Engines & Empires I: Escape From the Dungeon

[Jack Daniel]

Room 1 - Hour 1 - Turn 4 - COMBAT ROUND 0

Sure enough, George growls, "Right, that's it then! Come on... time ta shackle ye all and get ye ta work!" Taking up a stout chain of manacles, he unlocks the door and enters the cell. Unfortunately for the orc, though, he wasn't expecting to get jumped. [Alertness 10 = fails by -1.] Ergo, the party not only wins the initiative, they also attack with surprise.

Initiative:
Party, 6
George, 2

Round 0 - Zajirlum attempts to distract George [16 = success by +5]. George is now distracted (AC -2).
Kel and Dagon move to the door and engage George in melee.
Lyhan does nothing.
Harold attacks george from behind (+4 bonus). [8 = miss].

Round 1 - Kel attacks george from behind. [26 = critical hit! George takes 4 subdual damage.]

Delivering a perfect chop to the back of George's neck, Kel causes the orc to drop like a stone. George is defeated [and the party earns 30 EXP].

The cell door is now unlocked. There are an unconscious Axel and an unconscious George on the ground. All party members are uninjured. What do you do?

 

[Voda Vosa]

"Great! Thats the spirit mates! Now lets kill these two insects" says Zajirlun happily, as he steps behind the orc for delivering a coup de grace. "The old neck dislocation should do tha trick" He grabs George head.

 

[Jemal]

"HAI-YA!" *CHOP*

Kel grins smuggly as George hits the ground. "Stupid Orcs." He grabs the door and peeks outside to look around for other guards (And keep it from closing).

To Zajirlun's statement : "Don't kill Axel, we're not sure that he ISN'T just an innocent prisoner. Leave him with the door open, maybe he'll give them something else to worry about when he wakes up... Is someone going to loot the Orc, or do I have to do ALL the work?" Kel's half-grin and raised eyebrow accentuate his sarcastic humour.

ooc: too bad we can't multiclass, I think this guy would make an awesome monk/mage.

 

[Fenris]

"Nah, you've done enough Kel, just keep an eye out for George's friends" says Harold bending down to recover the key ring, and do a quick pat down of George before securing the orc in the manacles.

 

[Lord_Raven88]

A bit disappointed with the suddenness of the victory, Dagon takes a calming breath attempting to slow his rapidily beating heart.

Hearing Zajirlun's suggestion Dagon smiles mirthlessly "Yes Zajirlun, do kill the vermin then we can be on our way" moving over to the door Dagon peeks out into the hallway.

 

[Jack Daniel]

Room 1 - Hour 1 - Turn 4

Zajirlum grips George by the head and gives the foul orc a good, swift twist. With a sickening "crack", the orc's neck is broken, and the dwarf drops the corpse, now bleeding black from the mouth, onto the stone floor.

Harold, meanwhile, decides to loot George's body and recovers the key ring, the cat-o'-nine-tails, three sets of chains with manacles, and a single glass phial containing a syrupy red liquid.

Kel and Dagon peek out the cell door. You find yourselves in a hallway, ten feet wide and thirty feet long, with a single wooden door on the hallway's right end. The door is made of thick wood, with a stout cast-iron ring for a handle. The hall is lit by a single torch on an iron wall-sconce, just opposite your cell door.

 

[Voda Vosa]

"'Crack' is the last noise you will ever do meat bag." Zajirlun says to the dead orc. Then he ask "Could ya give me one of thouse sets of chains with manacles Harold?, they could be usefull as weapons... Or I could make some sort of flail with them and the torch there... i think" the dwarf takes his beard dubitative.

 

[Velmont]

[SBLOCK=OOC]Sorry about that silence. I was subscribed to teh other thread, but as there havn't been any post telling it had started, I miss completly the first post edit. I subscribed to this thread. I'll post later today once I've catch up with teh actions.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Velmont]

"And that torch, we should leave it there. If we want to get out of here unnotice, we should not carry a ligth around, it is a beacon that tells someone is moving around. The important thing, is to be quiet." Lyhan approach teh dorr and listen what noise he can hear on the other side.

 

[Voda Vosa]

"I mean to use it as a stick, not seted on fire fella. That is if I have some tools..." says the dwarf examining the chains.

OOC: Is there any possibility to make a flail out of thouse materials?