World of Eninn: Rise of the Tyrant II

[Lost Sage]

Godwin

Godwin stares sharply at Catherine when she dashes up the stairs. not a good..., all manner of nasty traps... However there was not much he could do. Adding another victim to a random boulder would not help the situation. He will have to wait here until the way up is secure.

The bard continues to do all he can really think of - sing.

At ships with tattooed sails
Heading for the Gates of Eden

With a time-rusted compass blade
The Jinn and his lamp
Sits with Utopian hermit monks

Perhaps the strange lyrics where indeed appropriate for their frustrating opponent.

[dauphinous]

Maeslyra

Climbing up the stairs seems like a bad idea from where Maeslyra stands. For her, anyway. For the others, it makes sense. She takes a quick look upwards. They hadn't hurt the fey yet, so far as she knew, and people are getting hurt. She focuses her will, casts a spell, then moves back outside the tower and starts circling the base of it. Nimaia climbs out of the pack and starts sniffing around on the ground so Maeslyra can focus her attention upwards.

To Godwin and Shae: "If it gets to the top, see if you can maneuver it to the side. I'm staying down here to watch for a shot."

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Swift action: Sacred Purification: +8 hit points for the injured.
Standard action: Cast Message on Godwin and Shae.
Move action: Leave tower and move out a bit to get a view of the top while staying within 100 feet of said top of tower (the range for Message, and within the range for the wand).

Nimaia gets out of pack, then starts checking around for things sneaking up, places where Maeslyra might trip or whack her head, obvious traps, etc.
Spot, Listen, Search: 21, 8, 7

[Santanya]

Vandrel

Vandrel lets a breath hiss from between his teeth as he sees the ball rolling down the stairs. He leans towards the open side of the stairs, watching it approach. As it nears the group, he steps to the side, leaning further to catch the edge of the stairs with both hands as he drops his body just past the edge as the ball rolls past, then immediately rolls back onto the stairs and to his feet. Not wasting any time he begins to move up the stairs again, keeping his bow trained upward.

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Tumble Check: (1d20)[18]+11=29

[Eratosthenes]

The Tower in the Forest: Round 5

The rolling stone ball smashes first against Shae, as she attempts to deflect it off the stairs. It dents her shield slightly, leaving her shield arm slightly bruised, but she emerges mostly unscathed from the enounter {3 DR 1=2 Damage}. Vandrel cartwheels past the tumbling rock, while Sunduval tries to use his substantial muscle to deflect it, but merely gets pushed aside {5 damage} as the ball continues down the stairs, and rolls to a stop near the entrance.

Shae races up the stairs, two at a time. At the third floor, she spies an open portal - an old wooden beam hangs out with a rope dangling from it. The stairs continue up for one more level.

Vandrel, Sunduval, then Catherine are close behind.

Godwin continues his song, watching the four ascend around the spiral stairs up the tower.

Maeslyra channels her positive energy bloom, then heads outside. Circling around, her investigations are met by the toothy man, scythe in hand. He leers a spikey grin, and slashes at her with his weapon! She barely avoids having her leg lopped off, taking a light gash across the thigh as the grizzled little man closes, blood in his eyes. {9 damage}

{
Going down? Third floor, about 25' up.
1) You can make a climb check DC 10 for half MR, or DC 15 for full MR. Failure means you take falling damage.
2) Standard Jump/Tumble rules. Jump check DC 15 to reduce the height, Tumble DC 15 to also reduce the height.
3) Stairs: Catherine takes 2 Move Actions. She's about 15' up if she wishes to jump), others would take 4 Move Actions to get down via the stairs. (Each MA reduces height by, oh, about 7')

Initiative:
17: Maeslyra 9 damage
(21): The Fey
<-----Here on Initiative---->
15: Shae
(22): Vandrel
13: Catherine
4: Godwin
1: Sunduval
}

[dauphinous]

Maeslyra
AC 14 HP 11/20

"Out here!" Maeslyra lets loose with her wand and stumbles backwards a little. Nimaia lets out a loud, angry mewl of defiance, but doesn't do anything so stupid as actually trying to attack it. Instead, she backs off and keeps watching in case the little fey has friends.

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Assume the shouting happens as an immediate action, so do that right away to let everyone know.
Step back and let the trained professionals beat the crap out of Mr. Creepy Fey
Magic Missile, from the wand: (2d4+2)[9]
Nimaia's Spot and Listen are +5

[kariokie]

Shae

This is going to suck. Still, she doesn't hesitate, instead diving off the stairs as if it was nothing unusual to launch herself off a staircase while twenty-five feet above the ground. She twists in midair like a cat, landing on her shoulder and absorbing a great deal of the momentum as she rolls in the dirt.

Shae springs up to her feet then sprints outside to find Maeslyra. "Tricky little bastard."

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Jump: (1d20)[18] (So only 1d6 damage?)
Run out and towards the guy. STAB!

[EvilRoeSlade]

Catherine

Catherine closes her eyes, which is probably not a good idea, but helps her build up the courage to leap off the stairwell. After stumbling to the ground, she rises shakily and points a finger at Shae. Servant! Go to her side! Shae! Remember, put its weapon on the ground if you can! No sooner do these words escape her lips than she begins a spell.

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Jump! - (1d20)[6]
Ordering Unseen Servant to approach Shae, it has a move of 15 feet. Casting grease on the fey's scythe.

[Rapscallion]

Sunduval

The fireknight will move after the stone's passage. Upon reaching the top, he will move to intercept the Fey.

[Lost Sage]

Godwin

Godwin responds to Maeslyra's yell as quickly as any. But his turn toward the entrance is checked momentarily as Shae lands in front of him in a clean jump COOL!. Behind him, he can hear someone else hit the ground it's raining, it's pouring,...

Tossing aside such silly thoughts he charges outside to defend Maeslyra, still singing one of his favorite songs

Side saddle on the Golden Calf
And on their promises of paradise
You will not hear a laugh
All except inside the Gates of Eden

Relationships of ownership
They whisper in the wings

If he is first he places himself between Maeslyra and the Fey, otherwise he circles around to flank

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If first:
Move to places himself between Maeslyra and the Fey,
If later:
Move to flank and attack: (+2 for flanking)
att: (1d20+8)[22]
dam: (1d6+4)[10]

Tumble check (+9) for AoO if he needs it to get into position

[Santanya]

Vandrel

Vandrel growls as he hears Maeslyra's scream and immediately crouches, dropping to the floor below, sprinting outside with his bow at the ready.

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Not sure if the jump counts as a full 40' movement or not, if not he does take the shot at the fey (At +9 to attack and 1d8+3+1d6 damage).
Jump: (1d20)[19]+3=22
Backup Tumble: Which is funny...
Tumble: (1d20)[1]+11=12

[Eratosthenes]

The Tower in the Forest: Round 6
It's Raining Me...er, Adventurers!

Shae jumps down, landing hard and rolling. The twinge in her ankle, and bruises to her shoulder and hip are the only protests. Running out while shaking off the limp, she comes upon the diminutive fey, its scythe already bloodied.

Vandrel follows Shae off the stairs. He tucks his roll, but fails to take into account some poorly placed rubble on the rocky floor. The jutting rocks bruise his back, but hardly slow down the spry elf. Sprinting outside right behind the warrior-girl, he brings up his bow, looking for a target.

Catherine stumbles on the rubble at the bottom as she jumps down, cutting open her shin. Rushing outside, her breezy companion following suit.

As the others rain down from above, Godwin hurries in the direction he saw Maeslyra go, drawing his rapier on the way. A quick lunge, and he catches the fey off guard, stabbing it in the shoulder. The wound closes somewhat, but the wincing fey was obviously injured.

Maeslyra steps back while charging the wand. Two purplish darts slam into the small creature.

The wicked fey chants:
{in Sylvan}

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The blood, the blood, I drink it down,
The fair o'elven lady!
The blood, it spills, all on the ground!
My cap doth runneth over!

He bears down again on Maeslyra. Grunting with the blow, he strikes Maeslyra hard in the side with a wicked gash {13 Damage}. She collapses, blood oozing from the wound.

{
Everyone can see the creature/be in melee with it this round. He's somewhat injured already, from an arrow that scored its back, Godwin's lunge, and the magic darts.

Shae: 4 Nonlethal + 3 Lethal (-1 from each for DR)
Vandrel: 2 Nonlethal + 6 Lethal, and yes, it was an MA to jump down, and an MA to get outside.
Catherine: 3 Nonlethal + 6 Lethal
Sunduval? Jumping down? Or using the stairs?

Initiative:
17: Maeslyra 22 damage
(21): The Fey
<-----Here on Initiative---->
15: Shae 3 Non-lethal+2 damage
(22): Vandrel 2 Non-lethal+6 damage
13: Catherine 3 Non-lethal+6 damage
4: Godwin
1: Sunduval
}

[EvilRoeSlade]

Catherine

Catherine barely notices her bleeding injury as she rushes outside. She lets out a scream as she sees her ally fall. If nothing has indicated just how healthy she is, the volume and duration of her scream dispels any doubts of her health and well-being.

She pulls a healing potion out of her purse and takes a step forward, but then pauses. Servant! She cries. Help her!

As the healing potion floats toward Maeslyra to hover above her lips, she begins a spell.

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Servant has a move of 15 ft. per round, this round it will approach Maeslyra, next round it will take a full-round action to administer a potion of cure light wounds to her.

Also I'm casting grease on the scythe now. Reflex DC 16.

[Santanya]

Vandrel

Vandrel moves quickly towards Maeslyra and the Fey, firing his bow at the Fey as he does, the arrowhead cracking with electricity.

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Attack: (1d20)[2] + 9 = 11
Damage: (1d8)[1] + 3 + (1d6)[1] + (1d6)[1](elec) = Yea, right.

How nice, another crappy roll out of the board roller. No surprise there.

This is the 3rd of 5 coldiron arrows.

[kariokie]

Shae

"Motherf---er." She doesn't really have time for much else than that simple curse. Shae wheels around as she comes through the tower door and charges straight towards the murderous Fey. With a grim expression, she slashes her blade low, across his belly.

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Attack: (1d20+11)[27]
Damage: (1d8+8)[15]

[Rapscallion]

Sunduval

Sunduval will jump down trusting in his ability to absorb damage. He will move over to Maeslyra. He will channel all of his healing energies into her.

The knight will look up at Jack as he releases the energy.

"You have the right to silence, Fey. If you give up this right I will be right over there; however I would start running now."

[Lost Sage]

Godwin

The bard's song almost falters when Maeslyra goes down with a huge gash in her side. His eyes narrow as he continues on

And wait for succeeding kings
And I try to harmonize with songs
The lonesome sparrow sings
There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden

The rapier stays trained on the Fey and his eyes flash with determination say your prayers ugly, the calvary is here

Unaware that others are rushing to her aid Godwin draws a wand from his vest with his left hand and touches his fallen friend.

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Wand: (1d8+3)[7]

[dauphinous]

Maeslyra

The last thing she sees is the world rushing in a very strange direction as the force of the blow to her side knocks her to the ground. Everything goes quite black for what seems like an eternity. Then she blinks and coughs a little, seeing trees, then Sunduval comes into view, leaning over her. It's bizarre in so many ways. Although she clearly remembers the last time something like this happened, it's still disorienting to a high degree.

She shakes her head a little and it all comes flooding back. The wand isn't in her hand anymore, but Nimaia is sitting there with it in her mouth. Perhaps it's just the fog of the blow still clinging to her mind, but she grabs the cat and points her to use the wand as she backs away in a kind of crawling squirm.

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5 foot crawl?
Using the wand: (2d4+2)[7]

[Eratosthenes]

Tower in the Forest: Round 7

Retro: Last Round
Sunduval comes crashing heavily to the ground {16 damage}. Bruised and battered, the knight rushes outside, prepared to engage their foe.

This round:
Shae crashes her sword into the little creature, blasting thru his meager defense. The blade seems to resist actually biting into his flesh, but she powers it thru, drawing blood and a yelp from the grizzled fey.

An arrow flies past the melee, as Vandrel's is unable to find a suitable opening in the scrum.

Pulling a vial from her belt, Catherine hands it off to her immaterial servant. She then completes a spell just as the little old man is swinging his scythe backwards. The haft becomes coated in a thick, oily grease, and the weapon sales away from the creature.

Seeing the fey disarmed, Godwin draws a wand from his vest, and applies it to Maeslyra as Sunduval kneels down, channeling life force into her. Coming to, Maeslyra crawls a short ways from the melee. Nimaia picks up the dropped wand in her mouth, and two purplish bolts fly forth from it.

Disarmed and badly injured, the little Fey scowls at his enemies, before running away.

{
The Fey has Withdrawn. He's 1 round from the cover of the forest.

Initiative:
17: Maeslyra 3 damage
(21): The Fey
<-----Here on Initiative---->
15: Shae 3 Non-lethal+2 damage
(22): Vandrel 2 Non-lethal+6 damage
13: Catherine 3 Non-lethal+6 damage
4: Godwin
1: Sunduval 16 damage
}

[Santanya]

Vandrel

Vandrel dashes after the Fey at top speed, notching the fourth cold iron arrow into his bow as he runs and takes aim, pausing only momentarily to let the arrow fly, its tip crackling with the last charge of the crystal.

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Moving Vandrel's full 40' and firing.

Attack: (1d20)[11] + 9 = 20
Damage: (1d8)[2] + 2 + (1d6)[4] = 8

If the fey is within 30' when he fires, the attack is at a +1 and there is an additional 1d6 with skirmish.

[dauphinous]

Maeslyra

"Little," is the only part of her thoughts that Maeslyra actually verbalizes in a snarl. Still just pointing the cat, which would be comical if the situation were different, she stays on the ground to use the wand.

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Cry havoc and loose the Magic Missiles of war!
(2d4+2)[6]

[EvilRoeSlade]

Catherine

Forget it. Bring me that scythe, servant. She waves her hand again, causing the grease on the scythe to vanish, and approaches to close ranks with Shae.

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Standard action, dismiss grease. move action, approach the scythe.

Servant will pick up scythe and hand it to me.

[kariokie]

Shae

Just to the edge of the wood. Shae sets the limit with herself now, cutting a deal with the rules in her head. The Fey barely gets ten paces from her before she sets off in a sprint, feet pounding into the earth. Near the edge of the clearing her long legs enable her to catch up with him. Wasting no time, Shae strikes for the Red Cap's neck.

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Charge!
Attack: (1d20+13)[26]
Damage: (1d20+8)[19] Or, uh, you know: 16. When I actually roll 1d8+8!

[Lost Sage]

Godwin

Not to be outdone the bard sprints after Shae, dead set on stopping the Fey from reaching the woods. Under his breath the song is still singing... almost as if it had a life of it's own, forgotten by him.

Each one wishing for what the other has got
And the princess and the prince
Discuss what's real and what is not
It doesn't matter inside the Gates of Eden

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attack! (1d20+8)[13]
damage! (1d6+4)[10]

[Eratosthenes]

The Tower in the Forest: Old Man and his Tooth
Evening, Thursday 18th of Springdawn 1556

Shae catches up to the little fey, as it sprints for the forest. A mighty crash of her sword topples the little man, as an arrow streaks into its neck.

The halfling-esque creature convulses, and begins to shrink. Godwin arrives on Shae's heels as the creature shrivels into nothingness. A single tooth remains, momentarily hanging in midair before toppling to the ground.

Catherine's invisible servant picks up the dropped scythe, as she dismisses her spell, and drops the weapon into her hand.

{
Combat Over. Maeslyra can save the wand charge.
}

[Lost Sage]

Godwin watches the tooth in amazement. "This..." he says to Shae while crouching close and examining the tooth "... bares closer inspection."

"Would Fey magic, radiate as magic?" he asks Shae.

The bard uses a scrap of leather, paper, bedding or cloth from his pack to pick up the tooth without touching it and bring it back to the others. There he asks the same question, adding: "It's odd, when I detected magic earlier I didn't see any. I'm not specialist in magic, but how would that work?"

[kariokie]

Shae

She expects to be standing over a body, and instead it's a tooth. "Well f--- me." Shaking her head Shae sheathes her sword and bends down, putting her hands on her knees. Panting, she tries to catch her breath. Running up stairs, jumping off said stairs, and then sprinting across the ground -- all while carrying sixty pounds of gear -- certainly took its toll.

Straightening, Shae turns back to look at the others. "I guess, Godwin. Don't see why not. You might have been too far away to see anything." Walking back to the others, her eyes scan the ground looking for the cold iron arrow that Vandrel had missed with. After a quick glance over the others, she says, "Close call, Maeslyra. You guys okay?"

[dauphinous]

Maeslyra

Maeslyra slumps back, lowering the cat/wand, then lies back on the ground and lets out a breath. "Close, yes." She sends out a pulse of healing, followed quickly by another when that one doesn't seem to take care of it all for Sunduval. The long gash down the side of her dress liberally festooned with her own blood, along with the smaller one over her thigh, are enough to attest to how close it really was.

{+16 hit points for any injured from 2 uses of SP}

[EvilRoeSlade]

Catherine

With the threat of danger gone, the gash in Catherine's leg is immediately felt, making her grateful for the expedient relief. Thanks Maeslyra! She grins and steps over to the elf, leaning on her new-found scythe patting her shoulder in a rather timid gesture considering her tactile nature. I'm glad you're all alright, she says, moving past the elf and stepping over to Shae with a smile. I don't know if this fight was strictly necessary or not, but I do know I'll sleep better knowing that that creep isn't going to decapitate me in my sleep.

So what do you think Shae? It seems a far more potent weapon than my dagger. Catherine lifts the scythe and takes an experimental swing with it. Or tries to anyway. Not accounting for the killing weight in its head, when she lifts it over her head she unbalances herself and it crashes to the ground behind her. She lets out a shriek and blushes. Well... maybe not.

[kariokie]

Shae

Shae tenses, ready to move, when Catherine raises the scythe. Not because she thinks she is threatened in any way, but because she anticipates what happens exactly: the girl, unused to the weight, loosens her grip and firmly embeds the weapon in the ground behind her back.

Smiling, Shae moves around and yanks the scythe out of the ground. She gives it an experimental heft, then shakes her head dismissively. "Crap weapon. Belongs in a field. Like bringing a milking bucket to a knife fight." With a jerk of her head, she indicates Catherine, "You're much more use doing what you do. Don't bother yourself with weapons."

Putting the scythe over her shoulder for the moment, she glances to where they left the horses. "If he wasn't just mouthing off we ought to get ourselves situation for the night. See what's up the top of the tower, too."

[EvilRoeSlade]

Catherine beams at Shae's praise. Thank you so much. It really means a lot to her. Earlier today, and during the battle when her advice had been ignored, she had been wondering whether she was really part of the group at all.

At Shae's suggestion she helpfully reenters the tower, going from floor looking for piles of rubble or architecture that stands out to see if it might contain anything interesting.

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Here's a few Search checks if you want them.

Search - (1d20+2)[8]
Search - (1d20+2)[21]
Search - (1d20+2)[20]