2 - 024: The Second Piece

[K Man]

Hero, Garor and Callian - [There will be a battlemat in the next post, so sit tight.]

Hero rushes down the hallway, drawing her blade and bringing it down on the dwarven master. She screams an alarm as she does so.

"To arms comrades!

[Attack Roll = 12] The blade slices into a parlor table. Missing Master Magmire.



"I warned you!! Move Traylara!!"

The Dwarf stabs his wand before him. He clicks a small button on the side of the wand and a blast of energy shoots from the end of the wand. It crackles through the air, shooting down the hallway, hitting most within.
[Based on Battle mat below, I see Callian and Hero getting hit with it.]

[Ref. Save, Hero, Callan = 22, 16] Both of you manage to dodge to bolt of lightning, but it still singes your skin and armor. [Damage Roll = 25, 1/2 = 12]

Traylara quickly moves to her masters side, hugging his arm tightly.

{Iniative: Hero, Magmire, Garor, Callian.}
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Angelus and Caelith - [Spot Check, Angelus] The patron remains within the bar, knowing his place very well. Camir nods, listening intently to all you say.



"Excellent work ambassador, and I agree on all stated. I will round some of my men and we will confront Master Magmire now."

"Jotto! Remul!"

Camir calls into the streets for his men, ones he assume should be nearby. Looking around, the streets are unusually devoid of the watch...frighteningly so. Camir also sees this after calling out a few more names and getting nothing more than idle stares from those in the streets.

Eventually such a passerby mutters the only response he knows.

"He went to Magmire's Camir...minutes ago."
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Newt - Approaching the sprawling dwarven estate, you are shocked to see that it crawls with countless soldiers of the watch.

Apparently Magmire has already been 'sniffed' out...

The city watch is heading towards his doors, twelve men in all.
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Krysta, Girud and Galdren - Irinys nods approvingly of Galdren's sacrifice. He motions to the area and its surrounds.



"We all could use rest. We'll shall remain here and secure an area to sleep. I'll have my men scan the grounds."

The elven prince walks away, shouting commands into the night. The refugess huddle together, afraid and shuddering, fearing another attack.

Mordrock finally picks himself up, puffing out his chest as though he had committed a brave deed. He walks over to help Krysta and Girud move the dead beast, running away when a leg shudders as though the beast has reanimated.

Turning the beast over, using the might all of you can muster, you stab through its stomach and open it wide. Just as your blade hits the end of the torso, you hear the distinct sound of metal striking metal...

Pulling aside the flesh, you find a partially digested, fully armored knight...and no signs of The Master's forces. You relax a little, but puzzle over the figure in the beasts stomach.
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Sehanine, Yuri and Romar - Moving into the tunnel, the Dwarves are quick to mutter silent blessings and shut the door behind you, sliding the massive bar into place. You crouch down, attempting to find anything.

[Spot and Listen Checks, Romar] You hear little, save for a strange clinking noise in the distance...the forges? You also see nothing out of the ordinary.

[Search Check, Romar] A quick scan of the items around you adds to your initial belief - a mighty stand took place here. Arrows shafts of the Drow, Duergar hammers and aces...Dwarven armor and the flames of the high clerics all litter the hallway. With such chaos, you're surprised they made it out at all.

Also...there are no bodies. A strange occurence for such a mighty conflict.

You look round, behind you and before you, finding nothing to suggest that anything is nearby.

{Want to go on? Change light source? Tactics etc?}
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[VemuKhaham]

If he finds any armor and other attributes to wear, for example three drow suits (matching their size), and if there are enough for the thee of us and not to damaged as to make it a foolish disguise, Romar whispers after he had searched the hallway:

"These remnants could prove valuable in our stealth. I say we disguise ourselves as drow, with whatever equipment we can find. That way, if we are seen, we might have a slight chance of being ignored or catch any suspicious people in surprise."

If his companions agree, he gathers his disguise, and hopefully finding a helmet or something that could cover his skin colour. If he has to, he'll replace his own equipment with the new equipment.

If there is no suitable equipment or the others disagree, he proceeds, stealthily, and first looks into the right halway taking cover from the corner to make sure if it's safe. Maybe Yuri will need to do this last thing however as he provides the light. He'll stealthily continue untill something catches his attention.

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Hide/move s. +7, Spot/listen +9, Disguise -1, but with the darkness it might still be difficult to notice it I hope

[Artemis]

His hand dips into his spell component pouch and pulls out a dart as well as some unidentifiable components as he starts to move with haste toward the Magmire resident. "I sense that there will be death this day my friends."

[Fangor the Fierce]

Krysta stares at the sight before her, and turns to the others helping. She then clears out the creature enougth to remove the corpse, and takes 20 searching the body for its contents (+2+20=22). She then turns to the others, telling them what she finds. She also calls to Irinys to see if he or any of his followers can check the body for how it died. She turns to Irinys, "As for the boats, I would suggest bringing them on land, in case something tries to take them away down the river. How much further to our destination? Where exactly are we? And what do you know about Knights in this area? Also, can any of your magic users identify the items that we are using? There are some bracers and a cloak that we would like to know of their properties."

She will tell Mordrock to keep an eye out for any more of these creatures coming from the river, or anything else for that matter. He is 'volunteered' for first watch by Krysta.

[BluSpecs]

If any furniture is usable as cover, Garor jumps behind it and casts Hold Person on Magmire

[K Man]

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[K Man]

Legend for the Above:

T = Tralaya
M = Magmire
G = Garor
H = Hero
C = Callian
D = Double Doors
¤ = Candleholder, flanking doors
µ = Parlor table

[Merovingian]

So much for stealth. Run for the house to see what is happening. If the guards have their weapons drawn leave mine in it's scabbard and look for the highest ranking guard.

Good man I am Newton Gramiccihe Ambassador for the King what is going on?

[Japic]

I help where ever my bulk is needed. I feel a pang of pity for this unfortunate soul that has been eaten, but as others who have fallen before him, perhaps he can help us on our way.

What equipment can we salvage from this guy?

{In addition you didn't answer my query about the skull of the beast KMan, could it be used by me as a scary or intimidating headpiece..? Or did I just break it too badly? Thanks.}

[Wizard]

Callian, caught completely off-guard by Hero's draw, begins to try to restrain her. A moment's reflection upon her character changes his mind. The fact that Master Magmire has just attempted to incinerate them both doesn't hurt either.

He moves toward Master Magmire and draws his sword, then attempts to disarm him of the wand.

(Unless he's got Exotic Weap. proficiency [wand], he gets a -4 on his disarm roll. I have Imp. Disarm, so I get a +4 and don't provoke an AoO. Finally, if the wand is light in his hand, then I get an additional +4 for weapon size.)

[Hero]

I drop my shield (free action)
Now using sword two handed.
I sunder the wand.

"Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaa!"

+9 to hit, damage 1d8+5

down 12 hp

Note: Magmire can take an AoO against me if he wants but if he does I can take one against him for striking while unarmed (unless he has the Improved Unarmed Strike feat).



ooc: I checked on this and it is good in the rules as far as I can tell - I've pasted the appropriate parts from the SRD below.


Sunder
Step 1: Attack of Opportunity. You provoke an attack of opportunity from the target whose weapon or shield you are trying to sunder. (If you have the Improved Sunder feat, you don’t incur an attack of opportunity for making the attempt.)
Step 2: Opposed Rolls. You and the defender make opposed attack rolls with your respective weapons. The wielder of a two-handed weapon on a sunder attempt gets a +4 bonus on this roll, and the wielder of a light weapon takes a –4 penalty. If the combatants are of different sizes, the larger combatant gets a bonus on the attack roll of +4 per difference in size category.
Step 3: Consequences. If you beat the defender, roll damage and deal it to the weapon or shield. See Table: Common Armor, Weapon, and Shield Hardness and Hit Points to determine how much damage you must deal to destroy the weapon or shield.
If you fail the sunder attempt, you don’t deal any damage.
Sundering a Carried or Worn Object: You don’t use an opposed attack roll to damage a carried or worn object. Instead, just make an attack roll against the object’s AC.A carried or worn object’s AC is equal to 10 + its size modifier + the Dexterity modifier of the carrying or wearing character. Attacking a carried or worn object provokes an attack of opportunity just as attacking a held object does. To attempt to snatch away an item worn by a defender rather than damage it, see Disarm. You can’t sunder armor worn by another character.

Wands:

A typical wand has AC 7, 5 hit points, hardness 5, and a break DC of 16.

[Jevva]

That would be th coolest helmet ever.

Galdren helps as much as possible. "I can take a turn on the watch, though I'd prefer if somebody were able to take it with me, as any sort of ambush would likely kill me."

[sonnetinkinston]

Smiling, I glance to Romar.
I good idea, but perhaps I should take the lead if we do. After all, you're a bit tall for a drow... we'll also have to douse the light unless yuri intends on not disguising himself. I don't believe drow need light to see in the dark.

[VemuKhaham]

"Yes, what you say is true, Sehanine. But even though the drow don't need light, we are still not them. How can we see without that? If we go through this tunnel with our hands as our senses then we'd surely never be mistaken for drow."

[GeneralMHB]

Observing the conversation between the rangers, Yuri finally speeks up:

Where are the bodies? Something does not seem right. A great war was fought here, but where are the dead? I suspect something more sinister than drow and rebel dwarves at hand here.

With his concern spoken, Yuri shifts his conversation to the planning for the road ahead

The drow's skin is much darker than yours Sehanine. All they have to do is look at your fair skin and we are caught. However, I cannot think of any other better ideas at the moment. I will kill the lights if need be, I don't need it. Perhaps I could try the image of the drow since I do have vision in the dark? Take both of you as prisoners?

He gives Romar an uneasy glance, with good reason.

[glow=red,2,300]What makes you think he will trust a vampire, hmm...?[/glow]

[VemuKhaham]

Romar sighs in the prospect of having to agree with Yuri. However, before he does so, he'll first stubbornly search around for helmets that would cover their skin. If these can't be found, he'll reluctantly agree to play his prisoner, should they ever need to fake it of course.

[TheUdjat]

Caelith quietly curses his timing. "Go on ahead Angelus, Camir - I will be along shortly with the girl." And then he heads at a run for the inn, moving to the innkeeper (assuming he's around).

"Innkeeper, my apologies, but by the authority of King Sturmguard, whom I represent, the girl Maura must be taken to the guard for questioning - I would explain more, but time is quite of the essence right now." And he goes to the girl herself next, gesturing towards the door. "You will not be harmed, but your presence is required. Please come along quietly. And quickly." Caelith would really hate to have to exert some kind of force upon the girl.