The messengers

[mdsoze]

Lorrick

(sorry, traveling over the American holiday)

Lorrick seems to get angry in response to the damage, becoming much more ferocious. [beginning rage, duration 6 rounds]

Lorrick swings his longsword at the creature again.
Attack +11, +7 normal +2 rage +2 flanking

Attack: (1d20+11)[23]
Damage: (1d8+5)[13]

HP: 12/23
AC: 13

[Quxelopqr]

Kaz will stand in place, waiting out the paralysis patiently. (1 round left right?)

[obliged_salmon]

Dafydd
HP: 20 AC: 12

Dafydd approaches the unholy being, drawing his sword. He mutters under his breath, "Dang cleric when you need one..." and hacks ferociously.

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attack - (1d20+4)[20]
damage - (1d8+1)[5]
negatives from sickened included

[amanodel]

Kaz finally is still held by the ghast's paralisys.

Dafydd attacks the undead, and delivers a strong hit, piercing through the chest of the rotting corpse.

The ghast turns it's attention to the paladin, and attacks the holy elf with ferocity. Dafydd can avoid the bite, and a slam, but another clawing attack lands on the paladin's chest, tearing into his skin and flesh (damage - (1d4+1)[4], CHA-based Fort save DC 15 or become paralysed for (1d4+1)[3] rounds).

Ozzgar can't get a good shot on the undead, which is surrounded by three of his companions, giving it cover.

Lorrick roars woldly, and swings his sword with great strenght. The attack is placed on the neck of the undead, and Lorrick chops the creature's head off. The ghast falls to the ground silently, and rotten, black blood slowly flows from it's sewn neck.

[obliged_salmon]

fortitude - (1d20+7)[8]

Dafydd reels from the blow and clutches at his marred chest.

[mdsoze]

Lorrick

Lorrick looks down at the ghast, examing its corpse, and then he kicks it a little.

Well... that was unfortunate.

After the battle, Lorrick looks badly beat up (hp 8/19).

[amanodel]

Lorrick finds an old-fashioned golden amulet at the ghast's body. It's like a family jewel, it's style is an lest two hunderd years old.

[Quxelopqr]

Kaz

A few seconds or so after the ghast dies, Kaz begins to move again. "Gotta love undead." He says softly, wiping the blood from his scratch.

[Dethcom1]

Dagg

"I'm sure you do, I'm sure you do, but mind giving us a little more warning next time? Almost lost my skivvies waking up like that..."

Dagg eyes the amulet curiously, and mutters about it being worth a shiny penny or three.

[GimliFett]

Ozzgar the Wolf

The blood-red goblin grins at Kaz and winks. "Yer personal habits're yer own, laddie. Please don' share 'em wit' oos!"

[amanodel]

As the adrenaline clears from your body, you look around, and notice that something isn't right. Cannol the druid and Eammon the sorcerer is missing, you can't find then anywhere. You keep looking for them in the cold night for a time, but there's no sign you can find.

[GimliFett]

Ozzgar the Wolf

Ozz moves furtively about the group's campsite for the missing companions. "Och! Whar's th' oothers? Did a beastie oop an' take 'em while we were busy?"

[Quxelopqr]

Kaz

Kaz looks around the area for any signs of the lost ones. "It had to be while we fought, theye were here when my watch started."

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spot: (d20+9)[27]

[Dethcom1]

Dagg

"They didn't seem lie the type of people who would just walk out in the middle of a fight. Are you sure you didn't lose them?" He lies back down, taking off his armor this time, and shifts in his bedroll. "Well, maybe seeing that ghoulie just reminded the both of them that they needed to bleed their lizards."

[amanodel]

No matter how hard you look, you can't find your two lost companions, nor any clues of how they disappeared. That may be a good sign, since there aren't evidences about violence, other than your fight with the ghast, of course.

[obliged_salmon]

Dafydd

Dafydd frowns and scratches his head. "I hate to sound callous, for they are fine and brave men, but we are on a schedule, and we have no evidence to go on. Perhaps it's best we keep going, and hope we catch up with them later. Dratted nuisance losing our only two magic-wielders. Dafydd spends a few more moments prodding around the lost companions' former sleeping sites, also looking off toward the graveyard, then climbs back into bed for the short duration before his watch begins.

[Quxelopqr]

Kaz

"As much as I hate to admit it, Dafydd's right. Maybe they left to take care of that cold Eammon caught."

Kaz will finish up his watch, with special emphasis on the graveyard, until he wakes up Dafydd.

[amanodel]

No further events disturb your sleep, and despite the sometimes raging storm, you can sleep deeply, and regain some of the vitality you lost during the fight with the ghast. Eammon and Cannol don't come back during the night. The rain only stopped an hour before dawn.

In the morning, you wake up to the smell of the ghast's rotting body being attacked by the rain and quickened it's rotting.

[GimliFett]

Ozzgar the Wolf

As he packs up his bedroll, the goblin grins widely at his companions. "Ah love the smell o' ghast in th' mornin'. Smells like..." he inhales deeply, "Victory!"

[Quxelopqr]

kaz

Trying not to dwell on where the casters have gone, Kaz gets back on the road. "Let's get moving. We should be getting close to the forest by now."

[obliged_salmon]

Dafydd

Dafydd stands stoically and proclaims, "Yes, I can sense the presence of my kindred nearby." He then breaks his pose and grins at the party "I'm just kidding. I actually have no idea if there are any elves around." He slings his pack on and marches off with the others, whistling a walking tune as well as he can.

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whistle check for fun:
perform - (1d20+2)[10]

[mdsoze]

Lorrick

It's a shame. There is safety in numbers. Let's keep to the road, and I hope our journey goes smoothly.

Lorrick will take up whatever position is indicated in the group.

[GimliFett]

Ozzgar the Wolf

Clucking his tongue, the goblin shakes his head. "Bah! They pro'lly got squirrelly when thin's got toof. 'Oo needs 'em, eh? Or they'll shoo oop later. Does'nae matter, mooch, nae?" he inquires of those remaining.

[Dethcom1]

Dagg

Dagg returns to the back of the group, occasionally fiddling with his armor. He looks up in surprise at Ozzgar's statement. "When did things get tough?"

[amanodel]

Judging by the distances you've travelled so far, you guess that you'll pass by the small farming village of Glyskoe around middday, and arrive at Shrewsbury late afternoon if nothing interrupts you.

There weren't any news from Shrewsbury in a while, and a Burubu legion was said to be stationed a few days south of the city. Altough you don't know what will await you, you know you'll have to be careful.

[GimliFett]

Ozzgar the Wolf

Chuckling, Ozz grins at Dagg. "Ah meant rel'tive ta them, noot oos!"

[Quxelopqr]

Kaz

"Alright then, let's get movin'." Kaz takes his place in the marching order and starts walking down the road.

[amanodel]

Your jounrey is indeed smooth during this day. The sun is shining, and all conditions are favorable for travelling.

But when you arrive at Glyskoe, you find that the town is totally deserted, you can't see a single soul on the streets. It looks like as if they left the village hurriedly. By the size of the town, you guess that it has a population around 100, not a real village, more of a small farming settlement, with only a handful of houses, no public buildings aside from a small granary.

Nothing in the scenario moves, saves for the foxes, who came out from the woods, sensing that the humans of the settlement have gone away.

[GimliFett]

Ozzgar the Wolf

From his point position somewhat ahead of the group, Ozz freezes and raises a fist, indicating to those behind him to hold position and keep quiet. He tilts his head to the side, listening for any sound, then scans the dirt road for anything out of the ordinary: namely blood or small items normally unnoticeable to those without a trained eye.

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Add +2 if humans apply (favored enemy).
Listen: (1d20+7)[10]
Search: (1d20+7)[8]
Spot: (1d20+7)[27]
Well, at least the Spot roll was good...
Also, glad you're still around. I really like this game and character. Let's keep rollin' guys!

[mdsoze]

Lorrick

Lorrick carefully studies the ground, looking for tracks.

Take 20 for 22 search.