pneumatik's WotBS 1 - The Scouring of Gate Pass

[pneumatik]

Seeing the impostor run up the outside of the tower, the party heads across the second floor to the ramp leading up. Torrent and Liiros lag behind, their heavier armor weighing them down.

As the rest of the party get closer to the ball of light, its menacing aura is almost palpable. Hollister and Rashelle are overwhelmed and feel themselves weaken.

Rashelle is the first to start up the ramp and gain a clear line of sight to the glowing orb. It shoots two rays of light at her, but both go far wide. The orb floats 10 feet above the second floor, ready to shoot at the next person to come into view.

[sblock=OOC]Now everyone goes again.
Hollister and Rashelle are both -2 to all attacks, saves, and AC for 24 hours.
New map attached. The Rivereye Badgerface impostor is on the map where you last saw him, since no one can see him now.[/sblock]

 

[Rhun]

Not liking the weakness caused by the orb of light, Hollister decides to see how it fares against fire. He raises a hand, and flames explode around the ball of light. The wizard then ducks back out of sight.


AC14 (w/mage armor), Hit Points 10/11
Initiative: 22

(Mage Armor in effect)

Fiery Burst at ball of light. Then take cover.

[sblock=Fiery Burst]
2nd level fire spell ready: Fiery Burst has a 5' radius, range of 30', and causes 2d6 damage. Reflex save vrs DC 15 for 1/2 damage.
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[sblock=Spells Prepared]
- Level 0: Detect Magic x2, Light x2 + Flare
- Level 1: Mage Armor, Feather Fall, Stand the Heat + Burning Hands
- Level 2: Flaming Sphere
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[renau1g]

Korrin pushes past the others, continuing to draw shadow's around himself as he moves up the stairs.

[sblock=OOC]
Double Move up stairs
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[concerro]

Plavin is double moving until he gets to the fourth floor, but only if at least one party member is within sight

[sblock=AC and things]
PP=8
AC=16 Flat 14 Touch 12
Inertial Armor 1hr 45 min [/sblock]

 

[Arkhandus]

Liiros hustles onward to the next stairway, huffing as he tries to gets up to the next floor in time to help the others deal with the imposter. He tells the others "Get upstairs! If it follows, then we'll deal with it! I don't even know why it attacks!" The elf clanks along in his heavy armor.

[sblock=ooc]Double-move again. My Will save bonus is +2 if needed.[/sblock]

 

[pneumatik]

Hollister's fireball explodes around the ball of light, but when the flames dissipate the ball remains. It returns fire with another ray of light, but Hollister dodges while he moves up the ramp. Hollister shoots another fiery burst, and this time he destroys the ball of light.

Plavin, Korrin, and Rashelle ignore the ball of light and continue running up the ramp to the third floor. The floor is unlit. The rows of storage lockers merge with the darkness beyond the range of lantern light. The group runs across the third floor to the ramp up to the the fourth floor, and then up again to the fifth.

One of the balcony doors on the fifth floor is open. Plavin, Korrin, and Rashelle run onto the balcony. They see the impostor Rivereye on the roof of a building adjacent to the depository tower grounds. Lit by the fires burning in the city, it's obvious he's really an elf. He's obviously fleeing, and is 45 feet away from you when Hollister catches up.

Torrent and Liiros loose sight of the faster party members when the two are only on the third floor. "Wait!" Torrent says. "This could be a trap. Anyone could be hiding in that darkness." She slows. "And there should be other guards here, too. Something isn't right."

[sblock=OOC]I sped things up a little bit. I'm still figuring out the best way to handle certain situations in a pbp environment, I guess.
Every PC except Liiros are on the fifth floor (top floor) balcony, with line of effect to the rapidly fleeing Rivereye impersonator. Liiros and Torrent are paused on the third floor, near the ramp up to the fourth floor.[/sblock]

 

[concerro]

Plavin goes for the capture

Plavin move forward 15 feet, and begins to concentrate. When he relaxes a ball of green goo is in his hand. He throws it at the elf.

[sblock=ooc]
I used Entangling Ectoplasm
The attack roll was
Ranged Touch Attack (1d20+3=20)
If hit the elf will be entangled for 5 rounds. There is no save, and no SR/PR.
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[sblock=character info]
PP=7
AC=16 Flat 14 Touch 12
Inertial Armor 1hr 45 min [/sblock]

 

[Rhun]

"A trap? Really?" The sarcasm in Hollister's voice is sharp. He shakes his head. "Regardless, we must catch the imposter. We need to determine his motives. The way should now be clear." With that, the mage hustles after his better armed and armored companions.

 

[pneumatik]

[sblock=Plavin can't move forward 15 feet]Plavin and company are on the balcony looking out at the impostor, who's running across the roof of a building near the depository tower grounds. Plavin can't more than a couple of feet closer to the impostor without climbing over the balcony railing and falling 80 feet to the ground.

The party has a whole round before the elf impostor elf double-moves away, so if you can come up with some way to get Plavin closer you can use the same attack roll.[/sblock]

Plavin move forward 15 feet, and begins to concentrate. When he relaxes a ball of green goo is in his hand. He throws it at the elf.

[sblock=ooc]
I used Entangling Ectoplasm
The attack roll was
Ranged Touch Attack (1d20+3=20)
If hit the elf will be entangled for 5 rounds. There is no save, and no SR/PR.
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[sblock=character info]
PP=7
AC=16 Flat 14 Touch 12
Inertial Armor 1hr 45 min [/sblock]

 

[Arkhandus]

Liiros Tivaniel

Liiros hustles onward, up the damnable stairs, huffing as he lugs his heavy armor up yet another flight of stairs..... "What.....do we do? .....Go back down? ......Move on......to our objective instead? .....We don't need.....the gnome, or his imposter, do we?" the elf gasps out between breaths. He unlimbers his longbow from one shoulder as he climbs the last flight of stairs, knowing that there's no way he'll catch up to the imposter on foot.

[sblock=ooc]I don't know how far Liiros has to move to reach the floor that the others are on, or to catch sight of the fleeing imposter. But if he can do so with 20 feet of movement, he'll fire an arrow at the imposter. Though I doubt he gets far enough with just one move action, so more likely he spends the whole round just jogging.[/sblock]