Examining the area closely, Linpul hopes her gnomish eyes can help her see who is speaking or if that one half-orc is here.
None of you see the speaker. It does not seem to be the half-orcs or ratfolk in the room. Within the crowd, one of the half-orcs is the one Linpul spotted with her magic a while ago.
Somewhat enthralled in their religious sermon, the half-orcs and ratfolk do not see you.
There are double doors to the west, a single door to the south, and ominous looking double doors made of a dark material with red lights to the east.
"Let's sneak round into the big doors, over there." whispers Solaria pointing to the west.
Dr Lendaro sits quietly with measured breathes for a moment.
After visualizing his bullets massacring flesh, he stands, looks to the doors, and shrugs. "Worth a shot."
He slips down the stairs...
Linpul casts a few words of guidance before sneaking along. She urged Tetsuda to be quiet. Unfortunately because she was supervising the beetle she was not as capable as she normally would be.
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Thera attempts to sneak along with the others...
The party almost makes it to the western double doors, when Thera accidently kicks the side of the partial wall. She grunts in pain. A few of the ratfolk heads turn towards her and see the party.
"Protect the priestess!" one of the ratfolk yells. The voice of the sermon stops but no new creature appears in the room.
The ratfolk and half-orcs mobilize pulling out short swords and hefting improvised weaponry.
1. Etha, Linpul, Lendaro, Tetsuda, Thera
2. Enemies
3. Solaria, Rakdon
Thera winces at the noise, before throwing caution to the wind and unleashing Inspire Courage to counter the large numbers of enemies.
Moving forward several paces, Dr Lendaro levels his pistol at the nearest half-orc, and pulls the trigger.
With a little luck, Lendaro's shot fires into the crowd. It misses his intended target but strikes one of the other half-orcs and pierces through its flesh. It growls and its eyes turn white, using its ferocity to keep itself standing.
Etha touches herself, murmuring arcane words and she suddenly grows twice as tall along with her armor and sword. The undead raven on her shoulder remains the same size and caws with a raspy voice.
1. Etha, Linpul, Lendaro, Tetsuda, Thera
2. Enemies
3. Solaria, Rakdon
Linpul points to Rakdon.
"Tetsuda, defend. Everybody get out the doors. Ill hold the line."
She moves toward the exit doors and turns around brandishing her lucerne hammer to strike any who would harm the party.
"Oh, before I forget."
She releases one hand on her hammer to pound her fist against her chest. A bronze exoskeleton wraps itself around her before becoming invisible.
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Two of the half-orcs charge forward and strike at Etha, who is blocking the way. They swing their makeshift weapons at her. The other half-orcs can't pass.
Two of the ratfolk drop from the slightly raised platform into the center and strike at Thera. Two of the other ratfolk also drop down, ignore Thera and head towards Linpul. Both pairs of ratfolk share the same space (only one of each gets the flanking bonus until next turn).
Thera gets stabbed in the shoulder. It feels like a small poke and she can barely feel it. The ratfolk easily miss Linpul. They are more used to larger enemies and not creatures their own size.
Etha swings her larger greatsword at the charging half-orcs, but her timing and aim is off. She gets hit in the shin with the improvised weapon. The sylph hisses.
Using the spiked tip Linpul thrusts her lucerne hammer at the ratfolk who were going to assault her.
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Rakdon shoots at one of the ratfolk swarming Linpul. The small bolt stabs the creature in the shoulder through its leather armor.
Solaria calls on Desna to bring insight to her allys making their thrusts and slices more accurate.
Etha swings at one of the half=orcs with her large blade. It arcs wide and slams against the low wall.
"Haha," she says. "Maybe this was a mistake."
Tetsuda
Tetsuda lunged at one of the ratmen attempting to sink his mandibles into the lightly armored foe.
"I don't think we would be the ones to determine how relevant that is at the moment. Shall we just say "oops" and back away?"
Dr Lendaro reloads, and fires another shot into the crowd.
Linpul slams her hammer into the ratfolk. Blood is splattered on its whiskers. It collapses to the floor a half second later. Tetsuda flanks with Linpul flying around so he isn't attacked and bites into the other ratfolk's leg.
Lendaro's bullet punches a hole in the chest of one of the half orcs. He growls loudly, barely above the humming around you, and clutches at his wound.
1. Etha, Linpul, Lendaro, Tetsuda, Thera
2. Enemies
3. Solaria, Rakdon
The far half-orc Lendaro "killed" charges forward, then falls down unable to do anything in the battle. The half-orcs swings at Etha, the other wounded half orc can't get through his allies.
The ratfolk swing at Linpul, and the two swarm Thera. They fight light some kind of four armed creature, making it harder for her to defend properly.
The two half-orcs strike at Etha's legs and wound her. Thick blood oozes down her legs. She sways slightly off balance. Linpul knocks aside the ratfolk's small blade with her hammer shaft. Thera dodges the first ratfolk's attack, but gets stuck by the other one.
"Yes, this was definitely a mistake!" the sylph shouts.
Rakdon strikes the ratfolk adjacent to Linpul and Tetsuda. The ratfolk is hit in the mouth as it starts to say something, tries to pull the shaft with weak arms, and falls on its back, dead.
Ratfolk C and Ratfolk D (swarming Thera, about 10 feet or so to Linpul and Tetsuda, Half Orc A and Half Orc B (adjacent to Etha), Half Orc D (13, past Etha to the east) remaining.
Solaria brings the will of Desna to heal her allies,
Etha chops at one of the half orcs with her large blade and hopes she hits. She laughs maniacally as the half-orc is split in half. The blood loss has affected her balance, and she wobbles.
Dr Lendaro reloads and fires at one of the ratfolk near Thera.
He growls... his aim seeming to get worse.
Thera takes a step back to Etha and casts her magic.
The ratfolk clutches its ears and shakes off the noise.
Lendaro's bullet fires past the ratfolk and strikes the strange machine on the platform. The strange images floating over it distort for a second, then return to their normal display.
Pointing to the bard, Linpul orders the beetle to go for the ratmen attacking her. The mindless creature wades through and plops himself right in front of Thera.
The beetle once in front of the bard lunges forward to attack a ratman.
Moving herself a bit, Linpul moves to flank with Etha and brings down her hammer on one of the green skinned foes.
"Just because I'm small doesn't mean I don't pack a punch!"
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Tetsuda stands on its hind legs and bites the ratfolk in the thigh. The ratfolk scrapper shakes off the large insect. The ratfolk swing at the fast beetle as it scampers forward, again unprepared to fight such a small creature.
Linpul scrambles over the low wall, moves along the edge and drops down to flank with Etha. She swings hard and her hammer cracks into the half-orc's side. He growls, not expecting a small gnome to hurt him.
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The ratfolk try to cut at Tetsuda again, despite the difficulty. One of the shortswords strikes the beetle and bounces off its exoskeleton. The half orc ignores Linpul remembering his ally chopped in half, and swings his part-weapon at Etha. The other half orc at the rear shouts, "Gruethur, why are you just watching?" and charges at Linpul.
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Etha falls down to the ground, half on the raised platform. She is unconscious but still enlarged. Linpul gets whacked in the back of the head by the blunt makeshift weapon. The half-orc laughs, glancing at the gnome blood on his weapon.
Solaria, takes her morningstar, flanking one of the ratfolk and tries to strike it.
The ratfolk is slightly more nimble than Solaria's swing. From her angle, the cleric sees the large sylph poke open an eye and wink before continuing to feign death.
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Dr Lendaro finds his focus the moment Etha stumbles. He reloads, and fires the second he has clean shot.
"This... may get messy...."
Linpul swings as the charging half orc runs at the gnome. Her hammer is too fast and the distance between her and the orc was too far to hit.
Rakdon's acid flies over everyone and hits the half orc attacking Linpul. His greenish flesh sizzles and blackens.
Lendaro's bullet blasts apart the half orc beside Etha. He collapses, his weapon clangs to the ground.