pneumatik's WotBS 3: Shelter from the Storm

[HolyMan]

Shaylir pulls her sling out from where it is tucked in her belt. She looks around for a stone to load into it and spotting one she slowly moves to pick it up.

"This is so hard. Why do I feel like a fly stuck in the molasses pot?" she asks not truly expecting an answer.

OCC: Move action draw weapon. Next round will load it. Then the round after that she'll get to attack. Then attacking will be every other round. Boy that spell sucks.

 

[pneumatik]

"Let's see if this works any better," Lytha says as she blasts the witch {W2} in the boat with a missile of electricity. It works well enough because the witch collapses.

Hollister turns around and starts to focus his attention on the third witch {W3}. Seeing she's the party's sole focus of attention the witch drops her dagger and puts up her hands. "Please, please, don't kill us all." Her voice is rusty hinges and smoker's lung. "We have a hostage. If you spare us we'll let you have her. You'll not find her without us."

[sblock=ooc]I'm pausing combat here because I'm guessing the party doesn't want to kill the remaining witch. If that's not the case feel free to make attacks. She's unarmed but not helpless. Otherwise we're out of combat rounds.[/sblock]

 

[Thanee]

Lytha

“Well, you are the ones who picked this fight,” Lytha says, while ordering her construct to back off for now.

 

[Arkhandus]

Liiros Tivaniel

Liiros smashes the witch again with his shield, snarling out with equal slowness "Wweee'lll thhiiinnkk aabbbouutt ittt...." He silently curses whatever magic the witches used to make his mind and body move like molasses, slurring his words.

"Ssubbduuue hherrr.....nnoott kkiiill....." he grunts out slowly. He can only hope this bothersome sloth-magic will wear off soon.
[sblock=ooc]Well, since she's not technically opposing us at the moment, I can't make use of Crusader's Strike or Martial Spirit.

So Liiros just makes another shield bash, this time initiating Stone Bones. He just wants to knock the witch out, but he's still using lethal force, just not as much of it as before. Furious Counterstrike gives him +1 to attack and damage this round, factored into his rolls alongside Bless and Slow.

Liiros' Status:
Current Effects: Slow, Bless
HP 32 / 39, Nonlethal 0
AC 16 after shield bash, Touch 10, Flat-Footed 15 after shield bash
Active Stance: Iron Guard's Glare
Granted Maneuvers: Bonecrusher EXPENDED, Crusader's Strike, Mountain Hammer EXPENDED, Stone Bones EXPENDED
Ready Maneuvers: Bonecrusher (1), Crusader's Strike (2), Mountain Hammer (3), Shield Block (4), Stone Bones (5)
* Maneuvers are numbered alphabetically for rolling granted inspiration
Other Stuff: Low-Light Vision, immune to magical sleep effects, +2 on saves against Enchantment effects, Furious Counterstrike (1-9: +1; 10-14: +2), Steely Resolve 10, Indomitable Soul, Zealous Surge 1/day USED, Extra Granted Maneuver, Vital Recovery (8 HP) 1/encounter[/sblock]

 

[HolyMan]

"Oh you are so evil! Your lucky we are all the good guys or we wouldn't listen to you one bit." Shaylir says putting both hands on her hips. "Come now, tell us about this poor person you have captured before Hollister and Liiros become angry."

She stands there hands on hips tapping her little booted foot.

 

[pneumatik]

The witch crumbles under Liiros' attacks. "Aahhhh! Please, we'll show you. We have her at our house. We need her sentience; she is fine. Let me show you to her before it's too dark." The witch's hands and legs are shaking from exhaustion.

"Well, she's right about it getting dark," Torrent says. "If we're going anywhere we need to get moving. Oh, hey, is anyone hurt?" She takes out her wand of healing.

 

[Arkhandus]

Staret Liiros Tivaniel, Determined Vigil

Liiros decides to start giving the witch the benefit of the doubt, just once, and stops trying to bash her skull in. Instead, he attempts to pin her arms behind her back to keep her from stabbing or casting anything, and the elf says "Vveeerry wwweelll......taakke usss too thhee hhosstaagge...." while silently cursing the witch's time-slowing or body-slowing magic some more.

Glancing at Torrent, he slurrs out "Shhee sstaabbedd mmee..."

[sblock=ooc]Liiros attempts to grapple the witch to make sure she doesn't escape. If she resists (with an AoO or further struggling after the grapple attempt), he'll resume trying to bash her in the head until she falls unconscious. If she cooperates, he'll accept her surrender now and let her lead the group to her hostage.

...........stupid diceroller! How many times is it going to screw Liiros?!?!

Liiros has 7 damage so far from the earlier stab.[/sblock]

 

[Rhun]

While the others deal with the living witch, Hollister makes his way to the boat. He checks to make sure both the other witches are dead, dispatching them with his dagger if necessary. Then he quickly searches them before rolling their bodies into the water.

 

[pneumatik]

"Well, if you hold still I'll heal you," Torrent says to Liiros. "Not that you're going anywhere fast, ha ha."

"Vvvvveeerry funny, Torrent," Liiros says, recovering to his normal speed.

Hollister searches the bodies of the two witches in the boat. Both are dead. The first, who was dead from the start of the fight, is wearing full plate and has a heavy wooden shield. She had a scroll, four vials of the same elixir or potion, a silver necklace with glass beads worth 100gp, and a brass key. The second wearing a green dress that was once probably quite valuable, a slightly scorched spellbook, and a brass key similar to the first witch's. Hollister dumps their bodies into the swamp just in time to get out of the boat before is sinks. When he's back on dry land he notices the hem of his robe is wet with swampwater.

 

[pneumatik]

Liiros successfully grapples the compliant witch and pins her arms behind her. She's not going anywhere.

[sblock=ooc]Sorry for two posts. I forgot about Liiros' actual action.[/sblock]