Planescape - Dead God Rising

[Nalfeshnee]

Tyrjon: you can only ready an action once combat has begun and initiative has been rolled

Kyran: the figure is a bariaur, draped in a dark cloak so little details can be made out (it could be a centaur, but size indicates its a bariaur or some other medium tauric creature)

And you can try to sneak up on the guard to get within 60 ft. but this will require high hide/Move Silently checks since you will be doing it in full view (the only reason you can hide is because of the shadows otherwise its like sneaking up ona guy at one end of a hallway from the other with no cover... not too easy )

Rubious
'Well, my abilities are limited and restricted to spheres of the dead and dying, and there are none of them around... at least not yet. Unless the guard is undead, I doubt my spells will be of much use.'

'We must be careful though, he is a guard - if he realises that there are people down here he might raise an alarm. That's the last thing i think we need.'

 

[A'koss]

Tyrjon

"Who's going to sneak on him?"

"Any other good stalkers 'ere other than Noch?"

'We must be careful though, he is a guard - if he realises that there are people down here he might raise an alarm. That's the last thing i think we need.'

"We're try'n Rubious..." Tyrjon looks off in the distance, struggling to come up with some less barmy plan...

"The only other thing I can think of is just walkin' o'er there pretendin' t'be cross-traders ourselves. Not exactly a big stretch considerin' some o' our reps. Tell 'em the truth - we were ambushed by his cutters on our way t'another job, we gave 'em the laugh and beat th' chant out of 'em. Came down 'ere figurin' with cutters like that in 'is employ, there's jink to be had 'ere."

 

[Nalfeshnee]

Rubious considers the idea then turns to Noch... 'I think we'll have better luck with you. But...' he says, turning to Kyran, 'You influenced the thoughts of that aasimar before. Can you do it again? A bariaur guard should not be beyond your abilities.'

 

[Dire Lemming]

Kyran shake his head, "Unfortunately I can't cast... that spell again today. I'm not sure I can... cast any spells right now. I hate to say it but... if nothing else works... couldn't you bashers just tackle him... and pin him to the ground... until he's unconcious? Still, I think we should at least try... to get past without a fight."*urp*

 

[Raylis]

Jema

"An attack would make noise, whether the guard raised an alarm or not and they would likely send bashers out to investigate" Jema whispers.

 

[Nalfeshnee]

Kyran: the nausea passes as your lungs grow accustomed to the fetid air

Noch: When you saw the guard, he was looking up and down the corridor, his gaze flitting periodiacally from left to right in an effort to cover all three paths leading to his position at the cross-roads. He spends a while lookin down each path of the sewer

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Noch the Shadowswyft

Noch yawns, as if bored, then takes his crossbow and quietly walks into the shadows towards the bariaur. He waits for when the guard concentrates his vision down another tunnel, then will plan to move again so that he can get in range for a sneak attack.

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Hide is 20, Move Silently is 25.
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=584902
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OOC: Do we notice a way that we can move and flank this guy? I've noticed that most of the other tunnels were blocked off.

 

[Nalfeshnee]

Noch: you manage to move into position (within 30 feet) to work your way up to a sneak attack.

Listen 20, Spot 16

OOC: The sneak attack would be the your action in the surprise round of a possible combat (with your initiative you might get a second sneak attack in before the guard gets to act) first round of athe tunnels spreading out from the guarded crossroads do not seem to be caved in (as far as you darkvision can see)

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Noch the Shadowswyft

Noch waits for the guard to move his attention away once more from the main hallway and moves forward.

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In case this is needed...
Hide=21 , Move Silently=20
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=584946
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He takes aim with his crossbow once in range and lets fly, with two shots if he gets initiative. He secretly hopes his allies are also moving to attack shortly after.

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First shot=27 ,Second Shot=13 (Flat-footed?)
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=584948

The first shot is true, doing 15 points of damage. (7+8).
If the second shot hits, it does 13 points of damage (7+6).
If both hit, the total is 28 points of damage.
http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=584950
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[Nalfeshnee]

Noch, finding the opportune moment and taking aim with his crossbow, shoots and hits the guard.

Ok, now this is a combat so check out the Combat Thread

Edit: it was also a short-lived combat - the guard was killed outright by Noch's shots.