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As Trajan, M’ir and Anne-Marie reach the top of the scree slope at the base of Steeple Mountain, they can see a stream of people moving out from the town towards the woods and the Old Mine.
They make their way through dark and somewhat quieter streets than normal for this hour in the evening until they are almost within sight of the Wyrmcall plaza when disaster strikes. Rounding a corner, M’ir walks almost straight into someone. While they start bluffing their way away from the man there is a sudden flare of blue light from the sack holding the dragonstone crystal which is mirrored by a flare of blue light in the eyes of the man talking to them!
What is worse, the dozen or so people that they can make out in the plaza all turn to face them with eyes blazing sapphire blue too! A voice issues from a dozen throats at once
“YOU you MUST must SERVE serve ME me NOW now!”
“Quick!” says Anne Marie “Run for the tower, I’ll hold them off”
“FOOLISH PLAYTHING plaything” the voices chant “GET BACK IN YOUR CAGE cage!”
Anne Marie charges towards the group of four townspeople who are between them and the tower and is promptly grappled by the group of them working together. The others speed past her to the belltower door – it is locked!
Back at Anne Marie, she wriggles free from the group surrounding her and then spins into a blur of action – fists and feet lash out in all directions and she is surrounded by four unconscious townspeople.
Whirlwind attack at its best!
At the belltower Trajan is having difficulty battering the door down – his feet must keep slipping on the frosty ground because he is not getting anywhere, and all around the square more and more townspeople are lurching quickly towards them, eyes blazing blue. Lysander had managed to take many out of the town square with his urgent message to meet the rescuers of the children, but now women and children are coming out of their houses and men hurry into the square.
Over it all the voice of the dragoncrystal is heard loud and clear from a hundred throats
“KNEEL! KNEEL AND SERVE ME me!”
“MY GLORY SHALL BE COMPLETE complete!!”
“YOUR LIVES ARE MINE!!! mine!! mine!”
They make their way through dark and somewhat quieter streets than normal for this hour in the evening until they are almost within sight of the Wyrmcall plaza when disaster strikes. Rounding a corner, M’ir walks almost straight into someone. While they start bluffing their way away from the man there is a sudden flare of blue light from the sack holding the dragonstone crystal which is mirrored by a flare of blue light in the eyes of the man talking to them!
What is worse, the dozen or so people that they can make out in the plaza all turn to face them with eyes blazing sapphire blue too! A voice issues from a dozen throats at once
“YOU you MUST must SERVE serve ME me NOW now!”
“Quick!” says Anne Marie “Run for the tower, I’ll hold them off”
“FOOLISH PLAYTHING plaything” the voices chant “GET BACK IN YOUR CAGE cage!”
Anne Marie charges towards the group of four townspeople who are between them and the tower and is promptly grappled by the group of them working together. The others speed past her to the belltower door – it is locked!
Back at Anne Marie, she wriggles free from the group surrounding her and then spins into a blur of action – fists and feet lash out in all directions and she is surrounded by four unconscious townspeople.
Whirlwind attack at its best!
At the belltower Trajan is having difficulty battering the door down – his feet must keep slipping on the frosty ground because he is not getting anywhere, and all around the square more and more townspeople are lurching quickly towards them, eyes blazing blue. Lysander had managed to take many out of the town square with his urgent message to meet the rescuers of the children, but now women and children are coming out of their houses and men hurry into the square.
Over it all the voice of the dragoncrystal is heard loud and clear from a hundred throats
“KNEEL! KNEEL AND SERVE ME me!”
“MY GLORY SHALL BE COMPLETE complete!!”
“YOUR LIVES ARE MINE!!! mine!! mine!”
Heroically
Plane Sailing
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Actually it is a surprising amount... In the grand finale coming up you will see combat reflexes kicking in too as well as the whirlwind attack
Anne-Marie turns out to be (unknowingly) perfectly designed for this part of the adventure - being part Monk meant it was easy for her to make subdual attacks, nice for keeping the townspeople down without killing them, whirlwind attack and combat reflexes made her a superb defensive backstop for the party!
I'll get writing on the final part and What Happened Next.
Cheers
Anne-Marie turns out to be (unknowingly) perfectly designed for this part of the adventure - being part Monk meant it was easy for her to make subdual attacks, nice for keeping the townspeople down without killing them, whirlwind attack and combat reflexes made her a superb defensive backstop for the party!
I'll get writing on the final part and What Happened Next.
Cheers
Darklone
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I can imagine... 
Yeah, monk fighter rocks for that thing. Good AC, good at grappling, ... btw. Monks can do subdual damage with normal attacks too? I thought they can only choose while grappling without penalties...
Hah! Darklone leaves towards the rules section for a new thread about how to stop hordes of commoners with a lvl6 char!
Yeah, monk fighter rocks for that thing. Good AC, good at grappling, ... btw. Monks can do subdual damage with normal attacks too? I thought they can only choose while grappling without penalties...
Hah! Darklone leaves towards the rules section for a new thread about how to stop hordes of commoners with a lvl6 char!
Plane Sailing
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Re: I can imagine...
Yep! Can't give you the page number of anything, but I remember it says that Monks can make unarmed subdual attacks at no penalty.
Quickly checks SRD
OK, Consider this a house rule then. I see it as a reasonable one, since normally all unarmed attacks are considered subdual. Otherwise it is no easier for a monk to subdue someone with his pounding fists than it is for someone wielding a battleaxe
Just a warning... don't go rushing off to that rules forum too quickly!
Thinks... I was *sure* I read somewhere about Monks being able to freely do subdual damage. I'll have to go through my PHB when I get home tonight
Darklone said:
Yep! Can't give you the page number of anything, but I remember it says that Monks can make unarmed subdual attacks at no penalty.
Quickly checks SRD
OK, Consider this a house rule then. I see it as a reasonable one, since normally all unarmed attacks are considered subdual. Otherwise it is no easier for a monk to subdue someone with his pounding fists than it is for someone wielding a battleaxe
Just a warning... don't go rushing off to that rules forum too quickly!
Thinks... I was *sure* I read somewhere about Monks being able to freely do subdual damage. I'll have to go through my PHB when I get home tonight
(Psi)SeveredHead
Adventurer
That was a Sage ruling called "Monk gonna knock you out", and also in the 2nd printing of the PHB.
Plane Sailing
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Back to the story (at last!)
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Finally the door is kicked in. Trajan runs upstairs with the crystal, M’ir grabs hold of the bell rope and waits for instructions, Anne Marie unleashes another whirlwind of blows and takes down another half dozen townspeople, then steps into the doorway to prevent others passing.
Trajan places the crystal under the Wyrmcall and shouts out “Now!, Pull the bell now!”. M’ir starts ringing the bell and thunderous tones hammer into Trajan and the crystal pulses scarlet, cracking across its edges.
More zombified townspeople attempt to pile onto Anne Marie, but her reflexes and skill are punishing, and only one manages to get a grip which four others fall to the ground stunned.
“STOP!! stop!” yell the voices. “I WILL GIVE YOU ANYTHING anything!”
One of the possessed townspeople manages to slip past Anne Marie’s guard and lunges at M’ir, attempting to stop his frenzied ringing of the bell, but he swings around and with a swift karate kick lays out the opposition.
Up above, Trajan is starting to succumb from the terrible sound of the bell himself, but seeing the crystal deteriorating further he slides back down the hatch and cries out “keep ringing, keep ringing”
Anne Marie is surrounded by a pile of unconscious bodies and is a whirling blur of fists and kicks, stunning those attempting to grapple her and all those who surround her.
Then suddenly it is over.
There is a mighty splintering sound from the top of the bell tower, and a howl raises from hundreds of voices before suddenly ceasing – as if a door was suddenly closed on it. The townspeople collapse like puppets with cut strings, and the blue light disappears from their eyes.
The battle is over.
Back on the slither-ramp...
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Finally the door is kicked in. Trajan runs upstairs with the crystal, M’ir grabs hold of the bell rope and waits for instructions, Anne Marie unleashes another whirlwind of blows and takes down another half dozen townspeople, then steps into the doorway to prevent others passing.
Trajan places the crystal under the Wyrmcall and shouts out “Now!, Pull the bell now!”. M’ir starts ringing the bell and thunderous tones hammer into Trajan and the crystal pulses scarlet, cracking across its edges.
More zombified townspeople attempt to pile onto Anne Marie, but her reflexes and skill are punishing, and only one manages to get a grip which four others fall to the ground stunned.
“STOP!! stop!” yell the voices. “I WILL GIVE YOU ANYTHING anything!”
One of the possessed townspeople manages to slip past Anne Marie’s guard and lunges at M’ir, attempting to stop his frenzied ringing of the bell, but he swings around and with a swift karate kick lays out the opposition.
Up above, Trajan is starting to succumb from the terrible sound of the bell himself, but seeing the crystal deteriorating further he slides back down the hatch and cries out “keep ringing, keep ringing”
Anne Marie is surrounded by a pile of unconscious bodies and is a whirling blur of fists and kicks, stunning those attempting to grapple her and all those who surround her.
Then suddenly it is over.
There is a mighty splintering sound from the top of the bell tower, and a howl raises from hundreds of voices before suddenly ceasing – as if a door was suddenly closed on it. The townspeople collapse like puppets with cut strings, and the blue light disappears from their eyes.
The battle is over.
Back on the slither-ramp...
Plane Sailing
Astral Admin - Mwahahaha!
Thanks Darklone! It has been a blast!
The epilogue is still to come up though... and I'll continue the companys exciting adventures in this thread
Cheers
The epilogue is still to come up though... and I'll continue the companys exciting adventures in this thread
Cheers
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