Down on the Farm
19 July 2011~
Wow! It has been a while since we played fantasy; and with relatively new characters, most of us were left asking "What am I, again?" After all that was sorted out, experience points were spent and treasure from the last adventure was divided, and we finally got started on the actual adventure.
It started with us on the road again, wandering through some pleasant farmland and generally relaxed (for adventurers who could get jumped by anything at any moment). While passing a river, then, we heard a commotion, and saw a group of people running along the side of the river, chasing a young girl who was getting swept along in the current. Craig's reptile man jumped in (he's amphibious, after all) and rescued the girl, which made us welcome in the village, and we accepted their hospitality and stayed the night.
We were bivouacked in the barn hayloft that night, but awoke to another commotion. This time, a rough-looking group of humans (mostly- they did have one demon in attendance) were rousting people out of their houses and making ready to take their goods. As we woke up the characters not roused by their noise, the girl we had saved previously bolted for the barn, pursued by a couple of bad guys. Bruce's elven samurai and Craig's reptile man jumped to the floor and prepared to deal with the thugs, but Bill's illusionist beat them to it and had a large, [illusionary] fiery demon interpose itself between them and her, routing them.
That gave us time to gear up and get the locals into the barn, while the raiders regrouped. A thrown axe popped the demon, and the raiders approached the barn in a wide semi-circle while we finished getting ready. When their demon charged, we went into action: Bill flashed the advancing line, Kevin cast a force dome over three of them, and Jeff and Michael's dwarves introduced the demon to close-range musket fire. Craig loosed a javelin as well, but the muskets blew impressively big holes in the thing, and it went down. Our other fighters charged out and attacked their line, and easily dispatched the first group before they really knew what had hit them. Their leader attacked with a couple of his heavies, and they gave us more trouble; Brian went down to a lucky hit (it must have been luck, since he's the best swordsman in the world) and Craig was wounded. Jeff and Michael joined the melee at that point, and the five of us still standing started putting the bad guys down. Michael got a leg crippled and went down, but Bill and Kevin used create flame and control flame to distract the raiders (being on fire is distracting), and the rest of us finished them in a few seconds.
While looting the bodies (a couple of magic items and some uniformly-marked continual light necklaces, mostly) and discussing what to do with the raiders in the force dome, we happened to look up and see a translucent castle hovering in the clouds above us. Neither we nor the natives know who or what it belongs to, and we haven't yet had time to ask our soon-to-be prisoners. I guess we'll have to see what's "up" with that next week.
Wow! It has been a while since we played fantasy; and with relatively new characters, most of us were left asking "What am I, again?" After all that was sorted out, experience points were spent and treasure from the last adventure was divided, and we finally got started on the actual adventure.
It started with us on the road again, wandering through some pleasant farmland and generally relaxed (for adventurers who could get jumped by anything at any moment). While passing a river, then, we heard a commotion, and saw a group of people running along the side of the river, chasing a young girl who was getting swept along in the current. Craig's reptile man jumped in (he's amphibious, after all) and rescued the girl, which made us welcome in the village, and we accepted their hospitality and stayed the night.
We were bivouacked in the barn hayloft that night, but awoke to another commotion. This time, a rough-looking group of humans (mostly- they did have one demon in attendance) were rousting people out of their houses and making ready to take their goods. As we woke up the characters not roused by their noise, the girl we had saved previously bolted for the barn, pursued by a couple of bad guys. Bruce's elven samurai and Craig's reptile man jumped to the floor and prepared to deal with the thugs, but Bill's illusionist beat them to it and had a large, [illusionary] fiery demon interpose itself between them and her, routing them.
That gave us time to gear up and get the locals into the barn, while the raiders regrouped. A thrown axe popped the demon, and the raiders approached the barn in a wide semi-circle while we finished getting ready. When their demon charged, we went into action: Bill flashed the advancing line, Kevin cast a force dome over three of them, and Jeff and Michael's dwarves introduced the demon to close-range musket fire. Craig loosed a javelin as well, but the muskets blew impressively big holes in the thing, and it went down. Our other fighters charged out and attacked their line, and easily dispatched the first group before they really knew what had hit them. Their leader attacked with a couple of his heavies, and they gave us more trouble; Brian went down to a lucky hit (it must have been luck, since he's the best swordsman in the world) and Craig was wounded. Jeff and Michael joined the melee at that point, and the five of us still standing started putting the bad guys down. Michael got a leg crippled and went down, but Bill and Kevin used create flame and control flame to distract the raiders (being on fire is distracting), and the rest of us finished them in a few seconds.
While looting the bodies (a couple of magic items and some uniformly-marked continual light necklaces, mostly) and discussing what to do with the raiders in the force dome, we happened to look up and see a translucent castle hovering in the clouds above us. Neither we nor the natives know who or what it belongs to, and we haven't yet had time to ask our soon-to-be prisoners. I guess we'll have to see what's "up" with that next week.
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