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

[lostsole31]

R3T11: Dane gets into position to try to steal the pig back.

R3T10: Ernak, you manage to just overcome that sickened feeling you had. Do you maintain bardic performance? What do you do?

Vivino on deck, Shinglewolves in the hole ...

[Ason]

Ernak shifts westward, but unable to reach the pig, he elects to continue his grudgematch against Blue by throwing more attacks at him.

To his fellow Bloody Badgers, Ernak calls out, "Nice defense, badgers! Here they come again!"

Spoiler: Mechanics

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Tactical Flanker at Start of Turn: square south
Free: maintain Inspire Courage +2
Five-Foot Step: west 1 square
Full Attack

1. No AoO Trip vs Blue: (1d20+16)[27] (does not include inspire courage, deft maneuvers)
2. (if attack #1's trip succeeded) Punch at Blue: attack (1d20+10)[24] (does not include inspire courage or prone; does include iterative attack penalty); damage (1d3+7)[8] (does not include inspire courage bonus)

• (if attack #1's trip failed) Trip vs Blue: (1d20+11)[23](does not include inspire courage or deft maneuvers; does include iterative attack penalty)

AoO: attacks with his fists at the first opponent to trigger an AoO

• Punch: attack (1d20+15)[18] (does not include inspire courage, prone, or deft maneuvers); damage (1d3+7)[9]

[lostsole31]

R3T10: Ernak shifts westward, but unable to reach the pig, he elects to continue his grudge match against Blue by throwing more attacks at him. He knocks Blue off balance and then punches Blue's shoulder for 10 NL even as Blue punches Ernak in the stomach for 4 NL.

To his fellow Bloody Badgers, Ernak calls out, "Nice defense, badgers! Here they come again!"

R3T7: Vivino, what do you do?

Shinglewolves on deck and in the hole ....

[Moriar]

Vivino moves into position to help block and takes a strong backhand at blue.

Spoiler: go

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Keep raging

Move 10,' to NW

Move 15' west

Move 5' south

Move 5' SE

Risky strike nonlethal at blue. To hit of (1d20+8)[13] and damage of (1d6+13)[18]

[lostsole31]

R3T7: Vivino moves into position to help block and takes a strong backhand down at Blue, smashing his foot for 16 NL.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T25: Green moves into the heroes' area and Jacintha trips him. He still tries to kick at her from the ground.

R4T23-13: Brown shoots across and downfield and laterals the piggy to Purple, and the piggy just slumps in his hands. Yellow hustles into the "end zone." Purple bolts around Ernak and then towards the end zone .... and throws the piggy into the hole, despite an attempt by Laori to knock it away, where it is torn apart by the wolverine within!

Period of Play Ended. Begin 2-Minute Break ...

Shinglewolves 2
Bloody Badgers 1

What do you do during this period?

[Ason]

Pausing to catch his breath, Ernak fishes a wand out of his haversack and casts cure light wounds on himself several times.

To the rest of the team, Ernak says encouragingly, "That was a rough round: I don't know if we could have played that any better than we did, considering they got the drop on us like that. Anything new in mind for round 4?"

Spoiler: Mechanics

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Ernak will keep casting cure light wounds from his wand until his nonlethal damage is 6 or lower or he has cast it 5 times from the wand, whichever comes first.

1. (1d8+1)[9]
2. (1d8+1)[4]
3. (1d8+1)[4]
4. (1d8+1)[5]
5. (1d8+1)[6]

[Rithryn]

Dane looks at the other team than back to his.
"We could try to hold the pig here and knock'em all out? Hard for them to stop us if their laying on the floor."

[lostsole31]

"While I like that idea," offers Laori, "we don't know which side the pig comes out on. It seems kind of random to me."

[Rithryn]

Dane looks around them at the other team and the audience.
"That's true, we might want to think about what to do if we lose this game as well."

[Moriar]

"I wonder how hard it is to throw the pig?" Vivino asks. "That seems to be how they have beaten us last round."

[Ason]

Ernak rubs a fading bruise for emphasis as he says, "I can knock 'em down just fine, but throwing punches is not my forte. I'll do my best to keep making your jobs easier though, if it comes to that. But Vivino makes a good point: if they can throw the pig, maybe we can do a throw to pass the pig around their dog piles or even score?"

[Moriar]

"Since they tend to dogpile like Ernak mentions, lets take advantage, " Vivino says. "If we have the pig, and you are able to, try getting free downfield and whomever has the pug can try throwing it."

[lostsole31]

Both teams are called to take the field!

[lostsole31]

And as bad luck would have it, the Shinglewolves start off with the pig for this round! The Emperor of Korvosa screams for work the play to begin!

Begin Round One ...

R1T22: Jacintha, what do you do?

[Dusk Raven]

Jacintha starts off by moving downfield, before reading herself to trip the next Shinglewolf that moves into range of her fists.

Spoiler: Actions

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Move action: move 1 square SW, and 6 squares S.
Standard action: ready an action to trip the next enemy that comes into range.

[lostsole31]

R1T22: Jacintha starts off by moving downfield, before reading herself to trip the next Shinglewolf that moves into range of her fists.

R1T21-19: Purple falls back and picks up the pig from the cage. Red hustles into the Badgers' territory. Their goalie doesn't move, but is alert and ready.

R1T18: Ernak, what do you do?

[Ason]

Ernak adopts his usual defensive posture before calling out encouragements to the team.

Spoiler: OoC

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Tactical Flanker at Start of Turn: 1 square south
Free: adopt Indomitable tactical presence
Swift: adopt Circular Stance (cannot be flanked)
Move: start Inspire Courage +2
Five-Foot Step: 1 square southeast
Standard: use Warleader to give everyone in the party the Outflank feat

[lostsole31]

R1T18: Ernak adopts his usual defensive posture before calling out encouragements to the team.

R1T17: Brown hustles into Badgers' territory.

R1T13: Dane, what do you do?

[Rithryn]

Dane moves south to deliver an uppercut to the enemy team.

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moving4 squares south to attack red, vital strike + risky strike. (1d20+14)[22] (2d4+14)[19]

[lostsole31]

R1T13: Dane moves south to deliver an uppercut to the enemy team. While he is unable to affect the entire team, Red does miss his AOO as Dane gives a shovel hook to dig right in the man's upper arm for 21 ... note 21 ... not 21 NL. There's a gasp from the crowd.

R1T12-9: Pink looks on incredulously as the dwarf on the opposing team just did serious lethal injury to one of his own with a gauntleted fist that wasn't pulled despite the agreement the two teams had. He then charges downfield towards the vacuous Laori ... taking out a finely crafted battle axe as he does so to hit her in her upper arm for 11 as he does so. The crowd then cheers at this sudden, bloody turnaround. Yellow does the same type of axe charge to Dane, but his strike is deflected by armor for his trouble. Blue sees Jacintha waiting for him, so he rushes her way while drawing a much smaller axe but stops before he's in reach and chucks the throwing axe at her, clipping the side of her throat for 12. Cuts across the field a little, but also throws an axe that hits Jacintha in the stomach for 9.

R1T8: Vivino, what do you do?

Laori on deck, Jacintha in the hole ...

[Moriar]

Vivino grins as the bloodshedding begins anew.

He howls in excitement and moves into position behind pink. His clawed hand seeks to remove a kidney.

"Grab any weapons they drop."

Spoiler: Blood letting

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Begins to rage.

Moves 5' south.

Move 20' west.

Tumble 5' more to the west to end up flanking pink.
Acrobatics roll of (1d20+13)[22]

Claw attack, risking strike. Plus flanking and other bonuses.

To hit of (1d20+12)[16]
Damage of (1d6+13)[18]
Sneak attack of (4d6)[5]

[lostsole31]

R1T8: Vivino grins as the blood-shedding begins anew. He howls in excitement and moves into position behind Pink. His clawed hand seeks to remove a kidney, but catches an elbow instead for 18, and realizing that since Laori wasn't quite ready yet he wasn't flanking. He says, though without shouting it doesn't carry too far, "Grab any weapons they drop."

R1T7: Laori now snaps to awareness, and for her part, she doesn't "rage" so much as she seethes and plants her feet solidly on the ground while combining a stance that is at once spooky and implacable. She dog-piles Pink with her armor spikes for 33 and knocking Pink prone and destroying his battle axe. This freaks out not only Pink, but Yellow and Red as well. "Vivino," Laori says almost manically, "Stick around to help protect our cage .... because I'm not moving from this spot."

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T22: Jacintha, your readied action didn't happen. What do you do?

Shinglewolves on deck and in the hole ...

[lostsole31]

R2T22: Jacintha simply reaches down and picks up both throwing axes that had hit her before stepping upfield to engage the clump fighting Dane.

R2T21-20: Purple moves downfield and laterals the piggy to Blue. Blue catches it, but the piggy kicks and Blue can't hold on as the piggy now drops. Red steps back, fails to fake out Jacintha, and strikes hard against her mithral chain.

R2T18: Ernak, you are currently inspiring courage. What do you do?

Brown on deck, Dane in the hole ...

[Ason]

Spying the brawl to his west, Ernak cautiously calls out, "Watch yourselves now!"

He then charges south, throwing himself at Blue as hard as he can.

Spoiler: OoC

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Tactical Flanker at Start of Turn: 1 square south
Free: maintain Inspire Courage +2
Swift: Defending the Pride boost (+4 AC to allies within 60')
Full-Round Action: charge + bull rush (+2 CMB, -2 AC) (takes an AoO since lacks the feat)

• Bull Rush Check v Blue: (1d20+18)[24] (does include charge bonus +2; does not include Inspire Courage or any other buffs/penalties)
• Bull Rush Check v Purple: (1d20+14)[24] (does include charge bonus +2 & -4 penalty per bull rush #2 rules; does not include Inspire Courageor any other buffs/penalties)
• Ernak will bull rush Blue & Purple as far south as he is able, moving with them as far as he is able

[lostsole31]

R2T18: Spying the brawl to his west, Ernak cautiously calls out, "Watch yourselves now!"

He then charges south, throwing himself at Blue as hard as he can. Blue goes to punch him but Ernak is faster and Blue jams his fist painfully at the charging body. He would've pushed him back, were it not for an excellent stance from Purple, so Blue maintains his spot.

R2T17: Brown doubles back while taking out a battleaxe and he picks up the piggy!

R2T13: Dane, what do you do?

Shinglewolves on deck/ in the hole ...

[Rithryn]

Dane looks to his companions embarrassed.
"Sorry gang, lost my temper but I guess it's too late now."
Dane throws two jabs at the foe before him.

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attacking yellow, risky strike.
First jab (1d20+10)[30] (1d3+9)[11] secondjab (1d20+5)[19] (1d3+9)[12]

[Rithryn]

Danes first blow is delivered with extra umph.

Spoiler: crunch

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(1d20)[20] (2d6)[7]

[lostsole31]

R2T13: Dane looks to his companions embarrassed. "Sorry, gang. Lost my temper, but I guess it's too late now." He throws two jabs at the foe before him, but not before Yellow hits Dane in the left shoulder with his battle axe for 10. Dane's first jab is a crumpling blow; it should have dropped him to the ground but to the Shinglewolf's credit he manages to keep his feet, but suffers 25 for his efforts. The second jab is right to the man's chest for 14.

R2T12-9: Pink takes out a throwing axe and swings at Laori, but it seems to have been deflected. Yellow steps away from Dane and right to Vivino and tries to attack him but Vivino ducks. Blue sidesteps Ernak, takes out his battle axe and swings at a ducking Ernak.

R2T8: Vivino, you are raging. What do you do?

Laori on deck, Jacintha in the hole ...

[Moriar]

Now that Laori is primed he gives her a toothy grin.

Vivino turns into a blur of motion as he strikes out with ckaws and teeth.

Spoiler: rip and shred

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Continue raging

Using flank and other bonuses

Risky strike Claw 1 vs pink to hit of (1d20+12)[18] Damage of (1d6+13)[19] and sneak of (4d6)[16]


Risky strike Claw 2 vs pink to hit of (1d20+12)[14] Damage of (1d6+13)[17] and sneak of (4d6)[20]



Risky strike bite vs yelliw to hit of (1d20+12)[27] Damage of (1d6+13)[16]

[lostsole31]

R2T8: Now that Laori is primed, Vivino gives her a toothy grin. He turns into a blur of motion as he strikes out with claws and teeth. His first claw slashes along the biceps and inner shoulder of Pink for 37. The man doesn't even have time to go limp when the other claw gets the same upper arm and elbow on the man's other side. Then, Vivino's jaws close over the man's jaw and face and close, crushing the lower skull horrifically. The crowd not so much cheers but loses their mind at the bloodlust and savagery that they've never seen before.

When Vivino's blood-soaked face pulls away, bits of brain trail away with it. Meanwhile, Vivino can't help but have to deal with chewing bits of bone, skin, flesh, tongue, nasal passages, ear, and brain.

R2T7: Laori delays ...

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T22: Jacintha, you have a throwing axe in each hand. What do you do?

Shinglewolves on deck and in the hole ...