Maacain Invasion: Ross Dattar's Group II

[Talfrey]

It would appear you have gotten away, as far as you can see, even from a height, there is no sign of the army, or the academy.

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah

"Not entirely, we are all still alive. We also have the staff I disarmed the warmage of. A shame that trick cannot be used to get the Fang from Rittcks."

[Solo]

It would appear you have gotten away, as far as you can see, even from a height, there is no sign of the army, or the academy.

The red ones really do go faster!


Well, you know what they say. He who runs away, lives to fight another day. Let's patch our wounds and head out. I'll prepare an identify spell first thing tomorrow morning so that we can find out what the guy dropped. How's that sound?

[pingcode20]

Mentos
"I've got scrolls if you want to find out now, if you want."

Mentos opens the non-saturated-with-mint pocket and pulls out a scroll with a scribbled in label of 'Identify', as well as a wand of cure light wounds.

[Solo]

Excellent. Anyone got a pearl? Or is it a divine version of the Identify spell, cause then we won't need the pearl.

[pingcode20]

Mentos
Mentos shrugs, and intones the magic of the scroll, then rolling it up and tapping it gently against the staff.

"Who needs pearls when you've got a scroll?"

He grabs a corner of the rolled up scroll, and gives it a firm flick, opening it as the writing glows and is replaced with an instruction manual.

"I call 'em 'Scrolls of RTFM'."

[NoDot]

Karsh

"Nothing's around here, it seems."

Returning to the ground, "Now, where should we head? We need to escape completely or get the army following us to fight on our terms." ((Was there a ridge or similar choke-point nearby?))

[edit] "And Marcus, care to give back my Bag of Holding and my wand?" ((How many charges have you used in total?))

[Solo]

Marcus presents the wand and the Bag of Holding to Krash. I've only used three charges on the wand. Plenty left for you.

[Talfrey]

Wand of the Living Dead

• Expend one charge: 8 Dead Targets as Amrieds
• Expend one charge: Negative Energy Fireball 10d6
• 45 charges left.
• Incur 2 corruption for each charge used.

[Tacitus]

Kuruk

With head lolling back and forth the sleepy centaur seems on the verge of sleep for the fifth time on their high speed trip and escape. He whispers something to himself in what seems to be a highly specific way, "Doom. DOOM, doom doom, doomdoomdoom, doomey doom." He shakes his head with an exasperated sigh, "Dammit. We're all, still alive. No rest, for the, wicked. Thought I, could sleep, if I were, dead. At least, there was no, minty explosion. Though we, could have, used one."

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah

"Unless 'our terms' includes us having an army of our own, or a massive boost in power, trying to take them on is suicide. What we need to do is get somewhere where we have allies."

[pingcode20]

Mentos
"Er, Marcus? You may want to have a look at this."

Mentos passes the newly created instruction manual to Marcus.

"Catch up to us? Hah! This thing goes over two hundred feet a second! Kuruk running at full speed couldn't match it!"

[Solo]

Thank you for this manual. Let's see... Marcus casually flips through the pages, reading about the wand. I am forced to conclude that we had best not use this thing. The corruption incurred seems to be a little to heavy for my tastes.

Now let's see... we're safe at the moment, so what do we do? We can hide, we can keep running, or we can somehow regroup for a counter-attack. Aren't there more of us in the neighborhood, or are we the only ones here?

[NoDot]

Karsh

Taking his Bag of Holding and his wand, Karsh responds, "Preferably, we need to get the Warmages away from their army. Those archers," (Karsh holds up a broken arrow shaft.) "would be a pain."

Karsh activates his wand ((10 [Deceive Item] + 10 [UMD] == DC 20 [activate wand])) and stores it in the Bag of Holding.

((After -2 to AC and DR 2/Cold Iron, how much damage did I take?))

[Solo]

Well, let's think. If the archers are a problem..... I can cast Disguise Self on myself and Invisibility on another, sneak into the enemy ranks, and conduct much sabotage amongst the archers.

[NoDot]

Karsh

"Then they can pickup dirt and rocks and throw them at us. Our goal is to neutralize the massive number of men that is the army and kill the Thri-keen and the Warmages. Without leadership, they'll fall apart on their own."

I don't take the death of allies lightly...

[Solo]

Psh. Don't tell me you're afraid of rocks and stones. However, if we're going to go for assassination, sneaking in with Invisibility and Disguise Self is still a valid option.

[NoDot]

Karsh

"I'm not afraid of a person throwing rocks or handfuls of dirt at me. I'm afraid of several hundred people throwing rocks and handfuls of dirt at me."

Turning to the others, "What do the rest of you say?"

[Solo]

I doubt very much that they will be able to throw rocks a hundred feet up into the air.

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah

"It is not that hard to throw a rock 100 feet into the air. The hard part is HITTING something at that range with it.

Getting the leaders away from the army will not be easy. Do you have a plan for how to do it?"

[NoDot]

Karsh

"They have several hundred archers. Someone''ll hit something. Getting the leaders away from safety like that won't be easy. I don't have a plan, yet."

[pingcode20]

Mentos
"I can make three things invisible a day, and I can fly, too. We could always run them over. Or drop the cart on them. Not many archers can punch through adamantine plating."

Mentos seems highly amused by the concept of an invisible flying cart smashing through the enemy lines and running over the warmages.

"'What's that rumbling noise?' POW!"

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah

"Be serious, we need to figure out what to do. Those warmages said that you were the people they had been sent to stop at the Elven Capital. Since you are here and not there, you must have succeeded in your task. Who sent you to do it, and where are they?"

[pingcode20]

Mentos
"I dunno. I only found out I was going along when I woke up in a box."

[Tacitus]

Kuruk

The centaur seems to take a long few moments to recall the name of the man that had sent them on their quest. With a snap of his fingers a flash of insight breaks across his worn down features, "King Ares! He sent us, to unleash, the mighty, Tarrasque, and send it, into the heart, of Amrien's stronghold, which we did, indeed complete, relatively successfully. Fiona disappeared, in the attempt, though I doubt, she was eaten, by the beast, and I have not, seen Zoa, in many days. There was, mention by, a one Indred, that once, the Tarrasque, was slain she, would be able, to reanimate it, with even greater power, to send against, Amrien again."

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah

"Zoa? A flashy sort of fellow, thought himself to be the great hero of everything?"

[pingcode20]

Mentos
"Yeah, that's the one. Only now he's about this big," Mentos holds his hands apart at around chest width "And you could probably punt him a few miles. Fiona definitely could."

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah

"How in the 9 Hells did he manage to get off of Earth?! We had to leave in a hurry, and had no chance to get him from where we had left him. Have you run across Slip? No clue what or who she would look like, but if he got off that world, maybe she did too."

[Tacitus]

Kuruk

The centaur slowly shook his head, "I do not, recall anyone, by that name."

[Solo]

Marcus' face brightens up as Zoa's name is mentioned.

Zoa? He's still alive? I loved that guy... we should have a reunion sometime and swap stories or something. We've got a lot to catch up on.

Marcus' eyes suddenly dart around.

Speaking of friends... WHERE THE HELL IS CHRIS!?