Mordred wakes up in cold sweat - he had bad dreams
Time to look alive. Head back to our starting site where we agreed to regroup. That should have me occupied for quite a while.
okay, you head that way. the wound is still painful and tender, but by the time you get there it should be more or less healed.
Nice Knife
Continue slowly healing Mordred. I'd like a status update on him--still bleeding? Is the knife still in his gut?
Like he said, he pulled it out. but it was still leaking overnight, though not life threateningly. yuo shold have him in fighting shape by the time he reaches the rendevous. Or at least by the time the rest of the group gathers and you can get into more trouble.
((ack, you updates much sooner in the day than I expected. Sorry.))
Let the scouts lead me to the routes. Take in the surroundings.
((sorry. I try to update when I get off work early in the morning, but sometimes I update in the eveneing. if I do update in the evening I try to remain on that schedule so I give everyone 24 hours to post. Sometimes I forget or get ahead of myself))
There are four main paths up the escarpment that the mercs could use, in addition to a more open and uncertain approach from the south, if they wanted to take the long way. the routes up the escarpment are natural choke points, with trees and boulders and cliffs to deal with. The long way, they still have to get up somewhere south, but once they do, they have a bit of plateau to work with, but it is a ridge line, so the area to cover is not vast. Also, once up on the ridgeline, the route is open and clear of trees, with only some long grass and brambles for cover, besides the natural lumpiness of the ground. If they wanted to come en masse, they would take the long way. Of the four paths up, one is north of the encampment, one just south, and two are much closer to where you guys started at. the last two are unguarded, but the first two are watched by goblins. Note that the goblin cap you guys found is not the only location the goblins are in - just sort of the main village. They have families camping elsewhere too because they follow the herds.
If you want to assume you headed back to rendevous this round I'll get you there, but if you have other things you want to do first, go ahead.
climb up a tree and get a basic ideal of my surroundings then work on foraging for food
You shrug off the laughter and climb a tall tree. The ridgeline is east of you. the valley you were tooling about in .. you don't know. You seem way off course. You are in a bit of a depression between two ridges north and south, so yo ucan't really see where that valley is. As for food ... well, you find some edible plants and nuts and berries. Enough for a decent meal.
Head north, back to the place where we arrived, where we said we would regroup.
You head up toward the open slope you started from.
Hom:
Eh, it'll heal, leave the arrow alone and avoid moving my neck too much. Head west, that's away from the sunrise. Maybe one of my more intelligent-seeming comrades could help with the arrow.
hoooookay. Time to start rolling constitution rolls. Should be okay for a little, anyway. It hurts like fuck to walk, but you bear it for now.
Solam Kobemtosed
Make sure I've got that bag of goblin brains, check orc for expensive armor, eat orc brains if I have not done so already. Follow the turtle.
the orc has a heavy ring mail shirt. It is very cumbersome. You are pretty loaded down carrying it. you hack at the orc's head with your sword for a while, trying to get at the juicy bits inside. eventually you give up and cut it's head off and stuff it in the bag with the other heads "for later." Westward you go.
Jack, Hom, Solam, Mordred and the knife all regroup sometime after noon, with the turtle limping in late in the afternoon, bleeding and bleary. Hom drops a few hundred yerds from the group, passing out from the exertion.
Arileht is lost and currently trying to find himself like some sort of forest hippy, or elf, or whatever.
Clunkers, Terrance, and Cho are either with the group or are doing things at the goblin camp, depending on their preference. they are in a quantum state until I observe their decision.
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