Sap Attack; Damage Subdual:
No I mean im not seeing other peoples posts, like Voodoos. I know you are waiting on me its why I am aggrevated. ; )
Amir gets a second strike which grazes on the thug's head causing him to blink several times before he regains his wits. It has become quite evident to the others that some sort of scuffle is occurring inside.
Hearing the scuffle inside, I go in with my crossbow still loaded. As soon as I see Amir fighting someone, I will fire.
Attack-Crossbow:
Damage:
Karethas summons another pool of acid into his hand, walks into the room and throws it at the thug.
I move so that I am within 30 feet of all my friends and start to hum a battle song.
Kzira follows the sound of battle in to the foyer and spots two figures struggling in the study on her right. There is dim light from teh far end of the room. She fires her crossbow and it whizzes between the combatants narrowly missing the tug. Faelar steps beside Kzrira and begins an inspiring tune.
Distracted by the humming the thug swings wide and Karthas moves behind Amir to cast a spell.
Round 2
HP 7/12
I am more dangerous with my crossbow.
I reload - move action.
Attack-crossbow:
Damage:
I stand defensivly and continue with my performance.
Sap Attack; Damage Subdual:
The powerful thug blocks Amir, but is hit by a blob of acid that burns into his arm. Cursing, he attempts to finish off Amir, but is stopped short by a crossbow bolt and falls unconscious.
Sooner or later you would think that these fools would realize that the little girl has a painful crossbow.
I search the thug.
Perception:
Kzrira stoops to loot the fallen body and immediately there is the sound of an arcane phrase completed overhead and Amir, Kzrira, and Karethas are surrounded by a cloud of golden glitter that sparkles their eyes.
Amir lets out a a yell as his vision leaves him. In a moment of uncharacteristic anger Amir yells above him. You better use your petty tricks to escape or strike me dead or I will come for you!
Amir will spend his initiative attempting to dive for cover as best he can, aware that his condition makes him much easier to attack. (Hopefully he can remember where the desk is)
Will Save:
As luck would have it, I was blinking at the amazing ugliness of the thug when the spell was cast.
I look toward where the voice came from while loading my crossbow. I then fire at the mage if the shot is there
Attack-Crossbow:
Damage:
Karethas looks up just as the spell goes off, taking a full blast of dust into his eyes. He bends over with his palms in his eyes. He shouts out blindly, Quite a spell, impressive.
Seeing Amir and Karethas stumbling around, I feel bad but know that I am unable to do anything to help them. But I can see that Kzrira is able to fight still, so I continue with my performance while standing defensively.
Kzrira is unaffected by the clinging golden dust and looking up spots a robed figure that she is certain wasn't there a moment ago. He is standing in the tower loft that forms the corner of the mansion. She quickly fires, hitting the man. Faeler continues his inspiring performance as Amir and Karethas get their bearings. Amir dives under the desk and the wizard pops something into his mouth and runs up the wall.
Kzrira, I heard you fire. Can you see? Is our attacker coming or going?
'...umm...what would walking up the wall count as?'
Heh - he is going up the wall, some type of spell I think.
Where is he going? Up the inside of the tower?
Move Action - reload crossbow
Standard Action - Attack
Attack-Crossboe: <-- Subtract 1 if > 30'
Damage: <-- Subtract 1 if > 30'
Karethas blinks the dust from his eyes and looks around quizzically. He sees the man walking up the wall and chuckles. Hmmm, classic denial of access as a defense. He twists the ring on his finger for a moment before making several arcane gestures. Lets see if we can't turn this around a bit. The now familiar circles of arcane markings circle his hands as a layer of grease appears on the wall under the cloaked figure's feet. Coming down now?
The wizard gasps as another crossbow bolt hits him in the back. Then he suddenly stops, his body rigid as he strains to hold on to the suddenly slick wall. You clearly hear him grunt as he slowly slides back down the wall. Dropping back to the floor of the loft, he spins and blasts the Kzrira with two glowing red missiles.
Round 5
And with a thunk, the crossbow girl falls to the ground, slowly dying.
HP: -2/12
Round 4:
My eyes still fail me! Curse the Blackfingers and this pawn of his!
Amir huddles near the desk ineffectually attempting to rub the light from his eyes.
Round 5:
Hearing the fighter collapse and her crossbow clatter on the ground the older thief can only assume the worst as he looks about with light still blinding him.
Kzrira, no! We cannot die in this place
Amir pushes from the desk in the direction of his fallen comrade attempting to meet her on the ground and find the potion that he knows she just stashed on her person.
Kzrira falls.
HP: -2/12
Stabilize vs DC10:
'Karethas; my friend, looks like it is up to the 2 of us to take care of this mage.'
I just wish that I could be more help right now, but if I run in there and fall myself we will be in big trouble. We don't want 2 of us unconscious, or dying. So the best thing for my friends and I would be to carry on cheering Karethas and hope that he is able to subdue this mage.
I continue my performance,
Karethas looks down at Kzrira and sighs. That is a shame, Faelar, because I am essentially out of spells. He winds up and throws an Acid Dart at the man on the balcony.
Karethas' acid smokes as it dissolves a section of paint off the wall. The mage decides he needs to make his escape while the getting is good. While Amir digs out Kzrira's potion, the wizard runs down the wall past the fallen thug and into the foyer past Faelar and out the back door.
Faelar runs out the door and around the fountain after the retreating wizard only to lose him as he runs up and over the wall and into the night.
After following the mage far enough to see him disappear over the wall, Karethas makes his way back to Kzrira and Amir to check on their condition. He hands Amir a water skin and reaches for the potion the older man has produced from her belongings. "The filth has fled. Here, take this water and wash out your eyes. I will give her the potion."
I continue to nap until someone gets me healed.
Karethas' acid sputters as it dissolves a section of paint off the wall. The mage decides he needs to make his escape while the getting is good. While Amir digs for Kzrira's healing potion, the wizard runs down the wall past the fallen thug and into the foyer past Faelar who slashes at the robed figure as he runs past leaving a ragged gash in his side. The wizard cries out, staggers through the door, and begins climbing up the outside wall leaving a trail of blood behind.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I rush outside, where I see the mage start to climb the wall and I begin to sing out loud.
The mage slightly turns to listen to the interesting sounds behind him, but doesn't have time for enjoying art with a gang of murderers on his tail.
Karethas glances at the door as Faelar runs outside and begins to sing, but he continues with pouring the healing potion down Kzrira's throat.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
HP: 0/12
As Amir's eyes clears he bolts from Kzrira after the wizard, waving Karethas on to deal with the fallen warrior. Dodging and tumbling over the terrain Amir release his knife and lets fly at the wizard trying to escape.
With a tumble and a flourish, the old rogue sends a dagger into the fleeing mage's hamstring leaving him to tumble back to the ground with a crack. A small dark shape flutters up from the dead wizard's robes. Perhaps that was his soul, more likely a familiar.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Dreaming of what ogres do to women who cast charm person on them and convince the ogre that they are in love.
'Amir, that was an amazing throw, but what was that dark flying thing?'