Calendir - Climb ladder, Draw Greatsword, Attack Natalya for Non-Lethal
Raven - Blinding Ray on Natalya
Aurora - Fire two Shots at Goblin, one from last round
Jotune - Scurry up ladder after Calendir
Welby - Maintain Inspire Courage
Omoro - Shoulder Shortbow and Climb the First Ladder
Goblin
Natalya
Nadja gestures again at Natalya, commanding the woman to sleep, but the varisian seems to just shake it off quickly this time, "I am the one to be doing the commanding, insect!"
Calendir quickly climbs up the ladder, the slick grease on it doing little to impede him. He pulls his greatsword as he steps off at the top and swings at Natalya, but the excellent swing glances off invisible protections around the woman.
Raven's bright ray of light strikes the woman in the face, but she seems to be only partially blinded by it , "Damn you, my eyes!"
Aurora sinks two arrows into the goblin beside her, one in the shoulder, and when that one doesn't drop it, another in its throat. It falls onto its face on the platform.
Jotune attempts to follow Calendir up the ladder, but has more trouble with the grease covering it and slides back down to the bottom of the ladder.
Welby continues to shout encouragement to the group and Omoro shoulders his bow and climbs up the ladder out of the pit.
Natalya steps back from Calendir, her foot on the edge of the platform. "Burn for your arrogance!" She thrusts forth the shard of metal in her hand, but nothing happens as she is forced to dodge another swing from Calendir. "Curses!"
"I'm coming, Cal. Hold her off until I can get over this blasted Grease," Jotune yells, losing patience at his lack of ability to scale the tricky ladder.
Fine! The beautiful witch snaps. If you want to make it hard on yourself then so be it. Reaching into the folds of her dress Nadja withdraws the tanglefoot bag. Waiting for an opening as Calendir's sword swings past Natalya, Nadja lets fly with the alchemical contraption.
Round 3
"She resist's the colors, she is strong." Raven grasps the raven's claw amulet she wears and concentrates upon it, focusing upon the bond and preparing to draw upon it's power.
Calendir raises again the huge weapon, swinging with the flat of the blade in an attempt to knock out the woman - "You should surrender fool! You are surrounded and your goblins are worthless!"
Calendir - Attack Natalya for Nonlethal Damage
Raven - Ready action to cast Magic Missile at Natalya when she casts
Aurora
Jotune - Try the ladder again
Welby
Omoro - Climb the ladder
Goblin
Natalya
Nadja hurls a thin bag at Natalya, but it falls massively short into the pit, exploding and spraying a sticky goo into the water.
Calendir takes another swing at Natalya, but the blow again glances off of her protections.
Raven eyes Natalya, waiting for her to cast.
Jotune and Omoro attempt to scale the ladder, but the slippery grease prevents them from reaching the top, causing them to slide back down.
Natalya begins to gesture and intone a spell. Raven takes the opportunity to cast her spell, sending a bolt of magical force from her fingertips to unerringly strike Natalya. However, the bolt is intercepted by a disk of force that only appears momentarily as the magical bolt strikes it and is dissipated. Natalya grins as she completes her spell and gestures at Calendir.
Calendir
Aurora
Jotune
Welby
Omoro
Raven
Natalya
"Damn it, this is ridiculous," the elf shouts as he makes no progress trying to scale the ladder. Not knowing what else to do, he continues to try and climb up the damned ladder!
Round 4
Seeing the struggle with the ladder, Raven retrieves her rope and grapple and attempts to attach it to Natalya's platform. Securing the platform she holds the rope tight for anyone who wishes to climb.
Hissing in frustration Nadja's quick mind begins to rapidly catalogue her options. We were far too slow, we should have moved quickly. We lost the elemental of surprise. Worse, she is extremely resilient. Seeing many possible outcomes, she in a split second carefully weights the options laid before her. Reaching into a small pouch at her side Nadja withdraws several clumps of black cat hair. Muttering eldritch words of power she lets the hair drop from her hands, being caught on a previously inexistent wind. As the hair swirls around her Nadja points with one elegantly filed nail and points at Natalya, cursing her in Varisian. As the aura of misfortune settles on Natalya, Nadja gives a hard glare at Jotune. Do it now! She cries out in Elven, hoping that Jotune will understand her hidden message.
School enchantment (compulsion) [mind-affecting]; Level witch 1
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M (hair from a black cat)
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one creature
Duration 1 round/level or until discharged
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance yes
You afflict the target with bad luck. On the next d20 roll the target makes, it must roll twice and take the less favorable result. For every five caster levels you have, the target must roll twice on an additional d20 roll (to a maximum of five rolls at 20th level).
A target who can speak and has at least one free hand and who is aware of the spell and its effects (such as from a Spellcraft check to identify the spell as it is cast) can negate one reroll by spending a move action to utter a brief prayer or good luck charm to appease the spirits of ill fortune.
Jotune hears the message from the witch. He nods and steps back from that accursed ladder. "Down here, Miss," he calls out to the woman on the platform then releases one of his magicks, causing a rainbow array to emanate from his palm, striking toward Natayla.
Aurora attempts to maintain her focus during the midst of the chaos, targeting the woman
Calendir stares dumbfounded at the woman in front of him - This face... so familiar...
He quickly turns around, placing himself in front of Natalya to protect her from missile fire, shouting to the others - "Wait!! I know this woman!! Please stop your attack - this must surely be a misunderstanding!"
Calendir - Stand and Speak
Aurora - Fire at Natalya
Jotune - Move back to cast Color Spray at Natalya
Welby
Omoro - Climb the Ladder leading to Natalya
Raven - Retrieve and Throw Grappling Hook
Natalya
The curse settles on Natalya like a weight, causing her to slump slightly. Calendir issues a plea to the group, while Aurora fires at Natalya, the arrows simply going wide or glancing off the woman's protective spells.
Jotune casts a spell, a blast of bright colors leaping from his hand. Natalya is caught in it, but despite the curse placed on her, she still manages to shrug off the effects. "You will not topple me!"
Omoro manages to scale the ladder leading up to Natalya, moving to join Natalya and Calendir on the platform. Raven hurls her grappling hook and it catches on a exposed beam in the wall nearby. A quick tug notes that it seems to be sturdy.
Natalya gestures to Omoro, looking towards Calendir, "Protect me from him! Keep the bird away from me!"
Devils below! This is getting ridiculous. Seethes Nadja becoming more and more frustrated at the failings of the group. Raising her crossbow she aims her sights at Natalya. Take her alive if you can, but this needs to end now! She snaps, pulling back on the trigger of the crossbow.
Jotune shakes his head in disgust. This is turning out to not be a great day Knowing his magic had failed, and he was unable to climb the ladder, he chose the third option and attempted to scale the grappling hook/rope combination, trying to help the others.
Climb
Round 5
Raven waits for Jotune to ascend, preparing a spell just in case.
Calendir - Aid Another (Defense) on Natalya versus Omoro
Aurora - Fire at Natalya
Jotune - Climb the Rope
Welby - Keep Inspiring and use Touch of Luck on Aurora
Omoro - Attack Natalya
Raven - Move Across the Pit
Natalya
Nadja lets a crossbow bolt fly, but the bolt glances off an invisible barrier around the mage.
Calendir brandishes his blade, ready to swat at attacks on Natalya from Omoro.
Aurora fires her bow at Natalya, the arrow amazingly piercing her protections and sinking deeply into her shoulder. She screams in pain then turns to glare at the archer with fury burning in her eyes.
Jotune scrambles up the rope and joins Calendir and Omoro on the platform next to Natalya.
Welby continues his inspiring sermon, moving up to touch Aurora and grant her a bit of luck.
Omoro lashes out with his blade, but the weapon strikes on air as Calendir swats it away.
Raven leaps into the pit, sloshing through the putrid water and making her way up the ladder on the other side. She positions herself on the side opposite Jotune.
Natalya pulls a slivery short sword and stabs Omoro in the side, drawing a pained gasp from the tengu.
Round 6
Raven sends her own wave of colors at Natalya.
Jotune pulls his scimitar and moves to take a flanking position with Omoru, trying to help the tengu by distracting Natalya.
As Nadja listens to Natalya give commands to Calendir, and him respond by trying to swat Omoro's blade away, Nadja's eyes widen with realization. A charming incantation! Oh Calendir, you weak minded fool! Eyes narrowing Nadja smirks and blows a kiss to Calendir. Well my dear, I hope your sleepy. Night, night.
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Omoro squawks in pain as Natalya stabs him in the side. He presses his hand to the wound, feeling his blood ooze around his feathery fingers. "Stop fighting us, Natalya! We are not your enemies!" He slashes at her again with his blade, more guarded in his strikes than he was before.
Fighting defensively, increasing my AC to 18 this round.
Jotune, pleased to be next to the enemy, tries a quick swipe at her with his scimitar.
Attack
Damage
Maintaining eye contact, Aurora coldly nocks and releases another arrow, targeting the opposite side.
Calendir - Fall Asleep
Aurora - Fire at Natalya
Jotune - Pull Weapon and Attack Natalya
Welby - End Sermon and Use Bit of Luck on Aurora again
Omoro - Defensive Fight/Attack Natalya
Raven - Color Spray on Natalya
Natalya
A flurry of activity surrounds the varisian woman on the platform. Calendir falls fast asleep as Nadja casts a hex upon him, removing his ability to aid Natalya in his enchanted state. Attacks rain down upon the woman, but all of them are defeated by her magic protections, the blows glancing off invisible armor. Welby uses his abilities to again bolster Aurora's chance of landing a telling shot. Raven's Color Spray washes over Natalya, but a bright flash emenates from the shard she holds in one hand, and she emerges unaffected from the lights.
Natalya again stabs at the tengu, but Omoro manages to deflect the blow away from his body.
Jotune thought he had struck a good blow last time, but that failing, he steeled himself to try again, hoping Omoro's distraction would allow that blow to land.
Attack
Damage