Rokugan in the Shadows Ch 1: Gathering Dark

[Swami Monsoon]

Do these... people... have a plan beyond 'kill everything that moves?'

As soon as Jade asks that question to herself she's all too sure of the answer... She mutters a curse under her breath and sends another blob of acid at the officer.

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Eldritch blast (with in melee penalty) (1d20)[3]
Damage (1d6)[3]

[Doxkid]

Yhrashnal snorts at the little human's defiance; she has drawn his blood, but with so many corpses strewn about the injury won't last long at all. Already his flesh is knitting itself back together; all this commander has done is damn herself and pique Yhrashnal's interest.

"So be it."

The fool has invited ruin upon her nation and a great beast's fangs upon her flesh. Yhrashnal obliges this warrior's foolishness by darting to her blind side and lunging forward with his fangs bared; He will make sure to eat a few extra civilians just for her in the future.

Spoiler: OoC

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Yhrashnal takes a move action to reposition so he flanks her (eating the attack of opportunity if she has any left) with the other melee combatant (seeing as he probably has no idea whatKyorlin is) and then attacks.
Bite Attack roll:(1d20+8)[23] (Counting an additional +2 for flanking her
Bite Damage: (1d6+5)[10]

Fast Healer will heal 1 point of damage this round, bringing Yhrashnal up to 18 (from 17) if she had a magic weapon or 23(from 22) if she did not (forgot to ask about that for Yhrashnal's DR 5/Magic)

[~Corvus~]

Jade's attack flies wide; water in the docks fizzles as the acid makes contact with it. As Yrashnal repositions himself he, too, takes attacks from the daggered lady whom is still standing; she follows his motion and strikes at him as she fends off the terrible bite to her hips.

Spoiler: info, attacks

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She does *not* have a Magic Weapon. She takes 2 AoOs against Yrashnal and another 2 more.
a(1d20+4)[21] c(1d20+4)[8] d(1d4+3)[4]
a(1d20+4)[7] c(1d20+4)[7] d(1d4+3)[4]

a(1d20+4)[19] c(1d20+4)[13] d(1d4+3)[4]
a(1d20+4)[18] c(1d20+4)[8] d(1d4+3)[6]

[WarHunter]

Kyorlin

Stuborn human just die already,
Nothing you can accomplish will make any difference tomorrow as your people are so inferior that they have to cling to honor and numbers to make it this far and still can't go to to toe with someone raised in chaos and darkness.

Spoiler: finishing her off hopefully

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a(1d20+7)[19]c(1d20+7)[22]a(1d20+7)[15]c(1d20+7)[13]d(1d6+4)[8]c(2d6+4)[11]d(1d6+4)[6]c(2d6+4)[11]

[Ellowryn]

As it approaches its prey it notices the presence of new things. They are not human, but they speak like humans and appear like humans too. But they are attacking humans, so it decides that investigating them will come later, first it must finish off its prey so with another hiss it lunges forward.

Spoiler: ACTIONS!!!!

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Will move into a position to attack the one standing human, if that human is dead before i act then it will instead move to attack one of the dying ones on the ground.
Attack (1d20+7)[19], if a crit (1d20+7)[20], Damage (3d6+5)[14], if a confirmed crit (3d6+5)[14], Skirmish (1d6)[3], Fort save DC 14 or (1d4)[4] Str damage.

[~Corvus~]

The knife-wielding soldier falls in a spray of blood, bone and gore. For next few minutes, at least, you have a reprive.

The militia gather along the edge of the longhouse; the thirty men or so point in your general direction. It will take them about two minutes to reach you.

[WarHunter]

Kyorlin

Looks around the ship for weapons of war. Should we take the boat away from the docks or continue killing them intimately? remembering the strange attacks he suffered after he shot his crossbow he searches the recently dead soldier

Spoiler: search check

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(1d20+5)[24]

[~Corvus~]

The ship is wide, with a powerful mainsail and a guide-sail that extends to the mast. It has ropes for mooring and what looks like pig-skin bags to prevent the ship from damaging another during a quick dock. It has a few cutlasses and some grappling hooks, but seems otherwise bereft of claimable armaments. However, near the back sides of the ship there are large stacks of thick spears on each side.

Kyorlin notices that on each side of the ship, there are large crossbow-shapes covered by weatherproof protectors. Though not much, those thick shafts could likely be of use for an emergency defense.

Finally, the ship is tied into the dock by two rigging lines. The knots look expertly done and ready to pull away in case of an emergency.

[Swami Monsoon]

"I'm all for getting out of here... but do any of us know how to sail?"

Jade turns and gestures at the approaching militia. Another cloud of mist forms in front of them as the old one disperses...

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Breath of the Night between approaching troops and party, as close to them as possible (range is 120')

[WarHunter]

Kyorlin

Takes as many large shafted spears to the port mounted crossbow as he can carry with his 4 arms and 36lbs till he is carrying his max medium load.Worrying about sailling later, I only suggested it so we can create greater distance between that mob and us.

[Ellowryn]

The newly found creature continues to eviscerate the bodies lying around, both to ensure death and because well its kinda hard to feed yourself when you have no hands and was only born a few moments ago. As it moves around you can see on the back of its head something like a tattoo stating "Specimen 627".

Unless otherwise engaged it will continue this until it is full or new targets show itself.

[WarHunter]

Kyorlin

Rips the covers off the pressumed crossbows and tries to load one of the spears in place.This should be most amusing,
If it works.

[~Corvus~]

The large crossbow has a ratchet on one end to set the stock into firing position. The handholds are meant for two people to crank it; with Kyorlin's unusual strength, he manages to work the device. It takes about 20 seconds to set and load.

[Doxkid]

Yhrashnal gorges himself while waiting for the enemy soldiers to arrive; every corpse he can get his claws on, regardless of how complete it is or how much of it the other feasting creature has consumed, is shredded into magic and dust. Starting the the freshly slain enemy commander. who dared to offend him, of course.

"If you cannot fight them then simply run." He states in between meals. It seems pretty obvious that outrunning the enemy troops, and picking off small squads is the best option if his fellow Voice Called beings are not confident in their combat ability. "They are only human. They are slow. I am not. I can hunt them later.

Thing!" he growls in the direction of the only other creature that had enough sense to feed and regain its strength while waiting. He is even decent enough to personally shred a human into chunks and flick both the liver and heart in its direction. "You fight almost as well as a Hound."

[WarHunter]

Kyorlin

Continues setting the crossbowCan someone look for some pitch? This would be more fun a flamed,
What do you think Niku? Would you like to take turns on the crossbow? still setting the crossbow.

[Ellowryn]

Upon being addressed Specimen 627 stops happily eating the choice bits being flung at it and turns its head at the source. Strange, it seems human like but is definitely not human, it ponders. Upon being compared to something called a hound it seems puzzled for a moment but given the tone and gestures of the source Specimen 627 concludes that this is a compliment, flicking some of the choice bits back to show its approval and thanks. And having fed to filling for the first time in its life it now turns it attention to the other not humans talking about the coming of other prey.

[~Corvus~]

The humans march up to the fog, and stop. They exchange words, and seem to march around it. They have granted you an extra minute or so

Spoiler: calculation

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(2:40 until engagement). Niku or Kyorlin may want to act.

[Swami Monsoon]

Jade sizes up the new arrival, trying to count all the various legs, claws and pincers and wondering just what she's gotten herself into. Or what she's been gotten into. Whatever.

"If anyone has a plan I'd like to hear it. Preferably something more detailed than 'kill things and eat them.'"

[WarHunter]

Kyorlin

Can't wait any longer for pitch he hopes this crossbow can send these spears threw more than one human. Taking careful aim to take out his true target the samurai, Kyorlin wants to hit a few other of the milita. Fires the 1st spear

Spoiler: attack roll

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(1d20+5)[11]c(1d20+5)[24]

Starts setting next spear

[Doxkid]

With his feast finished Yhrashnal has little to do other than revel in the destruction of human lives. Even this gets old after a while, so instead he sizes up his companions to see who looks to be particularly useful and who should be left behind if it comes to that.

Well, no...perhaps they have some other uses. Yhrashnal's companions had a variety of skills, as did Yhrashnal and Yhrashnal, so Yhrashnal's should be the same, right? He'll pick up the slowest of them when he flees; even when carrying around twice his own body-weight he should shame any of the warriors approaching.

[Kashmir]

Niku no Seijin

Snapping out of his study of the approaching crowd, seeing the others take a challenge to them, Niku will fire into the crowd while they are still gathered.

Spoiler: OoC

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Attack:(1d20+5)[23]
Crit:(1d20+5)[12]
Damage:[roll]1d8+1d6+2[/roll]
Crit:[roll]2d8+2d6+4[/roll]

[~Corvus~]

The bolt from the Ship-borne crossbow falls short of the Samurai; instead it hits four other militia men.

Spoiler: rolls

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(5d8)[24]

The four of them drop instantly, pierced through the chest by the spear. Another bolt, shot near the maximum range of Niku's crossbow, goes through the side of a militia man at the front.

Spoiler: casualties

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4 dead
1 wounded

[WarHunter]

Kyorlin

Sets the 2nd spear, his four arms whirling the two person device unlike how it was engineered to be operated. Curse him to Loth I missed him. Still wanting that pitch or other flammable goo. takes aim at the samurai and the other milita as secondary targets and let's the spear fly

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a(1d20+5)[9]c(1d20+5)[20]

Loading and setting third spear.

[~Corvus~]

It takes Kyorlin an entire round to both mount and reload the large crossbow.

Spoiler: OOC warhunter

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You'll have to reroll the attack the next round.

[WarHunter]

Kyorlin

I'll take brandy, whiskey or bourbon -some of it will go on the spears *chuckles*. I just want to light the area on fire,
So hard to find good help these days.

[Swami Monsoon]

"No whiskey here, just this stuff." Jade drinks a potion as she waits for the enemy to get closer.

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Use potion of Mage Armor

[Kashmir]

Niku

Niku will look over the others, if it seems they need some healing he will use the kit upon them if it is needed, if not, he will loose another arrow from his bow at the oncoming foes.

Spoiler: OoC

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Heal:(1d20+8)[14]

Attack:(1d20+5)[10]
Crit:(1d20+5)[11]
Damage:(1d8+2)[3]+ (1d6+2)[3]
Crit:[roll]2d8+2d6+4[/roll]+ (2d6+4)[11]

[~Corvus~]

Niku notices almost instantly that Kyorlin is close to bleeding into unconsciousness. The Daelkyr takes an opportunity to patch up several wounds on his chest; however, the Draegloth's motions makes it a little more difficult than it would if he hadn't been moving.

Spoiler: Heals

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Kyorlin heals for 4 HP.

[WarHunter]

Kyorlin

Creature can you understand me? I have an idea, if you can hold on to one of these spears as I fire it you can kill those humans very quickly.

Spoiler: knowledge check

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(1d20)[2]what is that creature and what is the best way to use it.

[~Corvus~]

Spoiler: Knowledge result

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Kyorlin has no idea what type of monster Specimen is, but looks real