RPG Test Trial

[Bengeance]

"I only saw 5 of them. They don't have any horses and I couldn't see any kind of weapon except clubs. They...."

Bengeance cocked his head as if he was listening to something that no one else could here. He nodded his head as everyone else waited for him to finish saying what he had started to say.

"Yes, that would be very useful to have. I wonder how I could make one of those."

 

[cIVpassIVe]

It's not that Civilious yearned to be in the wilderness, but it was where he felt most comfortable. Having grown up working outdoors, coaxing life from the soil, he felt at home amongst the trees, grasses and wildlife. As he had journeyed north from his homeland toward Licentia, he had encountered all manner of birds, and strange four-legged animals. While some of those beasts would flee from him, he learned quickly to avoid the smaller ones with grey fur or the very large brown-furred ones....

Civilious now had feelings nearing regret for signing up with the group. With the number of people in the group, it would be nearly impossible to avoid or hide from anything they came across, which had been relatively easy to do, even with his considerable bulk, when he had traveled alone. While his traveling companions seemed kind enough-none of them as of yet had made disparaging comments about his abnormal size-he felt uneasy around them. Civilous couldn't put his finger on it, but it seemed like there was simply too much going on behind their eyes....

The rain was refreshing, however. As a life-long farmer, moisture from the sky was always appreciated. Pushing the carts through the mud was easy work, but it's similarity to pushing a plow made his heart sick for his mother's calm assuring voice. Noone talked, but Civilous could tell there was general appreciation for his knack for getting the wagons unstuck in the muck...

Suddenly, the one called Bengeance erupted out of the brush. Five strange men, headed their way! He had heard many rumors of bands of ruthless "barbarians" roving the country side, pillaging and murdering groups of settlers. He had never encountered any of them in his travels, but the thought of them and their hateful ways, filled him with anger! While he had never killed a man before - hurt, yes, but never killed - Civilous seethed with a desire to do more than just hurt these men....

 

[Swissempire]

The sound of hooves woke Swissy up from his quick rest under a Rignultious Tree he had been sketching. Quickly he finished his short desription of it "The Rignultious Tree is a that is skinny at the base, grows fat around the middle, which holds the lush pale Rignut Fruit, and grows skinny again at an empty top. Named because it is much like my Aunt Rignultious in that regard". Putting away his Bark Tablet(good for travel and writing with the new Licentian Aphabet), he got up to join the discusstion. It seems that a band of traveling barbarians had been found.

Everyone was talking about what to do, Bengeance and Civilious calling for action, and the one known as Sigma III calling for trickery. Calmly, Swissy waited for a quiet, "How do we now that this group means harm? I know for a fact that many groups of nomadic traders wander these parts. I think before we slaughter these people, we should find out why they are here. In fact, i'll volunteer to go talk to them" Swissy looked around to a bunch of dumbstruck faces, and with his smug smile, waited for a reponse.

 

[Strider]

"Traders? Out here? The only city nearby is our own, and there is no trade paths in this area!" Striker said quickly. "Okay, everyone.. lets get out of here and hope they didn't see us!"

"Dodonna! Take Veera's horse, you and Georgette try to hold them off on horses! Bengeance, get back out there and follow their progress! If they haven't seen us, then I don't want to do anything that might give us away! Everyone else, get the wagons moving!" he quickly ordered.

Striker ran for the nearest wagon, scooping up any items that was taken out. Throwing them unceremoniously into the back. Running around the side, he hopped onto the seat and slowly got the wagon moving off of the rock.

Within minutes, both wagons were off of the rock, moving towards a old forest to the east. They never made it that far.

With a loud "crack" the ground fell in, swallowing the wagons and all of those in them.

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AGI Rolls: All members except Dodonna, Georgette, and Bengeance.
No Injury (scratch's, bruises, cuts, etc.): Difficulty 5
Minor Injury (broken bones, etc.): Difficulty 4
Major Injury (cracked skull, punctured lung, etc.): Difficulty 2

Strider - 5 (No Injury)
Sigma - 1 (Major Injury)
Veera - 2 (Minor Injury)
Swissempire - 2 (Minor Injury)
cIVpassIVe - 3 (Minor Injury)

CTL Rolls: Sigma, Veera, Swissempire, and CIVpassIVe
Difficulty 6 if Major Injury
Difficluty 4 if Minor Injury

Sigma - 3 (Failed)
Veera - 4 (Passed)
Swissempire - 2 (Failed)
cIVpassIVe - 1 (Failed)

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OOC: Here's the situtation, everyone except CivGeneral, GeorgeOP, and Bengeance have fallen in a "hole" of sometype. For the time being, we are safe from the barbarians. The three who were lucky (or unlucky) enough not to join us, are on horseback and still have barbarian problems. Everyone who recieved a Minor or Major injury in the fall are "unconscious" for the time being, unless you passed your control roll (that means no talking to those who didn't). Anyone who received a Major Injury is in a life threatening situtation (that would be Sigma).

So, here's the deal. Striker and Veera (the only two people who made it "awake" during the fall) has to find, recover, and aid everyone who fell down the hole. Meanwhile, Bengeance, CivGeneral, and GeorgeOP is still stuck upwards, outnumbered by barbarians. So they either have to flee.. or stand and fight (it's up to them).

 

[Swissempire]

OOC: Just thinking in my unconcious state

"Get in the friggin' wagon Swissy" yelled Striker. "Fine" Swissy siad as he jumped in the back. Under his breath he muttered "Paranoid Prick, thinks he is Chip himself, the way he acts". Civilious, looked back at Swissy "Sorry, i didn't catch that, what did you say?" "uhh, nothing. Have you looked inside yourself recently?" "No, i've been lifting up wagons out of the muuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!" Swissy heard something crack and felt himself falling.

He thought he opened his eyes, but that was not possible. Swissy looked around him, and all he saw was pink clouds and a dark red sky. Three beings were floating near him. He recognized them as Giddio, Papirus and Manditon. Giddio spoke in his high v\squeky voice to the other two deities, not knowing i was awake "What a loser, falling in a giant pit" Swissy sat up and said "Well we're not ALL omnipotent," not think of the ramifications. Manditon spoke up" Giddio, begone, your presence is not needed." Turing to Swissy he said "Do not worry, the Omegacat will be visiting you or the Large One. It is the Tri that may soon bring bring a tear to my eye" Swissy, totally taken aback by the wierd god poetry, simply said "Thanks" Papirus looked up from large city block sized tome she was holding and said simply "Pink for poison, and Green for Good" At that all went dark.

 

[cIVpassIVe]

OOC: following suit....

Civilious felt himself conflicted by what the Commander had ordered. His anger made him want to stay and fight, but orders were difficult to ignore. He jumped in the front of the wagon, just was Swissy jumped in the back.

The feeling in his stomach and the whine of the horses was all he noticed as the ground gave way...

Civilious dreamed of a place of dark fog and jagged rock...he was alone...but not entirely...for there was something...something sleek and black...lurking just beyond his sight...he tried to reach out for it...only to grasp wispy tendrils of nothingness...he throught he heard a growl...

 

[Sigma]

Sigma had no time to react. The last thing he remembered was a crack, followed by a scream, as he fell out the back of the wagon tumbling into the earth. As he hit the bottom of the hole, the wagon landed on top of him, breaking many bones and cutting off circulation to the rest of his body.

He woke up seconds later. Time seemed to have stopped. He tried to move his arms and legs, but he couldn't feel the rest of his body. The back of his head felt wet. He could see a dim light far above him. He thought he heard voices, but they sounded miles away. He tried to take a breath, but his chest was pinned down. As feeling began to return to his extremities, the pain was so immense that he blacked out again.

 

[Bengeance]

"Traders? Out here? The only city nearby is our own, and there is no trade paths in this area!" Striker said quickly. "Okay, everyone.. lets get out of here and hope they didn't see us!"

"Dodonna! Take Veera's horse, you and Georgette try to hold them off on horses! Bengeance, get back out there and follow their progress! If they haven't seen us, then I don't want to do anything that might give us away! Everyone else, get the wagons moving!" he quickly ordered.

Bengeance had gotten up on his horse and started back toward where he had seen the barbarians. No sooner had he gotten back into the trees then he heard a great rumbling crack sound from just behind him. He turned back just in time to see the back of the last wagon disappearing into a hole in the ground that had not been there before.

"I wonder what did that?.....OH CRAP, everyone is down in the hole."

Bengeance hurried over to the edge of the hole but couldn't see anyone. He called down to them but no one answered. He looked up and saw that Georgette and Dodonna were still here as well. He called over to them.

"Can you see anyone down there?"

"No, we can't see anyone. What are we going to do about the barbarians?"

"Oh yeah, the barbarians. I don't know. They didn't look that tough and we've got horses, but we need to help the others if we can. Maybe we can find someway down into the pit to get them out."

"But we can't be finding a way into the pit if the barbarians are going to be coming up on us any minute."

"I've got an idea. Let's try to hide nearby so that we can watch for sign of either the barbarians or our people. I'll watch the barbarians to see if they are still coming this way. You two hide in amongst the trees on this side of the pit. The direction that the barbarians were coming from should bring them close by us if they keep coming this way. If they get too close to the pit we will jump out of the trees and attack them."

"Okay, we'll hide in that thicket there."

Bengeance nodded. He knew that if they could keep quiet they might not attract the attention of the barbarians. He knew horses well enough by now to know how dangerous one could be if you got in the way when they were running and he hoped that if it came to fighting they might be able to ride down the barbarians before much could happen. But if it did come to a fight Georgette was about twice the size of any of the barbarians he had seen in the group.

He picked his way through the trees trying to make as little noise as possible and keeping an eye out for the barbarians. As he neared the edge of clearing where he had seen the barbarians just minutes ago he thought he caught a glimpse of movement in the clearing.

OOC: I'm gonna leave it up to Strider about where the barbs go.

 

[GeorgeOP]

Georgette grabbed her club and got prepared for a fight. She hadn't expected to actually battle out here, and she wasn't looking forward to it. This was supposed to be a simple...

The ground started shaking hard and there was a defining roar. Her horse nearly tossed her from the saddle. Someone must have done something against Jelena. She felt a strong wind blowing in her face, and when she turned around she found herself at the edge of the world.

Then she realized it wasn't the edge of the world, but the ground behind her had had sunk into the ground. All of the wagons and most of the people had been sucked into the hole. She was about to ride away from the hole to avoid being sucked in when Bengence called out to her.

"Can you see anyone down there?"

"No, we can't see anyone. What are we going to do about the barbarians?" asked Dodonna, the only other person not in the hole.

"Oh yeah, the barbarians. I don't know. They didn't look that tough and we've got horses, but we need to help the others if we can. Maybe we can find someway down into the pit to get them out."

"But we can't be finding a way into the pit if the barbarians are going to be coming up on us any minute."

"I've got an idea. Let's try to hide nearby so that we can watch for sign of either the barbarians or our people. I'll watch the barbarians to see if they are still coming this way. You two hide in amongst the trees on this side of the pit. The direction that the barbarians were coming from should bring them close by us if they keep coming this way. If they get too close to the pit we will jump out of the trees and attack them."

"Okay, we'll hide in that thicket there," replied Georgette. What she didn't say to Bengence was whether she would attack the bandits. She had lived off the land as they had. They were just trying to survive. It was survival of the fittest. At the time, the people in the hole weren't the fittest. This was just supposed to be a babysitting operation, not a suicide attempt. Hopefully the bandits would pass. If not, Georgette would just have to find a chance to ride away. She just hoped the no one would do something foolish.

 

[Sigma]

OOC: Is someone going to save me here? My internal organs are going to start dying soon...

 

[Bengeance]

OOC: So far only Veera is awake and capable of doing something. We on the surface have no idea what is going on down there. Hopefully she will be able to do something.

 

[GeorgeOP]

OOC: How deep is the hole? How far away from the hole is my hiding place. I'm assuming we dismounted from our horses, or are we still mounted? How close to the edge of the hole do we have to get to see the other members in the hole?

 

[Strider]

"argh, what the hell was that?" Striker moaned, spitting dust and dirt out of his mouth. He looked around quickly, and to his utter surprise... found dug-out walls of granite, instead of just rocks and dirt. After further inspection, it seemed that they didn't just fall into any "hole," but a mine shaft of some sort. There was a small underground lake,

He soon forgot his curiosity when he suddenly remembered the others. Quickly turning his attention to the nearby wagon (OOC: Striker was on the bench when it fell... so physics would compute that he got tossed off the wagon during the fall. Those *inside* of the wagon however... would still be inside.) He quickly got to work finding, and recovering his companions.

After a short while, he found Civilious. He quickly ran over to the un-moving guard and after a quick scan of his injuries, attempted to awaken him. Civilious had barely awaken, when Striker noticed Sigma.

He was layed out, giving off a hoarse rattle with every breath that was taken. Realizing that something was wrong, he fearfully moved toward Sigma, hoping for the best.

OOC: As there has been no post by Veera, I'll just automatically consider that everyone else is now conscious again.

Map of the Shaft we've fallen into:

Map of the Grasslands where we orginally was:

Map Note: The raised cliff like areas are suppose to symbolize the hills. the barbarians on on the other side of those. The wagon on the map is the area that we were camping on... and then area where the wagons fell into the hole (I know there is only one wagon in the photo... give me a break). Also, the wagon is directly behind the tree inside of the center of the map.

OCC: Now that we have more maps, I'll give those up above a chance to respond to the actual terrian of the land. For those of us stuck below, we first have to get ourselves together.. and then find a way out.

For the three who are still on the grasslands, the purpose of me seperating the group, was because I didn't want to spend the entire story with just my guy giving out orders... and you guys following them. I want to give everyone a chance to decide their actions, and see how it effects the story. Stay on your horse, dismount off your horse, whatever you want to. It's your choice.

 

[Swissempire]

OOC: Should Sigma stay uncocncious while he is gone to memphis?

Swissy's eyes were still blurry, but other than that and a large gash running down his torso he was okay. Wait a second, there was a huge gash running down his torso. The pains suddenly registered "Holy Friggin Manditon, this Mama-mater hurts like the Abyss." Everyone else seemed to be shaking off there injuries too. Swissy looked around, and dicovered that they weren't in a hole, but a...."granite cavern" he heard Strikers voice echo.

Quick as he could, he grabbed his wicker backpack, and made his way over to the underground lake. The water looked pristine, but he dared not drink it. Curiously, to the side he saw plant life growing. "huh" he grunted, moving over to it. There was this odd looking trees and ferns growing out of the boulder. Straing at the oddly out of place pink and green ferns and vine, he suddenly his escapade with the gods. "oh, now i get it." he remarked. He picked one of the largeing green leaves and using some vines, he bound it to his gash. Then he picked some berries and thorns from the pink ferns, just in case. "Over here" he yelled. He didn't notice some odd rippling in the water

 

[Strider]

OOC: A question for everyone. What do you think of the use of the two "visuals" I posted above? Like them or dislike them? Also, let me clarify. Sigma would still be knocked out, CivGeneral was awaken by me... and Veera woke everyone else up. Sigma should be the only one in dreamland at the moment. Which.. for him, is likely a good thing. One thing I have discovered though, is that there is really no stat for "healing." I guess wisdom will have to do though.

 

[Sigma]

OOC: I'm here and I have internet access - for free! Yay! Now someone save me.
Oh and by the way, I could've sworn that CivGeneral was stuck up above while cIVpassIVe fell in the hole.

 

[Bengeance]

OOC: I like the visuals. It will provide us with a more realistic roleplay than just making up the scenery in our own heads.

 

[cIVpassIVe]

OCC: Like the visuals as well, and yes, Civilious is in the whole, and was just woken by Striker

Civilious stirred...it was dark, just as his dream had been, but here he was no longer alone. Striker crouched near him, and as soon as he noticed Civilious awake, he moved on to someone else...

Civilious took stock of his body, he could tell something wasn't quite right. Then he noticed that as he tried to feel his right side that he couldn't life his right arm. The pain in his shoulder was unlike anything he had ever felt before, and his right arm hung limply at his stide. He poked and prodded his right arm, and didn't experience any additional pain, so he concluded the problem was in his shoulder....

He propped himself up on his left arm and looked around. They had fallen into a cavernous underground area, which had a slightly sweet smell in the air. Civilious arose and saw Striker standing near one of the demolished wagons. As he approached, he could see someones legs amongst the rubble.

"What happened?" asked Civilious.

"The ground must have caved in. Unfortunately, it looks as if the wagon landed on top of Sigma...it doesn't look good. Can you help me get this wagon off of him?"

Civilious lifted up the battered hull of the wagon and placed it slightly away from the body....there was a sickening moan....

 

[Strider]

A few hours late, things below had calmed down considerably. After tending to Sigma's wounds, they set about recovering what supplies they could. Creating a small cart out of what remained of the wagons, they loaded Sigma and as much supplies in it as possible, then set out through the north passage to explore the mine shaft, and hopefully find the way out.

They soon found signs of humanity, a mining pick, a small bundle of items, a bedroll. The items became more numerous the farther they went, untill they turned a corner to find a village.

It was located within a fairly large cavern, with only two entrances. One entrance had a set of mining tracks, leading to who knows where. The village, if it even deserves that title, consisted of about 6 raised wooden buildings.

"What the hell is this?" Striker said after turning the corner. "This isn't ours is it? Wait, this place looks abandoned. I wonder what it was used for."

Not even caring if the others followed him, Striker walked into the cavern. His curiosity led him, not only walk into the center of the village, but to actually walk into one of the houses.

"Nope, no one home, and it seems that it's the same way throughout." he stated after returning. "Okay! Everyone spread out! Search this place, I want to know what the hell it is! If you find anything, find me at once!"

The Cavern:

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Utegadi had been the leader for some time, ever since the last leader died of sickness. His people had walked these lands for hundreds of years, so it was only natural that they would be unhappy having others take over it. Utegadi hated these strangers had no only been crossing their lands, but making their homes on them!

His scouts had reported the band, causing a grin to spread across his face. In minutes, his band was on their feet, hungry for the blood of those who has invaded their lands.

The crazed band crossed over the hill, only to find a hole in plains. They charged down, and quickly reached the hole. It didn't take long for them to discover what had happened. They had fallen into one of their own creations! How had people so stupid managed to push his tribe back into these lands? It must be only by sheer numbers!

Utegadi, still laughing, ordered his band to turn around. There will be no blood split today.

OOC: The three left above now have to decide on what they want to do. Remember, that you have no idea that the "hole" was actually a covered mine shaft. So logic would be that everyone who made the adventure down is currently dead. Usually, the best option at this point would be to turn around and head home (which is my recommendation also ), however, it is ultimately up to you. You can report the barbarian band to the closest city (which would be Micalian's Gate), then go anywhere you want from there.

 

[Swissempire]

"What the Chip" Swissy exclaimed when they walked into the village. He could not think of anything more odd than this. He also had an odd feeling. A feeling like the village was non-deserted. Not inhabited, just non-deserted. Immediatly after Strikers instrucitons, Swissy walked towards the large hut on stilts.

Upon entering the room, Swissy was facinated by a Large, Golden Idol that adorned the wall. It was a woman holding in one hand a pickaxe, and in the other hand a child, who was succling here breast. Below it was a golden altar. Swissy walked up to the altar, and saw on it a golden-bladed dagger, with dried blood on it. In a bowl to the left was..... A HUMAN HEART. Swissy vomited, looking up only to yell "Striker, STRIKER". Swissy stumbled back and hit his head on something. He looked up, and saw in cages above him, 10 teenage boys, dead, without hearts, and "other parts". Screaming frantically now, Swissy ran out of the hut, screaming "Striker, Striker, Anyone". Over and over he made the sign of Chip. He fell to the ground, drew a circle around himself, and rocked back and forth, muttering a prayer for those boys and his souls.

OOC: Strider, like the models, there amazing, but could you mark where we are on them. The models are awesome!