ROUND FOUR
(preceded by round three, followed by round five)[ +- ] Library, Round Four
Struggling deep underwater in the enfolding grip of the
glowing creature, enraged
Ishi still manages to connect with the monster, cleaving it with his greatsword!
The creature takes 11 slashing damage!OOC:
Note 1: the ADV of Faerie Fire and the DISADV of being Restrained cancel each other, but both of your rolls would hit the creature (which means it has a *low* AC).
Note 2: You'd declared your attack before Elysia fled and the creature's attack was directed at Ishi; if you'd rather amend your action to break the grapple, let me know.
At that moment, the figures of the
two Lord Mayor's men left to guard the outer Abbey walk around the corner, entering the archway and peering into the darkness to look for the source of the mysterious and repeated rings of a doleful bell, weapons drawn and ready to bear.
Adran, who has been waiting with bated breath for just this event, looses the bolt from his crossbow, piercing the closer of the two.
Lord Mayor's Man 1 takes 10 piercing damage! Similarly prepared, Eozindra sinks a bolt into the same target;
Lord Mayor's Man 1 take 2 more piercing damage!OOC:
Given that it's a new round, it may be unorthodox, but I'm saying that those who prepared an attack action last turn get to activate it now as the guards enter the view. Those attacks are happening now, at the top of the round, before the enemies get a chance to act. These attacks are also separate from your actions this round.
Eozindra also prepared an attack, but didn't roll it. Would you care to roll your round three prepared attack now, @Redamancy?
Edit: that attack has been incorporated into the description above.
The
two robbers are armed, one with a crossbow and sword, the other with a bow and sword. It's clear that they plan to attack.
Lord Mayor's Man #2, armed with a bow, sees
Elowin standing in front of the bookcase; he looses his arrow at
Lunea's chosen.
Elowin is pierced for 5 damage. He also sees
Eozindra and looses a second shaft at her (partial cover from the bookcase). The arrow thuds into the bookcase, the barbed head punching through the wood and stopping just short of her torso.
In retaliation,
Elowin pulls on her bow and sinks a shaft into
Lord Mayor's Man 2. She gives better than she took:
LMM2 takes 9 piercing damage.
Meanwhile, deep underwater...grappled, restrained, and glowing with
Lunea's light,
Morik the bear slashes and claws at the transparent (and glowing) creature that enfolds him.
The transparent monster takes 12 slashing damage!
Dripping wet,
Elysia still has her rapier in hand. Gripping it tightly, she bounds over the edge of the pool and runs at the man aiming his crossbow at her (
LMM1). She runs up and lunges at him as he begins to move. The blade slips between his ribs and emerges again.
LMM1 takes 8 damage. Almost before he has realized what's happened, she steps away (
Cunning Action) and skips back to take cover by the bookcase where her sister
Eozindra stands.
Lord Mayor's Man 1 takes two steps in the room, grunting as missiles hit him and then
Elysia stabs him (he cannot take an opportunity attack holding a crossbow). He tries to retaliate against
Elysia, triggering his crossbow in her direction! The fusillade of shafts thudding into his body throws off his aim, and the bolt punches into the stone by
Elysia's head! He yells:
"ALARM! INTRUDERS IN THE LIBRARY! TO ARMS!"
Elowin, Elysia, Adran, Mara, and Eozindra can all take their round four actions now.
Ishi and Morik can wait, or they can declare their round five actions now (it's up to you, based on whether you want to see what happens with the monster, and/or if you think anything happening "up above" will affect your choices of actions).
Adran hastily takes a follow-up shot at the ruffian who is walking towards them. Instinctively, his aim is true, and the bolt plunges deep in
Lord Mayor's Man 1!
LMM1 takes 15 piercing damage! He staggers, looks down at the crossbow bolt, frowns, and falls onto his back, dead.
Mara, underwater, continues to sink like the massive steel construct that it is, but in a stroke of luck, its flailing legs contact the rough stone sides of the pool. Its claws chip and dig at the stone, and with creaking, intense stress on the tips of its metal feet bearing the weight of all its mass and the water above it,
Mara is able to struggle slowly back toward the furious combat in the watery twilight. The metal canine lashes out with its jaws at the vague glow, nearly dislodging itself from its precarious toeholds.
The transparent monster takes 8 Force damage.
Having engulfed both
Ishi and
Morik, the
monster tries to bash one of them again. The glowing, transparent underwater
monster slops a portion of its body at
Morik, attempting to slam the Restrained bear once more. The blow crushes the bear, and the druid reverts back to his dwarf form.
Morik the bear takes 10 damage and reverts back to Morik the dwarf, who takes the remaining 20 damage.
Eozindra sees her sister safe behind her, and releases a bolt in the direction of the only visible foe left standing:
LMM2, but the attack goes just wide. The bard ducks back behind the bookcase with
Elysia.
[ +- ] The library, end of round four
As we end Round Four, Ishi and Morik are 20' underwater, Grappled and Restrained by the transparent creature. The creature that envelops them is limned by Faerie Fire and so does not benefit from its invisibility. One of the Lord Mayor's Men has been defeated, the other is still standing.
This ends round four.
INITIATIVE
20 - Ishi (24/35) Grappled, Restrained, Underwater
16 - LMM2
15 - Elowin (12/24)
10 - Morik (Dwarf 13/33) Grappled, Restrained, Underwater, Limned by Faerie Fire
8 - Elysia (24/24)
8 - LMM1
7 - Adran (26/26)
7 - Mara (20/20)
7 - Thing - Underwater, Limned by Faerie Fire
1 - Eozindra (15/15)
