Shattered Streets

[Seraph Darkfire]

"Eltin" he said smiling at the guard. He was grateful that the man was doing his job so well. If not, he'd have to remain outside the city all night, something that he wasn't adverse to but it was an inconvenience at the least "My purpose is wanderlust, can't stay in the same place for long and I'm always happy to see new locales" he grinned "However, I won't bore you with the details of my travels as I can tell that you are less than interested so if you could point me in the direction of a suitable inn, I would be very grateful"

Of course, he had another reason for visiting a city. Money. While he often enjoyed living in the wilderness, many things he enjoyed were only obtainable through the use of currency. So he was here to offer his services to those who would pay for them, reasonably of course. He wasn't one to cause undue trouble.

 

[Sara Sidereal]

Ashley had changed her mind about their odds and was now beginning to crawl away towards the relative safety of the bar.

 

[JayTee]

Sara Sidereal LoneSniper87
Hamline's face went from cordial and polite to an ugly glower in less time than it took to blink. "Don't fuck with me, kid." He snarled, grabbing Vesryn by the collar. "I know bullshit when I hear it, so you better tell me where that halfling went or we're going to have problems.

Seraph Darkfire
The guard nodded and pointed down the road. "The closest inn is the Brass Bell, down the road." He said. "Don't let the exterior fool you, its still got good beds and warm food."

 

[LoneSniper87]

"How am I supposed to know where he went, man is about two feet tall and can fit in most noise holes." He replied, still rather calm in this situation. "Now let go before you regret it."

 

[Sara Sidereal]

Just before she reached the edge of the table, Ashley stopped, sighed, and turned around. The jerkbag's foot was just inches away from where she hid. She drew one of her daggers.

 

[JayTee]

Sara Sidereal roll stealth
LoneSniper87 roll deception
Seraph Darkfire roll post to exist

 

[Seraph Darkfire]

((Sorry, work has been taking up a lot of time))

Eltin smiled at nodded to the guard before heading down towards the inn. It was true that the outside didn't look like much but he was one to trust the words of a tired guard, they were less likely to lie to him. After examining it for a moment, he walked up to the door and pushed it open. Unfortunately, it looked as though he'd walked into the middle of what appeared to be a bar brawl taking place "Err...I could come back later, seems like you are busy with something"

 

[LoneSniper87]

(I finally got the bot right. 17. Jesus Christ confusion)

 

[JayTee]

LoneSniper87 Sara Sidereal
It was clear that Hamline isn't buying Vesryn's story at all. "Kid, I thought I told you that I know bullshit when I hear it. Now you tell me where that halfling went or we're going ot have problems." He said, shoving Vesryn roughly. At the action, Hamline's two associates moved, one, a large woman with a sword on her back, moved to bar entrance to the building. The other, an Orc covered head to toe in scars and tattoos, went to stand behind Hamline to back him up.

Ashley's presence went unnoticed.

Seraph Darkfire
Your attempts to enter are barred by a large woman with a big sword on her back. She gives you a nasty smile and says "That would be smart."

 

[Sara Sidereal]

"Sweet dreams, bitch," Ashley whispered, which was the vocal component for her Sleep spell. She cast it at a point behind Hamline, to allow the spell's radius to include Hamline (and his allies, if they're within forty feet of him), but exclude Ves.

 

[JayTee]

Sara Sidereal LoneSniper87 Seraph Darkfire

Hamline, the woman and the Orc do not appear to be affected by the spell, if anything, the magic only makes them all the more aggressive. "Who the fuck is casting?!" Demands the Orc. He, Hamline and the woman do a quick scan of the room, but Ashley's skill at subterfuge is too good.

For the moment.

"That was a sleep spell." Hamline said, frowning. "Someone's trying to pull a fast one on us. Get the owner, whoever's casting can't be far." The Orc moves over to where the owner is and grabs him by the throat, dragging him in to the center of the room. "I"m going to count to three." Hamline says. "And if whoever's casting doesn't show themselves, they can watch as my friend here rearranges the hold mans face." The Orc olds up a hand, fingers extended. "One." The fingers close in to a fist. "Two." The Orc draws his arm back, ready to strike...


MsPolite
Its dark when you finally get to the Gates of Vacosa, which is unfortunate, as it appears that its just closed for the evening. Unless you can convince the guards to let you through, you'll have to spend the night in one of the inns on the outside of the city.

 

[LoneSniper87]

"damn it all..." Vesryn closes the distance and attacks the man, striking him 3 times with his fists. "Should have just fuckin listened, but look at where it got you..." He muttered.

 

[MsPolite]

Alura Midici

A women dressed in chain mail and a surcoat with the symbol of Ilmater, holding her shield to her side and her weapons put away, walks up to the gate. A bright celestial aura radiates from her very being. Her pure golden hair and bright blue eyes glow with holy energy, denoting her inhuman blood. She is divinity and beauty incarnate and smiles with confidence and love.

"Do not be alarmed good men of this bewitched city. I am an agent of the compassionate god Ilmater, here to cure the sickness that plagues this city. If you share the same faith, allow me though. And if not please allow me to share his compassion by healing those who may be close to you or your selves."

Alura kneels to pay respect to the guards and pulls out her Holy symbol of Ilmater and shows it to the guards.

JayTee

 

[Seraph Darkfire]

"Sorry beautiful" Eltin said smiling at the larger woman before he jumped forward with the intent to pass through her legs. He was confident that his small size would give him the advantage against the smaller woman when it came to moving through her stance. However, he knew that he wouldn't be able to strike higher on her body so he was aiming for the backs of her legs with the scabbard, aiming for just behind her knees. A well placed blow would drop her down to his level.

"I was going to stay out of it, but then you guys had to attack some innocent man, that just isn't right, especially since he's supposed to serve me drinks"

 

[Sara Sidereal]

"Reeeee!" Ashley whsipers. She conjures up the loudest ear-piercing screech she can, one millimeter from the orc's ear. She will maintain the spell for the full duration if she can.

 

[JayTee]

A few seconds before the first punch is thrown, Eltin tries to force his way in to the room. His small size making it easy for him to slip between the woman's legs

Then Vesryn makes his assault, and the battle is joint. Chaos depends on the tavern as the brawl breaks out. The other patrons make themselves scarce and the owner and the waitresses all move as far away from the conflict as possible, hoping that the guard will come and sort this mess out somehow.

Spoiler: OOC

Initiative Order:
20 Seraph
19 Hamline
12 Cherbear
10 Lonesniper
6 Orc
7 Woman

Seraph Darkfire : You're up. Halflings can move through the space of a creature one size larger than them, so I'm not going to count that acrobatics roll as your action as effectively auto-succeed. Make your post describing what you're doing if you want to do something other than attack the woman and roll for it. If you want to keep your old action, just say so, and I'll let you know how successful it was when Hamline takes his turn.

Same goes for everyone else, we had a few people trying to do multiple things at once, so I'm going to be smoothing out the mess for the first round of combat by letting you keep your old action or make a different one. Your call. Any resources expelled like Ki points or spell slots will be refunded if you do something different.

MsPolite
The guard at the gate freezes in a moment of clear indecision. On the one hand, the gate is closed, and according to the rules needed to stay closed. Period. Only a truly exceptional circumstance would let him open it again.

On the other hand, a healer offering to ply her services for Vacosa was exactly what it needed, heck, they could probably use a whole army of healers at this point just to blunt the sicknesses that were going around.

The guard frowned, considering, before eventually the spirit of the law won over the letter of the law, and he sent the signal to the leavermen to open he gates. "Its good thing you've a god on your side, lady." He said as he ushered her in quickly before any of the others who had been turned away for the evening noticed Alura getting special treatment. "You'll want to register yourself with the guard if you plan on using magic in the city. Otherwise you'll get in trouble. Follow the road thataway and you'll find the guardhouse. They'll help you from there."

 

[Seraph Darkfire]

"Sorry beautiful" Eltin said smiling at the larger woman before he jumped forward with the intent to pass through her legs. He was confident that his small size would give him the advantage against the smaller woman when it came to moving through her stance. However, he knew that he wouldn't be able to strike higher on her body so he was aiming for the backs of her legs with the scabbard, aiming for just behind her knees. A well placed blow would drop her down to his level.

"I was going to stay out of it, but then you guys had to attack some innocent man, that just isn't right, especially since he's supposed to serve me drinks"

((I'll keep my original post, but I will add something extra as I forgot that after level five, I can attack twice.
14 to attack
7 Bludgeoning Damage))

If his first attack was successful and he managed to get the woman to drop down, he'd aim a second attack with his scabbard towards her head, aiming for the temple area in an attempt to knock her out quickly. It wouldn't be long before his interference would be noticed and he wanted to get rid of at least one enemy before the others noticed him.

 

[JayTee]

Eltin's blows strike true, but the woman looks more or less unscathed from the assault, only being slightly staggered from the assault.

Hamline rounds on Vesryn, an ugly look on his face. "You have no idea what you're messing with, brat." He snarled, unhooking his blade and attacking.

Sara Sidereal you're up, let me know if you keep your old action or make a new one.
MsPolite Note that you're not in this scene and this bound by initiative, so post whenever you feel like it.

 

[Sara Sidereal]

"Reeeee!" Ashley whsipers. She conjures up the loudest ear-piercing screech she can, one millimeter from the orc's ear. She will maintain the spell for the full duration if she can.

 

[JayTee]

The Orc, who had once been making his way to help Hamline with Vesryn, staggered at the abrupt sound, stumbling as the overwhelming noise caused him to lose focus for a moment. "Get that caster!" Hamline shouted, and the Orc turned and rushed Cherber, fists clenched.

OOC
He'll make his actual attack on his turn.

LoneSniper87 , you're up. Unfortunately you're going to have to reroll your attack, even if you keep the same action, because I have no idea which rolls are yours. Be sure to label them with a # sign. (example: #1d20+3 #Vesryn, attack 1)

 

[LoneSniper87]

JayTee flurry of blows, 24, 15, 23

 

[JayTee]

Vesryns attacks come fast and true, with two blows making an impact. The third is expertly ducked under by Hamline, who grimaces in anger.

LoneSniper87 two attacks hit, roll damage.

 

[LoneSniper87]

9 and 6, and I think I get extra Attack?)

Vesryn tilts his head to the side, cracking as his first swing comes hard at Hamline's jaw, the second blow an elbow to his nose, his third a wild right hook that misses as Hamline ducks under taking a step to regain himself, he readies for another strike.

 

[MsPolite]

Alura Midici

Alura stood up and bowed her head in respect. “Your have been blessed by Ilmater. He will not forget this and neither will I.”
Alura walks though the open gate and down the road the street towards the guardhouse. She looks about around her keeping aware of her surroundings (perception roll 11).
JayTee

 

[JayTee]

MsPolite
Its well past sunset now, and there are few people on the streets as a result. Those few who remain move quickly, rushing to get to home and safety. Those few who you make eye contact with quickly look away, avoiding your gaze out of a desire to avoid any potential trouble. You are a stranger, armed and dangerous in a city that has seen law and order strain to the breaking point.

The streets themselves are rundown, most of the buildings are in some level of disrepair. There are no lights out to guide your way, leaving you with only the directions given to you by the gatesmen to guide you towards the guardhouse.

Seraph Darkfire
The woman let out a roar of anger as your blows connect. Ripping the table from the ground, she swings at you with reckless abandon, looking to cave in your tiny halfling skull. The table crushes in to you with profound force, sending you flying in to the nearby wall. (Ouch, bad luck. 30 damage)

Sara Sidereal
The orc clearly did not find the attack as clever or as amusing as you did. Sliding in to a defensive stance, he lets out a fast, one-two punch with his heavy, gauntleted fists. Both blows impact your head with shocking force, and leaving you with something unease in your gut. (Double ouch, the dice hate you guys. Take 21 damage and make a Wis save vs a DC of 15 or be frighted until the end of the Orcs next turn.)

Seraph Darkfire your turn now.