Ambergriff wonders her way through the bog at night, looking for safety. Silver leads a heroic assault on the infiltrators before they can destroy the city. Both will have to wake soon...
Hopefully Spark's line will continue soon as well.
>>168844Amber's pocket watch is... like a minute and 38 seconds off from the clock that's visible on the train station platform.
All aboard it is
>>168839>>168840Posey's not entirely sure she remembers where she left Mason
>>168846Posey tries to replace her steps.
What do I roll for this?
>>168847I don't know, but either wisdom or intelligence modifier
>>168849Posey's intelligence is higher, so I'll try to get out of this shithole using force of intellect
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
>>168850Let's see... Posey came out at La Fete and 35th, after travelling underground for a block and a half... Posey thinks she can get back to where she last saw him
>>168851Possibly gallops in that direction, as fast as her hooves can carry her
[s(]Which is quite fast, due to her increased speed and the fact that she can run for unlimited rounds)
>>168852Posey's movements attract the attention of the locals, who stare at her as she moves. But if she's being pursued, she must have evaded them. Posey finds the entrance to the underground, and goes past the open shops, to the corner where she left Mason
>>168853Posey seeks out Mason, trying to be discreet.
>>168854Mason is, at the very least, not outside of the establishment where she left him
>>168855Posey searches for Mason
I guess urban tracking is a Gather Information check
[1d20+4 = (6+4) = 10]
>>168856Well, gonna do a fallback Spot check
[1d20+4 = (12+4) = 16]
>>168856Evidently Baltimare is lousing in grey unicorns
>>168858I'mma do a roll
[1d20 = 2]
>>168858>>168859Mason is doing a poor job hiding inside of this... club? It's literally a basement that they added chairs, a bar, and some booth tables to. He's tonguing a pink mare at a booth near the entrance, presumably the same one Posey saw early
>>168845Well that's not good. As she watches the passengers start to embark, she frantically tries to adjust the watch's time.
>>168860Posey clippity-clops up to him, but stays distant enough not to interrupt their moment, although close enough that he would eventually see her.
>>168861And....
30 seconds until departure>>168862He either is intentionally ignoring Posey, or genuinely does not see that he is there. He seems fairly consumed by whatever this living-creature social ritual is. Note that the club is fairly loud. They don't have a live band, but they are playing radio or a phonograph loudly, and there is loud talking. A diamond dog starts to walk up to Mason as well
>>168863That's closer than she would have liked. She makes one last check any passengers rushing to board.
>>168864There's an old lady trying to get in. The hold up is she is having difficulty placing her bag inside of the car. It's super annoying
>>168863Posey, in no hurry, waits a while, although after a considerable amount of time passes at some point she clears her throat and gives him an icy glare that's impossible to ignore.
Rolling Intimidate
[1d20+11 = (8+11) = 19]The temperature drops around her, as if there's some dark force of hellish entropy sucking the energy out of the room.
>>168865Amber sighs, but isn't going to let an old griffon go without help. She helps with the luggage.
>>168866Did the amount of noise in the room go down?
Which "him"? Mason?
>>168868Yes, Mason
Posey gets closer, if necessary
>>168869Mason breaks with the mare, looks to Posey, and then stands up near Posey. The mare looks kind of offended, and starts to slink away, looking at Posey. Another pony walks up, but keeps a slight distance.
>>168870"Oh, pardon, was I interrupting something?" Posey says, with a flat tone, tossing her mane a bit as she walks by
Posey, despite having zero reason to, makes very brief aggressive eye contact with the other mare as she slinks away.
>>168871The mare understands the message and moves away.
"N-no?" He answers, evidently sincerely afraid of Posey at this moment
>>168872>afraidGood. Fear my power.
"Well, it appears you at least still had some fun tonight. Shall we be going?" Posey says, her golden eyes trained on him
>>168867She has to walk over to the griffin, help her get her luggage in... Oh dear, the train is already a minute late!
>>168873He spends a full three seconds looking back at her before responding
"Yes."
>>168874"Then let us go" she says, whirling her cape and gesturing for him to follow her towards the logical direction of the car.
>>168875Posey leaves, followed by Mason, and further back, the diamond dog and the other pony.
>>168874Well that's annoying, real conductor or not! Best to not tarry any longer. Amber quickly makes her way to the engine, tells the engineer to get going, and hops into the lead coach.
>>168876Posey glances towards the other two, and whispers to Mason
"Who are they?"
Rolling bluff, for innuendo
[1d20+12 = (19+12) = 31]
>>168877Amber finds a grey griffin in the locomotive whom she suspects may not be a natural grey, but covered in coal dust. He gives a firm nod, and starts the train on its way, with a chugging sound of the pistons.
Amber is in the front coach, perhaps 30% full, and beginning her journey.
>>168878Without looking to her
"I'm not certain, but no one good."
Innuendo?
>>168879>Innuendo?A hidden message. To communicate with him discreetly, without alerting the others.
It was rolled into bluff when the 3.0 innuendo skill was removed in 3.5e
>but no one goodPosey takes this news in a calm, almost cheery manner, showing no signs of distress at being followed
Say, are there any dark alleys nearby?
>>168880Not per se. Posey and Mason are still underground, which is a series of walls and occasional storefronts.
Posey and Mason are still trailed, but the distance increases.
>>168881Posey walks slower, pretending to be interested in the various shops trying to bait the followers closer.
Are there any other tunnels or discreet locations she hope to lead them to?
>>168882Hope? Probably, though Posey does not know of them. As it is, Posey and Mason remain in a fairly trafficked area.
The followers come closer, evidently now intending to close the distance.
>>168879It's the home stretch to freedom. She can only pray it will all go well.
Oh, and tickets. She needs to use that puncher and check every griffon's tickets.
>>168883*could hope to
Posey thinks fast and looks for any areas with thinner traffic
Rolling Search
[1d20+3 = (9+3) = 12]
>>168886That's... maybe a small section beyond a bend which appears to have formerly been a storefront? Hard to tell
>>168887Posey discreetly heads in that direction, gesturing for Mason to follow her.
As she trots along, Posey grits her fangs, before putting on a sinister grin
"Looks like I really will get to kill tonight."
>>168888Digits checked
>>168888Quads deem that is so
click clickAmber runs into Helder, who is walking through one of the carriages.
>>168889The arrive by the bend but do not move beyond it, when the pony gets to them first. Coming up behind Mason, the stallion loudly asks,
"Have I seen you before?"
>>168890"Ticket please," Amber asks gently of Helder.
>>168891"Funny." Helder is in a porter's uniform. He whispers,
"So what is your plan? Remain like this until we get to Hellquill? Or ditch at the border?"
>>168890Hmmmmm, I want to get closer to the bend
"Umm, no, no, no, new to country." Posey says, her hood pulled over her head and her features obscured, layering a thick accent (vaguely Romanian) over her speech
Rolling Bluff
[1d20+12 = (3+12) = 15]
>>168892"Best to keep everything looking normal," Amber whispers back. "When we get to Hellquill Station we can quietly disperse."
>>168893"Did we catch you with your marefriend? Or rather, with your marefriends? Where is the rest of your crew?" The stallion asks assertively, evidently more so to intimidate than out of a sincere desire for an answer
>>168894"Sounds good enough. Keep it up." He says
>>168895Posey gestures for Mason to move closer beyond the bend, and she cautiously moves back
How close are they?
>>168895Amber quietly nods and gets on with the work.
>>168893>>168895The stallion, a light red creature, evidently a pegasus wearing a vest and a fedora, addresses Mason, and only looks over towards Posey out of response to movement or noise, but not not in sincere interest. The diamond dog is a little further back
>>168896They are right by it, it's a movement of at most 20 feet to the left, if even that far, though actually getting out of line of sight might require moving past an orphaned wall that used to be a part of a storefront, but now is closed down and the doors are sealed off
>>168897Is that guy trying to avoid getting his ticket punched? Because it seriously seems like he doesn't have a ticket, the way he moves out of his seat, and tries to go to the bathroom
>>168896>>168898Mason starts to move backwards, and towards the bend
>>168898A job is a job, even if it's a fake job….
"Sir, I'd like to see your ticket."
>>168898I meant how close are they to us? Are they in booping distance
>>168899"Mason, come now, fiu is waiting." Posey says, still with her thick accent, pretending to telekinetically drag him around the bend
But really, she waits right by the corner, waiting for them to get in booping range
>>168901Not exactly, but she could jump forward and boop him.
They don't move closer to them
immediately, though Mason takes a step back. They are kind of close to the brick wall.
"Or was your whole crew killed? Who are you working for now, huh?" Again, said more so with the intent to intimidate.
>>168900He sounds offended,
"You've already seen my ticket!"
>>168902She shakes her head. "If I have, it would have a hole in it."
>>168904"Where did you drop your ticket? If it's on the train we can find it."
>>168905"Up there. Further up front." He says, just pointing vaguely towards the front part of this coach car (car 3).
>>168902Fuck it. Who needs sleep.
Posey jumps forward with supernatural speed.
She draws an arrow from her quiver and
"Boop."
She teaches out and boops the Pegasus on the nose, invoking her Charnel Touch attack with Inflict Light Wounds
[1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25]And since he's currently flat-footed, rolling for laijutsu focus
[1d20+4 = (12+4) = 16]
>>168906"It'll be some time to the next station. Let's go find it," she says, looking at him suspiciously.
>>168907Nat fucking 20
Rolling damage for inflict Light Wounds (doubled)
[1d8+5 = (2+5) = 7]And charnel touch
[1d8+1 = (7+1) = 8]And laijutsu focus
[2d6 = 6]As a free action as part of her attack, the bones on her armor rattle and she immediately rolls intimidate to Demoralize
[1d20+11 = (8+11) = 19]
>>168907>>168909That's some serious damage
The hell is liajustu though?
>>168910[1d2 = 1]>>168908He doesn't move. Then both Erich and Federkleid enter behind Amber, saying nothing at the moment.
>>16890928 damage on the first hit, and a 19 to demoralize
I guess that's Posey's surprise round. Rolling for Initiative
[1d20+13 = (10+13) = 23]>>168910A skill that samurai use to deal more damage on the first strike in combat.
Posey drew an arrow from her quiver, which counts as a melee weapon since it's treated as a dagger
https://dnd.arkalseif.info/skills/iaijutsu-focus/index.htmlDread Necromancer relies on melee attacks a lot, and has low damage. Posey uses Laijutsu to take advantage of her high charisma to eliminate opponents quickly.
>>168911"If you cannot produce your ticket, you will be transferred to the authorities at the next stop," Amber says sternly.
>>168909>>168910>>168912It's a bit simpler than that.
The diamond dog grabs the stallion by his shoulder, and tries to drag him away from the master booper
>>168913He stares at Amber... with that stare becoming much less confident as the other griffins come behind her
"Okay, okay. I don't have a ticket. Can I buy one?"
>>168914Is the stallion unconscious?
>>168914"It's too late now," Amber says simply. "At the next stop you will have to pay a fine for being a stowaway, and then you might be able to buy a ticket."
>>168916Since it's the next round, I would like to boop the stallion diamond dog as well as he attempts to move away.
That depends if he beats me in initiative though. Do I move before he does?
>>168917He looks a bit intimidated, then jumps up, almost stumbles out of his seat and nearly hits a griffin on the other side, and then runs away towards the car in front of them.
>>168918No. His move, however, is to attempt to disengage.
>>168919Then I make an attack of opportunity.
Charnel touch, this time without a spell
[1d20+5 = (18+5) = 23]And a demoralizing check
[1d20+11 = (13+11) = 24]
>>168920Idk what kind of armor he's wearing, but no way he has 24 touch AC if he's trying to escape
[1d8+1 = (3+1) = 4]
>>168920Opposed,
[1d20+3 = (11+3) = 14]Please note that while Posey's initial boop was inconspicuous, this battle against the diamond dog is back in the main walkway as he's moved.
>>168922Well, charnel touch has no verbal or somatic component, so this only looks like a seemingly-innocent boop.
He should be shaken now.
It's Posey's turn now, but she's used Charnel Touch already, so she's going to make a in melee Slam attack, booping him again, this time not so gently.
[1d20+5 = (19+5) = 24]And Demoralize as the bones on her armor rattle (gotta love that grotesque Barding)
[1d20+11 = (14+11) = 25][1d20+5 = (14+5) = 19]
>>168919Amber groans. This is
not what they needed. She looks to her friends to follow, and calmly follows the stowaway. There's no need to run given that it's a dead end.
>>168923Don't know where the second melee roll came from, but I think that hits, so I'll roll the damage
Bludgeoning
[1d6+5 = (6+5) = 11]And Cold
[1d6 = 6]
>>168924Well, he's left the car.. then the next car...
Federklied whispers
"So are we getting off at the next station?"
>>168925>16 damage without use of a spellI'm starting to get skeptical
The diamond dog draws a knife from presumably an internal pocket on his jacket, and stabs at Posey with it
[1d20+4 = (5+4) = 9]
>>168926"I think if we do, it would raise too many questions," Amber replies in a low voice. "If we want to avoid suspicion, we should continue on to Hellquill itself."
>>168927"True" She says
As the door to the locomotive is locked, and there is no baggage car, there is but one location left for this rapscallion:
The front bathroom.
>>168926Well, I did start at lvl 3 instead of 5 for this dhampir-strength, so may as well buck some thugs while it's mechanically relevant.
Posey rears up and attacks him with both hooves
She uses her Charnel touch as a primary manufactured weapon (a touch is considered a weapon), and her Slam as a secondary natural attack
[1d20+5 = (15+5) = 20][1d20 = 17]And a demoralize check; this should increase him to panicked
[1d20+11 = (20+11) = 31]
>>168928Amber knocks on the door.
>>168929[1d8 = 2][2d6+5 = (2+5) = 7] not sure if this hits, but rolling anyway
>>168929>>168931Posey has hit him, but he tries again to make a stab.
[1d20+2 = (20+2) = 22]>>168930No response
>>168932"~Oh!" Posey gasps as the dog stabs her in the place where her heart used to be
And then smiles
>>168933The dog is not content with the course of events, looking back at Posey with his golden eyes
>>168934"I'm not here." Is the reply
>>168935Amber sighs, unlocks the door and goes in.
>>168936The bathroom is cramped, but Amber can see her quarry there, hiding on top of the toilet.
>>168935Are you going to roll damage?
Posey has DR/2 Magic and Bludgeoning from her Lich Body feature, and immunity to extra damage for crits, being undead
Posey glances down at the knife in her chest, then back to the dog.
"Run." she says coldly
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7KSZicb6McRolling intimidate. This time just to coerce, not demoralize.
[1d20+11 = (15+11) = 26]
>>168937"We're not police. What's your real reason for sneaking aboard the train?"
>>168938I'm definitely not persuaded this is balanced. It's bad enough that Posey has +5 points of luck on every other playerPosey did not know that diamond dogs could run that fast, as he colides with a griffin, stands up, and starts running again.
Mason says to Posey
"We've got to get out ourselves"
>>168939"Because to buy a ticket, I'd have to present identification." He says
>>168940She blinks. "And why is that an issue?"
>>168941"I
may have police looking for me in Griffinhiem..."
He has a large, toothy smile, and his head is low in front of his shoulders.
>>168942>toothy>griffon"What did you do?" Amber asks curiously.
>>168940Posey looks quite pleased with herself, finally getting her fix of violence for the night.
She looks down at the unconscious pegasus, a fine body and a decent sacrifice, but per Mason's heed she realizes he would be too much of a burden to drag with them without standing out, so she follows Mason, abandoning the pegasus to his fate.
And with that, I bid you good night
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmvrM9wmkcA fair assessment, but also consider that a lvl 5 Wizard would have fought that battle using 2nd and 3rd level spells like Glitterdust, Fireball, in or Sleet Storm, or a lvl Fighter with a Greatsword would've done far more melee damage, let alone a Warblade or Crusader. I understand your concerns though. I will revise her sheet per your advice.