Maacain Invasion: Ross Dattar's Group II

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah
HP 49/68 AC[touch](Flatfooted) 20[14](16) Initiative 18

As she caught her returning chatkcha, Ferah watched the enemy caster crumple with a grim happiness. The fight seemed to be going well thus far. Now there was just the archer and that thri-kreen... something seemed familiar about him...
"Hey Boss, watch out, that other bug thing is coming for you!"

Ferah let Windslasher fall, drawing her fourth kukri and going through a few practice slashes, watching her foe closely.
(in Thri-Kreen)"So, you wish to fight me?"

With the caster down, the goblins split their efforts, with Joe and Doc going for the thri-kreen, while Mark and Lid took shots at the archer.

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For Ferah, free action to catch weapon, free action to drop it, move action to draw weapon, swift action to recover maneuvers, standard action to to do flashy thing as required for recovering without attacking. Also, I've got a feeling I'll need it due to Joe's shenanigans, reflex - (1d20+10)[22]

For goblin squad, more dice rolling.
Joe - (1d20+4)[23] (1d6+1)[3]
Aiming for the thri-kreen, pretty sure that includes Ferah in the blast at this point. DC is still 15, etc.
Doc - (1d20+3)[6] (2d6)[5]
Mark1 - (1d20+4)[12] (2d6)[6]
Mark2 - (1d20+4)[16] (2d6)[9]
Lid - (1d20+6)[26] (2d6)[6] Confirm/Damage (23/5)(+1 to attack and damage if within 30')

[Solo]

Hey arrow boy! Eat my EYEBEAMS!!!

Marcus's eyes glow bright red and fire at the archer.

Attack: (1d20+7)[17]
Damage: (5d6)[11]

[Talfrey]

The archer fires a set of three arrows into his charging opponent before getting shot repeatedly, by both eldritch blast and bullet.

Stopping a short distance away from Ferah, the warrior reaches to his side and in a flash the contents of a tiny bottle pass through his lips.

"I'm not losing this time Ferah"

Chris leaps upon the archer and releases his customer battle cry of an extraordinarily garbled string of syllables, before pummeling on him.

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah
HP 49/68 AC[touch](Flatfooted) 20[14](16) Initiative 18

"This time? When have we fought before?"

Ferah watches her opponent closely, waiting for him to make the first move. The goblins are oblivious to this, continuing their attacks.

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Delay action until after the kreen's initiative.
If needed from Joe's handiwork, reflex - (1d20+10)[20]
If the kreen attacks, attack back, using Sudden Leap jump - (1d20+49)[54] or a 5' step to reach him if needed.

Kukri1 - (1d20+9)[26] (1d4+3)[4]
Kukri2 - (1d20+9)[23] (1d4+1)[3]
Kukri3 - (1d20+9)[12] (1d4+1)[2]
Kukri4 - (1d20+9)[24] (1d4+1)[5]
Kukri1 - (1d20+4)[7] (1d4+3)[4]
Bite - (1d20+4)[7] (1d6+1)[5]

If the hostile kreen does NOT attack, total defense for +6 Dodge bonus to AC.


And for the gobbos...
Joe - (1d20+4)[20] (1d6+1)[3]
10' radius burst, reflex 15, etc. Still throwing at the hostile kreen
Doc - (1d20+3)[21] (2d6)[9]
Mark1 - (1d20+4)[5] (2d6)[11]
Mark2 - (1d20+4)[10] (2d6)[8]
Lid - (1d20+6)[9] (2d6)[6] (+1 to attack and damage if within 30')

[NoDot]

Karsh

If the archer doesn't fall before his initiative, Karsh'll come down on top of him with Hideous Blow + Unarmed Strike.

Attack - (1d20+6)[20]
[roll=Damage]3d6+1d8[/roll]

If the archer's dead, he'll hang back and watch the rest of the fight.

[NoDot]

Karsh

((OK, that didn't work...))

EB Damage - (3d6)[15]
Unarmed Damage - (1d8)[8]

[Solo]

Marcus Flees the Scene and ends up traveling 35 feet in the direction Ferah is in, hopefully overshooting Ferah's opponent and flanking him.

His decoy image has something to say, however.

Hey you! Get a load of this! the programmed image cried out, vigorously air humping in the enemy's direction.

[NoDot]

Karsh

I stand corrected. If the archer falls, Karsh attacks Solo's image, despite likely seeing the real one...

[Talfrey]

The archer falls to their knees, and before their blades even cross, Ferah's opponent growls.

"Another time."

Leaping back, he escapes into nothingness.

[NoDot]

Karsh

After clobbering Marcus's image, Karsh hollers at the real thing, "Some of us have morals! You..."

[Solo]

Hey, I know of them, Marcus retorts.


Say, shall we stabilize the sorceress? Marcus asks, dusting off his robes.

They seemed rather weak, didn't they? Wonder what's up with that...

[NoDot]

Karsh

((Is is possible to use EB non-leathally? If so...))

Attack - (1d20+2)[10]
Damage - (3d6)[11]

"There are reasons why that tactic isn't used."

Turning to the new people, "I'm Karsh, resident pink-beam shooter. Who are you?"

[Solo]

Marcus returns the favor in a non lethal manner.


You are unwise to lower your defense!

Attack: (1d20+7)[18]

Damage: (5d6)[19]
Sneak Attack damage: (3d6)[12]

[Talfrey]

Chris's rage dies away, but having been in a battle with absolutely no action for himself seems to leave him angry when he's not berzerk.

"You two idiots stop it. Those three are just scouts. Bloody Anti-Ferah used his magical get-away-no-matter-what power. I HATED that in game. We're going to have some serious forces heading this way. I say we head to the academy and fortify it. What do yall think? We could always run."

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah

With the battle over, Ferah sheathed her unused blades and returned Windslasher to its holder. She ignored the antics of Marcus, her thoughts occupied with the strange warrior that had challenged her.

"Yes, stabilize her, and the archer too, if they live. They may be able to tell us something useful. Once they can safely be moved, we continue to the Academy, and since Chris seems to know something about all this, perhaps he can explain along the way."

[Solo]

Heal: (1d20)[20]

Do you feel better?, Marcus asks the pair, as he cuffs them in manacles, and deprives them of their equipment.


I say, if we intent to fortify the Academy, we'd have a hard time of it, as it is too... big for a small group such as us. We need to either find more people or take out all the important things we can find.

Incidentally, does the Academy still have supplies of Portable Holes, Bags of Holding, or Handy Haversacks?

[Talfrey]

The academy is as of now picked clean of any magical loot.

Chris explains the situation simply, "I'm not SURE this is what's going on, but in one possible arc in the game you got attacked by a whole army while exploring the old school. It started with an encounter with two random guys and anti-ferah."

[Solo]

Marcus separates the two captives and starts to grill them.


Marcus interrogates the archer:

I have you now! You are beaten. It is useless to resist, for there is no escape. Your leader has fled before us, for he is as clumsy as he is stupid. Don't make me destroy you. You will join me or DIE!

Now, I want to know what are your plans.


Intimidate: (1d20+20)[34]


As for the Sorceress:

Seduction check! (Finally...)

Diplomacy: (1d20+22)[39]

[Talfrey]

Your checks fail.

They are still unconcious

[Solo]

Your checks fail.

They are still unconcious

Obviously, i interrogate them when they're back to consciousness....

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah

"Who or what is this Anti-Ferah?"

[Talfrey]

Sometime later...

Marcus..

The archer explains to you that they are merely scouts, an advance guard of the army. Their tiny group's leader is not their real leader anyway.

The attempted seduction fails, but on the plus side, she's no longer hostile towards you.

Chris answers Ferah's question, "His name is 'Rik'lisk' and is a Thri-Keen that was in all your classes, and followed pretty much the exact training regime as you... only found himself always beaten by you. He came to think of you as his rival, but you didn't think of him as such. He's your unknown rival! Of course now he's enhanced himself with a good bit of magic... so a one on one fight might be harder than it used to be."

[Solo]

I have learned that these dogs are but scouts for an invasion force, Ferah Marcus informs her. How shall we handle this? Are we to make our last stand at the Academy?

Marcus decides to interrogate the prisoners for more information about the composition of the invasion force.

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah

"An entire army... What resources do we have at our disposal? A source of healing will be especially important if we try fighting an army. We can keep from being mobbed easily enough within the academy, but in a battle of attrition, they can sustain far more losses than us. Guerrilla warfare would be our best option if we have to fight. Ambushes, hit and run attacks, and whatever traps we can devise. Unless the army is full of former students, we also have the advantage of knowing the layout of this place. Of course, ideally the leader of the army decides that attacking four peop-" "Eight!" "Eight people would be a waste of resources and just ignore us."

Ferah then turns to Karsh.
"I am Ferah, warrior of the Sublime Way. Perhaps later we can trade stories, but for now, we need to prepare for this army."

[Solo]

You know, I can still casts up to second level spells. If you need anything, I'll see if i can profide it.

(psst! we need XP!)

[Talfrey]

Chris frowns, "It's not going to work out like in the game... in the game you just had to defend against a ton of small waves until your friends arrived with a whole army... that's not going to happen I think..."

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah

"Was the friendly army arriving a fluke, or had they been called to help?"

[Talfrey]

"Called to help I'm afraid." says Chris. "Hmmm... I'm starting to think running is a better and better idea..."

[NEO|Phyte]

Ferah

"Karsh, do you know of any friendly armies near here?"

[Solo]

Or maybe we could call someone?