The brilliant magical light from Ruth's lantern forces the darkness back but it has little effect on the displacer beasts, though indeed the screaming beasts...
OOC:? Hey!? Glad we're back! IC:? Mathuin steps slightly?southeast to put a bit?more distance between himself and both cats, and once more begins casting...
... Ruth quickly shrugs off the effects of the creature's riposte and presses home her own attack, swing her longsword swiftly. OOC: Two attack round :) Tom...
Maintaining his current position, Osgood continues to hail daggers at the beast that is entangled attempting to avoid hitting the other combatants. He hopes...
... Praises to my lord the Duke's foresightness, Amalgaid thinks. Then considering his perilous position and how his eyesight can betray, he closes his eyes....
Mathuin's magical darts streak unerringly at the struggling cat's true position, in fact they blaze a phosphorescent trail through night and show everyone...
Mathuin's relief at the dispatch of the two cats is short lived as he realizes a third foe has entered the frey.? He quickly calls out "X'Nedra - faerie fire!"...
... Amalgaid continues to rely on his blind fighting skill. Reasoning that though he missed on the last stroke, his awareness of where his enemy is, is a...
Even as Mathuin yells and X'Nedra begins her casting the third displacer beast senses the deaths of its kin. It hisses and warily backs away, leaving the...
Mathuin slumps against his staff as the cat's screams echo in the dark.? "Let's not do that again any time soon."? He says, "Three of them!? I had thought they...
... "I wouldn't say it was something we had much choice on," Ruth replies, "but we've come through it." The human cavalier takes watch while the rest do what...
... "Make your selection quickly, Mathuin," said Otis,"I say, we take these cats away from our camp and buried in a swallow grave. The scent of blood could ...
... these cats ... could ... "Ugh," Amalgaid groans. "That sounds like work, which I dislike even when not having been near mauled to death. I say let's move...
Sleep proves hard to find after the attack, even though it is still well before midnight. The most common sounds now seems fantastic, as if promising an...
... "There is a blessing I can request from Selune to make our progress a bit easier," Ruth tells the others. "For up to four hours each day, I can request...
After mulling over the issue during the night, Mathuin states, "It is the hides of the beasts that are prized by wizards, and thieves consider the eyes to be...
... Angriff looks over one of the dead displacer beasts and says, "The eyes would be a simple enough matter," he draws his belt knife and cuts out one of the...
Even in fine weather this path up into the mountains would be hard to follow and in the drizzling rain it is hard to see a trail even when your feet are upon...
... progress ... I ... equipment, ... "A blessing indeed," says the sodden Amalgaid. "Now one to keep my harp strings dry would be a blessing. Dry harp...
The company moves into the regions of the high peaks, the wizard takes the opportunity of a brief rest to inform his comrades. "Since Delon's warned us of...
... When he heard Otis say the name of the pass, Ingrid's Helm, Amlgaid repeats softly, "Ingrid's Helm." He falls silent, thoughts apparently inward. To...
... I'd say everyone ate one this morning, making up for the restless night and restoring spells, etc. You had about three days worth to start with, two days...
... Amalgaid nods approingly. "The gallant charge is the path to glorious victory," he says quoting a well worn military aphorism. "It also makes a good...
