It appears quiet and well appointed, though several of you notice signs of overturned vases, bunched over rugs, and small bits of blood spilled in the hallway. There's definitely been a struggle here. Everyone but Andrietta is fairly sure there's someone hiding near the top of the stairs. Then you hear the screams of children, followed by a voice that sounds roughly like Andrietta's. Or what Andrietta would sound like if Andrietta were a man, speaking in a quavering and cranky falsetto. "Erastil would want what's good for the COMMUNITY, but frankly, my unfortunate and foolish fledglings, I only want what's good for ME!”
Chak caws upon spotting the person hiding on the left side of the stairs. Chak keeps his bow in hand for now, but decides not to fire due to the cover afforded by the bannister. He will have an arrow ready to indicate he is armed.
"You there, surrender, give up and quit!"
Studied target on the person hiding to end Chak's turn.
Hikaru rushes up the stairs as well, rapier out and ready for use.. He bites his lip when Chak speaks, to keep from smiling at the General's choice of words. "Aye, give up your foul deeds, miscreant, or we'll be quite cross with you. You wouldn't like us when we're angry."
This large, spacious foyer has high ceilings and is richly appointed. North of the door sits a large planter where an indoor tree is bathed in light from the skylight above. A massive staircase gradually ascends to a second floor above. Two sets of double doors on the east and west wall lead farther into the house. Another set of double doors stands behind the stairway. Leather padded chairs are interspaced throughout the room. Ignoring all this, most of you run straight up the stairs, demanding the surrender of the person you detected crouched behind the bannister.
Meanwhile, Martim’s voice calls out, “Andrietta, don’t kill our dad! You said you wanted to protect him!”
“Never trust a tengu, child. Don’t you know we’re deceitful and selfish?” The quavering falsetto Andrietta voice calls out. “Slaughter the parents, then get to secure places afterwards!” Then stepping through the door, a person who looks exactly like Andrietta, only covered in blood, comes out and addresses you. “Don’t worry, my dears. I’ve spared the children. After all, there’s nothing more compelling than a living witness!”
Then the vision of the false Andrietta shimmers and changes into a tall, dark man with two swords on his back. You all recognize him immediately as the bad sport from the Tame the Lion Game from the Carnival. He driops the fake quavering falsetto in favor of his own low-pitched rough masculine voice that bellows as he attacks. “Children! Take heart! Borvius Monchello is here to save you from this murder of crows!”
Borvius throws flash powder on to the stairs next to Sarano.
Ouch! Both Chak and Hikaru are blinded for one round! Sarano covers her face and is not!
At this point BOTH rogues who've been hiding behind the bannisters throw tanglefoot bags -- the man you perceived on the left, and the woman you didn't, on the right. Being blind, there is no attack of opportunity for either Chak or Hikaru, but any readied attacks can go off with a 50% miss chance.
No readied attack for Chak, because he moved and studied... Is this correct?
Tanglefoot Bag at Chak:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 Tanglefoot Bag at Hikaru:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 Hikaru Reflex:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Chak gets missed but Hikaru gets entangled (but not glued to the floor)!
ORDER: Stali (sapped!), Hikaru (blind, entangled and readied), Sarano (readied Magic Missile), Chak (blind and studied), Borvius Monchello (BG3), Rogues (BG2), Andrietta, Gallako, Vralk, BG1
Hikaru, Sarano, Andrietta, Gallako and Vralk may all act!
Andrietta's laughter stops when the madman comes out looking like her.
Edit of actions because of Bots
Andrietta pulls out her bow and lets an arrow fly at Borvius. "In the name of Old Deadeye and Grandmother Crow, face justice."
Swift Action: Smite Declared on Borvius. Based on his actions, he'd fall into the A-hole Evil category. Even if he isn't, it just feels good using it here.
Move Action: Draw Bow
Standard Action: Shoot
Longbow(Possible Smite in play, if so, add 2 to hit and 2 to damage if the shot hits:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Andrietta declares a smite on Borvius. But she's shaking so much in her righteous fury that she misses her first shot on the evil deceiver, even with the smite in play.
I'm going to delay Vralk in order to move the game along. Vralk, you may act anytime when you come back. The windows are currently closed but you can break through with a strength check in you want.
Meanwhile, more thugs burst through the doors on either side of the foyer. Those of you who were at the Big Trout Bar recognize these guys as some of the aggressive warehouse workers from Ilsurian Shipping and Handling.
Red opens the door and runs to position himself next to Andrietta. Yellow opens the door and runs to position himself where he can threaten Gallako. Blue attacks Andrietta through the door opened up by Yellow...
Blue's Short Sword vs Andrietta:1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 1 + 2 = 18
...and misses!
ORDER: Stali, Hikaru (blind until Borvius's turn, entangled but mobile), Sarano, Chak (blind until Borvius's turn), Borvius Monchello (dazed until Gallako's turn), Rogues (BG2), Andrietta, Gallako, Vralk (delayed), Rainbow Thugs (BG1)
Stali, Hikaru, Sarano, and Chak are all up! Hikaru and Chak, do you delay until Borvius's turn or fight blind?
With his feet partially entrapped in sticky goo, Hikaru barely makes it to Red. He attacks, but even though he is entangled, he still manages to hit Red. Red is still standing after the dual assault by Hikaru and Sarano, but looks really badly hurt.
When Chak reaches the top of the stair he drops his bow and tears into the closest Rogue.
5 ft. step, drop bow, full attack with power attack. Start with the studied rogue, then switch to Borvius if the rogue drops (-1 to hit and damage vs Borvius).
The rogue with the hat has cover against Chak from the bannister, so the first claw misses. The other claw and the bite hit and obliterate the rogue with the hat.
Nicely done, Chak!
Meanwhile, denied the possibility of flanking with her friend, the woman rogue chooses to throw her dagger from around the cover of the bannister...
Screaming his revenge for the murder of Sister Esrelda, Gallako claws Yellow, raking large gashes in the startled thug. "OW! You were supposed to be some sort of wimpy caster!" Yellow is still standing, but appears hurt.
Vralk, glass has a hardness of 1 and 1 hit point. Can you break the window and make a glorious entrance? There's also a sky light on the roof that you flew over if you want to make a really dramatic entrance.
"Borvius Manchello! COWARDLY KORVOSAN *FAILURE*! TIME to PAY!"
Andrietta will pull katana and board defensively and guardedly advance, risking the possibility that either of the two thugs at her side will attempt to whack at her.
Single Move, Fighting defensively, Readied Attack if Borvius approaches within reach, Current AC 22(24 vs. Borvius) If thugs have AoO, she'll be triggering them. Don't see many other options now that Smite is fired up.
The two thugs next to Andrietta take their attacks of opportunity.
Red Short Sword:1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 1 + 2 = 18 Blue Short Sword:1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 2 = 7
Both miss.
"What's the point of this?" A battered Red drops his sword. "I'm not paid enough for this!"
Yellow, torn apart by Gallako's claws, also drops his sword. "Me neither!"
Both thugs full withdraw, one running to the Parlor, the other to the Billiards Room. Meanwhile, Blue yells, "Cowards! How are we gonna prove ourselves to the boss if you run?" He charges Hikaru.
Blue Short Sword Charge:1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 1 + 2 = 21 Damage vs Hikaru:1d6 ⇒ 1
M Tengu LG Rogue 9 | HP 66/66 +14 temp | AC 25 tch 18 fl 19 Mobility | CMB +5 CMD 22 (23 vs grapple) | F +8 R +15 W +11 | Init +5 | Perc +22 Low Light, Trap Spotter | Speed 60 | GM reroll used | clover 1/3 | Active Conditions: Haste
Stali watches with a wry amusement as blue makes what he considers a foolish mistake. Time to demonstrate why being flanked is a bad choice. At least he will survive my attack.
Stepping up, he swings with his sap on blue.
Sap, flanking:1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 2 = 10 could have been much better Sap, sneak attack damage:1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + (3) = 5
Borvius, seeing the fury in both Andrietta and Chak's eyes, does in this situation what any 'brave' bandit leader would do.
"Hells!" He full withdraws from Chak, and flees straight into the children's room. "Sorry kids, I tried to save you, but now I'm outta here. Good luck with the Birds."
Blue looks up. "Boss?!" Then sags with disappointment. "I surrender!"
I removed the bot since you're here to speak for yourself. Yay!
The woman rogue at the top of the stairs does not have a lot of good options. With her boss grappled, her partner down, and warehouse thugs running left and right, she wants out. But the only rope is in the children's room, where the scary Chak already is, and the even scarier Andrietta is heading.
She decides to take her chances on the stairs, hoping that Andrietta will be too focused on her boss to want to bother with her. So she tumbles past...
Acrobatics to avoid AoO:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
...and hits the bannister on the way down, clumsily triggering Andrietta's Attack of Opportunity. Oops.
Andrietta doesn't even have time to think as the rogue comes past her, and her blade swings out at the hapless assailant. Her mind was already on her upcoming steps of Justice.
It is unlikely she'll connect, but that's quite alright. Her objective is the door ahead of her, to determine JUST how much JUSTICE needs be dealt to Barficus Maximus over there.
STR check to kick door open:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Of course, she's a frail old grandmother. What's she doing here, again?
HP 4/4| Init +2; Per +5| AC16, T 16, FF 14 | Fort +0, Ref +4, Will +4
Vralk flies up to the second floor, the alchemists bomb clutched in his claws, above the window and out of sight of it :-)
"Hey, Ugly. Come out the window and play. Please come out. I told I can bomb you. Come out, come out"
Note that despite the bravado Vralk has positioned himself so that he can NOT be struck nor can he easily be targeted unless Boris actually leans out the window with some ranged weapon or other
Andrietta kicks open the master bedroom door. An oversized bed sprayed in blood rests in the middle of the room.
This room is a scene of macabre theatre. Both the Braeton parents are clearly dead, and likely posed. Canalee's body sits on the floor with her arm and face draped on the bed. Arhaneem reclines in a chair, with his eyes closed as if resting. Rapiers, wet with sticky blood, hang from their limp grasps—as if they had been fighting and finally succumbed to their wounds.
Meanwhile Gallako and Vralk position themselves to prevent Borvius's flight... With no one stopping Red and Yellow, they smash the glass and flee off the map.
