Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Ghinarian Hills 10 21-22/10/4444 BCCC

XP: 160
21-22/10/4444: Kal fleeing west into hills pursued by Maldar, Malthis and two warriors.
Lance enjoying the charms of Jana Vex in a private alcove.

   
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7:29pm  2013-12-11 Smon Has entered the room
7:29pm  2013-12-11 Amalric Has entered the room
Smon: Hi G
7:30pm  2013-12-11 Goonergeezer Has entered the room
Amalric: hey Simon, Ken
Smon: Hi Ken
Goonergeezer: heya Simon, Graham 
Smon: So, I'm thinking after this week I'll probably want to take a break until January, around when Chris gets back.
Amalric: sounds fine to me
Smon: Just looking at XP for last session
Goonergeezer: yep thats good 
Smon: Going to award 640 XP each. 
Amalric: nice!
Goonergeezer: nice chunk there 
Smon: Captain Lance Harcourt (Graham) Fighter-3 XP: 4510 Need: 8000 Kalvin Ajznikov (Ken) Fighter-3 XP: 4310 Need: 8000
Smon: That's w/out 10% bonuses.
Goonergeezer: 4741 in tot 
Smon: GM: OK, your tired and wet band of warriors catch up with the rest of the merchant train some way down the road.
Amalric: i make mine to be about 4904, been updating as we went along
Amalric rolls 1d20-1 and gets: 8, (-1) = 7 
Smon: Seroni pushes you along with only short rests until dawn comes up a few hours later, the rain also easing off. You're probably now only a couple miles from Theber, the next village, but the slave girls look exhausted.
Amalric: (that's for another game, ignore it)
Amalric rolls 1d20-1 and gets: 6, (-1) = 5 
Smon: Seroni scans the green Ghinarian hills, and her bedraggeled convoy. "Don't want anyone dropping dead... we'll rest here till noon, then head on for Theber."
Smon: Seroni orders camp made in daylight, and watches posted.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Goonergeezer: "wen wees get dere, wes go bak n look fer der muney der gobbo's hav?"
Amalric: "Let us wait and see. No point in rushing off if we are half dead."
Smon: Seroni nods. Six hours pass peacefully, though you are still sluggish and dog tired (-1 to d20 rolls) when you have brunch and break camp. It's a steamy sunny day.
Smon: An hour's perambulation on down the road brings you in sight of a good sized village, sited where the hill road runs down to the coastal plain.
Smon: Kal knows that he's now quite close to Verius and the area where he's wanted for various crimes.
Smon: Once you're close to Theber, Seroni waves to a couple guards on the palisade, then turns to Kal & Lance. "You want to head back now? You look like you could do with a rest first."
Amalric: "I'd rather rest up. We can gather coin better when healthy and alert, as opposed to when we're dead."
Amalric: "It may be gone by now anyway."
Goonergeezer: Kal pulls the hood of his cloak up over his head as far as it will go and will keep his head down as much as possible "Ow lon wees gonn abe ere?"
Goonergeezer: "wees rest ere Lanse, butt i wonts t go bak fer der gold after dow"
Smon: Seroni: "I'm thinking rest here today, then tomorrow head for Kren's Cairn."
Smon: Seroni: "But we can stay here an extra day if you two are heading back."
Amalric: "Well let's do that then, if you do not mind. Likely your slaves could use the rest, be in better shape for the market at Theber."
Smon: Map - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMOVITXzGoV3n6kHrHUfKfEEwDE9bkIqZSDyvZBhRukEF-GmzmuolbuulqQOIrUXE6U7hJBQNwgkFSxaipoCCru-SX3hdH7rfiEVu-SLR7eQuUNb4nzjq81dwZ-jw-H1Cf9SWmXXIbN8/s640/Ghinarian+Hills.bmp - I'm thinking Kal is probably wanted in both Verius & Talholm, on the coast near Theber.
Goonergeezer: "yoos finks it gon now Lanse? den wont go bak dere"
Smon: Seroni grins. "Yes, I can get them prettied up a little!"
Amalric: "Depends when you want to go, Kal. I don't want to be on the road in the dark, not after last night."
Amalric: (actually, we could go back. might be a couple of kobolds left, if they're still at the refuge, plus them and an ogre's loot)
Goonergeezer: "her,her,her,her, Lanse friten of der nite Farys"
Goonergeezer: "Lanse yoos Rent der Hores fer us t Ryde bak n it be quik"
Smon: Your standard move in plate armour is 12 miles/day, so it would be hard to go 10 miles to the ogre lair and back in 1 day, 20 miles.
Smon: Horses would certainly help. 
Smon: Hores possibly less so 
Smon: Approaching the gate, it opens and Seroni greets the guards.
Amalric: well if we can buy or hire horses, all the better
Smon: You enter the bustling village; unlike Bratanis and Selatine this one does not seem greatly depleted of menfolk - perhaps few raiders reach this far north.
Smon: A senior warrior in shining bronze armour and greying beard approaches. 
Goonergeezer: Kal keeps his head down and says nothing
Smon: Seroni whispers to you: "That is Malthis of Tula, son-in-law to Lord Vilius. He is a great warrior, once of Kren's Cairn."
Amalric: "Greetings! You must be Malthis, the mighty warrior! We have heaard much about you - an honour to meet you, sir."
Smon: Seroni: "Greetings, Malthis!" Malthis bows. "Good day, Lady Seroni. Lord Vilius extends you and your men the hospitality of his longhouse. He is eager to hear news of the south. You may stable your slaves with our horses."
Smon: Malthis looks over at Lance.
Smon: /roll 2d6+1
Smon rolls 2d6+1 and gets: 3, 2, (+1) = 6 
Smon: Malthis: "Greetings, warrior. And who might you be?"
Smon: (Malthis looks a lot like one of the older warriors in '300', only with more clothes on) 
Amalric: "I am Captain Lance Harcourt, late of Modron. And these are my companions, the priestess Jana Vex and the...ah...guardsman, Kal - I mean, Kal-trop. He's from a distant land. A different one."
Smon: Make a CHA check, d20 
Amalric rolls 1d20 and gets: 15,
Amalric: yup
Smon: Jana smiles winsomely at the handsome veteran. Malthis smiles back at her, ignoring Kal-Trop.
Smon: Malthis: "Vex? You're of Selatine?" Jana nods. "Lord Hytirus is my brother."
Smon: Malthis nods. "Lord Vilius my father-in-law is always keen to hear news of far-off lands like Modron, and events in Selatine too, of course. Please, come."
Smon: Malthis escorts you into the village longhouse, where serving girls are already bustling to prepare a feast in honour of your arrival. At the far end an elderly man in nobles' robes sits upon a wooden throne, surrounded by several attractive young women. Seroni: "Lord Vilius and some of his daughters..."
Amalric: "Thank you."
Amalric: Lance's eyes light up, hopefully away from Jana's line of sight
Amalric: 
Goonergeezer: Kal will stay with the slaves to keep an eye on them
Smon: was being held prisoner by 6 yr old!
Amalric: the worst!
Smon: brb
Smon: ok back
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Smon: hm
Amalric: hmmm?
Smon: oh well you can find his pic athttp://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-ghinarian-hills.html
Smon: (link was too long)
Smon: The elderly nobleman stands, smiling graciously to Seroni. "It is always good to see you, lady Seroni. Your presence lightens our hall. Who are your companions?"
Smon: Jana: "I am Jana Vex, sister to Lord Hytirus of Selatine, my lord."
Smon: Kal helps Seroni's other men feed and water the slaves in a paddock by the stable block.
Amalric: "And I am Captain Lance Harcourt, late of Modron."
Smon: Seroni smiles, as does Lord Vilius. "Excellent! What news of your lands? How are things in the south?"
Amalric: Lance gives as much information as he can, about both
Smon: Lord Vilius bids you sit on the couches to either side of his seat, and listens intently to Lance as the servants serve refreshments.
Smon: Jana says little about Selatine and doesn't mention her exile, though she mentions that the Beastmen and Deathwalkers of Thracia seem to be at war. Seroni takes her turn: "Oriax is in good health... He has turned his slave girls to farming the land around his tower. We saw a red dragon fly south..."
Smon: Vilius nods. "And what of Bratanis? How is the Lady Aeschela? And that Ruggio fellow?"
Amalric: "And we fought an ogre and some kobolds on the road south of here last night, felled the buggers."
Amalric: "Bratanis and Lady Aeschela are fine, and good company. That oily bastard Ruggio is another matter."
Smon: Seroni:"Yes, Captain Lance fought most bravely at Lance's tale of the ogre." Vilius smiles. "Excellent! That would be Hegrash the Bandit Ogre, only such in these parts! A foul beast - and abominably hairy! We're in your debt. " He listens on. "Oh? You don't think much of Mr Ruggio?"
Amalric: "Oh, he did not do us any disservice, I cannot fault him in that regard. But the man...leaves a poor impression, shall we say?"
Smon: Vilius nods, leans forward, beckoning you closer, and speaks in a stage whisper. "Between you and me... it's oft rumoured that Ruggio fancies himself Lord of Bratanis."
Amalric: Lance leans close himself and nods. "I have heard similar, I am afraid, even in my short time there."
Smon: Jana: "It seems to me that my cousin is in sore need of wise advisors and good warriors."
Smon: Lord Vilius nods sagely. 
Amalric: "We will have to return to Bratanis some day. Unfinished business of a sort, I should say."
Smon: Vilius: "Malthis, call in the rest of Seroni's men. For slaying Hegrash we'll feast them all tonight!"
Smon: Malthis nods and goes to the paddock, calling over to Kal and the others. "Lord Vilius bids you all attend him for a feast!"
Smon: GM: The servants provide you all with water and sponges to wash the trail mud away, then it's time to begin the lengthy revelry, which goes on long into the night.
Amalric: Lance lives it up, though he is careful not to drink or eat more than anyone else
Smon: Are you staying to feast, then rest overnight?
Amalric: oh hell yes, Lance isn't hitting the road on a full stomach and half-cut
Goonergeezer: Kal will seat himself as far away from the head table as possible and will leave as soon as an opportunity arises
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Smon: heh
Smon: You eat, drink and chat. Dusk falls, and everyone relaxes. Kal stays in a corner trying to look inconspicuous.
Smon: Among the couple dozen feasters in the longhouse he notices a man looking at him strangely.
Goonergeezer: Kal will lower his head and try to slip out straight away (if possible out of the village)
Smon: With a shock, Kal recognises him as Maldar, brother to Lord Kaldrac of Verius...
Amalric: (Eamonn Andrews?_
Goonergeezer: (Kal asjnikov, you thought you were here tonight to feast, but in fact, Kal Asjnikov, This Is Your Life!..... queue music)
Smon: Kal lowers his head and swiftly exits the longhouse, Maldar - a lean man with short-cropped hair, wearing bronze breastplate - gets up and follows...
Goonergeezer: (do i notice him following me?)
Smon: (yes) Outside things are quiet. Across the green a single sentry stands watch atop a small watchtower by the gate.
Amalric: Lance does not follow, he wants no part of this. ogre attacks in the wilderness are one thing...
Smon: The gate is shut; as with Bratanis a palisade surrounds the village.
Smon: "You! Stop! Calls out Maldar, hurrying forward with hand on sword-hilt.
Goonergeezer: Kepping his head down Kal stops
Smon: Maldar comes up to Kal. "Take back your cowl."
Goonergeezer: Kal pulls back his cowl and raises his head
Goonergeezer: (have we been spotted by the sentry?)
Smon: Maldar's eyes widen in surprise: "You! The murderer!" He draws his sword...
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Smon: The sentry is watching the hills, but glances over in your direction.
Smon: as Maldar's words carry on the night air.
Goonergeezer: in a very loud voice " Ah My old friend, let us walk and drink"
Goonergeezer: 2 secs phone
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 2, 6, = 8 
Smon: Maldar: "Drop your weapon and surrender, knave!"
Smon: (taking break now - need to get dinner & get son to bed.)
Amalric: (no probs)
Smon: thx 
Amalric: (same here, lol, kids to bed)
Goonergeezer: sorry abou tthat peeps, wife was on the phone
Goonergeezer: "yea, i member dat robber, hees funy, wees chays him, member, wees chayse him like dis" Kal starts to run away from the sentry position, (is there a Barn area or an animal enclosure away from prying eyes?)...........
Goonergeezer: in a louder voice "wees chayse him and shout Stops Yoos Murdrur, Yoos chayse me, Wot Fun wees ave"
Smon: (back)
Smon: Kal make a CHA check
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20 and gets: 5,
Goonergeezer: yep
Smon: Maldar watches, nonplussed, as Kal races off into the pig sties, the darkest part of the village.
Smon: 1-3 pursues, 4-6 goes for help.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Goonergeezer: seeing him go off kal decides its time to leave, is there any buildings close to the wall around the village?
Smon: Lance looks up from the feast as a warrior of about 30 in bronze bursts into the hall. Seroni: "That's Maldar of Verius - he's looking for a wife among Lord Verius' daughters..."
Smon: GM: Yes, two of the pig sties are built up close against the palisade, and could be climbed on.
Smon: Maldar: "A murderer! A murderer in our midst!" he yells wild-eyed, waving his sword.
Goonergeezer: Kal makes for the closest one, attempts to climb on top and scarper over the wall
Smon: OK, make a STR check d20.
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20 and gets: 4,
Goonergeezer: easy
Smon: Kal grabs the top of the palisade and heaves himself over between two sharpened trunks, then drops down onto the ground outside the village.
Smon: 1 in 6 spotted:
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Smon: Looks like he got over unnoticed.
Smon: In the hall Lord Verius looks up, puzzled: "What is it, Maldar?"
Goonergeezer: any woods or forests nearby? if so i will make my way for the cover of them
Smon: Maldar strides forward: "One of Seroni's guards - he is the Beast!Kalvin Ajznikov himself!" 
Smon: GM: Kal looks aound - to north and east open meadowlands sweep down towards the distant ocean. To south and west loom the Ghinarian Hills, wild and pastoral, full of ruins, monsters, outlaws...
Goonergeezer: whats the ground like, soft or hard, am i likely to leave a visable trail?
Smon: Map - you're at Theber - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMOVITXzGoV3n6kHrHUfKfEEwDE9bkIqZSDyvZBhRukEF-GmzmuolbuulqQOIrUXE6U7hJBQNwgkFSxaipoCCru-SX3hdH7rfiEVu-SLR7eQuUNb4nzjq81dwZ-jw-H1Cf9SWmXXIbN8/s640/Ghinarian+Hills.bmp
Smon: The ground is soft, you're likely to leave a trail until it rains again.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Smon: Unfortunately it's a dry clear night. 
Goonergeezer: Kal heads west to the hills.............
Smon: Kal heads up into the hills - mostly forested and with many gulleys, dells and hollows, he'll be hard to find.
Amalric: (back)
Smon: Maldar turns to Seroni: "Your man Kal is wanted for terrible crimes in my home village."
Smon: Lord Vilius nods to Malthis, and the local warband goes to find Kal, but it's soon clear that he's fled the village.
Smon: Jana Vex talks to Lance, in a low voice: "When I first met Kal, he spoke strange words - but it seemed to me he spoke of terrible things."
Amalric: "He joined with us but a few days ago. A useful man in a fight, as that ogre discovered, but...even then we could tell he...showed odd behaviour."
Amalric: Lance nods at Jana's words. "I recall it well. I never trusted him."
Smon: Maldar joins Malthis in the search, but they return empty handed. Maldar: "Lord Vilius, he has fled Theber! I will need men to pursue him. He'll not escape me again!"
Smon: Lord Vilius listens gravely to Lance. Seroni pipes up: "I don't know him either, my lord. I know nothing of these crimes."
Smon: Vilius sighs. "Malthis, take two men and go with Maldar. Bring this Kal back alive to stand trial, if you can."
Smon: Maldar: "He'll not surrender - he fled when I accosted him. When we corner him he'll fight..."
Smon: OOC Think I better quit soon, not feeling too great.
Goonergeezer: ok np
Amalric: "If we had any idea of his crimes we would of course have reported him as soon as we entered the gates. I can only offer my profuse apologies.""
Amalric: (and no probs)
Smon: Lord Vilius nods to Lance, waving a hand. "Of course my friend, it's quite all right. Sadly these lands are full f miscreants." GM: The warriors ready themselves to pursue Kal, though they'll have a hard time tracking in the darkness. Is Lance staying to enjoy the hospitality of Theber?
Amalric: Yes, he is. He didn't defend or aid Kal in any way, but by the same token, after the efforts of the last few days he will not join in hunting him down either
Goonergeezer: (i feel a Rambo type hunt happening in the Hills)
Smon: GM: Jana seems rather happy to be rid of Kal. Eventually she puts her arms around Lance's neck and smiles invitingly. They can retire to a private nook.
Smon: Seroni drinks wine and discusses local goings-on with Lord Vilius long into the night.
Smon: And up in the hills, Kal hears the baying of hunting hounds...
Smon: OK I'll stop there, hopefully Doris back next time!
Amalric: hmmm...yes, join in a manhunt for a terrible murderer, or spend the night in bed with a buxom blonde? I'll take option 2, please!
Smon: LOL 
Smon: I'll give 160 XP for RP etc.
Smon: See you in January!

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Ghinarian Hills 9 20-21/10/4444 BCCC

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7:26pm  2013-12-04 Smon Has entered the room
7:28pm  2013-12-04 Goonergeezer Has entered the room
Goonergeezer: evening simon
Smon: Hi Ken
Smon: I believe you reached level 3 
Smon: http://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/ghinarian-hills-pcs.html
Smon: Like to roll your hp? d8.
Goonergeezer rolls 1d8+1 and gets: 3, (+1) = 4 
Smon: can roll again
Goonergeezer: k
Goonergeezer rolls 1d8+1 and gets: 5, (+1) = 6 
Smon: 6 hp
Goonergeezer: thats better 
Goonergeezer: 24 now 
Smon: That's a lot of hp 
Smon: Wonder if Graham will remember the game? 
Smon: Chris may not come.
Goonergeezer: yea i saw his post, fingers crossed he will make it though
7:35pm  2013-12-04 Amalric Has entered the room
Smon: Hi Graham
Amalric: good evening
Smon: You just hit level 3.
Smon: Want to roll hp? d8
Amalric: sure, why not?!
Amalric rolls 1d8 and gets: 3,
Smon: again
Amalric: LOL, reroll on a 3?
Amalric: ah cool
Smon: yup
Amalric rolls 1d8 and gets: 5,
Smon: beats last time 
Goonergeezer: lol, exactly the samew as me
Amalric: ah the return of Captain Five 
Amalric: i also need to make 3 saving throws, correct?
Smon: Lance max 17, Kal max 24
Smon: yup, save vs poison, +4 for Eberus' poultices
Amalric rolls 3d20 and gets: 5, 20, 16, = 41 
Amalric: 2/3
Smon: base 12 to save, so 8+.
Smon: ok you are healing, roll 2d3
Amalric rolls 2d3 and gets: 1, 1 = 2 
Smon: 
Amalric: LOL, every time a 1! every time on a d3!
Smon: Lance is at 13/17 hp and *still* under the Gaunt Curse, which prevents magical healing.
Amalric: at this rate i'll have to rest up for 4 days 
Smon: It's now 19/10 and you've been resting at Bratanis several days, I believe Chris deducted accommodation costs.
Smon: Doris has gone on ahead taking her new slaves north to Ahyf.
Amalric: Where to, Ken?
Smon: Towards evening the convoy of the elven slaver Seroni is spotted returning to Bratanis, crossing the bridge over the Thrace river with her six men, half dozen pack mules and Shagpa (huge shaggy marsupials) and a coffle of eleven shapely slave-girls
Smon: They head over the meadows to Bratanis' front gate, and Ruggio lets them in.
Smon: Seroni talks with Ruggio, then heads to the Longhouse to pay her respects to Lady Aeschela.
Smon: Are you both at the Inn?
Goonergeezer: yep, kal spends most of the days resting up at the inn, keeping an eye on Ellen and playing with the dog as long as the owner lets him
Amalric: i guess Lance and Jana will have gone to meet up with Kal to discuss the day ahead
Smon: "wolf" not dog 
Goonergeezer: Kal still calls it doggie 
Goonergeezer: he will also help collect the empties and help with any over enthusastic drunks
Smon: The Inn is quiet, Ellen occasionally stopping for a word with tongue-tied Kal. After a short while Seroni enters the Inn with half her men, while the others secure the slaves in the pit outside.
Smon: Seroni scans the room, greets Mako the halfling Innkeep, then turns to Lance, Jana and Kal. "Hello there - we missed you!" She grins.
Goonergeezer: "Got tacked by big burd, relly urt me"
Smon: Seroni nods. "I heard you were held up." She sits down at your table. "You still looking for work?"
Amalric: "Yes, our new partner became interested in the slave business, which delayed us, and then Kal took up ornithology."
Goonergeezer: Kal looks to Lance.....
Amalric: "But of course, we are looking for opportunities to improve our financial situation, of course."
Smon: Seroni nods. "Seven gold each to serve as guards to Ahyf, by way of Kren's Cairn. Or if I sell all the girls at the Cairn I'll pay you off then."
Goonergeezer: (is kal wanted there?)
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Smon: No
Goonergeezer: "Lanse, we go an gard der slayves?"
Amalric: "Make it ten gold each, and you have a deal."
Goonergeezer: "I lyke Krens carne, day not wont me dere"
Smon: Seroni: "Tomorrow we'll take the Old Road north to Theber. It's twenty miles, two days with the slaves. Lots of raiders on the route... After that it gets safer, Krens Cairn has been sending out patrols."
Smon: /roll 2d6+2
Smon rolls 2d6+2 and gets: 4, 6, (+2) = 12 
Smon: Seroni looks to Lance, then nods. 
Amalric: "Then we leave tomorrow! Anything else you would like to discuss, Seroni?"
Smon: Seroni shrugs. "We had a pretty quiet trip... We saw a red dragon! Flying south along the coast. Seemed like it skirted out to sea to avoid Oriax's tower."
Amalric: "Really? Oriax must be some wizard then, if even dragons fly away from him."
Smon: Seroni shrugs. She chats a while and introduces you to her men, mostly natives of Ahyf to the north. She leads you out to the slave pit where her men are feeding Mako's stew to the slave girls.
Smon: Seroni: "Plan is to sell as many as I can at Kren's Cairn. The men there are mostly shipwrecked sailors, you know? Still short of wives. They tend to go for the sturdier ones. Then on to Ahyf with what's left. Some merchants may buy pretty ones for the market at Tula, otherwise they could end up coin girls on the docks."
Smon: Eventually Seroni bids you goodnight and turns in early.
Goonergeezer: Kal flinches as the mention of working girls on the docks but says nothing
Amalric: Lance is a bit surprised by just how cold Seroni seems, pure business
Amalric: but he tries not to show it
Amalric: I guess we rest up again and head out in the morning?
Goonergeezer: yep
Smon: (back)
Smon: You rest overnight, your last night in Bratanis.
Smon: Lance you can save vs poison again
Amalric rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 10, (+4) = 14 
Goonergeezer: a 1?
Amalric rolls 1d3 and gets: 1
Smon: lol
Amalric: LOL!
Amalric: i guess i was meant to be a plague zombie
Amalric: not a single 2 or 3, any time i've rolled that
Smon: 
Goonergeezer: "Lanse, still blak, yoo shure yoo not wont me to cut it off?"
Smon: Lance is at 14/17.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 2, 4, = 6 
Smon: It's a clear day with a breeze from the east lessening the humidity as you leave Bratanis and set off north-eastwards along the route of an ancient road, said to date back to Kelnoran times.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Amalric: "No thanks, Kal. At least wait until I'm good and dead, there's a good chap. Hopefully that time is a long way off."
Smon: Most of the day passes peacefully, you proceed at a leisurely pace, but towards evening a heavy rain begins to fall, warm dollops quickly soaking through. 
Smon: Seroni: "There's an old waystation up ahead, a half-way post between Bratanis and Theber. Good place to shelter for the night, perhaps."
Smon: /roll 1d3x1d12
Smon rolls 1d3 and gets: 3
Smon: /roll 1d12
Smon rolls 1d12 and gets: 1,
Amalric: "Sounds good, lets do it."
Goonergeezer: "me n lanse go head and see fit's emptee?"
Smon: Seroni nods. "Good plan. Should be a quarter mile ahead, there's a trail off to the left."
Goonergeezer: "kay, cum Lanse, s'go"
Amalric: "Lead on, my good man."
Smon: GM: Following Seroni's directions you press ahead and soon find a faint trail leading left off the road through the underbrush.
Goonergeezer: Kal draws his sword in antivipation of a good fight
Smon: Then you notice something on the trail. A ripped piece of bright fabric is hanging from a thornbush. It looks smeared with dried blood.
Smon: It looks like silk, an orangey-pink colour.
Amalric: "This can't be good. Looks like trouble ahead, be careful."
Amalric: does Lance's sword detect gnolls?
Smon: The sword is quiescent.
Amalric: (not just right now, I mean in general)
Smon: You only know it can shed light and is +3 vs gnolls.
Amalric: (cool)
Amalric: let's proceed
Smon: Ahead through the trees you can make out a blocky grey stone building with a slate roof, many slates missing. The window slits are small and high up.
Goonergeezer: ant noise from within?
Goonergeezer: #any
Smon: There are battered double doors of dark oak, each five feet wide by seven feet high, which show some signs of damage.
Amalric: are the doors open?
Smon: You don't hear anything, and there is no chimney-smoke.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: The doors are closed.
Amalric: "WHat do you think, Kal? Shall we investigate, or go back to Seroni and say we must move on?"
Goonergeezer: "Yoo go day way, i go dis" Kal gestures to his left and right
Smon: The left door's upper hinge looks damaged. 
Amalric: Lance nods and moves to the left
Smon: The rain is getting heavier as you move forward off the trail. It looks as if the doors have been used recently, judging by the churned mud in front of them.
Smon: You're circling the building?
Amalric: I think so
Goonergeezer: (kal is doing so yes)
Smon: You begin circling the old waystation, Lance to left, Kal to the right.
Smon: /roll 1d6x2
Smon Rolls 1d6x2 and gets:
1 = 1
3 = 3

Smon: There are more of the small high window slits on the west and east walls. As Lance is circling to the left, he thinks he hears a noise from the building - a guttural muttering.
Smon: It's hard to make out anything over the sound of the rain.
Amalric: Lance completes a circle or half-circle and tells Kal what he heard
Smon: The north side is the same as east and west, no more doors. You rendezvous on the north side.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Goonergeezer: how high are the windows and are the slits big enough for someone to climb through?
Smon: They're about 10' up, only 2-3" wide, much too narrow to climb through.
Goonergeezer: "Kal pull der dor open and we rush in and kill it, den we tak its muney"
Smon: The building is about 45-50' square you'd reckon.
Amalric: "How about you open the door, I shout at what's inside, and you can stab it as it runs out after me?"
Goonergeezer: "Gud Plan, yoose gud at runnin way"
Amalric: "Healthy instinct for self-preservation, I call it."
Smon: Going back round to the door side, are you going to try pushing the doors open?
Amalric: or we could just pound on them, with my sword hilt
Goonergeezer: ok, Kal plants his weapon in the mud and gets ready to heave the door open, but will stay out of sight of the interior (i thought it was pull?)
Goonergeezer: if its push then its different
Smon: Inspecting the doors, yup they open towards you, hence the visible hinges. Roll d6+3 STR check.
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6+3 and gets: 4, (+3) = 7 
Smon: You'd have to be in front of the doors to take the handles and pull them?
Goonergeezer: yep easy 
Goonergeezer: pulling onew door, but stepping back with the door as it opens
Smon: ok
Smon: You take the left one of the two double doors. It's heavy and sagging, but drags slowly open.
Smon: Beyond is a dark, lightless corridor, littered with foul debris - bloody rags, and bones - they look both human and animal.
Smon: The corridor is 10' wide and 20' long, ending in a second set of double doors. A smaller door is set in the middle of the left wall.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Smon: You don't hear anything except the rain drumming on the roof above, dripping through gaps in the slates.
Amalric: "Shall we check this door first?"
Goonergeezer: "yer"
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: The left door also opens out, towards you.
Smon: Are you using a light source?
Goonergeezer: same procedure as before.....
Smon: Kal pulls open the door, this one moving more easily.
Amalric: yep Kal opens the door, Lance gets ready to run
Smon: Beyond he can make out the dim outlines of a small, foul-smelling chamber, faint light filtering down from the window slits. There are the broken-down remains of old beds, and an alcove or doorway off to the right, at the far end of the north wall.
Smon: You hear guttural snarling, and two dim figures rise to their feet from the beds, swords gleaming in their hands.
Smon: What are you doing?
Amalric: Lance draws his sword and prepares to smite them, using the light from the blade to see them better
Amalric: he'll wait for them to come out of the room though
Amalric: so Kal can join in
Goonergeezer: kal will step back and allow the beasts to come at him and also to allow for swing space
Smon: The figures look roughly man-sized, but slightly slouched. As Lance draws his sword it illuminates the room, soiled beds and piles of bones, and the two hideous pig-faced Orcs, blinking in surprise at the sudden radiance.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 4, 2, = 6 
Smon: The orcs leer grossly at Lance, but fall back towards the northern alcove.
Amalric: Lance wades in and charges them
Goonergeezer: Seeing them retreat kal charges oin
Smon: roll init
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Amalric rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 3, (+1) = 4 
Smon: You move into the room. The orcs are ready and lunge at you as you approach the alcove, one at each. vs Lance: 
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 5,
Smon: lance parries
Smon: vs kal
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 19,
Smon: hit
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 4,
Smon: 4 dmg
Amalric rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 5, (+3) = 8 
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 5, (+4) = 9 
Smon: miss
Amalric: wow
Goonergeezer: (making up for last night)
Smon: The orcs laugh oinkishly. One is yelling and banging at the closed door in the alcove behind him.
Amalric: (said all those 20s would lead to low rolls tonight!)
Smon: next round - what are you doing?
Amalric: same
Smon: roll init
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Amalric rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 4, (+1) = 5 
Goonergeezer: pressing forward to the one in the doorway trying to cause a jam if any more try to come through
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: you can attack
Amalric rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 11, (+3) = 14 
Smon: hits
Amalric rolls 1d8+3 and gets: 6, (+3) = 9 
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 6, (+4) = 10 
Smon: Lance cuts down an orc, Kal misses.The survivor slashes at Kal.
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 12,
Smon: misses. Behind the last orc the door opens, away from him, into a large chamber - you get a vague impression of numerous small, scaley brown horned dogmen - Kobolds!
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Smon: roll init
Smon: init:
Smon: /roll 1d6
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Smon: Kal can go.
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 20, (+4) = 24 
Goonergeezer rolls 1d8+4 and gets: 1, (+4) = 5 
Smon: Kal strikes the orc as it starts to back away into the big chamber.
Smon: It survives the blow.
Smon: Graham you there?
Smon: I'll roll for Lance. Init:
Amalric: sorry
Amalric rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 6, (+1) = 7 
Smon: Lance you hit the last orc?
Amalric: sure
Amalric rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 4, (+3) = 7 
Amalric: or not
Smon: Lance misses, the orc backs up and to one side; the kobolds raise their javelins. Meanwhile a bunch more kobolds have sneaked up on you from behind and do likewise...  
Smon: Attacks from the front, 3 each, full AC:
Smon: vs Kal
Smon: /roll 1d20x3
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
13 = 13
2 = 2
6 = 6

Smon: miss
Smon: vs Lance
Smon: /roll 1d20x3
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
12 = 12
4 = 4
10 = 10

Smon: bounce off
Smon: from behind, +2 to hit & no shield
Smon: vs Kal:
Smon: /roll (1d20+2)x3
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 2,
Smon: /roll 1d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
7 = 7
15 = 15

Smon: 15+2=17, a hit
Smon: /roll 1d4
Smon rolls 1d4 and gets: 2,
Smon: 2 dmg
Smon: vs Lance:
Smon: /roll 1d20x3
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
10 = 10
5 = 5
7 = 7

Amalric: (I have to put the kids to bed, be back in 5 mins)
Smon: (me too, ok will stop there ca 20 mins)
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
9:19pm  2013-12-04 Goonergeezer Has exited the room
9:25pm  2013-12-04 Oculus Orbus Has entered the room
Oculus Orbus: lads
9:26pm  2013-12-04 Goonergeezer Has entered the room
Goonergeezer: back
Oculus Orbus: Goony
Goonergeezer: ello oo
Oculus Orbus: howdoyoudo?
Goonergeezer: good thanks, and you?
Oculus Orbus: I can't complain but sometimes I still do.
Oculus Orbus: you guys in the middle of something?
Smon: back
Smon: GM: OK, so you are now surrounded by kobolds throwing javelins at you.
Goonergeezer: bugger!
Smon: 6 came in behind you, 6 in the large chamber the orc retreated into.
Amalric: back
Goonergeezer: only 6 each then
Smon: What are you doing now?
Amalric: i don't suppose the kobolds can hit each other, or the lone orc?
Amalric: with shots that miss us?
Smon: I said how the orc did a fighting withdrawal instead of attacking you, he's back with the kobolds. You are in the alcove, pretty well filling it, while kobolds throw at you from both sides.
Smon: So no, missed shots will not hit kobolds.
Amalric: can we shut the door?
Smon: It opens away from you so you'd have to go into the big chamber to get it.
Amalric: guess we're going down swinging then 
Smon: If you went to shut the door then lost init they could attack you in the big chamber.
Goonergeezer: we might be lucky and get saved by the rest of the caravan at the last minute
Amalric: can we fight our way through them?
Smon: Which ones? The ones behind you?
Amalric: just charge on?
Amalric: yes
Amalric: direct route to the door
Smon: They're pretty small, you might be able to bullrush through them to get out.
Amalric: got to be better than waiting to become pin cushions
Goonergeezer: yep, shields raised and full on barge through and keep going
Smon: ok, you turn and bullrush the ones that came in behind you.
Smon: Roll init
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Goonergeezer: eeek
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Amalric rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 5, (+1) = 6 
Amalric: Lance leads the way
Smon: Simulataneous w Lance, move before missile, so Lance rushes them as they ready to throw again, Make a STR check d6+mod
Amalric rolls 1d6+2 and gets: 5, (+2) = 7 
Smon: Lance bursts through them and keeps going, a scatter of javelins after him:
Smon: /roll 1d20x3
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
12 = 12
4 = 4
16 = 16

Smon: 16+2=18, hit AC 1.
Smon: A javelin stings Lance
Smon: /roll 1d4
Smon rolls 1d4 and gets: 1,
Smon: slightly 
Amalric: a scratch 
Smon: Kal is slower off the mark - 3 from the front, 6 from behind.
Smon: /roll 1d20x3
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
7 = 7
12 = 12
11 = 11

Smon: /roll 1d20x6
Smon Rolls 1d20x6 and gets:
11 = 11
2 = 2
4 = 4
17 = 17
10 = 10
20 = 20

Smon: ouch
Smon: hit on 14 so 3 hit
Smon: /roll 3d4
Smon rolls 3d4 and gets: 1, 2, 1, = 4 
Smon: 4 dmg
Smon: Kal is looking like a porcupine as he rushes after Lance, into the foul entrance corridor then out into the open.
Amalric: "Shall we jam the door?" Lance asks, over his shoulder
Smon: Dusk has fallen as you burst out of the monster-infested waystation, the triumphant yips of the dogmen ringing in your eyes.
Smon: You hear a deep roar from further within the building - something big is approaching.
Amalric: "Forget it, just run!"
Goonergeezer: #Kal keeps on running back toward sthe direction of the caravan
Smon: ok, Evasion rules say you have a 90% chance of getting away...
Smon: /roll 1d100
Smon rolls 1d100 and gets: 04,
Amalric: i was about to make a joke about 00 coming up, bit close that!
Smon: The enemy are slow to pursue, and you run back down the muddy track, soon seeing the slave caravan approaching slowly on the old road ahead.
Smon: Seroni raises an eyebrow as you run up bloodied, muddied and battered.
Smon: "Not a good place to spend the night, then?"
Amalric: "Only if you want to stay for supper"
Goonergeezer: "deres pigs n gogs and a rore from summat up dere"
Goonergeezer: dogs
Smon: Jana steps forward. "I can heal Kal..."
Amalric: "I suggest we depart, with all due haste."
Goonergeezer: "fank yoo Jana"
Smon: Seroni beckons her convoy. "Forward! Quickly!"
Smon: She scans the trees in the direction you came from, there is no sign of your attackers - yet.
Smon: Jana prays to Mitra:
Smon: /roll 1d6+1
Smon rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 1, (+1) = 2 
Smon: 2nd attempt:
Smon: /roll 1d6+1
Smon rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 5, (+1) = 6 
Smon: 8 back, at 22/24.
Smon: The convoy moves on down the road in the darkness and rain. It looks like being a long night...
Goonergeezer: Kal pulls his cloak more tightly around himself and curses the rain
Smon: You're heading on towards Theber? Kobolds are fairly slow and have poor stamina, so there is a chance you might outdistance them.
Amalric: yes, lets do that
Smon: You press on through the night, muffled moans from the tired slave girls.
Smon: It works out as a grand 35% chance to evade...
Smon: /roll 1d100
Smon rolls 1d100 and gets: 94,
Goonergeezer: hey-ho
Amalric: (brb)
Goonergeezer: at least there are more targets this time
Smon: A few hours later, you hear triumphant yips from behind you, and turn to see the mass of pursuing kobolds. with them a single orc, and towards the rear the massive shaggy bulk of a hideous hairy ogre, gripping a knobbled club.
Smon: /roll 4d6
Smon rolls 4d6 and gets: 1, 2, 5, 1, = 9 
Smon: They're about 90 yards away, 270'.
Smon: Seroni yells for her four guardsmen to ready crossbows and make a stand, while the two drovers keep pushing the beasts and slave coffle onwards.
Goonergeezer: Kal draws his sword, straps on his shield tight and lets out a loud roar
Smon: Seroni looks thoughtful, then goes to stand with her guardsmen, drawing a dagger.
Goonergeezer: "Tayke the dogd owt furst"
Goonergeezer: dogs
Smon: The enemy come on; at 240' the mercs aim their x-bows and fire...
Smon: /roll 1d20x4
Smon Rolls 1d20x4 and gets:
14 = 14
19 = 19
17 = 17
2 = 2

Smon: 14 to hit, 3 hits.
Smon: /roll 1d6x3
Smon Rolls 1d6x3 and gets:
5 = 5
1 = 1
3 = 3

Smon: 2 kobolds fall, the remainder close to 180', the orc and ogre with them.
Smon: The crossbowmen reload and fire again.
Goonergeezer: Lanse, we tayke der bugger dats uglir dan yoos
Smon: /roll 1d20x4
Smon Rolls 1d20x4 and gets:
13 = 13
9 = 9
6 = 6
5 = 5

Smon: 1 hit
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Smon: A kobold is hit a second time, but grimly presses on, two bolts sticking from its chest!
Amalric: (back)
Amalric: can i get some longbow shots in?
Smon: Sure, go knock yourself out 
Amalric: how many? 
Amalric: (and I don't want to knock myself out, that would be self-defeating)
Smon: If you were firing all along, that's 2, 1st at -2, 2nd at -1.
Amalric rolls 2d20 and gets: 15, 18, = 33 
Smon: 2 hits
Amalric: I get +1 for DEX
Smon: ok
Amalric rolls 2d6 and gets: 5, 5, = 10 
Smon: 2 kobolds fall.
Amalric: KAPOW!
Smon: 4 kobolds have fallen, but the giant hairy ogre behind them forces them on... you get a third shot as the enemy close to 60', hefting their own javelins. 
Amalric rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 8, (+1) = 9 
Smon: /roll 1d20x4
Smon Rolls 1d20x4 and gets:
7 = 7
8 = 8
5 = 5
17 = 17

Amalric: pity
Smon: /roll 1d6
Oculus Orbus: 
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Smon: A brave kobold is hit by a third bolt and finally falls.
Smon: The kobolds are fanned out across the trail to get javelin shots this round, while the orc and ogre moved ahead into charge range and now charge towards you, yelling hideously.
Smon: init - enemy:
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: init - mercs:
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: roll init
Amalric rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 2, (+1) = 3 
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Goonergeezer: grrrrrrr
Smon: Mostly simultaneous.
Goonergeezer: Kal slower than an ogre in more than one way
Smon: Move faze first - the ogre and orc are in amongst you before you can fire again.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Smon: both go for mercs
Smon: 2 can't fire as meleed; 2 shoot at the kobolds, while the kobolds shoot at them.
Smon: Kobolds:
Smon: /roll 1d20x5
Smon Rolls 1d20x5 and gets:
13 = 13
2 = 2
3 = 3
9 = 9
4 = 4

Smon: 13 to hit, 1 hit
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 6,
Smon: /roll 1d4
Smon rolls 1d4 and gets: 2,
Smon: he's wounded.
Smon: 2 throw at Lance:
Smon: /roll 1d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
5 = 5
1 = 1

Smon: miss
Smon: 2 mercs shoot
Smon: /roll 1d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
12 = 12
13 = 13

Smon: 12 to hit, 2 kobolds hit
Smon: /roll 1d6x2
Smon Rolls 1d6x2 and gets:
5 = 5
1 = 1

Smon: 1 falls.
Smon: Lance can shoot at the kobolds
Amalric: just one shot?
Smon: yes
Amalric: i get confused with 1st Ed and 2 shots/round
Smon: No FR2 in this game 
Amalric rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 18, (+1) = 19 
Smon: hit
Amalric rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Smon: A kobold falls.
Smon: only 5 left
Smon: The orc and ogre slash around them...
Smon: orc:
Smon: /roll 1d20+1
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 1, (+1) = 2 
Smon: miss
Smon: ogre
Smon: /roll 1d20+1
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 5, (+1) = 6 
Smon: 8 to hit, bad luck ogre!
Goonergeezer: Kal engages the orc first......
Smon: Kal strikes...
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 9, (+4) = 13 
Smon: hits!
Goonergeezer rolls 1d8+4 and gets: 5, (+4) = 9 
Smon: The orc is cut down.
Smon: Standing behind her men, Seroni yells at them to draw their swords and kill the ogre.
Smon: The men move to comply. Are Kal and Lance doing the same, or is Lance still shooting at kobolds?
Goonergeezer: Kal is gonna clear up the kobolds while the ogre is occupied
Amalric: if we kill the ogre the kobolds will surely flee, so lets do that
Amalric: LOl, great minds...
Goonergeezer: (i was thinking while we are fighting the ogre all the kobolds are gonna kill all the men)
Smon: The kobolds are too far for Kal to melee this round, but he could run at them and draw their fire.
Smon: /roll 1d8x3
Smon Rolls 1d8x3 and gets:
6 = 6
2 = 2
4 = 4

Amalric: (well I could still shoot the kobolds)
Goonergeezer: errrrmmm no i dont thinmk so
Goonergeezer: you shhot at them then, i'll take the ogre
Amalric: deal!
Smon: ok, Kal attacks ogre while Lance shoots at kobolds. roll init
Smon: enemy:
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
Smon: mercs:
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Smon: your rolls
Amalric rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 3, (+1) = 4 
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 7, (+4) = 11 
Smon: Kobolds move to within 40' and throw javelins.
Amalric rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 2, (+1) = 3 
Smon: All at Lance:
Amalric: no, those are definitely your rolls *sigh*
Smon: /roll 1d20x5
Smon Rolls 1d20x5 and gets:
20 = 20
6 = 6
10 = 10
16 = 16
8 = 8

Smon: 15 to hit, 2 hits
Smon: /roll 2d4
Smon rolls 2d4 and gets: 1, 4, = 5 
Smon: Lance takes 5 dmg
Amalric: 8/17
Smon: The ogre swings at a merc
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 11,
Smon: hit
Smon: /roll 1d10+2
Smon rolls 1d10+2 and gets: 3, (+2) = 5 
Smon: The ogre roars happily as it crushes the man's chest, he falls.
Smon: 3 men attack:
Smon: /roll 1d20x3
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
17 = 17
20 = 20
11 = 11

Smon: Two blades pierce its shaggy hide.
Smon: /roll 2d8
Smon rolls 2d8 and gets: 6, 7, = 13 
Smon: The ogre roars in pain.
Amalric: "That's the way, lads!"
Smon: Also wincing in pain, Lance sees Jana Vex hurrying towards him through the mud and rain, bringing her shield up to try to shield him from the kobold barbs...
Amalric: (bout time that lazy bitch showed :D)
Smon: Is Lance still shooting at the kobolds?
Amalric: is there any cover? I'm a sitting duck at the moment
Smon: You're on a broad open roadway, there are trees and bushes off to the sides but if you go for cover, no shooting this round.
Amalric: well I guess I'll just keep on firing
Smon: ok roll init
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: mercs:
Amalric: how close are they? i assume melee is out of the question?
Smon: /roll 1d6
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Amalric rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 1, (+1) = 2 
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Goonergeezer: lol
Smon: (They're 40' away)
Smon: Seroni kneels by the man whose ribs were smashed by the ogre, placing a hand on his chest...
Smon: /roll 1d6+1
Smon rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 4, (+1) = 5 
Smon: The terrible wound seems to knit, the man coughs and starts breathing again! 
Smon: The other three mercs stab at the ogre
Smon: /roll 1d20x3
Amalric: "If you have any more of those, I could really use one!"
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
16 = 16
8 = 8
5 = 5

Smon: One hit
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 4,
Smon: Seroni glances to Lance and shakes her head.
Amalric: "Shit," he mutters under his breath
Smon: The kobolds move to close range (20') and throw javelins at Lance before he can shoot. 
Smon: /roll 1d20x5
Smon Rolls 1d20x5 and gets:
4 = 4
17 = 17
11 = 11
16 = 16
10 = 10

Smon: 2 hit Jana as she flings herself in the way 
Smon: /roll 2d4
Smon rolls 2d4 and gets: 3, 1, = 4 
Amalric: always liked that girl 
Smon: She's lightly wounded.
Goonergeezer: ("doris would be taking the pee right about now tho)
Smon: Ogre swings at a merc who hit him
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 7,
Amalric: (LOL wouldn't she!)
Smon: misses! 8 to hit.
Smon: The ogre quails...
Smon: Lance can move around Jana to shoot at the kobolds.
Amalric rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 9, (+1) = 10 
Amalric: bugger, momentarily distracted by those breasts
Smon: +1 for short range, -1 rain, = miss.
Smon: 
Smon: Kal can strike at the ogre.
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 7, (+4) = 11 
Smon: AC 5, so miss.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 3, 1, = 4 
Smon: The ogre passe a morale check and roars angrily.
Smon: Same actions?
Goonergeezer: yep
Amalric: yep
Smon: Seroni draws a dagger and moves to attack the ogre from the flank.
Smon: Jana:
Smon: /roll 1d6-1
Smon rolls 1d6-1 and gets: 5, (-1) = 4 
Smon: mercs & Seroni:
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: enemy:
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Smon: you all get to go first!
Amalric rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 1, (+1) = 2 
Amalric: just!
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 5, (+4) = 9 
Smon: Jana is doing the shieldmaiden thing again.
Goonergeezer: wtf!
Amalric rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 7, (+1) = 8 
Smon: The mercs try to finish the ogre:
Amalric: now I glimpsed her arse!
Smon: /roll 1d20x3
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
20 = 20
6 = 6
6 = 6

Smon: 1 hit
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 8,
Smon: A sword takes the ogre in the throat and it finally falls. Seroni gives it a good kick.
Smon: The kobolds launch a final volley at Jana, before turning to flee:
Smon: /roll 1d20x5
Smon Rolls 1d20x5 and gets:
10 = 10
1 = 1
11 = 11
16 = 16
2 = 2

Smon: 1 hit
Smon: /roll 1d4
Smon rolls 1d4 and gets: 1,
Smon: She's at 13/18, no worries 
Smon: kobolds are running, init:
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Smon: mercs
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Amalric: Do I get a shot at them?
Smon: You can if you win init
Amalric rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 1, (+1) = 2 
Amalric: oh well
Smon: Lance can't ankle around Jana's ample behind to get a clear shot before the mercs charge home at the kobolds... 
Smon: /roll 1d20x3
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
11 = 11
15 = 15
2 = 2

Smon: /roll 1d8x2
Smon Rolls 1d8x2 and gets:
1 = 1
3 = 3

Smon: Cutting two down.
Smon: Kal?
Goonergeezer: (id never catch them in plate so i will just search the body of the ogre and orc instead
Smon: The three surviving kobolds scatter into the rainy dark forested hills.
Smon: Seroni helps her wounded man up, nodding to the others. "We need to go catch the convoy, tell them to hold up."
Smon: She turns to Lance. "You fought well, soldier."
Smon: (better wrap up now)
Amalric: Lance smiles and nods. "As did your men."
Smon: Seroni grins. "Like warrior poets, all of you!"
Amalric: Lance turns and checks Jana is okay. "You saved me there, timely intervention, my dear!"
Smon: Jana prizes a kobold dart from her breastplate, grimacing.
Smon: She smiles. "Thank you. I was worried for you..."
Amalric: Lance asks Seroni if she wants to head back to the shelter once we catch the caravan
Goonergeezer: "day mite ave muney dere"
Smon: Seroni: "Hm... We're four hours past it... We'd not reach it till nearly dawn. I'd rather press on and make Theber, give everyone a chance to rest and get warm."
Amalric: "Makes sense."
Amalric: (didn't realise we'd gone that far!)
Amalric: Lance gathers his arrows from the fallen kobolds before they head off
Smon: Searching the ogre, you and the mercs find a pouch of 60gp; the dead orc had 20 electrum, the kobolds only coppers.
Smon: Seroni: "Hm... Once we make Theber we'll spend a day or so there - enough time for you to go back and search the waystation if you wish?"
Goonergeezer: "fink we shud"
Amalric: "Nah, leave it. Who knows what might befall us if we go back. We need to rest and recover ourselves."
Smon: A mercenary suggests that Kal should take the orc's money as that was his kill, while the four mercs split the ogre's gold.
Smon: "And Captain Harcourt the kobold treasures."
Amalric: "Even split, gentlemen. Do you think you'd have been able to knock out that ogre with kobolds sticking javelins in you? And vice versa? All is fair in love and war, my friends."
Goonergeezer: "her,her,her,her eee's funy Lanse"
Amalric: "We would be dead without you, you'd be dead without us. All about teamwork, lads."
Smon: Dan the Merc looks thoughtful. "Six of us is ten gold each and 3 electrum, then? Kal get the extra two ep?"
11:16pm  2013-12-04 Oculus Orbus Has exited the room
Amalric: "No, you guys have the extra 2ep, add it to the drinks kitty."
Goonergeezer: "10 gowd eech, der rest drink muney"
Amalric: "Exactly."
Smon: Dan: "2 electrum is one gold, that'll pay for drinks at Theber, yup!"
Smon: ok you split it 10gp & 3 ep each.
Smon: Stopping there now!