Ebon Fist's #4-21 Way of the Kirin (Inactive)

Game Master EbonFist

”It is a shame that we are unable to communicate with them. I would advise them to surrender their foolish ways, but trying to negotiate with people you cannot speak with is a task that is beyond my capabilities.”

Grandblade readies his weapon for the next one that approaches.

Kal retreats back 5 feet, grabs his pole arm, and prepares for another assault.

5ft step, Move: pick up weapon, Standard: Readied trip

Castinus takes cover alongside the door frame, wary of the attackers throwing some area affect weapon in through the ruined front doors. He readies an action to pincushion any assailant that makes it into the hallway.

5' step up, readied attack
readied attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 201d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Diazepane rushes over to the window where one of the attackers came in. Can he see the person climbing outside or other clustered groups of attackers?

If so ...

Frost Bomb: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Damage: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 3, 5) + 7 = 19

Ichio moves the next room and prepares to figth

Diazepane manages to spot the last remaining assailant as he is pulling another vial from his belt and while he's still looking up at Crowe. It takes some leaning and some English on his own vial but the alchemist manages to hit his target, covering him in rime and knocking him unconscious.

The drizzling rain and fog show no sign of letting up but silence reigns for a time. The gathered group outside is still visible, though continues to be careful about not bunching up too close.

The siege is clearly not up but it appears the Pathfinders have bought themselves a few seconds...or perhaps minutes of peace.

”Look, our foes are staying further away in an attempt to survive. This is indeed a mistake that they shall regret! Let us prepare the catapult once more to show them the serious side of our defensive capabilities.” Grandblade suggests.

If we're going multiple waves, can you clarify what happens to all our min/level buffs? In return, I'll track Diazepane's bombs remaining in his tagline.

If we're going multiple waves, can you clarify what happens to all our min/level buffs? In return, I'll track Diazepane's bombs remaining in his tagline.

Sure thing. That first combat lasted less than a minute. I'll let you know how many minutes pass between the end of this wave and the beginning of the next.

In an optimistic attempt to intimidate their assailants, and well aware that in all likelihood few if any can comprehend Taldan, Castinus calls out into the darkness: "Fools! Weaklings! Take to your tails now, or die like dogs! You are being sacrificed to us, and we will crack your bones and suck your marrow whilst your wives weep in sorrow!"

1d20 + 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (1) + (3) + 6 = 10

Nat 1 huh. I assume he is greeted by sniggers in the dark. Did something he said around rude in Tian?

Rage drops, and should be enough to recover for the fatigue (4 rounds total)

"Well, looks like just the advance scouts to me. Perhaps we toss these few outside to remind them who they are dealing with..."

Kal grabs what remains of blue and tosses it over the barricade- using the body to hopefully reenforce the defensive structure.

...and if we have time, Castinus will attempt to reconstruct some of the barricade behind the front door, and buttress the damaged door itself with spare wooden beams.

Ichio prepares his longbow to use distance in his favour if any new enemy tries to aproach house again

Grandblade readies the catapult. "Prepare to face destruction, humans!"

Time marches on...slowly...slowly...slowly...the seconds feeling like minutes the minutes feeling like hours as the people in the distance continue to talk and shout and organize.

Six lights break off from the others and pause for a moment after coming closer. Then, they streak across the distance.

Flaming arrows strike the house. 3 hit the stones and clatter off but 3 others strike barricades and spots within the upper windows and slowly start to burn.

The flaming portions are marked with smoke.

Kal glances over at the others in the room with him.

"Anyone got a glass of water they could spare?"

Crowe looks around for heavy drapes, curtains or blankets.

Diazepane has a waterskin. Not sure how far that will go. Does anyone have create water or gust of wind?

Does anyone have create water or gust of wind?

A nervous Castinus is acutely aware of his body's reactions under pressure, but maintains control in the face of danger. "Not in any way that would help..."

With little to offer for stopping the flame, Grandblade exposes his sword to the fires. It glows with an intense heat. ”Fire-Forged Steel will at least be the bane of my foes.”

As the Pathfinders contemplate and/or approach the fires, there are crashes of broken glass behind them.

Refl Save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

It is followed by another crash as the bedroom from the upper floor comes crashing down into the main chamber, wreckage and rubble coming crashing down all around Ichio without harming him.

If the tengu looks up, a man equipped with many of the same sorts of items as Diazepane is standing on the edge of the hole in the floor. But if he does not look up, there is another standing in the broken window on the first floor.

Both of them throw something at him. Those "somethings" prove to be bombs.

Bomb: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Fire: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 4) + 2 = 12

Bomb: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
Fire: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 3) + 2 = 10

Crit?: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
Fire: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 4) + 2 = 10

Both hit (one almost devastatingly) and the blasts of fire lick out and grab Grandblade, too.

I need two reflex saves from Ichio.

Ouch...they get to go first in the first real round, too.

The one upstairs then moves with amazing speed, crossing the upper floor and coming down the stairs only to hurl another flask at Granblade. The other one gets a little closer and launches another at the Aphorite.

Bomb: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
Fire: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 5) + 2 = 9

Bomb: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
Fire: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 2) + 2 = 8

Both hit and the flames from them catch Kal'Ryon and Ichio.

DC14 Reflex Save from Grandblade

Round 1 The Bold may act.

Bad Guys.
Diazepane
Castinus
Ichio -30HP and 2xDC14 Refl
Grandblade -25HP and 2xDC14 Refl
Crowe
Kal'Ryon -8HP

Could I see, on the 2nd floor map, the hole and where the person on the edge is. Crowe is up there and needs to see who's arse he's kicking.

Could I see, on the 2nd floor map, the hole and where the person on the edge is. Crowe is up there and needs to see who's arse he's kicking.

The person on the edge is the guy outlined in green. He set off the trap and made the reflex save and bombed Ichio in the surprise round then ran all the way across the house in the first round and bombed Grandblade.

Diazepane swooshes past Ichio and drops a bomb on Purple.

Frost Bomb, PBS vs TAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Cold, PBS: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 3, 1) + 7 = 16

Miss: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Diazepane will use Splash Weapon Mastery to push that to 6 if 7 splashes himself.

Bad guy takes 10 splash either way. (dC 17 for half)

Flash after flash illuminates the lower floor, and Kal looks up to see the reeling grandblade. Busting forward, he touches into the pool of chaos that is also threatening to surround him- and swings his polearm with reckless abandon. Lodging the weapon into the wall, he struggles to extract it from the edge of the staircase.

Mst Guisarme, Rage: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10 Damage: 2d4 + 10 ⇒ (1, 2) + 10 = 13

Grandblade charges the purple target, swining his blade down upon him.

Reflex Save DC14: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
Reflex Save DC14: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

+1 Fire-Forged Greatsword Attack Roll: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 8 + 2 = 29 Crit!
+1 Fire-Forged Greatsword Arcane Strike Damage Roll: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (1, 2) + 7 = 10

+1 Fire-Forged Greatsword Attack Roll: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 2 = 22 Crit Confirm
+1 Fire-Forged Greatsword Arcane Strike Damage Roll: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 5) + 7 = 15

Castinus reels from the sudden flashes and percussive explosions from the back of the house and from the foot of the stairs. Wary of abandoning his post, he places his trust in the rest of the team to deal with the attackers and steps forward to cover the partly-breached front entrance.

5' step forward, prepared action: attack any hostile in reach
rapier!: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 211d6 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

GM, how much time has passed since we buffed, pre-the first attack?

Ichio takes his and of cl and use on him because is very affected by bombs
reflex save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16
reflex 2: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26
umd: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
heal: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Gonna skip Crowe for the moment. He can have 2 turns when he checks in. (I think he'll have to double move to get to the nearest opponent, anyway but he may be fast.)

The exact time between waves isn't listed but if you activated something with round per level duration, it's expired. If it's something with minute per level duration and above, it's active for this fight.

Diazepane's flask o' doom misses it's target, earning a smirk from the man, until the flash of frost catches him.

Refl: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

He manages to twist away from the worst of the cold but not from Grandblade's sword when he hacks into him.

Meanwhile, Kal'Ryon does some remodeling, hacking through original woodwork in the house and lowering it's flip value by 5%.

Castinus prepares himself for anyone coming at him, while Ichio retreats and recovers.

Each of the invaders pulls a dagger from a sheath, one from a bandolier across his chest, the other from a belt at his waist. One closes the distance, while the other doesn't have to and each takes a stab.

Dagger vs. Grandblade: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
Stabby Stabby: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Dagger vs. Kal'Ryon: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Stabby Stabby: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Need Fort Saves from both Grandblade and Kal'Ryon. Also...I need to make an alchemist...

Round 2 The Bold may act.

Bad Guys. Purple -30
Diazepane
Castinus
Ichio -25HP
Grandblade -28HP and a DC18 Fort Save
Crowe
Kal'Ryon -9HP and a DC18 Fort Save

"Dammit! Seeing his ally pierced in the shoulder by the suspiciously precise and slender blade of the shadowy figure on the stairs, Castinus cannot help but leap to his defense. Smartly sidestepping across the lobby, he lunges up forward, seeking to slide his rapier through an unprotected armpit. "I have this - see to your health!"

5' step, attack w lead blades en guarde!: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 111d8 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

sigh...

Fortitude Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

"Enough of your turgid tactics, foolish human!" The aphorite shouts as he shifts backwards and throws the sword into the villain with his magical powers.

Hand of the Apprentice: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30 Crit!
+1 Fire-Forged Greatsword Arcane Strike Damage Roll: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 2) + 7 = 13

Hand of the Apprentice: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17 Crit Confirm Roll
+1 Fire-Forged Greatsword Arcane Strike Damage Roll: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 2) + 7 = 14

The sword then flies back into Grandblade's hands.

Crowe moves to the top of the stairs 40ft movement and swings down at the foe below.

attack: furious focus, power attack, higher ground: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
damage: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (4, 1) + 13 = 18

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Then he does it again.

attack: furious focus, power attack, higher ground: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
damage: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (6, 6) + 13 = 25

Those dice gods...

Diazepane will move to Ichio, pull out his wand of CLW, and tap him.

CLW: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Grandblade's attack is enough to drop the purple hued alchemist though it is not quite as devastating as he might have thought.

He manages to overcome the poison that covered the blade, as well.

The remaining man seems to be blessed by the gods as both Castinus and Crowe miss him.

Round 2 The Bold may act.

Green Guy.
Diazepane
Castinus
Ichio -19HP
Grandblade -28HP
Crowe
Kal'Ryon -9HP and a DC18 Fort Save

Ichio heals again with his wand
clw wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Fort: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Feeling the blade slip between his ribs, Kal grimaces before his face goes calm. A moment flashes before he peers into assassins eyes and cracks wide, wide, smile. His claws flash against the skin, attempting to rend flesh from bone.

Claw #1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 Damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Claw #2: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Well, part of that went well... the rest, not so much

The Green Guy's luck holds as Kal'Ryon also misses with both his claws. But he sees the Purple Man fall and makes a break for it, at speed.

He's withdrawing so Castinus and Kal'Ryon both get AoO's. He's very fast, though so I don't think anyone can catch him.

As the group has now gotten accustomed to, after the assault, there is silence. This time for a full minute (giving them time to deal with the fires that still smolder.)

Then, a fireball hits the front of the house, followed by a lightning bolt. A second passes then more devastating spells hit the house, though none of them pass within to hit the people inside.

This continues for several seconds.

As another barrage begins, a seagull with a note attached to its leg flies in through one of the destroyed bay windows and flaps its wings to shake off the rain as it lands on the window seat.

Diazepane will use the minute to follow the hurt around and tap them with a wand of CLW.

Ichio
cLW: 1d8 ⇒ 4
cLW: 1d8 ⇒ 7
cLW: 1d8 ⇒ 2
cLW: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Kalryon
cLW: 1d8 ⇒ 3
cLW: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Grandblade (I assume you can also heal yourself so I did you last)
cLW: 1d8 ⇒ 2
cLW: 1d8 ⇒ 4
cLW: 1d8 ⇒ 5
cLW: 1d8 ⇒ 1

Actually no, Grandblade has the charisma of a toaster in a bathtub :D

Castinus Aoo:
lunge!: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 211d6 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

After, Castinus examines the letter. Does it look genuine? Does it resemble Amara Li's handwriting?[/ooc]

linguistics + inspiration: 1d20 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 6 + (3) = 14

Kal will tap anyone who wants infernal healing with the wand. 10 HP for each tap. He wont assume anyone else wants it because it is *evil*

"we should be on our way, maybe love will need us more than what this note says"

Grandblade will take two taps from the Infernal Healing.

Anyone got skills to examine the note and see if it is genuine?

Regarding the green guy. I have 40ft movement and some broken windows to jump out of. Might I be able to catch him?

Anyone got skills to examine the note and see if it is genuine?

Can I take 10 on Appraise? If not ...

Go Go Gadget Appraise: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

Diazepane gives it a cursory look. Of course it's genuine!

Regarding the green guy. I have 40ft movement and some broken windows to jump out of. Might I be able to catch him?

He's under the effects of a spell and has a speed of 60ft, at the moment. I'd say you could jump out the window and take one shot at him but then he would outpace you.

The Pathfinders put their heads together and review the note. From everything they can see and comparing the handwriting to the letter that originally summoned them to her presence before this all began, it appears that the note is legitimate.

As soon as the note is removed from it's leg, the seagull squawks, looks around in fear at all the people around and desperately flaps and scrambles its way out of the building as though released from a spell.

Crowe Elberion wrote:

Regarding the green guy. I have 40ft movement and some broken windows to jump out of. Might I be able to catch him?

He's under the effects of a spell and has a speed of 60ft, at the moment. I'd say you could jump out the window and take one shot at him but then he would outpace you.

The Pathfinders put their heads together and review the note. From everything they can see and comparing the handwriting to the letter that originally summoned them to her presence before this all began, it appears that the note is legitimate.

As soon as the note is removed from it's leg, the seagull squawks, looks around in fear at all the people around and desperately flaps and scrambles its way out of the building as though released from a spell.

I wasn't thinking about taking a shot. I was thinking of grappling him.

I'll allow it, though you'll be outside.

Crowe flies into a rage as he rushes through the building and jumps from the window, diving toward the alchemist's back.

grapple: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

Unfortunately, he mistimes his jump and is left grasping at thin air.