[Vile] Puppy-Kicking PCs at Work, part 2

[Serpenteye]

Current (later than the Boone fight), near Max’s Martial Training School

Alicia steps back, and swings her sword at the handsome man with all of her might, cutting such a deep gash into the man’s chest that Alicia can hear air escaping from his lungs. The man clutches at his wound and stumbles back into the training school, and even Girdra looks taken aback by the damage the half-ogre caused with one blow. The robed man, looking determined but understanding that this fight is probably unwinnable, tries to circle around Alicia and head back quickly to the front of the wagon. Alicia responds with a swing of her sword, but it goes over the agile man’s head. While he’s running, the man barks a quick command to the horses in front of the wagon “Trot, ladies, trot!” and the two animals begin pulling the cart away, the robed man following beside it, about ready to grab the side and let it carry him. The robed man has the rack of vials he pulled out earlier under his arm.

In the direction the cart is traveling, up farther ahead, Alicia can make out three more horses, each with two riders, coming this way, fast.

[Alicia’s attack rolled 19+8+2=AC 29, critical threat rolled 4+8+2=AC 14, normal hit. Damage rolled 17+13=30 points of damage. This 4th level Fighter just had 30 HPs. He makes a fortitude check and is disabled. Robed-guy moved away (not withdrawing) provoking an AOO, Alicia rolled 5+8+2=AC 15, missed. The robed-man and cart are 30 feet away and continuing to move, the three horses are 250 feet away and will take just over one round to get here (traveling 150 feet/round at a run)]


[Characters by initiative, damage:
Alicia, unhurt
One robed man, dying
Other robed man, unhurt
Man with gleaming longsword, disabled
Girdra, unhurt
Armed man, disabled]

Alicia looks around and sees all the precious loot she would conquer scatter around her in every direction. The man with the moneybag was already out of her reach, the pretty man with the magical sword was only seconds away from escaping her and the cart with all the potions would not wait for her to pick him up. She turns around in confusion and roars in animal inarticulate fury then runs after the cart as fast as she's able, grabs on to it with one hand and climbs onboard. (if she cannot climb she will maintain her grip on the cart and try to halt it)

ooc: are the men on the horses carrying lances or spears? Do they have bows or crossbows?

 

[Cepter]

(OOC: No, he's not running inside the door until he makes sure it's clear with the blind attacks. After that, he'll advance quickly inside, looking for Hex or Aligor)

 

[Telsar]

Current (later than the Boone fight), near Max’s Martial Training School

Alicia looks around, sees the two disabled men not so far away that she couldn’t eventually reach them; both are moving slowly due to their wounds. The handsome man in the training school is just 20 feet away, inside, while the man with the money, equally hurt, has just moved 60 feet down the road in the opposite direction of the cart.

[Posted that to tell Serpenteye that not everyone is out of reach, as your last post indicated. Both disabled people are only able to make one move each round. If you want to change your target based on that, tell me and I’ll edit out the next bit…]

Alicia runs after the cart, just reaching the back of it, and grabs hold of a railing on it, hauling herself up, the cart somewhat straining under the weight and the horses slowing down a bit at the change in their burden. She looks ahead, over the top of the cart, and sees the 3 horses coming towards her and the cart at a full run. The riders seem a balanced mix of genders: each horse has one man and one woman. At first, none of the riders seem to have any weapons out, but as they get closer, each of the 3 men draw or ready a weapon, two with crossbows and one drawing a long sword.

[Rolled a default Climb check, rolled 9+1=10, success. The horses are now 70 feet away from Alicia and the cart. Next round, with the horses on hand, I’ll probably make a map.]

The robed man running beside the cart leaps up onto it in one fluid motion, and then, from the top, attempts to bring his foot down on Alicia’s head to try and knock her off, his foot missing by just inches.

[Characters by initiative, damage:
Alicia, unhurt
One robed man, dying
Other robed man, unhurt
Man with gleaming longsword, disabled
Girdra, unhurt
Armed man, disabled]


Current, Outside Boone’s Antiques

Aligor yells out his call to his poor, dead dog, grabs a potion and backs into a corner [Q22 on the map], starting to grit his teeth and feeling the blood rush to his head as his rage falls upon him. Leeza says to Hectaras, “Um, Hex honey, killing dwarves is fun and all, but when we’re done, we’re not going to ignore all this loot, are we?” Hex mutters “Stupid dwarf should have begged.”, then barking at her “Just kill him! This is long past being about loot. I’ll burn this place to the ground with that dwarf’s corpse lying in the middle of it.” He approaches closer [to Q19], as does Leeza [to O21], somewhat coming at him from different sides, and both pull daggers with their off hands and let them fly, both missing the dwarf, although Hex’s dagger came quite close.

[Note: Sunedilar doesn’t actually start running until his action this round, after Aligor acts.]

[Characters by initiative, damage:
Accalon, HPs:22/32
T’aria, unhurt (probably; she’s at HPs: 5/13 with no healing)
Aligor, HPs:11(17)/37(43) (extra with rage)
Chivalrous man with short sword, dying
Man on Aligor, very hurt
Leeza, unhurt
Sunedilar, HPs: 26/29
Hectaras, unhurt
Lydia, HPs:10/20]

 

[Serpenteye]

Current (later than the Boone fight), near Max’s Martial Training School

Alicia runs after the cart, just reaching the back of it, and grabs hold of a railing on it, hauling herself up, the cart somewhat straining under the weight and the horses slowing down a bit at the change in their burden. She looks ahead, over the top of the cart, and sees the 3 horses coming towards her and the cart at a full run. The riders seem a balanced mix of genders: each horse has one man and one woman. At first, none of the riders seem to have any weapons out, but as they get closer, each of the 3 men draw or ready a weapon, two with crossbows and one drawing a long sword.

The robed man running beside the cart leaps up onto it in one fluid motion, and then, from the top, attempts to bring his foot down on Alicia’s head to try and knock her off, his foot missing by just inches.

Alicia climbs the rest of the way up on the cart, placing her feet firmly on the moving vehicle before she makes a vicious swipe against her elusive enemy [PA/RA]. Growling threateningly she speaks between clenched teeth, "This is over monkey-man, you can not beat me. Surrender or die."

Alicia looks around, sees the two disabled men not so far away that she couldn’t eventually reach them; both are moving slowly due to their wounds. The handsome man in the training school is just 20 feet away, inside, while the man with the money, equally hurt, has just moved 60 feet down the road in the opposite direction of the cart.

[Posted that to tell Serpenteye that not everyone is out of reach, as your last post indicated. Both disabled people are only able to make one move each round. If you want to change your target based on that, tell me and I’ll edit out the next bit…]

[That's all right, but I think I'll go for the bigger prize, for all Alicia knows there might be hundreds of potions in the cart. Besides, she has a far greater need for potions than for a magical sword or a bag full of an equivalent amount of coins.

Btw, I'm very curious about the level of some of the people she's been fighting. I'm guessing most of them have been lvl 3, judging by their hps. It would be cool to see their stats after the battle is over. She'll make a good amount of xp's from this fight, if she survives it ]

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Accalon Darcanda: Human/Male (Unholy Warrior)

Flashback, Neevis Loquiter – Pest Extermination

Accalon nods in understanding at Neevis, “I understand, is their one of us who you would recommend I talk to about finding out who is s doing the checking? Also does the name Vandior Moonstrider (?) mean anything to you?”

OOC: (?) I’ve looked for a good long time to find Vandior’s, Valasia’s father, surname but I’ve had no luck... I found hers so hopefully it’s the same. Current, Outside Boone’s Antiques With obvious enjoyment Accalon watches Lydia from behind as the raven-haired woman bends down and riffles through the dead wizard’s pockets and possessions. His green eyes occasionally glance around at their surroundings but for the most part they stay focused on the “prize” before him as he absently waits for her to finish greed filled search and to respond to his questions. (post: 215) As the screams reach them Accalon speaks his thoughts quickly, “Ahhh speak of the devil I do believe that’s the voice of your dwarf friend.” Accalon hardly moves as he waits to she how the ladies want to play this out. OOC: Delay actions I guess... I do not really want to lose a round of actions.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Accalon rolls his eyes as he watches the dark haired beauty ravage the barely dead wizard’s pockets, his voice sounds slightly hurt at her ignorance of him, “You're welcome in all…” but quickly turns to a small teasing smile, “but I guess we can add it to the favor that you already owe me.”

Accalon quickly answer’s Lydia’s question in the hopes of appease, “Dwarf? Don’t know, though I heard more screaming and the sounds of battle from down the road… What do you need him for anyhow?”

*Lydia gives a sigh at Accalon's appearance in the fight, and ignores the comment about her fighting skills.*

"I have need of the dwarf due to the fact that he knows the location of some most interesting-sounding ruins. I would prefer to not have to get the information out of his corpse, because that can be tedious, and my patience is limited as of late. Hurry, perhaps he will be more grateful if we save him from death. Foolish man," she adds the last in a whisper.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Accalon Darcanda: Human/Male (Unholy Warrior)

Accalon voices his protest but quickly fallows Lydia, “Suit yourself, milady, but I have work for you... The others too!”

OOC: Movement actions for this round… Accalon might give up some actions to stay with Lydia though as he will stay by her side.

 

[Telsar]

Flashback, Neevis Loquiter – Pest Extermination

Neevis gives Accalon an angry look. “Moonstrider? Yes, we know him well… he’s an elf on the king’s advisory council. He wants to wall up the city and limit people’s coming into or going out of Taeirn. He says his reasons are all economic, but that would seriously curtail the spread of disease. We’ve been considering trying to inflict something nasty on him, but we haven’t decided the best affliction, or the best way to spread it to him. None of our people really have access to the royal court. But, why? What do you have against him?”

“As for finding out who is doing the checking, I guess you don’t want to ask this Madame directly. Seems like that would be simplest. One of our brethren is a mage, who dabbles with magical diseases. He probably knows who in town is capable of detecting and/or curing disease; he might be able to deduce who you’re looking for. He’ll be at the next meeting. If you don’t want to wait 3 days, his name is Feldyn, lives in a little hut on the outskirts of the city.” He gives Accalon exact directions if the warrior wants them.



Current (later than the Boone fight), near Max’s Martial Training School

As Alicia climbs to the top of the cart, the robed man tries to push her off with a kick. But she easily holds on. Now standing on the overburdened cart, it’s roof sagging a bit under her weight, Alica swings her sword and cuts the man in two, his legs remaining on the cart while his torso goes tumbling to the ground.

[Man got an AOO as Alicia climbed up, hit with a Trip attack, but failed the Strength check. Alicia’s attack rolled 18+8+2=AC 28, hit. Damage rolled 11+13=24. Man had 22, fails a Fortitude check badly and is dead.]

The 6 people on horseback ride towards the cart quickly, then slow down a bit, two men aiming crossbows at Alicia and firing, one bolt hitting her firmly in the stomach. But the man with the long sword yells “We have to get them to safety first!” He spurs his horse into running past the cart, and it looks like the two others plan to follow him. Alicia does notice something familiar about three of the riders, though; the women, one on each horse, are Miri, Jelenneth, and Missandra, the three whores who had gone missing from Madame Brie’s. Alicia hasn’t seen Missandra for quite some time, but the half-ogre remembers the city guard took the other two away the day before.

[Alicia takes 5 poiints of damage from the crossbow bolt.]

The cart Alicia is riding on is slowing down a bit, the horses pulling it probably less motivated than usual with no driver and all the extra weight.

[I can map if you want, but after the one volley of Xbow bolts, they seem to be moving past. If Alicia wouldn’t force a confrontation with them, there’s no reason to map. If she would… the two horses with Xbow men are about 30 feet away from her, to the side of the cart, the other horse is 40 feet behind the cart, towards the training school, and the cart Alicia’s on is moving 20 feet per round.]

[Oh, and the first armed man was a third level fighter, the handsome guy was 4th level, and the robed guys were 4th level monks. I think it’s time we talk about whether the level adjustment for half-ogre shouldn’t be more than a +1]

[Characters by initiative, damage:
Alicia, HPs: 21/26
Three men on horseback, unhurt
Miri, unhurt
Missandara, unhurt,
Jelenneth, unhurt
One robed man, dying
Other robed man, dead
Man with gleaming longsword, disabled
Girdra, unhurt
Armed man, disabled]


[At the Boone fight, It’s T’aria and Aligor’s initiative… Fangor asked me for a ruling OOC, but mentioned being on vacation and hasn’t posted since then. I’ll wait another day or so to give him a chance to post, then I’ll NPC him. Hate to NPC him in such a life-or-death situation, though.]

 

[Serpenteye]

Current (later than the Boone fight), near Max’s Martial Training School

The 6 people on horseback ride towards the cart quickly, then slow down a bit, two men aiming crossbows at Alicia and firing, one bolt hitting her firmly in the stomach. But the man with the long sword yells “We have to get them to safety first!” He spurs his horse into running past the cart, and it looks like the two others plan to follow him. Alicia does notice something familiar about three of the riders, though; the women, one on each horse, are Miri, Jelenneth, and Missandra, the three whores who had gone missing from Madame Brie’s. Alicia hasn’t seen Missandra for quite some time, but the half-ogre remembers the city guard took the other two away the day before.

[Alicia takes 5 poiints of damage from the crossbow bolt.]

The cart Alicia is riding on is slowing down a bit, the horses pulling it probably less motivated than usual with no driver and all the extra weight.

[I can map if you want, but after the one volley of Xbow bolts, they seem to be moving past. If Alicia wouldn’t force a confrontation with them, there’s no reason to map. If she would… the two horses with Xbow men are about 30 feet away from her, to the side of the cart, the other horse is 40 feet behind the cart, towards the training school, and the cart Alicia’s on is moving 20 feet per round.]

ooc: Where are the potions? On the ground with the torso or on the cart?
And, BTW, a map would be great. It might need to include part of the inside of the school as well. If the current battle leaves her in a decent condition she'll want to finish off the man with the magic sword.

"Filthy Whores! Filthy traitor Whores! I save you from Bad Dog and you attack me?! You DIE NOW!" Alicia roars and charges the nearest horse, taking a great leap off the slowing cart. Her sword blurs forwards as she stabs against the back of the person riding on the rump of the horse. (if she cleaves, that attack will be against the person on the front of the horse, scewering them both on her sword ) (RA/PA)

[Oh, and the first armed man was a third level fighter, the handsome guy was 4th level, and the robed guys were 4th level monks. I think it’s time we talk about whether the level adjustment for half-ogre shouldn’t be more than a +1]

ooc:
Half-Ogre is good, but it's not that good. I've played up her strengths, picked some good feats and have had quite good luck with the rolls. She has fought against opponents she could easily reach and in the last fight has had the benefit of thorough (and expensive) preparation as well as winning initiative.
She fared less well against the "stick-puppet" and the Archon, if her LA had been +2 she would have been killed in both those battles. She's useless against enemies who use ranged weapons and spells intelligently and she's useless socially (I've allowed both PC's and NPC's to take advantage of her lack of brains). She's only good for melée fighting, granted she's very good at that.
If her LA would be +2 she would have the least HPs in the group, and since she's one of the group's primary fighters that would be fatal for her.

I enjoy playing intelligent and charismatic schemers, Alicia's total lack of political skill is a major handicap for me.

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

Flashback, Elixanders’ Elixirs

Elixander’s smile seems a bit more real as questions about bulk purchases make it seem more like T’aria is buying, and less like she is browsing. “I can sell you 10 Light Wound Curatives for 500 gold, or 20 for 800. 1500 gold would get you 5 Moderate Wound Curatives. Those would be considered large purchases. I’m afraid the Burn Salve and Fiend Enhancement are my own special concoctions. The prices for them are already as low as I can go; I like to encourage the purchasing of those you can only get here by keeping their prices down. If you tell me your name, what you want, and your reason for purchase, I can fill out my record book.” T’aria knows its highly unusual for business owners to keep so much on record. In fact, she’s never heard of anyone asking, except informally, why you’d need a particular potion.

T’aria debates for a moment. “I’d like the Burn Salve, but I don’t have the cash on hand to get both that and the Light Wound Curatives at the moment.” I need to find somewhere to sell those rings.... Until then, I’ll have to stick with what I am familiar with. Besides, with people looking for me, waiting all day for the Burn Salve to work probably isn’t the best idea, unfortunately. “I’ll take the Light Wound Curatives.”

“The name’s Teren,” she says, watching him start to write the info in the book. “I must admit, you are the first shopkeeper I have ever heard of that requires such info. I imagine some people must get pretty angry about that. Why risk losing business that way?”

[OOC: I already subtracted the 500 gp from my character sheet; if this falls through, I will re-update it. Oh, and she's trying to get him to explain why he asks for such info. Gather Information or Sense Motive check? I'm not sure which would be appro.]

Current, Outside Boone’s Antiques
Finished searching the men, she looks at the one that is still alive, though dying, pockets his gold and holds up his medallion for a moment. “This would be why you had all those quaint little notions based on gender, would it? Fool.” It disappears inside her cloak and she stands, seemingly oblivious to the fact that he could likely not hear her, and the fact that he is dying.

She stretches and whistles for her horse, waiting until Shadow trots up to her. Then she strolls toward where the dwarf’s screams are echoing from, seemingly completely ignoring Accalon and Lydia.

[OOC: My actions will be calling Shadow, and then moving in the direction of Boone’s; once there, I’ll look for a way to attack Hex and crew from a distance, preferably. Safely, at any rate.]