Planes to Shape, Secrets to Keep... (Dromus)

[Kelleris]

{OOC - Aargh! Stupid accidental post-closing. The short-short version is for you. I'm working on my thesis until the 11th of March. I am a busy college gnome. Pity me and forgive my slow posting. Excuse expires the 11th, and I'll still post at least every-other-day or so.}

Initiative:
Narine/Dros: 20
Mob 1: 20
Feiran: 19
Adinal: 19
Cagthail: 17
Boogeyman: 16
Mob 2: 15
Illira: 14
Mob 3: 10
Mob 4: 5

Narine:
The bolt of electricity hurled by Narine lances down from the topdeck of the Sheets to immolate Ilmordan. Quickly, but without undue haste, the cloaked one raises an arm and parts the bolt as though it were a stream of water rather than of ravening energy. The ground around him/her crackles with electricity for a moment before subsiding. The crack of the thunder echoes through the alleys.

Cagthail: [sblock] As you shield your eyes from the sudden brightness, you notice that, before Ilmordan's hand touches it, the bolt curves slightly away from you, as though around a bulge in space. [/sblock]

Illira: [sblock] Narine's attack immolates one of the circling monsters, reducing it to a dark-red ichor and dissipating some of the force of the attack before it reaches Ilmordan. The remaining sinewy flyers swirl in excitement, and begin to spiral up towards Narine, as though following an invisible staircase pattern. [/sblock]

And a 59 for the surge check. I must say, you've been exceptionally lucky with these!

Cagthail:
{Your AC, by the way, is absurd. You realize you're just encouraging them to pull out the big guns? }

The weaselly-looking woman* Cagthail strikes drops instantly, clutching her arm and whimpering a little at the pain, but this only incites the mob further, as they react poorly to Cagthail's display. In fact, you notice one of the larger members physically shoving those in front of him into your defensive bladework, trusting to either their weight or his prowess to protect him from your attacks. Similar actions are occurring across the line as the closer mob members are borne into you by the weight of the crowd.

* - If Cagthail has issues with the slicing of the women-folk, change this to "The disease-scarred man..."

 

[Zerth]

Illira, 49/58 hp, AC 25

Illira looks up seemingly at an empty space and then shouts to Narine, "Narine, flee! You can't see them, but they are coming for you!"

She nods to Cagthail and despite the warning by Adinal through the mindlink, she sees no other option than trying the crawlway under the Sheets. She turns and looks at the gap and tries to squeeze through, but unfortunately finds herself being stuck in the tight space just like Adinal earlier.

DM:

Spoiler

A rotten 7 for the Dex check. Bleh.

 

[Kelleris]

Narine: [sblock] Just to interpret - Ilmordan made the Reflex save, but still took damage, assuming it wasn't negated by electricity resistance of some sort. I also forgot that soft cover doesn't provide a bonus to Reflex saves, but that's really only relevant to Illira's description, as Ilmordan still made the save. [/sblock]

Illira:
You've worked your way partway under the Sheets, but you suddenly hear a momentous crash while looking up to Narine and shouting your warning. Looking back into the crawlspace, you see that the wooden floor of the ship seems to have melted down into the ground, forming a cluster of needle-like wooden spikes blocking the path. They look pretty flimsy, though, if you could bring a weapon of some sort to bear on them, ten feet away and in an enclosed space. You could probably kick them out, too, with a little more time. The feasability of this would depend on how long the other last, though.

Ilmordan:
With the smell of ozone suddenly dominating the air, you are unable to smell Ilmordan's obviously scorched robes, but it is evident that the attack has galvanized him into action - he raises a hand from the robes, of a nasty bruise color under translucent flesh, and makes a brief gesture. Greenish energy crawls around and through his hand in a way suggestive of worms devouring a rapidly-decaying apple.

Narine: [sblock] Your mind is struck by sudden vertiginous sensation, causing you to stagger hard against the railing. A chaotic tumult of sinuous muscle and pulsing liquids surround you for a moment, further disorienting you. When you come back to your senses, there is a residual pounding agony, distinctly reminiscent of the aftereffects of a mind thrust. The implied threat is clear: any resistance on your part will be met, blow for blow. [/sblock]

Mobs 3 & 4:
The mob of filthy commoners bears down on you, swirling around you in a chaotic mass. They're no longer attempting to coordinate attacks or even specifically attack you: by sheer numbers they're smashing everything in the area.

The mob will act more like a swarm now, in a roughly 30-foot radius around you. Anyone on the ground must make a DC 12 Fortitude save on their turn or be stunned for one round. Any damage you do will now be reflected by significant reductions in the crowd's numbers instead of attenuating their attacks. Oh, and the whole crowd goes on 12 now. Cagthail, I took the highest damage from your AoOs and applied it to the mob-swarm. Don't worry, they're not immune to weapon damage like an insect swarm.

{Cagthail takes 7 damage from the abuse, Feiran 6, and Illira 3, because she has some cover, being partway under the Sheets and behind everyone else. Adinal, of course, is off doing something somewhere.}

Feiran: [sblock] Oh, I should say. Your tiger isn't bound or unconscious, though he seems to be considering whether or not to eat some prey before him or to try to find you immediately. You can't get specifics because you don't speak Tiger right at the moment. [/sblock]

New Initiative:
Narine/Dros: 20
???: 20
Feiran and Terak: 19
Adinal: 19
Cagthail: 17
Ilmordan: 16
Illira: 14
Mob Swarm: 12

Narine is next, as well as Feiran, Adinal, and Cagthail if they want to do something before seeing what happens to Narine. Of course, whether you would even notice in this mess is another matter entirely anyway, so I suppose you might as well have a go.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Narine grits her teeth against the pain, clutching her head. She barely hears Illira's warning, but it is enough. She lashes out mentally against her attacker, willing him to snuff out his own life. To preserve her own, she takes off down the back of the Sheets tavern.*

OOC - Death urge, wild surge for +3, augmented by 4, gives it a duration of 2 rounds and a Will save DC 21.

 

[Kelleris]

Narine: [sblock] Silly me. Forgot to list damage for the pseudo mind thrust - 4 points. Not as much as you expected, eh? [/sblock]

 

[Mad Hatter]

HP-35/47; Stabilization pts= 80/225; Fort=5, Ref=5, Will=8

Noticing Terak's indecision, Feiran decides to remove his uncertainty by ordering him to attack.

I think that I should possibly look into training him to attack without outright maiming or killing the ensorcelled. Oh well, it can't be helped...right now at least.

After she orders Terak to attack, Feiran uses the Phlogistic Hammer. She'll target it to the mon swarm that is directly challenging Cagthail.

DM-[sblock]Are there any other ways out besides the crawlway? ANy spots within the mob that Terak might be able to bulldoze his way through for us?

Ranged touch attack for the Phlogistic Hammer:23
I get four rays for that so the damage is 14.

Terak's attacks: Claw: 18

Bite: 10

Damage- Claws: 28

Bite: 10[/sblock]

 

[DemonWolfZero]

DM: [sblock]Knowledge(local) to figure out which of these guards is the closest to being a "leader": 32. I assume that it atleast gets me rank-insignia if nothing else. Just in case you want one, perception check to see if I can notice their insignias: 21.

If I do notice that one guard is leading the group, I manifest Charm fully augmented, but cost reduced by Thrallherd class level (as the Thrallherd class ability), cost 4 pp. Total is now 35 pp. Concentration check to hide mental display of Charm, DC 16: 26. The lead guard must make a will save DC 20 or be Charmed for 1 day/level (part of augment...it also now affects animals, fey, giants, magical beasts and monstrous humanoids...).

Adinal's actions- Bluff check and Diplomacy check to make this believable in addition to the charm effect: Bluff check - 25, Diplomacy - 46 (Holy !)

Adinal steps forward, brushing at the mud with a joyous look on his face. He loudly says, "There you are, you little scamp!" in the direction of the tiger. Simultaneously he hisses at Feiran through the mindlink, "I found your tiger, you madwoman. Quickly, I need you to help me improvise something! Tell him to get up and follow me."

"You had me crawling through every damp hole in this city trying to find you! You naughty boy! Thank you so much, Mr....uh", Adinal peers at the lead guard's nametag, "...Fenrick! He wander off so often, I can't hardly keep track of him anymore. I'll be taking him home now if you please? Come on Rajeev, I've got a nice raw goat for you at home." At this, he snaps his fingers at the big cat and turns to walk away.

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If I do not notice that any one guard is leading the group, I manifest Aver as a swift action for 5pp and a +4 insight bonus on a single bluff check. Total is now 38 pp.

Adinal's actions are basically the exact same as the ones above, however this time the bluff check is made at the whole group of em to convince em that I'm the owner of the cat.

Bluff check and Diplomacy check using the above two rolls with a +4 on the Bluff.
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[Kelleris]

{OOC: Sorry for the wait... Maybe tomorrow... *sigh*}

Feiran: [sblock] You get a heads-up from Adinal: he hisses at you through the mindlink, and says, "I found your tiger, you madwoman. Quickly, I need you to help me improvise something! Tell him to get up and follow me."[/sblock]

 

[Jolmo]

HP 33/56, RP 18/56, AC 25, Fort 10, Ref 13, Will 5.

Cagthail sheaths his dagger to get a hand free for getting away, but as the crawlspace is once again blocked, he continues holding the mob of with Swift for a little longer first. While doing so, he also scans the walls for a path to climb away from the crowd if necessary.

DM: [sblock]Fortitude 28. Perception 14, looking for the most easily climbable path up, close to where I stand, possibly also including jumps. Attack 24 for 11 damage against the mob, still taking what AoO:s I can, and using Combat Expertise +5.[/sblock]

 

[Mad Hatter]

Feiran rolls her eyes after the message from Adinal.

On second thought, perhaps Terak shouldn't attack these people.

Feiran orders Terak not to attack; to defend only if necessary.

DM-[sblock]Mindlink is up. So I am taking this time to see what Terak sees.[/sblock]

Adinal- [sblock] I was just considering sending Terak in to ram through the crowd. Can you see any spots that would make it easier on him and us?[/sblock]