I quietly remark on how exquisite the architecture is as we press onward.
*You walk right past the Tree, and continue down and follow the path to your left as your previous posts have indicated, and you come across a small dragon, it's sleeping, actually snoring, it's about 15 feet long, 5 wide, on a horde of treasure*
((GE roll 6, two in a row in the mid single digits))
6 doesn't get much better than that. My immediate reaction would be to leave, quickly and quietly while watching the beast, but I'll one again defer to the party.
*They shake their head, knowing this is as good as it gets, they formulate a plan without saying a word: Geli will jump up to it's head and try to blind it, while you jump on it's back to disable the wings, Cass will take main tank and heal, and Jennah will do her specials and DPS, they seem to think it's a solid plan, and the mountain of gold and stuff makes it hard to disagree*
Sure, well, it's their treasure, not mine, so I'll play my part.
*Geli leaps onto it's head and sinks her daggers into it's eyes, and it roars out of sleep, more lively than it should for having two daggers in it's eyes, you leap on the back and slice the wing tendons, doing good but not great damage, enough to keep it on the ground though, Cass does her best to whack at it, and hits it for some damage, however Jennah hits it three times in the head with the shield and it looks dazed but not stunned*
((Rolls 24,26,34 74, Dragon Resistance roll 18 success, took 40 damage rounded to 13))
Keep thrashing it! Momentum?
((Momentum is more like moving through enemies and attacking them all on the way though, not really applicable in this situation, but you are backstabbing))
*Geli savages the eyes, and there is no doubt the beast is now blinded, as it wildly thrashes around on the ground, you are working on the wings but mainly stabbing it's back to get better handholds on it, Cass takes a good swing at the neck, drawing a spurt of blood, and Jennah is savaging the beast with her shield and sword*
*the dragon turns to Cass and breathes, it doesn't seem that strong, and with her spell bonuses, she seems none worse for wear*
((Rolls, all hits on the good guys, dragon hits weakly, Cass makes her resistance check, this Dragon needs to eat his wheates, 58 intensities/3, 19 damage, it is still up, but not happy, and will be blinded if survives))
Keep movin the chains. I hope they didn't think the plan was foolproof, cause I'm just the fool to prove them wrong.
*Geli reaches down with her daggers and basically rips the dragons head off with her daggers, black blood spurting all over the place, as the dragon dies horribly*
*79 roll, 13+6 for backstab 1/3 is 6 which is more damage than the beast had health and it dies*
*Jennah remarks*
"Now that was anticlimatic, maybe it was sick, or had rickets or something."
*they laugh a little and look at the vast amounts of loot*
*Cass looks*
"I think we are going to need a bigger bag."
I'm glad they're happy. When they're ready I'd like to move on.
bump
*It takes several hours to clean the loot pile of dragon blood, count the loot, and retrieve the magical stuff from the others*
2,549 Gold Sovereigns
5,281 Silver
12,675 Copper
35 Gems, various sizes and shapes
5 Greater Health Poltices
4 Greater Lyrium Potions
2 Rings
1 Necklace
1 Sword
1 Two Handed Axe
1 Pair of Cloth Boots
1 Pair of Leather Gloves
1 Heavy Crossbow
*They decide to leave the copper*
*Geli speaks*
"That's a lot of treasure for a dragon of this size."
*still pushing on?*
Of course.
*You push on the winding tunnels, you see many dead werewolves, darkspawn, and other things that aren't so identifiable, you are here for hours, this place has been picked clean, no money, no gems, no items, the bodies are bare and something is very wrong*
*You all hear a loud piercing roar of a scream, and the chanting of a particular pissed off creature speaking in an almost joyful language, if you didn't get the overtones of doom and gloom from the inflection*
*The bodies start rising up of their own accord*
((GE roll 19, could be worse))
wheeew... that's not good. I'm hoping one of them has a strategy of some kind; if not, it'll be back to back and try to stay alive. Do I have any idea how many of these things there are, or where the chanting is coming from?
*bodies and bones you saw in here, hundreds*
*You have a distinct impression that even through all the twists and turns here, it was from the Dragon room*
*The girls push you into a small room with one door, and Cass and Jennah stand in front of it*
"Yeah the plan is to not get overwhelmed, and fight em a few at a time to our front, hope you two have some missile weapons."
*Geli takes out a bow*
*Inituition roll:14 success, Intelligence check for Cass 24 success*
"Missile weapon?" I don't think so. "I think the person doing this is back in the room where we killed the dragon; not that there's much we can do about it, right?"
*Geli points out that there was a crossbow in the horde they got, as she rummages through it and pulls it out and it has a set of 200 bolts with it and hands it to you*
"Nods well this is going to be fun*
*combat ensues*
((Kyler's lucky streak continues GE roll for outcome 10, Kyler learning roll 51 1@2 Crossbow, 5 intensities, second roll 51 5 more intensities, and a new use 1@3 Crossbow ))
*The undead are just no match for the tanking and combat ability of the two up front, and you are learning how to use a heavy crossbow, hitting your first two times, the undead are sapping up healing potions and lyrium potions, and generally just a bother at this point they keep coming and you keep putting them down, this goes on for an hour, the bodies pile up blocking you in, and eventually they stop*
ok... "So, now what? There have got to be more of them. Do you think they're waiting for us to come to them? Or should we try to go back to the Dragon room and take out whatever did this?"
*Jennah shrugs*
"Hard to say, but either way we need to clear out these bodies, and Cass is just the woman for the job."
*Cass smiles and rubs her hands together*
*She launches one fireball after another, after the 4th the bodies are cinders, and no new undead come into the room, seems there were some on the other side of the bodies, but not anymore*
*she sighs*
"That never gets old"
*Geli says*
"Well we need to head back there, and this time, if it is the mate of the first dragon, I don't think we will have the cakewalk we did the first time."
*They pack up to head there, taking any precautions?*
Like what? Hahaha. No, but I am marching as if to my own death -- but what else is new.
*You walk into the room, it's quiet here, as you advance into the room you hear a sharp intake of air, as your entire party is bathed in dragonfire*
*normally that would have been enough to kill people, but with Cass throwing fireballs in the party, and the thieves evasion*
((72 roll, 14 intensities of five, Cass and Jennah take 7, Geli takes 4, and you take 4, Resistance Checks, 33 fail Jennah, 34 fail Cass, 14 Success Kyler, 38 fail Geli))
*The whole party but you is down as the dragon flies bye with that break attack, it is in reach to do something*
To do... Something? I'm going to try to position myself to leap onto its back and attack its wings. If the situation does not allow that I will... dart away in a zigzag, yelling to the dragon, "Hey, you tiny, stupid beast! Your lover went down like the sack of () she was!" Lots of insults in there, I hope dragons are as smart as I've read, cause hopefully this will distract the dragon long enough to let the girls recuperate, possibly escape.
*You do a jumping leap onto it's back and sink your daggers down real deep, severing tendons, and causing the wings to fail, unfortunately, that means the dragon crashes, fortunately your a rogue*
*72 roll, 14+4 fire=18/2 =6, Dragon flies into wall for 1 Intensity and stunning it, Girls are up next round*
"The girls are back up to their feet and charging the dragon, you tumbled to your feet, and join them, if not for the bear trap you tripped"
*2 damage, held in place, Str Check, 20 failure*
"Your worried about your foot as the girls fight the dragon, any thoughts or actions other than freeing yourself?"
Freeing myself is what I've got to do. Maybe try to pry it open with one of these crossbow bolts.
((15-2 for the bolt, frees your leg))
*You run at the dragon, who is wedged inbetween a corner and the wall, and it opens it's mouth and catches you in it, you retaliate by driving your daggers up through the roof of it's mouth*
((Dragon 40, 8 intensities to Kyler, Kyler 75, 17+4 intensities, 21/3 7intensities))
*the dragon is swaying*
Eyes are next.
*You jab your daggers through the mouth of the beast as it swallows you, it's not as fun as you think it would be*
*You land in a soft but mildly burning place, your daggers stuck on the roof of it's mouth, it stops moving, and you here the sounds of swords hacking away at scale, you realize you are running out of air in here, but luckily for you the right side of the dragon is cut and caved in, and the girls pull you out*
*Jennah says*
"He's icky and slimy"
*Geli smirks*
"He was like that before the dragon swallowed him."
*Cass yanks you out and gives you a long deep kiss*
*The others are speechless*
Wow. Well, I do like to think that I have expert level at kissing, so I will certainly express myself in that regard. After that, I say, "Well, looks like we're all still in one piece, mostly. Good teamwork there."
*They vote, you don't that we are leaving this place and making you take a bath in the river, you smell of blood, dragon digestive juices and just general funk*
*Cass grins*
"Well kissing you would probably be better if you didn't smell like a cesspool."
I agree with them, naturally. "I have sensitive skin, so I'd certainly like to get this digestive ooze off."
*They march you out with the loot and through the forest, and toss you some soap when you get close to the river*
*Cass strips down and the others roll their eyes and Cass says*
"The hero always gets the girl, and I don't think I've ever seen anything so heroic"
*the other two girls grudgingly agree and make camp far enough away to give you privacy*
It's good to have some time to ourselves, and also good to be able to bathe out here. I'm taking it as far as she does -- further, if she takes it too far -- (((but dude, if she's a dude, I'll probably throw something at you))).
*You two bathe and there is no cut off point so to speak, and she is most certainly female, you spend as long enough time there as possible and clean up your armor and she hers and you two walk back arm in arm*
*Jennah sighs*
"Well that five foot rule is shot to the deep roads."
*Geli smiles*
"He smells better, Cass is happy, I can't find a wrong thing about this, other than to say it's our turn."
*Jennah nods and they head off to bathe*
I say in response to 'our turn', "Sorry, girls, I'd rather not share her." I'll sit and rest with Cass until they're ready.
*They laugh and the two women head off*
*Cass opens up the bag of spoils and begins to separate the gold into 4 piles, she's very good at it, and it takes only about 20 minutes for her to do so, she then divies up the gems, giving you 10, and the rest between the other piles*
*About a half an hour goes bye and the girls come back all clean and smiles*
*Jennah smirks*
"I love coming back to my loot being separated for me"
*Geli seems content*
"Was a good day, we all survived, the ruins cleared out and sanitized. We should head back tomorrow, skin the dragons, take the bones and head to civilization to do something with them."
*Cass purrs and puts her head on your shoulder*
"At least I'll sleep warm tonight."
"Sounds like a plan." As far as sleep goes... well... sure, that's one thing we could do. We'll still be seperating the watch into four parts; though I'd like to be up with Cass, I don't want to sacrifice everyone's sleep or to be up half the night. Either way I'd rather not get up when it comes time for my watch, unless Cass's is right before mine, in which case it doesn't matter much..
*You two are given the last two shifts, you sleep the third, and up the fourth, and she is up the third and sleeping the forth, and nothing comes forth to eat you in the middle of the night*
*Morning comes and everyone wakes up, gets something to eat and heads back into the ruins to skin and debone the dragons, everyone is pretty loaded down by the end, with parts and treasure*
*Geli says we could goto the Elven camp and convert some of this gold into items, much easier to carry, and get things we need.*
*Any objections or other plans?*
((GE Roll 17))
No, that's a great idea. Let's get moving.