[Game Thread] Chapter 6c: A Shadow Over Feid

[Blue]

Mrith heard movement, which she guessed to be the healers moving away after hearing the Dogai call the retreat.
When the mage had cast something before suddenly being gone, unfelt by her draconic senses, she deduced that it had probably left as well.
The devil was probably gone too with their usual devilish powers of transportation. She wished she knew what was going on, and hoped it wasn't the others getting drawing enough heat on their end to have those join as reinforcements. The dragon shouted to whoever might still be there to hear her, expecting nobody was, but wouldn't miss that chance either way.
"How DARE you! Come back this instant you cowards!"

Oh well, another flawless victory, I guess.
It had been odd that the Erinyes had left. Or perhaps those other guys with Shadow and that badly wounded guy she had forgotten the name of were causing some trouble of their own?

It was a little disconcerting that she had received no updates on the mindlink on how things were going on their end.
Better update the new situation again.
It seems that they have all retreated. The Dogai said they were heading to the third site, so perhaps that are going to be reinforcements at the alehouse. But we only know of two sites, so I suppose there is a third location that we do not know of. Perhaps something is happening there if things didn't begin at the alehouse on your end. Are you all still on your way there?
I believe I am alone here, now, and got nobody left to bother. I'll be heading over to the alehouse. Should I join up from somewhere specific or do you need an... aerial diversion?

As she transmitted her thoughts, she figured it was as good as as any to get rid of whatever spell that handsome mage had used on her to hamper her movements. She tried to break through it.
Would she managed to free herself, she fly a bit to the side to be able to see the door into the warehouse.
Perhaps those healers were going there on foot? It would explain the movement she had heard. Who knew what was inside. Perhaps there was something linking the three sites together inside the warehouse. It could pay off to take a look.
Or fall into an ambush. Now that would really suck.
Or perhaps I should stick around here in case they decide to come back or didn't really leave. Maybe they left clues of some kind inside.
It felt really strange to be asking for directions or their opinion. Not giving commands was the strangest thing.

 

Standard/full-round action to undo the entangling effect. Str check 19 by taking 10.
I imagine she doesn't feel threatened anymore.

5-ft. step to fly to K-23 to get a vantage point to see the door.

[Battlechaser]

An arial diversion would be nice. Léon transmitted as he studied the door. He reached out and tried to open it as silently as possible before alerting the others. I'm going in. Stand back so you don't get caught in the blast I really expect. He knew his paranoia was getting the better of him, but it has kept him alive on multiple occasions, so Léon has learned to trust his instincts. And now he had to lead other people in an infiltration. Him, a loner! Ha. The thief smirked.

[Makenshi]

Inn There was no blast as Leon feared there might be, but it was immediately obvious that he had indeed triggered a trap - and a magical trap at that - as a blast of intense, freezing wind streamed out of the now open door and slammed into the Elernan and the wall of the building behind him, which was already starting to freeze over and crack. More worryingly though, the wind showed no signs of abating as it continued to blow and the wind and cracking stone was creating a racket that the Erinyes were bound to hear. [Leon must make a DC 20 Fortitude save or take 29 cold damage and be slammed into the wall opposite the door, taking an additional 5 bludgeoning damage. Success and he avoids it all.] OOC The jig is up, but I'll give you guys (minus Leon, as he's already acted) a so a move or standard actionsurprise round to act before the Erinyeses and whoever else is in there are able to react. After that it's down to Initiative as normal. EDIT - Oh, and a DC 20 and 21 Spellcraft check (two separate, marked rolls) reveals...   ...that the wind spell was Boreal Wind (from Frostburn).   ...that the spell used for the trap was likely a Glyph of Warding/Greater Glyph of Warding, containing the wind spell as a Spellglyph.   Rhys (29): . Humility (25): . Elouise (25): . Misa (23): . ? (22): . Morgan (21): . Leon (20): . Nallaul (20): . ? (18): . ? (10): . ? (10): . ? (10): . Didina (8): . ? (6): .

~MTWC

[Battlechaser]

"Oh c..." Léon's cry was cut short as the freezing gale slammed him against the alley wall and knocked the breath out of him. The thief could feel several ribs snap, he could even hear it above the din. Getting up was the most painful thing he had done in a while, every motion slightly shifting the position of the broken ribfragments, but it had to be done. And he deserved the pain for being such a stupid, bloody retard. Get inside. Now! He mentally yelled at the others.

[Acathala]

Nallaul thinks some very unflattering things about humans in general, and Leon in specific. Sighing in annoyance he prepares and casts Dispel Magic, which is intended to dispel the Boreal Wind, Impressed by the enemy spell, he makes a note to learn it later if he can. He makes a good attempt on the dispel, and waits to see if it's successful. Indeed it is, Nallaul's dispel neutralises the Boreal Wind.

 

Spell link
https://www.rpgcrossing.com/showthre...=147148&page=9

[SpatulaOdoom]

Morgan winces as the howling winds fill the alley way. Taking a step forward he sees Leon and the open door. He sighs, though it can't be heard over the wind.
”Why did you go for the door? The blatantly obviously trapped door?”
With a shrug he gets ready to disintegrating a large section of the Western wall and giving everybody a clear entrance to the building. He'd rather use the spell from his diminishing cache on say an enemy, but Disintegrate is a wonderfully useful spell in this sort of respect too. Fortunately for him Nallaul is there with a dispelling.
”You all know the drill. Rush em. Eloise hostages are yours, make sure they're secure so we don't have a snake in the grass and keep watch. Mages that run dry, get to wherever the hostages are and wait.”
With that Morgan heads for the door, pulling his wand as he moves.

[Battlechaser]

Because I'm stupid! Leon snapped back. Now get in!

[Makenshi]

Inn   Note - For the surprise round it's first-come first served in order, even though below it's listed in Init order. Rhys (29): Moves. Humility (25): . Elouise (25): Moves. Misa (23): Moves. ? (22): . Morgan (21): Moves. Leon (20): Sets off the trap. Nallaul (20): Dispels the Boreal Wind. ? (18): . ? (10): . ? (10): . ? (10): . Didina (8): Moves. ? (6): . While Nallaul dispels the wind and Leon recovers from being slammed into the wall by freezing wind most everybody else moves forward. Rhys ends up taking point now that the fighting as begun, not even bothering to try and be stealthy as he runs to block the inside of the door. "All clear from here, but this is just a back entrance - there's a few doors further in. Probably one storage and one to the inn proper." Following quickly behind him, Misa almost glides across the ground, eating it up as if it wasn't there and even ducking under the towering soldier's arms as she joined him inside the inn. "My senses emanate from me, so if someone gets these doors open I can get a quick idea of what's where and if we've got any who's."   Thick brown lines: Outer walls of buildings. Transparent red tiles: Roofs. Note that the roofs here all overhang by about 5ft. For ease of seeing though, I've put you guys 'above' the roof layer, as it'd screw with the colours otherwise. White lines: Doors. (note - the door Rhys just entered is open, it's just a pain to alter it on my map to show that). Light blue lines: 1st floor windows. E1/E2: Erinyeses 1 & 2's expected (not guaranteed) locations at the moment. Black tile: Humility. Dark green tile: Leon. Red tile: Rhys. Dark yellow/gold tile: Nallaul. Pink tile: Misa. Purple tile: Didina. Dark blue tile: Morgan. Light blue tile: Elouise.

The Warehouse   D2 (26): ? AD (22): ? D1 (21): ? E1 (15): ? E2 (15): ? M (14): Casts a spell. Mrith (14): Breaks out of the Bands of Steel and looks around, seeing nothing.   D2 (26): ? ? (22): Sneak Attack's Mrith, hitting and dealing 37 piercing damage before calling out to the others. D1 (21): ? E1 (15): Goes to ground E2 (15): Goes to ground M (14): ? and flies up before casting Cyclonic Blast at Mrith. Mrith (14): Uses Chilling Breath and flies away.   D2 (26): Casts or says something? ? (22): Casts or says something? D1 (21): Casts or says something? E1 (15): ? E2 (15): Flies up and attacks Mrith, missing. (25ft above the top floor) M (14): Casts Readied Bands of Steel on Mrith, for simplicities sake I'm going to use the rolls you made before for it, so she makes her save but doesn't actually recognise the spellEntangling her. Mrith (14): Uses Enduring Breath against all but E2 (since they're flying in the air). Mrith doesn't see or hear anything else from her slightly new vantage point, although that didn't necessarily mean no one was around, especially if that Dogai had stuck around in order to delay her finding the others.   Small blue square = Mage. (was on top of the outer edge of the roof, so 10ft above the top floor) White = Assassin Devil. (was on top of the centre of the roof, so 15ft above the top floor) D1/2 = Divine Caster 1 and 2. (?) E1/2 = Erinyes 1 and 2. (Both on the ground, 20ft below the top floor) Green square: Mrith. 25ft above the edge of the roof, 35ft above the top floor. (Note - since she is the only thing different I've not updated the map). Large blue squares = Solid Fog. Red tiles: Roof. 10ft above top floor, 15ft above at the centre). Brown-ish tiles: Top floor (also continues under the roof). Grey lines: The lip of the top floor which the Erinyes' were hiding behind originally.

~MTWC

[DiabolicalGenius]

Humility had to suppress a soft sigh as the trap went off, not so much frustrated as resigned to the fact that anything that could go wrong that day, would. She doesn't rush in on the spot though, turning to look at Morgan to make sure he didn't have other ideas. She couldn't imagine them retreating at this point, but recent experience had proven her ideas weren't up to much so she waited for confirmation instead of making assumptions. Once she heard him speak, she set off towards the door that Nallaul had thankfully dispelled the trap from. Her speed afoot is quite impressive, but she isn't rushing herself to the point of recklessness, staying focused the the deteriorating circumstances. The advantage of surprise was pretty much lost and the devils would be responding any moment now. Concerned about invisible enemies, she sharpened her senses to a razor's edge as she got through the entrance.

Slipping lithely past Rhys, she immediately moved and put her back to the wall next to the door on the right as soon as you walked in, which she guessed was the storage room. She reached for the handle from there preparing to cautiously throw the door open to check the interior, while she communicated through the mindlink to the others.

[["I'll open this one, so get ready for trouble. Also, try to keep an eye on the other door at the same time. They won't just sit and wait for us to come and get them...."]]

About to open the door, she stills herself and listens for anything on the other side.

 

Humility using a swift action to enter Hearing the Air stance giving her 30 feet Blindsense and +5 to listen checks.
She takes a move action to reach square Z10 so that she can open the door next round. I'll roll a listen check to see if she happens to hear anything while she's there.
A move action each time we want to open a door? This is going to be slow going.

[Blue]

Mrith stretched her legs and clawed at thighs as she yawned.
Alright then. Just in case, one quick sweep and I'm off.

She hurried around the fog and flew closer to the warehouse to be able to feel anyone still on the roof that she wouldn't see.
If no one would be felt, she would fly down to get a quick look at the top floor, in case the healers left any sign of where they had gone.
Perhaps they were still there, on their way out. Perhaps an open door would still be moving a little from being opened up quickly.

If nothing would be seen, she would hurry to the alehouse to join up with the others. She did have a dimension door scroll but she didn't feel the urgency.

[Acathala]

Nallaul moves to AI9 and casts Greater Blink(SpC p32), since it is likely his contingent one has run out.

 

Greater Anticipate Teleportation
Greater Mage Armour
Greater Blink
Superior Resistance
Ring of Spell Battle
Protection from Evil
Shield
Extended Abjurations
Tremorsense 30ft
Resistance fire 30

[Makenshi]

 

OOC - In future I'll be updating in groups again as follows: Humility-Misa and Morgan-Mrith as everyone else is an enemy or an NPC under my control. For now though, I can probably do one update for the whole round unless anyone plans to fly up into view of the higher floors at least. You can always choose to wait for me to update the people before you though, in which case I'm happy to summarise effects/actions.

Finally, with things as they are it'd probably be best if everyone rolled reactive listen/spot checks every round in case I need them, although bear in mind this will only be used for spotting/listening to people, not for scouting out the area. If you want to do that then you'll need to take a separate action to do it.

• Rhys (29): 5ft steps to Z,11, opens the door and changes his bow into a sword.
• Humility (25): Moves to AC,12 and opens the door.
• Elouise (25): .
• Misa (23): .
• ? (22): .
• Morgan (21): .
• Leon (20): .
• Nallaul (20): .
• ? (18): .
• Mrith (14): Looking around the warehouse before flying over. Will arrive at any square of her choice at the end of the this round, after which she can act as normal.
• ? (10): .
• ? (10): .
• ? (10): .
• Didina (8): .
• ? (6): .

"We've lost the element of surprise here although a little aerial distraction wouldn't go amiss at the moment if you're still up for it." Didina passes along to Mrith.

With Humility in place as well the three quickest members of the party already find themselves inside the bulding, with Rhys stepping towards the nearest door and opening it for Misa. After a brief pause the blind woman passes on what she senses. "No people that I can feel, just crates, bottles and barrels. There's another door on the south side towards the end."

With knowledge of no immediate threat Rhys takes the opportunity to turn his bow back into a sword. He glances towards Humility, although he 'speaks' to everyone as well. "Misa's range is great, even if she can't 'see' in as much detail at its extremes. Suggest we split up to open doors for her? which is the same for HumilityI've only heard movement upstairs so far." By his tone towards the end it was a genuine suggestion rather than an order.

 

Thick brown lines: Outer walls of buildings.
Transparent red tiles: Roofs. Note that the roofs here all overhang by about 5ft. For ease of seeing though, I've put you guys 'above' the roof layer, as it'd screw with the colours otherwise.
White lines: Doors.
Light blue lines: 1st floor windows.
Light Brown squares/rectangles: Tables and counters (the ones next to the inner walls are counters - presumably for the in and tavern sections respectively). They are both a bit above waist height, so easily possible to hop. The thin sections on the right side of both counters is a wooden bar that can be lifted up (a move action), ducked under (count it as difficult terrain) or jumped over (a DC 10 Jump check).
Light brown circles: Chairs. Moving through the same square as a chair is possible, but it counts as difficult terrain.
E1/E2: Erinyeses 1 & 2's expected (not guaranteed) locations at the moment.
Black tile: Humility.
Light green tile: Mrith (not here yet).
Dark green tile: Leon.
Red tile: Rhys.
Dark yellow/gold tile: Nallaul.
Pink tile: Misa.
Purple tile: Didina.
Dark blue tile: Morgan.
Light blue tile: Elouise.

~MTWC

[Blue]

Distraction, huh? Alright. Working on it.

As she flew in, she'd try to get a glance of where enemies might be exposed and breath down on them on her way to the roof.
It was fairly possible that she'd see no one available to get blasted by some sonic forces, in which case she'd burn the alehouse a little.
The brew was probably in some cave underground so she figured starting a little fire might draw some attention.

If she was to see someone to breath upon, she'd probably take a second or two to laugh maniacally at them.
It's important.

By the way. Where are you all?

 

Double-move: Flies to W-17, on the roof, elevation 20-ft. above the roof.
Swift action: Flyby breath
Fire breath if there is nobody to breath on. Sonic damage breath if there is someone. She would try to strafe it if she sees targets too far apart to fit in the 30-ft cone. Fortitude save, if its sonic damage.

Effects on:
-Conviction, 12th caster level, +4 moral saves for 2 hours.
-50% miss chance against all ranged attacks that require an attack roll if Mrith moves at least 10-ft.
-Anklets of Yesterwind: Double land speed for 5 minutes.
-Magic Circle against Evil, continuous
-Cloud Wings, +30-ft to flight for 2 hours
-Magic Circle against Evil, continuous
-Shadowy Diadem; immune to energy drain + concealment for 9 rounds

[DiabolicalGenius]

Humility gives a slight nod of assent to Rhys' suggestion and heads for the south facing door as she replies mentally.

[["Very well. You go ahead and open the door on the other side of that room. Crates and barrels? Most likely storage, but that doesn't mean it isn't connected to the rest of the inn so the enemy could just as likely come from there. I only hear them upstairs as well, but it won't last. I'll open this door and start looking for the stairs up. Let's not get too separated though, we really don't want to be caught and taken on one by one. The moment you feel the presence of the enemy let us know so we can regroup. Sound good?"]]

As she speaks she wasted no time getting into position and opening the other door carefully, only cracking it and peeking through the gap before opening all the way. All the while she stayed sharp for any danger.

 

Spot/Listen checks. Remember that she has 30 ft blindsense so it's not easy to sneak up on her.

She moves to AC12 and opens the door there. Both requiring move actions so not much else I can do this round.

[Battlechaser]

His cheeks red with embarassment, Léon crept forward next to the drow warrior and studied the door and its surroundings. The thief would not get caught again by a bloody trap - or so he hoped.

 

Move to Z10
Rolls