Rivereye glances back over his shoulder, curses in Elven, and then says a phrase in a magical tongue (aranearym soleai). His boots glimmer with an eldritch light and he scampers up the wall as if he were a fly, sticking to the underside of the balcony above and clambering over the balcony to its top. Soon, Thom has lost all sight of him.
Initiative
Audric
Rivereye (cursed)
Thom (bloodied) <==
Fist
Gomi (blind, dying)
Lightning Trap
Arrika (blind)
Torrent (bloodied)
Map.
Initiative
Audric
Rivereye (cursed)
Thom (bloodied)
Fist <==
Gomi (blind, dying)
Lightning Trap
Arrika (blind)
Torrent (bloodied)
Thom returns back down the ramp, and is shocked by his companions conditions. He turns to Torrent, and mutters at her a vile curse, followed by "The bastard got away! I don't know how we will catch him now. I could not see if he had the case with him though."
He adds to the group, "You killed the flame wisp, didn't you."
"He did it."
"Bloody Gnomes should all come with bells and collars."
Fist dashes up the ramp as fast as his half-orc legs can take him, but at its top he discovers that there is another floor, with another ramp headed up to the fourth floor across the room. It is likely that Rivereye's direct assent up the side of the building is much faster than anyone would be able to take the ramps. That said, it's not clear where he might go from the top floor of the building.
A hum and a crackle are followed by a blast of lightning that fires across the north end of the room (Row D) blasting into Audric .
Initiative
Audric
Rivereye (cursed)
Thom (bloodied)
Fist
Gomi (blind, dying)
Lightning Trap
Arrika (blind) <==
Torrent (bloodied)
Audric nearly falls as the lightning courses through him, but for now he continues to stand there whistling a tune.
Audric nearly falls as the lightning courses through him, but for now he continues to stand there whistling a tune.
death save =
Edit: That's one.
Trying to get her eyesight back, Arrika stays where she is.
Torrent steps around the edge of lockers and calls upon the power of Melora to heal Gomi.
As she glances around wondering what to do next, a group of guards, two dwarves and two half-orcs, pounds up the ramp with weapons drawn and demands that everyone surrender. One of the dwarfs opens a panel on the wall near the ramp and appears to disable the lightning trap. "Put your weapons down!" growls one of the half-orcs.
Fist, meanwhile, continues to chase after the fleeing Riverye. He races up the ramps to the fourth floor and out a door to one of the balconies just in time to see the gnome make an impossible jump of over 30 feet, clearing the 20 foot high fence and landing lightly on the sloped, snow-covered rooftop of a building. He then quaffs a potion, falls off the roof, and floats down to the crowd on the city street below.
Audric stumbles out of the lightning's path and approaches the guards, hands raised. "Gentlemen, let me assure you that we were not the instigators of this conflict."
Thom sees the arrival of the guards with a sense of bitter resignation. The death of the Flame Wisp guaranteed that outcome, and also put a crimp into the diplomatic efforts of the other members. He offers no resistance to the guard for now.
Fist, with typical Half-Orc rage issues (he hasn't been to too many anger management courses), smashes his Maul a couple of times into the fence at the same time screaming after Rivereye, 'May the Wyrm of the Deeps find you in your bed and devour you and all your git for a dozen generations!'
Fist then takes a moment to use his high perch to look out upon what has become of his beloved High Pass.
After glancing around, Fist will attempt to charge down the ramp yelling, 'He's getting away. We've got to go. He's getting away.'
Until he runs into the Half-Orcs and Dwarves.
Thom: You have seen no case at any point. You're not sure which locker Rivereye was planning to open.
Fist: Looking from the balcony, you can see the battle continues to rage, although there doesn't seem to be much to see at ground level. Most of the combat seems to be in the frigid skies, as the Ragesians attempt to drop explosives on the city while the Gate Pass griffon riders fight to defend it.
As you turn to return the rest of the group, you are surprised by an odd sight. It appears that five or so people are unconscious and bound on the floor. Four of them seem to be wearing the livery of the Depository guards and the fifth is a hideously ugly gnome, stripped to his underclothes.
Fist will attempt to use some water from the waterskin in his adventurer's kit to help wake the people up. He will also work to untie them starting with the gnome.
Thom bumps into the wall, as he waits for the guards to respond.
Thom turns around, and bumps into that same wall. That wall doesn't like me, he thinks.