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<blockquote data-quote="robberbaron" data-source="post: 1853642" data-attributes="member: 14771"><p>The party then moved over to the warehouse and listened at the door, despite the chance of a blade coming through it (brave lot, these. Actually, they didn’t think of it. Less brave more careless).</p><p>Helga could hear a weapon being not-quietly-enough drawn on the other side of the door.</p><p></p><p>Knowing that a foe awaited them, they paused to consider their options. Gaelle wondered how strong the door was while Cord stepped to the side of the door. The rest prepared missile weapons in a potential crossfire and Seigfried stepped back, sliding the door open. </p><p>Gaelle thought she could make out someone in cover beside the door and sent an arrow into the door roughly where the thief’s groin would have been, following it up with one a bit further away.</p><p></p><p>Helga cart wheeled expertly across the doorway, unfortunately not being able to see much within the warehouse as her vision blurred from the movement.</p><p></p><p>Seigfried stepped bravely through the doorway, shrugging off the spell that came at him out of the darkness, and swung close to the thief hiding behind the door.</p><p>The thief and his mate both then mugged him.</p><p></p><p>Gaelle attempted to get a better shot past the bulk of Seigfried, still not managing to strike true.</p><p>Helga cast a spell to enable her to run faster as a spell from the darkness failed to affect Gaelle.</p><p></p><p>Cord then stepped up and, unable to get a good attack, thrust his enormous weapon clean through the closed door, just failing to injure the very surprised thief on the other side.</p><p></p><p>Seigfried, in a fit of competence, carved down both of his attackers and stepped away from the doorway, to allow his companions to get in while two bowmen shot from gloomy cover. One arrow buried itself into Seigfried while there was a muffled “Bugger!” and a clatter of a dropped bow.</p><p></p><p>Gracientus, finally being able to see thieves, shot a bolt through the doorway and off into the darkness.</p><p>Gaelle stepped back out through the doorway and plugged a thief in the thigh.</p><p></p><p>Helga, trying to avoid the thieves’ weapons (unsuccessfully, but not too painfully) tumbled into the room, swinging her weapon around. A shudder ran through her as she shrugged off a spell.</p><p>Cord moved in and carved one thief down while Seigfried made no progress with his opponent.</p><p></p><p>The thieves closed in to flanking positions on Seigfried, and two arrows came whistling out of the gloom, one clipping Cord’s arm. A bolt from Gracientus finally found its mark, injuring Cord’s opponent further.</p><p>One of Gaelle’s arrows also found its mark, dropping a thief.</p><p></p><p>Helga tried to spot the bowmen and moved further into the room, up behind a packing crate, giving her some cover. Not enough cover, however, as an arrow came out of the darkness, skipped off the top of the crate and took her earlobe off. </p><p></p><p>Impetuously, Cord ran forward into the gloom along the wall, spotting the bowmen reloading behind some crates, one of which loosed an arrow in his general direction. The other took careful aim and plugged one into Helga, cowering behind her crate. This spurred her into action, charging forward toward the bowmen and leaping onto the crate in front of them, waggling her rapier menacingly at them.</p><p></p><p>Cord meanwhile felt his limbs shudder into stiffness. He had been held!</p><p></p><p>The bowmen, cowed by the large blonde on the crate in front of them both send their arrows up into the air, clattering off rafters before landing somewhere in the far corner of the building. </p><p></p><p>The inside of the warehouse, rather gloomy to begin with, was rapidly descending into complete darkness, prompting both Gracientus and Gaelle to light lanterns.</p><p></p><p>Helga stepped lithely along the line of crates and would have plunged her rapier into one of the bowmen had he not been dodging frantically. She spun round and pierced air as a previously unseen figure moved behind her and slashed across her belly, dropping her to the floor in a pool of her own blood, strangely mixed with a clear viscous jelly that oozed out of the wounds.</p><p></p><p>Both bowmen thanked their boss for his help and shot Cord, held rigid against the wall. Well, one of them did; the other was unsettled by the glistening pool surrounding Helga.</p><p>The situation became clearer as Gracientus shone his lantern across the warehouse and Gaelle worried the bowmen by shooting arrows into the crates.</p><p></p><p>Philp, brandishing two swortswords, stepped out of the light and out of sight.</p><p>Seigfried finally managed to kill his opponent, using the little-known “Death of a Thousand Cuts” Fullblade technique, while Gracientus and Gaelle pincushioned one of the bowmen. Helga came round but could not bring herself to do anything, not even look around.</p><p></p><p>Seigfried, buoyed by his success decided to charge across the warehouse and push one of the crates back into the remaining bowmen, startling him so much that he cracked his bow on the crate before dropping it at his feet.</p><p>Gaelle’s next shot clipped Seigfried’s shoulder before burying itself in the crate as an arrow came out of the darkness, heading in her general direction.</p><p>Seigfried unsuccessfully pushed against the crate then hopped up on to it, just in time to get out of the way of Gaelle’s arrows, one of which nicked the thief’s neck.</p><p>He then, after taking a shortsword thrust in the thigh, cut the thief’s head of with a flourish. </p><p></p><p>All the visible enemies eliminated, Gaelle opened up her lantern and ran across into the darkness, trying to spot Philp, while Helga crawled into deeper cover and Cord began to feel his limbs unfreezing. </p><p>Gracientus went across to the held warrior to tend to his injuries.</p><p></p><p>Unable to spot the badly injured Helga, Seigfried called upon the grace of Forseti, “Justice be served!”, closing several of his minor wounds.</p><p></p><p>Gaelle took a second, more careful, look around and managed to spot Philp behind a couple of crates, just as he swigged a potion and disappeared. She could hear Cord groaning as his limbs unfroze, before Gracientus’ healing took effect.</p><p></p><p>Li Kung, having been delayed with monky affairs, took this opportunity to arrive through the door of the warehouse.</p><p></p><p>By the light of Gaelle’s lantern, a closed door was visible in the far corner of the warehouse, to which Li Kung ran in order to waylay anyone attempting to exit. Cord, his wounds partly healed, staggered to the main door. Gracientus attempted to apply a bandage to Helga’s wounds, but was unable to see them due to the plasm which was glistening all over her skin. He was also hampered by Helga peering into the rafters trying to see any other route of egress for the bad guy.</p><p></p><p>Gaelle and Li Kung stood very still, trying to locate the invisible Philp. Gaelle spotted a distortion on the air, but couldn’t quite make out the shape. </p><p></p><p>Philp, realising he had been rumbled, quaffed another potion in preparation for the inevitable fight, then moved quietly across the warehouse. Not quite quietly enough though, as Li Kung could hear his footsteps and charged across to where he thought Philp was and swished his glaive around.</p><p>Assuming that Li Kung was on to something, Gaelle launched two arrows into his area of attention, one of them hitting an invisible foe (grazing him across his brow) before Philp took a step forward and thrust his secondary shortsword into Li Kung’s side. </p><p></p><p>Now with a visible foe, Cord charged across the warehouse and swingng his enormous weapon at Philp, glancing a blow off his armour. Seigfried did likewise, opening up a large rent in Philp’s chest.</p><p>Li Kung, briefly considering grappling before realising what would happen if he got in the way of the two fullblades swinging around, decided to step back and cut Philp down with his glaive.</p><p></p><p>The fight over, Gracientus stabilised Philp after which they tied him to a chair and waited for sunset, when Gracientus could implore Almighty Set for some healing spells, to bring Philp round so they could pump him for information.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robberbaron, post: 1853642, member: 14771"] The party then moved over to the warehouse and listened at the door, despite the chance of a blade coming through it (brave lot, these. Actually, they didn’t think of it. Less brave more careless). Helga could hear a weapon being not-quietly-enough drawn on the other side of the door. Knowing that a foe awaited them, they paused to consider their options. Gaelle wondered how strong the door was while Cord stepped to the side of the door. The rest prepared missile weapons in a potential crossfire and Seigfried stepped back, sliding the door open. Gaelle thought she could make out someone in cover beside the door and sent an arrow into the door roughly where the thief’s groin would have been, following it up with one a bit further away. Helga cart wheeled expertly across the doorway, unfortunately not being able to see much within the warehouse as her vision blurred from the movement. Seigfried stepped bravely through the doorway, shrugging off the spell that came at him out of the darkness, and swung close to the thief hiding behind the door. The thief and his mate both then mugged him. Gaelle attempted to get a better shot past the bulk of Seigfried, still not managing to strike true. Helga cast a spell to enable her to run faster as a spell from the darkness failed to affect Gaelle. Cord then stepped up and, unable to get a good attack, thrust his enormous weapon clean through the closed door, just failing to injure the very surprised thief on the other side. Seigfried, in a fit of competence, carved down both of his attackers and stepped away from the doorway, to allow his companions to get in while two bowmen shot from gloomy cover. One arrow buried itself into Seigfried while there was a muffled “Bugger!” and a clatter of a dropped bow. Gracientus, finally being able to see thieves, shot a bolt through the doorway and off into the darkness. Gaelle stepped back out through the doorway and plugged a thief in the thigh. Helga, trying to avoid the thieves’ weapons (unsuccessfully, but not too painfully) tumbled into the room, swinging her weapon around. A shudder ran through her as she shrugged off a spell. Cord moved in and carved one thief down while Seigfried made no progress with his opponent. The thieves closed in to flanking positions on Seigfried, and two arrows came whistling out of the gloom, one clipping Cord’s arm. A bolt from Gracientus finally found its mark, injuring Cord’s opponent further. One of Gaelle’s arrows also found its mark, dropping a thief. Helga tried to spot the bowmen and moved further into the room, up behind a packing crate, giving her some cover. Not enough cover, however, as an arrow came out of the darkness, skipped off the top of the crate and took her earlobe off. Impetuously, Cord ran forward into the gloom along the wall, spotting the bowmen reloading behind some crates, one of which loosed an arrow in his general direction. The other took careful aim and plugged one into Helga, cowering behind her crate. This spurred her into action, charging forward toward the bowmen and leaping onto the crate in front of them, waggling her rapier menacingly at them. Cord meanwhile felt his limbs shudder into stiffness. He had been held! The bowmen, cowed by the large blonde on the crate in front of them both send their arrows up into the air, clattering off rafters before landing somewhere in the far corner of the building. The inside of the warehouse, rather gloomy to begin with, was rapidly descending into complete darkness, prompting both Gracientus and Gaelle to light lanterns. Helga stepped lithely along the line of crates and would have plunged her rapier into one of the bowmen had he not been dodging frantically. She spun round and pierced air as a previously unseen figure moved behind her and slashed across her belly, dropping her to the floor in a pool of her own blood, strangely mixed with a clear viscous jelly that oozed out of the wounds. Both bowmen thanked their boss for his help and shot Cord, held rigid against the wall. Well, one of them did; the other was unsettled by the glistening pool surrounding Helga. The situation became clearer as Gracientus shone his lantern across the warehouse and Gaelle worried the bowmen by shooting arrows into the crates. Philp, brandishing two swortswords, stepped out of the light and out of sight. Seigfried finally managed to kill his opponent, using the little-known “Death of a Thousand Cuts” Fullblade technique, while Gracientus and Gaelle pincushioned one of the bowmen. Helga came round but could not bring herself to do anything, not even look around. Seigfried, buoyed by his success decided to charge across the warehouse and push one of the crates back into the remaining bowmen, startling him so much that he cracked his bow on the crate before dropping it at his feet. Gaelle’s next shot clipped Seigfried’s shoulder before burying itself in the crate as an arrow came out of the darkness, heading in her general direction. Seigfried unsuccessfully pushed against the crate then hopped up on to it, just in time to get out of the way of Gaelle’s arrows, one of which nicked the thief’s neck. He then, after taking a shortsword thrust in the thigh, cut the thief’s head of with a flourish. All the visible enemies eliminated, Gaelle opened up her lantern and ran across into the darkness, trying to spot Philp, while Helga crawled into deeper cover and Cord began to feel his limbs unfreezing. Gracientus went across to the held warrior to tend to his injuries. Unable to spot the badly injured Helga, Seigfried called upon the grace of Forseti, “Justice be served!”, closing several of his minor wounds. Gaelle took a second, more careful, look around and managed to spot Philp behind a couple of crates, just as he swigged a potion and disappeared. She could hear Cord groaning as his limbs unfroze, before Gracientus’ healing took effect. Li Kung, having been delayed with monky affairs, took this opportunity to arrive through the door of the warehouse. By the light of Gaelle’s lantern, a closed door was visible in the far corner of the warehouse, to which Li Kung ran in order to waylay anyone attempting to exit. Cord, his wounds partly healed, staggered to the main door. Gracientus attempted to apply a bandage to Helga’s wounds, but was unable to see them due to the plasm which was glistening all over her skin. He was also hampered by Helga peering into the rafters trying to see any other route of egress for the bad guy. Gaelle and Li Kung stood very still, trying to locate the invisible Philp. Gaelle spotted a distortion on the air, but couldn’t quite make out the shape. Philp, realising he had been rumbled, quaffed another potion in preparation for the inevitable fight, then moved quietly across the warehouse. Not quite quietly enough though, as Li Kung could hear his footsteps and charged across to where he thought Philp was and swished his glaive around. Assuming that Li Kung was on to something, Gaelle launched two arrows into his area of attention, one of them hitting an invisible foe (grazing him across his brow) before Philp took a step forward and thrust his secondary shortsword into Li Kung’s side. Now with a visible foe, Cord charged across the warehouse and swingng his enormous weapon at Philp, glancing a blow off his armour. Seigfried did likewise, opening up a large rent in Philp’s chest. Li Kung, briefly considering grappling before realising what would happen if he got in the way of the two fullblades swinging around, decided to step back and cut Philp down with his glaive. The fight over, Gracientus stabilised Philp after which they tied him to a chair and waited for sunset, when Gracientus could implore Almighty Set for some healing spells, to bring Philp round so they could pump him for information. [/QUOTE]
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