IC Ljonarian Enigma: Tournament Chaos

[Kish]

Raising her sword defensively, Aerin retreats down the stairs.

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Total defense, moving to Q12. AC against L2 is 21, against everyone else is 20.

[CWater]

The riderless green beast reaches after Aerin when she backs away.

Spoiler: AoO

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Attack: (1d20+8)[22]
Damage: (1d6+3)[7]

It bites on her old would and she blacks away from pain.

[CWater]

The white scaled hordeling rider directs his blue beast forward and they run over the unconscious Aerin and charge down the stairs towards Theréon, the rider piercing the elf's shoulder with his blade.

Spoiler: Attacks at the mad elf

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W
Sword: (1d20+7)[17]
Damage: (1d4+4)[7]

A2
Gore: (1d20+8)[13]
Damage: (1d6+4)[6]

Note, they can't do an actual charge because of the stairs, that was just a phrase I used.

"Oh no", August mumbles and runs towards the fight. Vindal looks around, unsure of what to do, but chooses to follow Eglantine up the stairs and throws one of his daggers at the approaching dragonbeast.

Spoiler: Attack at A3

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Attack: (1d20)[1] +?
Dagger: (1d4+4)[7] + fire (1d6)[1]

But his aim is bad and he only hits the opposite stone wall and bounces off to fall on the floor.

The riderless green beast climbs up the wall and approaches the melee at the bottom of the stairs from above, dropping down on the table to strike the Lieutenant from behind.

Spoiler: Attack

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Bite: (1d20+10)[21]
Damage: (1d6+3)[5]

The back of the riderless blue beast nearby begins to crackle with electricity and then it bursts, hitting all those standing near.

Spoiler: Electricity

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Damage: (3d6)[15]

Ref saves,
Theréon: (1d20+4)[21]
Sandra: (1d20+2)[20]
Lieutenant: (1d20)[4]

Spoiler: DM only

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(1d4)[4]

Theréon and Sandra jump away and avoid of the worst of it, but the Lieutenant takes a full hit.

Spoiler: OOC

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Spoiler: Initiative order

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Aerin
A2, W
Vindal, August
L1, A1
Eglantine, Rowan
Theréon, Guards
L2, A3, S

Spoiler: Map

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A1, A3 are blue dragonbeasts.
A2W is a blue beast ridden by a white scaled hordeling.
L1 is a green dragonbeast.
L2S is a green dragonbeast ridden by a sneak.

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Looking at the mass of people on the stairs, Rowan instead runs to the other set and past the blue dragonlike creature, trying to reach Aerin. "Lord-Belgrede-please-fall-back!" He shouts breathlessly to the mad nobleman, unable to get to both he and Aerin at once. Rowan hoped that Thereon knew the meaning of retreat.

Spoiler: Actions

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Run action to O18.

I think this will probably provoke an AoO from A3, that's okay with me.

[Athedia]

As Aerin fell Eglantine charged forward bringing her axe down on the dragonbeast. Her teeth were clenched in frustration at that day's events and the creature in front of her was a valid target.

Spoiler: Attack

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Charge for +2 attack (-2 AC), +1 attack/damage from Knowledge Devotion

Attack: (1d20+8)[22]
Crit: (1d20+8)[20]
Damage: (1d8+3)[9]

[CWater]

As Aerin fell Eglantine charged forward bringing her axe down on the dragonbeast. Her teeth were clenched in frustration at that day's events and the creature in front of her was a valid target.

Spoiler: Attack

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Charge for +2 attack (-2 AC), +1 attack/damage from Knowledge Devotion

Attack: (1d20+5)[20]
Crit: (1d6)[1]
Damage: (2d8+3)[14]

Eglantine strikes accurately, leaving a deep wound on the beast's hide.

Looking at the mass of people on the stairs, Rowan instead runs to the other set and past the blue dragonlike creature, trying to reach Aerin. "Lord-Belgrede-please-fall-back!" He shouts breathlessly to the mad nobleman, unable to get to both he and Aerin at once. Rowan hoped that Thereon knew the meaning of retreat.

Spoiler: Actions

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Run action to O18.

I think this will probably provoke an AoO from A3, that's okay with me.

Spoiler: Axe

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See the map, was O18 the square you wanted to end in, or did you mean P18? If you wanted to get next to Aerin, that would be one square forward. If that was the case, we can correct that.

"Fall back you say? But these monsters are still about? Oh, perhaps you mean we should lure them away?!" The madman makes one more attack, against the hordeling rider, then takes a step back.

Spoiler: Theréon attacks W

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Attack: (1d20+5)[20]
Damage: (1d6)[1]

"Sir, fall back too!", Sandra shouts and swings her falchion at the blue beast. Holding his chest the Lieutenant nods and backs away. He takes out a healing potion and downs it. Geff runs after Eglantine and also attacks a beast.

Spoiler: Rolls

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Lieutenant heals: (2d8+3)[14]

Sandra attacks A1
Attack: (1d20+3)[20]
Damage: (2d4+1)[4]

Geff attacks A3
Attack: (1d20+4)[18]
Damage: (1d8+2)[8]

The sneak riding a green beast turns her attention to Rowan, and they charge at him. The rider flails wildly, but the beast digs its teeth deep in Rowan's side.

Spoiler: Attacks at Rowan

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L2
Attack: (1d20+10)[17]
Damage: (1d6+3)[9]

S
Attack: (1d20+6)[12]
Damage: (1d4)[3]

The back of the blue dragonbeast that Eglantine and Geff are fighting starts to crackle with lightning, which then bursts in all directions. Geff is badly hit.

Spoiler: Electricity

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Damage: (3d6)[13]

Athedia, make a Ref save, DC 16 halves the damage.

Geff: (1d20)[15]

Spoiler: DM only

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(1d4)[2]

The hordeling directs his mount forward and they close in on Sandra. She manages to block some of the attacks, but some find their mark and she collapses to the floor.

Spoiler: Full attacks at Sandra

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W
Sword1: (1d20+5)[16]
Damage: (1d4+4)[5]

Sword2: (1d20+5)[9]
Damage: (1d4+2)[4]

A2
Claw1: (1d20+8)[14]
Damage: (1d8+4)[7]

Claw2: (1d20+8)[26]
Damage: (1d8+4)[10]

Gore: (1d20+6)[10]
Damage: (1d6+2)[7]

August stares in horror as the dragonkin advance. He takes a swing at the closest green beast, then stumbles backwards.

Spoiler: Attacks at L1

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(1d20+2)[7]
Damage: (1d6+1)[2]

"Eggy! Are you alright?" Vindal runs to join the fight by the balcony, drawing a new dagger, but not throwing it this time. Though he is no less successful, stumbling in his steps.

Spoiler: Vindal's attack on A3

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Melee: (1d20)[1] +?
Damage: (1d4+4)[8] + frost (1d6)[1]

And he continues to embarrass himself in front of his student.

The riderless blue beast follows after the Lieutenant, slicing him with its claws. The green jumps down from the table and goes after August.

Spoiler: Attacks

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A1 attacks Lieutenant, full attack
Claw1: (1d20+8)[18]
Damage: (1d8+4)[10]

Claw2: (1d20+8)[27]
Damage: (1d8+4)[12]

Gore: (1d20+6)[23]
Damage: (1d6+2)[6]

L1 attacks August
Attack: (1d20+8)[21]
Damage: (1d6+3)[4]

The beast attacks the guard savagely and he falls, bleeding heavily. August is hit, but remains standing.

Spoiler: Map

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A1, A3 are blue dragonbeasts.
A2W is a blue beast ridden by a white scaled hordeling.
L1 is a green dragonbeast.
L2S is a green dragonbeast ridden by a sneak.
Aerin, Sandra and Lieutenant are down.

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Rowan ignores the blue beast's biting and uses the last of his healing magic on Aerin with a swift prayer, hoping it's enough to get her back in the fight.

Spoiler: Actions

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Yes, I meant to be adjacent to Aerin, I'm sorry, I apparently cannot count.

MOve action to be next to Aerin but not the enemy, provoking AoO.

Standard action: Cast CLW on Aerin.
(1d8+9)[17]

[CWater]

Merciless teeth tear at Rowan again, but he manages to get away and heal the warrior. The world is painful, but Aerin regains consciousness.

Spoiler: OOC

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Rowan ends movement in P16, I assume. (Could move to Q16 too, thought I don't see why.)

Eglantine is up.

Spoiler: Party HP

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Aerin: 12/45
Eglantine: 24/31
Rowan: 5/31

[Athedia]

Eglantine swung her axe down at the dragonspawn. With Vindal next to her and her brother risking his life she needed to step up and prove she was capable.

Spoiler: Attack

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+1 from KD

Attack: (1d20+6)[23]
Crit: (1d20+6)[19]
Damage: (1d8+3)[10]

[CWater]

Eglantine swung her axe down at the dragonspawn. With Vindal next to her and her brother risking his life she needed to step up and prove she was capable.

Spoiler: Attack

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+1 from KD

Attack: (1d20+4)[22]
Crit: (1d8+2)[10]
Damage: (1d20+4)[22]

Eglantine puts all her weight behind this swing and the axe sinks deep into the creature's neck and it collapses.

"Hmm, perhaps we should indeed do a strategic maneuver", Theréon contemplates as the guards fall, "Run, young man!", he shouts to August and runs up the stairs and even past Eggy and the others there.

"No!", Geff screams when he sees his comrades cut down, "You bastards!" With the blue beast gone, he charges the rider ahead, his anger giving him strength and his sword cuts deep.

Spoiler: Geff attacks S

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Sword: (1d20+4)[22] forgot the +2 from charge.
Damage: (1d8+2)[10]

The sneak shrieks in pain, but immediately retaliates.

Spoiler: S attacks Geff

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Sword: (1d20+4)[22]
Damage: (1d4)[1]

Sword2: (1d20+4)[5]
Damage: (1d4)[3]

She swings both her blades, but one only scrapes the guard. The green dragonspawn however, snatches him in its jaws and bites hard. The young guard goes limp.

Spoiler: Attack

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The initial target is Geff, but if the sneak has cut him down, then it moves to attack Rowan. -Yup, it was Geff. Rowan was spared, for now.
Bite: (1d20+8)[28]
Damage: (1d6+3)[7]

Spoiler: Map

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A1 is a blue dragonbeasts.
A2W is a blue beast ridden by a white scaled hordeling.
L1 is a green dragonbeast.
L2S is a green dragonbeast ridden by a sneak.
The castle guards (L, S and G) are down, which means you can move into their squares. I've just kept marking their locations in case it is relevant to you.

[Kish]

Aerin watches quietly and waits.

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Delaying until L2S moves five feet away from Aerin, or it appears to her that they're going to attack her or one of the downed guards or remove her sword.

[CWater]

Spoiler: OOC

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Ok, the next bit has to come in pieces. I'll post in the OOC when it's PCs turn again.

The raging hordeling lets out a joyful howl as his enemies are falling and running, and he and his blue beast charge at August.

Spoiler: Attacks

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W
Sword: (1d20+7)[16]
Damage: (1d4+4)[5]

A2
Gore: (1d20+10)[14]
Damage: (1d6+4)[8]

The hordelings sword cuts August shoulder and then the blue beast rams into him, sending the cleric flying.

[CWater]

Vindal goes to collect his flame dagger from the floor. "There's so many of them.. Eggy! Get Rowan and run!"

At that moment, the remaining riderless dragonbeast turns around and charges at Rowan.

Spoiler: A1 attacks Rowan

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Gore: (1d20+10)[14]
Damage: (1d6+4)[8]

Oh, so close to dodging it!

Taken unawares, the beast runs him through with its horn and throws Rowan up in the air. He feels the sharp pain, but is already unconscious when he hits the floor.

The green dragonbeast leaps over the guards' bodies and nimbly climbs up to the balcony with great speed to take bite of the mad elf.

Spoiler: L1 attack Theréon

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Bite: (1d20+8)[23]
Damage: (1d6+3)[5]

Spoiler: Map

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A1 is a blue dragonbeasts.
A2W is a blue beast ridden by a white scaled hordeling.
L1 is a green dragonbeast.
L2S is a green dragonbeast ridden by a sneak.
Rowan, and the castle guards (L, S and G) are down, which means you can move into their squares. I've just kept marking their locations in case it is relevant to you.
Balcony is 10 ft. high.

[Athedia]

Eglantine was frozen in indecision. Aerin was trapped fighting near a collapsed Rowan, the madman that Rowan had befriended was looking bad, all the guards had collapsed and that Cleric that Aerin and Rowan seemed to recognize was also looking pretty badly beaten. But the madman was apparently a noble... and Vindal was near to Aerin. "Vindal! Help Aerin! Then get Rowan OUT OF HERE!" She ran forward to fight the dragonspawn that Theréon was fighting.

Spoiler: Actions

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Cunning Insight: 1 point -> +int (4) to attack
I believe that is the first inspiration point I have used this encounter? 2/3
+1 from KD

Attack: (1d20+10)[26]
Crit: (1d20+10)[18]
Damage: (1d8+3)[8]

[CWater]

Hawke and Relik

Signing up to work as a guard during the tournament had seemed like a good idea at the time. Most of the work was just patrol around the city, which meant you could also see the sights, lodging was arranged and the pay was decent. So even if one didn't particularly like being bossed around by people in uniform, why not make some easy money? And sure enough, the first couple of days in service had been pretty lax, the worst trouble had been revellers who couldn't pay their drinks or hadn't wanted to leave a tavern by the closing time. But today the orders had been different, to stand guard at the castle, which was fine by itself, although incredibly boring; apparently you had to stand still glued at your post and couldn't even chat with your pair if anyone even remotely important looking was within earshot.

Yet even boredom can feel like a blessing lost when you see a servant's throat slit by a blade in the shadows and then have to defend your own life the next second. And there is little joy in finally getting away from that guard post when you can't find a single living person (that doesn't want to kill you) even after checking two dozen rooms and a good length of corridor, only bodies drowning in their own blood. Occasionally you hear a scream or a clang of steel, but the echoes in the halls make them hard to follow, even if you wanted to. It is the sort of situation where you start to feel that it would perhaps be best to get the hell away from such a place, and so the recruits Hawke and Relik have made their way towards the main entrance. They've reached the end of the corridor leading to the hall from the right, when they hear the sounds of battle coming from behind the closed door.

Spoiler: Table, CatBeard

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So, to summarise: You were assigned as a pair this morning and have spent the day as castle guards, which was a bit of change from the earlier patrol duty. You're allowed to keep your own weapons and armour, though a small magic crystal is attached to your armour, which makes tit look the same as the standard uniform (it is removable and doesn't do anything else, just disguises your armour to look like a scale mail with the guard emblem on it).

Just some time before your shift was supposed to end, people started dying, killed by scaly assassins.

Spoiler: Visual aid

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If you have ranks in Knowledge(Nature) you can roll to see if you know anything about these people.

You fought and killed a couple of the attackers, and are now near the main entrance hall, in R7 and S7 on the map (though the door in front of you is still closed, so the rest of the map is a bit of meta knowledge for you at this point).
I'll roll your initiative and put you in an appropriate block depending on the result, at the earliest it will be after the next couple of allies and enemies posted below in this same post. I usually put up a note about whose turn it is in the OOC thread or at the end of the newest IC post (sometimes both). We're using block initiative, and within a block, you act in the order of posts made.
Hawke: (1d20+2)[6]
Relik: (1d20+4)[18]

If you'd like to make a introduction post of your character or a reaction to the events described here, you are very welcome to do so right away! Just please don't join the combat until I announce that it is your turn.

In the Entrance Hall

The dragonbeast hisses when Eglantine slashes it with her axe. It is more delicately built than the blue beasts and the weapon cuts deep.

“Haha! Excellent, young miss!”, Theréon shouts flailing his sword wildly.

Spoiler: Theréon attacks L1

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Attack: (1d20+5)[14]
Damage: (1d6)[1]

Spoiler: DM only

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(1d10)[5]
(1d10)[2]

With the closest people down on the floor, the sneak rides her green beast towards the mad elf. His cheering is cut off when he is struck from behind and collapses to the floor.

Spoiler: L2 and S attack Theréon

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S
Attack: (1d20+6)[19]
Damage: [roll]1d4[roll]

L2
Attack: (1d20+8)[18]
Damage: (1d6+3)[9]

Spoiler: Map

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Ae is Aerin.
E is Eglantine.
Ro is Rowan, currently in the negatives.
Re is Relik.
H is Hawke.

A, G, S, L and T are dying/dead NPCs.
V is an NPC still at full HP.

A1 is a blue dragonbeasts.
A2W is a blue beast ridden by a white scaled hordeling.
L1 is a green dragonbeast.
L2S is a green dragonbeast ridden by a sneak.

Rowan, August, Theréon and the castle guards (Ro, Au, T, L, S and G) are down, which means you can move into their squares. I've just kept marking their locations in case it is relevant to you.
Balcony is 10 ft. high.
Orange squares have a door in them, dark grey squares have stairs. Brown squares have a table (can't move through, except by crawling under it).

Spoiler: Initiative

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Aerin, Relik
A2, W
Vindal, August
L1, A1
Eglantine, Rowan
Theréon, Guards
L2, S
Hawke (along with the first block next round)

[Table Flipper]

What a mess today had been. He had been bored sick of castle duty to be sure, though this wasn't exactly the way Hawke would have elected to relieve it.

As the pair hears the battle in the next room, Hawke decides that he could use a quick drink. He takes said drink from his waterskin, then starts to ready his bow. "Sound like they could use some assistance." He gives his partner a bit of a weary smirk. "Ready for more?"

Spoiler: CWater

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Obviously no real action at the moment, but you did mention a knowledge nature roll, which Hawke can do, so:

(1d20+5)[9]

[Kish]

Aerin rises to her feet, gripping her sword. Her wounds remain grave, but the monsters will regret counting her out. The first step is to make sure Rowan doesn't get killed. She steps forward and slices at the blue beast standing over him.

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One step north, fighting defensively as I attack A1, regaining maneuvers:
(1d20+4)[22] Critical threat confirmation: (1d20+5)[23] Damage: (2d6+4)[12] Critical damage: (2d6+4)[11]
AC 19 against A1, 18 against other enemies.

I wonder what the weapon crystal does. It hasn't done anything visible yet, somewhat to Aerin's chagrin.

[SirCatBeard]

Last time I take a guard job. Relik thought to himself every other minute he spent guarding some random door in a palace. Finally, something. Relik thinks when the first screams reach them. The day had been so uneventful that Relik was utterly bored and welcomed any change to the monotony, even if it was bloody.

However, after the 6th room with only corpses, though, he gets a little more wary as to the nature of the excitement. Some weird scaly things were killing all the people. Well, he would just have to kill all the weird scaly things. Flail drawn he reached the door, his partner for that day right behind him.

What a mess today had been. He had been bored sick of castle duty to be sure, though this wasn't exactly the way Hawke would have elected to relieve it.

As the pair hears the battle in the next room, Hawke decides that he could use a quick drink. He takes said drink from his waterskin, then starts to ready his bow. "Sound like they could use some assistance." He gives his partner a bit of a weary smirk. "Ready for more?"

"Always." Relik grumbles. Slamming open the door, he quickly takes in the scene. He circles around to the nearest scary looking thing, Flail raised to strike.

Spoiler: Actions

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No Attack, since opening the door takes an action. Move to N12 (Can do so without provoking AOO.)

[CWater]

Aerin rises to her feet, gripping her sword. Her wounds remain grave, but the monsters will regret counting her out. The first step is to make sure Rowan doesn't get killed. She steps forward and slices at the blue beast standing over him.

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One step north, fighting defensively as I attack A1, regaining maneuvers:
(1d20+3)[19] Critical threat confirmation: (1d4+4)[6] Damage: (1d20+3)[6] Critical damage: (1d4+2)[6]
AC 19 against A1, 18 against other enemies.

I wonder what the weapon crystal does. It hasn't done anything visible yet, somewhat to Aerin's chagrin.

Despite the loss of blood Aerin slices accurately and the blue beast yelps in pain.

As the pair hears the battle in the next room, Hawke decides that he could use a quick drink. He takes said drink from his waterskin, then starts to ready his bow. "Sound like they could use some assistance." He gives his partner a bit of a weary smirk. "Ready for more?"

"Always." Relik grumbles. Slamming open the door, he quickly takes in the scene. He circles around to the nearest scary looking thing, Flail raised to strike.

Spoiler: Actions

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No Attack, since opening the door takes an action. Move to N12 (Can do so without provoking AOO.)

There are 4 enemy units that he can see, 2 of them consist of a rider and mount. The closest is a blue dragonbeast that is ridden by a white scaled rider wielding two bone blades. When Relik gets closer he sees that his eyes are glowing red, like a barbarian in rage. At the mounts feet lie the bodies of two guards, still bleeding out, and one who wears the robes of a cleric.

Another body lies at the top of the stairs and right next to it a half orc is fighting another blue beast. On the balcony on their right a woman with an axe is fighting two green dragonbeasts, one of which has a rider.

Spoiler: Visuals

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Spoiler: Blue dragonbeast

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Spoiler: Green dragon beast

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Spoiler: Blue's rider

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(Only one)

Spoiler: Green's rider

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The rider next to Relik turns his head sharply. Grinning he brings his blades towards him and encourages his mount to attack. The blue beast rears up and slashes with its claws and horn.

Spoiler: W and A2 attack Relik

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Sword1: (1d20+3)[19]
Damage:(1d4+4)[6]

Sword2: (1d20+3)[6]
Damage:(1d4+2)[6]

Claw1: (1d20+8)[24]
Damage:(1d8+4)[12]

Claw2: (1d20+8)[18]
Damage:(1d8+4)[12]

Gore: (1d20+6)[18]
Damage:(1d6+2)[4]

Fortunately most of the blows only scrape Relik's armour, but one of the beast's arms smacks him right on the face, leaving his head ringing and he feels blood running down his chin.

Vindal throws a glance at Eggy fighting the green beast and another looming close, then circles around the rider to reach Rowan at the top of the stairs. He reaches to touch the boy's hand activating his healing belt.

Spoiler: Rowan heals

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(2d8)[6]

Spoiler: DM only

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(1d10)[7]

Aching like ever before, Rowan regains consciousness.

The blue beast Aerin struck rises to stand on its hindlegs and swings its powerful arms then tries to gore with its horn.

Spoiler: A1 attacks Aerin

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Claw1: (1d20+8)[20]
Damage:(1d8+4)[10]

Claw2: (1d20+8)[27]
Damage:(1d8+4)[11]

Gore: (1d20+6)[15]
Damage:(1d6+2)[3]

The attack is savage, blood pours as the warrior's throat is cut open and she collapses to the floor.

The green beast Eggy cut also retaliates, tearing her with its sharp teeth.

Spoiler: L1 attack Eglantine

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Bite: (1d20+8)[25]
Damage: (1d6+3)[7]

Spoiler: Map

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Ae is Aerin, very close to death.
E is Eglantine.
Ro is Rowan, conscious again, but prone.
Re is Relik.
H is Hawke.

A, G, S, L and T are dying/dead NPCs. (L is under A2W)
V is an NPC still at full HP.

A1 is a blue dragonbeasts.
A2W is a blue beast ridden by a white scaled hordeling.
L1 is a green dragonbeast.
L2S is a green dragonbeast ridden by a sneak.

Aerin, August, Theréon and the castle guards (Ae, Au, T, L, S and G) are down, which means you can move into their squares. I've just kept marking their locations in case it is relevant to you.
Balcony is 10 ft. high.
Orange squares have a door in them, dark grey squares have stairs. Brown squares have a table (can't move through, except by crawling under it).

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Rowan opens his eyes groggily, only to see Aerin still lying on the floor across from him, looking even worse than before. In a panic, he activates his belt, hoping it wasn't already too late.

Spoiler: Healing belt for Aerin

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(2d8)[8]

Edit: Also delaying move action to stand from prone until Rowan is no longer in a threatened square.

Only after he's moved does he notice the blue dragonbeast still looming above him, and wonder if it mightn't have been a better idea to play dead.

[Athedia]

Eglantine looked around in panic. Rowan was awake again, barely but Aerin, strong, unyielding Aerin had fallen. The madman was down, maybe dead and most of the guards. Even the cleric. But there was a new figure, another guard by the look of him. As Eggy swung her axe again she shouted a plea. "Help us please! We don't know the way out!"

Spoiler: Attack

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Attack: (1d20+6)[24]
Crit: (1d20+6)[22]
Damage: (1d8+3)[6]

[CWater]

Rowan opens his eyes groggily, only to see Aerin still lying on the floor across from him, looking even worse than before. In a panic, he activates his belt, hoping it wasn't already too late.

Spoiler: Healing belt for Aerin

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(1d20+4)[17]

Edit: Also delaying move action to stand from prone until Rowan is no longer in a threatened square.

Only after he's moved does he notice the blue dragonbeast still looming above him, and wonder if it mightn't have been a better idea to play dead.

Aerin is no longer bleeding to death, though she doesn't regain consciousness.

Spoiler: Axe

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Ah, here we come to a rule distinction again. Delaying and readying actions are two separate things. When you delay, it means you move your entire turn in the initiative order. You can take your turn at any point after you start delaying, however, you can't interrupt anyone else's turn. (And especially in a PbP, it is good to give some description of why or how long you are delaying.)

Readying otoh is always a standard action, even when you are readying other types of actions. Unlike delaying, it can interrupt others actions, if the trigger conditions are met. Readying also changes your place in the initiative order.

Link to rules page.

However, I'm thinking of coming up a ruling about Withdrawing while prone, probably like that you can only move 5 ft. or so. I'll bring it up in the OOC thread.

Eglantine looked around in panic. Rowan was awake again, barely but Aerin, strong, unyielding Aerin had fallen. The madman was down, maybe dead and most of the guards. Even the cleric. But there was a new figure, another guard by the look of him. As Eggy swung her axe again she shouted a plea. "Help us please! We don't know the way out!"

Spoiler: Attack

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Attack: (1d20+4)[17]
Crit: (1d4)[3]
Damage: (1d20+4)[9]

Eglantine cuts the green beast, slicing deep again. It's now bleeding heavily and looks tired and almost like it's about to bolt. However the sneak riding the other green shouts angry orders at it while she and her mount step forward to attack Vindal, though he dodges their blows.

Spoiler: L2 and S attack Vindal

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S
Sword1: (1d20+4)[17]
Damage: (1d4)[3]

Sword2: (1d20+4)[9]
Damage: (1d4)[3]

L
Bite: (1d20+8)[13]
Damage: (1d6+3)[8]

Spoiler: Map

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Ae is Aerin, currently in the negatives, but stable.
E is Eglantine.
Ro is Rowan.
H is Hawke.
Re is Relik.

A, G, S, L and T are dying/dead NPCs.
V is an NPC still at full HP.

A1 is a blue dragonbeasts.
A2W is a blue beast ridden by a white scaled hordeling.
L1 is a green dragonbeast.
L2S is a green dragonbeast ridden by a sneak.

Rowan, August, Theréon and the castle guards (Ro, Au, T, L, S and G) are down, which means you can move into their squares. I've just kept marking their locations in case it is relevant to you.
Balcony is 10 ft. high.
Orange squares have a door in them, dark grey squares have stairs. Brown squares have a table (can't move through, except by crawling under it).

[SirCatBeard]

At the feeling of hot blood on his face, Relik draws upon the power of his emotions as he learned to do. As his focus sharpens he hardly hears the cry for help to his right. The surroundings fade as he swings his flail at the face of the beast.

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Rage. Attack A2.
Attack: (1d20+10)[18]
Damage: (1d10+8)[9]

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Hawke races into the room and sizes up the situation. Messy sight lines. No time to switch to the flail, though. Hawke takes aim at the nearest dragonkin, taking care not to hit his partner.

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Switching to indigo. Maroon seems a bit similar to Relik's color, at least against the forum background.

Move to Q9.

Attack A2W with composite longbow at -4 penalty.

Attack: (1d20+3)[14]
Crit?: (1d20+3)[10]
Damage: (1d8+4)[11]

[CWater]

At the feeling of hot blood on his face, Relik draws upon the power of his emotions as he learned to do. As his focus sharpens he hardly hears the cry for help to his right. The surroundings fade as he swings his flail at the face of the beast.

Spoiler: Actions

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Rage. Attack A2.
Attack: (1d20+3)[14]
Damage: (1d20+3)[13]

Hawke races into the room and sizes up the situation. Messy sight lines. No time to switch to the flail, though. Hawke takes aim at the nearest dragonkin, taking care not to hit his partner.

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Switching to indigo. Maroon seems a bit similar to Relik's color, at least against the forum background.

Move to Q9.

Attack A2W with composite longbow at -4 penalty.

Attack: (1d20+3)[14]
Crit?: (1d20+3)[13]
Damage: (1d20+8)[13]

Relik strikes the beast, leaving it bleeding. Hawke has to be careful in his aiming and the arrow misses its target.

The rider lets out a loud battle cry and slashes at Relik again, his attacks followed by the mount's.

Spoiler: W and A2 attack Relik

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W
Sword1: (1d20+3)[14]
Damage: [roll]1d4+4)[/roll]

Sword2: (1d20+3)[13]
Damage: [roll]1d4+4)[/roll]

A2
Claw1: (1d20+8)[13]
Damage: (1d8+4)[7]

Claw2: (1d20+8)[24]
Damage: (1d8+4)[11]

Gore: (1d20+6)[10]
Damage: (1d6+2)[8]

Most of their attempts miss again, only one claw cuts a new deep wound.

Vindal turns around and takes a step down the stairs to strike at the beast threatening Rowan. "Get away if you can! Don't die and make your sister cry!"

Spoiler: Vindal attacks A1

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5 ft. step and attack
Dagger1: (1d20)[14] + ?
Damage: (1d4)[2] + fire (1d6)[2]

Dagger2: (1d20)[18] + ?
Damage: (1d4)[3] + frost (1d6)[1]

Both of his daggers hit this time, but the sturdy beast remains standing.

[CWater]

The dragonbeast snarls and rises to slash the elf with its claws.

Spoiler: A1 attacks Vindal

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Claw1: (1d20+8)[14]
Damage: (1d8+4)[9]

Claw2: (1d20+8)[28]
Damage: (1d8+4)[10]

Gore: (1d20+6)[18]
Damage: (1d6+2)[6]

One of them cuts his shoulder open.

The green dragonbeast is badly wounded, but continues to pursue Eggy. However, the attack is weak and she evades.

Spoiler: L1 attacks Eggy

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Bite: (1d20+8)[12]
Damage: (1d6+3)[5]

Spoiler: Map

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Ae is Aerin, currently in the negatives, but stable.
E is Eglantine.
Ro is Rowan.
H is Hawke.
Re is Relik.

A, G, S, L and T are dying/dead NPCs.
V is an NPC still at full HP.

A1 is a blue dragonbeasts.
A2W is a blue beast ridden by a white scaled hordeling, both wounded.
L1 is a green dragonbeast, badly wounded.
L2S is a green dragonbeast ridden by a sneak who is wounded.

Rowan, August, Theréon and the castle guards (Ro, Au, T, L, S and G) are down, which means you can move into their squares. I've just kept marking their locations in case it is relevant to you.
Balcony is 10 ft. high.
Orange squares have a door in them, dark grey squares have stairs. Brown squares have a table (can't move through, except by crawling under it).

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Rowan looks up at the dragonbeast and realizes that it's really not the best idea to continue lying beneath it, so he rolls away.

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Cwater's modified prone withdraw action to Q17.
This is a full round action, as I understand. Not going farther because I plan on healing Aerin and standing up next round. =J

[Athedia]

Eglantine swung at the creature.

Spoiler: Attack

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Attack: (1d20+5)[13]
Crit: (1d20+5)[12]
Damage: (1d8+2)[9]

[CWater]

Eglantine swung at the creature.

Spoiler: Attack

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Attack: (1d20+6)[10]
Crit: (1d4)[4]
Damage: (1d6)[6]

Tiredness is starting to creep into Eggy's arms and this time she misses.

The sneak and her dragonbeast take a step towards Eggy, and take a swing at Vindal again, but he dodges all their attempts. Furious, the sneak shouts orders in Draconic.

Spoiler: S and L2 attack Vindal

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Flanking with A1

S
Sword1: (1d20+6)[10]
Damage: (1d4)[4] + sneak attack (1d6)[6]

Sword2: (1d20+6)[17]
Damage: (1d4)[3] + sneak attack (1d6)[3]

L2
Bite: (1d20+10)[15]
Damage: (1d6+3)[5]

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(1d10)[2]
(1d10)[4]
(1d10)[3]

Spoiler: Map

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Ae is Aerin, currently in the negatives, but stable.
E is Eglantine.
Ro is Rowan.
H is Hawke.
Re is Relik.

A, G, S, L and T are dying/dead NPCs.
V is an NPC still at full HP.

A1 is a blue dragonbeasts.
A2W is a blue beast ridden by a white scaled hordeling, both wounded.
L1 is a green dragonbeast, badly wounded.
L2S is a green dragonbeast ridden by a sneak who is wounded.

Aerin, August, Theréon and the castle guards (Ae, Au, T, L, S and G) are down, which means you can move into their squares. I've just kept marking their locations in case it is relevant to you.
Balcony is 10 ft. high.
Orange squares have a door in them, dark grey squares have stairs. Brown squares have a table (can't move through, except by crawling under it).

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Hawke, Aerin, Relik
A2, W
Vindal, August
L1, A1
Eglantine, Rowan
Theréon, Guards
L2, S

[Table Flipper]

Okay, you know what, this isn't going to work. Hawke throws down his longbow, draws his flail, and moves in to attack in melee.

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Dropping longbow as a free action at Q9 (so as to not use a move action putting it away) and drawing flail (also a free action with +1 or higher BAB apparently.

Move to P11 and attack A2W mount with flail.

Attack: (1d20+8)[25]
Crit?(x2): (1d20+8)[17]
Damage: (1d8+4)[12]