Chapter 3: A Dangerous Detour

[Woe]

"Oh carp." says Kanya, and heals Fhajah.

[Longman]

Fhajah gets 4 hit points. Let the good times roll.

(I'm NPCing him and he's on 14 now. He takes no action this round.)

[Woe]

I've done all I can to keep him alive. At this point, it's your job to keep him alive. Otherwise, we'll haul his corpse back, present it to the captain, and after a quick Speak with the Dead spell, you can roleplay your death to yourself.

[mTeasdale]

Jaali will get one of his daggers and will hide it in is sleeve, to have it near in case things turn ugly.

[Longman]

waiting on maju...

[MevlyTM]

Maju realizes that hiding Kyo simply isn't an option. In both languages he says to everyone, "You should all hide. If they're peaceful, they'll be more likely to let me pass without trouble if I'm alone. If they're not peaceful, then they might be reluctant to attack me while I'm on Kyo. But if they do attack, then you all can come from your hiding places to surprise them."

OOC: Sorry for the delayed post. Again, I'm not receiving e-mail alerts for some reason. It was a busy day at work today so I didn't have a chance to check the thread.

[Longman]

OOC - No probs. Do you subscribe to the play-thread or the forum? Just curious

Jaali may specify that he has hidden, as the mage requests. The other characters have stated definite actions. Apinya is staying close to Saracen.

What happens is that the hooded monks burst into a run, and move at 80 yards towards the front of your convoy.

YC is just rounding the corner when he sees this. He is getting ready to act when his talking sword yells out in its arcane language. YC thinks it is casting Cause Fear on the leader of the monks. This has no effect.

Suddenly YC realises that the robes the monks are wearing are very dirty, tattered versions of those of his own order, the Great Way.

The rangers decide to flee, and come charging back around the corner to where the dinosaur is. Teruk and his seven lead warriors are made of sterner stuff and hold their ground, spears set against the charge of the oncoming monks.

Most of you are in the main group, with 6 warriors just behind you, and 2 rangers who have just run back to you. 40 yards ahead of you, just around a corner, is Yuan Cheng. 20 yards ahead of him is the sound of yelling and the outbreak of a fight. Only Yuan Cheng can see what's actually going on.

Your go.

Map if you need it.

[quozl]

Yuan-Cheng will leap in the middle of them, hold up his hands and yell "STOP!" as loud as he can.

[MevlyTM]

Maju will direct Taku to fly above to see what's happening around the corner, then to return and report.

[Woe]

"Double carp." mutters Kanya, trying to decide whether to dismount. She finally does* decide to dismount. "Stay safe, don't die." she instructs Saracen, then rushes (sloooowly) to the corner.



* rationale: Whatever is around the corner is probably better than being on the hump of a panicked camel. Probably.

Corner? It's like we're in an elven dungeon!