Baz swings his sabre scimitar at the man! He connects down the chest, but the man's chain shirt is more than enough to protect him from deadly wounds!
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Luisila moves in further, keeping up with the poorly-disguised "Mack"! Did you mean L5? L6 is in the other room and is only 40 ft away. L5 is a full 60 ft of movement. Currently placed at L6, though. If the chimney is the question, it might be a misunderstanding of the squeezing rules.
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Sahrek follows! @Luis: If the above assertion of squares was correct, just place Sahrek as between you an A1 as possible while still keeping adjacent to you.
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The discussion between sailor's 1 & 2 continues. S2: "Good! Now we fight them!" S1: "Tines seemed so nice, though. He was gonna give me a wish!" S2: "I wish you'd just listen and follow the order of operation here!"
Each of the draw their scimitars sabres and double move in! #1 hesitates to threaten Baz, though nothing stops Sailor 2!
Cleaver, Asuna, Omrax, and Desmond Captain Bad Guy Sahrek (on Guard Loius), Baz, Luisila Sailors Sure & The Companion Formerly Known As BIG BIRD are up! Beefy Bads
Súrë Male Sylph [6] Sky Druid 6 | HP (dead) -12/45 | AC 20 T 13 FF 17 | CMD 19 | F+6 R+5 W+8 (+4 against air, electricity, weather) | resist electric 5 | Init +3 | Perc + 8 | SM +3 |
Ilivan:
33/33 | AC 29 T 17 FF 22 | CMD 23 | F+6 R+11 W+3 (+4 enchantments) | Init +6 | Perc +1 | SM +1 | Fly +12 | 80' fly
So everyone else has moved inside then?
The slyph trots along, catching up. double move to G7 (35' movement speed) Along the way he pulls out his darkwood club.
Ilivan will fly over to the door and then walk inside. double move to H7; 80' fly speed but only 10' walk speed. If there's some action associated with landing he'll just land outside the door then (he was still flying at the beginning of the turn, pausing just long enough last round for Súrë to touch him.
Omrax, BIRD, and you are the only fellows outside, yes.
Súrë moves in, club in hand!
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Ilivan hops into the room as well! No action, or part of a move (whichever is better for the user.) It's like how one can use the fly skill to negate falling damage, though less than 10 feet is no damage, so... yeah. You're good.
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Beefy Card Player looks to Baz again, no less ecstatic than before. "Better with that sword than the bow, eh? Should be a good show today!"
Shotel/Cestus TWF:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 101d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 81d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 131d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 Though his swings are powerful and show-off-y (reactive Kn L applies again), he fails to effectively connect with anything!
Meanwhile, everyone in the bunk room is in round 2 of their unseen preparation cycle!
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Cleaver, Asuna, Omrax (action queued but changeable), and Desmond are up! Captain Bad Guy Sahrek (on Guard Loius), Baz, Luisila Sailors Sure & Ilivan Beefy Bads
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
What in blazes is taking these guys* so long? Desmond thinks to himself. He decides not to wait any longer and simply let himself in. He steps up to the door he's been waiting at and figures to try and smash through it.
Female Kitsune Fighter (Weapon Master) 2/Ninja 2 (hp 32/32) | F +5 R +6 W +1 | AC 17 T 12 FF 15 CMD 18
"Apparently the captain only likes short people." Asuna confides in Baz as she takes a swing at the card player.
Attack 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 (Flank) Damage 2d4 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (4, 3) + 8 + (6) = 21 (Flank)
These men seem like they're trying to perform for some invisible (or imaginary) audience. They may be insane, though it's FAR more likely they are gladiators, trained in Tymon.
@Des:
You manage to put a nice-sized scratch down the outside of the door, but are mere centimetes from actually breaking through. Hardness reduced your damage to only Almost 100% HP loss. Likely, the result of cutting through with a GS will be a "The Shining, Heeeere's Johnny! effect (and arm-sized access to inside.)
@Omrax: Action - Queued! You get just outside the door with a double move.
@Asuna: You connect, though do not take down the man.
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
GM:
If I try to kick the weakened door in, would the DC be lowered for the Strength check? And now I'm worried that Des is getting over his head - what with all the preparations that these soldiers seem to be making. But Des isn't worried, he just wants to get inside and kill something.
And Desmond has a crowbar! I forgot that he had one. He should've used that to open the door. D'oh
A regular Strength check (which the Crowbar counts as a Masterwork Tool for, meaning +2 to the check) would more likely mean a "I rip it off its hinges, no door anymore", which is within the realm of possibility for your level of might. The attacks are more of a "Chopping my way through making a space I could squeeze through here or put my arm through and unlock it" kind of deal, though you're likely to wrap damage around on it that I'd give you a space you (or any medium-sized humanoid) could squeeze through, as per squeezing terrain. Whichever result, if you wrap damage around, I'll allow (options being "still good cover and line-of-sight", or "no more door anymore"
The preparations, you could guess, are more likely the fact many of them were sleeping and (despite the fact that you CAN), not everyone is going to want to sleep in their light armor. It's not like you hear a ton of syncronized drinking of potions or casting of spells or anything...
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Varg steps up, but in his rage, swings wide!
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Asuna steps up to the two-weapon-fighting man and cuts deep, but not deep enough!
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Omrax advanced... boldly! He ends up near the doorway to the inside!
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Desmond chops into the doorway, but is not ready to make an homage to The Shining quite yet!
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The Captain takes a step back himself and casts another spell! Varg Will vs Fear:1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 1 + 2 = 19 Varg's head fills with a few moments of fear, but fights off the urge to run and the moment passes! The captain continues yelling "You, ser, are quite fortuitous, but ze Pirate Queen weel zee me zrough, hoh hoh!"
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Cleaver, Asuna, Omrax, and Desmond Captain Bad Guy Sahrek (on Guard Loius), Baz, Luisila are up! Sailors Sure & Ilivan Beefy Bads
Baz takes a step to the northeast, ending next the Sahrek. Those are some agile moves you have. Were you guys in a circus?, No wait, from the way your feet dance, I would say you were all apart of a ballet troupe. The Dancing Pirates or something? The tiefling taunts as he swings his blade.
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
GM:
Cool, I haven't done the door smashing/breaking before, so I'm not the clearest on the mechanics of it all. But that all makes sense. Des will likely just smash the door again and force his way in, squeezing through as needed.
Also, I can't help but think of this whenever I read the Captain's outrageous French accent.
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
GM, the way I understand the defend command is that Sahrek is basically not attacking anybody until either he or Luisila is attacked, right?
Female CG Half-elf Cleric 15 | HP 168/168 | AC 24, T 15, F 19 | CMB +13, CMD 28 (29 grapple) | F +21, R +16, W +23 (+2 vs enchantments) | Init +10 | Perc +28, SM +7 | Speed 30 ft | 5/5 Channels | 9/9 BoL | 2/2 GF | Active conditions: none
Luisila will draw her dagger and move behind ‘Mack,’ looking to put the big Ulfen between the pirate captain and herself.
I can’t see the map right now, but I think J4 describes this pretty well, GM Burglar.
Once she gets in position she will place a light, friendly hand on Varg’s shoulder imparting a Bit of her goddess’ Luck to him.
I wonder if the Besmaran knows what it feels like to be hit by a Mack tr…avelling fast!
She will then look pointedly at Sahrek, then the enemy leader, lift her buckler arm to her face and cower away from the Besmaran, shaking a little and whimpering.
GM Burglar:
The way I read the BoL ability, Cleaver would also get the BoL applied to any saving throws as well, GM?
Bit of Luck (Sp): You can touch a willing creature as a standard action, giving it a bit of luck. For the next round, any time the target rolls a d20, he may roll twice and take the more favorable result. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier.
I'm just leaving my local game, but yes; he would. Saved a LOT of people that stood around our TWF fighter with her +2 Will vs enchantment at, like, 9th level.
Male Half Elf -Paladin 13 AC32/T11(18) /F31/CMD28| Hp 121/121 | Fort:+21;Ref:+16;Will+18(25) |Percept.+10 | Init.+3. { } ( +2 keen div bond 1/3 used, smite for 2/6 used. Hands 6d6 6/15 used) { eaglesoul 10hrs— } Spectral Wolf {AC24 100/100 hp}
@GM - it scares me to play in a party with a high DPR fighter with a will save THAT low. Been in more than one game where we barely escaped a TPK when our low-will fighter was easily charmed/dominated.
Baz taunts the man, a comment he looks none too pleased to hear! He also swings, but either focused too hard on the comments or just gave the man a grudge match invitation and misses!
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Luisila moves up to K4 (the space behind Varg) and helps him get luck with this Frenchman Galtan!
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Sahrek follows, having difficulty reading human emotions! Would have had to be a Handle Animal check (move for non-masters, since he knows "Attack" Though Spellcasting is obvious enough to provoke, so Ray Attacks or things that emenate from a caster would count for the triggering of the "Attack Action".)
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Sailors 1 and 2 split off, realizing they've made a horrible tactical option! #1 goes after Sure, having seen him cast! Sabre @ Sure:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 41d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3"I'm... I'm so confused!"
Sailor #2, however, has no qualms going after the not-a-Wishcrafter with his flanks with the beefy guy! Sabre @Baz:1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 + 2 = 161d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 He also shouts back to #1. "You're such a bad sailor, Mike!"
Sailor(s) inside the bunk room enter round 2 of MyStErIoUs PrEpArAtIoNs!
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For the benefit of those rushing through, here's some descriptions of the rooms.
Common Room:
The walls of this room barely keep out the elements yet somehow retain the smell of musk and sweat. A fireplace along the northern wall keeps some of the damp chill at bay, though vines riddle the mantel stones in a years-long endeavor to pry apart the structure. A table occupies the center of the room, its surface in need of a good cleaning and polish.
Hallways & Besmara Shrine:
This stretch of hall is bare except for remains of moldering carpet along the baseboards. The door to the shrine has been removed from its hinges and currently leans against a wall.
By removing the door to this small room and widening the opening, someone has created a crude arch that frames a small shrine. Cobalt light spills from a dark blue glass lantern that hangs above a crude altar improvised from domestic furnishings. Candles on the altar flank a pewter mug and a bottle of rum, and behind the altar stands the wooden female figurehead of a ship. A black tricorn perched on her head at an angle partially shields her face from the lantern’s light.
Leader's Retreat:
Wall hangings, paintings, and rugs futilely endeavor to cover up this room’s mildewed surfaces, making it resemble a plague victim slathered with makeup for a funeral. A large bed in good condition sits in the room’s northwest corner, and a writing desk, chair, and small bookcase of damp wood round out the furnishings. The room is heavy with the smell of incense, which masks the omnipresent dank odor.
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Cleaver, Asuna, Omrax, and Desmond Captain Bad Guy Sahrek (on Guard Loius), Baz, Luisila Sailors Sure & Ilivan are up! Beefy Bads
Sure's club and the first talon of Birdivan take down the sailor, and he takes that last talon, now that Birdivan's got that bloodlust again!
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The big man, Mike, is quite unhappy with the comments made and makes an uncharacteristically-out-of-place repsonse! "The art of Acting is an important part of society!" Keeping the same demanor, he returns to his previous, more predictable mindset; killing. "I'll kill you for that!"
Happy with his corner, he stays in place! Meanwhile, any beefy guy(s) (if any) inside the bunk room enter round 2 of MyStErIoUs PrEpArAtIoNs!
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Cleaver, Asuna, Omrax, and Desmond Captain Bad Guy Sahrek (on Guard Loius), Baz, Luisila Sailors Sure & Ilivan Beefy Bads
DMTIME:
Cap cast B/D, C F
S1: 5 + 7 + 6 = 1818 - 11 = 7
A1:26 damage
Female CG Half-elf Cleric 15 | HP 168/168 | AC 24, T 15, F 19 | CMB +13, CMD 28 (29 grapple) | F +21, R +16, W +23 (+2 vs enchantments) | Init +10 | Perc +28, SM +7 | Speed 30 ft | 5/5 Channels | 9/9 BoL | 2/2 GF | Active conditions: none
Oh my lord, Cleaver!
EDIT: Yes!! I'll 'see' y'all tomorrow.
Also … am I right in thinking it’s a certain tiefling-genie’s birthday?
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
Oh man, I just realized - could I have full-round attacked the door to smash it up? Oh well. And way to go Varg!
Desmond takes another whack at the door, trying to show it who is boss.
Desmond's big swinging does the job and he makes his way into the bunkroom, squeezing himself through the remains of the once-sturdy door. (And I'm guessing that the attack on the door broke Desmond's invisibility)
"C'mon fellas, I prefer a straight fight to all the sneaking around I been doin'."
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
@Birthday: I think it was the spawn of a certain rock-themed GM whose birthday is today, though I might be wrong. So, more like Tiny Tines, if that's the case?
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Varg 82 - 55 = 27Can insert his own "You took him from full health to more than twice his dying threshold" text. Based on how you handle this on your end could affect things.
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Asuna cuts into the man and takes him down as well, though not severely (though he goes down nonetheless!
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Desmond hacks the door down, seeing the men preparing their gear! I placed them in bunks only for distance/perception penalty purposes for when people were yelling and ringing bells and didn't move them when you couldn't see them. I shifted you back to the door incase you changed your mind on the move after seeing their actual locations. They've all spent the 2 past rounds (Get out of Bed, grab chain shirt) and (Put on chain shirt, Grab weapon). So, you still have your move from where you were at in case you do or do not want to enter this fray. Though, yes, you are visible.
TL;DR, you know where enemies are and might not want to get into an easy-to-be flanked position, so I retracted your Move (though do what you want, mang.)
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Cleaver, Asuna,Omrax, Desmond, Sahrek (on Guard Loius), Baz, and Luisila are up! Sailors Sure & Ilivan Beefy Bads
Male Human Ranger 11 HP: 101/101 [0] | AC 26 | T 17 | FF 21 | Fort +12 | Ref +14 | Will +9 | CMD 31 | Init +6 (+4* or +2*) | Perc +17 (+4* or +2*) | Sense Mot +3
Retroacive move...
After smashing through the door, Desmond steps just inside the room from the outside and says his action hero line from the previous post.
Female CG Half-elf Cleric 15 | HP 168/168 | AC 24, T 15, F 19 | CMB +13, CMD 28 (29 grapple) | F +21, R +16, W +23 (+2 vs enchantments) | Init +10 | Perc +28, SM +7 | Speed 30 ft | 5/5 Channels | 9/9 BoL | 2/2 GF | Active conditions: none
“Anyone hurt?”
I have Baz at 21/31. Everyone else uninjured.
Luisila moves to M7 and *casts* Burst of Radiance centred diagonally between A2 and S4 “North”, so should get A2, S3 and S4 “North” but NOT S4 “South” and Desmond.
DC 15 Reflex Save ; Evil Creatures takedamage:5d4 ⇒ (1, 3, 2, 4, 4) = 14 whether they make the save or not.
Calistria’s Stun Grenade:
School evocation [good, light]; Level cleric 2, druid 2, sorcerer/ wizard 2
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M/DF (a piece of flint and a pinch of silver dust)
Range long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)
Area 10-ft.-radius burst
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Reflex partial; Spell Resistance yes
This spell fills the area with a brilliant flash of shimmering light. Creatures in the area are blinded for 1d4 rounds, or dazzled for 1d4 rounds if they succeed at a Reflex save. Evil creatures in the area of the burst take 1d4 points of damage per caster level (max 5d4), whether they succeed at the Reflex save or not.
Male Half Elf -Paladin 13 AC32/T11(18) /F31/CMD28| Hp 121/121 | Fort:+21;Ref:+16;Will+18(25) |Percept.+10 | Init.+3. { } ( +2 keen div bond 1/3 used, smite for 2/6 used. Hands 6d6 6/15 used) { eaglesoul 10hrs— } Spectral Wolf {AC24 100/100 hp}
I had to laugh when I was checking Omrax's sheet today for his next purchase. I totally forgot he uses a +1 quickdraw shield since I never knew if lay hands was legal with a heavy shield. So he spent an extra round (or half round strapping on a heavy shield he does not even have). Doh!
I generally try to wait for when we're only waiting on one, though I'm pretty sure this one will still work out despite miscommunication.
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End of Round Deathwatch:
S1: now Fragile | A1: Fighting Off Death
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Omrax moves up! His target of discussion responds! "That's... I can't! Not until I know the captain's dead! That's... that's how this works!"
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Luisila goes up to the set of double doors and I messed that up earlier, so I would normally note you can redact the action entirely, though I think you'll be happy with said results.
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Baz waits to hear of the sailor surrenders! Delay
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S5, having a line-of-sight to the captain's quarters, makes light of the situation, looking through the double-doors at what is now a red room! "Uh, guys? Deremin is dead. That or they slaughtered a cow in there..."
All sailors drops weapons! S2 notes that something about "standard protocol fulfillment" as he drops his sabre!
As a note, A2 (well within line of sight of everyone now) looks to be panicking and might give one last push outward, more specifically in the direction with only one enemy (and no bar on the door!)
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Cleaver, Asuna, Omrax, Desmond, Luisila/Sahrek Loius) Sailors Sure & Ilivan (and maybe Baz) Beefy Bads
Súrë Male Sylph [6] Sky Druid 6 | HP (dead) -12/45 | AC 20 T 13 FF 17 | CMD 19 | F+6 R+5 W+8 (+4 against air, electricity, weather) | resist electric 5 | Init +3 | Perc + 8 | SM +3 |
Ilivan:
33/33 | AC 29 T 17 FF 22 | CMD 23 | F+6 R+11 W+3 (+4 enchantments) | Init +6 | Perc +1 | SM +1 | Fly +12 | 80' fly
So all but one have dropped their weapons? If I'm understanding that correctly:
Súrë sends Ilivan back outside to fly above the building and make sure no one escapes. Súrë takes a step back to G6 to guard the door and then readies an attack against any enemy who tries to push past him.
Male Half Elf -Paladin 13 AC32/T11(18) /F31/CMD28| Hp 121/121 | Fort:+21;Ref:+16;Will+18(25) |Percept.+10 | Init.+3. { } ( +2 keen div bond 1/3 used, smite for 2/6 used. Hands 6d6 6/15 used) { eaglesoul 10hrs— } Spectral Wolf {AC24 100/100 hp}
On his turn, Omrax will yell to his team mates to "Cease and desist, they surrender." as he will take the weapon away from the sailor where he dropped it.
After his horrible failing (if Desmond doesn't take his AoO and put him down somehow), he drops his hand-held weapon, drops onto a knee and puts his hands behind his head in surrender. "Ah, #^&@, good show, guys."Full Round (Charge+Bull Rush), Free (drop item, drop to a sitting position).
Combat End!
The sailor nearest to Omrax notes to his inquiry, "You'd be doubtin' how easy it is to knock over a cargo barge, then. Tactical advantage is everything."
potion of cure moderate wounds, tanglefoot bag | Other Gear: mwk chain shirt, mwk shotel, mwk cestus, mwk composite longbow with 20 arrows, flint and steel, 50-ft. hemp rope with grappling hook, jug of beer, torches (3), 97 gp
Cap'n 'Dead' Deremin wrote:
MAGIC breastplate, heavy steel shield, mwk rapier, heavy crossbow with 10 bolts, MAGIC cape, MAGIC gauntlets, MAGIC "round metal container with a wooden coin that barely fits inside", key, 59 gp
Ilivan is sent out to scan the area and points out (if given the opportunities) 1d3 ⇒ 2 frogs, 1d6 ⇒ 3 fish, and another alligator (though this one runs away immediately.) No people, though.
Baz begins ordering the pirates into a central location and starts pacing a circle around them. Ok boys, let me make this clear. Tell us what we want to know and you'll all live to fight another day. Who was your boss working for? Where did his orders come from? After the boat was...pirated, what was the next step?
