Second Darkness

Game Master Tuyena

Also Gramlag if you have a five foot step you have enough damage here to bring down two thugs.

Will Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Fort Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

The man with two rapiers succumbs to Ternock's poison.

Men move up to attack both Gramlag and Ternock.

Attack Gramlag: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Attack Ternock: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Nel, Gramlag, and Runa may now act.

Nel advances to gain the cover of the table, and throws a mudball at the last opponent on the dwarf

mudball: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 touch attack

DC15 reflex save or full round action to remove, in his next action, blinded until it is removed.

Huh? No the dont. They have to Spell combat to do that and until later in the game that often carries alot of risk, and lower to hit much like TWF. Doesnt compare to big two hander

Um sorry, spell strike give a free attack with any weapon at highest attack bonus. the other attacks then can follow, with spell combat (gained at level 1). Now it is true that a two handed weapon cannot be subsequently followed by a spell combat attack, but other weapons can. It is one of the strengths of the Magus. And two handers are nice, but not if you are a magus. The class is designed to fight with spell combat. And you can do it from level 2. As to the penalty, well that's the price you pay.

Hefting her axe Runa will start the judgement of justice.+2 to hit. I do not have the access to the map at work she will either charge an enemy if possible or move up to one and attack. If charge, add two
Attack(BAB/STR/IC/B/J): 1d20 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 151d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Justice only gives a +1 at your level unless you have Judgement Surge. (Which you do) Your numbers are a little off though. You cast Divine Favor so +2 hit and Damage, +1 Bless +1 Inspire Courage. For a total of +6 to attack not +4 ( Which would be +10 overall) and a +3 to damage ( Which would give you a +6 modifier ). Similarly Nel forgot to add Bless and Inspire to her attack but cover would reduce that by 4.

volk, that reminds me of an order of the stick comic, being a good fighter means being good at math lol, ill post in a while, errands this morning first

Ah technically you already went the GM just got lazy. Your attacks would go in appropriate order which was right now. So everyone would go leaving the west group to decide on their action (GM's turn). THEN the slaughtering begins! And yeah I remember the OOTS comic, I tend to play martials IR gud at math.

I have two degrees in Math, but it doesn't mean I'm good at adding and subtracting. Arithmetic isn't Math! On the other hand, if I ever try a caster using that strange geometric factoring whatever feat, I might be able to work out some craziness with it!

Uhhh math is Math. Technically EVERYTHING is math but thats another story altogether. Hrmm With this there are only 5 enemies left. And if they run away, Volk can easily catch two of them. He has the Cons Score to.

Yep forgot DF

Stop the unarmed guy if you can i want to... have dinner with him

Taking down an opponent always feels great, that thrill of victory takes Gramlag one step closer to ensuring the safety of his friends. He lashes out at another foe with equal vigor

seems there is just one thug to swing at so both on that one

1d20 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 1 + 1 = 10
1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 1 = 8
1d20 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 1 + 1 = 9
1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 1 = 5

That will happn next round for you Gramlag as the GM is messing up turns this turn you smacked up two other Thugs and Runa squished another while Nel might have blinded one. its the west factions turn but the GM is making a new comp so it might take a little while with set-up and whatnot.

Heh if that is a Monk it might be running away or towards us not sure

Hey all back from setting up my new rig, we're actually going to declare combat as over here, as the remaining thugs are going to panic and run. We'll assume you cut them down as they try to do so.

Combat is now over.

Volk looks at the rest of the thugs, with cold-blooded precision as he lanced, bludgeoned and cut down any of the ones who attacked Saul's enemies. He made sure each was dead, it would be cruel to have them suffer. He proceeded to drag the bodies to a central location tossing eyeballs to Ternock before Looting them. The would be shipped off and burned later.

Volk nodded to the new biters " Your methods were very... good. You also got to see.. how we have done things.. I shall now go inform the Boss what happened. " Volk went to speak to Saul and find Bojask as well.. he would need help. He wondered, however where they were during this time. it seemed odd there were no other form of guard. What if Volk had been out on an errand?

After helping Volk drag the dead to the middle Runa just smiles.
"My method is simple. Ask for the horned ones help and then just use the axe to good effect."

Volk was very appreciative " Thank you Miss Runa, do not let anyone call you Not Pretty or Not Helpful as a Dwarf. You cut them down most quick. I was impressed, though they did not literally explode. Miss Kertria's did however "

Shade smiles at Volk's comment Ketria does knock them down with great authority, to be sure. Let's see if they have any valuable nick.

perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

" Indeed, I am reminded to never upset Miss Kertria if I can afford it, for she can literally make people explode. Now you see I was so cautious around Miss Kertria before. " Volk says as if to affirm the reason he passed out previously.

We could have interrogated the rapier guy seeing how he fell asleep, but w/e. I guess we are just gonna assume it was Croat, because their was a half-Orc among them.

Ternock goes to the half-orc, the unarmed guy, and the rapier guy. He then takes a big bite out of the forearm, the hand, and the leg of each respectively. As he does this, he begins to see eyeballs fly twards him. Now noticing Volk was tossing eyeballs at him he ate one as it flew through the air and exclaimed,

I don't need that many Volk, one of each is fine, however I already got my fill of them. He nods to the now pile of dead bodies.

He then looks to Runa and Sabola. I hope my... methods... do not bother you... not that I would care if they did. That would simply be your issue. I take the saying, Your enemies blood makes you stronger quite literally.

rolls for the meals will be in roll20 later today, can't get on with iPad

I'm pretty sure Sabola dropped three of the mooks in a row with AOOs as they tried to get by me to the West.

Sabola looks at the dragon, "A dragon must eat after all."

Gramlag took time after the fight to check on the other employees that were present when the men busted in. He provided any assistance or comfort he could to any that needed it. afterwords he came looking for Ternock, volk and the others "This crap, pardon me language, cannot stand, certainly Saul has old enemies that plan on trying to get back at him but in the process his people are getting hurt. People who didnt even have anything to do with anything. I want Saul to point us in the direction of the ones who did this and for the good of this city put them down."

Volk blinked, he had started to go look for Saul, likely in hi counting room. " Mr. Gramlag as easy as they were to slaughter here it was because we were on the defensive. If we were out in the open it would have been a different matter. And whoever owns them... would have alot more than 14. That would be tactical suicide... Um.. kind of like the one who attacked us. "

Gramlag smiles at volks response "Oh of course lad i have no intention of walking into the jaws of the beast. But Its frustrating bein here just waiting to get attacked again. I would like to do something instead of just reactin, you undersatnd where im coming from?

Volk shakes his head, " I see no issue of slaughtering people with relative ease and safety while procuring their equipment and gaining wealth.. While being paid to do exactly that. It would seem if anything, I would want the enemy to do that as long as possible so that I weaken them and eventually benefit from said actions. Or they stop. "

Gramlag takes a moment to think, deciding on how to reply "Put it this way lad, while we certainly won, those blokes broke in here damaging the building, thats an expense and the other employees were hurt and terrified. This place wouldnt run without em, and if they get scared that they cant work here without diein they may not come to work, then Saul makes no money and we have no employer, it in our interest to be at least a bit pro active. Have any of us spoken to Saul since they broke in, i wonder what he thinks o this mess"

"It's like I can't step out for business without you causing a mess," a voice would say from the entrance of the Golden Goblin. Leaning against the doorway, and barely clothed at that, was an elf. She had a wide smile upon her face as she looked at the dead bodies, a veritable sparkle in her eyes as she did so. "And two new ones, hmmm?"

Lilica would look Runa up and down for a moment before her gaze drifted to Sabola. Her smile would go even wider once she saw the half-orc, and the "Callistrian" would lick her lips. She would walk forward after that, dipping into a slight bow once she was closer.

"Greetings and salutations. My name is Lilica. Sorry for not having met you before. My faith sometimes requires brief sabbaticals, ones that I would quite loathe to give up. But rest assured, any other time I am here, you may call upon my services at any time!" She would look at Sabola again, her tongue briefly sliding across her teeth again as she did so. "Perhaps even at a discount."

"Regardless..." Lilica would look at Volk after that, the smile fading somewhat. "Terribly sorry about my absence, dearie. Even my beliefs have those who are higher ranked than me, and it would be bad form to refuse their commands, even for the sake of this job. And besides, I was positively aching to sink my nails into a little work. Got a tad vigorous in one case, had to spend a few days doing what was needed to help her along."

Of course, what that actually meant was that Lilica had accidently gone a little too far with one of her clients, and had accidently killed the woman during her prayer session. Such was the risk of being a Kuthite sometimes. Still, hiding a body took time, even in Riddleport. And beyond that, there was the preparations for the upcoming Eternal Kiss. Hopefully she would be able to successfully convince the others that a certain casino owner would be worth the sacrifice....

Volk would notice Lilica's fading smile when it came to him and would avert his eyes and face as if he committed a crime and was caught. He spoke while looking at the ground. " I am sorry to hear that Miss Lilica, the job here was fast, it took no longer than a minute. So there is nothing to sink anything in... unless you want to stab a body I suppose. None of them could take more than one strike. " He turned his body awkwardly towards the direction of Gramlag seeing the dwarf's knees

" Mr. Gramlag, you are right in that case.. though wouldn't our swiftly dealing with the enemy also bolster confidence? Or maybe not. I was worried about the dealer but he seemed to have hidden under the table quickly. I'll go get the Boss now... "

Oh, look at that... Happyboot is back everyone! Boy, her back and knees must be killing her, grab a chair with a pad and ill fetch a cleric to cleans her unmentionables of the crustiness that has no doubt taken many nights to accumulate. Ternock says sarcastically and without batting an eye, almost as if he has recited this many times in preparation to Lilica's return.

He then looks to Volk and Gramlag
I agree, we need to discus our next move with Saul.

Welcome back Lilica, though Ternock's response doesn't seem to show such fondness. lol

"Huh, what? A discount?"

Shade smiles in the shadows of her hood, the glint of teeth showing.

trust me sabola, you probably don't want to know. And you lizard, when did you learn such crude invective. You speak like a gutter snipe.

Sabola shakes his head with disgust. "Please, a Guttersnipe is an entirely different type of small dragon, and not at all like our friend here."

Shade snickers at Sabola's reply.

Volk blinks in a confused manner

Shade looks at the loot. Let me check this.

She casts detect magic, and notes the cloak.

Hmm

spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

I need to study it more.

Lilica rolled her eyes at Ternock's comments, the smile not fading from her face. Then, without another word, she reached into her clothes and pulled out a Calistrian holy symbol, spinning it in her hand for a moment where the half-orc could see it.

"I get the unique privilege of being paid to preform acts of my faith."

Volk seems to understand more this time and nods, " Miss Lilica is very good at torture too. She is very nice as well, she showed me many things. " Not at all aware of what the prostitution actually entails and going based on his experienced with Rhodes.

" She instructed me only a bit however. "

Sighing Runa looks around."What next?
Working with a Who sacred prostitute. What did I do wrong oh master

" We loot the corpses and sell the loot, then return to our regular scheduled programs... and eat good food. "

After another minute or so, Bojask and Saul appear from the vault area.

Saul makes his rounds of the bodies, turning some over and kicking others.

"Looks like our little ruse with Croat and Zlincher is at an end and they're working together now to bring me down."

"Im going to ask you all to stay indoors tomorrow, and I'm going to use the rest of tonight to call in some favors. Come tomorrow I'm going to have a big job for you all. Get some sleep."

And with that he turns on his heels and heads upstairs, Bojask close behind.

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Volk looked.. confused.. once more. " They work together against The Boss? That Seems excessive if he is just a weak or stand-alone owner of a place. Maybe they are jealous? But if he says we have to stay inside I suppose we stay inside. Though I'm not sure what else to do now.. maybe just leave the bodies behind the place? Would anyone like to help me fall to sleep by being my practice guests for dealing? I have insomnia.. I believe that is what it is called " Volk twitches at any time he or anyone else mentions sleep.

Shade looks at volk when he says that, and his twitching at the word.
hmm
what you can't sleep. (volk twitches) you gave to get some sleep (twitch) volk, it's good for you. Without sleep (twitch) you get short tempered, make bad decisions and mistakes. Ah sleep, (twitch)sleep, (twitch) sleep. (twitch)

It really is restful. Sleep (twitch) that is. Well good night. Think I might have a good sleep (twitch)

Shade looks closely at Volk. are you OK Volk? You seem to be flinching a lot. Not a good trait for a dealer. You might want to get some sl... shade smiles, relenting rest

With that shade heads off to her room.

Gramlag was happy to hear that Saul had a plan of action "I love the sounds of action, Ill be in me bunk, any yall need a sparin partner you know where to find me. Lets all be in top form tomorrow lads!"

Action, and recompense, these are two things that Gramlag knows well as a dwarf and is happy to participate. Gramlag takes time to ensure his weapons and armor are in good condition after the fight they were just in and settles himself in his room, taking some time to work out a bit before going to sleep because the fight got his blood running high.

How many evils is Nel worth..? :P

Volk notes the frequency of that which Nel spoke the word 'sleep' completely odd. He body did not seem to react well to it. Eventually however she had left as well as Gramlag.. and the Emaciated man was once again alone.

not evil just...very, very mischievous.

Id offer my tails poison to help you rest Volk, but you will probably burn through it quickly. It doesn't last long to begin with, but it is a dreamless sleep if you are effected by it.

Lol, he meant how many she would be worth if he did something bad.. like the old man

Volk shakes his head, waving away Ternock suggestion as it was mostly right, " I am very resilient for some reason. It is likely so I can suffer through any torture as long as possible, likely far past whatever the torture is. I... I will still get sleep. But I cannot sleep *twitch* well... I will force myself as normal. Ternock you should get some rest. "

Volk bowed to his compatriots and then set out to his room, where he closes the door sets his back down against it.. sliding down and slumping into the fetal position. The darkness loomed all around him. His senses were always sharp... and he delved into the nightmare once more.

The next morning the group normally accustomed to seeing Saul prepping the Gold Goblin for the day, finds he has yet to come downstairs.

Laurer goes up to check on him every hour or so and if questioned assures you that Saul is fine but very busy.

Around noon Laurer leaves the Gold Goblin with a message after visiting Saul again. He returns a short while later with a small skidding looking man who doesn't look comfortable with being inside the Gold Goblin. Laurer has to practically drag the man upstairs.

After this Laurer remains upstairs for several hours, as it nears the evening, Saul, Laurer, and Bojask finally make an appearance in the hall.

As the Gold Goblin would usually be about to open, Laurer heads to the door and posts a sign stating the Goblin will be closed for the night.

Saul motions his head towards the bar looking at the party, indicating they should follow him.

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