In reply to Aethul (msg # 811):

You may be able to track this beast as well...

I can certainly track it, although some care is required, lest it circle back to it's tracks.

Balir responds matter-of-factly "Do what you must, I will protect you."

He notes Balir's continued over confidence, but nods and smiles. So do we want to track it or try to lure it back here?

In reply to Aethul (msg # 815):

"Tracking it will be more certain of killing it, but it may prove a very useful unwitting ally in fighting a greater evil here. Hence, can we lure it here? Is it even feasible?

It is feasible to try, I will have to hunt up something as bait and then watch the wind. We will also need to find a safe camp, lest it decide we are more delectable. Fire will be no issue , if it is a beast of fire.

In reply to Aethul (msg # 817):

"Good idea. We should find a place on the opposite side of this base, so as not to be inside, and also not to distract the beast from here."

He will lead those not going to distract the beast around the stronghold to the other side, and look for a place about a mile or so away...

Since the conversation seems to lapse for a moment while the two experienced trackers are thinking, Balir fills in the space with needless chatter.
"What do those things eat?"
"How fast are they?
"Do they have weak spots you could point out?
"Would they be affected by the cold?"
"Could it also be turned into a Vampyre if the Vampyre win?"

In reply to Balir Ironhide (msg # 819):

"They probably are vulnerable in the eyes at least."

In reply to Balir Ironhide (msg # 819):

"Not sure,. but good question. Anybody know the answer?"

He thinks a bit...what to roll for the answer?

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 821):

Physiology: monster at -2

He heads out hunting for something to use as bait.



[Private to GM:  14:02, Today: Aethul rolled 14 using 3d6.  Tracking (Hunting).  By One.
It seems 14 is all I am rolling today.]

Balir is unsure whether he should accompany Aethul or not.  No explanation was given for him leaving the group, but he seemed sure of himself.  After a moment of indecision, Balir decides that Kirpich needs protection more than Aethul, and sticks with the main party.

In reply to Aethul (msg # 823):
Aethul finds the tracks of a rather hurried sheep that must have fled the farmstead when it was attacked. Sheep tend not to run for far, so it should be within an hour's walk.

He begins to stalk it, as they tend to loop back around and also tend to group up as best they can.

In reply to Aethul (msg # 826):

After about an hour you come upon fresh spoor. The sheep is near.

Moving quietly as he tracks, he catches his toe on a root and falls making a fair racket...



[Private to GM: 12:45, Today: Aethul rolled 15 using 3d6.  Stealth. I hate this die roller.]

In reply to Aethul (msg # 828):

Meanwhile, Kirpich leads the group to the other side of the stronghold to look for another farmhouse.

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 829):

You are going into the woods that surround the tower?

In reply to Narrator (msg # 830):

If that is where we need to go to get to the other side of the tower, yes. Is there cleared land somewhere past that?

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 831):

That might be a day's hike. A lot of the land may have been cleared, but 40 years without being worked takes its toll.
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In reply to Narrator (msg # 832):

Ppl? What is found nearby on the other side of the fortress? Can we find a clearing to camp in? Talking about an hour or so...

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 833):

PPL was a phone thing. It likes to spontaneously insert spaces and random letters.

There is a good deal of cleared land (at least a mile's worth South and East)to one side of the raised roadway, and a tangle of overgrowth and fairly mature trees surrounding the tower and its precincts to the west.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 834):

Ahh, yes, phone trying to o be smart. They need to turn that feature off...

The fire critter is in what direction? Also, what is to the north?

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 835):

The beast is to the east. Northport is to thr north.