Frostbite (IC)

[Psionic Dog]

Gnaf

As soon as the alleged guards fired their arrows, Gnaf took of running right behind the halfling's spell. With every bound the worg seems to swell until he is as large as an elephant. Gnaf snaps at the sword-man, and tries to pull him to the ground before leaping back and retreating 40 ft to the side.

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swift action: Augmented Expansion [Huge] (10ft reach)
move action: move to 10 ft away from 'guard'
Standard Action: Bite Guard. -4 Nonleathal, Power arrack [3], expend psionic focus
Touch Attack - (1d20+21)[28] Damage - (7d6+27)[49] Trip - (1d20+22)[41]
Spring attack up to 40 ft to side if movement allows.

Power Points Remaining: 154

[sun_tzu]

Spade

Fake guards. I should have guessed. Spade rushes toward the assassins, trying to disarm as many as he can.

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Quick Draw. Not sure how many disarm attempts I get - if I'm close enough to use full attack, then I use all ten attack rolls; otherwise, I guess I get only two (one for each weapon). Anyway, Spade's going to start by disarming whichever assassin is still moving after Jinx, Gnaf and Kiz's actions; if he disarms them and still has attacks, he'll just hit the still-moving foes normally.
Attack rolls: (d20+34)[39], (d20+34)[54], (d20+34)[46], (d20+34)[49], (d20+29)[44], (d20+29)[40], (d20+24)[29], (d20+24)[38], (d20+19)[36], (d20+19)[33]
Damage rolls (if necessary): (1d8+21)[23], (1d8+21)[25], (1d8+21)[22], (1d8+21)[27], (1d8+21)[25], (1d8+21)[26], (1d8+21)[23], (1d8+21)[28], (1d8+21)[23], (1d8+21)[27] (plus 1 point of constitution damage from blood loss for each hit. Crit range is 17-20, and I et a +4 for confirming criticals).

[Halna LeGavilk]

OOC:Sun_Tzu, in combat, please post in initiative order.

IC: The assassin attempts a hit on Gnaf, but Gnaf charges him too fast, giving the assassin a nasty wound on his arm and bowling him over.

Next in initiative: Ki'zanne!

[Zimmia]

Ki'Zanne

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I made my action yesterday but I'll repost it here. I'd also hate to think how much those arrows would have done without the univers. resist ring

Ki grimaces with the pain inflicted by the arrows and then hardens her eyes and begins to pray in the cadence of the Lady.

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Cast prayer: everyone in 40' radius, allies +1 attack, damage, saves and skill checks. Enemies in the radius are +1 to the same

Check for SR: (1d20+25)[45]

(EDIT: woot natural 20!)
Spells cast:
lvl0 0/6
1 0/9
2 0/9
3 1/8
4 0/8
5 0/8
6 1/8
7 0/7
8 0/7
9 0/7

[Halna LeGavilk]

OOC:Actually, they were really lucky with those rolls. Really, really lucky. But either way, I forgot about that. So, yeah. I'll change the damage (it won't change a lot.)

IC:The assassin still can't move, frozen reloading his crossbow.

NEXT IN INITIATIVE: Spade.

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((ooc, I'm guessing Sun-Tsu's rolls are actions are in post 153))
((ooc, if the 2 guards and the 1 guard still stand when it's his turn, Big E's actions also haven't changed: yelling alarm, and domino bullrush (post 144) except that he draws his scythe and domino bull rushes (giving him 41 instead of 43 in his opposed strength bull rush check) instead of charging bull rush ))

[Halna LeGavilk]

Well, one assassin is on the ground, prone, and the other is frozen. That may change his options just a bit.

[sun_tzu]

((Well, my actions don't change much - try to disarm the assassin who is neither prone nor frozen first; if I still have attacks left, disarm the one who is prone; if I still have attacks left, hit the one I first disarmed. I'll keep the rolls from my previous post.))

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Then Eviscerators action is draw weapon (the human-bane one) + ready to domino bull rush the prone guard when he gets up gets up and then domino bull rush him against an other guard (preferably the one spade targeted).
(rolls in post 144, but with 2 less on initial bull rush)

[Halna LeGavilk]

((Well, my actions don't change much - try to disarm the assassin who is neither prone nor frozen first; if I still have attacks left, disarm the one who is prone; if I still have attacks left, hit the one I first disarmed. I'll keep the rolls from my previous post.))

OOC:There were three assassin/guards. One of them peeled off, and went away. He's the sniper, and you don't know where he is. Didn't I say he went away? I'm fairly sure I did.

[sun_tzu]

OOC:There were three assassin/guards. One of them peeled off, and went away. He's the sniper, and you don't know where he is. Didn't I say he went away? I'm fairly sure I did.

((Yes, that's correct. A page earlier, before the fight actually started. What confused me was that you posted initiative for three assassins, leading me to think all three were in this fight.
Very well then. Spade will try to disarm the one who's prone, then knock him on the head with the flat of his blades for nonlethal damage.))

[Halna LeGavilk]

OOC:The third assassin isn't "in the fight" persay. He's sniping you guys, and you don't know where he is.

IC:The assassin slashes at Spade's legs, but misses. Spade's swords fly out and knock the sword out of his hand. He grunts after he takes the hit after hit from Spade's swords, and finally falls unconcious, blood slowly seeping from a small wound in the back of his head.

OOC:I'm assuming that Eviscerator still takes those actions.

IC:Only three arrows fly out this time, accompianied by yelling and shouting. All three arrows miss their mark, landing harmlessly on the ground. Four Union Sentinels, heavily armed, come out in the street. "Had a bit of a scuffle, then, did we?" a dwarf in royal blue plate calls out.

[burntsolace]

Jinx

Jinx looks up, at the guards.

"Yup more Garrote assassins probably from the looks of it. That would be the second time today they have tried to off us. But so far I like your city, what I have seen of it.

[Halna LeGavilk]

The dwarf rubs his chin. "Garrote you say? Hmmm... I'll need to take you all in for questioning. As far as we know you haven't done anything, but the Garrote is nothing to trifle with. If they're coming after you, we'll need to know why. We'll also need to inform the Mercanes. " He looks at the frozen assassin who is starting to move a little bit, and the assassin on the ground, onconcious. He looks back up at you. "And next time, aim to kill, first shot, every shot. "
Just as the assassin begins to unfreeze, the dwarf walks over and calmly hits the assassin on the head with his shield. The assassin crumples to the ground, bleeding. "Men, take these assassins in for questioning." The dwarf walks towards you. "I assume you people came here for a reason, and the faster we get through this questioning, the sooner we'll be let out." He pulls out a small blue key. "Touch the key."

[burntsolace]

Jinx

Jinx reaches out towards the blue key.

[sun_tzu]

Spade

"W..." Spade tries to tell Jinx to wait before touching the key, but is too late. Let's just hope this time, we're dealing with real guards. Then again, if they were more assassins, they'd probably just have joined the fight...

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Eviscerator

The metal gaint looks to the key, blinks twice and then touches it with his left index finger.

((ooc: perhaps a good time to note that he's immune to everything mind-affecting (either for dominate or for Heightened Zone of Truth ...) ... though I still need a bluff check to lie ))

[Zimmia]

Ki'Zanne

'Just about anything is better than getting ambushed by assassins every hundred yards,' Ki mused to herself as she reached out to touch the key.

[Psionic Dog]

Gnaf

Gnaf says nothing as he compresses back down to his usual size and paws at the key.

[sun_tzu]

Spade

Assuming nothing bad obviously happens to the others, Spade touches the key.

[Halna LeGavilk]

OOC: That's everybody, right?

IC: The key glows bright blue for a second. You are all transported to the Union Police station. The dwarf leads you all to a big conference room.
"I'll ask you questions as a group, to speed things up and becuse I don't think you guys did anything." He eyes you ever for a second, then continues. "Allright, first off, what are you here for in Union: business or pleasure? And if business, who are your employers?"

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"Eviscerator / Big E"

The metal gaint follows the dwarf as they are leaded to the conference room. He has some trouble with the smaller doors, but otherwize he follows the 4 times smaller policeman to the room.

at the question, he thinks a little and replays
"We came to union for business, but for security reasons, it would be best if our work and imployers remained unknown. It is my understanding that the Garrote is a very strong organisation, and any misshap could cost the life of our imployers"

[Halna LeGavilk]

The dwarf eyes him suspiciously. "This is quite possibly the most secure fortress this side of the Material Plane. Look, I really need this information. Are your employers Mercane? You know that we work for the Mercanes, right?"

[burntsolace]

Jinx

Jinx slink off behind Big E hoping someone else will answer. Since this seems like one of those big important question.

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[Zimmia]

Ki'Zanne

"We are... familiar with the Mercane, enough to know that they don't always appreciate their employees spreading their name to just any group of adventurers."

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Okay, this is such a long shot, but the roller might like me today. Spot check to see if this looks like a 'normal' constabulary: (1d20+4)[10]

[Halna LeGavilk]

You don't spot anything particulerly unusual, though it's quite obvious that he has custom armor. He is probably of a higher rank than most, judging by the markings on his cuffs and shoulders.

He laughs. "Well, we're the police, not any 'adventurers'. But, I do know the Mercanes, and I realize that they choose their employees well, and that I probably won't get anything more out of you. You're free to go." He opens the door and strolls out.

[burntsolace]

Jinx

Jinx sneaks out from behind Big E.

So now what do we goto the boring library? Or go check out the matting habits or the Trolls?

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Eviscerator

"I do not know ..."

[Halna LeGavilk]

Where are you guys gonna go next?

[Psionic Dog]

Gnaf

Troll mating habits aren't very remarkable or pleasant. Gnaf dryly states. Even if you could see it here I haven't a clue why anyone would. The boring library sounds better than that! If you have a death wish I could just eat you and save us the trouble of finding the trolls.

Mmmmm...

Say, why don't we look for a food stand of some sort? I don't usually bother with cooked stuff, but a hot meal before we see the ice would be good. It would let us see more of this plane and city too.