Black Sails Over Freeport Part 2 - Intrigue Inn (aka the Haunted Place)

[Karl Green]

Freeport, ten bells (night)

As the party races after the last guard, Torrin is the first through the rag-curtain door and hears the fleeing man yelling "Oi boss'man, wes gots us trouble!".

Just past the door, the interior of the warehouse is spread out before them and can see that most of it is dark but there are pools of light here and there where men (and a few women) are gambling, dicing, etc. The noise is fairly loud in here and no one down below seems to notice, however two men on the upper balcony walkway are standing and looking at the party as they appear. The first is a huge fat man, he must be at least seven feet tall.

The other is smaller and dressed in black silk shirt and leather pants, and almost instantly there is a silver colored rapier in his hand. He says "Fat Mic, kill those chap would you?"

Fat Mic smiles a toothless grin and says "Yus bets yas Boss" and he starts moving down the walkway towards the party drawing two meat cleavers from his belt. Closer, it appears the man has more then a little Orc-blood in him, his reflecting the light from below

Villard also things he heard something shout from the south of where then our (40ft south of the map below there is another curtain with some light and shadows moving about behind it)

(occ Actions? the walkway that you are on is 5ft wide, and Fat Mic is 30ft away. And again the map…

T - Torren
V - Villard
B - Black Jack
K - Kitsch
Z - Zoraster
F - Fat Mic
R - Retreating Rogue (who has more courage)
N - Noble Rogue
[+] -Walkway

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[JimAde]

Torren touches the coil of rope on his shoulder, then shrugs it to the ground in front of him, still holding one end.

"Yes, Mic," he says. "Let's dance."

[OOC: Casting Animate Rope on the rope (Standard Action), then drawing it (Move Action) and dropping it into the square in front of me (Free Action) but still holding one end. Since I'm not doing a melee attack I don't think I can activate my Combat Expertise. If I can, I'll do so to the maximum, giving me an AC of 19.]

 

[DarkMaster]

Villard will double move towards the sound behind the curtain. As he approaches the source of the sound he will try to hide, hopping to surprise anyone getting out of there.

OOC Hide/mov sil +11

 

[Kangaxx]

Zoraster Surefoot HP 42/42

"Why don't you kill us?" Zoraster draws his privateer and fires at the 'noble' rogue.

OOC:
AC 21, 22 vs noble rogue
privateer +11, 2d6 dmg

 

[Karl Green]

Freeport, 'abandoned' Warehouse, ten-bells (night)

(occ was waiting for black jack sigh... note Kitch is not coming in as he is an NPC /occ)

Initiative Round 1
24 - Noble Rogue
23 - Villard
21 - Black Jack
17 - Guards
14 - Zoraster
13 - Torren
12 - Fat Mic

The well-dressed man, with draw rapier sets and waits for anyone to come to him…
Partial Defensive Stance, +to his AC, no other action

Villard races to the back curtain (move action) and hides (can't ready as you moved so you hide for next round, note with your rapier and dagger out, Villard can't see to well in the darkened shadows where he is)
Hide 21

Black Jack fires an arrow at Fat Mic…
Attack roll 15 +10=25, hit. Damage is 4 points
…slashing an arrow across his right shoulders. He squeezes a bit in pain and says "I's kil' ye in a sec ye stinkin' elffy"

Four Guards come from behind the curtain and start advancing down the walkway towards the party.
Spot rolls to Villard G2=10, G3=7, G4=7, G5=4
Villard sport check 11+10=21, he notices that the shadows of the first two guards through the doors are bigger then the two following (who are standing in the door)
They don't seem to notice Villard at all…until the Rogue at the other end yells "Watch out lads, there is a sneaky one down there hiding to yer left!" Causing them to pull up and look for Villard. They can't attack this round either, but it will be hard to surprise strike them now…

Zoraster pulls his pistol and fires at the leader who just shouted…'KA-BOOM" the pistol ecos into the building…
Attack roll 12+11 =23, just barely a hit! Damage is 10 points!
The bullet strike him in his left shoulder causing him to take a step back grunting in pain "You dare runt! Damn ye, I will skin you for that!" he shouts

Torren throws out his rope and readies for the big fat half-orc…

Who smiles and then yells at the top of his lungs "DIE!", and charged down the walk way and slashes at the wizard with one of his big meat cleavers…
Attack roll total of 18 with charge, miss with expertise!!!!
…but Torrin is able to get his Rapier up in time to defect the thugs attack, barely!

(occ Actions?

T - Torren
V - Villard
B - Black Jack
K - Kitsch
Z - Zoraster
F - Fat Mic
1 thur 5 - Guards
N - Noble Rogue
[+] -Walkway

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[Kangaxx]

Zoraster Surefoot HP 42/42

The bullet strike him in his left shoulder causing him to take a step back grunting in pain "You dare runt! Damn ye, I will skin you for that!" he shouts

"Ha! Come and try it, I bet you couldn't skin your own knee!"

Zoraster charges forward along the walkway weaving between his companions and rolling past Fat Mic's knees.

OOC: Swap rapier back to main hand, then double move along the walkway to the space behind Mic, attempting a tumble to get there.

Tumble +14
AC 21, 22 vs Mic

 

[JimAde]

Torren shouts out a word in a strange tongue, and the rope at his feet snakes around, tying itself off on the baluster and enwrapping Fat Mic's legs.

"Can't dance like that, can you Mic?" he asks. He snaps a kick at Mic's "vitals" and dances backwards out of the half-orc's reach.

[OOC: Move action to command the rope. Mic gets a reflex save to avoid entanglement.
If he succeeds, you can edit out the snappy repartee and I'll just do a regular rapier attack with full Combat Expertise on.
If he fails, my description above applies. Torren will take a kick at Mic (unarmed attack) with full Combat Expertise. This is mostly just to get the Combat Expertise bonus and to keep his attention focused on me. Then a 5-foot step back. Let me know if that's too much. If it is, I'll skip the attack.]

 

[Ferrix]

Kitsch clings to the outside wall, trying to remember if he saw any windows on the upper floors on their traverse by the building at any point.

OOC: sorry for being away, holidays were a blast though

 

[DarkMaster]

Villard will attack with his rapier and dagguer, focusing his effort on the flat-footed guard if any.

Mw rapier +6 (+8 -2 twf) 1d6+1 +2d6 with SA
Mw Dagger +6 (+8-2 twf) 1d4 +2d6 with SA

 

[Karl Green]

Wharehouse battle, ten-bells

Initiative Round 2
24 - Noble Rogue
23 - Villard
22 - Kitsch
21 - Black Jack
17 - Guards
14 - Zoraster
13 - Torren
12 - Fat Mic

The crowd below notices the battle above, some shouting and yelling, some running, some pointing, some grabbing money off tables, basically a small riot looks to be breaking out.

The Noble Rogue takes a 5-foot step and yells "Get them boy!" and readies an action

Villard is not sure which of the two Guards somewhat visible notice him, so he stabs the first one…
1st Rogue spot check 6, second guard spot 11 (the two behind these guys spot checks get 18 and 5); Villard spot check 3+10=13. Attacking random 59% attacks the second one. Attack roll rapier 15 +6 =21, Dagger 11+6 =17, both hit. 10% chance to miss due to darkness 14% and 72%, both hit. Damage is 6+3+4+1=15 points, Dagger is 4+4+4 =12 pts
…stabbing his rapier deep into the man's shoulder and slashing his dagger through his neck, the man staggers back gagging and falls off the walkway to the floor below

Kitsch, clinging to the ceiling, comes into the Warehouse above Black Jack, whispers his 'secret' word to the crossbow and fires his crossbow at the Rogue behind 'Fat Mic'…
Sorry I doubted you Ferrix attack roll 15 +11= 26 hit. Damage is 2 +4 =6 points
…stabbing him in the shoulder, some frost forming around the wound. He cries out but does not fall.

Black Jack fires at one of the guards on Villard…
Attack roll 11+10 =21, Damage is 6+2 =8 points
…catching him in the right leg. He grunts in pain but continues to advance on Villard saying "Ye killed Yellow Pies, ye bastard, I gut ye fer that!"

The Guard slashes at Villard with his cutlass (scimitar)…
Attack roll 21 to hit, 10% chance to miss 30%, damage is 4 points
…slashing him slightly. Another one steps up and stabs at Villard also with his rapier…
Attack roll 6 a miss
…but miss. The last one comes out and passes his friends and moves up 30ft, dodging and weaving as he comes…
Moves 30ft, full defensive

Zoraster tumbles down the walkway…
Tumble 17 +14 =31, move 20 feet
…making it look easy. He makes in front of the wounded guard, who seems surprised that the halfling got past Fat Mic!

Torren's rope tries to wrap around Fat Mic's legs as he kicks at the man…
Fat Mic Reflex save is 23, makes it. Attack roll is natural 1, but at least you get a AC 19
…but the half-orc seems far more dexterous then he looks and easy avoid both the rope and Torren's clumsy giggly "You funny, em' going enjoy killin' ye mate!" he says

Fat Mic slashes with both his meat cleaves…
Attack roll 23, and 11, first hit, Damage is 7 points of damage
…one of the blades catches Torren on the left arm and causing him to grunt in pain.

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T - Torren
V - Villard
B - Black Jack
K - Kitsch
Z - Zoraster
F - Fat Mic
1 thur 5 - Guards
N - Noble Rogue
[+] -Walkway

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