Worries About Ty, Round 7 Results, Mailing List Intro
Subject: RE: Game Archives
Would you mind sending out the archive URL again? I want to do some reading while I'm here at work ;)
..is Ty on vacation? Or has the game moved on without me or something?
From: Mike
Subject: RE: Game Archives
The archives are at http://www.sakeriver.com/game/
Has anyone even heard from Ty? I'm starting to get a little worried. I haven't even seen him on AIM.
From: Ty
Subject: RE: Game Archives
Sorry guys, I'm back.
I had to teach a class on inventory management, and it was ALL FREAKINGDAY!!!
I hate that.
Next turn coming in just a moment.
From: Ty
Subject: First Day: the hunt; Battle is Joined 7
It has ceased to be a fight, and has become butchers work now.
Rennik brings his axe down in a powerful stroke aimed at his enemy's shoulder. The blow is accurate [Attack 21] and powerful [Damage 15]. His goal is achieved, and the arm is totally severed. The halfling falls to his knees gasping and spraying the area around him with blood, then falls over and goes about the quiet business of dying.
Garyth too, just wants the fight to be over. He thrusts at the unwounded halfling still facing him [Attack 15], but his blade is turned aside by his leather armor.
Farron has stopped fighting in favor of searching for the halfling that disappeared. He and Mission, accompanied by the beetles (I typoed that as the 'beatles' the first time. 'Ringo makes a tracking roll! George casts prismatic spray!) begin combing the area while avoiding the remaining fight.
Garyth's opponent continues his suicidal attack, lunging at Garyth's thigh [Attack 11], but easily deflected away.
Cadfael rushes up to the fight just in time to see the badly burned halfling getting up. The halfling is covered in horrific burns, in large sections his skin is falling off like snow, exposing raw open wounds underneath, and yet the creature picks up its sword, and prepares to attack Garyth again. It is beyond reason. After uttering his prayer, Cadfael strikes the wounded creature, uttering "Be finally at peace" as he swings. The blow lands directly on top of the halfling's head [Attack 19], and is exceptionally powerful [Damage 11]. The stricken man drops to the ground instantly dead.
Sa'id reads from his scroll. When he finishes, there is a glimmer to his vision. Some of the weapons and armor of his party gleam with various enchantments, but he expected that and ignores it. Harder to ignore is Mission. All down his arms and legs there are runes that glow like fire. Still, there is a purpose to this, and Sa'id determines to look into the mysterious monk at another time. He prowls up the hill casting his gaze left and right. At the top of the hill, perhaps 50 feet in front of the copse of trees in which the halflings hid, is a faint aura of conjuration, probably from the spider summoning. There is, however, no hint of the invisible halfling, or any remnant of the spell he used to disappear.
(There is one halfling left fighting Garyth)
From: Matt
Subject: Re: First Day: the hunt; Battle is Joined 7
(OOC: (There is one halfling left fighting Garyth)..... not for long... )
Having dispatched his last opponent, Rennik looks toward Garyth and notices the blood seeping out from under his armor, likely causing the lack of vigor in the fighter's last attack. Rennick sees the threat and moves to overtake the halfling, moving the final few feet toward the melee and planting the blade of his axe in the halfling's spine. (Power Attack -4... goin' for the gusto on this one)
When the halfling has fallen, Rennik will scan the perimeter for any other threats (still raging).
From: Scott
Subject: Re: First Day: the hunt; Battle is Joined 7
Mission almost stumbles over his own feet as the runes on his limbs light up with the touch of Sa'id's spell. He supresses a groan of disgust and wills himself to look away from the wizard. That was the trouble with magery-- it was wild, unpredictable, touching those it had no right to touch, stealing into minds and flesh, violating. . .
Mission rubs the tattoos on the insides of his wrists, and reminds himself of the values that each of the runes represents.
Mission has never felt the need to hit something so keenly since leaving the Mossground. And his eyes fall on the halfling struggling against Garyth.
Mission will attack the halfling using Flurry of Blows. (If he can reach him in this round)
(OOC: Are any of the halflings alive and unconscious? I thought one hit by the Color spray was. . .)
From: Ty
Subject: Re: First Day: the hunt; Battle is Joined 7
The halfling hit by color spray was munched by Farron's bugs.
PS Scott, Mission would not have seen his tattoos light up, since the detect magic spell only affected Sa'id, but your writeup was so cool, that we will just say that Mission's sensitivity to such things warned him that Sa'id was viewing him magically.
From: Karl
Subject: Re: First Day: the hunt; Battle is Joined 7
Farron notices Sa'id reading his scroll too late to stop him. I could've cast that and saved us a scroll, he thinks to himself; we really need to talk about coordination before the next battle. "Do you see anything, Sa'id?" he asks. In a whisper to Sa'id he adds, "I can cast a spell to try and disrupt his invisibility if we can figure out his general vicinity. Alas, the coverage area is not as big as this field."
Farron will continue looking for any sign of movement or presence of the missing halfling, and Jack and the beetles will do the same.
From: Karl
Subject: Re: First Day: the hunt; Battle is Joined 7
(OOC - Boy! I'd hate to be that halfling! He's gonna be puree in a minute.)
From: Mike
Subject: Re: First Day: the hunt; Battle is Joined 7
Garyth curses inwardly for missing the last blow. How many times had his father rebuked him for slacking when victory was near? He redoubles his efforts to end the fight.
From: Karl
Subject: Re: First Day: the hunt; Battle is Joined 7
(OOC - applauds Mike for a nice touch in explaining the unfortunate roll.)
From: Raja
Subject: Re: First Day: the hunt; Battle is Joined 7
"GAH!" Sa'id stamps his foot and staff in frustration. Hearing Farron's words, he turns to face the other wizard. "No, it didn't work. I detected all of us -- Mission glows like the sun -- and the residual aura of your summoning spell. Even if the aura from the halfling's invisibility spell hadn't quite dissipated when I cast the spell, it will almost certainly be gone now. We'll have to hope that he comes out." (OOC: that aura lasts 1-6 rounds, and now it has been seven rounds since it was cast, IIRC)
"Khara y'lutt wijj'ak!" he curses at the invisible halfling, his voice louder than is perhaps appropriate. ("May shit be smeared all over your face.")
From: Ty
Subject: Re: First Day: the hunt; Battle is Joined 7
I just need info from Cadfael. I need to know if he is fighting, or if he is healing Garyth, or what. :)
From: Mike
Subject: Mailing List, sort of
In a further attempt to streamline the gaming process, I was wondering what you all thought of setting up a sort of mailing list. I can set up an email forwarding account through my domain, something like game@sakeriver.com or whatever, that will auto-forward anything sent to it to everyone. It's not quite as automated in terms of subscribing, unsubscribing, and archiving as a real listserv, but it would save me the trouble of having to check to make sure all the email addresses are included every time.
Speaking of which, did Tom and Anne Kate ask to get dropped from the list, or did we just forget them?