Dr. Si's Curse of the Crimson Throne - Alpha Group

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[sblock=OOC]Right you are, Simon! I had totally forgotten about that. In that case, Khadmeade would probably have kept stabilize prepared instead of create water, assuming that is ok.[/sblock]

"Aye, she is lad. And we're gonna git the lot of ye oot of this place. But firs' kin ye tell us where te find Lamm? We've got a score te settle."

Khadmeade then looks at each of his companions in turn, "Have any of ye got rope te bind this piece o' scum?"

 

[Walking Dad]

"Sorry, looks like blond boy is feeding the sharks. I couldn't reach him in time. Move cautiously and don't drop into the water. Good work with the half-orc, priest."
Bael says to the cleric before he tries to smile at the kids to ease their tension a bit.

[sblock=OOC]
AC 16 (T13, FF13), HP 25/25, F +2,R+5,W+0
Resistance to cold 5, electricity 5, and fire 5.
Darkness 1/day, Sneak 1d6
Rapier +2 . 1d6+2 . 19-20/X2
Shortbow +3 . 1d6 . 20/X3

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[Dr Simon]

The older boy steps cautiously out from under the walkway, with a suspicious glance up above at Maya. He gives the half-orc a quick check over. Behind him, the other children gather together in a huddle.

"Lamm's down below mate," says the boy, pointing to the hole beside Bael. "He don't come up no more. Yargin, he goes down there." He peers over the edge. "Looks like 'e ain't comin' up no more, though," he adds with a grin. "And when one of us does bad, we gets sent down to Lamm, and don't come up no more. The little ones reckon there's a monster called Gobbleguts what eats 'em, but I reckon it's Lamm what shivs 'em and chucks 'em to the sharks."

Khadmeade spots, in the pack of children, a young dwarven lad - stocky and muscular, looking older than his years next to the scrawny humans (the fluffy side-burn whiskers help too, uncommon on most 7 year olds). His nephew Roin, stood shyly behind a taller Varisian girl, grinning at his uncle but saying nothing.

[SBLOCK=Bael]
There's one child in the pack that looks...wrong. Too old in the face for a child. Perhaps a gnome or halfling adult. They look like they are skulking in the middle of the children, trying not to be noticed.
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[SBLOCK=Airwalkrr]
No problems with "Stabilise". I re-read the rules on Orisons, seems like you choose 3 to prep each day, then can cast these at will as spell-like abilities. So I'm happy for Khadmeade to have prepped Stabilise instead of Create Water.
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[Walking Dad]

"Everything ok, kids. You will be all fine. All... but you!"
Bael points his rapier at one of the kids. At second look, it seems a bit odd. Maybe an adult halfling or gnome.
"Don't pose longer as a child! Who are you, and what is your buisness here?"

[sblock=OOC]
AC 16 (T13, FF13), HP 25/25, F +2,R+5,W+0
Resistance to cold 5, electricity 5, and fire 5.
Darkness 1/day, Sneak 1d6
Rapier +2 . 1d6+2 . 19-20/X2
Shortbow +3 . 1d6 . 20/X3

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[Shayuri]

Maya quickly pulls her hands back into her large sleeves so as not to frighten them. She scans the children, but is frustrated by the sea of faces in front of her.

"There is a Shoanti child...where is he?"

 

[Dr Simon]

Maya's question is answered in an unpleasant fashion as the mysterious figure responds to Bael.

"Damn you red boy," says the figure with a sneer. There is a flash of metal, and the children all take a panicked step away from the small figure. All but one. The figure is a gnome, dressed in rags like the orphans, but better equipped. His left hand grips hard onto the forearm of a young Shoanti boy. His right hand holds a kukri, hovering above the boy's wrist.

"You're going to let me go, red boy. You wouldn't want to hurt the child, would you?" says the gnome.

[SBLOCK=Maya]
Of course this is the child she's looking for.
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[SBLOCK=Kinem]
I've left Tristan where he was, on the walkway, in the absence of other instruction, but he's had time to get down to the lower floor if you want.
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[Walking Dad]

Bael looks at the shoanti woman, still pointing his rapier at the gnome.
She searched for the child. It is her call. But if it was no gnome, but Lamm, I wouldn't hesitate... he thinks.

[sblock=OOC]
AC 16 (T13, FF13), HP 25/25, F +2,R+5,W+0
Resistance to cold 5, electricity 5, and fire 5.
Darkness 1/day, Sneak 1d6
Rapier +2 . 1d6+2 . 19-20/X2
Shortbow +3 . 1d6 . 20/X3

Nice WE. Will be back on tuesday.

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[kinem]

Tristan heads down to the walkway. Uncertain how to deal with the hostage situation, he prepares to cast a spell that might help, but will only do it if needed.

[sblock=ooc]Ready an action to cast grease on the kukri if the gnome makes a sudden move with it. Using bonded item for the extra spell.[/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

Maya pauses on seeing the predicament and raises her hands...claws now retracted so they look normal. It was risky, but honor demanded.

"The child is valuable only to me," she says without looking at the others. "They will not stop for him. Take me instead. They will not want to lose me before their confrontation with Gaedran. Only with me will you be assured escape."

 

[airwalkrr]

Remembering the mage's useful spell from last time, Khadmeade cocks his head just slightly up at Tristan and, with a wink and an ever so slight nod, lunges for the gnome, trying to bat the kukri away with his hammer.

"Ye coward! How dare ye threaten a wee boy?"

[sblock=OOC]Attack to disarm. Provokes AoO.

AC 17, touch 11, ff 16
hp 6/21
Atk +7 (+2 Str, +1 bless, +4 combatant size); gnome takes -4 for using a light weapon[/sblock]