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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mystic Lemur" data-source="post: 5542235" data-attributes="member: 6669302">The 19th day of the Claw of Sunset"Those Goblins had the markings of a Zhent patrol" grumbles Roryn. "What are they doing this far south?""I am not knowing this answer. Glad that these did not fight us while we were with the wagons." Nale shakes his head, remembering the caravan driver who hired them on as far as Mistledale. It meant they were having to travel north through the Beastlands into Daggerdale, but at least part of their trip had been paid for. They were a disorganized lot, though, and it was lucky indeed that they hadn't been attacked on the journey....Later on in the day, as the wilderness begins to give way to isolated farmsteads and the trail grows wide enough to be used by wagons, Briarwyn spots something amiss in the distance... "There are two or three farmers standing around a cart, and a mule grazing a little ways away. I think they broke a wheel, or ran off the road, but be careful. One of them has a sword..." The rest of the party is amazed at the detail she can make out (or make up) from the smudge in the distance. As they approach, they can make out two farmers trying to heave the laden cart out of a ditch, while the man with the sword 'manages'. He waves at the party when one of the farmers points them out, and the farmers take the distraction as opportunity for a break.When the party is a long stone's throw away, arrows shoot out from the surrounding brush. "Bandits! Save us!" the farmers shout, as they run to the party. The 'manager' draws two shortswords, and takes a defensive stance. Lerine draws first blood with a jolt of lightning thrown at an archer up in a tree to the side of the trail, hitting the target that the dwarves miss with their crossbows. Nale's eyes flash momentarily as he seems to be concentrating. Barely noticeable, his traveler's outfit seems to tighten as his muscles strain. He raises his staff to ward off assault. At that moment the 'farmers' pull out clubs and attack Roryn, but they can't seem to overwhelm his thick armor."That's right, just like we planned. Kill the fighters and leave the casters for the taking." Says the leader, content to let the bandits work for him. Not wasting another moment, Briarwyn orders her companion, Baltazar, into battle. The panther lunges at a hidden archer and makes short work of him and his cover. Briarwyn, channeling the fury within, throws a bolt of fire at the chest of the bandit leader. Two arrows slam into Roryn's shield as he downs one of the 'farmers' with his axe. Doryn calls out to Gorm Gulthyn and the party feels bolstered against the odds. Lerine has less luck with her second blast, hitting the cart instead of the bandit leader. Nale slips around and feints at the remaining 'farmer' with one end of the staff, then brings the other end around for a body blow.By the end of the fight two bandits have surrendered, five are dead, and two more- including the leader- lie unconscious from their wounds. Doryn again calls on the name of Gorm, this time to stabilize the dying prisoners, and Briarwyn lends the aid of Lurue to heal Roryn. Lerine wipes the blood from her twin kamas and points to the prisoners. "What do we do with them? Take 'em in to town or kill them here?""I say we kill them here." says Briarwyn, at which Baltazar licks his lips.</blockquote>

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