"Everybody up! We've got company!" her voice booms through the glade. "'Belle, Victoria, look over that way!" she called as she stood up and grabbed her axe, still holding her rock in one hand.

"Something's coming. Be ready." She hoped it wasn't nothing. She'd take a long time to live down waking everyone up if this was really nothing. But why have a watch if it wasn't to alert people?

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Standard: stand and grab axe
free: yell out to everyone
swift: point Maybelle and Victoria to the rustling bushes.

Maybelle jolted to attention, shifting into a defensive stance and glancing where Brigitte pointed. She trusted her friend implicitly and wouldn't doubt her words at all.

Victoria too looked in the direction Brigitte was indicating. She focused, preparing mentally to perhaps throw a spell, which would depend on what she saw.

~ Turn One ~

As a Brigitte gets to her feet, and yells out her warning, something large starts to meander closer.  She yells out her warning trying to alert Maybelle and Victoria, as well as motivate the others to rouse from their sleep.

Their is a startled moment before an answering challenge roars back across the clearing at Brigitte.  Something not quite as tall as Brigitte but a good bit stockier and sturdier looking rears up looking pretty angry.

<Orange><tt>Initiative - Target Number DC 15, if you roll this number or higher you have intiative and will be able to act before the intruder.

The intruder is LARGE, and has an Armor Class of 16.

Normal Actions
Brigitte - Armed with Great Axe
Maybe    - Unarmed
Victoria - Unarmed

One Standard Action (no move action)
Andrew   - Unarmed
Lady     -

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- Party Status -

Abyss  Sleeping ~ DC 19 Player Currently absent / Character asleep ~

Andrew Sleeping ~ {Character is awake and has a standard action this turn}

Daubra Sleeping ~ DC 13 Perception check to wake.  {Character sorta awake/disoriented}.  May take a single free/swift action.

Gar    Sleeping ~ DC 20 Perception check to wake.  {Character asleep}

Jeanne Sleeping ~ DC 15 Perception check to wake.  {Character not quite awake}

Nisor  Sleeping ~ DC 13 Perception check to wake.  {Character sorta awake/disoriented}.  May take a single free/swift action.

Rifnox Sleeping ~ DC 20 Perception check to wake.  {Character asleep}</tt>

The rest of the party is subjected to quite a commotion, already stirring from sleep, the challenging roar quickly startles Andrew to alertness.  While a little disoriented and uncertain from what direction the danger is coming from, he quickly becomes alert and looks about to see what's happening.  Lady startles alert and gets to her feet looking disoriented and confused.{If Andrew win initiative, he has a standard action to act this turn.  If he loses initiative, he has a standard action to act NEXT turn.  Lady will act when Andrew acts, and will also have a 'standard action'.}

The rest of the party was slower to wake, though the unfamiliar roar of challenge is certain to get them up and moving.

Between Brigitte's yelling, and the intruders roaring, the sleeping characters are at a +4 bonus to their perception roll to wake.  If they are presumed to have lost initiative and will have a standard action to use NEXT TURN.

If they fail this roll, they havent quite gotten the sleep out of their eyes, and/or they're too disoriented from waking up to act.

No map update today, no one really moved.  Though you should note that the intruder is currently located in D11, E11, D12, E12 (This is a single LARGE intruder)
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Rifnox mumbles something in his sleep from the noise around him, curling up more to block out the sounds.

06:35, Today: Rifnox rolled 12 using 1d20+1. (Forgot the +4) Perception to wake up.
06:35, Today: Rifnox rolled 22 using 1d20+6.  Initiative .

Gar startles awake, aware of yelling nearby.

Perception 23 on d20+9, DC 20.
Initiative 20 on d20 +2.
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OOC:
09:03, Today: Andrew Turner rolled 9 using 1d20+6.  Initiative.
So me and lady will act after the intruder.
Also got to say I love the idea that Andrew is unarmed.
Now where did I put my claws.  I put them down somewhere here I sure.
Lady have you seen my claws girl?  (he he).

Will move upper left corner to g10 if I can make it and attack with Axe. If I can't make it move upper left corner to i8 and throw Boulder.

Either way I only hit AC 8 so miss.

Nisor begins to stir from his sleep, rolling over and pulling the blankets more firmly over himself. Some distant part of his mind resolves that he will sleep, come Hell and high water.


09:45, Today: Nisor rolled 3 using 1d20+2.  Perception.

Unlike the others Maybelle considered the creature and approached it, hands out cautiously as she coo'd and coaxed at it to try and calm it down. It appeared to be an animal, albeit one she had never seen before. Wincing at Brigitte's throw she said "Give me a moment" and then did her best to calm down the animal, hoping a combination of spell and word would help.

It was obvious she wasn't used to dealing with things this size judging by how shaky her coo'd 'calm down, no need to fight' was to the creature? but damn if she didn't try. Getting between it and the others yet not approaching too quickly.



Swift to use Holy Symbol, Move to get between it and the sleeping people, Standard to Wild Empathy I believe
16:38, Today: Maybelle rolled 3 using 1d20+2.  Wild Empathy: Diplomacy.
16:37, Today: Maybelle rolled 18 using 1d20+1.  Knowledge Check to Identify (Ranger may make Unskilled to identify animals, if its Nature +4).
*If its an animal or seems to be* Spending the action to use Neck: Masterwork Holy Symbol of Gaea (Calm Animals 1/Day)
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Victoria reached into a pouch, and loaded her firearm. She wasn't great at it, but Aaron had tried very hard to teach her. And she knew she was no match for something as big as Brigitte. So she hoped that when she got it loaded, at least the sound would scare it.

OOC: I'm assuming it will take a full round to load. She stays where she is.

Brigitte notices that Maybelle and Victoria were closer to the threat than she was.  An obvious problem since they were both a good bit squishier than herself.  Several long strides, stepping carefully over semi waking companions brings her up behind Maybelle and Victoria.  She can't quite get in front of them yet, so she rears back and hurls one of Daubra's rocks.  While the aim feels true, it rips through the foilage tearing up a branch here and there, which cause it to veer off from the hulking signature of something perhaps as large as herself lumbering up on four legs down the trail towards the campsite.  That's okay, you still have your trusty axe.

Victoria fumbles through her belongings and comes up with the powder horn slungy over her shoulder pretty quick, the bullets take a little longer to come up with, and she silently berates herself for not having loaded the flintlock ahead of time, which for someone on sentry duty would have been rather obvious to do.  Part of her struggles with this, while the other half wonders if it might have just been as effective to draw blade and at least look competant than fumble around looking inept.  It's dark though... perhaps no one will notice how nervous she is and spare her some embarassment.

Maybelle feels a sense of panic well up for a moment.  Something was coming down the trail and she makes a quick guess that it's probably a 'normal' animal.  Really what else would be wandering in the area at this hour?  Humans would have been more stealthy, though odds are, if it's wild animals, they're probably meat eaters of some source looking to browse the camp for a menu.  She quickly invokes the blessing of Gaea begging her understanding that perhaps as a devout follower of her faith to be spared being put on the menu this evening.  Maybelle feels a brief moment of divine empowerment followed by a startled feral sound of confused surprise.

Whatever is in the bush has quieted for the moment and has ceased it's advance on the camp.

The rest of the characters in the camp start to quickly wake if that's their desire, or they.. may at this point roll over and go back to sleep, or just slow to wake. (which is the default action for those who are slow to answer post will be presumed to do.)

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Turn One passes quietly.  All players may post normally for turn two.  Victoria is presumed to have her flintlock loaded at that point.

OOC: Has the map been updated? Where was the thing Brigitte got a glimpse of? Going to go on narrative descriptions, but can edit post if I have more information.

Brigitte stepped past Victoria and Maybelle and into the brush, drawing her massive axe as she went. She scanned the brush for sign of the thing that had been making the noise, alert and looking for trouble.


11:37, Today: Brigitte Morndottir rolled 23 using 1d20+6.  perception in case I need it.

Rifnox woke up from the sudden loud sounds of branches and leaves breaking followed by the stone boulder hitting the ground. He grabbed his dagger and held it out of him, still looking a bit dazed from the sudden waking "I stab anyone who comes near me" he shouted as he looked from left to right.
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Andrew looks around carefully.
The elf is ready but does not act.  Letting the group that was on watch take the lead.
He waits to back them up.

"A bear," she called back to those behind her without turning her back on the beast. "Big one. Grizzly maybe? It's not charging. But it's not going away either."

Gar rolls to his feet. He lopes across the campsite to H11 and climbs up about 10' (ground half-move to base of tree, half-move up tree). Once he has some height, he draws his weapon.

"Well, it wants something? I've used Gaea's grace to calm it for a spell, but it's not going to jump a large group of people for no reason especially with someone Brigitte's size. Either its hungry or we're near its den. We also shouldn't crowd it. Andrew, you're better with predators, any ideas?"

Maybelle wasn't letting down her guard but she wasn't panicking either, the bear wasn't going to ambush a group for no reason. Could they calm it down properly?

09:27, Today: Maybelle rolled 14 using 1d20+5.  Knowledge: Nature.
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“Actually.... it’s early spring still, so it’s still likely scavenging for food. Makes sense why it would risk upsetting us. I bet if we feed it they’ll leave peacefully. Give me a moment.”

Maybelle didn’t want to admit it was a bit of a hope the bear would leave but with the spell calming it down it was still looking for something. Maybelle’s own rations were vegetarian but she was hoping it would suffice especially since bears where omnivorous. She gathered one of her days worth of rations out of her pack, figuring a full day for her would be a meal for a bear. Carefully she brought it over and opened it for the scent to get out more before laying it close to the creature but giving it respectful space.
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Jeanne got up and drew her blade to walk up to support the party and back up Maybelle if needed.

"Ami, just make certain you don't end up on the menu."

She had nothing to add for the moment, and lets Maybelle play out her plan.

Andrew walks slowly forward.
He turns his head round to Maybelle with a funny smile on it.
Bears and wolves don't really get along to great.  Not direct enemies more we get in each others way and often fight over same resource even if we use it differently.  Bit like elves and dwarves.  Horses and cows?

He was not sure if that was the right thing to say to her but Andrew never was good when it came to being tackful.

Lady stay.  We don't want it to feel it is being hunted by a pack of wolves.  It need to feel like I am  lone wolf having a look.

So slowly and carefully he moves towards towards the bear to learn more about it.

OOC:
18:00, Today: Andrew Turner rolled 22 using 1d20+8.  Knowledge: Nature.

"I could just feed it a greataxe, you know," she responded nervously, holding her weapon out. But she held her swing. Still she was ready to defend herself and her companions if the bear made a hostile move.

"Fight it...  Scare it... Bribe it.", Jeanne remarks quietly.

She was Brigitte on this one.  What ever enchantment Maybelle had used would wear off eventually and while they had some time, this time was not indefinite.

Oh yes.

The bear is definitely hungry and makes short work of a day of rations very quickly and not particularly quietly.  It doesnt take much effort to imagine those big claws mauling a party member to tear into bits for a meal.

While the bear is eating Andrew does his best to check from a safe distance if the bear is injured.