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

[Walking Dad]

"Nice work dwarf. Now let me try."
Bael tries to find an opening on the flanked enemy.
If the half-orc is down, before Bael can act, he will instead follow the way down.

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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

Attack! (+5 / 1d6+2. 1d6 sneak)

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[Dr Simon]

OOC: Gah! Missed the Bless spell. Well, a quick scan shows that it wouldn't have changed anything so far.

 

[Shayuri]

When she sees the laughing warrior is adequately engaged, Maya turns her attention to the fleeing man.

In a sibilant voice, she invokes ancient spirits and grins as power surges to her hands. Unearthly green witchfire crackles between her fingers...which are now topped by cruel curved talons...and then lances out in a sudden stroke!

(Magic Missile at Mr Runaway! 1d4+1 damage)

 

[Dr Simon]

Maya's bolt of green energy catches the blond man in the back and spins him round.

"Guh!" he announces as he drops through the opening in the floor [OOC: The square blue bit]. A second later there is a heavy splash.

Even gravely wounded, the half-orc proves a slippery customer as he rolls aside from both Khadmeade and Bael's strikes, slides over the side of the walkway and hangs there, prepared to drop to the floor below. As he goes he makes an attempt to grab Khadmeade's foot, but a swing from the dwarf's warhammer, even though it doesn't connect, causes him to miss. He giggles at his apparent escape, but just as he is about to let go Bael's rapier skewers him through the neck. He drops to the floor with a thud.

When the blond man is shot down, and when the half-orc lands on the lower floor, both events cause muffled gasps and the sounds of shuffling from below the walkway. The voices sound child-like.

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Maya Magic Missile damage 1d4+1 = 4
Bael rapier attack 8+5=13. Miss
Khadmeade Warhammer attack 6+6=12. Miss
Half-orc attempts to grapple Khadmeade. Miss.
Khadmeade's AoO 6+6 (again!)=12. Miss.
Bael's AoO 12+5=17, hit. Damage 1d6+2=8
(I took the liberty of assuming that you'd both take the A's of O on offer).
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[Walking Dad]

"Heal him, if you want. I will go and see if the other still tries to flee or starts to drown."
Bael says to the cleric before proceeding on his way down.

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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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[airwalkrr]

"Not too bad in a fight are ye?" Khadmeade says to Bael with a grin. He is clutching his side in a bit of pain, but waves anyone off who seems concerned. He clambers down the steps to see if he can stabilize the blond man first, followed by the half-orc, but only if they still appear to be breathing.

[sblock=OOC]It will take two rounds for Khadmeade to reach the bottom of the stairs where the bad guys fell. After that, he will spontaneously cast cure minor wounds in exchange for create water on the blond man, followed by the same in exchange for vigor on the half-orc, but only if they are still alive by the time he gets there.

Did the blond man fall down a pit? Because on the map it looks like a pool of water.[/sblock]

 

[Dr Simon]

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Just to clarify - the blue circle on the left of the map is a vat of chum and other stinking stuff. The blue rectangle is a hole in the floor that drops to the river below. The blond man has fallen out of sight.
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[Shayuri]

Maya goes down the stairs as well, but pays no attention to the fallen. She'd heard those frightened cries. Oh yes. Her eyes glitter as she searches over the floorboards, tapping them with her feet. If she finds one that is loose, she falls onto it and tries to pry it up with her clawed fingers.

"Do not be afraid, little ones," she calls softly as she looks. "We are here to take you from this place."

 

[airwalkrr]

[sblock=OOC]How far of a fall is it to the river below? Khadmeade would like to recover the man and keep him alive if possible. If it is a short enough drop that he reasonably believes he won't take damage from the fall, he'll jump down and look for the blonde man.

Did he make it to the half-orc in time?[/sblock]

 

[Dr Simon]

As Bael and Khadmeade race down to the ground floor, Maya tears up one of the floorboards to see a huddle of dirty faces looking up at her. Children aged about 6-12 stare at her with a mixture of expressions from fear to sullen glares. Some turn to look as Bael and Khadmeade arrive on the lower floor.

Bael and Khadmeade can see that hammocks have been slung between the supports of the walkway, but the children are all up and clustered together, probably about 20-30 in total.

Checking the hole in the floor, Bael sees that it drops about 4 ft. into the river below. Ropes and netting hang over the side, and the tielfling sees a wooden walkway beneath the building that leads to a door on the shoreward side. He can't see the blond man, but there is a sudden thrashing in the water as the dorsal fin of a jigsaw shark breaks the surface.

Khadmeade, meanwhile, touches the half-orc and sees his breathing stabilise.

"Oi, mate," says one of the older boys softly, in Khadmeade's direction. "She with you?" He points up at Maya.

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In PFRPG, you can use 0th level spells freely, so there's no need to "swap out" any spells. It's also "Stabilise" rather than Cure Minor Wounds, which does what it says rather than heal 1 hp.

Jigsaw Sharks are a local species known to swim up the Jeggare River in search of scavenge from time to time. This one has just found some. They are named for their patterned colouration.
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