[Vile] Puppy Kicking PCs at Work

[Guilt Puppy]

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.

Alev grins, gasps a rapturous gasp, falls to one knee. He looks over his shoulder, at the man, framed by the gratehole his blood streams into; at his own leg, now open.

"That is a fine wound..." He hesitates for a moment, his eyes gleaming with intensity, blood fluttering through the fingers which hold high his weapon.

"...but I could die from better," he says finally, having considered it most carefully. With some disappointment, he sheathes his blade -- doesn't drop it, living wasn't worth casting aside a perfectly fine blade, after all -- and rolls into a seated position, huffing in afterglow.

He stares at his attacker for a moment, a small admiring smile across his lips.

"I like your face."

 

[Serpenteye]

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]

Alicia, all her awkwardness and doubt melting away in the orgasmic glow of combat, steps up to the weird magical dog and attacks it with her Greatsword. [Full Power Attack, Full Reckless attack]
The following rounds she will continue to attack until the dog is dead and then run after the fleeing girls (to grapple them). She will not stay and save the little people if they run into trouble, unless the ask her very nicely.

 

[Telsar]

As Alicia raises her greatsword, the dog on her, ready for hostilities, tries to bite her, but as with Gwyn before, the dog shifts slightly as he does so, causing him to chomp down on empty space. The dog’s look of confusion at missing might be the last look on his face, and Alicia’s sword comes down in a rapid swing, cutting a huge gaping wound in the dog. It whimpers for a second, then lays down, clearly dying.

Miri cries out the single word “No!”, at seeing the dog fall, tears in her eyes, as the horrible scene gives her the strength to break free of T’aria’s grasp. Jeleneth, seeing a chance at retaliation against the female half-demon, makes a fist and swings at her. The fist doesn’t connect, but she does seem like she’s had some training in hand-to-hand combat, not something one would generally expect from a prostitute. Still seeing the dog as the major threat, T’aria pulls out her rapier, and attempts to stab the creature, but it first shifts to one side, then disappears completely, reappearing next to Alicia, snapping at, but missing, her leg. Meanwhile, the dog on Gwyn also snaps at, and misses, his target. Gwyn has slowly been moving towards the girls while fighting the dog, and he’s now within 5 feet of Miri, the girl who just escaped his fellow half-demon’s clutches.

[Alicia rolls 90% on her miss chance and can attack the dog, rolling 18+8=AC 26, hit. Rolled 11+13=24 damage, dog fails a Fortitude check and is dying. Miri beats T’aria on a grapple check, T’aria rolling 11. I wasn’t sure what weapon T’aria had out, thought it was the dagger, and didn’t see any reason she wouldn’t pull out the better rapier. T’aria rolled 10% on miss chance, so had no chance to connect.

Characters by initiative, damage:
Gwyn, HPs: 15/18
Dog on Alicia, dying
Alicia, unhurt
Miri, unhurt
Jeleneth, unhurt
T’aria, unhurt
Other 2 Dogs, unhurt]

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Gwyn drops his pick, drawing his truncheon as he turns and savagely beats Miri to the ground.

 

[Cepter]

Sunedilar al Hazir, Human/Male Fighter

Sunedilar's eyes flick about, seeing Alev go down with his leg pouring gore like a river. He also sees Aligor's attack, and that of his dog, along with, of course, the one he saw as well. It appears the bully boy is correct, at least to some degree. They are surrounded. But he also let slip a valuable piece of information. Sunedilar quickly makes his choice, slipping behind the girl with blinding speed and wrapping his chain around her neck carefully, letting a single drop of crimson drip freely down her taut neck as he makes his return comment.

"And letting your guildmater's girl die before your eyes could get you killed, whether you defeat us or not. I suggest you consider your options very quickly, and try not to move while you do. And that includes those of you hiding in the shadows, because your strikes will not fall before I send her soul to my God's clutches."

(Intimidating/Ready action to kill her if anyone does anything stupid)

 

[Telsar]

On Gorgon’s Way, Gwyn moves towards Miri, and attacks her viciously with his truncheon, hitting her in the rib cage, more than likely causing a good deal of bruising as she collapses to the hard ground, out cold. Meanwhile, Alicia has a new dog on her, but a swing of her sword narrowly misses him. Jeleneth, seeing a dog dying, and worse, a friend violently laid low, backs away from T’aria as quickly but safely as possible, moving back down the street.


[Gwyn rolled 11+4=AC 15, hit. Rolled 7+2=9 pts of non-lethal damage. Assumed Alicia would attack the other dog since he was attacking her. Alicia rolls 55% on miss chance, can hit, rolled 6+8=AC 14, missed. Jeleneth withdrew, so no Attack of Opportunity, and made a double move, moving 60’ down the street. A double move or charge from T’aria will reach her, but Gwyn would still be 10’ away with a double move towards her.

Characters by initiative, damage:
T’aria, unhurt
Other 2 Dogs, unhurt
Gwyn, HPs: 15/18
Dog on Alicia, dying
Alicia, unhurt
Miri, unconscious
Jeleneth, unhurt]



To Alev’s ‘compliment’, the blond guy retorts, “I like your leg. And your grasp of the obvious.” Before the blond man can pull himself out of the grating, Sunedilar wraps his chain around the girl’s neck and makes his threat. The blond man shifts the grating a bit as he starts to emerge, the sound of metal scraping metal very clear as he’s not trying to be stealthy about it anymore, and it’s very clear to Aligor that this noise is what he heard before. The blond man says “You think I really care for this girl? Well, I like her, don’t get me wrong. But she is the one who managed to get herself caught by three burly… uh, what exactly are you three again? Mercenaries? Anyway, she got herself into this, I might decide she’s just dead weight.” Alev and Sunedilar, however, can both hear the concern for her in his voice.

However, he does motion to the man around the corner, who lowers a dagger he was preparing to aim. The other thug, however, really has no choice as to fight or not, as Bane continues to bite at him. The man takes a step back, aims his crossbow, and fires at the dog, unfortunately for him just snipping the dog’s tail.

The blond guy says “Why don’t we just chat, hmmm? Exactly what are you looking for in this part of town?”


[Note- I’m assuming Alev is delaying during all this by him resheathing his weapon. Anytime GP tells me something he’s doing, he can act then. I’m assuming Sunedilar is using the new covering rule. He rolled 14+8-4=AC 18, ‘hit’, meaning can do damage just before any ‘stupid’ action he perceives. Rolled Intimidate 6+2=8. On Sense Motive, Alev rolls 14+2=16, and Sunedilar rolles 18. Bane was hit by a crossbow bolt for 1 point of damage

Characters by Initiative, damage:
Aligor, HPs:22/37
Bane, HPs: 5/6
Blond guy, unhurt
Sunedilar, unhurt
Thug on Bane, hurt
Thug seen by Sunedilar, unhurt
Alev, HP: 1/19
Girl, very hurt]

 

[Serpenteye]

Alicia makes another attack on the dog, shouting at Jereleth as she fights. "Come back bitch, or Miri will pay!"

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

To Alev’s ‘compliment’, the blond guy retorts, “I like your leg. And your grasp of the obvious.” Before the blond man can pull himself out of the grating, Sunedilar wraps his chain around the girl’s neck and makes his threat. The blond man shifts the grating a bit as he starts to emerge, the sound of metal scraping metal very clear as he’s not trying to be stealthy about it anymore, and it’s very clear to Aligor that this noise is what he heard before. The blond man says “You think I really care for this girl? Well, I like her, don’t get me wrong. But she is the one who managed to get herself caught by three burly… uh, what exactly are you three again? Mercenaries? Anyway, she got herself into this, I might decide she’s just dead weight.” Alev and Sunedilar, however, can both hear the concern for her in his voice.

However, he does motion to the man around the corner, who lowers a dagger he was preparing to aim. The other thug, however, really has no choice as to fight or not, as Bane continues to bite at him. The man takes a step back, aims his crossbow, and fires at the dog, unfortunately for him just snipping the dog’s tail.

The blond guy says “Why don’t we just chat, hmmm? Exactly what are you looking for in this part of town?”


[Note- I’m assuming Alev is delaying during all this by him resheathing his weapon. Anytime GP tells me something he’s doing, he can act then. I’m assuming Sunedilar is using the new covering rule. He rolled 14+8-4=AC 18, ‘hit’, meaning can do damage just before any ‘stupid’ action he perceives. Rolled Intimidate 6+2=8. On Sense Motive, Alev rolls 14+2=16, and Sunedilar rolles 18. Bane was hit by a crossbow bolt for 1 point of damage

Characters by Initiative, damage:
Aligor, HPs:22/37
Bane, HPs: 5/6
Blond guy, unhurt
Sunedilar, unhurt
Thug on Bane, hurt
Thug seen by Sunedilar, unhurt
Alev, HP: 1/19
Girl, very hurt]

Aligor, seeing that the guy is a little hesitant, thinks that maybe they have a point. "Bane! Keep an eye on that one! Stop!" (Down) He turns to the girl, then to the blonde man, then aims his bow at the girl. "If'n ya wanted to talk, why didn't you say so? Tryin to sneak around these alleys and ambush us may not have been the best way to talk to us! I heard the grate, so you were ready to attack! So you better say something that will make us let her go, or she's the first to die. I am sure your boss Hex will not like the idea of you failing! Put down YER weapons and we can talk." Intimidate +6 Ranks

OOC - Move action was to attempt to get Bane to hlt his attack. Bane will just stand his ground, growling at the man, and stay there, but not attack...unless attacked. Standard action was to Intimidate the Blonde guy, as he seems to speak for the others. Aiming the arrow at the girl was just to see his reaction to the chance of her dying and possibly get a bonus?. No harm in trying...

 

[Cepter]

Sunedilar al Hazir Human/Male Fighter

Sunedilar gives the apparent leader here a thin lipped smile as he pulls the chain taut. He can clearly see that this fool is projecting an image, nothing more. If he truely didn't care for the girl, he would already be attacking.

"We're looking for some girls that have gone missing from Madame Brie's establishment. We know that the two of you have had some disputes in the past, and we were hoping that you would be able to extend this poor girls life by at least a few minutes by telling us if you know where they have gone."

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

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.

*Lydia goes up behind Brie and taps her on the shoulder, trying to cover her mouth with her hand if she thinks the Madame will scream.*

"You aren't paying us nearly enough to fight celestials, Madame," Lydia says with a hint of a snarl. "Did you have any idea what you were getting us into?"