"Is there a reason you do not want to enter the training area?...

Unmar accepts the rage welling within him. He batters at the birds with abandon, using the pommel on return strokes when necessary.

Unmar finds two birds coming into his head from 11 and 1 simultaneously....

Reflex takes over and he finds himself bashing one, and using his elbow to shield the off side of his head along with moving towards the one he is hitting..

Unmar curses, missing one and tries again...

Unmar finds the winds reversing as a bird like shadow slams into his back...

Dealing only  2 points of subdual damage...

Lorian

Moves to the Training area.  So what training do you have for a bowman grounds keeper?  I wish to try out this new bow and see what it is capable of.

A grunt of air escapes Unmar as the bird slams into his back.  Gritting his teeth, he awaits the next one, wary of all sides now.  The next one, he slams the head of the mace into and feathers fly.

Goes to the largest piece of open ground and tries out his new Shelter.  He places it on the ground and says the 1st command word/s, which none but those with ear right against his mouth would hear, but the phrase was spoken.

The structure appears, not square, but a large rectangular shaped building, the walls are stone half way up, with wood the remainder of the way up.

A fence of sharpened wood crib circles the outside.  The windows are arrow slits, and smaller that most cottages, but defensible.....

In reply to Guild Master (msg # 29):

Going inside, Grauwker the Wanderer, looks, takes in the majestic nature of the magical item that the Guild has gifted for his use.  Large enough for him at over 7ft tall, he walks by the barricade with easy strides, then heads inside.  Opening the door, he still stoops to go through the door.  As he starts to open it, the door is pulled open Sire, your coat if I may  Puzzled, the tall Elven Ranger takes his feathered cloak off and hands it to....a butler, waiter?  He wasn't sure but the ghostly figure had a servants attire on.

He walks around the space, checking out it's defensibility.
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As the man enters the fireplace lights up a cauldron fills with water, and a second smaller one full of oil swings over the fire at a higher location, with some sort of system that moves the oil to a chute right above the door....

The hearth of the fireplace has a runic inset....
"The hearthstone - spells cast upon this home last twice as long..."

Unmar finds himself still pelted by shadow birds...


Lorian, finds himself into a shadow scape, he is on a narrow ledge, high above the ground, with no footholds down and none leading up....he finds a strange belt at his waste, the kind that might secure a man to a cliffface securely enough to lean out and actually use a bow...once he has tested it he sees shadowy goblins coming at him from both directions along the ledge...
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Lorian

Says out loud "Secure"   just to see if the belt responds.  He then leans out and starts firing on the goblins.

10:44, Today: Lorian Bookminder rolled 12 using 1d20+4.  MWK Composite Long Bow.
10:45, Today: Lorian Bookminder rolled 4 using 1d8+1.  MWK Composite Long Bow Damage.

10:46, Today: Lorian Bookminder rolled 14 using 1d20+4.  MWK Composite Long Bow.
10:46, Today: Lorian Bookminder rolled 7 using 1d8+1.  MWK Composite Long Bow Damage.
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What kind of training is this, Unmar wonders while bashing yet again at another shadowy bird.  He twists and turns, trying to keep up with them and from where they are coming from.

After visiting all aspects of the inside part of the main building, Grauwker The Wanderer walking to the entrance of the building, the through the courtyard to stand in the entrance of the palisade.

Nodding appreciatively, he closes the gates and walks back inside the Guild Halls, then into the library, ducking his head do as not to bang it on the cross beam.

Unmar finds himself battering at shadow birds, left, right and center, high low and middle, eventually as fatigue sets in he finds himself building endurance in a new realm of swinging the weapon....longer than he has pushed his training in the past...
In the distance the ground is now in sight and that will be hitting it sooner rather than later......also in about 6 rounds, so you may have to plan something other than just bashing birds....




Lorian finds that the two approaching groups have set it up so that to hit the closest target he has to constantly change direction, but he can more easily fire arrows one way and then multiple arrows down the other......but as he gets faster and fires arrows, it seems inevitable that the goblins will reach him on the narrow ledge.....he estimates no more than 6 rounds, so he may have to forgo firing in order to do something else......

Lorian

Feeling vulnerable, taps his House insignia and calls upon the hidden powers within.  Spider Climb.  He climbs up above the goblin ledge and re-secures himself with the belt.  Allowing them to all close and be below him to recieve his arrows.

Lorian finds the solution to his problem by getting above the goblins and posting up out of the range of any hand held weapons as he continues to take shots at them....

Pretty soon the specific training session ends, and you find yourself in the clear again, the dark fog of shadow magic still swirls....

"Did you want some other training today?"

Lorian

No just breaking in the new bow was my primary objective.  Sooner or later I will need to find another weapon to train with.

The ground looms closer and closer toward Unmar. A collision is inevitable.  He is in the air, with no wings.  He cannot fly.  He knows not a spell that would whisk him to safety.  He cannot think his way to safety.

Or, can he?

Unmar remembers the ring the quartermaster had given him earlier and the words that accompanied it, '...You will be donned in full plate armor, a large bronze shield, and the magic in the ring will help resist common dangers.'

He wonders if falling is a common danger?  Without any other ideas, Unmar utters the command word, "SoopHoopAZoopAMoop".
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Unmar continues his fall, going from unarmored to full plate with a thought and he finds himself still falling....

As the ground comes forward faster....a shadowy set of wings sets upon his shoulders and brings him slowly out of the fog and in an upright position, the wings fade away...

"I had to save you in this session, how will you deal with falls once you are in the field?  Revisit the quartermaster."

Walking back into the grounds, Grauwker The Wanderer moves towards the palisaded cottage, checks to see if anyone was inside and once satisfied that it was empty except for that which should be there, he says a second command word and the complex becomes a small ornament.

((OOC:Like this but as the second image
https://images.app.goo.gl/rRw1rccLoTz9jV6B8
https://images.app.goo.gl/prsXPnhekWHTajZh8))

Unmar bows his head at the groundskeeper, completely abashed at having failed the training given him. "Thank you sire." he says.  "I will do as you advise."  He has no idea what the groundskeeper means.  What could he have done different?  He is too embarrassed to ask.  The cleric leaves the grounds, and heeds the advice of the groundskeeper, heading straight for the quartermaster.
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Once collected and stored, Grauwker The Wanderer heads to see the Quartermaster.

The farm goes on farming, and the other areas look about the same, the dark mist of the training area disappears when the groundskeeper leaves.....

He returns to his living quarters, the front part of the barns left.

In the evening or when the outside area darkens to a dusk like level, you can see the ember of the game keepers pipe, in the dark loft...

No one has asked about visiting the man after hours????