Tree Lords V

[Jenara]

Realizing there is nothing she can do Locky goes with the others, sword still in hand.

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Jerrard follows after, when he sees Imani he simply raises his hand and says nothing.

[JadedDM]

Babushka takes off for the stable, Malika and Fikod right behind her. After jogging for a full minute, she sees the stable up ahead that the kirath described to her.

Locky and Jerrard move toward the entrance, while Ulster, Thuskar and Imani move northward to try and cover their escape. Both Aleaha and Lareth manage to kill a Bozak each, causing a minor explosion when they die.

The two elves in white robes attempt to pursue the party, but are stopped by Ulster and Thuskar. As Locky is still carrying Ulster's dragonslaying sword, he draws his rusty sword instead. The elves clash with the henchmen. Thuskar even manages to counterattack his opponent, slashing across the elf's chest and cutting his robes.

"Enough of this," says the male elf. "These puny forms are no good in battle." The female elf nods, and then both 'elves' begin to transform. Their supple skin hardens into silvery scales. They grow from a mere 5 feet in size to over 9 feet. Large wings burst from their backs, and their hands and feet become claws. Within moments, the 'elves' are revealed for what they really are--Sivak Draconians.

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Initiative
Imani (1d10+5): 14
Babushka (1d10): 5
Locky (1d10): 7
Jerrard (1d10): 7
Ulster (1d10+4): 11
Thuskar (1d10+7): 9
Aleaha (1d10+2): 5
Lareth (1d10+2): 9
Dara (1d10+2): 10
Bozak 01 (1d10+5): 7
Bozak 02 (1d10+5): 12
Bozak 03 (1d10+5): 7
Bozak 04 (1d10+5): 9
Bozak 05 (1d10+5): 9
Bozak 06 (1d10+5): 11
Bozak 07 (1d10+5): 12
Elf 01 (1d10+5): 11
Elf 02 (1d10+5): 15

Round 3!

Babushka moves toward the stable at double speed. Malika and Fikod follow her.
Aleaha attacks Bozak 01 with her magical long sword (+3) with elven grace (+1) and great strength (+1) (1d20+5): 20, hit for (1d8+4): 12 damage. Bozak 01 explodes, dealing (1d6): 2 damage to Aleaha, Bozak 02, Bozak 03 and Elf 01.
Locky moves 30 feet southward.
Jerrard moves 60 feet southward.
Bozak 01 is dead.
Bozak 03 attacks Aleaha with his long sword (1d20): 15, hit for (1d8): 1 damage.
Thuskar moves 15 feet north and holds an attack for any enemy that tries to pass.
Lareth attacks Bozak 07 with his magical sword (+3) with elven grace (+1) and great strength (+1) (1d20+5): 21, hit for (1d8+4): 11 damage. Bozak 07 explodes, dealing (1d6): 2 damage to Lareth, Bozak 05 and Bozak 06.
Bozak 04 attacks Dara with his long sword (1d20): 13, miss.
Bozak 05 attacks Lareth with his right claw (1d20): 6, miss; then attacks with his left claw (1d20): 11, miss.
Dara attacks Bozak 04 with her magical (+2) short sword with elven grace (+1) (1d20+3): 18, hit for (1d6+2): 8 damage.
Ulster moves 15 feet north and holds and holds an attack for any enemy that tries to pass.
Bozak 06 attacks Lareth with his long sword (1d20): 12, miss.
Elf 01 moves 30 feet south and attacks Thuskar with his long sword (1d20): 3, miss.
----Thuskar counterattacks with his great sword with great skill (+1) and strength (+1) (1d20+2): 17, hit for (1d10+3): 7 damage.
Bozak 02 attacks Aleaha with his long sword (1d20): 1, critical fumble! Bozak 02 drops his sword.
Bozak 07 is dead.
Imani moves 25 feet inside.
Elf 02 moves 30 feet south and attacks Ulster with her long sword against his plate mail (-3) (1d20-3): 9, miss.
----Ulster counterattacks with his rusty sword (+1) with great skill (+1) (1d20+2): 14, miss.

(OOC: It will take Babushka a full two rounds to reach the stables, even at double speed.)

[Jenara]

Locky moves towards Uslter and drops the Longsword near him, drawing her Hoopak she aims at the creature attacking Dara.

1d20, 1d20+5, 1d6=[3], [11, 5], [2]

hit Ac: 2 for 2 damage.

[Jerrard]

Keeping his position Jerrard casts mirror image on himself1d4+1=2 2 copies.

[HorizonsDream]

"Jerrard, Locky, get out of here!" Imani orders the both of them. "Get to the stables, and we will be there!" She didn't know what these draconians did when they died, but honestly she didn't care at this point as she moved to help Ulster.

Init Roll, Hit Rolls (2, 15, 2 critical fumble)
DMG Roll (8)

[JadedDM]

The battle rages on, and both Dara and Lareth each kill another bozak, rendering two more small explosions. With her last opponent dead, Dara looks around for who needs help the most. She is surprised to spot half of the party members still present, and fighting alongside them.

While Jerrard creates two illusionary copies of himself, Ulster and his opponent exchange blows. The warrior gets in a good slash, but the sivak--despite being larger and stronger, finds it difficult to get through Ulster's magical armor's protection. Imani jumps in to help, slashing with her magical scimitar. However, the mundane scimitar is knocked from her hand during the scuffle.

Locky gets closer to Ulster and drops the sword, then loads up her sling. However, she finds the last draconian fighting Dara is already dead.

Thuskar takes a hit from his own sivak opponent, but is unable to deal any damage in return.

Meanwhile, Babushka, Fikod and Malika reach the stables. The gnome finds the door unlocked, so steps right inside. All of their animals are there, stabled in small pens, their gear, saddles and such nearby. They seem in decent health.

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Initiative
Locky (1d10+11): 13
Jerrard (1d10+2): 6
Imani (1d10+5): 7
Babushka (1d10): 8
Ulster (1d10+4): 5
Thuskar (1d10+7): 14
Aleaha (1d10+2): 9
Lareth (1d10+2): 5
Dara (1d10+2): 4
Bozak 02 (1d10+5): 11
Bozak 03 (1d10+5): 11
Bozak 04 (1d10+5): 7
Bozak 05 (1d10+5): 6
Bozak 06 (1d10+5): 11
Sivak 01 (1d10+5): 8
Sivak 02 (1d10+5): 7

Round 4!

Dara attacks Bozak 04 with her magical (+2) short sword with elven grace (+1) (1d20+3): 13, bare hit for (1d6+2): 7 damage. Bozak 04 explodes, dealing (1d6): 2 damage to Dara.
Lareth attacks Bozak 05 with his magical sword (+3) with elven grace (+1) and great strength (+1) (1d20+5): 25, critical hit! for (2d8+4): 18 damage. Bozak 05 explodes, dealing (1d6): 5 damage to Lareth and Bozak 06.
Ulster attacks Sivak 02 with his rusty sword (+1) with great skill (+1) (1d20+2): 18, hit for (1d12+3): 9 damage.
Jerrard casts Mirror Image, creating (1d4+1): 2 copies of himself.
Bozak 05 is dead.
Imani moves 5 feet north and attacks Sivak 02 with her primary magical (+3) scimitar with great skill (+1) (1d20+4): 15, hit for (1d8+5): 8 damage. She then attacks with her secondary scimitar with great skill (+1) (1d20+1): 2, critical fumble! She drops her secondary scimitar.
Bozak 04 is dead.
Sivak 02 attacks Ulster with his long sword against his plate mail (-3) (1d20-3): 5, miss.
Babushka, Fikod and Malika arrive at the stables.
Sivak 01 attacks Thuskar with his long sword (1d20): 18, hit for (1d8): 5 damage.
Aleaha attacks Bozak 02 with her magical long sword (+3) with elven grace (+1) and great strength (+1) (1d20+5): 9, bare hit for (1d8+4): 8 damage.
Bozak 02 attacks Aleaha with his right claw (1d20): 11, miss. Then with his left claw (1d20): 8, miss.
Bozak 03 attacks Aleaha with his long sword (1d20): 14, hit for (1d8): 2 damage.
Bozak 06 attacks Lareth with his long sword (1d20): 11, miss.
Locky moves 5 feet to the west, drops the dragon slaying long sword, then slings a stone at Bozak 04--but he is already dead.
Thuskar attacks Sivak 01 with his great sword with great strength (+1) and skill (+1) (1d20+2): 7, miss.
Ulster attacks Sivak 02 with his rusty sword (+1) with great skill (+1) (1d20+2): 4, miss.
Thuskar attacks Sivak 01 again with his great sword with great strength (+1) and skill (+1) (1d20+2): 6, miss.

(OOC: Actions and Initiative for Round 5?)

[Jenara]

"One moment!" Locky lifts the sword and runs to Dara, "Take this sword, its for slaying Green Dragons. Please."

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Jerrard leaves silently, the two copies following.

[HorizonsDream]

Imani quickly picks up her other sword that she dropped as she knows that Ulster can handle himself for the time being.

Init Roll (10)

[Breila]

After greeting Dekker, Babushka looks over their possesions. "Incredible...." Babushka mutters as she sees all their things are stacked near their animals. "You'd think they'd have looked through our things and taken what they could use... but maybe it didn't mean anything to them..."

Then she pulls herself together. "Malika, I'm sorry to put all that work to you, but couls you please saddle the animals? Fikod and I are simply not tall enough."
She looks for a chest or other possibility for her and Fikod to stand on so that they can help at least with tying on the saddle bags.

[JadedDM]

Malika frowns at Babushka. "All by myself? I can saddle up Artemis and Lanae, but surely you and Fikod won't have any trouble with the three donkeys and two ponies? If you expect me to do all of the work, we'll be here until daybreak."

"She has a good point, lass," Fikod mentions. "You and I can easily saddle the donkeys and ponies without trouble. It'll be faster that way."

Meanwhile, back in the tower, the battle rages on. Aleaha takes more hits, and is starting to look weakened. Jerrard (and his copies) turn and walk outside. He finds that Babushka, Fikod and Malika are already gone. There's nobody around, save for two unconscious elf guards.

While Imani picks up her dropped scimitar, Locky picks up the long sword she just dropped and carries it toward Dara, who has jumped in to help Aleaha now that her own enemies are dispatched. Hearing Locky's words, she only spares the kender a glance, as she's busy fighting a bozak. "My blade is already enchanted against green dragons," she states.

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Initiative
Locky (1d10+3): 11
Jerrard (1d10): 6
Imani (1d10): 10
Babushka (N/A)
Ulster (1d10+4): 11
Thuskar (1d10+7): 9
Aleaha (1d10+2): 6
Lareth (1d10+2): 4
Dara (1d10+2): 7
Bozak 02 (1d10+5): 10
Bozak 03 (1d10+5): 7
Bozak 06 (1d10+5): 13
Sivak 01 (1d10+5): 10
Sivak 02 (1d10+5): 14

Round 5!

Lareth attacks Bozak 06 with his magical sword (+3) with elven grace (+1) and great strength (+1) (1d20+5): 13, hit for (1d8+4): 7 damage.
Jerrard leaves the building.
Aleaha attacks Bozak 02 with her magical long sword (+3) with elven grace (+1) and great strength (+1) (1d20+5): 8, bare miss.
Dara moves 10 feet northwest and attacks Bozak 02 with her magical (+2) short sword with elven grace (+1) from behind (+2) (1d20+5): 8, miss.
Bozak 03 attacks Aleaha with his long sword (1d20): 13, hit for (1d8): 4 damage. Aleaha is now at 50% HP.
Thuskar attacks Sivak 01 with his great sword with great strength (+1) and skill (+1) (1d20+2): 18, hit for (3d6+3): 9 damage.
Imani picks up her fallen scimitar.
Bozak 02 attacks Aleaha with his right claw (1d20): 18, hit for (1d4): 1 damage. Then with his left claw (1d20): 3, miss.
Sivak 01 attacks Thuskar with his long sword (1d20): 12, hit for (1d8): 6 damage.
Locky picks up the magic long sword and moves 30 feet north.
Ulster attacks Sivak 02 with his rusty sword (+1) with great skill (+1) (1d20+2): 11, miss.
Bozak 06 attacks Lareth with his long sword (1d20): 13, miss.
Sivak 02 attacks Ulster with his long sword against his plate mail (-3) (1d20-3): -2, critical fumble! He drops his long sword.

(OOC: You guys ever notice I fumble like, a lot?

Actions and Initiative for Round 6?)

[Breila]

"I'm sorry, Malika, that was what I meant, saddle the animals that are too tall for us" Babushka corrects herself. She works on to get the animals ready and the weight distributed correctly. When they're done, she asks "ready?" and leads the animals out of the stable, back to the central building.

[Jenara]

"Oh.." Locky looks momentarily shocked then she drops the sword once more and lets a bullet fly towards 3 (moving out of Aleahas way of course)

1d10, 1d20+5, 1d6=[10], [8, 5], [6]
Init 10, Hit AC 5 for 6 damage.

[Jerrard]

Jerrard waits outside the door, his mind thinking, he checks the guards for a moment.

[HorizonsDream]

"Locky, give the blade to Ulster!" Imani says. "And then get out of here, like I told you to!" she yells as she attacks the Sivak.

Initi Roll, Hit Rolls (8, 12, 23)
DMG Roll (9)

[JadedDM]

Babushka gets Dekker re-saddled and his gear all set up. Malika does likewise with Aretmis and Fikod takes care of Greycap. Although this still leaves Lanae, Haera, Ilvain, and Jeremy's donkey.

Jerrard checks the elven guards. They remain unconscious, and it seems they will probably stay that way for awhile.

Lareth and Aleaha both manage to kill a bozak, and both explode. Locky gets caught in the explosion of the second one, but doesn't take too much damage.

Ulster slashes his opponent, staggering him. This gives Imani the opportunity to run him through. As the sivak falls to the ground, dying, its body transforms shape again. It takes on the form of Imani. It's a perfect match, and somewhat unnerving to see the living Imani standing over the dead one. "The Abyss?" mutters Ulster.

Thuskar then manages to cut down his own sivak opponent. Likewise, this one transforms into a perfect match of Thuskar when he dies.

Locky puts some distance between her and the last bozak and slings a stone, but it misses.

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Initiative
Babushka (N/A)
Locky (1d10+11): 21
Jerrard (N/A)
Imani (1d10+5): 13
Ulster (1d10+4): 5
Thuskar (1d10+7): 15
Aleaha (1d10+2): 11
Lareth (1d10+2): 4
Dara (1d10+2): 9
Bozak 02 (1d10+3): 4
Bozak 03 (1d10+5): 7
Bozak 06 (1d10+5): 13
Sivak 01 (1d10+5): 10
Sivak 02 (1d10+3): 4

Round 6!

Lareth attacks Bozak 06 with his magical sword (+3) with elven grace (+1) and great strength (+1) (1d20+5): 12, hit for (1d8+4): 11 damage. Bozak explodes, dealing (1d6): 5 damage to Lareth.
Bozak 02 attacks Aleaha with his right claw (1d20): 3, miss. Then with his left claw (1d20): 13, hit for (1d4): 3 damage.
Sivak 02 attacks Ulster with his right claw against his plate mail (-3) (1d20-3): 9, miss. He then attacks with his left claw (1d20-3): 7, miss. Finally, he strikes with his tail (1d20): 5, miss.
Ulster attacks Sivak 02 with his rusty sword (+1) with great skill (+1) (1d20+2): 19, hit for (1d12+3): 6 damage.
Bozak 03 attacks Aleaha with his long sword (1d20): 16, hit for (1d8): 7 damage.
Dara attacks Bozak 02 with her magical (+2) short sword with elven grace (+1) from behind (+2) (1d20+5): 13, hit for (1d6+2): 6 damage.
Sivak 01 attacks Thuskar with his long sword (1d20): 6, miss.
Aleaha attacks Bozak 02 with her magical long sword (+3) with elven grace (+1) and great strength (+1) (1d20+5): 11, hit for (1d8+4): 10 damage. Bozak 02 explodes, dealing (1d6): 2 damage to Aleaha, Dara, Bozak 03 and Locky.
Imani attacks Sivak 02 with her primary magical (+3) scimitar with great skill (+1) (1d20+4): 23, hit for (1d8+5): 9 damage. She then attacks with her secondary scimitar with great skill (+1) (1d20+1): 12, miss. Sivak 02 dies and his corpse transforms into a copy of Imani.
Bozak 06 is dead.
Thuskar attacks Sivak 01 with his great sword with great strength (+1) and skill (+1) (1d20+2): 21, hit for (3d6+3): 16 damage. Sivak 01 dies and his corpse transforms into a copy of Thuskar.
Locky moves 20 feet south and slings a stone at Bozak 03 with her hoopak (+3) with amazing accuracy (+2) (1d20+5): 13, miss.
Ulster has no target.
Thuskar has no target.

(OOC: Only a single bozak remains now.

Also, Breila, it's going to take longer than one round for Babushka, Fikod and Malika to repack three donkeys, two ponies and two horses, sorry.)