The Heroes of Fannen-Dar

[EvolutionKB]

Thomas yells a deafening shout, and bangs his blade on his shield. The power and confidence in his war cry shocks some of the rats into death.

[sblock=Actions]
Shout of triumph(blast 3). Will effect R9, R3, R6, R7, R0(dice rolled in that order). Attack rolls: 13, 18, 8, 18, 23 (vs fort). 8 damage. Roll Lookup
Immediate to an let an ally gain 3 temp hp that doesn't have temp hp and bloodies or or kills an enemy on their turn. Also, Walking Dad had to leave Enworld, issues with work.[/sblock]

 

[Camelot]

[sblock=OOC]Thanks for the info. Morgran shall be played as an NPC for now, if no one replaces him. He may leave eventually...or provide important backstory...heheh...Or someone may take control of him once again. Time shall tell! Kudos to Walking Dad for a very good character.[/sblock]

MAIA's halberd swings down past Thomas and Mei Ying, but the handle whacks the stair railing, and the blade stops short just above the rat! The vermin looks up at its attacker, distracted by this new menace.

[sblock=OOC]Thomas' shall use his Shout when his turn arrives, but for now, Boldo is next. If a new situation presents itself (and this goes for all, by the way) and you want to change your move, post a different move or an addition or subtraction, and it will override your last proposed move.

The map remains the same[/sblock]

 

[Bihlbo]

Boldo looks about, trying to strategize a difficult situation, as the rats close in. Seeing the behemoth's wild swing, Boldo leaps into the side of the flailing halberd, rebounding off the flat of the business end, landing in a handstand on the back of a giant rat, sinking his dagger into the beast's hide, and coming to a stand ready to kill another rat.

OOC: Boldo attacks R1 with a sly flourish: 1d20+8=22 to hit AC, 1d4+4+3=10 damage. Boldo doesn't actually "move." I assume this kills the rat, but I didn't remove it from the map.

Also, I cleaned up the map and added out initiatives, so people might want to copy this map for future use. It's really nice to have the initiative easy to find.

[sblock=OOC]The order is: Boldo (22), Mei Ying (22), Thomas (16), Morgran (12), MAIA (10).
X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X
X. . . . . . . . .X
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X. . .c. . .c. . .X
X. . .c. . .c. . .X
X. . .c. . .c. . .X
X. . .c. . .c.R4 .X
X. . .c. . .c.R1R2X
X. . .c. . .c.B.M.X
X. . . . .R9R3T.M.X
X. . . .R0R7R6M.s.X
X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X
Ah! Attack of the rats![/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

Mei-Ying lifts her hand and speaks in a fluid, lyrical language. She finishes by pushing her hand forward, as if shoving something...

There is a blue-white pulse that ripples through the air out from her hand. It makes a roar like thunder and a gust of wind that shrieks through the cellar for a brief moment. The blast tears at the rats, prying them off the floor and sending them tumbling back away!

(Thunderwave! Does 10 to R3, and 5 to any other hit. Roll Lookup
To hit: 24, 19, 6, 8, 23 on R3, R6, R9, R7, R0 in that order, all vs Fort.
Roll Lookup )

 

[Camelot]

As Boldo slices at the rat, Mey Ying unleashes a boom of thunder. Three rats drop dead from the deafening noise, and Boldo kills his rat as well. Thomas bursts into songs of valorous heroes, filling Mei Ying, standing next to him, with determination. Then Thomas unleashes his own attack. His song swells into a thunderous shout, killing the two rats standing before him.

Morgran shoots a blast of eldritch energy at the rat standing in front of MAIA, and it is charred into a smoking pile of ash and bones.

The one rat remaining squeals and runs off into the darkness.

[sblock=Map]Boldo (22), Mei Ying (22), Thomas (16), Morgran (12), MAIA (10)
X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X
X.R4 . . . . . . .X
X. . . . . . . . .X
X. . .c. . .c. . .X
X. . .c. . .c. . .X
X. . .c. . .c. . .X
X. . .c. . .c. . .X
X. . .c. . .c. . .X
X. . .c. . .c.B.M.X
X. . . . . . .T.M.X
X. . . . . . .M.s.X
X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X[/sblock]

The remaining rat seems to have lost its courage momentarily, but it seems to have nowhere to run. It is MAIA's turn next.

 

[Pyrex]

M.A.I.A. 1812, 35/38hp, 4 Temp HP

Not giving he rat any quarter M.A.I.A. moves up along the row of crates then lunges at the remaining rat.

Actions:
--Move 5 squares north.
--Charge 5 squares NNW to attack R4
--Attack: (1d20+6=24)
--Damage: (1d10+6=7)
--R4 becomes marked by Combat Challenge

 

[Bihlbo]

Boldo looks for doors...

 

[Camelot]

The rat is actually too far away for MAIA to reach in two movements. The farthest MAIA can get is here, 1 north of the left column of crates:[sblock=Map]
Boldo (22), Mei Ying (22), Thomas (16), Morgran (12), MAIA (10)
A B C D E F G H
X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X
1X.R4 . . . . . . .X
2X. . .M. . . . . .X
3X. . .c. . .c. . .X
4X. . .c. . .c. . .X
5X. . .c. . .c. . .X
6X. . .c. . .c. . .X
7X. . .c. . .c. . .X
8X. . .c. . .c.B. .X
9X. . . . . . .T.M.X
10X. . . . . . .M.s.X
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MAIA started in H8. Moving 5 north brings him to H3. Moving 5 more west brings him to C2, but the rat is at A1. Do you move there, or stay back farther?

[/sblock]Boldo looks around, but can not find anything suspicious, except maybe some canned vegetables that may have gone bad.

 

[Pyrex]

OOC:
Given that he's wielding a reach weapon, MAIA can hit A1 from C2.

 

[Camelot]

[sblock=OOC]At times like this, one word rings true...

D'oh!

Yeah, I forgot about the halberd, thanks...=)[/sblock]The rat is dead. Very dead. Now, the group can search for the entrance to the supposed tunnels. Since MAIA was carrying the light source, as he turned the corner around the crates, the others were plunged into darkness.

MAIA, having light, glances at this far corner of the room. There seems to be nothing suspicious. The rats had nibbled at some boxes on the shelves, but nothing serious that couldn't be restocked, he was sure. Not that a warforged would know anything about business, but still!

[sblock=XP]A rather easy battle to begin with, but the real fun is just around the corner! Or underneath the floorboards, same difference. Everyone gets 50 XP! (Oh, yeah, woohoo...sarcasm.)[/sblock]

So, the search began. As the characters search, each must pick a certain area to search, but do not make a Perception check. I make such checks, so it is a mystery to you whether you did a thorough search or not (as in MAIA's search above). Searching takes about a minute.