large humanoid creatures, about 9' in height, crouching and trying to hide in the bushes. They appear to have huge greatclubs with them and are dressed in what look like animal skins.

Though not shown on the map, there is plenty of cover around you. Bushes, shrubs, trees and so on.

 

[Diirk]

They said three of them, but I only heard two, Miki thought to himself. Ducking behind a bush, he peers around, trying to locate the third one.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Lok-Nar grins and unholsters their hand cannon, their heads swinging left and right to try to locate their would-be killers.*

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Taden wondered where the third of the big, unable to count correctly Kobold-eaters were. However, feeling a bit more confident after the last encounter with the bear, he didn't panic. He did shiver slightly at the thought of being eaten again, but slowly reached for his bow, mumbling, "Me no want to be eaten again..."

((Ready action to shoot the bow if either of them moves close.))

 

[The Baron]

Kadan whisper, "They're comin' to us and they're big - bigger than that furry thing we fought. We small ones should hide and take cover. Shoot 'em when they start moving closer and we get a clear shot. After the first shot, I'll try to scare one of 'em off for a bit, buy us some time. As for the third one... maybe they're just really dumb."

Kadan creeps off a little bit to the side, moving behind some undergrowth. He aims his crossbow, waiting for the approach.