Round the second.
Quivering with rage and salivating around the jagged edges of his dentition, Vojtek snaps his jaws menacingly then steps toward the wolf. He slashes wildly with his blade, and dodges the creature's wounded flailings to deliver a wicked bite to the beast on the side of its face.
Power Attack with Greatsword: for damage.
Wartooth to the face!
for
The white wolf steps up to Vojtek and appears to wait a moment...
Yellow moves in and triggers the wolf's readied action!
plus and
Yellow, Green, and Red all attack the barbarian with their tactical advantage!
And orange steps over to take on Ali!
O 5
Round 2
Vojtek — raging slash
wolf — chomp
guards — attack
Ali — up
Kappi — up
Edward — up
Davosh — up
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ROUND 2
Ali shifts over, and swings at Orange again.
Davosh opens his eye wide and gives the winter wolf the Evil Eye (targeting his attack rolls.) DC 18 to reduce duration to 1 round.
Round 2
Kappi moves ten feet closer to Ali and hurls a javelin at orange.
Pointblank/precision/deadly aim
Javelin
Neither Ali nor Kappi can hit Orange!
Davosh opens his eye wide and gives the winter wolf the Evil Eye (targeting his attack rolls.) DC 18 to reduce duration to 1 round.
The winter wolf cocks its head to the other side, but only shudders slightly!
Current initiative
Edward — up
Vojtek — up
wolf
guards
Ali
Kappi
Davosh
Vojtek steps through the heaving press of close combat and attacks the wolf with renewed rage and a hint of reckless abandon.
-ooc- 5' sw, ending directly south of El Lobo Grande.
Power Attack with Greatsword: for damage.
Tooth-O-waR: for damage.
Edward lifelinks the barbarian, while moving and drawing a wand!
Vojtek steps forward and attacks recklessly...a little too recklessly, as his blade meets nothing but air! In his fury, he bites at the wolf and comes away with a mouthful of white fur for his trouble!
The wolf, angry in its own right, returns the favor on the northman!
plus and
Red moves and readies, then Green comes around and trggers Red's readied action!
Yellow steps over to Ali and presses a similar tactical advantage!
O 5
Current initiative
Ali — up
Kappi — up
Davosh — up
Edward — up
Vojtek — up
wolf
guards
Edward uese his wand and draws his sword as he moves!
Davosh cackles and tries to evilly eye Red!
The hex sticks!
O 5
R evil eye (AC)
Current initiative
Ali — up
Kappi — up
Davosh — hex & cackle
Edward — wand, move/draw
Vojtek — up
wolf
guards
Ali's blade springs into magical fire as she tries to take Yellow down before he can try to injure Davosh
Use 1 arcane pool point for Elemental Blade
If this takes him down she'll 5' step left, setting Kappi up for the flank
Round 3
The time for throwing weapons has come and gone. The rogue draws his short sword as he 5' steps to the left and flanks with Ali against the orange guard.
Kappi's blade work is still pretty basic, keeping things simple he starts his attack high then deceptively quick he drops the point into a low line thrust...
Flanking attack
sh sword
If sneak attack is good Kappi puts the bewildered effect on his victim
For 1 round has a -4 AC vs Kappi, for all other party members it is a -2 AC
Ali slices into Yellow, but he remains on his feet!
Kappi stabs into Orange in turn, and this, combined with his previous wound, is enough to drop him!
Y 13
R evil eye (AC)
Current initiative
Ali — elemental slice
Kappi — finishing stab
Davosh — hex & cackle
Edward — wand, move/draw
Vojtek — up
wolf
guards
Round the Third
Vojtek stands fast, despite the hemorrhaging wounds. He swings his blade at the wolf and without even spitting out the white fur already in his mouth, tries to bit the wolf again! As he attacks, he pushes between the wolf and the (yellow) guard, trying to reposition himself to reduce the amount of pointy things hitting him.
Power Attack with Greatsword: for damage.
Tooth-O-waR: for damage.
Vojtek's blade finally drops the wolf!
You make short work of the remaining guards, ensuring that they will not report back on finding Nadya.
After Davosh gives Liska a good game, the speaker-of-ancients checks the guards for supplies and anything of note (like a description of us, orders, etc.)
"We got you a new coat Vojtek my boy!"
Thanks for keeping the rest of your blood on the inside, Vojtek! I was a little worried there...
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Davosh eyes the scene with a Detect Magic. He then goes over to the nearest tree and asks it to make sure it repeats nothing of what it saw here... Just in case.
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Edward says a quick prayer over the dead. Saddened, but respecting those that gave their life for what they believed in.
I could think of better things to surround myself with other than a skin of evil. An impressive beast, but there would need to be lots of shall we say curing before it would be suitable to wear.
Feeling the life link pour from him into Vojtek. Edward pauses and heals himself while Vojtek heals.
that heals 42 out of 43 points of damage. The one remaining will heal with a night of rest. This leaves me with 1 oracle spell left, and my LoH's for the day.
I have asked Apsu for just about all the healing I can today. I suggest we scavenge what we can here, and keep moving. There might be another patrol, and I'm not sure how much help I can be in another fight today.
Vojtek and Davosh think that the hide could be secured with an successful Survival check.
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Vojtek eyes the two with incredulity. These lowlanders are a strange and perplexing blend of city-bred softness, battle-tested toughness, and unfathomable ideas. With cocked head and disbelieving expression Vojtek tries to determine if they are serious.
Who would skin a random highwayman for a man-skin coat? ...and they insist on calling him a barbarian.
Vojtek sets about harresting loot, then sheepishly notices the large wolf and figures out all the talk of skinning. He dresses the carcass, takes what meat he can, and removes the reddened pelt with a sharp blade.
As Vojtek works on the wolf pelt, he notices that the winter wolf had one blue eye and one violet eye.
Vojtek laughingly notes the similarity between the wolf and Davosh, and asks aloud if the two are related. Nadya notices that the barbarian is distracted and jumps in to help (+2 to Vojtek's Survival roll).
Davosh expertly explains all manner of things tangentially related . Then like a boss he slides the wolf pelt off like a glove off of a hand.
Ali walks over to the wolf, dips 2 fingers in its blood, and licks them with a grimace at the hot, bitter taste. The blood of my enemies makes me strong
Then she looks about for valuables the fallen guardsmen may have had, while the others do the bloody work.
The young rogue lets out a held breath as the fight comes to a close. He was a little more worried about Vojtek not makin it. Kappi lets the others deal with skinning the wolf while he collects his thrown javelins and helps with looting bodies.
Looting bodies is never in any of the heroic stories but it came up in his uncle's stories often enough. ALWAYS loot the bodies if you have time, never know what you will find.
Davosh aids Kappi once Vojetk takes over the fashion work. HE aids the lad with a Detect Magic spell.
With Nadya and Davosh's help, Vojtek resumes focus on the job at hand and successfully skin the winter wolf and preserve the hide. It is a magnificent pelt that Vojtek now wears.
The guards each have a pair of cure light wounds potions, along with mundane equipment.
"Onward! We need to get in before these men are missing!" Davosh runs a few steps before losing his breath and returning to walking.
Ahhh.... hold one. Vojtek proudly wears the polar bear skin cloak he earned during his back story. He suggests selling this one or one of the lowlanders in the party using it for warmth.
something tells me that trying to sell this in the town the wolf came from might be problematic...lets scout it out before trying!
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If nobody else wants it, Kappi will use it for a blankie during cold nights (which is pretty much every night here). But for now he rolls it up so its not identifiable for going into town.
Blankie!!! LOL!!
Linus Kappi is only too happy to take the hand-me-down from his adopted big brother. For Vojtek's part, he proudly wears the winter wolf pelt and chuckles good-naturedly at Kappi's expressed concern about its identifiable nature.
A bit further down the road, with the shantytowns outside of Whitethrone coming into view, a small stream cuts across the path, winding its way toward the clear shores of Glacier Lake. A stone bridge crosses this rill, apparently constructed with horse and wagon or caravan traffic in mind. Snow has been cleared from its span; the bridge is clearly well-maintained. Four foot high stone railings run along both sides of the bridge, topped at either end by iron spikes, upon which clean and meticulously polished humanoid skulls have been carefully impaled and turned as if to observe traffic.
A white painted signpost greets travelers; written in Skald, Hallit, and Common, it advises foreign merchants that Whitethrone requires licenses to do business in the city and that all cargo is subject to inspection at the city gates.
"Do we have anything in our possession that we don't want known? Hopefully we can talk our way into the city ..."
those portal keys maybe
Nadya opens her mouth to answer Edward when suddenly a trio of large bipeds with pale green scales for skin and meaty webbed hands and feet clamber out from beneath the bridge.
The largest steps to the middle of the bridge and, in broken and accented Common, holds her hand out and shouts Papers, please!
Before approaching, Davosh will cast both Mage Armor and Guidance.
Davosh shares the details of the spoilers, then adds that he once heard of a type of stew called Merrow marrow. (It's not very good.)
Knowing that Edward won't lie, and that this isn't going to go well, he keeps Liska close.
Nadya has some form of merchant/trading papers right? She should hand them over. Maybe we can get by.
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Edward detects evil among the three. If he feels some, he will cast a meaningful look at Ali and Kappi. He will also take a moment to establish Life link with Vojtek.
Edward takes a little step forward raising his hands in a peaceful manner. In a whisper to Davosh. I hope this gambit works
Mr Merrow. I would be glad to present papers to you, but in accordance with the Posted rules that you are enforcing, I must decline to show them to you.
As you can obviously see we are not merchants, nor are we foreign (he points to Nadya). So in accordance with your sign we can pass without challenge.
The three merrows look uneasily at one another; they don't seem to understand everything Edward says, but obviously get some of it.