Track Battle & Farm Rescue

This session started arguing rules but ended really well.

Dubbo was played by GM.

Track & Rescue 28 May 2010

• Characters follow the track through fields and forest. Ruby & Joshua take advance positions.
  
• After 1h walking, hoofbeats are heard behind and 2 horsemen are seen to be approaching.
• After several seconds, it is apparent that they are mercenaries from the slave ship and they draw their swords.
  
• After a terrific battle, 2 NPC slaves are killed and several characters are seriously wounded before the mercenaries are finally defeated.
  
• While looting the bodies, a small child is heard crying. It turns out to be the little girl from the farm house.
  
• After some attempt at communication, it is believed there are two guards at the farm holding the girl's family prisoner or possibly have killed them.
  
• The characters decide to attempt a rescue. After healing, they begin a brisk march back to the farmhouse.
  
• When they arrive, after scouting around they split up and some NPCs led by Farron guard the front. Castor, Joshua, and Ruby go around the rear. Dubbo pre-empts everything by sneaking up to the side and climbing over the wall.
  
• As the other characters work into position, Dubbo starts hammering on the door.
  
• After a bit more hammering, Dubbo attempts an acrobatic leap into the roof. Unfortunately, he ends up smacking his head on the gutter and lying prone on the ground. Much hilarity ensues.
  
• The front door opens and a guard is about to attack the still-prone Dubbo when the rear party opens the door. Castor manages to hit the guard with a fireball and then a battle breaks out.
  
• Although Joshua is seriously wounded, the guard is killed and the farmers rescued.
  
• It appears that the other guard left some tome ago to go back over the hill, almost certainly to the encampment on the beach.
  

The characters are debating whether to leave the farm or make a stand.