The town of Greenest is in trouble, but the hero must get there, plenty of monsters want to raid it. 15 Feet in front of the hero, he runs into 32 kobolds and 12 cultists, 3 of the kobolds of which are flying Each group of kobolds are 4 wide by 2 long and cultists 2 by 2 to the right of the kobolds. Each group is 10 feet behind the other. One group of kobolds and cultists are behind a rock giving them improved cover. The flying kobolds are 15 feet off the ground.
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Gabriel takes a moment to assess the situation he approaches and the enemies seem hostile and taking up position to attack.
"Justice, Vengeance, do you see. Dragon cultist and kobolds the lackey's of dragons. What do you advise."
Justice "Towns are being raided, bring them swift justice allow their souls judgment or redemption."
Vengeance "Cleanse them with the fire of vengeance. They do evil for greater evils."
Gabriel continues forward while he discusses things with his blades.
He speaks to the enemies in Draconic so they will understand.
"Those that survive the cleansing fire may flee and live. Those that choose to attack will have their souls sent for judgement before their god."
He speaks the arcane words following with a snap of his fingers a wall of fire springs up surrounding the enemies as Gabriel continues moving forward on the road.
Any within 10' of the flame take Any within 20' take . Any that decide to pass through will take .
"The ones that fly probably wield magic. They are likely to attack."
He draws both blades while moving forward.
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Gabriel creates a large fire getting all of them and killing them.
Behind a rock far from the fire comes a farmer and his children. Wow, you took care of that problem, the town of Greenest is in trouble. Anyway, we were going to be killed or worse yet, be their slaves. Take the underground path there, will you?
"Gather their equipment when the fire dies down. Sell it and take care of your family. I have come to help yes. I have heard of the cult activities. Why the underground path?" He stretches his wings. "I can fly, I just choose to walk now and then."
The farmer is a white southern looking male in his 40s and his children are 5 to 15 in age.
Cause it is best to sneak up on them, plus we have a rat problem down there too, as well a few may have discovered that area, take care of that now before they camp there. If not, at least the rats should be good enough. The fire downs down, leaving the parts of the grass scorched a little. The enemies were too stupid that they went through the fire to get to you or in the case of fliers they were too close to begin with. You feel some kind of energy in those enemies though, as if they are a collective, like the ones that didn't even see the battle got smarter and know what happened. They all had the symbol of Tiamat on them.
Tiamat, foolish dragon cult. If these rumors are true, well. It is a good thing I'm here I guess.
He looks back to the farmer and family.
"Don't worry much now. I will do as you suggest if you think it will make the land safer. They won't camp here. They will flea or die by the fiery vengeance of Ragathiel if they stay. I am Gabriel the Just, Sword of Ragathiel. If there is nothing else I can do for you I will go and make the town safe. Can you show me the entrance to the underground passage please. Thank you."
The hero takes a 5 foot wide path then he encounters 2 rat swarms and 20 feet behind the swarms are 20 kobolds with slings. Hero is in melee with a rat swarm. It is completely dark in here and cold, something like 52 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Gabriel draws Vengeance as he advnaces down the passage.
it is nice and cool in here a welcome break from traveling in the sun.
Upon seeing the advancing swarms he commands Vengeance to unleash his hold fire.
"Cleanse these tunnels Vengeance."
Vengeance"As you wish Sword of Ragathiel"
Delayed Blast Fireball no delay on the swarms: +50% vs swarm for 46 DC 22 ref;ex for half. sp 46 or 23
Gabriel continues walking forward addressing the Kobolds in Draconic.
"I am not here for you vile little creatures but stand against me and burn in holy fire all the same. Flee tell your masters I am coming for them."
He fireballs two swarms and the tip of the fireball reaches one kobold.
but they die anyway
The alive kobold drops his slings takes out his knife and skins the Tiamat tattoo off his body, and you can see he is no longer part of a collective as that energy goes away. I surrender, but without my master I have no job, who would higher me? I don't even have wilderness survival skills.
"Here." Gabriel tosses the kobold a platinum piece.
"That is a platinum, worth ten gold. It should feed you for a year easy. Find a church seek redemption. Tell them you were spared and seek redemption at my name. Gabriel the Just Sword of Ragathiel. Now leave this place."
Gabriel advances on. He holds up the blade Vengeance.
"Thank you my friend. Many will get to taste your holly fire before we put an end to this cults corruption." He then sheathes the sword continuing through the tunnel.
Thank you Then he exits the area
You come out the other end, the end he exited out at. You see two cultists and six kobolds, they all yell traitor at him as they see his tatoo scraped off until they see you come out. Ah, a new target. shoot, we didn't get a good look at him, collective ain't going to be happy. If we don't track him down after killing one delusional hero who thinks he can kill dozens of us, they'll have our heads
You arrive next to a port, well somewhat next to it. These guys are on land. The two cultists 15 feet to your right, the 6 kobolds, 10 feet in front of you in groups of two's with each group another 15 feet behind the others, they ain't about to be too close for your area blasts. The port 25 feet to your right. You see some ships being held hostage as they are taking ship passageners hostage the boats are docked.
Off to your right 25 feet and up a hill are 10 kobolds and an ambush drake all clumped together, drake is like an alligator, kobolds have slings pointed at you. Hill is 15 degrees uphill, giving you a climb check of dc 12 or acrobatics check dc 12 to not slip going up it. 20 feet further up the kill are 2 cultists.
On the port, one ship has 4 kobolds, an acolyte and an ambush drake, groups of 2's and each group 10 feet from the next. The hostages are far away enough from area blasts.
A second ship 15 feet further, so 40 feet from you has 3 cultists a guard and 4 kobolds, all clumped together, but they are right next to 6 hostages surrounding them, giving them 3/4 cover and making impossible to use even as little as much as a burning hands to not get any hostages. If you had something that did a line, like lightning bolt, you can get at most 3 enemies without getting a single hostage, but as they die down they regroup, so only 2 after you kill 3 of them.
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"He made the correct choice. I suggest those not threatening people do the same, for those that are."
Gabriel begins to move as both swords are drawn his wings flap propelling him with supernatural speed toward the 6 hostages.
"Justice, Vengeance bring down heavenly flame on those on that boat."
With telepathic link the spirits in the swords were already aware and brought down righteous flame on the ones standing far from the hostages.
DC 20 reflex for half 10'radius so 20'circle. on half
DC 20 reflex for half 10'radius so 20'circle. on other half
Two columns of flame crash down from the heavens onto the first boat as Gabriel streaked through the air toward the far boat charging and destroying the threats.
Gabriel: Full Attack Pounce, 110' fly speed so can pounce up to 220' One attack each extra attacks won't be used unless an attack doesn't drop one of them.
Gabriel stands above the hostages.
"Your safe now."
He looks back to the the ones on the hill and where he left the tunnel.
"Still interested in fighting or you want to join your friend that ran."
The first flame strike radius is just enough to get all those on the first boat. The 2nd flame strike gets 4 of the six kobolds north of you. Gabriel rams over the other two north kobolds as he flies by and then lands on the ship with hostages simply killing all them holding the hostages. Leaving bodies massacred everywhere.
You still have the ones on the hill and 2 cultists that were near the first ship but not on it.
We fight and die for Tiamat. Hail Tiamat. Hail Tiamat. Hail Tiamat. One of them speaks, a cultist We have a religion, it is called Tiamatism, and it rejects all other inferior deities. It represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek, which is what that coward did.
The kolbolds fire slings, as you have 10 of them
All 4 cultists will casts hold person on you You might be powerful, but a person who can't move can't fight, this spell could take down even a god
"So the rumors are true. Tiamat wishes to be free does she. You speak of vengeance as if you understand it. I will show you divine wrath."
Gabriel turns and takes flight again charging the cultist.
Gabriel gets down all or most enemies as long as he has movement to reach them, however being as there are two groups, he goes after the larger one first, taking down all those on the hill. The two on the ground commit suicide rather than suffer your wrath.
The people on the ships come thank you. Welcome to the town of Greenest and as you can tell, it is in trouble, kobolds, cultists, they want to resurrect Tiamat. The town is just about saved, North side of the town has a dragon and is attacking our guards, drive it away or kill it.
"Very well, go help make safe the people of the town. I will take care of the dragon."
Gabriel once again stretches his wings and takes to the skies. He darts through the air heading to the North side of the town on the lookout for this dragon.
Gabriel make his way to the adult blue dragon
Gabriel is able to observe so much, he can even hear people praying to their deities in their own homes, he can hear dinner coversations, he can't hear whispers though, or through homes with very thick walls or basement conversations. Some are scared, some have faith in the new hero, and others are talking about what they plan to do when this is over.
If you attack anyone but me, I will breath fire on those guards, I figure this way it makes you force all your energy on me, while my kobolds get free shots at you. There are guards shooting at the Dragon, but none can pierce his thick skin, others are trying to untie people tied up, all are trying to save innocent victims. Guards are on a castle ledge 50 feet from the Dragon, as well as the tied up hostages guards are trying to untie. My kobolds did well tying up people now if I can get rid of you, I can take sacrificial victims with me.
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"You are a fool if you have been watching and you still stay. I am the sword of Ragathiel, you will feel his vengeance."
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Justice with a few strikes kills the blue dragon as it goes down and then kobolds, he then frees the hostages. Just then a single cultist comes, I don't wish to hurt you, I just have a message to deliver. He hands you a letter.
"Give the cultist 1,500 gold who will deliver the money to us and we will release the hostages at the Max Tower. If we see you at all, we will kill all ten hostages. The nearest bushes are 150 feet away, so there is no place to hide, don't even think about playing hero, cause we have have guards all over the place, I doubt you'll be able to stealth in and if you see you kill one of use, we kill hostages, I doubt you will be able to kill us without our knowledge or before we react."
How do you respond?
"Here take it. If I don't see all ten hostages there will be no place you can hide from me."
Gabriel gives the cultist the platinum. Once he walks away he will ask the guards for a description of the tower and where ten people would most likely be held, a description of that room.
"I don't hold them trustworthy and they will probably execute the people anyways or they may not even have hostages. Either way I will go and eliminate the threat head on."
Once he has the description he will cast greater invisibility then greater teleport to the room most likely with the hostages.
Gabriel gives the cultist the platinum and then teleports himself to the prison room. He sees what is going on. Two mercenaries are in the room, as well as Frulam Mondath, he seems to be a Cleric and he does have Tiamats symbol on him. The mercenaries are not wearing a symbol of Tiamat and as you look outside the window, neither are any of the guards circling the building. The cultist you saw did have the symbol This room holds the ten prisoners. You are on the 2nd floor. When Jacob returns with our gold in about two hours, we will release the hostages. I will keep 80% of the gold, you all split the other 20% as you see fit.
Gabriel charms the guards and the boss as they can't pass
The hostages are just in jails, not chained up
What up as they speak to you
As you ask the guards whey they are helping they simply answer they were paid, ie mercenaries, and he offered us high up positions working for him, and longetivity, that he would cast a spell on us to help us not age.
"Come friend. Let's release these hostages then. Your gold is on the way. Where do you plan on going once Jacob arrives with it?"
We really don't know, but this guy had us hostage the day we made a contract. He will hurt our families or send people after us if we disobey him. And if we don't have families, we go into slavery.
The main guy looks at you all And I thought separating you all from each other would keep you all from knowing the truth. I will kill you, then Me and Jacob are all going to make these guys understand, work for us for the pay we give you, or bad things happen. You all signed over all your rights to me six months ago.
I plan on going the magical blacksmith to buy magical weapons. And share the rest with the cult of Tiamat, the true heroes of Faerun.
"I get it. You took these people hostage. These two are just contracted to you. They do what they are told or you kill them or they become slaves. So Jacob is on his way with the gold. Why stay? You want to help the cult. How so? Is there a high priest you answer to around here? I would like to meet him if there is. Come on let these people go and we can continue to talk on what we can do for the cult."
Gabriel knows the guy is still on edge. He could end things easily but would know little more than he does now. So he continues trying to get what information he can from the guy.
There is no high priest I answer to, I live to serve Tiamat. If you join me, I'll split the profit we get 50/50, we can get profits from doing evil. You want to serve the cult, join and he reaches out his hand to shake on it.
Tiamat has promised us all power, even though we've never seen her, she says she is trapped for now. don't you wan power?
"My friend Tiamat will stay trapped, I will make sure of that. I will leave you to be judged by those you have threatened."
With nothing more to gain Gabriel decides it's time to put this guy down and get the hostages out.
Gabriel does so and frees the prisoners and the same to Jacob. The mercenaries speak Thanks, you got us out of one situation, no longer bound by contracts, but now we will have to find other jobs, the pay we were making, we have money saved up to support us for a year or so but, now what do we do. Other mercenaries guarding the area have 6 months, some two years, but nobody below six months, that is how much they have save.
Gabriel gathers up the mercenaries.
"I understand you were being given money to be here. I have driven the cult away. As all mercenaries do it is time for you to move on. I will divide this gold up to each of you. If I catch word that any of you take any actions against the people of this town I will return and deal with you. Now come collect your gold and be gone."
[ooc]Gabriel divides up the 1500gp he got back from Jacob.
Thank you and they head off. Any questions for us before you head on?
You were also told by the townsfolk the windfarm has been having problems, these mercenaries know nothing of this.
You get to the windmill farm, it has 2 in front of the windmill, 2 in front of the farm and plenty of people inside the farm. These people appear to be guards from the town of greenest. You've heard reports of food shortages, missing animals, cultist activity, and reports of the bread being poisoned. However, the animals, there are plenty of, you don't see any cultists. And you see a guard eating bread in front of you, and he isn't even midly sick from it.
"Be well, and choose who you work for with a little more care next time. I would hate for us to meet again as enemies."
After getting the information from the townsfolk Gabriel heads to the windmill.
Strange, corruption possibly.
Gabriel approaches the bread eating guard.
"You, who is in charger here. There seems to be nothing of what the townsfolk reported on cultist activity, missing animals or poisoned bread. Why are you keeping food from the people?"
Missing food? They take you to the food supply room. It seems to have plenty of food. There you see someone loading it up on a wagon. All in crates. See plenty of food, about 100 lbs worth
They go further. Poisoned bread, I ate some.
Missing animals. They take to the animals, back of the barn 20 cows, 6 horses, 11 sheep, and 4 hens. They don't seem to be moving much, but they are making sounds.
All of the food you saw looked like natural food, came directly from the garden or the milk from cows, eggs from the chickens, no man made food was being shipped, like bread or cakes, etc.
And they respond with Nobody is in charge her.
Paizo continues to crash, game canceled. I just want to get through my SFS and PFS games now.
I understand. I tried to get back on Sunday and it was down, was in training the last two days and it was down. If you want to pick it back up just shoot me a PM assuming the site is stable :) Thanks.