Ketsu-kiba responds "We accept your surrender, now that your life is in our hands, you may earn it and your freedom back, with one simple answer. Where is the Bladecaller?"
"Bladecaller? At this time he is still sleeping upstairs, he should be up within 30 mins or so." She says and you can see her changing her shape into a small spider and she darts towards the kitchen doors, like she was not trusting your word.
The assassins jumps after and cuts her to pieces as well as ending the misery of slowed spearman.
You know that the fight caused some noise and you are afraid if anyone would storm in right after you finished it.
You hear steps of a patrol going your way.
The patrol is going your way and soon will enter the room filled with bodies. You can try to distract them to send them some other way, or hide, along with the bodies
Ketsu-kiba does her best to cover some bodies as quickly as possible.
Ann silently stuffs the giant's body under the table, shoves the chairs in to hide it as much as possible, and leaps up to a hiding place up by the ceiling. She presses her arms and legs between two ceiling beams and holds there, motionless.
Very rarely do people think to look up.
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You all hide quickly moving the bodies into the kitchen, the patrol take a peek into the room and moves on with their business.
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Ann tries to hide an amused half-smile, then nods to Sien in a moderately passable imitation of Moonlight's ominous nod. She pads silently to the north door and listens for sounds on the other side. If it's silent, she stealthily tries to open it so she can peek in, then silently close it to communicate what she sees.
Ketsu-kiba nods, already getting bored with clearing the rabble out of the fortress.
You head north to find stairs up, you crack the door open ...
This large hall contains two long wooden tables with long benches. Each table is covered with partially finished meals, dirty utensils, and mostly emptied goblets. Greatswords and other assorted weapons hang on the walls. The western wall has two arrow slits that let cold air and the howl of the wind from the mountains beyond. Double stone doors exit to the south. Three doors in the east wall lead to small chambers, and a small hallway ends in a fourth door leading further into the fortress. A stairway in the northwest corner ascends higher into the fortress and one to the east leads down.
You can see three soldiers finishing their breakfast ...
Ann narrows her eyes. These guys look easier to beat than the crew they just took down, but more likely to shout for backup. That would be irritating. She raises an eybrow at Ketsu-kiba and cocks her head toward the mess hall, whispering so only her team can hear: "Wanna try fooling them until we get into position to take them down quietly?"
Sien doesn't have the skills to fool anyone, but is fine to play along or stay out of the way.
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Ketsu-kiba sheathes the saber behind her back and moves the greatsword to a more visible position.
"Honest opinion, without looking up too hard from your breakfast, do they look like our soldiers or not? I'm not convinced by the new tailor."
Barely waiting for their answer and looking back to her troops "Well hurry upstairs, if this goes on any longer we aren't going to get any breakfast at all."
Ketsu-kiba sheathes the saber behind her back and moves the greatsword to a more visible position.
"Honest opinion, without looking up too hard from your breakfast, do they look like our soldiers or not? I'm not convinced by the new tailor."
Barely waiting for their answer and looking back to her troops "Well hurry upstairs, if this goes on any longer we aren't going to get any breakfast at all."
[dice=Deception]1d20+25
One of the soldiers looks at you heading towards the stairs
"Hmm, not enough steel, to soft, My 3 year old daughter could sleep in that" says one giggling as he eats a piece of meat with his hands.
You are able to get to the stairs and ascend without any issues, On the top floor you are in a narrow corridor taking you to the door. You crack them open and take a peek in:
An immense perch created from two-foot-thick logs sits in the middle of this open chamber. To the south, the wall opens out onto the fortress’s uppermost balcony, giving an expansive view of the tundra and skies. A prodigious pile of bird droppings lies on the ground below the perch, in which the bones of woolly rhinos, elk, and a few humans protrude. An alarm bell hangs from the wall to the southwest near the opening onto the balcony.
You can see two birds keeping a close eye on what is happening.
Hmmmm. Those birds could cause a rukus, and if they're seen flying off at the wrong time... Plus any noise up here will alert the guards downstairs. She looks to the group for their input on how best to handle this situation.
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Moonlight finds a good vantage point, and observes the birds for a few moments...
Ageless Patience
You work at a pace born from longevity that enhances your thoroughness. You can voluntarily spend twice as much time as normal on a Perception check or skill check. If you do, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to the check and don't automatically reduce your degree of success on a natural 1 (you get a critical failure only if your result is 10 lower than the DC). For example, you could get these benefits if you spent 2 actions to Seek, which normally takes 1 action. You can get these benefits during exploration by taking twice as long exploring as normal, or in downtime by spending twice as much downtime.
The GM might determine a situation doesn't grant you a benefit if a delay would be directly counterproductive to your success, such as a tense negotiation with an impatient creature.
Scholarly Recollection
[Focus, Fortune]
Trigger: You attempt a Perception check to Seek, or you attempt a skill check to Recall Knowledge with a skill you’re trained in
Speaking a short prayer as you gather your thoughts, you're blessed to find yourself pointed in the right direction. The GM rolls the triggering check twice and uses the better result.
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Moonlight thinks for a moment ... he knows that the creatures see perfectly well at night and that they can see through natural clouds and mists.
But he is not aware of any more sophisticated ways of perception that they could have.
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Nodding to Sien's plan, Ann makes room for him at the doorway.
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Ketsu-kiba silently nods, ready for more violence.
You take the time, Sien casts a spell and you made sure to crack the door open just enough for him to slip towards the bell. He does that and takes a swing ... The birds turn around immediately, but his blow lands quickly and effectively to break the bell.
The first one to respond is Moonlight, who from the back rank is the first to move.
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BOLD IS UP!:
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➤ Moonlight
Pink
Sien
Ann
Azul
Ketsu-kiba
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A brief prayer, and a swirling black aura surrounds Moonlight, which, as the bird approaches, besets it with a feeling of spiritual unsettling, exposing it’s weakness to his allies…
◆◆) Malediction
◆) Stride
Moonlight prays and moves in standing in the strategically selected spot. The roc turns around and attacks Sien with its beak
The bird strikes true with its beak, then tries with talons
And boy oh boy Sien wasn't sure what hit him, talons immediately grabbed Sien without a hesitation and the creature attempts to bite as it would be eating him.
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BOLD IS UP!:
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Moonlight
Pink
➤ Sien
➤ Ann
Azul
Ketsu-kiba
"Ow!"
Sien casts wall of force () and then enters Arcane Cascade.
Sien tries to escape but his first attempt is not effective, his second however is.
He then casts shield.
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BOLD IS UP!:
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Moonlight
Pink
Sien
➤ Ann
Azul
Ketsu-kiba
Dashing onto the rooftop, Ann practically pounces on the owl that attacked Sien. Entering her Ironblood Stance, she slashes at its wing with her sawtooth saber.
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◆) Sustain Malediction to 20 feet
◆◆) Heal vs Sien
Moonlight whispers a few prayers to his gods. To Ng, he prays that Sien be spared at least as long as they find themselves to be traveling companions (up to a week give or take); to Achaekek, he asks that his mantis allies’s strikes be guided by the red hand, that they may complete their ultimate assassination more easily by retaining the element of surprise!
Ann moves in and strikes, however the feathers are thick and her strike rebouds.
The other bird strikes at Ann with its wing which has very long reach
The bird misses her
The wing hits her despite cover and the bird tries the third time
The third strike misses.
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BOLD IS UP!:
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➤ Moonlight
Pink
Sien
Ann
Azul
➤ Ketsu-kiba
Ketsu-kiba follows into the room, closing with Pink and unleashing a dirge.
1d6 Bleed. Crit is double damage and stupefied 1. (frightened 2 if already stupefied)
Moonlight extends his spell and heals prays for Sien to be healed, well Ng still listens to him.
Ketsu-kiba frightens the birds and moves in.
The Bird attacks close pray
Beak connects and Ann feels some blood being spilled, but talons cannot grab the sturdy assassin.
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BOLD IS UP!:
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Moonlight
Pink
➤ Sien
➤ Ann
Azul
Ketsu-kiba
Ow. These things hit hard. Ann causes a surge in her Ironblood Stance to boost her defense, then feints with a Prayer Attack before sweeping her sawtooth saber at the owl before her.
Ann prepares for more hits to come, she feints, but the bird is to careful to be fooled. Her strike however hits exceptionally hard.
Causing Ketsu-Kiba to strike as the oppening is there hitting herself.
Ann uses it as opportunity of her own, landing another devastating blow.
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BOLD IS UP!:
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Moonlight
Pink
➤ Sien
Ann
Azul
Ketsu-kiba
Sien nods at Moonlight, and moves up, slashing at Pink with all his might.
plus plus
Sien moves in and strikes, he hits but just hits.
The other bird goes after Sien
Beak hits Sien, then the claws take a massive slash spilling blood on the floor, and the bird keeps hold of Sien.
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BOLD IS UP!:
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➤ Moonlight
Pink
Sien
Ann
Azul
➤ Ketsu-kiba
Ketsu-kiba heals Sien.
before stabbing pink.
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In tandem with Ketsu-kiba, Hammid clenches his gauntleted hand to send another wave of healing into Sien, drawing deeper into his font to retain the deadly assassin's foolish life on behalf of his mysterious god, Ng.
◆) Sustain Malediction to 30 feet
◆◆) Heal vs Sien
Not wanting to approach just yet, the communion between our shady hero and Achaekek deepens as well, flooding the room with pure malediction.
Both Ketsu-Kiba and Moonlight heals Sien.
Ketsu-kiba than lands a nive blow at the bird who starts to show wounds.
Moonlight expands his spell
The birds seems to not be impacted by the spell.
The bird hits Ann twice, once with beak the other with talon and grabs her.
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BOLD IS UP!:
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Moonlight
Pink
➤ Sien
➤ Ann
Azul
Ketsu-kiba
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Ann releases a small growl as the owl grabs her; she immediately attempts to squirm out of its grasp.
Successfully writhing until she pops free, she slashes at its neck with her sawtooth saber.
Finally gaining herself a moment to breathe, she centers herself. With pure focus born from many hours of meditation, she causes some of her wounds to heal through sheer will.
Sien's anger builds () and he unleashes it into a mighty swing at Pink.
vs DC 5
plus plus
Or a vague swing in Pink's general direction.
Ann easily escapes and strikes the creature, her saber gits the creature
This strike lets Ketsu-kiba to attack and land a blow
And Ann strikes as well but misses. Then she heals herself.
Sien decindes to not escape, but he recharges and strikes but misses.
The other bird feeds on Sien
Two massive blows land, but the bird lets go of Sien
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BOLD IS UP!:
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➤ Moonlight
Pink
Sien
Ann
Azul
➤ Ketsu-kiba
Ketsu-kiba unleashes a new dirge and reaches out to sap Pink's lifeforce.