Dario gives a shout as the tiefling tears into his flesh. He can see Byron and Colgrim working quick to take down several of the tieflings. Dario eyes Dravano and focuses totally on trying to block any of his strike to keep the tiefling occupied.
Stanley will take the hit in stride, and actually seem to blanche more from the hits to Dario, "Take care, I have no way of helping you." He instead returns to his original intent and throws the vial of ink at the space around Palaveen.
Iolana reels back, the pain from her broken nose blinding her for a second. Nnnnnngh! Need to pray for healing...no...can't focus... Realizing she's never going to be able to remember the correct prayers, she blinks the pain away, yanks a potion from a pocket of her scarf, and quaffs it quickly.
The flow of blood from her nose stops instantly, and many of her lighter scratches vanish, as Iolana's head clears. Looking up at the spellcaster who'd blasted her, she lets out a dark laugh. "Let's see you try that again, devil-slave..." she says as she approaches, mace held high.
Colgrim readjusts the grip of his axe.
Colgrim and Dario take yet another of the lesser Tieflings out. Leeka attempts to disrupt a spellcaster as they cast, foiling Ostengo's spell of Magic Missile he was casting at Stanley! He then draws his wickedly barbed dagger, glaring at Leeka. Unfortunately, Vethamer cast magic missile successfully at Dario, bringing him to a rather unconscious, but stable status! The two skeletal wolves attempt to strike out at Iolana, but, with her clarity of mind, she is able to avoid their blows.
With Dario down, Dravano moves to the next nearest target... Byron, striking him viciously TWICE with his wicked claws.
Palaveen, paying the ink no heed, steps away from melee and casts a spell at Colgrim.
Colgrim, DC 15 Will save, please. Read the spoiler if you fail. DC 17 spellcraft check for those interested can read the spoiler.
PC health, double checked
Stanley: 6/12
Colgrim: 22/24
Byron: 14/15-9 from Dravano 5/15.
Iolana: 10/15
Dario -1/15, stable, it was force damage
Leeka 12/18
Dice Rolls:
Palaveen, casts Hold Person on Colgrim.
Super Secret GM Stuff:
Noncombatants: Tiefling 3, 4, 7
Tiefling 5: 11/11 (next to Byron and near Colgrim)
Tiefling 6: 8/8
Tiefling 8: 10/10
Skeleton Wolf 1: 9/9
Skeleton Wolf 2: 9/9
Ostengo: 15/15 0 spells remaining, melee next round.
Vethamer: 15/15 2 spells remaining
Dravano: 18/24
Palaveen: 33/33
Colgrim freezes in place.
Not appreciating the beating that he just received, Byron adjusts his grip on his weapon, and likewise adjusts his position to try and take Dravano out, narrowing his eyes as he does so.
"You'll fetch a pretty finders fee in the Pits..."
Seeing that Vethamer is fleeing her, Iolana scowls. Turning her attention to the skeletal wolves, for the moment, she snaps, "Back, curs!" As she does so, a wave of light ripples from her holy symbol to blast the wolves!
Dravano's eyes flare at Byron's comment
Iolana's burst will affect the skeletal dogs (will half is still 1 damage). She can do the 5' step easily, but will otherwise provoke. I also think you meant Palaveen, not Vethamer, please correct me if I'm wrong.
Waiting on two more posts, with Dario being a bonus for any groans or other unpleasant sounds he wants to make. Will post again tomorrow evening... Hoping this doesn't go poorly for the group (it's already ugly).
Leeka readies for Vethamar to cast.
As the fight swirls around him, Dario's head lolls to one side, the Professor completely blacked out.
Stanley sees everything turn to crap as the Bastards begin to rout the team, and frets as one of their more solid members loses his ability to move. Seeing the chaos that ensues, he can't help but let the doctor kick in, and tell the others what they need to do for them all to get better. "Leeka, don't bother disrupting, the casters are more hindered by being blinded. Everyone, stand together close to Colgrim, fighting defensively. He will only be held for maybe around half a minute. You," he points to one of the nearby tieflings that isn't one of the leaders, "It's clear we are a force to be reckoned with. It would behoove you to stand by and aid us in defending the fallen and held." With that he tries to keep to the center rear of the group.
Leeka shakes her head. "Nothing I could do would stop them from clearing their vision and still casting."
With Colgrim held in place, Byron taunting (and causing a massive wound on Dravano), the heavy fighter steps back 5', to a safer locale, drawing a potion and drinking it.
Palaveen, smiling at Iolana wickedly, says "I'll be happy to handle you myself, my dear." He says as one wolf parts ways, with all three of them assaulting her. Palaveen and one of the wolf skeletons distract her, while the second wolf skeleton bites into her leg viciously!
The Tieflings around Leeka attemt to stab and bash at the poor halfling, who successfully thwarts Vethamer's spell! The tiefling remaining from Dravano's failed flanking attempt no longer concerned about Colgrim, stands and attempts to stab Byron, resisting Stanley's attempts at charming him, but the distraction of the spell caused his mace to swing wide.
Ostengo, biding his time, takes an opportunity to slip to Stanley, stabbing into his side with a ferocity only a cornered beast would use. "Doctor, I believe you should try healing yourself, this wounded city is OURS!"
Party HP:
Stanley: 6/12 -3 from Ostengo 3/12[/dice]
Colgrim: 22/24 Hold Person, 3 rounds remain (this was round 1)
Byron: 14/15-9 from Dravano 5/15.
Iolana: 10/15-3 from wolf skeleton 7/15
Dario -1/15, stable, it was force damage
Leeka 12/18
Dice Rolls:
Super Secret GM stuff
Noncombatants: Tiefling 3, 4, 7
Tiefling 5: 11/11 (next to Byron and near Colgrim)
Tiefling 6: 8/8
Tiefling 8: 10/10
Skeleton Wolf 1: 9/9
Skeleton Wolf 2: 9/9
Ostengo: 15/15 spells remaining, melee next round.
Vethamer: 15/15 1 spells remaining
Dravano: 14/24
Palaveen: 33/33
Colgrim starts sweating and attempts to free himself with only willpower from the spell.
Byron wallops the tiefling that attempted to bean him with a mace.
Iolana grits her teeth as the wolf bites into her leg, but when she hears Stanley's call she frowns. Just when the scum came within my reach... Glancing around, though, she realizes that they're in a bad position. Better a poor fight than dead. As she stares into Palaveen's eyes, she lets her hatred for the tiefling spill over into a wave of healing light.
Slowly, Iolana begins to work her way back toward Colgrim, her hand dipping into the scarf at her neck...
Leeka lashes back at one of the tieflings on her, stepping towards Colgrim.
Stanley takes a cautionary step back away from the combat, and tries to at least slow down some of them. He looks at the big one that just drank a potion, "Take stock in your situation, we may look to be faltering, but we will only come back with a fury."
Dario opens his eyes as the Iolana's healing heals the words of the wounds some. He looks around and sees the melee still going on. Hurt as he is, he tries to find a way to stand and get clear of the immediate battle.
Byron attacks and slams his greatswrod into one of the thugs, dropping him. Unfortunately, a pair of them get the opportunity to flank Leeka as she moves to defend Colgrim. One of the Tieflings attacks Colgrim, but threatens Leeka enough to give his buddy a chance to stab her with his shortsword. Leeka screeches in pain as the shortsword stabs into her shoulder. Ostengo steps up to Stanley, failing to finish the healer. "Lucky dodge, healer."
Palaveen screams, Kill the Dottari you fools! As he swings into Iolana, the blow striking and distracting her as one of the two wolf skeletons tears into her, viciously dragging her to the ground and leaving her bleeding on the floor.
Dario, finding himself unmolested, takes the opportunity to stand up cautiously surveying the battle, seeing his bleeding companions and standing up just in time to watch Palaveen and his skeletal wolves horrific acts upon Iolana.
Dravano moves into attack Colgrim, resisting the attampt to daze him from Stanley, swinging hard into Colgrim's armored form. He grins viciously, "Let's do that again."
Party HP:
All include the +2 from Iolana's channel.
Stanley: 5/12-3 from Magic Missile 2/12
Colgrim: 24/24-8 from Dravano & Tiefling 8 (16/24) Hold Person, 2 rounds remain (this was round 2)
Byron: 7/15.
Iolana: 9/15-18 between wolves and Palaveen (-9/15) Dying.
Dario 1/15
Leeka 14/18-11 from the tiefling 3/18
Dice Rolls:
Super Secret GM stuff
Noncombatants: Tiefling 3, 4, 5, 7
Tiefling 6: 8/8
Tiefling 8: 10/10
Skeleton Wolf 1: 9/9
Skeleton Wolf 2: 9/9
Ostengo: 15/15 Sticking with Melee.
Vethamer: 15/15 0 spells remaining, switch to Dazing Byron and Leeka.
Dravano: 14/24
Palaveen: 33/33
Iolana crumples to the ground, bleeding from various wounds. As her vision fades, she hears the voice of her younger brother, Tiberiu, echoing in her head.
"You're a fool if you go back into that country, Lana!" he cried when they parted ways at the inn near the Varisian border. "Do you know what we're looking at here? It's freedom! A life! We can take this act on the road, live full lives! Nothing's back there but pain, history, and enslavement."
"And, I'd have you remember, thousands more slaves still under the lash! Still sacrificed on the altar of the bastard House of Thrune!" Iolana bellowed. "You go your way, brother, and I'll go mine..."
"Iolana!" he cried as she strode away down the road, "Iolana!"
I have no time for his frippery, she thought firmly to herself. I know where my path leads.
Iolana continues to bleed out.
Stanley looks on in horror as yet another of the group goes down, and he is forced to make the tough decision. Help the bleeding, help the injured he can still heal, or help himself so that he can stay alive long enough try help others in time. He regrets the selfishness of the move, but it is a practical and hopeful one. They need to hold on just a little longer.
Byron nods to Dravano.
"By all means, yes, let's!"
He then steps up, and attempts to clobber him into unconsciousness.
"Iolana! Someone help her!" Dario pulls out his shortbow and fire it at the tiefling near Stanley, hoping to give the man a chance to heal Iolana.
Leeka moves next to Byron and attempts an aid another to boost his AC.
Byron finally downs the big Tiefling, but, unfortunately, with Leeka moving away from Colgrim to help Byron, the Tieflings near her both rush up to stab at the Dottari.
Palaveen... angry... moves as if to engage byron, with his skeletal wolves charging in as soon as he finishes casting his spell. "You are nothing more than a puppet for the Dottari!" He screams as casts a spell at the trio of Byron, Leeka, and poor, crispy, Colgrim! The wolves attempt and fail to bite Byron, with Leeka succeeding in her attempt to occupy part of their attention.
Vethamer attempts to stab Stanley as Ostengo keeps harrying Stanley as well.
Party HP:
Stanley 10/12-1 from Ostengo 9/12
Colgrim: 16/24-8 from Burning Hands(8/24) Hold Person, 1 rounds remain (this was round 3) Effective AC 14
Byron: 7/15. Pending Saving Throw -evaded- or -8
Iolana: -10/15, Dying.
Dario 1/15
Leeka 3/18 Pending Saving Throw -4 or -8 [ooc]Yes, I understand that she will fall before the wolves get to them, but a distraction remains for dull-witted undead.[/dice]
Dice Rolls:
Super Secret GM Stuff.
Noncombatants: Tiefling 3, 4, 5, 7, Dravano
Tiefling 6: 5/8
Tiefling 8: 7/10
Skeleton Wolf 1: 9/9
Skeleton Wolf 2: 9/9
Ostengo: 15/15 Sticking with Melee.
Vethamer: 15/15 0 spells remaining, switch to Dazing Byron and Leeka after done harrying Stanley.
Dravano: -11/24, mostly subdual, stable.
Palaveen: 33/33
Leeka falls to the ground, badly burned.
Party HP Update:
Stanley 10/12-1 from Ostengo 9/12
Colgrim: 8/24, Free to act in the next round.
Byron: 7/15. Pending Saving Throw -evaded- or -8
Iolana: -10/15, Dying.
Dario 1/15
Leeka -5/18 after the save.
Stanley steps up to the fallen Leeka, pleased that at least up to this point he hasn't needed to use Pharasma's gift on her. To this end, he does so, hoping it brings her back from the brink. "Don't hold back, if you have potions, use them. My next one is reserved for Iolana."
Iolana's eyelids flutter as she lies on the ground...her lips move, barely breathing a word as she dwells in the past.
"Sol..."
Byron continues to hack away at the closest of his foes!
Seeing Colgrim beset by the lesser tieflings and the rage Palaveen has for him, Dario once more enters the fray. He stabs at one of the tieflings.
With Stanley moving to help Leeka, the two spellcasters let him go, casting spells as they go (Stanley and Colgrim, DC 12 or be Dazed for one round)
Byron shakes off the burning hands and attempts to swing at the nearest skeletal wolf, swinging wide with his greatsword. The two wolves attempt to get at him, but he defends himself quite well.
Palaveen steps forward to swing into Colgrim. Die False Authority! We Tieflings are the true rulers of Westcrown! But Colgrim, shaking off the magic that had held him, raises his shield in time to block the Tiefling's Morningstar!
The tiefling that Dario hit staggers back 5 feet, pulling out a potion and not doing much else other than holding his rapier up in a poor manner. The other tiefling attempts to stab into Dario viciously, but the stab goes wide!
Party HP:
Stanley 9/12
Colgrim: 8/24
Byron: 7/15.
Iolana: -10/15
Dario 1/15
Leeka 2/18
Dice Rolls
Tiefling 6 no roll, stepping back.
Ostengo casts Daze on Stanley DC 13
Vethamer casts Daze on Colgrim DC 13
Super Secret GM Stuff
Noncombatants: Tiefling 3, 4, 5, 7, Dravano
Tiefling 6: 0/8, staggered.
Tiefling 8: 7/10
Skeleton Wolf 1: 9/9
Skeleton Wolf 2: 9/9
Ostengo: 15/15 Sticking with Melee.
Vethamer: 15/15 0 spells remaining, switch to Dazing Byron and Leeka after done harrying Stanley.
Dravano: -11/24, mostly subdual, stable.
Palaveen: 33/33
Dario presses forward, not willing to give the tiefling time to drink his potion.
Vastly preferring to be the flanker rather than the flankee, Byron steps out of the flank between the skeletons , and takes a swing at one of them.