Eros screams out:"Die!! You Pig!!!"
With all of his might Eros raises his Greatsword above his head, and thrusts downward in an attempt to slice Red-2 in half.
Maelorn was hit by one flank sneak attack for points of damage.
Eros was hit by one flank sneak attack for points of damage.
Eros was also hit by one regular attack for points of damage.
Round 3:
Nakoda-----20
Sighing at the necessity, Nakoda uncoiled the whip and sent it out to trip the first tenant of the shelter that was attacking Eros.
While the attack was accurate, in her haste, she had failed to set her feet, and rather than be pulled over, she let the whip fall
from her hands, intending to retrieve it in a moment.
The rising and falling tones of the Shoanti battle-chant continued to issue from her,
giving what assistance she could to those she arrived with.
Eros-------14
Eros screams out:"Die!! You Pig!!!"
With all of his might Eros raises his Greatsword above his head, and just hacks Red-2 in half.
Maelorn-----9
Disoriented and Deafened, Maelorn instinctively reacts to the movement around him and strikes at Orange 2, crushing his
skull in passing.
Seeing the danger he was in from flanking, he took a step north and seeing Red 2 being cut down,
switches his strike at to Red 7, but misses,
Zane--------8
Using Mage Hand, Zane moves the handle of the fallen whip, flipping it through the air to land in Nakoda's hand.
Mooks-------5
Red 5 takes a step to flank Maelorn and flank attacks.
>Knife attack: Hit! for points of damage.
Red 6 takes a step to flank attack Eros.
>Knife attack 1: Miss!
>Knife attack 2: Miss!
Orange 1 takes a step and flank attacks Eros.
>Broken bottle attack: Miss!
Red 7 flank attacks Maelorn.
>Knife attack: Miss!
Orange 3 lunges to attack Maelorn, getting exited at the thought of blood.
>Broken bottle attack: Critical threat?
Confirm? Not confirmed for points of cutting damage.
CLICK for the tactical situation at this point.
Initiative order, Round 4:
Nakoda-----20
Eros-------14
Maelorn-----9
Zane--------8
Mooks-------5
Free Action: Eros Drops his Greatsword.
Free Action: Eros takes a 5-foot step to J18
Free Action: Eros shouts "Look! hes getting away!"
Move Action: Eros draws his bow.
Standard Action: Eros shoots Red 1
Using Mage Hand, Zane moves the handle of the fallen whip, flipping it through the air to land in Nakoda's hand.
Maelorn swings his hammer at #5 before stepping north
Round 4:
Nakoda-----20
Nakoda continues chanting to Inspire Courage continues (+1 vs Charm/Fear, +1 atk/dmg)
Nakoda had not been expecting trouble of this particular order (though in hindsight, she should have),
and did not bring her bow with her, for all the good it would have done.
The chances were that she would have tried to help and accidentally hit her allies.
Eros' eagerness to join the fray was expected, but the degree of eagerness was still mildly unsettling.
As she continued chanting, she stepped forward to retrieve her whip, and is startled when Zane waves his hand and
moves the fallen whip, flipping it through the air to land in Nakoda's hand.
She nods her thanks and lashes Orange 1 again, trying for a trip.
Trip attack: but again fails horribly.
Eros-------14
Eros Drops his Greatsword, takes a 5-foot step to J18, Eros shouts "Look! hes getting away!"
Eros draws his bow and shoots Red 1, who takes the shot in the leg.
Eros takes an attack of opportunity from Red 6.
Attack of opportunity: Miss.
Red 1 screams and limps up the stairs and out of sight.
Maelorn-----9
Maelorn swings his hammer at #5, connecting with the already wounded one and dropping him, before stepping north (to M17).
He takes an attack of opportunity from Orange 3.
Attack of opportunity: Hit! for points of damage.
Zane--------8
Zane concentrates on using his Mage Hand to lift a dagger from Red 6's sheath.
Range touch: The dagger slide free of it's sheath and rises up over the crook.
Mooks-------5
Red 6 Attacks Eros.
Right dagger attack: Miss!
Left dagger attack: Miss!
Red 7 Attacks Maelorn
Dagger attack: Miss!
Orange 1 attacks Eros.
Attack: Hit! for points of damage.
Orange 3 attacks Maelorn.
Attack: Miss!
An elderly priest limps through the chapel enterance shouting; "What is the meaning of this? Stop this right now!"
CLICK for the tactical situation.
Initiative order, Round 5:
Nakoda-----20
Eros-------14
Maelorn-----9
Zane--------8
Mooks-------5
Free Action: Eros takes a 5-foot step to J17.
Free Action: Eros stares darkly at Orange-1 and proclains:"I will sacrifice your entrails to mighty Rovagug!!!"
Standard Action: Eros fights defensively (-4attack,+2ac) and shoots Orange-1 with his bow.
"You are harboring a murderer in your temple, father, and these seem to be his lackeys. If they are willing to stand down with lesson learned, however, I am will to ignore them in favor of our quarry."
Round 5:
Nakoda-----20
[ic]Inspire Courage continues (+1 vs Charm/Fear, +1 atk/dmg)[/i]
Sighing at her inability to manage a successful maneuver,
Nakoda continues her battle-chant and strikes at the same target she was trying to subdue.
Harming anyone was not something that she wanted to do, especially an innocent,
but the potential harm was too great. She snaps her whip doing some nonlethal damage to Orange 1.
Eros-------14
Eros takes a 5-foot step to J17, stares darkly at Orange-1 and proclains:
"I will sacrifice your entrails to mighty Rovagug!!!"
Shoots at Orange-1 with his bow, but just misses; this draws
an attack of opporuntiy from Red7: which misses.
Maelorn-----9
"You are harboring a murderer in your temple, father, and these seem to be his lackeys.
If they are willing to stand down with lesson learned, however, I am will to ignore them in favor of our quarry."
Maelorn will hold his action.
Zane--------8
Zane drops the dagger over Red 6's head.
Drop attack: which sinks into the floor next to his left foot. Zane notes the position to correct his drop for next time. He grasps the dagger with his Mage Hand and wiggles it in order to free it from the floor...
Mooks-------5
Brother Jhonas strides out of the Chapel in a most intimidating manner (he is surprisingly big).
"What is the meaning of this? Stop this IMMEDIATELY!"
Raising his staff, he fakes a head attack before dropping down and does a whirlwind sweep, tripping Red 6 and...
Trip vs Eros CMD16: Eros, and they both sprawl undignified to the deck.
A hideously ugly old woman [Mumsy Garrison] comes out of the soup kitchen, shrieking "Who chased off all my customers?"
And slams a rolling pin over the head of Red 7, flattening him. Orange 1 and 3 simply drop their weapons and flee out the front door.
CLICK for the Tactical Situation.
Initiative order, Round 6:
Nakoda-----20
Eros-------14
Maelorn-----9
Zane--------8
Mooks-------5
Eros yells angrily from the floor at Jhonas:"That was a smokescreen ya damned FOOL!! You are allowing these thugs to operate right under your nose!!!"
Eros climbs back to his feet clearly irritated by the intrusion.
The priest visibly flinches at Eros' words.
"You have NO idea, what it is to have to live among such people. To have to bow to such people as THIS!" He delivers a drop kick to Red 6's crotch, skidding him over to the wall unconscious.
"You want the Pauper's Hand? Take them! But make sure none of 'em escape to make trouble for us too. And I mean the route they can take from the second floor balcony to the big tree in the back yard."
He looks up at the ceiling.
"And...try to leave the old man alone too. He's got a room up there."
"So. Who is hurt and and who is going to guard the escape?"
"I have taken a few knife wounds,but I am still here"
"I intend on going up the stairs. Who wants to go with me?"
Eros turns to Jhonas and asks him which room upstairs is the old man's
Jhonas shrugs.
"In the big room at the top of the stairs. He's got the West side, I've got the East. You can't miss the smell of wine. There's a door in the South wall that leads to the rest of the rooms upstairs and the belfry."
Eros would like to ask Jhonas more questions, but there really isn't time since they can escape anytime they want out the balcony.
After Maelorn administers his healing, Eros will go up the stairs as quietly as he can.
Before going up the stairs:
Eros says:"Zane? Nakoda? one of you go outside and cover the escape route. The rest....follow me up the stairs and try to be quiet."
Sylee drops her raggedy doll/knife and runs up to hug Maelorn tightly around the legs.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! He'd a killt me sur ifn I didn't!"
Ukkar rolls up behind her.
"Figures he'd hide up stairs. Wise of him to be afraid of me vengeance!" He hands Maelorn his hammer back. "I c'n watch the tree fer ye; gimme one o' them thunderstones an I'll toss it if'n I see em runnin'."
Brother Jhonas calms down Mumsy Garrison before she brains Maelorn and Eros with the rolling pin and ushers her into the soup kitchen.
When you edge your way up the stairs you see this.
A simple timber partition splits this room into two bedrooms, each furnished with a modest bed, a plain writing desk and chair, a wardrobe, and a boocase. The room to the west hosts a collection of empty wine bottles, while the one to the east is fastidiously organized.
There is an elderly man snoring in the east bed.
Eros quietly tells the others to wait at the foot of the stairs.
He then quietly makes his way to the south door.
Listen at the door before quietly opening it:
Eros steps into the doorway and looks around impishly.
Eros is sorry. He didn't mean to offend or spoil anyone's fun.
Ukkar rolls up behind her.
...He hands Maelorn his hammer back. "I c'n watch the tree fer ye; gimme one o' them thunderstones an I'll toss it if'n I see em runnin'."
Zane simply observes waiting to see what lurks above.
Eros opens the door carefully.
Beyond he sees a hallway stretching before him. On the left there are stairs leading down and standing at a window is a nondescript hobo with a crossbow, staring out overlooking the front of the mission.
A dog on the floor next to him turns his head alertly to you and begins to growl.
On Eros' turn, he draws his bow and shoots the dog.
Eros then takes a five foot step to AD-15.
The dog yelps and falls over dead. The man ("Knuckles" you heard him called) spins from the window. Shocked at the sight, tears stream from his eyes as he screams "Bastard!". He levels his crossbow and fires at Eros.
Crossbow shot: but it just skips off Eros' armor.
Knuckles screams "I kill you!" and throws the crossbow at Eros
Attack: Hit! for points bludgeoning.
Then he draws a couple of daggers and attacks screaming.
Zane raised an eyebrow at the scream. Looking at Nakoda he asked,"I should probably see what's going on up there, will you be alright down here with this one?"
Eros does not like Nakoda at all. Her indignant self-righteousness is of little use or interest here.
On Eros' turn, he punches the man.
Seeing that Eros needs no assistance, Maelorn waits, planning to move down the hallway as soon Eros' opponent falls.
Knuckles face pulps under Eros' punch, and Knuckles flies back down the hall along with his teeth. He lands quite dead. Maelorn quickly slips down the hallway, stopping at the intersection and carefully peering around the corner. No one there.
Zane makes his way up the stairs and walks down the hallway, taking in the carnage.
"You shot a dog. With a longbow? Really?" Zane shakes his head as he keeps his eyes open, stepping over the corpse with the mangled face.
Eros steps up behind Maelorn with Longbow in hand. He looks down at the corpse of the man and smiles quietly to himself.
Maelorn continues forward, looking for their quarry.
Ukkar jerks his gaze away and stares at everythign except Nakoda.
"Nothin! T'wasn't starin' at nothin!"; he exclaimed nervously.
Meanwhile on the second floor a couple of smokesticks erupt in white smoke in the center of the corridor right at Eros' feet.
At the same time white smoke blocks the corridor behind you, a figure in black pops out of the corner ahead of you with two crossbows, fires, then retreats again.
Attack: roll 4+4=8 Miss!
Attack: roll 20+4=24 Hit! (confirm? roll 9+4=13 not confirmed) for roll 4+1=5 points damage.
Perception: roll 17+6=23
You hear the snap of crossbows ahead of you, the grunt of Maelorn taking one hit, the whip of a bolt whipping by your ear, and you just hear the faint scuff as a rapier whips by your throat as you just dodge aside. roll 12+6=18 Miss!
Unfortunately, you don't dodge the follow up maine gauche; roll 19+3=22 Hit! for roll 3+2=5 damage.
You see white smoke erupt ahead of you, blocking off your sight of the corridor ahead of you and completely obscuring Eros.
Int check: roll 18+4=22
You realize there's a Silence in effect!
Spellcraft: roll 20+6=26
You realize the Silence is not directly on you, but just in the area.
You whip around and Angvar is right behind you!
Disgusted at his failur to backstab you, Angvar grips his fancy cane and it comes apart as he whips a rapier blade out and tries to stab you.
Attack roll 18+5=23 Hit! for roll 5+2=7 points damage.
Wine bottles are rolling around at your feet, somewhat interfereing with movement.
Sighing, Maelorn casts Bless and readies his hammer.
With a silent hiss of pain, Zane's cane lashes out at his attacker, his mind rapidly performing calculations of the specifics of the elaborate trap.
confirmation
He takes a 5 ft step backward counting the distance er wold have to move to escape the area of eerie crippling silence
Eros takes a five-foot step to a safe square if there is one and drinks a potion of cure light wounds.
Round 1
Eros-------16
Eros takes a five-foot step back, only to find the railing over the stairway down behind his back and drinks a potion of cure light wounds.
Cure Light Wounds:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Unfortunately, his attacker takes the opportunity to slash out from the smoke and deal 6 points impaling. "Now, none o' that laddie."
Angvar-----15
Slashes at Zane again.
Attack: 13+5=18 just hits! for 3+2=5 points damage.
Then he retreats out of the Silence effect.
Beltias----10
A figure looms out of the smoke, two shortswords readied to attack Eros, but hesitates.
"Eros?" it asks in a very familiar voice.
That voice... you remember! That is Beltias, the gang leader you ran with briefly when you were growing up! He's blind, but was able to compensate with sharper hearing somehow. Mean as hell, but took a liking to you. He must be the leader of this gang, the "Splithog Pauper"!
Nakoda------7
You hear sounds like a heard of horses stampeding back and forth upstairs.
Maelorn-----6
Sighing, Maelorn casts Bless (everyone but Nakoda is in range) and readies his hammers.
Mooks-------5
The little guy in front [red 12] this time with a shortsword out, rounds the corner and charges toward Maelorn. A half orc bruiser right after him raising a two handed morning star.
Zane--------3
With a silent hiss of pain, Zane's cane lashes out at his attacker, his mind rapidly performing calculations of the specifics of the elaborate trap.
Clued in by the rippling effect in the dust that's everywhere in the room, it's blindingly obvious you are in a Silent cast Silence spell, it's focus no doubt on that bottle thats too clean just to your left five feet.
Your attacker, Angvar Thistlcrit, undoubtedly intends to back up five feet to where he can cast freely, and as you and your allies are in a nice line, you anticipate a damaging line effect spell, such as lightning.
He holds his five foot step action, and places his foot in a position to either crush the bottle/focus, or kick it; waiting for Angvar's move.
Angvar: 17
Beltias: 24
R12: 7
R11: 19
Initiative order, Round 2:
Eros-------16
Angvar-----15
Beltias----10
Nakoda------7
Maelorn-----6
Mooks-------5
Zane--------3