Clebsch GM Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Path

Game Master Clebsch73

Franti's weapons lowered, though were not forfeited. Close to the door, he smiled at the woman. "I look like a crusader? Really?" The kobold clown turned his head back to his friends, giving a nod of approval towards the woman inside, though searched their reactions to her request.

Delay.

"She certainly sounds honest to me. I could not leave Radiance outside unprotected, however. I would be dishonoring the gift of Iomedae, if I let a common thief take it and use it for evil." She turns toward the voice.

"Is there any way we could come to an understanding? I have a blade that I cannot leave unprotected. You seem honest to me, but I can't."

Tauni says to her friends "I certainly doubt they are being honest. They are probably just looters. Should I 'dust them?"

delay

Karas scowled a moment before removing his weapons and placing them on the ground behind him. He motioned the others back.

"As a gesture of goodwill I have laid down my weapons. My companions will step back to a safer distance. Once they have done that will you open the door to speak with us?"

diplomacy lol: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

"All right, I'm opening the door," said the woman inside. The door opened in and to the east. A woman wearing leather armor and armed with a longsword in one hand and a bag in the other stepped into the doorway from the west and threw the bag at Karas. Karas and Franti get an AOO, if either has a ready weapon. Franti attacks at -4 due to the cover provided by the door frame. Since Karas laid down his weapon and is not yet raging, I assume he has no ready weapon.

Franti's lashed out with his sap as she made her attack and hit her left shoulder. But the bag hit Karas and burst into a tangle of gooey filaments that quickly solidified, sticking to Karas and the ground.

With the door open, other armed and armored men and women could be seen. Some had bows ready, others had a sword in one hand and something to throw in the other.

I assume those who talked but took no action are effectively delaying, so they can act before or after Avelina. Anyone attempting a ranged attack at the looter in the door takes a -8 penalty: -4 for cover from Karas and -4 for firing into melee. Anyone making a melee attack against her (except Karas) takes a -4 penalty due to cover from the door frame.

Round 2
Ellena (still on delay)
Tauni (Bless) (speaks, implied delay)
Franti (Bless, small form)(delay)
Karas (Bless, entangled, can't move)(lays down weapon, speaks)
Looter 4 (ranged attack, TF bag hits Karas)
Avelina (Bless)
Looter
Anarya (Bless)
looters

"Get behind me, Lady! These scoundrels fight win out honor!" Ellena drew Radiance and double moved to just behind Karas. "Let's take the fight to these traitors, Karas! For the Inheritor!"

Coming off of delay.

When the door opened and the woman threw something, Tauni let loose. She cast a spell, and a stream of glittery particles went from her extended finger to the open door. Once inside, the particles silently blast out into a sphere, coating everyone in the effect with a shiny coating.

Casting glitterdust, targeting it as far inside as she can. I'm trying not to catch Karas with it, but if she can't see to get it far enough back to avoid that, she will still cast it. DC 16 will saves or blinded, plus they all look... festive.

This also ends the Sanctuary effect on Tauni.

Franti will always do non-lethal, unless against non-living targets. In addition, Franti was small. Damage should be the same (+1 from Dex, -1 from Die downgrade) but attack roll should've been +2.

The kobold snarled at the surprise assault. Franti peeked his head into the building, swatting twice as he leaned through the door frame.

Bless TWF Primary Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 - 4 = 20 for Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6, nonlethal
Bless TWF Secondary Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 - 4 = 16 for Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4, nonlethal

@Tauni if you target it at the intersection where the corners of enemy 1 and enemy 2 meet, you will hit all enemies and not hit any allies

Avelina's bright demeanor melted in a moment. More vicious liars and thieves. She silently prayed in thankfulness that she at least had not been the one to get drenched in tanglefoot bag slime.

She thrust out a finger, pointing at the woman in the doorway.

"Tremble before the Word of the Inheritor!"

Word of the Inheritor Ear-piercing Scream: 1d6 ⇒ 5
DC 16 fort save to take half damage and not be dazed for 1 round

Agreed. But I didn't know if there was any furniture or darkness or anything that would prevent her from picking a precise target point.

Ellena advanced to back up the entangled Karas and stand before Avelina. Tauni directed an explosion of golden motes into the heart of the looter's inner circle, blinding three forming the second rank. Franti added injury to injury by bopping the woman at the door two more times, leaving her reeling but still fighting. Avelina's sonic assault tipped the scales and the looter collapsed (she made the save but the damage put her negative).

Inside the shop, one of the blinded looters moved away from the door.

Round 2
Karas (Bless, entangled, can't move)(lays down weapon, speaks)
Looter 4 (14 NL, 2 Lethal, unconscious, bleeding)(ranged attack, TF bag hits Karas)
Ellena (double move)
Tauni (Bless) (speaks, Casts)
Franti (Bless, small form)(AOO 6 NL to L4, 2 attacks, 2 hits, 10 NL to L4)
Avelina (Bless)(Casts, 2 to L4)
Looter 5 (moves)
Anarya (Bless)
Looters

Anarya is next and then the remainings looters act.

Franti will always do non-lethal, unless against non-living targets. In addition, Franti was small. Damage should be the same (+1 from Dex, -1 from Die downgrade) but attack roll should've been +2.

I copied and pasted the entry in the "GM Rolls" section of Franti's profile, but didn't notice the version for his small form. My bad.

Since Anarya's player has indicated a busy RL is limiting posts, I'll bot her to keep things moving.

Anarya ran toward Karas to help him get free from the tanglefoot bag. She did not have an edged weapon that she could use to scrap the gooey stuff so she instead spoke, "Receive the guidance of the inheritor," made a hand gesture symbolizing Iomedae, and touched Karas gently on the shoulder. Cast Guidance on Karas.

As this was happening, the blinded looters ran deeper into the house while others made ranged attacks at the exposed Karas in the doorway. Their shots (2 arrows and a javelin) splintered wood from the door jam but none hit the tiefling.

Round 3
Karas (Bless, guidance, entangled, can't move)
Looter 4 (14 NL, 2 Lethal, unconscious)
Ellena (Bless)
Tauni (Bless)
Franti (Bless, small form)
Avelina (Bless)
Looter 5
Anarya (Bless)
Looter 1 (blind)
Looter 2 (blind)
Looter 3
Looter 6
Looter 7

Karas' eyes flashed as his rage took over and his claws extended. He slashed at the goo on him with fury.

Damage on goo+power attack: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Damage on goo+power attack: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Karas managed to disentangle himself from the strands of the tanglefoot bag and his feet were no longer stuck to the ground. He still had some restrictions on his movement that would remain until the tendrils lost their stickiness, usually less than 1 minute.

Karas is still entangled, but he can now move at half speed. The duration of the tanglefoot bag is 2d4 rounds, so after Karas's next turn, I'll roll to see if it lasts another round or two. The effect was initiated during the action of Looter 4.

Ellena, Tauni, Franti, and Avelina are all up. Anyone who hasn't acted by Monday evening will be 'botted.

Tauni moved up to the door, bringing up her crossbow to support her allies.

Double move, shown on map.

Franti darted into the building, scales glittering as Tauni's spell hung in the air. With a quick scan, the fool found his target, one still blinded by the sparkling spell. Dancing across the battlefield, the fool tumbled, crawling on his hands and feet to avoid strikes before jumping to assail his target.

Acrobatics vs Looter 6's CMD+10: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20
Trait Reroll - Acrobatics vs Looter 6's CMD+10: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28

Dex Denied Sneak Attack on Looter 1: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 for Sneak Attack: 1d4 + 5 + 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + (5, 2) + 2 = 16, nonlethal

Move action to move 30 feet, Acrobatics to avoid Attack of Opportunity, Standard action to attack.

Ellena moved due north 20', bringing her face to face with enemy 3. She swung her sword at the bad guy.

Power attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Damage 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

I'm not sure how to moderate Franti's actions. He attacked Looter 1, but Looter 1 is in (7,4) while Franti is 2 to the west and 1 south in square (5,4). He would have to make a ranged attack, but last he attacked he had saps, not a ranged weapon in hand. Also, the only looter who is not blind and who has a readied melee weapon is Looter 5 in square (4,2). Looter 3, 6, and 7 are not blinded, but they attacked with Longbows last round after moving, so they don't have any melee weapons in hand to use in an AOO. I've added notes on the map to show which figures are blinded and what weapons they have readied.

If Franti wanted to attack Looter 1 with saps, he'd have to end in square (6,4) and take a -4 penalty for cover. So save your reroll and don't worry about AOOs and let me know which enemy he attacks and with which weapon. Then reroll the attack and damage.

Ellena's powerful attack cut deeply into the looter opposite the door. He took a near mortal wound and looked horrified at the paladin, fearing for his life.

Avelina grinned with self-satisfaction as the looter in the door crumpled and her Champion charged into the fray. Avelina stepped forward, head raised high as she looked upon the villains.

"You all made the grave mistake of antagonizing the Chosen Servents of the Inheritor!."

She mimed holding a bow and drawing two arrows, holding the pose just long enough for people to get what she was doing. She loosed one "arrow" at Ellena's barely-up target and another at the foe next to him.

Volley of Holy Arrows Magic Missile (CL 3) vs Looters 3 and 6: 1d4 + 1 + 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + (2) + 1 = 8

@ Avelina: I assume the first 1d4+1 goes with Looter 3 and the 2nd with Looter 6. So that's 5 damage to 3 and 3 damage to 6. Update coming later tonight or early tomorrow.

Franti dashed into the room and attacked a looter who had just thrown a javelin at Karas. Franti discovered that this fellow was better armored than the others and his sap just thumped into a breastplate underneath his cloak. Avelina finished what Ellena started on one of the looters and dropped him and wounded his partner in archery.

In reply to Avelina's statement, the looter which had been temporarily blinded said, "Then I suppose an offer to split our bag o' loot is out o' the question!" He rushed at Ellena and attacked with his longsword.

His sword swished through empty air.

Anarya sensed that Karas was about to rush into the house, so she touched his shoulder one last time, transferring some divine essence into him. Cast virtue on Karas, giving him 1 temporary hit point.

Reminder to those attacking, you get a +1 on attacks from the bless that Anarya cast earlier.

Bless fills your allies with courage. Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

The two blinded looters retreated further, feeling along the walls to get as far away from the battle as they could, rubbing their eyes to clear the glowing motes of light from them.

Blinded Condition: The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength- and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks.

The looter near Ellena dropped his longbow, drew a longsword, moved to stand over his fallen comrade, and attacked her, finding a weakly armored point and driving the sword into her side. 9 points damage.

The looter Franti had cornered gave him a cruel look of pity and disgust and drew a heavy flail. He swung it and showed the little kobold what a bludgeoning weapon could do. 11 points damage.

Round 4
Karas (Bless, 1 Temp hp, entangled, half move)
Looter 4 (14 NL, 2 Lethal, unconscious)
Ellena (Bless, 9 lethal)
Tauni (Bless) (double move)
Franti (Bless, small form, 11 lethal)
Avelina (Bless)
Looter 5
Anarya (Bless)
Looter 1 (blind, total defense)
Looter 2 (blind, total defense)
Looter 3 (18 lethal)(unconscious, stable)
Looter 6 (3 lethal)
Looter 7

Bold may post actions.

Franti keeled over, ribs cracking as the flail crushed into his flimsy armor. The kobold's teeth grit as he shuffled to the side, giving two half-hearted swipes as he tried to deal with the pain.

Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 1 = 14 for Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8, nonlethal
Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 1 = 9 for Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4, nonlethal

5ft step, full-round attack. I took a gambit, and the dice betrayed me. RIP Franti.

Ellena held her ground, again focusing on enemy 3. She swung Radiance, looping around her own head, trying to cleave through the cultist.

Power attack with Bless 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 1 = 27

Damage 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

She felt the sword strike true. Assuming the cultist still stood, she took a 5' step northwest toward Franti. If the cultist fell, she took the same first step, but continued to move, stopping just south of Franti.

After tearing himself free of the goo, Karas stepped inside of the building and set to tear a looter apart.

5ft step inside. Full attack on #5

Claw Attack 1,Bless,power attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 7 - 1 + 1 = 27
Claw Damage, power attack: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7

Claw Attack 2,Bless,power attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 7 - 1 + 1 = 9
Claw Damage, power attack: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7

Confirm Crit on Claw 1:Claw Attack 1,Bless,power attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 - 1 + 1 = 23
Claw Damage, power attack: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7

Hoping to help clear a path through the looters, Tauni leveled her crossbow and fired at the only one she could see. But Karas's ferocious attack sequence foils her attempts to predict the looter's position and her shot goes wide, mercifully missing her friend as well.

Prescience 1d20 ⇒ 1
Crossbow shot at looter 5.
To hit 1d29 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 3 - 4 = 8
Damage 1d8 + 0 ⇒ (3) + 0 = 3

Not that it matters with those rolls, but if 5 is downed by Karas's attacks, she'll target 6. If Ellena downed 6, she'll target 7. Same penalty for firing into melee applies in all three cases.

Karas stepped into the room, trailing strands of the tanglefoot bag, his features changing as he went into a rage. The looter who just attacked Ellena went wide-eyed at the sight. Karas attacked with his claws and one of these attacks ripped into the man's chest near his neck. 14 points.

The tanglefoot bag is still limiting Karas with the entangled condition: An entangled creature moves at half speed, cannot run or charge, and takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and a –4 penalty to Dexterity. This drops his AC by 2 due to the Dex penalty.

Ellena caused the looter who remained in front of her a wound just as serious as the one that nearly dropped the one she hit the last round. The looter blanched both from loss of blood and fear of death. 11 points

Tauni fired a crossbow bolt into the shop, but with Karas in the way, it could not find a path to its intended target.

Franti tried to hit the looter at the back with his saps, but missed, defeated by the man's armor and perhaps also by his intimidating weapon.

Avelina is up.

Still holding her "bow," Avelina pulled back her hand again, loosing two more arrows at Ellena's target. Looter 6

Volley of Holy Arrows Magic Missile (cl 3): 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 3) + 2 = 6

Avelina's second set of magical missiles punched into the looter who was already grievously wounded by Ellena and he fell on top of his comrade.

The looter Karas nearly gutted retreated, cautiously until he was out of reach of Karas' claws and then more quickly to the wall to the west side of the room, drawing a small bottle from a pouch at his belt. Cautious Move action, followed by a normal move while drawing an item. See House Rules for the details of the cautious move action.

Round 4
Karas (Bless, 1 Temp hp, entangled, half move)(2 attacks, 1 hits Looter 5 for 14)
Looter 4 (14 NL, 2 Lethal, unconscious)
Ellena (Bless, 9 lethal) (attacks, hits looter 6 for 11)
Tauni (Bless) (double move)(ranged attack, miss)
Franti (Bless, small form, 11 lethal) (2 attacks, both miss)
Avelina (Bless)
Looter 5 (14 Lethal)(cautious move, move, draws an item)
Anarya (Bless)
Looter 1 (blind, total defense)
Looter 2 (blind, total defense)
Looter 3 (18 lethal)(unconscious, stable)
Looter 6 (20 lethal, unconscious)
Looter 7

Anarya is up.

Anarya's halo shimmers as it forms a momentarily visible barrier around her, protecting her from harm as she follows her allies inside, morningstar held at the ready.

Use shield spell-like ability from campaign trait, move inside next to Karas.

The looters who had been blinded remained in hiding behind shelves and partitions. The remaining unwounded looter growled at his comrades, "Get out here and fight ya' hamsters!" Then he bore down on Franti, raining blows from his flail, but the fearsome weapon swished the air and then swung again with a lightning swift second attack, but it glanced off Franti's armor, leaving the kobold jester unharmed.

Round 5
Karas (Bless, 1 Temp hp, entangled, half move)
Looter 4 (14 NL, 2 Lethal, unconscious)
Ellena (Bless, 9 lethal)
Tauni (Bless)
Franti (Bless, small form, 11 lethal)
Avelina (Bless)
Looter 5 (14 Lethal)
Anarya (Bless)
Looter 1 (total defense)
Looter 2 (blind, total defense)
Looter 3 (18 lethal)(unconscious, stable)
Looter 6 (21 lethal, unconscious)
Looter 7

karas roared as Anarya's light siloutted his form against the looters. He charged through the sticky fibers clinging to him and lashed out at the looter that Franti had been keeping occupied.

Charging looter 7. Ending 1square South of Franti

Claw attack, charge, power attack,bless: 1d20 + 7 + 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 2 - 1 + 1 = 10
Claw damage, power attack: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 9

Ellena took a 5' step forward and swung her sword at looter7. She called out a request for a surrender after swinging. "Drop your sword and you can walk out of here."

Power attack with Bless 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 8 + 1 = 20

Damage 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Karas attempted a charge at the looter trying to pummel Franti, but the tendrils from the still sticky tanglefoot bag impeded his movement so that he could build up sufficient speed. The strands also threw off his balance and his attempt to lay claws on the man failed as well.

The entangled condition prevents charge, although the die roll being a natural one makes that moot. Also the condition imposes a -2 penalty on attacks.

Ellena: please clarify. Ellena cannot reach either looter with a five foot step. She can move 15 feet west and attack looter #5, who is badly wounded with a potion bottle in one hand and a longsword in the other. Or she can move toward looter 7 just north of Franti and attack him. He is uninjured and is the likely leader of the group, with better armor, a better weapon and a higher BAB, given that he can make two attacks in one round. Which does she want to attack. She can keep her rolls.

Looter 7, please.

Ellena adjusted her grip on her glowing longsword as she moved toward the back of the shop, heading for the uninjured leader of this decimated band of looters. As she reached the wall, she noticed the glowing form of one of the looters who had retreated toward the far corner behind a display wall. He appeared to have cleared the glitter dust from his eyes, so he might make an attack soon.

Ellena swung extra hard at the leader. Iomedae guided her hand and she cut into his shoulder. 14 points.

Round 5
Karas (Bless, 1 Temp hp, entangled, half move)(moves, attacks, misses)
Looter 4 (14 NL, 2 Lethal, unconscious)
Ellena (Bless, 9 lethal) (move, attack, hit 14 to L7)
Tauni (Bless)
Franti (Bless, small form, 11 lethal)
Avelina (Bless)
Looter 5 (14 Lethal)
Anarya (Bless)
Looter 1 (total defense)
Looter 2 (blind, total defense)
Looter 3 (18 lethal)(unconscious, stable)
Looter 6 (21 lethal, unconscious)
Looter 7 (14 lethal)

Bold may post. If Anarya wants to post, do so under a spoiler, in case you think you won't have time later this week. Otherwise, I'll probably bot her to do some healing.

With his allies surrounding the flailing assailant, Franti made a quick roll around the man.

Acrobatics vs CMD: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26,haha, yeah right, Flail-boy...

Though his maneuvering pained him, the kobold clown's adrenaline-fueled movement ended with him in the perfect position to strike. Sap gripped with knuckles white, Franti aimed for the skull.

Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19 for Sneak Attack: 1d4 + 5 + 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 + (2, 6) + 2 = 16, nonlethal

Please don't kill him... 1/2 Speed move action to avoid AoO, standard action to melee sneak on Looter Leader.

Tauni stepped into the shop and fired a crossbow bolt at the injured looter who looked about to drink a potion.
crossbow, into Melee: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 3 - 4 = 19
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 1

The bolt drove its way into his leg. The man flinched but did not collapse, although he looked like he was about to.

Franti dodged and weaved past the leader with the flail and gave him a solid blow with his sap to the man's lower back. The leader grunted, but this wasn't his first melee and he soaked it up and kept fighting.

Avelina marched into the shop, full of self-righteous zeal, drawing her mace in case a looter tried to acost her. Sensing the looter with the potion was at his limit of pain and injury, she moved into the corner, just ten feet away and fired off a cantrip at the man, saying, "Since your heart is so cold, this will make it colder still, or perhaps just still."

Ray, touch, into Melee: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 2 - 4 = 3
damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Alas, her aim was off and the ray hit a glass vial on a shelf behind the looter, which shattered in a shower of glass and frost.

The man cringed with fear and pain, but gave a weak smile when he saw the crossbow bolt and the frost magic missed him. He took a step away from Franti and Karas and unstoppered the small vial he held onto with fierce intensity. This moment of inattention gave Avelina an opening, which she interpreted as the Inheritor's blessing to dispatch the unrepentant scoundrel.

I will finish this in a new post. I am having trouble formatting from my IPad. Can't get to the bracket keys.

Light mace: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Avelina's mace smashed into the man's chest but she did not swing hard enough to hurt him. He practically threw the liquid into his mouth. As soon as he did so, his wounds began to heal, the bolt dropped from his leg and he braced himself for more attacks, while he looked longingly at the door to the outside.

Anarya cast a healing spell. A ball of soft light rolled from her halo to her hand. She gritted her teeth, gripped her heavy mace, and ran between the battling foes and her comrades to get to the wounded Franti. The looter fighting Avelina made a half-hearted swipe at her with his long sword, but couldn't hurt such a beautiful woman. Avelina touched Franti. The healing light flared and moved to Franti's injuries and healed them completely.

CLW: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

I will post the other looters' actions later today.

I'm currently unable to use a laptop or PC in the morning and so I was doing the above posts from my Ipad, which is considerably more difficult and time consuming. So I was distracted and forgot to include the +1 to hit for the bless spell. This would have changed the events in the previous post significantly. It's too late to edit that post, so disregard it and replace it with the following. Sorry.

Avelina's mace, with the added blessing of Iomedae, knocked the wind out of the looter about to drink a potion, causing him to collapse and lose consciousness, dropping his potion bottle unopened.

Anarya thus had a clear path to get to Franti to deliver healing energy. She did ready her mace, since she had to get within reach of the guy with the flail in order to reach Franti. Her healing spell completely removed all trace of the flail wound that Franti had just received.

The looter who had been blinded by the glitterdust and was hiding behind a shelf of merchandise moved back into the fray, now able to see. He attacked Ellena, but his longsword was blocked by her shield.

The apparent leader of the gang, swung his flail at Karas, then stepped back and attacked Franti. Karas saw the flail coming and tried to move out of the way, but his movement was hindered by the tanglefoot bag remnants and he was hit. 5 points. Franti ducked under the attack on him.

Karas snarled and advanced on the leader, claws slashing. One attack got past his guard and his fancy armor. 8 points. The veteran fighter kept on fighting, although he was in serious need of healing.

Round 6
Karas (3 lethal, Bless, entangled, half move)(5-foot-step, 2 attacks, 1 hits, 8 to L7)
Looter 4 (14 NL, 2 Lethal, unconscious)
Ellena (Bless, 9 lethal)
Tauni (Bless)
Franti (Bless, small form)
Avelina (Bless)
Looter 5 (16 Lethal, unconscious)
Anarya (Bless)
Looter 1 (total defense)
Looter 2 (total defense)
Looter 3 (18 lethal)(unconscious, stable)
Looter 6 (22 lethal, unconscious)
Looter 7 (22 lethal, 16 non-lethal)

Post as you are able. I'll post for whomever has not posted by this time tomorrow. This battle ought to be winnable in a few rounds so I don't want it to be drawn out too much.

Emboldened by the tide of battle, Avelina dashed over towards her champion, taking up position in a flank with her.

"Come, my Champion! We shall defeat this one together!"

She swings the truncheon with both hands in an awkward--if energetic--display.

Attack with Light Mace (bless, flank): 1d20 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 1 + 1 + 2 = 24
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 1 + 1 + 2 = 13
Crit Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Avelina hits for 8 points of damage.

By the way, I should have eliminated the status label of Total Defense for Looter 1. He is not in total defense.

Ellena grinned at her Lady's bravery. She was surely Iomedae's chosen. Why just her beauty alone, she thought as she shook her head to regain focus. She swung Radiance in a powerful loop, ready to end the battle.

Power attack with Bless and Flank 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 8 + 1 + 2 = 25

Damage 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Looter 1 is down.

"Please! Why must we fight? Surrender and drop your arms and we will heal your wounded and harm you no further!" Anarya pleaded with the looters. They may think we are criminals or cultists ourselves, she thought.

The fool wouldn't fall for the same trick twice. He ducked under the flail, crawling to the man's side.

Having heard Anevia's plea, the fool doesn't lash out. Franti primed his sap, waiting for an ally to compromise the leader's defenses should they refuse to yield.

5ft step, standard action to ready a melee attack.

Franti does not get the flanking bonus or sneak attack damage, as there is no one threatening the opponent on the opposite side. An ally would have to threaten the enemy from (4,5) or (5,5). So he does 9 points (no +1 from the Bless, it only helps with the attack roll).

The leader did not relent from the fight in response to Anarya's plea. Perhaps it had to do with the tiefling and the kobold in the group making him think maybe the others were only pretending to be crusaders or else he just doesn't want to be captured.

Since he did not immediately surrender, Franti hit him again with his sap.

Tauni, unable to get off a clear shot with her crossbow and not wanting to use up a spell when the others seemed to have the enemy outnumbered, prepared another crossbow bolt and prepared to fire should a belligerent come into the clear.

The looter who had been defending himself in the SW corner decided to try to make a break for the door, but he couldn't get past Anarya. Franti bopped him with his sap (9 points, NL).

Anarya has the option of making an attack of opportunity.

The leader's action will be posted once we see if Anarya takes an AOO on Looter 2.

The looter showed his gratitude by not attacking her either, although he did lash out at Franti who had just given him a nasty bruise. But his swing did not connect.

The leader of the gang attempted to reposition Anarya so he can make a break for the door. Anarya was not in the mood to put up with this after he rebuffed her generous offer of safety for surrender, so she took a swing at him with her heavy mace. The weapon bounced harmlessly off his armor.

He shoved Anarya to the side and tried to dash to the door. Karas was not about to let Anarya be manhandled or let the cad escape. He raked across the man's side with his claws, which cut into the man's side. He staggered a step or two, and collapsed.

Seeing his leader cut down, the last remaining looter dropped his sword and collapse on the floor begging for mercy, leave a yellow pool on the floor.

Melee is over.

Round 6
Karas (3 lethal, Bless, entangled, half move)(5-foot-step, 2 attacks, 1 hits, 8 to L7, AOO hits does 7 to L7)
Looter 4 (14 NL, 2 Lethal, unconscious)
Ellena (Bless, 9 lethal) (attack, hits, 11 to L1)
Tauni (Bless) (readied action)
Franti (Bless, small form)(attacks, hits, does 9 NL to L7, AOO hits does 9 NL to L2)
Avelina (Bless) (attacks, hits, does 8 to L1)
Looter 5 (16 Lethal, unconscious)
Anarya (Bless) (diplomacy attempt, fails, AOO misses)
Looter 1 (19 lethal, unconscious)
Looter 2 (9 NL) (moves, move through enemy's square fails, attacks, misses)
Looter 3 (18 lethal)(unconscious)
Looter 6 (22 lethal, unconscious)
Looter 7 (31 lethal, 23 non-lethal, unconscious)

Upon closer inspection, none of the looters is dead. Their loot sack is back near where only remaining conscious one is wetting himself. I'm going to give you the contents and forego the spellcraft rolls, since you'll figure it out soon enough.

Treasure: The looters keep their collection of treasure in a large sack. The trove consists of 122 gp, 418 sp, a set of silver cutlery worth 125 gp, a brass goblet worth 15 gp, a portrait of a young man in fancy dress cut from its frame and rolled up worth 55 gp, a flask of acid, a flask of alchemist’s fire, two vials of antitoxins, three vials of holy water, three +1 flaming bolts, an elixir of vision, and a potion of barkskin +2, a wand of Ghostbane Dirge (47 charges, CL 4), Gloves of Larceny.

While looking around the shop, there did not appear to be anything to suggest this was a safe house, just the usual alchemical wares. Franti then noticed that the items on a shelf near the back of the store looked like bottles of salt and colored water rather than the more colorful and varied contents on other shelves. Close inspection confirmed that the wares fake and a bit of poking and prodding revealed that the shelves functioned as a door that opened onto a stairway that descended to a basement level. Secret door marked with an S on the map.