AD&D: Trappings of Fate

Thunderfire · Post by **Thunderfire** » 2003-12-20 04:26pm

"I'll scout ahead of the wagon. The leaders of kobolds often stay behind and let their grunts attack the enemy. I might be able to get a cleat shot at them."

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2003-12-20 04:58pm

Thunderfire wrote:"I'll scout ahead of the wagon. The leaders of kobolds often stay behind and let their grunts attack the enemy. I might be able to get a cleat shot at them."

"Eh, no. They ambush, we won't know about the ambush untill right before the ambush, if we're lucky. So, you stay in the wagon, and then you can help to ambush them when they think they're just getting rid of a fat wizard, and a dwarf."

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-12-20 05:08pm

Tsaroth takes the bow off his shoulder, and begins mentally reviewing the steps for casting magic missile(he readies an action to attack the kobalds with magic missile when the opportunity presents itself.

A Big Flying Fish · Post by **A Big Flying Fish** » 2003-12-20 05:18pm

Straha wrote: "Eh, no. They ambush, we won't know about the ambush untill right before the ambush, if we're lucky. So, you stay in the wagon, and then you can help to ambush them when they think they're just getting rid of a fat wizard, and a dwarf."

"I take it that displaying my axe on the way wouldn't be the best of things to do then?" chuckles Grozny. "Now lets get this overdone excuse for a mobile fortress rolling."

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-12-20 05:37pm

Malakar rubs his hands together, then stands up. "The trail I located isn't very far away. It leads right through kobald territory, but it isn't a very good spot for an ambush. The trees are cut back almost twenty feet from the trail, so we should have some time to prepare for an ambush when it happens." Malakar grins, then pulls out his longbow and plucks the string, making a slight humming sound. "It's been too long since I've used this..."

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2003-12-20 05:46pm

OK, so the wagon heads down the trail.

The large gap between the trees and the roads quickly shortens to nearly nothing. The raven spots somthing lying in the middle of the road about 100ft ahead. It looks to be about 4ft long 2ft wide, and it's not moving........

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-12-20 06:00pm

"So who's familiaris going to check it out? Your pseudodragon, your raven, or Mr. Toad?"

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2003-12-20 06:32pm

Keenan readies his crossbow and sends the command to his ring sheding him in the protection of his mage armor.

He commands his Pseudodragon to fly a bit closer to the thing lying on the road, but flying not too close.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-12-20 06:46pm

Tsaroth spoke the command that sheathed him in crystal clear mage armor, and then another that activated boots of haste.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2003-12-20 07:31pm

(ooc: I don't think I've mentioned my Familiar yet, have I?)

Robgea stops the wagon. "Trouble ahead, road block maybe. Safest thing is probably to drive forward, unless you want to check it out first."

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2003-12-20 07:32pm

Straha wrote:(ooc: I don't think I've mentioned my Familiar yet, have I?)

Robgea stops the wagon. "Trouble ahead, road block maybe. Safest thing is probably to drive forward, unless you want to check it out first."

(OOC you have mentioned the raven in one of your very first posts

)

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2003-12-20 07:36pm

Dahak wrote:
Straha wrote:(ooc: I don't think I've mentioned my Familiar yet, have I?)

Robgea stops the wagon. "Trouble ahead, road block maybe. Safest thing is probably to drive forward, unless you want to check it out first."
(OOC you have mentioned the raven in one of your very first posts )

(OoC: mentioned it flying out of the Wagon, didn't mention it to anyone else though. The charecter is very attatched to the Raven, and is overly protective of it, to the extent of paranoia.)

A Big Flying Fish · Post by **A Big Flying Fish** » 2003-12-20 07:42pm

Straha wrote:Robgea stops the wagon. "Trouble ahead, road block maybe. Safest thing is probably to drive forward, unless you want to check it out first."

"Go forwards. I want rat flesh. We must attack them if they won't attack us."

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-12-20 07:51pm

Malakar pulls out his spyglass and studies the thing in the middle of the road closely. "Hmm...kobalds are known for planting bodies close to trails to draw unwary travelers into their traps...I think it's best not to continue. The kobalds probably won't attack us if we don't move any closer, assuming it is a trap, but that is not a sure thing."

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2003-12-20 07:55pm

Upon closer inspection, you determine it's the body of a kobold.

Or at least it was once.

Vines have grown out of the road, and not wrapped around it, but gone straight through it. Blood stains cover the road, and the kobolds face is frozen in a mix of terror and pain. All who look on it (the guy with the spyglass) have to suppress the urge to vomit. This is a very messy and painfull form of death.

As you lower the spyglass, the sounds of animal activity in the forest cease. A disturbing silence comes over the forest.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-12-20 07:57pm

Malakar's eyes search left and right, his sense of fear growly steadily stronger. He knows this forest well, and whatever is causing this silence is making him uneasy. He draws his bow and notches an arrow almost absentmidently, his fingers wrapped tightly around it.

A Big Flying Fish · Post by **A Big Flying Fish** » 2003-12-20 07:59pm

"I've seen messy deaths before, but this something all new for me. I almost... actually no I don't, rat got what it deserved." mutters Grozny as the sudden silence comes over him. "This is wrong, when a forest becomes silence, danger is afoot."
Grozny pulls out a throwing axe into his right hand, ready for use.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-12-20 08:02pm

A Big Flying Fish wrote:"I've seen messy deaths before, but this something all new for me. I almost... actually no I don't, rat got what it deserved." mutters Grozny as the sudden silence comes over him. "This is wrong, when a forest becomes silence, danger is afoot."
Grozny pulls out a throwing axe into his right hand, ready for use.

Malakar speaks in a slighty shaky voice. "I know this forest intimately..there is something very wrong here.." Malakar hops out of the wagon and sniffs the air. "The air is...strange..."

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2003-12-20 08:04pm

Keenan was unfazed by the dead kobold. He's seen more deads than he could count. But the...curious silence was indeed disturbing him.
He watches as the others prepare their weapons, and he stiffens as he prepares mentally for battle.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-12-20 08:04pm

Tsaroth pokes his head out of the wagon, and immediatly notices the silence... He prepared to defend himself...

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2003-12-20 08:12pm

As you sit, expecting ambush, you hear the whine of bending metal and the crack of splitting wood coming from the bottom of the cart.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-12-20 08:13pm

Malakar drops down into a fighting position, and draws back his bowstring.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-12-20 08:13pm

Malakar looks back to the eagon to see what happened.

A Big Flying Fish · Post by **A Big Flying Fish** » 2003-12-20 08:14pm

Twisting towards the cart, Grozny belts his throwing axe and charges head long at the cart, axe raised.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2003-12-20 08:15pm

Turning to Tsaroth, ha says "we should better get out of here. I don't like the sound of that." He points down.
As Keenan hears the strange sounds from the bottom, he makes for the front and exits the cart.