[000] Background Information

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verhaden wrote:
Gaspard

"My safety is assured, Firas faerie," Gaspard drawls in accented elvish, "though I can make no claims to yours." He stoops down to the ground to assess a smooth rock in the mud, as the others gather themselves.

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aergraith wrote:
Vangelis sees how narrow the passage is, and reconsiders standing next to Mab, and shuffles in somewhere behind the fighters, before or after Tirandir as he prefers.

ooc:
Somewhere in position 3-5.

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waysoftheearth wrote:
Halflings are small and easy to miss, so nobody is too surprised to find that Jaras the Halfling is among you.

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waysoftheearth wrote:
So far I have the marching order thus:

FRONT
Mab (morning star)
Tirandir (longbow)
Vangelis (torch & shield)
..?
Gaspard (sling)
Firas (torch)
..?
REAR


Waiting on Dramorian, Mot and Jaras to declare their inclinations, then we begin!

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mushgnome wrote:
Dishmab the Dwarf shifts her weight inside her baggy chain hauberk and hoists her morningstar to her her left shoulder. (Like all the women of her family, she's left-handed.) Her short-hafted iron morningstar is of the old-school "spiked mace" design, rather than the "ball and chain" hybrid the humans seem to favor these days.

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TheLeadershipGeek (SMKSensei) wrote:
Jaras with torch lit, endeavors to lift it high enough to not roast his elven foster-kin in front of him. His allegiance to the fair folk that raised him, and the promise of a better life when all of this is over courses through his veins. A normal sized dagger grasped firmly in his right hand like others would hold a short sword. He's ready.... and already hungry.

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Cameron DuBeers wrote:
Dram takes rear guard, practiced eyes shifting constantly to all rearward flanks. Skulking about his master's feet, Spaz moves in and out of the shadows, ghost-like.

ETA: pretty standard tactics will be employed. Hurled daggers if there is time, but with preference weighted toward sword-n-board fighting. So, if it's chancy there will be time to hurl dagger (or another one) he will draw his sword and "bring the pain."

Spaz is trained to attack the legs of a creature engaged in melee versus Dram, slowing it and preventing its retreat.

Standing Orders: Dram will attempt to reacquire any hurled daggers after combat.

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waysoftheearth wrote:

Her short-hafted iron morningstar is of the old-school "spiked mace" design, rather than the "ball and chain" hybrid the humans seem to favor these days.

Yes, I'm calling anything like a ball and chain a flail, while a morning star is much more like a seriously spiked/pronged mace. Exactly as Mushgnome describes it, above.

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waysoftheearth wrote:
As best I can figure it, the default marching order is:

FRONT
Mab (morning star)
Tirandir (longbow)
Vangelis (torch & shield)
Jaras (dagger & torch)
Gaspard (sling)
Mot (?)
Firas (torch)
Dram (sword & shield)
REAR

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waysoftheearth wrote:
The adventure starts.... now.

Everyone over to thread 001 please.