Rhun's Weekend Game - Dwellers of the Forbidden City - IC Thread

[Rhun]

Grazzuk glances around at his five companions, and then steps forward to examine the pearls offered by Sandor. After a moment, the leader spits on the ground. "No good. Want gold." The rest of the bugbears seem to be getting a bit anxious as the negotiations go on.


Sandor's untrained bluff 5 was beaten by the bugbear's sense motive 14

 

[Voidrazor]

"That's a lot of gold for directions. But hey, if you were trying to trick us you'd probably ask for less." Helios takes out his belt pouch and pulls out a huge handful of gold before dumping it back in.

"Alright. Lead on furba... I mean Grazzuk"

 

[Rhun]

Grazzuk's eyes light up as he sees the gold, and then he nods, motioning you to follow him. As you begin to walk, his troops fall in line behind you. You move back south to the last crossroads, and then turns west. "Could go south, but goblies dat way. Dey no like strangers."

You head west for a few hundred feet, passing many badly damaged buildings in this area. The minaret from one building has fallen across the road, but Grazzuk leads you underneath the collapsed tower. Turning south at the next major road, the bugbear continues to lead on and you notice yourselves moving into an area that must have once been the noble district. The buildings here are much larger and grander, sporting minarets and towers, most of which have toppled or collapsed.

Turning west at the next major avenue, Grazzuk leads you to the shadows of an alleyway. From there, he points toward a walled compound just don't the street. It appears as though the indicated compound shows signs of recent upkeep and repair. The streets around it are clear of rubble and undergrowth.


Grazzuk nods at you. "That Horan wizard master home."

 

[Shayuri]

"Very good, Grazzuk," Talshia acknowledges, "You have our thanks. I do have a question though. There are mongrelmen, and lizardfolk around. Horan may have paid you, on occasion, to fight them, or keep them away. Do you know where they lair?"

 

[Rhun]

The bugbear points to the northeast. "Lizard peeple live in swamp. Near lake. Worship dragon-god!" The he sweeps his arm to point to the cliffs to the northwest. "Mongrelman dat way." Grazzuk spits on the ground. "Dirty creatures. Sneaky. Best to stay away."

 

[Voidrazor]

Helios moves as if to get a closer look at Horan's home, but actually positions himself for something rather different. "Yes Grazzuk that was helpful indeed. To bad the asking price was so high."
OOC - casts Burning Hands on as many of the bugbears as possible.

"Tell ya what. Any of you that's not to charred to surrender gets to live.

 

[Shayuri]

Talshia's mouth drops open in horror at Helios' actions, and she steps back from him, shielding herself with an arm as if she expected the fan of fire to be aimed at her as well.

"What are you DOING?!" she yelps.

 

[Kobold Stew]

Sandor's untrained bluff 5 was beaten by the bugbear's sense motive 14

OOC: no circumstance bonuses?


IC:

Sandor shrugs as the bugbear rejects his offer, and is surprised when Helios offers to pay. He is of course more surprised when Helios attacks the bugbears, but he is standing ready, spear in hand.

 

[Rhun]

Helios' spells catches three of the bugbears, including Grazzuk. The smell of burnt hair and flesh wafts into the air as the creatures cry out in pain. They remain on their feet, though, and the scene immediately erupts into chaos as the bugbears brandish their weapons and attack!



I'm going to consider Helios' attack as being the surprise round, since it has caught his companions off guard as well.

Initiative Count
BB3 19 - surprised
Seril 17 - surprised
Zeddicus 17 - surprised
Grazzuk 16 - surprised, reflex save vrs DC18 16 (fail)
BB2 16 - surprised
BB4 15 - surprised, reflex save vrs DC18 19 (success)
Talshia 14 - surprised
Abel 13 - surprised
BB5 12 - surprised
Sandor 10 - surprised
Helios 9 - cast burning hands, damage 12
BB6 7 - surprised, reflex save vrs DC18 12 (fail)

Current PC Status:
Seril 40/40
Helios 46/31, AC17, mage armor (4h00m), false life (4h00m)
Abel 37/37
Sandor 38/38
Zeddicus 32/38
Talshia 26/26

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Grazzuk 34/46
BB2 28/28
BB3 28/28
BB4 22/28
BB5 28/28
BB6 16/28
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[Rhun]

OOC: no circumstance bonuses?

OOC: Actually I gave a bonus because they wanted to believe you, but took it away because of risk to them (should Horan find out they sold him out). Also, Grazzuk actually rolled a high appraise check, and that didn't help you.