Razen's for Rescue
Razen has been kidnapped, and hopefully most of you understand the ramifications of this (see: Chay and the Charn pt 2). But in any event, perhaps the only thing that really matters right now is - Razen is being held by the charn and a rather good size force has been assembled to rescue him. There's also a group that's trying to break through to stop the adventurers. In fact, as you all are lined up to defend the doors as the rest of the adventurers move within - there's around ten (maybe even more) guards that are following in after the adventurers... Guards you need to stop.
Daechir already has his rapier drawn; ready for the combat that he knows is about to happen. There are a lot of guards, more than he had hoped that there would be. Combat is not his speciality, but he is unwilling in every way to leave Razen here at the unkind hands of those that would do him harm. So he stands before the fortress with his weapon drawn and a spell ready on his lips. "We hold here." He glances toward his companions certainty in his red eyes; determination.
There wasn't a list really of who should come along. It was just who can, who's willing? People can get hurt, including you. Though Razen is a friend, or at least a drinking buddy, and there's presumably gold she'll be able to take off the corpses of those people who caught him. "I told tha' fella, his game of bein' slaverbait was a fool's job." And she shakes her head, though her claws are out and there's guards trying to come in after them to, well, attack their rear probably and stop this venture here. Looking over to Daechir, "So, we killin' them?" She points at the guards, making sure she has the right targets.
"Wot?" The Big Ork shifts on his feet. Then trundles his way towards the 'frontline' he hefts his spiked shield in one hand and raises his battleaxe in the other. "Look at'em, dey com'in ta fight us!" Baz grins wide, his tusks spreading with the smile. "We gonna cut'em! We gonna split dere heads open! WE GONNA KILL! KILL IN THE NAME OF KOR! No one passes! NO ONE LIVES! FOR KOR!" He intones the words as he draws in the celestial power of battle form his God and then expels it outwards. A rolling wave of spiritual energy that strengthens arms and hardens hearts. Finally he taps the side of his helmet with his axe holding fist, causing it snap into place and put the Orkish skull like facade over his own. "CUT'EM, GUT'EM, SPLIT IN HALF!"
In wanders Kae! She's on her airboard as she stumbles apon Baz wanting to gut and kill and split in half? She blinkies and slaps the activation gem for her armor, encasing herself before picking up her board and strapping it to her back.. Then out comes the wrench.. "Sooo what's going on?" She asks curiously, now peering at Baz "Getting a lil blood thirsty?" She asks, now blinking again before looking to the folks they're supposed to maybe attack? "Soo are we going after them? And whyfore am I here? You want me to help? Ooh look something shiny!" She calls out, now picking up a bit of quartz from the ground... "Eef, just quartz..." She says as she tosses the stone over her shoulder.
The big warrior merc glances at the Ork and says, "I think a little less kill, and a little more stealth might be more appropriate my friend. That said, there will be plenty of people to kill, so keep your axe sharp." Darius looks around at the compound and says, "I think a frontal assault would be a bad idea..." He too liked Razen, the man DID hold his greatsword for him, while he was in the Guard's custody.
GAME: Bolide rolls 5: (17)+5: 22 GAME: Bolide rolls 5: (15)+5: 20 GAME: Bolide rolls 5: (9)+5: 14 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1: (11)+9: 20 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1: (3)+9: 12 GAME: Darius rolls damage1: aliased to 2D6+6: (5)+6: 11
As soon as he's slashed at, Darius wastes no time, "Very well, let's see how long you last against our blades..." With that, he takes a huge swing, biting into the soldier in front of him but missing the second as they dodge out of the way.
The Lieutenants leading the group - true to form - are in the lead. They each hold a spear in their hands trying to ram it in to an adventurer. "Bring up the rear! Crossbows fire!" The one in the center calls out.
GAME: Daechir casts Mage Armor. Caster Level: 2 DC: 15
The spell on Daed's lips spills forth as he touches a hand to his own chest and feels the familiar protective weight come down over his shoulders. He curses under his breath. "Yes." He replies to Dax. "We kill them." The look in his eyes is vicious.
GAME: Dax rolls weapon1+1: (4)+9+1: 14 GAME: Dax rolls weapon2+1: (6)+9+1: 16 GAME: Dax rolls damage2: aliased to 1D6+5: (1)+5: 6 GAME: Kaelyn refreshes spells. GAME: Kaelyn casts Shield. Caster Level: 4 DC: 15
Kae blinks and peers "Ooh soo I wandered into a combat!" she says, arms flailing wildly, before she tugs a little gem from a pocket around her waist, and claps her hands together, breaking the little item, which then suddenly makes a bubble around the air-headed Artificer! She peers ahead and calls out "ready for combat, I think!!!"
Dodging around the attacks that are coming at her, Dax is ducking and then she is turning to attack. She is trying to show them how its done when she spins and misses with one of her claw attacks. Then just scrapes the other one across the chest of one of the guards. Again not doing very much damage, but still managing to hurt them. She grunts a bit at that and then looks to the others, "Well, it's gonna be a long fight... tougher than they look."
GAME: Baz da Ork rolls 1d20+10-2: (4)+10+-2: 12 GAME: Baz da Ork rolls 1d20+10-2: (4)+10+-2: 12
"WAAGH!" The big Ork roars, pushing his shield into the soldier infront of him and swinging his axe at the enemy Darius just wounded. The big axe sweeps in, by and past, wooshing feebly into the night air. "RAAAWWR!" Baz roars impotent rage.
GAME: Bolide rolls 10: (16)+10: 26 GAME: Bolide rolls 1d8: (3): 3 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (16)+3: 19 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (1)+3: 4 (EPIC FAIL) GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (12)+3: 15 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (6)+3: 9 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (9)+3: 12 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (6)+3: 9 GAME: Bolide rolls 5: (2)+5: 7 GAME: Bolide rolls 5: (8)+5: 13 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1: (16)+9: 25 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1: (6)+9: 15 GAME: Darius rolls damage1: aliased to 2D6+6: (2)+6: 8
The Captain, who's in the thick of it, pulls out his pistol and takes aim at the Oruch in the center. "You, Oruch, your head will look fine above my mantle, and he takes the moment to aim and then fires with his pistol.
The other guards all switch to their crossbows for the moment. Aiming and loosing in at the enemy combatants. In the tight spaces and small confines the quarrels -stak- off the stone and clang off armor. Not a single hit amongst them.
The Lieutenants up front, two of them continue their assault upon Baz and Dax, the last one backs up, opening a gap in front of him."
Darius steps forwards once the guards have finished swinging against him, and attempts to slash the two closest ones to him. He hits the first but misses the second, barely drawing blood.
GAME: Dax rolls weapon1-2: (2)+9+-2: 9 GAME: Dax rolls weapon2-2: (5)+9+-2: 12
There is a look of concentration on Daed's face as he pulls a coin out of his pocket. Red eyes finding a spot amid the archers and a grim smile flickering to life across his face.
All the arrows, and the spears, and the swinging around. Dax is having a hard time as she maneuvers herself to avoid getting hit. Even raising up her claws at one point to block one of the spear thrusts, then she steps in to get some good swings in, but has to move to the left suddenly to avoid a spear attack and swipes too far away to hit the spearman.
GAME: Kaelyn rolls ranged: (7)+8: 15 GAME: Kaelyn rolls 2d6+4: (10)+4: 14 GAME: Baz da Ork rolls 1d20+10-2: (15)+10+-2: 23
Kae raises a sleek looking long arm.. Rifle thing? It's got gems here and there and a pointy-bit at the front complete with a crystalline scope. She Waves it around, and finally settles on one of the attackers, least well umm the first one she settles on. It's seemingly random, because well, it really is. She squints, looking through the site and pulls the firing stud, firing out a bright blue ball of energy which streaks across the distance and hits her target, making an electric zorching type sound.
GAME: Baz da Ork rolls 1d8+5+4: (1)+5+4: 10
The bullet strikes into Baz's armored hide drawing a snarl of anger from the big Ork. Who turns on the Captain and bellows in return. "Rioght! I'm gonna wear your skull across me nethers!" He sweeps his shield in low, drawing the soldier infront of him in. Then just as Kae blasts him with her weapon of artifice the big Ork thunks his axe into the man's armor. Chopping a chunk out of his hide.
GAME: Bolide rolls 7: (10)+7: 17 GAME: Bolide rolls 5: (5)+5: 10 GAME: Bolide rolls 4: (20)+4: 24 GAME: Bolide rolls 4: (20)+4: 24 GAME: Bolide rolls 5: (5)+5: 10 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (4)+3: 7 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (12)+3: 15 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (8)+3: 11 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (8)+3: 11 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (2)+3: 5 GAME: Bolide rolls 2d6+3: (7)+3: 10 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1+2: (20)+9+2: 31 (THREAT) GAME: Darius rolls weapon1+2: (5)+9+2: 16 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1+2: (6)+9+2: 17 GAME: Darius rolls damage1+2: aliased to 2D6+6+2: (5)+6+2: 13 GAME: Darius rolls damage1: aliased to 2D6+6: (6)+6: 12
Darius, noticing that he's been flanked and now Daechir is in a spot of trouble, turns and then swings like the Archangel Michael with his flaming sword, turning both the Lt. into bloody chunks, and disemboweling the guard beside him.
GAME: Daechir rolls 1d20+4: (8)+4: 12 GAME: Dax rolls 2wep: aliased to weapon1-2: (18)+9+-2: 25 (THREAT) GAME: Dax rolls 2wep: aliased to weapon1-2: (9)+9+-2: 16 GAME: Dax rolls 2wep: aliased to weapon1-2: (1)+9+-2: 8 (EPIC FAIL) GAME: Dax rolls damage1: aliased to 1D6+5: (4)+5: 9
Daed flips the coin over Darius' head toward the archers, growling as he moves forward. "You broke our defenses." His red eyes are angry as he speaks to Darius. "What are you /doing/?"
GAME: Kaelyn rolls ranged: (14)+8: 22
There's a feint by Dax, or so she'll call it later. "Ya got ta be pushin' forward! Let's take ta fight ta them!" Offers the shouting sailor woman as she takes the opening her offhand swipe caused to stab right up into the jaw of the guard with her other claws, and out the side of one of his cheeks. Then she rips her claws free and lets the man crumple to the ground.
The spaztic artificer tilts her head and takes aim at another Lieutenant, the girl focussing in on em... She sights through the scope, and squints a bit... A few seconds later she squeezes the trigger, there's another vorping noise, then a zot, and a lieutenant ends up with a hole blasted there by a ball of what looks like lightning slamming into his chest.
GAME: Bolide rolls 1d4: (4): 4 GAME: Bolide rolls 10: (6)+10: 16 GAME: Bolide rolls 1d8: (2): 2 GAME: Bolide rolls 4: (16)+4: 20 GAME: Bolide rolls 4: (11)+4: 15 GAME: Bolide rolls 4: (9)+4: 13 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (9)+3: 12 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (6)+3: 9 GAME: Bolide rolls 2d6+3: (9)+3: 12 GAME: Bolide rolls 1d100: (24): 24 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1: (5)+9: 14 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1: (17)+9: 26
The crash of gunfire echoes through the hall as the captain shoots again, his pistol discharging as he shoots Kaelyn. The guards rush to take up the spots their fallen once stood. In some cases standing on the corpses of the lieutenants. Only one of them found their mark as the crossbow bolts clatter again off the stone walls. The greatsword scoring a slice into Darius.
Darius grimaces as he gets sliced by one of the guards and then slices back, missing the one that hit him, but killing the one next to him.
GAME: Dax rolls 2wep: aliased to weapon1-2: (13)+9+-2: 20 GAME: Dax rolls 2wep: aliased to weapon1-2: (12)+9+-2: 19 GAME: Dax rolls damage1: aliased to 1D6+5: (5)+5: 10 GAME: Dax rolls damage2-1: aliased to 1D6+5-1: (3)+5+-1: 7 GAME: Kaelyn rolls ranged: (18)+8: 26
The guard who charged right up against Dax gets dodged by her dipping to the side, then she leans forward and doing a sideways flip toward the guard. Her claws are at the end of her fully stretched arms making her something of a windmill of death. The first rake across the face and cause some excruciating bleeding, but the second set digs deep into the guard's chest causing that pain to subside rather quickly with death. "Ya fellas comin' ta fight? Or die?" And she is starting to eyeball the others nearby with a glare of combat adrenaline.
GAME: Kaelyn rolls 2d6+5: (4)+5: 9
Kae flails, she's hit, by something! She didn't quite see what it was that hit her, but she squints raises her gun and snaps a shot at the Captain... "Shot ya back!" she calls out, flailing again!!!
GAME: Daechir rolls 1d20+3: (5)+3: 8
Seeing that the man moves up exactly as he predicted Daed tried to touch him, but his reach is over extended as it is with all these bodies in the way.
GAME: Bolide rolls 4d6+6: (15)+6: 21 GAME: Bolide rolls 7: (19)+7: 26 GAME: Bolide rolls 7: (17)+7: 24 GAME: Bolide rolls 4d6+2: (13)+2: 15 GAME: Bolide rolls 3: (4)+3: 7 GAME: Bolide rolls 4: (7)+4: 11 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1: (19)+9: 28 (THREAT) GAME: Darius rolls weapon1: (5)+9: 14 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1: (13)+9: 22 GAME: Darius rolls damage1: aliased to 2D6+6: (9)+6: 15 GAME: Darius rolls damage1: aliased to 2D6+6: (7)+6: 13 GAME: Daechir rolls con: (9)+ 1: 10
Darius gahs as the Captain tears a huge hole in him, he swings hard and manages to catch the Captain and kill the guard, leaving only the Captain who seems ok and one last guard. As he is badly hurt, time to step back and hope someone can drop the Captain for him.
Daed takes a heavy swing, his chest alighting with fire as the weapon cuts deep into his body. Oddly he makes little sound as he suddenly goes down, hitting the ground with the soft twinkling chime of a bell that is lost amid the combat. He loses consciousness immediately.
GAME: Dax rolls 2wep: aliased to weapon1-2: (14)+9+-2: 21 GAME: Dax rolls 2wep: aliased to weapon1-2: (4)+9+-2: 11 GAME: Dax rolls damage1: aliased to 1D6+5: (2)+5: 7 GAME: Kaelyn casts Cure Moderate Wounds. Caster Level: 4 DC: 16
Seeing that people are falling down, Dax starts moving in that direction. She shouts out, "Fer fucks sake! Ya can't die, we ain't got Razen yet, an' he be pissed if ya die." She states before moving in the direction to get closer to that captain who keeps attacking and taking people down. One set of claws misses the guard as she passes him, so she stops and turns, swinging her claws right into him and stabbing into his side, but not clearly deep enough.
GAME: Kaelyn rolls 2d8+4: (11)+4: 15
Kae sees one person go down, then well another gets badly damaged... She frowns and pulls out well, what looks like a small mallet... It's brightly colored though... She makes a face.. "Soo what was I drinking when I made this?" She mutters, then shrugs, and flings it at Darius... It hits, squeaks, and well suddenly he's starting to feel a bit better? Yes he was just healed with an artificed squeaky mallet....
Kae moves and stands near Daed now, the girl drawing what has to be a wrench off her back and holding it in one hand, like one might hold a sword....
GAME: Dax rolls weapon1: (4)+9: 13 GAME: Bolide rolls 7: (10)+7: 17 GAME: Bolide rolls 2: (5)+2: 7 GAME: Bolide rolls 2: (18)+2: 20 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1: (16)+9: 25 GAME: Darius rolls weapon1: (15)+9: 24 GAME: Darius rolls damage1: aliased to 2D6+6: (6)+6: 12 GAME: Darius rolls damage1: aliased to 2D6+6: (5)+6: 11
This Captain just won't die, Darius is bonked on the head and then blinks, glancing back at Kaelyn saying, "Errr... thanks?" And then turns his attention to the Captain who he has given him several good slashes, but he still won't go down but the guard next to him does. Darius growls, "This is getting old fast..."
GAME: Bolide rolls 7: (14)+7: 21 GAME: Dax rolls 2wep: aliased to weapon1-2: (13)+9+-2: 20 GAME: Dax rolls 2wep: aliased to weapon1-2: (2)+9+-2: 9 GAME: Dax rolls damage1: aliased to 1D6+5: (3)+5: 8 GAME: Kaelyn casts Cure Moderate Wounds. Caster Level: 4 DC: 16 GAME: Kaelyn rolls 2d8+4: (10)+4: 14 GAME: Bolide damaged you for -14 points. 4 HP remaining.
Seeing that someone got behind the lines, Dax is constantly moving. She whirls away from the captain, and starts moving to get at the one who passed them by. It takes two more swings and rotations of her whirling claws before she stops moving, having deflected an attack from the Captain. Then she stabs forward, barely piercing the guard's body but getting him right in the back. When she wrenches that set of claws free the guard grabs his back for a moment, and then falls forward, arm slumping to the ground.
GAME: Bolide rolls 7: (18)+7: 25 GAME: Bolide rolls 2d6+1: (3)+1: 4
Kae tugs out this time some other object, this being an odd cylinder, it glows a bit. On it, it says "break in case of emergency" Kae squints at it, and shrugs "ookaaay.." She breaks it open over Daed, now, instead of a normal click though, there's a dull "Aooogah!" Sound made, making Kae blink curiously at it.. "Yup I was up waaaay too late when making these!" She calls out, as clear blue fluid is poured on Daed and seeps into him, starting to rapidly heal his wounds.
GAME: Darius rolls weapon1-2: (14)+9+-2: 21 GAME: Darius rolls damage1+2: aliased to 2D6+6+2: (5)+6+2: 13
With the last of the guards falling, only the captain is left. He smiles thinly and with the sound of straining leather, the captain swings again, cutting into Darius. He's the only one remaining, but he's not going down without a fight.
Darius stands there, protecting Daechir from being killed while prone, engaging the Captain as they damage race to kill each other.
GAME: Bolide rolls 7: (18)+7: 25 GAME: Bolide rolls 2d6+1: (3)+1: 4 GAME: Bolide rolls 7: (4)+7: 11 GAME: Dax rolls weapon1: (12)+9: 21 GAME: Dax rolls weapon2: (12)+9: 21 GAME: Dax rolls damage1: aliased to 1D6+5: (4)+5: 9 GAME: Dax rolls damage2: aliased to 1D6+5: (1)+5: 6
All over the battlefield. Dax ran to protect Kae, and she says, "Ya got ta stay out o'ta way in tehse." She then turns back and sees that Darius is having a hard time as well taking down this Captain. So she runs back, moving quickly, and then falls to her knees as he swipes at her, sliding under his blade. When she gets past him she slices at his ankles, before standing up and stabbing him right through the back and out his chest. She wrenches her claws free and lets the Captain fall. "Let's keep this hall safe then? Or we movin' ta find our fella?"
Kae's armor deactivates with a dull flash and she squints a bit before taking a breath... She then pulls out a simple wooden rod with silver writing on it... "okies I can heal sommore!" She calls out and smiles "Then I'mma sit down and make some better artifice and stuff... Squeaky mallets and breaky syrup sticks that call out Aooogha are bad..." She then tugs a rubber chicken from her pocket and peers at it "This is just as bad, it breathes fire..."
"We stay here." Daed wipes blood from his face and slowly manages to rise with a grateful look for the woman that healed him. He is careful about it to keep from bumping into Darius. There's a soft chime when he reaches his feet and looks at his companions. "We stand our ground and no one passes... And I could use that healing." He offers Kae a smile.
Darius grunts, checking his own wounds but waving off healing for now, Daechir needs it more than him. He flicks the blood off of his greatsword and moves to take up position in the front and says, "I'll keep watch here... They'll have to come through me first to get to the rest of you."
"Ya all keep yer wits about ya." Dax states as she's wiping off the blood on her claws off on the Captain. And then she moves back a bit to lean against the nearest wall. "We stand then, tha' be borin'." She looks down the hallway and then back the way they came and she sighs, "I wish I 'ad a drink right now, but no, they say ta leave it behind at ta camp."
Kae tilts her head and shrugs slowly, peering at Daed as she taps him with the wand, repeatedly if need be to see if she can't heal em up... When done and all, she'll sit back with a tool kit and begin making more artifices to replace the ones she used....
The mul'niessa elf closes his eyes as he is healed and opens them again, lightly offering Kaelyn a nod. "You have my appreciation." His red eyes slide toward Darius. "As for you... You must stand /with/ us. Not ahead of us, or the enemy will find the cracks in our defenses and sweep us once again as they nearly did." He touches his chest where his clothes have been torn asunder and recently there was a wound that had nearly killed him. There's nothing there now but blood.
Darius glances back at Daechir and says, "If I stood with you, they would have eventually hemmed us in and slaughtered us, I needed room to be able to swing my sword and kill the minions surrounding us. Had I not done what I did, I would have been next to useless." He glares at where Baz was, "At least I fought, unlike our Orc 'friend' there who lost his mind and stopped fighting halfway through.
Dax nods her head to the others, leaning back and watching as they start to bicker, "Bickerin' an' bickerin'." Dax comments and laughs a bit at the two, as she laughs and then takes up a defensive mentality for Baz. "Ta ork be cursed an' blessed by a god o' war. Probably been talkin' wit' that fella. Ya ain't kno' if he be helpin' us another way. Priests are like tha' ya know?"
"Words of wisdom." Daechir nods to Dax and turns to pick up the copper he had bespelled. He puts it in his pocket and returns to his place in the lineup.
Darius mutters darkly, "Priests, bah..." He turns to face the corridor and says, "Either way, we'll keep this hallway open for those who are inside rescuing Razen... regardless of anything else, that is what we are here to actually do."
With a bit of a chuckle, Dax folds her claws back up so they aren't going to get in her way if she scratches her head, or picks her nose. And then she does indeed reach up and scratch at the side of her head, "Well, I 'ope some get past ta war, so we can fight some more. Else I may get bored an' leave ta get some drink." Then she has an idea, and she starts moving amongst the corpses to try and find a flask.
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