Kitchen Ambush

[Shirkon]

I mentioned on the boards about the bandit ambush in our House kitchen. As you will see, I was totally unprepared for what happened. Here is the action as it happened:

[House Phoenix, Kitchens]
Here in the kitchens, a large oven warms the room and fills it with the scent of baking bread. An ancient iron cauldron bubbles over an open fire, as rich steam billows forth to carry the aroma of rolton stew into the air as well. The walls of the room are filled with shelves and cupboards stacked high with dried and preserved foods of all sorts. Piles of fresh vegetables and slabs of finely marbled meats wait for the deft hand of the chef to prepare them. You also see a wooden door and a set of narrow wooden stairs that descend at a steep angle to the basement.
Obvious exits: none
You spy a carefully concealed inflated pouch on the path just ahead of you!
A human marauder suddenly jumps out of the shadows!
A human highwayman suddenly jumps out of the shadows!
A human highwayman swings a mace at you! A clean miss.
A human marauder swings a bastard sword at you!
You dodge just in the nick of time!

You remove a vultite miner's axe from in your weapon sling.
(Change your default item by selecting ready list.)

You sling a mithril round shield off from over your shoulder.
(Change your default item by selecting ready list.)

You are now in a defensive stance.
A human highwayman swings a mace at you!
You barely dodge the attack!
A human marauder slips into hiding.

Everything around you turns red as you work yourself into a berserker's rage!
Zoom has not received a room description in 10 seconds.
Zoom: Assuming you've come to a stop.
You assault a human highwayman with an unrelenting fury!
You swing a vultite miner's axe at a human highwayman! A hit!
The human highwayman is stunned!
You swing a vultite miner's axe at a human highwayman! A hit!
You swing a vultite miner's axe at a human highwayman! A hit!
A human highwayman falls to the ground grasping his mangled left leg!

An elven traveller just came through a wooden door, following you.
A human highwayman lies there, dazed and confused.
A human marauder leaps out of his hiding place!
A human marauder swings a bastard sword at you! A hit!
You rage across the battlefield, striking with unrelenting fury!
You swing a vultite miner's axe at a human highwayman! A hit!
The human highwayman rolls over and dies.
You swing a vultite miner's axe at a human marauder! A hit!
The human marauder is stunned!

You assault a human marauder with an unrelenting fury!
You swing a vultite miner's axe at a human marauder! A hit!
You swing a vultite miner's axe at a human marauder! A hit!
You swing a vultite miner's axe at a human marauder! A hit!
The human marauder is knocked to the ground!

A human marauder struggles to rise but fails in the attempt.
You assault a human marauder with an unrelenting fury!
You swing a vultite miner's axe at a human marauder! A hit!
The human marauder rolls over and dies.

You spin around looking for something to attack!

Finding no target for your rage, you let out a horrendous scream of frustration!

The redness fades from the world and you begin to breathe harder.

You search the human marauder.
He had a dirty grey neckerchief.
You discard the marauder's remaining useless equipment.
He had 218 silvers on him.
You gather the remaining 218 coins.
He had nothing else of value.
A human marauder decays into compost.

You search the human highwayman.
He had a black neckerchief.
You discard the highwayman's remaining useless equipment.
He didn't carry any silver.
He had nothing of interest.
A human highwayman decays into compost.

[Zylianara]

Lornon hath no fury like a Warrior under the affects of a Beserk?

Rawr!

Any thoughts as to why they were even there?

[Shirkon]

Changes to the AG escort task pretty much allows attacks anywhere and everywhere. I have even heard that bandits leaped out of the tree at TSC to attack a traveller. I can see all the empaths and clerics now with their jaws hanging below their knees.

[Zylianara]

Changes to the AG escort task pretty much allows attacks anywhere and everywhere.

<gawk>

Anywhere and Everywhere? Say even semi-nodes?

I have even heard that bandits leaped out of the tree at TSC to attack a traveller.

Oh WoW!

Why oh WHY can't I do that??

Imagine a swan dive with a tarzan call and the bright glint of either the sunlight or moonlight reflecting off of the point of very, very sharp dagger.

AwE SuM

I can see all the empaths and clerics now with their jaws hanging below their knees.

Followed quickly by, "MINE!"

<grin>

Hey, does anyone else think our emoticon smilies look like TOOPID aliens?