Heroes, Inc. : Rasheman

[frostrune]

Murdoch blasts a large portion of the Thayans, acting before anyone can stop him.

Timrin actually fails to grab hold of Murdoch, as Murdoch suddenly teleports into the air in the middle of the room, where the melee-fighting Shando and Sarah cannot get to him.

Timrin graps vainly at the illusory Murdock as a vitriolic blast arcs over his head into the mass of Thayans below. Their cries of pain and horror blast the air from Timrin's lungs and leaden his limbs. His mind is screaming 'NO' but his body seems to be moving in slow motion; helpless as the would-be prisoners burn.

"Murdock, you must stop this madness!!!", He screams one last time before doing the only thing he can think of...

He charges down the stairs into the screaming mass below.

DM_Matt[sblock] Timrin is hoping Murdock won't lob more fire/acid into the mass if he is a part of it. Knowing Murdock has some control over who he hits with his blasts he will ready to interject himself/ block between the incoming blast and the intended target. I understand this may very well get him killed as he is at 1/2 or less hps. I also understand that the angry and desperate Thayans may see him as a threat and also try and take him out.

On the plus side, if Devan's defenses are still up he has significant resistance against Fire and Acid (DR 30 each). If not, he has DR 10 fire from his armor and DR 5 acid from being an aasimar. Probably not enough to keep him alive if it comes down to it.

I know this seems suicidal but I think Paladins are all about sacrifice. Sometimes that means standing for something you believe in even when you know you are going to lose.[/sblock]

 

[kirinke]

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Sorry Frostrune, looks like Timrin's on his own, if they could, both Naverone and Alethia would be right with him, but there isn't any real way for them to get down there, unless some sort of divine intervention manifests. They'll both do what they can to help.

IC
Naverone sends pictures of the strife to Alethia and Devan. "Murdoch, stop this!" Alethia shouts, "This is madness, damnit, stop!"

Taavi and Charissa blink out of the room and go to aid Timrin, however they can in response to her distress.

"Stop Murdoch however you can, but don't kill him." Alethia murmurs, knowing that the archons will hear.

"Please, don't let him do this. Might does not make right lord Oberone, no matter how deserving these Thayans may be, they are still mortal. And all mortals can change. Both for the better and worse." she whispered again in sylvan.


"Evil's most seductive lure is the abandonment of mercy in the face of blind vengeance and anger. They have done great wrongs, but we who follow the light are never justified in meting out the same torments as those who follow the dark inflict upon their prisoners. What Murdoch is doing is wrong and will lead to darkness and evil, can't you see that my lord Oberone? Do you want that?! There is no honour in this. None!"

Alethia whispers as whitefire dances over her skin, her body alight with celestial radiance that is nearly blinding in its intensity and she prayed, that her friends would not be forced to kill each other over this and that the Thayans would not be slaughtered so needlessly.

Stop this, please stop this. she prays desperately.



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How close is the ship to the battle? If she can, she'll use her flight ability to get down there.

 

[Steve Gorak]

"Murdock, you must stop this madness!!!", He screams one last time before doing the only thing he can think of...

"Sorry friend. I hate to see you like this...surely you know that protecting these dogs is folly! I simply do not wish them to have the pleasure of committing more evil acts between now and the moment they have an official trial, and are "officially" executed. This is war, and there is no need for formalities"

Murdock will blast the remaining Thayans. He'll use a Purifies blast on those that Tim tries to protect "You wear the shield of richeousness my friend, so you need not fear my blasts".

OCC: Ouch, this is gonna be a tough night back on the ship!

 

[Hawkeye]

DM, if you will please read the following:

[sblock]I was looking at Sarah's abilities. Dimension Slide doesn't say anything about having to end up on a solid surface, just that you can move yourself to the limits of your ability. So, could Sarah using an augmented Dimension Slide move and then attempt to grapple Murdoch? Barring that, how far away from the wall is he. Using her Up the wall feet, Sarah can run up the wall and jump out to grab him.[/sblock]

Hawkeye

 

[DM_Matt]

DM, if you will please read the following:

[sblock]I was looking at Sarah's abilities. Dimension Slide doesn't say anything about having to end up on a solid surface, just that you can move yourself to the limits of your ability. So, could Sarah using an augmented Dimension Slide move and then attempt to grapple Murdoch? Barring that, how far away from the wall is he. Using her Up the wall feet, Sarah can run up the wall and jump out to grab him.[/sblock]

Hawkeye

[sblock] She can do that, but if she doesn't make the initial attack roll, she falls. [/sblock]

 

[DM_Matt]

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How close is the ship to the battle? If she can, she'll use her flight ability to get down there.

Far.

 

[Hawkeye]

Sarah suddenly blurs and seems to move across the open space between her and Murdock, stopping in midair next to him, reaching out to grab him.

Augmented Dimension Slide. Melee touch attack +25, Grapple check +20.

Hawkeye

 

[Steve Gorak]

[sblock=DM_matt]FYI, Murdoch's rod of quicken is out of charges for today. [/sblock]

 

[kirinke]

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Since Alethia and Naverone cannot be there physically, They sent the happy archon duo to aid Timrin. Any damage they do to Murdoch will be subdual and none-lethal. They want him out of commission, not out of life.

Also, referring to the
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(We'll see how it goes. The Seelie Court is good and does adhere to some specific principles, but not the idealized law-biased quasi-pacifistic quasi-Christianity that the official alignments sometimes entail. Good entities can have a reasonably wide range of views on when mercy is called for and when it isn't. That said, it is possible that such differences could be overlooked when it is necessary to work together for the greater good, such that mercifucl LG Helm could conceivably ally himself with the defensively-aggressive CG Fairy King against the Twice Damned, allowing the party to stay together, albeit with a lot more tension)

Alethia and Naverone are both exalted characters, so their views on when mercy is called for is a bit more extreme than most others of their same alignment. Both Alethia and Naverone are going to be rather hard on Murdoch when he does come back to the ship. Maybe even insisting on an atonement quest for Murdoch if he wishes to continue to associate with the group, not just for breaking troth, but for what they view as murder as well. (Forgiveness, mercy etc.... Applies to everyone. But Atonement does as well )
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[DM_Matt]

Sarah suddenly blurs and seems to move across the open space between her and Murdock, stopping in midair next to him, reaching out to grab him.

Augmented Dimension Slide. Melee touch attack +25, Grapple check +20.

Hawkeye

Timrin moves among the Thayans to shield, them, only to find out that Murdoch's attacks can affect them and not him. The Thayans, however, see the opportunity, and pile onto him, managing to pin him under a huge pile of warriors.

Sarah appears in the air and grabs onto Murdoch.

Alethia sends her archons to attack him, but there rays are not even close to powerful enough to penetrate his extensive magical shielding, and just bounce off.