War of the Burning Sky IC

[druid_grif]

Torrent cursorily blesses the half-orcs, thanks the neighbor, and walks to the front door. Torrent asks Van to lead the way to the elf quarter close to the Shahalesti hideout. The group walks to the Emelk Way and goes through another gate manned by wary guards eying them suspiciously, but only questioning them half-heartedly. Van then leads them to a walled off part of the city with no apparent entrances. After studying Shealis' notes and map, he walks to a part of the wall and presses a brick. A part of the wall swings inward and Van beckons the group through the entrance. The group ends up in a small alley, but well lit with everburning ornate street lamps. Van leads the group to another smaller alley that is equally as lit and walks to an empty wall of a building. To one side of the wall is a stone brace with celestial carvings on it. The carvings are a winged woman with a trumpet, a noble and muscular man with a lion’s head, and an armored woman with a gleaming greatsword. He touches some of the carvings experimentally before coming to a realization.

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PM sent to Van!

[gareth]

Rex follows the group, still silent. He keeps his crossbow drawn.

[Methates]

Van Veranti

Studying the carvings on the wall intensely, Van scratches his head and looks to the group.

"Arborea, Celestia...and Elysium...those names sound familiar, can anyone else recognize them? I believe these three carvings might belong to those three names of... places? Perhaps planes?" Van slaps himself mentally for not paying more attention to his cosmology studies at home as he touches the carving of the lion-man curiously.

[Quxelopqr]

Garret

Garret shrugs. "That kinda stuff's not my forte. Rex or Claire might know".

[gareth]

Rex examines the carvings.

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Untrained Knowledge (The Planes) check: "What's the significance of the carvings and the names Van mentioned?" (1d20+4)[7]

[Silverkiss]

Claire

Getting closer to the carvings with Rex, Claire also examines them.

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Knowledge (The Planes) Check: "What's the meaning of these names and carvings ?" (1d20+3)[15]

[bchilders]

Duglan hardly even spares a glance at the pretty designs but he keeps his eyes and ears peeled for any intrusions.

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Spot:(1d20+1)[2]
Listen:(1d20+1)[20]

[druid_grif]

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Everybody wake up and post in OCC thread.

[Silverkiss]

Claire

After a few minutes analizing the carvings, Claire claps her hands, saying "Of course ! I get it now." - She then proceeds to turn the carvings on the correct order, which is first the Ghaele Eladrin, then the Archon, and last the Angel.

[druid_grif]

As Claire turns the last knob, a door is etched in black on the wall and a recessed handle appears. Garret opens the door and sees a lighted room. The 50-ft. square room is dimly lit by a roaring fire in a fireplace against the left wall, filling the building with modest warmth. Casting shadows throughout the room are nearly a dozen doors, propped up by metal frames, all of them unfinished. Tools hang around the walls, stacks of wood are piled beside the fire place, and sawdust covers the floor. It looks like the workshop of a carpenter obsessed with doors. A staircase leads upward in the back right corner, and one of the doors stands at the foot of the stairs. Two very large badgers waddle around a pile of wood in the corner, growling and hissing angrily.

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Badger's init - (1d20+3)[11]

[Methates]

Van Veranti

Seeing the aggressive badgers start growling, Van takes aim and lets his arrow fly at one of the badgers.

"Hopefully the owner of this establishment will forgive us for defending ourselves from these gruesome beasts" he says as he reaches for another arrow.

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I hope I'm not jumping the gun by attacking...>.>

Initiative - (1d20+5)[25]
Attack - (1d20+5)[7]
Damage - (1d8)[8]
SneakAttackDamage - (1d6)[3]

[druid_grif]

The arrow hits one of the badgers square in the head. It slumps to the ground, instantly dead.

[bchilders]

Duglan

Duglan stands in the forefront of the group with both of his axes ready for an attack. If the badger makes any move towards anyone in the group he will cut it down where it stands.

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Attack1:(1d20+3)[4]
Damage:(1d10+1)[7]

Attack2:(1d20+3)[11]
Damage:(1d10+1)[11]

edit: hopefully the badger plays nice, because I have two swings and two misses

[Silverkiss]

Claire

Claire readies her morningstar, standing next to Duglan and ready to crush the badger if he comes.

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Initiative - (1d20+0)[12] - If needed afterwards
Attack - (1d20+0)[19]
Damage - (1d8)[2]

[druid_grif]

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I need Initiative from Duglan. I will send a PM to Qux.
Rex Init - (1d20+4)[23]
Torrent Init - (1d20-1)[3]

[bchilders]

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Sorry
Init:(1d20+4)[23]

[Quxelopqr]

Garret

Garret draws his greatsword and prepares for the badger. It's just a little animal, but those things are nasty.

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initiative: (d20+4)[11]

[druid_grif]

As the group enters the room, the badger hisses and snarls, advancing on your position. Two more badgers come out of another wood pile across the room. Rex enters the doorway and sticks his hand out, arm pointed at the first badger. A loud"Whoomp" issues from his arm and a force heads towards the badger. The badgers then charge the group, going into a hissing spitting rage.

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Rex's Sonic Bolt - (1d20+4)[11]
Damage - (1d4)[1]

Duglan's Badger - (1d20+6)[25]
Damage - (1d4+1)[2]
Claire's Badger - (1d20+6)[22]
Damage - (1d4+1)[5]
Garret's Badger - (1d20+6)[19]
Damage - (1d4+1)[3]

[druid_grif]

The ferocity of the badgers catches the group off guard and all three are clawed or bit lightly. Torrent finds a crack in the wall and moves in, bringing her axe down on one of the badgers.

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Damage - (1d8+2)[3]

Next round...

[druid_grif]

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Grrrr... Rolling is so wierd.
Torrent's Attack against Claire's Badger - (1d20+4)[17]

[Quxelopqr]

Garret

Shrugging off the badger's attack, Garret brings his sword down on the critter.

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attack: (d20+3)[12] damage: (2d6+3)[10]

[bchilders]

Duglan

Growling at the attack form the badger, Duglan swings at the nearest critter with bot of his axes.

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Attack1:(1d20+3)[12]
Damage:(1d10+1)[4]

Attack2:(1d20+3)[23]
Damage:(1d10+1)[7]

[bchilders]

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Crit:(1d20+3)[15]
Damage:(2d10+2)[7]

[Methates]

Van Veranti

Van tries to circle around so that he can get a clear shot in, or at the very least position himself for one, while trying to maintain his distance from the badgers.

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Rolling an attack if Van has a good shot, otherwise ignore this...>.>

Attack - (1d20+6)[25] (assuming they're within 30 feet)
Damage - (1d8+1)[3]

"Ugly little critters, are they not?"

[druid_grif]

The group, recovering from their momentary shock at the ferocity of the badgers, strikes back with equal vigor. Torrent's axe does a glancing blow on the quick animal, while Garret's sword misses altogether. Duglan, on the other hand, brings an axe down hard, cutting the badger in half with a spray of blood. Van finds an opening and shoots the badger attacking Garret, creating a small gouge in the animals flank.

[Silverkiss]

Claire

Claire feels the attack, falling back behind the group. The attack was fierce, and caught a spot on her body unarmored, and she felt an intense pain on the spot the small creature hit her. She cursed the creature, then started chanting something in a low voice, praying to her god for blessings.

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Casting Cure Light Wounds on myself.
Cure Light Wounds - (1d8+1)[5]

[druid_grif]

As Claire moves away from action, Torrent sidesteps to cut off the badger from following. Rex mutters after missing with his last sonic bolt and tries again.

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Rex's Sonic Bolt - (1d20+4)[19]
Damage - (1d4)[3]

Torrent's Badger - (1d20+6)[21]
Damage - (1d4+1)[2]
Garret's Badger - (1d20+6)[14]
Damage - (1d4+1)[5]
Elf Attack against Duglan - (1d20+3)[23]
Damage - (1d6+1)[7]
Elf Attack against Torrent - (1d20+3)[23]
Damage - (1d6+1)[4]

Torrent's attack - (1d20+4)[16]
Damage - (1d8+2)[3]

[druid_grif]

With a satisfying crunch and a sickly squeal, Rex smiles as the badger crumples to the ground. Torrent takes a small bite to the leg before bringing her axe down on the animal's head. Two quick shapes flit from the opposite doorway to cover behind two hanging unfinished doors. Two shortbows appear with the faces of an elf guiding the arrows towards the group.

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Crit attack against Duglan - (1d20+3)[14]
Damage - (1d6+1)[6]
Crit attack against Torrent - (1d20+3)[6]
Damage - (1d6+1)[4]

[bchilders]

Duglan

Upon seeing the arrows rush past his body, Duglan charges toward the elven face in the doorway.

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Attack:(1d20+5)[13] +2 if enough room to charge
Damage:(1d10+3)[5]

[Quxelopqr]

Garret

Elves? Good thing the sword's already out. Garret charges towards the elves as well.

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attack: (d20+5)[22] damage: (2d6+3)[10]