...hitting the alchemist again, this time on his upper thigh...
Zaarah swings twice at the prone red dude, he manages to roll away from her first attack, but her second strikes him squarely between his shoulder blades, making him grunt in pain...
Ursahla transfers her bane spell from red to black...
Taurus gives the man in black a boxing lesson, with two of his fists landing solidly, one on the chin and the in the solar plexus causing an "Oomph" sound to emit from the thug's lips...
COMBAT! End Round 1 / Begin Round 2 - The bold may post!
Ridley (-29)
Zaarah
Ursahla
Faerin
Onyx Alliance Veterans (red prone -60, blue -9, black -42)
Taurus (-9)
Ursahla moves in attempting to kick some dirt in the eyes of her foe.
Dirty trick:1d20 + 24 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 24 + 2 = 43
On a success, black is blinded for 1d4 ⇒ 1 rounds plus 1 round for every 5 Ursahla exceeds black's CMD. The effect can be removed early if black spends a standard action.
In case Zaarah is attacked she uses 'Opportune Parry' and parries by expending an AoO to parry and spends a panache point (so if the attack roll of tshe opponent is lower than Zaarah's parry then the opponent does not hit and Zaarah could potentially reposte)
Opportune Parry:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30
In case Zaarah successfully parries she uses 'Reposte' as an immediate action to attack the opponent that attacked her.
Male Shoanti Barbarian 10 HP: 102/102 l AC: 12 /T: 12/FF: 10 l Fort: +13, Ref: +6, W: +9 l Init: +2 l Per: +5 l Movement: 40
That second attack actually hits me. Taurus's AC is 7 presently. Granted it only does 1 damage. =P
The big man shrugs off two more of his attacker's blows. The thug's iron weapon was like a toy against Taurus's flesh. Wordlessly, he returns the favor with his fists.
Continue rage. Full attack fighting defensively. Taurus gets a +1 morale bonus to attacks from Spire Totem because they attacked his allies.
Faerin has DR 3. :)
Slitherbane Kiss! 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 10 + 2 = 221d10 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Faerine feels the thud of the enemy's flail on her shoulder and shrugs. She's a stone lord and her defenses were rock like. She couldn't let this one get away with it and so she returns the favor with her own Flail.
Slitherbane seems to convey a sense of disinterest as it swings through the air after a brief twirl to land against his target........
Ursahla kicks dirt directly in the black dude's eyes...while he would've been blinded for quite some time, the fists of Taurus pound him into unconsciousness, dropping him like a wet blanket...
Zaarah follows up against red with a couple more swings of her keen black blade...the first one brings the thug to the brink while her second strike cleanly severs the man's head from his shoulders...
COMBAT! End Round 2 / Begin Round 3 - The bold may post!
Ridley (-29)
Zaarah
Ursahla
Faerin (-14)
Onyx Alliance Veterans (red dead, blue -9, black unconscious)
Taurus (-16)
Human M Human Alchemist 8 |Current AC: 23 AC Base: 21 T 14 FF 20 | HP 58/58 | F +9 R +12 W +5| CMD 13 | Init +8 (12wHA)| Perc +19 | Spells: Level 1 5/6 Level 2 3/5 Level 3 2/3| Bombs 19/19 | Active Buffs: SeeInvis, Heroism, DrkVsn, BrkSkn, Cog
Ridley will toss a grease bomb at yellow, greasing the highlighted squares.
Slitherbane Kiss! 1d20+10+2;1d10+2
Faerine feels the thud of the enemy's flail on her shoulder and shrugs. She's a stone lord and her defenses were rock like. She couldn't let this one get away with it and so she returns the favor with her own Flail.
Slitherbane seems to convey a sense of disinterest as it swings through the air after a brief twirl to land against his target........
Black is down? moves up and bashes yellow instead
A slight adjustment as Faerin steps forward to redirect her attack into the next foe as she notices her original target going down motionless, no movement is wasted as Faerin swings her torso to add more weight to her swing.
Sorry, Faerin, missed your first attack post; I was in the process of writing the post, got delayed for several minutes, came back and posted...didn't see that you had posted in the interim...
Ridley tosses another grease bomb, this on at yellow and it hits him squarely in his torso...he tries do dodge the impending grease...
Reflex:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
...and fails, falling prone...
Faerin takes advantage of his fall, bashing him heavily on his left leg...
Zaarah's sword skills are superior to the first attack, as she barely manages to parry it, but her riposte is definitive, striking blue hard in the gut. But blue presses his attack nonetheless, and strikes her in return...
She feints up high with her rapier then attempts to deliver a knee to the groin of her target.
Dirty trick:1d20 + 24 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 24 + 2 = 39
On a hit blue is sickened for 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds plus 1 round for every 5 she exceeds his CMD. Blue can remove this condition early with a standard action.
Zaarah attacks with her intelligent Black Blade Scimitar.
Brand, free action to deliver with Keen Scimitar Black Blade +3 attack roll, -2 spell combat :1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 13 - 2 = 23 Scimitar Black Blade +3, Dex mod +6, Damage roll :1d6 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
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Then regular attack with her scimitar during spell combat full attack.
Keen Scimitar Black Blade +3 attack roll, spell combat :1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 13 - 2 = 12 Scimitar Black Blade +3, Dex mod +6, Damage roll :1d6 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
Opportune Parry & Reposte:
In case Zaarah is attacked she uses 'Opportune Parry' and parries by expending an AoO to parry and spends a panache point (so if the attack roll of tshe opponent is lower than Zaarah's parry then the opponent does not hit and Zaarah could potentially reposte)
Opportune Parry:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
In case Zaarah successfully parries she uses 'Reposte' as an immediate action to attack the opponent that attacked her.
Human M Human Alchemist 8 |Current AC: 23 AC Base: 21 T 14 FF 20 | HP 58/58 | F +9 R +12 W +5| CMD 13 | Init +8 (12wHA)| Perc +19 | Spells: Level 1 5/6 Level 2 3/5 Level 3 2/3| Bombs 19/19 | Active Buffs: SeeInvis, Heroism, DrkVsn, BrkSkn, Cog
Ursahla kicks blue in the jewels...he doubles over in pain but that's the least of his problems as Zaarah's first strike cuts deeply and then Ridley's bomb blows him to smithereens...
Taurus takes care of yellow in similar style as three quick and heavy-handed fists drop him back into the grease...
Human M Human Alchemist 8 |Current AC: 23 AC Base: 21 T 14 FF 20 | HP 58/58 | F +9 R +12 W +5| CMD 13 | Init +8 (12wHA)| Perc +19 | Spells: Level 1 5/6 Level 2 3/5 Level 3 2/3| Bombs 19/19 | Active Buffs: SeeInvis, Heroism, DrkVsn, BrkSkn, Cog
Ridley will take 10 on identifying the potions, getting a 30.
He will shine his Lantern of Auras (basically detect magic) on the gauntlets and attempt to identify them.
"Lucky or not. We best be on our way. Also keep a lookout for those who might be tailing us." Faerin cautions. She leads the way front in case any attacks will be met by her first.
Zaarah and Ridley detect no magic on the Crusader's Sword. They discover the magical gauntlets are gauntlets of the skilled maneuver (disarm); Ridley determines two of the potions are bull strength and the other two are cure moderate wounds...
You make your way safely back to the Glaresight Inn...upon entering, Raul greets you and takes you to a private room, closing the door behind him. Upon opening the door, you see Drendle Dreng, still in disguise.
"Good, good...you all made it...and I assume you have the sword? Excellent! I did not expect you quite this early. I had arranged that meeting to purchase the Crusader's Sword. Your untimely arrival spoiled the meeting...but we have the sword and my cover can be maintained, so all is good...
"So tell me the latest of what you know about missing items from the Blakros Museum..."
Female N Kitsune, always in human form (auburn hair, freckles, dreamily observing and sometimes looking a little bit crazy) | Swashbuckler 1 / Magus 15 | Low-light vision | Speed 30ft, Fly 60ft | Boots of Speed 10/10 | Lucky Horses. 1/1 | HP 209/209 | Normal: AC 24 T 19 FF 16 | CMB +25 (Disarm, Trip, Sunder), CMD 28 | F +22, R +22, W +15 | Empower 1/1 | Quicken 1/1| FreeMove 4/4 | Panache 9/9 | Arcane Pool/Ring 11+4/13+4 | Black Blade Pool 4/4 | Concentr. reroll 2/2 | Chaldira reroll 1/1 | Reroll 1/1 | Flight 15/15 | Init +9 | Perc +26, SM +21, Bluff (Deceive) +28, Dipl. (Convince) +28 | Active cond: Ablative barrier, invisibility, fly, Defending bones
Zaarah bows in Tien fashion to show respect.
”Sir, it is good to see you and know that you are unharmed! We apologise for being too direct in such an important investigation! Our mental stability has been astoundingly good and due to that we were able to show that Nigel is quite incompetent and the museum leadership was surprised when we showed that all items which Nigel believed to be destroyed or lost actually were just stolen or wandered off! I give you a full report ... “ Zaarah says and tells what they learned.
”We already know that the golem is probably playing bodyguard for somebody here in town! Do you know anything about the other items?“
Dreng nods. "Yes, indeed. Glad to hear it's still only the four items missing, as we have the sword and I've tracked the other three items to two different locations..."
He pulls out a couple of notes from his robes and refreshes his memory. He then continues to search as if for another note but can't seem to find it. "Bah! I can't find my note on the Osirian nemes...no matter I can recall enough...
"Any way, I'd start with the Soul Stalls, on the western outskirts of Shadow Absalom. The wax golem whom thinks he's a Linnorm king has been last seen there...word is a night hag is in the process of trying to sell it there in the market. That's why you need to go there first, so you can acquire it before they sell it..."
"I've traced the nemes and the Osa painting to an Onyx Alliance storehouse within the city; the recently repurposed Wightir House. The house was once the coterminous connection point between the Material Plane's Blakros Museum and the Shadow Plane. Ever since Nigel Aldain used the shadow obelisk to restructure the museum’s layout a few years ago, the Wightir House has shared no link with the museum beyond still holding onto its former structural layout."
Female N Kitsune, always in human form (auburn hair, freckles, dreamily observing and sometimes looking a little bit crazy) | Swashbuckler 1 / Magus 15 | Low-light vision | Speed 30ft, Fly 60ft | Boots of Speed 10/10 | Lucky Horses. 1/1 | HP 209/209 | Normal: AC 24 T 19 FF 16 | CMB +25 (Disarm, Trip, Sunder), CMD 28 | F +22, R +22, W +15 | Empower 1/1 | Quicken 1/1| FreeMove 4/4 | Panache 9/9 | Arcane Pool/Ring 11+4/13+4 | Black Blade Pool 4/4 | Concentr. reroll 2/2 | Chaldira reroll 1/1 | Reroll 1/1 | Flight 15/15 | Init +9 | Perc +26, SM +21, Bluff (Deceive) +28, Dipl. (Convince) +28 | Active cond: Ablative barrier, invisibility, fly, Defending bones
Zaarah nods.
”This place is really much less creepy then I anticipated! You know that I have a lot of shadows already in my head so seeing them all around me might have been a little bit too much to bear!! I am ready... !“
Dreng shrugs. ”As with any town, some good, some bad...but you stand out like a sore thumb...you look nothing like fetchlings...
“As for the hag, she may not have any muscle...but hags many times show up in pairs...she may have a sister or other relative nearby. While she may not be easy to persuade, she’ll likely barter with you for the golem...but be prepared for a fight, just in case...”
Human M Human Alchemist 8 |Current AC: 23 AC Base: 21 T 14 FF 20 | HP 58/58 | F +9 R +12 W +5| CMD 13 | Init +8 (12wHA)| Perc +19 | Spells: Level 1 5/6 Level 2 3/5 Level 3 2/3| Bombs 19/19 | Active Buffs: SeeInvis, Heroism, DrkVsn, BrkSkn, Cog
Any idea what sort of thing she might be interested in?
Just a heads up, as I forgot to mention it earlier. Ridley and Zaarah also found four +1 heavy shields among the haul after dealing with the Onyx Alliance veterans...
You travel to the Soul Stalls, clearly shown on the map you were given by Hamaria Blakros on the western outskirts. The Soul Stalls are an outlandish marketplace outside Shadow Absalom’s city walls. From what you could ascertain before your arrival, you know a sizable population of night hags dwell within the area, peddling wares obtained from across the planes in exchange for interesting or powerful souls...
The whole place is abuzz about the wax golem that's for sale. You easily find out that he's being sold in a stall just south of the entrance you came through, by a night hag named Valryss…
Female N Kitsune, always in human form (auburn hair, freckles, dreamily observing and sometimes looking a little bit crazy) | Swashbuckler 1 / Magus 15 | Low-light vision | Speed 30ft, Fly 60ft | Boots of Speed 10/10 | Lucky Horses. 1/1 | HP 209/209 | Normal: AC 24 T 19 FF 16 | CMB +25 (Disarm, Trip, Sunder), CMD 28 | F +22, R +22, W +15 | Empower 1/1 | Quicken 1/1| FreeMove 4/4 | Panache 9/9 | Arcane Pool/Ring 11+4/13+4 | Black Blade Pool 4/4 | Concentr. reroll 2/2 | Chaldira reroll 1/1 | Reroll 1/1 | Flight 15/15 | Init +9 | Perc +26, SM +21, Bluff (Deceive) +28, Dipl. (Convince) +28 | Active cond: Ablative barrier, invisibility, fly, Defending bones
Zaarah walks forward to the first hag she sees.
”Hello, I hope that you are well! My name is Zaarah and it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance! We heard that you have an unbelievably powerful golem for sale and would very much like to inspect the merchandise and of course speak to Valryss!“
The night hag cackles at Zaarah. "You are speaking with Valryss, my pretty...yes I have the golem of which you seek. I will show him to you, of course...but first, what currency are you wishing to purchase him with? Your soul perhaps?"
Female N Kitsune, always in human form (auburn hair, freckles, dreamily observing and sometimes looking a little bit crazy) | Swashbuckler 1 / Magus 15 | Low-light vision | Speed 30ft, Fly 60ft | Boots of Speed 10/10 | Lucky Horses. 1/1 | HP 209/209 | Normal: AC 24 T 19 FF 16 | CMB +25 (Disarm, Trip, Sunder), CMD 28 | F +22, R +22, W +15 | Empower 1/1 | Quicken 1/1| FreeMove 4/4 | Panache 9/9 | Arcane Pool/Ring 11+4/13+4 | Black Blade Pool 4/4 | Concentr. reroll 2/2 | Chaldira reroll 1/1 | Reroll 1/1 | Flight 15/15 | Init +9 | Perc +26, SM +21, Bluff (Deceive) +28, Dipl. (Convince) +28 | Active cond: Ablative barrier, invisibility, fly, Defending bones
Zaarah starts cackling, ”Ha ha ha ... “ and fhen abruptly stops and has a very confused look on her face.
She looks at her sword.
”I have a shadow bound soul trapped in my sword that I would like to get rid of sometimes. But today... No souls. Currency is gold! Is there a problem?“
Human M Human Alchemist 8 |Current AC: 23 AC Base: 21 T 14 FF 20 | HP 58/58 | F +9 R +12 W +5| CMD 13 | Init +8 (12wHA)| Perc +19 | Spells: Level 1 5/6 Level 2 3/5 Level 3 2/3| Bombs 19/19 | Active Buffs: SeeInvis, Heroism, DrkVsn, BrkSkn, Cog
If you're interested in lore, I can probably tell you just about anything about anything if it's been written down. Anything you're interested enough in learning about to trade for?
