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<blockquote data-quote="Aura" data-source="post: 6908678" data-attributes="member: 6747658"><p>Having left the Ratfolk village, the small group of white cloaks and heroes traveled through the swamp, seeking the boggard village. Throughout the travels, the White Cloaks seemed rather professional in nature, although not nearly as skilled as those specially hired by the commander for the mission. For the most part, they accept the presence of those paid more than themselves, and several seemed to outwardly welcome it, chatting about this and that with the relative 'newcomers.'</p><p></p><p>Andreas Costas turns out to be a key ally in the mission, apparently donating his time, as he is nominally in the army, not the White Cloaks. His knowledge of the area seems rather complete, and the group navigates towards their destination with little difficulty. Using his expert navigation, the group makes camp not far from the location of the boggard village, to commence the final approach and ensuing foray in the morning hours, when the boggards do not gain the advantage of their ability to see in the dark.</p><p></p><p>The final approach that morning started normally. The White Cloaks were quiet as they broke camp and began the march into the swamp. The commander made good use of her sergeant, who did the lion's share of directing how the group moved. A pivotal moment came when the commander gave the go-ahead to use a land bridge to cross between two sizable lakes, which would restrict the mobility of her men. Without fail, the boggards chose to attack there, coming in from both the land (front) and the water (sides). The heroes proved instrumental in turning back the boggard assault, with Menik providing strong mass damage spells to quickly even the odds and Weylyn and Lem sighting out stronger members of the enemy force and taking them down. However, the attack did claim the life of one of the White Cloaks and badly wound several more, despite Macabee's best efforts to keep everyone alive.</p><p></p><p>Seizing upon the situation, Commander Jacobson called for a retreat, making sure all dead and wounded were carried off, leaving only dead and fleeing boggards behind. After line of sight was broken, her plan was revealed--the majority of the White Cloaks would continue back to the Ratfolk village, while her and the heroes would continue the mission alone. This was met with discussion, particularly from Menik. After some input, she still elected to continue, but with the addition of Macabee to the strike group and emphasizing caution to the withdrawing group. </p><p></p><p>Now traveling only with the Commander and Macabee, the heroes successfully located the boggard village. Searching for likely hiding places for the RCC (Ratty Control Contraption), eyes settled upon a cave. Sneaking invisibly through the village, the group slipped into the cave. They quickly came upon a small group of three boggards discussing matters with 4 humans of obvious Venzan extraction. The lead boggard seemed to be the priest king they had heard so much about, the second seemed to be some sort of bodyguard, and the last seemed to be strangely unremarkable, hiding up against the back wall of the cave as the discussion in the boggard language continued. Finally, what appeared to be the RCC (a magical box on a stand) stood just five or ten feet from the boggards.</p><p></p><p>The group was just starting to consider their move when Macabee made a misstep, and the stumble attracted the attention of one of the Venzans, who challenged the unseen source of the sound. Realizing the gig was up, the group sprang into action...</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Your Actions]OK, so if you could restate your actions, both in terms of narrative and mechanics, we'll go from there. I'll be setting things up with a map this time, and you can move your tokens as you play through the encounter. Sorry for the delays, some have been real, others my difficulty in dealing with the damage to my games (it's been a real let-down). [/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aura, post: 6908678, member: 6747658"] Having left the Ratfolk village, the small group of white cloaks and heroes traveled through the swamp, seeking the boggard village. Throughout the travels, the White Cloaks seemed rather professional in nature, although not nearly as skilled as those specially hired by the commander for the mission. For the most part, they accept the presence of those paid more than themselves, and several seemed to outwardly welcome it, chatting about this and that with the relative 'newcomers.' Andreas Costas turns out to be a key ally in the mission, apparently donating his time, as he is nominally in the army, not the White Cloaks. His knowledge of the area seems rather complete, and the group navigates towards their destination with little difficulty. Using his expert navigation, the group makes camp not far from the location of the boggard village, to commence the final approach and ensuing foray in the morning hours, when the boggards do not gain the advantage of their ability to see in the dark. The final approach that morning started normally. The White Cloaks were quiet as they broke camp and began the march into the swamp. The commander made good use of her sergeant, who did the lion's share of directing how the group moved. A pivotal moment came when the commander gave the go-ahead to use a land bridge to cross between two sizable lakes, which would restrict the mobility of her men. Without fail, the boggards chose to attack there, coming in from both the land (front) and the water (sides). The heroes proved instrumental in turning back the boggard assault, with Menik providing strong mass damage spells to quickly even the odds and Weylyn and Lem sighting out stronger members of the enemy force and taking them down. However, the attack did claim the life of one of the White Cloaks and badly wound several more, despite Macabee's best efforts to keep everyone alive. Seizing upon the situation, Commander Jacobson called for a retreat, making sure all dead and wounded were carried off, leaving only dead and fleeing boggards behind. After line of sight was broken, her plan was revealed--the majority of the White Cloaks would continue back to the Ratfolk village, while her and the heroes would continue the mission alone. This was met with discussion, particularly from Menik. After some input, she still elected to continue, but with the addition of Macabee to the strike group and emphasizing caution to the withdrawing group. Now traveling only with the Commander and Macabee, the heroes successfully located the boggard village. Searching for likely hiding places for the RCC (Ratty Control Contraption), eyes settled upon a cave. Sneaking invisibly through the village, the group slipped into the cave. They quickly came upon a small group of three boggards discussing matters with 4 humans of obvious Venzan extraction. The lead boggard seemed to be the priest king they had heard so much about, the second seemed to be some sort of bodyguard, and the last seemed to be strangely unremarkable, hiding up against the back wall of the cave as the discussion in the boggard language continued. Finally, what appeared to be the RCC (a magical box on a stand) stood just five or ten feet from the boggards. The group was just starting to consider their move when Macabee made a misstep, and the stumble attracted the attention of one of the Venzans, who challenged the unseen source of the sound. Realizing the gig was up, the group sprang into action... [sblock=Your Actions]OK, so if you could restate your actions, both in terms of narrative and mechanics, we'll go from there. I'll be setting things up with a map this time, and you can move your tokens as you play through the encounter. Sorry for the delays, some have been real, others my difficulty in dealing with the damage to my games (it's been a real let-down). [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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