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Everyone awake now, the group focuses their attacks on the creature. Rin, still groggy, misses with his ray of cold energy.
Raivek, on the other hand, unleashes a flurry of blows, connecting with his shortsword. Barshevy, the other party member who had not been asleep, unleashes a ray of holy energy, but misses the ape-man.
Drivish, now awake, moves from his chair and opens the second door to the hall. Qadim-sul also advances, drawing his khopesh.
The ape creature launches what could be another devastating blow against Raivek, but the ranger is able to dodge. It then uses its focusing trick again, renewing its mark on Raivek. It then steps out of immediate reach, back into the hall.
Attack Raivek, using CA (1d20 10=14, 1d6 3 2d6=11)
Recharge on Assassin's Mark (1d6=4)
Lafiel loses sight of the retreating creature, then quickly changes her path, moving as fast as she can through the door Drivish has just opened. On her way she readies another shuriken, throwing it on the creature's flank. The shuriken flies and hits the creature's neck, splattering blood right next to him.
Lafiel tries to shake off the magical slow effect and regain her usual speed, but doesn't manage to.
Still swaying from the spell, Rin walks slowly towards the door and readies another ray of frost. He shakes his head violently, attempting to break the final effects of the sleep spell.
To hit roll: (Widsom vs. Reflex)
1d20+3=15
Furious that he only landed a single blow, Raivek steps toward the ape and unleashes another slice-stab.
Cursing the numbness in his limbs, Qadim-sul staggers on, trying to get closer to the beast. As he steps behind Raivek, sparks dance across his skin and the air around him seems to darken. In the distance, a peal of thunder rumbles ominously.
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Raivek closes for the attack, but the blows do not connect. Drivish also advances. Qadim-sul lines up for an assault on the ape creature, but is too lethargic to affect it before it attacks Raivek with another targeted thrust, stabbing deep into the ranger's thigh (-17hp, then marked again, no move).
Attack Raivek with Mark; damage; recharge mark (1d20 10=25, 1d6 3 2d6=17, 1d6=4)
"Come to me, beast!" Qadim-sul calls. He twirls his khopesh in a complex pattern, then levels it at the ape-man. Lightning dances along the blade, then lashes out, forming a line of electricity that wraps itself around the creature. Qadim-sul yanks his blade back with a flourish, pulling the ape back into the room on a leash of lightning.
Rin sprints to the unopened door and slips through it. His fingers spread wide as he hurls a jet of infernal flame in the direction of the Apeman.
"Back, back, or suffer."
Positioning Strike + Combat Advantage (1d20+9=13)
Positioning Strike + Sneak Attack (1d6+4=8, 2d8=8)
Lafiel moves again, unsheathes her Short sword and positions herself behind the ape creature. She strikes at its back trying to cut through its armor.
The attack misses. Lafiel curses, and suddenly moves faster. She gets the ape's attention and appears to stumble, but when the ape creature lunges toward her she quickly ducks, turns sideways and strikes again at its exposed back.
Twin Strike; Scimitar, Shortsword (1d20+5=19, 1d20+6=10)
With Combat Advantage, should be 21 and 12 vs AC.
Twin Strike damage; Scimitar, Hunters Quarry, Shortsword (1d8=5, 1d8=7, 1d6=3)
Scimitar 5 dmg, hunters quarry 7 dmg, shortsword 3 dmg
Drivish moves around to block the "backdoor".
He hefts his massive halberd and swings through, adding jabs with the haft for good measure.
Attack 1d20+7 = 11; Damage 1d10+4= 14 or 4 on a miss
"Qadim-sul, why are we fighting a giant monkey in the middle of the Duke's castle?"
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Lafiel flanks the beast. Unable to land a blow herself, she still sets Raivek up nicely. Rin unleashes infernal flames at the ape-man, but the creature is just too agile. Raivek takes advantage of Lafiel's distraction and lands a good strike with his scimitar.
Drivish swings around to help surround the ape-man and bloodies it with quick strokes of the halberd. Qadim-sul, meanwhile, distracts the creature, though is unable to call it to him.
The ape-thing looks around wildly, then bolts up the hall.
OA (basic attack) vs. Ape, Damage, Sneak Attack (1d20+6=7, 1d6+1=3, 2d8=9)
Lafiel tries to swing at the creature as it passes next to her, running in the hall. However, she swings too fast losing her balance cutting the air where Drivish's head was a second ago. Cursing, she shouts : "Stop it!"
Rin's head finally clears and he unleashes yet another blast of cold at the fleeing figure.
"Freeze!"
Ray of Frost (v Fort) against Apeman (on hit Apeman is slowed): (1d20 3=19, 1d6 3=6)
OA vs AC; Basic Melee Attack (1d20+6=12, 1d6+3=9)
With Combat Advantage the attack should be 14 vs AC.
On my init:
Careful Attack vs AC; CA Damage; Hunters Quarry Damage (1d20+7=14, 1d8=2, 1d8=4)
With Combat Advantage the attack should be 16 vs AC.
Shuriken with CA + Damage + Sneak Attack (1d20+9=10, 1d6+4=9, 2d8=9)
Lafiel tries to run after the creature, taking another shuriken from her belt and throwing it at the creature. However, the magical slow doesn't allow her feet to move quickly enough, and she trips, catching herself before falling but dropping the shuriken. Disappointed with herself, she doesn't manage to release herself from the magical slow.
Drivish moves with the creature. Although a couple of steps behind, he takes advantage of his polearm to continue the assault. This time he puts everything he has into the swing.
Qadim-sul runs after the apeman, once more throwing out a leash of lightning to reel the beast in.
"Don't let it get to the doors. The cold won't slow it forever."
Rin prepares to jump out of the way of the ape assassin in case it turns its attention to him.
Lafiel glances around looking for anything else unusual in the hallway, while not paying any attention to Barshevy's yelling for help. At the same time she hurries to the creature's corpse, searching anything of interest, especially something that can explain what that creature was and why it came to the keep. In addition she examines the creature itself (trying to recognize what it is), and its sword and censer. On her way, she also picks up her thrown shurikens.
Perception and Insight rolls, Knowledge roll (1d20+5=16, 1d20+5=24, 1d20=7)
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As Lafiel and others examine the corpse,
Arcana or Nature DC15:
Let me know if and when the group takes a brief rest.
The cleric sees something in the dark courtyard below and ceases his cries for help. He turns around and runs wide-eyed out into the hallway. "Beware, my friends, beware! Everyone in the keep has been enspelled!"
Lafiel doesn't manage to identify anything about the situation, so she proceeds to the big doors to the east (leading to the Duke's chambers), putting her ear to the door (and looking through the keyhole, if there is any), to try and find out if the Duke's rooms have been infiltrated.