Curse of the Crimson Thread: Escape from Old Korvosa [IC]

[Moriar]

Vivino, pleased that the gambit work, goes to swing viciously at the tiger person twice.

Spoiler: Risk it for the biscuit

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Risky strike 1 with battleaxe two handed: to hit of (1d20+8)[17]and damage of (1d8+16)[20]


Risky strike 2 with battleaxe two handed: to hit of (1d20+3)[11]and damage of (1d8+16)[23]

[lostsole31]

R33T14: Vivino, pleased that the gambit work, goes to swing viciously at the tiger person twice, and matching Avidexu's success.

R33T13.1: A loud, gurgling cry of pain is heard relatively close down below, definitely from a male. A little more distant sounds a high-pitched female scream of horror.

R33T13: Roshgog's voice, which sounds like it is near the entrance to the stairwell calls out and is strained by severe pain, "Vivino, I hear your fight. I am slain by the last blow. Feronia watch over you, as I hope she watches over me."

R33T12: Linzi's voice is heard somewhere outside with echoes, telling stories of heroism. By the time it reaches Vivino's ears, however, there is too much echo and distortion to do him any good.

End Round 33, Begin Round 34 ...

R34T26: Again, Avidexu fails to land a blow, but he steps down a few feet away from Vivino. "Your friends will taste my blade, Vivino Dorso."

R34T14: Vivino, what do you do now that the rakshasa backed away?

[Moriar]

"That explains why you are backing away," Vivino taunts. "You are failing to finish me off so you are seeking my already injured friends.

Leaving so soon coward?"

Then he drinks another vial.

Spoiler: taunting

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Drink bears endurance extract.

[lostsole31]

R34T14: "That explains why you are backing away," Vivino taunts. "You are failing to finish me off so you are seeking my already injured friends. Leaving so soon, coward?"

Then he drinks another vial ... he's still fatigued, but he definitely feels a bump of health.

R34T13.1: There is the sound of a weapon cutting into flesh, but then followed immediately by a metal weapon shattering against stone. Sounds of Roshgog casting almost maniacally ... before the sounds of a building spell fizzling out. "Nooooooo!"

End Round 34, Begin Round 35 ...

R35T26: Sounds of activity below, including heavy breathing from Avidexu, a tiger's snarl, and something biting savagely but weakly.

R35T16-14.2: Sword slash, sound of gurgling noise from a dying man, followed by another slash and the gurgling ends. Distant sounds of footsteps moving quickly over wood.

R35T14: Vivino, what do you do?

[Moriar]

Vivino cautiously moves down the stairs.

Spoiler: If Then

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Uses normal move to go downstairs and any remaining move to get to friend and or foe as listed below:

If he sees a friend, will try to stabilize. Heal check of (1d20+12)[31]

If he sees a foe and obviously dead (or no friends), then attacks: to hit of (1d20+11)[26] and damage of (1d8+7)[10]

If he sees no foes or friends, will go full defense.

[lostsole31]

R35T14: Vivino cautiously moves down the stairs. At the bottom few stairs, he is blocked from getting to a downed Roshgog (status unknown) by a wall of the rakshasa and garden guardians. Behind them and next to Roshgog - invisible and yet giving - is Linzi. Avidexu sees Vivino comes down, and with Linzi's oration and the spell of good hope that is still there, Vivino shreds past Avidexu's hide and does .... nothing. Vivino pegged him hard, boosted by a spell of hope and Linzi's oration, and his own brawn ... and still didn't leave a scratch.

R35T13.1: Interestingly, Green is holding the hilt of a destroyed scimitar and drops it. Covered from Vivino by the stairwell, it moves west out of sight.

R35T12: Continuing her oration, Linzi gives enough of a breather to speak. "He's gone, Vi. Butchered by the tiger-man, a raksasa - a powerful native outsider."

Now that Linzi has Vivino's wan red light from his coin (she was in pitch black before, feeling around), she backs up several feet and shoots Brown in the back for 17. She loses her invisibility, and speed loads her crossbow.

End Round 35, Begin Round 36 ...

R36T26: Avidexu steps north and takes a breather, removing his exhaustion, but seemingly fatigued. "Kill her!"

R36T16-14.2: Brown charges Linzi and slashes her belly for 9.

R36T14: Vivino, what do you?

Green on deck, Linzi in the hole ...

[Moriar]

"These people are heartless," Vivino begins. "Let's see what we can do about removing what they consider a heart."

Vivino moves up brown and delivers a two handed blow.

Spoiler: revenge?

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Moves 4 squares east and 1 NE to be next to brown.

Risky two handed strike: to hit (1d20+8)[10]

Damage of (1d8+16)[23]

[lostsole31]

R36T14: "These people are heartless," Vivino begins. "Let's see what we can do about removing what they consider a heart."

Vivino moves out of the stairwell and as he goes Avidexu is to the north and misses a displaced as Vivino ignores the attack and rolls up on Brown and gets its attention with a two-handed swing.

R36T13.1: Green "runs" in his very slow form of flight to cross the chasm southwards.

R36T12: Linzi continues her oration. She steps back, takes out a wand and uses it on herself to disappear from view. "Oh, Vivino, I am glad to see you are still alive."

End Round 36, Begin Round 37 ...

R37T26: Avidexu closes on Vivino. While the big man is partly focused on Brown, Avidexu steals the light coin lanyard from Vivino. He closes his weird, backwards-facing palm of a left hand around the coin to snuff out the light. Linzi's voice shudders in terror, having only been giving just a few seconds of light.

R37T16: Two attacks come from where Brown was last seen, the second pinging Vivino in the head for 6 mod.

R37T14: Vivino, you are in darkness now. The enemy's evil cunning likely put the nail in the coffin by taking his light. What do you do?

[Moriar]

"Good to see you too Linzi," Vivino says. "See if you can get this lit"

He pulls out a torch and throws it towards Linzi.

Spoiler: light?

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MA to retrieve torch from handy haversack.

Foghting defensively, throw torch towards where he last saw/heard Linzi.

[lostsole31]

R37T14: "Good to see you too, Linzi," Vivino says. "See if you can get this lit."

He pulls out a torch, and in doing so he gets hit in the neck by a scimitar for 6 mod. With the torch in his hand he tries to toss it to where his proprioperception makes him think where Linzi last was. But his hands fumble. The torch is heard dropping on the stone ground and bouncing until the bouncing suddenly stops, followed by an impact sound farther away, followed several seconds later by a distant "sploosh."

R37T12: A faint gasp, but Linzi bravely continues her oration for Vivino for all the good that does, and it sounds like she is carefully moving away as well.

End Round 37, Begin Round 38 ...

R38T26-14.2: All enemies attack Vivino, but with his uncanny dodge and displacement, they all fail.

R38T14: Vivino, what do you do?

[Moriar]

"One last try," Vivino says as he carefully draws and throws another torch.

Spoiler: light 2

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Fighting defensive draws another torch and attempts to throw to where he thinks Linzi is now at.

[lostsole31]

R38T14: "One last try," Vivino says as he carefully draws and as he reaches to get another torch, Avidexu trips him, and then gets hit in the chest with a scimitar for 7 mod. Vivino finally gets that torch though, and defensively from the ground throws it blindly without having taken time to really listen for where she is. Of course, in doing so he is attacked, but his defensive spell and armor holds steady.

R38T12: Linzi continues her oration. A flash of positive energy.

End Round 38, Begin Round 39 ...

R39T26-14.2: Vivino gets nicked in the neck for 3 mod. That displacement doing more than its lack of weight in gold ...

R39T14: ... unfortunately, that displacement now dissipates, but at least it helped. Though that's gone, the good news is Vivino gets his breath back and is no longer fatigued, but he is prone. Vivino, what do you do?

[Moriar]

"Light the torch," Vivino says. "These cowards are afraid of fighting in the light." The last finishes in a growl while getting up and the claws and a muzzle begins to work.

Spoiler: if going down. going down fighting

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Begins raging

Stands up

Attack brown. Aka last known direction of brown. If unknown then attack toward Avidexu who just hit him.

Claw 1 to hit (1d20+15)[21] and damage of (1d6+7)[12]

[lostsole31]

R39T14: "Light the torch," Vivino says, finishing with a growl. "These cowards are afraid of fighting in the light."

He begins to get up and he is struck by a smaller blade in his left knee for 7 mod, though with his rage he barely feels the sting. Two other blades clang against his armor. Vivino gets on his feet and now armed with claws and a muzzle - dropping the battleaxe - he begins to go to work, missing his target.

R39T12: "What torch?" asks a frantic Linzi as she continues her oration. "Nothing landed near me."

End Round 39, Begin Round 40 ...

R40T26: Vivino is stung in the belly by a small blade for 7 mod, and then his armor is struck. Avidexu tries to use claw and fang to knock Vivino down again.

R40T16-14.2: Brown and Red continue to try to get through Vivino's raging thicket of natural weapons and armor.

R40T14: Vivino, you are raging (2 THP remain), and you still have a battleaxe in one hand. You are in darkness, weakened, but still mutagen active and shield spell holding firm. What do you do?

[Moriar]

"Where did it go?" Vivino asks in frustration.

Then he swings twice and bites at brown.

Spoiler: slice?

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Continues raging

Battleaxe strike two handed 1: to hit (1d20+12)[31] and damage of (1d8+8)[14]

Battleaxe strike two handed 2: to hit (1d20+7)[20] and damage of (1d8+8)[13]

Bite: to hit (1d20+15)[34] and damage of (1d4+7)[8]

[lostsole31]

R40T14: "Where did it go?" Vivino asks in frustration before he swings twice and bites at Brown. His first attack whiffs, the second bounces off armor, and the bite is made low on the Brown's left knee for 12 + 0 poison. He knows that it might be a minute before ingested poison to affect him.

R40T13.1: Linzi keeps her oration going, but cries out in pain.

R40T12: Linzi's orating is trailing off to the south as she seems to be moving away, but in this larger room - despite echoes - still affects Vivino.

End Round 40, Begin Round 41 ...

R41T26: A claw once again tries to bring Vivino down to the ground and fails.

R41T16-14.2: Lots of blows against Vivino's armor.

R41T14: Vivino, what do you do?

[Moriar]

"I wonder if tiger people can breathe under water," Vivino says in a quiet bit of anger.

He grabs for the body connected to the tripping claw.

Spoiler: Desperation time yet?

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Continue raging.

If Vivino is able to grab the tiger man (tell by the claws/teeth and fur and that stinky breath)

Then the goal is to carry him towards where he lasts remember being an edge and water below. Aiming to pick him up and carry him over the edge to plummet into the water below. Vivino will aim take a deep breath before plunging into the water. Hoping to dig his claws in deep to hold him in an embrace under water.

[lostsole31]

R41T14: "I wonder if tiger people can breathe under water," Vivino says in a quiet bit of anger, dropping his axe before grabbing for the body connected to the tripping claw. That same direction hits him in his thigh with a kukri for 3 mod, just feeling the sting. A sword hits him in his belly for 8 mod. Vivino briefly gets hols of the tiger man before losing his grip.

R41T13.1: ...

R41T12: Linzi continues her oration, now moving closer.

End Round 41, Begin Round 42 ...

R42T26: Now Vivino is hit in the other thigh with a kukri for 6 mod, and both claw and bite try to trip him.

R42T16-14.2: The guardians attack, all missing or hitting armor.

R42T14: Vivino, what do you do?

[Moriar]

Vivino grits his teeth in frustration. "Shame you don't like water, you could really use a bath," he says as he mimics fanning a smell from his nose.

Then with a careful approach, goes for a dive.

Spoiler: Olympic dive

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Continue raging

If able to go defensive will do so but if not then trusting in mobility.

Aim is to jump off the edge of the cliff and get enough away from the rocks to get into the water with a dive. Taking a good breath before entering water.

[lostsole31]

R42T14: Vivino grits his teeth in frustration. "Shame you don't like water, you could really use a bath," he says as he mimics fanning a smell from his nose. Then with a careful approach, he tries to stumble away - catching a scimitar in his back hip for 3 mod - and stumbles his way off the edge. It is unexpected as he was feeling his way in the darkness. He tries to find a way to right himself, but flailing in the black and unbalanced in his rage as he is, he falls what seems like an eternity as Linzi's voice trails off above.

And with that, Vivino proved his mastery over his enemies in defining the house of his death, and not they.

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And that is the end of yet another roster of those in Korvosa who have fallen to recent troubles.