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[Anti-Paragon]

Reece Worstell for a name. This okay?

Apparently not.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 3, Turn 8: Order: Dwareet'ik (3!), Cius (5!), Creeper (6!), Reece (1!); New order: Creeper, Cius, Dwareet'ik, Reece

Creeper- (No post)

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Fearing the impending goblin retaliation you flee to the south. (Observation check:5!) You do not get lost and can easily retrace your steps, but you're hiding out in the forests a goodly ways to the south of the battle site.

Because you have nothing better to do you eat some of your food and drink some of your water.
(+2 Observation experience.)

Cius-

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You carefully gather the warm stones from the small fire circle. They still smell faintly of garlic which makes you realize how hungry and thirsty you are. You pull out the waterskin that Weedo su fortunately returned to you full and take a good drink from it. You feel better.

You pick up the stones and toss one out to use for a target since there seems to be little else around here. There is the skull you could get, but it's at the bottom of the indentation around the ramp.

(Practice throwing:1!-1) You grip the large stone firmly and do your best to aim releasing it as it goes arcing towards your target. The ground rushes up to greet you though and you hit your head quite hard on the stone. It seems that one of your legs gave out in the maneuver and now you have a headache. You decide to sit back down so you don't hurt yourself.

Recovery roll:1! Your head throbs where you hit it on the floor.

Dwareet'ik-

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(Observation check:6!,4!) You begin your search where the trail of blood left off, marking the spot and moving in larger and larger circles around it and soon enough you manage to see another spot on the ground, and then another. The path follows the bluff around until it heads down the slope into the swamp. You follow and soon find the location where whoever (now that you've seen the footprints in the soft soil) came. They apparently rested a while and bandaged their arm here, you can see a small pool of blood and matted down grass near a tree.

The tracks then lead further into the swamp. You decide to try and follow them. (Observation check:6!,4!) (Dang... lucky dog today with your rolls) It's not easy to follow the trail in the swamp but you manage to persist until, all of a sudden, it stops. You find a very thoroughly eaten carcass of what may have been an elf lying in the grass beneath a tree. It seems one of his arms has been ripped off and is missing. Most of his flesh has been stripped from the bone entirely and you see wolf prints in the ground nearby.

His clothing is so shredded as to be entirely useless. Strangely he seems to have been carrying no weapon, or none that you can find. It's possible it is embedded in one of the wolves. He had a small bag with him but it too was torn to pieces and is useless now, there is nothing inside it that you can see. It seems he did have birch bark waterskin that you find tossed to one side. The wolves ignored it, and though the strap is broken you can still hear water sloshing around in it.

(Discovered the remains of Acile, the elf. +4 Observation exp.)

Recovery Roll:6!,6! Your leg begins feeling better already!

Reece-

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You've been travelling for some time to get to this place, and the fabled fortress lies before you. It's legend has been steeped in violence and death, but your people still have remembrances of trade and relations with the dwarves that once inhabited it. You are approaching it from the south.

It's unfortunate that your master, a knight, beat you for neglecting your duties and that you ran away with nary a scrap, but if you can earn your fortune and prove your skill here your life might turn out better. You now wish you had stolen something better than the practice sword and some rudimentary gear before leaving. One of the camp dogs had followed you and you were likewise forced to take advantage of it in order to survive.

You take a moment to get your bearings as you approach. (Observation check:4!) It's around noon now and the sun is bright enough, though a chill breeze kicks up now and again. In truth, it's pleasant, but at night you can only imagine it still get's rather cold at this elevation. You see the entirety of the southern wall before you, stretched out unbelievingly long and very high. It's no wonder this place has left it's mark in history. On the eastern flank of the wall, where the slopes rise up into a flat portion of sorts you can see smoke from several fires. Very strange.

You cannot see above the wall into the fortress proper from your elevation, there are no hills or mountains in the south to give you a proper vantage. Soon you've traveled close enough to be in the shadow of the wall itself.

(And yes, the name is fine.)

[Mr.Person]

Oh, of COURSE I roll three 1's and the rest of you all roll, 4's and better. Argh.

I suppose I should go for the trade depot with all the plants in it. I'll go in there and try and get some food. Gambler's Fallacy says I'll get a bunch of 6's in a row and find a bunch of Plump Helmets.

[Anti-Paragon]

Hey, I know I'm a bit late, but I just realized. Did I get my dodge bonus for that battle? I realize I'm grasping at straws here but I figure there's no harm in asking.
Scratch that, I realize my dodge bonus only applies to my criticals. I think.

[Dwarmin]

Greedy wolves don't know how to share

Paragon: I think your dodge bonus is negated when your facing creatures your size, or ones that are fast as you. I got a +1 dodge bonus against the first goat I blasted with turn undead in the quarry, but not this recent one in the mountain, which was probably fresher. I dunno.


Actions
See if I get at least a half meal worth from him. (I'm assuming when you say unbiased Omnivore, you mean it)

Then Gather up any leather scraps from the bag, and snag and examine the water skin to see if I could repair it in the future.

No time for a proper burial, and who knows what Elves do to their dead, so pile some dry sticks and tinder on him and, after a prayer to Elyvilon, set him alight. Viking funeral ftw!

Then make my way back to the quarry.

EDIT: Don't forget my healing roll Paul! Thank you.

[tehstefan]

I go look for an entrance, staying away from the fires for now, until I have a way to look at them without being heard.

Figure no contact would be better.

[zestorum]

Action: Explore.

[Dwarmin]

Lol Tehstefan

You should of let your original turn stand. We all have to at least pretend we don't read the spoilers.

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In any case, you could of stole a Goblin Sword/shield with a bit of luck. Or been vivisected, spitted and roasted. Depends on the dice roles 

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 3, Turn 9: Order: Creeper (3!,3!), Cius (4!), Dwareet'ik (3!,4!), Reece (1!); New order: Cius, Dwareet'ik, Creeper, Reece

Cius-

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You shakily get to your feet and look around to gather your posessions, but then you realize they're all below still in the trade depot hall. Weedo su headed that direction a little while ago, so it should be relatively safe still.

(Observation check:1!) You're so focused on gritting your teeth that you don't really notice anything as you descend the ramp. You are feeling remarkably better, fantastically so compared to a day ago. You can't help notice as you approach the trade hall that there is a torch stuck in the packed sand soil directly in front of the ramp entrance. You remember the traps and their locations. (Trap avoid: 3!+1 (knowledge)-1 (mobility)) Despite your awareness of them you only just barely avoid the weapon traps as they go off. You can very faintly hear the mechanism retracting. (Trap avoid: 5! +1 (knowledge) -1 (mobility)) The cage traps are another matter. You know where they are and should have no trouble avoiding them in the future.

You carefully walk around the mound to go retrieve your goods and look into some of the plants growing there. You can't help but notice two zombies that appear to be feasting themselves on the remains of Weedo su. He's hard to recognize at all in fact. His head has been split open and most of his chest cavity has been removed, the bones broken outward in a gruesome display. The zombies look up at you as you turn the corner and all you can think is 'Oh, crap. I hate this place.'

One of the zombies appears to have been badly burned and cannot stand, his shattered leg hanging useless. The other appears to have had an arm badly damaged and hanging useless at it's side. Other than that they appear remarkably ... zombie like. They grin at you almost eagerly and begin shuffling in your direction. Well, one is shuffling, the other is slowly crawling.

You decide it best to undergo a strategic withdrawl and hasten yourself back to the entrance of the hall positioning yourself behind the traps, forcing the zombies through them. (Trap avoid:4!+1 (Knowledge)-1 Mobility) You manage to make it through the cage traps easily, without setting them off at all. The weapon trap you activate when you're mostly through it and you manage to find secure footing and not to get hit.

The zombies follow, unheeding. Zombie 2 is faster and gets to the traps first. (Trap avoid:3!-1 mobility) He soon disappears into a pit, you hear clanging on the metal. The second one is slower but continues his relentless pursuit. (Trap avoid:3!-2 (impaired mobility)) He too fall in the neighboring trap and disappears. You hear no more noise and soon a faint grinding can be heard and the dull thumping of rotten flesh on metal fades until the pits are closed again and all is once more silent.

You head back into the ruined room carefully. (Trap avoid:3!-1+1) You barely make it past the traps, taking a nick in the process on your left leg, but it's not too severe.

All is quiet. You have a torch that has burned fairly low.

(+2 Traps and snares exp.)

Dwareet'ik-

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(Luck:1!) You look over the corpse, wondering idly what elf tastes like but it seems the wolves have left you little more than scraps clinging to bone. It might make for a good soup if you had a proper kettle but you can't see it being useful. You look at the remains of the bag, it is made of rope reed (not leather) but you gather what you can of it and use the strap to fix the waterskin. It's not ideal but it should hold.

You spend some time gathering stick and branches and pile them upon the corpse. The area is damp enough that the fire should spread very far. You then light the pile using your striker and flint. (Action:6!,5!) fortunately for you the wood catches easily and soon a very merry blaze is going. It is then that you hear a low growling behind you and see three wolves surrounding your egress.

You stand with your back to the fire and grab a flaming branch, wielding it in front of you like a sword. (Action:6!-1 (combat related)) (Luck:5!)The wolves smell the fire and seem uncomfortable with it. As the blaze picks up they get less certain and combined with your yelling and the fact that they did eat far better than normal last night they don't press the issue and soon leave, slipping off into the verdant growth.

When you're satisfied they're gone you quickly return to the quarry.

(You feel like a lucky bastard. And indeed you are one.)

Recovery roll:2!+1 (for bandage) All that exhertion hasn't been good for your leg but it did not get worse.

Creeper-

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(Explore:1!) You wander around for some time exploring. There's something bothering you in the back of your mind but it takes forever to sink in.

Oh, yes. You're wandering to the south-east of a huge fortress, well beyond it's walls. There's nothing here but vast wilderness. You can still see the walls.

Reece-

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(Observation check:6!,6!) You wisely decide to avoid the fires for now. Anything bold enough to camp openly in this terrifying mountain-range is probably more than a match for you. If only you would have shown such forethought before you left you would have grabbed a proper backpack and supplies.

Well, avoiding the fires means heading west. It seems logical that there would be more than one entrance and by moving close to the walls you are able to travel on relatively flat ground. As you near the south-west corner you think you see some sort of path in the swampy area north of you heading towards the wall, and following it you think you see a slight break in the wall that must be a door. The wall itself is smoothed stone, granite to be precise and featureless. There are no obvious creatures around, other than the herons and swans that appear to have taken roost at the top of this corner of the wall. There must be some structures up there that provide shelter for them. Which means that the wall itself is likely a structure of sorts. You can't imagine any only wall surviving this long so it must be quite thick and sturdy, thick enough perhaps for there to be passageways inside it. You make a note to keep an eye out for those and press on.

(+2 Observation exp., insight into wall)

(Cius, Dwareet'ik, I require further clarification for the remainder of your turn. And Dwareet'ik, I updated last turn with your recovery rolls. I swear you had a truly exceptional turn last round. There's a +1 on that I forgot as well.)

[Mr.Person]

Run Hobble back to end of the hall, after the traps (Pretty much back where I started, but still in the hall). I know where they are, so avoiding them should be fairly easy. The zombies, however, might get trapped, killed, or worse. Oh, grab that torch, too. Then face them. Try and break their arms. After that, knock them prone and do really mean things to them.

[Dwarmin]

Looks like game over for me lol
But I do have a chance. A better one than all the other players that have run into similar situations so far. Maybe my rolls will be good 


Actions

The fire is my friend. Stay near it at all times, and try to keep my back to it so I can't be flanked. Pick up burning branches from the bonfire to ward them off, screaming and yelling like a maniac trying to make myself not look like prey, but don't attack them, unless I have to. Just try to scare them away. Wolves hate fire, right? RIGHT! I need to convince them I'm not a good meal, so running like a injured deer is not likely to work, and I will stand my ground. I hope wolves are flammable!

Try multiple voodoo curses invoking their fears, and loud voices-maybe of spirits of ancient Dwarven hunters? I'm hoping they ate well enough last night that their hunger won't overpower their sense of self preservation.

If I sense a 3 on 1 combat, or or get more than a single +3 wound that I can't heal, gather a big torch in one hand and my staff in another, and make a fighting retreat to the tree, which I will attempt to climb. (deja vu all over again!)

Of course, if forced to fight, sell my life dearly, attacking the largest wolf first. If I kill the Alpha, they might panic and run heh. Call on Elyvilon to quick heal me if I get a +3 wound at any time, again as many times as I dare.

If death is imminent, say a prayer to Elyvilon to save me! If the deus ex machina fails, jump into the bonfire. My faith will shield me from the flames! Or spare me the pain of being eaten alive.

If I manage to scare or kill them all, then run back to the quarry, because this is their territory, and there are probably more of them around...

[tehstefan]

I keep going, looking for any life, staying attentive, and following the wall closely. It'll give me a way to protect my back if anything comes. Also, practice sneaking around! No one's around, its a good time to practice being stealthy!

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Ok, Turn 9 has been fully completed, and true to form Dwareet'ik got freakishly luck again. I swear you've blessed the dice with your voodoo powers. Either that or you're stealing luck somehow from Cius and Weedo su...

Anyways, you've all got the weekend to post the next round. Have a good one. The more detailed your posts are the more you can accomplish, to a point.

[Mr.Person]

You didn't roll a healing roll for me, although since I took damage, it would make sense if I don't get one. Also, you didn't put the torch into my inventory on the first page.

Anyways, continue on into the trade hall. Grab the lantern and the empty box of band-aids. Then, it's herbalism time, go look for some food until I'm fairly full. Whatever I grab, put some extra in the band-aid box. If I have more time after that, continue on into the room I found all the demon rats in and look for loot in there.

[Dwarmin]

Da voodoo be strong mon 

Get to work on pulling apart all 3 goat corpses in the quarry and making some simple armor. Sharpen my knife and cut up the rope for construction materials. I can use the needle for any threading, and tear up a single bandage if I need string. Supplement my armor with stone and wood if I have to, but I need it to be light weight, so as not to hinder my movement. Make sure to start a fire and burn off any zombie goo from the bones I use.

Try to make these, in order from top to bottom, whatever I have enough materials for. If I don't have enough for chest, skip to arms etc.

Legs
Chest
Arms
Head

If you need to visualize for deciding stats or RP, consider it early native American style of armor.
http://www.prairieedge.com/getimage/29527

Like that but Kobold make (ugly but functional)