Kiven nods at Blau after getting the body back inside and then starts going around lighting anything flammable with 'sparks' of magic. He also grabs a few of the flammable objects and waves them back in forth in front of a few of the windows to create a crude simulation of the mages potentially fighting with magic inside the home. Next he turns to Blau and says "play along, Titus." The tall elf transforms his appearance into that of the injured Tacitus and puts his arm around Blau, leaning on him. He points towards the door and says "now get me out of here, brother. Let's catch up with the others." The fake Tacitus limps and hangs heavily on his 'brother' as they exit the house (assuming Blau plays along).
Glad to play another, Mitran-confusing role in the events, Blau looks at the dead mage and replicates as best he can, bloody and visibly hurt, then provides a solid shoulder for Kiven to lean on. Preventing the illusions from merging too much and reveal the deception, Blau supports more with his rock-hard arms than the actual shoulder.
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“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?" "Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied ― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
To the west of town, Eddarly and the men with him make their way back towards town, by the time they get back to the house, it is ablaze and burning merrily.
Nearer the center, Blau and Kiven are hobbling along, still disguised as the twin mages.
Out east, as Eya and Selena rush that way, Poe continues his fight against the guard, scoring a hit with his beak and taking a blow in return.
The fake mages make their way into a building, alley or other cover and shift into normal looking guards. "Come, we'll cut off this rider if the dhampir's pet fails."
Blau nods as he shifts into a teen disguise again. "That over stuffed feather duster talks a lot about his prowess. I doubt he's as good as he preens." he says, as they make their way towards the direction needed.
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“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?" "Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied ― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
'Eddarly' tells the guards, "Do your best to put that out. Wouldn't want it to spread. I'll go for reinforcements." His plan is to head back in the direction of the keep, still looking like Eddarly, so his comrades recognize him, and hoping to find them. If he spots Mrs. Mott, he will quickly disappear and change forms.
Poe grunts in pain and begins to grow concerned. He abruptly flies out of reach to avoid more attacks. Poe tries to look like he is going to attack again to slow them down but he will stay out of sword range . He speaks to Selena. " Mistress, I had to remove myself from combat due to wounds. I will keep you updated on the situation though. "
Selena responds as she continues to sprint towards them. " Well done Poe. Do not let them take you down. You are invaluable to our efforts. "
OOC: He will take a withdrawal action if possible to avoid the AoO.
The town is pretty quickly devolving into chaos as the disguised members of the knot make their way through. People are shouting to one another, trying to understand what's going on, and getting conflicting information in return.
East of the town, Selena and Eya, guided by Poe, catch sight of the guard and Mrs. Mott. They're moving as quickly as they can while fending off the diving attacks and feints from the huge raven.
Blau and Kiven are a bit behind them, but have a ways to go.
Meanwhile, headed for the fort, "Captain Eddarly" is stopped by Master Scaramore, the hedge wizard looking rather frantic. "Captain! Captain! I heard about the hellhound. Such things always have a master, you need to find the master!" The wizard pauses and trails off, looking at Respar oddly, then his eyes go wide with fear and realization, and he tries to duck away from the disguised captain.
Skipping forward to when Selena and Eya engage, Blau and Kiven are three rounds out in the probably unlikely event this takes that long. Respar needs to make an initiative roll here. 11 or better and he'll be able to react before the wizard does.
Disguised as a guard with a bow, Kiven picks up the pace toward cutting off what he assumes will be Mrs. Mott's route towards the keep. He looks for a position where he can take cover and fire at range since it won't make much sense for a guard to be firing on Mrs. Mott and the rider.
Eya witnesses the guard and Mrs. Mott trying to get away together as she catches up to the scene. Seeing Selena nearby, Eya grits her teeth and says to her, "I'll slow them down! Show them no mercy!"
She reaches into her backpack with her tail and pulls out a bottle of Alchemical Grease. Then, Eya pours the black, viscous concoction into her hands and begins rubbing them together as she chants an Infernal incantation. Suddenly, the grease from her hands disappears then reappears as a large black oily surface underneath both the guard and Mrs. Mott.
Using the Alchemical Grease as a power component to increase the spell save DC of Grease by 1. With her spell focus in conjuration, that makes the save DC a Reflex 19. I'll roll initiative too if needed. Get em, Kyr!
Selena smiles happily as she spots Ms Mott and the guard. Seeing what Eya does she flashes her incisors and rushes forward. With her small shield in her off hand she salutes the two with her rapier. " Death has come for you. Pray to your weak God now. " Gesturing at the two figurres she marks them... Her rapier darts towards the guard immediately afterwards. Her skin seems paler now. Poe watches in anticipation.
OOC: By claiming the 2 she can recover up to 2 maneuvers that were previously used. She has all of her maneuvers now. Her stance is starving vampire which gives her temporary hitpoints from amyone that she kills. The claim is a swift action which allows her to move and still attack.
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The running pair both slip and fall as the grease suddenly appears before them.
Selena rushes up and stabs the guard on the ground. Mrs Mott is frantically gibbering as she crawls away from Selena.
The guard, for his part, stands up, managing to steady his legs, if barely, as he lashes out with his sword.
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Elsewhere, Respar runs up behind the fleeing Wizard, stabbing him in the back. Scaramore turns and backs off, quickly retrieving a scroll and reading from it. Respar's disguise melts away as the spell washes over him, revealing his true face for the first time in this place. The wizard calls out to the nearby townsfolk, "See!? Its an imposter, someone help me! Please!?"
More than a few townsfolk are staring as this is going on, and a few start reaching for whatever weapons are near to hand.
MM five foots away and is now out of the grease but still prone for the moment. Selena gets an AOO against the guard as he stands. Guard hits Selena for 6 damage. The guard is considered flat footed for so long as he's on the grease, even though he passed the save to not fall over again, this means he doesn't get dex to AC.
Respar's circlet of disguise is temporarily suppressed for 4 rounds. The wizard 5' stepped away before pulling and using the scroll, so no AOO for Respar, sorry.
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Poe soars above looking for signs of trouble. Selena grimaces as the sword grazes her. " Enough of this. " Her fury suffuses her rapier and it gleams wickedly. It rockets towards his torso now.
Thirsting headstone strike attack: 28
Damage: 10
OOC: She gains temp hitpoints equal to the damage caused.
Eya grins as the two fall and Selena begins her assault. Then, her eyes begin to crackle a clay-brown color as a hulking, humanoid shaped earth elemental bursts forth from the ground near the guard. Eya's voice rumbles out in a cacophonous tone as she bellows a harsh sounding language, "Crush them into the earth itself! Start with that man, then go for the woman on the ground."
The earth elemental raises both boulder-like fists up together into the air, then slams down with significant force at its target.
Spending 2 arcane pool points on the elemental. Eya learned Terran earlier from Linguistics. If possible, I'm not sure how the layout is here but if it can somehow flank with Selena and not get caught in the grease then Eya will summon it right there. The small earth elemental has +1 to attack and damage rolls if both it and its target are on land, and a +2 bonus from flanking. It will take a -1 penalty and do a power attack for another +3 damage.
It will attack the guard first, or go for Mott if he is dead by the time it attacks. Regarding movement, Eya will just try to position herself far out of melee range from the guard but within crossbow range of Mrs. Mott. If she tried to get up and run for instance, I would like to be in range to shoot her in the back, haha.
Small Earth Elemental Power Attack: 10 Small Earth Elemental Power Attack Damage: 11
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Respar realizes he could be in very deep trouble, and he has a small chance to turn this around. As he stabs at Scaramore, he yells and curses at him. "What have you done, traitor? Why do I look like this?" And he stabs at the man once more.
Selena stabs the guard yet again. He drops his sword and drops down, slowly at first, and then with a crash as his feet slip out from under him again.
The elemental for its part stomps over to where Mrs. Mott is still struggling on the ground, she gives one last terrified shriek before it stomps on her neck, breaking it.
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Across town, Respar stabs the wizard again. Bleeding profusely, Scaramore steps back and casts another spell. A shimmering barrier springs up around his body. Several townsmen are closing in, holding a motley assortment of weapons. A couple pitchfork, several clubs and daggers, and one rusty scythe. They look unconvinced that the wizard is the foe here.
Blau decides that this running pell-mell through the chaos of the town is no longer appealing, and he returns to the inn and the tunnel as advised, his teen disguise sustained until he arrives. He then rests, waiting to see the result of all the different conscripts' plans, praying to the Great Asmodeus to guide them where needed before the attack commences.
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“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?" "Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied ― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
Respar ducks back into an alley, running in between the buildings and juking off to the west. There are multiple sheds, washlines, and other things to break line of sight with the yelling townsfolk that are giving chase. Repar has a nice headstart at first, but then turns a corner and runs headlong into a plump woman rushing the other way. As she is picking herself up off the ground, her eyes go wide as she watches Respar's disguise turns him back into Captain Eddarly. Soon enough the shouting from behind is almost on top of the fleeing rogue.
All right, not all is lost at this point, but I'm going to ask for both an acrobatics and a stealth check next.
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Kiven nods at Blau after getting the body back inside and then starts going around lighting anything flammable with 'sparks' of magic. He also grabs a few of the flammable objects and waves them back in forth in front of a few of the windows to create a crude simulation of the mages potentially fighting with magic inside the home. Next he turns to Blau and says "play along, Titus." The tall elf transforms his appearance into that of the injured Tacitus and puts his arm around Blau, leaning on him. He points towards the door and says "now get me out of here, brother. Let's catch up with the others." The fake Tacitus limps and hangs heavily on his 'brother' as they exit the house (assuming Blau plays along).
Glad to play another, Mitran-confusing role in the events, Blau looks at the dead mage and replicates as best he can, bloody and visibly hurt, then provides a solid shoulder for Kiven to lean on. Preventing the illusions from merging too much and reveal the deception, Blau supports more with his rock-hard arms than the actual shoulder.
“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?"
"Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied
― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
To the west of town, Eddarly and the men with him make their way back towards town, by the time they get back to the house, it is ablaze and burning merrily.
Nearer the center, Blau and Kiven are hobbling along, still disguised as the twin mages.
Out east, as Eya and Selena rush that way, Poe continues his fight against the guard, scoring a hit with his beak and taking a blow in return.
Poe takes another 5 damage
The fake mages make their way into a building, alley or other cover and shift into normal looking guards. "Come, we'll cut off this rider if the dhampir's pet fails."
Blau nods as he shifts into a teen disguise again. "That over stuffed feather duster talks a lot about his prowess. I doubt he's as good as he preens." he says, as they make their way towards the direction needed.
“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?"
"Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied
― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
'Eddarly' tells the guards, "Do your best to put that out. Wouldn't want it to spread. I'll go for reinforcements." His plan is to head back in the direction of the keep, still looking like Eddarly, so his comrades recognize him, and hoping to find them. If he spots Mrs. Mott, he will quickly disappear and change forms.
Diplomacy 26
Perception 24
Poe grunts in pain and begins to grow concerned. He abruptly flies out of reach to avoid more attacks. Poe tries to look like he is going to attack again to slow them down but he will stay out of sword range . He speaks to Selena. " Mistress, I had to remove myself from combat due to wounds. I will keep you updated on the situation though. "
Selena responds as she continues to sprint towards them. " Well done Poe. Do not let them take you down. You are invaluable to our efforts. "
OOC: He will take a withdrawal action if possible to avoid the AoO.
The town is pretty quickly devolving into chaos as the disguised members of the knot make their way through. People are shouting to one another, trying to understand what's going on, and getting conflicting information in return.
East of the town, Selena and Eya, guided by Poe, catch sight of the guard and Mrs. Mott. They're moving as quickly as they can while fending off the diving attacks and feints from the huge raven.
Blau and Kiven are a bit behind them, but have a ways to go.
Meanwhile, headed for the fort, "Captain Eddarly" is stopped by Master Scaramore, the hedge wizard looking rather frantic. "Captain! Captain! I heard about the hellhound. Such things always have a master, you need to find the master!" The wizard pauses and trails off, looking at Respar oddly, then his eyes go wide with fear and realization, and he tries to duck away from the disguised captain.
Skipping forward to when Selena and Eya engage, Blau and Kiven are three rounds out in the probably unlikely event this takes that long.
Respar needs to make an initiative roll here. 11 or better and he'll be able to react before the wizard does.
Believing the hedge wizard has seen through the illusory disguise, Respar strikes out at him.
Initiative 11
OOC: Assuming Respar engages in a chase and gets to attack, I will add those rolls here.
Attack 8
Damage 4
Disguised as a guard with a bow, Kiven picks up the pace toward cutting off what he assumes will be Mrs. Mott's route towards the keep. He looks for a position where he can take cover and fire at range since it won't make much sense for a guard to be firing on Mrs. Mott and the rider.
Eya witnesses the guard and Mrs. Mott trying to get away together as she catches up to the scene. Seeing Selena nearby, Eya grits her teeth and says to her, "I'll slow them down! Show them no mercy!"
She reaches into her backpack with her tail and pulls out a bottle of Alchemical Grease. Then, Eya pours the black, viscous concoction into her hands and begins rubbing them together as she chants an Infernal incantation. Suddenly, the grease from her hands disappears then reappears as a large black oily surface underneath both the guard and Mrs. Mott.
Using the Alchemical Grease as a power component to increase the spell save DC of Grease by 1. With her spell focus in conjuration, that makes the save DC a Reflex 19. I'll roll initiative too if needed. Get em, Kyr!
Initiative: 17
Selena smiles happily as she spots Ms Mott and the guard. Seeing what Eya does she flashes her incisors and rushes forward. With her small shield in her off hand she salutes the two with her rapier. " Death has come for you. Pray to your weak God now. " Gesturing at the two figurres she marks them... Her rapier darts towards the guard immediately afterwards. Her skin seems paler now. Poe watches in anticipation.
OOC: By claiming the 2 she can recover up to 2 maneuvers that were previously used. She has all of her maneuvers now. Her stance is starving vampire which gives her temporary hitpoints from amyone that she kills. The claim is a swift action which allows her to move and still attack.
Initiative: 9
Rapier attack: 21
Damage: 7
The running pair both slip and fall as the grease suddenly appears before them.
Selena rushes up and stabs the guard on the ground. Mrs Mott is frantically gibbering as she crawls away from Selena.
The guard, for his part, stands up, managing to steady his legs, if barely, as he lashes out with his sword.
---
Elsewhere, Respar runs up behind the fleeing Wizard, stabbing him in the back. Scaramore turns and backs off, quickly retrieving a scroll and reading from it. Respar's disguise melts away as the spell washes over him, revealing his true face for the first time in this place. The wizard calls out to the nearby townsfolk, "See!? Its an imposter, someone help me! Please!?"
More than a few townsfolk are staring as this is going on, and a few start reaching for whatever weapons are near to hand.
MM five foots away and is now out of the grease but still prone for the moment.
Selena gets an AOO against the guard as he stands.
Guard hits Selena for 6 damage.
The guard is considered flat footed for so long as he's on the grease, even though he passed the save to not fall over again, this means he doesn't get dex to AC.
Respar's circlet of disguise is temporarily suppressed for 4 rounds. The wizard 5' stepped away before pulling and using the scroll, so no AOO for Respar, sorry.
Poe soars above looking for signs of trouble. Selena grimaces as the sword grazes her. " Enough of this. " Her fury suffuses her rapier and it gleams wickedly. It rockets towards his torso now.
Thirsting headstone strike attack: 28
Damage: 10
OOC: She gains temp hitpoints equal to the damage caused.
Eya grins as the two fall and Selena begins her assault. Then, her eyes begin to crackle a clay-brown color as a hulking, humanoid shaped earth elemental bursts forth from the ground near the guard. Eya's voice rumbles out in a cacophonous tone as she bellows a harsh sounding language, "Crush them into the earth itself! Start with that man, then go for the woman on the ground."
The earth elemental raises both boulder-like fists up together into the air, then slams down with significant force at its target.
Spending 2 arcane pool points on the elemental. Eya learned Terran earlier from Linguistics. If possible, I'm not sure how the layout is here but if it can somehow flank with Selena and not get caught in the grease then Eya will summon it right there. The small earth elemental has +1 to attack and damage rolls if both it and its target are on land, and a +2 bonus from flanking. It will take a -1 penalty and do a power attack for another +3 damage.
It will attack the guard first, or go for Mott if he is dead by the time it attacks. Regarding movement, Eya will just try to position herself far out of melee range from the guard but within crossbow range of Mrs. Mott. If she tried to get up and run for instance, I would like to be in range to shoot her in the back, haha.
Small Earth Elemental Power Attack: 10
Small Earth Elemental Power Attack Damage: 11
Respar realizes he could be in very deep trouble, and he has a small chance to turn this around. As he stabs at Scaramore, he yells and curses at him. "What have you done, traitor? Why do I look like this?" And he stabs at the man once more.
Bluff 15
Attack 17
Damage 7
Selena stabs the guard yet again. He drops his sword and drops down, slowly at first, and then with a crash as his feet slip out from under him again.
The elemental for its part stomps over to where Mrs. Mott is still struggling on the ground, she gives one last terrified shriek before it stomps on her neck, breaking it.
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Across town, Respar stabs the wizard again. Bleeding profusely, Scaramore steps back and casts another spell. A shimmering barrier springs up around his body. Several townsmen are closing in, holding a motley assortment of weapons. A couple pitchfork, several clubs and daggers, and one rusty scythe. They look unconvinced that the wizard is the foe here.
Respar turns and darts down a nearby alley, desperate to get clear and change his appearance completely, then make for the inn.
Stealth 16
Blau decides that this running pell-mell through the chaos of the town is no longer appealing, and he returns to the inn and the tunnel as advised, his teen disguise sustained until he arrives. He then rests, waiting to see the result of all the different conscripts' plans, praying to the Great Asmodeus to guide them where needed before the attack commences.
“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?"
"Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied
― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
Respar ducks back into an alley, running in between the buildings and juking off to the west. There are multiple sheds, washlines, and other things to break line of sight with the yelling townsfolk that are giving chase. Repar has a nice headstart at first, but then turns a corner and runs headlong into a plump woman rushing the other way. As she is picking herself up off the ground, her eyes go wide as she watches Respar's disguise turns him back into Captain Eddarly. Soon enough the shouting from behind is almost on top of the fleeing rogue.
All right, not all is lost at this point, but I'm going to ask for both an acrobatics and a stealth check next.