Growling in frustration, Lisbeth charges forward with her greatsword at the unharmed one, hoping to finish the fight before the guards can get a warning out to others.
Lisbeth is able to drop one of the guards with a single mighty swing of her massive blade.
Zinbah unfurls the scroll and readies it to cast at the remaining guard should Sammy fail to immediately dispatch the lone guard.
Sammy, having closed the distance earlier, swings his clawed hands at the guard, but they get tangled up in the guard's clothing and armor.
The guard who is currently still standing wastes no time in grabbing his signal born and blowing like his life depends on it. In many ways it kind of does, even if there's little chance he will make it out okay even if help does arrive.
The bellow of the large instrument sounds out through the prison grounds, and any guards currently not slain or unconscious hear it loud and clear.
Morossa once more lets out some unladylike curses and again attempts to pound the guard.
Attack-unarmed-non-lethal: <-- assuming flanking at this point with a 5' step
Damage:
With all the commotion, her blow is well wide.
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Amanada looks EXTREMELY pissed off saying and growls "Curses on these Mitrian Bastards. To the hells with all this tip toe business. Kill this bastard and let us scale down the wall with a rope. We don't have the numbers to fight an entire prison."
Amanda takes her mace and takes a mighty swing at the guard who blew his tooter.
Amanda's swing takes a lot out of the guard and Morossa's swift blow is able to finish him off, making him slump unconsious onto the floor.
You hear the commotion as four men brandishing their weapons begin their slow advance down the bridge.
With them are two guard dogs as well.
Tatiana follows the servant into the Cardinal's chamber. She stands in awe as she finally receives her first glimpse of his majesty. She curtsies deeply before the Cardinal, bowing her head in respect. She has intentionally parted her raven colored hair to reveal a pair of one inch horns, as a sign of pride in her demonic heritage.
"Master Thorn...I am your humble servant..." She remains bowed before her Lord, awaiting his response.
Zinbah refuses to allow the signal horn to break his concentration, instead finishing off the spell and waiting for the group of soldiers, including the Sergeant to get into range and lets loose his sleep spell.
Raymond smirks. "Numbers? You want numbers? I can take care of that. Just lemme put Sammy back in his box for a minute. Besides, we got 'em in a choke point here and they don't know where we are. All they know is a horn blew."
With a snap of his fingers Raymond causes Sammy to shimmer and vanish.
Lisbeth looks at the tiny figures running towards them, then to Amanda, "Still have that bow?" She keeps watch on the figures running across the bridge.
The first two guards to approach are tripped up by Zinbah's spell, collapsing limply and falling asleep on the bridge. Blackerly howls an order to continue onward and forget about them, the fact that someone has cast magic deeply concerning him and alerting him to somebody positioned in a vantage point, likely atop the gatehouse.
As the guards approach, Raymond summons two twisted, fiendish looking eagles to replace his dismissed servant.
Morossa looks to the others.
Lets get them up here. Can one of you bluff like a struggling guard? They are all male so I do not think Amanda, Lisbeth or I would be a wise choice. It we shoot from up here and miss, they might flee to get more help.
She then looks to Zinbah.
How long will those other three be asleep?
Tatiana stays bowed low as the Cardinal speaks. When he dismisses her, she responds. "I will not fail you Lord." She turns and follows the servant out, awaiting her orders.
Zinbah thinks for a second before replying to Morossa. "I do not thing Blackerly will buy any bluff we offer at this point. The magic I used would say the gatehouse is lost to him." As he watches Blackerly approach, he adds with a smirk "Don't worry. He is definitely going to make his way up here. His pride would refuse any other action. Plus he does not have a bow, so his other option is to get picked off by us as he runs away." His voice grows more relaxed, "Those guards will stay sleep for about a minute. I believe this will be over before then. Sorry about depriving you of some enjoyment but I am sure you can have fun playing with his pets!"
Morossa also picks up a bow. I believe there are at least 2.
Attack:
Damage:
Round 2
Attack-longbow:
Damage:
Unfortunately, both arrows are well wide of their mark.
As arrows sail down, Blackerly curses and howls to press onward, running alongside the still awake guards and the dogs as they try to chase their way up to the battlement. The former castle's design was such that the gatehouse could be held as a fortified position for a very long time with the bridge as a choke point. Trying to shoot back from the bridge would be suicide.
"I think you made the fat guy mad. If he don't like arrows, let's see how he likes a couple birds peckin' out his eyes."
Lisbeth growls at the sounds of approaching boots on hard stone stairs, "Let's finish this." Gripping her greatsword, she prepares to cut down the first one through.
Zinbah positions himself out of range from the melee combatants, but stands ready to assist with another scroll.
Morossa stands, hands appearing empty, but with a handful of ashes from the kitchen, prepared to throw them in the face of whichever guard should appear first.
Blackerly leads his remaining one guard and the dogs up the stairways, hoping to flank you from both sides.
Seeing the guards arrive, Morossa quickly moves up and decides that Blackerly needs something better than just ashes in his eyes, so she instead attempts to rearrange his family jewels with her knee.
Dirty Trick: <-- sickened for 1 round, +1 round/5 this beats the CMD
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To sense where the attackers are coming from and position herself into a good charging position.
Amanda channels the might of Asmodeus, activating her Judgement as a swift action (Justice, +1 Profane Bonus to Hit). She then concentrates on the wounded guard first. While she would love to kill Blackary she wants to take out the wounded target first so that she'll have less interference when she fights her true foe. She yells "DIE MITRAN FOOLS!" and charges into combat taking a mighty swing at the wounded guard her mace crackling with dark energy.
As the guards come up the stairs Raymond's eagles screech loudly and set upon their faces, scratching at their eyes from above.
Meanwhile, Raymond prepares himself to summon another creature as soon as one of his eagles falls.
Lisbeth squares off with Blackerly, sneering at him, "Good to see you again, tubs. Quite the security force you've got here. I'll have to change it, I'm afraid, when I'm in control, though. So we don't have another fiasco like this. You understand, I'm sure. Hope you made enough money skimming off the top, because it's quitting time for you, now." she finishes with a roar, swinging her greatsword with all her strength at the man.
Tomas howls as Morossa sets upon him with her knee, pitching forward slightly in pain. The eagles peck at him as he tries to grip his sword and shield harder, one of them getting him from the side and making him even more afraid. He is clearly not a man of great courage or conviction. It's only worsened when Lisbeth swings her greatsword at him, cleaving down into his arm and making him fall to the ground, howling in pain. "Don't kill me," he screams, only to try and drive his longsword into the Antipaladin's gut.
Amanda's mace strikes down onto the injured guard's shield, and he responds with an attack of his own.
The dogs are smart enough to sniff around, picking up the magic of the man likely responsible for the summoning of the eagles, and assail him rather than his birds.
Seeing the blows land, Morossa swings at Blackerly with a fist, before at the last moment kicking out at his knee hoping to distract him so that Lisbeth's big sword can take him down.
Attack-aid another vs DC10: <-- extra +2 assumes flanking
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Amanda growls in pain from the counter attack and changes her offensive enhancement into a healing enhancement, healing herself 1 damage (Switching Judgement ability to fast healing 1). She growls at the guard, "Your attempts at slaying me shall be in vain. I have the might of a true god behind me fool! Feel the wrath of my god!"
With that she takes a step back (5 foot step) and casts Daze uttering wicked curse on the guard. DC 13 will save or he loses his next action.
Wincing as the blade enters her gut, she immediately grins as Morossa kicks his knee out from the kneeling guard captain (or whatever he is...), "And now you meet your false god!"
Zinbah smiles at the efficiency of the party in dealing with Blackerly. Perhaps you have not heard of the saying 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned...' A good education for you now I would say.
He looks at the guard dogs moving towards Raymond. Looks like he needs my help here. Putting away the scroll, he readies to cast another spell while the dogs are distracted.
Raymond winces as the dog bites into him. "Filthy mutt! I got more friends, you know!" he says as he takes a step back and summons another eagle into his newly vacant space. The new eagle immediately sets upon one of the dogs with talon and beak as the older eagles do the same to the guard.
Lisbeth's swing is enough to put an unceremonious end to the corrupt and coward Sergeant, whose face flashes with shock and disappointing as he falls flat onto his stomach, limp and lifeless.
Between the flames and the assault from the eagles, one of the dogs whines and collapses, the scorched flesh being pecked at forcing it down. The other continues to fight to its last breath, conditioned to be merciless. It turns its attention to the birds, which are now the more immediate threat as they threaten to pull him apart.
Grumblejack gets behind the now dazed guard, deciding that the makeshift weapon was slowing him down, instead swinging his fist down furiously at him. "Grumblejack not let you kill all the soft 'uns. Grumblejack need kill too."
Seeing the sergeant fall, Morossa turns her attention to the guard and attempts to take him down without killing him.
Attack-unarmed-non-lethal: <-- includes flanking
Damage:
Maybe I hit??
Morossa frowns as the inquisitor continues to use deadly force when it is clear that the battle is won.
Leave them alive if possible. We are prison escapees, not wanton murders. At least, that is what I wish to be viewed as.