Act 9 - Chimera Cove

The Age of Magic is ended, Bhall, the Goddess of Fire, has succumbed to the whispers of Agares and fallen into Hell. Her worshipers and creations driven mad, and fire, which has been a powerful ally to man, has turned against him. Each good god was charged with the opposition of an evil god. Bhall was responsible for balancing Mulcarn, the God of Winter. Finding himself unopposed Mulcarn has broken The Compact and moved into Creation.

Creation was on the verge of another open war between the gods, that which they had outlawed with The Compact. To keep that from happening a deal was struck and the gods agreed that one god would enter Creation to challenge Mulcarn. That was Sucellus, the God of Nature. The two gods battled across the face of Creation, entire civilizations still recovering from the Burning Skies that marked the fall of Bhall were destroyed by their power. In the end Sucellus was killed and Mulcarn remained.

The Eternal Winter has begun...
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Post by Vardaen » Mon Mar 23, 2020 4:39 pm

There is a post to tie the boat too, its a ramp designed for this sort of thing. You all make land fall and make it out of the boat. Dreams' comment shifts the mood of the Thrulls. It doesn't seem to matter what you say afterwards. "Dead?"

The creatures size you up and have decided that you are not the reinforcements, not if their kind is dead, not by the looks of the Paladin and the Kenku, or the Cleric... you can see the though run through their minds, what they have of them. "You killed them." it hisses.
Dreams says the 1 thing that will basically auto set them off. :)

Round 1 Thrulls 25, Torias 21, Dreams 20, Nate 19, Lineos 9
At each of the Drop Scorpions is manned by 3 of the Thrulls. They grab the war machine, and fire the pre loaded boulder that's in each of them. They are like gravity fed ballista. Two large rocks come flying across the chamber at you. Dreams side steps, but Lineos is taken a bit by surprise at the speed of the projectile. He's clipped on the wing and spun around. That's the moment you wish you tended to your wounds from the giant squid!

Your group reacts...
Drop Sorpion 1: (1,2,3) Fire at Dreams 12 Miss
Drop Scorpion 2: (4,5,6) Fire at Lineos 22 Hit for 9 Dmg
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They have elevation on you also, its a ramp that rises up some. It will make your ranged attackes have a penality and theirs have a bonus.
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Post by Muskrat » Mon Mar 23, 2020 5:16 pm

"Blast!" says Dreams. "Well, at least we managed to dock."

She draws her bow, throws back her head to let out an ear-shrieking wail of grief, and then begins loosing arrows at the thrulls, while trying to move closer to them.
Free Action: Quick Draw: Draw bow
Swift Action: Battle Cry
Standard Action: Attack vs. nearest thrull with bow: +14 to hit, 1d6 damage
Move Action: forward along the path 4 squares

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Post by ManWithDoor » Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:20 pm

Now that they have been found out, Nate books it for the enemies. The others got their asses beat by the sea monster, while he was unscathed (although bit rattled by the experience). He's still fresh, so if he can draw the fire of the enemies so much the better.
#1-#3 look about 130' away or so, maybe more depending on the elevation difference. So likely 3 Range Increments over my normal 40' so -6 to my Attacks. Fun! So yeah, I'm just going to Run.

The text for Run says a 'straight line'. Is the path around the circumference straight enough? Very gentle curve. If not, regular Double Move.
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Post by Grimbold » Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:03 pm

Torias moves closer to the enemies as fast as he can.
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Post by Hungry Xenomorph » Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:41 am

"Damn it!" Lineos spins back around and looks for some sort of cover, once there he prepares his longbow nocking an arrow as he looks for a target.
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Post by Vardaen » Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:32 pm

Round 1 Thrulls 25, Torias 21, Dreams 20, Nate 19, Lineos 9
Round 2 Thrulls 25, Torias 21, Dreams 20, Nate 19, Lineos 9
The general thought is 'damn', you are in a bad tactical position. Torias and Nate take off up the ramp, Nate easily passes Torias since the dwarf is shorter and heavily armored. Dreams and Lineos go for the ranged option. Dreams cries out and takes aim, her hunter's shortbow is as disadvantage from this distance even as she slowly paces up the ramp. She fires, and the arrow bounces off the magical hide of the nearest Thrull. Lineos get's his bow in hand and hunkers down behind the catboat taking a bit of cover from the prow.

Then the thrulls press, three of them break away from the Scorpion and charge down at Nate drawing their short blades as they do. He is beset by two of them and manages to dodge one, but is stabbed lightly by another.

The three other Thrulls work to reload the Scoprion. That means cranking and resetting the gears and sling to start.

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Torias: Run 80ft
Dreams: Quick Draw, Battle Cry, Move, Attack (Range:115ft -2 Att, Med Range): 30 Hit for 1 - 5DR/Magic = 0 Dmg
Nate: Run 120ft
Lineos: Draw Bow, Kneel Behind Boat (Cover +2AC)
Combat Round 2
T1: Move/Draw, Attack 22 Miss
T2: Move/Draw, Ready Attack
T3: Move/Draw, Attack 27 Hit for 5
T4,5,6: Reloading Round 1/2
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Post by ManWithDoor » Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:06 pm

Well, that plan more or less worked. At least he has the Thrull's attention, particularly stabby attention that he is feeling quite acutely at the moment. He backs off a couple steps, raising his musket and starting his firing pattern. They might not fear or respect him yet, but that's about to change!
5' Step NW. Start RS/DA full attack with my +1 Musket. Aiming for #3. If he falls, continue on in targeting #1/#2.
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Post by Muskrat » Wed Apr 01, 2020 6:19 pm

Dreams moves forward, looses another arrow at the thrulls engaging with Nate, then draws on the magical power of her shirt to make another quick move forward to bring her closer to the combat.
Move Action: forward along the rim by 4
Standard Action: Attack with bow vs. the closest thrull left standing after Nate's attack
Swift Action: Use Quick Runner's Shirt to make an additional Move Action: for forward along the rim by 4

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Post by Grimbold » Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:43 pm

Torias waits a bit for Nate to fire, then, yelling "You illiterate bastard!" charges into the closest Thrull.
Delay so Nate can shoot, then charge closest Thrull and attack with glintaxe.
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Inside the Lion's Den: Round 2

Post by Vardaen » Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:51 pm

Round 2 Thrulls 25, Torias 21, Dreams 20, Nate 19, Lineos 9
Everyone pauses a moment as Nate fires off three shots of his musket. He puts two heavy blows into the nearest Basil Thrull. He blows hunks off the side of the thrull is two good spots. THe thing hangs on though, still not dead.

Then an arrow from Dreams hit it as she moves forward as quickly as she can. The arrow strikes it an bounces off its magical hide.

Torias then charges, insulting the thing as best he can, before hacking into it with The Glintaxe. The blow is crippling, it causes it to fall to one knee, but it STILL is alive! These things are no joke it would seem, far tougher than the simple Thrulls from before.

Lineos...
Nate: 5ft, RS/DA Musket: vs #3: 27 Hit 19, 17 Miss, 23 Hit 24 = 33 Dmg
Dreams: Move, Shoot #3 27 Hit for 5 - 5DR/Magic = 0 Dmg, Quick Runner Shirt
Torias: Charge: Attack #3: 23 Hit for 10 Dmg
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