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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Telsar" data-source="post: 1635182" data-attributes="member: 18837">Sunedilar, not liking this shaky feeling at all, finds his prayers giving him a little emotional comfort but no help with the physical jitters.  As he and Aligor make their way around the east side of the building, the back door in sight, Alev realizes if the dwarf and ‘Sunny’, as Aligor calls him, are looking for a way around, he should too.  Alev moves swiftly to the rear door, and is just about to open it, when it opens on it’s own.  Standing in the doorway is the goblin Madame Brie, a wand in one hand, a dagger in the other.  She looks startled for a moment, then says “Good!  You’re back.  He’s back there, the thing responsible is almost in the showing room.  I’ve already wounded him for you, now get in there if you want to see your money.” [Sunedilar moved to O24 on the map, Aligor to P25, Alev to the door at G24, all with a double move.  Note- I assumed Aligor would use his turn for the double move too.  If that’s not the case, let me know and I’ll edit.]Algernon slides past Gwyn on the stairs, coming down into the foyer, saying, “Ezuvial?  Perhaps you can explain why, while in my employ, you’re fighting with the city guard?”.  Ezuvial says to him, “My dear Algernon, you must understand.  I came down here with the intention of getting from Brie what she owes, and then she calls the guard on me, guards that are obviously in her pocket.  And then when I tried to negotiate… “  He pauses, looking grim, then saying “For a month I’ve done things slyly.  Tolerated evil.  But a young woman tonight showed me what can become of you when you tolerate too much.  So enough of the games.”Suddenly, Ezuvial’s body seems to grow more massive, muscles springing from nowhere as his body takes on a deep red hue.  His head begins to elongate, his face growing a snout as he takes on his full dog-headed Archon form.  One of the guards, witnessing this transformation just inches from him, drops his weapon in shock.Lydia, seeing only one way to reach the archon, tries to balance herself on the stairs’ banister to reach him.  Unfortunately, having no experience balancing at all, the cleric fumbles a bit, trying to keep from falling.[Lydia rolled Balance 6+2=8, needed 10.  Can try to balance again next round, if desired]As Alicia runs up to the front doors and drops her two captives, she can feel the archon’s anger pulsing through her, giving her a sense of fear she’s never felt before.  The archon, in all his muscled glory, swings his sword at the two remaining guardsmen, still using the flat of his blade and hits one, who immediately collapses to the floor.  Then his great jowls open towards Accalon, and his teeth bite down on flesh.  Meanwhile, Algernon, clearly waiting for an opening, moves up beside Accalon to face the celestial, a small dagger his only weapon.[Accalon was hit for 6 points of lethal damage.  Yes, I remembered your Shield of Faith <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />   Alicia rolled Will save 12+0=12, failed.  Alicia is at –2 to hit, AC, and saves.][Characters by initiative, damage, condition:Gwyn, HPs: 13/18, “feeling shaky”Accalon, HPs: 26/32, magic weapon, shield of faithT’aria, unhurtCity Guard 1, hurtCity Guard 2, unconsciousCity Guard 3, unconsciousSunedilar, unhurt, “feeling shaky”Alev, HPs: 9/19Aligor, HPs: 22/37Lydia, unhurt, aligned magic weapon & divine favorAlicia, HPs: 22/26, "feeling shaky"Ezuvial, hurtAlgernon, unhurt][Updated map included]</blockquote>

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