Vigwyn's 'A New Beginning...' [IC]

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

Gallo rolls back along the building, away from the beast. Coming to his feet, he unleashes a scorching ray, which just makes contact. The beast is again bathed in pain as the fiery magic burns him mercilessly. Even though it is badly hurt, it is blinded by rage, and charges the source of its pain. The 'wolf' closes on the elf with frightening speed, and Edgar makes it around the corner just in time to see it sink its vicious teeth into his friend's flesh.

[sblock=OOC]Round 2
Gallo:
Moves. Casts scorching ray. Atk roll 5 + 7 = 12. Hits (touch AC 12). Damage (4d6) 5 + 6 + 4 + 2 = 17 hp. 'Wolf' reduced to 6 hp.
Edgar:
Runs 120'.
'Wolf':
Charges Gallo. Attack Bite 11 + 9 + 2 = 22. Hits (AC 14). Damage (1d6+3) 2 + 3 = 5. Gallo reduced to 15 hp. Wolf's AC is reduced to 16 until start of next turn.[/sblock]

 

[Creamsteak]

Edgar charges the monster if it still stands.

Charge. (1d20+13=32, 1d6+3=6)

Crit threat.

Threat roll. (1d20+13=16, 1d6+3=7)

Unknown on confirm.

 

[industrygothica]

"Ahh!" Gallo screams as he tears the thing free from his flesh. His hopes are encouraged a bit when he sees Edgar round the corner, and he steps back away from the beast and launches three more bolts of energy towards it.

[sblock=OOC]5 ft. step to the northeast; Magic Missile[/sblock]

 

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

The combined forces of Gallo's magic bolts and Edgar's rapier prove too much for the beast, and it falls under the onslaught with an anguished shriek.

The dead body lies stinking on the ground like a blot, like a black smudge upon the material of the world. As Gallo and Edgar look at it, it seems to shift continuously before their eyes. But that's not right... the beast doesn't really change the way it looks, instead it is more like it changes in their minds. It is difficult to tell from one moment to the next whether the dead thing looks more like a goblin or more like a wolf.

 

[Creamsteak]

"Some kind of horrible shapeshifter... I'm glad it's down though. Either way... let me see your injury Gallo."

Edgar will use his wand of cure light wounds to heal Gallo's injury. "I hope the bite isn't infectious. Who knows what that thing could have had..."

Wand of cure light wounds. (1d8+1=3)

Edgar will poke the thing at least once more with his rapier. If he's satisfied the monster is staying down, he'll try to make his way back to the room and begin investigating the circumstances to see if he can identify the remains of the victims. If he can determine that they are the criminals he was in persuit of for the attempted robbery last night, that would be something to note.

 

[industrygothica]

"Thank you," Gallo says. He gives the dead thing a curious last glance as he follows Edgar into the shack, still rubbing his new wound.

 

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

Gallo accepts Edgar's healing magic, then the pair investigate the interior of the building.

Two bodies lie on the floor, freshly killed and partially eaten by the fiendish wolf-thing. One of them is clearly the older burglar from earlier in the evening. Based on the tracks that led you here, the other is presumably the Charlie that was helping him in the break in. And given the location north of town, this Charlie and the 'Drunk Charlie' are probably one in the same. In the pockets of the older 'gentleman' you find a single white pearl.

The house is clearly not well taken care of, but has also been trashed by the beast. You find all the typical things one might find in a house occupied by these kinds of lowlifes. The only thing of real interest is found in a false compartment in the drawer of a small end table. The compartment contains an envelope of fine paper, along with an 18-inch long black feather. Inside the envelope is a short note:

'Find Brolinar's map. Bring it to me Wednesday night at the old keep. Take this pearl as a good faith token. The rest of the payment will be yours upon receipt of the map. -C'

[sblock=OOC]I am assuming that you are keeping track of hp on your own character sheets.
You should each record 900 XP. This is for the encounters in the shop and the encounter with the wolf-thing.[/sblock]

 

[Creamsteak]

What day is it? (of the week, since Wednesday could mean anything to me at the moment.)

 

[industrygothica]

"Wednesday? That's tomorrow evening," Gallo says. "Why is it we always get sucked into these things? We should've let the blasted store burn and left this forsaken town when we had the chance."

Gallo continues casually thumbing through the place, though not really searching anymore. "I suppose we'll be heading back to the bookstore now? Just great!"

[sblock=Creamsteak]The very first post said it was Tuesday, September something, FYI.[/sblock]

 

[Creamsteak]

"I guess we have the same idea then. We'll sneak back into town and much like wanted criminals we'll go back to the scene of the crime looking for whateve it was these poor bastards were after."

Edgar will plan to do just that.