Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 2315674" data-attributes="member: 1210">10/30/369 O.L.G., 10 a.m.Despite a night time encounter with a shambling mound of motile vegetation, our heroes find themselves reasonably well-rested in the morning.  They spend the morning restfully, hoping to get enough good rest for Naomi to recover the psionic energy she expended fighting the plant in the night.  Soon enough Nara has made whole both the wheel and the peg that holds it in place, and our heroes have harnessed up the lizard, boar and dog.  With Ari in bear form pushing from behind, the war wagon awkwardly starts its slow progression back to town.”Hey buddy, how far is it?” asks Erazmus.Martini shrugs.  “It took a couple of days for us to walk it, but we were catching up to them the whole time- the war wagon obviously travels slower than we do on foot through this terrain.”The jungle’s heat and humidity, the insects and spiders, the strange scents- all take their toll on our heroes’ senses.  After three days of travel, Erazmus starts to feel ill; Nara fixes him up, but it reminds Jawbreaker all too uncomfortably of the blinding sickness both he and Beau had fallen victim to.  Ah, Beau... poor Beau, doubtless sacrificed to the serpent folk.Or so Jawbreaker believes; so do all our heroes believe.  In fact, Beau, a garter snake in both mind and body, is shut tight in a box in Erasmuz’ pack.  The pale little halfling of many talents (though of dubious nature) seems to have a thing for snakes, for his familiar is a snake as well.  In any event, our heroes find themselves assaulted again that evening as they continue to try to make their escape.  Another wave of the serpent folk rushes the party, trying again to overcome them, but the party manages to throw off their assault.  Unfortunately, Greased Lightning is felled in the battle.  Grief-stricken, Ari takes the corpse into the bush and cuts strips of meat that he tosses into the woods for the beasts of the jungle.  “Anyone who wishes to partake of him must do so as nature intended,” he says, his eyes full of pain.  Jawbreaker shrugs and eats some raw pig.After cleaning up from the battle, Naomi complains, “This jungle is going to be the death of us yet!”“In all fairness, we should have seen that coming,” Nara states.  “You said that these snake guys have gone to great lengths to steal this thing in the first place, right?  So why would they give up now?”“Very true,” says Erazmus.  ”Worse yet, how are we going to pull it now?”  Ari sighs.  “Without Greased Lightning...”  His voice trails off ominously.  To their dismay, our heroes realize that he’s right. “We can’t take it,” whispers Naomi, stricken. ”Then we burn it,” says Ari firmly.  “At least that way, whatever they want it for, we’ve spoiled it.”Slowly, reluctantly, our heroes agree.  Ari first casts pass without trace on the party, and then sadly flame strikes the war wagon.  Every time they glance behind themselves, the plume of smoke in the distance makes them wince.  ***11/3/369 O.L.G., 11:30 p.m.The campsite of our heroes is quiet.  They have settled down into sleep, save for their watcher, Ari.  Suddenly, from above, a short bamboo javelin shoots down, stabbing into his shoulder!  Hissing his breath between his teeth, he sounds the alert, and the party struggles up and brings weapons to hand.  Nothing emerges from the jungle canopy, however.  This sets the tone for the night- although at one point Naomi slays one of the creatures responsible with a psionic attack at range, the party is intermittently attacked by javelins from the trees.  After a few attacks, Nara suggests that she can use a spell of hers called nap to allow them to rest quickly (except for a watcher), and then they can move quickly in a short time.  The party agrees, and about an hour and a half later they are moving by torchlight through the dark jungle.  Near dawn, they break at last from the jungle.  With a collective sigh of relief, they move the last few miles and finally find themselves back in Sritivara.  After some discussion, the combined halfling force agrees to go to Methwo first to receive the reward promised for the ring that the doppelganger Rimmer stole, and thence to Zacradose to ‘discuss’ the political situation with the self-proclaimed King Stackler.Next Time: Shenanigans in Methwo!  Will the halflings get paid for the ring?  Who will try to poison them?  And how will they get to Zacradose?</blockquote>

Verification