Giantslayer: GM's Battle Book [GMBB]

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R1T5: At hearing his friend may be mortally wounded, Aasgar throws caution to the wind and rushes forward into the room, knocking a chair over near the fire. He takes a look around. Directly to the east on the other side of the room is a woman in armor that is tied and gagged. Nearby, Abenor stands atop a bed, but with two wicked-looking cuts across his abdomen. There are three orcs there. Two directly oppose Abenor. A cloud of golden dust surrounds two of the orcs, both of whom seem to be having visual troubles (Blue and Green). Cici is only a few feet to your southeast.

R1T4: To his credit, Green is able to clear his vision before raging like his two fellows. In his hand looks like what might be a goblin's skull, but a lit fuse is on it and he tosses it as Cici but she bats it away just south of her where it immolates a chest which now begins burning brightly. He pulls out a falchion and steps up to Cici.

R1T3: Lucette squeaks in terror under Cici's hood.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T19: Galakhar continues his run at the platform and clears the ground by a full six feet, allowing him to land a hand on the top of the platform. He drops his rapier on the top of the platform, and then uses isometrics to then hop up onto the platform proper.

R2T18: Abenor takes 1 bleed from his gut wound as he gets into his two-weapon defensive stance. His blue-glowing katana now includes a silvery light as he strikes out at Red, slashing his lower right arm for 18 + 11 force. Abenor springs gracefully off the bed.

R2T16: Kurst does an accelerated climb up to the top of the platform and rushes into the room with sword and shield.

R2T15-14: Blue, blind, slashes the area atop the bed where Abenor was a second ago. Red picks up its falchion, apparently having dropped it even though it is slick with red blood. He steps down and attacks Abenor catches the blade with both of his own, and then controls the falchion so that it continues in its arc with the orc's strength to have it bind close and cut his own arm for 15, cutting deep and definitely doing something arterial, but the orc refuses to fall.

R2T11: Cici steps away from the burning chest and forgoes her normal defensive combat style. There is a patient in need of her help she needs to get to. She badly misses Red with a snap kick before jumping in a spin kick to the orc's shoulder for 13, dropping it.

R2T9: Gharmez, you have a crossbow in hand, which you need to drop (FA) or put away (MA) before climbing the ladder. What do you do?

Aasgar on deck, Green in the hole ...

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Galakhar: 19. Rapier on ground.
Abenor: 18. Daisho. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. 2 CON damage. 1 BLEED!!! DS.
Kurst: 16. Sword and shield.
Blue Orc Raider: 15. (45:45, THP: 6). Armiger's mark (Abenor). RAGING!!! BLINDED by Glitterdust (Will DC 17)!!!
Cici: 11. False life (THP: 13). Glitterdust til R6T11.
Gharmez: 9. Crossbow (loaded) in hand.
Aasgar: 5.
Green Orc Raider: 4. (45:45).

Lucette: 3. DELAYING!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Red.

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R2T9: Gharmez stows her crossbow and tries to move too quickly on the ladder, sliding to the ground and making no headway.

R2T5: Aasgar, what do you do?

Green on deck, Galakhar in the hole ...

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Galakhar: 19. Rapier on ground.
Abenor: 18. Daisho. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. 2 CON damage. 1 BLEED!!! DS.
Kurst: 16. Sword and shield.
Blue Orc Raider: 15. (45:45, THP: 6). Armiger's mark (Abenor). RAGING!!! BLINDED by Glitterdust (Will DC 17)!!!
Cici: 11. False life (THP: 13). Glitterdust til R6T11.
Gharmez: 9. Crossbow (loaded) stowed.
Aasgar: 5.
Green Orc Raider: 4. (45:45).

Lucette: 3. DELAYING!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Red.

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R2T5: "To Abenor!" Aasgar shouts as he moves south to box the foes in and starts giving tactical direction to boost defense.

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Red zephyr's strike.

R2T4: Seeing the dwarf stagger oddly to him, attention on the bloody elf, the orc smiles and attacks Abenor in a rage. It is a baleful attack, one which could have struck the elf down on the spot. Abenor failed to tumble away, but his dual-flashing blades still protect him in an unbelievable defense.

The fire on the chest now has fully engulfed that portion of the chest, but doesn't spread any farther.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T19: Galakhar kicks his rapier up into his grasp and runs deep north into the room.

R3T18: Abenor suffers 1 bleed. Where Aasgar gives offensive advice, Abenor maintains his steady stream of defensive gestures while continuing his near devotion to defense. His katana still finds its mark on Green, though, hacking into the orc's upper left arm for 16 while striking him in the groin with his wakizashi for 15. He ducks away to the east and hops back up onto that bed. "That fire is going to grow! Somebody get that knight out of here, and stay away from the fire!"

R3T16: "Aasgar, you're the strongest," says Kurst as he slashes Green in the chest for 11. "can you get that woman out of here?" He then smashes the orc in the face for 5.

R3T15: Blue is still blinded, and desperately trying to protect itself.

R3T11: Cici starts off tumbling well, but then her focus tapers off and Green lashes out at her, but her skill at just this thing has her dodging that blade as she goes up to Abenor. She tries to stop his bleeding, but fails.

R3T9: Gharmez, you realize that you weighed down, even with a ladder, isn't going to find success through haste. What do you do?

Aasgar on deck, Green on deck .....

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HEROES: +2 morale attack & damage til R3T5.
Galakhar: 19. Rapier on ground.
Abenor: 18. Daisho. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. 2 CON damage. 1 BLEED!!! DS.
Kurst: 16. Sword and shield.
Blue Orc Raider: 15. (45:45, THP: 6). Armiger's mark (Abenor). RAGING!!! BLINDED by Glitterdust (Will DC 17)!!! DC!
Cici: 11. False life (THP: 13). Glitterdust til R6T11.
Gharmez: 9. Crossbow (loaded) stowed.
Aasgar: 5.
Green Orc Raider: 4. (-10:45 THP: 0). RAGING!!! FEROCITY!!! AOO used.

Lucette: 3. DELAYING!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Red.

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R3T9: Gharmez climbs the ladder at normal speed, just getting to the top.

R3T5: Aasgar, what do you do?

Green on deck, Galakhar in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale attack & damage til R3T5.
Galakhar: 19. Rapier on ground.
Abenor: 18. Daisho. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. 2 CON damage. 1 BLEED!!! DS.
Kurst: 16. Sword and shield.
Blue Orc Raider: 15. (45:45, THP: 6). Armiger's mark (Abenor). RAGING!!! BLINDED by Glitterdust (Will DC 17)!!! DC!
Cici: 11. False life (THP: 13). Glitterdust til R6T11.
Gharmez: 9. Crossbow (loaded) stowed.
Aasgar: 5.
Green Orc Raider: 4. (-10:45 THP: 0). RAGING!!! FEROCITY!!! AOO used.

Lucette: 3. DELAYING!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Red.

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R3T5: "But I... Grrrrr..." and swinging with both hands grasping his axe, he bifurcates Green from where the left shoulder meets the neck, down past the inguinal tendon of the groin on its right side. It falls apart in two sloppy pieces. Aasgar turns and moves to the woman while shouting ways for the party ... to defend itself heroically .... from the last orc. The blinded one.

R3T3: Lucette comes out of the hood, down Cici's arm, and is ready to help her mistress.

R3T0: The fire on the chest doesn't fully consume the chest yet, but it DOES set fire to the southern wall.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T19: Galakhar rushes to Abenor's aid and stops his bleeding, and little Lucette helps him.

R4T18: Abenor leaps off the bed and acrobatically rolls on the ground. While he does so, he lashes out with his katana to slice Blue along the neck for 20, and then pops up onto his feet by Cici.

R4T16: Kurst repositions to flank Blue with Cici, and mutters a challenge under his breath. He hits Blue in the back with his longsword for 17.

R4T15: Blue is still blinded, but swings his falchion in the direction of Kurst, missing.

R4T11: Cici casts a spell and touches the orc's back for 23 electricity!

R4T9: Gharmez, what do you do?

Aasgar on deck, Fire in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale to AC til R4T5.
Lucette: 20.
Galakhar: 19.
Abenor: 18. Daisho. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. 2 CON damage. DS.
Kurst: 16. Sword and shield. CHALLENGE Blue! RS.
Blue Orc Raider: 15. (-10:45, THP: 0). Armiger's mark (Abenor). RAGING!!! BLINDED by Glitterdust (Will DC 17)!!! STAGGERED/ FEROCITY!
Cici: 11. False life (THP: 13). Glitterdust til R6T11.
Gharmez: 9. Crossbow (loaded) stowed.
Aasgar: 5.
Fire: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Red. Green.

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R4T9: Gharmez steps through the open door and exclaims, "What is it with this party and fire?!?" She casts create water over the burning chest and wall, hoping to extinguish the flames, but only a few drops of water come out!

R4T5: Aasgar, already having approached the knight, does a quick evaluation of the best way to get her out. He has to put his axe away, and then he goes to pick her up. Unfortunately, with his own gear, with a muscular human woman's body, and her own armor, he finds that he can barely get her off the ground.

R4T0: Maybe those few errant drops of Gharmez's created water helped, for the fire does not grow this round. She does take 1 fire from the heat, though.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T20: Lucette crawls right back up Cici's arm and behind her hood again.

R5T19: "Gharmez, you need to cast into a container," says Galakhar. "You tried to cast into the open container of ... everywhere, which exceeds your powers."

He stabs the last orc in the upper arm in the brachial artery, giving him a quick and merciful death, and moves over to Gharmez. "But, if we can get that woman out of here, I am not a firefighter beholden to this structure."

R5T18: Abenor sheathes his katana and hops off the bed, moving up to the beleagued dwarf.

R5T16: Kurst puts sword and shield away.

R5T11: Cici leaves the structure, heading outside and starting quickly down the ladder.

R5T9: Gharmez, are you going to continue attemping firefighting methods, or clear the structure? What do you do?

Aasgar on deck, Fire in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale to AC til R4T5.
Lucette: 20.
Galakhar: 19.
Abenor: 18. Daisho. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. 2 CON damage. DS.
Kurst: 16.
Cici: 11. False life (THP: 13). Glitterdust til R6T11.
Gharmez: 9. Crossbow (loaded) stowed.
Aasgar: 5. Axe sheathed. Barely lifting Calrianne.
Fire: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Red. Green. Blue.

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R5T9: Gharmez leaves the building and jumps from the platform. To her credit, she sticks the landing and moves over to the ladder to assist in getting others out.

R5T5: Aasgar, you can only lift her off the ground. You don't have the strength to full on carry the adult human woman of muscle and her armor. What do you do?

Fire on deck, Lucette in the hole ...

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Lucette: 20.
Galakhar: 19.
Abenor: 18. Daisho. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. 2 CON damage. DS.
Kurst: 16.
Cici: 11. False life (THP: 13). Glitterdust til R6T11.
Gharmez: 9. Crossbow (loaded) stowed.
Aasgar: 5. Axe sheathed. Barely lifting Calrianne.
Fire: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Red. Green. Blue.

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R5T5: Aasgar looks around for something he could use to carry her. ”Need help! Too heavy!”

R5T0: The fire flares and Galakhar keeps from getting seared, though the fire does not grow this round, either.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T20: Lucette delays ...

R6T19: Galakhar calls out, "Kurst, help Aasgar. Abenor, clear out. Cici, come in and help me drag one of these orcs out of here for intel."

Galakhar steps to the side, away from the fire, and yanks a half-orc a little closer to the exit.

R6T18: Abenor quits the building. Where Garmez made this death-defying stunt of a jump in armor that had anyone who would've watched grit their teeth, Abenor practically floats to the ground in grace, despite holding his insides ... inside. He stands next to Gharmez, smiling weakly. "Medic?"

R6T16: Kurst comes to help Aasgar .... and unties the woman's legs.

R6T15: The woman, assuming Aasgar lets her go, hustles and gets out to the drawbridge.

R6T11: Cici's glitterdust effect goes away as she goes inside and also gets hold of the same half-orc as Galakhar.

R6T9: Gharmez, a terribly wounded elf who was nearly emboweled stands next to you. What do you do?

Aasgar on deck, Fire in the hole ...

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Lucette: 20. DELAYING ...
Galakhar: 19.
Abenor: 18. Daisho. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. 2 CON damage. DS.
Kurst: 16.
Calrianne Blix: 15.
Cici: 11. False life (THP: 13). Glitterdust til R6T11.
Gharmez: 9. Crossbow (loaded) stowed.
Aasgar: 5. Axe sheathed. Barely lifting Calrianne.
Fire: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Red. Green. Blue.

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R6T9: Gharmez, hoping there will be no undead this day, loses burst of radiance to instead cast CMW on Abenor for 16 healing.

R6T5: Aasgar, what do you do?

Fire on deck, Galakhar in the hole ...

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Lucette: 20. DELAYING ...
Galakhar: 19.
Abenor: 18. Daisho. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. 2 CON damage.
Kurst: 16.
Calrianne Blix: 15.
Cici: 11. False life (THP: 13). Glitterdust til R6T11.
Gharmez: 9. Crossbow (loaded) stowed.
Aasgar: 5. Axe sheathed.
Fire: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Red. Green. Blue.

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R6T5: Aasgar looks around quickly to make sure everyone is out or able to get out and then heads to the door himself.

R6T0: The fire suddenly grows northwards, catching Galakhar for 1 fire. It is only through brilliant instinct and quick thinking he keeps from catching fire.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T19: Galakhar opens datum, heading out and landing on the ground below the platform deftly, and then around to Gharmez.

R7T18: Abenor nods to Gharmez, "Thank you, but I was nearly killed, and could use more succor if you would grant it."

R7T16: Kurst goes around the table to the north and comes around to Cici, waving her out, and readied to follow her.

R7T15: The knight moves to the east along the platform and jumps, landing with a whump (6 damage) by Galakhar, but having been sure to avoid the path of the ladder.

R7T11: Cici exits, easily lands on her feet below, and then comes around to the fallen knight.

R7T10: Kurst was waiting for that and heads out to the platform.

R7T9: Gharmez, what do you do?

Aasgar on deck, fire in the hole ...

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Lucette: 20. DELAYING ...
Galakhar: 19.
Abenor: 18. Daisho. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. 2 CON damage.
Calrianne Blix: 15.
Cici: 11. False life (THP: 13). Glitterdust til R6T11.
Kurst: 10.
Gharmez: 9. Crossbow (loaded) stowed.
Aasgar: 5. Axe sheathed.
Fire: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Red. Green. Blue.

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R7T9: Gharmez smiles and says to Abenor, "Nothing quite like the thrill of being a orc punching bag." She lays her hands over the wounds for 7 healing more. Gharmez is a little woozy as she has now emptied herself this day of her most powerful miracles.

R7T5: Aasgar, what do you do?

Fire on deck, Galakhar in the hole ...

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Lucette: 20. DELAYING ...
Galakhar: 19.
Abenor: 18. Daisho. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. 2 CON damage.
Calrianne Blix: 15.
Cici: 11. False life (THP: 13). Glitterdust til R6T11.
Kurst: 10.
Gharmez: 9. Crossbow (loaded) stowed.
Aasgar: 5. Axe sheathed.
Fire: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Red. Green. Blue.

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Just then, three large, greenish bipedal creatures burst forth from the water to stand upon the dam, but Galakhar's warning kept the party from being surprised.

Begin Round One ...

R1T23: Kurst seems to recognize the threat immediately even from the shore. "Freshwater merrows! Aquatic giants of lakes and rivers! Hides like thick leather. Ogre mentality - savages and degenerates!"

He is not idle during this time, however, as he is calling this out as he moves on the dam while taking out his bow and shoots. His shot illustrates the thickness of its hide as his arrow bounces.

R1T22-21: Just because the party isn't surprised, doesn't mean they are prepared, either. Aasgar finds himself flanked, and "Red" swings but wasn't expecting dwarves this day as its clawed arm extends too far and it tears a muscle (1 STR drain). Its savagery is such that it simply slashes with the other claw, which Aasgar dodges as well. Abenor isn't so lucky as Blue slashes him along the lower back for 9 mod and along the back of the neck for 4 mod.

R1T20: On shore, Lucette chirps in alarm.

R1T19: Galakhar quick draws his rapier and gets into his fighting stance, nodding back to Kurst. "I concur. Nothing to add." He does a sidestep while studying Green and stabs. The merrow hadn't expected their "prey" to be so ready for him, and is unprepared for the lightning fast thrust that catches it in the belly for 12. "Yes, only like thick leather, but my rapier is an awl punch."

R1T15: Abenor feels like the punching bag of late. He quick draws his daisho while getting into an aggressive stance. He performs his fading strike where he teleports behind his enemy and slashes Red in the right hamstring for 19. "Aasgar! Flank!"

R1T13: Gharmez, what do you do?

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Kurst: 23.
* Got base 31 on Knowledge, reduced to 27 for distance.
Red Merrow: 22. (25:44, 1 STR drain).
Blue Merrow: 21. (44:44).
Lucette: 20. DELAYING!!!
Galakhar: 19. Scarlet einhander. Studied Combat (+2) vs. Green til R10T19.
Abenor: 15.
Gharmez: 13.
Cici: 8.
Green Merrow: 7. (32:44).
Aasgar: 6.

DEAD/ OOC
Red. Green. Blue.

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R1T13: Gharmez closes range on the beasts by walking out onto the dam. She brings her crossbow to bear on the closest creature, and fires, striking the merrow in the back of its right upper arm for 14.

R1T8: Cici darts just ahead of Gharmez and Kurst, concentrates carefully while casting a spell, and then from the joined fingertips of both hands a sheet of flame rolls out over Green for 11 fire.

R1T7: Green slashes Aasgar across the top of his helm (9 DDP), though its second swipe clangs against the dwarf's armor.

R1T6: Aasgar, what do you do?

Kurst on deck, Red in the hole ...

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Kurst: 23.
* Got base 31 on Knowledge, reduced to 27 for distance.
Red Merrow: 22. (25:44, 1 STR drain).
Blue Merrow: 21. (44:44).
Lucette: 20. DELAYING!!!
Galakhar: 19. Scarlet einhander. Studied Combat (+2) vs. Green til R10T19.
Abenor: 15.
Gharmez: 13. Heavy crossbow (unloaded).
Cici: 8.
Green Merrow: 7. (7:44).
Aasgar: 6.

DEAD/ OOC
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R1T6: Aasgar - not liking his current situation of being surrounded, yet understanding Abenor's request - turns and moves to complete the flanking maneuver with Abenor. Adjusting his stance, he launches an attack with his axe swinging in a high arc overhead that strikes Red in the neck for 29, dropping the merrow.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T23: Kurst steps back a few feet and shoots Green in the neck for 10, dropping the enemy.

R2T21: Blue looks at how quickly his kin were dropped and wants no part of this, and withdraws into the water.

Combat Ends!

The two merrow are put to the sword. They have nothing of value, and are kicked into the river on the downstream side.

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Kurst: 23.
Blue Merrow: 21. (44:44).
Lucette: 20. DELAYING!!!
Galakhar: 19. Scarlet einhander. Studied Combat (+2) vs. Green til R10T19.
Abenor: 15.
Gharmez: 13. Heavy crossbow (unloaded).
Cici: 8.
Green Merrow: 7. (3:44). DYING!!!
Aasgar: 6.
* If/then Aasgar crit by merrow, use Roll w/ It trait.

Red Merrow: 22. (-3:44, 1 STR drain). STABLE!!!

DEAD/ OOC
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Poison Initially!

Everyone took 4 poison damage after 10 minutes.

At the end of the first minute, Gharmez, Abenor, and Lucette ... as well as all crew members and the Captain and his coxswain ... will take the first track of strength damage.
Aasgar, Cici, Galakhar, and Kurst are the only ones to make the FIRST save.

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Kurst: x.
Lucette: xx.
Galakhar: x.
Abenor: xx.
Gharmez: xx.
Cici: xx.
Aasgar: xx.

DEAD/ OOC
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At the end of the first minute ...

At the end of the first minute, Gharmez, Abenor, and Lucette ... as well as all crew members and the Captain and his coxswain ... will take the first track of strength damage.
Aasgar, Cici, Galakhar, and Kurst are the only ones to make the FIRST save.

BUT, thanks to the timely intervention of Cici using a cure-all on Abenor, Abenor makes his first save as well.

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Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

That said, NOBODY from the main group is fine just yet, as there is still significant discomfort.

Galakhar treats Gharmez, but this time, he administers an antitoxin to her as well as normal medical procedures.

Gharmez, you must take this time to "be a good patient" and can't administer aid to anyone. Roll a Fort save with an additional +9 bonus.

Cici goes over to administer herbs and medicine to the captain. "See to the coxswain."

Aasgar, do you go to the coxswain as Cici directed? Assuming so, roll a Fort save but also a Heal check.

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Kurst: x.
Lucette: xx.
Galakhar: x.
Abenor: xx.
Gharmez: xx.
Cici: xx.
Aasgar: xx.

DEAD/ OOC
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First Minute Complete, Second Minute ...

Despite all of Galakhar's brilliant medical attention and the significant help from the antitoxin, Gharmez had completely emptied herself today of spells in assisting the crew's task, and her body is "primed" to accept the secondary effect of the tainted food .... and she falls unconscious.

Aasgar's dwarven constitution holds so firmly, that he burns off the remains of the poison in his body (no more saves needed). Dwarven persistence helps, and Aasgar doesn't "let" the coxswain fall unconscious. But she isn't out of the woods yet, still fighting off the secondary effects of what is surely a poison, rather than simply tainted food. Some type of sedative, it would seem.

Thanks to Cici's remedy, Abenor need fight no longer, and he attends to Kurst. With the help of elven medicine hybridized with desert healing, Kurst is now fully in the clear.

Cici makes and administers a quick remedy to the captain, and the effect ends. Unfortunately, she was so focused on the captain, that the poison catches up to her and weakens her. Worse, her little weasel familiar Lucette now feels it, and is weakened.

Galakhar's not a tough older man, but he is clever, and it is his cleverness that finally and fully clears the poison in his system.

So, to recap ... Aasgar, Abenor, Galakhar, Kurst, and Captain Bloodtusk are clear, though Abenor and the captain are weakened.

Cici, Lucette, and the coxswain are weakened and still fighting, though the coxswain might pull through clear if Aasgar stays with her.

Aasgar, what do you do?

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Aasgar: Clear!
Abenor: Weakened. Clear!
Cici: Weakened.
Galakhar: Clear!
Kurst: Clear!
Lucette: Weakened.

Captain Bloodtusk: Weakened. Clear!
Coxswain Halrex: Weakened. 1 save.

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Gharmez: Weakened + unconscious 1d4 hours, and sickened for 24 hours.

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Second Minute Complete, Third Minute ...

Galakhar lets the encampment know that the poison is NOT deadly ... that it is a sedative. So if someone goes unconscious, move to someone you can help.

Aasgar continues giving aid to Coxswain Halrex. With his help, she is finally clear!

Cici takes one of her own remedies while giving normal medical aid to Lucette, though her weasel still falls unconscious. Her remedy does fully heal herself though.

And that is the end of it.

Crisis Ended ...

Galakhar studies Gharmez and realizes that the sedative will keep her unconscious for a few hours ... there's no "slapping her awake" or anything like that; she's unconscious, not asleep. Also, he can expect her to feel pretty sick for about a day afterward.

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Aasgar: Clear!
Abenor: Weakened. Clear!
Cici: Weakened.
Galakhar: Clear!
Kurst: Clear!

Captain Bloodtusk: Weakened. Clear!
Coxswain Halrex: Weakened. Clear!

DEAD/ OOC
Gharmez: Weakened + unconscious 1d4 hours, and sickened for 24 hours.
Lucette: Weakened + unconscious 1d4 hours, and sickened for 24 hours.

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Galakhar: x. Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him.
Gharmez: x. Crossbow, loaded.

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Gharmez and Galakhar both look at each other when they both hear a woman intoning magic on the other side.

"Shield spell," says Galakhar before he looks past her and not trying to shout that ridiculous distance waves his arm for Aasgar to come forward.

Begin Round One ...

R1T23: Galakhar drops the copper light coin on deck, takes out some specialized tools, and begins to work on the door, easily unlocking it.

R1T18: Up some on the stairs, Abenor didn't see Galakhar's signal, and is just hanging around waiting (delay).

R1T17: Aasgar, what do you do>

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Melira: 24. Shield til R10T24.
* Cat's grace (3 min.). Invisible (3 min.)
Galakhar: 23. Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him; dropped.
Aasgar: 17. Axe.
Chokehold: 15.
Gharmez: 8. Crossbow, loaded.

Abenor: 18. Ileor. DELAYING ...

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R1T17-16: Aasgar shifts his stance, taps his friend's arm, and nods in Galakhar's direction before dashing off toward them, with Abenor following but not trying to overtake his friend.

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Red Zephyr's Strike.

R1T8: Gharmez, what do you do?

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Melira: 24. Shield til R10T24.
* Cat's grace (3 min.). Invisible (3 min.)
Galakhar: 23. Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him; dropped.
Aasgar: 17. Axe. Circular stance.
Abenor: 18. Ileor.
Chokehold: 15. Readied to strike the first enemy that appears after opening door.
Gharmez: 8. Crossbow, loaded.

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R1T8: "I think we have our answer," Gharmez says to Galakhar as she drops her crossbow and brings her Earthbreaker to readiness. "Nice speech, though,"

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T23.5-23: Seeing Gharmez bristling to get through, Gal backs out of the way immediately to put his tools back in a small pouch. As soon as he clears, Gharmez steps up and opens the door wide and a big snake bites her left foot for 10. That bite holds, and it quickly loops around Gharmez to have her grabbed in its coils.

R2T22: From seemingly nowhere hits Gharmez in the soft nerve-filled area of her left elbow for 17. There is now a woman with a bow on the stairs, but Gharmez didn't see her come down, or even shoot the bow, but there she is.

R2T17: Aasgar, what do you do?

Abenor on deck, Gharmez in the hole ...

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Gharmez: 23.5. Crossbow, loaded (dropped). Earthbreaker. GRABBED by Chokehold!!!
Chokehold: 23.2. GRABBING Gharmez!!!
Galakhar: 23. Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him; dropped.
Melira: 24. Shield til R10T24.
* Cat's grace (3 min.).
Aasgar: 17. Axe. Circular stance.
Abenor: 18. Ileor.

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R2T17: Aasgar continues his forward momentum and, even though it is difficult to see, begins calling out tactical advice on how to deal with the enemies. Upon reaching Gharmez, he assesses the first enemy he sees is the constrictor snake on Gharmez. It appears to be some type of snake. And it is constricting Gharmez.

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Warning Roar.

R2T16: Abenor quickly follows while taking out his wakizashi and getting into a TWF stance, crouching low, and then teleporting behind the archer at the top of the small forward ladder. He tries to swing hard against the archer, but his katana goes wide from a deflection field.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T23.5: Gharmez, you are in the grasping coils of a big snake. What do you do?

Nope-Rope on deck, Gal in the hole ...

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Gharmez: 23.5. Crossbow, loaded (dropped). Earthbreaker. GRABBED by Chokehold!!!
Chokehold: 23.2. GRABBING Gharmez!!!
Galakhar: 23. Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him; dropped.
Melira: 24. Shield til R10T24.
* Cat's grace (3 min.).
Aasgar: 17. Axe. Circular stance. +4 morale to AC for 1 round.
Abenor: 16. Ileor & Kyadrimme. +4 morale to AC for 1 round.

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R3T23.5: Gharmez attempts to wrest herself free of the snakes coils, and learning that while a snake doesn't look it, it is vastly stronger than herself as she is held fast.

R3T23.2: With Gharmez struggling, the constrictor only takes advantage of each slight, self-inflicted of her muscles and lungs for a crushing 18 from bite and coils. Gharmez goes limp, dropping her earthbreaker to the ground, and falls ... unmoving. The snake, obviously trained to do this so quickly, releases its prey and with lightning speed zips onto the gangplank and into the bilge water before Aasgar can even react to it.

R3T23: Galakhar races forward while drawing a wand, saying to Aasgar, "Step forward and pull her back to me. I'm ready to heal her with a curing wand."

R3T22: Even though Abenor is right there attacking her from high ground, she seems to ignore him. Oh, she brilliantly defends, but her focus in on Aasgar. "You! [xxx]! You were there, weren't you? You killed him, didn't you?!?!"

She steps off the stairs away from Abenor and shoots a volley of arrows at Aasgar. Two arrows bounce off of his armor, and one completely misses.

R3T17: Aasgar, what do you do?

Abenor on deck, Gharmez in the hole ...

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Gharmez: 23.5. Crossbow, loaded (dropped). Earthbreaker dropped. DYING!!!
Chokehold: 23.2.
Galakhar: 23. Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him; dropped. READIED to use CLW wand on Gharmez when she is within reach.
Melira: 22. Shield til R10T24. RS/Rapid shot.
* Cat's grace (3 min.).
Aasgar: 17. Axe. Circular stance. +4 morale to AC for 1 round.
Abenor: 16. Ileor & Kyadrimme. +4 morale to AC for 1 round.

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R3T17-16.5: Aasgar looks at her confused and lets out a roar before dashing forward to collect the fallen and drag Gharmez back to receive aid, whereupon Galakhar taps Gharmez with the wand for 3 healing - enough to bring her to wakefulness. Unfortunately, Aasgar dragged her back farther than Galakhar expected and he didn't know to be ready to step back as well, so Gharmez awakens with Galakhar standing over her, which will make things awkward should she try to stand.

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Scything strike.

"Heal yourself, milady," Galakhar says to her.

R3T16: Abenor gets into a fighting style and comes down the stairs. He does a flat-slice along a fatty section of the woman's belly for 16 NL with his katana, though she seems to deflect and dodge his remaining attacks. With Aasgar's roar heartening him, he manages to also get a second katana draw cut along fascia of the woman's back left leg 17 NL.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T23.5: Gharmez, you are barely conscious and alive. You are prone. Galakhar stands over (he's in the same square) you so unless you crawl to an open square first, you can't just stand. Gal also recommended you apply some healing to yourself. You can't see the constrictor snake anywhere. What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...

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Gharmez: 23.5. Crossbow, loaded (dropped). Earthbreaker dropped. PRONE!!!
Chokehold: 23.2.
Melira: 22. Shield til R10T24. RS/Rapid shot.
* Cat's grace (3 min.).
Aasgar: 17. Axe. Circular stance.
Galakhar: 16.5. Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him; dropped.
Abenor: 16. Ileor & Kyadrimme. Thrashing Dragon style.

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R4T23.5: Gharmez, trying to smile, manages to whisper up to Galakhar, "Snakes... It had to be snakes."

She touches he hand to her chest and calls out a healing incantation that gives her 8 healing. She is about to crawl off the walkway when she clears her head and goes west instead.

R4T23.2: But as she does so, she comes face-to-face with the snake, which just crawls out of the bilge and onto the walkway!

R4T22: The woman steps away from Abenor and out onto the bilge walkway. With rage and confidence he shoots right at Aasgar ... terribly. But despite the miss, she does so with such expertise that Aasgar doesn't get an AOO on her like he would with most shooters standing next to him. Her second shot, though, hits him right in the head (15 mod DDP). Then a third shot she makes strikes him in the right elbow (11 mod DDP).

R4T17: Aasgar, what do you do?

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Gharmez: 23.5. Crossbow, loaded (dropped). Earthbreaker dropped. PRONE!!!
Chokehold: 23.2.
Melira: 22. Shield til R10T24. RS/Rapid shot.
* Cat's grace (3 min.).
Aasgar: 17. Axe. Circular stance.
Galakhar: 16.5. Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him; dropped.
Abenor: 16. Ileor & Kyadrimme. Thrashing Dragon style.

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R4T17: Aasgar goes into full defense mode for the moment and says, "I think you may have me confused with someone else. We have you outnumbered and surrounded. Put down your weapons and let's sort this out."

As Aasgar finishes his appeal, for that is what it sounded more like with him as he was more focused on the energy to protect himself than really scare the archer, his wounds begin to show (28).

R4T16.5: Galakhar taps Gharmez with the wand for another 8 healing. Knowing what is about to happen he pleads with Gharmez, "Worry either about the very best defense you can muster, or the very best healing. Because of that snake catches hold of you, m'lady, you're done. Don't underestimate it."

He studies the snake carefully, though with Gharmez' fallen form he is powerless to do much right now.

R4T16: Abenor steps off the stairs to flank with Aasgar, but gives the intensity of danger that Aasgar lacked. "My dwarven friend has the right of it. You are flanked. Your mobility is impacted. Surrender. You are skilled. Don't waste those years of effort in a gutwater bilge on a nameless riverboat."

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T23.5: Gharmez, what do you do? You have nothing in hand and you are prone on a 5-foot-wide bilge walkway with a constrictor snake staring you in the face. Blessed be the Golden Lord, but you feel better than you did thanks to Galakhar, but you also suffered under the incredible power and strength of these coils.

Chokehold on deck, Archer in the hole ...

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Gharmez: 23.5. Crossbow, loaded (dropped). Earthbreaker dropped. PRONE!!!
Chokehold: 23.2.
Melira: 22. Shield til R10T24. RS/Rapid shot.
* Cat's grace (3 min.).
Aasgar: 17. Axe. Circular stance. TD! 1 round fallow.
Galakhar: 16.5. Studied combat on Chokehold til R13T16.5.
* Combat Insight vs. Chokehold: +2 insight bonus to AC & attack and damage rolls.
* Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him; dropped.
Abenor: 16. Ileor & Kyadrimme. Thrashing Dragon style.

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R5T23.5: Gharmez starts to reach for her dagger, but stops to consider Galakhar's words, "You are right, old friend." She begins to make gestures and incantations when the snake lashes out to bite her in her spellcasting hand for 11, causing her to lose her spell. From her hand, the thing winds around her quickly and powerfully to then hold her again, crushing for 10. Again, Gharmez' world fades to black.

R5T23.2: It then continues to crush Gharmez's limp body, the sounds of bones snapping and popping. Though Aasgar doesn't see it, Galakhar has a haunting sight of Gharmez's eyes bugged wide and her tongue extended a little too long from her mouth as she lies dead on the bilge walkway.

The snake releases its grip then hisses menacingly at Galakhar.

Galakhar, a trained healer, knows what has transpired, even if his other two companions do not. "She's - she's gone," he says hollowly.

R5T22: To tell the truth, despite Abenor giving time and focus that Aasgar didn't, Abenor's attempt to intimidate through reason was doomed to fail. But with the dwarf's wounds making themselves known and the gray-haired man mentioning that her pet made its first victim, she smiles. "Outnumbered? Not for long. And certainly not outclassed."

She deftly jumps over the side of the bilge walk railing into the water below. It isn't that deep, probably knee-deep. She sloshes towards the side of the boat's hull. "Chokehold, attack!" she points at Galakhar, even as she lets takes aim and shoots once at Aasgar. Aasgar was prepared for defense, though, and taps the arrow offline to hit the bulkhead several feet behind him.

R5T17: Aasgar, you've been fortunate, honestly. With you and Abenor protecting others, nobody has died on your watch in your party since you got to Trunau. Sure, there was a murder of the elder Grath, but that wasn't your watch. And there have been some close calls. But if Galakhar is to be trusted and isn't simply panicking .... it's been awhile since you lost somebody. What do you do?

Galakhar on deck, Abenor in the hole ...

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Chokehold: 23.2.
Melira: 22. Shield til R10T24. RS.
* Cat's grace (3 min.).
Aasgar: 17. Axe. Circular stance. TD! 1 round fallow.
Galakhar: 16.5. Studied combat on Chokehold til R13T16.5.
* Combat Insight vs. Chokehold: +2 insight bonus to AC & attack and damage rolls.
* Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him; dropped.
Abenor: 16. Ileor & Kyadrimme. Thrashing Dragon style.

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Gharmez.

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R5T17: Aasgar feels the levels of rage rising in his throat. Though he hadn't known her long, he had come to value Gharmez as an important member of the team. He steps off the bilge walk to the SE and into the water to close the distance with his foe swinging his axe in a mighty arc and not holding back. It is a sideways swing that catches her in the belly for 32. It is a brutal swing, but it doesn't inhibit her.

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Round 2 fallow.

R5T16.5: Galakhar takes an extract and disappears from view!

R5T16: Abenor now has a very defensive posture. He moves forward to stand astride Gharmez's body and in a low crouch cuts very low for 24 + halve all speeds (+1d6 bleed) + marked.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R5T23.2: Chokehold takes 4 bleed. It comes at Abenor powerfully, but he dodges out of the way and back a few feet.

R5T22: The angry assassin-archer of Abadaran accountants aims at Aasgar and allows her ample volley of arrows to attack. Aasgar feels stymied that any archer can stand face-to-face with him and he can't get an AOO on them for making themselves so vulnerable. The first arrow hits him nicks his right hand (8 mod DDP), then another in his chest (10 mod DDP), and a final to his forehead for 4 + (14 mod DDP).

R5T17: Aasgar, what do you do?

Galakhar on deck? Abenor in the hole ...

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Chokehold: 23.2. BLEED 1d6 + halve all speeds til R8T16!!! Armiger's Mark.
Melira: 22. Shield til R10T24. RS/RS.
* Cat's grace (3 min.).
Aasgar: 17. Axe. Circular stance. 2 rounds fallow. RS.
Galakhar: 16.5. Rapier. Studied combat on Chokehold til R13T16.5.
* Combat Insight vs. Chokehold: +2 insight bonus to AC & attack and damage rolls.
* Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him; dropped.
Abenor: 16. Ileor & Kyadrimme. Thrashing Dragon style. Inner sphere stance. DS! Deadly Strike (+1d6) active on Chokehold til R9T16!!! SwA used.

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Gharmez.

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R6T17: Aasgar shifts his stance and shrugs off her attacks following up with another strike of his own, grabbing his axe with both hands and swinging down over his head, anger fueling his motions. She tries to get out of the way, putting up her arms to defend herself (but keeping the bow away from the axe), and gets hit in her right upper arm for her troubles for 29. Aasgar's wounds now show for 28, even as his mind flushes and his inspiration and maneuvers all reset.

R6T16.5: Galakhar appears on the western side of the walkway from the snake, with his rapier in its back for 11.

R6T16: Abenor gets into his longarm stance, steps carefully over Gharmez' body to slice Chokehold for 23.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T23.2: Chokehold suffers 4 bleed. It snaps at Abenor, but too slowly. Aasgar's axe was there to help, but the elf was fine.

R7T22: The archer continues her withering assault at point-blank range. Knowing what's coming, the dwarf crouches to dodge the first shot, only to get hit by a quick readjustment in the chest (10 mod DDP). His armor is brawn against the final shot.

R7T17: Aasgar, what do you do?

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Chokehold: 23.2. BLEED 1d6 + halve all speeds til R8T16!!! Armiger's Mark.
Melira: 22. Shield til R10T24. RS/RS.
* Cat's grace (3 min.).
Aasgar: 17. Axe. Golden Commander Stance. RS.
Galakhar: 16.5. Rapier.
* Combat Insight vs. Chokehold: +2 insight bonus to AC & attack and damage rolls.
* Has Gharmez' light on a copper coin she gave him; dropped.
Abenor: 16. Ileor & Kyadrimme. Thrashing Dragon style. Reaching blade stance. Deadly Strike (+1d6) active on Chokehold til R9T16!!! RS.

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Gharmez.