Assassins Versus Bodyguards: Metasynapse

[planswalker]

this is for team metasynapse. If you are not part of team metasynapse, GO AWAY!

The marquis' in-town residence is very expensively yet tastefully decorated, and there is a small garden in the front. A path made from whitewashed flagstones leads to the entrance. The door is polished oak with silver trimmings. A cord hangs down the side, obviously a doorbell.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum walks up towards the doorbell, and rings it.

[planswalker]

A very well groomed man in servant's livery answers the door, "What is your business here?"

[Kyrthain]

Kardum replies curtly

"We have just been called here by your mistress to serve as protection. May we speak with her?"

[planswalker]

"Right this way. Please leave all weapons with me. If the Marquis accepts your service they will of course be permitted inside. Until then, please respect the customs of this house."

[Kyrthain]

Kardum sets down a set of small knives, and then scoffs

"Unfortunately, I am unable to leave my most potent weapon with you, unless of course, you are aware of a method of safely removing one's mind."

[planswalker]

"It is merely a custom in this house that no physical weapons be allowed in with strangers. It's just a formality, but please respect it."

[Kyrthain]

Kardum replies

"Of course. Here are the only physical weapons on me"

He then hands the servant the knives.

[planswalker]

He waits expectantly for the other 2 to comply.

would you mind sending the rest of metasynapse a pm about the renewed activity on this thread? i'd do it myself, but i'm rather busy atm.

[demidracolich]

The warforged nods, understanding the need for security, and hands his massive blade to the guards. "Careful, you may need more than one man to lift it.", he says.
Yay large bastard sword because of strongarm bracers!
Also I pmed DmofDarkness links to the new recruitment, OOC, and this thread.

[Fable Wright]

Synathid walks in, and says This is, indeed, inefficient, as some can make physical weapons with their minds, he says, making a greataxe with minor creation, psionic.

[planswalker]

The doorman looks at you pointedly. "Of course, it is a formality only. Neither magics nor psionics are covered by this. It's merely an archaic tradition. Now, please leave that greataxe you just formed with the other weapons and let us proceed, assuming you don't have other weapons hidden somewhere?"

[demidracolich]

"Don't worry, there is no need for us to conceal weapons because as the others said, we never truly lack a weapon." The Warforged replies.
Since DmofDarkness is offline currently, we should just assume he agrees to speed things up.

[planswalker]

"Just as soon as the genteman with the axe places it with the others." The doorman seems to be blindly stubborn on this point.

[demidracolich]

Seeing his companions seems not to be paying attention, the Warforged takes the axe and places it with the other. "There, may we proceed now?"

[Fable Wright]

Note: sorry if I didn't make this clear. He materialized the axe on the weapons table.

[planswalker]

"OF course, you may proceed now." He shows you inside, where you see a well-furnished parlor. "Please go through the door on the right. The Marquis will see you now."

dm confession: the doorman was a stall tactic while i immersed myself in this world to make sure i effectively dm'd this.

[Fable Wright]

we walk through the door, and...

[planswalker]

Marquis Odelia Heyne is a middle-aged woman with long black hair. She is sitting in a luxurious chair and fanning herself lightly. When the three of you enters, she says, "Would you three happen to be the help i sent my agent to hire down at that inn?"

[Fable Wright]

Yes, we are. What would you have us do for you? Need stats (reputation, money, etc.). Roll if you need it (knowledge: Nobility and royalty): [roll0] Also, for ease of execution, character sheet it here (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=210508)

[planswalker]

"Well, i am a wealthy woman, born into a high-ranking family. My cousin Wolfram's bid for the throne has made all his kin targets for the... unscrupulous who may want to weaken his position. I need some people who are competent to protect me from nefarious attacks."

[Fable Wright]

Well, seeing that we have 2 guards who never sleep, and that we have tremendous magical powers, we may just be what you're looking for.

[planswalker]

dmofdarkness knowledge check results:
The marquis is a woman from one of the three great families currently vying for the throne. She is a first cousin to Archduke Wolfram Rocholl, but she has little direct contact with him. Her father had a high title but his wealth was diminishing, so he married his only daughter off to a merchant who had made a lot of money trading weapons in the last war. She gives generously to both the charitable actions of Pelor and the Sisters of salvation, but she hasn't been bothered to attend a temple in years. She became concerned when her husband died in a hunting accident last month and has been searching for competent protection ever since. no one who has applied has yet met her standards.

[Fable Wright]

...waits for response.

[planswalker]

tomorrow. going to bed for now.

[planswalker]

"Magical powers, you say? please give me a demonstration. I must say, two of you who never sleep is definitely be a good selling point. Show me the sorts of powers you three possess. If they seem sufficiently potent, you are hired and you can haggle with my butler over the price."

[Kyrthain]

"Perhaps we should step outside. I can best display my full potential if I need not worry about causing undue property damage."

[planswalker]

"I'd rather not be disturbed from here if i can avoid it. How about a less public demonstration? you can use that wall as a target if needs be. I've never much liked the wallpaper." She points to a wall on your left. "Just be sure not to destroy my home in the process. You will have to be doing a lot of indoor protection and i will need to know that i won't have to rebuild my home afterwords."

[demidracolich]

"Well, perhaps some non desturctive demonstrations first would be useful.", the warforged replies and suddenly seems to grow larger until his head almost touches the ceiling and suddenly a chair appears where he is and he is now at the chairs location.
I use expansion and then dimension swap.

[planswalker]

"Very nice." She says approvingly. "But these are hardly the limits of what you three can do, i'm sure. What else?"

btw, what i'm hamming for here is each of you manifesters to show her a 3rd level power or augment a power to your max augment level in some way that she could tell as an untrained observer.

[demidracolich]

"Very well then, my powers may not be as powerful as the others, but I have other techniques." he moves back to a chair growing even larger, a shadow double of him seems to appear and also a small fire elemental. He and the couble both strike the chair and breaks it.
Augmented expansion, shadow blade technique, and distracting ember. My character is a psychic warrior 4/swordsage 2 and doesn't know 3rd level powers.

[planswalker]

"Most impressive. What about the rest of you?"

that'll do lich, that'll do.

[Kyrthain]

"So, you said you didn't like the wall? You may wish to cover your ears."

Kardum unleashes a screaming blast of energy at the wall.

Energy Lance, sonic, full augment
[roll0] Ignores hardness

[planswalker]

Your blast leaves cracks running all throughout the wall. "I am most impressed." she says. "What about the last of you?"

[Fable Wright]

Synathid, without even a hint of distraction, creates a large tree in the room, weighing 275 lbs, and chucks it at the wall. [roll0] (probably finishing the poor wall off)

...that was a horrible damage roll.

Minor creation, psionic, augmented, then uses telekinetic thrust, augmented

[planswalker]

The tree cracks the wall, and the ceiling groans. "Very well. That is demonstration enough. You three are indeed capable of defending me. I approve. Now then, how much did you think i should pay you?"

[Fable Wright]

(What are average bodyguard wages?) Off-hand, I'd say 15000 gp/week, but that could be horribly wrong

[planswalker]

most people are getting between 100-200 gp per day, but your particular patron is more wealthy than the average merchant. She's also more demanding.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum thinks about how rich she is

Knowledge Nob/Roy![roll0]

[planswalker]

"A lady of her position is likely to make an excess of 100,000 gold per year off of the various lands and businesses she owns. She can likely be expected to consider her life valuable enough to pay a significant fraction of that to continuing said life.

[Fable Wright]

then, 250gp/day, as some of us need not sleep, and her life is assured. And maybe a bonus of 1000gp for each foiled assassination attempt.

[planswalker]

was that an in-character proposal?

[Fable Wright]

Well, no, waiting for the other character's opinions, but the thing is... we may be able to tack on knighthood if she becomes the ruler, as one term of employment. (Yes, no in-game effect, unless the game continues as one where various people decide to try to make a coup de etat or something, but the thought is nice.)

[planswalker]

i don't plan on abandoning this sandbox until everyone else quits.

[demidracolich]

I'm fine with that proposal.

[Kyrthain]

Works for me. I have +4 to diplomacy. If no-one's got better, I'll deliver.

[planswalker]

when you're ready, say something.

[demidracolich]

I have a negative cha so I'm not saying it.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum smiles

"I believe an important lady such as yourself would be able to afford a wage of 25 platinum per day for each of us, especially for something so important as your protection. Perhaps we can work out some sort of additional payment once we have thwarted any would-be attackers."

Diplomacy:[roll0]

[planswalker]

"Why, that seems quite fair to me. I am worth much more 75 platinum a day. Now then, what do you three propose to do about that wall you just tore apart? And what about my chair you just destroyed?"

[Fable Wright]

:smalleek: My character starts using repair damage, psionic. Rapidly. And then tries to start his 8 hour rest after using all of his power points.

[planswalker]

She is grateful for this and gives each of you your first day's wage. (25 pp)

[Kyrthain]

What time is it?

[planswalker]

I figured the interview happened in the afternoon of day 1, then dmofdarkness repaired the wall. the lady gave y'all day 1's wages, then we fast forward to the next morning. If either of y'all want to do something else on day one, just begin with the caveat "As [dmofdarkness' character] is repairing the wall, i..." or some variation.

[Kyrthain]

Where are we sleeping? And by we, I mean me, the only one who needs sleep

[planswalker]

she puts you up in servants' quarters for free. she wants you to stay close at hand should she need you. she will allow you to spend your money to improve your living conditions if you want.

[Kyrthain]

As he enters the servants quarters, Kardum's disdain is poorly hidden

"I suppose these shall do for now."

He then goes to sleep

[Fable Wright]

So does Synathid, for the power point restoration, sleeping with his eyes open to make it look like he is awake.

[planswalker]

uh, 'forged do not have to sleep to regain power points. He just has to "rest" for 8 hours, which dnd defines as not attacking, being attacked, or doing anything strenuous and fluffed to include not really moving much. they are still alert however, and will notice if crap comes up.

[Fable Wright]

uh, 'forged do not have to sleep to regain power points. He just has to "rest" for 8 hours, which dnd defines as not attacking, being attacked, or doing anything strenuous and fluffed to include not really moving much. they are still alert however, and will notice if crap comes up.

ok, didn't know that. Cool!

[planswalker]

no prob. are we ready to advance the plot and meet the first villain?

[Fable Wright]

I am, at least. Waiting for others...

[planswalker]

how long do you want to wait before i advance the plot?

[Fable Wright]

Until the rest of the party posts.

[planswalker]

fine with me

[demidracolich]

The warforged goes to retrieve his weapons and then sits down to rest in one of the empty rooms.
On with the plot!!

[Kyrthain]

Kardum wakes from his sleep, and quickly exits the servants quarters, grumbling.

To the plot, AWAY!

[planswalker]

the marquis calls all of you down rather early in the morning. She is going for a walk in the park and wants to know how the three of you will protect her without obstructing her view of the scenery.

[Fable Wright]

Then, we walk behind her, watching for threats. With an action to use ectoplasmic cocoon readied for when something enters my sight.

[planswalker]

She assumes that you know best, and begins her stroll in the park. About 5 minutes into the walk, kardum notices that a shadow in the bushes has been following them about 20 feet out and to the left.

[Fable Wright]

keeping action readied, approaches the suspect, with one of the other 2 (hopefully) watching, the other scanning for more threats that would use this person as a decoy.

[planswalker]

i'm afraid i want to avoid godmodding them so i want to hear their actions from them themselves.

[Kyrthain]

Hoping that someone else understands drow sign (unlikely), Kardum relays the information with quick flicks of his hands. He then begins focusing his mind

Attempt to gain psionic focus. Forgot to mention this earlier, but can we assume that whenever we have some spare time I spend the time to regain my focus?
[roll0]

[demidracolich]

the warforged had been moving with the shadows surronding him. He quickly scans around and also begins focusing.
Already in child of shadow stance and gaining psionic focus.
concentration check: [roll0] Yes, I have beast concentration.

[planswalker]

As you approach the shadows, they retreat and vanish

[Kyrthain]

Kardum closes his eyes for a split second, and begins scanning the area mentally

Focus again[roll0]
Manifest touchsight: Kardum essentially has blindsight out to 60 ft. Used 5pp, and lasts 6 minutes.

[demidracolich]

The warforged draws his weapon and shield continues looking around.
spot check: [roll0], the price I paid for the high concentration is low spot and listen. Also listen check: [roll1]

[planswalker]

at first, nothing registers. Then, as if breaking through a barrier, something registers just at the edge of what kardum can detect.

[demidracolich]

Please disregard checks I made on my last post because I noticed an error on my char sheet. I actually put max ranks in spot.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum calls out to the creature

"Show yourself or I shall destroy you."

Ready action to use a 6d6+6 energy missile if the creature does not immediately reveal themselves. Will expend psionic focus for +2 DC, total DC 20 reflex

[planswalker]

silence is your answer

[Kyrthain]

Kardum releases a blast of burning energy at the creature

Damage:[roll0]
DC 20 reflex for half.

[planswalker]

it hits your target, and it disappears from your radius of detection.

"What was that?" your patron asks.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum replies

"It appears you hired protection just in time. Someone, or something, has been skulking about. I've scorched it somewhat, but it appears to be still intact. I shall inform you immediately if I detect it again."

[planswalker]

"Please do not tell me about these nasty things each and every time; just take care of it and let me know you are doing your job if i ask."

[Kyrthain]

"As you wish, Milady."

[planswalker]

She continues on her stroll, the three of you walking just behind her. About halfway into the park, kardum detects another presence moving towards y'all, from the right.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum whispers to the 'forged

"Would you mind assisting me, or would you rather I do everything around here."

[demidracolich]

The warforged turns in that direction and readies his weapon.
ready action to use sapphire nightmare blade when the thing approaches.

[planswalker]

the Thing approaches 15 feet closer.

[Fable Wright]

And, as I was in school and missed the action, you forgot one thing: the readied action for ectoplasmic cocoon, which was set to go off as soon as the creature moved. DC 19 to resist, 5 power points; 48 left, 4 cognizance ppts.

[planswalker]

you never saw the target to be able to manifest at him.

[Fable Wright]

... do I see him now? and if so, is he trapped?

[planswalker]

he advancces another 15 feet and then you see him, your power goes off, and he is unable to resist.

[Fable Wright]

One down, one to go. I'll go send a tree (275lbs) at the other attacker.
[roll0]

[planswalker]

you hear the lizardfolk scream in pain

[Kyrthain]

Kardum lashes out mentally at the free assailant

Augmented mind thrust. Now at 33pp
DC 18 will negates
Damage:[roll0]

[Fable Wright]

Assuming that the thing keeps moving in a straight line, I'll use deja vu to make him keep walking (DC 17 to resist)

[planswalker]

the mental thrust kills the target, who screams in agony before all the capillaries in his head burst, causing a thin trickle of blood to drip from his eyes, mouth, and ear holes.

600 xp each, along with looting rights if you can convince your mistress to allow it.

She hears the scream, and asks, "Another one?"

[Kyrthain]

Kardum replies

"It has been dealt with. I shall see if we can find who sent it."

Kardum moves over to the creature, and checks for any sign of employment. He also takes anything that appears to be of value.

[planswalker]

upon closer inspection, a pair of scale-covered tentacles protrudes from just above its shoulders. it appears that he is rather well-equipped, with all sorts of magical gear, but no weapons on him or identification of any sort, other than the rather out of place tentacles. assuming you strip the corpse, check the spoiler

+1 mithral chain shirt
leser crystal of arrow deflection
ring of the darkhidden
amulet of the mighty fists
2 doses of large scorpion venom

pretend you don't know the properties until you identify them

[Kyrthain]

Kardum fumbles his way into dons the armor

Not proficient, but since psionics suffers no ASF, and the armor check is zero, I'm at no penalty

EDIT:Whoops, forgot that I took light armor proficiency.

[planswalker]

The Marquis continues on her way.

[Fable Wright]

I'll take the crystal.

[Kyrthain]

I couldn't care less about the poison or the amulet, and I assume the ring is just about stealth

[demidracolich]

The warforged continues to stand ready and tries to see what exactly the thing is.
not incorrect spot check: [roll0], -1 due to focuses trait.
Also how close is it now?

[planswalker]

the ring makes you invisible to creatures with darkvision, although if they could see you with normal vision, they still can. it basically cancels out darkvision. the crystal augments armor to provide an additional +5 ac against ranged attacks. it has to be attached to armor.

[planswalker]

the warforged sees thre shapes in a bush just off the path, about 20 feet ahead. they are rather small shapes, but humanoid.

[demidracolich]

Also wouldn't it be better for me to take the crystal because its a shield crystal and I actually have a shield? Yes, I have checked that it is a shield crystal.
Also wow, two natural 20s already.

[planswalker]

The three shadows slowly creep closer.

[demidracolich]

The warforged notifies the others as inconspiciously as possible and then moves towards the shadows.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum unleashes three blazing orbs at the shadows

"I have had enough of you lurking around. Die."

Augmented energy missile:
1st:[roll0]
2nd:[roll1]
3rd:[roll2]
DC 18 reflex for half

[planswalker]

You hear three shrieks as three children who were playing in the bushes narrowly escape being killed by your blasts.

i decided that all children have improved evasion. that's part of how they manage to survive childhood. luckily, fate had them roll 2 18's and a 20. Y'all are in a public park. not everyone who is lurking in the bushes is an assassin.

The marquis asks "what the (unladylike term) you thought you were doing, attacking children like that?"

[Fable Wright]

...My character not having attacked, is standing over by the employer, looking for actual threats.

[Kyrthain]

I would have thought that my touchsight power should have been enough to tell that they were children

[Fable Wright]

...evidently not.

[planswalker]

not the way i understand it to quote p. 138 of XPH, "You ignore invisibility, darkness, and concealment, though you must have line of effect to a target to discern it." It allows you to know the presence of creatures, but you still have to rely on sight and sound to identify them. You can't simply assume that every noise in a bush needs to be blasted. this is a city and all sorts of people with perfectly harmless business exist here. this isn't a dungeon crawl. I suspect that you do not like this interpretation of the power. If you really wish, i can let rizban take over as dm of this group. i won't take it personally.

[Kyrthain]

I have no problem with you as dm. The RAW is kinda unclear, and I guess we just have conflicting views of what exactly it does. I do have detect hostile intent for determining who wants us dead, so I'll rely on that more.

[planswalker]

all the other psionic bodyguards are. soory about the confusion. just say something to the marquis. she will take any sort of answer as an excuse.

[Fable Wright]

He only meant for your safety. You were just attacked by several shady characters, and his biological body was too twitchy to give his (meager) (no offence, he thinks his brain is the most advanced thing in this universe) brain a chance to process anything.

[planswalker]

"whatever. just be more careful in the future. I don't want to have to apologize because my bodyguards killed someone's brat."

She continues on her way.

btw, i can give you each 5 xp for "defeating" those kids if you want

[demidracolich]

"Well, from now on we should wait a bit to see if it is a threat and attack later."
The warforged says.

[Fable Wright]

Synathid sighs and says, or just stop relying on biological senses and use your brain.

[Kyrthain]

"I like to think that I have taught them a valuable lesson. They are not injured, but they have learned not to lurk about those more important than themselves. However, I shall refrain from further, instruction"

[demidracolich]

"Anyways, we should keep on the lookout in case there are further threats"
The warforged replies.

[planswalker]

The rest of the stroll is actually rather pleasant. However, as the group of you reach the end, one of the statues comes to life, then another, then all six of them from around the entrance to the park. They are far larger than a typical gargoyle, standing over 14 feet tall. They give a bloodcurdling scream and attack.

[demidracolich]

The warforged shifts his posture and the wind seems to lift him making his steps lighter. He then readies himself for combat.
Shift stance to wind stride for extra 10ft movement speed.
initiative: [roll0]

[Fable Wright]

Initiative: [roll0]
He will proceed to brain one of the gargoyles with one of his bricks.
Attack roll: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
Remaining ppts: 35

[demidracolich]

Damn my natural one! Also what are the initiatives for the statues?

[planswalker]

give me a moment. i will tabulate the intiatives in just a little bit. I am involved in LOC and am trying to negotiate the beginning of an epic story.

[planswalker]

does anyone know kyrthian's initiative? whipping up advanced monster stats asap.

[demidracolich]

Its +3, if you're wondering I look at past posts in his profile to find the post with the link to his sheet.

[Fable Wright]

[roll0] and he uses augmented energy missiles as before on his turn. (Kyrthain)

[demidracolich]

Damn you people and you not natural 1 rolls! I guess thats in compensation to the two 20s i rolled before.
Anyways, my character will move towards the nearest not destoryed statue and use sapphire nightmare blade.
concentration check: [roll0]
attack: [roll1] damage: [roll2]
If I hit with concentration check, they are flat footed for the attack and take 1d6 extra damage. if the check misses, I take a -2 penalty to the attack roll and nothing else happens.

[planswalker]

k, thanks. sorry about the wait. monster rough stats inc..

'goyles go on 3,12,17,18,20, and 21

would one of y'all like to take over his char for now?

[Fable Wright]

I already posted his actions above. Several posts ago.

[planswalker]

k, init order is:
kyrthian:22
Gargoyle1:21
Gargoyle2:20
Gargoyle3:18
Gargoyle4:17
Gargoyle5:12
dmofdarkness:10
Gargoyle6:3
demidracolich:2

and, here is turn 1:
kyrthian blasts the first 5 gargoyles with energy missiles of fire the first four are scorched, the last one manages to miss the worst of the blast.
Gargoyle1: [roll0]
Gargoyle2: [roll1]
Gargoyle3: [roll2]
Gargoyle4: [roll3]
Gargoyle5: [roll4]
the 5 gargoyles bridge 80 of the 100 foot gap separating them from y'all, ending their formation standing shoulder to shoulder
mdofdarkness launches his brick at the gargoyle in the middle, #3. it hits and deals 35 damage.
The sixth 'goyle takes his place next to #5
demidracolich approaches #1, and hits it for a total of 24 damage. the concentration hit. the thing has reach and takes an AoO, but misses

[planswalker]

and turn 2:
kyrthian blasts the first 5 gargoyles with energy missiles of fire the two, four, and five are scorched, one and three manage to miss the worst of the blast.
Gargoyle1: [roll0]
Gargoyle2: [roll1]
Gargoyle3: [roll2]
Gargoyle4: [roll3]
Gargoyle5: [roll4]

this destroys #1 and 3,
the remaining three in that clump crowd around demidracolich, but miss. They seem to be swinging savage attacks at the cost of accuracy


making it dmofdarkness' turn

[Fable Wright]

I will make an anathemic carapace (maxed HD) astral construct to fight for me, attacking the most injured gargoyle, and entering a position where it would affect the most number of gargoyles with it's death (Maximum adjacent gargoyles), while Synathid directs the lady away from the gargoyles.
(forgot attack roll, but deals damage equal to it's HD on death. Improved grab as it's special power.)

[planswalker]

the last gargoyle attacks the carapace, dealing 7 damage to it.

i'm afraid that i'm not all too familiar with your astral construct. would you mind rolling the relevant stuff for it?

demidracolich goes now

[Fable Wright]

I'm not sure either; I'll just use crystal spray instead so that were on the same page. I believe that it dies 5d4 slashing damage in a 20ft cone, reflex half.

[planswalker]

the cone deals [roll0] damage to the remaining gargoyles. the gargoyle #6 attacks demi, and deals the 7 damage to him. #2 dies, and #6 is unharmed #4 and #5 are heavily damaged.

demi's turn

[Kyrthain]

Just checking: I have 21 pp left, and have taken no damage thus far.

A lot happens when you go to sleep

[demidracolich]

Oh hi, believe it or not I am typing this on my wii because I can not access my computer right now.
Anyways, I posted my first turn above. For my second turn I will use shadow blade technique on the same statue.
I get to roll twice
[roll0] [roll1]
damage: [roll2]
if both hit it takes an extra 1d6 cold damage.
also extra d6 from sapphire nightmare blade
[roll3]

[Fable Wright]

sending another brick at gargoyle 6: [roll0] damage:[roll1]
30ppts left

[planswalker]

Demi's attack destroys #4

i'll let kyrthian pick which of his powers he uses on the remaining two.

if #5 survives, it will attack demi with both claws, and deal 35 damage.

then dmofdarkness' attack misses.

assuming whatever kyrthian does doesn't kill #6, it will fly away from the fracas to land next to the Marquis.

[Kyrthain]

Energy missile seems to be working well.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[planswalker]

#5 manages to partially evade, but the damage he does take is enough to destroy it. #6 takes the full brunt of the blast.

[planswalker]

demi's turn, then dmofdarkness, then kyrthian again. The gargoyle is right next to the marquis and about to attack her. Whe is so frightened by the creature that she is standing there frozen.

[Fable Wright]

What's the size category of the gargoyle?

[planswalker]

it is large

[SamTHorn]

Is this an online game??

:smallcool:



las vegas hotel (http://bookit.com/us/nevada/las-vegas/)

[planswalker]

if you are interested in joining, first read this thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46074), then post in this thread with your character (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155456) rizban or i will look over the character and guide you in getting it approved. once it is approved, one of us will send you the link to the city streets thread where you can find work. your own private thread will be issued after that. this is a group's private thread. i'm afraid you shouldn't post here.

[Fable Wright]

I will use the telekinetic thrust, as my other options won't work.
Attack roll: [roll0] damage: [roll1](I want to actually see what my rolls are like.)

[planswalker]

you smash the brick into the creature, which shudders from the impact

[Fable Wright]

I will try to distract it from the marquis, telling him That was but a taste of my power. Come here and taste the rest!

[demidracolich]

Seeing the danger, the warforged instantly uses the same power he did on the chair to swap places with her.
Use dimension swap to change places with her. 7pp left not including the ones I stored in myself because i count as a psicrystal.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum shoots a ray of fire at it

Energy Ray:[roll0] touch attack to hit
[roll1]

[planswalker]

you scorch the creature. it's dead.

The marquis is most grateful for this. She gives you each another 1000 gold for saving her life

the dm gives you each 3600 xp for this encounter.

[Kyrthain]

Okay, I'm at 9pp. This could be problematic

EDIT: Also, we're at 19100 exp, right?

[planswalker]

if so, that's a level up.

The rest of the marquis' day is uneventful.

any injured persons will heal 7hp (assuming that y'all leveled up)

[demidracolich]

Hooray, level up, now I just have to decide whether to take another swordsage level or psychic warrior level. What do you people think?

[Fable Wright]

I will use repair damage, psionic to heal th other warforged, if he is injured, and then start resting.

[demidracolich]

made adjustment to level up.
rolling next HD: [roll0]
possible reroll: [roll1]

[Kyrthain]

Level up HP:[roll0]

[Fable Wright]

No, that is not enough xp to level up. Level up is at 21000 xp. Sorry.

[demidracolich]

Hey, its not me who said it was a level up.

[Kyrthain]

Sadness :smallfrown:

[planswalker]

sorry about the false alarm.... the Marquis gives y'all another 25 platinum each for today's wage.

[demidracolich]

Ok, now on with the plot again!

[planswalker]

The next morning, she has tea with several of her lady friends and then goes into a back room to discuss business with one Lord Eichel. She asks the three of you to wait just outside. About three minutes into the discussion, you hear a scream from inside.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum, having learned that shoot first, ask questions later, is not the most viable strategy, instantly searches out for hostile presences.
Manifest detect hostile intent

[planswalker]

there are two hostiles on the other side of the door.

[Fable Wright]

Synathid will open the door and manifest an emerald gyre, who he will use to defend the marquis until he can be sure of hostile intent.

[planswalker]

When you open the door, you see that the marquis has been knocked unconscious by a dark-skinned humanoid dressed in rags. The "associate" she was meeting with turns around grins evilly. "Well, it looks like you will have to be taught manners." he casually waves his hand and mutters a short syllable. five blue missiles of arcane energy strike you.


[roll0] damage to synathid. roll for initiative. those who haven't rolled their own initiatives will have them rolled for them in an hour.

[Fable Wright]

[roll0]

The construct did work, right?

[planswalker]

it is there. was it supposed to have done something specific?

[Kyrthain]

Put up your (mental) dukes!
[roll0]

[Fable Wright]

it is there. was it supposed to have done something specific?

Yes, guard the marquis by bull rushing the caster and disrupting harmful spells and the like, and try to shield the marquis from damage as best is can.

[planswalker]

can you get me the stats so i can adjucate the bull rush? or will i have to make my best guess as to what the creature can do.

[Fable Wright]

STR:21, hp: 36, has improved bull rush, When it dies, deal 4d6 damage to all creature 5ft away, I can kill it as a standard action.

[planswalker]

after casting his quickened magic missile, the wizard is pushed back by the emerald gyre into the wall.

[planswalker]

after having waited a little longer than i meant to (got busy dming other AvB character threads) here is demi's init: [roll0]

[planswalker]

so then, here is initiative order:

demidracolich: 19
the wizard:17
dmofdarkness: 11
the dark-skinned humanoid with a knife: 10
kyrtian: 6

synathid has taken 18 damage. he also is standing in the door. the rest of you are right behind him. you can squeeze past him if you need to.

[demidracolich]

The warforged moves past and gets next to the wizard. Then the small fire elemental appears and he strikes at the wizard with a strike designed to pierce defences.
use distracting ember and emerald razor
[roll0] touch attack and the wizard is flanked.
damage: [roll1]

[planswalker]

you deal 12 damage to him

The wizard attempts to cast a spell without letting down his defenses and casts a spell. Three fiendish scorpions the size of dwarves appear around the duchess and attempt to strike at her unconscious body. two of them strike at the edge of her skirt harmlessly, the third nicks her hand.

[Fable Wright]

If the creatures are within 5ft of the anathemic carapace, and the spellcaster is within 5ft, Synathid will detonate the construct. If the carapace is within 5ft of the marquis, or if it is not within 5ft of 2 or more enemies, Synathid will use ectoplasmic cocoon to hold the spellcaster (DC 19). It will ready an action to disrupt spellcasting if my power fails to wrap up the spellcaster, but if it succeeds, then the carapace will attack the nearest scorpian.

[planswalker]

the spacing is just right to hit the spellcaster and two of the scorpions without harming the Marquis. it will affect the warforged as well, though.

[Fable Wright]

Next order of business: repair, psionic

[Fable Wright]

Damage from the blast: [roll0]

[demidracolich]

Do I get a relfex save against the blast?

[Fable Wright]

DC 11 half

[demidracolich]

Ok then, using action before thought just to make sure.
It lets me make a concentration check instead of a reflex save.
[roll0]

[planswalker]

everyone takes 9 damage from the blast (everyone succeeded)

the dark-skinned humanoid with a knife vanishes into the shadows.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum waves his hand, and the Marquise vanishes.

Manifest Time Hop. Hopefully, she'll either be unable to make the check to escape, or will choose not to, as this is a beneficial efffect in this case.

[planswalker]

she chooses to let herself be affected.

[Fable Wright]

Will manifest ectoplasmic cocoon now.

[demidracolich]

Now I will use sapphire nightmare blade on the wizard.
check: [roll0]
attack: [roll1]
damage: [roll2]
possible added damage: [roll3]
already explained specifics last time I used it.

[planswalker]

the wizard takes the full force of your blow.

he attempts to defensively cast a spell, but it fails. The scorpions, deprived of their targets, prepare themselves to strike as soon as it reappears.

The cocoon entraps him

the humanoid says "I surrender. please.let me go.", although he still keeps a grip on his knife.

[Kyrthain]

"Now, why should we do a foolish thing like that?"

[planswalker]

"Because i can do this"

and he disappears as he makes a small prick against his thumb with his dagger..

[Fable Wright]

... unless he's a threat, don't exterminate him. It would deprive us of precious power points, maneuvers, and hit points.

[planswalker]

waiting for kyrthian, then the turn starts over with demi

[demidracolich]

Well, I think its time for him to use touchsight again.

[Kyrthain]

"Very well. We shall let you live, so long as you remember what happens when you cross us."

[planswalker]

The wizard is still helpless.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum turns to his allies

"Well, we would lose nothing ensuring that this one does our mistress no further harm."

He then draws one of his daggers.

[Fable Wright]

...we physically cannot harm her while she is in the cocoon. That's why I have the large, metal, airless box in the back of the wagon. <hint hint>

[Kyrthain]

How long does the cocoon last?

[Fable Wright]

I think 1 round per level.

[planswalker]

yes it does

[demidracolich]

Since nobody has posted for around two days, can we get on with this?

[planswalker]

y'all place him in the airless box, and the other humanoid leaves.

the Marquis returns.

y'all earn 1000 xp each

whar next?

[Fable Wright]

Well, it's actually what the marquis does next; we just follow her around and save her life. That's what he's asking; what does the marquis do next?

[planswalker]

.. so y'all are just gonna suffocate the wizard in that box?

[demidracolich]

Well, we should probobaly interrogate him.

[planswalker]

"go ahead and go about this as you see fit." the marquis says, once she recovers from the attack.

[Kyrthain]

Kardum approaches the box.

Is there any way to speak with him without letting him free?

[planswalker]

can you think of one?

[Fable Wright]

Maybe mindlink, if any of us have it.

[Kyrthain]

I don't

I'm going to be out of town for a week, so i probably won't post more than once, if at all. Here's a link to my character, if you need it, maybe demi can run Kardum for a bit. http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=210502

[demidracolich]

Nope, and I'm pretty sure its not on my power list anyways. This is where Hyposoc would be useful if he hadn't left.

[Fable Wright]

He didn't leave. He joined a different party for AvB. He's doing a solo adventure. Really sucks. Anyways, I say that we just let the wizard pass out from lack of air, and then take 20 on a use rope check to bind her arms and legs.

[planswalker]

I'm afraid that hyposoc's character, Kantesis, just lost a pvp fight. kantesis won't be able to join you.

[demidracolich]

Well, serves him right. Also, onwards!

[Fable Wright]

Ok, so who's up for my plan? (making him pass out, the person with the highest dex score taking 20 on a use rope check to bind them, and then interrogating them).

[planswalker]

well, i kinda need someone to actually declare something ic before you can advance.

[demidracolich]

"So, what do you propose we do with the wizard?", The warforged asks the others.

[Fable Wright]

Keep him in there for a couple minutes until he passes out. Then tie him up as best we can, knock him out again and again until we're done, and then interrogate him

[demidracolich]

"Very well then."

[planswalker]

Y'all proceed to do exactly that. he is now tied up, knocked out, and ready for interrogation as soon as he wakes up.

[Fable Wright]

I'm no good with words, so I'll be blunt. Why did you try to kill the marquis? Who sent you? Tell me, and you may live to walk free.

[planswalker]

"Heh, if i betray my boss, i won't live to see another day. I'll be as good as dead either way. What's my incentive to cooperate?"

[planswalker]

he is waiting rather smugly for one of y'all to respond. any of the three of you.

[Fable Wright]

Well, if you rat out your boss, you die quickly, rather than being repeatedly tortured every day for information, and then possibly after that. We won't kill you, as you have information, but I think your afterlife would be better than us repeatedly bringing you back from death, only to torture you back to that point again.

[planswalker]

he seems a little taken aback. "You make a rather persuasive argument. What do you want to know?"

[Fable Wright]

We just want you to tell us who your boss is. After that, we let you go, and you live the lie that you escaped from us. Any information that you tell us didn't come from you. Just as long as you don't double cross us. If you do... we'll make your life a living hell by destroying your credibility, and, after your master learns of your betrayal, no employer would hire you (given that he's most likely rich), and then you live out the rest of your life waiting in fear for the assassination squad. None of this will happen if you tell us who your boss is, don't double cross us, and you might even live, too.

[planswalker]

"His name is Julian Eichel. He is the younger brother of Count Eichel. He wants your boss dead because she is trying to block him from political circles."

[Fable Wright]

Synathid will release the wizard, assuming that none of the other party members have anything to say.

[Kyrthain]

"He has already proven that he is a threat. Kill him."

I'm back. Sorry about being gone.

[planswalker]

"Really? How so?" he seems desperate to live.

welcome back

[Kyrthain]

Kardum's tone drips with sarcasm.

"Let me ponder for a second. Ah, yes, now I remember. It just so happened that a little while back you tried to murder her. Perhaps you have forgotten."

[Fable Wright]

Well, although he has tried to kill her, he wants to live. He cooperated with us. If we let him go, he might spread our reputation around, and giving a first-hand rendition of our skills. On he other hand, it benefits no one if he is killed.

[Kyrthain]

"We could make an example of him. After all, if he goes out, he may tell everyone we beat him, but he'll also demonstrate to them that we are soft on those that cross us. We need to show what happens when you cross us, and our mistress"

[Fable Wright]

The conversation we're having would prevent that. I hope. Let's hear the marquis opinion.

[planswalker]

"I don't care if he lives or dies, so long as he is removed from my house soon. He did try to murder me, so I could press charges and see him executed. Do with him what you see fit, so long as what you do discourages more thugs from attacking me."

[Fable Wright]

We'll let the decision fall on(demidracolich's character).

[planswalker]

how long are y'all willing to wait on him?

[Fable Wright]

We'll wait until he posts. One of you may want to PM him to speed him up.

[demidracolich]

"Well, I doubt he will be coming here again, but we should not just let him go off. Mabye leave him alive but leave a little "reminder" to warn him to never come here again, if you know what I mean." The warforged says quietly so the wizard can't hear.