Authors Note: This story is based off an adventure with my D&D gang. All of
the characters our mine (Or my friends) please do not take them.
The sun was setting on the horizon. The group of weary travelers searched for a place to set up camp for the night. It was been a week since they've been on the road. They're supplies were running low yet they still had another week to go. If it hadn't been for Rilrae they would have run out of rations. She had to flirt with a farmer for some food and water for the team.
She was half gold dragon and half-elven, an odd combination however she had an exotic beauty. She had long black hair with violet eyes. Her skin was actually golden scales, but it appeared to be a tan. She also had a tail that she sometimes used as a weapon during battle. Rilrae was the only female of the group and the eldest; she just had her 344th birthday last week. She may have been beautiful but she had too much pride for her own good. She also had 2 classes she was a Bardic fighter. Out of town she wears her armor of the deep, when in town or sometimes before bed or when camp is set up she'll wear one of her dresses. It appears that she strains in every dress that she wears.
The "leader" was a crazy dwarf who went by the name of Goliath. He may have been only 4 feet tall but his physique made up for that. Goliath had dark green eyes and dull brown hair, with a long braided beard. He's 64 years old. Goliath considered himself a fighter. He was very stubborn and practically obsessed with charging in battle. He had his family emblem carved in the middle of his breastplate with a buckler on each arm. He also wore a long black cape. In battle in uses his favored weapon, a masterwork greataxe. Goliath is also in a sense, a chef want to be. He tried cooking once before and he accidentally caught his oven mitts on fire.
Following Goliath's strength is Nairob. He stands at 6'2, being the tallest in the team. He has the intelligence of a doorknob. His looks. well, he is butt ugly. His mother was brutally raped by an orc. She barely lived after the rape and passed away while giving birth to her only son, Nairob. He grew up with his mother's tribe, so he took after her class he's a barbarian. As a child he was rude, but as he grew older he transformed into a friendly yet tough person. Nairob is considered as the "baby" of the group since he's only 23 years old.
Laucian isn't exactly the strongest nor the weakest of the gang. His strength came in right after Rilrae and before Kerwin. He was however the fastest of the group. He wears a mithral chainshirt with a masterwork buckler on each arm. Laucian has deep green eyes with light blond hair. Laucian is about 5'2, which is about 3 inches shorter than Rilrae. He's actually quite handsome and muscular. His pointed ears showed that he was elven. He usually uses his composite longbow during battle; after all he is an archer. When in melee combat Laucian fights with his Warhammer.
Now what's a band without a rogue? Kerwin happens to be that rogue. He's 3'4; making him the shortest member of the group by an inch. Kerwin has light blue eyes with light brown hair, he isn't the best looking although he is the second fastest. He wears his dull leather armor with bucklers. In combat he likes to use his dual hand crossbows. Kerwin is 12 years older than Nairob making him the second youngest team member.
Fnep Drimmer Wiglesworth or "Fnep" for short is sort of like a sarcastic child. He never takes anything seriously and when people try to ambush the group with arrows he takes the habit of hiding behind Rilrae. Fnep has spiky light brown hair with sparkling mischievous brown eyes, which makes him look sort of cute. At a first glance you'd think he's still a child yet he's a 100-year-old gnome. Instead of armor he wears a robe that has a half moon on the chest and it's dark green with black timings on sleeves, neck and bottom. He uses his metal swirly quarterstaff in melee combat. He's not physically strong but he can outmatch anyone in the group when it comes to casting spells since he's a wizard. This peculiar sextet named themselves the "Valiant Crusaders". They travel the lands in search for quests and adventures.
The Valiant Crusaders had finally found an area where they could set up camp. They hadn't bothered setting up their tents. It was getting later and they were cranky and hungry. While Laucian went hunting Rilrae changed into her skimpy "peasant" dress with the excuse that her armor was getting heavy and annoying. Once Laucian returned with the food everyone outvoted Rilrae into cooking and cleaning the food.
It's been about 20 minutes since the food has been on the fire cooking with Rilrae occasionally poking at it to see how it's doing. "Rilrae! I'm hungry, is it almost done? I swear Laucian gave you the deer an hour ago! Nairob could have cooked it faster than you!" the gnome taunted. "If you're that hungry use your stinking fire ball on it!" She spat back. Not wanting to get her more agitated for one day Fnep decided to be quiet. Absent- mindedly Nairob reached towards the deer, he stupidly put his hands in the fire. At the feeling of the burning flames Nairob withdrew his hand with a loud cry of pain. "You idiot!' -the dward started to scold at Nairob 'you can wait 5 more minutes like everyone else!" "I'm hungry now. When stomach tells me to eat. I eat. It tells me to eat. Food smells done. Me get food. Me burn hand. Now me in pain." A slightly insulted half-orc replied. "This may sound weird but I think it's ready.' -Rilrae poked at the meat yet again then grinned widely. 'It's ready! Dig in guys!"
While they were eating drinking ale and telling jokes. A few bugbears were rapidly approaching the noise with the solemn thought of food. Kerwin froze, "Guys, I think there's something lurking in the shadows." "Don't be ridicules, it's most likely an animal." The elf replied. Almost everybody agreed except for Goliath and Rilrae. They agreed to go search for whatever it was that Kerwin heard.
Rilrae moved a little closer to Goliath. "I can't see anything ahead of us or around us." The dwarf grumbled something about the search being a waste of time. The half-dragon was about to suggest going back to camp when a javelin struck in her the shoulder. She cursed loudly and tried to take it out but only succeeded it making it worse. It would have to stay in until after the fight was over. When she looked up she noticed that they were surrounded by Bugbears. All of them were equipped with a finely crafted morning star. Goliath redied his masterwork greataxe while Rilrae held firmly onto her flaming greatsword. They seemed to have the disadvantage since 8 outnumbered them.
Back at camp everyone heard Rilrae curse loudly and wondered what was wrong. It took them a few seconds to hear the sounds of metal clashing. "I told you there was something out there!" the half-ling stated proudly as they ran towards the fight.
When they arrived Rilrae had plunged her sword deep into a bugbears gut. When she pulled it out blood sprayed out hitting whoever was unfortunate enough to be around it. The next thing they noticed was the javelin that stuck through her left shoulder. "You're supposed to doge the javelins Rilrae!" "Oh shut up Fnep! Be useful for once and cast a spell"
With a smirk Fnep took something out of a pouch. Before he started casting he sent a mental message to Goliath to take cover. The others knew his plan so they back up a little. Fnep then decided that it was safe so he started casting.
Fnep's brown eyes changed to a vivid red. A small glowing red bead like object shot out of from his finger tip heading straight for the centered bugbear hitting it square in the chest. A huge sphere of fire surrounded the poor creatures, killing him and 2 others of them instantly and setting another afire. Goliath unfortunately wasn't far enough from the fireball; some of the sparks flew onto his beard, which caught on fire. He quickly started to put it out. Rilrae may have been immune to fire, however her dress wasn't. The entire thing caught on fire. "Fnep! You imbecile!" She screamed while working on smothering the flames. "What kind of half-dragon has inflammable clothes?" "The kind that doesn't expect to get hit by a fireball in the middle of the night!" she replied coldly.
Once all of the flames finally died down there was the horrible stench of burnt flesh in the air. "Bless Elhonna! Fnep, don't you think it's bad enough that bugbears already stink? Did you have to add the smell of their burning flesh" criticized Kerwin, "Fine next time I'll let them eat you as midnight snack half-ling" Laucien had managed to climb into a tree during the commotion. Kerwin also tried to shoot a bugbear, however his bolt merely hit a buckler and broke.
Goliath charged at the nearest bugbear with his axe ready. As he lifted his axe high in the air the bugbear ducked, although his reflexes were slow and Goliath's greataxe sank deep into the creatures skull. He slowly pulled his axe out of the bugbears skull. While pulling out his greataxe another bugbear slashed its morning star at Goliath, he noticed just in time and blocks it with his buckler. It made a loud snapping sound. Ignoring his new broken buckler Goliath thrusts his weapon deep into his attackers chest.
Laucian was finally sitting comfortably in the treetop. He loaded his bow and fired an arrow. It hit on of the last few bugbears directly in the heart, killing it instantly.
With only 3 creatures left, Nairob ran to the nearest bugbear with his warhammer. The frightened monster attempted to pierce it's javelin through Nairob but his armor takes the full impact. Nairob smashes his warhammer onto the bugbears head, emitting a very loud crushing sound.
The 2 remaining bugbears appeared stunned for a moment so Kerwin and Laucian took this to their advantage. Kerwin shot one of them with his dual handed crossbows while Laucian aimed at the other. Both creatures fell to the ground dead at the same time.
The Valiant Crusaders slowly walked back to their camp in pain. "Guys, when we get back can someone help me out with this javelin? I tried earlier and only made it worse" she heard some snickers and glared at them. Once back at camp Goliath and Laucian carefully took out the javelin and dressed the wound. During the night they each took turns on the lookout for any more bugbears.
The sun was setting on the horizon. The group of weary travelers searched for a place to set up camp for the night. It was been a week since they've been on the road. They're supplies were running low yet they still had another week to go. If it hadn't been for Rilrae they would have run out of rations. She had to flirt with a farmer for some food and water for the team.
She was half gold dragon and half-elven, an odd combination however she had an exotic beauty. She had long black hair with violet eyes. Her skin was actually golden scales, but it appeared to be a tan. She also had a tail that she sometimes used as a weapon during battle. Rilrae was the only female of the group and the eldest; she just had her 344th birthday last week. She may have been beautiful but she had too much pride for her own good. She also had 2 classes she was a Bardic fighter. Out of town she wears her armor of the deep, when in town or sometimes before bed or when camp is set up she'll wear one of her dresses. It appears that she strains in every dress that she wears.
The "leader" was a crazy dwarf who went by the name of Goliath. He may have been only 4 feet tall but his physique made up for that. Goliath had dark green eyes and dull brown hair, with a long braided beard. He's 64 years old. Goliath considered himself a fighter. He was very stubborn and practically obsessed with charging in battle. He had his family emblem carved in the middle of his breastplate with a buckler on each arm. He also wore a long black cape. In battle in uses his favored weapon, a masterwork greataxe. Goliath is also in a sense, a chef want to be. He tried cooking once before and he accidentally caught his oven mitts on fire.
Following Goliath's strength is Nairob. He stands at 6'2, being the tallest in the team. He has the intelligence of a doorknob. His looks. well, he is butt ugly. His mother was brutally raped by an orc. She barely lived after the rape and passed away while giving birth to her only son, Nairob. He grew up with his mother's tribe, so he took after her class he's a barbarian. As a child he was rude, but as he grew older he transformed into a friendly yet tough person. Nairob is considered as the "baby" of the group since he's only 23 years old.
Laucian isn't exactly the strongest nor the weakest of the gang. His strength came in right after Rilrae and before Kerwin. He was however the fastest of the group. He wears a mithral chainshirt with a masterwork buckler on each arm. Laucian has deep green eyes with light blond hair. Laucian is about 5'2, which is about 3 inches shorter than Rilrae. He's actually quite handsome and muscular. His pointed ears showed that he was elven. He usually uses his composite longbow during battle; after all he is an archer. When in melee combat Laucian fights with his Warhammer.
Now what's a band without a rogue? Kerwin happens to be that rogue. He's 3'4; making him the shortest member of the group by an inch. Kerwin has light blue eyes with light brown hair, he isn't the best looking although he is the second fastest. He wears his dull leather armor with bucklers. In combat he likes to use his dual hand crossbows. Kerwin is 12 years older than Nairob making him the second youngest team member.
Fnep Drimmer Wiglesworth or "Fnep" for short is sort of like a sarcastic child. He never takes anything seriously and when people try to ambush the group with arrows he takes the habit of hiding behind Rilrae. Fnep has spiky light brown hair with sparkling mischievous brown eyes, which makes him look sort of cute. At a first glance you'd think he's still a child yet he's a 100-year-old gnome. Instead of armor he wears a robe that has a half moon on the chest and it's dark green with black timings on sleeves, neck and bottom. He uses his metal swirly quarterstaff in melee combat. He's not physically strong but he can outmatch anyone in the group when it comes to casting spells since he's a wizard. This peculiar sextet named themselves the "Valiant Crusaders". They travel the lands in search for quests and adventures.
The Valiant Crusaders had finally found an area where they could set up camp. They hadn't bothered setting up their tents. It was getting later and they were cranky and hungry. While Laucian went hunting Rilrae changed into her skimpy "peasant" dress with the excuse that her armor was getting heavy and annoying. Once Laucian returned with the food everyone outvoted Rilrae into cooking and cleaning the food.
It's been about 20 minutes since the food has been on the fire cooking with Rilrae occasionally poking at it to see how it's doing. "Rilrae! I'm hungry, is it almost done? I swear Laucian gave you the deer an hour ago! Nairob could have cooked it faster than you!" the gnome taunted. "If you're that hungry use your stinking fire ball on it!" She spat back. Not wanting to get her more agitated for one day Fnep decided to be quiet. Absent- mindedly Nairob reached towards the deer, he stupidly put his hands in the fire. At the feeling of the burning flames Nairob withdrew his hand with a loud cry of pain. "You idiot!' -the dward started to scold at Nairob 'you can wait 5 more minutes like everyone else!" "I'm hungry now. When stomach tells me to eat. I eat. It tells me to eat. Food smells done. Me get food. Me burn hand. Now me in pain." A slightly insulted half-orc replied. "This may sound weird but I think it's ready.' -Rilrae poked at the meat yet again then grinned widely. 'It's ready! Dig in guys!"
While they were eating drinking ale and telling jokes. A few bugbears were rapidly approaching the noise with the solemn thought of food. Kerwin froze, "Guys, I think there's something lurking in the shadows." "Don't be ridicules, it's most likely an animal." The elf replied. Almost everybody agreed except for Goliath and Rilrae. They agreed to go search for whatever it was that Kerwin heard.
Rilrae moved a little closer to Goliath. "I can't see anything ahead of us or around us." The dwarf grumbled something about the search being a waste of time. The half-dragon was about to suggest going back to camp when a javelin struck in her the shoulder. She cursed loudly and tried to take it out but only succeeded it making it worse. It would have to stay in until after the fight was over. When she looked up she noticed that they were surrounded by Bugbears. All of them were equipped with a finely crafted morning star. Goliath redied his masterwork greataxe while Rilrae held firmly onto her flaming greatsword. They seemed to have the disadvantage since 8 outnumbered them.
Back at camp everyone heard Rilrae curse loudly and wondered what was wrong. It took them a few seconds to hear the sounds of metal clashing. "I told you there was something out there!" the half-ling stated proudly as they ran towards the fight.
When they arrived Rilrae had plunged her sword deep into a bugbears gut. When she pulled it out blood sprayed out hitting whoever was unfortunate enough to be around it. The next thing they noticed was the javelin that stuck through her left shoulder. "You're supposed to doge the javelins Rilrae!" "Oh shut up Fnep! Be useful for once and cast a spell"
With a smirk Fnep took something out of a pouch. Before he started casting he sent a mental message to Goliath to take cover. The others knew his plan so they back up a little. Fnep then decided that it was safe so he started casting.
Fnep's brown eyes changed to a vivid red. A small glowing red bead like object shot out of from his finger tip heading straight for the centered bugbear hitting it square in the chest. A huge sphere of fire surrounded the poor creatures, killing him and 2 others of them instantly and setting another afire. Goliath unfortunately wasn't far enough from the fireball; some of the sparks flew onto his beard, which caught on fire. He quickly started to put it out. Rilrae may have been immune to fire, however her dress wasn't. The entire thing caught on fire. "Fnep! You imbecile!" She screamed while working on smothering the flames. "What kind of half-dragon has inflammable clothes?" "The kind that doesn't expect to get hit by a fireball in the middle of the night!" she replied coldly.
Once all of the flames finally died down there was the horrible stench of burnt flesh in the air. "Bless Elhonna! Fnep, don't you think it's bad enough that bugbears already stink? Did you have to add the smell of their burning flesh" criticized Kerwin, "Fine next time I'll let them eat you as midnight snack half-ling" Laucien had managed to climb into a tree during the commotion. Kerwin also tried to shoot a bugbear, however his bolt merely hit a buckler and broke.
Goliath charged at the nearest bugbear with his axe ready. As he lifted his axe high in the air the bugbear ducked, although his reflexes were slow and Goliath's greataxe sank deep into the creatures skull. He slowly pulled his axe out of the bugbears skull. While pulling out his greataxe another bugbear slashed its morning star at Goliath, he noticed just in time and blocks it with his buckler. It made a loud snapping sound. Ignoring his new broken buckler Goliath thrusts his weapon deep into his attackers chest.
Laucian was finally sitting comfortably in the treetop. He loaded his bow and fired an arrow. It hit on of the last few bugbears directly in the heart, killing it instantly.
With only 3 creatures left, Nairob ran to the nearest bugbear with his warhammer. The frightened monster attempted to pierce it's javelin through Nairob but his armor takes the full impact. Nairob smashes his warhammer onto the bugbears head, emitting a very loud crushing sound.
The 2 remaining bugbears appeared stunned for a moment so Kerwin and Laucian took this to their advantage. Kerwin shot one of them with his dual handed crossbows while Laucian aimed at the other. Both creatures fell to the ground dead at the same time.
The Valiant Crusaders slowly walked back to their camp in pain. "Guys, when we get back can someone help me out with this javelin? I tried earlier and only made it worse" she heard some snickers and glared at them. Once back at camp Goliath and Laucian carefully took out the javelin and dressed the wound. During the night they each took turns on the lookout for any more bugbears.