6xAssorted Fruit meals (1/day of food)
OOC/Assume this stuff is being carried in some sort of party wide hammerspace. It can be claimed by anyone in the party, that the others have told you they are willing to share, in Eri's case. Party loot will also go here when it comes up. Food will be auto-eaten unless you specify you're not doing so.
The party moves on from the strange home of a stranger woman...while they have little illumination, they at least have a direction to travel in.
Act 2, Scene 3Eri ArloestEri makes a habit of checking her cellphone for a signal often.
It's still on the fritz-but the signal is, slowly, getting stronger. A few times, she dials, but no one answers...
Inventory
Medium Scrap Metal Pry Bar, in left hand (Improvised Melee Weapon, does 1d4 Blunt or Piercing Damage. Looks like it will be bent out of shape only after a few solid strikes.)
2xFirst Aid Kits (Attached to belt)
Range Pack (On back)
-Compass
-Penlight
-Binoculars
-Trail Rations ( 8 )
-Sleeping Bag
-Cellphone
Jim the Pilots Wallet
-Assorted Cash (1 Wealth Worth in Ringgits/Malay Currency)
-Personal Effects
Richard Dockson Jr Richard thoughts are heavy, and he unusually quiet and brooding.
(20/20 HP remains, now 0 total NLD)
Life Jacket, Being worn: +10 to Swim Checks, Can Take 10 even when threatened
Dockson Legacy Expedition Case, Strapped Over Shoulder (Can hold up to 10 pds of equipment, but the case and it's contents will count as weightless if Richard holds it. Extremely difficult to break into or damage by ordinary means. It contains a sundry of random equipment and trinkets Dockson Sr gathered in his travels-Richard can occasionally pull plot-needed items from it's depths with a search roll.)
-Zip Tie Cuffs (25)
-Chem Light Sticks (5)
-Compass
-Binoculars
-Flashlight
-Multipurpose Tool
-Lock Release gun
-Beretta 93R (Semiautomatic Pistol, does 2d6 Ballistic Damage. Currently unloaded. Looks to be in pristine condition.)
-Spare 9mm Beretta Clip (20 rounds total)
-The Last Crystal-Glyph (Glowing Slightly)
-Personal Recorder (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=113341.msg3499741#msg3499741)
-Black Stone Box (Seal Broken)
Renard BrosacRenard feel shaky and utterly miserable-between the pain, the heat, the insects and the mud, he's quite sure this is Hell.
(17/18 HP remains, now 0 total NLD)
Inventory
Archaic Scrap Spear, in both hands (Large Melee Weapon, does 1d8 Piercing Damage. Made of tight vines lashing a scrap edge to a long branch. Seems a bit fragile.)
Stretchy Vine (10 ft)
Locked Black Briefcase (5 digit code)
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Ashley LockmanAshley makes sure to get a ration of fruit, keeping herself healthy. She keeps an eye on the others...
(18/18 HP remains)
Inventory
Scrap Staff, in both hands (Large Improvised Melee Weapon, does 1d6 Blunt Damage. Badly bent-good enough for walking, but not much else.)
Survival Kit (On back, Providing +10 to Swim Checks, Can Take 10 even when threatened)
-1xFlare gun (1 Round ammunition)
-3xChemical Light sticks
-1xCompass
-1xMultipurpose Tool
-20xSquare feet of Clear Plastic
Day Pack (on shoulder)
-Pocket Flashlight
-Casual Clothes
-Cellphone
-Flashlight
-Duct Tape
Rachel FergussonRachel has little to say. She is quiet, and observant.
(18/20 HP remains, now 0 total NLD)
Inventory
Day Pack (On left shoulder)
-Flashlight (Battery 100%)
-Trail Rations (36 bars)
-Rope (30 ft nylon)
-Knife (1d4 piercing damage, 19-20 crit range)
MicaMica hangs in the back of the party, trying to remain unseen.
(18/20 HP remains)
Scrap Spear, in both hands (Large Improvised Melee Weapon, does 1d6 Piercing Damage. It's got a pointy end!)
AbbyAbby is also quiet.
Her brother seems worried for her.
"What's wrong, Abby? Are you feeling sick or something?" He asks.
(16/16 HP remains)
Inventory
TravisTravis moves along, his mind wandering into the past...
(14/17 HP remains, now 0 total NLD)
Teardrop Jade Amulet, On Neck (Protection from...?)
Leather Jacket +2, Being Worn (Light Armor. It looks like something an Aviator from WW2 would favor. Classic cool. It's comfortable, and strong...it feels stronger than you would have guessed. Acts as a regular Leather Jacket armor, and gives you a +2 AC Bonus on top of it's base stats.)
-Mapcase (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=113341.msg3502773#msg3502773)
WesleyWesley holds his medical kit close, and occasionally attends to the groups minor wounds as they rest.
(17/17 HP remains, now 0 total NLD)
Inventory
Medical Kit (9/10 uses remain)
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Entire Team
Day 2The party rests shortly after.
+1 HPThe team just has enough food that everyone is able to eat that night, grumbling stomachs aside.
-4x Fruit Meals, -10xTrail Bars...And by the next day, they begin the long and hard trek toward the cliffs beyond.
Eri leads the way!
Eri Survival Roll [7+14=21]She helpfully finds enough supplies for 6 members of the party-it should be enough to tide them over, for one more day...
+6 Fruit MealsThe Jungle is a treacherous, difficult to navigate place-but the map seems to update their position every 30 minutes or so, in real time-and they make their way toward the road, and hopefully help.
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[Encounter Roll=17]They run into some truly Hellish terrain about noon...
Eri Survival Roll [7+20=27]...But Eri points out the quicksand pits before the team merrily stumbles into them.
[Encounter Roll=19]It's almost dusk, and the party is considering finding rest, when they come upon a grisly sight-to be more honest, they smell it on the air first...rotting flesh.
They find the fly blown corpse of full grown Malayan Tiger, shot, skinned and butchered roughly-then left to rot.
Eri is shocked when she realizes two things-the Tiger is a female, and judging by the littered bones and padded down sleeping areas, this was Her Den-home. There's no sign of a chase-apparently She stood her ground and died here. She knows it would only do that if the Tigeress was defending cubs-but if they were killed, they're not here.
Wesley is disgusted to notice some of the blows seem to have been inflicted only to cause pain-some of the Tigers claws were extracted...while She was still alive. She probably kept fighting, even when heavily wounded, and the Poachers took out their anger on her with no remorse.
The group agrees-Poachers, no doubt. Poaching is illegal in Malaysia, naturally-but the market for them only seems to get better as their population is diminished. Such casual cruelty is also common of their profession, sadly-though some turn in desperation to Poaching, to supplement their families meager incomes, others seem to enjoy the blood-lust of the work. This case is likely the latter.
That aside, there is a definite trail leading away-footprints, cigarette butts, discarded food wrappers-whoever killed this Tigeress has moved on, possibly to their own camp...they're obviously not too concerned about being tracked out here, fearing little in the great expanse of green.
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The party considers what to do. Should they follow the back-trail? Their reception might be a bit frosty. But if they can find them...they might find a way out of this jungle. Or it could be a waste of time-and a dangerous one.
The Poachers will have guns, knives and clubs-versus the parties scraped together assortment of airplane wreckage turned improvised weapons. If they turn out to be hostile, it might get ugly.