in a dead calm voice, Caladan commands the red bandit to flee. then moves around to help Gondork open the door next round.
The fourth bandit, in red, does indeed flee, his eyes opening wide, unsure why he's even moving. but move he does. Alone, the fifth bandit in blue suddenly reconsiders his options. He takes a slash through the window at Giaccomo, but the window, even opened, provides some cover and the short sword sinks into the windowframe as he misses. Drawing it back cleanly, the bandit then retreats a bit.
Gondork has had it with the whole situation, and foam drips from the corners of his mouth as the expression on his face turns more... orcish than before. He roars, and bashes his whole weight against the door.
Gondorks runs into the woods, roaring bestial snarls.
Oh shit. What? really? They know we're here now!
The wooden beam across the door cracks as the suddenly Gondork sized Giacomo puts his shoulder into the door. Together it bursts open, sending a few splinters across the room as the wooden beam falls out of the handles of the door.
[20: ochre (#1) ], [20: purple (#2)], [20: rohkar], [18: sick red (#6) ], [17: green (#3) ], [15: half-orc/ten-penny], [13: sick green (#7)], [12: Arwyn], [11: Caladan], [11: sick grey (#8)], [9: red (#4)], [8: sick blue (#9)], [3: blue (#5)], [3: Gondork], [3: Giacomo]
the first bandit draws his bow, and fires down on gondork , the second bandit trying something similar, stepping up to get a clear shot and firing at caladan, both arrows going wide.
the sick bandit in a red blanket grabs the sword at the foot of his bed and stands up from his cot in the other room, lurching toward the sound of battle.
the third bandit, in green, crawls away from combat, the arrow that injured him still sticking out, dragging a smear of blood across the floor. The sick green bandit (#7), also gets up from his cot, grabbing his weapons.
Arwyn crashed through the doorway and rolled up next to the table.
She shot at Blue again.
for a possible piercing damage.
Caladan charges in, drawing his morningstar two handed, to smash it into the blue bandit. landing a heavy blow on him.
"Hand over the Lady Argantea, Justice will be done. "
[20: ochre (#1) ], [20: purple (#2)], [20: rohkar], [18: sick red (#6) ], [17: green (#3) ], [15: half-orc/ten-penny], [13: sick green (#7)], [12: Arwyn], [11: Caladan], [11: sick grey (#8)], [9: red (#4)], [8: sick blue (#9)], [3: blue (#5)], [3: Gondork], [3: Giacomo]
The other two sick bandits gets up, grabbing their weapons, while the fourth bandit, in red, shakes off the command and moves back into the frey, moving up to Caladan, angry at being commanded. The blue bandit swings back at Caladan, but his busted ribs cut his swing short and he misses.
There's no sign of the half-orc Ten-Penny now,
The first bandit in ochre is on the 2nd floor balcony shooting down
The four sick bandits have gathered their weapons but are still in the other room.
from left to right in the main room,
the green bandit is on the floor clutching an arrow, crawling away slowly. ( red outline indicating prone )
the red and blue bandits have swords out, attacking Caladan,
the purple bandit still has his bow out.
Gondork walks around the table, more nimble now that his armor is not slowing him down. He climbs on top of the table, shouting at the top of his lungs:
Bring it you cowards!! Come and see what the Ramcleft clan has in store for you!!
Gondork grins, seemingly losing all sense of risk mitigation.
[20: ochre (#1) ], [20: purple (#2)], [20: rohkar], [18: sick red (#6) ], [17: green (#3) ], [15: half-orc/ten-penny], [13: sick green (#7)], [12: Arwyn], [11: Caladan], [11: sick grey (#8)], [9: red (#4)], [8: sick blue (#9)], [3: blue (#5)], [3: Gondork], [3: Giacomo]
The Ochre bandit fires down from the balcony, trying to land a shot on Gondork, while the purple bandit drops his bow, drawing his sword on Caladan and going for blood. stepping into a flank closer to Giacomo, but both miss.
the bandit in the red blanket, shivering, but holding a short sword, moves up to take a swing at Caladan too. Meanwhile the green bandit continues to crawl away and the sick green bandit approaches the table, trying to attack Gondork. but both the sick red and sick green bandit miss.
"Where's that b**$! Penny! Why isn't she helping!" - Ochre
"She was just here! she spotted them! " - Purple
"She ran off, Told you she'd never hack it." - Green
Damnit these guys are lucky little shits!
Arwyn popped up next to the table and returned fire on the Ochre Bandit.
for a possible piercing damage.
Ooh, that hits him. 4 damage on ochre.
The other two sick bandits split up, one going to attack Gondork, the other moving in to take a swing at Caladan, while the Red bandit takes a swing at Caladan, while the Blue bandit retreats into the sick room.
The sick bandit slashes at Gondork's leg, unused to the opening sicne he left the tower shield behind in lieu of stealth.
all look like they miss.
Gondork's AC in the chain shirt is 16 ? or 15?
[ooc]Gondork gets enlarged as Giacomo finishes casting. Giacomo and Gondork are up.
"Leave us alone!" Giacomo roars. "We just want to speak with your boss about your captive! We don't like doing this, but this is purely self-defense!"
Haha! I like your sense of humor, master halfling!
Gondork retaliates on the one that slashed his leg, vengeance pulling stronger than the flash of tactical insight.
Giacomo finishes casting and pelts an arrow over the table at #4, nailing him for six damage, just missing his face as you gouge him across the neck. Gondork swings his battleaxe, chopping off the arm of the sick grey bandit #8, he collapses to the floor bleeding.
[20: ochre (#1) ], [20: purple (#2)], [20: rohkar], [18: sick red (#6) ], [17: green (#3) ], [15: half-orc/ten-penny], [13: sick green (#7)], [12: Arwyn], [11: Caladan], [11: sick grey (#8)], [9: red (#4)], [8: sick blue (#9)], [3: blue (#5)], [3: Gondork], [3: Giacomo]
the Ochre bandit fires down on Gondork again , missing
Purple takes a stab at Caladan, just missing.
The sick red bandit steps up next to Caladan for a swing, Caladan smashes his head in though as he tries to squeeze past the purple bandit, laying him out on the floor for 11 damage.
The green bandit crawls away out of the frey, while the sick green bandit takes his short sword and stabs it into Gondork's foot for 1 damage.
a voice whispers from the corner, "I'm sorry Gondork. But I can't let you keep killing my new gang... "
Ten-Penny break's invisibility, appearing on the ceiling with a sap that she just clubbed Gondork over the head with. The blow for 11 nonlethal damage staggers him (and i think collapses him unconscious)
Arwyn popped up again to fire on the Ochre Bandit.
for a possible piercing damage.
"uh, not good! i've got three on me and can't reach Gondork to heal him yet! "
Gondork falls over backwards, blood gushing from his intestines.
there's a huge crash as the giant sized gondork collapses on the table.
Arwyn's shot pierces the ochre bandit's chest, he collapses to the floor weakly grasping the railing for some support before thudding to the floor.
The red bandit in front of Caladan crashes to the floor with a second hit, crumpling to the lodge's wooden floor, blood starting to spread.
[20: ochre (#1) ], [20: purple (#2)], [20: rohkar], [18: sick red (#6) ], [17: green (#3) ], [15: half-orc/ten-penny], [13: sick green (#7)], [12: Arwyn], [11: Caladan], [11: sick grey (#8)], [9: red (#4)], [8: sick blue (#9)], [3: blue (#5)], [3: Gondork], [3: Giacomo]
"Look, I don't want to die for this, I just joined them last month. Stop killing us and you can have the woman you're after. ", Ten-Penny says from the ceiling a sap in one hand, hand crossbow in the other.
A roar from the other room, "Traitorous witch! Show some loyalty Ten-Penny! Look what we achieved in kidnapping the b#*%$! Take down these intruders now!" shouts ,who you can only assume is their leader, Rohkar
one of the sick bandits, wrapped in a blue blanket with a short sword, takes a stab at Caladan, showing some loyalty and trying to rally, but nearly stabs himself in the foot somehow. the sick green bandit eyes Gondorks unconscious body, wondering how easy it would be to just slit his throat...
Gondork falls over backwards, blood gushing from his intestines.
"Okay, I think I've got a solution. We just want the woman back. You want us gone, and you clearly regret kidnapping her. There seems to be an easy solution to all of this. Give us the person you kidnapped, and we'll be out of your hair. I personally care more about bringing peace back to our village than meting out justice, so I'll stop fighting right now and I'll let you go if you promise not to hurt us anymore. In fact, as proof of my good intentions, I'll help you all right now." Giacomo holds his holy symbol of Erastil high in the air and channels energy, excluding no one.
"wow"
"Fine" says Ten-Penny , from the ceiling, "Get me out of these blasted winter woods and I'll help how I can... "She manages to say, before the bellowing voice of Rohkar cuts her off.
"No one leaves with the noble! If you're too cowardly to do your duty alive, then you'll serve in death! Kill the intruders or your afterlives will be a torturous existence! "
The ochre bandit starts to stand up, the purple bandit seems hesitant about what to do, whether to follow ten-penny's lead or listen to Rohkar
As the ochre bandit is getting up, grabbing the weapons he dropped, skeletons emerge from the top room, walking down the stairs and then turning to cut the bandit down. a second skeleton trudges down the stairs, leveling its scimitar at the green bandit hiding around the corner.
Finally emerging from his room, Rohkar kneels down and with a few words attempts to suck out the soul of the dying ochre bandit, you watch as the pale glowing life force is drawn from his body, Rohkar attempting to drink it deeply, but the bandit is tenacious, holding onto his soul.
Needing no more motivation, the purple bandit swings at Caladan, who brings up his morningstar to block. The sick red bandit attempts to pick up his short sword and stand up, but caladan brings the morningstar's head down on the bandits forearm, leaving a bloody pulp as the bandit passes out in shock.
"You may not seek only justice Giacomo, but Justice will be done it seems."
The green bandit tries to crawl away from the skeleton to comply, but you just hear a shivering gasp and he stops moving. You can see the fire in the fireplace gutter and nearly go out as though an aura of cold eminates from the skeleton, its bones you can see now, covered in a layer of ice.
The sap falls harmlessly down onto gondork's belly with a grunt, as ten penny draws a wobbly bag from her pack and lobs it at the skeleton at the base of the stairs. the bag explodes on impact, covering the frosty skeleton with goo. "A show of good faith, I'm sick of Rohkar's shit. "
"Not me! I still serve you Rohkar!" The sick green bandit says, raising his sword to stab it down into gondork, prone on the table. But Gondork shifts his body a bit, and the sword sticks into the table. the bandit backs away a step, a scared look on his face.
[20: ochre (#1) ], [20: purple (#2)], [20: rohkar], [18: sick red (#6) ], [17: green (#3) ], [15: half-orc/ten-penny], [13: sick green (#7)], [12: Arwyn], [11: Caladan], [11: sick grey (#8)], [9: red (#4)], [8: sick blue (#9)], [3: blue (#5)], [3: Gondork], [3: Giacomo]
Caladan turns to the purple bandit. "You've got one last chance to redeem yourself. Lay down your weapons and we won't harm you. You may yet live if we can stop Rohkar without your interference. "
Noticing Gondork hit the floor (and table) Arwyn turned her icy aim on Tenpenny, but paused when Giacomo shouted his deal.
"Alright, yes I can agree to that to free the noblewoman. I wonder though, what happened to my friends in the High Sentinels. Perhaps you could shed some light there?" She said, still undamaged and in a shooting mood.
When Rohkar comes out fighting, Arwyn turned and shot at him, grateful for a clear enemy. "Looks like someone passed on the deal though."
for a possible piercing damage.
Arwyn's arrow flies true and hits Rohkar. He immediately gestures to Arwyn and the heads of his skeletal servants seem to understand his will.
[20: ochre (#1) ], [20: purple (#2)], [20: rohkar], [18: sick red (#6) ], [17: green (#3) ], [15: half-orc/ten-penny], [13: sick green (#7)], [12: Arwyn], [11: Caladan], [11: sick grey (#8)], [9: red (#4)], [8: sick blue (#9)], [3: blue (#5)], [3: Gondork], [3: Giacomo]
the sick blue bandit manages to kinda club caladan with the flat of his blade by accident, ( dealing 1 NL damage )
"Rohkar! I've warned you! We're just here for the kidnapped lady, nothing more! You've squandered your last chance!"
Gondork grunts, but eyes the situation suspiciously, waiting for it to resolve.
[20: ochre (#1) ], [20: purple (#2)], [20: rohkar], [15: half-orc/ten-penny], [13: sick green (#7)], [12: Arwyn], [11: Caladan], [8: sick blue (#9)], [3: Gondork], [3: Giacomo]
the purple bandit withdraws out the door, not going far, but getting away from you four, as well as his vindictive boss.
One skeleton plunges its scimitar into the ochre bandits chest and comes down the stairs, while the other advances until the fireplace and takes a swing at gondork, it misses, but the angle is off for gondork to hit the skeleton as well.
Rohkar reaches down, plucks something into the ochre bandits mouth, and says something. A moment later there appear to be two of Rohkar.
Ten-penny runs away, on the ceiling, into the other room, fleeing around the chimney, disappearing in the rafters.
the sick green bandit takes damage from the cold aura on the skeleton, and tries to flee back into the sick room, withdrawing, but he can't open the door.
Caladan strolls over, ignoring the weak attack by the sick blue bandit, and smash your morningstar into the skeleton, smashing it. It explodes in a flurry of ice, bone, and frozen bone shards and marrow.