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<blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 771860" data-attributes="member: 3448"><p>Session 3 (cont'd):</p><p></p><p>Neither of the guards knows what hit them. Both clatter to the ground noisily.</p><p></p><p>Ginara springs into action, running to the building and throwing the door open. Standing inside, she sees two more guards, both of whom look dumbly at the sudden intruder, and a woman in expensive leathers, who she assumes must be Sildra. Unlike the two men inside, she is unarmed. Dove runs in through the now open door, and attempts to club the woman unconscious with her bastard sword, but misses as the woman ducks agilely.</p><p></p><p>Sildra reacts quickly, drawing a concealed dagger out of each sleeve and stabbing at Dove, but not penetrating her armor. Aurora also rushes into the room, moving to Dove's side to protect her flank and stabbing at one of the guards with her spear. Melania lags behind, standing just outside the building, and begins singing a song to motivate her companions. Lhovrik simply runs forward, too far away to be able to cast any effective spells.</p><p></p><p>Ginara rolls into the room, ducking past foes and friends alike, and swings her sap at one of the guards, missing again. Dove swings both her swords this time, giving up on subduing her foe, but has no more luck than she had before. Sildra stabs at her in response, lightly wounding her. Aurora thrusts her spear at one of the guards, but his armor blocks it again. The two guards now engage as well; one closes with Aurora and misses with his sword, while the other lightly wounds Ginara. Melania moves into the room and begins attacking the same guard that Ginara is fighting. Lhovrik finally enters the building. He figures that the best chance he has of ending the fight quickly is to catch as many of the foes as possible in a spell and weaves through the room towards a good position to cast from. Unfortunately, as he ducks past a guard, the thug lashes out with his sword and brings it crashing into Lhovrik's torso. Lhovrik collapses to the ground.</p><p></p><p>Enraged, Ginara throws down her sap and draws her rapier, but is no more effective with it then she was with the sap. Dove attacks the guard who is threatening her sister, but continues to find that real combat is more challenging than the practice ground. Aurora runs past Sildra to get to Lhovrik, and is badly wounded for her trouble. She does manage to cast a healing spell on Lhovrik, bringing him back to consciousness.</p><p></p><p>Sildra concludes that Sister Aurora is the threat, because she can heal foes and pursues Aurora, but Aurora's armor turns her daggers aside. Melania keeps attacking the guard, but can't quite manage to hit him. While the two guards continue to attack ineffectually, Lhovrik scrambles to his feet, moves to a position where he can cast effectively, and catches Sildra and one of the guards in a bright flash of many colored lights, hoping to stun them. Both foes react quickly, turning their heads away from the dazzling lights and shaking off the stunning effect.</p><p></p><p>Ginara continues sparring with one of the guards. Dove finally lands one of her blows. Her shortsword slides completely through the guard's defenses, and up between two ribs, a perfect blow. The guard collapses in a huge puddle of blood. While Aurora attempts to keep her at bay with her longspear, Sildra steps in and stabbes her twice, dropping her to the ground. Melania finally manages to strike the guard she and Ginara have been fighting, wounding him lightly with her rapier. Lhovrik casts his last offensive spell, and dazes Sildra.</p><p></p><p>Taking advantage of the distraction that Melania provides, Ginara stabs the guard who brought down her brother, felling him. Dove attacks the confused Sildra, strinking her solidly with her bastard sword. Melania also joins the attack, but cannot hit Sildra, who still has the sense to dodge despite her confusion. Ginara moves in, dropping her rapier and drawing her second sap, and strikes Sildra, who is clearly on the verge of unconsciousness. Dove attempts to finish the fight, but cannot land another blow. At that moment, however, Sildra regains her senses.</p><p></p><p>Looking around at her terrible tactical situation, Sildra decides to take a chance. She moves a few feet over standing directly above the fallen cleric and points one of her daggers down at Aurora's throat. "Anybody moves and I kill your friend!"</p><p></p><p>Lhovrik holds up his hands, as fear and outrage crosses everyone's faces. "Don't hurt her! We're not going to attack."</p><p></p><p>"Back off! Give me some space!" Sildra shouts.</p><p></p><p>"Let my sister go first!"</p><p></p><p>"The longer you argue, the longer she bleeds."</p><p></p><p>Lhovrik says, "alright, everyone back away from her."</p><p></p><p>"What do you want, anyway?"</p><p></p><p>"We're looking for a statue of Galerius," Lhovrik explains.</p><p></p><p>"If I give it to you, will you let me go?"</p><p></p><p>"Yes. We only want the statue and Aurora's safety."</p><p></p><p>Sildra gestures with her dagger. "There's a loose floorboard in that corner. The statue's in there." With that, she rushes out the door, and begins running up the street.</p><p></p><p>Ginara runs after her to the doorway and thinks about throwing her dagger after Sildra, but decides to honor the deal.</p><p></p><p>Dove rushes over to her sister's body, reaching for the pouch where she knows her sister keeps a potion of healing. She quickly forces the potion into Aurora's mouth and is relieved to see her sister's eyes start opening.</p><p></p><p>Melania and Lhovrik rush to the part of the room that Sildra pointed out. It takes them a few seconds, but they manage to find the loose floorboard, which they quickly pry up. They rummage around in the rags beneath the floorboard. Jackpot! They pull out a statue of Galerius that looks exactly like the one Kendric gave Ginara.</p><p></p><p>Lhovrik calls to Ginara, "Get those guards inside! They'll probably wake soon."</p><p>Ginara drags them in, and Dove begins tying them up. Aurora detects magic; while she doesn't have time to determine how powerful the statue is, she can tell that it's enchanted. Melania glances out the door, and then quickly turns back in. "We've got company coming. Some local underworld enforcers; we don't want them to catch us."</p><p></p><p>Ginara looks around the room. "Bar the door! There has to be a concealed exit into the alley. I'll find it while you seal the door."</p><p></p><p>Ginara moves to the back corner of the room and looks at the wall. To her expert eye, the release is obvious. She reaches forward, moves the lever, and swings a part of the wall into the alley. A large midden heap just to the side of the secret door in the alley blocks the view of the door from the street. The alley jogs around back of the building. "Let's go!"</p><p></p><p>While heavy blows start hitting the main door, the group gathers up their dropped weapons and rushes out into the alley. They slam the door behind them, moments before the enforcers force their way through the main door, and rush down the alley way. It emerges onto the street that Ginara and Dove took when they looped around the block. Relieved, but still scared and badly wounded, the group hurries back to the cath Kalissar house to regroup and plan the next step.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cerebral Paladin, post: 771860, member: 3448"] Session 3 (cont'd): Neither of the guards knows what hit them. Both clatter to the ground noisily. Ginara springs into action, running to the building and throwing the door open. Standing inside, she sees two more guards, both of whom look dumbly at the sudden intruder, and a woman in expensive leathers, who she assumes must be Sildra. Unlike the two men inside, she is unarmed. Dove runs in through the now open door, and attempts to club the woman unconscious with her bastard sword, but misses as the woman ducks agilely. Sildra reacts quickly, drawing a concealed dagger out of each sleeve and stabbing at Dove, but not penetrating her armor. Aurora also rushes into the room, moving to Dove's side to protect her flank and stabbing at one of the guards with her spear. Melania lags behind, standing just outside the building, and begins singing a song to motivate her companions. Lhovrik simply runs forward, too far away to be able to cast any effective spells. Ginara rolls into the room, ducking past foes and friends alike, and swings her sap at one of the guards, missing again. Dove swings both her swords this time, giving up on subduing her foe, but has no more luck than she had before. Sildra stabs at her in response, lightly wounding her. Aurora thrusts her spear at one of the guards, but his armor blocks it again. The two guards now engage as well; one closes with Aurora and misses with his sword, while the other lightly wounds Ginara. Melania moves into the room and begins attacking the same guard that Ginara is fighting. Lhovrik finally enters the building. He figures that the best chance he has of ending the fight quickly is to catch as many of the foes as possible in a spell and weaves through the room towards a good position to cast from. Unfortunately, as he ducks past a guard, the thug lashes out with his sword and brings it crashing into Lhovrik's torso. Lhovrik collapses to the ground. Enraged, Ginara throws down her sap and draws her rapier, but is no more effective with it then she was with the sap. Dove attacks the guard who is threatening her sister, but continues to find that real combat is more challenging than the practice ground. Aurora runs past Sildra to get to Lhovrik, and is badly wounded for her trouble. She does manage to cast a healing spell on Lhovrik, bringing him back to consciousness. Sildra concludes that Sister Aurora is the threat, because she can heal foes and pursues Aurora, but Aurora's armor turns her daggers aside. Melania keeps attacking the guard, but can't quite manage to hit him. While the two guards continue to attack ineffectually, Lhovrik scrambles to his feet, moves to a position where he can cast effectively, and catches Sildra and one of the guards in a bright flash of many colored lights, hoping to stun them. Both foes react quickly, turning their heads away from the dazzling lights and shaking off the stunning effect. Ginara continues sparring with one of the guards. Dove finally lands one of her blows. Her shortsword slides completely through the guard's defenses, and up between two ribs, a perfect blow. The guard collapses in a huge puddle of blood. While Aurora attempts to keep her at bay with her longspear, Sildra steps in and stabbes her twice, dropping her to the ground. Melania finally manages to strike the guard she and Ginara have been fighting, wounding him lightly with her rapier. Lhovrik casts his last offensive spell, and dazes Sildra. Taking advantage of the distraction that Melania provides, Ginara stabs the guard who brought down her brother, felling him. Dove attacks the confused Sildra, strinking her solidly with her bastard sword. Melania also joins the attack, but cannot hit Sildra, who still has the sense to dodge despite her confusion. Ginara moves in, dropping her rapier and drawing her second sap, and strikes Sildra, who is clearly on the verge of unconsciousness. Dove attempts to finish the fight, but cannot land another blow. At that moment, however, Sildra regains her senses. Looking around at her terrible tactical situation, Sildra decides to take a chance. She moves a few feet over standing directly above the fallen cleric and points one of her daggers down at Aurora's throat. "Anybody moves and I kill your friend!" Lhovrik holds up his hands, as fear and outrage crosses everyone's faces. "Don't hurt her! We're not going to attack." "Back off! Give me some space!" Sildra shouts. "Let my sister go first!" "The longer you argue, the longer she bleeds." Lhovrik says, "alright, everyone back away from her." "What do you want, anyway?" "We're looking for a statue of Galerius," Lhovrik explains. "If I give it to you, will you let me go?" "Yes. We only want the statue and Aurora's safety." Sildra gestures with her dagger. "There's a loose floorboard in that corner. The statue's in there." With that, she rushes out the door, and begins running up the street. Ginara runs after her to the doorway and thinks about throwing her dagger after Sildra, but decides to honor the deal. Dove rushes over to her sister's body, reaching for the pouch where she knows her sister keeps a potion of healing. She quickly forces the potion into Aurora's mouth and is relieved to see her sister's eyes start opening. Melania and Lhovrik rush to the part of the room that Sildra pointed out. It takes them a few seconds, but they manage to find the loose floorboard, which they quickly pry up. They rummage around in the rags beneath the floorboard. Jackpot! They pull out a statue of Galerius that looks exactly like the one Kendric gave Ginara. Lhovrik calls to Ginara, "Get those guards inside! They'll probably wake soon." Ginara drags them in, and Dove begins tying them up. Aurora detects magic; while she doesn't have time to determine how powerful the statue is, she can tell that it's enchanted. Melania glances out the door, and then quickly turns back in. "We've got company coming. Some local underworld enforcers; we don't want them to catch us." Ginara looks around the room. "Bar the door! There has to be a concealed exit into the alley. I'll find it while you seal the door." Ginara moves to the back corner of the room and looks at the wall. To her expert eye, the release is obvious. She reaches forward, moves the lever, and swings a part of the wall into the alley. A large midden heap just to the side of the secret door in the alley blocks the view of the door from the street. The alley jogs around back of the building. "Let's go!" While heavy blows start hitting the main door, the group gathers up their dropped weapons and rushes out into the alley. They slam the door behind them, moments before the enforcers force their way through the main door, and rush down the alley way. It emerges onto the street that Ginara and Dove took when they looped around the block. Relieved, but still scared and badly wounded, the group hurries back to the cath Kalissar house to regroup and plan the next step. [/QUOTE]
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