Troxell arms himself with his scythe and next casts Greater Aggressive Thundercloud, placing it on top of one of the enforcers in the hall.
Myhm rams headlong into the fireplace where Dovan escaped and begins to tear it apart with his bare hands!
Stroud explodes into action slicing once into all nearby enemies!
Teens casts Ear Piercing Scream at the most northwest enemy in the current room.
Damage
D.C. 19 Fort save for half damage and to avoid being dazed for a round.
Stroud spins, slashing two of the three enforcers around him.
Shanee casts a spell, silencing Alhari's cackle.
Troxell creates a small storm in the house centered on one of the enforcers. A loud ZZZaaap!! leaves the man stumbling about with his hair standing on end.
Teena uses her magic to scream into one of the enforcer's ears behind her. Holding his ears he leaves himself open to getting knifed in the kidneys by Shanee's new friends.
Alhari moves into sight, backing away until she can hear again, then casts a spell that fills the hall with smoky haze.
Barrow Haze (Level 3)
This spell creates a bank of fog similar to that created by fog cloud , except the vapors are black and they have a necromantic link to you. The vapors do not interfere with your vision. Because of your link to the haze, if any part of it is within 30 feet of you, any creatures within the haze count as in range for the purpose of using any of your hexes that have a maximum range of 30 feet.
For example, suppose you have the slumber hex, you are 25 feet from one edge of the haze, and an opponent is 40 feet farther away at the other extreme of the cloud. You can use your slumber hex on that opponent even though it is actually 65 feet away from you.
The Masked Man moves in on Stroud, slashing and stabbing with his hooked dagger in a flurry of steel. His first strike nearly tears Stroud's scimitar from his grip, and the second leaves a freezing cut in his forearm.
The house enforcers attack Shanee and Stroud, one managing to give another injury to Shanee.
Meanwhile, upstairs...
Myhm pounds on the brick wall, causing mortar to crumble slightly.
Xerexis looks at the fireplace and points to a brick at the edge. "Press that brick! I'll hold them off!"
The Enforcers move in, but are intercepted by Xerexis. One gives him a good cut, but he dodges the second man's blade.
Round 1
Round 2
INITIATIVE
Effects: haste, bardic courage +2
Stroud - Up! (39/65)
Shanee - Up! (49/68)
Troxell - Up! (56/56)
Xerexis - Up! (50/60)
Myhm - Up! (101/127)
Teena - Up! (50/50)
Enforcers (pink , purple -43 (stunned), blue -17)
Enforcers (light green , dark green -9, yellow)
Alhari
Masked Man (-5)
Dovan
"That smoke allows the witch to use her hexes on anyone inside of it, and it doesn't blind her." The druid explains to the others.
He then moves his thundercloud towards him and stops it right in front of the guard threatening him.
Troxell then takes a 5 foot step away from the guard and begins casting a summoning spell.
Stroud takes a 5' step placing himself in striking position to the two enforcers attacking Shane!
He then unleashes his attacks on the two enemies!
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Teena again casts Ear Piercing Scream, this time at the pink enemy.
Damage
D.C. 19 Fort save for half damage and to avoid being dazed for a round.
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Myhm slams his hand down on the indicated tile and dives again at the wall!
Stroud cuts down an enforcer with one slash, but his reverse strokes fail to land against the quickened enforcers.
Shanee dispels the unnerving haze and clears the air.
Troxell's cloud zaps at another enforcer, dazing him.
Teena screams at the same one, but he doesn't yet fall.
Alhari raises her hands and calls upon a powerful spell. Shanee suddenly feels the breath sucked right out of him.
Suffocation (Necromancy, Level 5)
This spell extracts the air from the target's lungs, causing swift suffocation. The target can attempt to resist this spell's effects with a Fortitude save—if he succeeds, he is merely staggered for 1 round as he gasps for breath. If the target fails, he immediately begins to suffocate. On the target's next turn, he falls unconscious and is reduced to 0 hit points. One round later, the target drops to –1 hit points and is dying. One round after that, the target dies. Each round, the target can delay that round's effects from occurring by making a successful Fortitude save, but the spell effect continues for 3 rounds, and each time a target fails his Fortitude save, he moves one step further along the track to suffocation. This spell only affects living creatures that must breathe. It is impossible to defeat the effects of this spell by simply holding one's breath—if the victim fails the initial saving throw, the air in his lungs is extracted.
The Masked Man darts forward, his exotic weapon spinning at Stroud again and again. Stroud's scimitar is sent spinning to the ground in the exchange, but he somehow manages to avoid further injury from the hooked blade.
The house enforcers continue swinging their blades about, Alhari's magic giving them unnatural speed.
The thugs enchanted by Shanee exchange blows, but no further blood is drawn.
Meanwhile, upstairs...
Myhm opens the secret door and moves through. Xerexis jumps away from the enforcers and follows. The Enforcers move to follow, but are unable to keep up.
Myhm and Xerexis run down some stairs in a secret passage that opens into a storage room. There is a door on the far side, and stairs that lead further down. Dovan is nowhere in sight.
INITIATIVE
Effects: haste, bardic courage +2
Stroud - Up! (47/65) *Poisoned round 3
Shanee - Up! (58/68)
Troxell - Up! (56/56)
Xerexis - Up! (60/60)
Myhm - Up! (101/127)
Teena - Up! (50/50)
Enforcers (pink -23, blue -17)
Enforcers (light green , dark green , yellow -6)
Alhari
Masked Man (-5)
Dovan
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Troxell finishes his summoning spell and a rhinoceros appears on the other side of the guards and charges the witch.
Troxell then steps away 5 feet from the pink guard and moves the thundercloud back to him.
Stroud stays focused as the poison drains his Strength!
Teena moves 20' due west and casts Burning (Electric) Hands on the three guards to the north.
DC 19 Reflex for half.
Damage
Troxell finishes his summoning spell and a rhinoceros appears...
Frantic, Myhm looks around and bounds for the only obvious open path, up the stairs.
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Stroud grabs for his lost scimitar, provoking a slash from the assassin's blade, but returning the favor with a slash of his own.
Shanee chokes and gasps, his breath stolen!
Troxell's cloud pursues the enforcer as his
summoned rhinoceros appears and slams into Alhari! A flash of red erupts from around her in response and the rhino roars in pain.
Teena blasts three guards with a spray of lightning, taking down two.
Alhari draws a long knife and calls out, "Tithon, to me!" She then casts a spell, cutting her hand in the process and touching the rhinoceros, creating another flash of red that passes between her and the summoned creature.
Vampiric Touch
The Masked Man leaps away from Stroud and flings his lashed blade at the rhinoceros, catching it in the neck.
An enforcer attacks Stroud, and even though his speed is magically enhanced he comes nowhere near injuring the quick swashbuckling rogue.
Shanee's last "friend" among the thugs comes to his aid, but is not very effective.
Meanwhile...
Myhm and Xerexis dash down the stairs into the estate's kitchen. Through an open door near a large fireplace they spot Dovan. He looks back in alarm and reaches for the handle of a door to the outside.
INITIATIVE
Effects: haste
Stroud - Up! (37/65) *Poisoned round 4 -4 Str Damage
Shanee - Up! (58/68)
Troxell - Up! (56/56) Rhino (5/52)
Xerexis - Up! (60/60)
Myhm - Up! (101/127)
Teena - Up! (50/50)
Enforcers (pink -39 stunned, blue -17, light green)
Alhari
Masked Man (-20)
Dovan
The rhino makes another attempt to gore the witch before attacks will undoubtedly return it to its home plane.
Troxell lets the thundercloud linger on top of the pink guard.
The druid then steps back from the melee and uses Wild Shape to change into a Medium sized air elemental.
Teena casts Scorching (Electric Ray) at pink and at green enforcers, trying to clear the field, so she could move ahead and help the others.
Pink RTA with Haste
Damage
Green RTA with Haste
Damage
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Stroud pulls out a potion and drinks it down with a speed born of years of practice!
Stroud realizes that the god's are punishing him for his poor life choices. He prays to Desna that if she but grant him a little more favor, he will turn over a new leaf, and lead a life in service to all things good!
Myhm sprints forward at Dovan, mitts reaching out...reaching...
Stroud heals himself.
Shanee starts turning blue!
Troxell's cloud zaps at the enforcer again, but the man evades it for once.
The rhinoceros gores Alhari again, but her magic sustains her for the moment.
Teena sends forth two arcs of lightning but neither manages to hit anyone.
Tithon's blade sinks into the rhinoceros, sending it back to whatever safari it come from.
Alhari lets Tithon finish off the rhinoceros before casting a spell to heal herself.
The house enforcers might just earn a bonus from their mistress after landing two attacks against Stroud and cutting down two of Teena's images. However, the traitor still enchanted by Shanee stabs one in the kidney, so his bonus might need to go to next of kin.
Meanwhile...
Myhm tackles Dovan before he can slip out the door. The Ascari man tries to wriggle free but fails. "Let me go you big idiot! Let me go!"
Xerexis moves to stand in the door and casts a spell to empower himself.
The enforcers come at him, but only one is able to bring his weapon to bear.
INITIATIVE
Effects: haste
Stroud - Up! (27/65) *Poisoned round 6 -7 Str Damage
Shanee - Up! (0/68) *Suffocating!
Troxell - Up! (56/56) *Thundercloud
Xerexis - Up! (60/60)
Myhm - Up! (101/127) *Grappling Dovan
Teena - Up! (50/50) *Mirror Images 4
Enforcers (pink -40, blue -17)
Enforcers (light green)
Masked Man (-20)
Alhari
Dovan *Grappled by Myhm
"WHERE'S BRUE!!!", Myhm grabs Dovan in a bear hug, in a non-cuddling way. ::GRRRRGGH::
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Teena takes the long way around the friendly thug and ends her movement just north of Shanee. She pulls her Heroism wand as she goes, ready to use it to try and assist him next round against the devious magic.
Although he does not move his thundercloud this time, it still remains on top of the guard and assails him with lightning.
In his air elemental form, Troxell makes his way to Shanee by flying clockwise to avoid provoking an opportunity attack from the guard in his cloud. He then forces his airy hand down the bard throat and into his lungs in an attempt to save his companion's life. "Breathe, damn you!"
Having learned how to help a man begin breathing again, and with little to no interest in his enemies, Stroud moves to force Shane to breathe again!
Teena will take the five foot step, draw the wand and administer Heroism to Shanee.
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Stroud dives in to help Shanee, exposing himself to attack as he thumps a fist onto the unconscious air lord's chest.
Shanee is on death's door!
The enforcer manages to dodge Troxell's cloud again!
Troxell, fully transformed into an elemental now, shoves a hand of air down Shanee's throat, trying to force breath into him.
Teena uses a wand to grant heroic luck to Shanee. She also recalls some lore about omens and places a hand on his head, speaks a an arcane word, and links her fate with his.
Tithon, seeing the group distracted, grabs a potion from under the folds of his cloak and swiftly drinks it.
Alhari casts a spell and summons a small ghostly hand that hovers in the air before her.
The house enforcers attack Stroud and Teena. The swashbuckler miraculously evades injury. Teena loses two images to near misses.
Meanwhile...
Myhm twists Dovan's arm behind him and slams his face into the floor.
"Brue?" Dovan asks incredulously. "I wish I knew! Damned big fool vanished in the Feralwood a few seasons ago. Tried to find him, but the Baron sent me on a fool's errand! Had to leave before he sent people after me... Wait... if you are looking for Auchs, I mean Brue, then Bronin didn't send you?"
Back in the doorway Xerexis takes his sword in two hands and swings it into the enforcer a few times.
The enforcers come at him, but only one is able to bring his weapon to bear.
INITIATIVE
Effects: haste
Stroud - Up! (27/65) *Poisoned round 6 -7 Str Damage (need one last save!)
Shanee - Up! (-1/68) *Suffocating!
Troxell - Up! (56/56) *Thundercloud
Xerexis - Up! (60/60)
Myhm - Up! (101/127) *Grappling Dovan
Teena - Up! (50/50) *Mirror Images 2
Enforcers (pink -40, blue -17)
Enforcers (yellow -10, orange)
Masked Man (-5)
Alhari
Dovan *Grappled by Myhm
Stroud drops to the ground, the Assassin's poison sapping the last of his strength.
Although pleased that Shanee finally begins breathing again, Troxell becomes more than a little concerned that with two of his companions are out of the fight, leaving him and Teena outnumbered. While his Thundercloud remains on top of one guard, Troxell casts Snowball and attempts to hit the other one.