Post by David on Sept 23, 2016 17:09:34 GMT -5
The party (Ryder, Lillian, Virstalen, Sarafina, Maxine, Cyrus, and TwoRivers) spend two days resting in Chi'en Lun before going after the "monsters" in the hills. The townsfolk believe the creatures to be a small group of dru, waylaying caravans and sacking farms for cash and food. The heroes head out to search the bamboo forests, late in the day encountering a flock of Cidrian "hummingbirds" -- on this world, they look more like crows with pointy beaks for sucking blood, not nectar! The heroes take the bloodsuckers out without incident and that light are treated to the sight of Cidrian glowflies -- a cross between fireflies and dragonflies. Ryder is stung by one but survives -- their bite isn't bad, but the shock of static electricity can be lethal!
In the middle of the night, TwoRivers notes the group is under attack -- four winged apes descend on the party. They nearly kill everyone and one does manage to carry off Verstalen. Another flies on foot while the other two are slain. TwoRivers spends a couple hours tracking the one that escaped, but turns back. In the morning, the whole party follows the tracks and is attacked in the woods by three healthy winged apes! They take out Maxine and Cyrus, carrying them off. The rest of the party gives chance and comes to a clearing in the woods where Verstalen's chainmail is scattered amid freshly-picked human bones...but Maxine and Cyrus are there, guarded by the two wounded apes. Somehow, TowRivers and Ryder take the other three apes and Sarafina's and Lillian manage to drive off one ape and drop the other, saving their two downed allies using the potions of healing they found earlier.
Next move? The apes' lair remains unsearched, though two of the beasts escaped and are presumably still in the area...
Status:
TwoRivers: 2 of 18
Ryder: 1 of 4
Sarafina: 4 (full) -- outta spells
__Ditty: 3 (full)
Maxine: -1 of 13 but stable
Lillian: 5 (full)
Cyrus: 3 of 8, one spell left
In the middle of the night, TwoRivers notes the group is under attack -- four winged apes descend on the party. They nearly kill everyone and one does manage to carry off Verstalen. Another flies on foot while the other two are slain. TwoRivers spends a couple hours tracking the one that escaped, but turns back. In the morning, the whole party follows the tracks and is attacked in the woods by three healthy winged apes! They take out Maxine and Cyrus, carrying them off. The rest of the party gives chance and comes to a clearing in the woods where Verstalen's chainmail is scattered amid freshly-picked human bones...but Maxine and Cyrus are there, guarded by the two wounded apes. Somehow, TowRivers and Ryder take the other three apes and Sarafina's and Lillian manage to drive off one ape and drop the other, saving their two downed allies using the potions of healing they found earlier.
Next move? The apes' lair remains unsearched, though two of the beasts escaped and are presumably still in the area...
Status:
TwoRivers: 2 of 18
Ryder: 1 of 4
Sarafina: 4 (full) -- outta spells
__Ditty: 3 (full)
Maxine: -1 of 13 but stable
Lillian: 5 (full)
Cyrus: 3 of 8, one spell left