Cautiously stepping ahead of the party, Grey rolls his eyes at Thrall's reply before allowing his left hand to slide from his belt pouch to the small of his back, gesturing to the others.
"min aepeu nung chaor . tae khnhom ach rk krou nowenea? khnhom mean ptrmean saam khan ampi anak veayobrahear . Nurah rikreay nung ppe muoy dauchneh neang ban banhchoun yeung tow promean anak." He answers the speaker.
You all approach, and the whole area really feels like a church gathering.
Iomedae looked at Grey, startled. Then she approached and whispered to him.
She leapt back swearing in Abyssal.
She waived her hands and spoke arcane words.
Everybody Make a Will save vs. magic.
Thrall smiles, happy to leave subterfuge behind.
"Crusade on!"
(+2 vs. fear)
Crowing wildly with glee at his prank, Grey adds further insult to injury.
Everyone hears a whisper in the back of your minds, just a certainty that everything will be all right if you can just approach the feet of the statue of Iomedae and complete a prayer service. Won’t take but 15 minutes.
Thrall, Taedric, Kelden and Sapphiria manage to shake off the Suggestion.
Grey, Kyra and Alorah take it to heart (You must approach the statue and complete a prayer service to Iomedae. You can still defend yourselves, but any other actions must go towards that Suggestion.
The other crusaders erupt from their pews, shout warcries and charge you to attack!
Knight 1 charged Thrall
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 2 charged Grey
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 3 charged Grey
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 4 charged Thrall
for a possible thrust damage.
The rest of the knights charged out through the southern doors.
Knight 5 attacked Taedric
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 6 attacked Alorah
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 7, 8 and 9 moved towards the party.
The surprise of the attackers, and the pain of being stabbed come through a muted haze, as Alorah feels the call to offer a prayer to Iomedae. Striking out with her mace to defend herself from the crazed knight trying to prevent her from her devotion, she moves toward the the statue.
"Just like a Mendev!" Grey declaims vociferously as the armored foes interpose themselves between himself & his goal. "First you invite me to a prayer gathering & then your lackeys attack me," he adds while easily dodging the clumsy swings of his attackers, "Joke's on you!" He taunts as he nimbly weaves between the blows to cheekily close with the statue, almost absentmindedly slashing at his interposer as he does.
For one second, Thrall feels the need to go to the statue and pray. Fortunately, he shakes the feeling off just in time to dodge some knights swinging swords at him - or almost.
The half-orc shoes a quick prayer and swings hard at one of the knights.
Taedric wheels in the saddle, directing Knave to pull down the Knight before he swings Radiance.
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Not realizing his friends were possible moving to their doom he slid forward on Alorah's left and struck at the one that attacked her with his scimitar.
"You blasted fools will regret throwing in your lot with the demons!"
He called slashing once, then a second time.
With an enemy knight hedging her in next to Kelden, Sapphiria switches to her melee weapon.
... with no effect.
Round 1 completed____________
Alorah feels the call to offer a prayer to Iomedae. Striking out with her mace to defend herself from the crazed knight trying to prevent her from her devotion, she moves toward the the statue.
Her attack glanced away from the knight’s armor.
When she moved towards the statue, two knights swung at her. One missed and one connected for 3 damage.
Grey taunts as he nimbly weaves between the blows to cheekily close with the statue, almost absentmindedly slashing at his interposer as he does.
His attack easily slipped through a couple of plates, dealing a lot of damage to a sensitive spot.
For one second, Thrall feels the need to go to the statue and pray. Fortunately, he shakes the feeling off just in time to dodge some knights swinging swords at him - or almost.
The half-orc shoes a quick prayer and swings hard at one of the knights. The knight is obliterated and flung across the room.
Thrall will take his place to give Grey flanking bonus
Taedric wheels in the saddle, directing Knave to pull down the Knight before he swings Radiance.
Knave bit the knight hard and tripped him to fall prone.
And two hits with Radiance slew the knight.
Kelden slid forward on Alorah's left and struck at the one that attacked her with his scimitar.
He wounded the guy for moderate damage and missed wildly with the other.
He then moved up with Alorah, taking two AoO’s, getting hit once for 12 damage.
With an enemy knight hedging her in next to Kelden, Sapphiria switches to her melee weapon.
She attacked twice, but only clanked off his armor and missing wildly.
(npc) Kyra moved towards the statue.
Knight 1 attacked Grey
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 3 attacked Thrall
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 4 attacked Thrall.
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 6 attacked Taedric
for a possible thrust damage.
for a possible extra thrust damage.
Knight 7attacked Sapphiria
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 8 attacked Taedric
for a possible thrust damage.
for a possible extra thrust damage.
Knight 9 attacked Sapphiria
for a possible thrust damage.
for a possible extra thrust damage.
The succubus turned form and ran around to the south.
Having been brutally stabbed, Sapphiria is close to death. She tries to cast a healing spell, but the hack and hew of combat is too much, and she fumbles the spell.
From his current position, Thrall turns to one flank and swings his sword in a circular movement, capitalising from the centrifugal force.
He stays in place this time to help Grey get an advantage versus the other Knight
"jo-mi" Grey cries out, throwing his hands into the air in supplication.
Catching sight of the blood soaked blade in his hand, an almost comical look of trepidation flashes across his visage as he rapidly flips the offending item down & behind him, 'accidently' slashing through the knight sandwiched between himself & Thrall. ""
"Though just between you me & the wall," he adds, his tone & demeanor sliding from performatively pious to almost chummy, "not nearly so impressed with this," allowing the momentum of his blow to carry the blade through the first knight before taking a second cut from his neighbor, "lot we found here."
"Honestly, gonna have to have a talk with Irabeth about these guys. But she's great, really. Kinda scary, but great."
He just realized how the back line forces were getting somewhat overwhelmed and turned seeing their mute companion take several blows. calling on the grace of his goddess torwards the pretty oracle healing her.
Don't let them surround you!
He then moved up to support the rear forces.
Taedric winces from the wound, and the wolf below him tears at the knight that wounded his companion even before the gnome can direct him.
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Taedric swings the blade in his hand at his foe, making sure he doesn't rise.
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K, so, this is literally the first character I've managed to play to the point of having iterative multiple attacks. I can make a 5' step even if I've done a full attack action, or not?
Because if not, that's fine. If Grey can make a 5' step, then he will make one closer to the statue. If not he just stays where he is.[/ooc]
With the wave of attacking guards, Alorah calls forth her magic, unleashing a radiant burst of holy light that erupts from behind the attackers.
Round 2 completed____________
Having been brutally stabbed, Sapphiria is close to death. She tries to cast a healing spell, but the hack and hew of combat is too much, and she fumbles the spell.
Thrall turns to one flank and swings his sword in a circular movement, capitalising from the centrifugal force. He cleaved right through the knight, flinging his halves across the room in a fountain of blood.
Grey backstabbed Knight 1, killing him. His other hand thrust a blade into Knight 4, wounding him.
He will make one 5’ step closer to the statue.
Kelden turned seeing their mute companion take several blows. calling on the grace of his goddess torwards the pretty oracle healing her for 26.
Taedric winces from the wound, and the wolf below him tears at the knight that wounded his companion even before the gnome can direct him.
They both combine to fell Knight 8.
Alorah calls forth her magic, unleashing a radiant burst of holy light that erupts from behind the attackers. Knights 9, 6, 7 and the succubus took holy damage from the burst of light. Knights 6 and 9 are blind, but Knight 7 and the succubus turned away in time to avoid that.
(npc)Kyra turns and shoots Knight 7, the first shot bounced off, but the second one wounded him.
Knight 4 attacked Grey.
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 6, even though blind, still enthusiastically attacked where he thought Taedric was.
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 9, even though blind, still enthusiastically attacked where he thought Sapphiria was.
for a possible thrust damage.
Knight 7, even though dazzled, still enthusiastically attacked Sapphiria.
for a possible thrust damage.
Janeamine hissed at the burst of Radiance and recoiled. As her eyes recovered from the dazzling, she looked at what was left of her troops and swore.
"We'll meet again Crusaders!" She screamed. Then she teleported away.
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Seeing her friends beset by their enemies causes Kyra to burst into action. She begins humming a wordless tune that bolsters her already impressive skills with her blade. She then moves around all her companions with such an alacrity that she is nothing more than a blur as she twirls around Sapphiria and stops her movement behind one of the knights threatening her as Dancing Phoenix flashes terribly fast. She whirls again as the blade cuts towards the knight for a second time. Meanwhile Kyra continues humming the hauntinly beautiful, wordless tune.
He took note of her teleporting away... Demons were cowards it seems. He stepped back casting a minor healing spell and further repairing the damage dealt to Sapphira.
With the armed soldiers still presenting a hazard, Alorah fires a shot from her crossbow at the blinded enemy facing Sapphira, determined to drop the vile nights so she could go to the alter.
Sapphiria lets out an audible sigh of relief as she's brought back up to fighting form with a little divine favor. Now that the enemies surrounding her are blinded, she lays into the nearest one with her falcata.
Taedric and Knave spin around their companions, seeking a target for the wolf to sink its teeth into the blinded knight, before the small paladin swings his blade.
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Since in the other room the situation seems more of less under control, Thrall steps forward and teams up with Grey to finish the remaining knight.
Grey barely flinches as the spray of crimson flies over his head to wash the statue at the chamber's focal point, his features now skewed in concentration. "oukey, nit mer vits. mendev got oder nit, ir zent gemeynt tsu zeyn gut aun a bashitser. i n desna s name n bet n i kh aoy f aund z aoy f de r aoyfgabe , helf t aund z fartrib n d i rsheu s fu n aundze r shtub . hilf aundz makhn rekht vos iz gemakht azoy, azoy falsh. helf aundz, helf aundz, helf aundz!"
The outcome no longer in doubt, the rest of the knights are quickly dispatched.
Those still afflicted with the Suggestion spell are cajoled, persuaded and slapped until the spell breaks, and they are no longer driven to pray at the statue of Iomedae.
But what was it? As you approach it, all you see is a draped portrait of the goddess Iomedae raising her sword to a threatening dark smear probably representing Tar-Baphon.
But a hint of motion catches your eye; the lower fringe swayed just a little. Like a current of air?
After a rather long, meandering, & frequently tangential prayer, mostly directed toward Iomedae (you think); it becomes apparent to the rest of you that Grey is actually warning you that from now on it will likely be dangerous to communicate out loud & that any individuals or groups encountered within should be considered hostile. He also indicates that while he believes the party should investigate rooms to the north from what information he feels he tricked out of the succubus before she caught on. He then cautiously approaches the drapery concealing the south wall of the chapel, his posture & blade at the ready.
Grey walks around the Chapel, gawping like a tourist at the iconography and artworks present.
Taedric stops, and cocks his head, trying to figure out what exactly is happening with the portrait and its drapes.