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Perfect... Katarina is going to use her bonus action to activate Rage.
Wild Magic surge: 5
With Rage activated, Katarina is going to try to leap over the crossbow platform to grapple the gnome and drag her to the ground (I assume that would take two Athletics checks), and we'll see what happens with Wild Magic.
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Wild magic surge result: "Whenever a creature hits you with an attack roll before your rage ends, that creature takes 1d6 force damage, as magic lashes out in retribution."
The others see a faint shimmer around Katarina as her entire posture changes from carefree to total focus on the gnome. The cat doesn't make any sound as tendrils of power swirl around her. She darts towards the gnome and takes a flying leap at her.
Athletics (High Jump): 20
Athletics (Grapple): 19
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"Katarina!" opens her mouth Khessa, delighted by the magical prodigy she is witnessing "How wonderful! But what..."
She then follows the magical feline with her gaze as she launches herself at the gnome and... she finally realizes to be in the firing line of a war machine! A machine that the gnome might as well have been about to operate…
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The gnome, cackling wildly, reaches for the levers to fire one of the crossbows, but Katarina's leap takes her over the contraption and right into her face. Screeching indignantly, the little gnome tries to wriggle out of the tabaxi's grasp:
Khessa rushes forward to help Katarina… and that's what saves her! The agitated gnome fires one of the bolts just at that moment and the blonde arcane warrior, thanks to her sudden dash, is only grazed and the armor deflects the powerful projectile.
"Hey, gnome friend, what's wrong with you?" exclaims the tall adventurer, trying to pin her to the ground to prevent her from hurting anyone "Do I look like the dragon by any chance? Did you notice that I have neither wings nor scales? We come in peace and we are looking for Fibblestib!"
'What kind of guard!' Khessa thinks, meanwhile, angrily 'If she had aimed at someone without armor, she would have made a skewer out of him!'
Jasper loudly stammering, “Please, everyone stop this! We’ve come here for aid.” Jasper lays his shield and spear on the ground. “We are looking for the workshop. The gnomes in your kitchen sent us this way. We were told we could find those in charge there.” Jasper looks to Khessa and Katarina, “Please let them loose.”
"Katarina is not trying to hurt her," the cat tells Jasper, her voice barely rising above a whisper as she stares intently into the gnome's eyes. "If Katarina wanted her dead, she would have used her axe or her claws... but Katarina is also not wanting to let crazy gnome shoot her new friends."
"Strange that the kitchen gnomes didn't tell Katarina and her friends about the trigger-happy guard gnome," Katarina says to Khessa as she reluctantly puts Factore down... making sure to position herself between the gnome and the crossbow contraption as the magical aura around the feline fades. "Now, guard-gnome, please tell elf Jasper your name... and then tell Katarina why it was necessary to shoot at her friends when all that they want is to talk. It seem rather rude to kill guests without giving them a chance to speak, yes?"
Oh wow, only Katarina is up!
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Alright! How away is our assailant?
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It's not a very big room so she's about fifteen feet away in the dead center of the room.
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DM: Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus
Perfect... Katarina is going to use her bonus action to activate Rage.
Wild Magic surge: 5
With Rage activated, Katarina is going to try to leap over the crossbow platform to grapple the gnome and drag her to the ground (I assume that would take two Athletics checks), and we'll see what happens with Wild Magic.
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Wild magic surge result: "Whenever a creature hits you with an attack roll before your rage ends, that creature takes 1d6 force damage, as magic lashes out in retribution."
The others see a faint shimmer around Katarina as her entire posture changes from carefree to total focus on the gnome. The cat doesn't make any sound as tendrils of power swirl around her. She darts towards the gnome and takes a flying leap at her.
Athletics (High Jump): 20
Athletics (Grapple): 19
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"Katarina!" opens her mouth Khessa, delighted by the magical prodigy she is witnessing "How wonderful! But what..."
She then follows the magical feline with her gaze as she launches herself at the gnome and... she finally realizes to be in the firing line of a war machine! A machine that the gnome might as well have been about to operate…
The gnome, cackling wildly, reaches for the levers to fire one of the crossbows, but Katarina's leap takes her over the contraption and right into her face. Screeching indignantly, the little gnome tries to wriggle out of the tabaxi's grasp:
Acrobatics - 5
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Characters: Bryony Alderleaf (Phandelver and Below) ♦ Vesta Trevelyan (Vecna: Eve of Ruin) ♦ Ada Kendrick (Curse of Strahd) ♦ Gareth Blackwood (Dragon of Icespire Peak) ♦ Karys Velthune (Out of the Abyss) ♦ Surina Xarith (Simple, Heroic Adventure)
DM: Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus
Almost hissing with frustration, the little gnome nevertheless manages to snag one of the crossbow levers, firing a bolt at Khessa!
Attack: 15 Damage: 6
Everyone else is now up!
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Characters: Bryony Alderleaf (Phandelver and Below) ♦ Vesta Trevelyan (Vecna: Eve of Ruin) ♦ Ada Kendrick (Curse of Strahd) ♦ Gareth Blackwood (Dragon of Icespire Peak) ♦ Karys Velthune (Out of the Abyss) ♦ Surina Xarith (Simple, Heroic Adventure)
DM: Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus
Khessa rushes forward to help Katarina… and that's what saves her! The agitated gnome fires one of the bolts just at that moment and the blonde arcane warrior, thanks to her sudden dash, is only grazed and the armor deflects the powerful projectile.
"Hey, gnome friend, what's wrong with you?" exclaims the tall adventurer, trying to pin her to the ground to prevent her from hurting anyone "Do I look like the dragon by any chance? Did you notice that I have neither wings nor scales? We come in peace and we are looking for Fibblestib!"
'What kind of guard!' Khessa thinks, meanwhile, angrily 'If she had aimed at someone without armor, she would have made a skewer out of him!'
Athletics (Shove): 8
Jasper loudly stammering, “Please, everyone stop this! We’ve come here for aid.” Jasper lays his shield and spear on the ground. “We are looking for the workshop. The gnomes in your kitchen sent us this way. We were told we could find those in charge there.” Jasper looks to Khessa and Katarina, “Please let them loose.”
Persuasion if necessary: 7
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Dastion Salvi ~ Half-Elf Warlock(Genie) ~ Lost Mines of the Phandelver: D&DBeyond/Roll20/Discord (Sunday 5-8pm cst) DM canceled
Jasper of the Wandering Wood ~ Wood Elf Cleric Twilight Domain ~ Tomb of the Delian Order One Shot(13): PBP complete
"Katarina is not trying to hurt her," the cat tells Jasper, her voice barely rising above a whisper as she stares intently into the gnome's eyes. "If Katarina wanted her dead, she would have used her axe or her claws... but Katarina is also not wanting to let crazy gnome shoot her new friends."
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“I understand Katarina. But all the same. No one is harmed, yet.” Jasper looks to the gnome, “What is your name? Why are you on heightened alert?”
Jasper Mooncrest🌙 ~ Wood Elf Cleric Twilight Domain ~ Nyx’s Dragon of Icespires Peak: PBP
Dastion Salvi ~ Half-Elf Warlock(Genie) ~ Lost Mines of the Phandelver: D&DBeyond/Roll20/Discord (Sunday 5-8pm cst) DM canceled
Jasper of the Wandering Wood ~ Wood Elf Cleric Twilight Domain ~ Tomb of the Delian Order One Shot(13): PBP complete
(OOC: are we still in a fight, or is the gnome effectively subdued right now?)
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(OOC: I suppose we are waiting for the others turns or DM’s response.)
Jasper Mooncrest🌙 ~ Wood Elf Cleric Twilight Domain ~ Nyx’s Dragon of Icespires Peak: PBP
Dastion Salvi ~ Half-Elf Warlock(Genie) ~ Lost Mines of the Phandelver: D&DBeyond/Roll20/Discord (Sunday 5-8pm cst) DM canceled
Jasper of the Wandering Wood ~ Wood Elf Cleric Twilight Domain ~ Tomb of the Delian Order One Shot(13): PBP complete
(Yes, waiting to see if the gnome comes to reason)
(I'm on the road today driving back to Illinois, but I'll make a post tonight. In the meantime, Factore is effectively subdued for now haha.)
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Characters: Bryony Alderleaf (Phandelver and Below) ♦ Vesta Trevelyan (Vecna: Eve of Ruin) ♦ Ada Kendrick (Curse of Strahd) ♦ Gareth Blackwood (Dragon of Icespire Peak) ♦ Karys Velthune (Out of the Abyss) ♦ Surina Xarith (Simple, Heroic Adventure)
DM: Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus
Lol! Yes, this will teach Factore to choose a completely different way to welcome strangers, next time!
Well that was a waste of a Rage lol. Let's hope that being tackled by 180 pounds of angry feline taught our gnome friend some manners!
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"Strange that the kitchen gnomes didn't tell Katarina and her friends about the trigger-happy guard gnome," Katarina says to Khessa as she reluctantly puts Factore down... making sure to position herself between the gnome and the crossbow contraption as the magical aura around the feline fades. "Now, guard-gnome, please tell elf Jasper your name... and then tell Katarina why it was necessary to shoot at her friends when all that they want is to talk. It seem rather rude to kill guests without giving them a chance to speak, yes?"
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