Upon returning to Garakt, our humble Raft returned the body of the slain Former Soldier to his family. Word of the man's death spread through the little village, and before long they had acquired a bit of an ill reputation around town. No one seemed willing to casually socialize. The town healer was still willing to ply his business, however, and managed to get Quackmore back on his feet. Anasdiazi was delighted to see his loyal retainer up and about again. With Puddles recuperating, Oasasya took the liberty of going fishing, and managed to catch a couple of fish worth three gold coins back in Garakt. While he was at the fishing hole, one of the local farmers approached. She was very grumpy about the poor treatment the Raft was getting in the village, and donated a set of rations for the group. Back in town, a young durulz named Mataw approached Anasdiazi and offered to join them. She was big for a duck, and had a fine weapon and her own armor already. Our Hero gladly accepted her into the ranks. Around this time, it became known that there was some important information circulating about town for the right price, but he disregarded this, preparing to move out on patrol again.
Leaving Puddles and the priest of Humakt behind as they were recuperating, the Raft set out on another regular patrol. Shortly after leaving Garakt, they met an old friend of Anasdiazi's, who offered to smooth things out back in town for them. A favor like that would be very handy right about now! Later in the day, the Raft found a new problem: a group of humans with chains and manacles, clearly slavers with ill intent looking for fresh people to steal and sell. They appeared to be negotiating with some manner of a Chaos follower. There was naught to do but attack!
Would you believe the Raft was able to Sieze The Initiative for a third turn in a row? Believe it! In that pre-game phase, Oasasya picked off one of the slavers with a well aimed bow shot. Speaking of whom, Oasasya was the workhorse of this encounter, killing three out of the five slavers. The durulz Hired Guide with the axe killed another, and the last ran away. Mataw, the new girl, was felled by a counterattack by one of the slavers on her initial charge!
Oasasya was also the one who lowered the Chaos Champion's Toughness from 7 to 6, allowing the fiend to be killed by Anasdiazi.
Both Quackmore and Mataw went out of action, but both were merely knocked out. The Former Soldier was quite injured and will require three Campaign Turns of recovery.
They found a sack of valuables containing a repair kit, and recovered a helmet and a war hammer, both of which were gifted to Mataw.
The power of archery was apparent in this game. Oasasya was the MVP this time around, kinding of making up for going out of action a couple of times before. This was also the first time using a Toughness 7+ guy on the board. It was looking a little scary for a couple of turns, but Oasasya's amazing dice rolls saved the day. The Raft now has FIVE Heroes, and I am looking to recruit at least one more. Upkeep will be getting a little expansive soon, but I'm sure it's nothing that can't be handled...
It will be a little longer between games this time, as I want to convert and paint a new model for Mataw. But I'm sure I will find other things that are relveant to post in the meantime.
Five Leagues From The Borderlands and the supplements are available here.
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