A Merc's Life: Howl of the Carrion King [01]

[Leif]

Houwlou Groulenas

Houwlou much prefers melee to missile fire, but he will nevertheless ready a javelin with his off hand, prepared to toss it into his good hand to throw it. For now, though, his good hand is on his sword hilt.

[sblock=Stat Block, Houwlou]
Houwlou Groulenas - Male Olcán Ranger 1
Initiative: +1, Perception: +8(?)(+2 more smell/sound,+2 more vs. undead),
Javelin, +2/ (1d6)+3
Low Light Vision 60'
AC: 17 (4Chain Shirt + 2Lg. Shield + 1Dex);FF16;T11
Fort:+2 | Ref:+3 | Will:+4
HP: 21/21
[/sblock]

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

*grunt* "yes. three. one sitting on a chair like it is on a throne. up the ladder if you really want to see."

edit:
Is there a way to bring the loft down to cause damage to the three pugs?

Knowledge(engineering) +8
1d20+8=19

[sblock=The Loft]The loft is rotting almost all the way through, but it was well engineered in the first place. By doing enough damage (pulling enough of the floor down) you could cause the entire thing to collapse, but there are two potential problems with this:

1) It would take a long time, even if you could figure out a way to pull down pieces of flooring from where you are and with your current equipment.
2) If you collapse it, you'll most likely be under it, which would be distinctly unpleasant.[/sblock]

 

[Scott DeWar]

[sblock=The Loft]The loft is rotting almost all the way through, but it was well engineered in the first place. By doing enough damage (pulling enough of the floor down) you could cause the entire thing to collapse, but there are two potential problems with this:

1) It would take a long time, even if you could figure out a way to pull down pieces of flooring from where you are and with your current equipment.
2) If you collapse it, you'll most likely be under it, which would be distinctly unpleasant.[/sblock]

OOC: only a dm would use the phrase of 'decently unpleasent '

Harnrey is looking intently at the loft and then scowles.

"I wish threre was a good way to pull down the loft, but the only way is to be under it -as it is falling. I guess the ladder is the only way to get to them. Who goes first?"

 

[Scotley]

"Go ahead, I'll cover you."

 

[Leif]

Houwlou Groulenas

"Wait a moment. Let's see if we can find a way to do this without having to risk life and limb in that hellish choiry. Can we use missile weapons against them effectively from below? Can we, perhaps, entice them to come down, or at least come out to the edge where we can see (shoot) them? I really don't want to go up there."

[sblock=Houwlou, Stat Block]
Houwlou Groulenas - Male Olcán Ranger 1
Initiative: +1, Perception: +8(?)(+2 more smell/sound,+2 more vs. undead),
Javelin, +2/ (1d6)+3
Low Light Vision 60'
AC: 17 (4Chain Shirt + 2Lg. Shield + 1Dex);FF16;T11
Fort:+2 | Ref:+3 | Will:+4
HP: 21/21
[/sblock]

 

[Scott DeWar]

"Well, go ahead, it looks like Keeland has got you covered." He gestures for howlou to climb up the ladder." Just watch the floor of the loft"

He pulls out his wand and is bring to mind his spells, making ready to cast one to defend the scared big doggie

suddenly his eyes light up!

"Wait! I have an idea! I know how to destroy the floor and make the pugwumpis come to us with out being under the loft"

OOC: I need to wait for mowgli to judge this

*- Acid dart, ranged touch attack, Att +2, dam 1d6, range 30 feet, supernatural ability, at will.-*

 

[Leif]

Houwlou Groulenas

"Uhh, HELLO, Harnerey, didn't I just say that mounting that damned ladder was what I did NOT want to do?" Houwlou's frustration with his tin-eared wizard is readily apparent.

[sblock=Stat Block, Houwlou]
Houwlou Groulenas - Male Olcán Ranger 1
Initiative: +1, Perception: +8(?)(+2 more smell/sound,+2 more vs. undead),
Javelin, +2/ (1d6)+3
Low Light Vision 60'
AC: 17 (4Chain Shirt + 2Lg. Shield + 1Dex);FF16;T11
Fort:+2 | Ref:+3 | Will:+4
HP: 21/21
[/sblock]

 

[Scott DeWar]

"My present line of thought requires everyone to stay down here. It will bring the pugwumpies to us or chase them away. I am not sure which it will do"

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

[sblock=David/Harnry]

"Well, go ahead, it looks like Keeland has got you covered." He gestures for howlou to climb up the ladder." Just watch the floor of the loft"

He pulls out his wand and is bring to mind his spells, making ready to cast one to defend the scared big doggie

suddenly his eyes light up!

"Wait! I have an idea! I know how to destroy the floor and make the pugwumpis come to us with out being under the loft"

OOC: I need to wait for mowgli to judge this

*- Acid dart, ranged touch attack, Att +2, dam 1d6, range 30 feet, supernatural ability, at will.-*

If I'm reading this correctly, you want to use your acid dart to further erode the wood and bring the structure down? Unfortunately, while acid does have some effect on wood it is VERY slow (think years to cause the effect you're looking for). The critters are sitting behind the canvas/cotton/oilcloth/etc. barrier of the 'floor' they've strung up between the beams - you could shoot arrows/bolts/javelins through it. They have concealment but not hard cover.[/sblock]

 

[Scott DeWar]

[sblock=mowgli] many thankyous and appologies for the slow response. a fuller appologie is in the ooc thread.[/sblock]

OOC: so if i am reading this right, the three pugs aare in the loft, behind an oilcloth curtain? or are they amoung the rafter behind a curtain but seeable from the loft? I am just looking for clerification here is all. but I have an idea, and it hingeson the answere here: how is the oil cloth held up?