Saving the Ballista for a long range counterattack, Wil releases it and draws out his bow and fires at one of the enemy archers. "Choose your targets! HOORAH!"
As soon as he reaches the top of the mast, Azlain pulls the roped oil-flasks free of his belt. As the other ship passes by he takes a step out onto the crossbeam of the mast, and starts to run...
Azlain tosses a brace of oil flasks with fuses at the catapult deck.
The oil flasks scatter near the catapult splashing some of the ammunition stacked nearby.
The three remaining archers fire at Seltyn reading his scroll and one find an artery in the arm.
confirm?dam
Two of the cloaked figures rush to the side and attempt to hex Thalas.
Two cloaked figures rush to the rail, one casting, one reads a scroll.
wolverines appear on the deck of the Sprite.
A flaming ball of fire appears and tries to roll over Seltyn
Talon takes physical
Windfavor takes physical
Suny on rope near stern
Thalas
Talon
Bannermaiden
Seltyn
Wil
Azlain on main mast
All Enemies
Thalas<----
After Thalas acts, the boats will be at about 120' range.
Also, if the wolverines were summoned by an evil creature, they have no effect on Windfavor. I got the spell off.
So...feeling woozy and all weak in the knees Sunny still smiles at the lass, even as her body trembles.
And manages to at least get part way up the rope.
With the chaos unrolling around him Wil grimaces, Suny looked weakened, Seltyn was under attack and Windfavor was oddly holding out despite being threatened by a Wolverine.
Thalas, suddenly overcome by some magical debilitating effect, is unable to cast his anticipated Divine Favor spell and instead falls back away from the gunwale.
message: Suny, get back on our boat. We're leaving!
Talon nails a witch with one shot, even with some protection, the arrow stills hurts badly. Unfortunately the follow up arrow does misses her.
A fire breaks out near the catapult where a stack of catapult ammo was stored. It begins to burn slows and steadily, but with great heat.
Seltyn<---
Wil<---
Azlain on main mast<---
All Enemies
'Well...in't that a bugger..." She comments mainly to herself as she tries to continue to follow through with the plan...and get some distance between herself and the lady in the water. :P
Having skipped Suny :-( ......
Seltyn will tell the bannermaiden to get out of there (withdraw). He'll move 5' to Azlain's square (under him), and blast whoever is controlling the flaming sphere, if within 35'.
If he doesn't know who cast it, he'll cast it at the closest cloaked figure.
message: Kill that one! I could use some healing, too...
Suny's lithe, wet body easily fits into the hole on the side of the ship and she comes to a crouch within.
Wil slides his bow back into its case and takes aim with the Ballista aiming at the upper deck where the officers were, especially the foul and ugly witch that had evil eyed them when they had first passed. As he took hold of the Ballista he whispered a small prayer to the Father of elves, to his patron, to guide his strike so it may strike down there enemies and for a moment the Ballista changed ever so slightly to reflect the will of Corellon Larethian.
The flared sides of the crossbow changed shape and took on the colors of his deities bow. A light blue like the reflection of the moon and oddly the ballista moved more easily in his hands as well. Wil had indeed chosen to smite his distant foe, to show the Black Citedel the strength of Elven kind and to free what wretched slaves must be aboard that evil galley. So he aimed at her with ease and as their ship rose on a rolling wave he pulled the trigger and let the massive bolt fly...
Wil's shot fires through a railing and incapacitates a witch. Seltyn's flame scorches another witch causing the flaming sphere to wink out.
Azlain can take a shot
The wolverines attack Talon and Seltyn
The archers focus fire on Thalas.
Even at the extended range, Thalas takes two arrows for
The last witch standing thinks about casting, but rushes to help the witch on the high deck bleeding from a nasty ballista bolt through the meaty part of her shoulder.
With the main witch incapacitated, the officer gives the order to shelter on deck. The fire spreads, and the catapult gives one final shot before being abandoned. The last incendiary shot ignites in flight, but falls well short of the Sprite.
As Seltyn falls to the deck, Thalas feels a strange popping in his ears and hears the rustling of pages and smells the scent of musty-sweet books in an old library. Seltyn is prone but conscious on the deck with a strange book gripped in his hands.
Seltyn is at -3.
EDIT: DC 10
Suny hisses and flinches in pain under the lash of the whip.
Reeling, Thalas takes two arrows and watches with delayed comprehension as wolverines magically appear on deck and viciously maul Seltyn who falls in a spray of arterial blood.
The sudden smell of the books and libraries of his deity bring his attention into focus, as he takes comfort in the attention of Labelas Enorath to call forth his power.
HP 14/27
AC 19 Touch 11 Flat 18
In Hands Left - shield, Right - holy symbol
Spells 2nd - 1/3, 1st - 2/4
Channel Positive Energy 4/5
Conditions Bless, Elven Banner, Staggered
After the savage assault of the wolverines, Thalas channels the power of the new elven diety. Wounds begin to close.
Windfavor fires his longbow at the Wolverine that savaged Seltyn.
The ship is now 200+ feet away.
Seltyn is prone and can act, the wolverines are not going away any time soon.
Talon<<<
Bannermaiden
Seltyn(prone)<<<<
Wil<<<<
Azlain on main mast
Wolverines
Thalas
Wil looks troubled but happy they were thus far triumphant over there enemies, his happiness was short lived though as he counted one of there number was missing. Suny. He turned from the ballista crossing the deck, drawing his bow and putting an arrow in the wolverine attacking Seltyn with brutal efficiency.
"Where is Suny?! Dam&*t! Windfavor we may have out run her please turn about!"
Yes. I am away with poor connection.
Get away, Flambeaux! He orders her further back.
Seltyn can't stand or crawl away without provoking an AoO. That's still better than laying there and taking a full attack at -4 AC.
His sword is drawn, so he'll stand and attack rather than risk losing a spell.
AC 21
Azlain also continues to fire as the boat passes.
Talon's arrow incapacitates another archer at the long range. Quite a shot; the other falls short.
Seltyn stands provoking an ineffective attack
Then hits the wolverine with his sword, ending him.
Azlain misses.
The remaining wolverine goes into a savage rage and targets Thalas. The claws score hits, the bite hits near a vital spot.
Thalas falls unconscious
Windfavor prepares to come about, "Sailing upwind, and having seen my trick already, it may more difficult to avoid the ram. Are we up for it? Somebody put that wolverine down before it finishes Thalas off."
Looking down at the fight against the angry beast, Azlain swears.
Where the hells did that come from?
You heard the Admiral, elves. Kill it! Then get Thalas on his feet.
Seltyn is astonished to find he's at full health again. He wants to see what's in the book, but there's a more pressing matter at hand, and an even more pressing matter in the coming rounds.
Do what you need to, Captain. Pull up alongside, if you can. We're going to slaughter them all.
"This is going to be dicey, their catapult will be more accurate in a stern chase."
Windfavor brings the Sprite around and gives chase upwind, with the addition of some sail and some tacking he seems to begin to slowly gain on the retreating ship.
The remaining wolverine seems enraged and ready to fight to the death.
"Well...that could have gone a tad better..." She says to those around her as a way of opening up any conversation...