Q'Barra: Facing Truth Chapter 2

[Shayuri]

15/35 HP, 5ap (down to 4)

Trebuchet staggers under the new damage, but straightens up again. Noting the dwarf seems braced, he decides to aid his sorely pressed companions with their fight. He trains his fire-spewing arm on its new target and repeats his announcement about evocations and standing clear...and once again a blazing ray springs from where his hand once was, momentarily connecting the warforged to the lizardman with a river of flame.

(Scorching Ray on Lizardo! To hit: 7 (includes the melee penalty) APing it...for 1. Total 8. http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1248269 ...sigh. I should have magic missiled. May have to adjust feat selection for the future here...constantly missing is -really- starting to irritate me. )

 

[Pebele]

(Evolution KB: Catherine didn't get a chance to activate her good devotion feat before she was rendered unconscious.
Everyone: Sorry for the delay!)

Sepoto's acrobatics easily allow him to dart past Janus's axes, but he must have been still off balance, as his kukri goes wide of Janus.

The dwarf looks annoyed with the fact that Trebuchet is still standing, and unleashes a pale blue ray that trails an unsettling wailing sound as it streaks across the room to strike Trebuchet in the chest plating. As soon as the ray strikes home, a wave of icy cold energy pours through Trebuchet's frame, chilling his joints, and cracking some of the leathery components in his body.

Janus moves to the side, pinning Darrick between himself and the lizardman, and again one of his axes manages to find a weak point in the heavy armor worn by Darrick. The blade tears through the mail plating underneath his left arm, and blood pours freely from the wound. Janus's other axe is knocked aside by Darrick's expert shield work.

Charles tumbles through the battlefield again and throws another vial of the alchemic concoction. Again the vial smashes against the dwarf's armor, and the liquid goes to work, sparking across his armor.

Ducerne thrusts rapidly and dispatches the bandit he is fighting, and then turns his attention towards his daughter's target.

Darrick finds a gap in Janus's guard and cuts past it, slashing Janus across the arm. His grip on that axe weakens, but he retains a grip on it.

The twins rush towards the lizardman, and immediately Marcus unleashes a fast kick towards the lizardman's armored leg. He avoids that attack, but it leaves him open for Victoria to land a kick into his jaw. "Stay close to us children..." "...and we'll guide your attacks home."

Annoyed at Kaelan's earlier attack the lizardman swings his blade in an overhead arc and it crashes down onto Kaelan's shoulder. Pain flares in Kaelan's arm and he nearly drops his heavy Valenar sword to the ground in surprise.

As the lizardman leans in to deliver the blow, Trebuchet's a ray of fire streaks over his shoulder narrowly missing his steel helm.

Alicia spins her blades around in a rapid arc, landing a pair of staccato strikes, and the bandit in front her collapses to the ground, his head nearly severed by the force of the second strike.

Distracted by the pain in his shoulder, Kaelan can't manage to land any of his attacks against the lizardman, but his bite comes close to penetrating the scaled hide of the lizardman near his right hand.

Tarshana moves towards Catherine and touches her on the forehead, and an odd sound fills the air as Catherine's wounds begin to heal. Catherine's eye slowly open, and she takes note of Darrick standing over her as the battle rages on.

Seeing the allies' commander back up, the guard captain yells a battle cry in a language Catherine recognizes as Riedran and charges Janus. His crystalline blade darts forward and cuts into Janus's left thigh. Janus screams in pain, and looks a bit worried as he recognizes he is out of room to maneuver.

Damage Summary:
Allies:
Catherine: +8
Kaelan: -14(includes damage reduction)
Trebuchet: -14
Darrick: -13

Hostiles:
Bandit3: Dead
Bandit4: Dead

Key:
Allies:
Red: Trebuchet
Orange: Sepoto
Yellow: Darrick
Green: Charles
Blue: Kaelan
Pink: Catherine (unconscious)
Purple A: Alicia
Purple D: Ducerne
Purple C: Captain
Purple T: Tarshana
Purple M: Marcus
Purple V: Victoria

Hostiles:
Light Blue 8: Armored Dwarf
Black 9: Armored Lizardman
White 10: Janus

 

[Shayuri]

Trebuchet emits a grinding noise as he twists his torso back to look at the dwarf. Flakes of leather and ice fall out of holes in his chassis, through which blue and green sparks and arcs of waste energy flare.

"Damage critical," he croaks apologetically. "Tactical withdrawal."

He steps back from the doorway and then to the side. With his unfrozen arm he takes his one remaining magical salve of repair and prepares to administer it to his damaged carapace.

 

[Rolzup]

"You're not getting away, Janus!" Ignoring the pain of his wound, Darrick moves to follow his foe. "It's over, damn your eyes!"

[Sblock=OOC]
How much damage did Darrick take from Janus' hit? You forgot to put that in the summary, I think.

But in any case, full speed ahead! 5' step to 7C, or move to Janus' current position if he's already moved.

Gyaah! 20 to hit, 5 damage. Rassenfrassen rolls. This is the point where I generally make a disgusted face, put the offending d20 aside, and grab a new one. A sparkly one, hopefully. Instead, I'll just make a disgusted face.
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[Pebele]

[Sblock=OOC]
How much damage did Darrick take from Janus' hit? You forgot to put that in the summary, I think.

But in any case, full speed ahead! 5' step to 7C, or move to Janus' current position if he's already moved.

Gyaah! 20 to hit, 5 damage. Rassenfrassen rolls. This is the point where I generally make a disgusted face, put the offending d20 aside, and grab a new one. A sparkly one, hopefully. Instead, I'll just make a disgusted face.
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[sblock=OOC]My apologies, you are correct. Darrick took 13 damage. Off to edit my post now.[/sblock]

 

[Rookseye]

As the heroes and their allies surround Janus, Sepoto allows Tarshana to rush past him to aid Catherine. Seeing that they have backed the halfling further into the corner, he hastily draws his bow, grabbing one of the flamingo-fletched magical arrows and dabbing it quickly into a pouch containing his black adder venom, coating the head completely.

When the shifter hears Trebuchet's shout, he turns in that direction, nocking the arrow before fading from view. Noticing the dwarf atop the table with his back to him, he aims for the base of his neck. Tongue pinched between his lips, he looses his grip and fires.

[SBLOCK] OK, using Ghost Step yet again and firing while invisible at our dwarven friend. If Sep can delay and fire before any of the other opponents can act, he will, in an attempt to disrupt his spellcasting.
The comedy of errors continues, a natural 1 for 11

What can I say. Ugh. :\
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[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan 31/44 hp 1 damage healed 9 DR remaining

Kaelan nods at the statement made by the twins. If they distract him a little, I'll have time to land a devastating blow. Instead of letting the fury guide his movements, he carefully, and skillfully takes his time, letting the twins distract the lizardman for a moment. On his first strike, steam begins rolling of his blade, as the coolness of the alchemical capsule meets the warm air. Small flickers of purple lightning can be seen as well dancing through the fog. The other end of his blade scrapes along the lizardman's armor, but Kaelan feels the warmth of blood as he brings his knee spike up into the lizardman's belly. "You can't You fall stand today against us lizard" The Valenar voice returns in the heat of battle, whispering in between Kaelan words. The last word is spoke in both Kaelan's Common and in the Valenar accent of Kaelan's brother.

[sblock=ooc]Five foot step to be flanking with DarrickAttack rolls, 27, 12, 25(nat twenty), 13 Crit confirm on gore: NICE: another nat 20! crit confirmed 7 from the blade, 9 from the capsules, 15 from the gore. 31 total! The hit from the scimitar gives me another hp. added in above. [/sblock]

 

[Yeoman]

Doing her best to try and attempt a healing prayer while prone and avoiding the attention of the lizardman, Catherine stumbles over the words and hopes they are close enough to still work.

[sblock]
Concentration Check 8 So the spell was lost. Oh well.
*edit* and by spell, I mean Cure Light Wounds.
I'm also going to change my aura and use the good devotion feat as I intended before I was knocked out earlier. New AC 22.
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[BRP2]

Charles, out of alchemist's vials, rushes at the dwarf and readies his spear. He attempts to strike him in hopes that it will turn the attention away from Treb.

[sblock]

Move to G-11, or 10 feet from NPC + 15 feet from starting place.

Attack (1d20+6=13)

ew! Don't think I hit, but here is damage anyway:

Damage; Skirmish (1d8+4=10, 2d6=7) 17

Don't forget damage from last round's bottle!

All attacks following Charles will get +1 to hit.

AC vs other: 18. (22 AoO)
AV vs Dwarf: 19. (23 AoO)


Oh, and uh... HP: 32-6 = 26
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[Pebele]

(Man, I'm sorry everyone. This week has been a bit rough. I am very, very sorry for all the delays.)
Sepoto fades from sight with his bow at the ready.

The dwarf moves forward, bobbing and weaving around Kaelan's blades as he manifests an aura of black energy that surrounds his shield hand. Even as the spell finishes, an arrow flies from Sepoto's location whizzing past the dwarf's head. The dwarf's mailed hand reaches out and grabs Kaelan by the arm, causing a numbing pain to fill Kaelan's body.

"It's play time, little elf. I'm going to enjoy gutting you!" Janus then dodges past the other combatants to pin Kaelan between himself and his priest. His right axe lashes out, striking an area that should have a weak point, save for Kaelan's shifting expertise. Regardless, the axe lands past Kaelan's defenses and while the wound itself is minimal, Kaelan feels a strange tingly burning sensation, and suddenly everything feels much heavier.

Charles darts to the right towards Ducerne and Alicia, and lunges with his spear, but the interlocking plates of the dwarf's armor cause the spear head to skid off target.

Ducerne takes the opportunity to pursue the dwarf, and connects with a blow that is mostly deflected by the dwarf's armor, but not entirely.

Darrick shifts his position to keep pace with Janus, but the halfling manages to avoid Darrick's blade yet again.

The twins continue to rain blows upon the lizardman, collectively managing to land a thrust through the side the of the lizardman's neck, and a kick to the exact same location.

Looking much the worse for wear, the lizardman follows Janus's lead and slashes Kaelan across the chest with his blade. Blood flows freely from Kaelan's multiple wounds.

Trebuchet ducks out of sight behind the doorway and rummages through his bag before coming across the oil he needs.

Catherine's golden aura shifts slightly to glow brightest closer to her chest, and a similar white aura appears on all of the nearby allies. Her quick prayer is lost amidst the confusion of the battle, however.

Alicia follows her father and jumps up on the table to strike the dwarf with her two bladed sword. With his attention directed towards Charles, the dwarf didn't have enough time to dodge the attack.

Kaelan, weakened by the effects of Janus's attack, doesn't quite manage to connect with most of his attacks, but the gore from his horn knocks past the lizardman's shield and strikes him hard in the throat. The lizardman falls in a shower of blood clutching his ruined throat, before his eyes go dim.

Tarshana closes her eyes and places her hands together before a brilliant yellow ray of crackling electricity tears forth from her hands and strikes the dwarf in the back. The scent of singed flesh and hair fill the air, as sparks cover his heavy mail armor.

The guard captain grabs a potion from his recovered backpack and administers it to Catherine. Some of Catherine's wounds begin to heal, but there is still much to be done.

Damage Summary:
Catherine +4
Kaelan -28, 4 Points Strength Damage. (including DR)

Lizardman is dead.

Key:
Allies:
Red: Trebuchet
Orange: Sepoto
Yellow: Darrick
Green: Charles
Blue: Kaelan
Pink: Catherine
Purple A: Alicia
Purple D: Ducerne
Purple C: Captain
Purple T: Tarshana
Purple M: Marcus
Purple V: Victoria

Hostiles:
Light Blue 8: Armored Dwarf
White 10: Janus