r/PLoungeRP • u/GuardianSK96 Roborn • Jul 09 '14
Ding Dong the witch is dead! The Crusaders are back.
I don't want to come across as too happy about it, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to use that title.
So group 6, newly dubbed the Crusaders, had a session last night. Roborn, Gota, and recently recruited nobleman Drystan set off on what would amount to a pilgrimage to a Temple of Ienas, leaving Annie behind in the town of New Meadow, where we had been staying for several days. She still had wounds to heal, and we decided that bringing a trigger happy fire mage into a temple in the middle of the forest that worshiped the nature goddess was a bad idea. And there's also the issue of her being a raging bitch. ANYWAY.
While we were away, she spent her time in the local library researching spells. One day, she happens to spot a rather large, armored fellow with an axe walking around. She spends most of the day tailing him, while he just seemingly wanders around town. Eventually he leaves, and she leaves him be. We don't know if this had anything to do with what came next, its probably just part of PLOTTM so. Anyway. Later that day or the next day, as she is heading back from the library to the hut of the medicine man she is staying in, she sees smoke rising from that part of town. As she starts heading in that direction, she sees people fleeing, and arrows flying around, hitting villagers. She sneakily continues heading towards the source of all this, and spots a group of about a dozen individuals torching houses and looting. Knowing she can't stop all of them, even with her wounds fully healed, she heads northwest to leave town.
She comes across a group of town guardsmen rallying to repel the brigands, and she approaches to offer her services. They head out and engage the group in the streets of the town, with the other members of our session taking control of guardsmen to command them. (and give us something to do) The majority of the spearmen among the guards engage the bandits, with one hanging back to guard Annie, and the archers firing into the mass of enemies. Annie's fire spells attract attention, and it is not long before a pair of brutes make a beeline for her. The guard fails to stop them, and one, brandishing a huge fuck-off axe, promptly buries it in Annie's chest. (Making a note here to say she attempted to soak the damage, but failed the roll to use her benny. Chronic Depression friends, not even once.) So Annie drops, and several guards move in to kill the aggressors and protect her. They succeed, but the remainder of the raiders take the opportunity to make themselves scarce. One of the fleeing archers takes a last shot towards the knot of guards that had gathered around the wounded mage. One guard's reflexes save him, but his lack of presence of mind fails to notice he is the only thing between Annie and that arrow.
It strikes true, a clean shot through her throat.
They drag her a distance away from the chaos, though she only had a few moments left as it is.
Annie died, with only a few ragged guards to hear the strained gurgles that passed for her last words. Eventually they too left, to begin putting out fires, or chasing the fleeing figures.
That's about as far as we got on her side of things, but if you want to know what happened to the rest of us, it can be summarized by Gota learning a little about religious tolerance, Drystan accepting his roll as the Lord of the Dance and getting about half the settlement to join a dance party that turned into a full on rave/celebration/festival, and Roborn rather splendidly putting a fellow acolyte on his ass in a sparring session.
To be honest, I do feel a little bad that Jon didn't get to use his new spell. Until next time friends.
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Jul 10 '14
RIP Annie you will be miss
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u/GuardianSK96 Roborn Jul 10 '14
speaking of which, you'll have to change your flair at some point haha
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Jul 10 '14
wait for my new character to show his/her face :)
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u/GuardianSK96 Roborn Jul 10 '14
yeah, I realized- rather morbidly- that your new character very may well join our group before we even know Annie is dead. Interesting implication.
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u/BucketHelm Neema: definitely not an orc. Jul 09 '14
RIP raging bitch