Dareon's building to a fever pitch. He is absolutely done. Natalya is IN there and these rubes are just standing in between them and her, as if they weren't outnumbered, and as if they weren't carrying ranged weapons while being right next to a huge dwarf with a huge axe.
"Listen, boys. I don't think YOU understand. What we're doing is of tantamount importance. If we aren't allowed to stay, I do mean to harm you, too, and I think we'll be somewhat more successful with it than you will."
Dareon raises his bow, arrow drawn and nocked, pointed at the front guy.
"Now please leave before I'm forced to use this."
Faedrin's face blanches and his shoulders visibily sag.
Impetuous humans!
Tanjvats felt his heart jump as Dareon raised his bow. The man seems upset! Part of him remained calm, taking a deep breath and readying for quick action.
In the back of his mind, however, a small part of him began to laugh a strange laugh, a silent mix of sorrow and glee, completely uncontrolled.
Tanjvats ground his teeth and unconsciously bared his tusks in an effort to keep from letting that laugh escape into sound.
Elrwaein will ready a sleep spell.
As Dareon pushes the threat back at the men, it is enough for them to act on theirs. The one with his crossbow ready prepares to shoot. The second one coming out of the shack begins to draw his Morningstar.
Dareon
Elrawein
Faedrin
Gaileyon
Tanjvats
Thugs
Round 1:
Elrawien -
Dareon -
Faedrin -
Thugs -
Tanjvats -
Gaileyon -
I can draw my bonded item, the rapier and cast it from there.
She will focus it on n4
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Dareon narrows his eyes at the men. They dare threaten violence when they're outnumbered more than two to one? They'll learn. Maybe.
He nocks and fires his bow at the man holding the morningstar.
Elrawien taps into the energy stored within her blade, and gathers it to cast a sleep spell like the one she had used earlier that day. The forward man, with the crossbow, drops to the ground and curls up resting his head on his arm. The second man looks drowsy, but avoids actually passing out, just shaking off the effects.
Right after, Dareon fires the bow he had drawn, at the man still standing. There is a clink as the arrow pings off the chainmail the man is wearing, just visible in the dusk in which they fight.
Round 1:
Faedrin -
Thugs -
Tanjvats -
Gaileyon -
Elrawien - Cast sleep, put Thug1 to sleep
Dareon - Fired bow at Thug 2, missed
Faedrin takes a step forward, sliding a glittering kukri free from a sheath at the small of his back. He fixes his gaze at the remaining thug and calls up a simple spell to try and delay him. "Whether you believe us or not, we're here to help Natalya you oaf! Don't force us to hurt you!"
Humans! Honestly!
HP: 8/8
AC: 19 (15 T / 14 FF)
CMD: 16
F/R/W: +2/+4/+3 (+2 vs enchantment, immune sleep)
Arcane Pool used: 1/5
Spells Prepared:
Cantrips (3) - acid splash, daze, disrupt undead
Level 1 (1) - expeditious retreat [ ], jump [ ]
Ongoing Effects
none
As Faedrin speaks, his words begin to take hold, and the magic he sprinkled within them sinks into the man's simple mind. He just stops and stares, looking too dumbfounded to act or speak.
Round 1:
Tanjvats -
Gaileyon -
Elrawien - Cast sleep, put Thug 1 to sleep
Dareon - Fired bow at Thug 2, missed
Faedrin - Drew weapon, dazed Thug 2
Thug1 - Asleep
Thug2 - Dazed
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Seeing an opportunity to possibly get some information from the sleeping thug, he decides the other fellow needs to be put down quickly and decisively so they have the opportunity to question the other. Gaileyon drops his waraxe gently before charging the now dazed man, deciding to use his fists to put him down without killing him. "Sorry matey - it isn't your day!" he yells as he charges the man with his right hand raised. He closes the distance between the two of them and slams it into the man's face.
The clatter of Gaileyon's axe is a welcome sound, and Tanjvats decided to run forward to help subdue the remaining man.
Unfortunately, the clattering axe caught Tanjvat's boot and made him stumble. As he reached the dazed man, Tanjvats was still bent over to avoid a fall and in no position to punch anyone.
Tanjvats, you klutz!
Tanjvats and Gaileyon take the opportunity by the man being out of sorts, as they rush up to pummel the brute. Tanjvats avoids falling just making his way up there, but Gaileyon manages to knock a solid blow to the guy's jaw. There's a solid crack as he hits, and the man spits blood with the blow, but he's no glass jaw. It looks like he's been in more than his fair share of brawls.
Round 2:
Elrawien - Cast sleep, put Thug 1 to sleep
Dareon - Fired bow at Thug 2, missed
Faedrin - Drew weapon, dazed Thug 2
Thug1 - Asleep
Thug2 - 5 NL damage, Dazed
Tanjvats - Moved to O4, missed with UA attack
Gaileyon - Charged to O5, hit Thug 2 with UA attack
Grimacing, as the one remaining man's engaged in a brawl with his dwarven ally, Dareon squints and fires his bow again at the man that remains standing.
Unfortunately, realizing he would have hit Gaileyon just moments before firing, he jerks the bow to the side, sending the arrow careening off in much the wrong direction.
She will move to N1 and cast acid splash
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Elrawien moves in a wide arc around to the side to get a clear shot, conjuring an acid globule and hurling it at the thug. She hits him with it, but not much gets through, and he only suffers a small burn.
Dareon, firing directly towards the melee, pulls his shot for reasons of safety and overcorrects. His arrow is sent soaring off over the building.
Round 2:
Faedrin - Drew weapon, dazed Thug 2
Thug1 - Asleep
Thug2 - 1 L, 5 NL damage, Dazed
Tanjvats - Moved to O4, missed with UA attack
Gaileyon - Charged to O5, hit Thug 2 with UA attack
Elrawien - Cast sleep, put Thug 1 to sleep
Dareon - Fired bow at Thug 2, missed
Faedrin darts forward, gracefully spinning around Tanjvats and their opponent until the rude fellow is sandwiched between himself and the dwarf. "Honestly, we're here to help, you lout." He punches out with the hilt of his kukri, but the grip is awkward and it spoils his strike.
HP: 8/8
AC: 19 (15 T / 14 FF)
CMD: 16
F/R/W: +2/+4/+3 (+2 vs enchantment, immune sleep)
Arcane Pool used: 1/5
Spells Prepared:
Cantrips (3) - acid splash, daze, disrupt undead
Level 1 (1) - expeditious retreat [ ], jump [ ]
Ongoing Effects
none
After Fade rushes past the man, attempting to help subdue him, the thug finally shakes off his brief mental pause. He looks upset at the onrush while his partner sleeps. "Hey! Get up idiot! What are you doing?"
The thug finishes pulling his morningstar and swings it at the big dwarf that just clocked him in the face, hitting him hard in the shoulder. The wound has punch and puncture, drawing blood, and showing that he doesn't seem to welcome the help you all came to offer. After he swings, he steps back into the doorway of the shed to get out from between the two men.
Round 2:
Tanjvats - Moved to O4, missed with UA attack
Gaileyon - Charged to O5, hit Thug 2 with UA attack
Elrawien - Cast Acid Splash, hit Thug 2
Dareon - Fired bow at Thug 2, missed
Faedrin - Moved to M5, missed Thug 2
Thug1 - Asleep
Thug2 - 1 L, 5 NL damage, Drew weapon, hit Gaileyon, free 5' to N6
Elrawien's rebuke, the thug's attack and Gaileyon's blood all rushed in on Tanjvat's senses. He was having trouble sorting out all the stimuli. His vision began to warp: the thug standing in the doorway began to thrum back and forth like a plucked lute string.
Blinking and trying to regain his balance, he placed a hand on Gaileyon's back. "He'll dodge left", the half-orc granted.
She will continue with acid splashing the cretin.
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I think so.
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Gaileyon grunts as the man attacks him with a drawn weapon. He looks at the man angrily, his head vibrating with anger. 'No' he thinks to himself. 'They're not ready for that yet'. He withholds his anger, and decides to take a quick step back, and draws his shield from his back and his Warhammer from it's belt loop.
"Alright, buddy boy. You've made the last mistake of your life. Time to treat you with hostility."
Dareon grunts - he's really frustrated how little contribution he's having to putting down these grunts. He draws and fires another arrow, seeing an open opportunity.
Gaileyon steps back and gears up for what is likely not a fistfight any longer.
With her straight shot right down the middle of the group, Elrawien throws another acid globule, but with her brother's proximity, she errs on the side of caution in not hitting him, but not so much that it misses the man. The acid once again gives the man a small burn as it lands on any exposed skin.
Dareon tries to line up a bow shot, but he once again tries to aim away from his newfound allies. It's not as bad as last time, but he ends up just hitting the wall of the shack the man is standing inside.
Round 3:
Faedrin - Moved to M5, missed Thug 2
Thug1 - Asleep
Thug2 - 1 L, 5 NL damage, Drew weapon, hit Gaileyon, free 5' to N6
Tanjvats - Bit of Luck on Gaileyon
Gaileyon - 7 damage 5' stepped back, readied weapon and shield
Elrawien - Cast Acid Splash, hit Thug 2 again
Dareon - Fired bow at Thug 2, missed again
Faedrin shakes his head at the man beside him, "See? You've made my companions angry now." The nimble elf then punches out with the hilt of his kukri again, hoping to lay the man low before he's needlessly killed.
If he's still standing, Faedrin tries to slip past him with a quick spin.
HP: 8/8
AC: 19 (15 T / 14 FF)
CMD: 16
F/R/W: +2/+4/+3 (+2 vs enchantment, immune sleep)
Arcane Pool used: 1/5
Spells Prepared:
Cantrips (3) - acid splash, daze, disrupt undead
Level 1 (1) - expeditious retreat [ ], jump [ ]
Ongoing Effects
none
Elwarein will cast another acid blob at the man.
RTA
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Faedrin swings again with his blade's hilt, and is certain he has a great hit lined up, but bumps his arm on the doorframe between him and the thug. It causes his swing to stop just a little too short. Right after the swing, the elf dashes a feinting spin and actually makes it past the thug into the interior of the shack itself. Much to his chagrin, there is no door to the interior within, leaving them with only the southern door they had initially approached.
In response to the elf's deceptive entrance, the thug steps out of the doorway and swings at the new arrival to the room. It was close, but Faedrin managed to just sidestep the spiked blow.
Round 3:
Tanjvats - Bit of Luck on Gaileyon
Gaileyon - 7 damage 5' stepped back, readied weapon and shield
Elrawien - Cast Acid Splash, hit Thug 2 again
Dareon - Fired bow at Thug 2, missed again
Faedrin - Moved to M5, missed Thug 2
Thug1 - Asleep
Thug2 - 1 L, 5 NL damage, free 5' to M6, missed Fade
As Gaileyon stepped back and suited up for combat, Tanjvats had a twinge of compassion for the guard. As he helped Gaileyon equip the shield, Tanjvats gave the thug a sad look.
"Pharasma sorts the stubborn, too, stranger", he reminded the man, while placing a firm hand on Gaileyon's shoulder.
Gaileyon is done playing it nice and safe as he moves into the shack and smacks the man hard in the chest with his warhammer. The man bounces back off the wall beside him due to the blow. He looks mostly worse for the wear.
Elrawien hurls another globule, but it weakly splashes off the wall of the shack the man had moved deeper into.
Round 4:
Dareon - Fired bow at Thug 2, missed again
Faedrin - Moved to M5, missed Thug 2
Thug1 - Asleep
Thug2 - 12 L, 5 NL damage, free 5' to M6, missed Fade
Tanjvats - Bit of Luck on Gaileyon
Gaileyon - 7 damage moved to N6, hit Thug 2
Elrawien - Cast Acid Splash, missed Thug 2
Elrawien will continue her acidic barrage.
Ranged Touch Attack
damage
No biggie but with the infrequency of posts I just don't want anyone waiting on me.
Dareon reaches his bow-hand back behind his back, clasping it there yet again. Then he draws his blade, looking at the sleeping thug below him. The man can't be sleeping for long, and if one man poses such a delay to their mission, the other one can't be good. Not only that, but whomever is inside the building had to have heard the battle. There's no way the Pathfinders have enough time to just dally about. They need to be men of action.
Faedrin glances at Gaileyon from around the other side of their opponent with an incredulous look, "I beg your pardon?" He looks back at the man flanked between them, "Pay no mind to the dwarf. He's easily excitable and may have mistaken you for a table. He seems to hate them very much. More to the point, I really wish you'd just lay down your arms." The tall elf punctuates his statement by nonchalantly striking out with the hilt of his kukri again.
HP: 8/8
AC: 19 (15 T / 14 FF)
CMD: 16
F/R/W: +2/+4/+3 (+2 vs enchantment, immune sleep)
Arcane Pool used: 1/5
Spells Prepared:
Cantrips (3) - acid splash, daze, disrupt undead
Level 1 (1) - expeditious retreat [ ], jump [ ]
Ongoing Effects
none
As he apologizes to the thug, Faedrin delivers a heavy hilt punch across the man's cheek. The blow, coupled with the hit the dwarf delivered, knocks the man into the wall. He slides down it, unconscious.
As the thug collapses and his weapon falls to the ground, Faedrin nods, "Hmm, yes. Just like that, in fact. Much obliged."
Seeing the other thug go down and the immediate danger to his compatriots end, Dareon looks down to the thug at his feet, put to sleep by the elven mistress in their party.
He raises the blade in his hand, point straight down, and plunges it into the sleeping man's neck.
Blood spurts on the ground around the man he's just killed, and Dareon looks up. "Now, what next? We need to get inside and find Natalya."
The sleeping man emits a quick gurgle, as he is awoken by the shock, but is awake only long enough to exhale his last breath. The other one looks like he could be out for at least a couple of hours. The interior, of what appears to be the storage shed, is littered with fresh garbage and debris of recent habitation. No sign of entry into the building from here. Other than this place, the only entry you've seen is the southern door. Then again, you didn't exactly get to have your initial look around, since these men had interrupted you upon your arrival.
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Gaileyon smirks at the Elf, shaking his head while admiring in martial appreciation of the precise blow that the elf has struck. "Nice handy work pointy ears. Took him right down." The dwarf replaces his shield and Warhammer in their appropriate holsters, and walks back to retrieve his Waraxe from outside. "We should stabilize the crony inside, just in-case we need to wake him to get some answers if our search inside comes up empty."
Elrawien is going to look aghast at Dareon and walk up next to her brother. In Sylvan, "Fade, that human boy scares me. He is very violent, unnecessarily so.
Smirking at the unconscious man at his feet, Faedrin sheaths his kukri and turns as his sister approaches. "What are you talking about, little wasp? Dareon? Too violent? Ha! Just a poor shot is more like i-" Stepping out of the shed, his words stall and all mirth vanishes from his face as he sees the blood pooling beneath the other thug. Stunned and appalled he stammers, "De-dead? Bu-but why? He-he... he hadn't done anything wrong!" His eyes locking with Dareon's, Faedrin's countenance twists into one of unmasked disgust. "You murdered him, Dareon! Why?! Because you're impatient?! Because it was convenient?!"
Dareon's gaze flits to Faedrin, a blank look on his face and his mouth slightly open. He doesn't understand why the elf is yelling at him. The men had struck first, hadn't they?
"They attacked us. With lethal force, I might add. Isn't that wrong in itself? He was going to wake up soon and we already have an unconscious guard for the questioning, and they forfeit their fates to our prerogative as soon as they swung their first morningstar. Now, don't we have work to do, and don't we have to do it in a timely manner? Come, let's go around to the other entrance."
He knees for a moment to wipe the blood off of his sword on the dead man's pants - wiping on chainmail wouldn't do, and neither would wiping on cobblestone streets - before standing up and beginning the walk around the building. He looks expectantly at his companions.