Erekose's Savage Tide - Act 1: There is No Honour

[Ayden]

As the longshoreman fell, Nathan's first instinct was to rush to his side, but he knew if he did that he would be opening himself up to stray attacks from the heat of the combat. Hoping the man's strength will keep him alive a few moments longer, Nathan's hands worked quickly slamming another bolt in place and locking the crossbow into a ready position.

[sblock=ooc]Will fire at T2 next round and then start working my way towards Jerrell to heal him.[/sblock]

 

[Erekose13]

[Round 2, Cont]

Julian takes a step back from Vark to begin singing and draws his dagger.

[Round 3]

Alix throws an eldritch blast at the thug nearest the rail who had been in melee with Jerrell (T3). It hits showering the thug in a spray of sparks.

Jerrell bleeds...

The thug (T6) continues to swim for shore.

The thug (T5) who had been next to Jerrell advances on Nathan. But slips on the deck and misses with his rapier.

The thug (T3) under barrage from Tereg and Alix decides that the risk is not worth it and says "No way, not me." before jumping over board.

The thug (T2) that had been targeted by Nathan also decides that he'd rather run and face Vark's wrath later than stick around heads for the port side and leaps into the water.

The thug (T7) up on the rear deck takes a shot at Alix, which misses by an inch, before stowing his weapon and moving down the stairs. He takes some cover from the stairs to prevent Alix from a clear shot next round.

Tereg drops his crossbow and draws his two daggers, attacking with one as he tries to tumble past Vark to get behind him. His dagger strikes home as he manages to get around behind without provoking an attack of opportunity.

Nathan steps portward away from T5 but finds himself in a corner. Firing a shot he hits with a well placed aim into the thug's chest.

Vark yells, "Get back here you cowards! I'll skin you myself if you desert me now! as he turns to strike at Tereg and misses.

~paused again for Julian~

Julian

[sblock=ooc]ick what a horrible round for my villains they all missed and you all hit. Julian can approach to flank with Vark if he wants now.

Damage recap:
Alix
Jerrell -3/13 - unconscious and bleeding on the deck
Tereg
Nathan 7/10
Julian
T1 - unconscious and bleeding on the deck
T2 - 6 dmg, fled
T3 - 7 dmg, fled
T4 - unconscious and bleeding on the deck
T5 - 5 dmg
T6 - 2 dmg, fled
T7 - fine
Vark - 3 dmg[/sblock]

 

[Ayden]

Although fate had smiled upon him once, Nathan did not know if his luck would hold a second time. Keeping his eyes on the brigand he had struck, Nathan knew that his time for delaying was growing short.

~Please let there be time...~

Once more trying to load and fire quickly, Nathan glanced over once towards Vark, but knew that his companions would have to deal with the leader, or at least stall him for as long as possible.

[sblock=ooc]Load and fire on T5, but you may want to include the damage on him from last round.[/sblock]

 

[Erekose13]

ooc: sorry, thanks for pointing it out again. fixed

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Clear shot at T5 though, right? Wow, I feel like I have the Frightful Blast invocation

Alix will take the clear shot at T5, or if not, I'm not sure the angle that gives T7 cover (it looks like he's one square too far right for that on the map), but he'll move to another of the little boat's squares to avoid the cover if he can and hit T7. If all that fails, he'll tell Tereg to move one space away after striking and then delay so he can strike Vark again for 1d6+1 while avoiding the whole -4 thing)

"Firing at me? Ludicrous! But why did you all stop? Keep shooting! I guess you figured out I have up a magical deflection shield that stops ranged attacks, and what's more, even if they hit, you're in for a surprise if it's a nonmagical weapon. Ever heard of Protection from Arrows? You've lost Vark--even if you take out my associates, your ranged attacks won't hurt me."

"As for the rest of you, you can probably ignore his threats to skin you. After all, while dead men tell no tales, caged men are in jails, and Vark won't be able to skin you for consecutive life sentences. Of course, you could skin him, but his tattoo is so ugly that the pelt would never sell."

 

[Manzanita]

Julian will step in to flank Vark, dropping his dagger, and swinging his sword two handed, while continuing to sing, seemingly lost in his own combat world.

OOC: Did you say we should make our own rolls? His longsword is at +2 1d8+3 when used with both hands. If he's flanking, he gets an additional +2 to hit. His bardic music gives him, (& his team) +1 to hit & dmg. No one's making their own rolls, so I won't either. Is that right, Erekose? You want to make all the rolls? Julian's AC is 15.

 

[Erekose13]

ooc: I'll try to get a post up tonight, but with only 50 pages left in HP 7 don't count on it. Tomorrow definitely. regarding rolls please feel free to roll your own in combat, it'll save me time. I'm not going to wait on them though, so if you post w/o a roll, I'll do it myself no worries.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: [SBLOCK=Spoiler]Magic wand Deus Ex Machina causes V to kill himself again and Harry, Ron, and Draco (plus their obvious SOs) have kids going to Hogwart's in an epilogue. There, I haven't even read it and now you can post the next round! [/SBLOCK])

 

[Erekose13]

[Round 3, Cont]

Julian moves into a flanking position with Tereg but even with the strength of his own voice and a distracted enemy he misses.

[Round 4]

Alix misses the further thug (T5) with his Eldritch blast, while its an easier shot than the one taking cover behind the stairs the thug still has cover just based on the angle of the shot.

Jerrell bleeds some more.

The thug (T5) ignores the eldritch shot and decides to join his fellows overboard.

The thug (T7) pokes her head out again and fires at Alix seeing her opponents all engaged. She then drops her crossbow and draws her rapier as she races down the starboard side of the boat towards Vark, Tereg, and Julian.

Tereg attacks with both of his daggers, his first strike is way off the mark, but the second just sneaks in under Vark's defenses nicking the pirate's arm.

Nathan fires at the woman (T7) who is heading in the direction of his companions and misses.

Vark shouts, "Shut up you! I will not be stopped not when I'm so close." and attacks Julian. The bard's wonderful song is cut short as he stares down at the rapier that has punctured his leg. He collapses in shock, bleeding.


[sblock=ooc]oh ouch, crit on Julian.

Damage recap:
Alix
Jerrell -4/13 - unconscious and bleeding on the deck
Tereg
Nathan 7/10
Julian -2/7 - unconscious and bleeding on the deck
T1 - unconscious and bleeding on the deck
T2 - 6 dmg, fled
T3 - 7 dmg, fled
T4 - unconscious and bleeding on the deck
T5 - 5 dmg
T6 - 2 dmg, fled
T7 - fine
Vark - 5 dmg[/sblock]

 

[Manzanita]

"Augh..." Julian gasps. His voice trails off. He's always wanted to die with some clever quip on his lips, but his brain fails him. He falls into darkness.

OOC: Inspire courage lasts another 5 rounds - hang in there, guys! You can do it!