An Arl's Ransom

[spyguy1503]

Wallace steps between Davne and the owl, and casts an arcane bolt.

[JadedDM]

Alenka casts an arcane bolt at the owl, but it nimbly flies to the side and only takes a glancing blow. It then flies straight for Alenka, slashing at the mage with its razor sharp talons. Alenka's rock armor helps somewhat, but she still gets up cut up in the process.

Simone and Wallace both move to aid her, but the Orlesian is quicker. She fires her crossbow, nailing the owl right in the head. It drops to the ground, limp, and moves no more.

Alenka prods it with her staff, then nods. "Good work," she says.

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Initiative Order
Alenka - 18
Blight Owl - 15
Simone - 14
Davne - 9
Wallace - 7

Round 6!

Alenka uses a major action to cast Arcane Bolt at the Blight Owl [TN 10] (3d6+4): 5+1+3+4 = 13, pass. She consumes 2 MP. The Blight Owl makes a DEX (Acrobatics) test [TN 14] (3d6+7): 19, pass. It only takes (1d6): 5 (-1 armor) = 4 damage. Blight Owl is now near death.
Blight Owl uses a minor action to fly 2 yards to the west and a major action to attack Alenka [TN 11] with its talons (3d6+7): 4+4+1+7 = 16, STUNT! (1 point). It doesn't use any stunts. It deals (1d6+6): 9 (-4 rock armor) = 5 damage. Alenka is now moderately wounded.
Simone uses a major action to fire her crossbow at the Blight Owl after aiming (+1 to hit) and in the dark (-1 to hit) at short range (3d6+3): 4+6+5+3 = 18, hit for (2d6+3): 11 (-1 armor) = 10 damage. Blight Owl is killed.
Davne is dying.
Wallace has no target.

(OOC: End combat.)

[HorizonsDream]

"Are you all right?" Simone asks Alenka as she puts away her crossbow.

[mgbevan]

Strange visions enter Davne 's mind. It was quite surreal, the sun was out, rather odd for this time of day. She could see herself running but never seemed to make any ground. And then hoot, hooting from every direction... Then darkness, or was it just night?
She let's out a confused croak lying delirious on the grassy path.

[HorizonsDream]

Simone rushes to Davne's side to see if there is anything she can do for the woman. "Do either of you know how to heal?" she asks the mages.

[JadedDM]

"Assuming I don't contact the taint, I should be fine," Alenka says. She looks down at Davne and sniffs. "I don't know the Heal spell, nor do I have any bandages."

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(OOC: Rules for healing:

Health and Healing
There are three ways to recover lost Health.

The first is through the heal action. You must be within 2 yards of them and have bandages ready (per the ready action). Make a TN 11 Cunning (Healing) test. If successful, your ally gains Health equal to your Cunning plus your dragon die result; that ally can’t benefit from another heal action until he takes more damage. The second is to be the target of a Heal spell. The third is to take a five-minute breather after a combat encounter. At the end of the breather you recover 6 + your Constitution in Health. But you can’t take a breather if you have Health 0. (There are also long-term ways to recover Health, but this adventure won’t last long enough to worry about them.))

[spyguy1503]

"I can heal her!" Wallace says. He casts heal for 3 MP on her.

[JadedDM]

Wallace lays hands on Davne and casts his spell. The worst of her wounds heal up, and some color returns to her cheeks. She is still in bad shape, but she is no longer dying.

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Wallace casts Heal on Davne, expending 3 MP. She is healed (3d6): 10 HP.

[spyguy1503]

Wallace patches her up with his first-aid kit.

[JadedDM]

Pulling out his medkit, Wallace begins working on Davne's wounds. He cleans her wounds, applies healing poultices to them, and bandages her up.

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Wallace makes a CUN (Healing) test [TN 11] (3d6+3): 6+5+6+3 = 20, pass. Davne is healed 9 HP.

[HorizonsDream]

"Is she going to be okay?" Simone asks. It seemed like some of her wounds healed up, but she wasn't any type of healer so she didn't really know.

[spyguy1503]

"She should be alright. Now the best way to wake someone near death is gently." Wallace says. "Davne" he calls softly.

[mgbevan]

Images begin to come into the vision of Davne's sight, everything was awfully blurry, but she was able to make out by squinting her three companions huddled around her. Her head slumps back down onto the earth in rest, "Ow... What happened?"

[JadedDM]

"It appears she will live," Alenka says dryly, giving Wallace a sharp look. "I suggest we rest a moment, then move on. Someone should keep an eye out for any more blighted creatures."

After a five minute break, everyone feels much better. Alenka gets to her feet. "Let's push on then. The rendezvous point isn't much further."

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The party takes a five minute breather:
Simone regains 7 HP. She is now fully healed.
Davne regains 9 HP. Her condition improves from seriously wounded to moderately wounded.
Wallace is already fully healed.
Alenka regains 6 HP. She is now fully healed.

[HorizonsDream]

Simone pats Davne gently on the back. "I suggest you don't take on anymore flying creatures," she says teasingly before they move on with their mission.