War Games

Whew. What a fight! That was a good one. Sigh. Really got a scare today though. Ah it seems that this is rambling on and on. I keep forgetting this is an actual journal entry starting when I joined the Luminaires. May have fallen asleep after the tests but that’s ok. I am doing it now. Future me, past you did good.
 
So today was a mock battle in the forests of Morgannwg. The new queen is apparently on good terms with the Luminaries of Agarthi so we got invited. The other Luminaries who I accompanied were Arvun, 8 foot Goliath with white furs and a blue gem on his forehead, Romilius, an 8 foot tall bugbear who looks sickly , Leo, a 5'7" halfelf ranger with a crown on her head, White Sun, a 5'4" bipedal white jackle with a gold sheened fur, and Ilelynn, a 5'3" half elf with shiny scale mail.
 
So when we arrived we were split up into Teams.
 
The First Team.
Team captain: Romilius, Ilelynn, White Sun
 
The Second Team
Team captain: Leo, Arvun, Avgift
 
Sigh... yeah I was picked last. To be fair I was surrounded either by more imposing and more experienced Luminaries. I don't exactly have the most presence. Sigh... yeah....
 
Anyway we went in to set up a cave. The goal was for defenders, us, to keep three rings away from the attackers so they couldn’t put them on. We would lose if the attacking team managed to put on all three rings, one on each member of their team. The attacking team would have 48 hours to attack us and win the game. Oh. The other winning condition was knocking the other team unconscious. This probably wouldn’t have happened though.
 
Anyway, we had a lot of time to plan and prepare. As he said multiple times, Arvun is from Milton in the north. He seemed like a pretty shy guy. It was pretty amusing. I give Arvun 4 javelins since I don't need them. Never been much of a good throw. Leo on the other hand seemed pretty nonchalant. She may be a leader but she certainly doesn’t seem to want it.
 
Well on to the plan. There are two ballista here in the cave. Leo hid one under a shrub. And the other was out in the open, manned by Arvun. Another plan, humorous I thought, was having Arvun hold a rope with one of the rings tied on the end as bait. I would hold a ring and attempt to keep it from the attacks. The last was thrown to the bottom of the stream which ran through the cave system. Overall, a pretty good plan right?
 
Well it went poorly. Nothing happened in the first hour which started at noon. A bloated dead rat floats on in on the second hour. On the third hour Arvun began to sharpen a random stone. It was on the fourth hour when a siege ram started to slam against the cave’s gates. The echos of the ram reminds me of the seiges in the under dark.
 
As soon as the door broke the fighting began. White Sun had quite a bit of armor on her. The bolts I fired pinged off harmlessly and the few that did hit didn’t seem to cause her much harm. I guess magical creatures really do have a far superior advantage to us mortals. Well then again. It could be caulked up to just a bad day. I rolled into the stream on accident, getting my hat soaked. It’s been a few days but its still drying out over there near the window.
 
Anyway, the attacking team retreated for a bit as we aimed the ballistas at the front. Romilius did end up getting shot by Leo’s ballista though. Arvun however suddenly rushed in as White Sun grabbed the ring on the rope he was holding. Well if I’m honest. Our opponents weren’t idiots. It was really more of a joke. The loss of that ring was to be expected. It would have been funny if it worked though.
 
As the battle progressed Leo and I held back until Arvun responded that he needed help and we heard a splashing sound from behind us. I rushed forward to help Arvun and Leo went to the ring behind us. I ended up shooting Romilius in the chest which downed him instantly. Luckily he was healed by White Sun so he didn’t die but the Bugbear stabbed Arvun in the ankle before running away.
 
Let me just say that Ilelynn is terrifying. She appeared behind me without any warning and shot me three times. Really reminding me of my time fighting Drow. She had on the ring from the bottom of the stream. I managed to test the repeater on her but it did not prove to be significantly superior to the newly bought heavy crossbow. The half-elf then stole the ring right off my finger and disappeared through the door. White Sun blocked the way out and even though Leo used some sort of incendiary, the game was pretty much lost at that point. It looks like I’ll find very capable people around here although their character is questionable.
 
Arvun for example seems to have quite a bit of problems with him. He seems almost possessed when he enters battle. Nothing like the shy man who read notes off his shield. He almost seemed possessed by a mother or a father. Scary but in a different way.
 
The observer, an orcish woman, says the Luminaries are doomed from our performance. I hope that its not. I really do want to be apart of something. If its not the Luminaries though... I’ll find a different purpose.
 
For now though, I need to find Romilius. I feel a bit bad for almost killing him. That monstrous anorexic bugbear. Yeah... I should find him.
 
-Avgift
 
 
Enemies Killed: 0
 
Damage Done: 0+ 8 + 0 + 0 + 22 + 0 +12 + 13
 
Movement Moved: 115 Feet
 
Damage done by Allies: -2 (Incendiary Pollen)
 
Damage done by Enemies: -10-13-10
 
HP Healed: 0
 
Times Down: 0
 
Natural 1s: 1 to hit white sun. Ended up in water.
 
Natural 20s: 20 to hit rom with 22 damage.