pneumatik's WotBS 1 - The Scouring of Gate Pass

[Arkhandus]

Liiros Tivaniel, Iron Guard's Glare stance

Liiros dashes into the room behind Korrin, armor clanking with every step, and he rushes towards the soldier at the table, bringing his sword down on the man with a cry of "You'll threaten Gate Pass no longer!" as boldly as he can shout it. He tries to take a sturdy position next to the table as he goes.....

However, the elf stumbles a bit, and the aim of his blade is thrown off.....

[sblock=OOC]Liiros moves into melee with the enemy soldier and initiates a Stone Bones strike. If he hits, he gets DR 5/adamantine for 1 round. However.....

1d20+5=9, 1d8+2=5
I got a cruddy 9 to hit, so unless the soldier has terrible AC, I missed. 5 damage if that 9 somehow hits (pffft!).

I don't know what position I can reach this round and still attack, but if Liiros can get within reach while moving around the other side of the table (to help Korrin flank next round), he will. I'm betting I can't get that far though yet, in which case I'll just move close enough to attack this turn from a spot next to Korrin.

Liiros maintains his Iron Guard's Glare stance, so if the soldier attacks anyone else except Liiros while in Liiros' threatened area, the soldier takes a -4 penalty to those attack rolls. Liiros is treating the cornered family as allies, figuring that they're the soldier's latest victims since he presumably killed those other folks in the alley.

HP 18 / 18
AC 19 (touch 11, flat-footed 18)
Ready Maneuvers: Crusader's Strike (2), Vanguard Strike (5), Charging Minotaur (1), Stone Bones (4), Leading the Attack (3) *numbered alphabetically
Granted Maneuvers: Crusader's Strike, Charging Minotaur, Vanguard Strike
Expended Maneuvers: Stone Bones
1d5=5, 1d5=3, 1d5=5, 1d5=4, 1d5=2
Vanguard Strike granted now.[/sblock]

 

[pneumatik]

The party dashes into the dining room, catching the soldier unawares. Hollister's fiery burst scorches him, but it's not enough to drop him. Korrin and Liiros charge in, but the cramped space and Hollister's fireball are too distracting, and both miss with their strikes.

The soldier stands and grabs his falchion off the table. "Get back, or the kids die!" he shouts. The family tries to squeeze further back into the corner.

Torrent hurries into the room around the table, blocking the soldier from the front door. "Don't touch them!" she shouts at them.

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[Rhun]

Hollister, round 2 actions

"Surrender or burn," shouts Hollister, again blasting the enemy warrior with flames.


Initiative: 21

Burst of Flame vrs soldier

[sblock=Burst of Flame]2nd level fire spell ready: Fiery Burst has a 5' radius, range of 30', and causes 2d6 damage. Reflex save vrs DC 15 for 1/2 damage.[/sblock]

 

[concerro]

Plavin comes out of his stupor

[sblock=initiative]
1d20+2=5
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[renau1g]

Korrin will seem to grab some of Hollisters flames and spread them along his falchion. This time his aim is accurate as he swings the flaming weapon striking the enemy, causing some minor wounds.

"Touch the children and death will be a pleasant fate when I'm done with you" Korrin threatens, the anger in his voice palatable.

[sblock=OOC]
First: Switch Child of Shadows to Flame's Blessing stance
Then: Burning Blade against enemy Vs AC; damage; fir damage (1d20+6=21, 2d4+1=6, 1d6=2) Hits AC 21 (assuming flank) for 8 damage
Then: Intimidate intimidate (1d20+4=24) *Nice, so I crit the intimidate check...
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[Arkhandus]

Liiros Tivaniel, Iron Guard's Glare

Liiros regains his balance and tries to cut down the enemy soldier. He warns "We won't let you threaten these people! Surrender and we'll leave you alive!" Liiros aims his longsword stroke to unbalance the man and leave him open to further attacks.

[sblock=OOC for Everyone]Attacking with Vanguard Strike. Rolled a 21 to hit, for 7 damage. Assuming this hits, everyone else gets +4 on attack rolls against the soldier until Liiros' next turn.
1d20+5=21, 1d8+2=7

HP 18 / 18
AC 19 (touch 11, flat-footed 18)
Ready Maneuvers: Crusader's Strike (2), Vanguard Strike (5), Charging Minotaur (1), Stone Bones (4), Leading the Attack (3) *numbered alphabetically
Granted Maneuvers: Crusader's Strike, Charging Minotaur, Leading the Attack
Expended Maneuvers: Stone Bones, Vanguard Strike
1d5=5, 1d5=3, 1d5=5, 1d5=4, 1d5=2
Leading the Attack granted now.[/sblock]

 

[pneumatik]

The soldier threatens the family confidently. Despite being outnumbered, he knows that the Scourge will take Gate Pass. The party's vicious followup attacks change his attitude pretty quickly, though. Before he can act, he's a charred and sliced corpse on the floor.

The family's father looks at the party and whispers, "Please say you'll let us go. Please."

 

[Rhun]

Hollister nods to the father. "We have no quarrel with you, friend. You are of course free to go. Our fight is with the Scourge. But, before you leave, can you tell us what this soldier wanted?"

 

[Arkhandus]

"I'm sorry you folks had to see that," the well-armored elf tells the family, as he cleans the blood off of his sword and sheathes it.

"We're only fighting the Scourge. Invaders like that man. And I am sorry, but it looks like he slew two of your neighbors outside before he got to your house. I would suggest you clean the blood off, just in case anyone tries to avenge this soldier. The city has surrendered, so more of the Scourge may be entering the city soon to cause more trouble in their wretchedly easy victory over the cowardly leaders of your city. We'll move the body out to where his wyvern crashed, so any others in the Scourge will believe he was slain by guards after his crash-landing," the elf explains. He proceeds to tear off some scraps of the soldier's clothing and jam them into the man's wounds, staunching the blood for now, then starts dragging the Scourge soldier over to the base of the building out front where his wyvern crashed.

"Corellon bless you," he adds as he heads out the door. Once he finishes dragging the soldier's corpse, he decides that it would be best for the family in the house if their neighbors' corpses weren't found just outside their door, so he drags those corpses over to the entrance of the alley. He removes the pieces of cloth he had stuffed in the soldier's wounds, and climbs up to place them on the wyvern corpse, or as near as he can. Then Liiros returns to the group.

 

[renau1g]

Korrin sheathes his large blade carefully, so as to avoid any accidents with the family. He looks over at them and reaches into his belt pouch, producing a handful of coins, placing them on the table. "Good Luck" he says cryptically, then turns and stops Liiros before he goes to far.

"Perhaps he has items that may be useful to us? Whis armour might even fit you, we could try and trick them into thinking your one of the Scourge to get through the guards?" Korrin whispers, then grabs the man's weapon, strapping it to his back, and begins going through any pouches he has.

[sblock=OOC]
Leave 10 coins, Korrin now only has 60 gp left.
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