Second Darkness & St. Caspieran's Mission GM Battle Book [GMBB]

[lostsole31]

R5T19: Eric boogeys to step further inside and immediately has to do a dive roll so as not to open himself up from a guy with a shortsword as soon as he enters the kitchen. The dive roll is good and Eric comes up and around to the side so as to flank with Rod while standing at a doorway with a chamber inside and stairs that go upwards.

R5T18: Rod, an angry, spirit of a maenad goes right into the man's neck for 9 NE, dropping him. Do you keep up the song? What do you do?

Ozzy on deck, Ginny in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28. 15' off ground.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Brown Thief: 27. (1:12). Catwalk. Bow and rapier in hand.
Purple Thief: 26. (12:12). Catwalk. Bow in hand.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Old Scratch: 24. (30:30).
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18. RAGING SONG (+2 morale to STR, CON; +1 will saves, -1 AC).
>>> Lesser Spirit Totem (Su): The enraged is surrounded by spirit wisps that harass foes, making one slam attack each round against a living foe that is adjacent to them.
* The attack roll modifier is either their own or Rodriguez' full BAB (+2), modified by either their own or Rodriguez' CHA (+5), whichever of each is higher (+7 min).
* The slam deals 1d4+5 [CHA] negative energy. If the enraged has a higher CHA, use that as a damage modifier, instead.
Hans: 17. (-7:9). DYING!!!
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active.
Huginn: 14.9. SONG accepted!
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18. Accepting Raging Song!
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (9:9). TD.

OOC
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (2). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R5T18: With things more of a running battle for now, Rod stops his raging song (which stops on Apophis, Ganmeed, and Huginn as well). He looks to Sol who points at that first doorway, which is the same one Saul and the others came out of, not went into. Rod trusts Sol and takes that way, which leads to a set of stairs going up.

R5T15: Ozzy, what do you do?

Ginny on deck, Apophis in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28. 15' off ground.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Brown Thief: 27. (1:12). Catwalk. Bow and rapier in hand.
Purple Thief: 26. (12:12). Catwalk. Bow in hand.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Old Scratch: 24. (30:30).
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18. RAGING SONG (+2 morale to STR, CON; +1 will saves, -1 AC).
>>> Lesser Spirit Totem (Su): The enraged is surrounded by spirit wisps that harass foes, making one slam attack each round against a living foe that is adjacent to them.
* The attack roll modifier is either their own or Rodriguez' full BAB (+2), modified by either their own or Rodriguez' CHA (+5), whichever of each is higher (+7 min).
* The slam deals 1d4+5 [CHA] negative energy. If the enraged has a higher CHA, use that as a damage modifier, instead.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (9:9). TD.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (2). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R5T15: Ozzy moves into the room where Eric, Rod and Sol are and fires off a pair of darts at the first enemy he sees standing .... which is nobody at this time.

Sol points to the two doorways. He points to the one more north and says, "Basement?" and then to the one closer to the heroes (the one that Rod just ran into) and more confidently says, "Upstairs."

R5T14.9-5: Visto sees Ginny swoop in to score a crit with her beak against a badly wounded male thief's chest enough for that man fall to his death below. Ginny then careens sharply off so as not to be attacked by the female thief who is now very alone. Apophis only gets a 10' start along the catwalk, but still coils enough power to jump over to the point from which the last thief had fallen. The woman tries to get in an AOO and misses. Then, Apophis himself also scores a crit against his target by biting him in her head and then tossing over over the rails to the floor below. Though Ganmeed's hawk seems badly wounded, the Battle of the Companions was a clear win in the party's book! The catwalks have been cleared of apparent/ visible hostiles. Visto, what do you do?

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Kwava: 28. 15' off ground.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Purple Thief: 26. (12:12). Catwalk. Bow in hand.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Old Scratch: 24. (30:30).
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18. RAGING SONG (+2 morale to STR, CON; +1 will saves, -1 AC).
>>> Lesser Spirit Totem (Su): The enraged is surrounded by spirit wisps that harass foes, making one slam attack each round against a living foe that is adjacent to them.
* The attack roll modifier is either their own or Rodriguez' full BAB (+2), modified by either their own or Rodriguez' CHA (+5), whichever of each is higher (+7 min).
* The slam deals 1d4+5 [CHA] negative energy. If the enraged has a higher CHA, use that as a damage modifier, instead.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (9:9). TD.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (3). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R5T14.9-5: Visto is happy to know that the parties companions have taken care of the enemies at the higher altitude, and summons up a small drizzle to heal the hawks wounds with his power, and then starts moving downward to meet with his allies.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T28-27.5: Kwava, seeing all must be well above, climbs back down to the ground. Visto notes that while he seemed to be a fast climber, for being an elf and not carrying a lot of gear and wearing light armor, Kwava doesn't move as quickly as you'd expect him to. He ends his movement directly below Visto. The fully-healed hawk flies down and just behind its master.

R6T23: Sol doesn't follow Rod, but instead boogeys through the northern of the two doors calling out, "This way to catch Saul!"

R6T19: Eric, what do you do?

Rod on deck, Ozzy in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Hiding in antechamber.
Old Scratch: 24. (30:30).
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (9:9). TD.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R6T19: Eric follows Sol's voice through the doorway that is the northern of the two adjacent doors, heading down to a basement. He gets to a point just near the bottom when there appears to be a sharp wraparound, so he doesn't see anyone where he is.

R6T18: Rod, what do you do?

Ozlech on deck, Ginny in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Hiding in antechamber.
Old Scratch: 24. (30:30).
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (9:9). TD.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R6T18: Rodriguez will move full speed to follow Sol and Eric, trying to get as far down the basement steps as he can. He calls out to his companion.”Apophis, get down here! Show those birds where to go!”

He ends his movement 10' from Eric.

R6T15: Ozzy, what do you do? Follow the others down into the basement? If so, do you want to go "as far as?" Do you want to make sure you're not in the lead? Any other cautions? Also, aura of misfortune is still the active stance.

Ginny on deck, Apophis in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Hiding in antechamber.
Old Scratch: 24. (30:30).
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (9:9).

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R6T15: Focusing on the chase, Ozzy switches his stance from misfortune to awareness of what is around him. He also sends a telepathic message to Ginny before following the others downstairs, passing Rod and Eric, but ending 10' behind Sol, who himself is 10' behind one of Saul's bodyguards, who in turn is another 10' forward of him.

Spoiler: Ozzy >>> Ginny

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”We are headed to the basement. Catch up with us when you can.”

R6T14.9: Proving the incredible speed of his Dark Messenger, Ginny flaps over the heads of the others and gets to a point 5' above the ground behind Ozzy.

R6T14:

Spoiler: Apophis >>> Rod

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"Eh, they already went way past me ... so fast. Can't show me anything. I see open door up here. I try comin' down that way."

There is a little bit of "mental static," that indicates that Apophis must have been more than a hundred feet away when he sent that message, which means the bond with him is weaker, and that means that Apophis is now weaker as well.

R6T10: Saul laughs, taking out a small vial, drinking from it, and smashing it on the ground before stepping back a few feet. "Nothing personal, Sol! It's just business. Always has been. Old Scratch! You're up! Beyar, get him."

R6T5: Visto, what do you do?

Beyar on deck, Kwava in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Hiding in antechamber.
Old Scratch: 24. (30:30).
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barskin +2.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (9:9).

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R6T5: Visto will follow the direction that Sol called from, bringing himself back down to the ground so that he can enter the door when he reaches it, maybe a little disappointed to be back on the ground. Even more than that, he is disappointed to find that other than Kwava, he is alone and near the door to the kitchen, but not quite in it. Visto might be able to fly, but he still moves slower than most of the rest of the party.

R6T4: Beyar, one of Saul's bodyguards, steps forward and stabs at Sol. It is a valiant effort, but doesn't penetrate Sol's leather armor.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T28-27.5: Kwava and Ganmeed catch up to Visto.

R7T24: In the basement, something appears behind Sol .... in the same space as him, after seemingly stinging him with its tail (2).

R7T23: Sol hisses in pain from the sting, but he attacks Beyar instead, touching him in the upper arm with the fire on his hands for 8 fire. Beyar screams out in pain. Sol then steps back a few feet to be by Ozzy. "It's Old Scratch, the Gold Goblin mascot," he says to Ozlech, but pointing to the tiny winged creature with a stinger on its tail. "I don't know what he is, but I forget he was here because he's usually invisible."

R7T19: Eric, you'll have to go around a corner before you can know what's happening down here. What do you do?

Rod on deck, Ozzy in the hole ....

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Kwava: 28.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Hiding in antechamber.
Old Scratch: 24. (30:30).
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barskin +2.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (1:9).

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R7T19: Eric moves around the corner to see a line of creatures in his way, including two he doesn't recognize - a tiny, flying humanoid with wings and a stinger-tail ... and one of the bodyguards from upstairs, and then Saul some distance past. Eric focuses his hatred on the flying creature; he doesn't know what it is, but has a sense it is likely more dangerous than the dips*** bodyguard behind it.

Spoiler: Eric

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Claimed Old Scratch, and regained raging specter strike.

R7T18: Rod, what do you do? You have a set of stairs, and you just see a little bit of Eric, telling you that you won't get farther than him, and therefore are likely to be seen by any opposition.

Ozzy on deck, Ginny in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Hiding in antechamber.
Old Scratch: 24. (30:30).
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain). Claim on Old Scratch til R8T19.
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barskin +2.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (1:9).

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R7T18: Rodriguez will move around the corner behind Eric. There is no enemy in front of Eric, but Ginny, Ozzy's bird. Shouting down the hall,”You know, we could have had a nice peaceful discussion about this, Saul!”

R7T15: Ozzy, what do you do?

Ginny on deck, Apophis in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Hiding in antechamber.
Old Scratch: 24. (30:30).
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Outside entrance.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain). Claim on Old Scratch til R8T19.
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barskin +2.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (1:9).

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R7T15: Seeing the obviously magical creature, Ozzy treats it as a higher threat than the man. He rearranges his essence - the sparkling darts of force humming with barely contained potential - and shares his own power with Sol.

Ozzy then launches a barrage of darts down the hallway as cover fire, for otherwise they miss due to cover and combat.

Spoiler: Ozzy >>> Ginny

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”Ginny, use fading strike to cut off Saul’s escape. Try not to kill him.”

R7T14.9: Ginny disappears, reappearing on the ground by Saul and pecks at him but Saul sensed something and jumped above the attack.

R7T10: Saul begins to fight with the crow, Ginny deftly avoiding the rapier. What she doesn't avoid, however, is the key-like stump that she didn't expect that rakes her for 12 + disoriented. Saul then takes a step to the north.

R7T5: Visto, I am just moving you forward, given your previous intention. You enter the kitchen, spot the stairs going down, step past a bleeing man, and begin down the stairs to the basement.

R7T4: Beyar, badly wounded, moves down to Saul and tries to ward off any attack against him with his short sword.

End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R8T28-27.5: Kwava follows right behind Visto, and Ganmeed with him.

R8T24: Old Scratch enters Sol's square acrobatically. Old Scratch attacks Sol with his stinger and Sol tags him with his fiery hand but it does no damage. Old Scratch gets Sol with his sting for 4.

R8T23: Sol says, "You guys should have this," as he ignores Old Scratch and moves down the hallway and sizzling Beyar's left hand with his own fire hand for 4 fire, enough to make Beyar scream in pain and then succumb to shock.

R8T19: Eric, Old Scratch takes 4 crimson claim, and then your claim on him drops. What do you do?

Rod on deck, Ozzy in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12).
Old Scratch: 24. (26:30).
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12).
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9. Disoriented til R8T10!!!
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). DYING!!!

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R8T19: Eric advances, claiming Old Scratch, before drawing lifeforce from him. Old Scratch puts up a valiant effort, but in the end, Eric still does 3 drain while regaining nothing (he's fully healed, and then some with THP).

R8T18: Rodriguez, what do you do? You hear the battle several feet around the corner, not seeing anyone from your current vantage point.

Ozzy on deck, Ginny in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12).
Old Scratch: 24. (23:30). CLAIMED til R9T19!!!
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12).
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9. Disoriented til R8T10!!!
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). DYING!!!

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R8T18: Rodriguez will move around the corner and point his weapon towards Saul down the hallway, he shouts towards the man with a violent tone.”Just put down the sword, old man! We’ll take your other arm if we have to!”

R8T15: Ozlech, what do you do?

Ginny on deck, Apophis in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12).
Old Scratch: 24. (23:30). CLAIMED til R9T19!!!
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12).
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9. Disoriented til R8T10!!!
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. SHAKEN til R9T18!!!
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). DYING!!!

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R8T15: "Eric! Help me with this Winged Pest!" Ozzy calls out before altering his stance and making a bite toward Old Scratch. The tiefling bites the little demon-creature, and Ozzy is sure he penetrates the scales, but he ends up not doing any damage at all! Still, just as an aura of Gloom fell around him several seconds ago, so one now covers Ginny as well even as the one around him fades.

R8T14.9: The area of Gloom around Ozzy fades, as does her brief disorientation. She hopes forward and attacks Saul with everything she has. One of her talons actually crits Saul as she attacks his face and not only does 7, but blinds him as well!

R8T14: Apophis ends his movement behind Ozzy after having double-moved a few rounds.

R8T10: Saul, even blinded, is moderately spry enough to be able to back out of the corridor (there was a passageway immediately E of where he was standing.

R8T5: Visto, what do you do? You are on the stairs heading down into the basement.

Kwava on deck, Ganmeed in the hole ...

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Kwava: 28.
Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12).
Old Scratch: 24. (23:30). CLAIMED til R9T19!!!
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12).
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active.
Huginn: 14.9. Disoriented til R8T10!!!
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. SHAKEN til R9T18!!! BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! Rapier put away.
Visto: 5.
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). DYING!!!

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R8T5: Visto continues after his allies, hoping to join them in the fray. He comes around the corner, and sees the only place he can go next is a place held by a tiny, demonic-looking creature. So, Visto stays put.

End Round 8, Begin Round 9 ...

R9T28-27.5: Kwava (and Ganmeed) come down the stairs behind Visto. He can't see, and asks, "Is there any room for me?"

R9T24: Old Scratch moves acrobatically under Ozzy's legs and stings at Ozzy, but his force armor stops the stinger.

R9T23: "A spot just opened up, Kwava!" calls out Sol. In answer to that, Kwava's readied action goes off and he moves into the spot where Old Scratch was a second ago.

Sol then moves to the spot in the hallway that has the side passage Saul entered. Sol reaches out with his fire hand and Saul's pained cursing is heard (4 fire).

R9T19: Eric, what do you do?

Rod on deck, Ozzy in the hole ...

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Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12).
Old Scratch: 24. (25:30). CLAIMED til R9T19!!!
Kwava: 22.
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12).
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active.
Huginn: 14.9. Disoriented til R8T10!!!
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. SHAKEN til R9T18!!! BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! Rapier put away.
Visto: 5.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R9T19: Lacking other options, Eric claims Old Scratch again, and then drains him or 3. Since Eric is fully healthy (and then some), he doesn't receive any healing.

R9T18: Rod, what do you do?

Ozzy on deck, Ginny in the hole ...

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Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12).
Old Scratch: 24. (22:30). CLAIMED til R10T19!!!
Kwava: 22.
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12).
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain). Claiming Old Scratch.
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. SHAKEN til R9T18!!! BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! Rapier put away.
Visto: 5.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R9T18: Rodriguez rushes forward, having to stand over the fallen bodyguard, expecting that Saul had gone into a room. He can't get past Sol though, because Saul is actually adjacent down a set of stairs. Though Rod has to attack past a hard corner, he manages to knock Saul off his feet. Saul tumbles down the stairs out of sight (of Rod).

R9T15: Ozzy, what do you do?

Ginny on deck, Apophis in the hole ...

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Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12).
Old Scratch: 24. (22:30). CLAIMED til R10T19!!!
Kwava: 22.
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12).
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain). Claiming Old Scratch.
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. SHAKEN til R9T18!!! BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! Rapier put away.
Visto: 5.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R9T15: Thoroughly annoyed at the tiny creature attacking him, Ozlech takes matters into his own hands. Calling on the power of his Aura of the Adaptable, Ozzy fashions a a spear of holy light to fell this foul beast. He takes a moment to reallocate Essence to power his spear and defenses and then strikes out at the creature, hitting it in its little neck for 8 akashic.

Spoiler: Ozzy >>> Ginny

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"Good job! Remember we want him alive though."

R9T14.9: Ginny flies around the corner and down the stairwell. A 10' area of gloom appears around Ozzy before Ginny flies back up and into the stairwell again.

Spoiler: Ozzy

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She tried to use stutter strike. The attack failed, but still created Gloom around you that should hinder Old Scratch. That said, all maneuvers have been expended except clockwatcher, which isn't that useful now.

R9T14: Apophis bites at Old Scratch, hitting him for 3 mod, but missing with the tail slap.

R9T10: ...

R9T5: Visto, what do you do?

Ganmeed on deck, Old Scratch in the hole ...

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Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12).
Old Scratch: 24. (11:30). CLAIMED til R10T19!!!
Kwava: 22.
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12).
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain). Claiming Old Scratch.
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active. Gloom til R10T14.9.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. SHAKEN til R9T18!!! BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! Drow poison on key.
Visto: 5.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R9T5: Having decided that the usual applications of his Storms are pointless now, Visto redirects the energy of his power, causing the air to start rumbling around him and his allies. With a quick flourish of his wings, the sound crackles into a loud clap of thunder centered clearly around the eardrums of the Imp nearby, who brings its flexible wings around it to help absorb some of the energy to only take 4 sonic + deafened.

End Round 9, Begin Round 10 ...

R10T27.5: Ganmeed speeds past Kwava, unable to do fine control flying in the tight passageway, and is now in the "empty" square but above the height of a man.

R10T24: The very battered Old Scratch seems to heal a very tiny bit. It looks constapited, or like its thinking very hard, and then curses in Infernal. It steps from Ozlech to Kwava now.

R10T22: Kwava bolts away from the freaky little creature to stand underneath Ganmeed. He looks around to the others and asks, "What is that thing?!" before shooting an arrow with it after giving some extra pull. It slams into the tiny chest of the creature for 10 mod, dropping it.

R10T23: "No idea!" says Sol, muttering to the warrior types, "You got Saul."

He rushes up to where the little creature fell and then slams his fiery hand down on it, but it doesn't seem to burn it at all. "It's immune ... or at least moderately resistant to fire ... at least."

R10T19: Eric, your claim ends on the dying/ dead Old Scratch. Meanwhile, Sol rushed back and obviously left the way open to go get Saul Vancaskerkin. What do you do?

Spoiler: Also, also, Eric ....

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You think you hear movement on the stairs behind Visto, like person(s) trying to come down quickly but sneakily.

Rodriguez on deck, Ozlech in the hole ...

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Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Stealth = 23.
Old Scratch: 24. (-1:30). DEAFENED til R10T5. DYING!!!
Kwava: 22.
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Stelalth = 14.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active. Gloom til R10T14.9.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. SHAKEN til R9T18!!! BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! Drow poison on key.
Visto: 5.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R10T19: Eric turns back toward the stairs, "Something's trying to sneak, probably not alone, be ready!"

He hustles to the back of the line, just past Visto, and at the bottom of the stairs. Sure enough, there are a man and a woman on the stairs, trying to be stealthy.

R10T18: Rodriguez, what do you do? Do you pursue Saul down the stairs you knocked him down?

Ozzy on deck, Ginny in the hole ...

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Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Stealth = 23.
Old Scratch: 24. (-1:30). DEAFENED til R10T5. DYING!!!
Kwava: 22.
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Stelalth = 14.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active. Gloom til R10T14.9.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. SHAKEN til R9T18!!! BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! Drow poison on key.
Visto: 5.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R10T18: Rodriguez will look back at Eric for a moment before turning to pursue Saul down the stairs attempting to grab the man. ”I’m going after Saul! Apophis, follow behind me!”

He only has to move a total of 15' to corner Saul at the bottom of the stairs (no landing, just stairs going to a wall). Once he gets to him, he ominously lets clatter his guisarme on the ground, with Saul noting the various sounds, warding Rod away with his key-stump. Rod tries to grapple him, but even blinded Saul is pretty squirrely and is not held.

R10T15: Ozzy, what do you do?

Ginny on deck, Apophis in the hole ...

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Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Stealth = 23.
Old Scratch: 24. (-1:30). DEAFENED til R10T5. DYING!!!
Kwava: 22.
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Stelalth = 14.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Aura of misfortune stance active. Gloom til R10T14.9.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. SHAKEN til R9T18!!! BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! Drow poison on key.
Visto: 5.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2).

[lostsole31]

R10T15-14.9: Not wanting Old Scratch to make a recovery with it's accelerated healing it displayed, Ozlech takes the time to ensure it's death, striking down against the creepy creature with a spear of light and goodness. He then switches combat stance, ready to sniff out sneaking foes his allies warned him of. The gloom around him disappears even as Ginny telepathizes with him...

Spoiler: Ginny >>> Ozzy

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"The ceiling is too low down the stairs for me to hover above Rodriquez and get pot shots in on Saul."

She moves quite a bit south to make sure she's out of the way, and lands, wincing in pain from wounds received.

R10T14: Apophis double-moves down the hall, over the body of the fallen bodyguard, to end up at the top of the stairwell looking down.

R10T10: Saul is blind, but he doesn't seem quite as frightened of Rod as he was before. He slashes out with his key stump, cutting Rod along his arm for 2. But it seems that while the key stump doesn't hurt Rod that much, it comes with a surprise!

Rodriguez, roll a Fort save vs. poison!

R10T5: Visto, in the meantime, on the northern side of the field, Eric is screening Visto from people coming down the stairs. What do you do?

Ganmeed on deck, "Red" (only Eric can see) in the hole ...

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Ganmeed: 27.5.
Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Stealth = 23.
Kwava: 22.
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R32T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). Stelalth = 14.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active. Gloom til R10T14.9.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. BLINDED til R28T14.9!!!
* Blinded:The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Perception checks based on sight) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character. Blind creatures must make a DC 10 Acrobatics skill check to move faster than half speed. Creatures that fail this check fall prone. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.
Visto: 5.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2). Old Scratch (Imp, 1).

[lostsole31]

R10T5: Knowing that Eric retreated past him to cover him, Visto draws upon some of his power and imparts it to Eric to give him some protection and power. He then moves a little further in to allow any other comrades to join Eric in the actual fight on this end.

End Round 10, Begin Round 11 ...

R11T25:Red steps down the stairs, tries fancy footwork, and then stabs at Eric, but his rapier is deflected by Eric's spinning double-bladed sword.

R11T24-23.5: Kwava calls out while Ganmeed keeps position above him and they both move slightly south, "Eric, fight and step back to lead them into the corridor!"

He readies a shot with his bow.

R11T23: As it seems that whomever is on the stairs have enough people dealing with them, Sol goes after Saul, zipping past Apophis. He throws a bit of the fire on his hand at Saul, over Rod's shoulder, but the puff of fire impacts with carbon on the eastern wall.

R11T21: Pink shoots at Eric, missing, and steps down a few stairs.

R11T19: Eric, what do you do? You feel ferocious, but Kwava called out something, too.

Rod on deck, Ozzy in the hole ...

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Red Thief: 25. (12:12). Stealth = 23.
Kwava: 24. READIED to shoot enemy that comes into view.
Ganmeed: 23.5.
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R22T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12).
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain). Akashic bond gives +4 insight bonus to damage (currently).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. BLINDED til R28T14.9!!!
* Blinded:The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Perception checks based on sight) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character. Blind creatures must make a DC 10 Acrobatics skill check to move faster than half speed. Creatures that fail this check fall prone. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.
Visto: 5. Akashic bond (Ferocity) w/ Eric.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2). Old Scratch (Imp, 1).

[lostsole31]

R11T19: Eric channels his malice toward Red, before striking like a mad specter, playing with Red's blood before stepping away. Red barely manages to fend off the blow, his armor getting whacked pretty well. What he doesn't resist is the supernatural blood drain for 3 damage.

R11T18: Rod, what do you do?

Ozzy on deck, Ginny in the hole ...

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Red Thief: 25. (9:12). Claimed!
Kwava: 24. READIED to shoot enemy that comes into view.
Ganmeed: 23.5.
Sol: 23. Produce flame til R22T23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12).
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain). Red claimed til R12T19.
* Akashic bond gives +4 insight bonus to damage (currently).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. BLINDED til R28T14.9!!!
* Blinded:The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Perception checks based on sight) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character. Blind creatures must make a DC 10 Acrobatics skill check to move faster than half speed. Creatures that fail this check fall prone. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.
Visto: 5. Akashic bond (Ferocity) w/ Eric.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2). Old Scratch (Imp, 1).

[lostsole31]

R11T18: Failing to grab Saul, Rodriguez will grabs his weapon from the ground. Unfortunately, there is nowhere he can go to attack Saul with his polearm, and even then going upstairs is more difficult than he'd normally be able to manage. Unable to attack at this range, he fully backs out up the stairs for now.

R11T15: Finished with Old Scratch, Ozzy moves down the hall to see if he can get eyes on Saul. The very best he can do is double move to stand right in front of Saul at the bottom of the stairs (where Rod had just cleared). Ginny delays because the hallway is too cramped to fly above Ozzy. Still, Ozzy claims Saul.

R11T14: "Oh ... hey," says Apophis to Rod. "You came to me."

He looks around ... and if he had shoulders he would shrug as he has nowhere to go.

R11T10: Saul tries to grab something, but not before Ozzy hits him with the light-spear in the left forearm for 9. Still, Saul takes out a tiny pouch and pops it on his key stump, a little bit of liquid coating that makeshift blade.

R11T5: Visto, what do you do?

End Round 11, Begin Round 12 ...

R12T25: Blades clash between Red and Eric.

R12T23: Sol concentrates on the flame at his hand and throws some of it at Saul again, but the battle is too jammed up and the burst of flame sputters on the back wall. And with that, remainder of Sol's flame gutters out, his hand no longer holding fire.

R12T21: Eric doesn't know if Pink followed Red or not.

R12T19: Eric, your claim on Red has ended without event. What do you do?

Rod on deck, Ozzy in the hole ...

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Red Thief: 25. (9:12).
Kwava: 24. READIED to shoot enemy that comes into view.
Ganmeed: 23.5. DELAYING!!!
Sol: 23.
Pink Thief: 21. (12:12). DELAYING!!!
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Akashic bond gives +4 insight bonus to damage (currently).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9. DELAYING!!!
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! POISON on key-stump. CLAIMED by Ozzy.
* Blinded:The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Perception checks based on sight) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character. Blind creatures must make a DC 10 Acrobatics skill check to move faster than half speed. Creatures that fail this check fall prone. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.
Visto: 5. Akashic bond (Ferocity) w/ Eric.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2). Old Scratch (Imp, 1).

[lostsole31]

R12T19: Far too intense for his own good, Eric keeps focusing his malice toward Red, before channeling his thirst toward him. The thief makes a bad parry that Eric exploits by knocking the man's rapier out of his hand and cutting him across the hip for 17, dropping him. Eric then holds his hand over the man and drains 3 blood from him.

R12T18.5: The clatter of a bow as a woman moves down and stands over her fallen friend and her sword is blocked by Eric's spinning blades.

R12T18: Rodriguez, the stairwell is full, and nowhere for you to go back down it as you saw Ozlech go in, and the only place he could have gone was the place you were in. What do you do?

Ozzy on deck, Apophis in the hole, Ginny delaying ...

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Red Thief: 25. (-11:12). DYING!!!
Kwava: 24. READIED to shoot enemy that comes into view.
Ganmeed: 23.5. DELAYING!!!
Sol: 23.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Akashic bond gives +4 insight bonus to damage (currently).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Pink Thief: 18.5. (12:12).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9. DELAYING!!!
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! POISON on key-stump. CLAIMED by Ozzy.
* Blinded:The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Perception checks based on sight) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character. Blind creatures must make a DC 10 Acrobatics skill check to move faster than half speed. Creatures that fail this check fall prone. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.
Visto: 5. Akashic bond (Ferocity) w/ Eric.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2). Old Scratch (Imp, 1).

[lostsole31]

R12T18: Finding himself partially cut off from the action, Rodriguez will perform the gestures for a spell before touching Apophis to try and heal his wounds, but discovers that Apophis' weakness won't heal. That is when Rod realizes that Apophis isn't "wounded" so much as he suffered from being too far from Rod during the course of the battle.”Apophis, go help Eric. They have Saul cornered.”

R12T15: Ozzy, you are in spirit-sensing stance in front of Saul. It seems that he is fighting more with his key-stump which might be poisoned. You have him claimed. What do you do?

Apophis on deck, Saul in the hole, Ganmeed/ Ginny delaying ...

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Red Thief: 25. (-11:12). DYING!!!
Kwava: 24. READIED to shoot enemy that comes into view.
Ganmeed: 23.5. DELAYING!!!
Sol: 23.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Akashic bond gives +4 insight bonus to damage (currently).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Pink Thief: 18.5. (12:12).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9. DELAYING!!!
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! POISON on key-stump. CLAIMED by Ozzy.
* Blinded:The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Perception checks based on sight) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character. Blind creatures must make a DC 10 Acrobatics skill check to move faster than half speed. Creatures that fail this check fall prone. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.
Visto: 5. Akashic bond (Ferocity) w/ Eric.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2). Old Scratch (Imp, 1).

[lostsole31]

R12T15: Ozlech slams the side of the spear against Saul's chest and pulls back to give a superficial draw cut for a total of 10 NL. He then falls back to give Sol some time to act, ending up over the fallen bodyguard's body.

R12T14: Apophis sees down the stairs that the way to Saul is open, but he was told to go help Eric, so he heads north instead.

R12T10: Saul moves forward up the stairs a little and slashes at Sol, the former's key stump scoring deeply against the latter's leather armor.

R12T5: Visto, what do you do?

Sol on deck, Eric in the hole, Ganmeed/ Ginny delaying ...

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Red Thief: 25. (-11:12). DYING!!!
Kwava: 24. READIED to shoot enemy that comes into view.
Ganmeed: 23.5. DELAYING!!!
Sol: 23.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Akashic bond gives +4 insight bonus to damage (currently).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Pink Thief: 18.5. (12:12).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9. DELAYING!!!
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! POISON on key-stump. CLAIMED by Ozzy.
* Blinded:The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Perception checks based on sight) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character. Blind creatures must make a DC 10 Acrobatics skill check to move faster than half speed. Creatures that fail this check fall prone. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.
Visto: 5. Akashic bond (Ferocity) w/ Eric.

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2). Old Scratch (Imp, 1).

[lostsole31]

R12T5: Visto delays. He can't really find much that he can do to help his comrades right now, so he will hold off on it until an opportunity arises.

End Round 12, Begin Round 13 ...

R13T23: Sol blinks as Ozlech goes by, but then shrugs since the quarry is blind and he moves up the stairs to the hallway. He throws a bomb at Saul, hitting the little would-be crimelord solidly for 12 fire.

R13T19: Meanwhile, Eric, on your end of things, what do you do?

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Red Thief: 25. (-12:12). DYING!!!
Kwava: 24. READIED to shoot enemy that comes into view.
Ganmeed: 23.5. DELAYING!!!
Sol: 23.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain).
* Akashic bond gives +4 insight bonus to damage (currently).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Bojask: 18.7.
Pink Thief: 18.5. (12:12).
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Huginn: 14.9. DELAYING!!!
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! POISON on key-stump. CLAIMED by Ozzy.
* Blinded:The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Perception checks based on sight) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character. Blind creatures must make a DC 10 Acrobatics skill check to move faster than half speed. Creatures that fail this check fall prone. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.
Visto: 5. Akashic bond (Ferocity) w/ Eric. DELAYING!!!

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2). Old Scratch (Imp, 1).

[lostsole31]

R13T19: Letting the man bleed on the ground, Eric switches target to the woman. He cuts her deep in the head for 13, and as she falls he drains another 5 blood from her. She is slumped over her friend's body.

R13T18.7: Someone comes up from the south, having entered from a passageway from the east. He closes on Ginny and puts power into a swing with his battleaxe as Ginny closes inside the arc of the weapon. The man's own axe dings off of his chain shirt. "Boss! Where are you! It's Bojask!"

Saul calls out, "Empty stairwell!"

R13T18.3: Ginny aerobatically gets away from the dual axe-wielding man. The wounded bird lands on the deck next to Visto and caws at Visto.

R13T18: Rodriguez, what do you do?

Ozzy on deck, Apophis in the hole, Visto delaying but prompted ...

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Red Thief: 25. (-12:12). DYING!!!
Kwava: 24. READIED to shoot enemy that comes into view.
Ganmeed: 23.5. DELAYING!!!
Sol: 23.
Eric: 19. Feather step on Eric for 30 minutes (ignore difficult terrain). PINK claimed til R14T19.
* Akashic bond gives +4 insight bonus to damage (currently).
* Inner Sphere Stance (+2 dodge bonus AC, +2 Will saves).
Bojask: 18.7.
Pink Thief: 18.5. (-7:12). CLAIMED til R14T19. DYING!!!
Huginn: 18.3.
Rodriguez: 18.
Ozlech: 15. Spirit sensing stance active.
Apophis: 14. Shield til R31T18.
Saul Vancaskerkin: 10. Potion of barkskin +2. BLINDED til R28T14.9!!! POISON on key-stump. CLAIMED by Ozzy.
* Blinded:The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Perception checks based on sight) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character. Blind creatures must make a DC 10 Acrobatics skill check to move faster than half speed. Creatures that fail this check fall prone. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.
Visto: 5. Akashic bond (Ferocity) w/ Eric. DELAYING!!!

OOC
Hans: 17. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Blue Thug: 7. (-7:9). STABLE!!!
Brown Thug: 6. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Beyar: 4. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Thief (4). Thug (2). Old Scratch (Imp, 1).