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Some of you hear splashing from within and other hear footsteps creaking from the wooded floor of the fishery. Hal detects no traps anywhere! The sun is about to apprear soon, you can easily make out the shark in the water now still swimming close by and he's a big one.
Andreas figures out that the shiny object in the water is a set of keys, they lay on the bottom of the river about 20 feet off the walkway which you stand on...........
"Hold on, I would like to try something first"
Andreas mutters two cryptic words and stretches his left hand.
Andreas grabbed the keys with a gloved hand and passed them to Hal.
"Mayhap this makes our life easier, or at least faster about it".
Thelix impatiently waits for the door to be unlocked. He immediately follows the opener through brandishing his great sword.
Andreas prepares to follow the sword-wielding crew through the door. He straightens his pouchs and folders in his coat, ready to bring his magic to make a difference.
Initiative: 1d20 3=14
Her sword ready, Sun Fei takes a measured and balanced approach to the combat ahead.
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Hal pushes open the door, the air in this large room is somewhat chilly and stinks of the river, no doubt thanks to a huge opening in the floor that drops away to the river shore five feet below.
Several pilings emerge from the waters to support the roof above, with mossy ropes slung between them. In two places, rusty manacles hang from ropes over the water. Two five foot wide walkways cross the holes edge to the other side of the chamber, where a collection of old cabnets, lockboxes, and piles of clutter are strewn about. Chipped porcelain plates, cracked goblet, badly rusted silverware, an old wooden shield with a crossbow bolt embedded in it, the odd dinged helm, and other "treasures" litter the floor of this entire chamber. Three tables, their tops heaped with additional clutter, stand amid this mess, while just west of that a wooden door seems to provide access to a wall off section. Standing behind one of the tables is your enemy Gaedren Lamm holding a chain to one of the rusty manicles. In the manicles is a little girl hanging over the pit of water and a very large alligator looking up very hungerly. Ah just in time for meal time and I can see there is a line my pet, you will eat well this morning.... He drops the chain an inch and the little girl screams while Lamm is laughing gleefully.....the little girl seems familiar to Inros........
"I dislike reptiles and I dislike bullies, old scum". Andreas waves his right hand and chants a brief phrase while tossing a small stream of what look like dried rose petals, scorn and disgust in his face.
Thelix waits a moment to see what the wiley mage is up to. He finally loses control if nothing happens and charges towards his nemisis bellowing..."prepare for the wrath of the lord of Iron". "Time to pick on someone your own size".
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Init Order
Lamm
Andreas
Gator
Hal
Inros
Sun
Thelix
Lamm snickers at all of you, Its good to see all of you again, come to pay your respects to your old mentor huh? Move any closer and I drop the girl! He shakes the chain at you so you understand the threat. He also kicks some rocks into the pit to rile his pet.....
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The rose petals flutter out over the pit as the thrashing gator starts to calm a bit and then stops moving altogether with its eyes closed. The little girl dangles above the gator pit calming also as the gator seems to be not a threat any more although she is still quite scared and crying still. Lamm shouts out in fustration....
Already having adopted her punishing stance, Sun Fei flies into action joining Hal. Leading off with a Sapphire Nightmare strike she charges the sleeping crocodile.
Hal:
Inros, stunned at seeing a girl who maybe Tara, stares blankly at the girl.
Seeing the others attack the crocodile snaps him out of his daze.
He then turns to look at Lamm with a renewed hatred, but realizes there is nothing he can do to him until the girl is safe... so he joins the attack with his bow.
Inros' shot is quite off the mark. Obviously the shock of the last few moments has not worn off.
Thelix only has eyes for his hated enemy. With a scream he charges and attacks.
Stumbling over a loose board as he runs, and throwing off his aim.
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The rogue jumps into the pit and deal a blow to the gator but can see it is still breathing as it wakes up from the pain and begins to snap at Hal, fortunatly for him he was behind the thing. An arrow flys in at the creature but splashes into the water harmlessly. Seeing that Hal is going to be in trouble Sun jumps into the water and attacks the gator with her razor sharp blade killing it with out a thought. A roar can be heard as you see Thelix trip on a old rotted floor board as he was trying to charge around the pit to attack Lamm but he stays standing and can see the crazed look in Lamm's eyes......
Andreas calmly waited, his eyes fixed on Lamm alertly. His fingers were waving in anticipation.
Having finished off the gator, Sun Fei congratulates Hal, "Nice work." before climbing back out of the pit to face Lamm.
When Thelix's turn comes back, he attempts to make up for his earlier clumsiness:
OOC: Wow. Might as well use a dagger. Did I mention how much I hate Invisible Castle
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With a glint of evil glee in his eyes, Lamm grabs the chain and releases it dropping the girl hoping the fall will distract as he grabs his hand crossbow and fires, he's so flustered by his pet being asleep that he misses almost shooting himself in the foot. An orb of some kind of magic leaves Andreas hand and misses Lamm sending him back against the wall looking at some evil looking fluid running down the wall. Hal jumps around the gator some how and catches the little girl in mid flight who is screaming even after he catches her in his arms. Sun is able to climb out of the pit after careful concentration and skill. She stands ready to help Thelix as he barrels past and slices Lamm open as he was destracted by the acid flowing on the wall.......
Sun Fei, still adopting her punishing stance, leaps into the fray Leading the Attack but misses, foiling her attempt to aid her companions.
Atk, dmg (incl. stance) (1d20 3=9, 1d10 2 1d6=14)
"So it has come down to bare steel", Andreas prepared and loaded a bolt in his crossbow, getting ready in case Lamm managed to break from the two warriors harassing him.
On Thelix's turn he is strangely silent for once, Intense concentration lines his brow, as he attempts to flank his nemesis, and deliver a fatal blow.
Greatsword attack (1d20 2=5) NO! NO! The lord of Iron would not desert him in his moment of triumph!
Harrow Point spent.
Well there must be a greater plan in all this.
Greatsword Attack (1d20 2=11) 13 if flanking is achieved, and if by some miracle damage is needed.
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Lamm shoots at the nearest opponent hitting Thelix in the arm with his hand crossbow. (3 hp dam) Hal climbs up out of the pit and launches an attack but .misses wildly as he trips over the edge of the pit in his eagerness to kill Lamm. Sun makes an empress move to get around Thelix to line herself up for her own attack, she slices air though. Thelix fights though the pain and makes and swings his great sword, at the last second he has a doubt but firms up his faith and connects making a slash across Lamm's chest who screams in pain.......
Thelix bloodied for the first time in his adult life, clenches his teeth at the pain, but is more determined than ever to take down the evil Lamm.
"That might have worked were I still a child, but it's going to take more than that to take me down now". Thelix clenches his teeth with resolve and prepares to launch a great overhead blow and the evil villain. At this point if he must sacrifice his life to end the menace of Lamm he is prepared to do so. He is at peace as the Lord of Iron has not abandoned him.
If Lamm is still up when Thelix's turn comes around:
OOC: ;). I don't think Thelix has rolled in double figures but once in combat. Only on Balance checks and stuff like that. Kinda of funny...
Shoring up her concentration, Sun Fei executes a stellar move, inflicting a solid hit on Lamm. She maintains her composure lest a smile spread across her face, even though the hit is a slight one.
atk, dmg (incl. stance) (1d20 3=23, 1d10 2 1d6=6) confirm, dmg (1d20 3=9, 1d10 2=6)
"Pitiful old man, your end has come, either you will be cut down or I'll burn your soul as you are still standing..." Andreas waved his hands at Lamm with an ominous hatred-filled glisten in his eyes.
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Lamm tries another attack but fumbles trying to reload his crossbow at the most important moment in his life, his last! The words coming out of the mages mouth makes him shake, he has no where to run or hide, these crittens are ruining all that he has built up over the years. a short enters his body and takes the last of his pitiful life, but before he dies another sword enters his body making sure he never rises again. A great big sword arcs down on the now lifeless body taking some sense of satisfaction in helping .......
A sense of calm fills the room overtaking the stank from the place as the group of now friends know peace......its been a long time in coming for all of them.....The girl runs into Inros's waiting arms......
You see a lot of junk that Lamm has collected over the years from his little thieves, all over the floor and on a small table. There is a small room next to where all of you are standing with the door slightly ajar. A even fouler smell comes from the room.....
Thelix still bewildered at his lack of effectiveness in the battle, notices the awful stench from the adjacent room. Determined to still prove his usefulness, he runs to the door shouldering it open...sword in hands.
Andreas walked slowly to Lamm's bloodied corpse. "See who is standing now", he muttered, as about to kick the fallen criminal in the ribs, but then relenting, perhaps minding his boots. Then he turned to probe Lamm's belongins, in his persona and around the rooms. "I guess the late Lamm owes us some compensation...", he called to the others.
The battle evidently finished for now, the fight and the concentration drain from Sun Fei. Looking down at the dead bleeding body of her nemesis and taking in the devastating scene underneath the fishery is enough to send her over to the croc pit to empty her lunch (hopefully Hal isn't still down there). She does not look back to the body of Lamm but goes to the little girl to make sure that she is safe now. Bending down to the girl's height, Sun Fei craddles the girl and whispers comforting promises to her.