The Eye of Eons (Inactive)

Game Master Chyrone

Sabel finishes the summoning spell and Isabella appears near the entrance to the room. She is unable to do anything else and waits on Burdock.

To Father Burdock, the archer needs to go before you've got a clear path.

Round 3

Lyssa holds action until father Burdock acts
Grint & Sabel
Archer takes total defense.
Father Burdock & Elsa
Robed ones

Burdock will step back 15' and cast bless.

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Elsa hurls a shard of ice RTA: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 Cold: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Ow..1 short.

Elsa's ice barely misses the archer's head. Grint's readied arrow follows afterwards, ending the archer.
This leaves Lyssa's action.

@GM The bless should cover the +1 difference!

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For some reason, the almost missing ice takes a slightly different angle and hits the guy. He's hit but not down.

Still, Grint's arrow does so.

Lyssa takes the fallen enemy's place and throws a punch at the green enemy.

Punch, Bless: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 1 = 20 Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 = 9 Bleed: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Round 3

Lyssa punched a robed after getting her turn, robed green goes down.
Grint shoots down the archer, after Elsa hits with her spell.
Archer takes total defense, dies after all.
Father Burdock moved back and casts bless.
Elsa attacks and hits archer with ice.

Robed ones
"Curses, this is not the way we planned this, quickly, fall back! Back to The Father!"

The two robed figures withdraw at the quick turning of the tide.

Combat is over....unless you wish to make running actions against their withdraw, game of cat & mouse.

I'm up for giving chase, although admittedly, I'm also the worst at chasing.

Depends on how far they could come, I could try to catch them in a long hallway with an arrow. Other than that, I'm fine with giving up a chase, we will meet them again eventually.

Grint's words of wisdom.

Lyssa immediately chases after the guys. "You're not escaping me!"

My speed is 40, which is likely higher than theirs. I move 80 feet in a double move. My guess is they move 60 feet in a double move.

She easily catches up with the robed men, and moves past them.

Acrobatics, to move through the square of 1 of them: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Acrobatics, to avoid an AoO from the other if he's in reach: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

"Told you so," Lyssa says with a big grin, suddenly ahead of the men and blocking their escape.

They didn't actually move on the map. If you could place them in the squares they'd be in after their first round of withdrawal, GM, then I can decide where exactly to place Lyssa :)

Withdraw, double the movement speed on scared robes, they were before you in init. So unless it's become clearer, they moved the equivelant of 4 moves, you won't catch up. 80ft vs 120 ft moved?

Actually GM, I think they only move 60 feet. You don't take two move actions with double your movement speed, you take one Withdraw action worth double the movement speed of a single move action. As it is listed as a full-round action and not a move action you can only go double your normal movement speed, being two times the 30 feet speed I'd reckon.

As Lyssa had delayed after Burdock, they now run away 60 feet via the withdraw action not provoking AoO's. On her turn Lyssa could catch them as she double moves after them with 80 feet movement. Compare it with the Run option in movement, it lists it as a full-round action in which you can move up to four times your speed not as taking two moves at quadruple speed.

If so, fair enough, but she only catches 1, they split directions.

With 1 caught and 1 running off to the gods know where, what are your intentions?

Let's just continue to take turns in the initiative order we already had? Though if they did split up that's new information, which changes my previous post to this:

Lyssa sees the two men split up and withdraw. She moves fast, hurrying past one of them as she races for the stairs, and switches into the crane style.

"I'll block the stairs!" she yells just before she leaves the corridor. "I'll hold them up there! Come after me and help me take them down!"

Which of the staircase's squares is the entrance/exit?

Regardless, you stop 1, 1 escapes is the likely scenario if you do this one your own. We'll see. Though i recall Father Burdock & Grint wanting to kill them later :), decisions decisions.
Aka, if nobody else wants to run and pursue them, 1 manages to run away and 1 gets captured.

Father burdock wanted to give chase I believe, also Father burdock or I could run instead of using a move action, thereby catching him after our turn, though we'd lose some AC and risk a possible AoO if we do so.

I can't catch up to them, though :P Also would hate to leave the others undefended.

Outrun (attempt at?) the robes?
It'll be a running marathon for all. Hopefully Lyssa didn't forget about the pressure tiles.

Let's assume:
Grint & Father Burdock run for it and end up a square behind blue.
Lyssa had delayed and is now in front of red after her run.

Red takes a run action to get up the stairs. Taking 1 AoO from Lyssa by running.
Unarmed: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23 Dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Not bothering on crit, it's a knockout.

Blue makes a running action for the stairs, drawing AoO from Father Burdock. Hammer: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 Whack: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10>miss.
He'd make it and up the stairs.

From this point on it's a cat and mouse chase, with who knows what (i do) coming up.

As Sabel sees the others giving chase she decides it isn't worth it.
"I will not participate in a wild goose chase. What are they going to do? Get more lackeys to be knocked out by us?"

Since the man will outrun Burdock, the dwarf will let him be, lest he walk into an ambush.

"Drats, missed him!"

Lilly snickers.
"<Suits 'em right...., she returns to her calmer demeanor.

"They didn't pose much of an obstacle to your posse. Are you drilled in executions?"

Lyssa continues to chase the other man, moving past him and blocking his path in either one or two rounds. "Hi again!"

Let me know if we ended up in a straight corridor where I had the option to charge him, 'cause I would do just that the moment such an opportunity would arise.

He manages to scale the stairs prior to you. I'll let the random chances decide.

1 Caught, 2 Escape by ? means, 3 Screaming??: 1d3 ⇒ 2
By some unknown means, potentially a potion or a secret door, he manags to shake off Lyssa.

Lyssa returns, dragging the man she last knocked out with her. She shrugs when the others come into view. "The other went up in thin air."

Somehow i'm reminded of Home Alone 2, where the staff drags that bellboy. "come along cedric"

The warden is checking vitals when the chasers among you come back.

"You pulled a good one on them. That one you've got by the leg there, is he alive for questioning?"

"I do not suppose either of you gentlemen recognize any of these fellows here?", Burdock pointing to the unconscious bodies of the thugs, archers, and robed men.

The mage-keeper steps forward a bit, adjusting his spectacles again.

"No sir dwarf, other than the fact these armed thugs individuals started appearing here only recently. Coincidentally, we were ordered to remain down here."

Warden: "Which in itself is peculiar, even we need a breath of fresh air once in a while. But the tow of us could not move past the corridors to the rooms opposite our own, some force was blocking us as if it were a wall. We tried identifying it, but it's a mess of magical patterns that makes it difficult to find a proper solution."

What's your plan with the captured man?

Eh. I'll post something about it.

Elsa affixes the man with an icy glare Glaring Intimidate: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26 You had better start talking...

No bonus intimidate? :)

The man, having been brought back to consciousness, is simply sitting.
Looking at Elsa, he shows a definite sign of doubt and unease.

Sense motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3, he's clueless.
"About what exactly, us attacking? We were told there were intruders down here and sent to dispose of you. You are sadly more capable than expected."

The warden throws an additional stern glare at him.
"You had best spill more, these folk and i are very interested in who sent you and why." He looks at you guys. "Any specific questions aside from those, that you wish to ask this lowlife?"

Lyssa thinks a moment. "I guess... it'd be good to know where they and their leader are holed up?"

"Though I'd prefer to deal with the thing we came for first; translate the Aklo stuff."

??: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24

"Hehe, oh you won't find them in this wing."
The man's eyes turn extra attentive at the mention the second topic Lyssa brings up.

The warden shakes his head. "Not good enough."
He grabs the man by the forehead. "Sarenrae, let ye judgement punish this sinner for lying."

So we have Lilly, who can translate for us right? Why not just leave with her now?

You could do that, the choices are up to you guys.

I personally want to save the asylum from whatever evil is happening.

"We need to return to Fear to get the note, would be safer and easier just to head there. And I think some of us need to rest, if there is a safe spot to go to when we're done with these chaps."

To the interrogated man, he asks, "What is the goal of you guys?""

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I want to leave the asylum, but Lyssa's lawful side would want her to stay and beat up the baddies.

Lyssa nods at Burdock to show she agrees, but stays quiet as she awaits the thug's answer.

The robed 'prisoner' looks mockingly at Father Burdock.

"I haven't got a clue what you're on abou....AAAH"
Pain: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
A grimace of pain comes upon his face. The warden's face is without mercy and merely showing grim expectation.

"We are taking over the Asylum over time, the patients are to be used as pawns, nobody cares for the mentally ill. We use them before they are cured." He keeps his lips pressed then.

Warden: "Do you lot have something to do with me and the mage-keeper not being able to leave the corridors? This spell isn't over yet."

Roby: "Hmm?...AAAHH....Okay, *wheeze*, there has been tinkering in magics. But that was done by The Father's right hand man, brother Asgar. His magics are potent."

Spell over.

Burdock ponders and shakes his head to himself.

"So there's three people in charge that are corrupting this asylum; the head nurse, 'The Father' who is probably the new director, and this brother Asgar person...". Turning to the warden and mage keeper, the dwarf asks, "What can you tell us about these people? And is there a safe place to rest, too? As much as I want to leave this place, there seems to be great evil afoot here as well and I can't conscientiously let this malevonance fester."

Warden: "I've met the new director briefly during the reorganisation and leave of our former director. The new one gave off no ill intent at the time, but with current situation it could have been keenly masked. As for this 'brother Asgar', this is the 1st time i've heard of him."

Mage-keeper:"The nurse came with forms from time to time, she was at odds with the head sister in west wing. While the head sister is a competent and genuinely caring woman, cold as she may be even for an elf, the nurse gave off this air of 'results over morality'. I suspected she was capable of some minor degree of magic. As for your question of place of rest, i suppose i have some solution." Pushing his spectacles up again on his nose, he motions you to follow him to his room. He rummages through a small cabinet and takes out a scroll.

"Illusion magic, masking the sight of this room as a collapse. With a few extra components, i can stretch its duration a bit. It depends on how long you wish to rest, with three shady figures in power, anything could happen."

I'm good to rest.

Same here, though Grint hasn't talked much these last minutes ^^

Bodyguards rarely do.
Then i'll forward a bit.
3d20 ⇒ (18, 20, 2) = 40

Lilly snuggles into a corner besides the altar.
During the rest a few shady 'scouts' pass the lower hall, but are utterly fooled by the state the crowded room is in and leave.

All's been pretty quiet aside from that.

Warden: "You lot are looking less tired, a good sign for the ones aiming to bring retribution. A pity i cannot go, no doubt those barriers are still active."

Where are you off to? I heard 2 votes for liberating this place and some sentiment of leaving the place instead, both recent and of earlier. Father Burdock had gotten an indirect lead from the 3 former orderlies back in the tavern, backtracking to the exit isn't difficult either.

Elsa uses the Wand of Mage Armor on herself and Lyssa.

No such thing as a consensus on PbP. GM always go with what 2 players vote on consecutively or we will be here for weeks debating.

Grint's up for liberating the place as well, as we now finally have a target for it. If this was just any haunted house, Grint might have said: Let's get out of here and burn it down.

"Well, we need to return to Fear and retrieve the note, then we can have Lilly translate it. Then we can look into ending the Director's malevolent grasp here."

To the mage-keeper and warden, Burdock will extend a handshake. "Thank you for your aid; I look forward to seeing you again under less stressful terms."