Turn NineteenLoot all that is not claimed yet, which should be one dagger and one lock picking kit.
Then give chase. Leisurely. It's a bit difficult to curse an invisible person.
Medha runs back into the room without looking at the bleeding Lady Foxglove on the floor this time. She quickly picks up the toad’s dagger and lock picking kit – he seems unable to resist, probably because he’s a toad – and jogs across the room in the direction of the kidnapper.
…She’s mostly about to catch up!
She eases off a little.
Shoot (and loot) Gerty.
Whiz hears the screaming child and looks up from his note taking.
He notices the unconscious battered man lying broken on the floor.
"They musta done that to you for a reason," he reasons.
"Might as well finish you off now, mate. Nothing personal."…He shoots Gerty Jones through the heart!
He bends down and takes the dead man’s potion and cutlass.
Run to where Tiny Arnold went, using the kid as a location device of sorts. When I see where he's supposed to be, run at him and yell as intimidatingly as possible to stop right there and not move a muscle. Should this work, shoot where his knees should be.
Gervedder, fresh from shooting a squashed toad in the leg, reloads his crossbow as he makes his way across the room,
…and joins Medha in her pursuit of Tiny Arnold.
”Stop in the name of… the… STOP!”…The sideways flying child stops in the open doorway of the next room.
Gervedder stops, kneels, and shoots.
Suddenly there’s a crossbow bolt stuck a foot or two up in the air.
…Blood starts flooding over an invisible trouser leg.
Wound Acquired: Tiny Arnold:
Heavily Bleeding Knees!Action: Stomp the toad-man to death (or wait till he bleeds to death) then purloin the punks precious potion. Drink it!
OR somebody else could do that, maybe.
…The last thing Respectable Jones the Toad thinks will never be known, but it’s probably something along the lines of
crikey, how can a woman be so incompetent at stamping!? That’s lucky!Then he bleeds to death.
Lady Foxglove Vainglorious III slips his potions out of his belt, very quickly eyes the contents label just to be sure, and downs it in one.
Wind Step, then chase him down. Look for a chance to trip the kidnapper.
As she does so Tackov the Violent fades from view.
The few bloody footprints that follow him disappear as he hurries down the next room and the next corridor towards his target.
…He catches up to a small boy floating horizontally in the air above a bloodied crossbow bolt, tries to trip the small boy carrier,
…and trips over, smashing his head on the stone wall and stunning himself.
Wound Acquired: Tackov Cedtry:
Stunned!Gently flip Gerty onto his stomach, murmuring platitudes to him, and then FLAMING CURBSTOMP HIM IN THE ARSE.
Bukkar, having witnessed Tackov’s more competent side, decides he needs to reassert his position amongst the top violence aficionados in the group.
He pokes Gerty’s limp and bleeding body with his foot, turns him over, and kicks the corpse in the arse!
…The arse bursts into flame.
Bukkar looks around to make sure everyone’s seen how badass he is. Lady F seems a bit busy not bleeding to death anymore. Whiz is struggling to get his new cutlass in a comfortable position in his dress. Everyone else is running into the room beyond.
Bother.
Drop the kid, fight off the pursuers, then run.
Tiny Arnold doesn’t know that his companions are dead, but given the unexpected numbers of pursuers he can guess what’s probably happened.
He turns at Gervedders’s authoritative voice.
He sees Gervedder and, strolling along behind the messenger, Medha.
Gervedder shoots him in the knee.
He throws the kid at Gervedder and turns.
His prey’s not worth it.
Before anyone can move he’s out the door on the other side of the room and into the long corridor beyond. He slams shut the door, tears out the crossbow bolt with a gasp, and is gone.
…Gervedder drops the child on Tackov’s head.
”Ouch! Yer little fecker! Let me go! I’ll turn you into a fecking toad! I want my milk!”
Gervedder, Tackov, Medha and the child are in the room in the middle on the left. The others are top left.
Perhaps I need to slightly adjust the CR of the next encounters.
Name: Tackov Cedtry
Class: Wind Mage
Status: -1 pain penalty to dodge. -1 to rolls next turn. Invisible next turn.
Health: [HP: 50/50] |
Fractured Ribs |
Stunned!Abilities: Wind Blast I,
Wind Step I,
Squishy,
Sissy Slap FightInventory: Minor Mana Potion x1,
Scroll of Beginner’s Fireball x1, 3 Yuros.
Name: Whiz
Class: Whiz Wiz(ard)
Status:Health: [HP: 75/75]Abilities: Shield I,
Gee, Mr. Whiz, You Sure Are Fast! Obviously a Powerful Wizard,
It’ll Make You Blind!Inventory: Crossbow, Unlimited Quiver,
Raider’s Dress of Shin Protection, 2 Yuros, Fancy Clothes,
Scroll of Beginner’s Fireball x1,
Middling Health Potion x1,
Middling Mana Potion x1, Unknown Strength (?) Potion,
Medium Health Potion x1, Cutlass.
Name: Medha Correo
Class: Curse Crafter
Status:Health: [HP: 75/75] |
Severed Rib! |
Severed Rib!Abilities: Bad Luck Curse,
Curse of the Fool,
Wandering Asshole,
Curse of the Curse CrafterInventory: Dagger, Half a dress, 78 bandages,
Neckless of the Ribless, Coffee (half a jug), Small bottle of Mage blood, Dagger, Lock picking kit.
Name: Gervedder Vietzo
Class: Opportunistic Messenger
Status:Health: [HP: 75/75]Abilities: This Messenger Delivers,
Make Way for the Messenger! Important,
Stop For DirectionsInventory: Crossbow, Unlimited Quiver, 8 Yuros.
Name: Lady Foxglove Vainglorious the III
Class: Ravenhaired Crusader
Status: Super-presentable!
Health: [HP: 59/75]Abilities: Opportunistic,
Honeyed Tongue,
Vain,
Self-RelianceInventory: Minor Health Potion x1, Crossbow, Unlimited Quiver, 2 Yuros.
Name: Bukkar Crangrom
Class: Ragin' Mage
Status:Health: [HP: 75/75]Abilities: Ass of the Flaming Foot I,
Lightning Fist I,
Always Looking For a Fight,
Always Hungover Inventory: Minor Health Potion x1, 2 Yuros, Warm Milky Potion.
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