The Sea's Righteous Might

[Harvey]

Marisa Calathar, Cleric of Wee Jas

Marisa sees Kragor's wounds, and rushes to her side. Well, if I can't hand a blow, at least I could help in other manners. She reaches out to Kragor, and mumbles "Wee Jas, may you stay your hand on this brave warrior while he continues his mission...".

OOC: Marisa casts cure light wounds on Kragor, curing him for a whole whopping 4 points.

 

[Animus]

Bran Olvant, Treasure Hunter Extraordinaire

Bluff check to Feint (1d20+6=21)
This is on Red (whom I think is still fighting me.

Attack and damage (1d20+4=12, 1d6+2=3)

If feint is successful, then add this damage:


Sneak Attack (1d6=3)

 

[silentspace]

Ven keeps moving, knowing it will be at least a few more rounds until he gets there.

 

[reddist]

Kragor uses the last of his strength to strike at Kolchak, spinning once and stepping inside the man’s longer reach to smash his hammer-like fist into the giant’s throat. The bald barbarian gurgles as blood fills his mouth, his larynx and airways crushed to pulp. Kolchak crumples to his knees, red bubbles popping out his mouth, and then topples face down in the narrow stream.

Jaleph’s spell results in another swirling rush of air, this one smelling of dung and decay. The beetle appears in a burst of stench and rotting leaves, snapping its mandibles at Blue. Blue recognizes the rushing sound off of a summoning spell though and nimbly skips away from the beetle as it lunges at him. The dog snaps at Mango, keeping the orange-haired elf off balance but it fails to sink its teeth into the alchemist’s flesh.

Blue, faced with a massive angry insect in front of him and a hostile dog nearby, drops his hand-crossbow and swings his curved short sword at the bug, His blow lands true, cutting deep into the beetle’s exoskeleton and splashing black and green ichor across the wall as a leg goes flying.

Bran and Marisa keep Red between them, dividing his attention. Bran stops a thrust short, throwing Red off, then slams his rapier into Red’s side. The point pierces through his torso, and Red makes the unmistakable short, painful gasps of a man dying from a punctured lung. Red slides off Bran’s sword to lean against the wall, pressing his hands over his mortal wound, and he slowly sinks to the ground.

Marisa takes advantage of Red’s fall and rushes to Kragor’s side, pleading to her dark god on his behalf. Meanwhile, Mango yanks another grenade from this harness and tries to smash it across the dog’s head. His own gods are with him and the pot bursts across the dog’s face, covering it in sticky flaming tar. The dog, still smoldering from the last fire-bomb, yelps in pain as it staggers and falls to the ground, writhing in pain.

From behind you can hear Ven roaring as he rushes to join you, his battle-cry booming as it echoes through the tunnel.

<<< Kolchak and Red are down for good. Blue and Mango are about 15 feet away from the party, but they have the beetle on the other side of them blocking the tunnel. Both look pretty beat up, but neither are suffering from mortal wounds yet. The dog has succumbed to repeated fire-bombings. Ven will join the melee in the next round.>>>

 

[Mavnn]

Kragor

<ooc: Woohoo! A whole 5 hit points in total!>

"Thanks, Marisa! I needed that."

If Mango isn't equipped with a melee weapon (it doesn't look like he is):

Kragor leaps forwards and fails to touch Mango, let alone wrench both his arms up behind his back. <ooc: Grapple: Touch 7, Grapple Check 5!>

If Mango does threaten:

Kragor splashes across the stream, his rock solid fist lashing out at Mango. <ooc: Unarmed Strike, Hit 13, Damage 5>

 

[Harvey]

Marisa Calathar, Cleric of Wee Jas

Marisa takes note of Ven's battle cry. Well, at least he didn't go after the other saboteurs all by himself.

She surveys the party, uncertain what to do. The dog is a conjured creature, and will return to the ether once it is defeated, so she rules out helping it. Feeling that the rest of the party can handle Blue and Mango (especially with Ven coming), she closes in on Kragor again.

"No need for thanks, Kragor, though it looks as if you can use some more help." She reaches out again, calling upon Wee Jas' aide.

OOC: Forgot to mention last time Marisa sacked her Cause Fear spell. This time, she opts to sacrifice her Shield of Faith for a Cure Light Wounds, healing Kragor for another 7 hit points. She only has one more 1st level spell left today, so no one else get hurt!

 

[scout989]

Jaleph Bigthumbs Halfling Sorceror

Jaleph sees Kragor spring forward and immediately goes to assist him. He jabs his spear at Mango repeatedly, trying to distract him rather than land a blow (Aid Another to give Kragor +2 to AC, attack roll=17). He succeeds in distracting Mango from his injured comrade. Meanwhile, the beetle attacks Blue once again (attack roll =18) and manages a small bit of revenge for its leg (damage=3).
OOC: the beetle will remain until just before my next turn, then it'll be gone too.

 

[Animus]

Bran Olvant, Treasure Hunter Extraordinaire

Bran attacks Blue, Hitting AC 10 and doing 4 damage.(1d20+4=10, 1d6+2=4)

 

[reddist]

Jalpeh jabs his short spear at Mango, causing the wild-haired elf to duck and dodge, but he still manages to avoid Kragor’s grasping hands. Blue, seeing the party close in on him, turns to hack through the beetle to make his escape. The giant bug skitters aside and Blue’s curved blade sparks against the stone tunnel. Bran takes advantage of Blue’s divided attention and slashes his rapier across the thug’s back. The masked saboteur stiffens as he falls against the angry beetle, dropping his sword to clatter on the tiles.

Marisa brushes her hand against Kragor’s shoulder, filling him with energy and rejuvenating him, and the manages to step aside just in time as Ven comes barreling down the hallway, his greatsword held out at arms length and cutting a wide swath. The plainsman’s manic swing connects with Mango’s head, which comes off with a wet pop and makes an odd klonk as it splashes in the shallow stream. Mango’s body stands a moment, its arm raised high with another fire-bomb held tightly in a fist, then crumples at the knees to collapse in a bloody heap.

The dog and beetle both vanish with hissing pops, as they return from whence they were summoned.

The battle is over.

 

[reddist]

A quick search through the pouches and satches of the saboteurs unearths the following:

Kolchak: several flat-bladed throwing axes with cord-wrapped handles, and a heavy, broad-bladed shortsword.
Blue and Red: Each carried a handcrossbow and a quiver of small bolts, in addition to matching curved short swords with narrow, single-edged blades and chisel points. The handles are wrapped in red or blue leather, and the hilts are adorned with cheap garnets and sapphires. Additionally, each of them has a set of climbing claws in a belt pack.
Mango: There are two remaining fire-bombs attached to his harness, and his pouch contains four of the thin, narrow ceramic pots you found earlier. They are carefully packed in a leather shoulder bag, cushioned with rotted straw.

They were dressed in jerkins and tunics of leather or canvas, died black. Each had a small tin of black rouge (kind of like shoe polish), and Red and Blue each were carrying arcane torches casting red lights from the tubes.

You find no coins, though Kolchak was wearing a pendant of rough iron, carved and twisted to look like a bear claw, hanging from a leather thong. It appears worthless, but Ven notes he has seen similar adornments on other plainsmen he has met during his travels.