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Post by bert on Jun 18, 2009 12:10:07 GMT -6
Valkang evades Gimyip, and slashes at the backpedalling Yashub Yashad - 1d20=9 - and misses.Gozer can see exactly what is going on as it is happening just a four yards from him on the other side of a creosote bush.
Valkang's Dex is 3d6=12;
Order of attack is Gimyip, Gozer, Valkang then Yashub-Yashad.
Inside the hall, Ythar turns away from Mithal, 'There's a fight outside! It's that bloody Jale man! He's murdering someone!' He runs toward the door, brandishing his short spear. Lord Thorium is now incandescent. No one his looking upon his august person carrying out the second most important ritual in the calendar. He gestures to his guards and marches menacingly towards the back of the hall. A few of the older tribes people, at least pretending to be annoyed about the impiety and disrespect fall in behind them.
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Post by burke on Jun 18, 2009 13:53:03 GMT -6
Han Buri-Han hastily follows Ythar outside.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2009 14:20:59 GMT -6
Mithal rushes to aid his tribesmen.
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Post by apeloverage on Jun 19, 2009 2:50:24 GMT -6
Yashub-Yahad attacks. OOC: roll for Hit Points - 2. Rolled here. roll to hit - 14. Rolled here. roll for damage - 3. Rolled here.
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Post by crusssdaddy on Jun 19, 2009 15:48:08 GMT -6
OOC: Should I wait for Gimyip, or do my thing?
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Post by bert on Jun 19, 2009 19:02:34 GMT -6
Do it, I'll sort out the outcome when all die rolls etc. are in.
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jun 19, 2009 20:45:26 GMT -6
Gimyip attempts a trip (attacking to subdue), but just isn't quick enough.
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Post by crusssdaddy on Jun 19, 2009 22:44:05 GMT -6
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Post by bert on Jun 20, 2009 13:09:17 GMT -6
Gimyip attempts a trip (attacking to subdue), but just isn't quick enough. Gozer charges out from his hiding place and attempts to restrain the madwoman by looping the coils of his rope over her head and around her arms. d20 to hit (got a 5): invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2128201/Valkang slashes with her knife at Yashub, swearing awful curses but misses. Yashub-Yahad attacks, striking Valkang with his mace. Valkang has 7 HP and is now down to 4. She stumbles back shouting and crying, dropping the knife. She runs into the hallway screaming 'Murder! Murder! The d**ned perverts are trying to murder me!' She collides with Han Buri-Han, blood pouring from a contusion on her head. 'It's them! I caught them sinning against the laws of the tribe! They tried to kill me!' 'And that blasted Jale man is there! He's behind this! Everyone knows what sort they are!' says Ythar, not far behind him. He charges at Gozer, his spear ready to attack. There is shout from the hallway. 'Clear the way, Lord Thorium is coming, clear the way!'
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Post by crusssdaddy on Jun 20, 2009 13:51:15 GMT -6
With hands up and shouting 'Hold your attack - I am here to help the Faithful!!!' Gozer tries to run clear of Ythar and make way for Lord Thorium.
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Post by burke on Jun 20, 2009 14:37:51 GMT -6
Han Buri-Han grabs Valkang by the arm and drags her out of the way of Lord Thorium, saying to her:
"Calm down, woman! Lord Thorium will settle this."
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jun 20, 2009 18:56:03 GMT -6
OOC: Does Gimyip have all his adventuring gear with him? Or is it stashed at his lodgings?
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Post by bert on Jun 21, 2009 13:08:27 GMT -6
OOC: He has his weapon, his armour and that's it. The rest in in his lodge/tent.
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Post by apeloverage on Jun 22, 2009 1:32:21 GMT -6
Yashub-Yahad guiltily proclaims his innocence (of, he thinks, trying to help the Jale Man).
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jun 22, 2009 3:43:23 GMT -6
Seeing Lord Thorium approaching, Gimyip takes one or two steps back in order to mingle with the gathering crowd. He waits to see how this farce will play out...
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Post by bert on Jun 22, 2009 16:11:20 GMT -6
Valkang screams as Han Buri Han tries to pull her away. 'Another one! Get off me!'
Lord Throium motions towards Gozer - 'Take that thing and throw it outside the gates. It is not market day, we do not admit strangers.'
Ythar eagerly steps forward to carry out the order. 'Not you!' barks the Lord. 'I have something to say to you.' He motions a couple of his plate armoured guards to grab Gozer.
'You - ' he addresses Yashub Yashad '- shut up. If I want your opinion I'll have it beaten out of you.'
This is Lord Thorium's style. Like the overwhelming majority of Carcosa's rulers he is an absolute dictator whose word is law within his own little patch. His position is not his by right - the tradition among the tribes is for the Lord to be ritually challenged to single combat by anyone who thinks they can slay him. If they win the duel they become the new Lord. It is not a job for the weak of body or mind. The current Lord has ruled for 15 years and has seen off three challengers, and no one is likely to challenge him again until age weakens him a bit more.
'There was a woman screaming - where?' says Lord Thorium.
The crone has hobbled forwards to Lord Thorium's elbow and is whispering earnestly to him. She happens to be Valkang's great-aunt...
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Post by apeloverage on Jun 24, 2009 9:55:18 GMT -6
Yashub-Yahad shuts up.
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Post by burke on Jun 24, 2009 10:05:33 GMT -6
Han Buri-Han let's Valkang go and tells her to "shut up!".
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jun 24, 2009 16:31:48 GMT -6
Gimyip keeps his mouth shut.
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Post by bert on Jun 24, 2009 17:18:56 GMT -6
Valkang gives Han Buri Han a filthy look and, hand clutching the contusion inflicted by Yashub Yashad, stumbles through the crowd and throws herself at Lord Thorium's feet.
'Oh mighty Lord I have been wronged...'
Lord Thorium says 'Out with it. Make it brief or I'll have you whipped.'
Vlakang stammers and shrieks her way through her tale, which is that Gimyip, Yashub Yashad, Han Buri Han and Gozer (currently being hurled unceremoniously into the desert night beyond the fortress' outer gate) were all caught about to perform unnatural sexual acts and tried to beat her unconscious to prevent her from telling Lord Thorium. She shuts up when Thorium's chief body guard uncoils his whip and examines it for wear and tear.
'The punishment for such things is death, but I shall be merciful this time,' says Lord Thorium, 'I shall give the accused the benefit of the doubt and not slay them immediately -' there are grumbles from the crowd, some in favour of instant death, others (close relatives of yours in the main) in favour of having Vlakng whipped for talking rubbish '- instead they shall be given the chance to prove their innocence by providing a suitable sacrifice for the Vaporous Worm.'
The crone whispers in his ear.
'You must go east where the Vaporous Lady has seen in a vision that there are nests of great reptiles in a fortress built by water. Bring one egg back in time for the great celebration of the Vaporous Worm at the Temple. If the god favours you, then you must be innocent. If you die - well good riddance to you.'
Again there are mutterings - again the crowd is divided between those who think he is being too lenient and those who think him too harsh, and many say the Vaporous Worm has never poked his nose into matters of tribal justice before and ask why he should start now. It all sounds suspiciously like the rhetoric used by the Theocrat of Gla'elen...
Ythar looks gloatingly at Han Buri Han. He does not think he will be seeing him again.
'Ythar,' says Lord Thorium, ' You will lead this group, make sure the miscreants do not deviate from their allotted punishment and task, and you will take your hunting balloon to assist them.'
Ythar looks aghast.
He instructs his guards - 'If Gimyip, this fellow here - ' he gestures at Yashub Yashad - ' and the Han lad are still here at dawn you may kill them and take their goods.'
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jun 24, 2009 19:14:57 GMT -6
Gimyip had always suspected that his mother was wrong about Valkang, now he was certain.
If he was ever to return from this wretched reptilian egg hunt, he consoled himself, he would see to it that no more filthy lies rolled off her serpentine tongue...
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Post by crusssdaddy on Jun 24, 2009 22:25:15 GMT -6
Gozer, somewhat disappointed at the lack of ceremony that accompanied his ejection, digs a shallow shelter in the lee of a large creosote, just within site of the fortress. On the morn, he plans on heading east, to hopefully more civilized lands.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2009 7:26:03 GMT -6
(Mithals)
"I'll go with you," Mithals tells his friends. "If for no other reason than to keep on eye on that h'wook-h'yokk." He indicates Ythar with a nod of his chin, and if anyone reacts to his use of one of the most egregious of insults among the Nomads, he pays no mind.
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Post by burke on Jun 25, 2009 13:19:33 GMT -6
"You're a good lad Mithals", says Han Buri-Han. "A harsh and unfair fate has been dealt to us, but I see no other way than to do as Lord Thorium has commanded. I just hope that I get a chance to reveal Valkang for the liar that she is before I die."
With these words said, Han Buri-Han goes off to pick up his belongings.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2009 15:40:47 GMT -6
Mithals thanks Han Buri-Han for his kind words and departs for his own tent. In the way of the nomads, he has few belongings and he is soon bound for the gate to meet with his friends and Ythar. His medicine bag bumps against his chest as he makes resolute strides toward the main gate, its familiar presence comforting.
"Ythar bears watching," he thinks to himself. "A dangerous man, but one made foolish by ambition. He is a stumble looking for a place to happen, and I just may have to stick my foot out and give him what he wants."
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Post by apeloverage on Jun 25, 2009 22:33:01 GMT -6
When he can get a private word in, Yashub-Yahad suggests killing Ythar somewhere in the wilderness.
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jun 25, 2009 23:29:46 GMT -6
Gimyip returns to his yurt and collects his meager belongings.
"I'm going out for a walk," he tells his mother gruffly as he shoulders his pack and tightens his belt. Her tongue is still flapping when he lowers his head to pass out the opening, but he isn't listening. He pauses for a moment, reflecting on the life he is about to leave behind.
"Take care, mother," he says, and then without looking back strides off to join his fellows.
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