OrkJager

[Harvey]

Koric, Half-Orc Cleric of Pelor

"Well, better safe than sorry. Let's hope we keep the fighting to a minimum until the night comes, though" Koric replies with a smirk. He reaches out again, and cures Dagmar of the rest of his wounds.

OOC: Koric sacks his Endure Elements spell for a cure light wounds, curing another 7 hit points.

He begins to clean his mace of matted fur and blood as he turns to the group "Shall we continue on then?"

 

[reddist]

Felicity watches the bear go down, crumpling to the ground, with a certain grim satisfaction. She gasps out loud when she sees Dagmar stumble, blood gushing bright red from his wounds. "Oh no! Dagmar! Koric!" she shouts, even has the half-orc steps forward to lay his hands on the fallen warrior. She drops her crossbow and rushes to kneel at Dagmar's side, taking his large, calloused hand. "Fear not friend Dagmar, for your foe has fallen and we are with you!" She closes her eyes and bows her head, squeezing Dagmar's hand "May the blessings of the Green flow through you and fill you with the strength of the mighty Oak and towering Cedar," she prays.

<<<OOC:No effect from the prayer, but she's trying...>>>

 

[scout989]

Fortin Human Fighter1

Fortin keeps on watch while the others tend to their fallen comrade. <Such friendship does not come easily. I'll have to earn the respect of these people to be a part of this group. Well, their respevt is worth more than that of many others I have known > he thinks as he prepares to defend the group against any further foes.

 

[Voadam]

Dagmar's wounds close completely and the color returns to his features with Koric's cure. As Felicity takes his hand the flush in his cheeks looks a bit like he might be blushing. Though of course it must be the effects of Pelorian divine healing. "Thanks lass, I feel fine as new cut stone now."

 

[Harvey]

Koric, Half-Orc Cleric of Pelor

"What are friends for?" Koric replies, as he slaps Dagmar on the shoulder. "And you, friend Felicity..." he says with a bow "...your kindness never seeks to amaze me. Now that you are right was rain, I say it is time to continue the hunt! Lindal, do you still see our foes' tracks?"

 

[Mavnn]

Lindal - Half Orc Ranger

Lindal smiles sardonically and points at the trail of devastation.

"I think they went that way."

His smile fades as he continues, "We must continue swiftly, but also with more care. Had I had more time before we revealed ourselves, I might have been able to approach the bear alone and calm it - I have some experience with wild animals. Pelor's blessing has seen us through this battle, but I suspect we will have great need of his aid when we finally catch up with the orcs."

Lindal's tone is open and frank, and he doesn't appear to blaming anyone for what happened in this encounter.

"I'm also wondering if the bear was enraged deliberately as a trap for any who try to follow the orcs. Most bears would not attack such a large, well armed group without being provoked."

 

[reddist]

Felicity nods at Lindal. "True, I think this bear was enraged before she saw us. The Orcs might have angered her when they moved through, or they might have harmed her, or even killed her kin. Did they do such a thing to set her upon us?" She shakes her head in disbelief.

Felicity walks around the corpse of the fallen bear, looking at her wounds, trying to figure out what happened to her. "She has some minor cuts, just enough to enrage her without causing her any real harm. I don't know..." Felicity shrugs her shoulders, tucking her fly-away hair back behind her ears. "As much as I would like to know her story, I feel like we should continue after the Orcs and their prisoners. If they truly wanted to slow us down, sending us after white squirrels would do it. But then, perhaps there are answers if we knew where this bear came from."


<<<Survival 15+3=18, Kn (Nat) 11+5=16>>>

 

[FreeXenon]

Franky, Halfling Male, Lore Keeper

Franky thinks for and a moment and states in a questioning manner "It is not uncommon in history for Orks or even other humanoid tribes such as hobgoblins, bugbears, kobolds, and goblins to have trained or domesticated animals to set as gaurds or to attack opponents. The Festering-Severed Paw ork tribe that eventually 'merged' to become apart of the Scabarous Hand tribe used bears and even are rumored to have had a creature called an owlbear as a 'pet' during the reign of it last chief"

"However, unfortunately as you have pointed out this may not be the case! Poor bear. It not just the civilized world that suffers at the hands of these damnable creatures." Frustration and anger are apparent in his slightly reddeding and stern face.

 

[reddist]

Felicity, the Half-Elf Druid and her Righteous Anger

"And," Felicity adds, looking down at the dead mother bear, her voice dropping so low its barely a whisper through her clenched jaw, "if we find that Orc who so used her against us, I want his head on a stick." Her left hand squeezes the handle of her scimitar so tightly her knuckles turn white, and the fingers of her right hand, hanging at her waist, begin twirling in the air, drawing small motes of pollen and dust and lighting them with arcane energies. The motes swirl and twist about her fingers, glowing faintly with a pearlescent golden light.

She does not seem to be aware of her anger manifesting such energies. Eventually Felicity turns from the corpse and heads to the front of the line, pausing only to scoop up her crossbow and reload it. Her usual bright smile has been replaced with a look of grim and deadly determination. "Well? Are we fit to travel?" She asks, retying her ponytail with a hard snap on the leather thong.

 

[Voadam]

"I just so happen to have a stick lass, so let's see if I can't make that a present for ye." Dagmar shakes the bear blood off his spear. "Aye we are ready to go back to the orkhunt."