NARRATOR: *you stand there looking at Ipals unmoving body in the moonlight and campfire light with Ulrich thanking the birds*
NARRATOR: Ulrich:I am almost completely unharmed*walks over*
CIMORENE: What happened, Ulrich? *she gestures to Ipal, still tryig to staunch the woods with her Heal skill*
NARRATOR: Ulrich:They came at us with almost no warning. I heard them and managed to get out of the way but Ipal was in the thick of it. Though after a small time we mastered them. Are you alright dear? *looks at you*
NARRATOR: (roll your heal skill)
CIMORENE: (14)
NARRATOR: (not good enough sonny)
NARRATOR: Ulrich:Are you alright?*to you*
NARRATOR: (actually i'll give that 14 to you)
NARRATOR: *Ipal opens his eyes and coughs*
CIMORENE: *she nods at Ulrich, but she's apparently bleeding badly from several places and it very very burned* I'm all right... Ipal!
NARRATOR: Ipal:Yes?*cough*
NARRATOR: *Ulrich nods and puts his hands on you*
CIMORENE: *she sighes in relief* Thank the Valar that you survived, my friend. *She shakes her head at Ulrich* No.... heal Ipal
NARRATOR: *you feel energy course threw you as you go up a wound level and 5 health too*
NARRATOR: Ulrich:A moment.*walks to Ipal and lays his hands on him*
NARRATOR: *Ipal seems to look a little better as he slowly sits up*
NARRATOR: Ulrich:*to you*You see Cimorene, all is well.
CIMORENE: *she stands as well, eying her singed purple hair with annoyance, then looks to Ulrich* We need to get to your master's house as quickly as possible... we cannot tarry here
NARRATOR: Ulrich:I agree, with one escaping it is more than likely that we are stalked even at this moment. Unfortunately *points to Ipal*His horse fled in terror.
CIMORENE: He can ride double with me. Bard is more than ztraong enough.
CIMORENE: (*strong
NARRATOR: Ulrich:Never-the-less we must press on. It is not likely we will reach my masters home for a good nights sleep, unfortuantely*looks saddened at the realization*
NARRATOR: (eh? oh i get it no worries)
CIMORENE: What makes you say that, my lord? *as she pulls her gear onto her horse and mounts up*
NARRATOR: Ipal:I am ready for what must come lady*to you*. *he clearly looks quite injured with his left shoulder of his Gondorian plate mail torn apart*
CIMORENE: *she offers a hand to Ipal, reaching for his good arm* CLimb up behind me, friend, and Bard will carry us to safety
NARRATOR: Ulrich:I have been there before and know the distance quite well. If I remember correctly it is another days ride.
NARRATOR: *Ipal barely manages to scramble on Bard*
NARRATOR: (observe check)
CIMORENE: (14)
NARRATOR: *things seem peaceful*
NARRATOR: Ulrich:*looks to you*Shall we then?
CIMORENE: *she nods, then says back to Ipal* Hold tightly to my waist, Ipal.... I think we're going to be moving very fast indeed
NARRATOR: *Ulrich speaks words of magic and the camp-fire goes out*
NARRATOR: *Ipal moans in return*
CIMORENE: Lead on, my lord.... as fast as your horse an carry us
NARRATOR: *Ulrich leads you on into the dawn and beyond*
NARRATOR: *you recover no health without a good nights sleep*
CIMORENE: *needs so sleep*
NARRATOR: *but needs an hour of meditation uninterrupted *
NARRATOR: (do you stop to eat?)
CIMORENE: (NOt if we can help it)
NARRATOR: (ya you don't need to)
NARRATOR: *Ulrich leads you on during the day and into the beggining of the sunset*
NARRATOR: (swiftness test)
CIMORENE: (10)
NARRATOR: *Ulrich without warning pulls his horse off the small path between the canopy of trees and you do not follow his lead quickly enough i'm afraid*
CIMORENE: (shit)
NARRATOR: *a large spider rams bard*
NARRATOR: (another swiftness for falling)
CIMORENE: (14)
NARRATOR: *2 damage*
CIMORENE: (To bard or me?)
NARRATOR: *the spider takes a chomp out of bard as well*
NARRATOR: (to you)
CIMORENE: (He hurt my horse.........)(
NARRATOR: *its glistening incisors bitting him and bard squeals and you can hear his pain in elven*
NARRATOR: (since he's an elvish horse)
NARRATOR: *Ulrich seems to be fending off one by him on horseback*
CIMORENE: *She cries out in Elven at her dear friend's pain and casts Lightening at the creature*
NARRATOR: *another comes inbetween both parties of combatants gaging where to go...*
NARRATOR: *Ipal isn't moving*
NARRATOR: (weariness plz)
CIMORENE: (minuses for casting so many spells?)
NARRATOR: (first one all day but slight minus since you haven't rested)
CIMORENE: (15 without the minus)
NARRATOR: (plus your health is still down)
CIMORENE: (I know. I'm Dazed)
NARRATOR: (oh)
NARRATOR: (ya you're fine)
NARRATOR: (roll damage)
CIMORENE: (16)
NARRATOR: *the spider seems to side-step the bolt of lightning and half of it strikes him*
NARRATOR: *the other half strikes a tree*
NARRATOR: *but does not seem to catch flame but spark and kill bark instead*
CIMORENE: *and whips out her bow*
NARRATOR: (isn't that spell 2 actions?)
CIMORENE: (Are we in combat round yet?)
CIMORENE: (besides, I have Quick Draw)
NARRATOR: (cute, fine)
NARRATOR: (roll initiative)
CIMORENE: (13)
CIMORENE: (Bard's is 11)
NARRATOR: (btw bard takes 11 damage. he goes during your turn anyway)
NARRATOR: *ulrich and his spider battle it out by them. the other spider lunges at you that was inbetween after the lightning attack*
NARRATOR: (you're on the ground remember)
CIMORENE: (right)
NARRATOR: (defense?)
CIMORENE: (hhhmmm...... where's Ipal in relation to me?)
NARRATOR: (next to you on the ground )
NARRATOR: (what is your defense?)
CIMORENE: (Defense?)
NARRATOR: (what is your defense #?)
CIMORENE: (ooooohhhh... 11)
NARRATOR: *the spider bites you*
NARRATOR: (12 damage)
CIMORENE: (ouch)
CIMORENE: *fires an arrow into it's head.... called shot*
NARRATOR: (k)
CIMORENE: (14)
CIMORENE: (24)
CIMORENE: (sorry)
NARRATOR: (hehe)
NARRATOR: *it punctures the beasts head*
CIMORENE: (14 damage)
NARRATOR: (nice)
NARRATOR: (1 action left)
CIMORENE: *readies an arrow*
NARRATOR: *the spider hit with the bolt of lightning approaches Ipal and begins to weave a web around him*
NARRATOR: *Ulrich and spider fight more inthe distance and he chants too*
NARRATOR: *the spider on top of you goes in for another strike*
NARRATOR: *misses*
NARRATOR: *and again*
NARRATOR: *hits*
NARRATOR: (12 damage)
NARRATOR: *spider sits on you*
CIMORENE: ( can't shoot, can I?)
NARRATOR: (courage point?)
CIMORENE: (why?)
NARRATOR: (going out of turn like this)
NARRATOR: (if the spider sits on you shooting it becomes nearly impossible)
NARRATOR: (you can still try)
CIMORENE: (Figured.... my turn?)
NARRATOR: (btw mark off that arrow again)
NARRATOR: *you take 15 "sitting" damage*
NARRATOR: (you're up)
CIMORENE: (damn it....... jonny, I have quick draw. I just realized that means I can ready any weapon wtih a free action. I'm gonna draw my sword and slash it twice)
NARRATOR: (bring it on)
NARRATOR: (minus's under your situation of course)
CIMORENE: *slashes twice*
CIMORENE: (15)
CIMORENE: (damned things.... I have a minus 5 for being so hurt)
NARRATOR: *misses*
CIMORENE: (second attack (15 again)
NARRATOR: *sorry laura*
CIMORENE: (it's ok)
CIMORENE: (These things do a LOT of damage)
NARRATOR: *meanwhile ipal is being wrapped up and ready to go*
NARRATOR: (ya, sitting damage)
NARRATOR: *you can hear Ulrichs spider squeal in pain and die*
CIMORENE: *screams into the night in Elven for help*
NARRATOR: (how unlucky for you the poison doesn't work and knock you out to be webbed up*)
CIMORENE: (yeah.... so it's just gonna kill me)
NARRATOR: *the spider sees Ulrichs charge and dodges it swiftly, then climbs a tree*
NARRATOR: *Ulrich, on Anduin, charge the spider on Ipal*
NARRATOR: *Ulrichs staff clunks him on the head as he rides past and he is now chased by the beast*
NARRATOR: (you're up)
NARRATOR: *Ipal is wrapped up to his shoulders*
CIMORENE: *draws her bow, readies it, and shoots at the monster in the tree*
NARRATOR: (good luck)
CIMORENE: (18)
NARRATOR: *misses*
NARRATOR: *Ulrich seems to have chased the spider away...*
NARRATOR: *some rustling in the trees overhead...*
NARRATOR: (you're up)
CIMORENE: *Readies her bow and fires into the trees again*
CIMORENE: (17)
NARRATOR: *misses*
CIMORENE: (shit)
NARRATOR: (weariness test is in order)
CIMORENE: (13)
NARRATOR: (you're still good)
CIMORENE: (whew)
NARRATOR: *Ulrich is riding back now on Anduin chasing the very fast moving spider your way*
NARRATOR: *again the treetops rustle*
NARRATOR: (you're up)
CIMORENE: *Fires agian*
NARRATOR: (at?)
CIMORENE: (20. The trees)
NARRATOR: *barely hits*
CIMORENE: (whew)
CIMORENE: (14)
NARRATOR: (eek)
CIMORENE: (I know, I know)
NARRATOR: *some blood drops down uncomfortably close to you from the sky*
CIMORENE: *and readies another arrow*
NARRATOR: *Ulrich chases the spider past you back towards where he began*
CIMORENE: (lol)
NARRATOR: *a spider squeaks furiously above you and you hear a creaking sound*
NARRATOR: (wits test)
CIMORENE: (10)
NARRATOR: *it dawns on you that the top of a tree is about to collapse*
CIMORENE: (my turn?)
NARRATOR: (yes)
CIMORENE: *whistles for Bard, who hurries over. Then picks up Ipal and throws him onto the horse, slapping it's rump to make him run*
NARRATOR: *you notice bard doesn't get up*
CIMORENE: ..........
CIMORENE: (I hate you right now)
NARRATOR: (that's a free action)
NARRATOR: (who said your horse is dead?)
NARRATOR: (who said Ipal is dead?)
NARRATOR: (wits test if you need it)
CIMORENE: (no)
CIMORENE: *Dives over Ipal, shielding him with her own body, and tries to fire into the trees again*
NARRATOR: (wow)
CIMORENE: (19)
NARRATOR: *it seems like it should not hit by all rights, but for some peculiar reason it does*
CIMORENE: (lol)
CIMORENE: (17)
NARRATOR: *a spider lets out a death scream above*
NARRATOR: *creak, and then pounding sounds as the top of a tree comes crashing*
NARRATOR: *Ulrich comes riding by without chase quickly*
NARRATOR: Ulrich:Take my hand Cimorene!
NARRATOR: *holds out a steady arm riding fast towards you*
CIMORENE: *hands him Ipal's hand instead* GO!!!!
NARRATOR: (ipals hand is in web)
NARRATOR: (webbed up to his shoulders)
NARRATOR: (you can try to toss him if you like)
CIMORENE: *props Ipal up so that he is grabbable*
NARRATOR: (yes toss the dwarf...)
NARRATOR: (k)
NARRATOR: (i'll roll on this...)
CIMORENE: (make sense? She's just going to hold him there so Ulrich can grab him)
NARRATOR: *Ulrich grabs Ipal and carries him swiftly away*
NARRATOR: *the top of a tree crashes on you and your horse*
CIMORENE: *screams*
NARRATOR: (swiftness, be damn sure you use courage...)
CIMORENE: (15..... that's all my courage)
NARRATOR: (save it then you won't make it)
NARRATOR: (any spells you can use here?)
CIMORENE: (yes...... oh my gods...... dunering)
CIMORENE: (SUNDERING
NARRATOR: (try it...)
CIMORENE: (It will splinter the tree into lots of pieces)
NARRATOR: (yeah doing less damage)
CIMORENE: (15..... barely cast)
NARRATOR: (dang)
NARRATOR: (courage on that?)
CIMORENE: (*prays for a certain handsome elf to come save her)
NARRATOR: (cast away)
CIMORENE: (10 points of structure damage)
NARRATOR: (no pun intended, crap gotta look this up)
CIMORENE: (*nods*)
CIMORENE: (*prays really hard for her handsome elf..... or any elf.....)
NARRATOR: *the tree bursts into pieces everywhere*
CIMORENE: (how much damage......)
NARRATOR: (only 15)
NARRATOR: (bard takes 10)
CIMORENE: *doesn't move, and barely breathes* (Is Incapacitated)
NARRATOR: (oh dear...)
CIMORENE: (Bard is Injured)
NARRATOR: (listen to this for high stakes:if that spell didn't work you'd take 4d6+12 falling damage)
NARRATOR: (you'd be dead)
CIMORENE: (very very VERY DEAD)
NARRATOR: (lucky elf;-))
CIMORENE: (I'd better get some HUGE courage for this)
NARRATOR: *you feel all your courage in you suddenly*
CIMORENE: (all?)
NARRATOR: (all)
CIMORENE: (What is all?)
NARRATOR: (full courage)
CIMORENE: (I wish we were doing xp!!! *laughs* that's five, right?)
NARRATOR: (3 for you)
NARRATOR: (thought you kept track of this)
CIMORENE: (I do. I was down to 2 before)
CIMORENE: (I wasn't sre what the max was anymore)
NARRATOR: (you would have died if you hadn't cast that spell and you pretty much new it, that's courageous)
NARRATOR: (in fact you win a prize)
CIMORENE: (?)
NARRATOR: (for that you get to have a max of 4 courage from now on)
CIMORENE: (woohoo!)
NARRATOR: (but you're at 3 now still)
CIMORENE: (okies)
NARRATOR: (i never expected that honestly)
NARRATOR: (you almost certainly would have died)
CIMORENE: (Indeed)
NARRATOR: (i wouldn't hesitate to do it either, but if there were options we'd go through it)
CIMORENE: (Let's keep going!!)
NARRATOR: (and we did)
NARRATOR: (k, sorry it's so traumatic)
CIMORENE: (lol.... that was the most fun I've ever had role playing, Jon)
NARRATOR: *two very injured spiders come at you...one is the one from before and the other is the one ulrich was chasing...*
CIMORENE: (....................)
NARRATOR: (by before i mean the one that got away from the first battle)
CIMORENE: *can't move, is passed out (Right?)*
NARRATOR: (let me look that up)
NARRATOR: (I honestly cannot find it in-book, but it seems logical ya know?)
NARRATOR: (incapacitated:you're unconcious)
CIMORENE: (Indeed)
NARRATOR: *you're out cold*
NARRATOR: *bad bad dreams*
NARRATOR: *you cannot tell how long*
NARRATOR: *you wake up*
NARRATOR: *horrifyingly*
CIMORENE: (oh gods...)
NARRATOR: *you are hanging encased in webbing and feeling quite weak*
NARRATOR: (would you like a strength test to wriggle free?)
CIMORENE: (I won't pass it)
NARRATOR: (no)
CIMORENE: (I'm at -7)
NARRATOR: (no chance, unless you roll box cars of course)
CIMORENE: (nope)
NARRATOR: *time passes without measure and it's dark and then light, then dark again*
CIMORENE: *shivers in absolut terror, but doesn't scream, afraid that the spiders will come after her*
NARRATOR: (good girl)
NARRATOR: *the back of the webbing cuts out*
NARRATOR: *you fall into arms*
NARRATOR: *humanoid arms*
CIMORENE: *is limp, and groggy, but still tries to struggle a little, whimpering*
NARRATOR: *you are spun around to reveal...*
NARRATOR: *an old man in brown*
CIMORENE: (*face faults, anime style*)
NARRATOR: Man:*barely audible whisper*Do not speak and let me take you.
NARRATOR: *he speaks high elven*
CIMORENE: *she nods weakly*
NARRATOR: *lifts you over his shoulder*
NARRATOR: *he takes you off swiftly and quietly. you notice even in your state that he makes no audible sound while traveling in the heavy bush*
NARRATOR: *after a long uncalculable time he sets you down by a tree*
NARRATOR: Man:*quietly*There now.
NARRATOR: Man:You can speak, I would rest a moment.
CIMORENE: *her mouth works, unused to moving* B-Bard.....
CIMORENE: (Wits test to see who he is?)
NARRATOR: (sure)
CIMORENE: (have I healed at all?)
NARRATOR: not at all
CIMORENE: (4)
NARRATOR: almost like the web prevented it
CIMORENE: M-my Bard....
NARRATOR: Man:Who? Did I miss someone? *turns to go back*
CIMORENE: Horse....
NARRATOR: Man:*relaxes*Oh, i'm sorry but I found no animal there. You are quite lucky that I found you then, they were out hunting for more food. You appear to have been their last morsel.
CIMORENE: *tears pool in her eyes, and she stares at him* Two men...?
NARRATOR: Man:I'm sorry but you were alone in the encampment.
NARRATOR: *he fumbles nervously with his beard*
CIMORENE: *she buries her face in her hands, sobbing silently*
NARRATOR: Man:I truly hope that we can get you to safety*lights up* speaking of which. *he brings out a med-kit*
NARRATOR: *you go up a wound level*
NARRATOR: Man:There now better?
CIMORENE: *she shakes her head, feeling only slightly better* Must find..... wizard..... or elf king...
NARRATOR: Man:What business do you have with such people young lady?*sizes you up*You look like a little of both yoursefl*chuckles quietly*
CIMORENE: *smiles ruefully* On a quest.... Friend of Elf King.... my companions.... *she swallows painfully* wer looking for the wizard....
NARRATOR: Man:I know of a green wizard in these parts would you like to see him? Would that ease your pain?
CIMORENE: *her eyes just light up, and her mouth breaks into a smile* Ulrich!! He's alive, then?@
NARRATOR: Man:My you are friends aren't you know? *smiles* Yes I can take you to where I last saw him alright.
NARRATOR: *spider squeals in the distance*
NARRATOR: Man:We must go now.
NARRATOR: *he is instantly serious and picks you up*
NARRATOR: Man:*whispers in audibly*No words now.
CIMORENE: *nods, picking up her bow*
NARRATOR: *he carries you for the rest of the day until nightfall*
NARRATOR: *he sets you down next to another tree and works quickly to start a fire*
NARRATOR: Man:*to you*You may speak again.
CIMORENE: *she nods* Please..... did Ulrich have a man with him? Very injured, maybe wrapped in spider gauze?
NARRATOR: Man:No he did not, he was alone on his horse.
NARRATOR: *the fire kindles*
NARRATOR: (make an observe)
CIMORENE: *she swears softly in Elven, then forces the tears back in her head* Ulrich is all right, though?
NARRATOR: Man:He seemed somewhat shaken, apparently he has been knocked up a bit by spiders himself.
CIMORENE: ((13)
NARRATOR: (we'll get to that in a minute)
NARRATOR: Man:*looks to you smiling*It seems a popular experience in recent times.
CIMORENE: *she glances at him, not smiling back* I tried so hard to keep my man-friend alive....
NARRATOR: Man:Who says he's dead now?
CIMORENE: He was alive when Ulrich took him from me. Unless Ulrich were dead, then Ipal should have been with him
NARRATOR: Man:I believe he is clinging to life yet.
CIMORENE: But.... you said Ulrich was alone
NARRATOR: Man:last i saw him yest
CIMORENE: then how do you know Ipal is alive?
NARRATOR: *the man makes a "shhh" sign with his hand gently*
NARRATOR: Man:let us dispense with our names Cimorene. I am Radagast the Brown. *offers his hand and you*
NARRATOR: (END)