ROSALINE moves up and strikes the first DRAGON CULTIST with all her attacks.
ROUND TWO (Start)
KHESSA hacks into the first DRAGON CULTIST but misses with a surge of energy second attempt. The DRAGON CULTISTamazingly does not fall, though it is clearly very injured.
ELIAS hits the talking DRAGON CULTIST with a Magic Missile. It too does not fall.
SNAKE ROSEBUD successfully strikes the fourth DRAGON CULIST with a venomous bite. (DM Silly NOTE: We may have to call this movie, "Escape from the Bathhouse.")
REYA responds to KHESSA,“If I take the attacks then you do not. And if death comes, then so be it. I know that the Seven Heavens await.” She then vows enmity against this blabbering DRAGON CULTIST. She slashes into it with enough zeal to silence this Leader.
MISTYNIP cast a Ray of Frost against the first DRAGON CULTIST. This was enough to drop the already badly injured masked enemy. (DM NOTE: If you would note your attack roll on the post, it would be appreciated.)
The remaining awake DRAGON CULTIST attack. One on REYA, and one on the SNAKE, each getting a slash in.
"We (and maybe Elturel) need you here, Reya, not (yet) in the Seven Heavens!" Khessa growls, happy to be able to rush forward alongside the paladin to complete the barrier that protects the most vulnerable elements of the party.
The blonde arcane warrior thinks she sees an opening in Cultist 4's guard, distracted by his fight with Rosebud's serpentine form and immediately brings her Greatsword down in a swift diagonal slash to his collarbone.
Mistynip moves forward and prays to Helm, Mighty Helm, please bless this Ray of Frost to hit true!" She casts Ray of Frost at #3. 15 to Hit with 5 damage. (Map updated)
Rosebud hisses when the attack against her connects, then responds with her own bite on Cultist 4 or if that one is already dead, on Cultist 3. (attack 10, damage 6 piercing plus poison)
Elias moves toward the sleeping cultist, up behind Khessa, in passing he'll cast mind sliver at cultist #4, INT save DC 13 ot take 5 pts of psychic damage and subtract 1 from his next save before the end of my next turn.
ELIAS gets into the mind of the fourth DRAGON CULTIST, who is having a bad day.
Its only break was when SNAKE ROSEBUD strike fails to penetrate the fourth one's leather armor.
REYA then confirms that the fourth DRAGON CULTIST is having a really bad day by killing it.
MISTYNIP meanwhile hits the third DRAGON CULTIST with a Ray of Frost.
The third DRAGON CULTIST, seeing he is now all that remains of his little party, drops his wicked looking knife. "I really don't care about the treasure. As far as I am concerned, you can keep it."
Khessa"s blue eyes meet the ones of the survivor: "You are still in deep sh1t! You first threatened, then tried to kill, Flaming Fist 's enforcers. So, you'd better explain, if you want to start improving your situation a tiny bit. What treasure are you talking about? And why did you come to this place, the Bath House? Are you (or your cult) in contact with the Vanthampurs?"
The one not sleeping responds to KHESSA, "You doezn't lookez likez the Fizt. It doezn't matter. You haz the Queenz stolen trezure from herz horde. We heard that the Vanthampurz had pozezion of it. They ownz thiz bathhouz."
Rosebudstops being a snake and upon returning to her normal form says with a smile to the 4th cultist, "Hi there! Why you talk so funny? Your ess-ess sounds like zees-uss-ess. Maybe you should take off the costume mask," before walking around the corner of the bathhouse. While she wonders if her linguistic advice will be followed or helpful, she is more curious if her theory slash hope that the now-deceased bad-guys underground were somehow preventing her above-ground bushes from flowering.
Khessa smiles at the halfling who improvises as a speech therapist: "Good job Rosebud, great advice!"
The blonde arcane warrior then turns to the prisoner again: "We are of of the Flaming Fist" and shows the badge. "So be careful not to make things worse by lying or making things up. Tell us the truth".
"If the lead you had were the Vanthampurs, it would have been logical to go to their mansion, right?" the tall adventuress presses the other, not very convinced "Why come to a Bath House that, although it is their property, is nothing more than one of their many properties? Did you know anything special about this Bath House, to choose to come looking for your Queen's treasure right here? And you were the only ones sent to get back the treasure from the Vanthampurs? Or do you have allies in the city? Asking because, you must know, we don't like very much the Vanthampurs either..."
Responding to KHESSA, "The Queenz horde waz not at ze manzhion. We checked there first. The great Queen givez us vizhionz. We know when we are nearz the horde. And our visionz were correct. You havez the horde. And yez, we were the only onez sent. But zince we failed, Arkhan the Cruel, great zervant of the Queenz, will zend a greater force to zecure the great Queenz horde. And yez, we do have alliez in this zity. This one was from your zity." He points to the dead fourth DRAGON CULTIST.
He looks at ROSEBUD and removes the mask to reveal a very pale skinned young man with angular features and cropped white hair. "I have not perfected the aczhent of your common tongue. Letz zay...I am not from around here."
As Elias moves to tie up the sleeping one, wait, this group is a different cult all together? So the Vanthumbers stole treasure from your cult, gave it to this cult to finance them for some reason? Gotta love the business of the noble life. he restraints the sleeping cultist, binding his hands with a bit of rope and gag him with one of his empty sacks.
Do we want to report back to the captain before we head to the low lite tavern...or?
Khessa confirms: "Absolutely yes, Elias! Zodge has given us a mission and I want him to know both that it has been completed and what has emerged".
"You see, my heroic young wizard... Just dealing with these Cultists, we have risked more than once..." the blonde arcane warrior hesitates for a moment, before admitting "...not returning. And while I will do everything I can to make sure we" ('and above all you', she thinks without saying it aloud) "return, I want someone to know what the Vanthampur have done in the event that the worst happens to us - and that they don't get away with it anyway".
"Not to mention that Zodge might be able to provide us with help or support" the tall adventuress concludes. "And that he might be interested in finding out more about these other Cultists and Arkhan the Cruel - considering that the 'cruel guy' is expected to send new Cultists into the city sooner or later".
Turning from around the corner to look at the Dragon Cultist, Rosebud says, "Ohh, I like your haircut. You look cute with it. It would have been a shame to kill you. And I'm sorry if I made fun of your accent. I just thought it was the mask making you sound different. Good job learning new languages while traveling - it can be tough. I still have trouble with speaking black bear when I am in that form.
And looking to her companions, "Now, where do we find this Zodge fellow and does he speak and look normal? I'm getting tired of things in masks. Do we bring these two to him? And I suppose you are going to say that we can't have a drink at the Inn first, can we...." She concludes with a resigned sigh.
My apologies, but due to "In Real Life" (IRL) issues, and an increasing demand for my free time, I must end this campaign. I thank you all for this opportunity and your time and participation. Running this campaign has been fun for me. I hope that you also found at least some of it enjoyable.
You are all great players. And I wish you all well in your future gaming.
Blessings and shalom to you all in your real life.
KHESSA 20 ELIAS 14 ROSEBUD 13 REYA 13 MISTYNIP 8 DRAGON CULTIST 7 ROSALINE 3
ROUND ONE (Complete)
ROSALINE moves up and strikes the first DRAGON CULTIST with all her attacks.
ROUND TWO (Start)
KHESSA hacks into the first DRAGON CULTIST but misses with a surge of energy second attempt. The DRAGON CULTIST amazingly does not fall, though it is clearly very injured.
ELIAS hits the talking DRAGON CULTIST with a Magic Missile. It too does not fall.
SNAKE ROSEBUD successfully strikes the fourth DRAGON CULIST with a venomous bite. (DM Silly NOTE: We may have to call this movie, "Escape from the Bathhouse.")
REYA responds to KHESSA, “If I take the attacks then you do not. And if death comes, then so be it. I know that the Seven Heavens await.” She then vows enmity against this blabbering DRAGON CULTIST. She slashes into it with enough zeal to silence this Leader.
MISTYNIP cast a Ray of Frost against the first DRAGON CULTIST. This was enough to drop the already badly injured masked enemy. (DM NOTE: If you would note your attack roll on the post, it would be appreciated.)
The remaining awake DRAGON CULTIST attack. One on REYA, and one on the SNAKE, each getting a slash in.
(Essentially everyone is up again.)
Round 2
"We (and maybe Elturel) need you here, Reya, not (yet) in the Seven Heavens!" Khessa growls, happy to be able to rush forward alongside the paladin to complete the barrier that protects the most vulnerable elements of the party.
The blonde arcane warrior thinks she sees an opening in Cultist 4's guard, distracted by his fight with Rosebud's serpentine form and immediately brings her Greatsword down in a swift diagonal slash to his collarbone.
Khessa's Greataxe Attack: 8 Damage: 14 (slashing)
Mistynip moves forward and prays to Helm, Mighty Helm, please bless this Ray of Frost to hit true!" She casts Ray of Frost at #3. 15 to Hit with 5 damage. (Map updated)
Rosebud hisses when the attack against her connects, then responds with her own bite on Cultist 4 or if that one is already dead, on Cultist 3. (attack 10, damage 6 piercing plus poison)
Elias moves toward the sleeping cultist, up behind Khessa, in passing he'll cast mind sliver at cultist #4, INT save DC 13 ot take 5 pts of psychic damage and subtract 1 from his next save before the end of my next turn.
DRAGON CULTIST #4 INT SAVE 9
REYA sees and hears KHESSA. She gives the warrior a nod and a smile. Then hacks into the fourth DRAGON CULTIST. (ATT 23 DMG8) It dies.
(Only #3 is up. And Rosaline has actions.)
(Moving things along.)
ROSALINE hesitates.
ROUND THREE
KHESSA hacks into the fourth DRAGON CULTIST.
ELIAS gets into the mind of the fourth DRAGON CULTIST, who is having a bad day.
Its only break was when SNAKE ROSEBUD strike fails to penetrate the fourth one's leather armor.
REYA then confirms that the fourth DRAGON CULTIST is having a really bad day by killing it.
MISTYNIP meanwhile hits the third DRAGON CULTIST with a Ray of Frost.
The third DRAGON CULTIST, seeing he is now all that remains of his little party, drops his wicked looking knife. "I really don't care about the treasure. As far as I am concerned, you can keep it."
(Victory.)
Khessa"s blue eyes meet the ones of the survivor: "You are still in deep sh1t! You first threatened, then tried to kill, Flaming Fist 's enforcers. So, you'd better explain, if you want to start improving your situation a tiny bit. What treasure are you talking about? And why did you come to this place, the Bath House? Are you (or your cult) in contact with the Vanthampurs?"
(( OOC do we still have the sleeping cultist? ))
(Yes.)
The one not sleeping responds to KHESSA, "You doezn't lookez likez the Fizt. It doezn't matter. You haz the Queenz stolen trezure from herz horde. We heard that the Vanthampurz had pozezion of it. They ownz thiz bathhouz."
Rosebud stops being a snake and upon returning to her normal form says with a smile to the 4th cultist, "Hi there! Why you talk so funny? Your ess-ess sounds like zees-uss-ess. Maybe you should take off the costume mask," before walking around the corner of the bathhouse. While she wonders if her linguistic advice will be followed or helpful, she is more curious if her theory slash hope that the now-deceased bad-guys underground were somehow preventing her above-ground bushes from flowering.
Khessa smiles at the halfling who improvises as a speech therapist: "Good job Rosebud, great advice!"
The blonde arcane warrior then turns to the prisoner again: "We are of of the Flaming Fist" and shows the badge. "So be careful not to make things worse by lying or making things up. Tell us the truth".
"If the lead you had were the Vanthampurs, it would have been logical to go to their mansion, right?" the tall adventuress presses the other, not very convinced "Why come to a Bath House that, although it is their property, is nothing more than one of their many properties? Did you know anything special about this Bath House, to choose to come looking for your Queen's treasure right here? And you were the only ones sent to get back the treasure from the Vanthampurs? Or do you have allies in the city? Asking because, you must know, we don't like very much the Vanthampurs either..."
Responding to KHESSA, "The Queenz horde waz not at ze manzhion. We checked there first. The great Queen givez us vizhionz. We know when we are nearz the horde. And our visionz were correct. You havez the horde. And yez, we were the only onez sent. But zince we failed, Arkhan the Cruel, great zervant of the Queenz, will zend a greater force to zecure the great Queenz horde. And yez, we do have alliez in this zity. This one was from your zity." He points to the dead fourth DRAGON CULTIST.
He looks at ROSEBUD and removes the mask to reveal a very pale skinned young man with angular features and cropped white hair. "I have not perfected the aczhent of your common tongue. Letz zay...I am not from around here."
As Elias moves to tie up the sleeping one, wait, this group is a different cult all together? So the Vanthumbers stole treasure from your cult, gave it to this cult to finance them for some reason? Gotta love the business of the noble life. he restraints the sleeping cultist, binding his hands with a bit of rope and gag him with one of his empty sacks.
Do we want to report back to the captain before we head to the low lite tavern...or?
Khessa confirms: "Absolutely yes, Elias! Zodge has given us a mission and I want him to know both that it has been completed and what has emerged".
"You see, my heroic young wizard... Just dealing with these Cultists, we have risked more than once..." the blonde arcane warrior hesitates for a moment, before admitting "...not returning. And while I will do everything I can to make sure we" ('and above all you', she thinks without saying it aloud) "return, I want someone to know what the Vanthampur have done in the event that the worst happens to us - and that they don't get away with it anyway".
"Not to mention that Zodge might be able to provide us with help or support" the tall adventuress concludes. "And that he might be interested in finding out more about these other Cultists and Arkhan the Cruel - considering that the 'cruel guy' is expected to send new Cultists into the city sooner or later".
Turning from around the corner to look at the Dragon Cultist, Rosebud says, "Ohh, I like your haircut. You look cute with it. It would have been a shame to kill you. And I'm sorry if I made fun of your accent. I just thought it was the mask making you sound different. Good job learning new languages while traveling - it can be tough. I still have trouble with speaking black bear when I am in that form.
And looking to her companions, "Now, where do we find this Zodge fellow and does he speak and look normal? I'm getting tired of things in masks. Do we bring these two to him? And I suppose you are going to say that we can't have a drink at the Inn first, can we...." She concludes with a resigned sigh.
(Posting in OOC thread as well.)
This is a good stopping point.
My apologies, but due to "In Real Life" (IRL) issues, and an increasing demand for my free time, I must end this campaign. I thank you all for this opportunity and your time and participation. Running this campaign has been fun for me. I hope that you also found at least some of it enjoyable.
You are all great players. And I wish you all well in your future gaming.
Blessings and shalom to you all in your real life.
Thank you all, it's been a blast.