Knowledge(arcana):
Knowledge(local):
Aarakess sighs as her shorter form hardly allows her to see the commotion ahead. Finally giving up, she uses her flight hex to raise her so that she can see the parade.
Probably part of the Champion's Games. Usually held in the Serpent's Run arena.
Interesting that they have a chimera, and especially one with a blue dragon head. Not the most common of creatures. Someone must have paid a pretty penny to get the clearance to bring that beast in for the games.
Kilthan shrugs, "Some need to display their prowess in the flash and spectacle of an arena... Me, I save fighting for when there's something that needs killing."
"Humans fight for the sake of fighting. I do not understand it."
Justin looks at the creature longingly:
"That creature would make a fine mount. It would be hard to sneak up on something with three heads!"
(Above Ground)
You watch with the crowd as the beast passes by. As your attention is focused on the passing Chimera, Kilthan notices a pull on one of his items. He turns around to see a woman that looks like she may be at his belt pouches. Before you have a chance to react, there is a loud crash of glass and screams from the crowd. The Chimera has weakened the metal bars enough to break them and the glass enclosure and is now free and looking to attack the crowd!
- Dryn'taka, Justin, Anala, Chimera, Cutpurse, Tobar, Kilthan, Aarakess
AC 19 T 10 FF 18 CMD 25 (29 trip)
By right of crappy initiative rolling I unwillingly delay until the end of the round.
Justin advances ten feet to the creature and acts confident but gives the creature orders to hold. Rather than harm the creature, he gives it a chance to settle down.
Round 1
HP 65/65
AC 18 FF15 T13 CMD19
F/R/W 8/9/3
Bombs 11/11
Mutagen Dexterity
Bora Beads 1 1/1
Extracts
1st - Cure Light Wounds, Shield , Bomber's Eye, 2 open
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, See Invisibility, 2 open
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds x2
Ammo Tracker
Normal - 19
Silver - 20
Cold Iron - 20
Effects
Dryn retrieves her crossbow and fastens a bolt to it, taking cue from Justin to hold off attacking the creature. "Um, uh, what should we do?"
Can't see striking the first blow against such an awesome creature.
Anala is up before it.
Justin realizes the animal will not respond, so he strikes to subdue the amazing creature after reaching out and opening himself up to a counterattack.
"I am trying to knock it out!"
Round 1
Anala walks along with the others and takes in the sights, sounds, and smells of the big city. "You should see Absalom if you think Magnimar is making you feel out of sorts." She says with a smile.
As the crowd begins to panic she can see the creature, the chimaera is what Aarakess called it, break through it's cage. As the people begin to panic, the woman calls upon the forces of her goddess, "Sarenrae, grant us your Blessings to manage this beast!"
The chimera breaks free of the cage and looks for a target see a small tasty child. Dryn'taka pulls out her crossbow and loads it while Justin moves over trying to subdue it, but although he has no effect on the creature, he does manage to gain its attention. Anala casts a spell before the chimera attacks! Enraged it manages to land a number of attacks on the lizardman paladin
*Hit*
*Hit*
*Hit*
*Hit*
*Hit*
Kilthan sees the woman who was pickpocketing him flee from the chimera with the rest of the townspeople. He can choose to chase her this round or else will lose her in the fleeing crowd.
- Tobar, Kilthan, Aarakess, Dryn'taka, Justin, Anala, Chimera, Cutpurse
AC 19 T 10 FF 18 CMD 25 (29 trip)
Justin quickly heals and decides that he better strike lethally and stop playing nice. He quickly heals himself.
The chimera advanced 5' last round when he attacked so that is the right spot
Also you would have been at full hps so put yourself at 46
Seeing the beast making multiple hits on the powerful paladin, Aarakess decides to attempt to make the creature have a more difficult time connecting with those strikes. She stares at it, and upon catching a brief glance from the dragon head, makes the creature have visions of once more being trapped in the iron cage, but his time behind bars of adamantine that no amount of striking will break.
Use Misfortune Hex - DC19 or have to make all d20 rolls twice and take the lower roll.
At the same time, she begins to cackle wildly with an unnatural elvish cackle coming from the short stout dwarven form.
Standard: Misfortune Hex - DC19
Move: Cackle
Blessing Bonus: Move to X14
Kilthan says in Dwarven, "Jagdbach, fury-guard Justin!", and then starts after the cutpurse, pulling the speed boost from Anala's blessing, That'll help a foot-race...
The badger follows his orders and races next to the paladin, his eyes filled with rage, and tries to bite the monster, instinctively taking the blessing to assist his atatck.
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Round 2
Anala sees that Justin has taken some might blows from the creature he admired only moments before. She reaches up and touches her holy symbol and a wave of holy energies roll out from her healing everyone, including those of the panicked crowd now clearing out of the small square.
She then calls upon more clerical powers of Sarenrae, "I ask for your boon to aid us in fighting this creature and protect the innocents." Another wave of holy power falls over the area, much different than the last.
She then takes a few steps forward.
The spell specifically says it does not stack with haste but otherwise dodge bonuses do
Tobar slinks around behind the beast while Kilthan runs off into the crowd for some reason. On command, Jagdbach attacks the chimera but cannot connect. Aarakess tried to hex the beast but it easily shakes it off in its enraged state. Anala channels and heals everyone while casting another spell bolstering your attacks and making the chimera's worse.
Dryn and Justin are up!
- Tobar, Kilthan, Aarakess, Dryn'taka, Justin, Anala, Chimera, Cutpurse
AC 19 T 10 FF 18 CMD 25 (29 trip)
Round 2
Justin feels the healing energy and is quite refreshed.
Dragon is not a metal color, must be evil.
More concerned protecting himself, he calls on Iomedae to smite the blue dragonlike creature.
He then hits with a single blow of his axe.
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Round 2
HP 65/65
AC 18 FF15 T13 CMD19
F/R/W 8/9/3
Bombs 11/11
Mutagen Dexterity
Bora Beads 1 1/1
Extracts
1st - Cure Light Wounds, Shield , Bomber's Eye, 2 open
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, See Invisibility, 2 open
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds x2
Ammo Tracker
Normal - 19
Silver - 20
Cold Iron - 20
Effects
Blessing of Fervor
Haste
Dryn lines up a shot with her crossbow and fires. "Sorry, but you gotta stop this rampaging!"
After taking some damage from Justin and Dryn'taka, the beast looks like it wants to flee but it cannot as its wings are clipped. It instead continues to rip into Justin. This time however it cannot connect (Two misses due to the prayer spell giving it a -1 to attack)
You chase her down but with the other people around fleeing the chimera, you are unable to connect with your shield. Your cries of calling her out as a thief seems to fall on deaf ears as most people are just trying to get away from the loose beast. She does turn to you and say, "Just leave us alone!". The thought of 'us' crosses your mind as you are attacked from behind.
*Hit* (Flat Footed and flank)
She also lashes out with a dagger
*Hit*
They both seem to fight as a team, and after they hit both slink back into the crowd separately (Special class feature to withdraw)
- Tobar, Kilthan, Aarakess, Dryn'taka, Justin, Anala, Chimera, Cutpurse
AC 19 T 10 FF 18 CMD 25 (29 trip)
Kilthan snarls, "I don't think so.." and draws his axe as he runs down the woman again, willing his skin to harden as he does so. As he closes the distance, he lashes out a powerful blow from the shield, this time making no effort to avoid harming her, and trying to direct her into a wall or the crowd to halt her progress.
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[ooc]I'm assuming she's likely had her movement interrupted and is now prone, so Kilthan will stand over her axe in hand and say, "You've got something of mine I want back. Now."
She reaches into her shirt and pulls out your small bag with some money in it and tosses it to the ground which draws the attention of some passer-bys see free money, and then she gets up and limps off into the crowd
Deciding to slow the creature's ability to hit her companions, Aarakess causes the creature to realize that the strikes it has taken have injured it and slowed it down.
Use Evil Eye Hex: -2 attacks for 9 rounds - DC19 Will reduces to 1 round
Kilthan growls as the crowd approaches, "You saw me handle one thief... Do you wish the same treatment?" He quickly takes up his bag, leaving the coins that spilled on the ground, and calls upon the blessing to grant him the speed to return to his companions.
Jadgbach, following Kilthan's orders, attacks the beast before him.
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Justin decides to hit the creature till it falls. He switches to stunning attacks, so his caution to not kill the creature impedes his swing.
With clipped wings, he felt somewhat sorry for the creature. But evil dragons make poor pets. With defenses in place, Justin switches to the attack.
Justin completely misses this time though he manages to complete healing himself from the brutal opening attack of the creature.
His mount attacks too and lands a wicked hoof to the instep.
Anala draws her sword and steps towards the chimaera. With the speed of of the active divine and arcane magics she strikes out quickly... but the attacks never seem to connect.
Round 2
HP 65/65
AC 18 FF15 T13 CMD19
F/R/W 8/9/3
Bombs 11/11
Mutagen Dexterity
Bora Beads 1 1/1
Extracts
1st - Cure Light Wounds, Shield , Bomber's Eye, 2 open
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, See Invisibility, 2 open
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds x2
Ammo Tracker
Normal - 19
Silver - 20
Cold Iron - 20
Effects
Blessing of Fervor
Haste
Dryn loads up another bolt to send flying.
Although you have beaten some of the fight from it, it still battles on this time spreading its attacks out and landing a couple blows.
*Hit*
*Hit*
*Hit*
- Tobar, Kilthan, Aarakess, Dryn'taka, Justin, Anala, Chimera
AC 19 T 10 FF 18 CMD 25 (29 trip)
Aarakess continues to stare at the nightmarish creature, this time causing it to recall when as a mere cub, it was easily beaten by its malevolent owner. No matter how much it would cower, it could not avoid the master's lash. The chimera now has the same feeling of helplessness as it did as a cub and cannot defend itself just as it could not avoid the lashings all those years ago.
Standard: Evil Eye Hex: -2 AC for 9 rounds, 1 round if DC19 Will.
Move: Cackle - continues both evil eye hexes, attacks and AC, even if saves were made.
Kilthan races back, drawing upon the speed boost from the Blessing, hoping to close the distance and subdue the beast before anyone is harmed. Blasted thief and her bad timing... Should've used my axe the first time...
Jagbach, meanwhile, continues to attack the thing hitting Justin, per Kilthan's directive.
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