"Well, that was a close one, thought I wassa goner"

"T'was a close one friend, how low on health are you, I have some potions of extra healing if you need?"
Nik offers one to Tann, and uncorks one for himself. (side note, what do I roll to heal with a potion of extra healing?)

"Thank'yer Nik, you don't seem to bad... For an Elf, anyway"

Nothing of worth is found with the giant porcupine. It appears it was simply foraging for food and Tann moved too close to it and it felt threatened. If he'd kept his distance, the fight and it's consequences may have been avoided....

Extra-Healing: This potion restores 6-27 (3d8 + 3) hit points of damage when wholly consumed, or 1-8 hit points of damage for each one-third potion.

Nik hands Tann the potion and begins to break camp , covering their trail. Finally, he starts to collect some porcupine quills and meat to hopefully sell in the next town

"your not too bad either, for a dwarf" Nik laughs heartily as he saddles the, now well-rested, horse

In reply to Nikodemos (msg #78):

Errr, you do realise it's still about an hour before dawn...?

Ah, right, well lets not pack up then, Nik will finish sleeping and rememorize his spells.

"I guess I'll stay awake and keep watch 'till dawn"
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Tann drinks his Potion of Extra Healing. (18 hitpoints)

"Unfortunately, I must sleep for four hours to regain my spells, my apologies friend."

"Okay then, I'll just keep watch!"

"Many thanks, friend" Nik returns to his bedroll and falls asleep with his weapons nearby

Tann sits down, looks at the ground, and plays around with some dirt, whilst singing quietly (or what he thinks is quietly) to himself: "I am a dwarf, and I'm digging a hoole! Diggy Diggy Hole! I'm digging a hoole!"

With the dawn comes sleet which hangs around for most of the day. The only time the sleet ceases is when the temperature creeps above freezing for about an hour (and the sleet becomes freezing rain).
All in all an absolutely MISERABLE day for men and beast.

Soon enough you judge it time to seek shelter for the night and what you think is a suitable site is found. As you prepare the frame to lay foliage over to improve your natural shelter, you're forced to reassess your choice of location - the sound of wolves howling is heard nearby...

"Hate wolves, nasty litt'l buggers! Where should we find shelter then?"

"I could speak with them if you want, see if they are aggressive. Or we could just kill them now, but we could also venture further to see if there are any more suitable places to sleep the night."

"They're probably lookin' for food, I'd rather not tangle with a pack'a hungry wolves tonight! Let's hide our shelter as best as possible. No campfire, I'll take first watch."

"Okay, I'll keep my mind sharp and my steel by my side" Nik lays down on his bedroll with his long sword out and unlit, along with his shield

Without a fire the night promises to be very, very cold and uncomfortable. Even during the day the temperature was barely above freezing and the limited amount of clothing Tann wore, even supplemented by the minimal amount Nik salvaged from Ailani's belongings had scarcely been enough to keep the shivering to a minimum.
Smoke, Ailani's and now Nik's horse may not even survive the night, still wounded as it is after the encounter with the death watch beetle which killed the elf woman and Niks original horse...

The unlikely pair of travellers is left with two bad choices. Risk freezing or risk the wolves.

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The "cave" was little more than a low cliff with a slight overhang of just a couple of feet - enough to force assailants to approach only from the front, but not enough to keep the sleet off if there was even a slight breeze.

Leaving the somewhat defensible camp site, Nik moved cautiously, albeit noisily in his heavy armour, into the darkness. The horse, wide eyed in fear, tugged at it's lead, trying half-heartedly (at least for the moment) to free itself and run at each baying of the wolves. Although his eyes are yet to see anything, his ears pick up the steady approach of the wolves as their howls grow ever closer...

Nik stands in the cave mouth with his sword unlit, so as to allow his infravision to work, prepared for an attack, he motions to tann to do the same

Tann and Nik waited in the freezing darkness, the horse at their backs between them and the cliff - if it were to be killed...

Suddenly, large shapes appear at the limit of your vision, bounding forward as fast as a horse could gallop. They'll be upon you in less than twenty seconds!

Initiative and intended actions please.

Nik casts web on the overhang and the ground to trap the wolves. int. 13
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