Episode 43

[Bynw]

[19:34:13] * Playing 'recap.txt' to #Teara-Adan with 1300ms delay
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[19:34:15] <.Bynw> |   The Winds of Change - Episode 43
[19:34:17] <.Bynw> |
[19:34:18] <.Bynw> |      Beginning Adventure Recap
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[19:34:21] <.Bynw> | Leaving the destroyed construction
[19:34:22] <.Bynw> | site behind them the lords continue
[19:34:23] <.Bynw> | their prompt retreat back to the
[19:34:24] <.Bynw> | capital.
[19:34:26] <.Bynw> |
[19:34:27] <.Bynw> | The Egorian army is but a few scant
[19:34:28] <.Bynw> | hours ahead of them and is fighting
[19:34:30] <.Bynw> | a battle as they continue their march
[19:34:31] <.Bynw> | towards the Warp Wood capital.
[19:34:32] <.Bynw> |
[19:34:34] <.Bynw> | General Ryethon proceeds to scout on
[19:34:35] <.Bynw> | ahead of the rest of the Lords,
[19:34:36] <.Bynw> | clearing a path as he goes.
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[19:34:39] <.Bynw> | Today's Game Date: 18 Novembre 463 NE
[19:34:40] <.Bynw> |         Game Time: night fall
[19:34:42] <.Bynw> |
[19:34:43] <.Bynw> |        End of Adventure Recap
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[19:34:44] * Playback of 'recap.txt' complete
[19:35:12] <+Charissa> "We need to hurry up and get back to the Capital!"
[19:39:19] <.Bynw> *the trip gets tougher as the lords head back south. the swamps are not forgiving even with  General Ryethon clearing the path a bit ahead of them*
[19:40:23] <+Seth> ::Looks thoughtful as if something is troubling him:: "Something is wrong with the druids."
[19:40:52] <+Coch> "What do you mean Seth?"
[19:41:39] <+Jack> "Wrong?"
[19:42:42] <+Seth> "Yes. I can sense it."
[19:44:19] <+Charissa> "I agree Seth.  Something is not right with them"
[19:44:24] <+Coch> "Has Chadwick and the druids betrayed us?"
[19:46:07] <+Jack> roll 5df+
[19:46:08] <+SnakeEyes> Jack rolls 5df+ and gets

• [-][ ]
• [ ] Great
  [19:46:25] <+Seth> "I'm not sure. I only sense that something is wrong, but we have no choice but to push on."
  [19:46:36] <+Charissa> "agreed"
  [19:47:26] <+Jack> "I'm feeling something dark up ahead."
  [19:47:52] <+Charissa> "any idea of what kind of darkness?"
  [19:48:19] <+Jack> "No, just a general feeling so far."
  [19:49:19] <+Jack> "You know, like evil . . . and death."
  [19:50:43] <+Coch> "I think I should scout ahead.  I don't want to run into an ambush"
  [19:50:44] <.Bynw> *as the lords press own, cutting their way through the swamps more and more as they travel southward to the capital ... the trail ahead ends*
  [19:55:49] <+Charissa> roll 5df+
  [19:55:49] <+SnakeEyes> Charissa rolls 5df+ and gets [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] Fair
  [19:56:12] <+Seth> "What happened to Ryethon's clearning ..."
  [19:57:48] <+Coch> 5df+
  [19:57:59] <+Coch> roll 5df+
  [19:57:59] <+SnakeEyes> Coch rolls 5df+ and gets
• [ ][ ][ ][ ] Good
  [20:00:49] <+Seth> *looks around for any trace of the general*
  [20:03:24] <+Seth> *hacks away at the swamp*
  [20:03:53] <+Coch> "The general's horse was just pulled underwater and it wasn't intact.  I fear the general maybe dead"
  [20:05:35] <+Seth> "Damn. Chadwick said our path would be clear and now this."
  [20:06:17] <+Jack> "Yeah, this is not good."
  [20:06:19] <+Charissa> "this is definitely not good news!'
  [20:07:59] <+Seth> *spots something in the swamp just up the overgrown trail. he runs up and then pulls the generals sword from the undergrowth. he stops short and drops the blade*
  [20:08:13] <+Charissa> "what's wrong?"
  [20:09:21] <+Seth> *gets back coughing, shaking his head and a bit green in the face* "I found the general. He looks like the others."
  [20:11:13] <+Charissa> "this isn't good at all.  I think we should stop here for just a few moments, at least long enough to purify his soul"
  [20:11:41] * +Charissa suggests starting a cleansing pyre for the departed General's body and soul
  [20:12:55] <+Coch> "My Queen I don't think we have the time for that right now and it isn't safe for us to stay here"
  [20:13:02] <.Bynw> *it is difficult to get any kind of fire started in the wetness of the swamps*
  [20:13:06] <+Charissa> "it won't take more than a few minutes"
  [20:13:38] <+Charissa> "a deryni-induced fire would start almost instantaneously"
  [20:15:12] <+Charissa> "I will not leave this place without giving the good General a decent cremation since we obviously don't have time to bury him decently or to take his body back to the Capital with us"
  [20:15:31] * +Charissa gets off her horse and goes towards the General's body
  [20:16:02] * +Coch dismounts and stays near the Queen
  [20:17:07] <.Bynw> *the general's body is in the undergrowth were Seth found his sword. he looks like the former lords and the general he replaced. a victim of Warp Wood's plague*
  [20:18:03] <+Charissa> "well, now at least we know the cause of the Plague...time to put an end to it."
  [20:18:26] * +Charissa takes the General's sword and puts it on top of his chest
  [20:18:35] <+Charissa> "Stand back everyone!"
  [20:19:07] <.Bynw> *his body is still partially hidden by the swamps undergrowth ... wet and slimy*
  [20:21:13] * +Charissa closes her eyes and concentrates on her own hands as she brings forth a gold handfire..she sets the handfire on top of the General's body and then concentrates to get it to enflame the General's body by using her Casting skills"
  [20:26:04] <.Bynw> *the body is engulfed in a golden glow of handfire dancing about the general's body. but like all handfire, the flame is cool and consumes nothing.
  [20:28:54] <+Charissa> "that is the best we can do for now..a symbolic goodbye and pyre for the good General."  ::Charissa brushes away tears and then walks away from the General's body and getting back on her horse:: "Let's go, we have a lot of work to do and justice shall prevail!"
  [20:29:21] * +Coch remounts and prepares to move on
  [20:29:50] * ambush has joined #Teara-Adan
  [20:29:56] <+Charissa> ::leads the way like a woman possessed::
  [20:30:05] * +Jack follows
  [20:31:39] <.Bynw> *the passage is difficult and slow going. the swamp is impeding travel with every step. even with swords flashing at the undergrowth it returns stronger behind the lords as they pass
  [20:33:04] <+Charissa> "there is strange majicks here...the druids may be undone.  We have to get to the Capital as fast as we can now"
  [20:33:38] <+Jack> "Yeah, the swamp acts like it's possessed."
  [20:36:18] <.Bynw> *the lords are still many miles from the capital and it this pace it may take days to reach it
  [20:37:58] <+Coch> "How can we move faster?"
  [20:40:25] <+Seth> "I could attempt a spell to move us faster ... or use another to move myself faster"
  [20:42:21] <+Seth> "but it could fail ... "
  [20:42:27] <+Charissa> "moving yourself plus one of us would be of most value..I suggest someone like Coch who can help you clear the way"
  [20:43:13] <+Coch> "I will try anything if it will help us reach the capitial faster"
  [20:46:43] <.Bynw> *in the darkness ahead the growth of the swamps part - and a rider on a horse gallops through the Lords, not even seeing them until he is almost pass them and disappearing again into the swamp from where they came*
  [20:51:08] * +Coch pulls his rifle, sights in on the horse, and fires
  [20:51:12] <+Coch> roll 6df+
  [20:51:12] <+SnakeEyes> Coch rolls 6df+ and gets [-]
• [-][-][-][-] Poor
  [20:51:17] <.Bynw> *the rider nearly falls off the horse as it turns around, he hits the ground with a bit of a murky splash in the mud and mire*
  [20:52:15] <.Bynw> *the horse rears nearly trampling the man who fell and then it bolts into the swamp and the darkness of the night disappearing
  [20:52:42] * +Coch moves close to the fallen rider and looks down menacing the rider with his fixed bayonet
  [20:52:56] <+Coch> "Who are you?"
  [20:53:02] <.Bynw> !! perception check Coch
  [20:53:08] * otter has joined #Teara-Adan
  [20:53:09] * otter sets mode: +v otter
  [20:53:28] <+Coch> roll 5df+
  [20:53:28] <+SnakeEyes> Coch rolls 5df+ and gets
• [-][-][-][-] Poor
  [20:54:29] <.Bynw> *the man only moans, covered in mud and tries to roll over but failing to do so
  [20:54:46] * +Coch dismounts and rolls over the man before he drowns
  [20:57:11] <+Coch> roll 6df+
  [20:57:11] <+SnakeEyes> Coch rolls 6df+ and gets [ ][ ]
• [ ][-][-] Good
  [20:57:57] <+Coch> "I need help here!  This is Bishop Nidar"
  [21:00:50] * +Charissa gets off her horse and runs over to Coch