"Pah, 'suit' yourself."
"Baer, you wished to indulge yourself in vengeance? It seems this blonde guy is asking for it."
Denario moves a bit, walking past Baer.
He looks at the blonde guy.
"Blonde fool."
Round 1
Baer moves her face closer to the window, her rage building.
Intimidate
"Listen here, human. You let me in or when I get in you'll fish I let you go."
Baer, in her rage, sputters an inconsequential blubbering threat.
Hung Hei Kwoon, surprised at this unprovoked action says, "Well, I must be in the right spot. You are, however, in the wrong spot." With that, Kwoon will perform a double-kick on the gnome's head. However, the gnome is far too small and his foot goes over the gnome's head.
for
for
Denario casts a daze spell, but the window blocks the spell's line of effect. "What the heck are you doing?!" the man shouts.
The man isn't impressed by Baer's either. "I don't even know what the heck you're saying! Learn common!"
Kwoon does something, but no change is made in the situation.
Turn progression - round 1:
H
Denario
Allyph
Kwoon
Baer
Mavor
Nothing will happen if we just stand here. I'm going to check what Kwoon's doing.
Allyph moves toward the corner and sees light coming out of the fishery. She also sees Kwoon, who is swinging his legs in the air.
What... is he doing...?
When Allyph moves a bit further she sees Kwoon's fighting a gnome in front of him. She starts waving at the others to draw their attention, and makes several signs. One of the signs is a single finger pointing up, the finger then points toward the fight the others can't see. Another sign involves two fingers pointing up, after which Allyph shows the palm of her open hand.
Mavor tries to push at the door, but it doesn't seem to budge, he hefts his axe a little higher and looks ready to crash through the door next turn.
Allyph sees what's happening around the corner, but no one sees the vague signs she's making. Mavor's attempt to open the front door fails.
The man behind the window goes frantic and focuses his anger on Baer: "You'll leave now, you murderer! Want me to kill someone else in your name?! Or maybe kill you?! I enjoyed pouring acid over his face, and I sure wouldn't mind doing that to you! And no one would care if you're dead!"
The words hit Baer hard, and leave her shaken.
Meanwhile, around the corner, the gnome lashes out at Kwoon with his kukri.
The gnome continues to fail, anxiously looks inside the building, and takes a step away from Kwoon.
Turn progression - round 2:
H
Denario
Allyph
Kwoon
Baer - (Shaken for 2 round)
Mavor
Y
Hung Hei Kwoon says, "I advise you to drop your weapon." He calmly steps forward as if he's walking along a garden of roses and presses his attack with additional head kicks, taking into account the shorter nature of his opponent.
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for
Denario walks away, heading towards where Kwoon is, but on the ground instead of the wood.
Doublemove
When Kwoon steps forward to attack the gnome he hears someone giggle in the room next to him. From the corner of his eyes Kwoon sees a half-orc charge at him. Before he can land his attacks on the gnome, Kwoon is knocked off of the board walk. The sheer force of the bull rush causes Kwoon to hit the wall of the building next to fishery, after which Kwoon falls into the water. The half-orc ends his movement on the board walk in front of the gnome, and continues giggling: "Heeheehee!"
After falling into the water Kwoon quickly surfaces again. Kwoon sees the the outline a fish-like creature as big as him several feet away from him, under the board walk, and its fin above the surface of the water. He recognize the creature as a shark.
Turn progression - round 2:
H
Denario
Allyph
G -2AC
Shark
Kwoon
Baer - (Shaken for 2 round)
Mavor
Y
Allyph points a finger at the half-orc and shoot a ray of electricity at him. "Kwoon! no!"
The half-orc is zapped by Allyph's ray of electricity, which hits him in the chest.
Turn progression - round 2:
H
Denario
Allyph
G -4HP & -2AC
Shark
Kwoon
Baer - (Shaken for 2 round)
Mavor
Y
Before the giggling half-orc manages to complete his bull rush, Kwoon trips him. The half-orc lands with his face on the floor next to Kwoon.
One of Kwoon's kicks connects, resulting in a headache for the gnome.
Allyph doesn't see the half-orc from her current position, and aims her attack at the gnome.
Despite the gnome being in melee combat, and having partial concealment due to Kwoon's position, Allyph ray of electricity hits the gnome in the chest.
Denario walks away, heading towards where Kwoon is, but on the ground instead of the wood.
Turn progression - round 2:
H -9HP
Denario
Allyph
G -4HP & -2AC & Prone
Kwoon
Baer - (Shaken for 2 rounds)
Mavor
Y
Round 2
Baer feels a bit of self-doubt, wondering if this is even the right place...even if she was strong enough to do what she intends.
Baer screams back...trying to regain the upperhand...
Intimidate
...and again sputters.
"But I like poop! I mean...fish! I like to eat fish!"
Giggles the half-orc giggles while on the floor: "Heehee... I'm feeling a bit... nauseous... Hee... *cough*"
Baer tries intimidating the man behind the window, Yargin, again. Just like before her threats aren't very impressive.
Turn progression - round 2:
Hookshanks -9HP
Denario
Allyph
Giggles (-2AC & Prone & Sickened for 1 round)
Kwoon
Baer (Shaken for 2 rounds)
Mavor
Yargin
You also see more board walks, just above the water's surface. There's no way to get to them except through the water. You see the fin of a shark in the water, about 20 feet away from you.
Mavor hears the noises coming from the other side of the building and decides to investigate himself, moving to the other side and finds Kwoon in combat with a gnome and a low grunting noise of someone nearby. He takes a few steps closer to Kwoon, hoping to do more on this side.
"Even your comrades leave you! It's because they hate you! Ha!" Yargin shouts at Baer from behind the window, adding to Baer's shaken state.
Yargin then abruptly moves away from the window, and a click can be heard as the door unlocks. One of the doors slams open when Bloo, the dog that's been barking, jumps against it.
Bloo moves outside and attempts to bite the shaken Baer, but misses horribly.
Hookshanks the gnome takes a big step backward. He then hits the wall several times while shouting out loud. "You're all coming out here to help, or the dog and I will have your heads!"
A commotion can be heard from inside the building. Despite a wall separating Hookshanks and whoever the words were aimed for, he sure did scare the receiver(s).
Turn progression - round 3:
Hookshanks -9HP
Denario
Allyph
Giggles (-2AC till own turn. Prone. Sickened this round)
Kwoon
Baer (Shaken for 2 rounds)
Mavor
Yargin
Bloo
"Baer!" Allyph aims her finger at the dog that's attacking Baer, and shoots another ray of electricity.
In her haste to help her new friend Allyph's aim is off.
Denario and Allyph both try to hit the dog with a spell, but both attacks go wide.
The prone Giggles tries to get up, but by doing so he takes some risk.
Turn progression - round 3:
Hookshanks -9HP
Denario
Allyph
Giggles (Prone? Sickened this round)
Kwoon
Baer (Shaken for 2 rounds)
Mavor
Yargin
Bloo
Kwoon will attempt to stomp on the throat of Giggles, making it hurt to giggle.
for
Kwoon takes a 5' step forward and says, "If you drop that weapon, we can resolve this peacefully." He will continue hitting Hookshanks with a double hand chop to the sides of Hookshanks' neck.
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for
Round 3
Baer, finally given an outlet for her building rage, begins to twirl her staff quickly, attacking the dog with savage quickery...though she is shaken.
to hit;
damage;
to hit;
damage.
"Go dog. I do not wish to kill you. Send out your master."
Kwoon aims to crush Giggles' throat, but only inflicts a scratch. Mavor swings his greataxe with devastating power, but hits the door frame instead of Giggles. The giggling half-orc stands up. "Heehee! You missed me!"
"I will g..." Hookshanks doesn't have any time to finish his sentence, because Kwoon takes him out with a hand chop.
Baer, fueled by her rage, hits the dog once. It yelps in pain.
Mavor steps forward so he can properly aim for Giggles, and swings his greataxe at the giggling half-orc. The giggling intensifies when Mavor's powerful attack hits the door frame again.
In the door opening in the fishery's outer Western wall Yargin appears. He kicks open the other door as well to have a clear view of Baer, and aims a wand at Baer.
"Why is this stupid thing not working?!" Yargin yells, shaking the wand in frustration.
Bloo tries to bite Baer again, and fails again.
Turn progression - round 4:
Denario
Allyph
Giggles
Kwoon
Baer (Shaken this round)
Mavor
Yargin
Bloo -5HP
Another ray of electricity is launched from Allyph's finger, and it's aimed at Bloo again.
Allyph's ray electrocutes Bloo, and the dog's down.
Turn progression - round 4:
Denario
Allyph
Giggles
Kwoon
Baer (Shaken this round)
Mavor
Yargin
Denario moves to the west, and when the blonde guy is in sight...
Denario shoots some acid against Yargin, who looks down at his clothes. "You... You ruined my clothes!"
Giggles swings his flail at Mavor, but misses. "Heehee! I also miss you! Heehee! We're both missing! Heeheehee!"
With another swing of Mavor's greataxe the giggling stops. Giggles goes down.
A wooden desk sits in one corner of this room, its side preventing the western door from opening all the way. It's slightly opened though. The table is heaped with dozens of slate boards covered with chalk scrawls, while to the east a cabinet slouches against the wall. To the south is another door.
Mavor steps over Giggles, and moves into the room. He moves toward the door at the end of the room and moves through it, figuring he'll pay the blond man a visit.
Mavor ends up 10 feet away from Yargin.
Turn progression - round 4:
Denario
Allyph
Kwoon
Baer (Shaken this round)
Mavor
Yargin -1HP
Round 4
Baer does not rejoice when the dog goes down, a casualty of a fight it doesn't truly understand. She 5' steps closer to Yargin, her eyes on the wand he has.
"You're not Lamm. Is he inside? You can tell me now or with you dying breath."
Baer spins her quarterstaff in two hands, her lack of skill made up for by her rage and quick blows.
to hit;
damage;
to hit;
damage.
"Told you to drop the knife. Why do they never listen?" I think I'm out of danger. Let's see what I can find out. Kwoon takes the knife off the gnome and searches his body for clues or valuable items. After doing this, he will try to stabilize the gnome, although his healing skills are pretty bad.
Yargin's eyes grow wide when Baer closes in on him, but he laughs when she misses him twice. "Aiming isn't your strong suit, is it?"
Kwoon takes the kukri. He also finds a disguise kit and a key on Hookshanks. The gnome continues to bleed while Kwoon's treating him, but stabilizes on his own while Kwoon gets back up.
Yargin draws a dagger and tries to stab Baer, but fails. He then takes a step North while looking at the doors in the room. "Stay away from me! Someone help me! Help!"
The Northern door in the room where Yargin and Mavor are opens and a young boy with a pitchfork enters the room. Several more kids can be seen standing in the room he came from, all holding pitchforks.
"W-what do we d-do?" the boy asks Yargin.
"What do you think, you dimwit?! Kill them!"
"K-kill?!"
"Yes! Now stop stuttering and get to it, or we'll have Bloo... Nevermind, just do it!"
A scream can be heard from somewhere else in the building, somewhere more to the East. Kwoon hears the scream on the other end of the wall he's next to. "He's dead!" another boy screams. "He's dead!"
More screams follow when other kids see Giggles lying on the ground. They do not realize the half-orc's stabilized, and think he's really dead.
Turn progression - round 5:
Denario
Allyph
Kwoon
Baer
Mavor
Yargin -1HP
Urchins
Knife? Check. Disguise? Check. Strange Key? Priceless. Hung Hei Kwoon pockets the items and drags the gnome into the building past the brutish orc . Upon seeing the child in the room, Hung Hei Kwoon says, "Yep, don't worry, these troublemakers won't be bothering you for a while. Prison is their next stop. So, why don't you tell me what's going on here, and do you know a boy named Jovalson? I'm here to rescue him."
Round 5
Baer, regaining her confidence, presses Yargin.
to hit;
damage;
to hit;
damage.
"Drop your wand!" Allyph moves up next to Denario, and shoots a ray of electricity at Yargin. "And leave those kids out of this!"
The ray hits the ceiling above Yargin.
"They're dead!" the boy next to Kwoon cheers. "Freedom!"
The boy runs outside, and a horde follows.
Amidst the horde is one very familiar boy: Jovalson. "Kwoon! You came to save me!"
Jovalson is almost knocked over by the other kids. He quickly moves out of their way and past the unconscious gnome and half-orc. "Are... are they dead?" he asks, fear creeping in his voice.
In the other room Mavor climbs onto the desk. From his higher position he flanks Yargin with Baer, and one of Baer's attacks hits Yargin. So does Denario's attack, but Allyph misses.
Mavor's greataxe hits Yargin in his back, and Yargin goes down with the blood gushing out of him.
The kids that see it happen watch with a shocked expression on their faces. "He's... dead?"
After some time Yargin stabilizes, be it at the brink of death.
After some time Yargin stabilizes, be it at the brink of death.
Baer takes his club to the side of Yargin's head, ensuring the death of the Lamm lover.
"Nevermind telling me with your dying breath...I'll find him without you."
Baer casts Detect Magic after grabbing the wand Yargin dropped...looking at it and anything else of magic/value in him or the dog.
Spellcraft
"Dead? Nothing dies permanently. We transcend. Still, is his body lifeless? I'm not sure. I hope not, as I have some questions I'd like answered, so I'm going to tie him up with my silk rope. However, I have two questions for you young man before I return you to your parents. First, tell me Jovalson of what you saw and heard while you were here. Second, any idea what this key might unlock?"
Kwoon will spend some time listening to Jovalson and tying up the gnome in case he recovers. I will interrogate this gnome prior to sending him to the police.
Mavor looks on as Baer kills the blonde man. "You'd almost suspect you knew him. I on the other hand have met and worked with some of these goons before, can't say they didn't have it coming to them."
When the children leave in one big mass, Mavor looks at them, grinning. A slightly unsettling image as Mavor is standing on the table still, a bloodied greataxe in hand and a body lying close to him.
As Yargin gets it Denario smirks.
Game over for you.
"A nice swing there, it sure did the job."
He shouts out, in hopes his little sister is amongst the kids.
"Emily, EMILY! It's me, Denario!"
When searching the bodies you find the following items:
Acid [x3]
Bolts [x10]
Dagger
Disguise kit
Flail
Garnet amulet
Key [x2]
Kukri
Leather armor
Light crossbow
Light shield
Studded leather armor [x2]
Tanglefoot bag [x2]
Thunderstone
Wand of acid splash (28 charges)
Kwoon ties up the gnome. During the looting he realizes the half-orc's also still alive, and stabilized.
Jovalson listens to Kwoon, admiration sparking in his eyes. "I wasn't allowed to go anywhere else yet. They just made me scrub the floor in the big room next to here. I saw Hookshanks use that key to open the cabinet once. Yargin also has a key to the cabinet. Shall I show you where it is, Kwoon?"
In the otehr room Yargin's life is ended by Baer, and the kid who sees it happen turns pale. He doesn't say anything anymore.
"Den!" a girl's voice can be heard screaming from the room the boy came from. The boy's nearly knocked over when Emily comes running out of the room. "Den!"
Emily runs toward Denario, dropping the pitchfork she was holding next to the dead Yargin. She jumps over Yargin's body and hugs her big brother, tears running over her cheeks. "Den!"
Another kid enters the room, but he's less scared when he sees the dead Yargin. "We should go now!"
Meanwhile the kids that were on Kwoon's side of the building all escaped.
"Yes, show me the cabinet that this key opens Jovalson. Might be something useful inside. Once I'm sure this area is secured, then you can return to your parents. They will owe me a reward for my service." As I don't do anything for free.
"Okay, follow me Kwoon!" Jovalson leads Kwoon into the room where the others are, and looks at the others in confusion. "Uhm... hi?"
"Kwoon, are they your friends? Oh wow, Yargin's head is almost...!"
Jovalson remembers what Kwoon asked him to do, and continues toward the room he wants to show Kwoon. The mass of kids makes it hard to pass though. "Guys, could you let me pass? This is Kwoon, he's come to save me! And you!" He worms his way past the other kids, dragging Kwoon with him.
The stink in this room, a mixture of fish and sweat, is enough to make the eyes water. To the east, a large wooden trough holds a hideous mound of half-rancid fish, seaweed, and brine. Filthy seawater and fish blood stain the floor around this trough. A pair of wooden chutes lead from this trough through holes in the northern wall into a larger room to the east. To the west, a desk and chair sit in one corner while a tall cabinet sits in the other.
"Here it is!" Jovalson says, and points at the cabinet.
Denario catches his sister whom practically charges into him.
(sibling reunion)
"I'm glad to see you are safe. Will you be all right on your own? Luckily mom and dad's house is down the 3rd street on our right in that direction, i'll come see you tomorrow ok?. Right now me and these others are going to stop the big bad guy from doing this ever again."
He rubs her hair and winks.
@Baer
"Feels good, doesn't it. I'm no moral knight by a long shot, but that guy deserved punishment."
To the others:
"While i was lower ground by the sidewalk i saw a lower floor. A basement level. I'm taking just a wild guess we'll find that bastard there."
"But it's scary outside!" Emily says, "I want to stay with you, Den!"
Emily puts her hands on her hips and scowls at Denario, determined to stay. Several second pass before she sighs, rolls her eyes and goes back to pick up her pitchfork. She then walks off into the dark while muttering something about "responsibility" and "sending me off in the dark."
He knows she's right and grabs her by the hand before she's outside.
"Can you find a safe spot in this room to hide in? We'll head home together when i and the other 4 have dealt with our business here."
He takes an old memoria from his inner pocket.
An old withered normal playing card, King of Diamonds. "The card i won my first game with. Keep it safe for me till i get back here." (winks at her).