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The stairs are just as you left them. There is still a closed door at the bottom of the stairs.
Mitnal heads down the stairs without hesitation ... unless someone stops him.
The stairs are just as you left them. There is still a closed door at the bottom of the stairs.Mitnal heads down the stairs without hesitation ... unless someone stops him.
Nobody wants to stop you.
I am firmly of the belief that Mitnal is a kind of mad, innocent force of nature, an unseen hand steers him nd everything is going to be okay.
Mitnal throws open the door at the bottom of the stairs but there is no one behind it.
There is a large table, some chairs, and a large black slate board on the wall across from the stairs which has a map of Sandpoint drawn on it with notes describing points of attack.
There are voices coming from the door on the other side of the table (i.e. on the west wall). There is another door south of the door that Mitnal has just opened (i.e. on the east wall). The room is fifteen feet east to west and twenty feet long north to south.
Mitnal throws open the door at the bottom of the stairs but there is no one behind it.
There is a large table, some chairs, and a large black slate board on the wall across from the stairs which has a map of Sandpoint drawn on it with notes describing points of attack.
There are voices coming from the door on the other side of the table (i.e. on the west wall). There is another door south of the door that Mitnal has just opened (i.e. on the east wall). The room is fifteen feet east to west and twenty feet long north to south.
"Ah-hah!" says Mitnal as if this cleared something up.
"Shhh!" Jessa admonishes the big Shoanti, "There's voices through that way. Maybe more goblins. But by the signs of the map on that board, we may be getting close to Nualia! Kenzo? See if you can hear anything..."
Even as Jessa speaks, Blackwing moves to accompany the monk.
Mitnal pointedly ignores Jeslara and studies the map. He moves some of his sling stones around on it as if playing a war game.
The map is hanging on the wall, drawn as it is on the slate-board. Moving stones on it is made difficult by gravities insistence on trying to play too.
Blackwing hears voices through the door (as does everyone else). The main voice talking is that of a woman (giving orders).
With a startled flapping, Blackwing darts back to Jessa's outstretched arm and then walks up to her shoulder to whisper in her ear. The wizardess immediately gestures at the others to silently call their attention to the door.
"There's a woman giving orders in the next room," she tells them, "And it doesn't sound like a goblin. This could be it! Get ready!"
Mitnal pointedly ignores Jeslara and studies the map. He moves some of his sling stones around on it as if playing a war game.The map is hanging on the wall, drawn as it is on the slate-board. Moving stones on it is made difficult by gravities insistence on trying to play too.
Blackwing hears voices through the door (as does everyone else). The main voice talking is that of a woman (giving orders).
"They're not even magnetic," an embarrassed Mitnal whispers to Blackwing. "Gyorgy's really not very good."
I look from Mitnal to Jessa, shake my head derisively and turn to Kenzo and Eugen: "It looks like just the three of us to stop Nualia then."
I walk over to the door and put my hand on the handle, then wait for the gang to position themselves.
I position myself right behind Gyorgy. We exchange a brief glance and then quietly exchange places. I open the door.
Eugen opens the door revealing a room littered with scrolls, parchments, and packing crates. A familiar looking dark-haired woman, on the other side of a large table looks up, an angry retort dying on her lips as she realizes Eugen is not whom she was expecting. The bugbear who is sullenly helping her pack things into crates begins growling in delight.
Once the big men have got ahead of me I'll blast out a magic missile toward the woman.
Jessa lingers behind the others with Gyorgy, trying to analyze what...and who...they're up against. A slight frown of disappointment crosses her face when she sees only a bugbear and the woman. Somehow, the girl looks vaguely familiar, but Jessa gets the sense they haven't found Nualia.
Seeing Mitnal charge headlong at the bugbear, Jessa quickly tries to aid him by dulling the beast's senses and hopefully slowing him down.
"Bedezerine!" she calls out with a gesture in his direction.
Mitnal moves around the table to the right, closing with the bugbear. Which means that if Eugen wants to get into the fight he'll have to go around the table to the left or else jump on top of it. Gyorgy's magic missile strikes the dark skinned woman, whom he suddenly recognizes as having been at the Rusty Dragon just a couple of nights previously.
Bugbear Initiative:
Woman's Initiative:
Bugbear Will Save:
Beauty and the Beast - Round 1
Bruthazmus: Initiative - 22
Gyorgy: Initiative - 20
Lyrie: Initiative - 12
Jeslara: Initiative - 9
Mitnal: Initiative - 8
Kenzo: Initiative - ?
Eugen: Initiative - ?
I need an initiative from Eugen and if possible from Kenzo. Gyorgy can gp ahead and post an action - the bugbear will be attacking Mitnal unless Eugen beats a 22 and then manages to do something fairly spectacular.
"You, you streak of misery. What are you doing here?"
I point an accusing finger at the woman.
Then in a moment of hot-headedness I move swiftly toward her, leap on the table...
acrobatics (1d20+6=21)
and attempt to wrestle her to the ground.
second acrobatics check (if needed) and grapple. If this is possible? (1d20+6=24, 1d20+11=14)
The bugbear roars out an angry profanity as Mitnal moves in next to him. Reaching for the heavy flail attached to his belt he swings it viciously towards the large barbarian.
Bugbear attacks Mitnal
Mitnal evades the blow and it hits the table with a resounding crack.
Gyorgy moves swiftly around the table and tries to begin wrestling with the woman but she manages to shove hime away with ease.
Eugen, considering his options, realizes that to help Mitnal against the Bugbear he will either need a very long spear or he will need to hop up on the table.
The bugbear roars out an angry profanity as Mitnal moves in next to him. Reaching for the heavy flail attached to his belt he swings it viciously towards the large barbarian.
Bugbear attacks Mitnal 1d20+6
Mitnal evades the blow and it hits the table with a resounding crack.
Gyorgy moves swiftly around the table and tries to begin wrestling with the woman but she manages to shove hime away with ease.
Eugen, considering his options, realizes that to help Mitnal against the Bugbear he will either need a very long spear or he will need to hop up on the table.
"Silly man," says the dark skinned woman, Lyrie. Grasping a rod she points it at Gyorgy while evading his outstretched hands. "Dwxjkl!" she intones and two red balls of force fly from the tip of the wand and unerringly strike Gyorgy in the chest.
Damage to Gyorgy:
Mitnal's warhammer strikes a glancing blow.
"Stupid men," says Lyrie as Eugen jumps next to her. But she continues to focus her attention on Gyorgy. "Dwxjkl," she repeats again and two more magic missiles fly out and strike Gyorgy who very nearly succeeded in grabbing her arm.
Damage to Gyorgy:
Gyorgy feels the magical force slam into him, stealing his breath, wracking havoc with his muscles. He suspects he is very close to passing out.
Beauty and the Beast - Round 3
Bruthazmus: Initiative - 22
Gyorgy: Initiative - 20
Eugen: Initiative - 18
Lyrie: Initiative - 12
Jeslara: Initiative - 9
Mitnal: Initiative - 8
Kenzo: Initiative - ?
To recap: Kenzo enters the room but doesn't see an opening for an attack. Gyorgy is on his last legs, overcome by force damage. The bugbear is dazed. On the west side of the table the order of combatants is: Gyorgy, Lyrie, Eugen, Bruthazmus, and then Mitnal. Kenzo and Jessa are by the door.
