[sblock=ooc]Well, this really sucks. Bad enough to be surprised, they also beat us at initiative to get two shots in on us before we can do anything! Ouch.
Do we have our weapons out, or do we have to spend actions to draw them?[/sblock]
Roswyn is rocked by the enemy blows, bleeding badly, as she instinctively fades away into invisibility and tries to clear her head, but her body is burning with poison. It takes her a moment to focus.
//take 5 ongoing, hp now 13/39//
She eyes the attacking gnomes.
Who are they? The Trust? If so, why are they after us?
She touches the clasp of her cloak, activating its protective enchantment, and it folds around her and stiffens, becoming briefly hard as steel. She lets her orb fall into her hand.
Got to pull those two off Tamarand, he looks bad... and maybe pull the crossbowman closer... too bad about these damned guardrails!
The orb bleeds into visibility, momentarily seeming to float unsuspended in midair as it flashes with a kaleidoscope of colors. Then the colors leap out to the bridge behind the pick-wielding gnome and the false beggar, expanding into a large, swirling cloud of colors.
After the flash of color, Roswyn stands revealed, her invisibility gone. She squeezes the wound where the crossbow bolt struck, and envenomed blood spatters onto the bridge at her feet.
[sblock=Actions]Minor action: ready orb. (if orb was already ready, she will pull out a potion of healing, instead.)
Minor action: activate Cloak of Protection; Roswyn gains resist 5 all until start of her next turn.
Standard: Hypnotic Pattern at O22.
This will attack W, M, and K at the start of their turns. +11 vs Will to slow them and pull them 3 squares. (I'm starting to realize that this power is a bit of a pain for PbP because of the timing... should I roll the attacks now or do you want to do it, Evo? I am hoping, at least, that the guardsman's mark will have expired so the -2 won't apply.)
Save vs. poison:
Save vs. poison (1d20=12) Well, that's nice, at least!
Interrupt: will use Shield if possible to block an attack from the guardsman, or the inviso-gnome if he attacks from invisibility, but I'll rely on the resistance from the cloak against the crossbowmen this turn.[/sblock]
[sblock=Roswyn stat block]
Lady Roswyn d'Sivis- Female Gnome Wizard 5
Passive Perception: 12, Passive Insight: 17
AC:18, Fort:14, Reflex:18, Will:19 -- Speed:5
HP:
13/39 Resist 5 All, Bloodied:19, Surge Value:9, Surges left:7/7
Initiative +2
Action Points: 1, Second Wind: NOT USED
Powers:
Cantrips,
Illusory Ambush,
Scorching Burst,
Orb of Deception,
Grasping Shadows,
Hypnotic Pattern,
Shield,
Horrid Whispers,
Summon Abyssal Maw,
Majestic Word,
Fade Away,
Cloak of Resistance
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