[Adventure] BH1: Merryl's Rescue (DM: Velmont, Judge: renau1g)

ScorpiusRisk · Mar 5, 2010

[sblock=ooc]Well, before I think of a good reason, what exactly is the situation?

Bell's intention was to run down the alley. Is there no clear path? Or am I dodging something that I don't know what's there?[/sblock]

Velmont · Mar 5, 2010

[SBLOCK=OOC]Well, your target is running, as you are, but who is the fastest? How do you proceed to catch up on him. I suppose you want to catch him up.[/SBLOCK]

ScorpiusRisk · Mar 5, 2010

Bell sees the target getting farther away and suddenly changes tact. If this works, it will be so cool. She brings her shield back down so she can see. Then she strays from the clear path, to a more direct one. She plants her foot on one of the boxes, pushes off and try's to bounce off the wall in order to get over the debris.

[sblock=ooc]Ah, I understand now.

20 Perception to pick a good path, 6 for an acrobatic stunt.

Considering the base for an acrobatic stunt is 15 I assume I fail.
Would you consider letting me activate Shadow Jaunt before I hit the ground?[/sblock]

Neurotic · Mar 5, 2010

Initially, Martelai smiles at Bells childish notions of drama, but as the target really starts running his instincts kick in.
"Stop, we just want to talk!" he shouts toward fleeing man.
Waiting a moment to see if he stops (assuming not) he calls the attention of Ulban on the man and fires off confusing bolt toward the target.
Assuming the target is withing 10 squares, non-lethal eldritch blast

Drawing on his intimate knowledge of Bacarte dock side he quickly creates probable map of streets around warehouses and pulls Charina in tangential ally trying to cut off fleeing man.
"Keep chasing him, we'll cut him off!" he tells the rest of the group

Streetwise (1d20+10=25)

[sblock=OOC] I know it's not great idea to split the party, but I'm guessing we'll be at most one round away from you at any moment and even if ambushed we will have some advantage by attacking from two directions?

And Velmont didn't announce skill challenge. Yet.
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Velmont · Mar 5, 2010

Bell starts to run after the man. While Martelai shouts at the man. The man doesn't seem to hear the warlock or just ignore him.

Bell steps on a box and try to jump, using the wall to make a rebound and land on a box on the other side of the alley. After a perfect landing, she continue to run.

The man being out of range of her powers, Martelai quickly run by using another path, but knowing it would clear, she rush like her life was in the balance.

Bell seems to catch up when she tries again to jump over a trash can the man have knock down in the alley. As she steps on the box, the rotten wood fail under her. She use her innate ability to teleport nearer but appears a few feet short to catch his ankle.

The man take a turn while looking behind at his pursuer who is now laying prone in the smelly mud of the street. As he is about to take a sprint to loose his pursuer, Martelai appear in front of him. He stop and look behind. Bell is there, and there is no way for him to escape. The man is trap.

Mal Malenkirk · Mar 5, 2010

-''Gimme back my friend, you jackass!'' Charina shouts, losing all of her earlier perspective.

She runs after the suspect, favoring the direct route. She vaults above crates, cuts corners, slide under carts, sommersaults above obstacles by kicking off the wall and even once snatch a pole from a merchant's stand (resulting in the stand's collapse) to vault above a thick crowd of people shouting at each other over some meaningless dispute.

As soon as she has a clear shot, she aims her arbalest and shouts at the suspects:

-''Freeze or I'm pinning you to the wall! And trust me, I ain't the kind to shoot through clothes (though I could, of course).''

acrobatics (1d20+11=30)

ScorpiusRisk · Mar 5, 2010

"Huzzah!" Bell screams, as stands up, raising her sword triumphantly. Her clothes slowly dripped with mud, but she did not seem to mind.

"Now my friend, with the arbalest, has a few questions for you I believe."

Velmont · Mar 6, 2010

After flying through the alley and over Bell, Charina threaten the man. As she appears in front of him, he steps back in fear and then look confused at the drow. "Who are you? What do you want?"

Mal Malenkirk · Mar 6, 2010

-''I am missing one halfling. She is yay high, has red hair, never stops smiling, leads a band of pickpocket, mostly kids who are also missing. Best guess is, they ran afoul of what's left of Rinch's gang. Say, wouldn't you qualify as an ex-member of that particular band of thugs?''

Charina walks closer to the suspect, her arbalest aimed at him.

-''I am very sad. My friend is in danger and I feel powerless; I need to take control. As a drow, I am thinking that shooting someone in the throat is the easiest way to make myself feel better. Know any good targets?''

Velmont · Mar 6, 2010

"Sorry, but I don't know any red hair halfling. Even less an halfling who lead a gang of panhandler. I don't think I would be of any help of you. I just thought you were someone else. It's just a big misunderstanding." replies the man, keeping his hand high to show he is harmless and don't want to fight.