The Sea's Righteous Might

[Harvey]

Marisa Calathar, Cleric of Wee Jas

Since Marisa isn't the best fighter in the group, she will follow the others' lead. She whispers a quick "good work" to Jal as she nears him, then places her hand on the hilt of her morningstar. She watches Ven wordlessly peel off to follow the shorter of the two thugs, and is torn for a second whether to follow Ven or remain with Jal and Kragor. Deciding that the tall one is more of a threat to Bran, and figuring that Ven can handle himself, she decides to stick with the others.

 

[Mavnn]

Kragor

"Oh yeah!" Kragor bounced slightly from foot to foot like a boxer on speed. "Exploration of inner peace through butt kicking. Bring it on!"

Despite his eagerness, however, he waits of the ambush to be sprung by the 'sneaks' before springing round the corner.

OOC:

Kragor will stay outside the alley mouth until he hears the first sound of a scuffle.

At that point he will spring round the corner in a series of front flips and launch a punch at 'Scar'

 

[reddist]

Ven: [sblock]Shorty takes off down Ferrin’s Lane, keeping to the shadows as best he can. Still, the pace he keeps makes him easy to pick out from the crowd, which is thinning as you move farther and farther from the bars and restaurants. He dodges down another alley, perhaps four blocks down from where he left the man with the scar. As you come to the corner of the alley and peek around to track him, you see him dash down a short flight of steps and begin rapping on a thick solid door. A metal slide is thrown back, letting a thin sliver of yellow light spill into the alley. Once Shorty is recognized, the door is opened and they let him in.[/sblock]

Bran: You duck behind a stack of empty ale kegs and move around them to get a good look at Mires. You see him narrow his eyes, searching for you in the dim shadows. He is obviously troubled now; he expected you to be sauntering down the alley whistling to yourself and unaware of your tail, but now you’ve disappeared in the dark alley, like a ghost. Mires pulls a narrow shortsword out from under his cloak and puts his back against the wall, creeping slowly down the alley, looking for you.

He passes by your stack of kegs, and you are able to come up behind him.

<<<you won a set of opposed spot/hide checks, meaning you get the drop on him. You have a free surprise round before we call for initiative.>>>

 

[Animus]

Sweet!

Bran will jump out from the shadows attack him with his rapier.

 

[reddist]

Bran steps from the shadows to ram his rapier home into the side of his stalker, but the tall, scar-faced thug whirls suddenly, catching the point of Brans rapier on his shortsword and turning it aside. Metal rasps on metal, and the thug follows through with a short chop at Bran's thigh, biting deep into the meat of his leg. (-6hp). Blood wells up from the gash and flows down Bran's leg, and the thug chuckles.

"I was going to wait until I had some backup, but you're making this easy. I expected more from you, Bran." Mires grins, his scar flashing pale white in the dim light of the alley, and he steps forward to swing again. Just then, blurred movement from the head of the alley catches his eye, and Mires is barely able to track a bald dwarf, leaping onto a crate and using it to launch himself over a stack of empty kegs, flipping and twisting to land lightly on his feet behind him. Mires, now trapped between two combatants, begins to worry.

 

[scout989]

Jaleph Bigthumbs Halfling Sorceror

As soon as he sees th e tall man strike Bran, Jaleph whips around the corner, approaching to about 25 feet away. He draws upon the power within him, sending a small, greenish orb streaking from his hand to the tall man.

OOC: Acid Splash, ranged touch attack to hit +0 (+4 to hit -4 for firing into melee) 1d3 acid damage

 

[silentspace]

Ven will head back to the others.

OOC: Ven was trying to catch up with him, planning on bumping into him and seeing what happens. Sorry I wasn't clear.

 

[Mavnn]

Kragor

Kragor never even pauses after his display of acrobatics, starting to hammer blows towards Scar with remarkable speed.

OOC: Now that I'm in combat - Flurry of Blows to take advantage of the flanking bonus... if scar moves away but stays within charge reach, I'll charge instead.

Throughout this combat, Kragor with stick with non-lethal damage (unless something dramatic happens to change his mind!)

 

[Harvey]

Marisa Calathar, Cleric of Wee Jas

Marisa will also move into melee and attack doing subdual damage... she will try to maneuver to give Kragor flanking bonus where possible...

 

[reddist]

Jaleph hears the sound of steel ringing on steel and sees Kragor dash into the alley, launching himself off an empty crate. Jalpeh side-steps around the corner and draws upon his well of energies, summoning a ball of swirling green miasma, and sends it streaking towards the tall thug. Scar, his luck still with him, jerks his head to the left as the acidic orb flashes past, impacting on the brick wall behind him and leaving a sizzling, smoking pock-mark in the stone. Marisa also rushes in next to Bran, swinging her weapon at Scar's head, hoping to knock him out, but Scar ducks and her morningstar whips over his head, smacking into a stack of ale kegs, knocking over the tower and sending kegs crashing down the cobbled street.

Kragor, seeing an opening, lands a solid kick to Scar's stomach, but the follow up comes up short and only grazes the man's chin. Scar, surrounded on all sides and gasping for breath, throws down his sword and raises his hands in surrender!

"Enough! Bran! Call them off!" He shouts, pleading for his life. "I wasn't going to hurt you! I only wanted to talk! YOU attacked ME!"

Ven: [sblock] Just as you are about to leave and rejoin your new companions, you hear a vocie bellowing from behind the door, lound and angry enough to be heard in the street. "What?! That IDIOT! He's going to ruin EVERYTHING! Milton, take those two and stop him!" Milton, followed by two other men in dark cloaks, dash out the door and into the alley, heading away from you, apparently dashing off to intercept the tall one before he does something stupid. [/sblock]