Adromon, seeing the human in scale mail retreat, gives chase! The human uttered a spell just a few seconds ago, and Adromon knows he’s close by. Stepping through the mist [just 5 feet] Adromon comes upon the human, who is just discarding a piece of paper. He was facing the other way when Adromon appeared, but hearing Adromon, he spins around, a triumphant smirk on his face. Adromon swings his longsword, intent on wiping that smirk off his face. Adromon’s blade swings dangerously close to the human’s head, but just misses.
Initiative
Dunathar
Devan
Filbert
Half-orcs in studded leather (1 dead, 2 inside mist)
Rowyn
Alyssa
Human in robes (inside mist)
Adromon (inside mist) --pause--
Zanock (inside mist)
Manzanita
Half-orc in scalemail (inside mist)
Humans in studded leather (2 inside mist)
Human in scalemail (inside mist)
Mirena
"I see no one else around. Perhaps now is the moment to initiate peace negotiations, now that hostilities have necessarily paused due to the fog. Rowyn, you are a diplomatic one, are you not?"
Zanock (autopilot) sees Adromon move forward into the mist, chasing the retreating human, and urges his mount ahead. Meat steps forward next to Adromon, and Zanock swings his falchion two-handed, looking to separate the human's head from the rest of his body. The human sidesteps the blow at the last moment, and Zanock’s slice misses.
Manzanita calls out to Rowyn "I see no one else around. Perhaps now is the moment to initiate peace negotiations, now that hostilities have necessarily paused due to the fog. Rowyn, you are a diplomatic one, are you not?"
Further in the mist you hear footsteps. “Wake up! We’re under attack!”
The human in scalemail, facing Adromon and Zanock, calls out into the mist. “Two warriors here! Klatus, Come! Attack!” Adromon hears a horse coming up behind him. The horse moves around Adromon towards the human in scale mail, provoking an attack of opportunity from Adromon. Adromon slashes out, connecting with the horse’s side and drawing blood [8 damage]. [Edit: Can you make AoO's against opponents with concealment?] Seeing the horse, the human points at Adromon with his morning star, yelling “Attack!” The horse wheels up on his hind legs and strikes out at Adromon, connecting with his hoof, hitting Adromon solidly! [6 damage] The human then screams “By Hextor’s Might!” and swings his morning star in a powerful arc down towards Adromon, his swing seeming to gain extra power along the way. Adromon manages to dodge the blow, barely, and the morningstar thuds solidly into the ground.
Mirena looks to Devan and Alyssa, and seeing them holding their shots, she continues to hold hers also, waiting for an opponent to appear.
Standing just outside the mist, Dunathar, with his sharp hearing, thinks that all the horsemen who were knocked asleep by Manzanita’s spell are now up again. Or nearly all of them.
Initiative --pause--
Dunathar
Devan
Filbert
Half-orcs in studded leather (1 dead, 2 inside mist)
Rowyn
Alyssa
Human in robes (inside mist)
Adromon (inside mist)
Zanock (inside mist)
Manzanita
Half-orc in scalemail (inside mist)
Humans in studded leather (2 inside mist)
Human in scalemail (inside mist)
Mirena
Rowyn, hearing Manzanita, stops singing and stops moving and (from her crouched position) yells, "Peace! We mean you no harm! Everyone stop!" More quietly, mostly to herself, she says, "I don't think that's going to help. I think we may be past the point of negotiation."
While Dunathar made it a point to stay out of the way of the notice of most gods, he knew that when the call was made to seek Hextor's dark might that these were not innocent pilgrims caught in an unfortunate twist of fate.
Trusting in both his insticts and skill, Dunathar began following the sounds of movement around him, seeking to use his blade to put a stop to the tyrnat god's forces.
OOC: Well, in Dunathar's mind the decision is made, off with the kid gloves and time for some true dirty smackdown. Hextor = bad news for us...
"Yes, I suspect we are too far into it to stop." Manzanita mutters. She tries to find a concealed or protected spot, and readies her long composite bow for further action against any enemy who steps out of the mist.
Dunathar leaps back into the fray, heading towards the sounds of combat. Moving into the mist, he makes it safely through and comes upon the big orc Zanock, mounted on his horse. Dunathar sees that Zanock is fighting an opponent who is just out of sight, and he thinks that Adromon is also just out of sight, on the other side of Zanock. He also hears the sounds of several horses nearby.
Devan (autopilot) holds his shot.
Filbert (autopilot) holds his position 20 feet from the mist, holding his crossbow ready.
You hear gruff voices whistling and calling for their mounts, and you hear the mounts responding.
Rowyn stops singing and calls out “Peace! We mean you no harm! Everyone stop!”
Alyssa (autopilot) holds her shot.
The human in robes appears again, mounted on his horse, next to the human in scalemail. He looks like he is fully healed from the wounds Dunathar gave him. He is visible to both Adromon and Zanock. His eyes widen as he sees the big orc wielding the falchion two handed, and quickly utters some arcane words. Twisting lines of color spring from his hand, spilling over Zanock (and missing Adromon). Zanock is knocked unconscious by the blinding colors, and falls from his horse. Zanock’s horse Meat is unaffected. Adromon and Dunathar see brilliant multicolored lights flash at Zanock, and then see Zanock fall from his horse. He falls right on top of Dunathar, but the dwarf jumps nimbly out of the way. Zanock hits the ground for 3 pts of damage. [Dunathar was also in the line of fire, but the mists prevented the colored lights from reaching him.]
Adromon sees: the human in scale mail and the human in robes in front of him, and a horse attacking him on his left. Zanock’s horse is on his right.
Dunathar sees: Zanock at his feet, and Zanock’s horse on his left. He hears the sounds of battle very close by, on the other side of Zanock’s horse. He also hears other feet and hooves nearby.
Initiative
Dunathar
Devan
Filbert
Half-orcs in studded leather (1 dead, 2 inside mist)
Rowyn
Alyssa
Human in robes (inside mist) --pause--
Adromon (wounded, inside mist)
Zanock (unconscious and wounded, inside mist)
Manzanita
Half-orc in scalemail (inside mist)
Humans in studded leather (2 inside mist)
Human in scalemail (inside mist)
Mirena
Edit: No one outside of the mist heard or saw the spell (Color Spray), or knows that Zanock is down.
Adromon is angered to see his companion fall. Perhaps going against better judgment, he chooses to hold his ground. He takes a swing at the robed human.
[OOC: Did you use my stand still feat before this happened? "The horse moves around Adromon towards the human in scale mail, provoking an attack of opportunity from Adromon. Adromon slashes out, connecting with the horse’s side and drawing blood [8 damage]." If my feat worked, the horse shouldn't have been able to move through my threat range. The Fort save DC is 10+the damage I dealt, so 18.]
Adromon shifts to his right and slices up at the robed human with his longsword. Catching the human off-guard, Adromon puts a deep gash across his thigh [6 damage]. The human is badly injured, and cries out in pain.
Zanock lies unconscious.
Manzanita finds cover next to the other archers, and readies her bow.
A voice in the mist calls “Get up! On your horses!”
Adromon hears footsteps rush towards him, and a human in studded leather, bloodied and beaten, appears next to him, between the human in scalemail and his attacking horse. The human slashes out with his sword, but Adromon sidesteps the blow.
Dunathar hears another set of footsteps heading towards the sounds of combat, to Dunathar’s left.
The human in scalemail gets a mad gleam in his eye as he points at Adromon, his eyes opening wide!
As he points, Adromon sees his opening and takes it! His sword slices through the mist and arcs across the human's chest, gashing him deeply [9 damage]. The human staggers back, badly injured. Incredibly, the human manages to maintain his concentration and finishes his spell. Pointing at Adromon, he calls out "Die!"
Adromon:
Adromon feels a strong urge to obey the commanding voice. He tries to fight it, but the urge is too strong, and Adromon slumps to the ground. Unable to simply die, he feigns death, closing his eyes and resting peacefully on the ground.
Dunathar hears what sounds like something falling to the ground.
A voice cries out “The two warriors are down! Kill them quickly!”
Mirena looks at Devan, delaying, seeing what he will do.
Dunathar sees Zanock at his feet and Zanock's horse to his left. The sounds of combat are coming from the other side of Zanock's horse. He senses that if he moves around the horse to the right five or ten feet, he will come upon an opponent (that is the direction the colored lights that surrounded Zanock came from). This general direction is also where the other sounds of feet and hooves are coming from. If he goes around Zanock's horse to the left, he should end up behind Adromon's location, which is where he heard the sounds of something slumping to the ground.
Initiative --pause--
Dunathar
Devan
Mirena
Filbert
Half-orcs in studded leather (1 dead, 2 inside mist)
Rowyn
Alyssa
Human in robes (inside mist)
Adromon (inside mist)
Zanock (inside mist)
Manzanita
Half-orc in scalemail (inside mist)
Humans in studded leather (2 inside mist)
Human in scalemail (inside mist)