[GRIM TALES] Warhammer 'Chronicles of the Witch Hunter'

[Karl Green]

Three Feathers Coach-Inn, May 13th, midday

Outside the Coach-Inn

Seif continues to drag the body out of the woods when he sees Johannes run around the front to the stable, as the strange woman named Rat slings her bow and starts climbing a rope up into the upper floor of the stables. Seif moves up, re-drawing his tulwar, and watching… when Johannes hears something up on the upper floor of the stable, and then spots the fat Halfling climbing a front trap door on the stable. Of course, the barrel Johannes to hide behind offers a perfect view for the Halfling, who yips in alarm (but as Johanne made a Listen and Spot check he can take a half-action before the Halfling disappears back out of view)

Climb check for Rat, natural 20! do you wish to spend a Action Point to activate a critical? I will edit if you do. Listen check for Johannes is 12+10 =22; Spot check for Seif is 7+1 =8.
Initiative: Seif 7, Rat 11, Johannes 13, Halfling 8

Inside the Coach-Inn

Gunther starts running, making it most of the way up the stairs - just as Grimmor cuts one of the rogues in HALF, spraying blood and guts through the hallway, and slams his axe deep into the floor boards in front of him, just as Hammer stabs his longsword deep into the gut of the last man, who staggers and falls to the ground.

Hammer's attack roll total 21, damage is 11 points, knocking the man to 0-hit points

Witch-Hunter Hammer grumbles Watch that ax next time dwarf, I just about lost me foot with that last swing." when he notices Gunther he says "What's going on downstairs?"

 

[scranford]

Seif-al-Din (Sword of the faith)

Seit, seeing the halfling being persued by Rat, and cut off by Johannes smiles to himself. "I get first crack at him", yells Seif to his companions. "I'll go around back to make sure he can't escape that way, but don't cut anything off till I'm there to watch".
*Seif then proceeds to the rear of the stable to cut off any escape route the little bastard might have there*.

 

[Radiant]

Rat

It looks almost as if Rat is running straigh up the wall as she climbs up to the stable. She can realy pity the halfling, she's been in his position more than once but the witch-hunter wants answers and she's going to deliver. Life's hard like that.

ooc: yep, spend the point. Knowing my luck that will be my only chance for a crit this story

 

[Krug]

"Well, I wasn't aiming for your foot," says Grimmor, looking through the remains of the slain to see if there's a clue to their identity. "Friends of yours?" he indicates the fallen, as he goes downstairs to look if there's another fight to join.

 

[Turanil]

Johannes von Tritheim - Smart 4th (current hp: 17 of 18)

Johanne <...> can take a half-action before the Halfling disappears

As the halfling is going to shut the trap behind him, Johannes just has the time to scream "Beware of the trap behind the trap!"

Of course it is pure conjecture from Johannes' part, but he is so brilliant that he couldn't possibly be wrong...

 

[Bobitron]

"What's going on downstairs?"

"We found the inkeep and a halfling in a discussion. I informed him of your needs to speak with him, but it seems he was not the one we need to worry about. The halfling ran. I knocked the inkeeper out, he lies downstairs. The halfling is being persued by our dear Mallory."
Gunther reloaded his pistol as he spoke.

"We must go to her aid." Turning, he heads towards the stables. "Now, where did Johannes and Seit get off to?"

 

[Karl Green]

Three Feathers Coach-Inn, May 13th, midday

Outside the Coach-Inn

Johannes shots his warning as Rat races up the rope faster the Seif could ever image anyone ever could. She is up and has her longbow redraw faster then he can make half the distance on the flat ground! The Halfling appears again on the upper floor and throws a dagger at Rat, but it goes wide and sticks into the roof above her. He then holds up his hand and says "Oi now m'lad' I a'wasn't gona do nothin', honest I wasn't! Put up dat big ol' bow iffin' ya would. I'm just a stableboy ye know!"

Attack roll for halfling, gets a 12, miss. Seif is up to the rope now, Johannes is at the front of the stable. Rat has the halfling covered… but she don't trust him… he was able to dodge out of the way of a arrow before!
Initiative: Seif 7, Rat 11, Johannes 13, Halfling 8

Inside the Coach-Inn

Witch-Hunter Hammer says "Ye two get down there and find out what's happening. I need to have a talk with our friend here before he bleeds out on my dies"

Gunther makes it back into the kitchen with Grimmor following as fast as his shorted legs will carrying him.

 

[Radiant]

Rat

Her bow ready to shoot if the halfling so much at breathes Rat takes aim.
"Now make it easy on yaself. We just want some answers. Couldn't care less for yer stinking hide so play nice and ye might see another sunrise."

 

[Krug]

Huffing and puffing, Grimmor follows behind Gunther. "Slow down will ya?" His axe clobbers some cups and bottles of wine as he runs past the tables.

 

[Karl Green]

Three Feathers, May 13th, midday

Gunther and Grimmor run into the kitchen, where the fat innkeeper is still laying on the floor moaning a bit. They make it outside as Rat gets the Halfling down to the first floor and Seif grabs him by the coller. Johannes comes around the corner, his pistol at the ready. The Halfling mutters something like "I didn' do nothin'"