IC - Mad King's Monkey

[Electric Wizard]

Despite his body reeling from being wounded and recovering in the span of moments, Sukri manages to hurtle after Bayar. He realizes the weird lights dancing in the woods are not spots created by his own addled mind, but a spell illuminating the creature that shot him.

"This time we have you," he said.

He sees that the unstoppable Bayar is closing the distance, and he maneuvers into a potential flanking position.

 

[doghead]

DAY TWO - BATTLE WITH THE GNOLLS AT HENRI'S HOUSE - ROUND 9

Bayar continues to move toward the stream. Right behind him Eban slows for a moment, pulling something from his belt. With a word, he brings forth light from his Wayfinder.

Seeing the gnoll clearly for the first time, Bayar closes. Not having had time to draw his battle-axe, the gnoll is still holding his bow. Bayar decides to overrun it. The gnoll steps to one side, smacking Bayar across the back of his head with the bow (-3 hp).

Eban, closing behind Bayar, suddenly finds himself a couple of steps from the gnoll.

Gnoll 4 looks at Eban. With the Oracle holding the Wayfarer in one hand, he can only wield the glaive one handed, putting him at a disadvantage. With only a bow in hand, the gnoll has problems of his won. The gnoll withdraws, stepping out of the reach of Eban's weapon but unfortunately for him, not out area threatened by the fighter. Bayar carves a bloody wound across the gnoll's back (-7hp). But it is not enough to prevent the dog-man from getting away.

Jan follows the others out into the clearing towards the stream. The Bard focuses for a moment, directing the Dancing lights to move out to the edge of the clearing. Some 20 or so feet from where gnoll when it breaks for freedom, the Bard is unable to do anything to prevent it.

Sukri, moving much easily now he can see where he is going, swings out wide aiming to flank the gnoll. Instead, he finds himself the only one able to get between the gnoll and freedom. In the flickering lights the gnoll is nearly six feet of angry muscle, teeth and claw. But not blade. Sukri closes, forcing the gnoll to respond. Sukri misses ... drives his blade into the leg of the gnoll. The monster staggers.

Libros shoots at the gnoll. He misses. He misses Sukri as well.

[SBLOCK=OOC Round 9]CONDITIONS SUMMARY
* Jan: Inspire Courage +1 morale bonus vs charm and fear, +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. Duration Round 7 of 7. Linger Rounds 8-10
* Jan: Dancing Lights Duration Rounds 4-14
* * Normal illumination along the treeline. No miss chance rolls.
* Eban: Bless +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects, Duration Rounds 1-10
* Eban: Misfortune Allies 10 or lower. Enemies 15 or higher.
* * Round 2 Applied to Gnoll 2.
* * Round 3 Applied to Libros.
* * Round 4 Applied to Bayar.
* * Round 5 Applied to no one.
* * Round 6 Applied to Gnoll 4
* * Round 7 Applied to no-one.
* * Round 8 applied to no-one.
* * Round 9 applied to Sukri.
* Eban: Wounded (Dam 7),
* Eban: Iron Weapon duration rounds 5-15
* Bayar: Wounded (Dam 6).
* Dog 1: Dying.
* Dog 2: Wounded (Dam 12). Fled.
* Gnoll 1: Dead.
* Gnoll 2: Dead.
* Gnoll 3: Dying.
* Sukri: Wounded (Dam 0).
* Gnoll 4: Wounded (Dam 11) Disabled (0hp).

COMBAT SUMMARY
* G4 AoO vs Bayar 20 (hit). Damage 3
* Bayaer AoO vs G4 17 (hit). Damage 7.
* Sukri melee vs G4 5 (miss)
* * Misfortune re-roll 16 (hit) Damage 4.
* Libros range vs G4 9 (miss)
* * Libros range vs Sukri 14 (miss)[/SBLOCK]

 

[ghostcat]

Libros reloads his crossbow and is peering into the darkness looking for the Gnoll. There is a sudden flash and the immediate area is lit up clearly illuminating the Gnoll. Libros immediately takes the shot.

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

Eban knows the gnoll has nowhere to go, as he simply watches the figure being surrounded. Things were finally going in their favor, as he lets the wayfinder drop back to its position on his belt. (Not sure what action to let it back on his belt, tied in place... thinking free from last round..). He then moves to attack the gnoll, knowing it might be a little tough for the creature to do anything else. Flanking with Sukri, Eban's weapon comes in a wide sweep, hoping to end this now... (Hit I assume with a 19, and 9 more dmg...)

+5 to hit, 1d10+3 dmg, Slashing, x3
1d20+5=19, 1d10+3=9

 

[doghead]

DAY TWO - BATTLE WITH THE GNOLLS AT HENRI'S HOUSE - ROUND 10

Eban, closes with the gnoll. With a single sweep of his glaive, the Oracle cuts the gnoll down (-9hp). It crashes to the ground.

[SBLOCK=OOC Round 10]CONDITIONS SUMMARY
* Jan: Inspire Courage +1 morale bonus vs charm and fear, +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. Duration Round 7 of 7. Linger Rounds 8-10
* Jan: Dancing Lights Duration Rounds 4-14
* * Normal illumination along the treeline. No miss chance rolls.
* Eban: Bless +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects, Duration Rounds 1-10
* Eban: Misfortune Allies 10 or lower. Enemies 15 or higher.
* * Round 2 Applied to Gnoll 2.
* * Round 3 Applied to Libros.
* * Round 4 Applied to Bayar.
* * Round 5 Applied to no one.
* * Round 6 Applied to Gnoll 4
* * Round 7 Applied to no-one.
* * Round 8 applied to no-one.
* * Round 9 applied to Sukri
* * Round 10 applied to no one.
* Eban: Wounded (Dam 7),
* Eban: Iron Weapon duration rounds 5-15
* Bayar: Wounded (Dam 6).
* Dog 1: Dying.
* Dog 2: Wounded (Dam 12). Fled.
* Gnoll 1: Dead.
* Gnoll 2: Dead.
* Gnoll 3: Dying.
* Sukri: Wounded (Dam 0).
* Gnoll 4: Dying.

COMBAT SUMMARY
* Eban melee v G4 19 (hit). Damage 9.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Axel]

Bayar

As the last Gnoll crashes to the ground to breathe it's last, Bayar lets out a relieved sigh. He turns in a slow circle, listening, straining to catch any noise that wasn't his own heart hammering away - or his lungs sucking in air. "All dead. Or run off."

The warrior inverts his sword, and kneels on the ground near to the last Gnoll, mouth moving in silent prayer of thanks for surviving. Again. Thank you, mother of men, for the eyes to see my enemies clearly. Thank you, father, for the strength to slay my foes.

Rising, he looked at the rest of the people around, trying to gauge their fighting condition. "We should return, there may be more." Bayar stoops, wiping the blood and gore from his sword onto the clothes of the last Gnoll. Sheathing it, he picks the animal up over his shoulder and heads back towards the house, dumping the Gnoll with its kin in the front yard.

Having accomplished what he hopes will be the last heavy-muscle work for the night, Bayar stretches his arms, legs rolls his shoulders and neck to try and loosen up. It is a convenient way of checking how badly damaged his body is without giving the others cause for alarm. Before he has finished, he spots where his helm had rolled and retrieves it before sitting to eat and drink a little.

"We should leave tonight," he says to any that are nearby. "There be more by morning, and our prisoner is too important."

 

[Scott DeWar]

"I have sang my last stanza, healing Sukri with my last spell. I am spent."

 

[Electric Wizard]

"I am healed already," Sukri says to Jan. "Eban and Bayar may want help."

He flicks the blood from his rapier and sheathes it. Even in the darkness, he notices Bayar flinch as he stretches his limbs. He rolls his wrists and shoulders and decides that he is still limber enough for whatever the night still had to offer.

"What shall we do with our friend in the cellar?" he says. "Perhaps now he can tell us-"

An idea strikes him as he watches the gnoll at his feet bleed out.

"If two are alive," he exclaims, "we can hear better answers!"

 

[Scott DeWar]

Jan starts to bind the wounds of the gnoll still bleeding out
"good point! if we ask them seperatly, they will confirm their own stories."

 

[doghead]

DAY TWO - HENRI'S HOUSE

After pausing to catch their breath and clean weapons, a quick taking stock reveals the following.

Two dead gnolls outside the front of the house.

One unconscious dog also outside the front of the house. While badly wounded, it appears to have stabilised.

One missing dog creature. It was last seen, heavily wounded, fleeing into the forest.

Two dying gnolls, one outside the front of the house, one by the stream. Both are bleeding out. Neither has long to live. The one outside the house has no more than half a dozen shallow breaths left in him. The other perhaps a minute or so of life left. Longer maybe if Jan is successful stabilising him.

The captured gnoll is gone, leaving behind just a hacked up blood soaked belt and an open window at the back of the house. There is no sign of it in the house nor clearing.