Rise of the Runelords [The Skinsaw Murders] (IC)

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Alvor would be cursing if he weren't coughing. "We can't fight in this!" He shifts backwards between Zada and the blind hunter, setting his shield in a protective position. "Martin, I'm on your left. The door is directly behind us. Go!"

Spoiler: OOC

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Free action: Al will use tactical flanker to designate the square to his south as occupied by him for the purposes of flanking.

Free action: Al will 5-foot step to the north.

Full-round action: Al will activate Defensive Focus. He recovers shoulder rush and distracting strike.

Al will mark with Armiger's Mark the first two enemies that he damages with attacks of opportunity.

Al will not use any counters this round.

[lostsole31]

R5T8: Alvor would be cursing if he weren't coughing. "We can't fight in this!" He shifts backwards between Zada and the blind hunter, setting his shield in a protective position. "Martin, I'm on your left. The door is directly behind us. Go!"

R5T7: Zada, you are currently nauseated. What do you do?

Patient Green on deck, Draegra in the hole ...

[digiman619]

"Fall back!" Zada shouts as they retreat. These fumes blocked their vision and irritated their lungs, so fighting in this was practically impossible. A quick exit seemed to be the ideal prognosis, though they did stay back far enough to offer aid if its needed.

Spoiler: OOC

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MA: Follow the wall out of the smoke.
SA: Ready a CLW (replacing Tears to Wine) if a wounded ally comes into range. I'll let you roll it if it happens

[lostsole31]

R5T7: "Fall back!" Zada shouts as they retreat. These fumes blocked their vision and irritated their lungs, so fighting in this was practically impossible. A quick exit seemed to be the ideal prognosis, though they did stay back far enough to offer aid if its needed. By the time she was done following the wall, though, she was in the far northeastern corner of the room, just barely outside the farthest tendrils of this verdant miasma. She tries to focus her mind on preparing a balm for others, but is still too overcome from the ordeal to focus.

R5T6: Green swings wildly around.

R5T4.5: Focused on Green, Draegra drops his morning star, drags a dagger, and slashes, scoring only a thin line against the patient's tough arm. He says to Martin, "The bench you feel, withdraw up and over the bench and table and down the other side to begin getting away."

R5T3-1: Purple hits Martin in his left elbow for 7. With his precognition, Martin ducks away from Yellow.

Martin, Steingott, Alvor (and Draegra), roll Fort saves to keep from being nauseated ...

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Spoiler: OOC

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Al's Fort save (including +4 morale bonus from Indomitable Presence): (d20+10)[27]

[TooterfishPopkn]

Spoiler: Roll

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(1d20+10)[11] Steingott's Fort save

[DrK]

Spoiler: Fort Save

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Martin's fort save (1d20+6)[17]

[lostsole31]

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T26: Martin, what do you do? Do you follow Draegra's advice? Do you invoke Combat precognition again? You are pretty sure that you can't defend yourself properly when you can't see, so total defense is doing nothing for you.

Steingott and Martin on deck, in the hole, and both nauseated ...

[DrK]

Martin Bevuk

Still coughing and choking from whatever fresh misery had assailed him Martin hears Dragera's voice over the din of combat and blindly stumbles towards it, trying to breathe as shallowly as he could to avoid inhaling more of whatever foul smelling thing was occuring.

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Move towards Dragera's voice

[lostsole31]

R6T26: Still coughing and choking from whatever fresh misery had been assailing him, Martin hears Dragera's voice over the din of combat and blindly stumbles towards it, trying to breathe as shallowly as he could to avoid inhaling more of whatever foul smelling-thing was occuring. Still, he feels the angle of the bench and the table beyond, as is sure not to go directly to Draegra, but to step on the bench, roll on the table to feel the flat plane to the other side, and step off that side of the bench. As Draegra sees Martin get over the furniture he uses a word or two to guide Martin in next to him, and then around a bench to get "behind" him relative to danger.

R6T21-20: Steingott and Norton, you are both nauseated. What do you do?

[TooterfishPopkn]

Steingott runs his hand along the eastern wall to guide himself as he heads towards the door and out of the cloud.

Spoiler: Action

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Move 20 ft north, staying along the wall.

[lostsole31]

R6T21: Steingott runs his hand along the eastern wall to guide himself as he heads towards the door. He doesn't quite get out of the cloud, but right to its edge, and lets forth a vomitous heave to mark the end of his movement.

R6T20: Norton, you are nauseated. What do you do? Note that the area NW of you, while it isn't that visible, is still an affected area.

Brown on deck, Granite puking in familiar satchel ...

[meemaas]

Norton continues northwards to try and escape the cloud himself, unable to focus on anything while trying to avoid spewing his guts out.

[lostsole31]

R6T20: Norton continues northwards to try and escape the cloud himself, unable to focus on anything while trying to avoid spewing his guts out. He gets out of the cloud and to the northern door way.

R6T18-9: Patient brown shambles to Alvor and swings wildly. Granite suffers distress in Zada's satchel. The big bat-like creature (that Alvor lost sight of because of the fog) appears and attacks Alvor from his SE and bites him in the belly for 9!

R6T8: Al, even though you had defensive focus engaged, the low visibility kept you from being able to protect yourself from the surprisingly powerful bite of the large bat-creature. You had been slightly off-centered by something only briefly, but that effect is gone. What do you do?

Zada on deck, Patient Green in the hole ...

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Grimacing at the pain of his abdominal wound, Al curses through his teeth as he retreats to the north, keeping his shield at the ready until he is out of reach of the line of foes.

Once he has emerged from the noxious fog, he takes a quick headcount -- "Everyone clear of the cloud?" -- before turning to face any pursuing enemies.

Spoiler: OOC

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Full-round action: Al will withdraw to the north. He will continue to the north until he is 10 feet from the edge of the fog (one empty space between his space and the cloud).

Al will use an immediate action for the first of the following to occur:

A) If the large bat attacks Al, he will use Oaken Shield for a +4 bonus to his shield AC.

B) If the small bat attacks any of his allies, he will use Warning Roar to attempt to negate the attack.

Spoiler: Diplomacy, if necessary

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(d20+11)[31]

[lostsole31]

R6T8: Grimacing at the pain of his abdominal wound, Al curses through his teeth as he retreats to the north, keeping his shield at the ready until he is out of reach of the line of foes. Once he has emerged from the noxious fog, he takes a quick headcount -- "Everyone clear of the cloud?" -- before turning to face any pursuing enemies.

"No!" calls Draegra from within the cloud. "Martin, too."

R6T7: Zada, you are currently nauseated, but out of the cloud. What do you do?

Patient Green on deck, Draegra in the hole ...

[digiman619]

Zada unleashes a wave of positive energy, focusing on healing their teammates rather than worry about any undead that may still be in the cloud.

Spoiler: OOC

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Channel Energy, healing living beings within my radius for (2d6)[8] HP. Unless I've massively misread, I can't also damage undead in that radius, but if I could, it's DC 12 Will for half.
Then 5 foot step closer to the door.

[lostsole31]

R6T7: Zada tries to unleash a burst of positive energy to heal teammates, but her nausea keeps her from gathering the necessary force of will. She also finds she can't step any closer to the open door without going through, as Norton is in her way (also nauseated).

R6T6-0.9: Sounds of battle continue in the cloud. Draegra curses in an unknown language.

Martin, roll a Fort save vs. poison ...

[DrK]

Martin Bevuk

Marting continues to stagger along the wall, trying to walk far enough that he leaves the cloud of acrid smoke. Holding his breath he shakes his head and tries to fight the rising panic that the blindness brings.

Spoiler: OOC

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Move towards Dragera's voice
Fort [foll]1d20+6[/roll]

[DrK]

Spoiler: Repost due to coding error

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Martin's Fort save (1d20+6)[9]

[lostsole31]

He was able to last awhile, but finally the fumes overwhelm Martin and he is now nauseated as well.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T26: Blind and nauseated, Marting continues to stagger along the wall, trying to walk far enough that he leaves the cloud of acrid smoke. Holding his breath he shakes his head and tries to fight the rising panic that the blindness brings. Part of him wants to move towards Draegra, who must have been right next to him, but his survival instinct compels him to instead get farther away. He does sense he is out of the cloud, but that doesn't stop the fact that he is still nauseated for right now.

R7T21: Steingott, you are just inside the cloud (barely) and nauseous. What do you do?

Norton (nauseated) on deck, Patient Brown in the hole ...

[TooterfishPopkn]

Clutching his stomach and still trying to hold in last night's cheap meal at The Hagfish, Steingott makes his way into the next room.

Spoiler: Action!

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Steingott moves his allotted distance out of the room. One square north, one square west, one square north through the door, and one more square west to avoid blocking the entrance.

[lostsole31]

R7T21: Clutching his stomach and still trying to hold in last night's cheap meal at The Hagfish, Steingott makes his way into the next room.

R7T20: Norton, though you are out of the cloud, you are still nauseated. What do you do?

Patient Brown on deck, Granite in the hole ...

[lostsole31]

R7T20: Norton, clutching his gut, moves to the room north and then outside.

R7T17: Zada, poor Granite is having a really hard time of it with its little lungs and rat puke all inside your satchel. At the same time,

R7T9: A big, bat-like creature is seen just inside the edges of the cloud. It bites at Zada, but only their magical lamellar keeps them safe.

R7T8: Alvor, you recover from last round's wonkiness. What do you do? Everyone is accounted for except Draegra, who is still in the cloud somewhere.

Zada on deck ....

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With Draegra yet to emerge from the fog and Zada under attack from an enemy he cannot see, Al mutters a fresh curse before calling to the samsaran and moving to assist the Shoanti.

"Draegra, if you need help getting out of that cloud, you need to say something right now!"

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Free action: Al will use Tactical Flanker to designate the square to his southeast as if it was occupied by him for the purpose of flanking.

Move action: Al will move 2 spaces east to be alongside Zada.

Swift action: If this new position results in Al being adjacent to an enemy, he will activate the Gatecrasher Gambit. If he is not adjacent to an enemy, he will instead use his swift action to change stances to Valiant Keeper's Stance.

Standard action: If Al used his swift action to activate Gatecrasher Gambit, he will use Shoulder Rush to attempt to bull rush the adjacent enemy (ideally through a window in the opposite wall, if possible). A successful bull rush imposes a -4 penalty on all of the enemy's d20 rolls for 1 round. Additionally, if the bull rush is successful, he will recover all 4 of his expended Warlord maneuvers.

Bull rush (including +2 from Gambit, +2 from Powerful Maneuvers and +4 from the maneuver itself): (d20+15)[31]

If Al instead used his swift action to change stances, he will use his standard action to recover pride movement.

Al will mark with Armiger's Mark the first two enemies that he damages with attacks of opportunity.

Al will use an immediate action for the first of the following to occur:

A) If the large bat attacks Al, he will use Oaken Shield for a +4 bonus to his shield AC.

B) If the small bat attacks any of his allies, he will use Warning Roar to attempt to negate the attack.

Spoiler: Diplomacy check, if necessary

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(d20+11)[31]

[lostsole31]

R7T8: With Draegra yet to emerge from the fog and Zada under attack from an enemy he cannot see, Al mutters a fresh curse before calling to the samsaran and moving to assist the Shoanti. "Draegra, if you need help getting out of that cloud, you need to say something right now!"

Once he gets near Zada, he sees the silhouette of the big bat-creature in the edge of the fog, and tries to lean into it to push it back but is noped by the fog ... denying him a recovered maneuver and throwing him off some (gambit's rake).

R7T7: Zada, you recover from your nausea! What do you do?

Patient Green on deck, Draegra in the hole ...

[digiman619]

Zada takes an instant to change their active spirit, their mindblade once again taking a more spearlike form. They will then take a potshot before getting out of the building, risking an attack in turn.

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SwA: Change roles into Guardian, mindblade now has reach + adjacent range.
SA: Attack the bat. (1d20+6)[12] (1d10+3)[9]
MA: Move outside the building and head north, leaving a 5 foot gap between me and the door.

[lostsole31]

R7T7: Zada takes an instant to change their active spirit, their mindblade once again taking a more spear-like form. They will then take a potshot (missing) before getting out of the building, risking an attack in turn (but is in turn missed).

R7T4.5: A very ill-looking Draegra - who is green around his blue gills - appears from the green mist, sidesteps Martin, and shouts (from Martin's "left/east"), "Martin, hoki ake! Whakahauhia te pakitara ka hoki whakamuri!"

R7T3-0.9: Some "patients" move up, seen at the edge of the mist.

End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R8T26: Martin, you are still blind and nauseated. What do you do?

Steingott on deck, Norton in the hole ...

[DrK]

Martin Bevuk

Martin coughing and retching still, legs and hands bruised from crashing into furniture and walls hears Draegra shouting "something" nearby and continues to stumble towards the sound of her voice, even as he cannot understand a word of what she is saying. A muttered "Are there any of them near me? tell me now?" barked out to the general room

Spoiler: OOC

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Move towards Dragera's voice
Standard: Speak a few words

[lostsole31]

R8T26: Martin coughing and retching still, legs and hands bruised from crashing into furniture and walls hears Draegra shouting "something" nearby and continues to stumble towards the sound of her his voice, even as he cannot understand a word of what she is saying. A muttered "Are there any of them near me? tell me now?" barked out to the general room. But Draegra is right next to him so now Martin is bewildered.

Draegra, a male, standing right next to Martin, shouts behind him, "Norton, arahina Martin!"

Spoiler: Norton

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Translation: "Norton, lead Martin!"

R8T21: Steingott, you are still nauseated, what do you do?

Norton on deck, Patient Brown in the hole ...