Mikey Jay looks where Koran points....
Yup. Looks like we're needed out there....
MJ picks up a heavy desk and drags it over to the window....
Want to get in on this, my wrecking crew?
MJ grins at Koran and Derrik....
Wait 'til they see this coming out the window.... Followed by Mjolnir up in their grills! Heheh....
Looks like a call for initiative rolls is in order....
Derrik looks upon the rest as he sees what Koran is pointing out quite vividly; MJ setting up an obvious ambush tactic. HE moves over to MJ and assists but stressing a major point.
" If we attack we must do it quickly without them realizing the strike.. Focus on the female cultist, and strike her down, we don't need her necklace to go off ; involuntarily or not.. We don't want to endanger the innocents they have.. Strike to kill; hard and fast. "
Initiative
Roger that.
"I'll stay up here, if I explode I could take you all with me.
Radsworth aims Traveler from the windowtops and charges his ammunition with arcane power. He channels his Intensified Burning Hands into the round, and has it impact the street in front of the group of enemies, catching them with the widest and last angle of the flames.
(DM Note, if the party has surrounded the enemy, I will save the burning hands and just shoot the priestess or a moray.)
Perception
Initiative
Initiative
Initiative
Yingzen sneaks out of the room and sets an ambush for the group
The FOs have three rounds to set up their ambush as the cultists drag their struggling captives toward The ST. During this time, Yingzen stealthily positions himself just inside the right side of the entrance doors, MJ and Derrik move the heavy desk into position to be tossed through the large glass window overlooking the entrance doors, and Radsworth readies his burning hands round.... Others can prepare as desired....
The heavy desk can be set to crash through the window and fall with shards of glass onto the hell hounds and two of the lead Morays in a ten-ft-square area in front of the entrance doors, dealing bludgeoning and slashing damage to all enemies in the 10-ft-square area, Reflex DC 20 for half damage....
This will happen on the "surprise" round, as will Rad's burning hands shot, then regular initiative begins....
Reflex save vs Radsworth's DC 17 intensified burning hands succeeds.... She screams as the flames singe her black robes and hair for 9 fire damage!
The two Morays holding the hell hounds' leashes are caught in both Radsworth's burning hands and MJ and Derrik's desk fall ambush....
Reflex save vs DC 17 burning hands fails....18 fire damage!
Reflex save vs DC 17 burning hands fails....18 fire damage!
Reflex save vs DC 20 desk fall succeeds....12 bludgeoning and slashing damage!
Reflex save vs DC 20 desk fall fails....24 bludgeoning and slashing damage!
The hell hounds bask in Radsworth's flames unharmed, but the heavy desk and shards of glass, they are not immune to....
Reflex save vs DC 20 desk fall fails....24 bludgeoning and slashing!
Reflex save vs DC 20 desk fall fails....24 bludgeoning and slashing!
Koran stands by the window and hurls Mjolnir down at the priest.
Mjolnir cuffs the priestess on her shoulder and wheels back up into Koran's hand with a clap of thunder!
The cultists are shocked and confounded by the FOs' surprise attack! The desk crashes through the window above them, dropping into the front two ranks of enemies with shards of glass that lacerate them as the desk explodes into smithereens!
Radsworth's cone of flame and Mjolnir simultaneously punctuate the ambush with a roar and a thunderclap! The battle has begun!
Yingzen!
Derrik!
Kailin!
Koran!
Morays (4)!
Cultist!
MJ!
Kepler!
Levinson!
Hell hounds (2)!
Radsworth!
Captives!
Eeeeek!!
Yingzen is just inside the front doors, and the hell hounds are just outside, so he could open the door as a move action, 5-ft step out, and make a sneak attack on a flat-footed hell hound....
Yingzen moves out the door and attacks the nearest hellhound
crit damage is 36
Yingzen appears like a wraith out of the doorway and sinks his curved blade deep into the nearest hell hound! It lets out a ragged yelp and falls dead....
Koran Hurls the mighty hammer at the cultist again, before leaping out of the shattered window to the road below.
Koran falls to the ground heavily landing on his back with a heavy thud. He holds up his hand as Mjolnir comes flying back and grasps it firmly as he breathes heavily from the wind knocked from his lunges.
Correct.
Koran strikes the priestess dead by hurling Mjolnir at her!
Suddenly upright instead of sagging slightly to the left, Chesterfield rolls its monocle around its brim to sparkle at Mahatma....
By Jove, did you hear that, old chum?
Mahatma the marble elephant glitters where it rests on the vile altar of Cthulhu, alongside various other offerings, some of quite terrible nature....
Yes! I am hearing the sound you also are hearing, my friend! The sound of enlightenment! The great Ohm!
No, not that, ye pea-brained pachyderm! The sound o' glass breaking far below.... Sounds like someone's tossed a desk through a second-floor window, if my keen hearing deceives me not....
A peal of tinny elephantine trumpeting mimicking laughter erupts from the marble elephant figurine....
OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOOOO!!!! You are filling my chakras with laughter, dear Chesterfield, with your crazy antics! You hear the sound of a window breaking ten floors below us, over all this incessant piping, and chanting, and screaming?
I did, indeed, sir! And just now, even with your rude hooting and jeering polluting the air, I swear by George, I just heard a rather spiffy-sounding American chap casting an intensified burning hands through a magic bullet.... Or I'm a raccoon-skin cap!
Chesterfield's monocle glitters indignantly....
Well, then.... Why don't we see for ourselves?
My thought exactly, my dear Mahatma! I shall scoop you into me interior, where ye'll be safe as a babe in arms whilst we fly down for a look-see! Agreed?
Agreed, most splendid flying top hat Chesterfield!
Casts fly on itself, hovers over to Mahatma, and drops down over the marble elephant, enveloping it and scooping it up by flipping upside-down....
Hold onto your trunk, Mahatma, old chap! We're off to see what the commotion is about! Tally ho!
From within the cozy, velvet-lined interior of Chesterfield, the marble elephant shouts a muffled, tinny Tally ho!
The Daemon-Lord of the Silver Tower looks up briefly from its grisly feast of human entrails fresh from the still-squirming victim to notice Chesterfield swoop up Mahatma off the altar of Dread Cthulhu and fly out of the double doors to the hall outside the great Fane of Cthulhu....
Now where is that damned annoying hat going off to? No matter, it won't get far. I wonder if it will scream when we cast it on the sacrificial fire....
Derrik Tossing the Desk down with Mikey notes the two strange hounds and focuses his knowledge on the creatures, only giving a cursory scan before Leaping down upon one of the Moray's holding an innocent drawing Excalibur in a downward slashing arch in both hands
" Be judged for your sins! "
He doesn't quite land correctly, Possibly landing upon the Moray as he cleave his way into the creatures flesh colliding with the ground with a heavy crash of steel and flesh.
Levinson stares wide eyed at the hell hounds. Why'd it have to be evil dogs...
Shaking slightly from the fear, she levels her revolver against the monstrous beast in flames:
for damage.
Kepler steps into the fray and unleashes unbridled rage at the foes around him channeling Levinson's emotions into power.
for damage.
for damage.
for damage.
for damage.
for additional damage.
Excalibur cuts deeply into the Moray's arm, exposing the humerus bone.... The Moray shrieks and releases its grasp on the struggling old woman, who screams in surprise as Derrik crashes to the ground in front of them....
Unless Kepler has the pounce special attack, he can only attack once, as he must fly or jump down 20 ft to reach the nearest enemy....
Kepler swoops down on one of the hell hounds, shredding its evil hide with an icy claw for 21 slashing and cold damage, and sending its evil spirit back to Hell.... It collapses with a strangled yelp and lies twitching at the eidolon's taloned feet....
The Moray slashed by Excalibur draws his curved blade, grunting with pain, and swings at Derrik as he lays prone on the ground before him....
Elven curve blade slashes Derrik for 11 damage....
The Moray near Kepler draws his blade and attacks the eidolon....
Elven curve blade misses....
The other Moray hell hound handler releases his hound's leash, draws his blade, and steps up (5-ft-step) to Kepler, swinging....
Elven curve blade misses....
The Moray holding the young male captive releases him and draws his blade, advancing around to flank the prone inquisitor-paladin....
GERONIMO!!!
MJ raises "BJ" high over head and leaps through the broken window to the street below....
Acrobatics successfully reduces falling damage to points....
MJ rolls and stands up next to one of the Morays flanking Derrik, provoking an AoO....
AoO on MJ as he rolls up into a stand....
Elven curve blade is parried by "BJ" with a ring of clashing steel!
The hell hound yelps as Levinson's bullet rips through its hide, dealing 6 piercing and bludgeoning damage!