Outside the Fog Cloud:
"You don't fight the beast on its own terms. I am not your commander and you'll have to use your judgment and knowledge of these streets for this. Either get your crossbow, get up on the walls and go support your colleague that was wounded by the traitor. You two can shoot from the above if this unseelie fog lifts. OR. You can risk running through the streets, looking for any and all oil you can find and bring it back. If the beast that is coming not immune to fire, we can douse it and burn it. But you'd have to do it within minutes. If you're going up on the wall, take the green vial from my belt, it is basic healing potion, but should help the man on the wall."
ooc: idea being that the guard wastes his actions and not mine in pulling the potion
The guard looks towards the wall and nods his head. "I will take the potion up there. And I will try to rally more guards to the walls to with bows and crossbows."
Neurotic said:
Akos looks across the fallen in the area.
"Or you can go and bind or finish off those traitors. But they may remain out of the fighting so not really a priority, but there is a small risk of them healing one another. And butchering them helpless doesn't sit well with me."
"No, I would not advise that with Captain Camburn here. While he is a fierce fighter, when the battle is over, his instincts on how to treat prisoners fairly will take over. He will not look kindly upon anyone who kills a helpless foe... no matter how evil that foe has behaved during a fight."
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On his turn, the guard will take the vial and then go retrieve his dropped crossbow from the street, and then he'll go to the gate and climb up to the wall. @Neurotic, note that the dead doppelganger (and it is very dead) is lying close to where Akos is standing. Its short sword is lying on the street next to it. It wears a chain shirt, has a dagger and a few pouches on its belt, and a nearly full quiver on its back. It's crossbow is discarded down the street.
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On the Roof:
Falen:
From his perch on the rooftop, Falen surveys what battlefield is still visible. The cleric and the Butcher are the center of the enemy numbers, at least until whatever loud (and likely destructive) beast arrives, which by the sound of things won’t be long.
Roars occur, uncomfortably close. Falen shakes off the magical stings and focused for a few seconds, long enough to loose an arrow toward the Butcher. It’s misses with distance to spare to the back of him, with a “thunk” in the wall of the warehouse, and bouncing off on to the ground behind him.
Bad shot.
He shouts toward Tym; “We need to get indoors!” And reaching down, he picks up the dagger.
Falen can see more of the large knight than most in the fog. The tall man is still shrouded in the cleric's spell, however. Tim doesn't respond to him. Either he didn't hear Falen or is more focused on the foes in front of him.
The half-hobgoblin unseen seer glances towards where the sound of the roars is coming from. The beast looks to have fought its way through the eastern gate that leads into the ward. He can't see it completely, as it reamins close to the ground. But, he can see the destruction it can cause. dozens of buildings are on fire and he can see people running away.
Then, he gets his first glance at it. It appears to have one head and half-a-dozen large tentacles, but then Falen watches as one of the tentacles reaches out and swallows a man who is trying to flee. It is as if the the end of the tentacle had opened up with a maw of sharp teeth and gobbled up the man.
The creature's appearance, even at a distance, is horrifying.
Zenpher moves towards the table and benches and picks up Commander Oakfirst's bow. He climbs up on the table to try to get a better look at the creature coming towards the battle. he nearly falls off when he sees it. He is soon shaking in fear.
"How are we supposed to fight that thing!"
Akos can finally see the creature in the distance. It is massive. At least 20 feet long and when it rears up, the creature looks to be nearly as tall, but it hard to tell. Dozens of market stalls and small buildings are in the way. Akos knows the second he sees it that it is a creature of the Far Realm. The Renegade has unleashed an pseudonatural horror into the streets of Old City.
In the Fog:
Tuck discards the idea of climbing onto the roof. He instead creeps through the fog to find a spot where he can get a good angle on the Loyalists. As he moves, Mutt instinctively follows him and remains quiet.
The kobold urban ranger moves to the wall of the warehouse and peers through the fog... looking for a target. He aims his crossbow at a foe who is menacing Custodio and the other guards. He breathes and pulls the crossbow's trigger. There is a twang and the blot whizzes through the air and hits the thug right in the back. Tuck smiles.
The thug topples to the ground in front of the Vanquisher cleric. Custodio looks back through the fog, but he doesn't see Tuck.
Vincenzo comes up with a quick plan to get rid of some of the fog. Hopefully, it will help Tim and the guards make quick work of The Butcher and other remaining foes. He takes a tiny fan and exotic bird's feather from his spell pouch and incants a spell. He picks a spot close to him he can barely see and then brings the wind wall into focus. The blast of wind shoots out for 20 feet, then Vinny shifts it west 5 feet and then another 15 feet. He turns it west one last time before willing the end of the wind wall into existence along the side of the warehouse.
While the Sectarian can't see his handiwork in complete detail, he can tell the wind is causing the fog to swirl and dissipate where it is closest to the wall.
The spell immediately allows Tim to see clearly the Loyalist standing in front of him. He notes that the thug is lying on the ground with a crossbow bolt in his back. The wall causes a blast of air that sends loose clothing to fluttering and it buffets the tree next to Tim, which causes many of its leaves to blown off the tree and into the street.
The wind wall forms an uneven invisible "S", and it traps Captain Camburn on one side with The Butcher right next to him. The captain can see through the wall easily enough, but he knows enough about battle magic to know he won't be able to just step through to the other side.
"Well, isn't that convenient," the Butcher says as his form continues to shift under the effects of the
blur spell on him.
