Get everyone inside and close the door behind us.
suggested order: Weed, Tur, Dar, Tar
Dar agrees with Tarvoth's ordering and proceeds down the stairs:
Weed leads the party down the stairs which end after about a 30' descent, emptying into a 20x20 foot room with brick walls. At the far end of the room is a single iron bound door, in front of which stand two heavily armed and armored men standing idly and a plain wooden desk. Behind the desk is a third, lightly armored, man sitting in a large chair. On the desk is a strongbox and what looks like a thick ledger or journal.
The two heavily armored men straighten up as the party makes the bottom of the stairs, clearly on alert for any hostile action. The man behind the desk smiles as you enter-Welcome back Kinbote! How have you found the streets of fair Belric to your liking?
retcon, as we descent the stairs, cast Shield on myself, Dardanius and Weed.
Well, enough. Our boss has decided that it'd be best for our guild to absorb yours. Cooperate with us now and be spared.
The man's smiling face turns sour as he stands to his feet-Ha-ha....um....no thanks. Counter offer: leave town tonight or die.
The armored men's longswords rasp from their sheaths and they drop into a battle stance.
Dardanius sees the man push something on the desk.
Reinforcements on the way boys.
Dardanius will take a shot at the middle guy.
Move action : Dardanius will detect evil on the armored man on the left.
seems he alerted others my friends...lets be quick about this
weed attacks the man to the left
Cast bless. +1 to hit everyone
If man on left is still up, attack him. Otherwise switch to man on right.
black blade swift action extra +1 for 1 min
Attack!
Weed rushes in but has his blade blocked by the man's shield, who Dardanius detects as evil. Dardanius fires a quick shot at the lightly armored man who nimbly moves aside, and drops into a flanking crouch on Weed yelling-It's them; the red-head fits the description exactly! Tarvoth casts a spell to help the party during the fray. Turran joins his friend on the armored man to the left, but his scimitar can't find an opening.
Armored man on Weed
Lightly armored man flanking on Weed
Armored man on Turran
Dardanius will smite the man on the left:
Burn locate object to summon celestial giant ant to attack the man flanking Weed. Smite evil!
Attack!
Weed bump
weed dodges and strikes at the lightly armored man trying to flank him
Dardanius launches two arrows into the foe and a scimitar slice from Turran takes him down. Tarvoth summons a serpent which signficantly stings the lightly armored enemy and a wheeling Weed whacks him down with his greatsword. The remaining foe, seeing things going extremely poorly, pushes past Tarvoth and Dardanius, sprinting up the stairs to the street.
AOO's?
AOO's?
No; no one was engaged in melee with him and Dardanius has a bow (not AOO capable w/o feat) and Tarvoth cast a spell/summoned.
Dardanius considers pursuit But he decides that, with reinforcements on the way, it would be better to use the time to search the "office."
He will definitely help secure the contents of the desk, even if he doesn't notice anything secret.
impulsively Weed chases after him.....he will have to pause to open door......
Turran/Tarvoth ~bump~
Grab the ledger and look around for anything else incriminating or useful.
Direct the ant to move in front of the iron bound door so anybody coming from within will have to deal with the ant first.
Cast Daze on the guard, DC 12 Will
Sorry Tarvoth, not sure how I read serpent; I would have altered my alliteration in the post. Turran, casting daze is a standard action. The guard double moved during the last round and is up the stairs and out of sight/range of your spell; pick some other action.
Tarvoth directs the ANT in front of the iron-bound door and grabs the ledger off of the desk. Dardanius looks through the drawers of the desk and triggers a trap of exploding powder!
DC 20 REF save to avoid powder completely; if REF save is failed DC 15 FORT save or be blinded for , making the save results in you being dazzled for the same number of rounds.
Weed impulsively chases the fleeing guard who turns and attacks as the door finishes opening.
Thank goodness!
Anything else useful in the office?
The rest of the room seems uninteresting.
weed reels from the attack and grabs the door to close it after countering the attack
Weed-Trying to close the door will be a next round action and will require either a full round action 'to hit' on the lever to get it starting to close (it will be open at the beginning of the next round). You could skip the full round action and try to grab the level on the fly, but will suffer an AOO form the guard if you do.
i will suffer the AOO to try and close the door and help us from others attacking us
i will suffer the AOO to try and close the door and help us from others attacking us
Make that DC 20 perception check to see if you noticed the spoiler.
......
Ugg
Fair enough
Will still need actions for Tarvoth (save rolls please) and Turran
continue counter attack for Weed as above...not noticing anything
Dardanius takes the contents of the desk. Seeing Tarvoth blinded, Dardanius puts himself between Tarvoth and the stairs. Not sure how long the stairs were: does the remainder of the party hear Weed's battle?
Current round:
Dardanius avoided the blast of powder and explored the contents of the desk drawer.
Tarvoth did not avoid the blast of powder and is blinded for 8 rounds. He can still take an action and his ant is blocking/guarding the door.
Turran needs an action from last round (if any) and this current round. He is not in the blast radius of the blinding powder.
Weed is about 40' away from the rest of the party at the top of a flight of stairs fighting a guard as the secret door finishes opening.
So need an update on Tarvoth/Turran to move forward. If Turran doesn't post today I'll bot him and we can advance to the next round.
Next round:
Dardanius moves in between the blinded Tarvoth and the stairs. A DC 15 perception will allow him to hear the sounds of Weed fighting for his life at the top of the stairs.
Weed gets to defend and attack against the foe(s?) at the top of the stairs.
T&T undeclared.
Tarvoth puts the ledger in his pack and will stay close to Dardnanius and Turran. Ant can continue to guard door.
next round....weed flees back down the stairs, scattering a sack of caltrops behind him as he moves down
-Sorry, didn't show any current posts. I must have clicked on it and not read it. boooooooo me!-
Turran will follow Weed, if I get an action after that, I will attack the guard.
-Sorry, didn't show any current posts. I must have clicked on it and not read it. boooooooo me!-
Turran will follow Weed, if I get an action after that, I will attack the guard.
Retcon: Turran sprints after Weed and the guard (DC 20 Perception as Weed above to see what's coming); show me an attack roll Turran.
Turran's scimitar is intercepted by the guard's shield.
Next round:
Dardanius moves in between the blinded Tarvoth and the stairs. A DC 15 perception will allow him to hear the sounds of Weed fighting for his life at the top of the stairs.
Tarvoth moves close to where he thinks Dardanius is and Dardanius gently guides him close. The ant stands guard at the iron bound door. DC 15 perception check to hear the sounds of combat at the top of the stairs.
The guard slashes at Weed
and the door finishes opening revealing 4 archers who fire at both Weed
and Turran
Dardanius, hearing the sounds of combat, warns Tarvoth. He then heads towards the stairs to join the fray.
Tarvoth moves towards the sounds of battle.
REMINDER: BLESS +1 to hit is still active
-btw, retcon a +1 hit/dam on last roll if it makes a difference, forgot black blade activation-
Attack guard
Don't forget Shield spell on Dardanius and Weed, +4 to AC
weed attacks the damn guard and then moves down the stairs avoiding the caltrops he scattered at the top