Oathbound : Homecoming (the gathering) everybody in!

[hafrogman]

Tristan brings up the rear at a slow but steady pace. Plate mail was great when someone was swinging a blade at your guts, but not so usefull for getting somewhere quickly. Still, from what people seemed to be saying, it wouldn't be so long before someone was trying to kill him again. He gazed out over the group in front of him. This was fairly insane. He'd just met most of these people, and only known the others for a couple of days. Why was he thinking of them as practically family already? Still, he knew that he had to find out what was happening here, with all of them. He watches as Marisa examines the fallen tree, and her tension rubs off on him. He takes a moment to check his sword in its scabbard and to make sure his shield is accessible.

 

[GPEKO]

Orillian

As Marisa announces that they're getting close, Orillian stops his horse and conjures up some protective magical energies around him. "We should be prepared for an attack then."

OOC: Orillian casts the good old Magic Armor

 

[Voadam]

(some of you have horses and some don't. Baja has a good shot of keeping up regardless, as does Julian if he wanted to loan out his horse, but are the mounted folks just going to leave the others behind? in other out of character queries, could everyone repost their character sheets (with some clarifications of total skill bonuses in some cases - julian, hint hint) at the end of the talking the talk thread so I have them all in one place?)

The group heads north as the day passes, your pace leaving little room for conversation or getting to know the people you have fallen in with. There is a strange (and in some cases perhaps unwelcome) sense of camaraderi nonetheless - a deep feeling that it is perfectly natural to be traveling with this group and moving to face danger together.

Those of us on horses do not leave the footmen behind. We travel as a group.

 

[Voadam]

"Oh it's that citadel ! I heard of it in my adventuring days. Nasty place, or so I heard. Devils and undeads ..." He appears lost in thought and terrified for a moment, but only for a moment. He quickly regains his pompous attitude. "Euh, right ! No time to lose. Let's head north. My mark has yet to lead me astray so let's discover if this black dot is also the citadel." He remount his horse and goes with the others.

Along the way, he approaches his two compagnons of the road, Kyron and Julian. "We need to discuss what we're heading to. You're both warrior, right ? It's not that I'm a coward, but I need some 'protection' in a fight to be of any use with my spells. Will you provide it ?"

"Ah tactics. I am trained in both martials endeavors and the divine arts. A warrior who has trained exclusively on fighting, such as it appears all these swordsmen have, will be superior at that aspect than I am in straight combat, but I have certain spells and powers that make me more effective against certain foes, particularly the undead. I also know many charms for counteracting the supernatural wounds that undead can inflict so in a fight I need to be ready to move to aid any who are struck before they fall to darkness."

Kyron turns to the group.

"Are any of you skilled with missile fire or reach weapons? Orillian is a skilled summoner but he is quite vulnerable if swarmed by melee opponents. If we enter combat would any of you volunteer to stay by his side to provide cover as he works his magics? Any suggestions on general group tactics?"

 

[kirinke]

Marisa

"As I have said, I have some clerical training. I can detect and turn undead, supernatural evil, detect poison and cure some wounds. Because of my own background, I felt it nessisary to learn how to combat incorporeal undead."

She smiled, eyes glowing slightly at the mention of 'undead'. Again, a hint of old pain and tension seem to give a strange intensity to her gaze and voice.

"Like all rangers, I am trained in ranged weapons," she said. "In the past, I have used special arrows and glass bullets filled with holy water." she looked rueful. "Had I known that we were going to face undead, I would have garnered some. But at least I can bless water and I will share what vials I have with me."

ooc: Marisa is going to cast 'bless water' so she can have a supply of holy water on hand, as much as she can.

 

[deadestdai]

Baja's nose wrinkles at the dead fauna and sorts in disgust at how the life in the area had been abused.

Looking back at the others as they discussed their plans of action, he made sure they were all seemingly safe (He somehow knew he'd be everso sad should any harm come to any of them, for some reason they all felt like family now.) then tugged gently at Marisa's sleeve Am gonna go search on aheads. Not worry about me, promise to bring back some of any bad'ns that try to bash Baja so's you's all can bash 'em too.. The albino grinned a huge, good natured and rather frightening grin, then turned to lope off into the woods to scout on ahead and hopefully find a path through to lead the others to.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

"Like all rangers, I am trained in ranged weapons," she said. "In the past, I have found that coating weapons in holy water have some effect on the creatures. It acts as a kind of touch-poison, giving even mundane weapons a slight edge. At least at first. After every hit, you have to reapply it." her lips quirked. "I use that trick with arrows and sling-bullets mostly."

ooc: Marisa is going to cast 'bless water' so she can have a supply of holy water on hand, as much as she can.

ooc: Clarification - flasks of holy water can be used as gernade-like weapons against undead. Merely coating a weapon will not have an effect. (Arms and Armor had alchemal arrows, iirc, which could hold substances including holy water to splash on impact.) Magic Stone is a low level cleric spell to create several sling stones which do more damage to undead.

kahuna burger

 

[kirinke]

ooc:

Ahh, my bad. in another game, it was allowed as a 'one-shot' thing. I'll do an edit on that post.

 

[Ferrix]

"A summoner eh? I've got some tricks that'll keep most things at a bit of a range but during a fight I'm not one for sticking in one place the entire time. If'n he can keep up, he can stick by me," Faustus says with an amused smirk at all the talk of tactics and whatnot.

 

[Voadam]

"A summoner eh? I've got some tricks that'll keep most things at a bit of a range but during a fight I'm not one for sticking in one place the entire time. If'n he can keep up, he can stick by me," Faustus says with an amused smirk at all the talk of tactics and whatnot.

"Thank you Faustus. Is that weighted rope at your belt a weapon? I have not seen it's like before. It looks like it would be good for entangling an opponent."