Strange Aeons: The Thrushmoor Terror, Part 2 [IC]

[Blackhawk101]

Brother Jaume twirls his quarterstaff around and slams into the Southern cultist.

Spoiler: crunch

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FAA: Risky strike, flurry of blows with staff attacking red cultist ]
to hit1 - (1d20+6)[16]
to hit1 - (1d6+12)[15]
to hit2 - (1d20+6)[26]
to hit2 - (1d6+12)[15]

[lostsole31]

R3T17: Brother Jaume twirls his quarterstaff around and slams into the Southern cultist. The first attack barely clinks along his chain shirt, but the second is a perfect billiards-type thrust to the cheset for 19 that is accompanied by a loud crack of the man's sternum as he falls.

R3T16: Flair, what do you do? Your crossbow is unloaded.

Vilma on deck, Blue in the hole ...

[digiman619]

Flair pauses as he brings all of his analytical powers to bear on Blue. In the hubbub he hadn't been able to get a good look at his foes and if there was going to be an easier way than just smacking them, he'd have to find it himself.

Spoiler: OOC

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SA: Check-Up on Red (Heal check vs. DC 10 + 1/2 target's HD + their CON). Note that binding Urbo gives Flair a bonus on Heal checks.
MA: Knowledge check against these baddies.

[lostsole31]

R3T16: Flair pauses as he brings all of his analytical powers to bear on Blue. In the hubbub he hadn't been able to get a good look at his foes and if there was going to be an easier way than just smacking them, he'd have to find it himself.

R3T6: Vilma, what do you do?

Blue on deck, Winter in the hole ...

[silphael]

As the other cultist falls, Vilma keeps attempting to take down Blue.

"Last one, let's go !"

Spoiler: OOC

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Swift action to switch judgement to Justice for +1 to attack. Standard action to attack with Risky Strike.
Attack - (1d20+8)[16]+1 from judgement
Damage - (1d8+9)[10]

[lostsole31]

R3T6: As the other cultist falls, Vilma keeps attempting to take down Blue, but Blue deflects the morningstar as Vilma exhorts the others, "Last one, let's go!"

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T27: "Hastur will strike at you through me!" Blue shrieks while letting loose with a nega-blast. Winter is completely unaffected. Brother Jaume, St. Dorn, & Flair take 3 NE. Vilma takes 6 NE.

R4T23: Winter continues her dramatic oration as she backs up against the outer wall. She casts a spell directed at the cultist. "We don't need to hear any more of your accursed mutterings, you nutter."

R4T18: St. Dorn fishhooks around, jumps up on the bed and then off it to come at the woman from the side of the desk. He swings at her legs, but she jumps over the attack.

R4T17: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

[Blackhawk101]

Brother Jaume turns, takes a step North and unleashes a flurry of attacks at the remaining cultist; His face is calm as his fists fly.

Spoiler: crunch

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Free: five ft step North
FAA: Risky strike, flurry of blows, NL all attacks, first punch :stunning fist
To hit1 - (1d20+7)[23]
to dam1 - (1d8+9)[12]
To hit2 - (1d20+7)[17]
to dam2 - (1d8+9)[17]
spend ki point for additional attack
To hit3 - (1d20+7)[14]
to dam3 - (1d8+9)[11]

[lostsole31]

R4T17: Brother Jaume turns, takes a step North and unleashes a flurry of attacks at the remaining cultist; His face is calm as his fists fly. His first strike is in her babymaker for 13 NL. Her body doubles in on itself as she drops her rapier in pain. That opens up success for Brother Jaume's next fist which nails her right in the boob for 18 NL. Calling on his ki, he tries to finish her off but this time her armor saves her from being dropped outright. For his part, Brother Jaume huffs from the effort of having spent the last of his ki.

R4T16: Flair, what do you do?

Vilma on deck, Blue in the hole ...

[digiman619]

Flair pauses for a moment. Right this second, there's not a whole lot he can do to help, and the only remaining belligerent is literally backed into a corner. So instead he calmly walks over to the dropped rapier and picks it up, his still-empty crossbow in his dominant hand.

Spoiler: OOC

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MA to walk to the rapier and MA to pick it up. I'm not gonna do much with it (I think I'd be taking TWF penalties if I tried, frankly), but at least it's out of harm's way.

[lostsole31]

R4T16: Flair pauses for a moment. Right this second, there's not a whole lot he can do to help, and the only remaining belligerent is literally backed into a corner. So instead he calmly walks over to the dropped rapier (from Red, because he can't in and reach Blue's which dropped in her square - on the table) and picks it up, his still-empty crossbow in his dominant hand.

R4T6: Vilma, what do you do?

Blue on deck, Winter in the hole ...

[silphael]

Decided to end it now, Vilma swings her morningstar again toward Blue.

Spoiler: OOC

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Standard action to attack with Risky Strike.

Attack - (1d20+8)[10]+1 from Justice judgement
Damage - (1d8+9)[16]

[lostsole31]

R4T6: Deciding to end it now .... again, Vilma swings her morningstar again toward Blue, but completely misses. Vilma was used to the woman's agile dance-like maneuvers, and her stunned sway throws Vilma off.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T27: Blue is stunned ...

R5T23: Winter continues her dramatic monologue, unable to do much else at this time.

R5T18: St. Dorn suffers from the same issues as Vilma, though he is more savvy. "It seems that she has a field up to deflect those of virtue."

R5T17: Blue recovers from being stunned. Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

[digiman619]

Flair dropped his empty crossbow and idly flicked his thumb across the rapier's edge "You know", he said, addressing the remaining opponent, "if you just surrender, we could avoid all this unpleasantness"

Spoiler: OOC

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Do a Diplomacy check to try and convince them to surrender. I'm 98% certain this won't, but as I said previously, I've got nothing else to add at the moment.

[Blackhawk101]

BJ twirls the heavy oaken shaft and launches a flurry of accurate strikes at the cultist.

Spoiler: crunch

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FAA, flurry of blows
to hit1 - (1d20+8)[26]
to dam1 - (1d6+6)[12]
to hit2 - (1d20+8)[25]
to dam2 - (1d6+6)[8]

[lostsole31]

R5T17: BJ twirls the heavy oaken shaft and launches a flurry of accurate strikes at the cultist. The first strike hits her in her unprotected right hand for 13. As she begins to fall foward, the monk's staff hits her straight across the chest to knock her into the wall for 8. The blow having kept her flopped on the table like a discarded doll.

R5T16: Flair dropped his empty crossbow and idly flicked his thumb across the rapier's edge. "You know", he said, addressing the unconscious woman, "if you just surrender, we could avoid all this unpleasantness."

It appears that his diplomacy worked, for she has surrendered consciousness!

Combat Ends ...

[digiman619]

Flair looks up to see the cultist slump to the floor before shrugging. "Or that works too, I guess." He then leaned the rapier against the wall before retrieving and reloading his crossbow. Once that's done, he'll attempt to check on the vitals of the cultists, suggesting that they gather any who still live back with the others.

[lostsole31]

"At this point," says St. Dorn, "we're down to using bedding - of which there is plenty - to use as hog-tie material."

And with removing weapons, unholy symbols, spell component pouches and any other handle-able gear, St. Dorn (and any else who wish to help) begins tying up the unconscious cultist (she is KO'd, not dead).

[Blackhawk101]

BJ will help Dorn tie up both cultists in silence.

[lostsole31]

St. Dorn stops Brother Jaume. "He is dead, we don't need to tie him up. It seems his heart went into sever myocardial infarction from which he did not recover when you hit him with your staff. It's okay, brother, you defended yourself against evil. Feel the weight of the loss of life, but don't let it mire you in guilt when you gave righteous action."

[Blackhawk101]

BJ nods to Dorn sadly. He heads over to examine/search the room.

[lostsole31]

The group searches the room, and they find a small stash in the drawer in the nightstand. The drawer contains a pouch with the following:

• 360 gp
• Three objects yet to ID, but radiate magic: a pearl, a vial with a viscous fluid, and a simple-looking stone.

[Blackhawk101]

BJ will help the others collect the items and then hoist the unconscious cultist on his shoulder to carry down stairs. He heads back the way they came.

[lostsole31]

As Brother Jaume gets to the area of the basin just outside the sitting room, with the rest of the party following, scores of rats come zipping out of various little holes and cracks and crevices in the walls and baseboards to swarm over Brother Jaume (and his precious cargo), and St. Dorn.

Begin Round One ...

R1T21: Flair, what do you do? Your loaded crossbow is in hand.

[digiman619]

Flair swears in Infernal as he runs past the rats. "It's a swarm! Use bludgeoning weapons and area effects if you can and spread apart as much as possible!" And in spite of his own warning, he fires his crossbow at it, hoping to do some damage despite it going against its harder defenses.

Spoiler: OOC

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MA: Move 30 feet north.
SA: Fire at the Swarm using risky strike. (1d20+3)[9] (1d8+2)[9]

[lostsole31]

R1T21: Flair swears in Infernal as he runs past the rats, though the end of the hall is 10' shorter than expected (20' from original). "It's a swarm! Use bludgeoning weapons and area effects if you can and spread apart as much as possible!" And in spite of his own warning, he fires his crossbow at it, hoping to do some damage despite it going against its harder defenses, but his unfocused shot just hits wall.

R1T17: Brother Jaume, you are currently in moderate encumbrance as you carry the unconscious cultist woman, and there are rats all about. An arm/hand is needed to steady the woman, so you can't use your quarterstaff while you hold her. What do you do?

[Blackhawk101]

BJ will grit his teeth and make a run for it.

Spoiler: crunch

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double move
MA: 15’ to the East, 5 ft NE, 5 ft N, 5 ft West
SA: Move 5 ft West, down the stairs (?), 5ft East into dining room, 5 ft South, 10 ft. West, and 5 ft South if any left.

[lostsole31]

R1T17: Brother Jaume grits his teeth and makes a run for it, getting downstairs (off map and out of initiative).

R1T12: Vilma, what do you do?

[silphael]

Vilma walks closer to the swarm, before starting the rats' extermination task.

Spoiler: OOC

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Move action to move (1N, 1NE (or 2N 1E, which is still a move I can make)), then standard action to attack with Risky Strike.

Attack - (1d20+8)[13]
Damage - (1d8+11)[12]

[lostsole31]

R1T12: Vilma walks closer to the swarm, before starting the rats' extermination task. She finds that she can't turn the corner because there is a basin there, so has to continue past and into the midst of the rats before dropping her morningstar, but really only killing a single rat on a weapon spike.

R1T11: St. Dorn steps out of the mass of rats and just north of the doorway to the sitting room and starts smashing with his hammer for 11 to the swarm.

R1T9: Winter uses her rarely-used claws as a changeling to tear into the rats, doing 4.

R1T8: The rats surge forward, but the AOOs attempted against them all fail. They then begin to nibble on all three heroes: Flair (1), Dorn (nothing), Vilma (3). It's creepy, but none of the heroes are freaked out.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T21: Flair, unloaded crossbow in hand, but not the best weapon as you are in the midst of rats. What do you do?

Vilma on deck, St. Dorn in the hole ....

[digiman619]

Flair stomped on the swarming pile of rats before moving south; spreading out as far as possible was key to keep the swarm from overwhelming them.

Spoiler: OOC

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SA: Risky Strike melee attack the swarm (1d20+3)[10] (1d6+2)[3]
MA: Move south as much as possible; make the swarm have to pick a group of targets instead of getting all of us.