Welcome to the third game of my new Five Leagues From The Borderlands campaign! This was the tenth campaign turn and saw Our Heroes starting of in the town of Ectanaba. The law was cracking down on gambling, so we helped the Town Guard bust up some card and dice dens (and one dogfighting ring.) We also went out to meet the locals, and gained a Story Point for our efforts. Nothing was traded, nor were any connections made. But we were ready to start on that Quest, and not a moment would be wasted getting out to the desert to learn the ways of the Dust!
Emissaries of the Faceless Kingdom, members of the Legion of the Lion, had taken prisoner a young trainer. Our Heroes really needed her to teach how to survive in this harsh land. It would have to be a rescue mission, then. We discerned that she was being held in a small camp in the wilderness. While travelling there, we saw an unexplored area in the distance, and Tundaline became Exhausted from the heat. Our Heroes were able to find the encampment, occupied by six Legionnaires, two of whom were armed with crossbows. As an aside, the models used for Legion Of The Lion, with the black and green shields, were originally painted for my "Generic Medieval Fantasy" campaign for the second edition of Five Leagues back in the depths of history.
It started with Plog The Elder sneaking up on the camp to try and get into position for a good Barrier placement. When he was eventually detected, Our Heroes sprang into action. Plog The Elder got his wall of fire up and grabbed a Glimmer as well, Rukacta and Quicktoes followed up behind him, and Weppi advanced with Tundaline, exhausted though she was, surging ahead. The enemy for their part tried to close the distance to engage the intruders, and one took a shot at Tundaline but missed. Finally, Plodo followed up behind Weppi.
Turn Two saw Weppi dash forward and Rukacta closing the distance with one of the bad guys, quickly dispatching him. Another enemy then attacked in return, felling the Felid but not without consequence; Rukacta's Harness Of Vengeance dispatched the Legionnaire with equal measure (this was very exciting, as it was the first time the Harness has ever killed a enemy!) There was another shot taken at Tundaline, which hit but was deflected by her armor. Other enemies moved forward, and the remaining crossbowman took a shot at Weppi without effect. Plog the Elder empowered his Construct, which promptly scurried forward and diced up the closest crossbowman. Quicktoes followed up behind Plog the Elder, while Tundaline and Plodo followed forward with Weppi. One of the Legionnaires looked at the remans of his three fallen companions and decided to flee.
On the third turn, Weppi again moved forward. Plog The Elder's Construct freed the prisoner, thereby fulfilling the scenario Victory Condition. The closest Legionnaire moved to attack Weppi but was quickly cut down for his effort (Weppi attacks at +3 and has Counter-Attack with her Warspear; she won the first exchange and was able to kill the bad guy right off.) The Crossbowman left took another shot at Weppi but missed. the rest of the Warband moved forward. And that crossbowman decided it was time to leave the scene.
As this was a part of a Quest, there was no loot, experience, or anything like that. The only thing to be determined was Rukacta's fate; with a roll of 85, he was merely Knocked Out. As the first Quest Step, thee was no chance the Ques would be ready for the Finale, so no roll was made. It seems I forgot about the Iron Discipline rule for the Legion Of The Lion; that would have required that rearward crossbowman to advance each time someone ran away. I think him staying out and shooting was a better action for him anyways. This was a bit of an easy fight, it seems Our Heroes have mostly outgrown opposition from the core rulebook. We'll see how the next Quest Step goes.
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