To the noble BORN 6/9/08 (finished)

[knight_isa]

Rayburn (v2)

"All of us, at least" mutters Rayburn mostly to himself. He walks over to join Lily, still wary of other ambushers. Agatha peers out from a pocket, tongue flickering.

As he approaches Lily, he says "My thanks to you, Lily. This expedition was nearly... a bit shorter for me than I would have liked."

 

[Dekana]

Lily

Lily tends to the wounded spearmen, caring for their wounds just enough to stabilize them. To Kerin, she replies "I'll let know in just a minute. I should be able to save these two at least, but one went down in the trees too. I haven't had a chance to look at him yet. And how about their leader, did you spare his life?"

Lily faintly smiles at Rayburn's words, and without looking at him, says "Well, you have a strong spirit. I'm sure it'll take more a few arrows to stop you..."

ooc: Lily casts cure minor wounds on each of the bandits next to her (dismounting as needed). She does not try to find the man in the trees, but will ride to the bowman if Kerin indicates that he's alive (and cast cure minor wounds once).

 

[Evilhalfling]

Lilly manages to save the two injured men in the road, but by the time she checks on the bowman or the man in the trees, both have bled out. Xaros manages to shrug off the worst of the damage. He rests and breathes heavily for a few minutes, feeling the last of the adrenaline fading away.

There are 4 bodies, 3 alive all still unconscious. 6 are all wearing leather armor and carrying spears, they all have water skins and some have belt pouches that clink. The archer has studded leather a long bow, 14 arrows, a battleaxe and a heavy backpack.

Anyone checking the pouches? [sblock]
the spearmen have an average of 10 gp, one has a pair of dice. The Bowman has 150 gp, 1 empty vial also a bedroll and 4 days worth of food.[/sblock]

Lily's mist fades away and the four of you and your ponies are left in the road.

OOC Rules: According to the second wind rule I laid out Xaros heals 10hp=con (to full). I'm not sure this makes sense. The arrows didn't hit him at all? I think it is missing the interaction with x3 starting hp rumored for 4ed. Even so it could easily fully heal a wizard. The amount of second wind healing could be capped at 1/2 max hp, or not be able to heal within 1 hp per level of max. Or for a retro "Heal" it could leave 1d4 hp unhealed. Alternately we could just let it go and have Xaros fully healed.
Thoughts?

 

[knight_isa]

Rayburn (v2)

Lily faintly smiles at Rayburn's words, and without looking at him, says "Well, you have a strong spirit. I'm sure it'll take more a few arrows to stop you..."

"Yes, well, I rather hope I don't find out what it does take."

Anyone checking the pouches?

Of course! Rayburn goes over the bodies, gathers up anything valuable, and presents it to everyone. "Behold," he says with a mock smile. "The first fruits of our adventure."

OOC: Has Rayburn heard about bandits out here before? Gather Info (K:Local) +9.

OOC Second Wind Rule: <shrug> He's wearing armor, so it isn't that big of a stretch to say it wasn't as bad as he first thought. Heck, even if he hadn't been, I think I'd be okay with it. Think of it as a superficial head wound--it looks really bad, but clean it up a bit and it's really nothing.

 

[WarShrike]

OOC: Seems odd that any character can basicly lay on hands himself for full. Then again, i feel they really botched 4e. Only thing we can do is wait for books to come out and hope they make sense.

 

[Dekana]

"These 3 will wake up in awhile none worse for the wear; the others are dead. As for what to do with the survivors, I'm open to suggestions. I'd suggest we 'confiscate' their ill-gotten coin, bind their hands, and leave them. And of course, either try to wake one or take him with us for questioning."

ooc: Is the set of dice d20?

 

[WarShrike]

"They expected 5 of us, which suggests they knew about us for some time now, at least since our first day on the road. Jason was taken from our group even before we dismounted in the village, so i doubt the information was obtained there. There is something wrong about this whole situation. I will be surprised if these turn out to be nothing more than common highwaymen." Xaros says with a frown as he rejoins the group.

OOC: Maybe the HPs gained from second wind might be treated as temporary, such as those resulting from a Barbarian's Rage ability.

 

[Fenris]

OOC: How far away is the last or next village that might have a constabulary?
As for second wind. I know in Grim Tales, Second Wind is limited to your Con modifier. Perhaps Con mod x level would be a more modest, but still scaling, effect.

 

[Evilhalfling]

The Dice are a set of 3d6 made of carved wood. (twenty evenly weighted sides would have been well beyond the crafter.

Reyburn :
You have heard of increasing numbers of disposessed young men, but not specificley about bandits in this area. If you were still inside your father's holdings you might know more details.

OOC: If you want to divide the money you can update character sheets, or one person can post a running list of treasure ot the rogues galley, and keep track of other fruits of adventure.
Reyburn 9+9 =18 on knowledge check

Fenris: the last village back was 4 miles, it was large enough to have some arrangements for criminals, most likely a strong room or holding cell.
Hmmm - see OOC thread for further discussion on second wind.

 

[Fenris]

"I believe you are correct Xaros. Court politics may have some influence here. But word had to have traveled quickly to have them expecting us, we have not gone slowly. We shall question them when they awaken." replies Kerin