As the bolts charge through the wind of wall she put up to protect the crew, Aria grabs her sword and moves to intercept. With Cloudcleaver, she makes a solid forceful swing on the iron bolt piercing the ship's wood.
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In all honesty, the wind wall lasted the same time as the grappling and winding. So it would have been over on the round after the planks were lowered. Hopefully they fired something other than their grappling ballistae and made it worth the effort.
Aria bangs away at the metal spear in the side of the ship, attempting to dislodge it or snap the haft. Surprisingly flakes and chips of metal come away as she hammers at it with her strange weapon. She is compelled to back off though as the boarding planks come crashing down.
Shouts of alarm come from the enemies crows nest as angry currents of air buffet the man with the longbow. He manages to maintain his perch though.
Just as Aria's wall of wind ends a sickly looking yellowish green vapor envelopes much of the enemy ship, shrouding it from sight. A great deal of choking, gagging, and spluttering is heard from within the cloud.
initiative
As the ships are closing, before the boarding ballistae were fired, Mikal took two shots at the 'captain' in the breast plate.
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Once the ship settles from the listing of the boarding process, Mikal lets go of his death grip on the mast. Mikal pronuonces a judgement of justice on the pirates, Abadar, bring your judgement to bear and punish their greed.
Mikal fires at the undine at O14, and then will draw his longsword and move to M14 to deal with anyone trying to board by that plank."Hold the line at the planks, Let them come to us and we will drive them into the sea."
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Aria bangs away at the metal spear in the side of the ship, attempting to dislodge it or snap the haft. Surprisingly flakes and chips of metal come away as she hammers at it with her strange weapon. She is compelled to back off though as the boarding planks come crashing down.
Shouts of alarm come from the enemies crows nest as angry currents of air buffet the man with the longbow. He manages to maintain his perch though.
Just as Aria's wall of wind ends a sickly looking yellowish green vapor envelopes much of the enemy ship, shrouding it from sight. A great deal of choking, gagging, and spluttering is heard from within the cloud.
Garion attacks the undine at N20 with his mace.
The first shot Mikal fires hits the figure of the half-orc squarely, but the the arrow breaks on his breastplate. The second arrow is pulled into the sea by a sudden down gust of wind.
Vados notices an undine attacker unphased by the stinking cloud. Using his now massive limbs, Vados tenses and then strikes at him with two colossal blows.
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The first blow catches the undine square in the jaw, his eyes rolling into the back of his head. The second topples the man over the edge of the plank where he disappears quickly beneath the waves.
Mikal moves to the plank at M14 and readies his longsword to repel anyone coming across. Readied action to attack anyone who threatens his square.
Attack (added +1 justice judgement, +1 bless)
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Mikal calls out over the rising sounds of battle,"Aria, can skyfire take out the archer in the crows nest? We need to occupy him with something other than making pin cushions of us."
Over the sound of those coughing in the mist is the growling and shouts of more men and booted feet hitting the boarding planks.
The man with the tower shield moves forward, drawing a short sword as he does. He exhales a breath of air as he exits from the mist, then takes a slash at Garion. His swing is poorly aimed though and the half-elf easily avoids the blow.
Several humans run over the planks towards Vados, gasping for air, weapons held limply in their hands.
A half-orc in leather leaps out of the green mist slashing wildly, Mikal cuts him down before he gets close enough to land a blow. Another charges up the left most plank striking at Mikal as he does so. The inquisitor easily parries with a ringing of metal on metal, all while dodging a thrust from a long spear from the nearby undine. Two more undines near the front of the ship point their spears in Mikal's direction and twin streams of water gush forth from the tips of their spears. The strength of the stream pushes the man back several steps, one hand out to catch onto the foremast for support with Cindy Lu having to shove at him from behind to keep him standing.
Ignoring the air elementals harassing him the man in the crows nest takes a shot at Aria. The arrow brushes against her clothing and embeds itself in the deck of the ship.
As the boarders stumble out of the mist, Vados reacts with a practiced kick.
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The air elementals swarm the archer, but this time they stay adjacent to him so that if he fires it will provoke. They seem inspired by the bard and the bless.
Cindy begins to cough and hack and then suddenly begins to wretch. From her mouth a swarm of spiders poor forth into squares LM/12,13 with a direction to swarm over the leftmost plank. But finding a meal in their starting square they happily swarm over the hapless man.
+ Poison Fort DC of 11. Frequency1/round for 2 rounds; Effect 1d2 strength damage; Cure 1 save
After casting Cindy moves to K16. Stay out of the spiders Cindy cautions.
Vados kick to the man's stomach crumples him unconscious to the deck.
As the spiders pour forth from Cindy's open mouth the nearby thug cringes in disgust and horror, stomping at them as they begin to climb up his legs and onto his arms. His teeth grimacing as he maintains his eyes on Mikal and Vados standing nearby.
With the air elementals continuing to harass him, the bowman in the crows nest topples from his perch, landing on the deck below with a sickening crunch.
Round 2
Skyfire screeches back to Aria's shoulder, who looks around in some dismay at the massive green cloud covering most of the opposing ship. "My tactical options are somewhat limited now." But she has little time to complain further as the tower-shielded man steps forward and attacks Garion.
She says a few magical words as she conjures electrical energy to a small rod of glass in her hand and quickly makes her way to Garion's other side , leaning against the stairs to the aftcastle. When her lips stop moving, she raises her hand and blasts the tower-shielded man with a lightning bolt to the face.
"You'd think they would have sent raiders better suited to attack something." Seeing his allies take out the entire board party on his side, Talathel quickly moves closer to the other boat to get the attackers not obscured by the crow's nest.
The flash of lightning bursting from Aria's hands leaves after images echoing in your eyes. The poisonous green vapors turning a pale yellow briefly. The target of her blast lets out a howl of pain but holds his ground.
Talathel's arrow takes another in the ribs and he collapses in a heap, Cindy's spiders continuing to swarm over the poor fool.
Garion presents his holy symbol and declaims "Stay your advance, monstrous one!"
Garion's spell grips the man and he freezes up completely paralyzed.
The snick of crossbow echos around you as the sailors let lose a barrage of bolts. Their aim is poor however and only a single bolt draws blood.
After felling the spluttering human to his left, Vados transfers the momentum of his attack into another flurry of blows. He first strikes at an advancing undine with an outstretched fist, following up with a kick at the choking human behind him.
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A whirlwind of destruction, Vados attack on the undine strikes so hard the mans head snaps back with a audible cracking of bone. A spray of blood from the mans shattered nose and his entire body spasms for a moment as he slips off the plank into the depths. A round house kick to the next victim knocks the man to the ground where he lies unmoving.
Another undine comes stumbling out of the fog, feet slipping on the greased plank but somehow managing to keep his balance.
You hear a body go down hard on the planks as someone else slips in the grease.
The undines who knocked Mikal back now rush forward on the plank, stabbing at the monk with their long spears but neither is able to land a hit.
Another stumbles out of the fog letting out his held breath, he also focuses on Vados, lowering his spear and sending forth a jet of water. Vados large size allows him to shrug it off and stand his ground.
The last man on the foredeck draws his short bow, taking a shot at Mikal. The arrow impales the foremast of your own ship, quivering in the wood.
With a deafening cry the half-orc with the breastplate reappears next to Vados, great axe already in full swing, a lust for blood in eyes. Caught unawares the monk is unable entirely escape the attack and a thin line of blood appears along his chest and right arm. Continuing his swing the great axe hammers into Mikal. Mikal's armor protects him from the worst of it but he is crushed up against the foremast.
Round 3
Aria takes a little bit of control in the situation. She turns to Garion, noticing that their enemy was stiff as a board. "Go. Help the others. That half orc is more trouble than the lot of them combined."
With that, she begins to levitate above her current location, holding on to the rope rigging of the ship as she levitates 20 ft into the air, and now hopefully able to see the half orc over Vados's massive frame.
Skyfire spreads his wings, hoping to stabilize himself with the sudden movement, and anxious for another combat strike.
Spiders! why did she have to use spiders. at least they are going the other way.
Mikal winces in pain as the half-orc strikes his blow. That must have been the noise I heard on the foredeck, one of these days I am going to learn to pay better attention.
He switches his judgement to destruction Meet your doom half-breed, and makes a power attack on the half-orc.
attack (+1 bless, -2 power attack)
damage (+2 destruction, +4 power attack
Reveling in the flow of the battle, Vados quickly finds another target, hoping to hammer them down with a vicious axe kick.
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Vados takes a second to survey his handiwork on the deck, and allows himself a small grin. It is almost too late when he sees the raging half-orc next to swinging, already swinging his axe. Vados snaps out of his reverie and attempts to twist away from the blow, but it's too late, as the half-orc swipes his blade across Vados and Mikal, drawing blood.
Furious at the half-orc, but even more upset with himself for becoming distracted, Vados taps into his energy flow, and releases it into a hailstorm of fists at the half-orc.
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With a wave of her arm and and a point at the enemy archer the summoned air elementals swarm the new ranged threat. They stay close to discourage further ranged attacks.
The spider swarm feeds on its prey who failed to move away from it.
+ Poison DC 11 Fort, + Distraction DC 11 Will.
Cindy focus her gaze on the half orc, using her Slumber hex on the creature.
The half-orcs eyelids grow heavy for a brief moment, but he shakes off the hex with a primal growl. The distraction allows Mikal to slip past his defenses, giving him a shallow cut on his left hip. Vados is able to land a single kick to his rib cage. A cruel smile breaks out on the half-orcs face as he takes in the pain.
The swarm of spiders continues to crawl all over the unconscious man, leaving a queasy feeling in your stomachs while the air elementals harass the archer. The man avoids the first to but is unable to dodge the attack of the third.
Aria floating 20' above the deck doesn't quite have a clear view over Vados' towering frame.
The crossbowman having better luck with their second volley. One undine takes a bolt to the shoulder. Another nicks the half-orc on his right arm. A third strikes the man with the shield, and as the affects of the Garion's spell cease to function on the man he slumps to the plank unconscious.
The swarm of spiders continues to crawl all over the unconscious man, leaving a queasy feeling in your stomachs while the air elementals harass the archer. The man avoids the first to but is unable to dodge the attack of the third.
Talathel weaves in and out of the crossbowmen, looking for a clear shot. When he finds it, he takes the shot, aiming for the half-orc. All the while, he keeps his voice loud and clear for his fellow guards and crewmen to hear.
Realizing he can't reach the half-orc, Garion moves to M17 and casts Cure Moderate on Vados using his Remove Paralysis slot.
Vados bleeding stops as healing energy flows into him at Garion's touch.
The half-orc changes grips on his axe and with a roar brings it swinging back at Mikal and Vados. Blood sprays from a nasty wound received by Mikal. The momentum of the swing is blunted only slightly as the axe crashes into Vados.
The voice of a female chanting words of arcane power can be heard above the shouts of pain. A female undine appears out of thin air as a spray of flames protrudes from her outstretched hands, consuming the spiders. Small flames lick at a few ropes near the foremast.
One of the few remaining undine stabs again at Vados with his long spear but is unable to find an opening.
The bowman switch to a short sword, slashing the air elementals assailing him but is to focused staying alive to be effective against them.
The noxious clouds disperse revealing more coughing and spluttering assailants reaching the deck from the rigging. Two more lie prone and unmoving, burn wounds on their clothing and skin.
Talathel fires another arrow the half-orc, his song growing a little more hurried and frantic.
Vados grimaces as the axe rakes him for a second, and swats angrily at a hapless boarder stumbling out of the fog.
AoO on N17:
Vados takes a moment to refocus, clearing his mind of distractions, and loosening his limbs. Taking a lower stance to reduce his profile, Vados raises both arms out to his sides, and swiftly brings his hands together, hoping to clap the half-orc's head in between them.
Stunning Fist:
Vados reflexively lashes out at the man stumbling out of the fog. The man stands there dazed a moment before collapsing.
Talathel's arrow pierces the brutes arm, going clean through at this close range. Vados clips him hard in the side of the head but the half-orc barely seems to notice the blow.
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