Keliwyn misses a big, easy, and very angry target, and Sykala just makes an angry target more angry.
Behind you, you hear a familiar voice, "Makin' new friends?". Faruq grins his big, dumb, toothy grin as he pulls out his falchion.
I had been holding off on my posts a bit since I was near the end of the round. However Fippin's plan was to stay at the top of the stairs and fire with his bow. If the big nasty gorillon comes he might bolt, but at least he has the expeditious reatreat active for now, so it will give him some extra speed.
Round 2 (If I can still shoot): bowshot into melee 1d20+2=12
Round 3: bowshot 1d20+ 6=24
actually that should be only 20 since he's firing into melee I think.
Ixius pulls out one of his potions and drinks it, then retreats another 30 feet back toward the stairs, trying to maintain cover along the edge of the buildings.
Keliwyn moves so as to give himself a clear shot at jumping off the bridge and attempts another shot, but misses big time (again).
Keliwyn moves so as to give himself a clear shot at jumping off the bridge and attempts another shot, but misses big time (again).
The girallon doesn't take time to lick the blood and feathers off of his claws. Being stung by the nasty human with the lightning fingers pisses him off greatly. He covers the 25 or so feet between the party with a few loping strides and slaps Sykala hard enough to almost knock her from her feet.
The wild elves in the building above you knock the plane of glass out of the windows on the second floor and begin firing at the party. Ixius, Baas, and Keliwyn each are hit.
As the girallon slaps Sykala, Baas brings down the hammer, finally knocking the beast out.
Fippin, spotting the archers in the windows, fires an arrow but cannot penetrate the cover provided by the building.
Sykala's head snaps back from the slap, she turns back to see Baas land a final blow laying the beast low. She licks her own blood now trickling down from the corner of her mouth. Her piercing blue eyes glittering dangerously she growls out, "Now kill elves." With that she circles around to an entrance and tries to enter the building.
Ixius moves to within range of the shooters and tries to burn them.
If that is not possible, then he fires off two arrows at the elf with the least cover.
Ranged rapid shot attack (1d20+3=19, 1d20+3=23)(- whatever cover penalty)
Crit damage (1d8+2=9, 1d8+2=5)
When Baas pounds the big four armed gorilla into the dust, Keliwyn drops his bow, draws his rapier & dagger, and moves toward the door of the building where the archers are holed up.
On his next turn Fippin will take move up to the entrance of the building the elves are in. With his expeditious retreat spell active he can easily cover the distance with a double move. He tries to stay as close to the wall as possible to make it so that the elves can't get a line on him.
Ixius moves to within range of the shooters and tries to burn them.
If that is not possible, then he fires off two arrows at the elf with the least cover.
Ranged rapid shot attack (1d20+3=19, 1d20+3=23)(- whatever cover penalty)
Crit damage (1d8+2=9, 1d8+2=5)
When Baas pounds the big four armed gorilla into the dust, Keliwyn drops his bow, draws his rapier & dagger, and moves toward the door of the building where the archers are holed up.
There is a door at the front of this building. It is closed but the handle has been busted off and it is not locked. It was obviously forced open at some point.
The building appears to be some kind of office. Maps of the river have been pegged to the walls. A sheet of slate on a table has some numbers scribbled on it. A set of stairs to the second level is on the far left side of the room. There are no Ekujae in this room but some blood on the floor shows that whoever used to occupy it did not abandon his post willingly.
There is a door at the front of this building. It is closed but the handle has been busted off and it is not locked. It was obviously forced open at some point.The building appears to be some kind of office. Maps of the river have been pegged to the walls. A sheet of slate on a table has some numbers scribbled on it. A set of stairs to the second level is on the far left side of the room. There are no Ekujae in this room but some blood on the floor shows that whoever used to occupy it did not abandon his post willingly.
There is a door at the front of this building. It is closed but the handle has been busted off and it is not locked. It was obviously forced open at some point.The building appears to be some kind of office. Maps of the river have been pegged to the walls. A sheet of slate on a table has some numbers scribbled on it. A set of stairs to the second level is on the far left side of the room. There are no Ekujae in this room but some blood on the floor shows that whoever used to occupy it did not abandon his post willingly.
If they have gone than my next action will be to go defensive (AC 22) go up the stairs and gust of wind any arrows that come at me. Thus clearing the way for the rest to come get in melee.
"Get close. Not shoot arrows then."
Keliwyn will be happy to follow or lead Sykala, whichever she thinks would be less likely to interfere with her spell. He speaks with her in whispers to decide the course of action.
What in Abaddon is she doing now? She's going to be the death of me...again.
Baas follows.
Keliwyn will be happy to follow or lead Sykala, whichever she thinks would be less likely to interfere with her spell. He speaks with her in whispers to decide the course of action.
She whispers back, "Follow. I get rid arrows. You. Baas. Go kill. Not good have bows when close. Ixius wound or kill one. Get that one first if alive."
As Ixius fires up at the window, two arrows hit one wild elf and he falls back quickly. Whether he was killed or wounded you cannot tell but you've never seen someone take an arrow in each eye and still pose a threat before ...
Keliwyn, Fippin, and Sykala enter the building and quickly make for the stairs.
Baas follows somewhat hesitantly.
The Ekujae remain silent.
Sykala climbs the stairs to the second floor just in time to see the Ekujae exiting through the window. One dead wild elf lay on the floor, an arrow in each eye.
She turns back and yells to Keliwyn and Baas, "THEY GO OUT WINDOW! Go back down bridge." She will change into an eagle and follow them out the window (she will change once they are below the window so they don't know this eagle is in fact Sykala).
She turns back and yells to Keliwyn and Baas, "THEY GO OUT WINDOW! Go back down bridge." She will change into an eagle and follow them out the window (she will change once they are below the window so they don't know this eagle is in fact Sykala).
Baas runs out to intercept he elves.
INITIATIVE ORDER -- CHASE 1:
KELIWYN 27 -- ???
BAAS 21 -- 'street' level
IXIUS 20 -- 'street' level
AMBUSHERS 19 -- 'street' level
FIPPIN 10 --
SYKALA 7 -- flying high
Ixius shoots at one of the fleeing elves.
Keliwyn follows them out the window, trying to stay out of any line of fire Ixius may have.
Bass will attack the closest opponent (charging if possible).
Raging Overhand Chop (1d20 10=14, 2d6 11=20) (additional +2 if I can charge).
btw, is the guy I subdued still out?
Sykala will fly high looking for any other potential threats. She trusts the others to be able to handle the fleeing elves at this point.
Fippin had moved up to the building on his last turn, but had yet to enter. As he sees the elves making a break for it, he takes a shot at one of them with his bow.
I can't get on invisible castle right now to make my rolls for some reason.
Baas' blow takes another one to the ground. Ixius' shot with the bow wounds one but he continues to flee.
The elf that had hid behind the ballista survived the hippogriff attack with little damage and is not pointing a ballista in your direction. He shouts in Elven:
"Back to your nests defilers of the green!"
Fippin missed with his arrow.
Ixius:
The ballista does not seem to be tense enough to have been loaded.
The remaining elf from the building continues to run.
Ixius shoots again (twice) at the fleeing jungle elf.
"The other one is pointing the big crossbow at us!"
Fippin will take a shot at one of the elves running off
1d20+6= 17, damage- 1d6+2=6
Just flying high and scanning the area for further danger.
The elf running towards the ballista is taken down by shots from Ixius and Fippin. The elf pointing the ballista at you leaps back behind the ballista and disappears from view.
Other than the laboured breathing of a battle weary party and the cry of an eagle overhead, you hear nothing.
Sykala:
The elf is trying to climb over the side of the bridge.
Baas kneels over the elf he knocked out. This one is still alive. If one of you can speak with him we may be able to get a better understanding of what we are up against.
"I think the one that most likely would have been able to speak their tongue was our brave companion Chuul. I certainly can't, but I do have a prayer that will allow me to understand what he's saying, it just won't let me speak the language. I won't be able to use it until tomorrow, so I think that in a few minutes we should get this one securely bound and take him to the boat. We must also take Chuul's body with us, and see that last rights are properly performed."
"However, before we do that there are more pressing issues. There is still one more, I'd hate for him to go find some friends or start picking us off while we're on the ship. Sykala and Bass, why don't you do see if you can find him, and Ix and Keliwyn and I will keep tabs on this git and cover you with our bows."
The eagle dives and hits the elf with lightning.
XP so far = 2215. With fast advancement, you are about halfway to a level increase.
Tarren:
Tarren:
** spoiler omitted **
Sykala:
No reason to apologize. I didn't get around to answering today. Unless I've missed a fight or messed up the math, that is the correct number. Note that you have been earning XP in the 6+ party members column of the Beta's XP table. Now that you have lost one member -- whom I had lunch with the other day ;-) -- the progession should accelerate.