Phyrric Legacy - Shackled City IC Thread

[Jdvn1]

Dowlee runs to Jon to close some of his wounds, "Is 'careful' even in your vocabulary?!"

ooc: 1d8+2 cure light wounds, from the square southeast of Jon
could you mark the pillars on the map?

 

[Question]

Liracor moves to put the first skulk between him and Arak. "You guys again.....just never give up do you!" He shouts as he sweeps down with his sword.

(Moving 5 ft step SW, flanking skulk 1 with Arak.)

 

[Malvoisin]

COMBAT ROUND 2

Remen presses in on the first of the two skulks, this time with less flamboyancy. His scimitar bites deeply into the shoulder of the creature, and it squeals in pain. Liracor follows up from the other side, stabbing with a strong thrust that sends the skulk falling to the ground.

Dowlee looks for Jon to come closer so she can reach him with a healing prayer, while Flannad waits to take up Jon's position to the side of the remaining skulk.

Before anything else can happen, though, Arak nearly lops off the skulk's head with one mighty swing of his greatsword, ending the battle as quickly as it began.

END COMBAT

With the danger passed, Dowlee approaches Jon and says a prayer to Ehlonna that causes the severity of his wounds to lessen a bit. (3 damage healed)

STATUS UPDATE

Remen 15/18 hp; Dowlee 11/14 hp; Liracor 16/16 hp; Flannad 13/13 hp; Arak 13/19 hp; Jon 5/10 hp.
Jon: Inertial Armor, 7/12 pp.
Skulk #1 -12hp, dying; Skulk #2 -12 hp, dying.

Now what? Further exploration of the hall of dancing lights? Looting the skulks? And, which direction will you be heading next?

ROUND 2 SUMMARY
[sblock]
1. Remen takes 5' step, attacks skulk #1 with scimitar. Rolls 9, Hits for 7 damage.

2. Dowlee delays (With a 20' move, Dowlee can't reach Jon to heal him in this round, unless he also moves in her direction. So, I figure Dowlee would wait until after Jon takes his step.)

3. Liracor takes 5' step to flank Skulk #1, Attacks with longsword. Rolls 18, Hits for 5 damage. Skulk #1 goes down!

4. Flannad delays (Again, waiting for Jon to move so Flannad can move into the flanking position on skulk #2)

5. Arak attacks skulk #2 (flanking). Rolls 19! Possible critical, confirmation roll: 1! No critical. Damage roll is 12! Skulk #2 goes down, combat ends.

In the aftermath, I assume Dowlee still wants to cast CLW on Jon. Healing roll is 3, bringing Jon to 5/10 hp.[/sblock]

 

[Jdvn1]

In the aftermath, I assume Dowlee still wants to cast CLW on Jon. Healing roll is 3, bringing Jon to 5/10 hp.

ooc: Yep. Is that including the +2 from my level? The term "healing roll" confuses me as to whether you're referring to the result on the die or the modified result.

 

[Malvoisin]

ooc: Yep. Is that including the +2 from my level? The term "healing roll" confuses me as to whether you're referring to the result on the die or the modified result.

OOC: Sorry for the confusion. I'm referring to the total amount of hp healed. So, in this case, the actual die roll was a 1.

 

[stonegod]

Dowlee runs to Jon to close some of his wounds, "Is 'careful' even in your vocabulary?!"

Jon partically collapses when the skulk's fall, his breath coming quickly. He fought down the Voices, trying not to think about what he almost done. "But, the pool seemed so... peaceful. Is nothing in the cursed place safe? Thank you, Mistress Dowlee. I will endevor to be more... cautious... in the future." He takes a glance at the skulks. "Take what we can that may be of use. I would be tempted to open this door here"---he gestures at the 'Z' door nearby---"to see if there were any healing supplies or similar, but I will move on if the rest of you wish."

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Arak broods over the dead skulk after wiping off his blade on its filthy clothes.

"Curious. If these creatures were responsible for kidnapping the children, they would have likely have expected retaliation and not seemed so ... outraged at our presence. These things may be caught between us and the real culprits. Were they to simply let us pass unharmed ..." Arak looks up at the dark corners of the room, speaking louder in case there are hidden watchers listening, "We would retrieve our children and depart. Our quarrel is with those who have stolen the children from us, not other residents of the undercity."

 

[Jdvn1]

Jon partically collapses when the skulk's fall, his breath coming quickly. He fought down the Voices, trying not to think about what he almost done. "But, the pool seemed so... peaceful. Is nothing in the cursed place safe? Thank you, Mistress Dowlee. I will endevor to be more... cautious... in the future."

Dowlee wipes her brow and looks for her arrow, "You... really don't have to call me 'Mistress.' And I don't think this is the place where I'd expect to find healing supplies, so I'm for moving onwards."

Arak broods over the dead skulk after wiping off his blade on its filthy clothes.

"Curious. If these creatures were responsible for kidnapping the children, they would have likely have expected retaliation and not seemed so ... outraged at our presence."

Dowlee shrugs, "I imagine their main defense was secrecy--it took a divination and some good guessing to find this place. And, the original skulk was a guard. I don't think they expected retaliation down here at all."

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Arak points at the beheaded skulk with the tip of his sword.

"He was outraged, wanted us to leave. Had he understood why we were here, there would have been no outrage. Even the basest creature will defend its young; surely they would understand that. Perhaps some of these creatures are involved, but I suspect most are caught between hammer and anvil. But our first responsibility is to recover the children, so hammer we must."

 

[Jdvn1]

Dowlee nods, "I suppose that's at least a good possibility. I don't think the skulks have much use for children, anyway, so there definitely are other factors involved." She follows Arak's sword to the skulk, "It will not be easy to find out anything, though. At the very least, the skulks are more likely to fight first and talk second.

"Shall we continue on our way?"