o.k. the party is split. let get to the adventure!

and the resultant of the Rat/Anvil checking all the bodies et al was ...................?

8 gp's, 13 sp's, and 6 cp's, are discovered a few arrows remain intact as well as a few orcish shields and spare bits of armor. a strange set of footprints are found that lead of into the woods and then are gone but not much else. most things are damaged from the fire.

At least that's what SD said in his post. What are the plans now?

Anvil, Rat, and T'sal are left with Sprinkles to ponder their fate and choose their path. It is now around 10:00 a.m. with a partly cloudy sky and a slight SW breeze.


O.k., Anvil and DeGotti, choose the move and Rat will follow. Let's split the booty in fifths. Give the dog a bone.

Rat checks out his new booty whistling "This Old Man".


and ..................

Rat's overseer will be with the grandkids from April 4 thru 14th and probably will not get on line until after. Feel free to direct Rat as needed.

Life has been crazy.

I will get caught up on the reading and post something more clever (I hope) sometime today. I'm glad things are up and running again.

Two quick questions:
1. Does T'Sal need to study to get the upgrade to second level spells ready for use?
2. Do the tracks that head off into the woods head inthe general direction that the odd dude with the wand (and the scream) were from?

In general I would think conitniuing to head towards the ruins is a good idea, but whenever you hear a damsel in distress scream, aren't all heroes duty bound to follow?

Assuming that the tracks head in the general direction of the wand and scream, I would think we head that way. (SD - what direction would that be?) If it takes us away from where we think we want to go, we can deal with that later.

Also, we now only have one fighter and a dog. We need a marching order. I would think Anvil goes out front as he is most likely to be able to survive a surprise attack. Does rat think he can manage the big dog? Does he hant to do so?

Anvil - T'Sal - Rat and Sprinkles.

or

Anvil and Sprinkles - T'Sal and Rat

I'm thinking we keep the spellcaster in the middle. Opinions?

Yes T'sal needs to study and all need to rest to gain the advantages of level 2. Right now all are still running on level 1 stats until your characters make time to rest and study. Rat will also need a small study period to gain his thieves skills upgrade. 8 hrs. rest 8 hrs. study.

yes, the footsteps lead of in the direction of the scream. if i'm not turned around that is in a northern direction which would eventually take you close to the bridge.

In general I would prefer to take on the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune with one more level under my belt. So typically I would call for a halt to study before doing anything else.

However, in this case there are two clear problems with that:
1. The longer we wait - the farther away the bad guys get with the girl. Right now we shouldn't be far behind them - it didn't take long to kill the zombies and search the bodies I presume.
2. Clearly the bad guys know where we are. It is doubtful that they think the zombies succeeded. They have attacked once already. Staying here thus seems dangerous.

So Anvil is inclined to chase after the bad guys. But this is not a certain choice - what says the rest of the group?

loves doggies. He'll take him.

He also votes to move on after the tracks first. We can rest later when we know something.

Rat is off at 4:30 AM tomorrow as previously stated. He will try to check in from afar. However, you guys run him as needed until I return in 8-9 days.

it now looks like Rat will be checking in every other day or so from the road.

Hoping to adventure soon, Rat hums Home On The Range.

T'Sal is going to be using Magic Missile for both her spells. Do I still need to study it if I haven't used it yet?

I say we at least try to rest a bit before going off.

I will be out of town this weekend so I won't have computer access sat or sunday.

Perhaps we'd better if T'Sal insists. Rat wants to bunk with her.

I think that if you had the spell and didn't use it you still have it. Thus you have ONE magic missile spell. To get the second one allowed by the advancement in level would require rest and study. SD -is this correct?

The other issue then is how long we would need to rest in order to get the second spell. SD has already posted it here somewhere if someone wants to look it up. I think it was around 9 hours because you would have to study enough to go up a level. Is that worth it?

If yes, where do you want to stay? Here in the bunkhouse where they obviously know we are?

I think maybe we should rest and then move on. I have the one spell ready so I think I am good. As long as we get the LVL increase then I'm happy. We can stay where we are or move out, it doesn't matter to me.

Ok, I looked back and found SD's post on going up a level. We need to rest for 12 hours to get the hit points and spells.

I am not quite sure about DeGotti's post. He says both that he would prefer to go up a level and that he will leave or go. Anvil leans towards going, but will stay or go. Rat will do whatever gives him the most time behind T'Sal. So we basically have a non-committal group. We to be decisive! You do realize that decise determines who gets to swing first, right?

Well, I certainly understand the desire to go up a level. We have one expressed desire to stay and study/rest. So lets do that - we'll pick up the trail at nightfall as second level characters. I'm guessing that means we will stay in the bunkhouse for now. The bad guys know we are here, but it is daylight and where else would we go?

I'll wait a bit to see if anyone has an opinion/response to this. After a while I'll post on the game thread - or either of you would be welcome to do so.

Anvil looks forward to his extra hit points.