Seventh turn, and the entrance of Greenstarfanatic.Rukukin stumbles and falls to his hands and knees. He licks his lips and looks pleadingly up at the soldier. "Please..." he rasps, "...water."
[
1] The soldier sneers. "Don't try to pull that garbage. I saw you trying to sneak up on us, so turn around and keep walking, thief."
Old Alan wanders up to the lone man guarding the noble family's valuables.
[
5+1] "You know," he says in his best 'old man' voice (it's a good one), "when I was but a lad, I realized a strange thing. You see, when two birds meet each other for the first time, they have themselves a fight. It's proper bird behaviour, you see. Now, I see you standing here with your whatsit and your things, and I think to myself 'say, a proper young man like yourself, what's he doing without a radish?' Radishes are good for your digestion, you see. Where was I? As, yes. When I was but a lad, I encountered a businessman selling goats one day, and he said to me words I've cherished my entire life. He told me... hmm, what did he tell me... as yes, he told me that the crying hounds of War reek like havoc. It just goes to show, even War itself can't be bothered to give his dogs a bath, you see. Now, my boy, where are your keys? You left home without your keys? Oh deary me, the last time I left my keys at home was the Fourteenth Cave War, and let me tell you, as I was standing on my doorstep with no keys I got drafted! Yes, I was made to fight in that war and I lost both my legs and half of my liver. You see, it just goes to show..."
The bored guard turns Old Alan around and gently pushes him along down the road for a while before returning to his post, exhaling in relief now that the rambling old man's out of earshot.
Eggen circles the bandit spearman cautiously, waiting for him to make the first move. (
4+2-1)vs[
1+1] The spearman strikes too fast for Eggen to react and jabs deep into his shoulder! [
2] Eggen is bleeding!
Jake spins around and starts walking in the direction he's facing. [
1] He doesn't actually know which direction he's walking, but it has to lead somewhere, right? As it turns out, "somewhere" means "right back where he started".
Meanwhile, outside the City walls...
Jared Collen, the green-eyed charmer, stirs feebly and opens his eyes. Sitting up, he realizes he's surrounded by dead people.
It appears that after his disastrous showing in that arena match he and the rest of the losers were tossed out of the [
3]rd gate of the City with and left for dead. The third gate of the city is the Forest Gate, which leads to Spinner's Grove, likely the largest and most ancient forest in the world. Though food and shelter will be easy to find, the deadly wildlife and lack of major roads makes most people avoid the forest if they can.
Checking his rags Jared finds the hand mirror he's kept with him for all these years. A gift from his parents, it could come in handy for... something.
Caerwyn
Name: Rukukin
Health: |||||
Status: Uninjured, tired, slightly hungry.
Skills: Defender (when defending in a fight, extra -1 to rolls against)
Inventory: Pointed Stick, Ragged Hat
Wealth: 0 coin
Notoriety: 0 (unknown)
lawastooshort
Name: Eggen
Health: |||||
Status: Stabbed (right shoulder), rested, not hungry, bleeding.
Skills: Spearman (+1 with attacks with spear-type weapons)
Inventory: Pointed Stick, Silver Bar, Iron Bar
Wealth: 0 coin
Notoriety: 10 (small fry)
Scelly9
Name: Jake
Health: |||||
Status: Uninjured, rested, slightly hungry.
Skills: Defender (when defending in a fight, extra +1 to defensive rolls)
Inventory: Damaged Empty Sack, Rock
Wealth: 0 coin
Notoriety: 0 (unknown)
ReDeadEr
Name: Old Alan
Health: |||||
Status: Uninjured, rested, not hungry.
Skills: Silvertongued (+1 to all speech checks)
Inventory: Walking Stick
Wealth: 0 coin
Notoriety: 0 (unknown)
Greenstarfanatic
Name: Jared Collen
Health: |||||
Status: Uninjured, rested, not hungry.
Skills: Silvertongued (+1 to all speech checks)
Inventory: Hand Mirror
Wealth: 0 coin
Notoriety: 0 (unknown)