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As Vower glides to the ground an eerie silence settles over the combatants, Hazan charging from the shadows without the sound of pounding feet. Master Torenest dodges the charging half-orc, but is caught from behind by Vower snapping at his legs.
The guards recoil in horror from the monstrosity that is Vower, and they are slow to react.
Despite his size and heavy armor the magus is quick to react though, he rolls backwards, attempting to evade his attackers.
Escaping the circle of silence surrounding Hazan, warhammer now in hand, Master Torenest yells out, "Guards, guards, to me." His hands weave as he utters a spell and three duplicates of the man appear shifting and shimmering around him.
Sparks fly as Hazan's blade scrapes across metal armor.
In the silence, Vower's movements are made even more unnatural. The eidolon's head follows his prey, rushing forward in a burst of movement.
Vower sinks his teeth into the magus as he makes his retreat, but the attack slows him only a little.
Dev moves a step back, out of range of the silence spell, and takes out a miniature shovel from his component pouch. He holds it at eye level, lining it up with Toranest's form. Dark chanting emerges from his throat as he moves the hand not holding the shovel in a jagged digging motion.
A dark shadow creeps along the surface where Toranest stands, forming a large square before it fades like it was never there, like an apparition you thought you saw from the corner of your eye, and it reveals a dark pit of coarse black stone with stains of brown-red.
Vower chases after Toranest, moving away from the guards and rushing after Toranest to attack him/
At the completion of Dev's spell the ground gapes wide beneath the feet of the Master magus. He dances to the west a step as it opens.
[ooc]1 is the correct target for mirror images.
Despite the magical protections Vower scores true against the magus, tearing away part of the clothing in his jaws.
Digger charges to flank the magus with Vower and takes a swipe with his shortsword. "The merchants will not be subject to your every will, mages!"
Digger's blade cuts a nasty wound in the guardsman, a silent expression of pain on his face.
Drewan leaps off the roof, landing awkwardly, then moves and draws his greatsword, swinging at the nearest guard.
Drewan drops to the ground, charging the closest guard as he pulls out his greatsword. With a single swing he decapitates the man before he can react to the combat.
The remaining guard, with a silent shout, charges Hazan.
Rocosmia fires several arrows from the darkness of the side street, one of the images disappears as an arrow flies through it.
I'll take a withdraw to get to the Magus. I'll move from where I am to K 24 then down to J 24 making an acrobatics check to move at full speed across a (I assume) severely sloped surface.
Jake uses his summoning ablity (8/9 uses remaining) to summon a leopard into M28 that proceeds to charge to J25. and pounce the master, flanking with Vower. Jake then moves out of the alley a south along the wall to F28.
As Hazan pushes past the remaining guard the man strikes out at Hazan's falchion with his blade. The blow catches the half-orc by surprise and his weapon clatters to the ground.
A leopard, outlined in a silver glow appears near Rocosmia and charges towards the magus, a fury of teeth and claws. The man staggers under the onslaught, but remains standing.
Badly wounded and his defensive magics down magus flees southward to try and get free of the silence again.
Free of the globe of silence again he weaves another spell and vanishes from sight.
He has cast Vanish.
Leopards AOO
added charge bonus but I'm sure it still applies.
Vower snaps his jaws at Toranest when he moves to flee.
Dev watches the battle from the rooftops, keeping his attention focused on Toranest. Watching the master cast the spell and vanish from sight, he whispers to the others.
"He's still there, he went invisible."
He whispers to the rest "If you give me a moment I can make him visible again"
He whispers to the rest "If you give me a moment I can make him visible again"
Leopards AOO
[Dice=Bite]1d20+7+2+2 added charge bonus but I'm sure it still applies.
[Dice=Damage]1d6+5
[dice=Grab]1d20+11
Neither Vower or the leopard are able to get their teeth into Master Torenest as he flees from them.
Digger pops a shot at the magus.
Drewan sees the magus vanish, then rushes to where he was last seen and swings wildly.
"Understood," Dev says, keeping focused even when a pang of hunger from his link with Vower strikes him. "We'll wait."
Despite the invisibility Drewan's blade connects with a grunt of pain. The sound of metal ringing on the cobblestones follows.
The remaining guardsman gives a cry, "Nooo.". Then charges in after Drewan.
From the north four softly glowing orbs of light come hurtling towards the group, lighting up the area. In the dimness of night half a dozen figures can be seen running your direction.
Rocosmia looms at the edge of the alley, looking to the spot where the sound of the falling master came from. Whispering, "Dev's thing can handle the body now. Don't leave Hazan behind." She concentrates, focusing on the apparent rush of action from those from the north. Let's not get too excited now.
Digger will fire at the remaining guard. then bolts off.
Hazzan runs back to retrieve his sword and will wait until everyone else starts to retreat before following suit.
With Rocosmia's spell half of the figures to the north slow a little, seeming to forget why they were in such a hurry to get there.
Digger makes a parting shot, but is more concerned with clearing out of the area before more people arrive.
Three men sitting around a table, with a bit to much to drink in them.
”They doubled the guard at the western gate I heard, they's keepin' an important prisoner inside, one o' them blasted drow I 'ear.”
”You've been listening to to many rumors while drunk Jeb. They doubled the guard cause Radgar has returned, and they don't wanna take any chances he makes it into the city.”
”Bah, you've no sense Belg, why would they double the guard at the western gate but not the southern one. They most assuredly have an important prisoner their.” Spoken in a hushed whisper, ”I heard they are going to move him in a few days time, the guards are going to take him to the old watchtower south of the city. An' if he refuses to tell them what they want while alive they're going to kill him then use sorcery to extract the information from his corpse.”
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”Two guardsman were killed this afternoon by an elven woman, and one of the catfolk."
"I heard said they belonged to an organization of thieves.”
Dev bristles at the use of the word 'thing' but doesn't respond, choosing to move away from the streets.
Vower moves to where Toranest's body is, leaning down to try to grab the body, a small growl of hunger escaping from him.
Jake whispers "D get your friend to fly to the alleyway behind the inn with the body so we can strip it and dispose of it."
Jake then casts invisiblity on Vower and calls out in celestal to the leopard.
Lastly will start moving moving quietly away.
Tge leopard moves around the pit to threaten the remaining guard.
Still reeling from the pain of the guard's attack, Drewan retaliates in kind.
Vower disappears from sight as Jake touches the horrific creature. It can still be heard moving about where Master Torenest fell to the ground.
At the command from Jake the leopard charges the remaining guardsman, attempting to grab him with its teeth and hold onto him.
The leopard gets its teeth in the mans pant leg, pulling at him.
Drewan hammers away at the guard with his blade, giving him a wound in the ribs.
Fury and recklessness define the mans actions as he counter attacks.
Sprinting from the north comes the city watch. One of them holds a holy symbol tightly in one hand as the dancing lights hover around Hazan. "Throw down your weapons and surrender." he calls. Two of the watch move to flaking positions on either side of Hazan. Five more guards follow close behind, two with short bows drawn, the other three hold short swords, but they look about as if unsure what to do.
As a swift action I activate bane vs humans then I attack one of the guards flanking me with power attack
Jake looks back to see Hazan in trouble and his leopard fall down the pit. Cursing under his breath he uses his summoning ablity (7/9 uses remaining) to summon a replacement leopard.
Jake then moves around corner and out of site of the action.