Q'Barra: Facing Truth Chapter 2


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(Edited).

Charles waits until Kaelen moves. Once he does, he makes his move, doing his best to avoid attacks and partially rolling. He stops at the corner of the room, turns and spears the gnome. He also readies himself for the Half-Orc if he should attempt to attack.

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I'm not sure on Init order, but if I go before Kaelen, then I delay until his turn is over.

Tumble Roll.
I spend an Action Point. (Really don't think failing would be healthy)

Tumble; Action Point (1d20+11=29, 1d6=5) (34, succeed)

Attack (1d20+6=11) (Blarg! looks like I should of spent an action point on this instead, lol) Gnome has AC-1(but this is after Kaelen's attack)

Dodge on Half-Orc.

AC: 17 vs all / 18 vs Half-Orc (21, 22 when AoO)

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Kaelan leaps onto the table in dramatic fashion as his blades swing down upon the little gnome. Each end bites into her flesh, but she barely manages to get her shield up to knock Kaelan's last attack from severing anything vital.

The elf brings both his blades to bear against Catherine, and they both cut deeply into her chest. She barely manages to keep standing.

Meanwhile the half orc pursues Kaelan, and takes up a postion next to the gnome. His massive great sword slams into Kaelan's ribs with a sickening crack. Kaelan shudders and collapses onto the table.

The gnome, heartened by the downing of her assailant brings forth another massive storm of rocks, whilst yelling in halfling for the human to get clear. The human is oblivious and he, Charles and Catherine are pelted hard by the rocks.

Charles and the human are unsteady on their feet and Catherine seems quite dazed. It's even more apparent as her halberd goes wide of the elf again.

Sepoto dashes past Catherine, blinking from sight, and reappearing in an instant behind the startled elf. His wickedly curved knife sinks into the elf's back, as he screams in pain.

The human turns his attention to Catherine, but his sword misses its mark.

Darrick tries to distract the human from Catherine by bringing his own blade to bear, but it scrapes harmlessly off the man's shield.

Trebuchet's second ball of fire appears and the two crisscross the area the gnome is in. Amazingly she ducks, weaves, and nimbly jumps aside of the balls, and laughs in his direction, making an even more obscene gesture towards him.

Charles easily darts past the human, but is stopped short of his destination by the half orc's blade. Charles easily avoids his clumsy swing, even as he tries to spear the gnome, but she easily knocks the thrust aside with her shield.

Damage Summary:
Catherine: -7, -4, -10 (1/38 HP)
Charles: -10 (7/26 HP)
Darrick: -0 (32/41 HP)
Kaelan: +1, -15, (-1/36 HP)
Sepoto: -0 (13/22 HP)
Trebuchet: -0 (21/30 HP)
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Key:
Pink: Catherine
Yellow: Darrick
Blue: Kaelan (on the table)
Green: Charles
Orange: Sepoto
Red: Trebuchet
Purple: Bandit7(Human)
Light Blue: Bandit8(Elf)
Black: Bandit9(Gnome)
White: Bandit10(HalfOrc)
 

"Tactical analysis suggests change in strategy," Trebuchet announces. "Focus your efforts on the gnome. I will target the human and half orc."

True to his word, the magical fires twist off their paired trajectory, one veering towards the half orc, the other towards the human, both leaving greasy trails of foul-smelling smoke in their wakes.
 


There's a flash of panic briefly visible in Darrick's eyes as he sees the severity of Catherine's wounds, but only for the briefest of moments. "That will be enough of that," he snarls, driving his shield into his foe's chest....

[Sblock]This is all very conditional, but I want to cover as many possibilities as I can....

Edit: Some slight change of plans, seeing as how I was being a little too optimistic:

Priority one: If Catherine's foe is still standing on Darrick's turn, he'll attack the bastard.That's a 19 for the attack, and a 7 for the damage.

If Bandit7 has dropped, he'll strike at Bandit8 instead, with a 21 to hit and 6 damage.

And finally, if both have already fallen he'll try to move adjacent to the gnome and take a swing at him. I'll roll once more, just in case, and get a 27 to hit and 7 damage, and then (theoretically) confirm the crit with a 22 to hit and 11 damage.

So theoretical ass may be kicked. Or it may not. Schrodinger's gnome.[/sblock]
 
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Charles tumbles away to a better position. He attempts to take out the human bandit who threatens to finish off Catherine.

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Tumble to D-6.

Tumble (1d20+11=18)

However! If someone is within 5 feet of that space, then Charles will instead attempt to move somewhere he is less occupied and instead attack a different target(if he can).

Attack (1d20+6=25)

Damage (1d8+4=12)

No Skirmish.

AC: 18 vs Half Orc (22 AoO)
17 vs Everyone else (21 AoO)


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Kaelan's body is limp on the table. His chest still rises and falls shallowly, but blood is still flowing freely from his wounds.

The elf lunges forward and catches Catherine beneath her ribs with his first blade. Catherine looks down at the sword in disbelief and collapses to the stone floor. The elf's other blade cuts across Sepoto's arm, but the wound is superficial.

The gnome continues her string of spells by unleashing a sky blue dart of force that tears into Darrick's back. Darrick winces at the impact of the spell.

Catherine is limp on the floor, a small pool of blood forming around her.

Sepoto chops into the elf again after seeing Catherine go down, and strikes him yet again. The elf again yelps in pain, and turns his full attention to Sepoto.

Despite his best efforts, Darrick's masterful defense is too much for the human, as his blade bounces harmlessly off of Darrick's shield.

After watching the elf bring down Catherine, Darrick turns his full attention to him, his blade cutting a ragged gash through the man's right thigh.

Trebuchet's flaming spheres are redirected from the gnome to the human and the half orc. The half orc manages to twist himself partially out of the way, getting grazed by the flames. The human isn't so lucky as it hits him square in the chest. With the scent of burning hair and flesh in the air, the man collapses and lays still on the floor.

At the same time, Charles tumbles past the half orc, to the spot where the human was even as Trebuchet bounces the spheres out of the way. He takes a quick breath and puts his full weight behind his spear into the gnome. Her laughing is cut short, and she looks incredulously at the spear protruding from her abdomen. Charles jerks the spear, and she drops limply to the floor.
Damage Summary
Bandit 7(purple, human): is dead.
Bandit 9(black, gnome): is dead.
Catherine: -5, -1 (-5/38 HP)
Charles: -0 (7/26 HP)
Darrick: -6 (26/41 HP)
Kaelan: -1 (-2/36 HP)
Sepoto: -2 (11/22 HP)
Trebuchet: -0 (21/30 HP)
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Key:
Pink: Catherine
Yellow: Darrick
Blue: Kaelan (on the table)
Green: Charles
Orange: Sepoto
Red: Trebuchet
Light Blue: Bandit8(Elf)
White: Bandit10(HalfOrc)
 

"Hell and damn!" Darrick groans, pressing his attack. His swings have lost their practiced edge, and have become frantic and sloppy...he's almost flailing at his foe now. "We're not losing anyone," he mutters to himself, "Not today, not on my watch!"

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So much for grace under pressure.... Attacking Bandit8; 10 to hit, with a 2 point power attack, and 7 damage if by some miracle this hits.

If Bandit8 is already down, Darrick will instead pour a Potion of Cure Light Wounds down Catherine's throat, keeping up a steady stream of curses as he does.
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