Council of Thieves [Bastards of Erebus] (IC)

[lostsole31]

R14T8: Not able to contribute from this far behind the others, Dusha takes another step back while exhorting her allies, "Keep backing up! That way the crossbows can't shoot us!"

End Round 14, Begin Round 15 ...

R15T24: Erasmus goes to pick up Tia, moving in with his left hand to scoop her over his shoulder. In doing so, a wolf skeleton bites him in his lower sword arm as he tries to ward it away for 6, but fails to pull him down (the other one and Dravano miss him). He then moves around the corner and heads south down the other way. It is as he does this that you get an appreciation of hwo strong Erasmus actually is, for his clothing conceals it .... as carrying Tia and his own gear doesn't exceed a medium load. To accomplish this, he had to drop the short sword so he could keep ahold of the sunrod.

R15T21-20: Blue tiefling stands and grabs her crossbow. Green grabs a short sword (her own having been taken by Erasmus once she fell) from the dead tiefling) and sheathes it, stepping forward some.

R15T19.5: Flycatcher, what do you do?

Wolf skeletons after ...

[SwordChucks]

The Flycatcher limps over to stand just north of the Erasmus-Tia combo and prepares himself to defend them against attackers.

Spoiler: Combat

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Move action: Move north of Erasmus to continue providing Phalanx Fighting's benefit.
Standard action: Aid Another to Tia's AC.

[lostsole31]

R15T19.5: The Flycatcher limps over to stand just north of the Erasmus-Tia combo and prepares himself to defend them against attackers.

R15T19.3-.1: The skele-wolfs continue after their prey, looking to rip apart anything that gets in their way. Red tears around the corner to snap wildly at Aldo. Blue does likewise to Dusha.

R15T18.5: Kavina, you are partly up some stairs leading up into a dark house. Meanwhile, it seems the gang is pulling back roughly the way they came. Loaded crossbow in hand. 2 shadow clone images. What do you do?

Aldo on deck, Dravano in the hole ...

[Blackhawk101]

Cut off from the main group, Kavina curses Meijen silently before quietly following him up the stairs into the house.

Spoiler: crunch

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withdraw up the stairs using stealth to move silently. She has illuminated crossbow out and ready.
Your dialogue from R12T17 indicated that Meijen was intending to withdraw and the Tiefllng comments after seemed to indicate that Meijen left but you never described that he left. Since he did not appear in initiative order after that, I can only assume he went up the stairs.

[lostsole31]

R15T18.5: Cut off from the main group, Kavina curses Meijen silently before quietly going up the stairs into the house. As she continues up, she quickly realizes that this is *not* the chapel she came in but, yes, some type of house with a basement that had no door to the basement above or below. As she gets near the top of the stairs, she is surprised as as tiefling laying in weight ambushes her! She gets stabbed in the chest for 7 (missing her clones) and it was only a well-placed fast-poke, and could have been much worse. But Kavina is now in a terrible way.

R15T18.3: Aldo, you have two light mind blades manifested, and are being attacked by a wolf-skeleton. What do you do?

Dravano on deck ...

[digiman619]

This entire scenario was falling apart, but sometimes the only way out was through. Feinting one wolf, he instead thrusted at the other, trying to get past its defenses.

Spoiler: OOC

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MA: Feint Red,
SwA: Spend 1 guile pool to get +1 attack.
MA: Feint (1d20+14)[28]
SA: Piranha Strike (The penalty is effectively negated from guild pool). (1d20+9)[22] (1d4+7)[11]; + (2d6)[5] if feint was successful.

[lostsole31]

R15T18.3: This entire scenario was falling apart, but sometimes the only way out was through. Feinting one wolf, he instead thrusted at the other, trying to get past its defenses. Aldo made a fantastic feint, but in stabbing the wolf-skeleton, discovers that mindless creatures aren't aware enough to "follow the ball." Still, despite being made of bone, Aldo's high-speed strike still does 6 mod.

R15T18: Dravano is seen heading up the little northern spur where Kavina went.

Spoiler: Kavina

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Kavina, Dravano the Digger is now behind you, because of the L-bend, the two are not "flanking" despite being on the only two possible sides they can be on at this time.

R15T8: Dusha, your prehensile whatsit is active, and you are facing off against a skele-wolf. What do you do?

Elsewhere battle actions occurring ...

[pfm1995]

Not trusting her puny dagger against the skeleton and not having anything she can do with what magic she has left, Dusha does her best to ward the thing off as she backs farther down the corridor.

Spoiler: Actions

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Withdrawing to the square west of Erasmus.

[lostsole31]

R15T8: Not trusting her puny dagger against the skeleton and not having anything she can do with what magic she has left, Dusha does her best to ward the thing off as she backs farther down the corridor.

R15T5: A tiefling thug (blue/green) appears from behind a counter to shoot at Kavina.

End Round 15, Begin Round 16 ...

R16T24: Erasmus withdraws, but not at full speed so as not to take the light too far away from Dusha and Aldo. (He has noticed that Flycatcher doesn't seem to need it.)

R16T21-20: Blue and green tieflings close behind the wolf skeletons. Blue shoots her crossbow at Flycatcher and misses. Green puts her short sword away (her crossbow is unloaded).

R16T19.5: Flycatcher, what do you do?

Wolf skeletons on deck and in the hole ...

[SwordChucks]

"Keep falling back, and let's get a door between them and us." the Flycatcher says as he heads for the stairs.

Spoiler: Combat

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Double move to the stairs at G6 and back the way we came.

[lostsole31]

R16T19.5: "Keep falling back, and let's get a door between them and us." the Flycatcher says as he heads to the southwest, following Erasmus, and then passing them by 30'.

R16T19.3-19: A wolf-skeleton bites Aldo in his right foot for 3, and the other one bites him in the left lower arm for another 3, and little Aldo barely keeps his footing.

Spoiler: Kavina

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R16T18.5: Green/red, facing Kavina, says in Infernal, "Douse the lights!" He then tries to fake Kavina out but as a singer she understands nuances he doesn't and sees through the feint. He doesn't hit a sweet spot, but Kavina's so badly wounded it matters little as he stabs her in the left thigh for 6, enough to drop her. Even her shadow clones failed to help her. She falls, weapons clattering out of her hand.

R16T18.5: Kavina ... roll a stabilization check.

R16T18.3: Aldo, what do you do?

Dravano on deck, Dusha in the hole ...

[Blackhawk101]

Spoiler: Stabilization check

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(1d20+2)[13]
Ahh, fortitude, the ninja/bards best save.

[digiman619]

This was a bad place to be. In fact, this entire mission has been a mess that he wished he could undo, but unless he had heretofore unrealized time magicks, that wasn't an option. Instead, he did his best to exeunt the scene, following the light out.

Spoiler: OOC

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MA: Acrobatics out of the threatened area, towards the light. Using my guile pool on this check. (1d20+12)[19]
SA: Move action again towards the light and away from the baddies.

[lostsole31]

R16T18.3: This was a bad place to be. In fact, this entire mission has been a mess that he wished he could undo, but unless he had heretofore unrealized time magicks, that wasn't an option. Instead, he did his best to exeunt the scene, following the light out. He manages to actually get just behind Erasmus.

R16T18: Somebody burly gets into position just north of Dusha, but doesn't attack.

R16T8: Dusha, you heard someone move quickly to get just north of you. You are in the very area of light where bright beceomes dim, but the caverns really only give you a sliver ... and not the sliver you need. What do you do?

[pfm1995]

Following what sounds like very sound advice, Dusha continues to retreat while her various fabric strip wave threateningly at anyone trying to stop her.

Spoiler: Actions

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Withdrawing towards the light. Will stop 5ft past Erasmus.

[lostsole31]

R16T8: Following what sounds like very sound advice, Dusha continues to retreat while her various fabric strip wave threateningly at anyone trying to stop her. She only goes about 25' until she gets just around the corner that then heads south (5' past Erasmus).

End Round 16, Begin Round 17 ...

R17T24: Carrying Tia, Erasmus hustles down to almost the end of the long southern passage.

R17T19.5: Flycatcher, what do you do?

Wolf skeletons on deck and in the hole ...

[SwordChucks]

Using the hound corpses as a landmark, the Flycatcher moves south and east to end up near what he had been looking for: a door.

Spoiler: Combat

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Double move action to get as close to the door as possible.

[lostsole31]

R17T19.5: Using the hound corpses as a landmark, the Flycatcher moves south and east to end up .... going south .... befor getting to the doorway, which was never shut.

R17T19.3-.1: Wolf skeletons give chase, with red snapping at Aldo, but luckily the terrain now favoring the heroes in that fewer attackers can now come to bear.

R17T18.3: Aldo, you have two light blades manifested, which is helping your defense. Only one wolf skeleton is on your right now. What do you do?

[digiman619]

Aldo continued to run. If he could get to the door they came in, there would be time to regroup; a way out of here other than as a corpse.

Spoiler: OOC

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Second verse, same as the first! Acrobatics as a move to get out of melee and then MA towards the door.

[lostsole31]

R17T18.3: Aldo continued to run. If he could get to the door they came in, there would be time to regroup; a way out of here other than as a corpse.

R17T8: Dusha, what do you do?

Erasmus on deck, Flycatcher in the hole ...

[pfm1995]

Dusha follows the others with hurried strides, hoping that one of them has a plan better than "run". At least keeping up with her diminutive companions isn't too difficult. She does spare a thought for the two of them who'd bolted down unexplored hallways and corridors - hopefully the tunnel system had other exits, else they'd be recovering bodies. There wasn't much of a sense of loss, though, not when she knew that either way she'd be hearing their voices again.

Spoiler: Actions

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Double move down the corridor, though she won't get more than 10ft ahead of Flycatcher.

[lostsole31]

R17T8: Dusha follows the others with hurried strides, hoping that one of them has a plan better than "run". At least keeping up with her diminutive companions isn't too difficult. She does spare a thought for the two of them who'd bolted down unexplored hallways and corridors - hopefully the tunnel system had other exits, else they'd be recovering bodies. There wasn't much of a sense of loss, though, not when she knew that either way she'd be hearing their voices again.

Spoiler: Dusha

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You don't go past the fallen devil dogs, else you will be stumbling in darkness, but that is still a double move. Also, she did pass Aldo and Erasmus, but she hasn't seen Flycatcher. It seems he is a lot faster than expected.

End Round 17, Begin Round 18 ...

R18T24: Erasmus continues with his load down to the end and east, so that he is only 10' north of the door, while also changing the position of light for Dusha (though plunging Aldo into darkness) for Erasmus has left that passageway they were both in.

R18T19.5: Flycatcher, you are at the open door of the crypt looking south. Erasmus (and the light of the sunrod) just came into view). You don't know where anyone else is. What do you do?

Wolf skeletons on deck and in the hole...

[SwordChucks]

The Flycatcher steps just past the threshold and centers himself, trying to exude a determined calm for the benefit of his teammates.

Spoiler: Combat

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5ft step south.
Standard action: Recover Enduring Crane Strike.
Move action: Activate Indomitable Presence.

[lostsole31]

R18T19.5: The Flycatcher steps just past the threshold and centers himself, trying to exude a determined calm for the benefit of his teammates.

R18T19.3-18.3: Aldo, you hear one of those wolf skeletons scrabbling at you at impressive speed, but you can't see it in the darkness. You feel intense pain in your left calf and shin as you take 4 and get thrown to the ground. You then hear and even feel the other pass right by you before you can respond. What do you do in the darkness of this passageway while you are prone?

Dusha on deck, Erasmus in the hole...

[digiman619]

Aldo swore as he lashed out at the monster on top of him. This was bad, to say the least, but he's got to fight back as best he can.

Spoiler: OOC

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Free action: Spend a guile point to get +1 on these attacks.
FRA: Full attack the wolf. I'll let you apply the bonuses and penalties.
Attack 1: (1d20+7)[8] (1d4+5)[7]
Attack 2: (1d20+7)[14] (1d4+5)[8]

[digiman619]

Spoiler: Crit fail confirm

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Well, Aldo was fun to play, but he's in a bad way, to say the least.
(1d20)[15]

[lostsole31]

R18T19.3-18.3: Aldo swore as he lashed out at the monster on top of him. This was bad, to say the least, but he's got to fight back as best he can. His first stab is so wild that Aldo nearly dazes himself, were it not for his supreme will - the will that kept him from never breaking character on stage. The second attack hits nothing but air.

R18T11: Dusha, Erasmus, and Flycatcher see the wall to the north open up! It was a secret door the heroes didn't find when they were down there before that connected to a passage to the north. Brown tiefling, still looking about timid, steps out and stabs Erasmus with a crit to the chest for 7.

R18T8: Dusha defensively casts a spell, blue energy surrounding her hand, and she touches the wolf skeleton on her. It doesn't do any damage, but she didn't expect it to. She then trusts that her magic took ahold and moves with every ounce of speed she can. She is no acrobat, but she manages to tear past brown-tiefling wth a quick turn of the corner. She ends up in darkness just past Flycatcher.

R18T7: Purple tiefling comes into the hallway and tries to get past Erasmus, who in turn stabs the devil-man in the right forearm for 8. The man was drawing his short sword on the move and then attacks, with Erasmus just parrying the attack.

End Round 18, Begin Round 19 ...

R19T24: Erasmus drops the sunrod with a clatter onto the ground, and then to his shame .... does the same with Tia. He then withdraws as far as he can (far south wall of the crypt beyond, basically the cross-hallway).

R19T22: The amber tiefling comes through the once-secret door and right up to Flycatcher. He has dagger in hand (and Erasmus' starknife still stuck to him). He slashes at the vigilante.

R19T19.5: Flycatcher, you are facing off against the amber tiefling ... his dagger to your rapier. You are in scarlet einhander, an indomitable presence, and Phalanx Fighter running (for whatever that's worth here). Tia's body is on the ground with the sunrod next to her. Erasmus has fled. Aldo, Kavina, and Meijen are nowhere to be seen. What do you do?

Wolf skeletons on deck and in the hole ...

[SwordChucks]

The Flycatcher curses under his breath as the wall opens up. He stabs at the amber tiefling and closes the door in their face.

Spoiler: Combat

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Standard action: Enduring Crane Strike on the amber tiefling with the rapier, targeting Flycatcher with the healing.
Move action: Close the door.

Rapier: (1d20+10)[23], (1d4+5)[6]+(1d6)[3]
Healing: (1d6+5)[9]

[lostsole31]

R19T19.5: The Flycatcher curses under his breath as the wall opens up. He stabs at the amber tiefling, tagging him in the left elbow for 7 mod, and closes the door in his face even as healing energy flows into himself for 9.

R19T19.3.1: Aldo cycle kicks furiously and waves his blade as best he can in the direction of trouble. It seems to work because the unseen wolf skeleton bites on his parade armor but Aldo manages to flick it away. What gives Aldo a momentary heart attack is he hears the other wolf skeleton charging back north on his position, but for some reason, it just bounces over Aldo's prone body and keeps going. Aldo has no idea what just happened or why.

R19T18.3: Aldo, you are prone and you just managed to fend off a bite. The other one stepped over you very quickly and beyond and out of hearing to the north. What do you do?

[lostsole31]

R19T18.3: Aldo only makes a single, dedicated strike .... and it pays off as he feels a mindblade smash the thing for 5, not enough for the sound of bones to clatter to say he hit, but Aldo doesn't think about that as even prone his strike helps him push away from the enemy before he is finally back on his feet.

Spoiler: Crunch

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Used a standard action to attack only, then when successful, IA for combat slide, and the MA that was in reserve to get back on feet.

R19T8: Dusha, what do you do?