The Retrievers - Chapter 2

[tyrlaan]

Koraero Firironna - Sun Elf Rogue 2

Koraero's face gets twisted with a moment of frustration and confusion, but it quickly fades away. He then gives a shrug and rolls his eyes ever so slightly, signaling somthing akin to saying "eh, whatever" and then he goes off to the horses.

 

[Scotley]

Mindal Human Scout

Well a request like that doesn't sound like he is in trouble, but with Pemberton you can never tell. "Lead on Talon...I trust it isn't anything too serious?" he asks noting that that lad has been rolled in snow. Mindal takes his bow in hand and keeps an eye on the cave mouth as they move away. I hope my arrow doesn't freeze to the bowstring in this storm.

 

[Harvey]

Durnn, Earth Genasi Fighter 1

Durnn follows the rest of them, still wielding his greataxe. The hairs on the back of his neck are still standing, and he eyes the terrain around them for possible threats as he walks.

OOC: Spot check 1d20 = 4, so I guess he's oblivious to anything around him with this snow...

 

[Erekose13]

Sten follows the others. He had wanted to retire to the cave, the safety of the earth over their heads, but instead they were walking back out into the storm. With his silent, stern demenor none of his companions can tell that he feels any discomfort trudging out to see to the horses.

 

[Elocin]

Chapter 2 - The Cave

Rienn:[sblock]With your head pounding you crack open your eyes to see just where in hell you are. The last thing you remember is noticing the storm bearing down on you and seeking shelter in small cave you just came across. There was barely enough room in the cave for both you and your horse but you made do. As you were just about to make a small fire you heard some kind of scraping behind you and as you turned around you saw a smallish dog looking humanoid behind you swinging a club. As the club connected with your skull you obviously blacked out with the pain. You vaguely remember being dragged somewhere and being tied(1d20=10) up.

Continuing to gather your thoughts you start to hear the yipping and yapping of the scum and turning your head you see a group of 5 of them little devils near a fire going through your stuff. Every now and then one of them looks your way hungrily but they have not noticed that you are not awake again. Taking stock of your situation you see that your hands and feet are bound but that is it, stupid fools did not even gag you, so you could possibly cast a spell if need be. You hope your horse is still around as you will need to escape quickly if you are able to free yourself, especially with that storm outside.[/sblock]

The rest of the party follows Talon to where Pemberton is standing near a horse that seems to be wounded. Quickly checking on your own mounts they are all accounted for so this has got to be someone’s else’s horse but where is the owner of the horse?

 

[Scotley]

Mindal Human Scout

Mindal appraises the horse carefully.

OCC: How much snow is on the saddle, how long since the horse was groomed, do I recognize the make of the darts--what size creature are they sized for?

I'm not sure what to roll for such an evaluation, it just seems like the sort of stuff a really good scout should be able to tell--so maybe Mindal will get lucky.

 

[Mimic]

ooc #1: yay, I'm in the story
ooc #2: Does he still have his armor/weapons ( For now I am assuming no he doesn't)

He didn't know who to be more upset with these dog creatures for having the audacity for thinking that he was prey or himself for blindly walking into the situation in the first place, if this was the academy he would have been punished for such a stupid move.

There was time to berate himself later, first he had to get himself out of this mess, they didn't seem to smart at least, if they had gagged him he would have been in serious trouble. First he quickly scans the area searching (17+2=19) for an exit or some sort of defensable area before shifting slightly and casts burning hands at the dog creatures (Concentration check 7+9=16) (Damage 4+2=6) some of his stuff might get scorched but there was nothing he could do about it. Of course if this didn't work, it wouldn't matter anyways.

As soon as he had finished casting he leans over in an attempt to untie (15+2=17) the rope at his feet and getting up as quickly as he can.

 

[Elocin]

Chapter 2 - The Cave

Mindal - There is a couple of inches on the saddle but it looks like some of the snow might have recently been brushed off in places. The darts look to be crossbow bolts made for a small weapon but otherwise they are just normal bolts.

Rienn - You are still wearing your armor but it looks like the creatures have the rest of your stuff over by them. As you quietly begin to cast the spell one of them shouts an alarm and they come rushing towards you brandishing small spears. As they come within 10' of your immobile body you finish your spell and a blinding flash of light erupts from your hand. The fan of fire envelops all 5 of the beasts and they fall to the ground writhing and screaming from the pain of the fire searing their skins. When the smoke clears all that remains are burned out husks. You easily slip out of the sloppy knots the beasts tied and can gather your stuff together. As you are doing this you see that there are two exists to this cave, the one to the North you can faintly hear sound of more of the beasts while the exit to the east is completely dark.

 

[Scotley]

Mindal Human Scout

"I would guess that this horse has been wandering around in the falling snow for while now, so our chances of finding the rider are slim to none if he is on the ground somewhere. Given the distance the horse could have walked he could be anywhere within 50 square miles or more by now. Let's get into the cave and see what surprises that holds for us now." He starts walking back to the cave entrance.

 

[Mimic]

Rienn Aasimar Warmage

"Well that went a lot better then I figured it would," he thought to himself as he collected his gear, giving one of the bodies a swift kick as he passed by it.

Once he was done collecting his stuff he pauses for a moment glancing towards both exits, the thought of going north and exterminating the rest of the verim was tempting but without any real knowledge of his enemy or his surroundings it was a foolhardy move. Besides he still had to find Ravenwing, it was a good horse and they are hard to come by.

With a small sigh he moves over towards the eastern exit allowing his darkvision to kick in before moving on as quietly (well I guess I used up my luck in the other post) as possible