Thalion hesitates, sword raised. These bird creatures were being coerced into this. One hit the floor after the Aleksei-ape swung with those brutal fists and the others didn't exactly look as confident as when they came in. Finally he brings down his sword, but attempts to use the flat of the blade to deal only non-lethal damage.
Seeing another of his companions in the focus of the Genasi, Nevlav untucks his War Pick and turns and runs to the action (possibly provoking AoO). He comes over, "You red heads are as fiesty as I've heard. Stand still!" He swings his pick.
War Pick Attack: 24 Piercing Damage: 9 Radiant Damage: 2
The flat part of Thalion's short sword makes contact against the side of the male Kenku's face, hitting him right across the beak. It is this below that finally send him unconscious. He stumbles backward into the bookshelf, pulling over a number of books on top of him as he slumps over unconscious.
The only remaining Kenku sees Nevlav walking away from her and she uses the opportunity to attack him, using the grip of the flintlock pistol like a club, and attempting to club him over the head.
Attack: 3 Damage: 5
Nevalv, with a mighty swing, you dig the war pick right into the center of the Genasi's back, unleashing a burst of radiant energy as you hit her. She grips the doorway for support, looking unsteady on her knees. You see the constantly moving flames on the top of her head starting to flicker out as she looks very near death right now.
For her turn, the female Kenku will watch as Thalion knocks her brother unconscious. Squawking with rage, she charges at Thalion and swings the grip of the flintlock like a club once more, aiming for the elf's jaw.
Attack: 19 Damage: 3
Thalion, you see stars for a second as the pistol hits you. As your vision clears, you see her fumbling with the flint mechanism, starting the reloading process.
With remarkable speed, the Genasi spins around and grabs the blade of Alden's sword and pushes it back at you, looking you in the eyes as she does so. Her flirty demeanor gone, all you see is a red-hot burning rage.
"You may kill me, but there will be others. You will never get the druid to the capital alive!" She hisses.
Putting her hands together, she casts Burning Hands in a cone directly in front of her.
Alden, Nevlav, Aleksei,and the Kenku needs to make DEX 12 saving throws or take 13 fire damage, reduced to half for a successful save.
Aleksei 11
Kenku 11
The flame engulfs both ape and Kenku, and the cottage is filled with the horrid smell of burnt fur and feathers. The damage Aleksei takes forces him into his human form, and he quickly tries to pat out his Hide armor.
Kenku #2 is looking very badly off, the fire leaving bare patches of skin where the heathers have burnt off. She looks like she's on the verge of bolting.
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Yoric changes the tune and tempo on his lute, strumming through simple, relaxing chords “Don’t let your troubles overflow, go to sleep, go to sleep; don’t let the world dim your glow, go to sleep, go to sleep”
casting sleep26 on the Genasi. Possibly effecting himself
(Aw jeez, sleep -- okay, Alden, Aleksei, Nevlav, the Genasi, and Yoric are all in range -- Alden and Aleksei as half-elves are immune to sleep, so they're fine.)
Yoric's song fills the kitchen and the area immediately in front of it, and soon, the Genasi starts to swaying, falling to her knees, blinking her eyes heavily "You are so annoy...." She hisses, her speech slurring. Before she can finish her thought, though, she is sound asleep.
Soon afterwards, Nevlav joins her, Yoric's soothing voice lulling you into a lovely slumber.
Yoric, you yourself start to feel a bit groggy, but you manage to stay awake, the majority of the song's magic going towards putting the assassin and the paladin to sleep.
Watching them both fall asleep, Aleksei will immediately move to Nevlav and with his action shake him awake. "Up and at 'em, sir knight. We aren't out of this mess yet. Your bard friend did us a service by putting that assassin to sleep. We need to kill her now before she wakes."
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Grinhilla will quickly fill a bowl with what I assume it's lukewarm water from the teapot and slide it gently under the Genasi's face and then lean gently on the back of her head to hold her face under.
"When ya dis' smahll ya ha' to be creative." Grin says before taking out her sickle and finishing the job. She'll move over to help the injured Kenku's.
As Grin deftly dunks the Genasi's head into the water, there is a sizzling sound as her hot flesh boils the water a bit. The Assassin wakes with a start, but at that point, Grin has her sickle at her throat, and within a minute it is over, and the Assassin's lifeless body lays in a heap on the floor.
Aleksei watches the scene impassively, nodding with approval to the halfling."You did the right thing. This assassin and those of her ilk are masters of deceit, of misdirection and of murder. Most of them are literally insane. Sometimes, its more merciful to put down down a mad dog. If we had let her live, she would have found some way to make us regret it."
Hearing Alden's question, Aleksei is about to answer when he is interrupting by the last remaining Kenku. She trains her flintlock on all of you, her hand trembling -- spooked, you presume, but what she just saw Grin do to her master.
"Itake my brother. I wantno trouble. Nofollow us."
Aleksei looks at all of you and shrugs. "Let her go. She won't make it down the mountain anyway. With an injury and carrying an injured creature with her, if the harpys or perytons don't get her, the wereboars will."
The kenku turns back towards all of you, taking a tentative step toward her brother, who lays at the foot of one of the bookshelves, covered in tomes.
Grin will revise her action to try and stabilize Kenku #3
(Grin - make a medicine check)
Thalion hesitates, sword raised. These bird creatures were being coerced into this. One hit the floor after the Aleksei-ape swung with those brutal fists and the others didn't exactly look as confident as when they came in. Finally he brings down his sword, but attempts to use the flat of the blade to deal only non-lethal damage.
Attack: 19 Damage: 9
Seeing another of his companions in the focus of the Genasi, Nevlav untucks his War Pick and turns and runs to the action (possibly provoking AoO). He comes over, "You red heads are as fiesty as I've heard. Stand still!" He swings his pick.
War Pick Attack: 24 Piercing Damage: 9 Radiant Damage: 2
The flat part of Thalion's short sword makes contact against the side of the male Kenku's face, hitting him right across the beak. It is this below that finally send him unconscious. He stumbles backward into the bookshelf, pulling over a number of books on top of him as he slumps over unconscious.
The only remaining Kenku sees Nevlav walking away from her and she uses the opportunity to attack him, using the grip of the flintlock pistol like a club, and attempting to club him over the head.
Attack: 3 Damage: 5
Nevalv, with a mighty swing, you dig the war pick right into the center of the Genasi's back, unleashing a burst of radiant energy as you hit her. She grips the doorway for support, looking unsteady on her knees. You see the constantly moving flames on the top of her head starting to flicker out as she looks very near death right now.
For her turn, the female Kenku will watch as Thalion knocks her brother unconscious. Squawking with rage, she charges at Thalion and swings the grip of the flintlock like a club once more, aiming for the elf's jaw.
Attack: 19 Damage: 3
Thalion, you see stars for a second as the pistol hits you. As your vision clears, you see her fumbling with the flint mechanism, starting the reloading process.
Alden
Alden will take the flat of his blade and try and hit the Genasi in the head to render unconscious.
"We need answers" he states as he does so.
Hit: 22
Damage: 8
(or he just hits the door frame :P)
With remarkable speed, the Genasi spins around and grabs the blade of Alden's sword and pushes it back at you, looking you in the eyes as she does so. Her flirty demeanor gone, all you see is a red-hot burning rage.
"You may kill me, but there will be others. You will never get the druid to the capital alive!" She hisses.
Putting her hands together, she casts Burning Hands in a cone directly in front of her.
Alden, Nevlav, Aleksei,and the Kenku needs to make DEX 12 saving throws or take 13 fire damage, reduced to half for a successful save.
Aleksei 11
Kenku 11
The flame engulfs both ape and Kenku, and the cottage is filled with the horrid smell of burnt fur and feathers. The damage Aleksei takes forces him into his human form, and he quickly tries to pat out his Hide armor.
Kenku #2 is looking very badly off, the fire leaving bare patches of skin where the heathers have burnt off. She looks like she's on the verge of bolting.
Alden
Dex Save: 16
Nevlav Dex save: 9
Nevlav Concentration check: 18
(Six damage for both of you, and Nevlav, you maintain concentration -- Yoric, you're up).
Yoric changes the tune and tempo on his lute, strumming through simple, relaxing chords “Don’t let your troubles overflow, go to sleep, go to sleep; don’t let the world dim your glow, go to sleep, go to sleep”
casting sleep 26 on the Genasi. Possibly effecting himself
Paladin - warforged - orange
(Aw jeez, sleep -- okay, Alden, Aleksei, Nevlav, the Genasi, and Yoric are all in range -- Alden and Aleksei as half-elves are immune to sleep, so they're fine.)
Yoric's song fills the kitchen and the area immediately in front of it, and soon, the Genasi starts to swaying, falling to her knees, blinking her eyes heavily "You are so annoy...." She hisses, her speech slurring. Before she can finish her thought, though, she is sound asleep.
Soon afterwards, Nevlav joins her, Yoric's soothing voice lulling you into a lovely slumber.
Yoric, you yourself start to feel a bit groggy, but you manage to stay awake, the majority of the song's magic going towards putting the assassin and the paladin to sleep.
Watching them both fall asleep, Aleksei will immediately move to Nevlav and with his action shake him awake. "Up and at 'em, sir knight. We aren't out of this mess yet. Your bard friend did us a service by putting that assassin to sleep. We need to kill her now before she wakes."
(Grin, you're up).
Grinhilla will quickly fill a bowl with what I assume it's lukewarm water from the teapot and slide it gently under the Genasi's face and then lean gently on the back of her head to hold her face under.
Slight of Hand: 14
Yoric is aghast. “What in the nine hells- Grin, stop you cretin and just put the jerk out of her misery or shackle her for questions!”
Paladin - warforged - orange
"When ya dis' smahll ya ha' to be creative." Grin says before taking out her sickle and finishing the job. She'll move over to help the injured Kenku's.
Alden
Putting is armor out a bit Alden will get into his pack as Grin slits the assassin's throat.
"We needed some answers that she may have been able to supply." he says flatly.
He then turns to the Doctor: "So is this a Knife Cult assassin or someone else's?" he asks.
"It be betta to tok to de corrpse Mon Ami, truz' me." Grin says others would notice she does not clean her blade afterwards.
As Grin deftly dunks the Genasi's head into the water, there is a sizzling sound as her hot flesh boils the water a bit. The Assassin wakes with a start, but at that point, Grin has her sickle at her throat, and within a minute it is over, and the Assassin's lifeless body lays in a heap on the floor.
Aleksei watches the scene impassively, nodding with approval to the halfling. "You did the right thing. This assassin and those of her ilk are masters of deceit, of misdirection and of murder. Most of them are literally insane. Sometimes, its more merciful to put down down a mad dog. If we had let her live, she would have found some way to make us regret it."
Hearing Alden's question, Aleksei is about to answer when he is interrupting by the last remaining Kenku. She trains her flintlock on all of you, her hand trembling -- spooked, you presume, but what she just saw Grin do to her master.
"I take my brother. I want no trouble. No follow us."
Aleksei looks at all of you and shrugs. "Let her go. She won't make it down the mountain anyway. With an injury and carrying an injured creature with her, if the harpys or perytons don't get her, the wereboars will."
The kenku turns back towards all of you, taking a tentative step toward her brother, who lays at the foot of one of the bookshelves, covered in tomes.
Alden
To the kenku Alden will say:
"We may not follow you but tell me, what did she tell you to make you help her?"