Five gnolls stand between me and any warning, it is time to spill blood! Don't let the others down Gnoll!
Arjun sighs, wondering how in the world a Vudrani barber got hooked into such shenanigans.
Linah emerges from the darkness with her scimitar raised over her head. As she prepares to strike her opponent the unexperienced cleric looses her footing and drives her weapon into the soft ground in front of the Gnoll.
(i was to far away to charge right?)
[AC14 for one round]
** spoiler omitted **
No surprise round, its round 1.
Linah you can charge, double movement and then a hit. For future ref though charge is a full round action and you can't stack it with a normal move.
No surprise round, its round 1.
Linah you can charge, double movement and then a hit. For future ref though charge is a full round action and you can't stack it with a normal move.
Linah, Khalid and Nuveril are on the gnoll before it can do more than blink. Linah nearly off balances herself with a lunge but Khalid is there moments later and scores a stinging cut to the gnolls thigh. It arches back, a cry about to escape its lips, when Nuveril's hammer takes it in the face, pounding it back into the wall and it slides limply to the dirt.
You can make perception checks as you wish but after half a minute or so with no cry from the gnoll you can assume your companions were successful.
After a minute or so of silence the patrol is clearly concerned.
You hear one gnoll call out
You heft the gnoll between you, moving back into the slave market.
The remaining gnolls seem to be conferring but they are much quieter this time and you have no chance of hearing them.
After a short pause, the gnolls start to call out, their cries, thundering over the still. What sounds like a call to arms followed by the same word over and over.
UP KULLDIS! UP AXES! PREY TO HUNT! PREY TO KILL!
And then, in unison.
KEZURKIAN! KEZURKIAN! KEZURKIAN! KEZURKIAN!
Almost immediately there is an answering cry from the west, a low pitched bleating scream. Something is coming....
Nuveril quivers with excitement as the unfamiliar sound comes closer. "This just got a lot more interesting," she whispers, clutching her hammer.
Nuveril quivers with excitement as the unfamiliar sound comes closer. "This just got a lot more interesting," she whispers, clutching her hammer.
Stealth
Linah stares into the space that a mere second ago held the figure of a gnoll looking down at her, it's teeth bared. It takes a few moment for Linah to regain her composure and help drag the creatures limb body back into the shadows.
"What are they saying?", she whispers with concern shining through both her voice and from her eyes.
"What are they saying?", she whispers with concern shining through both her voice and from her eyes.
"'Blah, blah, we're all going to die, yip, yap.' Who cares?" Nuveril moves back toward the crack to take a peek at what is going on in the main street.
Venturing only a short distance from the shelter of the snake building, Arjun realizes just how much noise he is making and retreats back to his original position.
Linah looks stupefied at Nuveril's retort. She starts to say something but lost for words she moves her concentration back to the door, feeling her grip tighten around her scimitar.
From their respective vantage points Nuveril, Khalid and Sajan can see the gnolls retreating slowly west up the main path and those that have them have unlimbered their bows.
A few second later you all hear a resounding hollow noise coming from the gate house on top of the hill, some kind of alarm.
"What is happening?", Linah whispers uneasily. Linah tries to steady herself and waits.
Linah's actions the following two rounds
1. Arjun waits so that he will be in the rear of the group. He readies a vial of frost bomb in his hand and says a brief prayer to an appropriate Vudrani god.
2. He ventures out and tries to keep the rest of the group between himself and potential enemies.
Perception
Stealth
With the gnoll patrol now out of sight and with the hollow booming from the gatehouse sounding in their ears, Grall and Sajan retire clockwise back around the slave market to rejoin the rest of the group.
As they near the SE corner they hear Khalid's thrown rock and as they round the corner they see the man himself motioning to them, Linah close behind. The four regroup at the entrance to the market and sensing imminent danger Linah incants a quick prayer of blessing, divine power infusing the group. Arjun stands just inside the entrance, a vial of crystals floating in some liquid ready in hand.
Nuveril tries to sight your foes through the crack but her field of vision is narrow and she sees nothing.
It sounds as if the Kuldis are mobilizing. Yips, cries and the ring of steel sound from the upper town although you think it would likely be several minutes before the gnolls could hope to descend in force. You hear the gnoll patrol but now they seem to be moving forward again: toward the side street to the west of the market. This doesn't seem to make much sense until you hear a loud CRUNCH as something heavy lands on the roof of the market, toward the NW side. Barely breaking stride you can hear it running rapidly across the roof to your position, clay roof tiles cracking with every long stride.
If your intention is flight, it seems as if you will first need to fight your way clear...
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Perception
Grall
Nuveril
Linah
Khalid
Sajan
Arjun
The Ambush - Part 2, Round 1
Initiative
Grall
Nuveril
Linah
Khalid
Sajan
Arjun
Enemy initiative hidden
Ordered Initiative
??
Grall 22
Khalid 21
Linah 18
Nuveril 16
Arjun 14
Sajan 7
Effects
Bless
??
Notes
- Map is up on the site.
- Corners are blocking LOS as you would expect. Nuveril's field of view is shown on the map. The roof of the market is about 12' high, you cannot see anything incoming from your current vantage point.
We must go before the cities guardians fall upon us.
He leaps out, tumbling through the entrance
Tumble and readies an action to aqttack any enemy that moves within his reach.
Attack damage
You split up, Khalid, Sajan and Nuveril using the available vegetation along the river to reach the more solid cover of the partly ruined buildings in the south east of town. BE 40 or so.
Nuveril moves easily and agilely through the ruins while Sajan, despite his size, makes barely a whisper of noise, every footstep placed perfectly. Khalid has more difficulty, at one point crunching a few shards of pottery underfoot, but still you think any watcher would have to be close to notice your passage.
The rest of the group follow but keep a reasonable distance behind. 150 feet is ten squares on the map.
The lead three make their way along the line of buildings adjacent to the river, slipping through a gap in two on the way to the building where you fought the snake two days before. [snip]
Round 1, initiative 18 - Bless round 1/20
Linah runs to the entrance where Nuveril and Arjun are hiding. "We need to leave, they know we are here!", she calls out as quietly as she can while keeping an eye on the rooftop ahead of her, ready to lash out with her scimitar should a hostile creature come into reach.