Round: 1
Weapon Equipped = Staff
Crossbow Bolts = 10/10
Conditions = None
Melee: Attack: BAB +1, Str +0 Damage: +0
Ranged: Attack: BAB +1, Dex +1 Damage: +0
toppling spell: base 8 (Caster Level 4 + 4 Int)
Arcane Reservoir (su): 3/6 (+1 DC or caster level as free action)
Spells (Caster Level 3, Concentration +7)
Special: (4/7) Force Missile
Zero (14) (3/3) Dancing Lights
Zero (14): (4) Acid Splash, Daze, Detect Magic, Prestidigitation, Spark
First (15): (4/5) Infernal Healing, Liberating Command, Mage Armor, Magic Missile (w/Topple Feat)*
* +1 DC, +1 Caster Level, +1 Damage
Unhappily ‘stuck’ fighting in this horrible tableau, Femi makes the best of it, targeting the three opponents to the east. . He casts Magic Missile with Toppling Spell boosting it with his Arcane Reservoir to caster level five. He targets each one with one missile, trying to slow their advance by tripping them.
”Oh yeah? We’re not going to fail here, it will be you meeting your maker this day, and he’s much less pleasant than mine!”
Myradil will quickly pull out and smash a vial onto the tip of his spear.
before lowering the point and attempting to ward blue off.
Kalem cracks his fists together and uses Martial Flexibility to Gain Improved Trip. He then prepares an action to trip anyone who attempts to get past him (provokes an AoO).
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Myradil prepares his weapon, and Kalem his fists, while Femi spreads some damage around the enemies to the far end of the room, starting the fight off in earnest. He even manages to knock the Lemure onto the ground from the force of his bolt.
The Asmodeans move warily, avoiding the barbed wires where they can. Blue is so focused on avoiding them that he doesn't even think as he steps into Myradils range (provoked AoO). The rest can not quite make it to the party. Nox snarls as her hound is hit but the beast shakes off the blow and seems mostly unfazed for now.
Round 1
Myradil (May take AoO on Blue)
Femi
Kalem
Asmodeans
- Pink 2 damage
Brask
Nox
-Hell Hound 6 Damage
- Lemure 4 damage
Elias
Myradil tries to skewer the Asmodeoean as he closes.
"Well that was fast." Brask grumbles, moving over (carefully) to Red and making a swing.
His swing clips some of the barbed wire and slows too much to have a chance of hitting his opponent.
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Myradil and Brask both miss their opponents as Nox and her minions begin to take action against the Ravens. Nox mutters a few words and almost instantly the hellhound across the room seems to grow slightly and begins snarly and gnashing it's teeth as it moves in toward Elias. The Lemure is somewhat more slow, picking itself up off the ground at a snails pace and drifting forward just a few feet, seemingly missing any barbed wire more by chance then any actual avoidance. Nox, when she's done with her spell drifts further into the room.
"Kill them Mephiry! Do not let them get away!"
Round 1
Elias
Round 2
Myradil (May take AoO on Blue)
Femi
Kalem
Asmodeans
- Pink 2 damage
Brask
Nox
-Hell Hound 6 Damage
- Lemure 4 damage
Round: 2
Weapon Equipped = Staff
Crossbow Bolts = 10/10
Conditions = None
Melee: Attack: BAB +1, Str +0 Damage: +0
Ranged: Attack: BAB +1, Dex +1 Damage: +0
toppling spell: base 8 (Caster Level 4 + 4 Int)
Arcane Reservoir (su): 2/6 (+1 DC or caster level as free action)
Spells (Caster Level 3, Concentration +7)
Special: (4/7) Force Missile
Zero (14) (3/3) Dancing Lights
Zero (14): (4) Acid Splash, Daze, Detect Magic, Prestidigitation, Spark
First (15): (3/5) Infernal Healing, Liberating Command, Mage Armor, Magic Missile (w/Topple Feat)*
* +1 DC, +1 Caster Level, +1 Damage
Feeling this is the fight that will test them, he unloads another round of missiles. . He casts Magic Missile with Toppling Spell boosting it with his Arcane Reservoir to caster level five.
Myradil tumbles away from blue, trying to keep the chains between them.
Myradil clicks his heels and tries to leap over the chains to a better position.
Myradil then takes another stab at blue.
Kalem moves up and attempts a Trip attempt on Red.
Elias strums a discordant note, allowing his power to simmer through the air, battering at the enemy. Unfortunately, one strand of the dark power also lashes at Kalem.
After doing so, he steps back into a line with Brask and Kalem, not willing to allow himself to be flanked that easily.
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Elias channels his divine energy and it bursts throughout the room. Most of the elves enemies fail to anticipate the negative energy and almost every one takes the full force of the attack.
Myradil misses his opponent again as he doubles back and out of reach, but Femi fires off another round of missiles, knocking blue and red to the floor even while Kalem attempts a trip of his own.
From the ground, Red lashes out at Elias with a foot, hoping to stop any further channels from coming his way, but missed by a wide margin while pink closes in and attempts an attack as well, the standing Asmodean fairs no better than the fallen one however.
Green takes a swipe at Brask but fails to penetrate his armor, and blue, feeling confident that Myradil will miss him again, risks standing back up, unfortunately for him the spear strikes true, right between the ribs and blue falls back to the ground with nothing more than a grunt.
Round 1
Elias
Round 2
Myradil
Femi
Kalem DC 16 will save vs Elias' channel energy
Asmodeans
- Pink 7 damage
- Red 6 damage
- Green 4 damage
- Blue 16 damage unconcious, bleeding
Brask 4 damage
Nox 4 damage
-Hell Hound 10 Damage
- Lemure 6 damage
Because of the chains, every square withing room F4 counts as difficult terrain. You can choose to ignore this but must back a d100 roll to see if you avoid them (you can chose if your odds are low or high)
Brask continues to exchange blows with Green, trusting in his armor to keep him safe from incidental barbed wire and the swings of his foe. At the least, he can keep some of the enemies distracted.
HP: 22/26
Kalem takes the full brunt of Elias's attack, but grits his teeth as he focuses. He knows the Elf is focused on taking down their enemies, not him.
Kalem, seeing his prone opponant, goes on the offensive and lets off the strongest attacks he can muster.
Myradil quickly scampers over the chains, planting his feet on either side of blue.
Myradil takes a quick, yet powerful stab at green.
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Brask misses his target but the green asmodean still seems to be focusing on the Half-orc.
Smiling, Nox looks the room and spots Femi on the other side. "I see you mage." In the blink of an eye and a flash of magical energy, and the woman is on the opposite end of the room, 10 feet from Femi, glaive in hand. "You're first to die.
The lemure continue to clowly lumber into the room. "Useless demon! Red mutters as he struggles to maintain consciousness.
The hellhound however makes it's way directly behind red and opens it's mouth, releasing a fountain of fire over the fallen asmodean and the conveniently lined up Ravens.
Red screams in pain, even though most of the fire breath misses him, his skin bubbles and blisters.
Even as the flames wash over his party members, Myradil takes another deadly stab at one of his foes and once again pierces flesh. Brask sees greens eyes go wide as the tip emerges from his front.
Kalem, with a swift kick manages to silence reds screams, knocking the blistered man unconscious .
Round 2
Elias - 10 damage
Round 3
Myradil
Femi
Kalem 14 damage
Asmodeans
- Pink 7 damage
- Red 19 damage. unconcious, bleeding
- Green 15 damage, unconcious, bleeding
- Blue 16 damage unconcious, bleeding
Brask 14 damage
Nox 4 damage
-Hell Hound 10 Damage
- Lemure 6 damage
Round: 3
Weapon Equipped = Staff
Crossbow Bolts = 10/10
Conditions = None
Melee: Attack: BAB +1, Str +0 Damage: +0
Ranged: Attack: BAB +1, Dex +1 Damage: +0
toppling spell: base 8 (Caster Level 4 + 4 Int)
Arcane Reservoir (su): 1/6 (+1 DC or caster level as free action)
Spells (Caster Level 3, Concentration +7)
Special: (4/7) Force Missile
Zero (14) (3/3) Dancing Lights
Zero (14): (4) Acid Splash, Daze, Detect Magic, Prestidigitation, Spark
First (15): (2/5) Infernal Healing, Liberating Command, Mage Armor, Magic Missile (w/Topple Feat)*
* +1 DC, +1 Caster Level, +1 Damage
Femi panics, knowing just how squishy he is, and moves off before casting. However, if Nox has reach, his movement provokes, sadly.
If he still stands after the blow, he unloads another round of missiles, burning through his reserves. . He casts Magic Missile with Toppling Spell boosting it with his Arcane Reservoir to caster level five.
Elias throws up a hand to block the flames from reaching his face, and trusts the defensive enchantment he placed on himself to deal with the rest.
"Cute trick. Let's see how you like it." Elias grins. Then he takes a deep breath, and blows a gout of flame directly into Nox's face.
Then, hoping to have distracted the glaive-weilding teleporter, Elias pushes through the chains to place himself between Nox and Femi.
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Femi, in a bit of a panic launches yet another magical barrage, knocking Nox to the ground and damaging pink.
Elias, protected from the flames, turns the tables and launches his own assault against the last standing asmodean. The man does not fall and even manages to avoid the brunt of the attack, but seems addled, and fails to take advantage of the opening Elias provided when moving into range. He attempts to retaliate, but his desperate attack is foiled by the clerics defenses and, exhausted, pink falls to the ground, unconscious.
Round 2
Elias -
Round 3
Myradil
Femi
Kalem 14 damage
Asmodeans
- Pink 16 damage unconcious, bleeding
- Red 19 damage. unconcious
- Green 15 damage, unconcious
- Blue 16 damage unconcious, bleeding
Brask 4 damage
Nox 6 damage
-Hell Hound 10 Damage
- Lemure 6 damage
Brask charges through the barbed wire, holding up his shield to cover his face and hoping his plate armor is enough to keep the barbs out of his flesh. His target is the prone leader, Nox. Getting up to her, he plunges his cutlass down with a roar of aggression.
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Brask charges forward towards Nox, along the way he brushes past a few of the barbed wires and one of them springs to life and launches toward the orc! Thankfully it does little more than scratch his armor as he continues toward Nox.
Standing over the woman, Brask manages to cut into her side even as she laughs. "Oh, so you can hit!" Even as she laughs Brask can see her wound starting to close up, it barely even bleeds. She stands up and shifts her handhold on her glaive before taking a retaliatory strike at the warrior, cutting into his armor and deep into his flesh.
On the other side of the room, the demons start to move in, the Lemure is almost in combat and the hellhound strikes at Kalem, but the Tiefling manages to dodge out of the way just in time.
Round 3
Elias -
Round 4
Myradil
Femi
Kalem 14 damage
Brask 21 damage
Nox 14 damage
-Hell Hound 10 Damage
- Lemure 6 damage
Round: 4
Weapon Equipped = Staff, scroll of infernal healing
Crossbow Bolts = 10/10
Conditions = None
Melee: Attack: BAB +1, Str +0 Damage: +0
Ranged: Attack: BAB +1, Dex +1 Damage: +0
toppling spell: base 8 (Caster Level 4 + 4 Int)
Arcane Reservoir (su): 0/6 (+1 DC or caster level as free action)
Spells (Caster Level 3, Concentration +7)
Special: (4/7) Force Missile
Zero (14) (3/3) Dancing Lights
Zero (14): (4) Acid Splash, Daze, Detect Magic, Prestidigitation, Spark
First (15): (1/5) Infernal Healing, Liberating Command, Mage Armor, Magic Missile (w/Topple Feat)*
* +1 DC, +1 Caster Level, +1 Damage
Remembering what happened to the mage who cast all his spells, Femi hesitates but takes one look at Brask and knows just how frail the battle yet is. He casts his penultimate spell, and digs in his pack for a scroll of infernal healing .
He casts Magic Missile with Toppling Spell boosting it with his Arcane Reservoir to caster level five. He targets each foe - Nox, the Lemure, and the Hellhound.
”Stand firm Brask, you can take him!”
Brask has no other option than to fight Nox; stopping her is the only way they would leave this place alive.
"Hold on Brarsk!"
Myradil carefully makes his way over the chains.
And takes a lunging stab at Nox as soon as Myradil thinks he's near enough.
HP: 17/26
Though Kalem would love to go put Nox in a grapple, he's facing down two demonic creatures that will tear through his comrades if he isn't careful.
He tries to smash down on the creature closest to him, He starts out with a trip and then goes for a strong fist to the face.
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Elias takes a moment to survey the battlefield and decide his next action.
Myradil changes position and closes in on his target but fails to hit.
Femi continues his barrage and knocks Nox back to the ground, and for added insult mistakes her gender!
Kalem manages to sweep out a couple of the hellhounds legs, unfortunately it has 2 more and doesn't fall, that however, doesn't stop the fighter from landing a blow on the fiery hound, soliciting a loud yelp from the demon.
Brask takes advantage once again of Nox's prone position and just barely cuts through her armor for another successful strike.
Snarling, Nox spits in Brasks direction before disappearing in another flash of light and appearing on the other side of the room, near Kalem where she can stand up safely.
THe hellhound attempts another strike at Kalem, this time with the Lemure to back it up. Both attacks hit, the hellhounds bite leaves the skin on Kalems leg badly blistered. The Lemure claw is less threatening but Kalem is getting quickly surrounded.
Round 4
Elias -
Round 5
Myradil
Femi
Kalem 24 damage
Brask 21 damage
Nox 37 damage
-Hell Hound 26 Damage
- Lemure 9 damage
Round: 5
Weapon Equipped = Staff, scroll of infernal healing
Crossbow Bolts = 10/10
Conditions = None
Melee: Attack: BAB +1, Str +0 Damage: +0
Ranged: Attack: BAB +1, Dex +1 Damage: +0
toppling spell: base 8 (Caster Level 4 + 4 Int)
Arcane Reservoir (su): 0/6 (+1 DC or caster level as free action)
Spells (Caster Level 3, Concentration +7)
Special: (4/7) Force Missile
Zero (14) (3/3) Dancing Lights
Zero (14): (4) Acid Splash, Daze, Detect Magic, Prestidigitation, Spark
First (15): (0/5) Infernal Healing, Liberating Command, Mage Armor, Magic Missile (w/Topple Feat)*
* +1 DC, +1 Caster Level, +1 Damage
Femi grits his teeth as Nox bamphs away. "How does she do that!?" he snarls to himself.
He casts his last Magic Missile with Toppling Spell but is unable to boost it. He targets Nox and the Hellhound.
He snarls again as the toppling seems to sputter and moves (less than half move) to Kalem.
Brask can't get to Nox yet, but there's something here that needs killing fast or Kalem won't make it.
He moves through the barbs again, striking out at the hellhound.
His slice is ineffective, but he did get closer to Nox.
Myradil tired of chasing nox around the room drops his spear, grabs his bow with one hand and an arrow in the other and with a deftness unique to elves puts them together in a single motion and fires off a shot.
HP: 3/27
The pounding had returned. The sound of the battle all but dulled against that incessant pounding. Each thud registered through his body with distinct clarity, as if he could feel the frail pulse of life struggling to maintain its natural tempo. His instincts are screaming for him to run, for him to escape to fight another day as he had done time and time again at the docks in his youth.
Yet, if he turned to run the beasts would fall on his comrades....
Well....if he had cheated death once, perhaps it was so he could serve in this one last fight.
Kalem forgets his fancy footwork and agile maneuvers and focuses on dealing as much damage and dealing it in a wide berth.
Growling under his breath, Elias pushes through the tangle of chains to flank the devil, before unleashing another blast of negative energy throughout the middle of the room.
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Seeing his party wounded and in need of help, Elias steps up and channels energy again hitting both the hellhound and Lemure with a wave of negative energy that knocks them both to the ground with hardly a sound.
Nox takes the brunt of the damage and growls audibly as she stands up, but looks around the room and see's that she's quickly lost the battle.
"The Thrune's will hear of this. You'll be dead before long!" She shouts at you all before another flash of magical energy, leaving the Ravens in a room with dead or dying enemies, barbed wires and a number of shelves in various states of disarray. Though it's hard to say for sure, Nox seems to have fled and does not disturb you further over the next couple minutes.
Searching the room they're in nets the Ravens a number of tomes that, though particularly uninteresting, should be worth a fair amount at the market.
Further investigations into the compound turns up another handful of rooms and a gorgeous half-built amphitheater, complete with hanging lanterns, babbling brook and a gravel path through a resplendent garden and into a book covered knoll at the far end.
The books you find here, at first seem like any other, but it becomes quickly apparent that these are soul tomes created when a creature is attacked by a scrivenite. Within these tomes is the collective knowledge and experience of the entire Order of Sacred Archivists up until they were slaughtered by Thrune's men.
"Dammit!" Brask shouts, swinging his cutlass through the space she occupied. He grumbles, sagging in his plate armor as his rage fades. "She got away."
Femi agrees with Brask as Nox escapes. "Hard to pin down someone who can move like that. Ugh. This is going to haunt us I fear."
He worries for quite a long time as they go through the complex. When they reach the Soul Tomes, he very nearly sheds a tear.
"So it's true. They're all dead. I had hopes..."
He leafes through a random book, both marveling at the detail while being saddened by the loss.
"We should gather these up and get out of here before Nox brings Thrune reinforcements." he suggests.
Myradil clutches his hand to his chest as he tries to catch his breath.
"That... You're right Femi, I just need a minute."
Despite his aptitude for adventure Myradil momentarily wishes he had a desk job again.
Kalem requests healing from the wand of healing, still feeling a bit shaky from the fight.
"Let's gather as much info and valuables as we can. After tonight, it'd be risky to come here. We can hopefully solve our financial problems.
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Kalem doesn't find anything else of interest in the hideout as the Ravens pick up their things and take their leave. The barbed wires continue to hold their grisly prize as the party skirts the edges of the room and back up through the old museum.
Stepping back into the daylight, the revolutionaries find that it is still just around noon, and the day is still theirs to do as they please. It's also a new week, and by the time they wander through the busy city and make it back to the Wasp's Nest, they find that a number of their agents are awaiting their next set of orders.
However given your rough state, they quickly come to your aid and usher you into the Wasps Nest. It's quite full in there, what with all of your teams, Laria, Rexus and a number of trusted supporters. It's not usually this busy, but when word had gotten out that you were involved in another mission at the Museum, everyone was interested to hear about your experience and they've been eagerly awaiting your arrival.
Rexus begins pouring over the soul tomes while the rest help wrap your wounds and ask you a multitude of questions. Only Laria waits patiently next to a plate of scones and some coffee she's set out for everyone.
"Did you find anyone from the order?"
"How many Thrunes were down there?"
"You fought Nox? I heard she's tough!"
"Do you think she recognized any of you?"
It's also time to level up to Level 4! Congrats! If you have anything else you'd like to do with the rest of the day, let me know.
Femi speaks up and makes a few suggestions for the week. ”Our treasury is low again, and we don’t have much to fill it. We could sell the small library we found, not the Soul Tomes of course, the other texts. They’re worth 900gp. We could put it into the revolution, but I’d like to secure that against our individual needs and group purchases I think.”
”So we should have the Fushi Sisters, at least, see what they can earn this week. Maybe have Harley’s Merchants do a little as well to put us ahead for next week. I dunno. We might also want to start doing a few things on the sly too.”
He takes a deep breath, ”I know we said we wanted to do this all above board, so I’m fine if this is the wrong direction for us, but a few thieves and brigands could help us hide supplies throughout the city, and eventually help by sabotaging Thrune. Get those bastard from both ends. I dunno though, it could drag down the whole operation into the gutter, so if we go that route, we should be careful.”
”Finally, I’d like to know what Nox is up to now - maybe get a sense of what she’s going to retaliate with, and when. So I suggest we send Pavus out there to learn what we can.”
Brask nods his head. "That sounds like a good course of action, Femi. I will help however I can."
Brasks answers questions as best as he can, especially the ones about Nox. "I know for a fact she's seen my face. I had a good look in her eyes as I drove my blade through her." He grimaces. "The wound didn't stick. Healed up right away. Maybe she's not human?"
Myradil nods, impressed with Femi's organizational skills.
Elias nods to Brask, "She almost certainly isn't. I know of some mortal magics that allow the caster to teleport like she did, but they all require such immense power that the user would have been able to crush us all effortlessly with their other gifts. But it should not matter. Many beings when looking at one of another race only see the race, and the clothing. If we are required to disguise you, we should possess the ability to do so. Also, I too agree with Femi's suggested course of actions."
Kalem shoots Brask a look.
"Don't forget you still owe me some gold." he says in a half joking, half serious manner. "Gods, I need to get some better equipment."
Kalem makes it a point to visit the Devil's Nursery to give a warning about him possibly being discovered, and seeing a status update. Actually, he'll send the raven.
"I know, I know..." Brask grumbles. "I gave you all my cut last time too. This armor's really paid off those last few battles."
He waves off his share of the loot again. At least, until Kalem's paid back.
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As the Raven's discuss their plans for the coming days and regale their followers with their fight through the museum Rexus continues reading through the soul tomes, making pretty good progress.
By the time most of the crews have left to follow their orders though, Rexus' eye's are red and tears are starting to stream down his face. Laria continuously aks him what's wrong but he shakes his heads and keeps reading, eyes scanning the pages faster than before. Each page he flips causes a new sob to come from his throat but he continues reading. At some point Vendalfek appears behind him and tilts his head sideways.
"Porcia Victocora? Who is that?" He doesn't stay still long enough to get his answer as Laria shoo's him away. "Damned dragon..." He grunts.
Rexus finally begins crying in earnest, but collects himself as much as he can and explains.
"This, this is my mother's soul tome..." Wiping away a few tears he looks at each of you gratefully. "It's not easy to read, but there's a lot here that I think might be important, but this to me seems like the biggest red flag."
He flips a few pages and reads a bit from the soul tome before summarizing out loud. "Basically, the Order kept a number of potentially dangerous books with powerful information that they would only permit individuals of note to view. My mother notes here that a certain Book of the Damned is not only missing, but has been restricted from viewing for a number of years. Only one man has been allowed to see the book, a Trailblazer Huni. It seems he convinced the order to let him see it, the book disappeared from the shelves, and they were all slaughtered not long after."
He flips through a few more pages but closes the book in disgust. "My mothers tome doesn't explain what might be in the book, but it might be worth looking in to, if we get a chance. I seem to be saying that a lot these days, no?" He laughs but there's no really joy in it. "I'm sorry gentlemen, but I need to go lay down for a bit."
Still openly weeping, Rexus takes his leave to his place above the coffee shop. Leaving the Raven's to their own devices.
The next few days are quiet, and allow the Raven's some time to themselves. There are rumors about a fight taken directly to Barzillai himself, but nothing is confirmed, and the Hellknights don't seem to mobilize at all. In any case, the name Silver Raven's seems to be whispered more and more among the streets of Kintargo.
"I would love to find out what precipitated that slaughter and exact some justice." he takes a sip of coffee, "Or even revenge." He's clearly moved by Rexus' tears.
"I suggest we do some research and see what we can find out about this Trailblazer Huni. Then we should meet them face to face and see what their involvement might well have been."
Femi doesn't have much cash, so no scrolls for now. He will spend the next few days pouring through the books. He's respectful, but incredibly curious. When he's not reading, he wants to investigate this Huni character with the group.
If the party agrees - he'll start with the bars and pubs in the nicer areas of town, assuming that the person must be well off. "I don't know if they are or not, but gotta start somewhere, might as well start somewhere nice." For two or three days he asks around, learning what he can about them.