Chapter 1: Fodder!

Ayeba · 3:18am

Fortune

'So far, so good,' Fortune thinks to herself. 'However, those vats are there for a reason. This could turn real painful unless we play our cards correctly.'

She quickly reconsiders the original plan, to seek cover by the gate. If they do that, the kobolds are bound to come rushing to the gate towers quickly, and then there is no reason why they won't have a lot of oil on their heads.

"Shoot down the kobolds on the gate towers," she calls out to the others, "And keep to the left."

She glances towards the archers remaining on the left side of the gate, and unleashes a lash of pain from her mind. Not wanting to turn into an arrow cushion, she moves up to the wall, taking cover from most of the remaining archers.

TheHumanDynamo · Nov 29 '11, 4:43am

Dropping his end of the shield, the human pushes himself up to the gate and immediately pulls out a crowbar and sets to work on the hinges, oblivious to the goings on around him as he seems to be focused on getting in.

DannoE · 10:29am

Fortune's attack kills three more kobolds. Meanwhile, Nurse makes his way up to the wall ans successfully removes one of the gate hinges on the left side. However, since he was helping Eduardo carry the battering ram, you now have no way to manage both of the shields and the ram at the same time. In fact, managing the ram at all is like to take the rest of you--even if you leave the shields on the ground!

Riku8745 · 3:10pm

Tarner drops the shield. Suddenly, he disappears are reappears at a point east of where he was. His hand waves at the nearest kobold. "May the Dark One satiate himself on your soul!" he cries, then a crackling bolt of purple energy shoots from his hand towards the kobold. Then, seeming to find renewed strength and an idea, a giant dark hand appears, and attempts to wrench the vat of oil back.

HFLep · Nov 29 '11, 3:41pm

Eduardo looks incredulously as the other human helping with him the ram unceremoniously drops his end and runs off to work on the hinges. What the hell is wrong with you? he yells at the anonymous team member and vainly pulls on the now too-heavy piece of wood.

The situation is compounded by Tanner simply teleporting off with the cover that was supposed to be used for the ram, and suddenly, Eduardo is feeling very, very alone, standing in front of a gate, with no cover or help in carrying out his part of the job. Is everyone here too retarded to stick to a forsaken plan? To hell with all of you . . .

The bard drops the ram and moves past the caltrops to the bottom of the gate, weaving a magical ward with his free hand, and draws the sword with his other one. We are dead men at this point.

Eduardo Alvarez, Human Bard
Init +2 HP 31/31 Bloodied 15 Healing Surge 7 (0 used /9)
AC 21 Fort 15 Reflex 16 Will 18 Speed 5
Str 11 (0) Con 14 (+2) Dex 12 (+1) Int 14 (+2) Wis 10 (0) Cha 18 (+4)

Majestic Word
Encounter, Arcane, Healing
Minor Action Close Burst 5 (10 at 11th level, 15 at 21st)
Target: You or one ally in burst
Effect: The target can spend a healing surge and regain additional hit points equal to your Charisma modifier. You also slide the target 1 square.
Level 6: 1d6+Charisma modifier additional HP.
Level 11: 2d6+Charisma modifier additional HP.
Level 16: 3d6+Charisma modifier additional HP.
Level 21: 4d6+Charisma modifier additional HP.
Level 26: 5d6+Charisma modifier additional HP.
Special: You can use this power twice per encounter, but only once per round. At 16th level, you can use it three times per encounter, but only once per round.

Majestic Word,

Majestic Word
Encounter, Arcane, Healing
Minor Action Close Burst 5 (10 at 11th level, 15 at 21st)
Target: You or one ally in burst
Effect: The target can spend a healing surge and regain additional hit points equal to your Charisma modifier. You also slide the target 1 square.
Level 6: 1d6+Charisma modifier additional HP.
Level 11: 2d6+Charisma modifier additional HP.
Level 16: 3d6+Charisma modifier additional HP.
Level 21: 4d6+Charisma modifier additional HP.
Level 26: 5d6+Charisma modifier additional HP.
Special: You can use this power twice per encounter, but only once per round. At 16th level, you can use it three times per encounter, but only once per round.

Majestic Word,

Words of Friendship
Encounter, Arcane
Minor Action Personal
Effect: You gain a +5 power bonus to the next diplomacy check you make before the end of your next turn.

Words of Friendship,

Guiding Strike
At will, arcane, weapon
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. AC
Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage, and the target takes a -2 penalty to the defense of your choice until the end of your next turn.
level 21: 2[W]+charisma modifier damage.

Guiding Strike,

Vicious Mockery
At-will, arcane, charm, implement, psychic
Standard Action Ranged 10
Target: one creature
Attack: charisma vs. will
Hit: 1d6+Charisma modifier psychic damage, and the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls until the end of your next turn.

Vicious Mockery,

Misdirect Mark
At-will, Arcane, Implement
standard Action Ranged 10
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex
Hit: 1d8+Charisma modifier damage, and the target is marked by one ally within 5 squares of you until the end of your next turn.
Level 21: 2d8+Charisma modifier damage.

Misdirect Mark,

Shout of Triumph
Encounter, arcane, implement, thunder
Standard Action Close blast 3
Target: Each enemy in blast
Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude
Hit: 1d6+charisma modifier thunder damage, and you push the target 1 square.
Effect: you slide each ally in the blast 1 square.
Virtue of Valor: The number of squares you can push enemies and slide allies equals your constitution modifier.

Shout of Triumph,

Stirring Shout
Daily, Arcane, Healing, Implement, Psychic
Standard Action Ranged 10
Target: one creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 2d6+Charisma modifier psychic damage
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, whenever an ally hits the target, that ally regains hit points equal to your charisma modifier.

Stirring Shout,

Poisoned Strike
Encounter, Martial, Poison, Weapon
Standard Action Melee or Ranged weapon
Target:One creature
Attack:Primary ability vs. AC
Hit:1[W] damage + 5poison damage.Until the end of
your next turn,if the target willingly moves more than 2
squares or makes an attack,it then falls prone, and it is
immobilized until the end of its next turn.
Level11: 2[W]damage plus 5 poison damage.
Level2l:3[W] damage plus 5 poison damage.

Poisoned Strike,

Concealed Weapon
Encounter, Martial
Minor Action Personal
Target:One weapon you’re holding
Effect: The weapon is invisible until you are no longer
holding it, until the end of the encounter, or until you
attack with it.The first creature you attack with a weap
on affected by this power grants combat advantage to
you for that attack.

Concealed Weapon,

Swordmage Warding
Minor Action.

Until the end of the encounter, you gain +1 bonus to AC (+3 if you have a hand free).

Swordmage Warding,

Harp of Deeper Slumber
Wondrous Item level 3 680 gp
Power (daily): Minor Action. Each creature within 20 squares of you takes a -15 penalty to perception checks until the end of your next turn.

Harp of Deeper Slumber
Notes Features and Feats:

You get the ritual caster feat, can perform a free ritual per day

Bardic Training,

Once per round, when an ally within 5 squares of you reduces an opponent to 0 hp or bloodies an enemy, you can grant temporary hit points equal to 1+your constitution modifier at 1st level, 3+con modifier at 11th level, and 5+con modifier at 21st level

Virtue of Valor,

When you play an instrument or sing during a short rest, your allies' healing surges heal additional HP equal to your charisma modifier

Song of Rest,

You get a +3 bonus to attack rolls when you use an action point

action surge,

+1 per ATK Rolls with heavy blades, either as a Weapon or Implement.]+1 to hit with longsword as implement or weapon

Focused Implement,

Swordmage multiclass, gain ability to use swordmage implements.

blade initiate

Shadeus · 2:48am

Gruunk Bloodfist
Half-orc Barbarian (Berserker)
Current HP: 33/33 Bloodied: 17
Healing Surges Used: 0/9 (8)

Resources Used:

Conditions:

Gruunk watches as the plan goes to hell. He grunts in agreement with the bard, but offer any additional words. He grabs his loinclothe and shakes his manhood at the battering ram (surely a grave insult in any culture, doubly so in orcish culture). Moving toward the gate, he pulls out a crowbar and begins unbinding the door itself, finishing the work the strange human began.

DannoE · 12:13am

Tarner's spell misses the kobold, but he does manage to spill the vat of oil. Unfortunately, it's not a controlled spill but more of an explosion--an explosion which catches one of the kobolds in the blast radius! Meanwhile, every kobold on that side of the wall draw on Tarner. In a minute, he's liable to be a pincushion.

Meanwhile, behind you Nymeria starts screamig bloody murder as your breaching plan comes apart. It's a good bet that if you're not inside those walls in the next 30-seconds, things are gonna get UGLY!

Fortunately, Gruunk grabs a crowbar and starts prying madly at the gate. You can hear the locking bar behind the gate cracking, and on the walls, kobolds stop rushing to meet you. Instead, you hear them forming up behind barricades on the other side.

TheHumanDynamo · Nov 29 '11, 11:59pm

Seeing things going from bad to worse behind him, Nurse works fervently on the gate again.

Ayeba · 1:16am

Fortune

Fortune curses under her breath as the kobolds pour hot oil on her allies. She had tried to stop that plan, but failed miserably. Focusing her mental curses, she sends a burst of psychic pain at the two responsible for the scolding pain. At least she gets the satisfaction of feeling their minds blown, their lifeless husks falling like two rag dolls.

She moves up to the gate, moving carefully not to step on any caltrops. The three by the door looks seared by the oil, but still alive enough to keep working on their task. She offers no comfort or advice -- they aren't there by choice, and they're all doing the best they can. Hopefully.

She glances towards the metal-golem, not understanding what it's doing. Or more precisely why. 'Hopefully, he is controlled more by rationality than emotions,' she thinks to herself, turning her focus back to the door and the others working on it.

Shadeus · 2:52am

Gruunk Bloodfist
Half-orc Barbarian (Berserker)
Current HP: 33/33 Bloodied: 17
Healing Surges Used: 0/9 (8)

Resources Used:

Conditions:

Gruunk spies the cauldron if liquid fire and deftly dodges out of the way. He tries but is unable to push Eduardo out of the way. "Crap," he says definitely and with renewed vigor goes after the gate.