Alika opens with a prayer to Sarenrae to bolster her allies in this den of iniquity. Holding forth her golden holy symbol she seems to momentarily reflect a burning light across the arena.
I think it is time for you to seek out a new profession...You suck as ruler. So just sit down and shut the f+!@ up!
Alistair steps one foot forward stabbing his rapier just above the hip in hopes of putting the nasty ruler on his backside.
Alistair shoves through the crowd towards Pilt as Callie and Alika begin their respective spellcasting and debuffing. Garran opts to also shove forward into the crowd. Sighing, Pilt says "Kill Them!"
Garran's sword comes out as he strikes at Pilt in an overhead, two-handed swing, trying to cut him down.
Callie grips the wall and tries to fling herself over Pilt and his guards to get behind Pilt. If Pilt's throne blocks him from the back, she will land behind the nearest guard instead.
Presuming Callie lands where she wants she jabs her foe (Pilt if she landed behind Pilt and can stab him, the guard if she landed behind the guard), infusing arcane energy into her blade, all the while telling her tale of petty tyrants falling.
Having moved forward, Alistair takes the opportunity to swing his blade at Pilt. His many hours of practice and experience pay off and he lands a heavy blow on the man, but his rapier lands just shy if a lethal strike.
In response to Alistairs actions, Pilt begins rallying his men to action with his words, even as he casts defensively...
...and then disappears from view.
Alika holds her action for the moment, allowing the situation to develop before taking action.
Callie uses the bannister as a means to get around the crowd and lands directly in front of Pilt's throne, deftly leaping over the guard's attack.
Both Garran and Callie swing their blades at Pilt, but the lack of sight prevents their attacks from landing.
The Gnome roars out "GARRAN! YOU MURDEROUS TRAITOR! I'LL KILL YOU!" as he allows his rage to take over and snatches up a massive axe and leaps into the crowd, cutting down a middle-aged woman that with his axe and using her body to break his fall.
While the guards near Pilt react to the attack by the Heroes of Korvosa, the ones further back do their best not to move at all; it's clear they're more afraid of the Gnome than they are of whatever the heroes are doing.
The guard closest to the heroe's starting position swings at Alistair and then sets up the flank on Callie, while the other one takes the flank offered on Callie and then swings.
For her part, Laori begins directing the crowd out of the way of the battle, and they are happy to follow said direction.
With Pilt vanished and the gnome apparently knowing him and wanting to kill him, Garran decides to shift his priorities, saying, "Alistair, keep the guards off my back."
Garran pulls out his shield in preparation for the gnome's attack, then prepares to strike as soon as he's in reach.
Alika throws down a bless spell to add on to her prayer.
Callie then grabs onto the throne to fling herself around to the other side of the guard who had just moved in to flank her, to get on his other side.
Maintaining a defensive stance with her blade, she attempts to cast see invisible.
If Pilt is invisible and she is now able to see him, she will shout out about where he is standing.
She maintains telling her terrifying tale of tyrants gone wrong.
Alistair laughs slightly
Consider it done...
Alistair misses his first attack into Pilt, but lands his second one. Pilt continues to support his allies and casts a spell.
Alika supports her allies, and Garran prepares to strike down the Gnome who wants his blood.
Callie summersaults over the guard and then defensively casts a spell to allow her to see Pilt.
The Gnome moves next to Garran, who unleashes his blade on him. Garran lands a telling blow, but he can tell that it doesn't do as much as he expected.
Then Gnome then retaliates, screaming "YOU LEFT MY BROTHER TO DIE!!!!!!!"
This sparks a memory for you: when you were still running with a gang, there was a Gnome who ran in Gaedrin's gang with you. One day, you were in the middle of a robbery when it turned out that you robbed the wrong person. Most of you got away, but Gnomes being Gnomes, he did not. You never heard what happened to him, but you always assumed that he'd gone to jail.
The thugs that were flanking Callie attack the same targets as before.
The two thugs on the far side and decide they absolutely do not want to try and go through the Gnome to attack the party and open the door nearby door and go through.
The crowd continues clearing out leaving plenty of space for the fight going on. Several crowd members tried to follow the two guards, but were turned back.
Alika advances behind Alistair toward Garran (10' move south) and taps Garran with her holy symbol, soothing his wounds.
Garran grimaces as the memory returns to him, then says, "If it helps, I'm sorry. I was a much worse person back then, and did many things I regret. I thought he would have gone to jail, not been killed. Is there perhaps a way I can make this up to you without us having to fight?"
While Garran would prefer to talk the gnome down, he continues to strike at him, not wishing to give the gnome an advantage.
Can anyone do something about this invisibility?
Pilt...Come on now...face the music you old bastard. Your time at playing king is over. Give up now or face your own tall knife.
Callie casts defensively once again, this time targeting all allies, including Laori, with a haste spell.
All of her allies and herself become faster.
She also continues taunting her foes with her Dirge of Doom.
Alistair waits to see if someone will remove the invisibility per his request.
Pilt continues supporting his allies, then the guard near alistair disappears from view.
Alika moves and heals Garran, which Callie supports her allies and continues to disrupt the group's foes.
Garran attempts to reason with the enraged Gnome, but his blade is more effective than his words.
Alistair then opts to swing his blade twice on Pilt...
Garran's blows only seem to enrage him further and pushes him to attempt to remove Garran's head.
The two thugs hiding in the room cut down some of the people who try to escape that way, and the rest of the crowd gets the message.
The thug that Alistair can't see swings his blade at him...
...and lands a blow right into his kidney. He does not become visible.
The guard that Callie is fighting continues to target her.
Laori continues to usher the crowd away from the fight, and other than some of the dregs in the back, the crowd now out of harms way.
Garran grimaces as the gnome manages to hit him yet again, and continues pressing his own assault. "So be it, then."
Callie will still continue to report the positions of the invisible foes. Her words are interesting as she combines the reports with her narrative. "And like the fallen Rat King, Pilt hides by along with his craven henchman , so too will soon face the wrath of the people just as the Rat King was torn to shreds..."
Meanwhile she turns her blade, which begins to glow a vibrant blue, at last upon the guard facing her.
Fine with me....Tall Knife....it is then.
...and he counties to attack where Pilt is.
He looks over at the area where the attack game from
Tall knife for you as well f!+~er!
Alika sighs as it becomes apparent that stronger measures are needed.
Any that wish to tender their resignation from this piece of s~~&'s court...drop your weapons and live. I make this offer as a healthy reminder that your bodies do not like to have their insides splayed all over their outsides. Final warning.
Pilt, severely injured, casts another spell, and is gone
Alika, channels and heals allies.
Callie's attacks smash into the thug facing her but he manages to keep his feet.
Garran hits the Gnome thrice, but sheer hatred seems to keep the small creature on his feet.
The Gnome, whose wounds would normally appear to be mortal, swings his axe at Garran again.
The invisible thug attacks Alistair again...
...but his blade swings wide. The thug facing Callie
Now that the crowd was out of the way, Laori moved up to Alika and attempts to cast a spell on her.
Aid. It's Aid.
Garran continues his battle against the gnome with a very dangerous greataxe.
If Pilt succeeds in disappearing, she says, "Damn, now he's teleported!"
Alika draws her scimitar as she steps past Garran (one square south, one square east) and joins the melee.
He cast Dimension Door.
Having popped out of existance, Pilt's musical support of the enemies ends, and the full force of the party's debuffs begins to effect them.
Between Alika and Garran, the Gnome is no longer a threat, overwhelming his ability to fight by decapitating him.
With their leader's defeat, the thugs turn to thoughts of escape: the two to the far south running out of the door and leaping into the field below before scurrying off, the invisible one fleeing past Alistair and across the bridge, and the one that was attacking Callie trying to leap over the bannister as well, but he is not so lucky: Callie managed to drop him as he moved away from her.
For now, silence reigns on the battlefield.
With the fighting over, Alika wipes down and sheathes her scimitar, then brandishes her healing wand - anyone who doesn't want the loving caress of Zon-Kuthon can come to her.
How the hell did he get away? Collect what will be of use and we move on. We should start to search the area.
He looks out to where the crowd was and shakes his head.
He would not dignify himself with being that close to his...subjects...so....
He looks to the door in the north wall.
That door that leads away from the stage...that could be where we will find the artist. That is where we should try first.
"He used a dimension door. So he's anywhere in a roughly 500 foot or so radius from here. If he has a safe room in this area, that's likely where he ran off to, otherwise... "
Callie tries to think of where a wounded individual might try to escape to within range of the spell.
Given how long the range on the spell is, it is impossible to know where he specifically went. There are a ton of warehouses nearby, and he could have teleported into any of them.
As Alika draws her wand, Laori says "You should save your consumable items. I am more than happy to heal your group."
"I have no idea." She nods to Laori. "If you don't mind healing, I would appreciate saving my strength. I expect this is not the last fight we'll have today." She isn't fond of the notion of torture but having, in a sense, tortured herself earlier in life, she doesn't feel she can philosophically object to accepting aid from a god of pain.
Garran says, ”If you’re offering healing, Laori, I’ll take it. We can start with the door in the north wall, but he could just as easily have fled to the roof or a basement. Let’s go.”
"Of course my companions." said Laori.
She then cast a mass healing spell on anyone in the group who requested it.
Imagine the feeling of a wound healing over time.
The pain is sharp at first then slowly dulls as time goes by. It's weeks of pain from sharp to mild, before the the wounds finally heal.
Now imagine all that pain gets experienced in the span of 3 seconds. That's what you experience.
Also, you heal