Jumped! - Round 1 - continued
Turning his bow on the red-head after downing one enemy already, Castien lets fly a pair of arrows, but the obscuring mist makes his shots a gamble, and both come up empty this time.
With a grumble, the rapier-wielding rogue advances out of the fog, leaning in to attack Castien. The attack appears to be half-hearted, and misses contacting anything. "I don't want to be up here without Ledford at my side," you hear the rogue mutter under his breath.
Bringing her blessing on her allies, Kellean motivates them and the divine energy she brings to bear seems to guide their weapons, if only slightly.
Fion looked to Banon with a look of utter confusion on her bird face.
Jumped! round 1 - continued
Banon waves at Fion before drawing his bow, but the bird is a bit spooked by the mist and crowd and hangs back without attacking. The ranger then fires his bow at the oncoming rogue, shooting in between his allies with skill, and stiking the rogue in the shoulder. The man calls out, and glares at Banon "He shot me! I can't believe he shot me."
Fenchil draws both his weapons and engages the now wounded rogue, but his attacks are parried and dodged with apparent ease.
Jumped! - Round 1 - concluded
Culsar hexes the complaining rogue, and watches as his bad-luck magic works against the rogue's ability to attack with any skill.
From the other side of the fog, a greenish ray comes aimed at Castien, but the dripping acid flies past him, hitting the alley wall with an evil hiss.
The red-headed caster emerges from the fog, casting a protective spell on the rapier-wielding rogue by touching him as she comes.
End of Round 1
Jumped! - Round 2
26 Castien
18 Larkin (hexed, wounded, shielded)
14 Kellean
12 Banon
6 Culsar
6 Halli
5 Fenchil
2 Deandre
Jumped! - round 2 - continued
Dropping his bow, and drawing his blade, Castien lashes out at the rogue in front of him, but despite his wound, the rogue is nimble, and he dances away from the slashing blade, counterattacking with his rapier again. This stoke is well-placed, but unlucky, as the misfortune causes the rapier to just glance off the elf's buckler, rather than into his chest.
Unbelieving, the rogue curses his luck, and steps south, facing up with the dual wielding ranger instead.
Jumped - Round 2 - continued
Always the protective one, Kellean cast her warding against evil on Fenchil, cocooning him with a shield against the attacks of the evil group. Unfortunately, it didn't help his offense, as the rangers dual blades both miss the shifty rogue before him.
Hexing the caster in the fog, Culsar charms her with bad luck.
As if a moment of realization occurred, Fion's eyes showed a glimmer of understanding as she made her approach on the unsuspecting rogue. From a safe point above his head, she dove and viciously attacked his head with her sharp beak.
Jumped! - Round 2 - concluded
Shooting quickly at the caster after ordering the hawk to attack, Banon smiles satisfied at the thunk his arrow makes, penetrating the red-head cleric's armor and entering her flesh. She cries, out but only acts more determined.
At the same time, death from the skies rains down on Larkin the rogue. Her sharp beak slashing, the hawk rends a scar across the face of the slippery man, who cries out waving his arms around his head too late to ward off the raptor.
An arrow protruding from her shoulder, the female cleric begins casting a healing spell on herself trying to restore her wounded skin.
From behind the obscuring mist, the sorceress fires another acid ray which wildly misses almost scalding her allies instead of her enemies.
End of Round 2
Jumped! - Round 3
26 Castien
18 Larkin (wounded, shielded)
14 Kellean
12 Banon
6 Culsar
6 Halli (hexed)
5 Fenchil
2 Deandre (wounded)
Taking her master's orders to heart, the hawk continued to assault the rogue with her hooked beak.
Jumped! - Round 3 - continued
Stepping up to the red-headed cleric, Castien swings his longsword, successfully penetrating her armor and striking her down in the process, blood pooling from the major wound she has taken.
Thinking he has been damaged enough for one day, and not willing to die for this fight. Larkin begins a withdrawal, moving away from all his attackers, and back into the obscuring mist. On the way, he throws down his rapier crying, "Ain't worth it, I told you all it ain't worth it, but you people are crazy. Pathfinders are too well trained to mess with."
Both the shot and the bird's attack miss the retreating rogue, who is still protected by a divine shield provided by the now defunct cleric.
Culsar sends a black and malevolent ray from his finger tip at the beclouded sorceress. Her maniacal laugh is cut off with a cry as the dark magic ray, strikes her. From the mist, you hear her retching and coughing instead of casting and laughing.
Jumped! - Round 3 - concluded
Showing more mercy than was shown them, Kellean stabilizes the opposing cleric, not allowing her to bleed out here in the street.
Even though the fight appears lost, the remaining enemy caster, laughs maniacally. "Pathfinders will never take me. Death to them or death to me, it matters not." she cries firing another acid blast at Castien.
Finally, Fenchil rushes through the mist and stabs at the insane blond sorceress, penetrating her magical warding, and causing blood to well from the front of her fashionable silk gown.
End of Round 3
Jumped! - Round 4
26 Castien
18 Larkin (wounded, shielded, fleeing)
14 Kellean
12 Banon
6 Culsar
6 Halli (hexed, wounded)
5 Fenchil
Jumped! - Round 4
26 Castien
18 Larkin (wounded, shielded, fleeing)
14 Kellean
12 Banon
6 Culsar
6 Halli (hexed, wounded)
5 Fenchil
Jumped! - round 4
The elven fighter ignores his own damage and rushes through the mist, finding the enemy caster. His longsword rings out, then crashes through her flesh ending her laughter, mid-cackle, and sending her to the ground in a bloody heap.
The human rogue never looks back as he squeezes through the throng of people ringing the combat area, and is never heard from again.
End of Combat
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Kellean rushes forward through the mist, trying to find the bodies of the maniacal blond and the enraged halfling. When she finds them, she casts her orison for stabilization on them, and then looks for signs of life. She helps search them and then, if they are still alive, helps secure them with rope or their own belts and clothing.
Quietly, she wonders if it diminishes the act of mercy to take comfort in their going off to prison in defeat instead of dying, as they seemed to prefer. Despite these concerns, Kellean allows herself a slight smile at the prospect.
Kell succeeds in stabilizing the fallen attackers. Amongst the gear you find several moderately valuable and enchanted items which may be of extra interest to the Pathfinder Society.
Among these are 4 potions of Cure Light Wounds, a potion of Shield of Faith, a scrolls containing Burning Hands, Shield, and Unseen Servant. A wand of Disguise Self (5 charges). There is also an elixir of hiding thrown down by the fleeing rogue.
They also have a nice selection of armor, weapons and normal gear.
Just as you finish with the search process, the gendarmes arrive, carting the attackers off to the lock-up.
Eventually, after telling their story a few times to the authorities, the pathfinders are able to get back to the Lodge and search for VC Ambrus Valsin.
"Congratulations on completing my task list, your ingenuity and tenacity in finishing these chores has won you a place among the Society as full-fledged, if still untested, Pathfinders. You can expect an assignment in the near future that will likely take you outside the relative safety of Absalom's walls. In fact, I know of a mission in Qadira that might fit you nicely..."
End of Scenario
Still have some time to ask/answer questions or make any comments. I am traveling this week, returning home on Thursday night, which is the soonest I can get Chronicle Sheets ready. Should be in your hands soon enough for PBP Gameday 2.
Gold earned for this scenario is 417gp. You earned both PP for this scenario as well.
