Ithariel waits patiently, either to be shrunk by the house fey to slip his bonds - or for his companions to start something.
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Grey has reach so he was able to do his thing even though he is a bit separated from the captain. Ques proceeds with the plan as noted before. I can't think of any ways to make this happen better. So the key gets taken and Ques tries to unlock Ote. Is it a move action to unlock the manacles? If so, perhaps he could unlock two sets?
Hey, which of the guards has our weapons anyway?
Grey moves quickly, attacking the captain. But, even with his back to Grey, the captain is able to easily keep him at bay. Ques works in the background, and is able to get the keys and unlock Ote's manacles, freeing the bird.
Tchezze, feeling the tension, shoves backward and closes with one of the guards. He lashes out with a leg to try and trip him! He takes him down; since the fellow's hands are full of your weapons, he can't even strike back as he falls.
Hatch waggles his doggy paw and says some words that are most definitely not in a doggy language, causing one of the guards nearby to look down in confusion. What the... Ithariel instantly starts to shrink...making his manacles no longer fit!
Bordegga the troll, seeing this madness, roars and hefts her axe! She stomps forward, her heavy feet slamming the ground with great booms. Get outta' tha' way! She roars at her captain even as she raises her axe, lost in her bloodlust.
Ithariel spins in place, now small, and unleashes a hail of stones and pebbles outside the fort!
With the guards sufficiently, um, distracted, Nox goes back to work on his manacles.
The guards shout in shock as debris rains down on them. Get cover! They grunt and curse as the rocks slam their bodies. Ote takes advantage of the sudden confusion to lash out at the captain with his beak.
The captain calmly bats aside the attack, and lashes out with his sword.
He then steps back and removes his spike shield from his back, equipping it on his arm.
Stelmaria crosses through the lines of the party, to snap his ferocious jaws at the Troll.
The guards atop the gatehouse lean over to fire down at the prisoners.
The guard near Tchezze stands up and moves out of the area of Ithariel's spell.
The guard to the west slashes at Ithariel then moves back.
At the back of the group, the three remaining guards drop their load of your gear and then they rush at the group!
Nox works at his manacles, and frees himself!
Heedless of the guards, Nox moves to grab his pistol, drinking a mutagen as he goes.
Grey makes an attempt to scare the guard next to him with a flurry of poorly aimed appendages.
Grey lashes out wildly, and his final attack hits the guard. The mighty tail stabs into the man and he falls to the ground, bleeding out.
Tchezze, now unlocked, charges the guard behind him and attempts grab him!
The guard's eyes widen in surprise, and he slashes wildly, trying to keep the Tengu at bay.
He slashes Tchezze, but still gets wrapped up in an odd wrestling match with the tough bird.
Hatch looks about at the larger enemies all around him, and utters a few words in Sylvan. he turns invisible.
Bordegga roars in merriment. A - ha - ha! Smashin' time, kitty! She takes a step back to get a full swing, and brings her massive axe across in a huge sweep at Stelmaria.
Ithariel casts a spell intently upon his staff, imbuing it with magical energies! He steps forward, tiny in ferocity with his staff held before him, menacing the guard...
Stelmaria closes with the Ice Troll, snapping his jaws at the thing and swiping with his claws...
Bordegga roars in anger and sweeps her axe back and forth to keep Stel at bay.
The guards act! The two up on the tower fire again, focusing on Grey, who is no doubt the most intimidating in appearance.
One guard slashes at Stel
Another slashes at Grey
The last drops his sword and tries to break Tchezze's grip
The guard captain moves back in, with his sword and spiked shield. He grins and accepts Ithariel's challenge.
Grey has a good heart but he does seem to be struggling.
Scooping up his pistol, Nox loads a round and steps forward, then fires a shot at the guard next to Stel.
Nox kills the guard near the outside, and Tchezze keeps on his guard, trying to bear him down to the ground.
The man slashes at Tchezze as the Tengu tries to take him down.
Ote reaches down to pick up a fallen guard's sword and rushes at the captain!
Hatch...well, he's invisible...
Bordegga the massive troll lets loose on Ote with axe, tooth, and claw
Stelmaria will cautiously advance on the diagonal, and launch a full set of attacks on the troll, trying to end this before it get too out of hand..
Ithariel, hoping the Troll is distracted by Ote, follows Stelmaria forward, and attempts to bludgeon the troll with his little stick, now magically enhanced, and he calls out Ques, can you get to Stel and help heal him?
Stel delivers two powerful hits on the massive troll, ripping off chunks of flesh! Ithariel tries to follow up, but can't quite hit the great creature.
The guard captain looses his attacks on Ote as the Tengu confronts him.
The two guards atop the tower reign down bolts on Grey again!
The two guards around Tchezze slash down at the Tengu.
The guard near Ithariel takes a stab at the druid.
The other guard to the north of Bordegga takes out his crossbow and loads it, not quite ready to get into melee and into the range of the ice troll's wide swing.
Leif and Doctor Gareau, a bit disenchanted by the lack of dedication from their friends, find themselves without them. The portal that brought you here was a marvel, and something that you no doubt don't fully understand. You think that this amount of responsibility and weight was too much for your previous companions, and they couldn't handle it. You are perhaps of greater stock...or are maybe insane. Either way, you plan to see this through, and now find yourselves heading towards this enigmatic pale tower, intent upon helping the people of this little town...Nadya specifically. Your larger hope of course is to find the source of these odd areas of cold and put an end to the erratic points of winter.
The Pale Tower stands upon a flat, snow-covered plain northwest of Waldsby. In clear weather, you think that its battlements would command quite the view of the surrounding area. Sharp winds whistle across this stark white plain, stinging the eyes along with the near-blinding rays of the reflected sun. A great eruption of frozen ise rises in the distance - the imposing pale tower crowned with icicles spearing into the sky. Seemingly born of the land itself, an unbroken circular wall of ice guards the tower's base. High above, a large gash opens in the tower's bowl-like crown, ringed in icy spikes and split by a massive plane of ice resembling an inverted crescent moon.
A trampled path of snow, heavily tracked by footprints and sled trails, ends abruptly at the outer gate, which is currently open. You hear shouts and sounds of battle as you approach. You see two guards just chop down a noble Tengu, and a man standing outside of the gates in an obscure area of stone debris and dust. He seems to be fiddling with an odd metal wand of some sort.
Just as one of the Tengu falls, Nox moves forward and levels his pistol at the guard facing away from him, and fires.
Grey heads in to the inside to attack the guard between him and Stel.
The wooden masked witch doctor works his way forward for a better look. "Well, we aren't trolls, so take some comfort in that!"
The half-orc hexes the troll with an evil eye, trying to lower its AC.
Nox fires, and takes down one of the guards, his bullet lodging into the man's flesh through his armor. He goes down, bubbles of bloody froth on his lips.
Grey whacks the captain twice, and the man hisses in pain and stumbles slightly to the side, his confidence seemingly lost. Only a second later, his eyes roll back in his head, and he falls!
The massive troll takes a step back to get to a good range, and lashes out!
Ithariel, reeling from the Troll's assault, steps backwards and immediately casts a healing spell on himself, wincing with pain.
Stelmaria, seeing how the battle is going, retreats a moment to gather himself, and look for healing....
Spurred on by the sounds of combat, Lief rushes forward to help. Unfortunately, as soon as he arrives in the heat of battle he realizes that he has no idea who he's supposed to be helping. Raising his greatsword he announces, "we're here to raid the Pale Tower, who should we kill first?!?"
The guard near Tchezze looks up at Lief with a grin, as he drives his sword down, deep into the fallen Tengu. He rips it back and forth, tearing a wide open hole that gushes out his final pumps of lifeblood.
The two guards on the tower whip over and fire down to the courtyard below. One hits Ote in the head, pinning it through the back of his open mouth into the icy dirt below. He...dies....
The other fires at Lief as he shouts. Knew it! You guys ain't guards! The other guard across the way facepalms and shakes his head at the "new guy."
The last guard on the ground takes a step towards Ithariel and slashes with his sword.
Guards vs trolls.. and these non-guards, two of which are dead now. Of course, I suppose we were bound to be battling guards here anyway... maybe these others can help."
Shaking a rattling stick and doing a little dance, the half-orc in the wooden mask chants some arcane words to start to heal the wounds of the man in battle with the troll.