Kyrie's missile slams into the man down the hall from Deko and smashes him into the stone wall. He bounces off hard and hits the ground in a heap and doesn't get up.
"Reform in depth!" shouts the sergeant in back and the soldiers start slowly moving back into the room behind them. Two of them fire their crossbows but then move back instead of bothering to reload.
TING! PEW! TING!
(no crit)
After moving to the room behind them the two guards at the front hold their weapons at the ready.
Fezzik moves up to the corner of the hallway, using the hard corner to partially shield him from the nearest enemy. After bracing for the attack from him, Fezzik swings his sword at the next man over.
Bat moves to the corner and swings her mace with gusto at the fellow there who's still in one piece.
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Zinnath will peer over Fezzik's shoulder and fire a ray of cold at one in the second row.
vs flat footed touch
should be a sneak attack
And then stealth again, using the sniping rules.
Ohhh, may not be hidden now!
Bat and Fezzik move up, and Fezzik smashes the guard at the corner. As Bat moves past Fezzik one of the guards still on the line swings at her.
...to no avail. Bat then swings at him with her mace, but doesn't connect.
The sergeant in back shouts, "Rush the big one!"
Deko moves up and punches at the guard who attacked Bat.
He knocks the guard's shield out of the way and smashes a fist deep into his gut, taking him out of the fight.
The guard around the corner by Deko counterswings at him.
...he scores a nasty cut on the brawler!
Guards advance on the group, and Fezzik swings his polearm at them.
Fezzik cuts them to pieces, but more advance behind them! One slashes at Fezzik while another tries to hit Bat.
(no crit)
From a room further back, two more troops emerge - both heavily armored. One looks like a grizzled warrior veteran, clearly bodyguarding his charge, a handsome man with an open-faced helm - youthful, vigorous, and fit. A few stray strands of blond hair cross his face and he takes in the situation with a slightly curious, slightly quizzical look, then says, "Friends, friends, why are we fighting? Surely this is some misunderstanding. Please, put down your arms so we may parlay! I can offer you generous terms and I am always looking for... talent." He gives a polite smile quite at odds with the tense combat that rages around the hallway.
Zinnath will peer over Fezzik's shoulder and fire a ray of cold at one in the second row.
vs touch
And then stealth again behind my ogre screen!
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Kyrie moves up and looses another bolt aether-stuff at the nearest foe.
]dice=Force Missile Damage!]d4+1[/dice]
Kyrie then speaks up, fielding the offer of parlay. "You are currently engaged in an unlawful occupation of a constructed dwelling within the territorial limits of the city of Hommlet! You are hereby sited for failure to observe the local laws and customs, failure to keep the heretofore mentioned constructed dwelling up to construction codes, and failure to pay the lawful taxes assigned to occupation of property!
You are ordered to cease and desist habitation of this dwelling and immediate vacate! Failure to do so will necessitate the continued carrying out of our lawful order...
...of Eviction!"
Kyrie takes a moment to muse that there is no Good and Evil. There is only the question of if you've paid your taxes.
Fezzik pauses for a moment when the apparent leader proposes to parley. When both Zinnath and Kyrie continue to attack, he shrugs his shoulders and swings at the man across from Deko but misses when his arm hits the wall to his left.
Bataleigh chuckles at the reactions of Deko and Kyrie to the handsome man's offer of a parley...and finds that laughing hurts. Damn, that last one got me good! she thinks, taking a moment out from righteous head-bashing to channel some positive energy into herself and her allies (excluding those guards in the front line her friends have wounded).
The handsome leader chuckles at Kyrie's comment, amused, and says, "My dear, this moathouse predates Hommlet's territorial claims! It was built long before the keep that is now under construction. This territory is under the sway of the Temple and it is to them that I pay my tithes. Last chance - you should join our endeavor! There is wealth and power to be had, opportunity for those ready to seize it, prosperity and a stronger future!"
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Kyrie's resolve, though it held steadfast at the first diplomatic sortie, is shaken by the persistent second try.
"Stop. Everyone just STOP!" she yells, cautiously studying the effect.
"How...how much?" she stammers out, her greed allying with her curiosity to form a temporary coup of her logic's governmental seat.
Fezzik's brow furls at the wizard's yelling. "What is she doing? First she makes a bad tactical move, now she wants us to stop attacking so she can talk to this person! Whose side is she on?"
Ignoring the wizard and following Deko's lead, Fezzik also attacks.
All: "So, are we still attacking?"
[Mentally to Zinnath]: Yeah. I'm afraid Deko and Fezzik have taken us beyond mere 'aggressive negotiation.'
All: "Ok."
Zinnath will peer over Fezzik's shoulder and fire a ray of cold at one in the second row.
vs (flatfooted?)touch
And then stealth again behind my ogre screen!
Heedless of the consequences - or perhaps expecting them and relishing the bloody results - Deko wades in again, swinging his fists. He batters the guard's shield down, knocks aside his sword, and smashes him in the throat with an expert punch.
Fezzik swings his polearm but it glances off the shield of one of the men in front.
Zinnath blasts another guard and fells him, but the sergeant moves up to the front to take his place.
...then crumples as Fezzik skewers him during his advance.
The handsome man glowers and shouts, "So be it! You have made your choice!" His hand hovers over the handle of a mace at his belt, then goes to a necklace with a symbol. He mutters a prayer...
He points at Fezzik!
One of the guards still on the front line stabs at Deko...
...another nasty cut!
Another fires his crossbow at the towering half-ogre.
The bolt scrapes off Fezzik's shoulder.
Another guard slashes around the corner at Deko.
His cut is blocked by the wall.
One of the remainder pushes in to the front, near where the sergeant fell.
Fezzik crushes him as well .
Zinnath fires at the sergeant...
vs (flatfooted?)touch
And then stealth again behind my ogre screen!
Pulling his sword from the sergeant's body, he looks up at the leader with a grin. It is quickly replaced with a look of concern as the leader appears to cast a spell. He waits in anticipation of something to happen but stikes down another guard when he gets to close.
Sensing no effect of a spell, Fezzik attacks the guard in front of Deko. Fortunately for the guard, he stumbles on the growing pile of bodies and Fezzik's swing goes over his head.
Bat steps back before again channeling positive energy (and again she excludes the two frontliners of the enemy).
Fezzik shakes off the hold spell and, though he misses, he continues to demoralize the ranks of the enemies as an apparent unstoppable juggernaut!
Kyrie blasts another nearby guard, leaving him reeling and bleeding.
Zinnath blasts the sergeant, who takes the hit and keeps going!
Enoby moves up from behind.
Deko slams his fist into the shield of the guard that he's fighting, which holds.
The woozy guard hit by Kyre's missile swings at Fezzik before collapsing from his injuries.
Fezzik takes a nasty gash!
Deko's enemy slashes at him...
...but the brawler intercepts the swing with his mailed fist.
Guard #17 fires his crossbow at Zinnath.
...but he fumbles his bolt in the attempt.
Guard #12 also swings at Deko...
...another brutal slash!
The sergeant growls and keeps his shield up carefully while moving to the front line to face Fezzik. Fezzik takes a swing as he closes in.
The sergeant manages to knock away Fezzik's polearm and get into a threatening position.
The handsome evil priest snarls and shouts, "YOU WILL SUBMIT!" He points at Fezzik once more. "Fear my power!"
The priest's bodyguard draws a handaxe and hurls it idly at Deko.
(includes -4 for firing into melee and -4 for firing past cover)
The axe hits Deko in the side of the head with a meaty thunk. Fortunately it doesn't hit anything important...
Bat grits her teeth as Deko and Fezzik both take hits from the soldiers of evil. Once more she channels Pelor's healing grace before growling, "Suck it up, lads! Let's dish out the pain and put an end to these spawn of wickedness!"
After healing her friends (and excluding the soldier who just got dropped and the guy standing next to him), Bat steps again into the breach, ready to deal some righteous whooping with her trusty mace.
Fezzik grimaces from the gash of the longsword. As he surveys who he can attack, he suddenly realizes he can't move!
Zinnath fires at the sergeant...
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And then stealth again behind my ogre screen!
Zinnath fires at the sergeant but misses. Fezzik becomes rigid as Bat helps keep the group invigorated. Enoby fires her shortbow back at one of the crossbowmen.
Deko wobbles and then throws another bunch.
His haymaker goes wide.
Kyrie's bolt screams in and finishes off that guardsman, though.
The sergeant brings his sword down on the helpless Fezzik, though because Bat and Deko are in his way he doesn't risk taking the time to line up a killing blow (probably for the best).
The sword batters off his armor!
One of the standing guards slams at Deko again.
...without success.
The guard in the back reloads his light crossbow and fires at Zinnath once more.
FWISSSHHH
No longer worried about Fezzik's polearm, the priest's bodyguard steps up into the fray and also slashes the half-ogre.
Even with his great skill he is unable to smash through the half-ogre's armor!
The evil priest steps up behind the front line and casts a spell, sending a surge of healing energy into the wounded sergeant.
Having run out of elemental attacks, Zinnath will take a round to be sure and be stealthed...
Fezzik watches helplessly as the men attack him. He is relieved the attacks don't penetrate his armor. "Come on body, move! I can't go out like this," he thinks to himself as he tries to move but can't.
Bataleigha tries to eliminate the soldier minion first to limit the amount of incoming attacks. Lesser evil is still evil in her eyes.
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Kyrie's eyes go wide as the half-ogre remains motionless in the face of the relentless enemy.
Realizing that they're gonna need a double-whammy to get out of this one, she grasps the amulet around her neck and begins chanting. The air grows angry and the light dims. A small funnel appears on the far room and dances about as some thing reaches to our realm from a far-off place.
Deko, bloodied and bruised, continues to do what he does best - punch.
Deko slams his fist into the sergeant's abdomen and hits so hard that even Kyrie can hear the man's ribs breaking. Blood spits out of his mouth as his xiphold process snaps into his heart and his entire respiratory system becomes a swampy morass of blood and bile.
The bodyguard takes this chance to chop at Deko.
Deko wavers as he takes a nasty gash, spits out a tooth, and wobbles on his feet, but stays up due to his half-orc ferocity.
The other guard swings around the corner at Deko as well.
(includes -4 for swinging around corner)
He strikes the corner again.
Another guard moves into the front line and thrusts his weapon at Bat.
His attack bounces off her pauldron!
"Let darkness take you," the evil priest snarls as he gestures at Bat with his unholy symbol.
Zinnath, who is hopefully hidden again will prepare to cast snowball at the priest, should he try and cast again.
vs flatfooted touch
DC 14 Fort or staggered for 1 round
Bat feels the wicked priest's spell targeting her eyesight and hopes Pelor's eternal light will prove more powerful in protecting her. A moment later, though, all goes dark!
Fezzik cheers internally as Deko takes out the sergeant, but is worried when he takes a vicious wound. He waits helplessly hoping the spell wears off before it's too late for the group.
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""IN THE NAME OF THERENGER, KEEPER OF THE FOUR SPHERES OF MAGIC AND DARGOR, WIELDER OF THE EMERALD SWORD...
I SUMMON!"
Just behind the evil bodyguard a massive eagle appears! It's cry of battle is a piercing shriek, as if it harbors anger against the world just for being here. It launches a flurry of steel-clawed blows upon the evil-doers head!
Kyrie follows this up by launching a true magic missile at the only guardsman close enough to attack Fezzik.
Kyrie's missile slams into the guard at the corner and...
...sends him sprawling to the floor!
Deko swings wildly!
His fist impacts the bodyguard's shield and fails to break through the man's defenses. His ferocity then falters and he collapses to the ground, bleeding badly.
Enoby fires an arrow past Deko and the corner at the other guard.
(-4 for firing into melee, -4 for shooting past cover)
She is unable to land the arrow.
The bodyguard swings his sword at Deko...
...somehow the brawler's near-drunken weaving from all his wounds causes the strike to miss!
The remaining guard steps past the priest (behind the bodyguard) and advances to the front. He lines up his sword for a killing blow on Fezzik.
The evil priest yawns slightly and points at Kyrie. "Quiet, you," he says.
Better make that save, Fezzik...
[Mentally to Zinnath]: The priest has blinded me! You'll need to be my eyes! What's happening?