[LPF] Buyer's Remorse

[Aldern Foxglove]

Iosef's blade sinks into the Bull Mastiff's stomach and the creature slumps collapsing to the floor and sliding from his blade. As it strikes the ground it to dissolves into shadow and shoots back to vanish inside Secalli's satchel. The silver word appeared to have no special effect upon this beast.

OOC: Thaddeus is up!

[sblock=Silver Weapons]Remember silver weapons do 1 less point of damage, so Iosef did 5 damage, not 6 - which does not matter here as it was sufficient.[/sblock]

[sblock=Flu]FYI Please note I have a bad case of the flu, I'll try to keep up posting as usual, but I'm a little wooley headed.[/sblock]

 

[Ace Cipher Zero]

The Black Hawk, seeing that there was only one more opponent left, saw an opportunity to get on his flanks. Trailing his blade behind him, he moved in a semicircular path; he used the momentum from that movement to put extra power in his swing.

OOC: Move to J11, Power Attack.

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

Thaddeus true to form swiftly ends the last dog with a vicious sweep of his elven made blade! like the others this dog dissolves into mist, but as it fades it speaks.

"Please, slay the Golden Hound, this torment has lasted so long............."

Then it to steaks towards the satchel even as Secalli tosses it aside, the golden hound rolls free and the shade vanishes into its metallic gleam as if entering a mirror.

[sblock=Rewards]
Total XP: 1205
Individual XP: 241
Treasure: None[/sblock]

OOC: VICTORY!

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

"Elsa!" Secalli calls rushing forwards stumbling over the corpse of a dead dog in his haste, but swiftly righting himself and reaching the tree. As the sounds of combat fade the houses door opens and a distraught red faced woman - plump and well dressed - races out. Together they coax the still sobbing child down and into a fierce hug from her father. The family stand together in an embrace sobbing and another girtl - slightly older - rushes out to join the.

Meanwhile four servants, from their dress emerge, and warily approach the mercenaries.

"Oh thank you so much me Lords, we though Elsa was... Well. We're ever so grateful to you for saving her, they don't deserve none of this the Secallis and that's the truth." An elderly woman, with a single eye misted over white. "Now let old Magatha take a look at you, I've got the faintest touch of the healin's from my Mother, comes in handy for looking after children I can tell you..."

Assuming there are no objections Magatha stoops down - with obvious effort - and chants as her hand glows a pale orange the light rippling from her hand to soothe the wounds.

"That's all I've got in me I am afraid, I'm just a humble adept, no cleric or the like."

 

[Gerald007]

(ooc)I think I have used my healing on everyone except Iosef for the day, so I can't help with that right now.

Once the group settles down, and the children are out of earshot, Sylvain walks up to their employer. "Mr. Secalli, with all due respect, is there anything at all you haven't told us about the Golden Hound? If there is, I think now would be the time to fill us in on everything."

 

[perrinmiller]

Borric, with his wounds magically healed, comes around to consciousness, "Oooh... don't stop. Madame that tickles... Oy! Stay away from there!... Wait! Please don't go..."

Realizing he isn't in the bosom of his goddess's handmaidens any longer as his eyes opened, Borric is somewhat disappointed. Taking in that he is lying where he vaguely remembers being mauled by dogs, he sits up.

"Callisto's breasts, we won, I take it. Are we done yet? Or was that not the hound we need to defeat?"

<<OOC: For Borric, how many HP remaining? I think it is 8/13.>>
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Borric Hawkins

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

Secalli removes himself from his family and takes a few calming breaths,

"It comes at the fullmoon, which is either tonight or tomorrow depending upon who I ask, it seems to be metallic golden, but dark in the night, it broke into an upstairs window of my shop ignoring the protections of the door below. But what I know is confused all of us who beheld the beast either died or were fleeing in terror before its evil howls. But come we should get inside and do what we may to tend your wounds, we will barricade the doors and windows as best we can."

Behind the goldsmith a terrified Elsa is promising her mother repeatedly that she won't run off to play again.

"Five dogs five mercenaries." Magatha say thoughtfully, "almost like it was countering the reinforcements. This statue is evil beyond us poor folk. I hope you boys - and err, birds, are you boys birds? Excuse my rudeness, but there's no offense intended - are up to it."

 

[rb780nm]

OOC: As it turns out, I have only 2hp left, so a bit of healing wouldn't go astray. Stupid paladin not having lay on hands until 2nd level

 

[Gerald007]

Seeing the paladin was wounded as well, Syl uses his healing hex to tend to the young man's wounds as best as he can.

"Remember, I can only heal you one time per day. So no more healing until a full day passes. It's not much, I know, but hopefully it will keep us standing."

(ooc) Iosef, the dice roller is not showing up in my post for some reason, so please go ahead and roll for your regained hit points...1d8+1. Thanks.

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

The Secalli's and their servants move inside the house, which is decorated in a rich man's take on rustic and warmed by several large hearths. Most of the cabinets and larger items of furniture have been pushed up against windows and doors as crude barricades.

Twilight fades into true dark and while the family and servants bed down on the floor - the beds being used as barricades. But Florian Secalli himself clearly cannot entertain thoughts of rest, he paces pack and forth glancing anxiously out of the few gaps left at the windows.

Suddenly his eyes widen and he turns towards you anxiously, "Torches! Coming right for us!"

And indeed there are three torches approaching as well as a single source of purer white light.

[sblock=Borric]I made Borric HP as 6 after the cure light.

Checked and Borric took 17 damage, putting him at -3 - since 0 counts - and was then healed for 5 putting him at 1hp. He was then healed for 6 by Magatha so he has 7hp.[/sblock]