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A thread by another jealous gnome eh? Well you and yer elf buddies need to let yer emotions out somehow, so by all means continue with yer pity party!
Spoiler: As the older man claps the younger one on the shoulder, you hear him say "good job son".
As Sapphire says that a rift seems to open in the air at the end of the dock and two men step through. One is tall with a dark complextion and piercing eyes. He wears a billowing robe and carries a staff. The other is shorter with close cropped salt and pepper hair, his nervous eyes dart here and there and his hands rest lightly on twin shortswords at his belt.
Okay cos,
Thomas the Black cries out, "Aggh, damm you, you singing rat." Ardamir- Just before you round the corner headed down to the dock where the guard said the group was located you hear a woman scream. As you hurry around the corner you see a battle at the far end. It's your turn.
Lucky-There is sufficient cover for you to attempt to sneak up on Thomas. I'll need a stealth check of course. Sapphire-I'm not real sure where your HP are at. I trust your math.
Hey guys,
"Pathetic, no wonder it took so long to kill this one" says Thomas as he kicks the corpse of Irontusk. "Well time to die midget. I'm afraid that I've been a poor babysitter, ha!" continues Thomas as he slashes at Sapphire.
Lucky-your turn
"Possessed? No liberated you might say. It took a while to get close enough to the traitor and it certainly took a tremendous degree of acting the incompetent fool on my part to get the Thrice-Dammed to lower his guard enough. But Iuz does not forget or forgive.
Sapphire as you turn and head back towards Luciano and Sir Thomas you can hear words of heated argument between the two.
Lucky- After having explained the events of the "Great Dock Pursuit" in detail, at least twice, with many of your own ancedotes thrown in for good descriptive measure of course, you reach the gate leading from the dock ward to the river ward. There the sargeant loks at you and says "Um well yes, I do believe you and your companions did a heroic, epic thing in slaying Irontusk. And you know, we have all the information we need, you don't need to come with us to the headquarters after all. Yes I'm quite sure."
As the guards approach, Lucky gives his little speech. The demeanor of both the guards and the crowd, turns from suspicious to accepting and a couple of folks even thank you for slaying Irontusk. The guards look around for a moment before the corporal says to Lucky, "so you speak for this group eh? Well we're going to need you to come to the headquarters with us and make a full report, on account of the property damage. The rest of you are free to go."
Sapphire-You open your hand to see an unusually shaped pendant made of some unknown blood-red stone.
Lucky- Spoiler:
You find a masterwork dagger, 79 gp and an oddly shaped pendant made of some unknown red stone Sir Thomas-With your help you and Joryn are able to get Sapphire out of the water, just before the barge with Lucky and Irontusk smacks into the end of the pier. Luciano- You grap a nearby tarp and some cord and cover and secure Irontusk's body for transport. It seems that the crowd has managed to keep the fire from spreading to the pier, although many of them are looking at the lot of you with suspicion in their eyes. As Luciano is finishing up securing Irontusk's body, several guardsmen come pusing through the crowd. One of them loudy asks, "alright who can explain what happened here?" Immediately a dozen voices speak up at once and a like amount of fingers are pointed your way.
Sir Thomas-Your turn
Sapphire-Perhaps its due to the exhausting chase and battle, but you just can find the strength to climb out. It's all you can do to hold onto the end staff that Joryn has lowered.
Sir Thomas reaches down and begins to pull on the whip, drawing the barge closer to the dock. Seeing this and having been frustrated, by Luciano's appearant lack of action, Lucky charges off the dock intent on skewering Irontusk. As Lucky flys through the air, Irontusk looks up from removing the goo adhearing him to the deck and says, "Come and get some halfling", with a sneer.
Well, it looks like both Sir Thomas and Luciano are indisposed, so Lucky it's your turn.
Well, I'm guessing Sir Thomas is on vacation, so Luciano it's your turn.
Furiously treading water, Sapphire lashes her whip at the barge, snagging a cleat. She turns towards the pier, and attempts to swim to it. However due to the chop created by the sinking barge she only makes it a few feet before she is overcome by the waves. Just before her head disappears below the surface of the water she throws the end of her whip, which lands on the end of the pier, and you hear her faintly sputter "catch".
Sir Thomas-Your turn
Luciano- you see Sapphire treading water inbetween the two barges, shes just about at the corner closest to the dock. Sapphire-You can see the others on the dock, the seem to be encouraging yoy to head towards them. You're not sure where Irontusk is. It is your turn. Joryn comes running up. He has a bag in his hand. "We...can't let... the.. son of swine.. get away" he pants. And then he throws the bag at Irontusk. The bag bursts upon hitting Irontusk, and quickly hardens, adhearing his feet to the barge. Irontusk eyes widen and he screams "Nooo" as the tanglefoot bag hits him. "damm you dwarf" he screams,"but this isn't gong to hold me." He thrashes mightly but fails to win loose. He then starts scraping at the goo entangling his feet
Luciano- You can easily find a plank or some rope to reach to Lucky with. I'll need a perception check to notice Sapphire though. Lucky- Your turn, jump ship or get burned.
Badly burned and wounded Sir Thomas manages to crawl off the barge o'death onto the pier. Luciano-You've reached the pier, at it's end you see Sir Thomas crawl off a flame engufed barge that is giving off copious amount of smoke. By the shouts of "fire" from behind you others have begun to notice the fire as well. Hopefully people will come to fight the fire as it is beginning to spread to the pier.
Briefly thrusting herself out of the water, Sapphire slaps Lucky on the ass while casting her spell. Lucky, you rather enjoy that spanking. Irontusk grunts when he sees Lucky get healed, then grunts even lounder as the roof of the barge collapses and a large piece of flaming wood strikes him in the back. He looks at Lucky and shouts, "You like getting touched by your whore girlfriend so much huh? Why don't you join her." He jumps to the next barge, quaffs something he pulls from his belt and beckons to Lucky, "Come on runt, I still want my goblet" he says with an evil grin. The whole barge is aflame and by the buckling of the barge the fire appears to be affecting it's ability to stay afloat. Sir Thomas-your turn
Sapphire-Your turn
Luciano-You believe you see the hulking form of Irontusk on a burning barge to the side of the pier, you're not 100% sure that's it's him, due to the smoke, but you're pretty sure it's him. He seems to have finished with something and is turning away from the direction you're coming from. Lucky-Your turn
While in the water, Sapphire manages to pull herself alongside the barge and reaches up and touches one of Sir Thomas's hands that had extended past the gunwale. She prays to Pelor and despite being rather wet, choking on the smoke and being mindful of the flames, she manages to get her spell off. Unseen by her due to her position, , or Irontusk as he turns towards Lucky, Sir Thomas's eyes open with a flutter.
Spoiler: You're at 1 hp
As Sir Thomas attempts to throw a haymaker at Irontusk, another burning piece of the barge roof hits him , distracting him. Meanwhile, Irontusk stabs his blade at Sir Thomas, wounding him for points of damage. With a grunt, Sir Thomas falls to the deck bleeding, never having landed his blow.
Spoiler:
You're at -7 hp Luciano -You can see down the street towards the docks. By the rising smoke, appearantly a fire has begun. Give me a perception check.
Sapphire-I'll need a concentration check to cast the spell while treading water DC 16 Sir Thomas, Lucky and Sapphire get a +1 to their attacks and saves vs fear. Joryn-Still running Irontusk turns towards Lucky , and among the flames and smoke burning your eyes and over the sounds of the crackling flames and sound of mooring lines parting, he takes a demonic appearance, actully the whole scene takes on a hellish appearance. With a insane look in his eye, he yells, "I'm going to use your skull as a goblet, halfling!" He then attacks, , but the gods of luck seem to be on Lucky's side and he dodges the blow. Sir Thomas-Your turn (don't forget the +2 for flanking and +1 for bless).
Lucky- As you attempt to tumble past Irontusk, his dagger strikes out, , stabbing you for damage. None the less, you get behind him and manage to land a telling blow.
Sapphire-Your turn
As Sir Thomas strikes at Irontusk a burning piece of the barge's roof strikes him in the arm, doing points of damage and spoiling his swing. Luciano-Still running (round 4) Lucky-Your turn, I need a reflex save to avoid being burned.
As Lucky lands on the deck, Irontusk grunts "Another midget huh?". But you notice some of the confidence in his eyes diminishes. Sir Thomas- Your turn, I still need the reflex save though.
"That's good 'cause I'm gonna send you to see 'em!" shouts Irontusk as he charges Sapphire. He slams into Sapphire, knocking her back into the flames for points of damage and knocking her over the side of the barge into the river. Sir Thomas-Your turn
Sapphire- Spoiler:
You notice Irontusk's iron capped tusk on the deck of the barge You can find something to attach you whip to if you wish, although the smoke is a bit distracting. I also need another reflex save to avoid being burned by the spreading flames. Joryn-Still running Irontusk unwraps Sapphire's whip from his leg and stands (nobody is close enough for an attack of opportuity) as the flames begin to engulf the barge. He spits out blood and says "I'm not telling you nothin'. I hope you and your shiny friend here are prepared to die today." Sir Thomas- Your turn. I also need another reflex save to avoid being burned by the spreading flames.
Sir Thomas manages to adroitly avoid the flames as he manuevers onto the barge holding Sapphire and Irontusk. Luciano-Still running (round 3) Lucky-Still waiting on escape artist check, but I'll presume that you'll be onboard the barge as well as soon as I get it. Sapphire-your turn again
Sapphire- The flame kisses you as you pass through it, you take points of fire damage. Undaunted you deliver your challenge. Joryn-Still running Irontusk looks like for a moment he is going to attack Sapphire, but he seems to notice Sir Thomas making his way onto the dock and Lucky, finally having freed himself (presumably) making his way quickly towards the barge and instead Irontusk turns and goes to jump to the next barge instead. However, Sapphires whip lashes out and catches a hold of one of Irontusks legs as he begins to leap and he crashes down on his face instead.
Sir Thomas-Your turn, if you're moving to the barge with Sapphire and Irontusk, I need a reflex save to avoid getting burned by the flames.
While he admittedly looks like a turtle screwing a football, to everyones amazement, not least of which is his own, Sir Thomas manages to scrabble across the boats and barges to where Sapphire is without falling into the water. Luciano-Is moving up the street. Lucky- When I get your escape artist check, feel free to describe your actions this round. Sapphire-Your turn, if you cross the dock and get through the flames (requiring a reflex save to not get burned) you'll be on the same barge as Irontusk.
Sapphire-You move across the small barge and the larger one next to it. You find yourself next to the boat Irontusk is currently on. Irontusk-Steps off the boat and onto the small last dock, where to your surprise, he does not run down the street into town, but rather crosses over onto the barge tied to the other side. There he takes a pair of lit lanterns and smashes them on the deck behind him. The barge begins to burn. Sir Thomas-Your turn.
Luciano- Even moving as fast as you can and taking shortcuts it takes you rounds of travel. You manage to catch up to Joryn in your mad dash. Lucky-If you're there, it's your turn. Otherwise, Sapphire-your turn
Sir Thomas-You just barely manage to clear the gap. Landing safely on the deck you quickly make your way across the deck in preparation to cross to the barge the halflings are on. Luciano-Your turn
Sapphire- As you wield the cracking whip of command, the dogs yelp and run back to their holes. You then move to the barge that Lucky is currently entangled on. It's your turn Sir Thomas.
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