Attacking Fort Rannick

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Episode no.	Episode 50
Date	2009
Game Master	Abbe
Characters	Dorothea Gloriana Honeypot Nell Velicia
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As I'm used to sleep alone I woke early and sneaked back to my room. I fell asleep again and was woken by Velicia banging on my door. She sleeps way to little. After a big breakfast and a big bag to keep me from getting hungry for two days we rode out. It was a boring ride and had to concentrate not to fall asleep in the saddle. When we got closer to the fort we left the horses hidden and sneaked closer to get a good look at it.

It was a stone fort built at the base of high vertical cliffs.

From the mountain base there was a stone wall with two gates and several small towers surrounding wooden buildings within. At the center was a bigger stone keep built against the cliff. It had a larger tower rising from the top.

We saw crows circling over the fort suggesting the aftermath of a battle inside. One of the gates had been blocked by rubble and there were ogres patrolling the wall over the other. Luckily we had been told of a secret back door through a waterfall next to where the wall met the cliffs.

Honeypot got a crow which she possessed using some strange ritual and made it fly over the fort to get a better look at their defenses. It turned out that a house that the rangers didn't use as they couldn't fireproof it was used by the ogres. They also used the old storage house as a kitchen and were up in the unstable free standing guard tower.

Honeys crow also flew up to check the eagles nest further up in the mountains.

We settled down and waited for the afternoon rain. It seemed to be later than usual. We kept the fort under watch and saw Lucretia, the owner of Paradise's Gates, come out on the roof of the tower. There she cursed and cast magical lighting and thunder at the skies. Soon dark clouds came rolling down from the north. Pleased she returned into the fort.

We prepared for the assault. As Honeypot started casting rituals, both telepathy and protection from electricity, I wondered why we were attacking the fort. Wasn't we just hired to see what had happened to it? The ranger took off to go make a distraction and if possible attack the ogres in the back to create confusion. I wished them good luck and when the others didn't see I blew a kiss to Kaven.

It was time to go and the rain was worse than ever. It seemed as if it was making up for lost time. Visibility was severely limited as we followed the cliffs towards the waterfall. We could barely make out the wall and towers at the gate and vaguely hear ogres shouting to each others over the rain. When we got to the small lake the waterfall fell into I started climbing along the cliff wall. It was hard with floods of water rushing into my face. Suddenly the stone in my right hand let go and I fell headlong backwards into the lake. A few strokes took me up to the surface and through the waterfall. I crawled ashore in a cave. Well, I had already been soaked by the rain anyway. The others swam through the waterfall without any problems.

In the cave we noted that there was strange sparks on the walls. I touched it and it tickled of electricity. We guessed it had something to do with the shocker lizards reported to live there. While we were getting ready to continue down the tunnel a lizard as big as a cow peeked out of it. I wonder how it would taste. Apparently it had felt some disturbance when I got tickled by the electricity, but it didn't seem to disturbed by us. Honeypot suggested feeding it to make friends. She looked to Velicia to take out some food but she refused to waste any food on that. Then Gloriana took out some pie and before I could stop her she threw it at the lizard. It got scared and shot lighting at Gloriana and left. The pie was ruined on the floor. I wished she had used something like an apple that wouldn't have been spoiled.

We went down the tunnel and reached another cave with traces/tracks from more lizards. The tunnel continued and we followed. When it split we went right and soon got to the back side of a hidden door. I opened it with the help of Velicia. Just outside was the house we had planned to set fire to. I helped Velicia sneak in under the house so she could use her fire magic to burn it down, when Gloriana suggested using a torch she had found a little further down the tunnel in a arms storage. That way it might look like an accident and they wouldn't know they were attacked. Velicia crawled around and set the fire and even in the moist weather the fire spread quickly. We retreated into the tunnel and closed the secret door.

Continuing down the tunnel we reached a cave with several lizards. We moved on slowly and carefully to make sure we didn't startle any lizards or step on any eggs.

At last we were at the back side of a secret door leading

Vi drar oss tillbaka in i grottorna

Vi fortsätter förbi elödlor och smyger sakta och försiktigt långt från alla ägg

Kommer till en ny hemlig dörr

Öppnas in i vaktrum

Spanar in i cellavdelningen

Ser fångar Går in och låser upp Första hjälpen och släpar dem bakom gömda dörren

Fortsätter upp

Smyger upp i förrådsrum

I sneaked out into the corridor and felt very vulnerable as there were no places to hide except the stairs leading up and there was an open door and some motion behind it. Gloriana suggested that I should listen to all doors along the corridor, but I didn't want to spend that long time there. I sneaked right up to where the corridor split and I peeked around the corner. I saw more ogres standing there, near the double door leading out. I also noted that behind the open door was an ogre painting the walls with the torso of a human.

Stealthily I retreated to the doors to what should be sleeping quarters. I listened to that door and heard discussions in a language I didn't know. I retreated further to the doors to the mess hall. It was quite. I told the others to silently join me. As they did Velicia stumbled a little and the painting ogre looked out the door. I held my breath as Honeypot looking like an ogre tried to distract it. She succeeded and we could all continue. The rangers told us that the ogres in the burning house were fighting over who would get to get out first with the result that no one left at all.

When we were all prepared we charged out and

Får reda på av rangers att huset som brinner så slåss ogres om vem som ska ut först - ingen hittills

Plan: Vi smyger fram dit

Därifrån stormar vi ogres och Dorothea lägger hemskt svart moln som äter allt i dörren

Alla flyktvägar är då genom oss och upp eller ned för trappor

Jag föreslår att Honeypot ser ut som ogre

Vi smyger framåt

Velicia gör ljud och målaren tittar ut

Honeypot lurar honom trotsa att hon inte kan språket och alla slinker in i matsalen

Honey fortsätter frammåt och vi smyger efter

Jag hjälper Velicia att smyga

Vi stormar enligt plan och kastar 3ggr i målaren innan han gör något

gömmer mig i korridor mot litet torn

Doro lägger dödsmolnet

Velicia delar sig i två likadana

Vi slår ihjäl dem

Skyndar oss vidare upp för trapporna

Två vakter där

JAg stormar fram och kastar dolk fortsätter ned längs en korridor och kikar fram runt hörnet

Två till där

Massor kommer ut ur alla rum runt omkring

Hård strid där pappa utmanar oss alla

Vi för hårda och då ska son och kvinna hjälpa till

Jag kasta dolk i ögat på honom

Kvinnan elektroblastar och köldkonar mig

Jag arg men tyglar mig och kastar dolk i pappas andra öga istället Faller tungt

Snart även sonen

ytterligare hård strid med kvinnan som försöker fly

Hon kommer ut men Dorotheas magi sänker henne

Jag spanar över kanten

Huset brinner fortfarande

Vakttornet rasat

Åter inne kikar snabbt igenom rum

Rådsrummet många lik av rangers upphängda och töms på blod

Hittar trappa upp bakom förråd

I trapphus hänger ranger som klockrep

Får höra på telepatin av Shalelu att våra rangers bråkar då Lucretia säger att Kaven "Min tjänare kom tillbaka. Så bra."

Vi stormar upp

Honey lugnar de andra rangers

Svårträffad och sedan teleporterade Lucretia av taket och svävade utanför tornet

Kastar hemska ormar mot mig och jag frös på plats, men kan fortfarande kasta dolk

Vi drar ned henne och slår ihjäl

Vi går ned och tittar ut över borgen.

Runt tjugo ogres kvar

Jag kastar stenar med min slunga och Velicia vrålar på dem och viftar med pappa ogres vapen hon tog

De skraja och när regnet lättar lite ser vi dem springa

Fort Rannick är återtaget