[EBERRON] the Extraordinaries, 'A Terror Awakened, the League Reborn'

Damn it, you're getting dull, old man!, Neville thinks to himself. They can see not one, but two groups, while your old eyes strain in the darkness, he goes on saying to himself, as he squints at the blackness of the night. Unaware of the uncanny powers of his compatriots, Neville has returned to feeling sorry for himself once again, and reminiscing of days when he could spear a sabreboar in pitch darkness. Alas...
 

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Neville grabs up his crossbow and looks towards where Fury indicated… his dog (what’s his name BTW I can’t seem to find it ;)) growling a slightly at something he does not like. It is to dark for the old ranger to see much of anything outside the small camp, the muted light from three moons giving off to little of light, but he now hears something, like armored soldiers, moving this way from the north or northwest part of the camp…

Bale stands and moves to start awaking the others, as Edana focuses around the camp Yes… there is something from the north, maybe 60 feet away… and yes again something from the south also… maybe 40 feet my love… WAIT… there is another source… from the west also… 20 feet!! They move so silently!

When Fury stands and the cold-fire lantern within his chest ignites, cutting the darkness towards the northern group, and suddenly 60 some feet away a group of five heavily armed and armored Warforge are exposed in the darkness! The leader, larger then the rest and almost as big a Fury, raises a large great axe and points at the party shouting “Attack! Death to the Fleshings!!” in a deep metallic voice and the group starts rushes towards the party (they move 20 feet this round and are now 40 feet from the party. There are heavily armored with reinforced Adamantine body armor and are carrying great axes and swords).

Almost at the same time, from the west four bolts are shot into the camp*, one bolt bounces off of Fury’s shoulder, while the other finds purchase in his left knee join and sparks some damage to him. The other two bolts fire at the sleeping Marcus but it bounces off his mithril mail shirt, while Bale seems to move with unnatural speed out of the way of the last bolt. Then from the South a group of five lightly armored Warforges appear out of the darkness, bearing spears and spiked armor they move with a great deal of grace and the mithril reinforced plating of their armor seems to hinder then not at all (they are now 10 feet behind the party and will attack next round)
(occ looking very much like This /occ)

(occ Initiative Order Surprise Round…
Neville 24
Bale 16
Fury 13
Warforged 13

*Warforged Scouts from the west fire arrows at the group; two shots against Fury, one against the sleeping form of Marcus and one against Bale, who is not surprised do to Edana’s warning.
Attack rolls vs. Fury 13, and 21, one hit. Damage (scout class extra damage from Surprise Strike, as Fury did not no about them) is 9 points (-3 DR) = 6points.
Attack roll against Marcus, total 14 (even with +4 for laying around and flat-footed), and I am of the option that you could wear a mithril chain shirt without much trouble SO miss!
Attack roll against Bale total 21, miss with his Mage Armor Up!
Everyone else can roll initiative this round, those that were sleeping only get Partial Actions in Round 1, Fury, Bale and Neville and the Warforged all have full round actions!
/occ)
 

Neville sinks back down into a semi-prone position, hoping that his companions will cover him until the melee is on top of them. He quietly says, "Stay and protect, Henry." as he squeezes off two bolts at the closest of the archers in the west, lighting up the field in their crackling energy as they hurl themselves towards their target.

(OOC- 2 attacks at +7, please roll for me
+1 Repeating Heavy Shock Crossbow: AB: +7, 1d10+1(+1d6 electricity), 19-20x2, range 120ft., Type P
Gone prone, Current AC= 14 vs. melee; 22 vs. ranged
The dog will ready to recieve a charge, in the space asside Neville)
 
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Taran Varnodel d'Phiarlan - Half Dragon Ranger/ Sorcerer

Rising from the ground at the sound of alarm, Taran draws his greatsword in one swift motion. "My friends, I believe someone is agitated with us." he calls with a hint of humor to his voice. Turning back to face the on coming enemy his eyes take on a most disturbing countenance.


OOC - Partial Action will be a Move Action to stand. The drawing of the sword is a free action part of a move with a +1 or better BaB.

Initiative (1d20+4=23)
 

Gathering stands of magic with lightning speed, Bale weaves a shield of magical force to augment his arcane defenses and leaps towards the warforged.

(ooc: Initiative = 15+6 = 21, Actions: Activate Action Surge feat to burn one action dice for an additional action. Cast Shield with extra action and attack targeting the nearest Arcane spell user that I can identify. If you can roll the dice for me Karl that would be great.)
 

Azreal, Half-Celestial Paladin/Warmage HP: 46/46 AC: 25 miss/ 17 melee

Azreal opened one eye as the commotion began in the camp. Muttering to himself, Azreal called upon arcane powers to provide a shimmering force around him . . . still prone.

'This is want happens when you let evil roam free . . . they find friends in the night and look to kill everyone,' Azreal thought grimly.

OOC: Initiative: 1d20+3 = 17 Shield spell. Still prone: AC25 vs missile, AC 17 vs. melee.
 

Marcus Calvani- Nobody's Fool

Marcus, Rudely awakened by a bolt grazing his armor makes quick assessment of the situation and pulls out his holy symbol "Silver Flame, bless your servant and his allies!" ((Cast Bless))

Through his telepathy Marcus tells Arrow Guard me boy.

((OOC: Initiative (1d20+3=9) cast bless in first availible round and pull out warhammer. Arrow ready an attack against a charge.))
 

"I fear this threat has come on my accord," Fury says matter-of-factly, uncaring of the fact that they are about to enter deadly combat. "The Lord of Blades has noticed my presence, as I had suspected might happen.” He drops his arm and braces his feet, then springs forward and charges the group of large, armored warforged with blinding speed for a construct of his size.

ooc: Charge +9, dealing 8d6+4 damage and an additional 1d10 on a crit.
 

(occ was sort of waiting for Ferrix, but I will NPC him the first round. Assuming that even asleep he has assumed the form of a rock or something so they do not see him yet /occ)

Howling for fleshing blood the Warforged attack, as Neville looks towards the western group that is somewhat still in the darkness. He can just make out four fast moving figures and one that is remaining still, as it raises an arm with some kind of staff with a number of small grey crystals mounted along it… firing his repeating crossbow in two quick shots1, missing with his first shot but striking the figure in the leg with his second. The arch of electricity from the bolt illuminated the figure for a second, reviling a lightly built Warforged with almost a female like form, carrying the staff. Deep runes were carved into ‘her’ body, and red gem was imbedded into ‘her’ forehead.

Taran stands and readies his greatsword, awaiting the charge of the raiders, as Azreal casts a mystical shield to form around him.

Bale, again acting with great speed, Bale also forms a mystical shield around himself and then charges the female-like Warforged, for ‘she’ is quite obviously about to cast a spell of some kind! Slashing with the black sword Magique'ricerca2, but the forged dodges at the last possible second, the blade passing over ‘her’ head as she growls “You will die Fleshing scum! The Age of Iron is upon you!

Stepping back she points the staff at Bale and mutters arcane words, causing one of the crystal to glow like a black-light for a second3 and then a got of flame washes over him, suffering minor burns on his arm and back as his tries to spin out of the way…

Fury and the large attacking Warforged charge each other, Fury with his body and the other with a great two-handed axe that has some strange runes running along its blade4! With a crash that echoes through the valley and sparks flying from the two colliding, Fury forcing the large Warforged back a step or two, and yet it remained standing! Its large axe also crashes into the side of Fury’s shoulder, causing some damage as it cries "Traitor!!". One other Warforged from this group also moves up but around to the back flank of Fury, setting itself up for next round…

The remaining three heavily armed and armored Warforged charge into the camp. Only one comes close enough to attack though, about to attack Neville when Henry gets in the way. The Warforged slashes at the dog with its greataxe5, but only inflicting a light wound. Henry growls and bites the Warforged’s leg and drags the construct to the ground! The other two Warforged fan out, one moving toward the prone Arzeal the other towards the prone Marcus (they are both 10ft away from the pair).

The lightly armored Warforged with spears who came from the back of the group move quickly into the camp, two flaking Taran and stabbing at him with this long spears6; the first slipping a bit which flows its aim, while the other stabs the half-dragon in the leg, leaving an angry wound there. One of the others moves up to attack the prone Marcus, but Arrow bravely imposes itself and throws the Warforged’s aim off missing the dog. The last two rush Azreal; the first carries a spear that glows slightly red in the night and says in a metallic voice "Death to all Fleshling oppressors!" but in its’ rush to get the prone half-celestial, its’ spear is defected by the mystical shield. The second stabs into the half-celestial side, causing a slight wound to get past Azreal’s mystical defenses.

The four Warforged scouts to the west side of the camp move in four different directions and fire arrows at the group; two firing at Bale, and the other two firing at the prone Neville7. Bale is too fast, and guarded to greatly by his mystical defenses and the arrows do not even come close, but one of those firing at Neville cause a painful slash along his left arm!

Marcus then calls out to the Silver Flame, emboldens his allies with righteous furry at their attacks (effects of Bless for all next round), while Amon wakes slowly and starts crawling along the ground to flank one of the Warforged on Marcus… (but no one really sees him)

(occ Initiative Order Round 1…
24 - Neville
23 -Taran
17 - Azreal
16 - Bale
13 - Fury and the Warforged raiders
9 – Marcus
7 – Amon

Actions and Rolls…
1 Neville –(she is 30ft away so PB shot adds +1 to Attack and Damage) Attack rolls 6+8 =14 and 12 +8=22, one hit, 20% to miss due to Darkness rolling 57% so still hits. Damage is 1d10+1+1d6+1 (electrical) =8 points.
2 Bale – note no need to Re-Roll Initiative, we keep the same order unless you refocus. Also the ‘female’ warforged is only 30ft away so no charge, just the description. Attack roll 4 +10 (vs. arcane user) =14 a miss!
3 Warforged Artificer takes a 5ft step back, casting Burning Hands, Reflex save for Bale is 5 +6 =11 fail! Man I am rolling bad :( Bale takes 8 points of Fire Damage.
4 Fury and large Warforged attacking each other at the same time, Fury attack roll +2 to attack -2 AC; Attack roll 6 +9 +2 =17 a hit (as he is charging also) Damage is 32! (minus his DR). Large Warforged attack roll (same time remember) is 21 a hit; Fury takes 13 -3 DR= 10 points of damage. The one other Warforged moves to flank Fury this round, and does not attack.
5 Charging Henry the dog, attack roll 18 with the charge, Damage is 5! Henry attacks back, Attack roll 13+3 =16 a hit (because WF charged), Damage is 1d6+3 =7 points, and gets to make Trip attack check, rolling an 8+2 =10 vs. a 7 for the WF, causing him to fall!
6 Two Warforged move 30ft to flank Taran, Attack roll totals of 12 and 26 (+2 for flanking already added in), one hit. Damage is 9 points! Note that they are each standing back a bit, as their weapons have Reach!
Warforged attacking Marcus, instead attacks Arrow, Attack roll total 9, a miss. Arrow just guards as the Warforged has Reach on him.
Two more spear wielding Warforged from the back rush the prone Azreal, flanking him. Attack roll total first one, 13, a miss. Second attack roll 18 barely a hit, Damage is 8 -5DR =3 points of damage.
7 Warforged Scouts, move 10ft, attack rolls, first two vs. Bale getting a 11 and an 18 both misses. Against the prone Neville 24 and 11, one hit! (almost a crit!) Damage is 7 points.

Conditions…
Fury has taken 16 points of damage
Bale has taken 8 points of damage
Taran has taken 9 points of damage
Neville has taken 7 points of damage; Henry has taken 5 points of damage
Azreal has taken 3 points of damage
Amon is unhurt
Marcus and Arrow are unhurt

The Warforged Artificer has taken 8 points of damage
The big Warforged fighting Fury has taken 30 points of damage
The Warforged attack Henry has taken 3 points of damage (it to has DR) and it is prone

Actions for next round?!?!?! Remember if you want me to roll PLEASE include your Attack roll bonuses AND damage if you hit!
Note also that there is light within the camp AND around Fury for those without any night vision. Those with Low-Light can see pretty much without a miss chance, while those without will get a 20% darkness failure vs. the Warforged Artificer and Scouts as they are partially obscured.

And a little map to get an idea… note that square is 5ft.
Neville
A – Azreal
B – Bale
F – Fury
G – Amon/ Gherald
M – Marcus
a – Arrow
N – Neville
h – Henry
T – Taran

WA – Warforged Artificer
W1 – large Warforged fighting Fury with mean looking axe
W2 – other Heavily armored Warforged on Fury
W3 – Heavily armored Warforged attack Henry, now prone
W4 – Heavily armored Warforged moving towards Marcus
W5 – Heavily armored Warforged moving towards Azreal
L6 – Lightly armored Warforged flanking Taran (reach weapon)
L7 - Lightly armored Warforged flanking Taran (reach weapon)
L8 - Lightly armored Warforged attacking Arrow and Marcus (reach weapon)
L9 - Lightly armored Warforged flanking Azreal (with the glowing spear) (reach weapon)
L10 - Lightly armored Warforged flanking Azreal (reach weapon)
S11 – WF scout attacking Bale
S12 – WF scout attacking Bale
S13 – WF scout attacking Neville
S14 – WF scout attacking Neville
 

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Fury, eerily silent, charges the large warforged and smashes into it with a mighty CLANG, sending it staggering back. The large, rune-covered axe deals a solid blow to Fury's side, but he ignores the deep wound and moves in closer, trying to trap the assailant's weapon and get into a position where he can use his size and massive weight to his advantage.

ooc: Current hp: 38. Attempt a grapple. I don't provoke an AoO because of the Improved Grapple feat. Melee touch attack to instigate the Grapple is a +16 (!!!). If opposed grapple succeeds, deal 2d6+4 damage, Crit 20, additional 1d10 damage on a crit. Use the 'Damage Your Opponent' move until he is crunchy bits.
 

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