High Sentinel's Lodge - Round 2
21 Gold Raider
20 White Raider
17 Talon
16 Green Raider
15 Agatha
11 Trawets
7 Red Raider
5 Meditrina (readied action)
5 Purple Raider
Gold Raider rushes down the stairs, drawing his shortsword as he comes, but still not close enough to trigger a readied attack.
"It's just two broads, boys, let's bum rush them! The others in the back aren't a threat!" he yells rallying his allies.
Readying his bow, White Bandit fires once more at Agatha, but the shot is wildly errant. The bandit tosses down his ranged equipment and draws his shortsword, advancing to combat range.
Meditrina tries to spot what was happening inside, but sadly the distance and the hectic nature of combat meant she was unable to keep her attention directed. Instead, seeing the Raiders advance, Meditrina launches a bold of flame, hoping to incinerate him before he could hurt her friends.
High Sentinel's Lodge- Round 2 - continued
Seeing one of the raiders come out to close with Agatha in melee, Meditrina releases the flame of Sarenrae at the bandit. Unfortunately, her aim is not as true as her faith, and the fire courses past the target harmlessly.
Spying the activity inside the hut, Talon warns the others that reinforcements may be coming. Meanwhile, he nocks an arrow and fires, striking the advancing bandit in the shoulder.
Green Bandit steps out on the porch and fires his shortbow at Meditrina, before dropping it in the snow. The arrow grazes the cleric's neck, bloos welling from the flesh wound, which could've been much worse.
Feeling the battle-fury envelop her, Agatha starts flailing around with her greatsword, the massive strenght behind the blows enough to over power and kill the bandit nearest her.
Trawets takes a few steps forward and then unleashes a force missile. (Purple if I can see him, green if not)
High Sentinel's Lodge - Round 2 - concluded
Trawets steps forward and spying the foes inside the building still unleashes a force missile that races inside and smashes into Purple Bandit. That Bandit shakes his head to clear it and fires his bow back at the mage. Despite his magical warding the arrow strikes Trawets, protruding from his shoulder painfully.
Red Raider also takes a shot, this time at Agatha, but the missile is wide of the mark against the raging daughter of the north.
Both the raiders throw down their bows, drawing their shortswords, and advancing to the door of the lodge to join in melee combat.
End of Round 2
High Sentinel's Lodge - Round 3
21 Gold Raider
5 Meditrina (had readied last round)
17 Talon
16 Green Raider
15 Blue Skeleton
15 Agatha
11 Trawets
10 Red Skeleton
7 Red Raider
6 Raider Leader
5 Purple Raider (2 hp dmg)
Gold Raider leaps through the door and attacks Agatha with his shortsword hacking desperately at the raging woman. Even in her frenzied state, Agatha is able to parry the man's best attack.
Meditrina unleashes a Burning Hands on the Bandits, blasting them with flame.
Before I go could I get the results of the last two to see who is standing?
High Sentinel's Lodge - Round 3 - continued
Meditrina slides over to the edge of the porch and cuts loose with a flaming cone of Burning Hands. The fires of Sarenrae engulf two of the bandits, burning one and singeing the other.
The Red Bandit who was burnt badly from the divine spell then takes an arrow in the midsection from sharpshooting Talon. The combination of wounds clearly affect the man, but he remains upright.
Shortsword drawn, Green Raider advances through the snow and attacks Agatha. The blow from her off-hand side is too quick to be parried by the raging barbarian, and she takes a major wound in the side for 7hp.
Ducking out the door next is a human skeleton wielding a nicked up scimitar. The skeleton is rimed with ice, and a plume of cold vapor swirls around its icy bones. It cackles maniacally as it advances to the fight.
Feeling no pain from her bleeding side, Agatha's rage is terrible to behold. She smites the Gold Bandit in front of her, cleaving him nearly in two, as he falls dead in the snow.
Trawets fires a force missile at red, hoping to drop him.
High Sentinel's Lodge - Round 3 - concluded
Trawets, seeing the distress of Red Raider, ends his struggle by blasting him with another force missile. The bandit, still smouldering, falls backwards in the snow, unconscious.
Another frozen, icy skeleton appears behind the first filling the doorway with their terrible forms.
Straining to see inside the hut, you see a tall man in a long fur cape descend the stairs, a shortsword in hand. As the man walks he is clearly casting a spell of some kind. As he enters the lodge great room, he disappears from your sight.
Staying clear of Agatha's raging form, Purple Raider instead leaps from the porch to attack Meditrina. The raider's sword skills are impressive and he soon wounds the cleric of Sarenrae, cutting a slash across her abdomen from which blood spills heavily.
End of Round 3
High Sentinels Lodge - Round 4
5 Meditrina
17 Talon
16 Green Raider
15 Blue Skeleton
15 Agatha
11 Trawets
10 Red Skeleton
6 Raider Leader (disappeared?)
5 Purple Raider (3 hp dmg)
Meditrina's flash in understanding as she cries out a warning "Careful, that man just cast Invisibility, he could be moving among us". Thinking quickly, she continues "If you can take down the Raiders, I can handle the undead."
Current HP status (after channel)
Meditrina 5/9
Agatha 11/17 raging (normal 9/15)
Talon 5/11
Trawets 9/9
High Sentinels Lodge - Round 4 - continued
Meditrina steps back from her attacker and grasping her holy symbol, she brings the healing aura of Sarenrae down upon all within 30' of her. Since she can't selectively choose the targets, the healing also aids Purple Bandit who was wounded before.
You have not seen skeletons exactly like this, but as a Sarenite, you have seen flaming skeletons before. These are likely much the same, but with the ice motif instead.
As the wind gusts briskly, Talon shivers violently in the cold, his bowshot firing high and wide of any target.
Continuing to circle Agatha, Green Raider steps up 5' and slashes at her with his shortsword, but the attack is weak and ill-timed, and the raging barbarian knocks it aside easily.
Blue Skeleton swings its ancient scimitar at Agatha hitting the maiden in the back and side as he defends against the bandits. The scimitar cuts deep for 5hp. The blade is also unnaturally cold, and the heroine takes an additional 2hp frost damage. Total of 7hp. The presence of the frozen skeleton near Agatha causes the temperature of the air near to drop precipitously as the thing's frozen aura spreads over her.
Trawets steps back and unleashes another missile at the green bandit.
High Sentinels Lodge - Round 4 - concluded
Agatha begins a withdraw, her rage still active despite the precariousness of her situation. Her withdraw lets her slip past the skeleton, but the Green Bandit takes a poke at her with his shortsword as she moves farther away, but the swing misses hitting the wounded northerner.
Trawets fires another Force Missile at Purple Raider, this shot is the last straw, and that bandit falls unconscious in the snow.
Red Skeleton steps out onto the porch and looks to advance on Meditrina, but on a command from the leader, it stops turning its head back to inside the lodge, and holding its position.
From inside the hut, the sound of a spell being cast emanates to those outside, but nothing else comes from it for now.
End of Round 4
High Sentinel's Lodge - Round 5
5 Meditrina
17 Talon
16 Green Raider
15 Blue Skeleton
15 Agatha
11 Trawets
10 Red Skeleton
6 Raider Leader (invisible)
Meditrina releases another searing sheet of flame from her hands, catching both Blue Skeleton and Green Bandit in the blast. The fiery spell wounds the Green Bandit, but it effect on the wintry skeleton is impressive. The skeleton actually explodes sending icy shards of bone in a 5' radius and ending the threat from that creature.
Seeing the purple bandit go down, Talon switches his aim to Green, and the arrow along with the fire dmg prove enough to drop that foe also.
Using the snow to see tracks and the voice that spoke to the skeleton Trawets attempts to see where the leader is.
"He's making his weapon magical. I think he is there!", Trawets shouts and points toward the doors.
Trawets advances and casts burning hands around the skeleton and the front steps.
High Sentinel's Lodge - Round 5 - continued
Agatha stands motionless, her wounds slowly sucking the life out her, her chest heaving.
Trawets advances and releases his sheet of fiery flames at the skeletons (and hopefully the invisible leader) in the doorway. This skeleton, like the last one, bursts into icy fragments in the sheets of flame.
The smoking outline of the invisible leader can be seen beating out he flames on his cloak, and retreating into a doorway inside the lodge.
End of Combat (for now)
I count two channels left, time to use them
"Haha! I got him! Meditrina, please help Agatha. I'll stand guard here.
Trawets prepares to send a force missile into anyone appearing in the lodge.
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Feeling much stronger himself, Talon moves to help Agatha from the snow.
He does not say anything to her, but helps her stand.
"We still have enemies inside," he says. "We should probably go in before they have too much time to prepare."
He moves quietly to the porch and attempts to find some shadows.
After releasing all of her healing energy, Meditrina sees that all her allies are standing tall, except Agatha who still remains wounded and fatigued.
Talon doesn't see any signs of the invisible bandit. He never stepped outside, and he was actually visible entering the door to the south off the main lodge room.
Entering the lodge, the heroes see a large table and two benches which run the length of the hall, and a twenty-foot-high ceiling rises into the rafters overhead. To the west, a roaring fireplace provides a welcome heat and light while to the south, a flight of stairs ascends to a wooden balcony overlooking the room.
Bedrolls, straw mattresses, and piles of blankets lie close to the fire, and it's clear the bandits camped here.There is a passage to the west and a door on the north side of the room also.
Meditrina tries to open the door to the north.
"Hold on. I think we need to go that way.", Trawets says as he points at the southern door the bandit leader went through.
The door to the north opens into an empty bedroom. A bed and chest stand there, but before Meditrina can investigate further, she is pulled to the southern door where Talon stands ready to fling it open.
On the count, Talon opens the door, revealing a large bedroom. Four beds, two large chests, and a single table occupy this room. Three windows on the south side give a spectacular view of the wintry gorge beyond.
Standing in the room is the leader of the bandits, who wears a strange cloak and wields a shortsword. In front of him, are two more bandits, but they both look quite sick. Large pustules cover their exposed skin and the men look half-dead on their feet. These fellows also carry shortswords.
Worse, in front of them stand two obviously dead men, covered with the same pustules, but both showing fatal stab wounds as well, these lumbering men are unarmed, but appear to be ready to attack anyway.