[Vile] Puppy Kicking PCs at Work

[Telsar]

Aligor yells at his dog, and gets him to return to defend his master, with Bane barking at the girl that all the warriors are attacking. Aligor lets loose an arrow, which goes very wide, over the building, and apparently through someone’s window by the sound of the shattering glass. Sunedilar once more swings his chain, this time getting a firm grip on her ankle and pulling her down. As she plummets, Alev takes his shot, easily hitting her in the leg. She lands rather painfully on one of the barrels, and rolls off to land on her back on the ground.

She looks very hurt, arrows stuck in her and bruised from the fall. She eyes the men like she’s a cornered rat, but she stands and throws her hands up, saying “Alright, already! I wasn’t sneaking up on you, I was just trying to get home and took this alley for a shortcut. Now, take my money if you must, I haven’t got much, but it’s yours. I can’t believe how many thieves there are in this part of town!” The men notice her short sword has been resheathed, probably a necessity when she chose to climb the building. Listening to her story, Alev might believe that she wasn’t trying to come up on them unawares, but the shortcut part of her story definitely doesn’t ring true.

[Aligor rolled Handle Animal 15+2=17. Aligor rolled 1 on his attack roll, then a 2 for just a general happenstance that you’d hit something you might not want to. Sunedilar rolled 19+8=AC 27, hit, rolled 15+3 on Strength roll to pull her down. Alev rolled 11+5=AC 16, hit. Rolled 4 damage. Alev rolled 20+2=22 on Sense Motive
Characters by Initiative, damage:
Aligor, HPs:22/37
Cat, unhurt
Bane, unhurt
Sunedilar, unhurt
Alev, unhurt
Girl, very hurt]


Meanwhile, on Gorgon’s Way, Alicia isn’t sure about what action to take. For a moment, Gwyn feels he has half a dozen dogs attacking him from various angles, but as he concentrates, he realizes it’s the same dog, appearing and disappearing in slightly different places. At one point, the dog’s jaws seem to almost close on his arm, but then the dog’s position shifts slightly, and instead the creature snaps at empty air. T’aria notices two more dogs at the front doors to the building, and then suddenly, one of those dogs is instead right next to her and Miri, trying to grab at T’aria’s arm with it’s jaws. The other dog that T’aria saw manifests itself right next to Alicia, barking at her loudly, but not attacking yet, apparently waiting to see what she will do.

Gwyn hacks at the dog threatening him, his scimitar missing the dog’s nose by inches, then his pick, looking like it will hit the canine in it’s belly. But just as the weapon makes contact, the dog’s position once again shifts, resulting in the pick striking nothing.

[I’m having Alicia “delay”, so we can continue. As soon as I know what she’s doing, she’ll act at that point. The dog on T’aria attempted to join in the grapple, rolling an 18, which I was sure would succeed, until T’aria opposed roll was a 20. I’d really like to know how Goddess is influencing my dice like this. Note- I didn’t include T’aria’s proposed actions, since I thought they might change with one of the dogs on her. Gwyn rolled 65% on his miss chance on the scimitar attack (so it could have hit), rolled 10+3=AC 13, missed. Rolled 40% on miss chance on pick, no chance to hit.]

[Characters by Initiative, damage:
T’aria, unhurt
Miri, unhurt
Jeleneth, unhurt
Alicia, unhurt
Dogs, unhurt
Gwyn, HPs: 15/18]

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

T’aria notices two more dogs at the front doors to the building, and then suddenly, one of those dogs is instead right next to her and Miri, trying to grab at T’aria’s arm with it’s jaws. The other dog that T’aria saw manifests itself right next to Alicia, barking at her loudly, but not attacking yet, apparently waiting to see what she will do.

[The dog on T’aria attempted to join in the grapple, rolling an 18, which I was sure would succeed, until T’aria opposed roll was a 20. I’d really like to know how Goddess is influencing my dice like this. Note- I didn’t include T’aria’s proposed actions, since I thought they might change with one of the dogs on her. Gwyn rolled 65% on his miss chance on the scimitar attack (so it could have hit), rolled 10+3=AC 13, missed. Rolled 40% on miss chance on pick, no chance to hit.]

[OOC: I'd like to know how I'm doing that too, as my tabletop game last night I rarely rolled about a 12, and usually in the single-digits. ]

[OOC: I am assuming I am holding the grapple - revised actions are below]

T'aria swings Miri around so that the girl is inbetween her and the dog, watching the dog closely. "What the hell is that?" Hoping that the Miri knows and can call it off, "Listen, girl, you've been cleaning the church, so you should know what they are - call those things off!"

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Gwyn snarls in rage, slowly working his way towards the whore while he continues to hack at the dog.

OOC:Five-foot step in that direction, full attack.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Accalon looks around the foyer, and sees no sign of Loni. Also missing is the doorman, who typically stands inside, to open the doors when people knock. Through the curtain, however, he senses the same powerfully good aura, while Ezuvial’s voice is heard. “A simple warrior, passing through town. You think I can’t see the evil that runs through you?” A muscular red hand pokes through the curtain, and pulls it aside, revealing a creature that, although dressed as the bodyguard was, with long sword in hand, looks not human at all. His head is that of a large dog, with his entire body a dark red hue, with rippling muscles that the bodyguard never had as a human. Both Accalon and Lydia, in their religious studies, have heard of such creatures. Archons, Hound Archons specifically, angelic beings usually reserved for higher planes of existence than this mundane world.

[A picture of a typical one, not necessarily this one, can be found here:
Archon Picture
He’s the one on the left]

Ezuvial looks at Accalon with blazing red eyes, continuing his previous thought, saying “I can see you perfectly.” He steps into the foyer, saying “But you do have a point. Perhaps I’ll take up residence here, when I’m done, to look after the girls. Whatever I decide, it clearly is no concern of yours.” While he speaks, Lydia notices, but Accalon doesn’t see, the curtain move slightly, and the short, slinking Madame Brie trying to quietly make her way to the showing room unseen.

Oblivious that his quarry is moving behind him, Ezuvial says to Accalon “Now that you know you’re in over your head, and that I’m terminating your employment, and your employer, I suggest you both leave. Your apathy is of no more value to me than your presence.” Accalon still has that unnatural shaky feeling, and now that Ezuvial is close to Lydia, she feels it to, but her calm and resolve allow her to face the archon unhindered.

That's quite enough excitement for one day. Brie hired us to investigate enspelled girls, not fight celestials, Lydia thinks, trying to sneak over to intercept Brie. If she can do that, she will try to get out of immediate ear-and-eyeshot of the archon to see if Brie knows an alternate way out.

 

[Guilt Puppy]

“Alright, already! I wasn’t sneaking up on you, I was just trying to get home and took this alley for a shortcut. Now, take my money if you must, I haven’t got much, but it’s yours. I can’t believe how many thieves there are in this part of town!”

Stone-faced, Alev tosses his bow aside and advances toward the woman, reaching behind his back and drawing his falchion with a flourish.

"We're not thieves, and maybe you weren't sneaking up on us, and this might just be one big misunderstanding... But I'd still like to do something to that throat of yours, and you know, we already have every reason to leave town come morning, and one more really won't hurt. So if you want to stay alive and boring, be of some help to us. Tell us where you were really coming from, where you were really going, and most importantly, the golden why of it all."

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

Aligor Thunderaxe Male Dwarf Fighter/Barbarian

Aligor, seeing that Alev is taking care of the woman, looks around for that damn cat. Keeping an eye on her, in case she tries to draw her weapon, make a motion to throw another one of thosa damn daggers, or speak of anything besides what Alev asked of her, at which point he will fire the arrow at her. "If'n we be wantin yer money, we would've taken it without yer askin'!"

Ready action to shoot her if she tries anything he doesn't like.

 

[Telsar]

Ezuvial studies Accalon for a moment. “Constables. No doubt bribed to ignore Brie’s activities here. But I’ll have no wish to seriously hurt them, even if they are foolish enough to interfere, so I should finish this quickly. Go fetch your cloak, ‘simple warrior’, and then begone.” Something seems to occur to him, and he adds “And leave alone. Meet your allies elsewhere if you must, but leave this place alone”. Accalon realizes that it’s awfully important to the archon that he leave with no one else.

[Diplomacy rolled 14+11=25. He’s beginning to like you Sense Motive rolled 12+6=18 to tell how much Ezuvial wants him to leave on his own, although it’s up to the player to realize why.]

Ezuvial then turns, moving back into the doorway to the curtained off room, saying “Alright, Brie. You can’t hide from me, your evil, though not as strong as some here, still reeks enough that I can find it anywhere.” There is a noise in that room that sounds very much like a door opening, and Lydia takes this chance to follow the sneaking Brie into the showing room. Brie is whispering to Jovana, still hiding near a sofa, “Get out there, you useless meat. Keep that thing distracted, and tell that fool warrior all of his pleasantries better be a trick if he wants to see a copper.”, but the woman looks a bit too scared to move. Brie looks like she wants to hit the girl, but apparently isn't willing to waste the time, instead moving towards a door in the back of the room.

[That door is on the map I provided in OOC]


In the alley, the hurt girl looks a bit frightened at Alev, saying “I wasn’t going anywhere important! And where I was coming from, well… if the guy’s wife finds out, she’ll turn me into a toad. She’s a sorceress. I don’t need you knocking on his door. Look, this is a stupid place to have an argument. Let’s find somewhere more comfortable. There’s an inn, just down the street, they serve a great breakfast. My treat.” While Alev talks to the girl, Aligor, looking for the cat, notices someone skulking, but slowly moving this way, down the alley, while Sunedilar sees something similar, someone peering at them from around the corner of a building.

[Aligor rolled 15 on his Spot check, Sunedilar rolled 17 on his. The skulking men are at positions Q12 and M16 on the map. Note, each PC only sees one person sneaking, so roleplay accordingly.]

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

In the alley, the hurt girl looks a bit frightened at Alev, saying “I wasn’t going anywhere important! And where I was coming from, well… if the guy’s wife finds out, she’ll turn me into a toad. She’s a sorceress. I don’t need you knocking on his door. Look, this is a stupid place to have an argument. Let’s find somewhere more comfortable. There’s an inn, just down the street, they serve a great breakfast. My treat.” While Alev talks to the girl, Aligor, looking for the cat, notices someone skulking, but slowly moving this way, down the alley, while Sunedilar sees something similar, someone peering at them from around the corner of a building.

[Aligor rolled 15 on his Spot check, Sunedilar rolled 17 on his. The skulking men are at positions Q12 and M16 on the map. Note, each PC only sees one person sneaking, so roleplay accordingly.]

"Damn women! Looks like yer friend has come ta play!" Turning down the alley, at the figure he sees skulking, Aligor takes a 5 foot step to get him some cover from the figure, aims the arrow, and boasts, "Yer mistake! Now you'll be havin to eat from a straw fer the rest of yer life!" Aligor lets the arrow fly at the skulking figure in the alley. "Get 'em boy!" he orders to Bane, hopefully aware of the figure that Aligor just shot at by now.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Accalon Darcanda: Human/Male (Unholy Warrior)

Accalon nods his head in agreement a knowing smile on his face, “Oh without a doubt, I mean it would cost Brie nothing, though I imagine it would cost her girls sometime and a minimal amount of movement to please most of the constables…” He stops for second almost like something just dawned on him, “Your right of course, if the constables are enjoying the wears they very well indeed be foolish enough to interfere with you, my friend.”

Accalon faces looks slightly confused, “Leave alone? Why I see, nor have, any issues with that except that you want both of us to leave now, correct? Is there another exit you would wish me to take?”

Flashing one more smile Accalon finishes talking, “Oh if you have no issues me gather my merger belongings surly you won’t mind if I picked up my partner’s armor and other meager belongs? She was rather occupied…” He pauses as if looking for the right description, “in the throws of passion, if you will, with Algernon when I walked in and informed her of the situation so she dressed quickly and forgot many things.”

Accalon takes a step back as he turns around and starts for the stairs…

OOC: Note: He doesn’t actually leave till he gets Ezuvial’s answer. Also if you don’t mind I would like to say that he has been walking around fallowing Ezuvial, like you would do with someone you where having a conversation with, as he tries to detect for Loni.

 

[Telsar]

As Accalon speaks, he notices Lydia make her way to the showing room, where he can now clearly see Brie talking with, and nearly hitting, Jovana. After Ezuvial has passed through the curtain, Accalon follows to carry on his conversation, coming into a simple dining area. Well, simple at one time, perhaps, but now a mess as chairs, the table, and various carts have been overturned, more than likely during the fight between Ezuvial and Brie. Accalon also notices, since Ezuvial is facing away from him, a wound in the back of his thigh. The wound isn’t very deep, and looks fresh.

As Ezuvial opens a door and looks through, obviously searching for Brie, he responds to Accalon’s questions and comments. “You’re overdoing it a bit… ‘my friend’. We both know we aren’t friends. You can use the front door, and you can take Algernon’s enchanter with you, but no other girls and no other… allies. Am I clear yet? May as well leave Algernon here as well… it will be his turn after Brie’s. Now go.” Ezuvial studies the area beyond the open door, as Accalon puts the same attention into looking for Loni. But the only disease he has sensed has been Jovana back in the showing room, nothing here in this room or even beyond the walls. However, Accalon knows his senses may be stopped by more than one wall, so there is no guarantee she’s not still in the house somewhere.


In the alley, Aligor lets fly another arrow down the alley, hitting an old broken stove near the sneaking man, who is dressed in leather armor and carries a crossbow. Meanwhile, Aligor’s dog rushes down the alley towards the man and leaps on him, his teeth sinking into flesh.

At the same time, as Alev faces the girl, she shows the slightest hint of a smile, which unfortunately doesn’t give Alev enough warning as pain, maybe the worst pain he’s ever felt, shoots through the back of his leg and up into his groin. Alev can barely turn to see the cause: a short sword being pulled from his thigh, blood gushing down his leg. The man holding the short sword at first seems small, halfling size, until Alev’s pain-filled eyes focus and he sees it’s a human, half sticking out of a grating in the ground, that had been concealed by the dirty mattress. The youngish man, with blond hair and a scar across his cheek, is holding the grating open with one hand, bloody sword in the other, saying “Messing with a guildmaster’s girl will get a hex thrown on you. You might want to consider dropping your weapons; we have you surrounded.” He smiles a devilish smile.

[Aligor rolled 14+2=16 on Handle Animal. Rolled 6+5=11 AC, missed with arrow. Bane charges (so he could reach and still attack), successfully biting him. Alev, missing a Listen check, gets sneak attacked for 18 points of damage! Note- I think Cepter said he’d be back on Monday, so I’ll stop there and not NPC Sunedilar]

Sunedilar, unhurt
Thug on Bane, hurt
Thug seen by Sunedilar, unhurt
Alev, HP: 1/19
Girl, very hurt
Aligor, HPs:22/37
Bane, unhurt
Blond guy, unhurt]