DAY 5

The Woodfolk are envious of the Lancer's Ponies and buy Swordsman's horses as mounts. He arrives back at the Inn just the Magician is leaving, heading into the unpredictable winds of magic in the Ledges. The poor Witch still can't manage to land on her Hoard and the Sorceror gets in a few rounds of looting before she enchants the tile and traps him and the rapidly approaching Witch-King in purple mist form. Lengthy negotiations with Eduinae save the day, and the tile is once again restored to its natural form.

The Amazon continues to nap in unlikely places (a troll lair?) while the White Knight sneaks, as well as a clanking Knight can sneak, into the cave with the Pool and slithery Octopus. The Elf leads his new ogre friend to uncover the riches of the Deep Woods and its magical treasure sites, while the Wizard teaches the Captain and his Guards to hide, as they try to at last climb safely into the clearing with the Trolls.

The Sorceror wafts around the clearing as Mist while the Spider scuttles to and fro after him. Meanwhile the Elf plinks an arrow after his own Spider but the Ogre's stench distracted him and he misses. The Wizard and Captain are successful at ridding the High Pass of Trolls, doing the travelers of the Realm a great service. Sir George, in a very lucky and somewhat overconfident swipe, cleanly cleaves the Octopus in two, after studying the pattern of ripples on the pool to predict its movements.

Birdsong

Monster Roll: 5
Spiders, Imp, Bashkars, and Ghosts Prowling

Daylight

R6 and R7 follow Swordsman
R4 follows Magician
Captain, GHQ, and G1 follow Wizard
Ogre follows Elf

Swordsman (LW5)
T/M NW5/M MW5/M DV2/M DV5
Sells M5/M6, L4/M6, and M5/H7 Workhorses to Woodfolk for 30G
Moves to NW5
Moves to MW5
Moves to DV2
Moves to DV5
Nothing arrives

Sorceror (in the woods in LD)
M LD6/S/S/S/S
Moves to LD6*
Loots the Hoard (6,3) finds a Treasure
Loots the Hoard (6,1) finds a Treasure
Loots the Hoard (5,1) finds a Treasure
Loots the Hoard (6,2) finds Toadstool Circle
H Spider arrives in LD6 and blocks Sorceror

White Knight (BL4)
H/M BL6
Hides (5,2)
Moves to BL6
Nothing arrives

Amazon (CN2)
H/H (no orders received)
Hides (2,3)
Already hidden
Nothing arrives

Elf (NW2)
*H/H/M DW1/M DW6/S/S
*Hides (3,2)
Already hidden
Moves to DW1
Moves to DW6
Peers (2,3) finds hidden enemies and hidden path DW3-6
Peers (5,2) finds clues
Turns up Lost Castle, Dank M, Flutter 1, Flutter 2, Shrine 4, Slither 3, Statue 2
H Spider arrives at DW6 and Imp arrives at Statue

Wizard (HP1)
H/H/A/M HP4/M HP4
Doesn't hide (6,4)
Hides (5,5)
Alerts Magic IV4*
Moves to HP4
Moves to HP4
Nothing arrives

Magician (Inn)
H/H/*A/*M LD2/M LD2/M LD5/M LD5
Hides (1,1)
Already hidden
*Alerts Magic VIII4*
*Moves to LD2
Moves to LD2
Moves to LD5
Moves to LD5
Nothing arrives

Familiar (LD6)
S/S/S/S/S
Peers (1,4) finds hidden enemies
Peers (6,5) finds nothing
Peers (5,2) finds clues
Peers (4,1) finds hidden enemies
Peers (4,6) finds nothing

Witch (flying between LD and DV)
FL LD/SPX/SP/R/SP
Lands in LD2
Meditates
Enchants Ledges using Magic II2* and grey Magic II3*
- Magic II3* fatigues
- Sorceror's Melt into Mist spell is activated by purple magic from the enchanted tile, and he turns into Mist
Rests Magic II3*
Enchants Magic II3* to grey
Nothing arrives

Witch-King (OW4)
M LD3/H/R/*SPX/SP
Moves to LD3
- Witch-King is turned to Mist by purple magic from the enchanted tile
Doesn't hide (4,6)
Cannot rest a chit while Mist
*Cannot meditate while Mist
Cannot enchant a chit while Mist
Nothing arrives

Eduinae (LD6)
Meditates
Unenchants the Ledges using elven (gold) magic
Hides (5,2)
Already hidden

Sunset

A Spider futilely attempts to clack its mandibles at the purple mist, while Eduinae giggles from the forest. The Magician, Witch, Sorceror and Witch-King recover from the successive waves of purple and gold magic that shifted the clearings twice in rapid successsion, just enough to be uncomfortable.

The Elf and his trusty sidekick Shrek face a Spider of their own in the Deep Woods, but are stealthy enough to sneak up on it as it blithely spins its web.

Captain, Wizard, and all their men are in a much better position this time facing the Trolls, though one of the Guard is still unhidden.

White Knight crouches behind a rock formation and studies the ominous ripples on the surface of the Pool, contemplating how best to rid the Realm of this horror.

Amazon wakes up from her nap with a start, and realizes she is lucky not to be Troll dinner tonight.

The Swordsman passes a pleasant evening with the Company, impressing them with his new wealth and telling tall tales of forest adventures.

Evening

High Pass 4

Round 1

Encounter Step
Troll1 and Troll2 are assigned to attack G2 (the only unhidden hireling in the clearing)
Captain deploys GHQ and G1 light-side-up to attack Troll1, GHQ and G1 becoming unhidden
- Troll1 moves to its own sheet and chooses G1 as its target
- Troll2 remains on G2's sheet
Wizard casts Fiery Blast with alerted Magic IV4* and purple magic from the tile

Melee Step
Wizard targets both Trolls, becoming unhidden
GHQ flips over (5,6) and attacks in (6) Smash
G1 doesn't flip (2,3) and attacks in (5) Swing
G2 doesn't flip (4,2) and attacks/maneuvers in (6) Duck/Smash
Troll1 doesn't flip (4,3) and attacks/maneuvers in (4) Dodge/Swing
Troll2 doesn't flip (4,3) and attacks/maneuvers in (3) Dodge/Swing
Wizard, G1, Troll1, and Troll2 hit
Wizard hits first:
- Does (2,1) T damage to Troll1, killing it
- Does (5,2) L damage to Troll2, not harming it
Troll2 hits, does M damage to G2, not harming him

Wizard receives 5F/5N for killing Troll1

Round 2

Encounter Step
Troll2 is assigned to attack GHQ
Wizard casts Fiery Blast using Magic IV3* and purple magic from the tile
Captain deploys G1 and G2 to attack Troll2
- Troll2 moves to his own sheet and chooses G2 as its target

Melee Step
Wizard targets Troll2
GHQ flips over (6,3) and attacks in (5) Smash
G1 flips over (6,5) and attacks in (3) Thrust
G2 doesn't flip (5,4) and attacks/maneuvers in (4) Dodge/Swing
Troll2 flips over (2,6) and attacks/maneuvers in (6) Duck/Smash
Wizard and GHQ hit
Wizard hits first, does (2,1) T damage to Troll1, killing it

Wizard receives 10F/10N for killing Troll2

Deep Woods 6

Round 1

Encounter Step
Elf alerts Light Bow using Fight L3*

Melee Step
Nothing happens

Round 2

Encounter Step
Nothing happens

Melee Step
Elf ambushes H Spider using alerted Light Bow and Fight L3*, (1,1) staying hidden
Elf does (4) M damage, not killing H Spider

Combat ends due to inactivity

Borderlands 6

Round 1

Encounter Step
White Knight alerts his Great Sword using Fight H6

Melee Step
White Knight targets Octopus, becoming unhidden
White Knight attacks in Swing with Fight H5*
Octopus maneuvers in Dodge
White Knight hits and kills Octopus

White Knight receives 8F/8N for killing the Octopus

Midnight

Mist turns back into Sorceror
Mist turns back into Witch-King