"Hellknights about 60' ahead of Semenya. Jan, is there another route we can take?"
"Yes, not eager to take on hellknights myself"
"Hmmm, slogging around in sewers...I would lay long odds that they are not "proper" Hellknights, they would probably send down recruits to do their dirty work...still I agree, we should avoid them if possible, and if not..Then we should ambush them."
"So a fight it is, then we should fall back to the nearest intersection and set up an ambush as quickly as possible, we should wait for Semenya. I have a sleep spell that I can use to take some of them out of the fight; either that or we charge them now and try to take them by surprise before they are ready for us. Either way I think we need to rely on surprise to even the odds for us, suggestions anyone? We ambush them or charge? Or does anyone have anything better?"
Derek carefully draws his rapier as he speaks so he has a weapon ready.
"So a fight it is, then we should fall back to the nearest intersection and set up an ambush as quickly as possible, we should wait for Semenya. I have a sleep spell that I can use to take some of them out of the fight; either that or we charge them now and try to take them by surprise before they are ready for us. Either way I think we need to rely on surprise to even the odds for us, suggestions anyone? We ambush them or charge? Or does anyone have anything better?"
Derek carefully draws his rapier as he speaks so he has a weapon ready.
Semenya keeps them under observation, and waits for news from Del.
"If we must face them, we should take the fight to them. Every second we wait in ambush is more time for those on our tail to catch up." He looks back the way they came.
"Good point master Vane, and I agree with your assessment, I'd suggest we let Arodio take front as this is what he does, and then me so I can quickly get in range for the sleep spell, after that I think we will just have to "wing it" as the saying goes."
Derek looks around for any other suggestions being made, if none are forthcoming then he sets after Arodio.
"If we must, we must. Have no issues with charging straight into them, a few second of surprise should give me the upper hand ; just look out to not include me in your sleeping stuff"
Of course Arodio keep his voice as quiet as possible, while reading the flail.
With a smirk and a wink at Arodio, Derek nods. "I shall endevour to avoid that master Ambusta."
Coming up to the group, Eklektos hears what they are talking about. "There is something to be said for discretion as the better part of valor. Still, if we must fight, then we must fight. Theron and I are ready to do our part. I can call another ally, as well, to assist us in what we do and to sow confusion in their ranks. It wouldn't be vulnerable to your sleep spell, either. Let us know when you're ready." Theron, upon hearing his name, also pads up beside Eklektos.
"Del, can you ask Semenya if she can give us some enemies positions ?"
Doing it in that order should make it likelier that all three of them fall under a spell.
"Very well, all seems ready, let us hasten to join mistress Semenya, let us strike them fast and hard, surprise them and then give them no chance to recover. We are still new to each other’s fighting styles, but we seem to have a general idea of what we can do."
Derek will advance next to Arodio if the terrain allows it, otherwise directly behind.
"Three Hellknights, at a four way intersection about 40 feet away from Semenya. She's waiting for us to catch up. She'll try to hypnotize them if Keegan can't put them all asleep."
"Ready to roll, just give the signal"
Arodio slowly starts to close in with Semenya
With a soft tongue-click to Theron, Eklektos moves into place just behind Arodio, spear at the ready. Theron will pad into place at his side if possible, preparatory to charging this new enemy. Both Eklektos's and Theron's eyes glow in readiness of what is to come, the man's with a touch of amethyst, the cat's with a hint of emerald.
As the group moves up, Derek prepears to launch his sleep spell at the three hellknights, although he still hopes they are not as he put it before, "proper" Hellknights.
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As the Hellknights turn the corner they stop. "Which way now? It all looks the same." One exclaims while prodding the torch down each tunnel. "You ask us like we have any more information than you do. Just pick a direction and lets get this over with." One of the other Hellknights barks shoving the one in the lead a little.
Hit Dice Effected
Rounds of Duration
Perception to find the way we're supposed to go in this intersection.
Will Save DC is 14.
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Del
Arodio
Derek
Eklektos
Theron
Hellknights
Hellknight Will Saves against Hypnotism DC 14:
Hellknight Will Saves against Sleep DC 14:
As Semenya lets loose her spell the second Hellknight stops in place standing at attention staring down the tunnel. Just as the other turn to see what is wrong with their companion, Derek's sleep spell overcomes them and they collapse to the floor unconscious.
"Beside the fact it isn't very fun to win fights this way, i'm not going to crush skulls of helpless foes"
Arodio seems quite upset
"If someone wants to make sure they won't be following us we could tie them down...but killing them would be unfair"
Semenya says, to the one who is still awake and fascinated, "These old sewers have lots of pockets of dead air - you heard footsteps running that way, turned to follow - and the bad air overcame your companions. You only just got them back to safety."
"You don't want to tell anyone that you saw us down here."
And with that, she holds her finger to her lips, points Derek at the symbol, nods, snuffs out their torches, makes sure that the one that's still awake is facing the incorrect direction, and waves the others to follow her. Quickly.
When the party has moved well past the group, she'll head forward as quickly as she can, tell Del (via Message) "If there's going to be a liberation movement, we want to be seen as the good guys. That probably means avoiding killing the people hired by the city - no point in killing them for trying to do their job."
Eklektos stops for a moment to ensure that the two who collapsed don't drown in the sewage, then follows along behind the rest of the party, contemplating their actions. Theron pads silently beside him. He stays about 30 ft. back from the party, keeping watch behind them to see if the pursuit is met again, and attempting to cover their tracks as he does so.
Derek quickly covers up the mark with presdignation before hurrying along.
After the group is well out of earshot from the Hell knights, Derek chuckles and gives a wry smile.
"They always said that Cayden Caelian favored bold actions, and would say we have the favor of the lucky drunk himself considering how well things have been going."
Sheathing his rapier just in case he falls or something similar Derek grins.
"Sparing the lives of those Hell knights seems like a good idea, I don't mind fighting or even killing when needed, but I prefer to not do it in cold blood against helpless people who needn’t be our enemies in the first place."
"Good job with the spells, you two. We haven't slowed down a bit. And good idea on the cover story, Semenya. Our identities should be safe still."
"Indeed master Vane, though I will point out I can only do that spell once more today, none if I am called upon to heal, but as master Apofysi has not done so yet I think we can probably save my healing for emergencies. Let's hope we won't run into any more trouble until we find the safe house."
After a few more steps Derek muses out loud, not directed at anyone particular.
"They say a hero's merits can be based on the quality of his foes, as such we are but juniors indeed ha-ha, goblins and Hell knight recruits...hardly the stuff of legends as of yet."
"Bu****it!!! I want to enjoy a good victory. I don't care if my foe was so strong that i'm remembered like a most honorable and valuable man....i'm dead anyway. Of course i enjoy fair fights, i won't tackle with weaker opponents just so to be able to say i always win ; THAT would be cowardice"
Eklektos, hearing the conversation from up ahead, merely shakes his head. At his side, Theron snorts. They continue to pace each other through the darkness, following the small point of light through the sewers and doing what they can to cover the tracks left by the others.
Realizing that perhaps not EVERYONE shares his own ideas and ideals about what is epic and not, or indeed even wanting to be epic, Derek simply chuckles and resolves to try and "convert" them to his own thinking at a more opportune time.
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Semenya
Eklektos
She'll pass any results she has back to Del.
Perception
Semenya examines the tower shield, and the wall behind it - looking for any indication of a door. It is highly unlikely that this much metal would be left undisturbed by the sewer goblins.
Perception
She'll relay what she finds to Del - but she's almost certainly too far forward to hear Eklektos' whistle. She'd notice the Daylight ability, though, if it gets used.
Happily walking along as he composes a short ballad of what has been happening so far he is not likely to notice anything right away, and as such he'll probably bump into the person right in front of him as the group stops.
"Oh, what's going on?"