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Inits for Elorin, Biter,
Initiative:
Elorin 19++
Gregor 19+
Gram 19
Biter 18
Alexis 14
Rath 11
Pete 8
Abbas 6
Rath shouts out his orders, but scarcely any time goes by at all for people to obey them, when Rath hears more chanting, this time not whispered, and definitely coming from Tatrill. Suddenly, a cloud of mist appears, filling a large section of the lower hold (adding 5 to the Acrobatics DC mentioned above and reducing visibility even further - now squares 5-feet away have 20% concealment, and beyond that have total concealment).
Elorin to act...
What the hell is going on down there?
Elorin will unsling his bow as he moves to L12 so he can watch both sets of stairs. Ready an action to attack anyone non-party member that attempts to escape on to the main upper deck.
What a potential waste, the confirm if anyone is that stupid:
for the remainder of the damage on the x3 crit.
Rath yells loud enough to carry to both decks. "TATRILL IS CHANTER. HAS CONJURED MIST - FILLS MAYBE 1/3 OF DECK." Rath includes a statement on where Tatrill was located when casting.
posting early
Abbas take a 5 foot step to K 17 drawing his scimitar and wield it two handed until he can get his shield out next round and cast shield of faith on himself.
Round 1:
Rath (or someone) play Biter til I post again. I'm not gonna have much availability for a bit. Sorry if I held things up.
BITER:
Biter draws his sword and licks the blade to whet it. Then he starts barking orders:
"All guards be'ing form a perimeter! No enter fogs! All people in fogs come towards my voices slowly, hands up. Tatrill, if wanna live - better come out too. Hope you say 'no'! Biter is look'ing to kill you! PRINCESS - FORWARD STAIRS HAV'ING FOG - WATCH IT."
After speaking, Biter moves stealthily...
Stealth (to C10)
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Round 1 (corrected):
Rath hurls a couple of shurikens towards where he last saw Tatrill, hoping to flush their quarry.
Rath quietly assigns some of the guards to secure the other people on the suspects list. He is not convinced there is only one enemy on board. He then moves stealthily...
Acrobatics won't be necessary since even counting the squares with people as 2-squares leaves him with one to spare. He ends his movement in E12, standing just inside the mist.
Caveat: If anyone takes an AoO on him, he lays into them.
Unused attack roll from prior post:
Pete, Round 1
He will move to N12, if available, or N11, and ready action to tackle (grapple)Jerrys Puthol or Tatrill, once he climbs up the ladder.
PRINCESS - FORWARD STAIRS HAV'ING FOG - WATCH IT."
"Lovely," she mutters. "IF IT'S ANY OF THE SPELLS I'M FAMILIAR WITH, THAT FOG WILL BE AROUND FOR A MINUTE OR TWO IF NOT LONGER. YOU MAY NEED TO SWEEP THE AREA. THOSE OF YOU IN THE FIRST HOLD MAINTAIN YOUR POSITIONS AND KEEP THE LADDERS SECURED!"
Gregor casts his spell and watches and waits for somebody to come up from below.
Gram moves to cover both ladders. He can hear and sense movement in the mists. He can make out the form of one of your allied soldiers frantically twirling about in the mist, trying to locate a target.
Biter makes his way carefully along, hiding himself behind piles of crates and barrels.
Alexis casts her mage armour.
Rath fires shuriken into the fog, but is not rewarded by any cries of pain. His whispered orders snap the soldier next to him out of his frantic searching and the man moves back out of the mist to tend to the Tweedlebottoms.
Suddenly, from within the mists, you hear more chanting, this time of a much grimmer and unholy nature. The words are all in a harsh, guttural language none of you recognize, except for the last word, which strikes fear in any language: "Norgorber".
Waves of dark energies lash out from within the mists, surrounding Rath, Gram, and several colonists and prisoners. Screams of pain accompany the vile chanting in a gruesome counterpoint.
Will save DC 14 for half (3)
No sooner does Biter hear these screams of pain, when the soldier directly behind him starts to advance on Gram. The man seems quite surprised to find Biter hiding behind a 3 foot tall barrel, but he recovers and lashes out with his foot, attempting to catch Biter in the back of the knee.
Prathus' attack: ; damage: and Biter needs to make a Fort save DC 14 or be reduced to a movement rate of 5' for 2 rounds. Prathus then moves away towards the stern of the ship.
Scowling at the use of unholy energy, Gram calls out, "Abbas, my friend, might the light of Sarenrae be able to counteract this vile darkness?"
Scowling at the use of unholy energy, Gram calls out, "Abbas, my friend, might the light of Sarenrae be able to counteract this vile darkness?"
I'm changing Pete's target square to N8, rather than N11. It's hard to tell with this map, but the stairways descend into the centre of the ship, so the ladder from the lower hold emerges on the left side, not the right.
Abbas to act... (in case he wishes to change his mind in accordance with Gram's request)
I'm changing Pete's target square to N8, rather than N11. It's hard to tell with this map, but the stairways descend into the centre of the ship, so the ladder from the lower hold emerges on the left side, not the right.
Abbas to act... (in case he wishes to change his mind in accordance with Gram's request)
Gram hisses, "Ravarath, shall we sweep forward together, side-by-side?"
Rath shouts for the people at the stern of the boat and the folks up above, "Prathus is also enemy! Stop him - he has purpose! Heading to stern! Need help down here NOW." To Gram, "Both targets important. If more than Biter was down here to handle Prathus... augh! Alright, let us move into mist and KILL Tatrill."
Alexis swears under-her-breath before shouting, "Everyone who is topside who isn't the captain, a guard or a centaur, get face-down on the deck and lace your finger together behind your heads!"
Turning to Kheiron she says emphatically. If any of them stand up without your permission, put your weaponry to good use. It's our Lord Governor's life or theirs at this point.
"Gregor!" she shouts and waves her hands forward before pointing at the hold.
A sudden notion strikes Rath "Gram, can you detect the evil of Tatrill?"
Gram answers, "Only if I can see him, Rath..."
E12 to F13 - none: 4 remain
Gram makes it to F16 with 2 squares of movement left. He will move no further unless Rath is able to keep up or he sees an enemy to attack. If Rath is able make it to G16, then Gram will step into D16 since that will allow them to each see into the 5' around them in order to make AoOs on anyone passing back thru.
Rath Acrobatics Rolls as he moves from F10 to G15/16(just doing a few extras):
New Initiative:
Elorin 19++
Gregor 19+
Gram 19
Biter 18
Alexis 14
Rath 11
Tatrill 10
Prathus 9
Pete 8
Abbas 6
Abbas steps forward and partially down the forward ladder, then channels energy for Rath and Gram.
Elorin to act...
Rath looks at the guards with contempt "Fine. Can't find spine to hunt Cleric in mist then some wait and strike if he appears and some help Biter stop Prathus. Do it! Or you will face ME when this is done."
Should I stay up here and cover the stairs or come down there?
Yes, sorry you do get Biter as well. Also, in order to come down the ladder slightly, Abbas has stepped into the mist.
Elorin begins delaying.
Gregor to act...
Round 2:
Rolls (if needed):
Perception:
Sense Motive:
Attack(Shillelagh):
Damage:
As BITER:
Biter rages, lunges at Prathus, delivering a mighty blow...
He yells up to Elorin, "Come down! Help Biter BITE!"
Round 2
feel free to adjust accordingly if anything comes up.
Gregor and Gram delay.
Biter whirls about and viciously slashes at Prathus with his sword. The man ducks the blow far more nimbly than Biter would think possible for a human.
Alexis casts her spell and advances to the top of the top ladder.
Rath advances through the mist, but all he finds is a downed colonist in G16.
Gram advances with him. He finds Jerrys in F14, also down, but no sign of the channeler.
You hear more chanting, this time to port. Out of the mists, steps a man, dripping wet, wearing a Taldor uniform. It's hard to tell in the dim lighting, but he would appear to be the pirate captain who nearly killed Biter (of course, only Gram can see well enough to make out even that much - nobody else can even see that the man is there). The pirate captain takes a swing at Gram with his fist, moving much slower than a human should.
Pirate Captain Zombie attack: ; damage ;
Prathus lashes at Biter with another kick aimed at crippling the goblin.
Attack: damage: and Fort save DC 14 or reduced speed. Prathus then attempts to tumble away from Biter. Acrobatics check: No AoO from Biter.
Pete to act...
Gram cries out in surprise, "They have someone capable of creating undead down here? Why the hell is that dead pirate captain's body even still here? He was hanged over a week ago! Why didn't Theodric dump him overboard when he was cut from the yardarm?! Rath, Abbas, I'm going to need some help, the undead is just to the port-side of me!"
Rath is enraged, he whispers. "Fall back upstairs, Gram. Maybe Zombie follow. I have to kill that cleric before he raises more undead. Send more people down here and after Prathus."
Gram cries out in surprise, "They have someone capable of creating undead down here? Why the hell is that dead pirate captain's body even still here? He was hanged over a week ago! Why didn't Theodric dump him overboard when he was cut from the yardarm?! Rath, Abbas, I'm going to need some help, the undead is just to the port-side of me!"
He did. You guys dumped the body yourselves. The water dripping off the man's clothes takes on a whole new meaning.