S1: The Strange Case of Aif Jenkins' Farm (E13 judge) - Concluded

[SlagMortar]

"You are right, Juliana. This place makes me nervous, but it is no worse than other places I have rested. I am tired of leaning on this wand and will do much better with my full compliment of spells if we meet another enemy."

While they sit down to rest, Beamer becomes downcast and a bit ashamed. He apologizes, "Sorry my attempt at parley did not work out very well. They seemed to have us in a bad way it did at least gather them together for my blinding spell. Did any escape who heard my story? Hopefully telling them we were associated with Idrag will only cause misdirection and confusion among their ranks and prevent the two evil associations from ever finding common ground. I don't think it did any harm."

 

[Patlin]

"Well, perhaps no harm other than turning my stomach. I find I have an irrational loathing to being associated with that dog faced tyrant."

 

[Boddynock]

"Your bluff was helpful, Beamer. Do not heap upon yourself unnecessary blame."

"It is clear to me that we must rest - and yet I loathe the inaction which may cause harm to others."

The rangy monk scowls, running his hands over the stubble of his scalp. Looking at the others, he notes their wounds and their weariness. Then his gaze strays to the unconscious man who may be the paladin they seek, and if not, can certainly tell them something of what is going on in this place. He makes his decision.

"Come! We will find a defensible room somewhere, and hole up for the night. Each of us must rest - and we have to wait for this poor man to regain consciousness. Banion, why don't you and I go back and scout out an appropriate sanctuary? The rest of you wait here, and keep alert!"

 

[Patlin]

Banion helps Eusebius find an apropriate room, and the group rests for the night.

 

[Bront]

OOC: Figures, once the GM reminds us of something, everyone agrees with me

"I'm reminded that Aif mentioned warning the village about an hour away. Perhaps we'd best make our way there. Boog and the Paladin can find a bed and perhaps someone else to tend to their wounds there."

 

[Manzanita]

Maybe it doesn't matter so much where you rest. I'm not planning any more encounters this night.

The group closes and braces the doors to the large room with the orc statue. The rest for the night taking turns at watch. Though noises are occasionally heard, no danger is encountered. The group feels well-rested in the morning. They open the secret door and see bright sunlight streaming into the room.

XP awards
Encounter 2: 5 orcs
3: 14 orcs and 2 wardogs
4: dealing with aif
5: 2 1st level cultists & 5 orcs
6: 6 1st level cultists
7: Mano (CR6), EE (CR5), Ogre (cR3), +5 1st level cultists
8: time spent: 01/10/07 to 08/10/07

Boog was only partially present in encounters 4-8

XP totals:
Juliana & Eusebius: 4,728 XPs
Beamer & Banion: 4,503 XPs
Boog: 1,340 XPs

Level-ups can be done immediately. Then what shall the party do next?

 

[Patlin]

Banion has trouble sleeping that night, and spends much of his time fiddling with his mindblade. With his increaded experience, he is able to lengthen the blade and render the edges as sharp as the point. Unfortunately, he finds that the longer blade won't fly as true thrown point first. He experiments a bit, and tries throwing it sideways. The rapidly spinning blade appears to the naked eye to be a giant disk, and with practice Banion is able to regain his former accuracy with this new method... and also to greatly increase the speed at which he can generate the blade.

ooc: Banion has been submitted for level 5, and is ready to start throwing his longsword shaped frisbees of death.

 

[Bront]

Juliana breaks a smile durring her meditation and some of the ways of Mistres Katrina finaly begin to dawn on her.

OOC: Submitting Juliana for L6. Woho Warmind!

 

[Boddynock]

Before he casts himself down to sleep, Eusebius goes over to Juliana. With raised eyebrows, he waits for her assent before spending the last minor spells of healing on her.

Then he surrenders to sleep and awakes refreshed and more confirmed than ever in his devotion to Hyrag, and the way of the holy warrior.

[sblock=OOC]4 CMW for 4 hp of healing.
And I've just submitted Eusebius for approval - he gains a level in monk. [/sblock]

 

[SlagMortar]

Beamer wakes with a fit and a start. He feels different somehow, though he can't quite put his finger on it.

"Is that poor man any better?"

OOC: Beamer is updated for 5th level and is awaiting approval. Can't wait for 6th!