Campaign for Ravensflight - The Pursuit of the Ratlings

This, finally, is the game report for the games played last week in our Campaign for Ravensflight - a tabletop adventure campaign using Advanced Song of Blades and Heroes!

After the Defence of Gromlet, Lady Ismira and her retinue decided to pursue the surviving Ratling Raiders hoping to track them back to their lair and destroy that threat once and for all... 

They were not able to pursue instantly... They waited for morning and quickly tried to press a number of Farmers and Woodsmen into service! They ended up with only a handful and left shortly after lunch... 

The progress was slow, but the tracks were clear and easy enough to follow. 

As evening approached it was decided to set up camp for the night. Watch shifts were detailed and those not standing sentry tried to get a few hours of fitful sleep. 

During the last shift before dawn, Raloros - the Spellcaster (Played by Finnegan), was standing guard with two farmers - brothers; Jake and Elwood. Jake and Elwood had secretly got into the supply of spirits and had gotten quite drunk and fallen asleep. 

A few Ratling Assassins snuck into camp and before Raloros could do anything or wake anyone, they struck - killing several of the farmers! So horrified was Raloros, they ran off into the woods in fear! 

Lady Ismira Ravensflight is a light sleeper and was one of the first up and fighting back against the Ratlings. 

Raloros also regained their composure and aided by Lady Ismira by making the Ratling Assassins fall into a magical slumber... 

Luciana killed one of the assassins with her crossbow! 

Ratling Assassin desperately tried to wake up his sleeping compatriot... but was cut down before he could! 

Teh following day the remains of the retinue buried their dead and continued tracking the ratlings... 

They came upon their raiding camp and approached it under cover of darkness... A lot more Ratlings were awake at night! 

Luciana shot down one of the sentries. 

Lady Ismira charged out into the camp, cutting down ratlings left and right! 

The others were bewildered by her insane bravery!?

Most hung back and shot at the scrambling Ratlings! 

Megan, who was STILL recovering from her initial injuries... was injured again... eventually the Ratlings were overpowered and when the Ratling Commander and Wizard were slain, the rest melted into the woods... 

The party scouted ahead and discovered this was not the Ratlings main base of operations, it was mearly a forward raiding camp. Though they did not go all the way there, it was clear there was a more permanent lair deeper in the mountains. It was decided they should return to Gromlet and raise a larger contingent to march on the Ratlings lair!