I am fine, Priest, take care of your flock! Fil coughs as he levels his rapier at the gnoll before him, grinning the grin of the mad.
Navith's fiery burst misses the gnoll warrior, but alerts it to the danger he represents.
Gnoll D swings it's at Braggi, attempting to keep the sailor between it and Navith, a halfhearted swing suited to pushing the man a bit left for it's own defense.
Gnoll G focuses it's hate and anger at Musami, half-swinging it's spear as a staff before pivoting and at the dwarf's throat, his gorget deflecting the blow off and over his shoulder instead.
Initiative Order
First Group: Navith, Gnolls D and G
Second Group: Braggi, Filnefillan, Musami, Zokama, Gnolls C and F
Tiring of trying to strike in a non-lethal way Musami switches his grip and swing as hard as he can at Gnoll G. With a grunt of effort he swings.
Zokama steps forward and heals Braggi.
Fil looks at the Gnoll before him.
Glowering as he steps back 5 feet, he incants the words to Scorching ray.
If one speaks goblin, the words "you were warned" are in his stream of curses.
Musami swings with all his might, nearly smashing in the gnoll's sternum as the blow lands, the creature only flailing backwards preventing even worse damage.
Before it can recover however Filnefillan's flame bolt explodes in it's face, singing fur and knocking the beast off it's feet, unconscious to the filthy stone tiles below.
Zokama steps up and sends a melodious feeling of warmth over Braggi's back, easing some of the pain and discomfort his battered body is experiencing, his stance still weak but determined before the remaining gnolls.
Initiative Order
First Group: Navith, Gnolls D and G (Unconscious)
Second Group: Braggi, Filnefillan, Musami, Zokama, Gnolls C and F
Musami move to position Gnoll F between him and Fil, then swing his +1 mace again.
Braggi goes on with his bloodthirsty anger, this time attacking the only remaining Gnoll between himself and the archer.
Braggi's blade strikes against the gnoll's chain sewn breastplate, gouging several links free but falling short of cutting into the dog-meat beyond.
Gnoll C fires another , this time at Braggi, attempting to finish off the robust sailor. The shaft catches the man in the arm, , his rage distracting him from his own best defense.
Gnoll F follows his fallen leader's orders, his rage blinding him to the danger the gnoll faces. He heaves his harshly at the elven wizard, the elf dancing aside at the last instant, sparking a howl of frustration from the beast.
Initiative Order
First Group: Navith, Gnolls D and G
Second Group: Braggi, Filnefillan, Musami, Zokama, Gnolls C and F
Navith hears the arrow *thunk* into Braggi and swears in a very un-Pelorite manner. His head swings to the side to assess the situation. He swears again.
If we can consolidate our attacks we will overcome!
He swings back to face Fil's aggressor and sends flame once more at the hyena-man. His aim is, if possible, even worse than last time.
"Fixe!!!!" the Pelorite screams, his face a rictus of frustration.
[+1 Dex, vs touch AC]
Navith's fire burst singes the raging gnoll's fur but fails to deter it's hate filled focus on the elven mage.
Gnoll D presses his attacks on Braggi, trying desperately to bring down the stubborn man, his , clanging aside as the sailor deflects the swing with his own large blade.
Gnoll G begins to stir on the floor, the discoloration of his injuries fading slightly, one gash nearly completely knitted closed.
Initiative Order
First Group: Navith, Gnolls D and G (regaining consciousness)
Second Group: Braggi, Filnefillan, Musami, Zokama, Gnolls C and F
Musami swings his hammer down on Gnoll G, trying to smash it between the head of his weapon on the floor.
Zokama heals Braggi again.
Braggi once more tries to end the damned gnoll in an attempt to have clear way to the pesky archer. He lets go a tremendous battle shout...
Musami's blow lands hard on the gnoll, fracturing it's jaw and several teeth. The gnoll twitches a moment and then stops, all movement and tension gone from the bloody form.
Braggi successfully demoralizes his opponent, but the shaking gnoll still manages to block aside the sailor's swing, another crease and loss of links from his otherwise well kept armor.
Initiative Order
First Group: Navith, Gnolls D and G (regaining consciousness)
Second Group: Braggi, Filnefillan, Musami, Zokama, Gnolls C and F
Fil, glaring at the barbarian, looks to the others. He knows the danger he is in, and he has to strike.
He steps back, recalling the spell he just cast, and releases it again on the Gnoll!
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Hero Points – Players will not start with any Hero Points but may earn them during the course of gameplay for particular actions or achievements. Characters are limited to a pool of One (1) Hero Point per level, up to a cap of Three (3) Hero Points. Hero Points and there use can be viewed here.
Each Player will receive Three (3) Action Points which can be used to adjust dice rolls or take additional actions as outlined below. Every even level will award the character additional Action Points equivalent to ½ the character's level, 1 at 2nd, 2 at 4th, 3 at 6th, etc.
You can spend 1 action point in a round as a Free Action to add a d6 bonus to a single d20 roll. When using an Action Point to improve a d20 roll, use must be declared prior to the GM's determination of the roll's success or failure.
Activate an Ability – A character can spend 1 action point as a Swift Action to gain another use of a class ability that has a limited number of uses per day. Examples include stunning fist, smite, channel energy, etc.
Take an Extra Attack – When taking a full attack action, a character may spend 1 action point as a Free Action to make an extra attack at the highest base attack bonus. Action points may be used in this way with either melee or ranged attacks.
Spell Boost – A character can spend 1 action point as a Swift Action to increase the effective caster level of one spell by 2. This must be decided before casting the spell, and effects all particulars of the spell as per the adjusted caster level.
Spell Recall – Spellcasters who prepare their spells in advance can spend 1 action point as a Swift Action to recall any spell just cast. The spell can be cast again later with no effect on other prepared spells. Spontaneous spellcasters can spend 1 action point as a Swift Action to cast a spell without using one of their daily spell slots. These uses of an action point can only be done in the same round that the spell is cast.
Stabilize – Any time a character is dying, they can spend 1 action point as an Immediate Action to become stable at their current hit point total.
Filnefillan's fiery blast catches the raging gnoll in the chest, burning away fur and blistering the skin below with ugly patches of pink and black. The glare in the beast's eyes turns a bit glassy, clearly it is only the thing's hate keeping it up and fighting.
Gnoll C realizes his companions are failing to hold the invaders, the band clearly having fallen for Lady Grenl's trap. He ponders the dangers of pressing his attack, firing at Braggi, wounding the sailor for , then turns and runs back the way it came.
Gnoll F labors on against the last directive his leader gave him, Kill the Elf, and he ponderously swings his against the wizard's forceful wards, piercing it for and blooding his obsession.
Initiative Order
First Group: Navith, Gnoll D
Second Group: Braggi, Filnefillan, Musami, Zokama, Gnoll F
Navith stabs at the burnt gnoll from behind with his longspear.
Standard Action: Attack gnoll F with longspear's reach.
+3 BAB , +2 Str, +1 Weapon Focus, +1 enhancement
[+3 THF, + 1 enhancement]
Fil realizes his Gambit failed as he sees the strike coming from the Gnoll brute. He puts up a feeble defense, attempting to Parry with his rapier, but the greataxe is just too much. As the Axe hits his magical wards, the group hears an audible shatter as the Gnoll's hate gets through. Fil crumples to the floor like a pile of rags, bleeding.
Navith's spear punches through the gnoll's armored back, the hardened leather less thick, weakly padded, wholly inadequate to prevent the sharp wedge shaped blade from passing through the thing's lung and into it's heart, nearly nicking it's spine as the cleric savagely pulls the shaft back free of the dying creature.
Falling to the floor the gnoll looked glassily at it's dead leader, it's own pooling blood flowing along the crudely tiled floor to mingle in shared oblivion.
Gnoll D covers for it's retreating companion, resolved it will not be leaving the chamber ever again. It snarls a challenge at Braggi, it's fear and resentment bleeding from it's eyes into it's growl, and swings it's at the sailor, weakly and ineffectual, doom already set upon the beast, only awaiting for confirmation on the unstoppable human's blade.
Initiative Order
First Group: Navith, Gnoll D
Second Group: Braggi, Filnefillan, Musami, Zokama
As the gnoll tries desperately to go to Walhalla with some human company, Braggi steps aside easily and discharges his own blade upon him, having the luxury to dedicate some seconds among his bloodthirst to a worthy enemy.
The gnoll's head flies through the room, but it still hold his weapon when it falls to the floor, granting him access to the Celestial Banquet. Nodding in approval, Braggi rushed after the fleeing archer.
Braggi stumbles down the hallway after the gnoll, the sharp twists and turns of the lightning like hallway preventing him for catching sight of the beast.
The sailor finds himself back in the corridor split, one path leading back towards the stairway and passage back to the dead priestess, the other hallway dark and unexplored.
There is also a slight luminescence to the wall, likely unnoticed in torchlight but glimpsed in the dim light of the hall, a crack like one seeping beneath the captain's cabin door.
RE: Activate an Ability – A character can spend 1 action point as a Swift Action to gain another use of a class ability that has a limited number of uses per day. Examples include stunning fist, smite, channel energy, etc.
It could be argued that the points could be used on a 1:1 basis to extend a Rage while in combat. If the group sees no problem with this I would allow it. Thoughts anyone?
I admit my count may be off, , but I thought Braggi had only just spent his last Rage round with this last strike, having none left to continue beyond the move phase after the swing.
Musami stands astride a fallen gnoll and swings his mace again.
Not seeing where the gnoll has gone, Braggi decides to stop raging and go back to check his friends. Many perils are still sneaking around, and the salior thinks it's better to regroup and recover their strength.
Zokama kneels over Fin to make sure he is still alive. She looks over at Navith.
I think he is still alive. Can you heal him?
"I can. Gather by him and I will heal us all...somewhat..."
Navith calls to Pelor.
"That was the last of Pelor's aid for today." he adds gloomily.
"Beyond that, there are healing potions in Fil's backpack..."
Fil coughs as he wakes up, looking at his chest, where the Axe buried itself.
Looking over to Navith, he says "Praise Pelor you're alive. Did we get them?"
At that point he will stand up, gathering his rapier, bow, and both of the potions of healing from his backpack. He drinks one.
"It's not much, but I have one more. Please, make use of it, I will be careful.
Taking the time to gather the bodies and search them, you discover the following items, assuming Fil scans the fallen with Detect Magic during the process.
A pair of dark black leather boots with stitched green flame designs
A heavy dark black cloak with a flaming eye embroidered on the outside
A hard and heavy shiny ring containing a movable etched steel band within an inset groove
2 steel potion vials marked with a curling design
2 clay potion vials marked with a fan shaped mushroom
A masterwork darkwood greatclub carved like an odd looking mushroom
A masterwork greataxe made of grey steel
3 battleaxes
2 spears
3 heavy wooden shields painted black with a flaming eye emblem
2 masterwork javelins
5 javelins
masterwork composite longbow (STR 14)
masterwork composite longbow (STR 18)
28 arrows
2 suits of dark leather armor
A masterwork breastplate, grey steel lacquered dull black with the flaming eye emblem painted over the left breast
A suit of masterwork parade armor, dark leathers and grey steel with pale green highlights
2 suits of masterwork darkleaf cloth leather lamellar armor black fabric with pale green highlight stitching
5 vials alchemist's fire
A tanglefoot bag
A fist sized brown rock
Several loose metal rivets
A foul smelling bone packed with a brownish paste that feels greasy
3 ceramic stars, each roughly an inch wide
2 vials of black dye
1 jar of brown dye
1 vial of black ink
While the rest gather the loot, Braggi stays in guard in case the fleeing gnoll calls more friends.
He keeps calling his friends to hurry up. "Guys, he could be back anytime."
Zokama helps to gather the loot.
"He went that way! There's a corridor there!"
Navith sees Fil awaken, then returns to his fell morningstar, retrieving it with more than a little relief. He then returns to examine the items that were indicated as magical.
Navith crouches and sighs.
" I may be able to call on Pelor's succour again, but it will be taxing. I fear we have now truly stirred the viper's nest. If this Lareth and his followers did not know we were here before, they surely do now. The secret door Braggi mentions will be but one of their means of getting to us."
The Pelorite stands, and paces, staring down the corridor where the gnoll fled.
"Do we let them come to us, here? Or seek them out in ground of their choosing, wholly unfamiliar to us?"
Zokama offers to heal people with the wand she found in their stuff.
Navith determines little among the assorted magical items, save that the mushroom labeled potions seem to bear a Faint Conjuration effect. From his time at the monastery it is reminiscent of the Cure Moderate Wounds potions the brothers brewed.
Everything else seemed to pulse in ways he could not focus upon, likely an effect of the humors coursing through his system after the battle, the brushes with death the group faced, together.
Braggi thinks about it for a minute before suggesting. "We could be under vigilance now." He puts a hand on his mouth, as to impede lip reading, and whispers. "We could rest outside, keeping vigilance, and being alert in case they try to get out."