Tree Lords V

[JadedDM]

Near the dungeon stairwell
The three kirath shake their heads; none have anything that could serve as a tripwire. "There's no choice then," Aleaha laments. "We'll have to move in and try to disable them without killing." She looks at Lareth. "But we'll have to move quickly."

Lareth nods. "I understand." He gestures for everyone to gather around him. Once they have done so, he begins to chant. "Mayat keajukan laksana cepat belit," he intones, and then finishes with a flourish. If the spell had any visible effect, though, Babushka doesn't notice.

"Let's move in," Dara states, and the three kirath head down the stairs.

Dungeon
Malika groans in frustration. "You people are supposed to be heroes. How in the Abyss did you even survive this long? Do you just sit around arguing until the gods themselves step down from the heavens and rescue you?"

[HorizonsDream]

Imani rubs at her forehead in frustration. "Malika, shut up," she finally says. This isn't something she would normally say to anything, but she is clearly fed up with people in general.

[Breila]

Babushka's weapon of choice would be the fungus staff, does it harden as she moves in? she will aim for the head/neck/shoulder part of a draconian to render him unconscious. In any event, she will follow the kirath and attack whoever gets in the back of one of them, using her advantage of invisibility up to that point.

[Jerrard]

"Indeed, please be quiet, escape from this place isn't that easy, its a jail, designed to keep people in." Jerrard peers out of the door as best he can once more (where are the guards?)

[Jenara]

"Oh this is boring!" Locky nearly kicks the wall, her frustration evident, "Hero?" she responds, "I never saw myself as a hero."

[JadedDM]

Jerrard peeks out the door window and spots a bozak pacing back and forth up and down the hall, clearly bored. He can't see the others playing cards at the table, down the hall, but he does hear them talking among themselves. There's no lighting at all down here, and the draconians all have infravision, so they don't need it.

"Malika, shut up."

Malika shrugs. "You're just annoyed because you know I'm right."

"I never saw myself as a hero."

"That's good," Malika continues. "Because you lot would be the unlikeliest of heroes ever."

Ulster, Thuskar and Fikod say nothing, but just silently watch the exchanges, as the party's cohesion begins to break down, once again.

Meanwhile, the three kirath rush downstairs, Babushka tailing them with the Fungus Staff in her hands. It hardens as soon as it senses she wants it to.

When they reach the bottom of the stairs, Babushka notes that the bozaks are reacting rather sluggishly. They slowly start to get up, reaching for their weapons. It's almost as if time itself has slowed to half speed, except for herself and the kirath, who can move perfectly normally.

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Surprise roll for bozaks (1d10): 6, bozaks are not surprised

(Actions and Initiative for Round 1?)

[HorizonsDream]

"Perhaps that is the case," Imani admitted. "But I really don't see what we can do here at the moment. We can't break through the door. We can't lure the guards in here because we can't over power that many. Apparently, our spell casters don't have any useful spells at the moment, so we are just kind of stuck. The only other thing I have in mind is seducing the guards."

[Breila]

Keeping close to the wall (so no one bumps into her), Babuhska jogs over to draconian #3, attempting to hit his head from behind to knock him out.

INIT 14, Hit AC 3 for 1d6+1=4 damage

[Jerrard]

"I guess that could work, Draconians are attracted to human females, I have heard stories..." Jerrard muses, "I can see one, perhaps you or Malika could call them over."

He looks a little lost, almost blushing.

[Jenara]

"Seduce?" Locky asks puzzled.

[JadedDM]

Cell
Malika glares with a cold fury at Jerrard. "Absolutely not," she states, turning her back toward him. "The Baaz who captured me already took what they wanted before they brought me here. I'm not about to spread my legs for the bozaks so they can do the same!"

Suddenly, the sound of battle can be heard coming down the hall. The bozak guard draws his sword and leaves to investigate. Jerrard cannot see anything, due to the darkness, but he does hear steel clashing against steel and grunts of pain.

Guard's Room
Dara moves first, challenging the wounded bozak. The two exchange blows, but neither can pierce the others' defenses.

Another bozak leaps over the table and attacks Aleaha, who takes a minor wound from the blow. She returns the favor with lightning speed, punching the bozak with the pommel of her blade.

A third bozak challenges Lareth, but the mage easily parries the blow then hilt punches the bozak in return.

Babushka moves to attack the remaining bozak, who is starting to spell cast. She finds she is able to reach him much faster than she expected, and she gives him a good whack across the kneecap (his head being too high for her to reach). This disrupts his spell and dispells her invisibility at the same time. The bozak is moving so slowly--at least from her perception, anyway--that she finds time to make another strike. However, the bozak is able to evade this one.

The bozak who was pacing the hall comes to investigate, his blade at the ready. "The Abyss?" he mutters, and starts to chant a spell.

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Initiative
Babushka (1d10+1): 11
Aleaha (1d10+0): 7
Lareth (1d10+0): 9
Dara (1d10+0): 5
Bozak 01 (1d10+5): 10
Bozak 02 (1d10+5): 6
Bozak 03 (1d10+5): 14
Bozak 04 (1d10+5): 8
Bozak 05 (1d10+5): 15

Round 1!

Dara moves 20 feet east and attacks Bozak 01 with the pommel (-4) of her magical (+2) short sword (1d20-2): 7, miss. She then attacks again (1d20-2): 11, miss.
Bozak 02 leaps over the table and moves 25 feet northwest and attacks Aleaha with his long sword (1d20): 18, hit for (1d8): 6 damage.
Aleaha attacks Bozak 02 with the pommel (-4) of her magical (+3) long sword with great strength (+1) (1d20): 2, miss; she then attacks with the pommel (-4) of her magical (+2) dagger (1d20-2): 0, miss. She then attacks a second time (1d20): 5, miss and (1d20-2): 16, hit for (1d4+3): 6 damage (half temporary).
Bozak 04 moves 5 feet northwest and attacks Lareth with his long sword (1d20): 12, miss.
Lareth attacks Bozak 04 with the pommel (-4) of his magical (+3) long sword with great strength (+1) (1d20): 12, hit for (1d8+4): 7 damage (half temporary). He then attacks again (1d20): 8, miss.
Bozak 01 attacks Dara with his long sword (1d20): 11, miss.
Babushka moves 40 feet southeast and attacks Bozak 03 with her Fungus Staff (+1) (1d20+1): 12, bare hit for (1d6+1): 4 damage. Babushka is no longer invisible. Bozak 03's spell is disrupted. Babushka attacks again (1d20+1): 8, miss.
Bozak 03's spell is interrupted.
Bozak 05 moves 35 feet west to see what is happening.

(OOC: Babushka receives a -2 bonus to her initiative and can double her movement and attack rate while hasted.

Actions and Initiative for Round 2?)

[Jerrard]

"Exactly, we couldnt ask you to do that, just like we can't do anything at this moment-" He starts to respond, his voice going soft, kindly. Suddenly he stops. "The guard has gone, something is happening. Everyone get ready."

[HorizonsDream]

Imani opens her mouth to say something to both Jerrard and Locky, but she stops short as she listens to Malika. "I didn't realize," she says softly, feeling kind of bad for telling her to shut up just a few moments earlier. "Are you all right?" she asks. "You do know that the suggestion was for me to do it, not you, right?" she asks. Yes, Malika would have been better at it, but she would have never asked her to do something like that especially now that she knew that something happened to her.

[Jerrard]

Jerrard nods, a pit appearing in his stomach... how could he say such a thing? He was a fool..

[Jenara]

Locky moves closer to Malika, taking her hand in her own, "He didn't mean that, can't you see how bad he feels?" She whispers, her mind still not on the idea of a battle outside.