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'Waste not your pity. It's life and pain were a cruel joke, from which it is now released.
On the other hand, hunters stalk their prey, hidden, sometimes camouflaged, and there's trickery in that. Not all prey is caught. Perhaps even animals can lie, discern lies, and realise truth, and so be saved'.
Clearsight smiles at Halabur.
'Perhaps our departed friend has already reached a higher understanding. Shorn of its false form, liberated to a level of spiritual mirth we can only imagine. I must confess, I had not considered the theological position of animals before'.
Raif looks distant for a moment.
'Cuts too close to the bone'.
Raif Clearsight snaps out of his distraction, and frowns at the tracks.
'Well, I head that wolf packs are usually families, so perhaps these would be cubs and yearlings. A big pack. Hopefully the wolves won't need to hunt for a few days after a fresh kill. Unless the pack's really big. On the other hand, if it's a really big pack, maybe it's driven out any other wolves in the region. Either way, we should guard our horses carefully tonight'.
Clearsight chuckles...
'Oh I'm being dense. Not even a very artful lie, is it? Wolves could not have done this. Wolves cannot break bones, much less devour them. They lack the jaw strength'.
Clearsight frowns.
'I think something drove the hunter off the kill. Either the wolf pack chased the hunter, or the wolf pack brought the animal down, and were chased off by the scavenger'.
"Well, either way if there's something particularly vicious out, it might be quite dire." Halabur pauses a moment. ...Dire? Hm. I've heard of animals mutated by magic, sometimes designated as a 'Dire' animals, such as wargs if I recall correctly.
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knowledge arcana: (1d20+10)[16], specifically to recall whatever I know about dire animals or to see if there are any hints about the prey left behind to determine if a dire animal had attacked it.
"Also, it may be just a womanish fancy, but I've heard that rain falls, that wounds bleed, and that predators kill to survive" She myopically sweeps the horizon.
"Wolves, be they Dire, Armour-plated, or strawberry-flavoured, are not our concern. If they attack us they'll know our mettle. And indeed, our metal. We press on. Unless somebody feels that saving the world is less important than conducting a zoological survey of the area--?"
You know that Dire animals are bigger and more ferocious than their normal brethren. Also that an animal this size would not be large enough to satisfy the hunger of two Dire wolves let alone a whole pack.
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Huh, saving the world indeed. For whom, I wonder? Let it burn, and reveal the truth. Let us make a new world.
'This sight makes me reconsider my equipment. Since we've stopped, this might be a convenient place to rest for a moment, and if I could have some help with my armour, that would be much appreciated.'
If Raif has some help, he dons his armour, and takes a quick drink from his waterskin, mounts Filofax, then continues to ride.
As they make their way onward, Raif pulls out his food parcel to finish off the grain, and finds it full.
'Hey, I've got someone's food parcel by mistake - I'd eaten most of mine, this one's full!'
"Very well. If we must stop, we should at least be prepared," She quickly dismounted to once again assist Raif with his armor. "Help me with mine as well," She said as she worked. "Loathe as I am to admit it, I feel much better when someone else sees to my gear. It is far too easy to miss something important."
Last edited by Machuchang : 09-06-2012 at 09:03 PM.
While assisting Raif with his armour you look up at the top of the next hill and see the grass moving, though not in the same direction as what the wind is blowing.
Drayner:
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While taking the opertunity of the rest period to take another look round you see that about 70' back towards the hill there seem to be three forrows in the grass stretching back towards the mountains. They seem to be moving closer.
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"Many thanks, Verossa," Eleanora eyed the moving grass with worried suspicion. "And do hurry. I am getting a very bad feeling about out surroundings..."
Drayner turns shadow around and stares quite obviously at the grass. "Be on your gaurd we may be in for a fight" After a few seconds of them getting closer Drayner raises his voice slightly but still quiet enough so only his companions can hear him to show urgency "Fight or Fly guys? if we don't make the decision now, others may make the decision for us... Fight or fly?" You see some black energy fizzling at his fingertips.
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Spot: (1d20+1)[14]
Activating detect magic
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Just as Drayner finishes asking the rest of you which would be the better course of action, the option is taken away from you as 3 arrows streak into the sky, aimed at the three of closest to the edges of the group (Halabur, Drayner and Daranard).
The first arrow flies wildly wide, falling amongst the grass behind you. The other two glancing off their intended targets (Drayner and Daranand) doing no damage what so ever.
Drayner:
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As you take a harder look just as the arrows are loosed you can just make out three short figures hidden in the tall grass. The appear about the size of Halflings but with longer arms and slightly shorter legs. Their skins, as much as you can make out, has a slight green/grey hue to it.
**Initiative rolls please**
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You not only see the three figures in the grass who shot the arrows, but also another three emerging from the grass on the hill. You clearly make them out to be Goblins, though they seem to be quite feral looking. One looks back and yells something to someone behind it that you cant yet make out.
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"At last! Opposition!" Verossa gives a valkrian scream.
While thinking behind her eyes, since some people saw something, why didn't they say it in plain common instead of dancing around it like characters in a decadent drama. No matter. Time to kill.
Since her precise skills are of no use against archers, she moves as fast as possible to the source of the nearest arrow, her glaive leading the way. "Come out, come out, wherever you are. It'll be quicker that way. Better for you. Trust me on this." she smiles.
I grunt as an arrow grazes my said, but fortunately I am left with barely a scratch.
"Attack! Attack! Under my command, I swear we shall see victory!" My voice booms over the chaos. "Together, none shall defeat us! Are we not the chosen of the Coalition?!"
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Bardic Music (1 use):Inspire Courage
+1 vs. Charm and Fear. +1 Attack and Damage.
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((Oh, the top and middle speargoblins (they are Spears, right? Not Longspears?) only need to 5-foot step to close with her, but the bottom one will take 2 AoOs if it tries. Once from Hold the Line as it charges into the threatened area, once a regular one as it leaves it. So rolling those now))
((If the do have longspears then the bottom one will still take the Hold the Line AoO No he won't, because he won't have moved far enough to count as charging))
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