Night's Embrace: Part 1--A Touch of Darkness

[jkason]

Titus Farrab, human ranger

Titus frowns as he examines the floor, turning when Kel suggests moving boxes around.

"So long as we don't bring any of these other stacks down," he says to the small inn boy. He moves close to Sulannus as he goes to help, whispering even more softly, "I don't know how, but there are tracks leading from nowhere over to that stack over there--" [OOC: I'm assuming he could verbally describe where the stack is--third from the left, etc.--without having to point?]. "I know I already owe you one, but I'd owe you another if you saw fit to keep that bow of yours ready and keep an eye on that particular stack?"

 

[Shayuri]

Sulannus, having already moved to start helping Kel, gives Titus a concerned look, and nods. She pulls her bow from its case over her shoulder and puts an arrow to nock. And while it could easily be a coincidence, the posture she takes as she covers the two messing with the crates just happens to point her bow towards the crates Titus warned her of.

 

[Rystil Arden]

As Kel and Titus drag the crates fairly loudly (but hopefully not too loudly) across the floor, but before there are nearly enough to make any kind of staircase, there is a sudden sound of trotting, as an evil fiendish-looking boar charges at Sulannus, the only one with a weapon drawn. It tears a wicked gash in her side. Dropping the crates, the group can hear chanting continue, as another dark animal is likely being summoned as well.*

(OOC: 18 + 6 = 24, Hit.
Sul takes 7 Damage)

 

[Shayuri]

Wondering how the mage had managed to create a boar without incanting, Sulannus nevertheless acts fast. She steps away from the boar to clear some distance from its tusks and calls, "Ignore the pig! Get the mage before he can swarm us with his foul creatures!"

With that, she aims at the spot the chanting seems to be coming from, and with a quick mental prayer, sends an arrow at what she hopes is his heart!

(Bleh. We need a mage or a cleric or something. Anyway, aiming by sound (listen check), and hoping to beat the miss chance if I pick the right square.)

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: The chance of picking the right square is minimal--it seems to be coming from up somewhere on one of the nearby stacks of crates. It is far enough away to make it virtually impossible to tell where he is down to the exact square, so shooting would be nearly blind (~10% chance at best to pick the right square + 50% miss chance + ?% chance to beat his AC == unlikely prospect, though you could try something more creative than random shooting to mess with him if you can think of it ). As to why you didn't hear the chanting--loud crate-moving is the answer there. Anyways, if you survive this, you are likely to get a cleric )

 

[Shayuri]

(and if we don't? )

Revising action:

Sulannus half-spins, pressing a fist against the gash in her side. She gives the boar a dark look, but doesn't attack it. That was the mistake they made last time.

"He's on the crates," the elf calls to the others. "Knock them over! Interrupt his casting!"

As good as her word, she skips away from the boar and runs to the stack she thinks the chanting is emanating from, ramming it with her shoulder in an effort to destabilize the pile.

(Boar gets an AoO on her. )

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Knocking down the crates is a Strength check, DC 15 for a standard action shove and DC 10 for a full-round (either of pushing incessantly or charging at it with great force))

*Fortunately for Sulannus, the boar misses her as she charges past it into the stacks of crates. Unfortunately, though they tip and creak a bit, they do not fall.*

(OOC: Boar's AoO 1 + 6 = 7, Not a Fumble.

Sul's Str Check 8 + 1 = 9 (Fails by 1))

 

[Legildur]

(OOC: Where was Blunt as all this was happening? Maybe he can intervene?)

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Hmm, intervene? Blunt is still up top with Shan on the stack by the window. Unless he has a ranged weapon, he probably won't be able to contribute unless he climbs down and risks the fall.)

 

[Legildur]

(OOC: Hmm, intervene? Blunt is still up top with Shan on the stack by the window. Unless he has a ranged weapon, he probably won't be able to contribute unless he climbs down and risks the fall.)

(OOC: I've posted a couple of times that Blunt would make his way down. But he also has shuriken, a bolas and a sling. )