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Message: <blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 4268883" data-attributes="member: 46559">South of the bridge, the road widens again, though it remains nearly deserted.  The forests thin, replaced by flat, grassy land with banks of dense bushes.  The air is mostly still, but when the breeze comes from the south, you catch a whiff of stagnant water.  Hunting is still easy for the group's experienced wanderers, and when the time comes to camp for the night again, no one has to eat trail rations. The next days begin to blur into a routine.  Erf and Fenenn and Ter-raen continue to enjoy success in their hunting efforts, and the weather holds, clear and cool, with clouds drifting reluctantly across the sky like adventurers leaving a tavern.  On the fourth day, shortly after noon...[sblock=Erf and Ter-raen]The circuit of your independent hunts has brought you both together on the road due north of Gildrim and Cyian.  You can see them, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1615292/" target="_blank">just over 200 feet away</a>, and beyond them, you catch a glimpse of a brightly dressed figure, who appears to be talking.  From here, you cannot make out any words.  As you watch, you can see three men step out of the woods with shortbows, surrounding Gildrim and Cyian!  Initiative, please.[/sblock][sblock=Gildrim and Cyian]You see a man in bright yellow and purple motley step out onto the road from behind a clump of trees about 50 feet in front of you.  "Pardon, friends!" he says, with a bow and a flourish of his jingling cap.  "Please, stop a moment on your tiresome journey and listen to my sorry tale!  It all began on a day much like this, fair as a maiden's kiss, as I walked along this very road, a song in my heart and a smile on my lips.  I was thinking, you see, of fair Esmerelda, the daughter of the Johannes Stronginthearm, and the most beautiful girl I had ever seen in my young life, when suddenly I heard..."ooc:  Make a will save, DC <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1615333/" target="_blank">20</a>, or be fascinated and take -4 on these checks:[sblock=spot DC 5 or listen DC 8]While the jauntily dressed man is talking, you sense some kind of movement behind you.  Turning to look, you see that three hard-looking men have stepped out of the woods, holding shortbows with arrows at the nock.  There is one on each side of the road directly to the east and west, and the third is about thirty feet north of you on the east side of the road.  Initiative, please.ooc:  Argh, <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1615347/" target="_blank">natural 1</a> on a hide check!  They should have taken 10, I suppose...[/sblock][/sblock]Go here for a <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pivEWiGWxPOm9YTSCDGcXUQ" target="_blank">map</a></blockquote>

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