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Milo Windby's Collected Story Hour
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Milo Windby
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Thanks Krellic! Your comments are greatly appreciated. It's nice to have another reader.
On a personal note, I had four impacted wisdom teeth extracted this week. I haven't been up to doing much but laying around making Brigit's life miserable. I will be trying to write up a new post today and tomorrow though, so stay tuned!
On a personal note, I had four impacted wisdom teeth extracted this week. I haven't been up to doing much but laying around making Brigit's life miserable. I will be trying to write up a new post today and tomorrow though, so stay tuned!
Milo's oral surgery has left him with a rather nasty infection in the previously occupied portions of his mouth. He has been out of commission for a few days now but should be getting back on his feet shortly to continue with the story. As for me, I am ashamed to admit that I had to pull some punches or the entire group would have been slaughtered like a bunch of cattle. I have subsequently turned in my membership card to the bastage dm club until I can make amends. 
Broccli_Head
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Poor Milo....
Catching up wasn't that bad. Maybe it'll inspire me to post again.
Catching up wasn't that bad. Maybe it'll inspire me to post again.
Milo Windby
First Post
Frog is right, the dry socket really wiped me out. The other part of it is I normally write during the slow periods at work which have been few and far between the past few weeks. I've got some free time now so I'm diligently plunking away at the keyboard.
Sorry about the lack of updates folks. I've got two sessions to write up then we'll be up to date. Hopefully we'll be playing this week. We'll see if Frog gets his membership to the RBDM club reinstated.
Sorry about the lack of updates folks. I've got two sessions to write up then we'll be up to date. Hopefully we'll be playing this week. We'll see if Frog gets his membership to the RBDM club reinstated.
Milo Windby
First Post
Temple of Elemental Evil – part 36 (session 15)
That night Milo had a disturbing dream about a woman, a hideous woman with leathery skin and moles bristling with wiry black hair all over her face, making amorous advances towards him. He awoke with a start, shivering from a cold sweat. It took hours before he could wipe the image from his mind and even longer before he could banish the unease he felt after waking.
Mazi giggled to herself the whole way back to the temple. Milo just shook his head and kept quiet, believing that silence was the better part of valor. The temple waited. Downstairs they decided to fill out Mazi’s map in the northeast. The hallways twisted in their labyrinthine meandering, eventually leading past a door in the southern wall.
The door led into a square antechamber. The walls were decorated with all four elements, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. Evil depictions of the elements, performing things that Milo would rather not think about. Brigit and Jeremiah led the way. Before Milo or Mazi could follow an explosion rocked the doorway, bowling them back. Brigit and Jer were caught in the blast. Brigit managed to through herself through, taking less of the heat but unfortunately leaving Jeremiah in the full brunt on the glyph of warding.
When the smoke cleared they could see that four bugbears were waiting for them, javelins at the ready. Milo and Mazi fired their weapons as soon as they could see through the haze. Both missed, unable to make a decent shot past their friends and through the smoke. One bugbear made a lucky throw past the dwarf and grazed Mazi with its javelin. Brigit had pulled out her bow right after rolling past the doorway, her arrow shot straight through the neck of one of the slavering bugbears. Jeremiah shook off the effects of the glyph and charged in, dodging an attack from one bugbear and slicing into another.
A flurry of missiles rained down on the bugbears as Milo, Mazi, and Brigit loosed their next volley. Two of the wounded bugbears were cut down by Jeremiah’s greatsword, leaving a lone, suddenly scared, guard. The beast turned tail and fled through a door at the rear of the antechamber.
Milo and Mazi gave chase immediately, followed closely by Brigit and Jeremiah. The next room was a large hall, living quarters of some kind. A large iron pot hung over a charcoal fire near the middle of the room. There were boxes and a chest in the southeast corner. Large couches and chairs adorned the room as well. Standing behind two couches set end to end were more bugbears. Milo made a quick estimation at over half dozen males and almost as many females.
Both Mazi and Milo dropped into spellcasting mode right away, hoping to accomplish something before the melee was joined. Mazi hurriedly finished an incantation for her web spell but was hampered by her armor. She failed to move her hand just so and the spell fizzled before the web could manifest. Milo spoke a sacred prayer to Usamigaras for protection of his friends and the defeat of their enemies. He felt bolstered by his faith and could see the bugbears physically weaken.
Jeremiah and Brigit had bowled into the room, coming to a stop between Mazi and Milo and the fire pit. They were the first targets for the bugbears’ javelins. The wooden shafts sped towards the pair but couldn’t quite make their mark. Brigit and Jeremiah scoffed at the bugbears and approached their makeshift barricade.
The bugbears quailed noticeably when Jeremiah took a running leap at the couches. One batted out weakly at him as he literally flew over the top of the barricade. Jeremiah growled at him and attacked, wounding one of the males.
Mazithra took one look at the bugbears behind their barricade, spotted a similar arrangement at their side of the room, and ducked for cover. Milo followed suit, shooting past the side of the tall couches. Mazi fired a single wounding arrow before ducking back under the cover.
The bugbears had the advantage of numbers, but couldn’t seem to put it to use. Four surrounded Jeremiah, one actually managing to wound him through his heavy armor. He merely grinned, activated the Windsword and flew into a whirlwind of attacks. Every attack landed in the close quarters. Jer finished off with a flourish, slicing a bugbear’s head completely off. Meanwhile Brigit weathered a hail of six javelins without a scratch. She too grinned as she made her way over the barricade, considerably slower and more careful than her barbarian friend did.
Mazi knocked another arrow to her bow, drew back, and let loose. There was a great “snap!” as her bowstring broke in the middle. She cursed and crouched back behind the barricade to restring her bow. Milo gave her an empathetic look before peeking around to fire his crossbow. He was disappointed to see five of the bugbears clambering over their barricade to attack he and Mazi. He fired at one of the beasts for good measure before leaning back to warn the elf.
Brigit and Jeremiah kept their share of enemies on the other side of the couches. Brigit moved in to aid Jer, eliciting a fumbled attack from one of the bugbears. Jeremiah flew into a frenzy of attacks, dropping four of the creatures before they could retreat from the range of his deadly sword.
Mazi and Milo guarded their barricade with a flurry of fire. Two of Mazi’s arrows cut down as many bugbears. Jeremiah jumped over the barricade again, chasing down two of the bugbears and finishing them off before they could attack. The other two made it to the barricade and poked over at Mazi. She easily dodged their attacks and drew her sword.
Milo stowed his crossbow and pulled out his twin axes, prepared for close fighting. Brigit cleaved through two more bugbears on her side of the barricade. Jeremiah reached three bugbears that were assaulting Mazi and Milo’s barricade, he took down two but took two vicious wounds during his effort.
Suddenly the southern door near Brigit slammed open. Three huge bugbears and their mates lumbered through, heading straight for Brigit. The sturdy dwarf wasted no time, she cut into them with a vengeance, killing one and wounding another badly.
Mazi cut down the last bugbear attacking their barricade, freeing Jeremiah to charge back to Brigit’s side. Jeremiah ran with abandon, clearing the couches easily. One bugbear fell before his onslaught and two others were wounded by Brigit’s axe. The last bugbear took one last swipe at Brigit before succumbing to Jeremiah’s next attack.
Milo had scurried to the far barricade to offer Jeremiah some much needed healing. While Milo worked on bringing Jer back to full health Brigit drew some spikes from her pack and nailed the south door shut.
There were two other doors leading to the west. They could see that the southwestern door was ajar. Milo crept close and listened in. He heard shuffling and grunting from beyond the door. Mazi moved past the door with an arrow at the ready. She narrowly avoided being hit by a thrown javelin and turned to return fire. While she was keeping them busy, Milo tumbled into the room and loosed his quarrel, eliciting a startled scream from one of the three bugbears laying in wait.
Jeremiah moved in next to Milo just as the three swooped down on him. Jer’s sword cut into the leading bugbear, skewering him through the heart before it could get close enough to strike. Milo dodged the other two. Two expert thrusts of Jeremiah’s greatsword finished the others.
”Well that’s one way to start the day.” said Milo as he tried to catch his breath. He looked around, surveying the damage done to his comrades. It appeared that Jeremiah was the only one of them that sustained any sort of severe wounds. One more healing spell cured him of his most painful wounds.
They took a few moments to make sure no other bugbears were heading their way. It seemed they had cleaned out that corner of the temple. Milo noticed that all of them wore the black livery of the jailers.
”More of the black-clad cult. I think we’re getting towards the serious enemies now.” Milo said.
”Aye, Ah noticed it too. No matter, they drop jus’ as good as tha rest!” Brigit responded.
”Even so, let’s stay on our guard.” said Mazi.
They checked the body, finding that a couple of the larger males wore some fine jewelry. Mazi’s eyes lit up immediately. Others carried gold, silver, and platinum pieces that they stowed for later redistribution. The chest Milo spotted contained nothing more than junk, some old clothes and spoiled food.
”I’ll never understand why these people feel the need to secure their rotten food and old clothes in locked chests.” Milo complained.
”Just for you Milo, just for you.” Mazi answered.
Milo grumbled as he rummaged through the junk. His search uncovered no valuables. Jeremiah made a retching noise as he stirred up the cauldron over the coals. Fingers floated to the surface along with other less easily identified pieces of meat. They decided to pass on dinner in the temple.
That night Milo had a disturbing dream about a woman, a hideous woman with leathery skin and moles bristling with wiry black hair all over her face, making amorous advances towards him. He awoke with a start, shivering from a cold sweat. It took hours before he could wipe the image from his mind and even longer before he could banish the unease he felt after waking.
Mazi giggled to herself the whole way back to the temple. Milo just shook his head and kept quiet, believing that silence was the better part of valor. The temple waited. Downstairs they decided to fill out Mazi’s map in the northeast. The hallways twisted in their labyrinthine meandering, eventually leading past a door in the southern wall.
The door led into a square antechamber. The walls were decorated with all four elements, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. Evil depictions of the elements, performing things that Milo would rather not think about. Brigit and Jeremiah led the way. Before Milo or Mazi could follow an explosion rocked the doorway, bowling them back. Brigit and Jer were caught in the blast. Brigit managed to through herself through, taking less of the heat but unfortunately leaving Jeremiah in the full brunt on the glyph of warding.
When the smoke cleared they could see that four bugbears were waiting for them, javelins at the ready. Milo and Mazi fired their weapons as soon as they could see through the haze. Both missed, unable to make a decent shot past their friends and through the smoke. One bugbear made a lucky throw past the dwarf and grazed Mazi with its javelin. Brigit had pulled out her bow right after rolling past the doorway, her arrow shot straight through the neck of one of the slavering bugbears. Jeremiah shook off the effects of the glyph and charged in, dodging an attack from one bugbear and slicing into another.
A flurry of missiles rained down on the bugbears as Milo, Mazi, and Brigit loosed their next volley. Two of the wounded bugbears were cut down by Jeremiah’s greatsword, leaving a lone, suddenly scared, guard. The beast turned tail and fled through a door at the rear of the antechamber.
Milo and Mazi gave chase immediately, followed closely by Brigit and Jeremiah. The next room was a large hall, living quarters of some kind. A large iron pot hung over a charcoal fire near the middle of the room. There were boxes and a chest in the southeast corner. Large couches and chairs adorned the room as well. Standing behind two couches set end to end were more bugbears. Milo made a quick estimation at over half dozen males and almost as many females.
Both Mazi and Milo dropped into spellcasting mode right away, hoping to accomplish something before the melee was joined. Mazi hurriedly finished an incantation for her web spell but was hampered by her armor. She failed to move her hand just so and the spell fizzled before the web could manifest. Milo spoke a sacred prayer to Usamigaras for protection of his friends and the defeat of their enemies. He felt bolstered by his faith and could see the bugbears physically weaken.
Jeremiah and Brigit had bowled into the room, coming to a stop between Mazi and Milo and the fire pit. They were the first targets for the bugbears’ javelins. The wooden shafts sped towards the pair but couldn’t quite make their mark. Brigit and Jeremiah scoffed at the bugbears and approached their makeshift barricade.
The bugbears quailed noticeably when Jeremiah took a running leap at the couches. One batted out weakly at him as he literally flew over the top of the barricade. Jeremiah growled at him and attacked, wounding one of the males.
Mazithra took one look at the bugbears behind their barricade, spotted a similar arrangement at their side of the room, and ducked for cover. Milo followed suit, shooting past the side of the tall couches. Mazi fired a single wounding arrow before ducking back under the cover.
The bugbears had the advantage of numbers, but couldn’t seem to put it to use. Four surrounded Jeremiah, one actually managing to wound him through his heavy armor. He merely grinned, activated the Windsword and flew into a whirlwind of attacks. Every attack landed in the close quarters. Jer finished off with a flourish, slicing a bugbear’s head completely off. Meanwhile Brigit weathered a hail of six javelins without a scratch. She too grinned as she made her way over the barricade, considerably slower and more careful than her barbarian friend did.
Mazi knocked another arrow to her bow, drew back, and let loose. There was a great “snap!” as her bowstring broke in the middle. She cursed and crouched back behind the barricade to restring her bow. Milo gave her an empathetic look before peeking around to fire his crossbow. He was disappointed to see five of the bugbears clambering over their barricade to attack he and Mazi. He fired at one of the beasts for good measure before leaning back to warn the elf.
Brigit and Jeremiah kept their share of enemies on the other side of the couches. Brigit moved in to aid Jer, eliciting a fumbled attack from one of the bugbears. Jeremiah flew into a frenzy of attacks, dropping four of the creatures before they could retreat from the range of his deadly sword.
Mazi and Milo guarded their barricade with a flurry of fire. Two of Mazi’s arrows cut down as many bugbears. Jeremiah jumped over the barricade again, chasing down two of the bugbears and finishing them off before they could attack. The other two made it to the barricade and poked over at Mazi. She easily dodged their attacks and drew her sword.
Milo stowed his crossbow and pulled out his twin axes, prepared for close fighting. Brigit cleaved through two more bugbears on her side of the barricade. Jeremiah reached three bugbears that were assaulting Mazi and Milo’s barricade, he took down two but took two vicious wounds during his effort.
Suddenly the southern door near Brigit slammed open. Three huge bugbears and their mates lumbered through, heading straight for Brigit. The sturdy dwarf wasted no time, she cut into them with a vengeance, killing one and wounding another badly.
Mazi cut down the last bugbear attacking their barricade, freeing Jeremiah to charge back to Brigit’s side. Jeremiah ran with abandon, clearing the couches easily. One bugbear fell before his onslaught and two others were wounded by Brigit’s axe. The last bugbear took one last swipe at Brigit before succumbing to Jeremiah’s next attack.
Milo had scurried to the far barricade to offer Jeremiah some much needed healing. While Milo worked on bringing Jer back to full health Brigit drew some spikes from her pack and nailed the south door shut.
There were two other doors leading to the west. They could see that the southwestern door was ajar. Milo crept close and listened in. He heard shuffling and grunting from beyond the door. Mazi moved past the door with an arrow at the ready. She narrowly avoided being hit by a thrown javelin and turned to return fire. While she was keeping them busy, Milo tumbled into the room and loosed his quarrel, eliciting a startled scream from one of the three bugbears laying in wait.
Jeremiah moved in next to Milo just as the three swooped down on him. Jer’s sword cut into the leading bugbear, skewering him through the heart before it could get close enough to strike. Milo dodged the other two. Two expert thrusts of Jeremiah’s greatsword finished the others.
”Well that’s one way to start the day.” said Milo as he tried to catch his breath. He looked around, surveying the damage done to his comrades. It appeared that Jeremiah was the only one of them that sustained any sort of severe wounds. One more healing spell cured him of his most painful wounds.
They took a few moments to make sure no other bugbears were heading their way. It seemed they had cleaned out that corner of the temple. Milo noticed that all of them wore the black livery of the jailers.
”More of the black-clad cult. I think we’re getting towards the serious enemies now.” Milo said.
”Aye, Ah noticed it too. No matter, they drop jus’ as good as tha rest!” Brigit responded.
”Even so, let’s stay on our guard.” said Mazi.
They checked the body, finding that a couple of the larger males wore some fine jewelry. Mazi’s eyes lit up immediately. Others carried gold, silver, and platinum pieces that they stowed for later redistribution. The chest Milo spotted contained nothing more than junk, some old clothes and spoiled food.
”I’ll never understand why these people feel the need to secure their rotten food and old clothes in locked chests.” Milo complained.
”Just for you Milo, just for you.” Mazi answered.
Milo grumbled as he rummaged through the junk. His search uncovered no valuables. Jeremiah made a retching noise as he stirred up the cauldron over the coals. Fingers floated to the surface along with other less easily identified pieces of meat. They decided to pass on dinner in the temple.
Milo has developed a severe case of "writers block". Rather unfortunate since there have been several memorable incidents including exploding zombies and Brigit's famed quote:
"Yer violated me axe, now I'm gonna violate yer ****"
(which left us all rolling on the floor when she finally realized what she had just said and blushed accordingly)
Not to mention a rematch against the High Priest of the Water Temple...
"Yer violated me axe, now I'm gonna violate yer ****"
(which left us all rolling on the floor when she finally realized what she had just said and blushed accordingly)
Not to mention a rematch against the High Priest of the Water Temple...
Milo Windby
First Post
I'm Sorry, so sorry...
Hello everyone. I owe you all an apology. I have suffered from writer's block as Frog said. I feel that I've let you down though, by not even commenting on the board for so long. Well I'm over my slump now and I've got not one, but two installments to post. This brings us within two sessions of being current. I hope you enjoy them!
Hello everyone. I owe you all an apology. I have suffered from writer's block as Frog said. I feel that I've let you down though, by not even commenting on the board for so long. Well I'm over my slump now and I've got not one, but two installments to post. This brings us within two sessions of being current. I hope you enjoy them!
