Hru utters a low hoot as the ferocity of his swing causes his sword to take a chunk of wood out of a stallpost. He stares briefly at the man's rictus scream and the feathered shafts protruding from him before setiing into a low crouch and moving forward to help Sir Manfred.
As Liandra takes care of the last guard outside and Knotty knocks out the second last guard inside, the guard that Eria popped two arrows into manages to give voice to his scream. Liandra and Galadar, silhouetted by the light coming from inside the stable, are sure that the scream was loud enough to attract attention if anyone is paying attention in the towers.
"Hru, take that guard out, he's going to bring the whole guard on us!"
Knotty swings his arm back in a vicious little chopping motion and the air near the girly screaming guard forms into a chop to the back of the neck.
Moving away from the stables, I examine what I can see of the keep-house for possible upper level entrances, looking for windows, balconies or even tower parapets.
There are two very narrow shuttered windows on the second floor of the keep-house. There's no way that Galadar could get through those windows, althouh a much smaller person might be able to.
The windows on the tower of the keep-house are equally small. In fact, Galadar can't see a single window large enough for a human to move through.
Hru realizes his error as a very real scream bursts from the guard he thought dead. With a catlike swivel he brings the great blade to bear on the man again.
Eria releases another arrow into the guard
Attack
Damage
The luckiest guard in the world survives getting knocked in the back of the head by a telekinetic fist, but it pushes him forward underneath Hru's greatsword. Feeling the 'wooosh!' of the sword he brings his shield up reflexively and deflects Eria's arrow.
Sir Manfred steps to the last opponent and attacks again.
Longsword attack:
Longsword damage:
Shield bash attack:
Shield bash damage:
IF that drops the last opponent, he will extinguish the light.
Liandra follows Galadar, her half elven eyes probing the dim regions for attackers.
Perception
Manfred finishes off the last guard whose luck finally ran out. He stumbles forward driving Eria's shafts deeper into him. The light extinguished, the stable is quiet except for some exciting restlessness from the horses and the breathing of those who just saw combat and lived.
Outside, Liandra sees no attackers but hears some chatter on the guard towers. The noises in the stable have aroused their curiosity but they evidently haven't realized intruders are within the walls.
"There coming, not in force but we've perked their ears up," Liandra whispers to Galadar
Knotty moves to the nearest window or door and casts upwards towards the guard tower and a bit higher.
A large red dragon with fire pouring from everywhere hovers silently with its mouth opening and closing as it stares at those tasty guards.
"Dragon!" shouts the halfling wizard.
"Let's run guys and gals, like that thing is real," he whispers to the party.
He starts off towards the nearest door in the main keep, screaming dragon.
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"Oh, no, he didn't...."
I slap my palm to my face with a groan, wanting to cry...
"There's goes the stealthy option," I whisper in frustration to Liandra, and then move towards the side of the front door, hiding in the shadows so as to not make myself a target while the rest of the group moves across the keep-yard.
Stealth:
Shouts of "dragon!" rise from every tower. Guards from the other towers begin to run towards the illusion. A few fire crossbows at the illusion putting their fellow guards in danger.
Eria turns heads back into the stable and begins to head back through the tunnel.
For a few seconds, Sir Manfred stood over his last opponenet, almost physically ill from the way he has had to bend his code until it was almost unrecognizable. Disguises, lies, attacking through a tunnel, under cover of darkness...
Sir Manfred sighed just a little and said a brief prayer to Iomedae. Perhaps the sacrifice would be worth it, to prevent more people from being enslaved by the Dukes of Hell.
Hearing the commotion outside, Sir Manfred changes his disguise to resemble his last victim, and he charges outside with the others.
Liandra is only a few steps behind Galadar muttering to herself in disbelief.
"Do not fear, Gorum is with you !" he calls to Eria as she reteats "You'll do no good outside the walls in any case...I will protect you mistress" he comtinues sincerely. But seeing his path clearly he goes on "crazy wizard!" Hru is heard to mutter as he charges out of the stables behind Manfred
Eria upon hearing Hru's words stops in her tracks "I cant believe I'm doing this" Is all she says as she turns around and heads back towards the courtyard deciding that there really was no point in being subtle at all now casts obscuring mist on the courtyard
The door to the manor house flies open. Six guards stumble onto the steps and stare up at the dragon. They point up at the sky. "Warn the baron," one yells to one of them. To two others he says, "Stay here!".
Three of the guards run towards the dragon.
Stealth
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stealth:
I wait for the first three guards to rush out the door and gain a little distance before rushing into the house behind them, attacking the first guard I come to and again trusting Liandra to follow my lead. I move as quickly as I can, wanting to get the guards before one of them can run to tell the Baron.
Attack:
confirm critical:
damage and sneak attack:
Taking Galadar's cue I attack the guards alongside him.
Attack
Damage with sneak attack
Knotty stops at the wall by the door and then quietly wills the dragon to descend below the bottom corner tower into the corner of the courtyard.
"Kill it guards before it gets the Baron!" shouts the halfling.
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Tarren and Knotty
Minor image
School illusion (figment); Level bard 2, sorcerer/wizard 2
Duration concentration + 2 rounds
This spell functions like silent image, except that minor image
includes some minor sounds but not understandable speech
School illusion (figment); Level bard 1, sorcerer/wizard 1
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, F (a bit of fleece)
Range long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)
Effect visual figment that cannot extend beyond four 10-ft. cubes
+ one 10-ft. cube/level (S)
Duration concentration
Saving Throw Will disbelief (if interacted with); Spell Resistance no
This spell creates the visual illusion of an object, creature, or force,
as visualized by you. The illusion does not create sound, smell,
texture, or temperature. You can move the image within the limits
of the size of the effect.
Galadar and Liandra have taken down the two guards in the entrance. They can see the entrance hall beyond the guards is now empty.
Hru will rush forward to the Baron's house as easily as possible with guards, dragons and mist, keeping Mistress Eria well protected and Sir manfred in front of him. (provided no one hostile crosses his path)
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The halfling tries to look bigger and more commanding but without the hat it's a bit difficult.
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Seeing the empty hall, I turn my attention quickly to the doors. As soon as the rest of the party is through them, I will shut them and then bar them from the inside.
"Watch the halls," I say to Liandra with a rueful grin as I manage the doors, "We don't want the enemy to be surprising us more than our allies. See if you can't figure the best way for us to go. I'm thinking upstairs is probably best."
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The halfling tries to look bigger and more commanding but without the hat it's a bit difficult.
Seeing the empty hall, I turn my attention quickly to the doors. As soon as the rest of the party is through them, I will shut them and then bar them from the inside.
"Watch the halls," I say to Liandra with a rueful grin as I manage the doors, "We don't want the enemy to be surprising us more than our allies. See if you can't figure the best way for us to go. I'm thinking upstairs is probably best."
Perception: 1d20+8
Galdar hears a door being thrown open and some footsteps to the north.
Several of the guards went out after Knotty's illusion. Knotty strode across the courtyard and ordered them to hurry and, to even Knotty's surprise, they did. Liandra and Galadar have slipped across the courtyard in front of the keep-house and taken out some of the guards. Knotty, Hru, Manfred, and Eria, shrouded in fog and protected by darkness, have a chance to follow Galadar before this 'dragon smoke' clears and the illusion fades. Already some of the guards are beginning to realize that their crossbow bolts are going through the dragon like it wasn't really there.
Galadar has heard a man running around the corner to the north.
Once he has bluffed the guards, Knotty slips inside the building, to Liandra and Galadar. He tries to find a nice halfling nook just inside the doorway to see what is going on.
Hru attempts to get to the doors with purpose, striding thru the mist with a pace to match Eria's
Liandra dashes around the corner after the fleeing man. As she comes within sight of him she skids to a halt, dropping both her khukri , and whipping her loaded crossbow forward, to fire at the man's back.
(If UNAWARE OF HER PRESENCE)