The Lunar Empire Strikes!

To start things off right, there was a whole lot of healing going on! The Raft retired to Garakt in time for a Wandering Healer to attend to the Former Soldier, aiding him enough that he might be back on his feet soon. Anasdiazi and Mawat brought Pariwan Keetslander to the town healer, and between his talents and Mawat's help, the keet was back on his feet and ready to fight. Oasasya tried her hand at fishing again, as Puddles decided to do some training instead. Nothing worth anything was fished up, despite finding a nice secret spot. Back in town, Quackmore was offered some Vital Information in exchange for five gold crowns, but he elected to keep the money and go buy Mawat some partial armor instead.

Anasdiazi, Oasasya, Quackmore, Puddles, Mataw, the Hired Guide, the Priest of Humakt

And so eight out of nine members of Anasdiazi's Raft headed out into the hinterlands once again to ensure the safety of Garakt. They were not out for long when trouble found them, in the form of a small raiding party from the army of the Lunar Empire, that had of late invaded Heortland from the north.  Lunars had a reputation for hating ducks. As the first arrows fell around them, the Raft drew weapons to face their foe...

It started as a nice walk in the woods...

Things started off well enough, with all three archers having a chance to shoot before the Lunars had a chance to anything. But only Puddles found his target, and even then he was unable to penetrate the armor. The soldiers then moved to attack the Raft. And while some distance was closed, there was no contact yet.

I forgot to move Pariwan Keetslander before I took this picture! He ran up between Puddles and Anasdiazi.

Puddles found his target again, and dropped one of the sabre-armed Lunar raiders. Mataw moved in and promptly dropped another. The Lunar Sergeant then mightily smote Pariwan Keetslander. Oasaya shot a raider archer dead in her tracks. The Priest of Humakt went in for the kill on the enemy leader, but to no avail. Quackmore and Anasdiazi had been as equally ineffective a moment before. Morale was checked, but the raiders held their ground!

Two Lunars left, and holding strong!

Puddles missed his shot. Mataw then took her chance at the Lunar sergeant and fatally smashed him. Oasasya and the Hired Guide both took shots at the remaining archer, and they both failed to hit. The Priest of Humakt then charged that remaining raider, swung his staff and BAM! the battle was over.

Dead! They're all dead!

There wasn't much loot to be had, but it was good loot: the Lunar raiders had a cache of weapons nearby consisting of two swords and a fine bastard sword. There was a scroll with the spell "Walk The Wind" contained therein.

Pariwan Keetslander was found to be moderately injured, and would require three campaign turns of recovery. The Priest of Humakt managed a Flash Of Insight and became a Hero of the Raft, instead of just a Follower. And a Story Point was spent to make him a Soothsayer, using the new game supplement of that name. The Walk The Wind scroll was assigned to Puddles, and the Sparrow's Flight scroll lurking in the Raft's inventory was handed to the Nameless Priest Of Humakt.

Compared to the last game, archery had much less impact on this game. Mawat is a melee powerhouse and seems to be rising quickly. Not bad for a free Aspiring Hero found on the side of the road! And it is nice to see the Nameless Priest Of Humakt come into his own as a character.

Five Leagues From The Borderlands and the supplements are available here.