Warriors of Haunden (IC)

[Alden Loveshade]

I'm packing a lot in together to help move things up so other players aren't waiting on me.

Originally Posted by ericthered

Fireball: "This was your plan! I was going to wait until the archer goes away! Don't try to pretend this isn't your fault. Find out what he knows!"

(Anoras speaking) "Mystic, as the giant nearly died it will of course take a while before he's conscious. Even then, it may take time before he's coherent enough to answer questions. At first, his mind may be confused, mixing reality with fantasy. He might mistake a fireball for a firefly, a wind-shaken bush for walking skeletal bones, Haunden for Holidor. For a while, his mind may be lost in dreams.

"Meanwhile, I have more wounded to attend to."


Question for the GM: These sorcerers keep their real names secret. I imagine Anoras, with Hidden Lore (Sorcery), would know why. If it requires a roll, the GM can roll for me.


Anoras will do First Aid on the injured, the badly injured first. The GM can do those rolls for me.


While Anoras is doing First Aid, she will use Acting as "the GM may also require an Acting roll whenever you try to fool someone...." (B 174). She wants to seem like she supports their cause. (For all I know as of right now, she more-or-less might--they and we might have a common enemy).

To gain a specific piece of information ("Do you have prisoners and, if so, where are they?") she'll use Fast-Talk. She'll try to use this on someone who might know but who does not seem to be one of the smartest of the group.

I'll roll on Acting and Fast-Talk. If the first Fast-Talk roll doesn't reveal what she wants to know, she'll try again on a different person--the GM can do an additional roll for me if needed.

[ericthered]

Rainy Day Ninja, are you still with us? Thad may be unconscious, but he is very much the center of attention. I know Kalazzaz and I are both very curious how Anoras is going to get Thad out of there. or herself.



How long will Cassandra wait for them to move?

Originally Posted by Alden Loveshade

(Anoras speaking) "Mystic, as the giant nearly died it will of course take a while before he's conscious. Even then, it may take time before he's coherent enough to answer questions. At first, his mind may be confused, mixing reality with fantasy. He might mistake a fireball for a firefly, a wind-shaken bush for walking skeletal bones, Haunden for Holidor. For a while, his mind may be lost in dreams.

fireball watches the giant as he lays on the forest floor, fuming.

Question for the GM: These sorcerers keep their real names secret. I imagine Anoras, with Hidden Lore (Sorcery), would know why. If it requires a roll, the GM can roll for me.

secret roll:


Some of its tradition. Some of it is a break with who they were. Some of it is that Sorcerers seem to gain a little extra pleasure and power from sacrificing people they knew before.

"Meanwhile, I have more wounded to attend to."


Anoras will do First Aid on the injured, the badly injured first. The GM can do those rolls for me.

Ok, so bandages for everyone!


They all heal only a single point of damage, through no fault of how hard Anoras is trying.

While Anoras is doing First Aid, she will use Acting as "the GM may also require an Acting roll whenever you try to fool someone...." (B 174). She wants to seem like she supports their cause. (For all I know as of right now, she more-or-less might--they and we might have a common enemy).

To gain a specific piece of information ("Do you have prisoners and, if so, where are they?") she'll use Fast-Talk. She'll try to use this on someone who might know but who does not seem to be one of the smartest of the group.

I'll roll on Acting and Fast-Talk. If the first Fast-Talk roll doesn't reveal what she wants to know, she'll try again on a different person--the GM can do an additional roll for me if needed.

"We left the Haunden prisoners with Stripes. No need to bring them on this raid. We're meeting back up at the sacrifice site. We might need to call them back so we have enough men for the raid."

[Kalzazz]

Cassandra will stick around as long as she can see her friends

[Alden Loveshade]

Originally Posted by ericthered

Rainy Day Ninja, are you still with us? Thad may be unconscious, but he is very much the center of attention. I know Kalazzaz and I are both very curious how Anoras is going to get Thad out of there. or herself....

I am also very curious how Anoras is going to do it. :-D

Originally Posted by ericthered

How long will Cassandra wait for them to move?

Not a question for me, of course. But as Cassandra was watching Thad, she probably had a very good chance of seeing Anoras using First Aid--and that Anoras is not tied and doesn't have a sword at her back. I imagine Cassandra would remember that Anoras talked about her possible plans to deal with the Venasir.

Originally Posted by ericthered

They all heal only a single point of damage, through no fault of how hard Anoras is trying.

(Anoras speaking, and sounding tired--for real) "That is the best I can do for now. The injured need to rest, and so do I."

Originally Posted by ericthered

We left the Haunden prisoners with Stripes. No need to bring them on this raid. We're meeting back up at the sacrifice site. We might need to call them back so we have enough men for the raid."

(Anoras speaking) "Ah yes, wise plan. And I believe you're right. With many suffering severe injuries that will take quite a while to heal, meeting back up with Stripes and the others at the sacrifice site sounds like a good idea."

Originally Posted by ericthered

...Additionally, Anoras makes a mental check of the "sacrifice sites" in the region. Scorcerors gain great power through human sacrifice, but only at the right locations and at the right times, usually at night. There are five sites nearby that will be right in the next five days.

Based on the attack on Haunden, the path the attacking Venasir took from there, our current location, and Anoras having Area Knowledge (both Haunden and Venasir), she'll guess at the two most likely of the five. As she already knows the five sites, perhaps a roll isn't needed. If one is, the GM can roll for me. And/Or Fast Talk if that's needed.

(Anoras speaking): "Ah yes, I imagine the site we're using would be (Site 1) or (Site 2). Is it one of those?"

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

Cassandra will stick around as long as she can see her friends

You can't see any of them. They're behind trees. If you could see them, you could be shooting at them.

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Alden Loveshade

(Anoras speaking, and sounding tired--for real) "That is the best I can do for now. The injured need to rest, and so do I."

(Anoras speaking) "Ah yes, wise plan. And I believe you're right. With many suffering severe injuries that will take quite a while to heal, meeting back up with Stripes and the others at the sacrifice site sounds like a good idea."

Warrior: "Its not my call, of course."

Based on the attack on Haunden, the path the attacking Venasir took from there, our current location, and Anoras having Area Knowledge (both Haunden and Venasir), she'll guess at the two most likely of the five. As she already knows the five sites, perhaps a roll isn't needed. If one is, the GM can roll for me. And/Or Fast Talk if that's needed.

(Anoras speaking): "Ah yes, I imagine the site we're using would be (Site 1) or (Site 2). Is it one of those?"

Warrior: "I don't know. If we get lost a bird will come and get us." He gestures to a mark on his hand that matches Anoras's.

Anoras's suggestion of rest prompts a guffaw from fireball. He turns to Wings. "Is that archer still there? we've got to get rid of her."
Wings: "Yeah, I don't know what she's waiting for."
Busan: "We should swing around the trees with the main force and flush her out. If we have enough force. She's a better shot than anyone we have, and that's a nasty strong bow."
"Or we backtrack and rebalance our forces."

[RainyDayNinja]

Haha, yeah I'm still checking in. Just let me know when it's time to try to wake up!

[Kalzazz]

Oh, I thought I could see them, just not good shot at them, they can see her. Of course they can probably spell Purr unlike her

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

Oh, I thought I could see them, just not good shot at them, they can see her. Of course they can probably spell Purr unlike her

They aren't watching you from the trees, as far as you can tell. They're relying on some mystic effect from wings to watch you.

[Kalzazz]

Cassandra will probably eventually figure they left and wander off then

Given her navigation land is something along the lines of 4, I might just use the scatter diagram