Kotin's Notes

Exploits of the Bandit Cleavers

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A seeker points a skeletal finger at you!

A seeker hurls a powerful lightning bolt at you!

AS: +269 vs DS: +77 with AvD: +33 + d100 roll: +84 = +309

... and hits for 53 points of damage!

Nasty shock to left arm stiffens joints.  Nice and painful.

You are stunned for 3 rounds!

 

Focusing on your bloodlust, you shake yourself out of the stun!

The redness fades from the world and you begin to breathe harder.

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A human rogue swings a backsword at you!

AS: +429 vs DS: +22 with AvD: +16 + d100 roll: +99 = +522

... and hits for 38 points of damage!

Banged your left shin. That'll raise a good welt.

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3rd day of Lormesta -->  Bandits, sleeping on the job.

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[Glatoph, Shallow Gully]
Snow is piled in deep drifts and slows your movement through the gully.  By the edge of the river a large tree stands covered with ice.  Its branches, like skeletal arms, droop low giving it the appearance that it is waiting to catch something.  You also see a frost giant, a half-elven marauder that is sleeping and a war hammer.
Also here: Dardosei
Obvious paths: north, southwest

A half-elven marauder snores quietly in his sleep.

The half-elven marauder slowly comes back to consciousness.

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28th day of Eorgaen  (at level 43) -->  Alendi and Jalodg had bounties in minotaurs and troll kings.  

 

Fighting Minotaurs:

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[Roll result: 222 (open d100: 73)]
A lesser minotaur rushes towards you and connects with a shoulder check!
The lesser minotaur manages to knock you flat on your back!  24 hits!

Roundtime: 15 sec.

A lesser minotaur swings a curved silvery white greataxe at you!
  AS: +380 vs DS: +128 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +47 = +331
   ... and hits for 43 points of damage!
   Slash along your lower back.
   You are stunned for 2 rounds!  <-- I broke the stun and killed it.  
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Alendi's group just arrived.

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Fighting Troll Kings:

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A massive troll king pounds at you with its fist!

AS: +505 vs DS: +130 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +21 = +428

... and hits for 63 points of damage!

Whoosh! Several ribs driven into your lungs. <-- I was already enraged and broke the stun immediately.  I only received a scratch!

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21st day of Eorgaen  -->  Fighting level 72 bandits while I'm level 43:

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A human thug glances at you and shouts, "Hey, lookit the sissy boy!  Better run, sissy boy!"  <-- Is that a challenge?
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You rage across the battlefield, striking with unrelenting fury!
You swing a perfect vultite greataxe at a human thug!
The human thug evades the attack with incredible finesse!
You swing a perfect vultite greataxe at a halfling thug!
  AS: +361 vs DS: +211 with AvD: +44 + d100 roll: +74 = +268
   ... and hit for 138 points of damage!
   Awesome slash severs the halfling thug's left arm!
   A jagged stump is all that remains!
   The thug's reinforced shield falls to the ground.
The halfling thug rolls over and dies.
A faint silvery glow fades from around a halfling thug.
A halfling thug seems a bit less imposing.  <-- Not so imposing now, is he?

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20th day of Eorgaen  -- >  Mni joins the ranks of the Bandit Cleavers.  Here is her cleaving initiation:

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Mni gestures at a human bandit.

The ground begins to shake violently, making it hard to stand.
A human bandit bounces along the snow as the tremors shake.
 

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=====   6th day of Eoantos

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Alendi --  6th day of Eoantos 

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[Icemule Trace, Town Center]

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Alendi nods to you.
Alendi rubs his chin thoughtfully.

You smile at Alendi.

Alendi waves to you.
You nod.

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Alendi whispers, "I was going to ask if you would let me hire you to help with bandits!"

You stand back up.

Alendi whispers, "They're in the vipershroud."

You heartily say, "Sounds fun."

Alendi whispers, "It would be a little dangerous and/or interesting for you to engage them, but you could always drag me if things looked bad."

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You heartily say, "That will be no problem for the Bandit Cleavers."

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[Vipershroud, Edge of Settlement]

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Alendi says, "My bandits shouldn't attack you on sight, I don't think, but if you see an opening you're welcome to engage them."
You heartily say, "Ready."

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You heartily say, "There always be an opening."
Alendi says, "As long as we aren't both incapacitated at the same time, things should go fine."
Alendi grins.
You heartily say, "Rage breaks stuns."
You smile.

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Alendi says, "I would suggest that the first priority if it looks like I'm taking a beating is to drag me, though."

Alendi asks, "Do you use statues?"
You heartily say, "I should be fine."
Alendi searches around for a moment.
You heartily ask, "Drag you?"

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[Vipershroud, Murky Valley]

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A gnomish brigand suddenly leaps from his hiding place!
A half-elven outlaw suddenly leaps from his hiding place!
A human thief suddenly leaps from his hiding place!

A human thief swings a broadsword at Alendi!
With no room to spare, Alendi manages to parry the blow with his mithril maul!

A half-elven outlaw kicks his leg at Alendi's groin, but Alendi manages to turn away in time, resulting in a light kick to the leg instead.
A gnomish brigand pulls out a white crystal and rubs it!
A gnomish brigand looks considerably more imposing.

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You assault a gnomish brigand with an unrelenting fury!
You swing a sharpened steel claidhmore at a gnomish brigand!
The gnomish brigand evades the attack by a hair!
You swing a sharpened steel claidhmore at a gnomish brigand!
  AS: +304 vs DS: +266 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +78 = +148
   ... and hit for 54 points of damage!
   The gnomish brigand twists away but is caught with a hard slash!
   Back is broken!
   The gnomish brigand is knocked to the ground!
   The gnomish brigand is stunned!
You swing a sharpened steel claidhmore at a gnomish brigand!
  AS: +304 vs DS: +216 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +57 = +177
   ... and hit for 64 points of damage!
   Crossing slash to chest catches the gnomish brigand's attention!

You throw back your head and let out a blood-curdling howl!

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Alendi says, "Well."

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Alendi says, "That went really well."

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You heartily say, "The Bandit Cleavers gets the job done."

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You grin.
Alendi adopts an agreeable expression.
You feel fully energetic again.

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You quietly whisper to Alendi, "What train are these?"
Alendi whispers, "Should be about 69."

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You quietly whisper to Alendi, "Only 31 trains aboves me."

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Alendi says, "Only."

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=====  4th day of Eoantos

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Brokkrsten -- 4th day of Eoantos.  

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Brokkrsten says, "Bandits. Onna trail."

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Speaking heartily to Brokkrsten, you ask, "How tough these bandits?"

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Kaladriel says, "Tougeranme."

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Speaking to you, Brokkrsten says, "90-sumptin. Jus swing."
You chuckle.

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You heartily say, "Bandit Cleavers has taken mid 60s, this will be first 90's... sounds fun."

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Brokkrsten grins.
Brokkrsten nods.

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Brokkrsten says, "Iodina left."

Brokkrsten says, "Pity, she'd had fun."
You adopt an agreeable expression.

Kaladriel says, "Love iodina."

Kaladriel nods.

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Kaladriel says, "She's uh good wun."

Kaladriel says, "As far uhs women go uh mean."

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Brokkrsten says, "And.... it never hurts ta have someone who can put yer throat back..."

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Kaladriel whispers to the group, "Ate the rest of my stem."

You whisper, "If you're eating your stem... might wanna keeps that secret." to your group.

Kaladriel starts chuckling at you!
Brokkrsten snickers.

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Kaladriel whispers to the group, "The leaf is for salad the stem for healing."
You grin mischievously.
Kaladriel shakes his head at you and clucks his tongue.
Maven Brokkrsten's group just went south and onward to the Trail of bandit tears.

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Kaladriel yells, "Alloo bandits!"

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Bandits leap from the shadows striking this way and that only to succumb to our superior skill.  

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Brokkrsten asks, "Everyone get a hit in?"
You feel fully energetic again.
Kaladriel says, "We'er good."
Kaladriel grunts happily, grinning.
Brokkrsten grins.
You smile.

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You see a fairly typical human rogue that is lying down.
He appears to be dead.
He has some minor cuts and bruises on his right arm, some minor cuts and bruises on his left arm, a fractured and bleeding left leg, a fractured and bleeding left hand, some minor cuts and bruises on his chest, deep lacerations across his back and a bruised left eye.
He has a black neckerchief (worn), a handaxe, a reinforced shield and a metal breastplate (worn).  <-- this is why theys difficult to kill!

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You thunder out an ear-splitting caterwaul and follow a giantman robber west!

[Blue Glacier, Mountain Pass]
It is difficult to fathom how such a dangerous place can also offer beauty.  However, so it is when an occasional moonbeam peeks through the cloud cover, bathing the ice with rays of moonlight that transform it into soft color. 

A giantman robber glances at you and shouts, "Run 'long, ya milksop!  I ain't concerned with you!"  <-- I'm 38

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You rage across the battlefield, striking with unrelenting fury!
Pearly light flares up suddenly from within you, lending strength and focus to your attack!
You swing a sharpened steel claidhmore at a half-elven rogue!
  AS: +350 vs DS: +317 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +78 = +148
   ... and hit for 14 points of damage!
   Weak slash to the half-elven rogue's lower back!
You swing a sharpened steel claidhmore at a human bandit!
  AS: +335 vs DS: +246 with AvD: +34 + d100 roll: +60 = +183
   ... and hit for 32 points of damage!
   Quick slash to the human bandit's upper left arm!
   Just a nick.
You swing a sharpened steel claidhmore at a human highwayman!
  AS: +335 vs DS: +205 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +49 = +205
   ... and hit for 52 points of damage!
   Respectable shot to the back.
   The human highwayman is stunned!

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These bandits are definitely a step above the mid 60's I've been working on.  But, it's their armor that makes thems more difficult to kill.  Have they been learning about Rage Plate Do from prior engagements with me?

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