Name: Hector Cook
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Background/Description: He started out as a serf for a higher lord, where he worked long hours harvesting crops for little, and sometimes no, compensation. It was this trait that taught him how to live off of what others gave him, both willingly and not. When the first invasion of the "mythical" beings came from the gap, he was forced to fight using what little armor and weapons he could spare, despite being horribly inept with physical combat where he became infected by what made the mythical beings mythical. Thought to be dead, he wandered around and hid from civilization of any sort, but quickly came out of hiding during present day.
Profession: Sorcerer
Rank: 0
Equipment:
Lantern, flint and tinder
1x Small Potion of Replenishing (+5MP)
1x Small Potion of Healing (+5HP)
Gold: 20
XP: 0
Taking a moment to glance at Guinevere, Hector turns back to the Orc and stabs at the Orc's eye with the tip of his staff.
Re: Pandora’s Abyss: Chapter 1
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:15 am
by AlexMdle
Name: Waldemar Nische
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Background/Description: Waldemar's life is best described as being boring, barely worth of description. His early life was a shelter, demanding parents have made sure to crush his youthful, imaginative mind under the weight of responsibilities, damnating his every error and conjuring up low self-esteem that would later prove crucial to the young wizard's career.
Having learned all he could have been offered, Waldemar joined the academy, where his craft would be put to test. Under the strain of constant labor, trying to prove himself to others, but most importantly, to himself, Waldemar managed to aquire a respectable position of a mentor in only 10 years, a position which he would hold for the next three decades.
Now decrepit and racked by his tired mind, he is to face, what is very probable to be his only journey.
Being a mage his whole life, hell, teaching magic as it is to the future generations, Waldemar was a versatile spellcaster with a wide array of various conjurations at his disposal. He proved to be especially frail due to his old age, but the wisdom that came with such, more than made up for it.
And yet his wisdom did not aid him when dealing with a legendary Sphinx he met by chance on his way to the town of Aereo. The sphinx threatened to attack him, and Waldemar was more than happy to slog it out with the beast. However, he chose instead to take its offer of answering its question. He did so, and was correct, and the Sphinx offered him a single wish in addition to his freedom. This is where Waldemar made a major error. He was getting old. He was tired. He was nearer the dark embrace of death than he cared to be, and he asked the Sphinx to make him "youthful again".
This was his mistake. Youthful again. The sphinx reverted him to a body of a 29 year old, and the mind he had before he joined the magical academy as a mentor and teacher in that far off land all those years ago. He had lost everything; his skill, his knowledge, his proficiency.
It has been one year since he made his crucial error. His personal age has begun to bleed through, and he is not as skilled at picking up the magical art as he once was, much to his chagrin.
Weapons and armour:
Shortsword (3/d8)
Dagger (3/d4)
Equipment:
Lantern, flint and tinder
1x Small Potion of Healing (+5HP)
1x Small Potion of Replenishing (+5MP)
1x Small Potion of Strength (+3ATK, +3DEF)
Skills: None.
Gold: 18
XP: 0
Waldemar takes advantage of the orc's failure and quickly swings forward.
Re: Pandora’s Abyss: Chapter 1
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:04 pm
by ShadowSpectre
The orc seems to be in some sort of bloody rage as Waldemar swings his shortsword at it (14/d20). It parries it easily, roaring, covering him in flecks of spittle.
It therefore does not note Guinevere darting around it to peer into the broken shop for the hammer man. Unfortunately, the hammer man is nowhere in the shop, or, more accurately, the hammer man is all over the shop. The hammer is in two pieces, the head embedded in a wall, the broken shaft on the floor near a few remains.
The orc howls as it attempts to attack (18/d20). It appears to have had trouble deciding between Hector and Waldemar, and swings the cudgel in the empty air between the two. Subsequently, Hector's staff smacks it straight in the face(1/d20, 2/d6 for 3 damage), and it stumbles backwards, hitting a nearby wall.
Re: Pandora’s Abyss: Chapter 1
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:07 pm
by SnipeHeart
Stats:
Name: Hector Cook
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Background/Description: He started out as a serf for a higher lord, where he worked long hours harvesting crops for little, and sometimes no, compensation. It was this trait that taught him how to live off of what others gave him, both willingly and not. When the first invasion of the "mythical" beings came from the gap, he was forced to fight using what little armor and weapons he could spare, despite being horribly inept with physical combat where he became infected by what made the mythical beings mythical. Thought to be dead, he wandered around and hid from civilization of any sort, but quickly came out of hiding during present day.
Profession: Sorcerer
Rank: 0
Equipment:
Lantern, flint and tinder
1x Small Potion of Replenishing (+5MP)
1x Small Potion of Healing (+5HP)
Gold: 20
XP: 0
Hector glances at the shop Guinevere ran into and then to Waldemar before looking back to the Orc. Going towards it to continue his assault.
Re: Pandora’s Abyss: Chapter 1
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:27 pm
by AlexMdle
Name: Waldemar Nische
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Background/Description: Waldemar's life is best described as being boring, barely worth of description. His early life was a shelter, demanding parents have made sure to crush his youthful, imaginative mind under the weight of responsibilities, damnating his every error and conjuring up low self-esteem that would later prove crucial to the young wizard's career.
Having learned all he could have been offered, Waldemar joined the academy, where his craft would be put to test. Under the strain of constant labor, trying to prove himself to others, but most importantly, to himself, Waldemar managed to aquire a respectable position of a mentor in only 10 years, a position which he would hold for the next three decades.
Now decrepit and racked by his tired mind, he is to face, what is very probable to be his only journey.
Being a mage his whole life, hell, teaching magic as it is to the future generations, Waldemar was a versatile spellcaster with a wide array of various conjurations at his disposal. He proved to be especially frail due to his old age, but the wisdom that came with such, more than made up for it.
And yet his wisdom did not aid him when dealing with a legendary Sphinx he met by chance on his way to the town of Aereo. The sphinx threatened to attack him, and Waldemar was more than happy to slog it out with the beast. However, he chose instead to take its offer of answering its question. He did so, and was correct, and the Sphinx offered him a single wish in addition to his freedom. This is where Waldemar made a major error. He was getting old. He was tired. He was nearer the dark embrace of death than he cared to be, and he asked the Sphinx to make him "youthful again".
This was his mistake. Youthful again. The sphinx reverted him to a body of a 29 year old, and the mind he had before he joined the magical academy as a mentor and teacher in that far off land all those years ago. He had lost everything; his skill, his knowledge, his proficiency.
It has been one year since he made his crucial error. His personal age has begun to bleed through, and he is not as skilled at picking up the magical art as he once was, much to his chagrin.
Weapons and armour:
Shortsword (3/d8)
Dagger (3/d4)
Equipment:
Lantern, flint and tinder
1x Small Potion of Healing (+5HP)
1x Small Potion of Replenishing (+5MP)
1x Small Potion of Strength (+3ATK, +3DEF)
Skills: None.
Gold: 18
XP: 0
Waldermar is quite decisive about exploiting the orc's situation once again. He goes for the head.
Re: Pandora’s Abyss: Chapter 1
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:18 pm
by ShadowSpectre
(Rumia requested an auto-action for this turn)
Guinevere screws up her face, turning back to the orc, moving back towards it. However, her tardiness to the fight means she was last in order.
The orc swipes the cudgel (8/d20), and it catches Waldemar (2/d3) under his off arm (3 damage sustained). Hector, however, appears to take this as an opportunity (4/d20), striking (6/d8) the killing blow to the orc. It falls, bleeding, to Waldemar's feet.
Battle won!
There are two cudgels and two orc bodies lying on the ground. There are three routes open to you, amongst other things; the T-junction behind you (one of which leads to the town square, where there may be shops still running now that the attack seems to have slowed, the other leading to the inn) and the road out of town. The remains of the hammer man are residing within a shop, whose wall has been broken; you can go in, but you might be chased out by villagers with senses of honour.
Re: Pandora’s Abyss: Chapter 1
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:01 pm
by AlexMdle
Name: Waldemar Nische
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Background/Description: Waldemar's life is best described as being boring, barely worth of description. His early life was a shelter, demanding parents have made sure to crush his youthful, imaginative mind under the weight of responsibilities, damnating his every error and conjuring up low self-esteem that would later prove crucial to the young wizard's career.
Having learned all he could have been offered, Waldemar joined the academy, where his craft would be put to test. Under the strain of constant labor, trying to prove himself to others, but most importantly, to himself, Waldemar managed to aquire a respectable position of a mentor in only 10 years, a position which he would hold for the next three decades.
Now decrepit and racked by his tired mind, he is to face, what is very probable to be his only journey.
Being a mage his whole life, hell, teaching magic as it is to the future generations, Waldemar was a versatile spellcaster with a wide array of various conjurations at his disposal. He proved to be especially frail due to his old age, but the wisdom that came with such, more than made up for it.
And yet his wisdom did not aid him when dealing with a legendary Sphinx he met by chance on his way to the town of Aereo. The sphinx threatened to attack him, and Waldemar was more than happy to slog it out with the beast. However, he chose instead to take its offer of answering its question. He did so, and was correct, and the Sphinx offered him a single wish in addition to his freedom. This is where Waldemar made a major error. He was getting old. He was tired. He was nearer the dark embrace of death than he cared to be, and he asked the Sphinx to make him "youthful again".
This was his mistake. Youthful again. The sphinx reverted him to a body of a 29 year old, and the mind he had before he joined the magical academy as a mentor and teacher in that far off land all those years ago. He had lost everything; his skill, his knowledge, his proficiency.
It has been one year since he made his crucial error. His personal age has begun to bleed through, and he is not as skilled at picking up the magical art as he once was, much to his chagrin.
Weapons and armour:
Shortsword (3/d8)
Dagger (3/d4)
Equipment:
Lantern, flint and tinder
1x Small Potion of Healing (+5HP)
1x Small Potion of Replenishing (+5MP)
1x Small Potion of Strength (+3ATK, +3DEF)
Skills: None.
Gold: 18
XP: 0
Waldemar politely rounds the people around him and suggests a path to the inn. In case the town falls, they should be as close to the exit as possible.
Those cudgels look unwieldy...
Waldemar measures the orcish weapons for a second and decides to better steer his hands off them. He then assets the bruise.
Re: Pandora’s Abyss: Chapter 1
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:16 am
by SnipeHeart
Stats:
Name: Hector Cook
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Background/Description: He started out as a serf for a higher lord, where he worked long hours harvesting crops for little, and sometimes no, compensation. It was this trait that taught him how to live off of what others gave him, both willingly and not. When the first invasion of the "mythical" beings came from the gap, he was forced to fight using what little armor and weapons he could spare, despite being horribly inept with physical combat where he became infected by what made the mythical beings mythical. Thought to be dead, he wandered around and hid from civilization of any sort, but quickly came out of hiding during present day.
Profession: Sorcerer
Rank: 0
Equipment:
Lantern, flint and tinder
1x Small Potion of Replenishing (+5MP)
1x Small Potion of Healing (+5HP)
Gold: 20
XP: 0
Hector observes Waldemar, judging how severe his injury is as he rounds the people around him and seeing that it's nonfatal, he then turns his attention towards the remains of the two orcs and takes whatever may be of value on them, avoiding the others.
Re: Pandora’s Abyss: Chapter 1
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:23 am
by Ex-Rumia
Name: Guinevere Freer
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Background/Description: A travelling healer, born and raised as a nomad along with her seven other siblings, Guinevere stood out in the arts of healing and potion making. Travelling throughout Leccenia, offering her services to the sick and wounded, she found herself in a particular town when the attacks started getting more frequent.
Profession: Sorcerer
Rank: 0
Equipment:
Lantern, flint and tinder
2x Small Potion of Healing (+5HP)
1x Small Potion of Replenishing (+5MP)
1x Small Potion of Dexterity (+2REF)
Gold: 14
XP: 0
Approaching Waldemar while going through her bag, Guinevere pats his shoulder, presenting him with one of of Potions of Healing. "H-here, drink t-that down. We s-should keep our strength up. Personally, I-I'd like t-to head to the t-town square... I uh... need to stock up o-on supplies." She seems a bit pale, probably from seeing the remains of the hammer wielder.
(Also, did we get any XP/gold for that battle?)
Re: Pandora’s Abyss: Chapter 1
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:23 am
by AlexMdle
"It's just a flesh wound."
Waldemar binds the linen of clothing around the wound. Should staunch it.