Wolvie lets go of his "treat" and mauls the other guy some, while Cricket dances around with his staff in a cultural spectacle (but fails to connect). Jaegr, appreciative of their efforts but not really impressed, steps forward smartly and ends the merriment -- and the would-be sniper -- with a single decisive downward blow.
Sorry in advance for stepping on toes:
The hill dwarf, caught off-guard by the pretty colors, stands there and stares at them, mouth open.
Cricket, then Wyvurn, then Caspian.
Kelgan's standing and gawking at all the shiny lights.
Full-on two-handed Cricket action!
W: plus trip
Wyvurn will attempt to pummel the dwarf still standing at the top of the stairs attempting to reload.
Cricket mercilessly clubs at the prone bandit, inflicting a variety of bruises and minor injuries. Wolvie bites the hell out of the same victim, shaking him in his mouth and rendering the bandit unconscious.
Meanwhile, Wyvurn, standing just outside of the greased area, catches one of the reloading snipers by suprise. He follows a solid crack on the jaw with a quick uppercut, knocking the crossbowman out cold.
Caspian - you're up!
There's one crossbowman prone on the stairs, reloading; standing behind him is the gnome in the conical hat.
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"Stupid cone head gnome!"
@conehead the boneheaded
Slingstaff (or just sling)
Damage
Caspian clocks the gnome with a sling bullet, doing minimal damage, but definitely getting his attention!
The remaining bandit, apparently more dedicated than his fellows, carefully draws a bead at Kelgan and fires again.
This provokes an attack of opportunity from Wyvurn.
The sniper's determination to slay his original target proves to be his undoing. His attack against the entranced Kelgan breaks the fascination effect, allowing Kelgan to use his shield to deflect the bolt. Had Kelgan remained heavily wounded, he would not have been able to succeed at this (given the -3 penalty to AC), but his wise action in taking a breather, in this case, preserves his life.
The small gnome, in a fury, incants a spell; a spray of jarring colors erupts from his hands, catching both Wyvurn and the unfortunate sniper in its cone.
The prone bandit is blinded and stunned by the blast.
Wyvurn has been hit with this effect before, by the way, by the corrupt marshall back at the inn where the party's adventures began.
As this occurs, the rear door bursts open, and two bandits with tower shields force their way in; they're holding hand axes. Behind them is a tough, evil-looking, black-bearded hill dwarf bandit chieftain, who scowls and lifts his hammer.
You can also hear timbers collapsing upstairs, and a couple more would-be snipers come staggering down the eastern staircase from the second floor, kerchiefs over their noses and mouths. They look to be overcome by smoke inhalation, and are not able to fight.
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"Hey cone head. I'm too hard headed for your cheap tricks!"
"Howdy hammerhead and shields, welcome to my pig roast."
Caspian greases the floor in front of the rear door, trying to trip up the entire trio of late arrivals...(on my turn....)
"Hey guys when you have a second i've got more greased pigs down here!"
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Wyvurn gives the dwarf a swift kick in the ribs as he fires at Jaegr only to turn and taste the rainbow.
[Cricket's player huzzahs as the party kicks ass and then shudders in fear at the arrival of Obmi.]
Jaegr quickly scans the situation, his tactical mind working as always. He realizes that his previous movement, to the base of the stairs, not only allowed him to kill falling bandits, but also put him within a single move of the rear door. He wonders if, subconsciously, he was anticipating needing to reach it quickly? In any event, the two shield-bearers are a tempting target for something tricky. He'd have to line it up just right -- this isn't something he'd try all the time! -- but he thinks that if he smacks one of them just right, he could use that target's tower shield to help him rebound, and use the momentum ro swing at the other guy as well.
Jaegr moves over planning to use his Pick Axe on the first shield bearer and use then his momentum to carry over to the second. However the shield bearers were prepared for the move and used their stout shields to prevent all put a passing blow.
The first shield-dwarf blocks Jaegr's attack with his shield, although the impact alone is sufficient to injure him . Unfortunately, his block denies Jaegr the momentum he needed for his second strike.
Kelgan, then Cricket, and then Caspian greases the floor.
Jaegr:
Thinking about the options, would almost have to be an immediate action, so that you can interrupt other stuff with it (e.g., force rerolls), but that means if you'd already used your immediate action(s) for the round, you'd be unable to use grit. Come to think of it, I'm probably OK with that. The other option would be as a free action, I guess, which technically you could spend anytime on your turn -- it wouldn't chew up an immediate action, but it also wouldn't allow you to force opponents' rerolls, either. On the whole, I'm leaning towards having it be an immediate action. Thoughts?
If it's an immediate action, you could declare it after hitting -- in effect interrupting your own hit with the additional effect -- and if you missed you'd just not spend it. If it's a free action, you'd declare it whenever you want to during your turn (presumably right after you hit the guy), so same deal. And I don't want it to require a swift action. So either way, it looks like you can save that point for later.
Kelgan shakes off the enchantment with a curse and catches the bolt squarely on his shield. Still shouldering the unfortunate elf's body, he moves up beside Jaegr and slams the shield down on the floor.
"Burn!" he bellows, and embers fall away from the front of the shield in a glittering cascade. The shield catches fire in an instant, and tongues of flame reach out hungrily, engulfing both bandits and their chieftain. The flames extinguish almost as soon as they form, leaving long curls of smoke trailing upward from the shield.
Otherwise you could do a free action on your own turn, but an immediate when it isn't? or is that too complicated?
** spoiler omitted **
Bandits Reflex:
Obmi Reflex:
Obmi's shield guys bear the brunt of the cone of embers from Kelgan's shield, and look slightly worse for wear . Obmi sneers as if it's nothing to him.
Cricket's up.
Cricket orders Wolvie to release the unconscious bandit and help him tag team the one still standing.
Handle Animal
Cricket then tries to position himself so he gets flanking bonuses with Wolvie. I'll include them in my rolls, but if the map prevents them, just take 'em out:
C:
W:
Yes grease under the bandits and Obmi, not under his.friends and starts an inspiration....
Cricket and Wolvie bound up the steps to support Wyvurn. Cricket solidly whacks the would-be sniper *one-two!*, and Wolvie finishes him off. The little gnome gibbers in terror.
Shield Guys Reflex:
Obmi Reflex:
The shield guys, even wounded, are too solidly planted to be affected by Caspian's grease. Obmi himself was almost caught off-guard, and if he'd been wounded you'd have gotten him, but he retains his footing as well.
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The gnome, terrified of the leering, shillelagh-swinging goblin and the savage, foaming-at-the-mouth wolf, incants again.
There now appear to be four identical gnomes on the staircase, separated from you by a 5-ft. stretch of greased stairs, two unconscious bandits, and one stunned hobgoblin. Comically, as soon as they pop into being, all four gnomes slip as if on a banana peel, and all end up prone.
Meanwhile, the two (slightly-singed) shield bearers take immediate action to flank Jaegr, the most immediate threat.
Their efforts are feeble, and they resolve to devote themselves to better aiding their chieftain next round, if they survive that long.
Meanwhile, Obmi himself, about to throw his hammer, reconsiders this action given Jaegr's proximity, and wades into melee himself. Almost belatedly, you notice he's got a pick in his off-hand, which he viciously hooks into Jaegr's gut before bringing the hammer down:
Jaegr, if you're still standing, it's your turn.
Jaegr reels from the three blows, unused to being bested in this way. He shakes off the pain, knowing he doesn't have long before he succumbs to his wounds, plants his feets and returns another blow.
Status 26 14/42 (11 Temp)
Jaegr, expecting a concentrated assault, pre-emptively strikes with his pickaxe. Obmi's chainmail takes the brunt of the blow, however, transmitting only some of the force to the wearer.
After Obmi's devastating combination -- two savage pick attacks and a follow-up from the hammer -- Jaegr plants his feet, grits his teeth in his beard, and swings again. Unfortunately, Obmi's mail again takes the worst of the blow.
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Kelgan -- you're up. Hopefully you can quickly intervene and save Jaegr's life...
Kelgan's mind races, as he is unwilling to drop Lyssa to draw his weapon. He digs into his pocket and pulls out a glittering orb. He waves it in Obmi's face and pulls back behind his shield.
"Hey Obmi! Looking for this? You'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands, you impotent asshat."
HP 19/42 lightly wounded.
AC: 32+4-1=35
Cricket, then Caspian.
Miralda assumes Cricket and Wolvie can take care of the gnome, and she focuses on this new threat. Having had poor success with her wand, she attempts to put the shield-bearers to sleep (DC 13):
One of the two shield-dwarves slumps to the floor, snoring.
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Mystified by the multiple gnomes, Cricket swings wildly at one of them, yelling in Tuelvi:
Wolvie attempts to eat one of the gnomes.
plus trip
EDIT--To confirm critical bite Extra critical damage:
I hope Wolvie bit the right one!--EDIT
If anyone can understand Tuelvi they might be confused as to why Cricket is yelling I can't believe I wasted so much time reading those lousy books!
Caspian does the only sensible thing he can think of in this situation he attempts to cast his net upon Obmi...
Ranged @ Obmi
Net masterwork
Ranged touch attack, entangled condition
"Wonder what the zoo will pay for one of these!"
Cricket swings at what he assumes is an image, only to find his blow deflected by a field of force. Meanwhile, Wolvie savagely mauls one of the images into non-existence; his onslaught is so powerful that he catches another image in the aftermath and that one winks out, too, leaving one image and one real gnome to deal with.
Caspian's net settles firmly on top of an enraged Obmi. The powerful dwarf is entangled and doesn't even seem to realize it yet.
Coldly, he strikes at Jaegr with the pick, despite the impediment:
And, seeing Kelgan's taunt, he attempts to hurl his hammer at Kelgan, but being entangled in Caspian's net prevents him from having the manual dexterity needed to fight effectively with two weapons.
The remaining shield guy charges at Kelgan:
He manages to begin his charge, but then slips on the grease and ends up prone instead. Caspian has spared Kelgan from yet another attack!
Obmi would have been fine, except for the impediment of Caspian's net. As it is, he is forced to draw on his own grit to keep from falling prone: , and succeeds in catching himself. He is now VERY angry at Caspian!
Jaegr, seeing a near-certain death-blow coming from the upswing of that vicious pick, desperately draws on his last resources to twist away. Obmi's blow still connects solidly, but thankfully not in an instantly-vital spot. Still, the blow comes close to knocking him out of the fight.
Jaegr's turn Then Kelgan, then Cricket, and then Caspian can come up with still more ways to completely ruin Obmi's day!
Jaegr will take a breather (16 HPs healed with Fast Recovery feat)