Eyes of the Lich Queen II IC [PF]

[Kish]

This (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?393245-Dusk-Eclipse-s-Eyes-of-the-Lich-Queen-IC) is the previous thread.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Ugggghhhhh!"
Adrianna puts her head in her hands.
"Just when I get Scholar and Xan to make up, you two decide to get at each others throats!"
She stops Soren and then puts her hands together, before pointing them at his chest.
"Okay... Look. Xan has to travel with us to... well, you know... so you two will have to make up. And if I have to, I will mediate to get the two of you talking to each other again!"

Soren throws up his hands. "I know, I know!" He throws himself back onto a nearby bench and lets his hands flop into his lap. "Look, I know I need to talk to Xan, but it seems like every time something gets messed up. Could you mediate?"

[Silverraptor]

Soren throws up his hands. "I know, I know!" He throws himself back onto a nearby bench and lets his hands flop into his lap. "Look, I know I need to talk to Xan, but it seems like every time something gets messed up. Could you mediate?"

"I already said I will mediate and make sure you 2 will get along."

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Kaarna snorts loudly. "I don't fear a fight." While she's talking, Veca clambers down from her hair and unto the windowsill.

"So...", Kaarna looks up and down, "This is what we'll be doing from now on. Sit here neatly until that blasted dragon sees fit to talk to us?" The prospect doesn't seem to be to her liking.

Scholar walks up the stairs in search of Adrianna, buoyed by something actually going right in identifying the blade's enchantment. Hearing voices inside, she knocks loudly on the door before letting herself in. "You're back rather early." She surveys the room carefully. "I notice you've lost your escort. Kaarna, are you filling in? An 'evil witch' seems to be an interesting substitute for a paladin."

[Athedia]

Scholar walks up the stairs in search of Adrianna, buoyed by something actually going right in identifying the blade's enchantment. Hearing voices inside, she knocks loudly on the door before letting herself in. "You're back rather early." She surveys the room carefully. "I notice you've lost your escort. Kaarna, are you filling in? An 'evil witch' seems to be an interesting substitute for a paladin."

"So you can attempt 'humor'. Guess that proves you wrong Kaarna. It was more than one word and seemed more an opinion than fact." Xan popped a dagger out of a wrist sheath and examined it, making a few tossing gestures as if aiming toward the roof. "Kaarna here was just saying you don't like her. You don't like much of anyone do you?"

[aReallyGreatAxe]

"So you can attempt 'humor'. Guess that proves you wrong Kaarna. It was more than one word and seemed more an opinion than fact." Xan popped a dagger out of a wrist sheath and examined it, making a few tossing gestures as if aiming toward the roof. "Kaarna here was just saying you don't like her. You don't like much of anyone do you?"


"Whether or not I like any of you is irrelevant." Scholar taps her chest near the dragonmark with a metallic clang. "We are stuck with each other for a little while yet, no matter how I feel about the... company."

She gestures vaguely at Kaarna. "Still, I do not dislike you, although I probably should."

[Athedia]

"Whether or not I like any of you is irrelevant." Scholar taps her chest near the dragonmark with a metallic clang. "We are stuck with each other for a little while yet, no matter how I feel about the... company."

She gestures vaguely at Kaarna. "Still, I do not dislike you, although I probably should."

"See Kaarna, nothing to worry about. The bard likes you, the paladin tolerates you, the emotionless killing machine even doesn't dislike you." Xan turned her head to the side, looking at Scholar. "Though you are a strange killing machine. I'll give you that. Never seen one take to books and spells. Be careful Warforged, you'll still burn." She sat up quickly, sliding the dagger back into her wrist sheathe and reseating the mechanism. "Just at slightly higher temperatures."

[CWater]

"Whether or not I like any of you is irrelevant." Scholar taps her chest near the dragonmark with a metallic clang. "We are stuck with each other for a little while yet, no matter how I feel about the... company."

She gestures vaguely at Kaarna. "Still, I do not dislike you, although I probably should."

"Oh yes, you most definitely should." Kaarna cackles.


"See Kaarna, nothing to worry about. The bard likes you, the paladin tolerates you, the emotionless killing machine even doesn't dislike you." Xan turned her head to the side, looking at Scholar. "Though you are a strange killing machine. I'll give you that. Never seen one take to books and spells. Be careful Warforged, you'll still burn." She sat up quickly, sliding the dagger back into her wrist sheathe and reseating the mechanism. "Just at slightly higher temperatures."

The witch continues to snicker. "Is that meant as a threat? Though I agree, on that fire is a most satisfying tool for revenge." She grins and her eyes adapt a distant look, as if she's reminiscing a particularly pleasant memory.

[Athedia]

"Oh yes, you most definitely should." Kaarna cackles.



The witch continues to snicker. "Is that meant as a threat? Though I agree, on that fire is a most satisfying tool for revenge." She grins and her eyes adapt a distant look, as if she's reminiscing a particularly pleasant memory.

"An observation. I have no means of accessing fire hot enough to melt metal. And if I wanted revenge for something a word to the right party about a marked warforged would be far more valuable. Except for the fact that she could just as easily reveal my mark, and I have no desire to be trapped and studied the rest of my life.". Xan's tone rose from calm to agitated as she spoke before she grabbed her knees closer and started taking deep.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"I already said I will mediate and make sure you 2 will get along."

Soren sighs in relief, a whole-body thing complete with a slouch of his shoulders. "Thanks, Adrianne." He straightens up and the smile returns to his face. "Should we head back?"

[Silverraptor]

Soren sighs in relief, a whole-body thing complete with a slouch of his shoulders. "Thanks, Adrianne." He straightens up and the smile returns to his face. "Should we head back?"

"If there is nothing else we need while out, then yes."

I expect it'll be a little while before Adrianna and Soren are able to get back, so Scholar, Kaarna, and Xan can interact a bit while longer if they'd like.

[aReallyGreatAxe]

"An observation. I have no means of accessing fire hot enough to melt metal. And if I wanted revenge for something a word to the right party about a marked warforged would be far more valuable. Except for the fact that she could just as easily reveal my mark, and I have no desire to be trapped and studied the rest of my life.". Xan's tone rose from calm to agitated as she spoke before she grabbed her knees closer and started taking deep.


"I'm sure Kaarna would be more than happy to provide you with all the fire you wish- but why don't we worry about who's burning whom when we are finished with this dragon mark business." Scholar's voice is quiet as she continues. "We do not have to like each other, Xan. But fighting each other right now is pointless."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"If there is nothing else we need while out, then yes."

I expect it'll be a little while before Adrianna and Soren are able to get back, so Scholar, Kaarna, and Xan can interact a bit while longer if they'd like.
Soren adjusts the bracers on his arms. "Then let's go," he says as he heads back to the inn.

When do you want Soren and Adrianna to get back to the others?

[Kish]

Five days after you last spoke to Sur'kil, you hear his telepathic voice in your head again (or, in the case of Xan and Adrianna, for the first time). "I have discovered a lead. Come to my ship."

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna stopped what she was doing (which was just fiddling with her stuff) and looked over at Xan concerned.
"Did you also... hear, a voice in your head just now?"

[Athedia]

Adrianna stopped what she was doing (which was just fiddling with her stuff) and looked over at Xan concerned.
"Did you also... hear, a voice in your head just now?"

Xan stopped mid-smack of her head. "Oh good. You heard that too?" She had spent the last few days practicing with her swords in the room, and occasionally trying to activate her dragonmark, with no success. "I guess that's a dragon thing? I guess we should do as he says." She had been avoiding Soren since the fight, brushing Adrianna off when the paladin brought it up. She winced at the idea of having to be in the same room as him.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren nearly topples off the bed where he was laying on his side, experimenting with some minor illusions that dance around his fingertips.

"Okay did anyone else hear that?" he asks as he twists himself upright, his gaze meetkng Kaarna and Scholar's. He hasn't gone into the other room the past few days. He's tried to speak with the changeling the past few days, but every time she vanished or walked away.

[Silverraptor]

Xan stopped mid-smack of her head. "Oh good. You heard that too?" She had spent the last few days practicing with her swords in the room, and occasionally trying to activate her dragonmark, with no success. "I guess that's a dragon thing? I guess we should do as he says." She had been avoiding Soren since the fight, brushing Adrianna off when the paladin brought it up. She winced at the idea of having to be in the same room as him.

Adrianna nods.
"Although you know this means you'll have to be in the same room as Soren this time..."

[Athedia]

Adrianna nods.
"Although you know this means you'll have to be in the same room as Soren this time..."

"I was just realizing that. But it doesn't mean I have to acknowledge him." Xan finished getting her items into her pouch and pack, making her side of the room look like no-one had been staying there. She had not redone the half-elf form she had been wearing before, instead choosing to go with the refugee woman Adrianna had rescued ."We going?" She stood by the door, waiting to follow Adrianna.

[Silverraptor]

"I was just realizing that. But it doesn't mean I have to acknowledge him." Xan finished getting her items into her pouch and pack, making her side of the room look like no-one had been staying there. She had not redone the half-elf form she had been wearing before, instead choosing to go with the refugee woman Adrianna had rescued ."We going?" She stood by the door, waiting to follow Adrianna.

Adrianna stared at the refugee woman's form for a moment before turning away, a look of disappointment on her face.
"Okay. But if we have to travel somewhere dangerous, you two are going to have to acknowledge each other and clear this all up. Having a spat among travelers gets people killed. I've seen it happen to enough refugees and I don't intend for you or him to become one of them."
She puts on her shoulder pouch as she talks. She ignores the mild case of irritation arising from the strap crossing flatly across her front. She heads over to the door and proceeds to open it and puts a foot out the door.
"So lets talk to Sur'kil Miss...."
She turns and looks over her shoulder.
"...and who are you supposed to be called now? Given that our half-elf Sora is not attending and you didn't give me your name at the pass, I don't know how to properly address you."

[Athedia]

Call me Natasha. Good a name as any." A very grouchy Xan then proceeded to leave for Sur'kil's boat.

Why yes, all the alternative names WILL be taken from other games I am in.

[Silverraptor]

Call me Natasha. Good a name as any." A very grouchy Xan then proceeded to leave for Sur'kil's boat.

Why yes, all the alternative names WILL be taken from other games I am in.

"Alright then, 'Natasha.'"
Adrianna also proceeds to Sur'kil's boat.

[CWater]

Soren nearly topples off the bed where he was laying on his side, experimenting with some minor illusions that dance around his fingertips.

"Okay did anyone else hear that?" he asks as he twists himself upright, his gaze meetkng Kaarna and Scholar's. He hasn't gone into the other room the past few days. He's tried to speak with the changeling the past few days, but every time she vanished or walked away.

Kaarna frowns. "Yup. Guess it's time to say hello to the dragon again." She had been sitting on the floor surrounded by scrolls and ash left over from those had ceremoniously been fed to the scorpion. Kaarna scooped up the remaining spell papers and Veca, and stood up. "Off we go."

[Kish]

At Sur'kil's ship, the same sailor as before ushers you to Sur'kil's cabin. Sur'kil and Lydia await you there; once you're all inside, the sailor leaves and closes the door behind him.

[aReallyGreatAxe]

At Sur'kil's ship, the same sailor as before ushers you to Sur'kil's cabin. Sur'kil and Lydia await you there; once you're all inside, the sailor leaves and closes the door behind him.

Scholar skips the diplomatic preambles, launching directly into her question. "What is this 'lead' that you have uncovered? Any clue as to Jheamast's secret would be most welcome."

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna nods to Scholar's question before turning her head both left and right and sighing. She doesn't quite know how, but for some reason she wound up being between both Xan and Soren, both of which were pretending the other didn't exist.

[CoffeeIncluded]

At Sur'kil's ship, the same sailor as before ushers you to Sur'kil's cabin. Sur'kil and Lydia await you there; once you're all inside, the sailor leaves and closes the door behind him.

Soren fiddles his hands together. He nods but keeps his head fixed forward, unable to give Xan even a side-eye at the moment. He did flash a smile to Kaarna though.

[Kish]

Sur'kil nods to Scholar. "The last known person to have traveled to Jheamast's tomb was Eliam ir'Veldras, a self-styled adventurer who funded his expeditions from his wealthy family's fortune. Eliam died after his trip, but a journal of his travels came into the hands of a Karrnathi expatriate whose mansion overlooks the Lhazaar Straits."

"If the Emerald Claw believes that you brought me an artifact which they desire to take from me, they will expect me to leave for Argonessen and pay you no further thought, so that is what I will appear to do. I will arrange your travel to the Lhazaar Principalities by a ship with no known connection to me, while I research your marks further, and hopefully transfix the Claw's attention."

[Silverraptor]

"So you will run bait as we go track down a book that can help us? Well thank you kindly. How long a trip will this take?"

[CoffeeIncluded]

Sur'kil nods to Scholar. "The last known person to have traveled to Jheamast's tomb was Eliam ir'Veldras, a self-styled adventurer who funded his expeditions from his wealthy family's fortune. Eliam died after his trip, but a journal of his travels came into the hands of a Karrnathi expatriate whose mansion overlooks the Lhazaar Straits."

"If the Emerald Claw believes that you brought me an artifact which they desire to take from me, they will expect me to leave for Argonessen and pay you no further thought, so that is what I will appear to do. I will arrange your travel to the Lhazaar Principalities by a ship with no known connection to me, while I research your marks further, and hopefully transfix the Claw's attention."

"So it sounds like we need to get into this mansion and find that journal while you draw the Claw's attention. How will we know what the book is? And what do we do if the Claw finds you?"

[CWater]

"So it sounds like we need to get into this mansion and find that journal while you draw the Claw's attention. How will we know what the book is? And what do we do if the Claw finds you?"

"I'm sure a dragon can handle a couple of spineless idiots", Kaarna comments, Though it would be useful if you can send a warning to us once the jig is up", she continues, addressing Sur'kil.

[Kish]

"It will likely take you around two weeks to make the trip to the Lhazaar Principalities. From there, getting into Vorgaard's estate and finding the journal will be up to you; it will obviously be easier to identify the journal if you convince him to cooperate. I'll leave another four sending stones with you; you can contact me if you need to. If the Claw tracks me down expecting to find a powerless old relic hunter, they'll get a surprise which they will hopefully not have a chance to report." He smiles coldly.

[Athedia]

"It will likely take you around two weeks to make the trip to the Lhazaar Principalities. From there, getting into Vorgaard's estate and finding the journal will be up to you; it will obviously be easier to identify the journal if you convince him to cooperate. I'll leave another four sending stones with you; you can contact me if you need to. If the Claw tracks me down expecting to find a powerless old relic hunter, they'll get a surprise which they will hopefully not have a chance to report." He smiles coldly.

"Getting in won't be that hard. Is there any other information you can give us, or advice you can provide? Seeing as our future lives are very much dependent on you."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"It will likely take you around two weeks to make the trip to the Lhazaar Principalities. From there, getting into Vorgaard's estate and finding the journal will be up to you; it will obviously be easier to identify the journal if you convince him to cooperate. I'll leave another four sending stones with you; you can contact me if you need to. If the Claw tracks me down expecting to find a powerless old relic hunter, they'll get a surprise which they will hopefully not have a chance to report." He smiles coldly.

Soren leans back in the chair. "So maybe we could convince him to show us the journal, or we could sneak in and grab it. Problem with the second one is that the only ones good at sneaking are me and...Xan," he realizes with a groan and a palm to his forehead. "Thanks for the stones though. And if you do give them thr surprise could you share the aftermath with us? It bet it would be be entertaining."

[Athedia]

Soren leans back in the chair. "So maybe we could convince him to show us the journal, or we could sneak in and grab it. Problem with the second one is that the only ones good at sneaking are me and...Xan," he realizes with a groan and a palm to his forehead. "Thanks for the stones though. And if you do give them thr surprise could you share the aftermath with us? It bet it would be be entertaining."

Xan gave Soren a dismissive look. "I am good at sneaking. You are... adequate."

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna makes an irritable sound and shakes her head at Soren and Xan.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Xan gave Soren a dismissive look. "I am good at sneaking. You are... adequate."

"There's more than one way to sneak around," Soren answers with a grin that's a challenge.

He then turns back to Sur'kil. "So when do we head out?"

[Kish]

"I detect problems in your group. I hope you can manage to work together for the time being, as all your lives depend on it. If I learn more, I will certainly inform you as soon as I can." He looks curiously at Scholar for a few seconds before continuing. "Lydia tells me you have opted not to attempt to trigger your dragonmarks. It is your decision, but I do not think that is a wise one; it is all but certain your dragonmarks will have some effect soon, and you can exert no control over where or when or on what or whom they have an effect if you do not know what they do."

He turns his right hand palm up. "The Geyser awaits you. Its captain has been instructed to take you wherever you need to go for the duration, and that you will want to travel to the Lhazaar Principalities first. My ship will leave in the morning."

[Athedia]

"I detect problems in your group. I hope you can manage to work together for the time being, as all your lives depend on it. If I learn more, I will certainly inform you as soon as I can." He looks curiously at Scholar for a few seconds before continuing. "Lydia tells me you have opted not to attempt to trigger your dragonmarks. It is your decision, but I do not think that is a wise one; it is all but certain your dragonmarks will have some effect soon, and you can exert no control over where or when or on what or whom they have an effect if you do not know what they do."

He turns his right hand palm up. "The Geyser awaits you. Its captain has been instructed to take you wherever you need to go for the duration, and that you will want to travel to the Lhazaar Principalities first. My ship will leave in the morning."

"It's not that I haven't tried. I don't know where to start. Not like they make a guidebook on 'triggering marks for races that shouldn't have them'."

[Silverraptor]

"Well, you'll all have travel time to try and figure it out. We'll just need to go back and grab all of our stuff and load them onto the ship first then, and we're off. Hopefully we can leave sooner rather then later as we do have a time limit currently going on."

[aReallyGreatAxe]

I believe Adrianna has the correct idea. However, Xan is actually correct. Without having an idea of how to trigger them, she and I are a little disadvantaged. Becoming angry with Xan seems to have activated Adrianna's, but I can assure you that my trigger at least must be different."

[CWater]

"I detect problems in your group. I hope you can manage to work together for the time being, as all your lives depend on it. If I learn more, I will certainly inform you as soon as I can." He looks curiously at Scholar for a few seconds before continuing. "Lydia tells me you have opted not to attempt to trigger your dragonmarks. It is your decision, but I do not think that is a wise one; it is all but certain your dragonmarks will have some effect soon, and you can exert no control over where or when or on what or whom they have an effect if you do not know what they do."


"It's not that I wouldn't try", Kaarna says stretching her arms, "But I can't find a willing test subject. And they keep telling me that the first part is necessary." She smirks.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"And my mark doesn't look like anything I've ever seen, so it's not like I have much to go on there either other than Adrianna and I don't have that same trigger either." He looks over at Kaarna. "Don't worry. Knowing our luck, we'll find some subjects for you to test these on soon enough."

[Athedia]

"And my mark doesn't look like anything I've ever seen, so it's not like I have much to go on there either other than Adrianna and I don't have that same trigger either." He looks over at Kaarna. "Don't worry. Knowing our luck, we'll find some subjects for you to test these on soon enough."

"Maybe your mark causes violent outbursts." Xan pointedly did not look at Soren or Scholar as she spoke. Finally she processed Sur'kil's words. "Oh goody. Boats. Adrianna let's go get our stuff... and a spot by the railing."

[Kish]

"I obviously lack firsthand knowledge of how to activate dragonmarks, but from what I have heard, it should involve concentrating on creating a magical effect. Not necessarily one that affects another person. Good luck in your journey, regardless." Sur'kil watches as you leave.

As you leave the ship, you hear footsteps, and a cloaked humanoid hurries past you. It takes you a moment to realize why they stand out as odd: there's nothing but the Swiftwind and the open sea in the direction they're coming from.

[Athedia]

"I obviously lack firsthand knowledge of how to active dragonmarks, but from what I have heard, it should involve concentrating on creating a magical effect. Not necessarily one that affects another person. Good luck in your journey, regardless." Sur'kil watches as you leave.

As you leave the ship, you hear footsteps, and a cloaked humanoid hurries past you. It takes you a moment to realize why they stand out as odd: there's nothing but the Swiftwind and the open sea in the direction they're coming from.

Xan paused for a second processing the stranger. Sur'kil would have no reason to sneak past them, neither would Lydia. Splitting from the group she decided to follow the hurried man from a discrete distance.

Fast Stealth allows me to go at full speed w/o penalties
Stealth: [roll0]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren freezes in place, mid-step with his foot hovering above the ground. He's about to turn and chase after her when Xan simply vanishes from their sides without a trace. So he tries something else. Soren closes his eyes and places a fist to his throat. There's a warm glow of magic inside his trachea and he whispers,

"Xan, what do you see? Do you want us to chase after him or stop him?"

Soren casts Message and has a whispered conversation with Xan.

[Kish]

The cloaked figure moves hastily down the pier; as he does, he pulls out a stone and mumbles into it. (Make a Perception check to overhear what he's saying.)

[Athedia]

[roll0] Using 1 action point as well [roll1]

Xan heard Soren's message, but remained remained quiet as she focused in on the man with the stone.

[Kish]

"They're on their way to Vorgaard's estate; the old man's playing decoy," you hear as he walks hastily along.

[Athedia]

Xan's eyes widened, whoever this was knew. She had to keep following him.

Quietly she whispered, hoping that Soren would hear her. "Stop him. Now. He just told someone where we are headed."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren freezes in place, fist still on his throat so his whispered words are heard by Xan as well as his friends. "Oh ****. He knows our plans, and he told. We've gotta stop him now. Xan, where are you?" he asks as he breaks into a run, only remembering the spell is still active as he does so.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Stealth: [roll0]

If it doesn't work I have another plan.

[Kish]

As Soren runs after the cloaked figure, and Adrianna moves to cut him off, he starts to run and Kaarna casts a spell, paralyzing him.

[Athedia]

Xan walked up behind the man, hiding her weapons and other identifying items. "Rule 1. Don't make a report until you reach the safehouse. Wouldnt have stopped me following, but I can promise these folks wouldn't have caught up."

[CWater]

As Soren runs after the cloaked figure, and Adrianna moves to cut him off, he starts to run and Kaarna casts a spell, paralyzing him.

"Hurry up!", Kaarna snarls, "The spell might not last long!"

[CWater]

Sorry for double posting, but since this is done a day later than the previous post, and edit might easily go unnoticed.

Kaarna activates Flight and moves 60 ft. towards the man.

Kaarna concentrates to activate one of the hexes and then takes flight towards the paralysed enemy, keeping close to the ground for now.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren races forward as well, sizing up the situation at a glance. He's frozen, at least for now. He slows to a brisk walk from an all-out sprint and casually undoes his scarf in one smooth motion. With another he's by the spy's side, pulling his wrists behind his back and preparing to tie them. But after he disarms the man he waits and says with exaggerated cheer, "I'm sure this is all a big misunderstanding. Why don't we have a friendly chat?"

Soren does all that and then casts Charm Person. Will save DC of I believe 16?

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren's smile brightens as he sees and feels the spell take hold. "Sorry about that! It was all a big misunderstanding. Are you okay?" He throws his hand over the man's shoulder in a friendly fashion, but at the same time turns his head to give Kaarna and Xan a wink. "What happened here?"

[Kish]

"Of course," the man says, his face still hidden behind his hood, but his voice cheerful. "I overheard them talking. The relic is at Vorgaard's estate in the Lhazaar Principalities. Our ship will have already left! They'll get there long before...before..." he sounds confused.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Of course," the man says, his face still hidden behind his hood, but his voice cheerful. "I overheard them talking. The relic is at Vorgaard's estate in the Lhazaar Principalities. Our ship will have already left! They'll get there long before...before..." he sounds confused.

"Hey, hey, what relic are you talking about?" Soren says hastily, trying to get him off the subject. "You know I'm not part of your group, but that's never mattered before!" He pauses. "Look, I was heading to Vorgaard's estate for my own stuff, but it seems like your group and whoever this "them" is are in a race. Is there something I should know about or stay away from? I don't want to make anything harder for you."

[CWater]

Kaarna stops and lands about twenty feet away. Best let Soren work his silver tongue in peace, she thinks. They could try other methods later, if he failed to get information. Silently, she calls another spell to her mind, ready to cast if the bard's spell should break.

Kaarna stays at a 20 ft. distance and readies and action to cast Web Bolt on the man if he should suddenly choose to run or attack.

[Kish]

"You know, the relic." The man doesn't seem to notice Kaarna. "You should probably stay away, until you hear...wait, why were you going there?"

He doesn't seem in a particular hurry to leave.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"You know, the relic." The man doesn't seem to notice Kaarna. "You should probably stay away, until you hear...wait, why were you going there?"

He doesn't seem in a particular hurry to leave.

Soren twists his mouth into an expression of benign bemusement, turns his palms and pulls his shoulders upwards in a shrug. "I dunno, I'm not part of your group--wait, what's your group called again? I'm really sorry, you told me once but I can't quite remember right now. I got to bed way too late and I'm basically running on sunlight and coffee right now." He frowns at the second remark. "Wait, is there going to be trouble? I'm just there on business, need to make a delivery to the manor is all. I won't be in your way, will I?" He yawns--his exhaustion isn't entirely faked--and under the cover of a hand placed over his mouth for politeness' sake whispers to Xan through the Message spell, "Ask him what?"

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Scholar walked a bit closer to Soren just in case this strange amicability should end. She stopped before she was able to hear exactly what they were saying and watched his chatting up of the spy with some amusement.


Scholar is stopping 90' away from the interaction.

[Kish]

"You should definitely wait at least a week before going there, it might be dangerous right now. We're the Order of the Emerald Claw, of course, Karrnath's true patriots."

[Athedia]

"You should definitely wait at least a week before going there, it might be dangerous right now. We're the Order of the Emerald Claw, of course, Karrnath's true patriots."

Xan's fingertips twitched, almost releasing the blades. Resisting the urge she whispered quietly to Soren. "How about he says who his contact is? And why he was reporting people's locations? And then how about we get rid of him for Karrnath."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"You should definitely wait at least a week before going there, it might be dangerous right now. We're the Order of the Emerald Claw, of course, Karrnath's true patriots."

"Oh yeah, silly me!" He taps his head to his forehead in an appeasing gesture, but also so that Xan can just see his outstretched thumb in response to her whispered reply. "Seriously though, thanks for the heads-up. You think there will be trouble with this group your racing the relic for? What's that about anyway?" He pauses. "Actually, the Claw's headed there to take this whatever-it-is and not kill the head of the estate, are they? Because if they are I'm going to need a faster ship or my boss is gonna be pissed!"

"But really, you guys are dedicated if you've already got allies on the move. How did you do that so fast; it's amazing!"

Just a friend sharing some info (and it is true, technically Sur'kill is their boss) and a bit of flattery, hopefully it'll make the man share his own info in turn...

[Kish]

"They'll do what needs to be done. Whatever that turns out to be. I contacted them as soon as...as soon as..." He looks confused again.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"They'll do what needs to be done. Whatever that turns out to be.

Soren groans. So either I go in later and risk this guy being dead and my pissed off boss handing me my own balls on a platter or I try to find a faster ship. I don't suppose you know any? Though I guess that's what I get for being so lackadaisical about this." He flashes the lance somewhat rueful grin.



"I contacted them as soon as...as soon as..." He looks confused again.

"Which is to get this relic. Well, if your partners are as fast as you are I don't expect any trouble. Though between you and me," Soren leans in conspiratorially, "What exactly makes this relic so special?"

[Kish]

Soren groans. So either I go in later and risk this guy being dead and my pissed off boss handing me my own balls on a platter or I try to find a faster ship. I don't suppose you know any? Though I guess that's what I get for being so lackadaisical about this." He flashes the lance somewhat rueful grin.

"If I did, we'd be using it to get there. Heh heh."



"Which is to get this relic. Well, if your partners are as fast as you are I don't expect any trouble. Though between you and me," Soren leans in conspiratorially, "What exactly makes this relic so special?"
"I don't actually know that. Above my rank."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"If I did, we'd be using it to get there. Heh heh."

"Yeah, I figured. You guys are pretty big after all." Soren bends his neck and gives a little wave to the front of trousers covered by his tunic. "Bye guys. It was nice knowing you," he jokes.



"I don't actually know that. Above my rank."

"Ha, same here! Anything you do know about it or why you're chasing these guys?" he asks, leaning in conspiratorially.

[Kish]

"Just that it's very important. Much more important than me." He chuckles disturbingly at that point. "Ha, they won't...they..." He starts to look confused again.

[Athedia]

Xan made eye contact with Soren and gently rested her hands on her swords. She looked at the man questioningly then back at Soren. She waited for his word.

[Silverraptor]

At this point, Adrianna had completed her loop around on her horse and now could be seen riding in from the direction the man was trying to escape from in the distance. It'll take about a minute for her to meet up with the group.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Just that it's very important. Much more important than me." He chuckles disturbingly at that point. "Ha, they won't...they..." He starts to look confused again.


Xan made eye contact with Soren and gently rested her hands on her swords. She looked at the man questioningly then back at Soren. She waited for his word.


At this point, Adrianna had completed her loop around on her horse and now could be seen riding in from the direction the man was trying to escape from in the distance. It'll take about a minute for her to meet up with the group.

Soren looks around, locking his eyes on Xan before glancing down the alleyway in the direction where he hears the hoofbeats of Adrianna's horse approaching. As soon as she come close Soren turns back to the Emerald Claw member and says. "I guess that's that then. And they won't." Soren steps in front of the man--just like someone would face their friend, but also how someone would flank their foe. His smile fades. "Sorry about this."

Now.

[Athedia]

Soren looks around, locking his eyes on Xan before glancing down the alleyway in the direction where he hears the hoofbeats of Adrianna's horse approaching. As soon as she come close Soren turns back to the Emerald Claw member and says. "I guess that's that then. And they won't." Soren steps in front of the man--just like someone would face their friend, but also how someone would flank their foe. His smile fades. "Sorry about this."

Now.

Xan nodded and pulled out both her swords simultaneously, bringing them down at the mans back. "For Kaarnath." As she spoke she looked Soren directly in the eyes to see his reaction.

Sword 1
Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
SA Damage: [roll3]

Sword 2
Attack: [roll4]
Crit: [roll5]
Damage: [roll6]
SA Damage: [roll7]

[Kish]

"About whaAAAAGH!" the man says as Xan stabs him. Bleeding copiously, he falls to the street with a confused look at Soren.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"What the heck?! I thought you were gonna knock him out!" Soren takes a step back from the man in shock. Emerald claw or not, that look on his face, even though he deserves it, is why Soren doesn't like using that spell.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna rides up to see the aftermath with the man dead on the ground. She stares at the body with apprehension for a bit before she finally speaks.
"...Please tell me we got useful information out of him."

[Athedia]

"Knock him out? HOW?" Xan gestured with the blades still in her hands. "Not exactly loaded down with nonlethal options here.". She looked at the bleeding man and winced stepping away before her new clothes could be stained. "If you want to save cultist scum, I'm not helping."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Knock him out? HOW?" Xan gestured with the blades still in her hands. "Not exactly loaded down with nonlethal options here.". She looked at the bleeding man and winced stepping away before her new clothes could be stained. "If you want to save cultist scum, I'm not helping."

"I don't know, the butts of your daggers? Something?" Soren sighs, running his hand down his face. "Look, it startled me. I wasn't expecting that. Plus I thought maybe we could take him to Surkil and have him cast some
Magic so this guy would forget being caught. Once the Claw finds him they'll know we know."


Adrianna rides up to see the aftermath with the man dead on the ground. She stares at the body with apprehension for a bit before she finally speaks.
"...Please tell me we got useful information out of him."

"Some," Soren says, not quite turning around. "He was Emerald Claw, spying on us. They're looking for the relic too, and he already told some other members about us and our plans. They're already on their way which means we'll be walking into a trap. And yeah it's good that we know we'll be walking into an ambush since we can prepare but once they find him they'll know we know and make a second ambush or something like that." He starts searching the man. "Either way, we've got to tell surkil."

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Scholar briskly crosses the remaining distance and looks down at the corpse impassively. "Well, I assume he told you what you needed to know. We should probably be on our way, this is hardly a private location."

[CWater]

"Yeah, don't want to get in trouble with the guards here. Don't know why they would care about this random dude, but you can never be too careful. They could use this as an excuse to take our things at least. So let's disappear."

[Kish]

You pull the corpse on Adrianna's horse, getting blood on the dock, the horse, and Adrianna, and head back to the ship. The sailor who brought you to Sur'kil's cabin before looks surprised to see you again and shocked by the corpse. "Sur'kil didn't say to expect you back," he says, staring at the corpse.

[Silverraptor]

You pull the corpse on Adrianna's horse, getting blood on the dock, the horse, and Adrianna, and head back to the ship. The sailor who brought you to Sur'kil's cabin before looks surprised to see you again and shocked by the corpse. "Sur'kil didn't say to expect you back," he says, staring at the corpse.

"There was an unforeseen situation. Can we see him again?"

[CoffeeIncluded]

"It's kinda urgent," Soren says, shifting his weight so the spy's blood drips on the floor instead of his scarf.

[CWater]

"In case this little scene didn't already tell you that", Kaarna adds smiling darkly, "So how about it?"

[Kish]

"Right..." He looks up from the corpse briefly to tell Soren, "I don't know what's going on here that gets people killed in the dock, but I know he and his daughter left just after you did. Didn't say anything about what to do if you showed up with bodies."

[Silverraptor]

"They just left how?"
Adrianna looks down at the guard confused.
"If it was by foot or transportation, they couldn't have gotten far. If it was by teleportation, that might be a bit more problematic."
She looks around at the rest of the group.
"Who has the sending stone?"

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Right..." He looks up from the corpse briefly to tell Soren, "I don't know what's going on here that gets people killed in the dock, but I know he and his daughter left just after you did. Didn't say anything about what to do if you showed up with bodies."

"Spies happened, but I'm not the one who killed them. And great--how did they leave?"

Soren turns to Adrianne. "I have one."

[Kish]

"How did they leave?" He sounds confused. "Only one way off the ship, 'less you want to go for a swim..."

[CWater]

"How did they leave?" He sounds confused. "Only one way off the ship, 'less you want to go for a swim..."

"There's always magic, you know", Kaarna adds, playing with a spark that jumps around her fingers.

"But yeah, you gonna Send to them, do it soon ok?", this she says to Adrianna.

[Silverraptor]

"Unless Soren wants to. He does have the sending stone."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Unless Soren wants to. He does have the sending stone."

"Oh! Uh, yeah, hang on." Soren steps into a private room, waving his friends and allies over. He then looks around. If the area is clear he takes out the sending stone and whispers into it, "Caught and killed Emerald Claw spy. Knows and told our plan, your decoy. Claw going to mansion now. Will beat us there. What plan now?"

I was working on my research project. I submitted the poster today--the conference starts tomorrow night!

[Kish]

A few minutes pass...then a few more. While the sending stone appears to have delivered its message, it becomes increasingly apparent that no reply is forthcoming soon.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren scowls and shoves the stone back into his pocket with angry force. "****ing dammit...we're on our own, guys."

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna sighs.
"Well. Do we have any way of teleporting to where we need to go, or anything like that?"

[CWater]

"We can think about that later, right now we need to dump this corpse and go before someone takes interest!"

[Kish]

The sailor looks more than a little alarmed by the talk of dumping the corpse.

[Athedia]

Xan put her hand on the man's shoulder and spoke gently. "He was a very bad man. Part of a group that isn't happy the war is over. We want to try to protect this ship from the wrath of those he reports too."

[aReallyGreatAxe]

"Aside from his companions, I doubt you'd like to explain to the authorities how a dead man got himself on board your ship. They can be quite difficult to reason with on occasion, no matter your innocence." Scholar nods, as if convincing herself.
"A clean disposal is the best option."

[CWater]

"Yeah, best do it quick and silent. Now, can we go?" Kaarna is starting to look a little impatient.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Xan has the right of it. I promise, we weren't looking for violence." he turns to his partners "Either way, we should hurry

Im finally (nearly) done unpacking! My box spring hasn't come in so I can't put up the posters yet either since I need to set them up around my final bed height and I still need to clean up and stuff but the worst of it is now done! So hopefully I'll be on a bit more.

Anyway I'm also ready to go. Do you want a diplomacy check from Soren?

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren pauses. "I don't suppose you know where we could leave him?" he asks the man, indicating the corpse.

[roll0]

[Kish]

"I--you--how would I know that?" He sputters and shakes his head.

After a minute, he says, "I...guess you can leave it here. If you're sure he won't disapprove of this, I won't get involved." He looks like he regrets what he's saying even as he says it.

[CWater]

"Excellent! I'm sure he won't mind the least, none if us wants to attract attention here", Kaarna claps the sailor's shoulder, "Now, I say we should leave town immediately. Don't care to run into more trouble here. Although, were we going by land or ship from here? If the former, then I guess we should fetch the horses first."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"I--you--how would I know that?" He sputters and shakes his head.

After a minute, he says, "I...guess you can leave it here. If you're sure he won't disapprove of this, I won't get involved." He looks like he regrets what he's saying even as he says it.

Soren grins, breathing a sigh of relief as he does so. "Thanks, and don't worry, he wouldn't. Frankly if surkil knew he was spying on us he probably would have done it himself." That is what dragons do, right? From what he's heard you really really REALLY don't want to cross Dragons.

He turns to Kaarna, then back to the man. "Which way is faster? We need to stop the people he reported to before they do any more damage."

[Kish]

You hurry down the docks to the ship Sur'kil named, the Geyser.

"Who goes there?" shouts the apparent guard, followed by, "Oh--you're the ones he described. You want to sail now?" She sounds surprised by your wanting to sail at night, but not as surprised as you might expect.

[CWater]

You hurry down the docks to the ship Sur'kil named, the Geyser.

"Who goes there?" shouts the apparent guard, followed by, "Oh--you're the ones he described. You want to sail now?" She sounds surprised by your wanting to sail at night, but not as surprised as you might expect.

"Yes! As soon as we... can..." Kaarna glares at the ship glumly. "I hate boats. And this damn poison water", she mutters to herself.

[aReallyGreatAxe]

"Yes! As soon as we... can..." Kaarna glares at the ship glumly. "I hate boats. And this damn poison water", she mutters to herself.

"The sooner we begin, the sooner it will be over," Scholar says with a touch of amusement at Kaarna's obvious dismay. "We will be in the Lhazaar Principalities soon, and then you can complain all you wish about the ride back."

[CoffeeIncluded]

You hurry down the docks to the ship Sur'kil named, the Geyser.

"Who goes there?" shouts the apparent guard, followed by, "Oh--you're the ones he described. You want to sail now?" She sounds surprised by your wanting to sail at night, but not as surprised as you might expect.

"Yeah, it's kind of an emergency. How fast can you go?"


"Yes! As soon as we... can..." Kaarna glares at the ship glumly. "I hate boats. And this damn poison water", she mutters to herself.

"Poison water?" Soren looks at Kaarna with curiosity. "Why do you call it that? I mean, yeah, there's seasickness but fish and stuff live in the ocean so it can't be poison."


"The sooner we begin, the sooner it will be over," Scholar says with a touch of amusement at Kaarna's obvious dismay. "We will be in the Lhazaar Principalities soon, and then you can complain all you wish about the ride back."

"That's the spirit!" Soren says with great cheer, slapping Scholar on the back.

Still, the memories of spending half the voyage with his front or rear (and in one horrible case, both) end bent over the rail does stick in Soren'a mind. Only the knowledge that Kaarna is watching him and that he has to put on a smile keeps him from turning a minor hesitation into a major one as he boards the ship.

[CWater]

"The sooner we begin, the sooner it will be over," Scholar says with a touch of amusement at Kaarna's obvious dismay. "We will be in the Lhazaar Principalities soon, and then you can complain all you wish about the ride back."
"Bah!", is Kaarna's reply, implying that she considers this a small consolation.



"Poison water?" Soren looks at Kaarna with curiosity. "Why do you call it that? I mean, yeah, there's seasickness but fish and stuff live in the ocean so it can't be poison."

"It tastes awful, you can't drink it and you get sick if you try. And it hurts if it gets into your eyes. Sounds enough like poison to me. Don't understand what's the damn point of it."



"That's the spirit!" Soren says with great cheer, slapping Scholar on the back.

Still, the memories of spending half the voyage with his front or rear (and in one horrible case, both) end bent over the rail does stick in Soren'a mind. Only the knowledge that Kaarna is watching him and that he has to put on a smile keeps him from turning a minor hesitation into a major one as he boards the ship.

"Yeah, sure", the shifter grunts, "Find me when thus torture trip is over." She walks away looking for a nice small dark corner where she plans to hole up until they can return to solid ground.

[Athedia]

Xan gripped the railing carefully getting to a spot where she would have access to a porthole, but wouldn't be underfoot.

[Kish]

The guard leads you to the ship's captain. "Sur'kil said we should take you wherever you wanted whenever you wanted, and that you might want to leave at night, but I confess I'm curious about what's going on here," he tells you. "Sur'kil's reputation aside, if this involves piracy I'm not charging enough. He said you'd probably want to go to the Lhazaar Principalities, but that I should take you wherever you wanted; is the Lhazaar Principalities still the destination?"

[Athedia]

The guard leads you to the ship's captain. "Sur'kil said we should take you wherever you wanted whenever you wanted, and that you might want to leave at night, but I confess I'm curious about what's going on here," he tells you. "Sur'kil's reputation aside, if this involves piracy I'm not charging enough. He said you'd probably want to go to the Lhazaar Principalities, but that I should take you wherever you wanted; is the Lhazaar Principalities still the destination?"

"It is. And post haste. We aren't kidding if we refer to this as having lives at stake." Xan didn't mention the lives were their own.

[CoffeeIncluded]

The guard leads you to the ship's captain. "Sur'kil said we should take you wherever you wanted whenever you wanted, and that you might want to leave at night, but I confess I'm curious about what's going on here," he tells you. "Sur'kil's reputation aside, if this involves piracy I'm not charging enough. He said you'd probably want to go to the Lhazaar Principalities, but that I should take you wherever you wanted; is the Lhazaar Principalities still the destination?"

Soren shakes his head. "It's not piracy. In fact we're trying to stop pirates, and worse. We're still heading to the Principalities, but we need to get there as fast as possible. How fast can you get there?"

[Kish]

"Probably about two weeks. I'll tell them to start immediately." He looks at each of you curiously before moving to give the order to sail. As the captain suggested, the crew seems prepared to be asked to leave at night.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna quickly throws her stuff in her room and then see's if anyone else needs help getting everything on the ship quickly as an attempt to try and make it move quicker.

[Kish]

The galleon makes steady progress. Thirteen days later, it makes anchor at a deserted beach and one of the sailors brings you to the captain. "The mansion is fifteen minutes' walk that way," the captain says, pointing. "Whether they saw us coming..." he shrugs dubiously. "Make sure you remember where the ship is moored. How long are you going to be?"

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren runs out of the cabin where he spent most of the trip quelling his stomach (when he wasn't flirting with some of the sailors or teasing Kaarna) and all but kisses the solid ground beneath his feet. He gets up, nearly shameless, and says, "Hopefully not more than a few days, right guys?" he looks up at the manor and swallows, knowing what's inside. "You might want to make yourself scarce. I don't want anyone to trace us back to you and get you hurt."

Sorry I didn't post! I went on vacation the past week and a half and I thought 2nd year started today when it actually started yesterday! I'll do what o can to stay on though! How's everyone?

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Scholar looks at the party curiously. "Since they may well have seen us coming, that rules out any stealthy approach, unless we're willing to leave things in the hands of the spy. What's our plan?"

[Kish]

The captain grimaces. "More specifically, how long should we wait for you to come back before we go report to Mr. Ranprin that you're dead?"

[Athedia]

Xan eyed the building. "If we aren't on this beach by the third sunset report us as dead. We can make our own way back if we turn out to be alive."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren glares at Xan with a hint of fear. "Don't put the whammy on it," he hisses before turning back to the crew and says,

He looks back at the mansion. [COLOR="#FF0000"]"So, they know, we know they know, they know we know they know, and we know they know we know they know," Soren says, his bardic training the one thing keeping the words from ending in a tangled lump with his tongue sticking impotently out of his mouth. "So do we even try to sneak in?"

[Silverraptor]

"We can't really sneak. It'll cost time. We can't afford to lose any time, especially after rushing here so fast."

[CWater]

"Let's just GO!", Kaarna groans, she hasn't been seen much during the voyage and her mood has been terrible the entire time, "I want away from this mad thing. And I'll be happy to blast a few idiots who try to stand in the way."

[Kish]

You leave the ship behind and head toward the mansion. As you approach it, but before you're close enough to be seen with the unaided eye by anyone inside, it becomes obvious that at least part of the mansion is on fire.


Before I can post more, I need to know more about what you're doing; I don't want to assume for you that you're strolling up to the front door.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna groans at the sight, before turning back towards the rest of the group from on top of her horse.
"Come on! We have to hurry!"

She prepares to quicken the pace and hurry to the mansion, but not before the rest of the group follows suit, or raises any objections.

[CWater]

Kaarna stops to summon herself armor from the wand, but then she follows Adrianna. "Good. I want to hurt something."

Casting Mage Armor from wand, charges left 45/50.

I also updated Kaarna's spells for the day.

[CoffeeIncluded]

D"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Soren stares agog at the inferno. "Is there anybody going to help? A fire department? A bucket brigade? Something? Vol's breath!" he curses as he makes himself invisible and dashes towards the blaze.

is a fire department responding?

Also I just had my first exam of second year!

[Kish]

As Adrianna rides up to the burning mansion, eight figures in studded leather armor and all-too-familiar green-clawed tabards orient on her. Each carries a crossbow and each seems ready to swallow the contents of a flask.

"Greetings, friends," a man in stylish green robes says from the top of the stairs. "Apologies about the state of the place. You see, Vorgaard proved less hospitable than we would have liked. But he is old news, friends, and you are freshly arrived. Two paths lie before you now. One leads you back to your ship and safely away. The other ends with your corpses reduced to ashes in the inferno. No one will ever know your fate. Take the first path, friends. Place the Dragon's Eye on the ground before you and walk away."


Xan can act before anyone else does; Soren and/or Scholar can act before any of the apparent arsonists act. Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KBEA75-o_rChuDSwGl4OWk8lwb-dIFNENJ2xcbCowfU/edit?usp=sharing). The stairs lead up to a balcony; at the back of the balcony is an ajar set of double doors. The braziers are braziers and the pillars are pillars.

[Athedia]

"Damned Cultists!" Xan broke forward and the dull metal of the dagger in her hand clear she sprinted forward. Stopping suddenly she used her momentum to hurl the dagger at the man in front of her before quickly muttering a word. There was a quick glow from under her chainshirt as the shirt underneath activated, giving her the extra burst of speed needed to backtrack to safety, her shortswords now in her hands. Now behind Adrianna she piped up again. "New offer. You all quietly die and we won't make this TOO painful."

Xan is moving up to Y21 and throwing the cold iron dagger.

Attack: [roll0]
Crit (19-20): [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
SA: [roll3] If it applies

Activating Quick Runner Shirt (swift action once per day) to get extra move action
Moving back to X25 and drawing weapons as part of move action

[aReallyGreatAxe]

"Die quick as well as quiet," Scholar says, following it up with an aside in the language of magic.


Scholar has cast enlarge person on Adrianna.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Quiet's out, but we can do fast!" Soren shouts as he throws his hands out and down. Suddenly a burst of glitter appears to fall on the Emerald claw operatives.

Soren runs forward a bit and casts Glitterdust on as many people as possible. They're all clumped together; I can't pas this up!

[Kish]

Xan throws a dagger. The two soldiers in the back manage to blink the dust out of their eyes. As Adrianna grows to the size of an ogre, one of the blinded soldiers gulps the contents of his flask and runs toward her, dropping his crossbow and drawing a flail.

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KBEA75-o_rChuDSwGl4OWk8lwb-dIFNENJ2xcbCowfU/edit?usp=sharing) updated. Will resolve the results of Xan's dagger when I know who she threw it at, but it won't kill anyone in any event. Kaarna is up.

>> Kaarna Initiative: [15]
EC8 Initiative: [13]
Leader Initiative: [12]
EC3 Initiative: [10]
EC7 Initiative: [10]
EC6 Initiative: [6]
EC2 Initiative: [6]
EC1 Initiative: [5]
Adrianna Initiative: [2]
EC4 Initiative: [1]
Xan Initiative: [24]
Scholar Initiative: [20]
Soren Initiative: [20]
EC5 Initiative: [17]

[Athedia]

Threw it at the one on X19

[CWater]

An evil grin rises to Kaarna's lips as she shifts her form and starts to weave a spell. "I've learned a new trick, you get to be the first to try it!"

Grass and other small plants near the mansion start growing rapidly into large ugly vines with sharp thorns and lunge to grab at the men standing on the stairs.

Shifting, then castinf Thorny Entanglement. (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/t/thorny-entanglement) It's like Entangle (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/e/entangle), except that the vines can also attack. The vines have an attack bonus of +9 and do 2d6 damage to anyone who moves within their area. Anyone who moves into their area or ends their turn there automatically takes 2d6 damage. They can also do a ranged attack instead if someone comes within 15 ft. of them.

40 ft. radius spread, concentrated as close to the mansion as possible. If the doors are open, the centre point would be in W-X;12-13, but if the doors are closed, then just outside them.

"Don't get too close!", the witch shouts to her allies, "They can also shoots those thorns! Get the bastards when they run out of it!"

[Kish]

A mass of aggressive thorny vines spreads all around the entrance to the estate, quickly looking nearly as menacing as the fire that continues to consume the mansion. Nearly all the strangers near the mansion are entrapped in the vines. One manages to pull away; badly hurt by the vines, he nonetheless runs out of them toward you, drawing a flail. The man in green robes fumbles his way toward the left, moving surprisingly fast for a blind man, and gulps the contents of his flask; four of his companions (not including the one who emerges from the vines) do the same. The figure Xan threw the dagger at falls to the ground in the vines, and is likely to be dead very shortly.


Kaarna can make an attack roll for her vines against the robed speaker, then Adrianna is up.

>> Adrianna Initiative: [2]
EC4 Initiative: [1]
Xan Initiative: [24]
Scholar Initiative: [20]
Soren Initiative: [20]
EC5 Initiative: [17]
Kaarna Initiative: [15]
EC8 Initiative: [13]
Leader Initiative: [12]
EC3 Initiative: [10]
EC7 Initiative: [10]
EC6 Initiative: [6]
EC2 Initiative: [6]
EC1 Initiative: [5]

[CWater]

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

The witch cackles almost manically as the enemies are trapped and bled.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna steps forward, shielding the rest of the group from the opponents being able to charge the rest of the group. She attacks the nearest enemy at the furthest point from her newly extended reach.

If I did this correctly...
Attack:[roll0]
Critical:[roll1]
Damage:[roll2]

[Kish]

Adrianna steps forward and slices deep into the blind man in front of her; as she does, the vines fire a volley of thorns at her. One of the soldiers in the vines fires a crossbow at Kaarna and then falls as the vines slash at her. With a savage roar, two hulking monstrosities appear out of nowhere, both 10 feet tall, wearing fine chain shirts, and halfway through swinging a massive greatsword; one slashes at Scholar, the other at Kaarna.


Vine attack on Adrianna: [roll0] Critical threat: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]
Crossbow attack on Kaarna: [roll4] Critical threat (on 19 or 20): [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]
Greatsword attack on Scholar, ignoring Scholar's Dexterity bonus: [roll8] Critical threat check, on 19 or 20: [roll9] Damage: [roll10] Critical damage: [roll11]
Greatsword attack on Kaarna, ignoring Kaarna's Dexterity bonus: [roll12] Critical threat check, on 19 or 20: [roll13] Damage: [roll14] Critical damage: [roll15]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KBEA75-o_rChuDSwGl4OWk8lwb-dIFNENJ2xcbCowfU/edit?usp=sharing) is updated. Xan, Scholar, and Soren are up.
>> Xan Initiative: [24]
>> Scholar Initiative: [20]
>> Soren Initiative: [20]
EC5 Initiative: [17]
Kaarna Initiative: [15]
EC8 Initiative: [13]
Leader Initiative: [12]
EC3 Initiative: [10]
EC7 Initiative: [10]
EC6 Initiative: [6]
EC2 Initiative: [6]
EC1 Initiative: [5]
Adrianna Initiative: [2]
Ogre 1 Initiative: [25]
Ogre 2 Initiative: [25]

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Were they invisible?!" Soren shouts as the ogres appear out of nowhere. "Kaarna, you know anything about these ogres?" he steps towards her and begins a chant that rises above and yet keeps in time with the crackling flames.

5 foot step up next to Kaarna, draw his bow if he hasn't already, and start up Inspire Courage.

Inspire courage: +2 morale bonus to attack, damage, and saves against fear!

[aReallyGreatAxe]

"Stop throwing things," Scholar chides, then mumbles a spell and gives Xan a gentle shove, as if to direct her to the more pressing enemies.


Standard Action:

Scholar is casting Bear's Endurance on Xan.
She gains +4 Constitution points for the spell's duration.

Move action: not taken.

[Athedia]

Xan looked up, then up some more at the ogre. This would not be fun. But Choir Boy was chanting his heart out so... she better do something she is good at. She took a quick step forward, spinning her blades to stab them in simultaneously.

Attack1:[roll0]
Crit1: [roll]1d20+9
Damage1: [roll1]

Attack2:[roll2]
Crit2: [roll]1d20+9
Damage2: [roll3]

[Kish]

Xan's daggers both deflect off the creature's chain shirt. "We'll smash you in a minute, mosquito," the creature rumbles, seeming amused. The blind soldier swings wildly with a flail at Adrianna, and then falls, skewered by a volley of thorns.


Flail attack on Adrianna: [roll0] Critical threat: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3] Auto-miss if this is a 1: [roll4]
Kaarna is up.

>> Kaarna Initiative: [15]
EC8 Initiative: [13]
Leader Initiative: [12]
EC3 Initiative: [10]
EC7 Initiative: [10]
EC6 Initiative: [6]
EC2 Initiative: [6]
EC1 Initiative: [5]
Adrianna Initiative: [2]
Ogre 1 Initiative: [25]
Ogre 2 Initiative: [25]
Xan Initiative: [24]
Scholar Initiative: [20]
Soren Initiative: [20]

[CWater]

Kaarna screams when the greatsword cuts into her. She stumbles away from the huge creature. "You...", she snarls and let's out a magically enhanced yell at the ogre.

5 ft. step to W25.
Standard action: Casting Trial of Fire and Acid (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/t/trial-of-fire-and-acid) Ear-Piercing Scream on the enemy that struck her.

Fire: [roll0]
Acid: [roll1]
Repeats 5 more times to 6 in total. Fort save DC 16 to halve the damage, new check each round.

[Kish]

Kaarna's scream makes the ogre wince. Four of the soldiers fire crossbows at Adrianna before falling. The green-robed speaker disappears around the burning building to the northwest. The last soldier steps forward and swings his flail at Kaarna.

Fortitude save: [roll0]
Crossbow attack on Adrianna: [roll1] Critical threat (on 19 or 20): [roll2] Damage: [roll3] Critical damage: [roll4]
Crossbow attack on Adrianna: [roll5] Critical threat (on 19 or 20): [roll6] Damage: [roll7] Critical damage: [roll8]
Crossbow attack on Adrianna: [roll9] Critical threat (on 19 or 20): [roll10] Damage: [roll11] Critical damage: [roll12]
Crossbow attack on Adrianna: [roll13] Critical threat (on 19 or 20): [roll14] Damage: [roll15] Critical damage: [roll16]
Flail attack on Kaarna: [roll17] Critical threat: [roll18] Damage: [roll19] Critical damage: [roll20]

>> Adrianna Initiative: [2]
Ogre 1 Initiative: [25]
Ogre 2 Initiative: [25]
Xan Initiative: [24]
Scholar Initiative: [20]
Soren Initiative: [20]
Kaarna Initiative: [15]
EC1 Initiative: [5]

Adrianna is up.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna goes for the Ogre closet to her after making sure no vines are close enough to hit her back.

Attack:[roll0]
Critical:[roll1]
Damage:[roll2]

[Kish]

Adrianna's sword cuts into the ogre, even as the vines fire another barrage of thorns at her. The ogre's wound immediately begins to heal rapidly. Both ogres slash at Scholar.


Vine attack on Adrianna: [roll0] Critical threat: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]
Greatsword attack on Scholar: [roll4] Critical threat check, on 19 or 20: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]
Greatsword attack on Scholar: [roll8] Critical threat check, on 19 or 20: [roll9] Damage: [roll10] Critical damage: [roll11]

>> Xan Initiative: [24]
>> Scholar Initiative: [20]
>> Soren Initiative: [20]
>> Kaarna Initiative: [15]
EC1 Initiative: [5]
Adrianna Initiative: [2]
Ogre 1 Initiative: [25]
Ogre 2 Initiative: [25]

If your current hit points aren't on your character sheet, please correct that; my NPCs may act differently in various ways depending on your condition. Xan, Scholar, Soren, and Kaarna are up.

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Both ogres easily hit Scholar, leaving her visibly battered. She attempts to cast yet another spell, and steps a bit closer to Soren.



Standard Action:

Concentration check to cast defensively:
[roll0] (CL 3+4 for Combat Casting feat+Wis bonus 4=+11)
If this fails to reach a DC of 17, the spell below is wasted.

Casting spell: Sanctuary
Target: Scholar

Effect: Enemies must make a will save, DC 15, in order to directly attack Scholar. This does not apply to area of effect spells and such.

Move action:
None (Let's not provoke attacks of opportunity)

Five foot step:
to W27

HP: 4/48

[CWater]

"What, you're still alive?", Kaarna turns to face the soldier who clumsily tried to hit her, "Don't worry, I can fix that!" She removes a bead from her necklace and sends it flying. Soon after the bead explodes into a merciless inferno. The witch laughs as the flames go up right in front of her (and her allies).

Standard action: Fireball from necklace (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/wondrous-items/wondrous-items/m-p/necklace-of-fireballs), 20 ft. radius centre in S-T, 28-29. This should not hit anyone in the party, but hits the last soldier and the left ogre.

Damage: [roll0], Ref save DC 14 to halve.

I'm not sure if using a magic item of this kind draws an AoO from the soldier or not, but even if it does, Kaarna still throws the fireball.

Move action: Kaarna draws a kunai. (No AoO.)

[CoffeeIncluded]

The awful sounds of the ogres bartering Scholar's armor and the explosion of the fireball and the roar of the flames and the shouts of battle mix together into one horrible cacophony. Soren raises his voice even more, his throat straining at the efforts of keeping himself heard. He steps back, sheltered between Kaarna and Adrianna as he splays his fingers out and sends another shower of glitter down onto the ogre that Xan is currently facing.

first Soren keeps the inspire courage going.

Then he 5 foot steps to X25. He doesn't need to cast defensively then, does he? If he still does I'll change this action.

Finally he casts Glitterdust on the ogre on the right that Xan is fighting.

[Kish]

The left ogre avoids the worst of the fireball blast, but the wounded soldier falls to the ground. The right ogre shrugs off the glitterdust with a dismissive snort. The vines fire another volley of thorns at Adrianna.


Vine attack on Adrianna: [roll0] Critical threat: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]
Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KBEA75-o_rChuDSwGl4OWk8lwb-dIFNENJ2xcbCowfU/edit?usp=sharing) is updated; Adrianna is up.

>> Adrianna Initiative: [2]
Ogre 1 Initiative: [25]
Ogre 2 Initiative: [25]
Xan Initiative: [24]
Scholar Initiative: [20]
Soren Initiative: [20]
Kaarna Initiative: [15]

[Athedia]

Xan winced at the crunch of Scholar's armor (or was it skin) being crushed under the ogre's blows. Adrianna had been having her practice her visualization exercises and she pictured a thin, pale mousy woman being crushed within the all encompassing outfit. "STOP HURTING SCHOLAR!" She stabbed at the ogre again.

5 foot step to Y27

51/51 HP
Two Weapon Fighting (-2 to attack, extra attack), +2 attack and damage (Inspire Courage)

Attack 1: [roll0]
Crit 1: [roll1]
Damage 1: [roll2] Should be 11 forgot to add the damage bonus from Inspire Courage

Attack 2: [roll3]
Crit 2: [roll4]
Damage 2: [roll5] should be 9 forgot to add the damage bonus from Inspire Courage

[Kish]

Xan's stabs cut into the ogre.


Yes, the crit did confirm. And now Adrianna is really up.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna shifts further to be out of range of the vines and attacks the Ogre again.

Because I'm an idiot and forgot I could full attack for the past couple turns, I'm going to start now...
Attack 1:[roll0]
Critical 1:[roll1]
Damage:[roll2]

Attack 2:[roll3]
Critical 2:[roll4]
Damage:[roll5]

[Kish]

Adrianna's slashes bounce off the ogre's chain shirt. Both ogres say something in a language that only Xan understands. "Can't get to the casters," the righthand one says. "The tincan and the mosquito are in the way."

"Invisibility, then," the lefthand ogre replies. "Finish off the buffer when we can and the blaster second."

The righthand ogre suddenly turns into a glittery outline. "Too many godsdamned casters," the ogre complains, stepping south. The lefthand one charges up to Kaarna and Soren and slashes at Kaarna.


The ogre's movement does provoke an attack of opportunity from Scholar, if Scholar wants to take it; if she does, the attack is aimed at her, not at Kaarna.

Attack on Kaarna: [roll0] Critical threat, on 19 or 20: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]


Before Xan can react, she feels an odd burning sensation on her chest...at the dragonmark. It increases, and suddenly fades away, leaving her feeling slightly drained. The ogre blinks.

>> Scholar Initiative: [20]
>> Soren Initiative: [20]
>> Kaarna Initiative: [15]
>> Adrianna Initiative: [2]
Ogre 1 Initiative: [25]
Ogre 2 Initiative: [25]
Xan Initiative: [24]

Scholar, Soren, Kaarna, and Adrianna are up; Xan would be, but cannot act on her turn this round, though she can still speak freely.

[Athedia]

Adrianna's slashes bounce off the ogre's chain shirt. Both ogres say something in a language that only Xan understands. "Can't get to the casters," the righthand one says. "The tincan and the mosquito are in the way."

"Invisibility, then," the lefthand ogre replies. "Finish off the buffer when we can and the blaster second."

The righthand ogre suddenly disappears. The lefthand one charges up to Kaarna and Soren and slashes at Kaarna.


The ogre's movement does provoke an attack of opportunity from Scholar, if Scholar wants to take it; if she does, the attack is aimed at her, not at Kaarna.

Attack on Kaarna: [roll0] Critical threat, on 19 or 20: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]


Before Xan can react, she feels an odd burning sensation on her chest...at the dragonmark. It increases, and suddenly fades away, leaving her feeling slightly drained. The ogre blinks.

>> Scholar Initiative: [20]
>> Soren Initiative: [20]
>> Kaarna Initiative: [15]
>> Adrianna Initiative: [2]
Ogre 1 Initiative: [25]
Ogre 2 Initiative: [25]
Xan Initiative: [24]

Scholar, Soren, Kaarna, and Adrianna are up; Xan would be, but cannot act on her turn this round, though she can still speak freely.


Xan gasped and put her hand over the mark on her skin, managing to get even paler. Her eyes were wide and she was in shock but managed to relate the ogres words. "They are going after the buffer and blaster! Going after casters first!"

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren widens his eyes, first stunned by Xan's sudden impassioned defense of Scholar, then by her warning. He ducks behind Kaarna and quickly spreads his hands outwards like they're skidding against nothing. A puddle of slick grease appears below the feet of the ogre next to him, and he shouts, "Your leader is dead! There's no point in fighting!"

Soren 5 foot steps to W24 and casts Grease on the ogre that is next to him. DC 15 reflex save, and he also continues his song.

Should I try a diplomacy check?

[CoffeeIncluded]

Acrobatics check to move out of range: [roll0]

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Scholar freezes for an instant at Xan's perplexing outburst, only to spring into action again at her translation. Now was not the time to dwell on such matters.

She briefly flickers out of reality, reappearing and stepping back so the ogre would need to come to her if he really wanted to attack.
Now, safely out of range, Scholar calls a sparkling ray of light and flings it at the ogre.


HP: 4/48
Okay, this is a bit of a complicated one, so there will be a note for if this course of action is disallowed.

1.) Swift action- Activate Anklet of Translocation.
Effect: Teleport 10' to W29

2.) Five foot step to W30
Effect: Out of both ogres' threat range- if not, please let me know

3.) Standard action: Use the bonded ring to cast Ray of Enfeeblement on the left ogre
Effect:
Ranged Touch Attack: [roll0] (The +4 is from her base attack bonus)

If the above attack hits, it takes a penalty to strength.
Penalty: [roll1]

A fortitude save, DC 15, will reduce the strength penalty by half.

The duration is three rounds



1.) Swift action- Activate Anklet of Translocation.
Effect: Teleport 10' to W29 (Still in threat range of left ogre)

2.) Standard action: Defensively cast Shield of Faith

Spellcraft to cast defensively: [roll2] vs DC 17

Shield of faith effect: +2 deflection bonus to AC, target: Self
Duration: 3 minutes

[CWater]

"I think these have outlived their use", Kaarna extends a hand towards the vines and speaks a word. Magic leaves the plants and they fall down and wither. Then she takes a step away from the ogre.

Dismissing the vines, standard action that doesn't provoke AoOs.

5 ft. step to W24.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna grunts in frustration as she swings her sword again.

Attack 1:[roll0]
Critical 1:[roll1]
Damage:[roll2]

Attack 2:[roll3]
Critical 2:[roll4]
Damage:[roll5]

[Kish]

Adrianna's sword cuts into the mostly-invisible ogre once. "Grah" the left ogre says, rising a foot into the air and slashing ferociously at Kaarna. "I can't see! Who's the noisy one saying he killed?"

"Don't know. Probably not important. If the blindness doesn't wear off we'll find a way to fix it after they're dead. Time to bleed, mosquito!" the righthand ogre says, taking a step to the south and slashing out at Xan. As he pops into vision, it's clear that he's fairly badly wounded, but also his wounds seem to be closing before your eyes.


Attack on Kaarna: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3] Miss chance, the entire attack is negated if this is a 1: [roll4]
Attack on Xan: [roll5] Critical threat check: [roll6] Damage: [roll7] Critical damage: [roll8]

>> Xan Initiative: [24]
>> Scholar Initiative: [20]
>> Soren Initiative: [20]
>> Kaarna Initiative: [15]
>> Adrianna Initiative: [2]
Ogre 1 Initiative: [25]
Ogre 2 Initiative: [25]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KBEA75-o_rChuDSwGl4OWk8lwb-dIFNENJ2xcbCowfU/edit?usp=sharing) is updated and you're all up again.

[Athedia]

Adrianna's sword cuts into the mostly-invisible ogre once. "Grah" the left ogre says, rising a foot into the air and slashing ferociously at Kaarna. "I can't see! Who's the noisy one saying he killed?"

"Don't know. Probably not important. If the blindness doesn't wear off we'll find a way to fix it after they're dead. Time to bleed, mosquito!" the righthand ogre says, taking a step to the south and slashing out at Xan. As he pops into vision, it's clear that he's fairly badly wounded, but also his wounds seem to be closing before your eyes.

[spoiler]

Xan was distracted by the odd sensation so much that she didn't manage to avoid the sword as it sliced at her arm. She gripped her swords again, back in the moment. As she swung down she was able to note that the cut arm was a lot weaker than her uninjured arm.

"Your LEADER is dead! And I am not a mosquito!"

Five foot step to Y28, attacking Z28
Attack 1: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
Crit Damage: [roll3]

Attack 2: [roll4]
Crit: [roll5]
Damage: [roll6]
Crit Damage: [roll7]

[CWater]

Kaarna ducks under the ogre's swing and takes a step back, a new spell already on her lips. "Just leave off already!" A thundercloud appears over the ogre that attacked her.

5 ft. step to X23.
Casting Aggressive Thundercloud (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/a/aggressive-thundercloud) on U27.
Damage: [roll0]
Ref save DC 15 negates.

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Scholar steps back and punches the air in front of her.



1.) move action: 10' back from the left ogre (maps don't work on my phone, I'll update movement when I have access.)

2.) standard action: telikenetic first to attack the right ogre. (1/7 used)

Attack: [roll0] ranged touch attack (unsure if Soren's bonus applies)
Damage: [roll1]

[CoffeeIncluded]

"We warned you!" Soren says as he taps the side of his head. It could be an illusion, but it seems as though some feathers sprout from the sides of his face, framing his eyes. He takes his bow and fires at the more wounded ogre.


I'm sorry, I missed that Soren was up! I can't edit the map right now but he continues the song, activates his bracers, moves if necessary, and fires his bow at the more wounded ogre.

Attack: [roll0]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Damage: [roll0]

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna swings her sword again at the Ogre standing over Xan.

I'm adding in Soren's bonus I had been forgetting about all this time.:smallredface:

Attack 1:[roll0]
Critical: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

Attack 2: [roll3]
Critical: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]

[Kish]

Soren's arrow bounces off the ogre's armor. Xan strikes once, Adrianna hits twice, slicing deep into the ogre, who looks wounded, and Scholar punches him. The ogre's wounds heal slightly, but he looks badly hurt. "Gragh. Truce!" he shouts. "We'll disengage and leave in peace. If that's not acceptable, then we'll make sure at least one of you dies, and isn't in any condition to be resurrected. Krusk, the buffer is ten feet to your south, looking like a stiff wind will break her. Deal?" The badly wounded ogre raises his sword over Xan, but doesn't strike yet; the blind but only lightly wounded one, following the wounded one's implied suggestion, takes a step south, his sword menacing Scholar.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren pauses, licking his lips as he trains his bow on the ogre menacing Scholar. "If you're telling the truth, yes we have a deal. We don't have any quarrel with you. What happened in the manor?"

To make sure he's not lying. [roll0]

[CWater]

"You better run then", Kaarna snarls, "if you don't want to die here."

"But I won't chase you if you go now", she adds.

[roll0]

[Kish]

When you don't attack, the one who spoke most recently moves carefully to the south, transferring his greatsword to one hand and grabbing the other one's hand. They both fly away to the south, leaving you alone with a number of corpses surrounding the mansion; the fire continues to burn.


1440 XP each.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna looks around quickly to everyone.
"Is everyone alright?! Does anyone need help?!"

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Adrianna looks around quickly to everyone.
"Is everyone alright?! Does anyone need help?!"

"I've been better, but that fire doesn't look like it's slowing down. If we aren't quick, anything and anyone inside will be ash." Scholar observes, pressing a hand against the torn metal of her side. It heals a little, but she's still in nowhere near good shape.


Mainly using this so I don't forget she has it. Plus healing, not dying is good.
Mending: [roll0]

[Athedia]

When you don't attack, the one who spoke most recently moves carefully to the south, transferring his greatsword to one hand and grabbing the other one's hand. They both fly away to the south, leaving you alone with a number of corpses surrounding the mansion; the fire continues to burn.


1440 XP each.

Xan watched the ogre's fly off, a puzzled look on her face. "That was... strange." She put her hand over her mark again, even though it had lost the heat from before. "Did anyone see what I did? What caused the activation I mean... or what the activation did?" She looked over at the slash running down her arm. "And... I think I might need a little help."

[CWater]

Kaarna spits on the ground in the giants' direction. "Good riddance, cowards", she mutters.

To Xan she says, "Don't know about your mark, wasn't watching you every second."

She takes a wand out of her pocket and casts a couple of healing spells from it on herself.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Athedia]

Kaarna spits on the ground in the giants' direction. "Good riddance, cowards", she mutters.

To Xan she says, "Don't know about your mark, wasn't watching you every second."

She takes a wand out of her pocket and casts a couple of healing spells from it on herself.

[roll0]
[roll1]

Xan closed her eyes with a huff of impatience. "They would have killed Scholar and probably either you or me. We are lucky Soren got them to run."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Xan watched the ogre's fly off, a puzzled look on her face. "That was... strange." She put her hand over her mark again, even though it had lost the heat from before. "Did anyone see what I did? What caused the activation I mean... or what the activation did?" She looked over at the slash running down her arm. "And... I think I might need a little help."

Soren sighs in relief and lets some of the tension drain and the song fade, though the fire crackling before him keeps that urgency in his speech and steps.

"No, I didn't see anything. I mean, maybe you hit him really hard?"


Kaarna spits on the ground in the giants' direction. "Good riddance, cowards", she mutters.

To Xan she says, "Don't know about your mark, wasn't watching you every second."

She takes a wand out of her pocket and casts a couple of healing spells from it on herself.

[roll0]
[roll1]

Soren reaches for his magic but when the cooling glow emanate from his fingers Kaarna is already there, healing Xan with her wand. He lets his hand drop and asks, "Are you ok?" He turns to Scholar. "What about you? Would my healing spells work on you? I mean, you are made of wood and metal..."


Xan closed her eyes with a huff of impatience. "They would have killed Scholar and probably either you or me. We are lucky Soren got them to run."

"Hey, that's what I'm here for!" He turns back to the burning manor. "We should, uh, probably do something about that?"

[Silverraptor]

"Yeah, if you are all alright and healing here, I'll go see if there is anyone, or anything still left alive and intact in there."
She then hurries off to the manor and inspects it for a possible safe way of entering.

[Kish]

The front door, no longer guarded by any living enemies, looks as safe as running into a burning building could ever be. Adrianna does notice that while the bodies seem more or less evenly split between male and female soldiers in Emerald Claw uniforms, the robed man who spoke to you is not there.

[aReallyGreatAxe]

Soren reaches for his magic but when the cooling glow emanate from his fingers Kaarna is already there, healing Xan with her wand. He lets his hand drop and asks, "Are you ok?" He turns to Scholar. "What about you? Would my healing spells work on you? I mean, you are made of wood and metal..."


"With limited effectiveness," Scholar replies. "But I can help everyone in this case, not just myself."



Scholar is going to do this twice, as I think the majority of the party is rather battered.
It's 2d6, as she channels as a 3rd level cleric. Uses per day= 3+Cha=3, one remaining.

1.) [roll0]
2.) [roll1]

So 11hp to everyone else, 5hp to Scholar. How's everyone doing HPwise?

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna first runs to the door as safe as she possibly can and yells in.
"Is anyone still alive in there?! Anyone at all?!"

[Kish]

The only response to Adrianna's yell is the smashing sound of overstressed glass giving way to the heat on an upper floor.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna pulls out a rag and soaks it with water from her water skin and puts it over her mouth.
"Well, I think I have enough healing left to do a quick search."
She hurries in to do a quick search in the mansion

Did Adrianna get his from the healing wave ability just cast?

[Athedia]

Xan looked surprised as the wound closed up. She stared at Scholar for a second before focusing on Adrianna. "No! Wait! Don't go... and she went in." She looked rather annoyed. "Well I don't plan to run in there, the diary is probably taken, destroyed or in the middle of that inferno. Unless someone else has a solution, I suggest we cut our losses here."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren reaches out to Adrianna, his mouth open uselessly as she runs in. He raises his hand to his mouth, holds up a finger, closes his mouth, opens it to speak, closes it, then turns around and opens it again.

"Maybe they have it in a lockbox or something?" Soren asks hopelessly. "I wish I knew pyrotechnics...then I could put out the fire and look awesome doing it." He looks at the fire then back at Xan. "Xan, when we met you you actually were a guy with real guy bits and everything, right? Can you, well, uh, turn into something fire resistant or fireproof, like a tiefling or something, and actually be fireproof?"

[Kish]

The front doors part to reveal a stately interior hall some 40 feet high. Six enormous marble columns bear the visages of what appear to be hobgoblin kings, presumably from the Dhakaani Empire. Tapestries hanging from the ceilings depict idyllic meadows and blood-soaked battlefields. What is likely the most recent addition to Vorgaard's collection is a chilling rendering of a frozen field of corpses in the Mournland.

On the floor beneath the Mournland landscape lie two men in stewards' livery. One is badly bludgeoned, and a crossbow bolt sprouts from the other's neck like a sapling.

Tall stained-glass windows line the walls. Those facing the west wing of the house reflect the red glow of the blazing fires raging there.

Interior doors set in the opposite wall from the entryway lead farther into the estate.

[Athedia]

Soren reaches out to Adrianna, his mouth open uselessly as she runs in. He raises his hand to his mouth, holds up a finger, closes his mouth, opens it to speak, closes it, then turns around and opens it again.

"Maybe they have it in a lockbox or something?" Soren asks hopelessly. "I wish I knew pyrotechnics...then I could put out the fire and look awesome doing it." He looks at the fire then back at Xan. "Xan, when we met you you actually were a guy with real guy bits and everything, right? Can you, well, uh, turn into something fire resistant or fireproof, like a tiefling or something, and actually be fireproof?"

Xan's face pinched in annoyance. "I was still me you know. Ahg, you probably don't, being stuck in one body. I had a male body, but I was still female okay. It feels... off. But we can discuss that later. And no, I mean I can usually adopt the perceptive abilities, like darksight or enhanced scent, but not really beyond that." She looked at the door where Adrianna had gone in, wincing a little as she heard the timbers creaking under the strain of the fire. Scholar was still badly hurt and Kaarna... well she doubted Kaarna would go in after anyone.

"Okay Twinkletoes. We need to get her out of there. I do like having one person here who likes me alive."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Xan's face pinched in annoyance. "I was still me you know. Ahg, you probably don't, being stuck in one body. I had a male body, but I was still female okay. It feels... off. But we can discuss that later. And no, I mean I can usually adopt the perceptive abilities, like darksight or enhanced scent, but not really beyond that." She looked at the door where Adrianna had gone in, wincing a little as she heard the timbers creaking under the strain of the fire. Scholar was still badly hurt and Kaarna... well she doubted Kaarna would go in after anyone.

"Okay Twinkletoes. We need to get her out of there. I do like having one person here who likes me alive."

Soren tilts his head in confusion. "Okay...I don't know if I really get it but we can talk about that later. Though if you can learn how to be fireproof this would be a really good time." He looks back at the dancing flames and gulps. No way should Scholar go in here, and he really doesn't know what Kaarna's going to do. Soren whines, a high-pitched noise in the back of his throat made in fear of what he (and Xan) are about to do. "Yeah, guess we need to grab her and see if anything's salvagable. Hey Kaarna, if we're not out in five minutes then you better come in and rescue us! I'm too pretty to die in a fire!"

With that he turns to Xan and with a wink makes a motion towards the door. "Ladies first, Rough Draft."

[Athedia]

Xan pulled her shirt collar over her mouth and yanked Soren's scarf over his mouth, before pushing him through the door. "If that's what you want." She squinted against the heat and smoke, staying next to Soren. The last thing she wanted was to become separated in a fire.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Xan pulled her shirt collar over her mouth and yanked Soren's scarf over his mouth, before pushing him through the door. "If that's what you want." She squinted against the heat and smoke, staying next to Soren. The last thing she wanted was to become separated in a fire.

Soren flails at the sudden movement, stumbling and grabbing Xan's shoulder to right himself. "I'm gonna get you for that," he mutters as he splashes water over his scarf and practically throws the rest of it in Xan's face.

Still, the smoke and flames make him instinctively draw back close to the changeling.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna quickly checks the vital of the two men before looking up into the next room.

You'll tell me if and when I start taking damage from the fire, right?

[Kish]

You enter a stately interior hall some 40 feet high. Six enormous marble columns bear the visages of what appear to be hobgoblin kings, presumably from the Dhakaani Empire. Tapestries hanging from the ceilings depict idyllic meadows and blood-soaked battlefields. What is likely the most recent addition to Vorgaard's collection is a chilling rendering of a frozen field of corpses in the Mournland.

On the floor beneath the Mournland landscape, Adrianna bends over lie two men in stewards' livery. One is badly bludgeoned, and a crossbow bolt sprouts from the other's neck like a sapling.

Tall stained-glass windows line the walls. Those facing the west wing of the house reflect the red glow of the blazing fires raging there.

Interior doors set in the opposite wall from the entryway lead farther into the estate.

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KBEA75-o_rChuDSwGl4OWk8lwb-dIFNENJ2xcbCowfU/edit?usp=sharing).

The men are both dead, most likely from their wounds as smoke doesn't seem to have reached this part of the mansion yet. All the doors out of the room except the front door are closed; if you're opening any of them you'll need to say 1) that you are and 2) which.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna looks over her shoulder as Xan and Soren come in.
"These men are dead, but there could still be someone alive."

Oh sorry. I read the map and only saw one other door opposite from the entrance door. Didn't see the dashed lines on the side of the room. I thought they were all solid wall throughout.

[CWater]

"You are all MAD!!", Kaarna shouts and curses. She activates her flight and rises up to peer inside through the windows. She tries to keep and eye on where the others are, but it is hard with all the smoke and fire.

[Kish]

Through the windows from the courtyard, Kaarna sees Xan, Soren, and Adrianna bending over two bodies in a large hall.


The estate is shaped like a plus-sign. Adrianna, Xan, and Soren are in the lower point of it. The left point is on fire. Kaarna can fly to investigate any of the points; those groundbound can only explore the lower point or go through the north door into the middle section.

[Athedia]

Adrianna looks over her shoulder as Xan and Soren come in.
"These men are dead, but there could still be someone alive."

Oh sorry. I read the map and only saw one other door opposite from the entrance door. Didn't see the dashed lines on the side of the room. I thought they were all solid wall throughout.

Xan nodded and went to feel the door to the north east. She was checking to see if the fire was behind it.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Adrianna looks over her shoulder as Xan and Soren come in.
"These men are dead, but there could still be someone alive."

Oh sorry. I read the map and only saw one other door opposite from the entrance door. Didn't see the dashed lines on the side of the room. I thought they were all solid wall throughout.

"I hope so," Soren says as he looks down at the bodies.


"You are all MAD!!", Kaarna shouts and curses. She activates her flight and rises up to peer inside through the windows. She tries to keep and eye on where the others are, but it is hard with all the smoke and fire.

"Well isn't that why we're frends?" Soren shouts back with the bravado of before. He turns back and steps over to the northwestern door, taking a few steps before he stops. "Stand back," he says to Adrianna and Xan as he steps aside and holds his hand out with a twisting motion. A thin faintly reddish translucent hand suddenly appears by the door, grabs the knob, and pulls it open.

Soren steps to the side at the edge of the spell range and uses Mage Hand to open the northwest door.

[Kish]

Behind the doors Soren and Xan open are antechambers. The northwest one is significantly hotter than the northeast one. Neither holds an apparent exit other than the one you came in by.

[Athedia]

Xan pointed to the door behind Adrianna. "Check there. We have to hurry."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren nods and moves the mage hand to open the last door.

[Kish]

On the other side of the door, beneath a stained-glass ceiling, archaic suits of armor stand like silent sentinels along the landing. Some are adorned with massive helms or feathered headdresses, while others feature hideous war masks to frighten foes. Some 60 feet from the doorway, which means 75 feet from Adrianna, 80 feet from Soren, 85 feet from Xan, a staircase descends out of your sight.

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KBEA75-o_rChuDSwGl4OWk8lwb-dIFNENJ2xcbCowfU/edit?usp=sharing) is updated.

[Athedia]

On the other side of the door, beneath a stained-glass ceiling, archaic suits of armor stand like silent sentinels along the landing. Some are adorned with massive helms or feathered headdresses, while others feature hideous war masks to frighten foes. Some 60 feet from the doorway, which means 75 feet from Adrianna, 80 feet from Soren, 85 feet from Xan, a staircase descends out of your sight.

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KBEA75-o_rChuDSwGl4OWk8lwb-dIFNENJ2xcbCowfU/edit?usp=sharing) is updated.

Xan looked at the exit nervously, ever ounce of her telling her to bolt. But instead she gripped her swords tighter and carefully walked forward and down the stairs, trying to be as quiet as possible in case more people lurked down them.

Fast Stealth so this is at full speed
Stealth: [roll0]

[CWater]

Through the windows from the courtyard, Kaarna sees Xan, Soren, and Adrianna bending over two bodies in a large hall.


The estate is shaped like a plus-sign. Adrianna, Xan, and Soren are in the lower point of it. The left point is on fire. Kaarna can fly to investigate any of the points; those groundbound can only explore the lower point or go through the north door into the middle section.

Kaarna makes a mental note of where she last saw the others, then flies higher to take a look at the second floor.

[Kish]

Kaarna finds herself looking through glass into a well-appointed bedroom. It appears to have been torn apart recently. An open door leads into a hallway.


The staircase descends to a lower landing that connects this corridor to three others by similar stairs. On the lower landing stand numerous glass and mahogany cases filled with all manner of trinkets and relics: a Sarlonian funeral mask, shards of Xen'drik pottery, a scorpion bracelet of ancient drow design, a Dhakaani hobgoblin dagger-axe, and a Riedran adze, to name but a few.

Hanging on steel cables to the east is an impressive display of alchemical taxidermy--a well-preserved giant squid the size of a sailing cog. The cephalopod is framed by the glorious stained glass mural above, which depicts couatls locked in furious combat with rakshasas and other fiends. A tall woman who, after a blurred moment, you recognize as the woman who confronted you on the trail and demanded the Dragon's Eye, emerges from the east door, flanked by a pair of very dead-looking--but still moving--humans. As she begins to ascend the stairs toward you, she doesn't seem to have noticed you yet; both zombies do, but they don't point you out. One jerks what's left of its chin toward the south door you came in by meaningfully.

[Athedia]

The staircase descends to a lower landing that connects this corridor to three others by similar stairs. On the lower landing stand numerous glass and mahogany cases filled with all manner of trinkets and relics: a Sarlonian funeral mask, shards of Xen'drik pottery, a scorpion bracelet of ancient drow design, a Dhakaani hobgoblin dagger-axe, and a Riedran adze, to name but a few.

Hanging on steel cables to the east is an impressive display of alchemical taxidermy--a well-preserved giant squid the size of a sailing cog. The cephalopod is framed by the glorious stained glass mural above, which depicts couatls locked in furious combat with rakshasas and other fiends. A tall woman who, after a blurred moment, you recognize as the woman who confronted you on the trail and demanded the Dragon's Eye, emerges from the east door, flanked by a pair of very dead-looking--but still moving--humans. As she begins to ascend the stairs toward you, she doesn't seem to have noticed you yet; both zombies do, but they don't point you out. One jerks what's left of its chin toward the south door you came in by meaningfully.

How close are the zombies and woman? Would Xan be able to sneak attack her or not?

[CoffeeIncluded]

"You think maybe we can save any of this stuff?" Soren asks in a whisper, staring up at the frightening masks. He then follows Xan down the stairs, several feet behind her.


Stealth: [roll0]

[CWater]

Kaarna finds herself looking through glass into a well-appointed bedroom. It appears to have been torn apart recently. An open door leads into a hallway.


"Hmm, someone has been having fun", Kaarna remarks to herself. She moves to check on the room next to this one, then descends back down to look for Soren and the others again.

[Kish]

Through the west window, you see a room completely consumed in flames; you think it used to be a sitting room.

Descending and looking through the first window, you see only Adrianna now.

Scholar hurries into the mansion after Adrianna, Xan, and Soren.

"We'd better try to find the journal quickly before the whole place burns up," Scholar says, stopping next to you. "Which door did the others go through?"

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna points to the door Xan and Soren went through.
"They went over there. As for the journal, I would think the most logical place for it to be is in the library or a study."

[CWater]

Adrianna points to the door Xan and Soren went through.
"They went over there. As for the journal, I would think the most logical place for it to be is in the library or a study."

Kaarna spits an ugly curse. "What will that stupid brat get himself into next? You keep him alive, armour girl!"

Kaarna continues to fly next to the building, looking for a room that has books or writing things.

[Athedia]

The staircase descends to a lower landing that connects this corridor to three others by similar stairs. On the lower landing stand numerous glass and mahogany cases filled with all manner of trinkets and relics: a Sarlonian funeral mask, shards of Xen'drik pottery, a scorpion bracelet of ancient drow design, a Dhakaani hobgoblin dagger-axe, and a Riedran adze, to name but a few.

Hanging on steel cables to the east is an impressive display of alchemical taxidermy--a well-preserved giant squid the size of a sailing cog. The cephalopod is framed by the glorious stained glass mural above, which depicts couatls locked in furious combat with rakshasas and other fiends. A tall woman who, after a blurred moment, you recognize as the woman who confronted you on the trail and demanded the Dragon's Eye, emerges from the east door, flanked by a pair of very dead-looking--but still moving--humans. As she begins to ascend the stairs toward you, she doesn't seem to have noticed you yet; both zombies do, but they don't point you out. One jerks what's left of its chin toward the south door you came in by meaningfully.

As soon as Xan saw the zombie move, she launched herself forward, blades coming down toward the woman. "What did you want from here, cultist!"

I believe she is flat-footed so I get SA. Standard action though so no TWF

Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
Sneak Attack: [roll3]

If Sneak Attack hits, I also do 3 points of bleed damage

Disoriented: The target takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls. In addition, the target takes an additional –2 penalty on all attack rolls it makes against the rogue. At 10th level and 16th level, the penalty on attack rolls made against the rogue increases by –2 (to a total maximum of –8).

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren barely has time to register the presence of Xan and that cultist again when she launches herself at the woman. He curses silently to himself--if he'd only been a bit faster he could have enchanted the answers out of her. But to be honest if there's going to be bloodshed he wouldn't terribly mind spilling this woman's blood.

Soren's voice, a clear tenor, rings out through the smoke.

"You, emerald cultist, emerald coward
Infiltrator, arsonist, murderer whose power
Is stolen and false, you ill-informed terrorist
Who hounds us--woman, state your business!"

This would have been better as a Suggestion, but since you need to fascinate them first and you can't Fascinate someone who you're taking hostile actions against, so much for that.

Soren is, instead, drawing his bow, staying around the corner for cover, and using Inspire Courage on himself and Xan.

Also, are the lines ok?

[Kish]

You continue to fly around the upper floor. You're not finding any room with books; it looks like it's mostly bedrooms. The western side of the house is ablaze, and the fire is progressing toward the rest of the house. You doubt the house will last very long.
Scholar hurries past you into the building ahead of you and down the stairs.
Xan's strike hits the woman, who yelps in shock and rage. One of the zombies flanking her, moving with a speed unlike most zombies created outside of Karrnath, lunges at Xan with a well-made sword. You hear footsteps from behind as Scholar begins to descend the stairs.

Longsword attack on Xan: [roll0] Critical threat (on 19 or 20): [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]

Xan can act again before the woman does.
Scholar's initiative roll: [roll4]

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna is startled seeing Scholar run past her.
"What? Wait! Scholar!"
She quickly follows the warforge.

[CWater]

"Damn it, this place is going to be just a pile of ash soon enough. What were those idiots thinking, charging in like that!" She flies back to where she last saw Adrianna. "Hey! I don't see any libraries! Hey!"

I can't say how many rounds it took Kaarna to do this, but I assume Adrianna is no longer there when she returns. (Her flight speed is 60 ft., if I remember correctly.)

[Athedia]

Xan swung forward again, both blades slicing at the woman. She felt encouraged by Soren's song, though she wouldn't tell him as much. Realizing how outnumbered she was she took a quick step back.


Attack 1: [roll0]
Crit 1: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
If it hits Bleed 3

Attack 1: [roll3] This one was a Crit Chance
Crit 1: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]
If it hits Bleed 3

Then a five foot step to the green square marked on the roll20 map.

Could I ask for a refresher on action points?

[Kish]

"Gah!" The woman jumps back, bleeding heavily from Xan's cuts. "You! Since you didn't have the good taste to die on the road..." She throws a small onyx gem toward the suspended giant squid. The gem disappears and the squid begins to move.
Indeed, you see no one in the courtyard now.
The staircase descends to a lower landing that connects this corridor to three others by similar stairs. On the lower landing stand numerous glass and mahogany cases filled with all manner of trinkets and relics: a Sarlonian funeral mask, shards of Xen'drik pottery, a scorpion bracelet of ancient drow design, a Dhakaani hobgoblin dagger-axe, and a Riedran adze, to name but a few.

Hanging on steel cables to the east is an impressive display of alchemical taxidermy--a well-preserved giant squid the size of a sailing cog. The cephalopod is framed by the glorious stained glass mural above, which depicts couatls locked in furious combat with rakshasas and other fiends. You see Soren and Xan facing off with the woman who threatened you on the road, and with two zombies. The giant squid suspended over them is starting to move as well.

Silverraptor/Adrianna can now view the roll20 game, and should also roll initiative. Soren is up.

[CWater]

"Oh by the hag's earwax!" Kaarna floats to the doors and peers inside. "Where did you go, you suicidal idiots?!", she shouts.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Gah!" The woman jumps back, bleeding heavily from Xan's cuts. "You! Since you didn't have the good taste to die on the road..." She throws a small onyx gem toward the suspended giant squid. The gem disappears and the squid begins to move.

"And you didn't have the good sense to believe us!" Soren sings, more like screams as he fires his bow. "Why did you set the house on fire? Did you kill him?! And did you steal those zombies from the Karrnathian army?"

Movement above startles Soren and he jumps back at the now undead giant squid thrashing its tentacles. "Careful, Xan! She can make undead things!"


Soren continues his inspire courage (+2 to attack, damage, and saves against charm and fear effects) song and fires around the corner at the woman.
Attack: [roll0]
Crit confirm: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
Crit Damage: [roll3] [roll4]

I've been miscalculating Soren's damage for a while, forgettng to factor in Point Blank Shot and the magic bonus from the bow itself.

[CoffeeIncluded]

If I can blow an action point on the attack roll, I don't think I've used any yet this level: [roll0]

So now the attack roll would b an 18.

[Kish]

The hall is deserted now. The north door stands open, but you can't see through it from there.

Soren's arrow glances off the woman's armor. "Shut him up!" she snaps. The zombie who hasn't acted yet steps forward, and both zombies swing their swords at Xan, after which the north one steps forward to menace Soren.


Longsword attack: [roll0] Critical threat (on 19 or 20): [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]
Longsword attack: [roll4] Critical threat (on 19 or 20): [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]

>> Adrianna [12]
>> Xan [11]
Scholar [10]
The woman [9]
Giant squid [9]
Soren [8]
Z2: [6]
Z1: [15]

Adrianna and Xan are up. roll20 map is here (https://app.roll20.net/join/1834900/bvJygA).

[CWater]

"Seriously, they started a fight in there?! And some other moron goes along with it?! Oh for-" Cursing, Kaarna pulls the fireball necklace off her neck and throws it away from the manor, paying attention to where it lands, then starts casting a spell. A transparent hand appears to float next to her shoulder. Right after the spell is done, she begins casting another.

What the hell are you thinking? You're not planning on going in too?!!, Veca shouts.

Kaarna's hands turn very cold, freezing the air they touch.

No! Have you gone mad from all of those fire spells? Want to burn yourself as well? No, don't you dare! Put me down first!

"Oh, shut up cretin!", Kaarna replies. Spitting more curses, she flies inside and towards the noise. She also shifts form as she goes, and stays as close to the roof as she can.

This takes 2 rounds, I think.

1 round
Move action: Throw Necklace of Fireballs away (fire can set that thing off!)
Standard action: Cast Spectral Hand (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/s/spectral-hand), delivers touch spells. Kaarna transfers [roll0] HP to it.

2 round
Standard action: Cast Frostbite (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/f/frostbite), touch spell, 6/6 uses left.
Move action: Fly as far as she can, speed 60 ft. (Not sure how much of her Flight Kaarna has used, her maximum is 6 minutes and it needs to be spent in 1 minute increments.)
Free action: Shifting.

[Athedia]

Soren's arrow glances off the woman's armor. "Shut him up!" she snaps. The zombie who hasn't acted yet steps forward, and both zombies swing their swords at Xan, after which the north one steps forward to menace Soren.


Xan lashed out at the zombie between her and Soren, attempting to take it down before it could injure the bard. "Of course she can! Zombies don't just poof into being!"

[SPOILER=Attack]I believe I get SA, and the +2 flanking and -2 twf attacks cancel out, +2 attack and damage from bardic stuff

Sword 1:
Attack: [roll0]

Sword 2:
Attack: [roll1]

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna rushes forward to get next to Soren, preparing to parry any attack from the zombie or anything else that threatens him. She also positions herself directly on the other side of the zombie from Xan to perfectly flank the undead abomination.

Sorry for taking so long. Been preparing for Christmas with my family. With that said, since Adrianna has 1 more initiative then Xan and I see Xan was attempting a sneak attack, I will move Adrianna to flank the zombie, allowing Xan to try the sneak attack. While she is next to Soren, she can use an attack of opportunity to raise Soren's AC if he is attacked with the Bodyguard feat (Atleast that's how I understood it). And finally she swings her sword at the zombie to try and take him down, though this will be before Xan moves so no flank bonus, but factoring in the +2 from Soren's song. Let me know if I forget anything.

Attack:[roll0]
Critical:[roll1]
Damage:[roll2]

Edit: Or not. Because I have difficulty reading maps.

[Kish]

Xan's slashes shred the zombie, which falls. Still badly damaged, Scholar hesitates on the stairs. "I'd buff you, but getting close to that thing looks like a bad idea," she says flatly and begins intoning a spell that has no visible effect yet.

The squid, obeying the woman's command, swings one tentacle at Soren. As it does, the woman gestures toward Xan with something small held in her hand.


Xan needs to make a Will save.
Squid attack (from OOC): [roll]1d20+19[roll][28] Critical threat check: [roll0] Damage: [roll1] Critical damage: [roll2]
Adrianna can use an attack of opportunity to Aid Another Soren's AC.

Soren is up. Roll20 link (https://app.roll20.net/join/1834900/bvJygA).

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren's arrow glances off the woman's armor. "Shut him up!" she snaps. The zombie who hasn't acted yet steps forward, and both zombies swing their swords at Xan, after which

Soren starts to laugh. "Emerald woman, Karrnathian traitor,
A successful mission--you'll always hear me later!"

He opens his mouth to spout a litany of increasingly creative insults, but as he begins a tentacle slams him into the floor.

"Urngh...Good one, but..." He looks up with a smile to see Adrianna next to him. "I'm not alone!" Soren gets up again and backs off, continuing his insults as he attempts to cast a spell.

Free action: Continue Inspire Courage (2 to attack, damage, and saves against charm and fear effects)

Move action: Get out of range of the tentacles, preferably closer to Scholar.
Acrobatics Check to avoid an AoO: [roll0]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Action point for the acrobatics check: [roll0]


Standard action: Cast Moment of Greatness (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/m/moment-of-greatness) on himself, Xan, Adrianna, Scholar, and Kaarna if she happens to be within 50 feet of him since she can hear him.

[Kish]

Please roll initiative.
Xan shrugs off the effect of the woman's spell. As Soren dodges up the stairs, the squid fetches him another whack. The remaining humanoid zombie moves to follow him, but the woman snaps, "Kill this one first!" gesturing at Xan. The zombie wheels to attack Xan.

Attack of opportunity against Soren: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]
Zombie attack on Xan: [roll4] Critical threat check: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]

Adrianna and Xan are up. Roll20 (https://app.roll20.net/join/1834900/bvJygA) link.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna throws a couple of swings at the zombie.

Full attack
Attack 1: [roll0]
Critical 1: [roll1]
Damage : [roll2]

Attack 2: [roll3]
Critical 2: [roll4]
Damage : [roll5]

[Athedia]

Xan looked at the Zombie and then back at the woman. She didn't want her to escape too far away, where Xan couldn't reach her. But this creature had been told to end her first. She groaned in frustration and sliced at the zombies side.

If the bard song isn't working than please subtract 2

Attack1: [roll0] +2 Flanking bonus for 30
Attack2: [roll1] +2 Flanking bonus for 17

[Athedia]

Crit Confirm Attack 1: [roll0] +2 Flanking bonus for 20
Damage 1: [roll1]
I do get SA this time: [roll2]

Damage 2: [roll3]
SA: [roll4]

Subtract 2 from Damage if Bard song not working, add 2 to SA if it applies.

5 foot step to area marked on the map.

[Kish]

As the squid punts Soren up the stairs, Adrianna's sword slices into the zombie. Xan hits it once as well; its flesh resists her sword, but not enough, and it falls to the floor. Scholar holds out a holy symbol of Dol Arrah. "I said be still," sneers the woman, repeating her chant and gesture and taking a step back into a corner. The squid swings one of its tentacles at Xan.

Soren is healed for [roll0]. Xan needs to make another Will save.
Squid attack: [roll1] Critical threat check: [roll2] Damage: [roll3] Critical damage: [roll4]

Roll20 (https://app.roll20.net/join/1834900/bvJygA) link; Soren is up.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Owww..." Soren whimpers as he gets to his feet and looks up at the zombie. "Ok, change of plans. And you, emerald traitor, you think you can tell Rough Draft what to do?" he sings as he fires at the squid.

Soren is staying as far away from squid range as possible, which is why that's the only thing in range. He continues his song, and then fires at the squid.

Attack: [roll0]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Crit confirm: [roll0]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Action point on the crit confirm: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]
Crit damage: [roll2] [roll3]

[Kish]

As Kaarna flies into the building, she sees Scholar and Soren, both looking badly battered, standing at the top of a flight of stairs, just barely beyond the reach of the uncoiling tentacles of a thing from nightmare: a dead and preserved, and yet moving and hostile, giant squid suspended by chains from the ceiling. Soren fires an arrow; it lodges in the creature's armored hide, looking like a very small splinter. To Kaarna's left, a stained-glass window explodes, shards of glass narrowly missing her, as the temperature rises. Past them and below the squid, on a landing that holds a number of glass and mahogany cases filled with relics, Adrianna and Xan are facing off with the woman who demanded the Dragon's Eye on the trail; both Xan and the woman look injured. Two unfamiliar armored corpses lie at different levels on the stairs, ornate swords lying next to them.

Xan is able, once again, to shake off the woman's spell. She looks annoyed.
Adrianna and Xan are up. Everyone can now look at the map (https://app.roll20.net/join/1834900/bvJygA), and Kaarna's been placed on it. The crit did not confirm.

[Athedia]

As Kaarna flies into the building, she sees Scholar and Soren, both looking badly battered, standing at the top of a flight of stairs, just barely beyond the reach of the uncoiling tentacles of a thing from nightmare: a dead and preserved, and yet moving and hostile, giant squid suspended by chains from the ceiling. Soren fires an arrow; it lodges in the creature's armored hide, looking like a very small splinter. To Kaarna's left, a stained-glass window explodes, shards of glass narrowly missing her, as the temperature rises. Past them and below the squid, on a landing that holds a number of glass and mahogany cases filled with relics, Adrianna and Xan are facing off with the woman who demanded the Dragon's Eye on the trail; both Xan and the woman look injured. Two unfamiliar armored corpses lie at different levels on the stairs, ornate swords lying next to them.

Xan is able, once again, to shake off the woman's spell. She looks annoyed.
Adrianna and Xan are up. Everyone can now look at the map (https://app.roll20.net/join/1834900/bvJygA), and Kaarna's been placed on it. The crit did not confirm.

"Don't tell me what to do." Xan stepped forward again, using her entire body weight (what little there was) to shove the swords straight at the woman.

Yes, I know this is suboptimal, but I want her downed ASAP

Attack 1: [roll0]
Attack 2: [roll1]

[Athedia]

Crit Confirm: [roll0] please please please don't make me use another hero point.

[Athedia]

I am pretty sure that crit so all told

Damage 1: [roll0]
Damage 2: [roll1]
Crit Damage: [roll2]

[Kish]

Xan's shortswords cut into the woman's stomach, and she falls. The squid remains active.
And Adrianna is still up.

[Silverraptor]

Adrianna shifts 5 feet closer to Xan and the woman, but her attention is on the Squid suspended above her.
"If you have any minor healing potions, use it to keep her from bleeding out! She may have answers! I'll keep the squid occupied!"
Her sword begins to glow as focuses on the squid, sizing up the target before hitting it with a smite evil!

Attack 1: [roll0]
Critical: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

Attack 2: [roll3]
Critical: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]

Since the Squid is Undead, the first successful attack against it is a +18 instead of +12.

[Kish]

Adrianna cuts deep into the squid. Scholar produces another burst of energy. The squid swings at Xan again, seemingly ignoring Adrianna.

[roll0] healing to Soren and, if applicable, to Kaarna.
Squid attack on Xan: [roll1] Critical threat check: [roll2] Damage: [roll3] Critical damage: [roll4]

Map (https://app.roll20.net/join/1834900/bvJygA) is updated; Soren, Kaarna, Adrianna, and Xan are up.

[Athedia]

Xan was standing gloating a little over the woman when the squids tentacle smashed into her back, knocking the wind out of her. She glared at the creature and slashed at the tentacles as they danced past her.

Assuming I can hit it.

Moment of Greatness on Attack 1 for another +2

Attack 1: [roll0]
Attack 2: [roll1] Sorry that should be a 21

[Athedia]

Damage 1: [roll0]
Damage 2: [roll1]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Soren can't see what's happening, but Xan's shout, the body hitting the ground, and Adrianna's response tell him enough. "HA! How about you shut up?" He steals a look around the corner then whips back to press his body against the wall before those tentacles can slam into him again. Instead, Soren sings and throws his arms out to his side, splaying out his fingers like feathers. He claps his open palms together and a giant eagle appears to fly towards the squid.

Soren continues Inspire Courage and casts Summon Monster One to summon an eagle for attacking and flanking the squid. Does the summon attack this turn?

[CWater]

"What are you $%#&¥&$ idiots doing?!", Kaarna roars when she enters the room, "What can be so. Damn. Important. That you must fight it in here? How long do you think this house will last!" She throws a glance at the bodies. "You done at least? Then let's get out of here. NOW!!" She opens her palm and stretches the hand towards the squid, weaving a spell between curses. The ghostly hand shoots towards the creature.

Casting Trial of Fire and Acid, delivered by Spectral Hand.
I've used this spell before, but I've forgotten, do all hostile spells with touch range require an attack roll? It is not specifically mentioned in the description like usual, but I assume so.

Anyway, melee touch attack: [roll0] (includes +2 bonus from the Spectral Hand spell, but no others, please let me know if there are any in effect)
Not rolling damage because I might want to use an Action Point.
It'll be 1d6 fire and 1d6 acid for 6 rounds. Fort DC 16 every round to halve.