Hi’el-Elm Shade: Darkness fully grips the land surrounding the small village of ES. The twilight is over and no more grayness lights the sky in the west. The moon is cresting the eastern horizon waning almost 3/4s full.
Hi’el-Weather: Warm mid 50s, partly cloudy, no real chance of precipitation, windy gusts blowing through the trees in the 20-30 knots
Hi’el-Game: PCs begin RP.
Amber Rides her borrowed steed reciting to poetry to any who will listen...
Tessa rides her mount, as well, occasionally leaning forward to rub her sore backside. She listens to Amber's poetry and keeps her green eyes alert in the dark woods around them.
Amber: "night hides our thefts; all faults then pardoned be: all are alike fair, when no spots we see. Laics and Lucre in the nighttime are pleasing alike both singular:
Amber: "
Trealina: Shhhh!!!! Should your poetry give us way...
Tessa nods and whispers to Amber, "That was pretty good, but Trea's right."
Amber: "beauty should not be wasted on the sight of such a beautiful moon"
Tessa looks up at the sky and then to Amber and Trea, nervously. "What kind of undead did you say they were, again?"
Hi’el-Forest: Through the night the trio rides. The Druidess Trealina leads the women into the deep woods along trails barely seen. In the woods the sounds of bird and beast do sound. The howl of wolf, screech of owl, the grunt of wild boars...
Trealina: bears skeletons and walking dead plant food
Tessa looks at her a little puzzled. "Walking dead plant food?" She shifts on her horse and tries to get comfortable.
Hi’el-Forest: Moonbeams shoot through breaks in the trees creating an eerie other worldliness to the women's ride. The wind whispers in the treetops with hissing forebodingly.
Trealina whispers back to the trees of any information they might have through the vines of he forest roots
Tessa shrugs and sighs at the lack of any answer to her question. She looks up at the sky again, and finds her thoughts taken by the moon. She rides upright in the saddle, but her mind is far away for the moment, and her emerald eyes glaze a little.
Tessa fingers a small, beaded necklace around her throat and smiles a bit.
Hi’el-Trees Speak: "The land is peaceful. Nothing is amiss."
Hi’el-Game: Need an observation check from all PCs.
Amber: people who belong under the dirt to feed the forest
Hi’el-Game: Need an observation check ( % ) from all PCs.
Amber: (amber 23..Trea56)
Tessa: (32%)
Tessa looks over at her and shudders, a worried expression on her fair face. "Uhh...undead People?" she squeaks a little .
Hi’el-Shadows: Tessa and Amber as the ride continues start catching glimpses out of the corner of their eyes of a shadow breaking through the moon beams far out to the sides of the path they follow. It is visible for only an instant, and when they turn to look for it. There's nothing there.
Amber Stops holding a hand up to the others to stop as well
Tessa's eyes get wider and she pulls her horse to a stop. She looks over at Amber. "Umm, not to alarm you guys or anything...but...I think there's something out there. are you sure we should stop?"
Amber: you saw it as well
Tessa nods at her, her face getting a little pale. "I thought maybe it was my imagination, but I could have sworn I saw it, yeah...something in the moonbeams."
Trealina asks the trees if they are expecting company to arrive with the bipedal
Amber: Tree lover...lets not waste time...
Hi’el-Trees Speak: "No two leggers are in the area" whispers the Forest.
Tessa looks at Amber, shaking her head puzzled. "What's she doing? Why are we stopped? We need to go before whatever is out there catches up to us."
Hi’el-Game: Need an observation check ( % ) from all PCs.
Tessa: (59%)
Trealina: Look fancy miss....I can talk with my fellow trees...they say there are no two leggers in the area. something else must be following us...may I suggest the two of you ride hard
Amber: (25 amber)
Amber: (57 tre)
Trealina: "I can travel with in their safety"
Tessa smirks at her and nods, saying, "No problem there, that's what I wanted to do Anyway!" She kicks her horse and speeds it up a little, making sure Amber knows where they're going.
Trealina: stay on the path until you see the farm "
Amber pulls her hammer out holding it in one hands as she speeds her horse as well
Hi’el-Wolf: As the group argues amongst themselves into a moonlit clearing ahead lopes a large black wolf. In the moonlight, its eyes seemingly reflect back the light in a pale amber light. It stands at the far side of the clearing until the group enters..
Hi’el-Wolf: ... on the other side, then turns silently lopes away into the forest. It's amber eyes stay on the party until it goes into the trees.
Tessa looks over at Amber and then sees the wolf and gasps, ready to cast a Magic Missile at it until it runs away. She looks back at the others and shakes her head, not liking that omen a bit.
Tessa: "That was weird."
Amber: A forest full of shape shifting tree lovers is always weird my lady
Tessa scans the area for more....perhaps the wolf was part of a pack? She smiles faintly at Amber's comment and nods in agreement with her.
Trealina emerges from the trees ahead of the girls to check on their progress not wanting to get to far ahead. and feeling unusually drained
Tessa: "Are there...are there allot of wolves around here? Do you guys know?"
Trealina: " plenty....do you desire a pelt ?"
Amber: (how close are we )
Tessa looks over at her and wrinkles her nose. "Hardly. But that black one that was watching us might have been part of a pack...that's why I asked." She shifts and looks around again, nervously.
Hi’el-Riding on: The venturing ladies ride on. Toward mid-night they cover over half the distance to the farmstead. The glimpse shadow continues to haunt the corners of the ladies eyes left and right, but never straight on viewed.
Trealina: “ it could also have been one of my relatives watching over us...one never knows unless they confront it or it confronts us"
Amber: "a beautiful creature you are lady...but strangest I have ever seen"
Trealina “ nods and leads them on
Tessa 's nerves are on edge from the constant flickers she knows are there in her peripheral vision. She again nods in agreement with Amber's statement. "I agree. Weird. Pretty, but weird."
Trealina: "perhaps if you knew of my heritage you would understand better"
Tessa looks over at Amber and says quietly, "And if a wolf starts to come towards me, I'm blasting it, I don't care WHO's relative it is."
Trealina: " Please hold your fire with in these woods there are other ways to handle creatures""
Hi’el-Game: Need a surprise roll from the PCs ( d 10 )
Amber: (trea 1 amber 3)
Tessa: (5)
Amber: " the green one is right...fire is not always the way within beauty of the woods"
Tessa sighs and says, "Well, Magic Missile isn't exactly fire, but I'm a mage, so what do you expect me to do? I can always turn invisible, if that will help. Or try and use my staff or dagger, I guess."
Hi’el-Attack: Powerfully-built humanoids clad only in dark, filthy rags, with thick, scaly, gray skin and long, black, filthy hair. Their teeth are white and extremely sharp. Their eyes are blank white orbs. They come out of the shadows close to the party
Amber: "Sune be merciful these ugly creatures can not have love nor passion so they must be laid to rest"
Hi’el-Game: Tess is not surprised. Amber and Trea are surprised.
Tessa's green eyes get larger and she shrieks, pointing to the zombies and decides she'll use her magic, anyway, forest be damned!
Tessa: "OH My God! Look out!"
Hi’el-Game: Tess is not surprised. Amber and Trea are surprised.
Hi’el-Game: Round 1. Tessa roll initiative. Amber and Trea NO action this round.
Tessa: (6 )
Hi’el-Game: Round 1. Tessa take action. Monsters attack on 10.
Tessa grips the saddle with her knees and casts Magic Missile at two of the zombies - one missile for each one. They streak from her hands in a bright electrical light to hit the shambling targets.
Hi’el-Humanoids: The four figures move quickly against the women, faster than any zombie could, and there doesn't seem to be the stench of rotting flesh. Both of Tessa's magic missiles strike one on each target. The first missiles strikes one in the chest..
Hi’el-Humanoids: Target one struck in the chest gets smoked hard and goes down twitching and spasming. The 2nd missile strikes target two in the left shoulder and spins it around but doesn't drop it. The other figures attack one against Amber and one on...
Hi’el-Humanoids: ...Tessa. The one on Amber strikes out at her with its fists but MISSES. The one Tessa also attacks with its fists (eww), and connects, hitting her the right hip for a bare 1 hp.
Hi’el-Game: END Round 1. START Round 2. All PCs roll initiative.
Amber (init 8)"(treaini9)
Hi’el-Game: Initiative = d 10.
Tessa: (4)
Hi’el-Game: Tessa, Amber and Trea take action in that SEQUENCE. Monsters go last again with a 10. You gals are so lucky. The dice are in your favor.
Tessa screams hysterically as the zombie on her punches her with a squish! "Oh my God! Oh my GOD! It's so gross! AHHHHHh!" She tries to kick the zombie away from her and pulls a bead off of her necklace, ready to throw it at the thing next round.
Amber: (jumps off her horse(her dex 17 rolled dex 18 check )"Sune be merciful these ugly creatures can not have love nor passion so they must be laid to rest
Trealina closes in as she draws her two scimitars...ready to slice and dice the unnatural creations with in her forest
Trealina: “don’t let them touch you ladies"
Tessa: "If you two can get back, I can try to FRY them...Oh my God, EWwww! EWWww! Let me fry them!"
Amber: "They must have angered Sune greatly to deserve such repulsion"
Tessa (roll of 14 for to hit roll)
Hi’el-Game: Amber manages to keep her footing, but looses initiative in the process.
Hi’el-Game: Amber simultaneous attacks with the beasties.
Amber: ((amber 3) (trea 10)
Hi’el-Humanoids: The ugly on Tessa hits her again (19 same as last round) pummeling her in the left shoulder (3hps, roll dex check d20 avoid dropping a bead). The baddie on Amber swings and MISSES, thumping her in her precious bosom. The 3rd gruesome comes
Tessa (dex check roll 11 - *whew* and OUCH)
Amber: "Ewwww...Sune please"
Hi’el-Humanoids: against Trea and attacks (17), punching her in the stomach (6hps; roll system shock %).
Amber: (80 for trea)
Hi’el-Humanoids: Tessa delivers a good kick to the one trying to beat her senseless (3hps), hitting it in the shoulder. Trea systems shock is good and Tessa dex check is good.
Trealina: UGH!!! Oh you will pay now!!!"
Hi’el-Game: END Round 2. START Round 3. All PCs roll initiative.
Amber: (amber 7 trea 3)
Tessa: (init 7)
Hi’el-Game: Round 3. Trea, the baddies, then both Tessa and Amber take action in that order.
Trealina eyes wide with determination as she brings her blades singing through the air left swings low right swings high in a crisscross fashion (17lft, 19 rt)
Hi’el-Humanoids: Trea's attacks cut low the beasty that was about to deck her with a well placed blow, but the slice to the head (3hps) and to the lower chest (6hps) silenced the baddy, bringing peaceful death.
Hi’el-Humanoids: Again the one on Tessa really has a thing for beating on her (19) and slightly bashes her in the stomach (1hp). The one on Amber continues to MISS, this time her left arm. Tessa and Amber attack.
Amber: “may Meilikki grant you the ability to feed the forest "
Amber: "sune be praised that my beauty is too much for you to bare beast" (swings with her hammer 17)
Tessa screams in disgust as the thing will NOT get off of her and kicks at it with all her might, to get it away from her. She's still on her horse, so tries to maneuver the horse slightly away from the zombies so she can throw her bead. As she does so, she yells, "Get out of the area from them! I'm going to try and FRY them!"
Hi’el-Game: Tessa roll to hit
Tessa (ugh. 12 to hit)
Hi’el-Humanoids: Amber clobbers her ugly with the smashing it down upon the critters shoulder (4hps), and it drops dead to the ground. Tessa's attack goes astray missing the beastie.
Hi’el-Game: END Round 3. START Round 4. All PCs roll initiative.
Tessa (Init 8...dangit )
Amber: (6a 8 t)
Tessa (curses her dice and threatens to replace them)
Amber: (let me get my precious ones for you)
Hi’el-Game: Round 4. Amber leads the way. There is only one baddy left on Tessa, a persistent bugger (9 init), then Tessa and Trea. Last goes the baddy.
Tessa: "Get Off me! AhhhHHHhh! Get it OFF me!"
Amber: aims at the ugliness, Throwing her hammer with great determination "Sune guide my arm"(20)
Hi’el-Humanoids: Amber's hammer sizzles through the night air, and smites the beastie in the upper back (7hps), causing the snap crackle and pop of bones as it's spine is shattered. The critter gags and paws at the stirrup of Tessa's horse and drops to the ground dead along with all the rest.
Hi’el-Game: All PCs roll observation check ( % )
Tessa: (87%)
Amber: (amber 5)(tre43)
Tessa shudders and tries to back the horse away from the dead again zombie on the ground near her. She still holds the bead in her hand and looks at the other two women. "Can we go now? P-Please? I don't wanna be out here anymore with these...these...dead people
Amber walks over to get her hammer thinking to herself she needs to have a return enchantment placed on it
Hi’el-Observation: Amber pleased with the success of her hammer throw is the only one who notices in a moon lit patch of the forest... the black wolf sitting and staring at them. It gets up and disappears into the forest when it sees Amber looking at it.
Hi’el-Observation: Amber also notes that whatever they was fighting don't appear to be walking dead or anything like a zombie. They bleed just black blood and don't smell like rotting corpses.
Amber Retrieves her horse remounting
Amber: "I don’t like these things ...I have never seen undead that bleed and didn’t need a bath "
Amber: "and I saw a back wolf....family or not lady. we are moving on"
Trealina: “ I agree...I have a loved one I need to see too"
Tessa looks at Amber and shakes her head, feeling weary already. "That HAS to be the same black wolf I saw."
Tessa: "I don't know anything about undead, but I don't wanna fight any more of those things. "
Tessa looks worried and disgusted at the same time. "I have some beads that might hurt them, but you two have to be out of the way...they're like mini fireballs...kind of...sort of..."
Hi’el-Game: Tessa and Trea -1hp for untended wounds.
Trealina: looks over to both...."anyone in need of Meilikki's grace before we move on"
Amber: (how do you tend to a bashed stomach anyway)
Tessa nods and gets off of her horse, moving over to the woman. "Yes, please. I don't feel very well at all."
Hi’el : (very carefully )
Tessa: (LOL)
Trealina ignores her own wounds as she makes her way to Tessa....
Hi’el-Observation: Amber also notes that whatever they were fighting had pocketses and pouches.
Trealina “ Aiya amaelamin Meilikki amin naa tualle naa lle nai tua amin a ' panta tangwa Tel' templa a ' poika tuula' kshapsae ar' tanka harwar sina ohtarorim sarko aman tel seldarine ho yassen llie bethil lava llie vaira tmp tel naikel lye laita llie varda valaasse (prayer of healing)
Trealina feeling a bit weaker after radiating Tessa with the glory of Meilikki
Hi’el-Healing: And Meilikki is .... pleased with Trea's recent activities. Through Tessa's battered frame flows incredible warmth and vigor filling her body fixing her hurts (8hps).