Skeletal Guards
Neutral Evil Medium Mindless Skeletal Undead
Immunities: Death effects, disease, mental, paralyzed, poison, unconsious.
2 more actions for Roscoe.
For his 2nd and 3rd Action he will cast Hydraulic Push at Orange.
If it hits they are pushed back 5ft.
Roscoe looks at Athene on the nearby rooftop, Athene keep an eye out for more and let us know if you see any more around.
Athene says, I sure will
With Independent Athene will fly across the rooftop to get a better view.
Roscoe summons forth a blast of water, which sails wide of the Orange skeleton.
Bold may act!Roscoe
Ken
Yellow
Orange
Green
Rocky
Red
Ialtag
Ken delays.
The skeletons, with a variety of meatbags before them, zero in on the first one to take offensive actions. They haven't bathed since they were buried in ruble decades ago and they'll be damned if a still living wizard will make them wash now!
Yellow fires his bow at Roscoe.
And again.
And once more.
Orange shuffles forward with a rattling of bones an a creepy laugh, using two actions to get right in the wizards face before swinging his scimitar.
Green tries to make Roscoe a pin cushion.
And again.
And once more.
Bold may act!Roscoe (-6 hp)
Ken (Delay)
Yellow
Orange
Green
Rocky
Red
Ialtag
Mason will pull out his rapier, then stride around orange and attempt to strike.
Rocky will move back into a flanking position with Ken and then flurry of blows then strike 1 more time for good measure
Ken moves and draws his rapier. He makes a solid hit on Orange and penetrates the rusty armor. As he draws the weapon back out he notices no sign of the expected gore on the weapon. The skeleton didn't appear to take damage from the attack. He thinks he could do damage with a more powerful strike with this weapon type, or maybe change it up.
Red shuffles forward with a rattling of bones an a creepy laugh, using one action to get right in Ken's face before swinging his scimitar.
And again.
Rocky shifts and flashes a flurry of strikes at Orange. The first is a solid hit, the second misses. Not to be discouraged she strikes again, ending whatever foul magic was animating the corpse for good.
Bold may act!Roscoe (-6 hp)
Yellow
Orange
Green
Ken (-4 hp)
Rocky
Red
Ialtag
Ialtag starts moving towards the enemies drawing his rapier and dagger as he goes
Ialtag arms himself and moves towards the skeletons
Bold may act!Roscoe (-6 hp)
Yellow
Orange
Green
Ken (-4 hp)
Rocky
Red
Ialtag
Roscoe will cast Ray of Frost at Yellow.
Roscoe will use the last action to cast Shield.
Athene will move to see if she sees anything from the rooftop.
Roscoe aims a blast of cold hitting Yellow square in the chest. Its not as effective as the wizard would have thought.
Yellow returns fire.
And again.
And then switches targets to Rocky when the wizard drops to the ground, dying.
Green switches targets to Rocky who dropped his ally.
And again.
And again.
Bold may act!Roscoe (-6 hp)
Yellow (-7 hp?)
Orange
Green
Ken (-4 hp)
Rocky
Red
Ialtag
So I missed putting Roscoe at Dying 1 in the Initiative tracker earlier. This should be correct.
Bold may act!Roscoe (Dying 1)
Yellow (-7 hp?)
Orange
Green
Ken (-4 hp)
Rocky
Red
Ialtag
"Hey Ialtag. Don't poke it.
Mason then draws out his sap and gives the creature a look over.
Testing his luck against the head to toe armored creature, Mason goes with it on the strike against red.
Frequency once per round
You assess a foe's weaknesses in combat and use them to formulate a plan of attack against your enemy. Choose a creature you can see and roll a d20. If you Strike the chosen creature later this round, you must use the result of the roll you made to Devise a Stratagem for your Strike's attack roll instead of rolling. You make this substitution only for the first Strike you make against the creature this round, not any subsequent attacks.
When you make this substitution, you can also add your Intelligence modifier to your attack roll instead of your Strength or Dexterity modifier, provided your Strike uses an agile or finesse melee weapon, an agile or finesse unarmed attack, a ranged weapon (which must be agile or finesse if it's a melee weapon with the thrown trait), or a sap.
If you're aware that the creature you choose is the subject of a lead you're pursuing, you can use this ability as a free action.
When you strike carefully and with forethought, you deal a telling blow. When making a Strike that adds your Intelligence modifier on your attack roll due to Devising a Stratagem, you deal an additional 1d6 precision damage.
Ken offers up some advice to Ialtag, then changes up his weapons. After studying his target, he finds he hasn't learned as much as he would have liked. His strike goes wide of the armored undead before him.
Bold may act!Roscoe (Dying 1)
Yellow (-7 hp?)
Orange
Green
Ken (-4 hp)
Rocky
Red
Ialtag
Rocky will move up 50ft [2 actions) and then flurry on the green
The monk darts towards the archers, finding her feet and fists particularly effective against them. Green drops in a heap, no longer animated.
Red uses all three actions to try to split Ken open.
Ken manages to avoid two of the three strikes, but one slips past his defenses and cuts him deeply.
Bold may act!Roscoe (Dying 1)
Yellow (-7 hp?)
Orange
Green
Ken (-12 hp)
Rocky
Red
Ialtag
Ialtag steps up and uses twin feint
The tiny guardsman closes on Red and strikes. His weapon doesn't cause as much damage as expected, but is does make an impact.
Yellow changes targets to the monk and let's loose a volley of arrows.
Bold may act!Roscoe (0 hp, Wounded 1)
Yellow (-7 hp?)
Orange
Green
Ken (-12 hp)
Rocky (-5 hp)
Red (-6 hp?)
Ialtag
IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME
Rocky will move up and flurry and attack yellow
Ricky pummels the remaining animating force out of Yellow.
Bold may act!Roscoe (0 hp, Wounded 1)
Yellow
Orange
Green
Ken (-12 hp)
Rocky (-5 hp)
Red (-6 hp?)
Ialtag
Looking at the creature again, Mason tests the waters.
Mason then strides over closer to Roscoe.
Ken still can't crack these creatures and his attack slides harmlessly across the rusty armor.
Red turns his attention to Ialtag.
The scimitar finds its mark slashing the sprite deeply.
Bold may act!Roscoe (0 hp, Wounded 1)
Yellow
Orange
Green
Ken (-12 hp)
Rocky (-5 hp)
Red (-6 hp?)
Ialtag (-8 hp)
Bold may act!Roscoe (0 hp, Wounded 1)
Yellow
Orange
Green
Ken (-12 hp)
Rocky (-5 hp)
Red (-6 hp?)
Ialtag (-8 hp, Delayed Rnd 3)
Rocky will move and flurry of blows
Calling on his basic medical knowledge, Mason tries to revive Roscoe.
Pulling Roscoe off the main street and off to one of the side alleys, Mason will keep an eye on him while he attempts to tend to his own wounds, and then those of his allies.
"Sorry, this wasn't exactly my forte in training.
Waiting twenty minutes, Mason gives another attempt at waking Roscoe.
Well that sucked. Thanks for the assist Mason, now let me help you.
Then waiting 10 minutes, then will try to heal Ialtag.
Well that fight mixed me up so sorry unable to help out. Maybe we should get going.
Roscoe (-5 hp, Wounded 1)
Ken (-12 hp)
Rocky (Full HP)
Ialtag (-8 hp)
A nearby herbalist approaches you as you are attempting to heal up.
"Oh thank you. Ever since the siege, every so often somebody accidentally digs up something nasty that's been buried here. Thank you folks for everything you do."And she provides you with 4 Minor Elixers of Life.
"I made these fresh this morning."
And she departs to return to her daily life.
Thank you ma'am that is most kind of you.
Roscoe will turn to the group when she walks away, Shall we continue on our patrol. We want to make sure we finish, don't want to get yelled at again.
Roscoe will use an elixir of life
[B] let us carry on with our next assignment [/b[
Drinking the last of the free elixirs, Mason looks a bit more stable on his feet.
Smoke and profanities rise up from a cluster of food stalls near a small park overlooking Absalom Harbor. The commotion centers on two particularly decrepit booths positioned across from each other, each little more than piles of haphazardly nailed boards, their peripheries scorched and smoldering. Suddenly a clay pot flies across the intervening space, smashing against one of the scorched stalls and splattering flaming oil across several others.
The owners of two food stands (a pair of gobblins), Everything Fried and Pelmo’s Pickle Hut, have been brawling. The conflict has escalated into a literal firefight as the two chefs assault each other’s establishments with jars of flaming cooking oil. Neighboring vendors called the guard to preclude the possibility of their own stalls getting caught in the crossfire.
As implied by the stall’s name, Everything Fried specializes in frying anything that fits in the oversized deep fryers. Toward that end, the booth is packed with barrels of highly flammable cooking oil... and the place is currently on fire. Neighboring shopkeepers are quick to point out that the barrels could explode at any moment.
Mason and Ialtag both realize that jostling the barrels too much could cause them to rupture and explode.
Bold may act!Mason (-7 hp)
Rocky
Roscoe (-2 hp)
Ialtag (-7 hp)
Motioning for the others to check on the fire, Mason steps closer to the fracas and calls out to the fighting shopkeepers.
"Hey! You two, let's bring it down for a moment. What is the issue here?"
"Eeek! My shop is on fire!" The closest of the two goblins says, seemingly brought out of her rage by Mason's words. "Somebody do something!"
"Of course you take her side! How much is she paying you!" the other shrieks and flingsba spatula a the first.
Nobody is deciding anything until the fire is out then we will perform an impartial investigation. Ialtag begins trying to putting the flames out
We are not taking sides, we just want the fighting to stop and to listen to both sides of the story. So can we all calm down and talk about it.
Ialtag scoops some dirt from the ground and begins throwing it on the flames in an attempt to douse them. It doesn't seem to be enough to make a dent in the flames.
"Fine!" the male goblin says and grumpily crosses his arms.
Rocky will go over and attempt to put out the barrels
Rocky tries in vain to throw some dirt on the fire but manages to toss some flammable kindling in with it.
The flames grow larger and brighter. The tell tale sounds of wood popping as moisture is released from deep inside the boards causes the onlookers to jump. Some of them begin stepping back as the boards blacken.
The grumpy male goblin giggles with glee as he watches.
The female casts her gaze about looking for something to use to save her ramshackle shop unsuccessfully.
Bold may act!Mason (-7 hp)
Rocky
Roscoe (-2 hp)
Ialtag (-7 hp)
Roscoe considers using water again to douse the flames, and the harbor is fairly close... but then he recalls that using water to try to douse an oil fire only spreads the fire making the situation worse.
The best course of action is to smother the fire with something solid. Like dirt, sand, gravel or some other none flammable solid.
Moving closer to the flames now that the fighting has stalled, Mason scooped up some of the nearby dirt to throw on the fire.