Naras' Vignette

[JadedDM]

Leena slings a bullet at the human, and Pearl pitches one at him. The former nails him in the shoulder, likely leaving a nasty welt behind. Pearl misses, though, her bullet plunging into the water below.

The halfling leaguer scurries forward, turning the corner before anyone can get a shot at him.

Naras then hefts her mundane spear and hurls it right at the human. It sticks him in the side, causing him to cry out. But it doesn't appear to have gone in very deep--his armor caught most of it. He pulls out the spear and tosses it over the bridge, outraged. "You're going to pay for that!" he warns. He then runs up the bridge and turns the corner, disappearing like the halfling. Naras readies her new spear and steps forward, ready to meet them when they approach.

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Initiative
Naras (1d10+6): 10+6 = 16
Leena (1d10+6): 1+6 = 7
Pearl (1d10+2): 8+2 = 10
Human Fighter (1d10+10): 6+10 = 16
Halfling Fighter (1d10+5): 5+5 = 10

Round 1!

Leena slings a stone at Human Fighter at short range [TN 14] (1d20): 15, hit for (1d4+1): 1+1 = 2 damage. Human Fighter is now moderately wounded.
Pearl throws a stone at Human Fighter at short range with great aim (+1 hit) and halfling accuracy (+1 hit) [TN 14] (1d20+2): 6+2 = 8, miss.
Halfling Fighter moves 30 feet north and 30 feet west.
Naras throws her spear at Human Fighter in hide armor (+2 hit) at short range [TN 12] (1d20+2): 17+2 = 19, hit for (1d6): 1 damage. She then moves west 10 feet.
Human Fighter moves 20 feet north, 35 feet west, and 5 feet south.
Pearl has no target in range.

(OOC: The two enemies will likely reach Naras next round.)

[JadedDM]

If time permits before the males turn the corner, Naras will take a pace 5' diagonally forwards to the left, so facing the foes but intending to give the other ladies a clear line of attack.
Naras will try to stab a male when in range (preferably the human, but either will do.)

[JadedDM]

Naras moves forward a bit, to give the girls a clean shot. Both Leaguers come around the corner at the same time. Both slash at her, managing to draw blood. This is the first time her armor has failed her. Naras counterattacks, stabbing the human in the gut with her spear, dropping him.

The halfling curses as his fellow falls and he is pelted with a rock from Leena. Both of Pearl's stones miss, though. "You'll never leave here alive!" the halfling warns.

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Initiative
Naras (1d10+6): 3+5 = 8
Leena (1d10+6): 9+6 = 15
Pearl (1d10+2): 10+2 = 12
Human Fighter (1d10+10): 1+10 = 11
Halfling Fighter (1d10+5): 6+5 = 11

Round 2!

Naras moves 5 feet southwest and readies an attack.
Human Fighter moves 10 feet south and swings his great sword with great skill (+1 hit/+2 dmg) at Naras in her banded mail (-2 hit) [TN 16] (1d20-1): 17-1 = 16, hit for (1d10+2): 10+2 = 12 damage. Naras is now moderately wounded (75% HP).
----Naras counterattacks by stabbing her magic (+1 hit/dmg) spear at Human Fighter in hide armor (+2 hit) [TN 12] (1d20+3): 12+3 = 15, hit for (1d8+2): 8+2 = 10 damage. Human Fighter falls.
Halfling Fighter moves 5 feet west, 15 feet south and 5 feet east and then swings his long sword at Naras with great skill (+1 hit/+2 dmg) against her banded mail (-2 hit) [TN 16] (1d20-1): 17-1 = 16, hit for (1d8+2): 1+2 = 3 damage.
Pearl throws a stone at Halfling Fighter at short range with great aim (+1 hit) and halfling accuracy (+1 hit) [TN 14] (1d20+2): 11+2 = 13, miss.
Leena slings a stone at Halfling Fighter at short range [TN 14] (1d20): 15, hit for (1d4+1): 2+1 = 3 damage. Halfling Fighter is moderately wounded.
Pearl throws a stone at Halfling Fighter at short range with great aim (+1 hit) and halfling accuracy (+1 hit) [TN 14] (1d20+2): 4+2 = 6, miss.

[JadedDM]

Naras exhales through the pain and tries a two-handed skewer of the halfling male, remembering this time to use the buckler to try and fend off the longsword.
The other ladies continue pelting the male from the side.

[JadedDM]

The battle rages on in a stalemate, neither side getting the upperhand. The nimble halfling avoids all of the stones pelted at him, and easily deflects Naras' spear.

"Where is the acolyte you kidnapped?" demands Leena, loading up another stone.

"You'll be joining her soon enough!" retorts the halfling.

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Initiative
Naras (1d10+6): 8+5 = 13
Leena (1d10+6): 7+6 = 13
Pearl (1d10+2): 2+2 = 4
Halfling Fighter (1d10+5): 2+5 = 7

Round 3!

Pearl throws a stone at Halfling Fighter at short range with great aim (+1 hit) and halfling accuracy (+1 hit) [TN 14] (1d20+2): 6+2 = 8, miss.
Halfling Fighter swings his long sword at Naras with great skill (+1 hit/+2 dmg) against her banded mail (-2 hit) and buckler (-1 hit) [TN 16] (1d20-2): 15-2 = 13, miss.
Naras stabs her magic (+1 hit/dmg) spear at Halfling Fighter in hide armor (+2 hit) [TN 12] (1d20+3): 4+3 = 7, miss.
Leena slings a stone at Halfling Fighter at short range [TN 14] (1d20): 5, miss.
Pearl throws a stone at Halfling Fighter at short range with great aim (+1 hit) and halfling accuracy (+1 hit) [TN 14] (1d20+2): 9+2 = 11, miss.
Halfling Fighter swings his long sword at Naras with great skill (+1 hit/+2 dmg) against her banded mail (-2 hit) [TN 16] (1d20-1): 16-1 = 15, miss.

[JadedDM]

Same again: Naras tries another two-handed skewer of the halfling male (using the buckler to try and fend off the longsword).
The other ladies continue pelting the male from the side.

[JadedDM]

Naras quickly thrusts her spear again, this time catching the halfling through the heart. He gasps and then sputters, before falling to the ground dead.

"Are you hurt?" asks Leena. "You are bleeding," she observes.

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Initiative
Naras (1d10+6): 4+5 = 9
Leena (1d10+6): 6+6 = 12
Pearl (1d10+2): 9+2 = 11
Halfling Fighter (1d10+5): 5+5 = 10

Round 4!

Naras stabs her magic (+1 hit/dmg) spear at Halfling Fighter in hide armor (+2 hit) [TN 12] (1d20+3): 15+3 = 18, hit for (1d8+2): 6+2 = 8 damage. Halfling Fighter falls.
Halfling Fighter is down.
Pearl has no target.
Leena has no target.

(OOC: End combat.)

[JadedDM]

Naras pauses, "They got through my armour twice. Can you bind this? Pearl, please keep a look out from the balcony."
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OOC: Heal skill check maybe?
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Naras prays to Gonto, kneeling, clutching her icon, hands joined in the characteristic circling of the arms.
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OOC: CLW. Hopefully this might be suffused with divine enthusiasm (lots of hits restored) in view of the quest's objective...
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Finally, Naras pats down the two fallen fighters (halfling and human fallen just here) before cleaning her spear on the dead halfling's clothing.
Meanwhile, Leena recovers the sling bullets, and returns some to Pearl.

[JadedDM]

"Sure, why not?" says Pearl and she looks over at the bridge, in case anyone else comes.

"I'm afraid I don't have any bandages," Leena replies. "Nor any practice in applying them." She looks at Naras' wound and pales, the sight of blood making her look a tad ill. "Why don't I try and retrieve the bullets instead?" she says, eager to not watch.

With no choice, Naras starts cleaning her own wounds. She has no bandages or poultices either, so she does what little she can. Naras then prays to Gonto for aid, and divine energy circles through her body. The slash the halfling gave her is completely gone now. The wound the human gave her has slightly recovered.

Naras then searches the bodies. The human carries hide armor, a great sword, a bottle of wine and 3 gold pieces. The halfling has hide armor (small sized), a long sword, a lockpick and 6 gold pieces.

Leena returns with all but one bullet, which fell into the lake like the spear. She gives Pearl some back.

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Naras makes a healing check on herself [TN 15] (1d20): 6, pass. She restores (1d3): 2 HP to herself.
Naras casts Cure Light Wounds upon herself, restoring (1d8): 3 HP.

(OOC: Leena does not have the healing NWP.)

[JadedDM]

Naras pockets the 9gps & lockpick, eschewing the wine.
She says, "Leena, would you take over look-out from Pearl?"
When Pearl comes back from the balcony,the dwarf asks, "Is this hide armour," pointing at the fallen halfling, "of any use to you to wear? Anyway, I can take back the spikes now, so you won't have to worry about losing them."
She says a prayer for the misguided, that they be guided in the afterlife, over the two males.
After which, if still undisturbed, Naras casts another spell (CLW) on herself.
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When Pearl has finished putting on the hide amour, if she chooses to, Naras leads the way back to the previous encampment (of the human & half-elf), taking the 2H-sword, longsword. small shield and 2 bottles of wine, leaving all of the same behind the pile of logs.

She then leads the way south, over the bridge into the unknown, pausing for a listen as she does so.

[JadedDM]

Pearl looks at the bloodied armor with disgust. "No thanks. Besides, armor makes too much noise and hinders movement." She hands the pitons back to Naras.

Casting a second cure spell on herself helps considerably. The wound the human left her is much smaller now.

The three cross the bridge, finding a burning brazier and another switch on the other side. The tunnel takes them south, then turns to the west. At the turn are three more patches of mushrooms, growing under the torchlight.

Moving west, they find a small little cell built into the wall, a gate blocking it. Agnas is there, curled up on the ground and not moving. To the north is a small passage that leads to another gate. Beyond that gate looks to be a small room filled with chests, barrels, sacks and so forth. But an elven woman in hide armor stands guard. Upon seeing Naras, she quickly draws a long sword in one hand and some kind of wand in the other. "This is your unlucky day, Gontorians!" she hisses, moving toward them.

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Naras takes 9 GP and a lockpick.
Naras casts Cure Light Wounds on herself, restoring (1d8): 5 HP.

Treasure Pool: 30 GP, 1 small red gemstone.

[JadedDM]

If Pearl can maneuver to get a clear shot at the elf, she'll attack with missiles.
Leena takes a chance that Command "Die!" will work on the elf.
Naras, not liking the look of the wand, charges with a two-handed grip on her spear, keeping the buckler to deflect the expected longsword blow.
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OOC: I think for Naras, charge is: Movement 12", +2 to hit, -2 init, -1 AC and (with spear) 2d8+4 dam ?
OOC: Just noticed that Pearl carries the trail rations (1lb); Nears intended to get her to carry the standard rations (2 lb). - It was a weight thing. - But not immediately important having ditched the old spear.

[JadedDM]

The elf holds up her wand and yells "Fire!" A 10 foot long jet of flame bursts forward from its tip. Naras has just enough time to duck into a ball to minimize the damage, but she still takes some burns. The fire only lasts for a second, and the air wavers around the passage after it has extinguished.

Leena steps in behind Naras and points to the elf. "In the name of Gonto, die!" The elf spasms a moment, then falls over.

This gives Naras her opportunity. She charges the downed woman with her spear, completely goring her. She will not be waking up from that command.

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Initiative
Naras (1d10+5): 8+5 = 13
Leena (1d10+6): 5+1 = 6
Pearl (1d10+2): 10+2 = 12
Elf Fighter/Mage (1d10+1): 1+1 = 2

Round 1!

Elf Fighter/Mage holds out her wand and blasts a jet of flame at Naras for 6 damage. Naras saves vs. RSW [TN 13] (1d20+4): 19+4 = 23, pass. She only takes 3 damage.
Leena moves 5 feet southwest and then casts Command "Die" on Elf Fighter/Mage. Elf Fighter/Mage saves vs. spell [TN 12] (1d20): 11, fail. Elf Fighter/Mage falls asleep.
Pearl is unable to get off a shot.
Naras charges (+2 hit) with her magic spear (+1 hit/dmg) at Elf Fighter/Mage who is asleep (+4 hit) and wearing hide armor (+2 hit) [TN 12] (1d20+9): 6+9 = 15, hit for (2d8+2): 9+2 = 11 damage. Elf Fighter/Mage falls.

(OOC: Well, that's mostly right. Charging increases your speed 50%, not 100%, so her movement rate is 9, not 12. The -2 bonus to initiative goes to her opponent, not her. Finally, the damage roll is doubled, but not the modifiers. So it would be 2d8+2, not 2d8+4.

End combat.)

[JadedDM]

Naras says, "Keep a look out, ladies." And then, keeping her back to the wall, dresses her burns.
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OOC: Heal skill applies?
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She then takes the wand and puts it through her belt and pats the mage down before having a look in the area to the north.

[JadedDM]

Aside from the wand, the elven woman was also wearing hide armor, carrying a long sword, and wore a belt pouch containing a key and 13 gold pieces in it. Looking ahead, Naras can clearly see inside the storage room through the gate, but it is locked.

Leena tries to open the gate to the south, but finds it is also locked. "Agnas? Agnas, can you hear me?" she asks, but the woman doesn't respond.

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Naras uses a healing check on herself [TN 15] (1d20): 12, pass. She restores (1d3): 1 HP.