Initiative order
Caliban: 15 Ray of frost, Attack
Caleb: 15 Charge attack!
Sioned: 8 Detect Evil (rnd 1)
Suryani: 6 Ready Action
Kloss: 23 Attack (miss)
Human Woman: 17
Tiefling: 17
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Caleb charges into the darkness and Caliban goes full attack at his unseen assailant...
...but the nimble Tiefling is not there to be hit. He snickers in the darkness beside them.
Sioned begins to detect evil herself, while Kloss and the glaive -welding woman are still locked in mortal combat.
The two evil continue as before, the woman backing even farther away into the other room and out of the darkness on the other side. They attack the same targets again...
[Kloss -20]
[Caliban AC 12]
[Caliban -16]
... cutting and stabbing Kloss and Caliban again. Anger flashes again over the woman's face.
In the darkness you hear Kloss grunt in pain again as metal hits against metal. Caliban is hit again as well, more or less in the same place as before, and he grits his teeth to work through the pain.
The woman growls in a low voice:
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Caliban, desperation growing at the chuckling assailant again tries to overwhlem his opponent. Attacking with both a Ray of Frost and his now empowered longsword.
"Caliban, they're after you specifically! Everyone, this darkness is going to end soon!"
Sioned continues to detect evil.
Arshea, don't let us lose. We're so close to winning, and I want to know who saved me.
I wasnt going after the tiefling, I was going after the lady.
I wasnt going after the tiefling, I was going after the lady.
Ok. I am going to strike at the tiefling again on my turn.
Kloss misses once more...
Kloss misses once more...
ho hum
Initiative order
Caliban: 15 Ray of frost, Attack (defensive)
Caleb: 15 Attack
Sioned: 8 Detect Evil (rnd 2)
Suryani: 6 Ready Action
Kloss: 23 Attack (miss)
Human Woman: 17
Tiefling: 17
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Caliban flails ineffectively into the darkness, his spell disrupted by the pain in his leg and his longsword striking no targets in front of him.
Caleb on the other side swings wide at the Tiefling's voice....
... but misjudges the distance to his target and swipes through an empty space.
Kloss is having similar luck on the other side of the darkness with his foe as she blocks again with the metal hilt of her weapon.
Suryani and Sioned wait at the door for the darkness to pass as the inquisitor feels the presence of 1 evil aura somewhere in the vicinity.
Although Kloss and the woman are just 5ft into the next room, no one else can see them though the inky blackness. She looks annoyed at the Tiefling and begins casting a spell...
... her eyes cloud and turn white for a moment, then return to normal.
The Teifling continues feverishly trying to kill his Elven target, without getting hit himself...
... but his hesitance to get hit makes his attack fruitless.
The human woman speaks again in her strange language, it sounds like it is coming from the next room.
And as suddenly as it spread throughout the room, the magical darkness dissipates!
A battle scene is revealed, with Caleb and Caliban fighting a Tiefling near the southern door - the Elf's leg covered in blood. Just through the door, Kloss and the woman are locked in melee.
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The paladin is going to attack the tiefling infront of him.
Standing on his last legs, Kloss see no way out but to keep attacking.
Thank you, Arshea.
With a growl, Sioned charges at the woman and swings at her.
I concur with the tiefling.
Caliban, seeing clearly the teifling now, takes a slight step, trying to either gain position on the teifling or create the opportunity for Caleb Caliban renews his assault. Grinning as he channels frost and swings his longsword.
If Caliban can flank would I get the +2 as well?
If Caliban can flank would I get the +2 as well?
My roll is a 20 then.
"You are outnumbered, surrender and we will spare you," Suryani calls out to the woman, who suddenly starts to glow with a soft blue light.
Initiative order
Caliban: Step, Ray of frost, Attack
Caleb: 15 Attack
Sioned: 8 Charge Attack
Suryani: 6 Faerie Fire
Kloss: 23 Attack (miss)
Human Woman: 17
Tiefling: 17
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Caleb and Caliban move into flanking position around the now revealed Tiefling. His smile quickly disappears as they land blow after blow, frost and steel rocking him from both sides...
[Tiefling -2 -5 -6 -7 = -20 HP]
.. and crumples to the ground, dropping his dagger. Everyone has the feeling he may not be getting up any time soon.
Sioned charges the woman with the glave, who seems to be focusing on Kloss at the moment intently, and connects a glancing blow with her flail. [Woman -13HP]
Kloss misses with his attack as the woman starts to glow from Suryani's spell.
Her body guards dead, the woman screeches "You will pay in kind for this! Baphoment, smite this ant!"
She backs away one last time and swings wildly at Kloss...
[Kloss -23HP]
.. Kloss moves to dodge her blow, but it is as if she knew exactly which way he would go. Her glaive lands hard in his midsection and he skids to the ground unconscious and bleeding.
The woman looks at the rest of the party, large beads of sweat rolling down her forehead, and laughs. "You'll have to tear the last breath from my throat, flower-child."
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Can I charge, power attack and smite? I can't read anything that says no but would like clairifcation.
Caliban focuses his eyes upon the woman, electricity sparking from his fingers as he incants a spell, and closes on her, longsword in hand. IF he can do that and reach her he'll strike at her head with the sword, while stretching his sparking hand out for her chainmail armor.
Longsword!
Can I charge, power attack and smite? I can't read anything that says no but would like clairifcation.
We have had quite enough of your foul god and you, young man, have at thee!
charge,flank power attack and smite.
power attack and smite
Suryani rushes to Kloss' side and lays a hand on him.
Pretty good hit!
Sioned moves to flank and gives the woman another smack with the flail.
Initiative order
Caliban: Move up, spellstrike (you don't need to make the touch attack, the longsword attack delivers the touch spell. Spell combat can be two separate attacks, but that's a full round action. )
Caleb: 15 Charge Power attack (no flanking, you are charging straight up to her)
Suryani: 6 CLW (Kloss now at 1 HP)
Human Woman: 17
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Caliban rushes up to the woman and...
... ducks under her glaive, casting a spell onto his longsword and hitting the evil woman. Lightning sparks off of his sword and flows over her armor [Woman -24HP].
Caleb runs headlong into the combat, pulling his bastard sword up in front of his charge. As she tries to fend off Caliban, he brushes past her pole-arm and stabs the better part of his blade straight through her heart. [Woman -39HP]
She stumbles while coughing, eyes roll to the back of her head, and then she falls to the ground. Dead.
Suryani works her magic on Kloss and brings him back from unconsciousness. [Kloss 2 HP] He looks like he's seen better days.
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In this cavern, where the cultist woman was finally defeated, old blood stains the floor. Barrels filled with scraps of fur and fat sit against one wall, emitting an foul stench. The two long stone slab tables are covered with skinning tools and piles of freshly butchered meat at the far end to the south. Two wooden racks hold drying animal skins.
Back in the last room, also a long cavern, braziers still fill the chamber with warm orange light. An enormous bloodstain, maybe a week old darkens the long stone table's surface.
I think we're slowly getting back to the civilised world. Kloss moans as he regain consciousness.
Hooray!
How close are we to leveling?
Sioned takes some deep breaths before addressing the group.
"We got really lucky there. That was just one tiefling -- no offense meant, Kloss -- and a lot more of that tactic, tieflings with darkness are quite common. Imagine if there were two or three, ready to blot out all light one after another. We should really be willing to briefly withdraw if necessary, as well as scout first before charging in."
"Speaking of scouting, I'm going to check the two adjecent rooms, starting with the one that woman came out of. I don't think there's anyone there but I'm going to be careful regardless. Assuming there's no more surprises, we carefully loot everyplace we've been to and head back to town for the day...or evening."
At that, Sioned creeps into the north room to give it a look-over.
"Agreed Sioned, I did not realize it was the teifling, and not her spell which attacked me initially. My desire to return to the outdoors clouded my judgement there."
Caliban thoughtfully considers his words, then turns to the woman, casting Detect Magic and rifling through her possessions and those of the teifling.
"I agree, heading straight into that patch of darkness might not have been the smartest idea. But, we prevailed, with a little help of the Everlight," Suryani says. She then picks up the woman's wand, and checks if she's still alive. If so, she asks someone to tie her up before trying to stabilize her.
Vile spawn of the demons. Tieflings. They should hunted down to the last of 'em.
Kloss forgets his own afflictions as he mutters about his kin.
Aye, cleric. We prevailed with the help of the Everlight and the might of Ragathiel
How close are we to leveling?
At that, Sioned creeps into the north room to give it a look-over.
Sioned opens the door to the north and uncovers a small room. A stone pedestal holds a copper brazier aloft in the center of this room. Against the western wall, an enormous pile of animal furs and thick quilts serves as a bed. Sheathed weapons and stone carvings adorn the walls. The eastern half of the room holds a wooden desk, beneath which stands a long, thin iron lockbox.
Caliban thoughtfully considers his words, then turns to the woman, casting Detect Magic and rifling through her possessions and those of the teifling.
Searching through the woman's belongings, Caliban find a few things radiating magic: 2 potions, and a wand (which Suryani picks up).
Other gear in sleeves and pouches on her and the Tiefling include: 1 alchemist's fire, a vial of antitoxin, a bejeweled book of prayers, a lockbox key, a note, and 32 gp.
Her masterwork glaive lies on the ground, as does the Tielfing's daggers. She wears a chain shirt, while the Tiefling wears leather.
She then picks up the woman's wand, and checks if she's still alive. If so, she asks someone to tie her up before trying to stabilize her.
The cultist woman has a large hole in her heart and is quite dead.