A fight breaks out, Salix upset
Subject Fight in the dark round 5
OOC - Sorry for being incommunicado. I've been sick the past couple of days. I seem to be missing a couple of emails, though. It seems like the battle is over? yes? If so, then here is my turn for Salix for the past couple of rounds: (/OOC)
As Harp and Ragnar succeed in pushing the door open, Salix sees that their "foes" are not Goblin, *or* Orc, but something Salix has never seen. All the more reason to have talked with them rather than simply obliterate them. He is torn between a desire to break up the fight, and a desire to keep his friends from getting killed, even if that means killing the creatures. But as he cannot get into the crowded room, he simply looks on helplessly. After only a few seconds, it seems clear that his friends will win this fight, even if they have failed the ultimate test miserably. At any rate, he is glad that his scimitar wasn't stained with this blood won by treachery. He will have no part of the aftermath. He simply walks back down the corridor to the main room. He will sit quietly against the back wall and wait to see how this plays out.
From: Porter
Subject Away from game
I am gone until next week because of a family matter.
I suspect that Derek will also be gone.
From: Mark
Subject Away from game
I hope all is well.
From: Derek
Subject Away from game
Yes, actually, I am. Allistair will help look for the key, examine anything that looks magical, etc. I'll role-play Allistair's reaction to Mund/Kal when I get back on Monday.
From: Mark
Subject New player
This is just to let you know that we are having a player change. Jake has many things going on right now, including three or so other PBEM games and stuff in real life, so he is giving control of Surin to another player.
At this time I would like to welcom Ashley to the game. She has played in Twinkys PBEM game and is involved with an online forum type game, similar to what Slash is doing with the modern D20 game.
Ashely has read the last couple of months archives and is working her way through the last year or so. Lets give her a big warm welcome.
I'll start.
IDM: Surin misses the poison trap and dies a slow, painfull, and terrible death.
From: Josh
Subject New player
Welcome Ashely!
From: Josh
Subject A fight breaks out
Kal reels from the unexpected hit. As he turns his head back forward, he simply says "You punch like a child.", laughs, and starts searching the room.
Only Harp and Surin see the fire in his eyes.
From: Mark
Subject A fight breaks out, Salix upset
As the combat ends, Mund pants from his exertion. He slings his axe over his shoulder and approaches Kal. "
It that you were right and we did have to fight these people, but I have something to say about how you went about it."
With out warning the barbarian punches Kal in the face. Everyone looks stunned for a bit and then Harp, Ragnar and Ranthir move to separate the two. As the two are pushed apart Kal retorts "You punch like a child" and then turns. Only Harp and Surin see the blazing fire in his eyes. Harp orders the party to search the room and the bodies. He notices that Salix is not there. Calling Ran to his side he asks "Have you seen Salix?" The 1/2 shakes his head. "Stay here with the rest and see to the search. I will find our druid friend."
With that Harp leaves the room and walks back to the room with all the doors. There he finds Salix sitting on the floor, his back against the wall. "Is something wrong?" Harp asks. Salix's reply is quite. "Something wrong? What just happened was slaughter. I was talking with those creatures. I might have been able to work out something out with those creatures. They were not mindless animals like the landshark. They were intelligent beings and Kal provoked a slaughter. Mund is right. Kal might get us all killed."
Back in the room Ranthir and the others turn of bags of copper pieces and one potion on the body of the Grimlocks. Ragnar also finds a brass key in the corner of the room.
OODM: Ok any roll play or tell me you are ready to go on to the next room.
From: Kevin
Subject A fight breaks out, Salix upset
OOC: Ashley, welcome to our little bit of heaven. I look forward to working with you in ruining my brothers' illusions of granduer.
IC: Harp looks down at his friend. He hates to see such anguish in his face. Yes, the creatures had been killed, but that was now in the past. However, Harp is concerned about Salix's comments about how Kal had provoked the slaughter. He will ask Salix to explain what happened.
After listening to Salix's story of what happened in front of the door, Harp will say to Salix "This concerns me as well. It is my feeling that these challenges will become even greater as we move on. I would have preferred to avoid fighting those creatures if possible, but even if not, we could have overcome them with less damage had we had a plan. While I respect Kal's abilities, I still question his judgement. I will talk with him in a way that I hope he will understand. Thank you for telling me this."
With that, Harp will go back to the room where the Grimlocks were. He will ask the others to leave and ask Kal to stay. Harp closes the door almost all the way, just enough so it does not lock closed. When that has happened, he goes over to one of the heads that had been severed, picks it up, and puts in right in front of Kal's face
"Do you know what this is? No? Because you can't see in the dark. Ragnar tells me it is a Grimlock. It is not a goblin, it is not an orc, it is not a hobgoblin. You had no idea what it was when you rushed in here. You had no idea what to expect.
My orders were for you to protect Salix and the others in case something went wrong, not to decide when it was time to start a fight. That is my decision to make as leader of the group. We most likely would have had to kill these creatures anyway, but we could have done it AFTER we had learned what we could from them.
We need to control these encounters as much as we can. What control did you have while you were in that room? What if we had not been able to open the door? Not only did you risk your life, but you risked the life of the other members of the group. I can not have that. I have come to respect your abilties as a fighter, but I am unable to respect your judgement. If you felt that it was important to attack, then fine, come back and tell me, but this could have been done after we talked to them thru the door, and then we would have done it to minimize the damage we took. As it is, you, Mund, and Ragnar have been injured.We will now have to use some of our healing grace to get all of you back to normal. If we had planned this correctly, none of us would have been hurt. Hell, I killed two of these things myself in just 2 swings. How many did you kill before we got the door open? How many did you see? You are lucky we were able to open the door when we did.
Kal, I want your word that you will follow my orders while we are on this mission. There is too much at stake to risk someone doing something unplanned. I value and respect your opinions, though I may not always agree with them. Remember, I wanted to set up an ambush on these creatures originally, but was convinced that Salix might be able to learn something from them, at no risk to ourselves. That is my goal here - to do as much as we can while spending as little, both magical and physical, as we can."
Harp will wait for Kal to reply.
From: Karl
Subject Fight in the dark round 5
OOC - Sorry for being incommunicado. I've been sick the past couple of days. I seem to be missing a couple of emails, though. It seems like the battle is over? yes? If so, then here is my turn for Salix for the past couple of rounds: (/OOC)
As Harp and Ragnar succeed in pushing the door open, Salix sees that their "foes" are not Goblin, *or* Orc, but something Salix has never seen. All the more reason to have talked with them rather than simply obliterate them. He is torn between a desire to break up the fight, and a desire to keep his friends from getting killed, even if that means killing the creatures. But as he cannot get into the crowded room, he simply looks on helplessly. After only a few seconds, it seems clear that his friends will win this fight, even if they have failed the ultimate test miserably. At any rate, he is glad that his scimitar wasn't stained with this blood won by treachery. He will have no part of the aftermath. He simply walks back down the corridor to the main room. He will sit quietly against the back wall and wait to see how this plays out.
From: Porter
Subject Away from game
I am gone until next week because of a family matter.
I suspect that Derek will also be gone.
From: Mark
Subject Away from game
I hope all is well.
From: Derek
Subject Away from game
Yes, actually, I am. Allistair will help look for the key, examine anything that looks magical, etc. I'll role-play Allistair's reaction to Mund/Kal when I get back on Monday.
From: Mark
Subject New player
This is just to let you know that we are having a player change. Jake has many things going on right now, including three or so other PBEM games and stuff in real life, so he is giving control of Surin to another player.
At this time I would like to welcom Ashley to the game. She has played in Twinkys PBEM game and is involved with an online forum type game, similar to what Slash is doing with the modern D20 game.
Ashely has read the last couple of months archives and is working her way through the last year or so. Lets give her a big warm welcome.
I'll start.
IDM: Surin misses the poison trap and dies a slow, painfull, and terrible death.
From: Josh
Subject New player
Welcome Ashely!
From: Josh
Subject A fight breaks out
Kal reels from the unexpected hit. As he turns his head back forward, he simply says "You punch like a child.", laughs, and starts searching the room.
Only Harp and Surin see the fire in his eyes.
From: Mark
Subject A fight breaks out, Salix upset
As the combat ends, Mund pants from his exertion. He slings his axe over his shoulder and approaches Kal. "
It that you were right and we did have to fight these people, but I have something to say about how you went about it."
With out warning the barbarian punches Kal in the face. Everyone looks stunned for a bit and then Harp, Ragnar and Ranthir move to separate the two. As the two are pushed apart Kal retorts "You punch like a child" and then turns. Only Harp and Surin see the blazing fire in his eyes. Harp orders the party to search the room and the bodies. He notices that Salix is not there. Calling Ran to his side he asks "Have you seen Salix?" The 1/2 shakes his head. "Stay here with the rest and see to the search. I will find our druid friend."
With that Harp leaves the room and walks back to the room with all the doors. There he finds Salix sitting on the floor, his back against the wall. "Is something wrong?" Harp asks. Salix's reply is quite. "Something wrong? What just happened was slaughter. I was talking with those creatures. I might have been able to work out something out with those creatures. They were not mindless animals like the landshark. They were intelligent beings and Kal provoked a slaughter. Mund is right. Kal might get us all killed."
Back in the room Ranthir and the others turn of bags of copper pieces and one potion on the body of the Grimlocks. Ragnar also finds a brass key in the corner of the room.
OODM: Ok any roll play or tell me you are ready to go on to the next room.
From: Kevin
Subject A fight breaks out, Salix upset
OOC: Ashley, welcome to our little bit of heaven. I look forward to working with you in ruining my brothers' illusions of granduer.
IC: Harp looks down at his friend. He hates to see such anguish in his face. Yes, the creatures had been killed, but that was now in the past. However, Harp is concerned about Salix's comments about how Kal had provoked the slaughter. He will ask Salix to explain what happened.
After listening to Salix's story of what happened in front of the door, Harp will say to Salix "This concerns me as well. It is my feeling that these challenges will become even greater as we move on. I would have preferred to avoid fighting those creatures if possible, but even if not, we could have overcome them with less damage had we had a plan. While I respect Kal's abilities, I still question his judgement. I will talk with him in a way that I hope he will understand. Thank you for telling me this."
With that, Harp will go back to the room where the Grimlocks were. He will ask the others to leave and ask Kal to stay. Harp closes the door almost all the way, just enough so it does not lock closed. When that has happened, he goes over to one of the heads that had been severed, picks it up, and puts in right in front of Kal's face
"Do you know what this is? No? Because you can't see in the dark. Ragnar tells me it is a Grimlock. It is not a goblin, it is not an orc, it is not a hobgoblin. You had no idea what it was when you rushed in here. You had no idea what to expect.
My orders were for you to protect Salix and the others in case something went wrong, not to decide when it was time to start a fight. That is my decision to make as leader of the group. We most likely would have had to kill these creatures anyway, but we could have done it AFTER we had learned what we could from them.
We need to control these encounters as much as we can. What control did you have while you were in that room? What if we had not been able to open the door? Not only did you risk your life, but you risked the life of the other members of the group. I can not have that. I have come to respect your abilties as a fighter, but I am unable to respect your judgement. If you felt that it was important to attack, then fine, come back and tell me, but this could have been done after we talked to them thru the door, and then we would have done it to minimize the damage we took. As it is, you, Mund, and Ragnar have been injured.We will now have to use some of our healing grace to get all of you back to normal. If we had planned this correctly, none of us would have been hurt. Hell, I killed two of these things myself in just 2 swings. How many did you kill before we got the door open? How many did you see? You are lucky we were able to open the door when we did.
Kal, I want your word that you will follow my orders while we are on this mission. There is too much at stake to risk someone doing something unplanned. I value and respect your opinions, though I may not always agree with them. Remember, I wanted to set up an ambush on these creatures originally, but was convinced that Salix might be able to learn something from them, at no risk to ourselves. That is my goal here - to do as much as we can while spending as little, both magical and physical, as we can."
Harp will wait for Kal to reply.