Kayla speaks up, Maedoc douse your fire and someone quickly tie up the remaining assassin. We need to keep that one alive for questioning. Please be quick before my spell fades.
Virgil goes in for a tasty bite of ninja!
1d20+5 1d6+3
Restrained though he is, the ninja manages to avoid the dog's jaws a second time.
______Osslend strides across the room, "Now hold still!"
1d20+10 1d10+5
Osslend lines up a careful swing and crushes the grappled ninja's head, sending grey matter spewing all over Shinami, Brynn, Osslend, and Virgil.
Osslend stands still, panting slightly, Obviously satisfied by avenging Raleigh.
Virgil goes in for a tasty bite of ninja!
1d20+5 1d6+3
Restrained though he is, the ninja manages to avoid the dog's jaws a second time.
______Osslend strides across the room, "Now hold still!"
1d20+10 1d10+5
Osslend lines up a careful swing and crushes the grappled ninja's head, sending grey matter spewing all over Shinami, Brynn, Osslend, and Virgil.
Osslend stands still, panting slightly, Obviously satisfied by avenging Raleigh.
At the sight of the assassin escaping, Brynn's temper heightens to give him a surge of strength. Dropping the shield and warhammer in favor of his massive greatsword, Brynn goes to stand below the open ceiling tile and take a swath out of the floor of the secret passage.
Free action: drop shield and hammer.
Move action: move to G3 while drawing greatsword.
Standard action: Power Attack/Sunder the ceiling tile in F3 (I'll roll 1d20 and we can move forward from there)
CMB, I'm rolling at +12 to hit
Attack, I'm rolling at a +13 to hit
Damage either way will be:
Is that all kosher?
Shinami reacts with speed honed by years of training and leaps on to the closest ninja, arms reaching out to secure a firm grip to hold him for the raging barbarian to smash.
"Brynn, I've got one, maul this one!"
Shocked at the appearance of two more ninjas, but agreeing with Kayla's assessment, Maedoc moves the sphere of fire by force of will as he considers his options. Perhaps I can lock them down... "Osslend, can you restrain that ninja?" he cries as he shifts his attention to the ground beneath the newcomers. Perhaps some trickery is in order. With that, he takes a bit of fleece from his pouch and tears it apart, tossing it in the air. Suddenly, Kayla (or an illusion therof) appears once more, standing near one of the trees in the room. Glancing about as if terrified, the illusion looks toward the nearest ninja and screams.
Garrick, meanwhile, returns to Maedoc's falconry glove, pleased to have been of help.
Maedoc's AC is 17
Flaming Sphere lasts for 4 more rounds.
Kayla is invisible for 3 more rounds.
Illusion is there for concentration (max 5) +3 more rounds.
Maedoc:
Move Action: Move the Flaming Sphere from G8 diagonally to E6, then up to E4.
Standard Action: Cast Major Image, creating an illusion of Kayla as described in C3. If interacted with, the ninjas must make a DC18 will save to disbelieve. It is set to react appropriately to attacks and such.
Garrick: Flies back to Maedoc's hand.
Osslend growls a bit at Maedoc's request for restraint instead of death, but complies with the wizard's wishes. He stomps toward the man as he waves Virgil the other direction and mumbles a command.
Virgil barks his compliance and dashes toward Shinami to help with the remaining assassins.
Osslend moves to G7 and attempts to grapple the assassin.
CMB:
Virgil moves to G4 and chomps at the ninja.
Attack:
Damage:
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Bryce draws a dagger from his boot and charges across the table.
Bryce's quarry eludes him!
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The ninja leaps and rolls away, though not fast enough to avoid Bryce taking a swipe at him.
The ninja twists in mid-air and avoids the strike. As he lands, he swallows a small pill and instantly collapses.
Swears when the ninja swallows the pill, rushes over to the ninja she still has paralyzed and gags him and binds his hands and feet. If he is hooded she will remove the hood while she is gagging him. Whatever you do, don't let them swallow anything or we will never get any answers. (When one of the others is free she will ask for him to come and check to make sure she has the ninja secured well enough.)
Once the ninjas are all secured, Is everyone ok? Heal checking everyone including the ninjas and dogs. (Do you want me to do a bunch of rolls or can I just take 10?)
Kayla appears to have healed herself already as you can tell by looking through the large slash in her robe that exposes a faint scar going from her belly button dipping down across to her right hipbone.
After sheathing his sword and picking up his warhammer and shield, Brynn looks to the ceiling which he shattered. "I'm assuming the prince will be sending us a bill for this as well?"
Gesturing to her midsection, If he does can I bill him for my robe? It's nearly in two pieces now, I can't wear it anywhere like this.
As someone binds the ninja Osslend is grappling and relieves of him his grapple-duties, Osslend nearly takes a cheap shot at the ninja's head, only stopping himself when he sees others looking. Sheepishly, he walks to Raleigh to inspect the hound's wounds. The big man cradles the smaller dog like a babe, wrapping him in any nearby cloth.
"Please, Kayla, can you have a look at him?" he says in a tone softer than any the others have heard him speak.
Of course I will see to Raleigh. Kayla will gently inspect the puppy's wounds and will go ahead and expend another channel to heal both him and anyone else still injured. Feeling bad for the burned ninja, Kayla will not exclude him this time since he is bound up.
That is disturbing enough that whoever is nearest to Kayla upon this discovery suddenly finds themself with an armful of cleric as she buries her face in his chest in shock. She'll take a moment to regain her composure before continueing with the previous stated actions of checking everyone's wounds.
Mumbling something as a flash of red crosses his face, Osslend pats Kayla on the shoulder and softly suggests that she move away for a moment to regain her composure.
Turning back to the mutilated men, he kneels before one and looks him in the eye. After a long moment, he turns back to his companions and says, "If magic forced them to be like this, then it is powerful. However, if it is zealotry and dedication that caused it, then I am even more afraid."
Looking once again back into the eyes of one of the men, he asks, "Who sent you? Why did you attack us?"
Sense Motive:
Clearly frustrated by the assassin's lack of reaction, Osslend tries another approach. Calling Virgil over and waving a hand, Osslend leans in close to the man and whispers in his ear.
As he does so, Virgil steps up, baring his teeth with a soft growl mere inches from the man's throat.
"Who...sent...you?" Osslend hisses in his ear.
Intimidate: (plus if you want to add any modifiers for the whole being restrained and a big dog in his face business. :)
Regaining her composure, Kayla manages to turn back around and look at the ninjas. Hesitantly she offers, I have had some experience at removing stitches before. Should I attempt to remove theirs so that they might better answer us?
If no one objects, Kayla will begin with the one nearest her.
Brynn takes a look at the suicide assassin on the floor and back to Kayla. "An open mouth may give them the opportunity to take a death pill. Other than that, they seem to be pretty intent on not saying a word, so I'm not sure it will help either way."
Just one of them then. Kayla will remove the stitches of the ninja that Osslend is talking to.
Osslend nods to Kayla to proceed and then turns to Brynn while still crouched. "Maybe we should check that one thoroughly. He might have something on him that will tell us something," he says pointing to the fallen assassin that was just pointed to by the prisoner.
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Kayla uses a small knife to cut the stitches. The ninja keeps his mouth closed, but he begins moving his lips rapidly. Moreover, a different light enters the ninja's eye and he breathes a bit heavier in his excitment.
Suddenly, he lashes out at Osslend! The ninja's eyes turn black and his lips split, revealing rotting, spotted, jagged teeth. He bites down!
After the ninja that Shinami was tightly bound and secured, he observed the opposing ninja carefully.
Shinami wracks his head with thought.
Are they from a rival clan....? Have I heard about them before....
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By the mutilation of the nose, you know these are radicals. You have heard of a handful of extremeist clans that remove the nose to avoid being identified by profile.
The shaved eyes brows and, more importantly, the stiched mouth, suggest a high level of secrecy: even among ninjas.
Now that you think of it, all these factors point to the Sairentosheipā clan. But that can't be right...they were wiped out over 100 years ago.
Something nags at the back of Shinami's thoughts as he looks at the mutilated ninjas but he can't quite put a finger on it. Then it clicks.
No.... That can't be right. They've... they've been wiped out for decades now! Over a century ago! If they're back... we're in for some troubling times ahead
A sharp intake of breath. A sigh follows. Shinami shakes his head. A worried look flashes across his face like a quick shadow, only to be replaced by a grim look.
"These ninjas... look like they're part of an extremist clan named the Sairentosheipā clan. There's no way the Prince would use them... unless the Prince is even more insidious than what we know..."
Osslend tries to tumble backward, away from the snarling man. As he tumbles, he shouts a command for Virgil to back away as well.
Kayla scrambles back from the ninja, glad his hands and feet are still tightly bound. Ok, bad idea, sorry Osslend. Are you ok?
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Osslend stares as the ninja moves to bite him. At the last second he realizes what is happening and jerk his hand back and leaps away.
The ninja, having missed his chance, sits enraptured. equal measure of rage and remorse painted on his sallow skin.
Kayla and Osslend think: Is he missing his tongue too?
Kayla pales as she moves further away from both ninjas before turning away so that she is no longer looking at them. I think the poor thing is missing his tongue as well, but I for one am not inclined to inspect him more closely.
"Kayla or Maedoc, can you tell if he is ensorceled or simply brainwashed? Brynn, let's have a look at that dead one he pointed to."
Osslend rises and moves away to search the corpse of the dead assassin the live biter pointed to.
Osslend examines the headband more closely, looking for any secrets.
Brynn grins at the thought of a quick visit by anyone. "You may be surprised by what you see when you enter. Sorry in advance." Brynn chuckles as he proudly puts a triumphant foot on the corpse as if to pose for the entering stranger.
Barely noticing the knock at the door, absorbed in what he holds in his hands, Osslend takes the headband over to Shinami. "I feel like there's something important here but I can't make hide nor hare of it. Can you take a look?"
"I can definitely check it out. This looks too intricate for a normal headband..."
Will it always be so busy here? Every time we turn around someone is either knocking on the door or breaking in it seem. Sighing, Kayla straightens up and faces the door.
Brynn quickly states to the room, "It's Thobir. No need for alarm."