Tanrov will move away from Sam and free the girl from her bonds, then will move to help both Zerwelda and Catessa with their battles.

Talis stops eating his hand, and rubs his belly with a satisfied grin, "Mmm, that was some good human, but it could have used a little more salt don't you think?"  The last seems to be addressed to the dog next to him.

Miriam moves to the southeast to try to get out of the fog, and once clear, spots the leader on the ground.  "Someone make sure he's done, please.", she says, gesturing.  "I'd rather not have to do this all again."

Logalog will move towards Zer's voice and ready an action to use Magic Missile at the first hostile he spots.

Version 1

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 39/48 Darkvision
Logalog 40/40 Mage Armor
Jan 34/36
Miriam 48/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 24/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 36/36
Murphis 50/60
Tanrov  34/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 35/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 12
Miriam moves out of the fog…

Catessa Fallowfield finishes summoning a wolf, which moves to attack the Manager (missing).  Then she dismounts from Murphis and starts hunting Shosuro.  Murphis moves to attack the cultist (missing).

Confused x2Sammiya Koi turns and attacks Tanrov, hitting twice doing 15 damage to him.   Akihiro just stares off into space.
[Private to Sammiya Koi: Next Round Akihiro acts normal and Sam acts normal]

Confused Talis stops chewing on his hand and babbles nonsense about salt to Akihiro.
[Private to GM: Next Round Talis again babbles nonsense]

ConfusedJan throws a bomb in the direction of Shosuro it goes off in the mist.
[Private to Jan Harlow: Next round Jan attacks Logalog.]

Tanrov cuts Rynshinn free from her bonds.

Zer-wedula pulls out another wand and tries to hit the tiny flying thing. And while it’s surprisingly easy to hit, it’s not THAT easy to hit.  Zer misses and is now “holding the charge on a shocking grasp spell.
You can try to hit again later, see the rules on “Holding the charge”

Logalog comes to his senses and heads toward Zer.  As he sees Murhpis attacking into the mist, he also sees a tiny sized orb-like creature with an ever-gnashing maw, filled with row after row of mismatched teeth.  It has a red body (about the size of a basketball) with spikes, 1 eye and a blue tongue.  It is attacking the location in the mist where Logalopg hears Zer’s voice, so presumably it is a foe.  The halforc unleashes a barrage of magic missiles at the thing, hurting it.

The Leader bleeds…
[Private to GM:  Divine Favor +2 hit/dam
Cast csw, shield of faith, cmw
Has item that gives +level to channel energy 1/day]

Cultist 2 turns and starts down the stairs, abandoning the Manager to his fate.  Such is the nature of evil.  This gives Zer a chance to use his held charge (Aoo).  He reaches out and touches the cultist.  The death cleric stiffens from the shock and falls over the edge of the cargo shaft, dead before he even hits the ground.  There is the sound of multiple >THUDs< as he hits the walls on the way down.

The Manager growls through the pain “Fine, but I’m taking you with me!  See you in HELL!”  On that note he tackles Zer over the edge and they both fall down to the ground.
[Private to Zer-wedula:
Zer fails to grab the ropes as he falls down the cargo shaft about 30’, taking 15 damage as he lands on the 1st floor next to the dead Manager.]

Rynshinn Povalli helps Tanrov get the ropes off of her and sits up.

Shosuro’s voice takes on a more normal sound (from approximately the same location).  He has shifted out of air elemental form.  “You folks seem to have a knack for sticking your noses into places they don’t belong.  A word to the wise, stop it, before they get cut off.”

? (invisible critter) ?
The tiny ball flies off into the mist.

Tactical Situation
Shosuro is back
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…


                 dam       status
Leader             87?      [Private to GM: at -4 hp]
Manager            50       dead
?invisible critter 10       [Private to GM: only 10/19 fast healing 2]
Cultist2           67       DEAD
Shosuro


Everyone may Post;
<Please include the following at the top of you post in orange-

Name AC x ;HP CURRENT/TOTAL>

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[Private to GM: 13/ Talis, Sam, Jan and Akihiro is last round]
Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)
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Version 2

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 39/48 Darkvision
Logalog 40/40 Mage Armor
Jan 34/36
Miriam 48/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 24/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 36/36
Murphis 50/60
Tanrov  34/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 35/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 12
Miriam moves out of the fog and regains her bearings.  Catessa Fallowfield finishes summoning a wolf, which moves to attack the Manager (missing).  Then she dismounts from Murphis and starts hunting Shosuro, ordering Murphis to attack the cultist (missing).  A confused Sammiya Koi turns and attacks Tanrov, hitting him twice. Akihiro just stares off into space.  A confused Talis stops chewing on his hand and babbles nonsense about salt to Akihiro.  A confused Jan throws a bomb in the direction of Shosuro it goes off in the mist but it’s effects are unknown.  Tanrov cuts Rynshinn Povalli free from her bonds and she has the presence of mind to sit up and help him.  Zer-wedula pulls out another wand and tries to hit the tiny flying thing, and while it’s surprisingly easy to hit, it’s not THAT easy to hit.  Zer misses and is now “holding the charge” on a shocking grasp spell.  Logalog comes to his senses and heads toward Zer, where he sees a tiny flying ball attacking the location he hears Zer’s voice, so presumably it is a foe.  The halforc unleashes a barrage of magic missiles at the thing, hurting it.  The Leader bleeds, his wounds pouring his life into the sawdust.  Cultist 2 turns and starts down the stairs, abandoning the Manager to his fate.  Such is the nature of evil.  Zer-wedula sees a chance, reaches out and touches the cultist.  The death cleric stiffens from the shock and falls over the edge of the cargo shaft, dead before he even hits the ground.  There is the sound of multiple >THUDs< as he hits the walls on the way down.  The Manager growls through his pain “Fine, but I’m taking you with me!  See you in HELL!”  On that note he tackles Zer over the edge and they both fall down to the ground.  Shosuro’s voice takes on a more normal sound (from approximately the same location).  He has shifted out of air elemental form.  “You folks seem to have a knack for sticking your noses into places they don’t belong.  A word to the wise, stop it, before they get cut off.”  The tiny ball flies off into the mist.  The room smells of blood and begins to fill with smoke from the fire.

[Private to Tanrov: takes 15 dam from Sam.  ]
[Private to Logalog: he sees a tiny sized orb-like creature with an ever-gnashing maw, filled with row after row of mismatched teeth.  It has a red body (about the size of a basketball) with spikes, 1 eye and a blue tongue.  ]
[Private to Sammiya Koi: Next Round Akihiro acts normal and Sam acts normal]
[Private to GM: Next Round Talis again babbles nonsense]
[Private to Jan Harlow: Next round Jan attacks Logalog.]
Zer-wedula; You can try to hit again later, see the rules on “Holding the charge”
[Private to Zer-wedula: Zer fails to grab the ropes as he falls down the cargo shaft about 30’, taking 15 damage as he lands on the 1st floor next to the dead Manager.]
[Private to GM:  Leader
Divine Favor +2 hit/dam
Cast csw, shield of faith, cmw
Has item that gives +level to channel energy 1/day]

Everyone may Post;
<Please include the following at the top of you post in orange-

Name AC x ;HP CURRENT/TOTAL>

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[Private to GM: 13/ Talis, Sam, Jan and Akihiro is last round]
Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)
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Sammiya Koi AC 21; HP 52/52
Akihiro AC 13; HP 6/42

Sammiya looked around this way and that as the spell's effect cleared momentarily. The leader was down and she didn't want to kill him in case the group wanted to interrogate him. Then she heard a familiar voice. moving quickly, Sammiya sheated her katana then unloaded the healing potion from the wrist apparatus. Once she got it free she fed it to Akihiro. She'd heard Shosuro's voice. She had to get to him quickly before he fled.
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AC 15, HP: 30/50.

Zer-wedula makes sure the manager is dead and loots him, glancing about occasionally for his floating friend.

Talis just stands there and has a chat with Akihiro, "You should get a townhouse in Sandpoint.  You can get away from this fog."  Seeming to not realize that he is talking to a dog.

Cat:   AC: 17 HP: 27/36 - Wolf rd 2
Murph: AC: 20 HP: 57/60

Cat goes over to the fire, Creating Water. She send Murph and the Wolf to attack the dark druid.

I'm not sure what's where. If I need to create water the next round, cool.
12:09, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 4 using 1d20+1. attack - wolf.  - useless summon
12:11, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 19 using 1d20+6. attack Murph.
12:11, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 12 using 1d6+6. damage?

AC 19 48/48 HP

Seeing Sammiya's companion in rough shape, Miriam stepped over the dead cultist and applied a healing spell to the injured dog, hoping it didn't bite her in return.


Healed 15 damage.
13:22, Today: Miriam rolled 10 using 2d8+6. CMW - x1.5.

Tanrov will quickly ascertain if Rynshinn needs any more help before moving into the darkness towards the voice of the dark druid, Shushiro.

The fog is thick around the half orc that he can barely see his own body. Suddenly, a pair of canines run by his legs, almost knocking him over. Not knowing what else to do, he follows them, readying another magic missile  for the next unfriendly face.

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 34/48 Darkvision
Logalog 31/40 Mage Armor
Jan 34/36
Miriam 48/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 42/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 36/36
Murphis 50/60
Tanrov  34/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 35/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 13
Tanrov:Miriam moves over and heals Akihiro, who looks at her and wags his tail >thump, thump<.

Catessa Fallowfield passes Murphis and the wolf as she heads to the fire to put it out.  Off it the mist there is growling and canine attack noises.  Cat manages to put half the fire out.
[Private to GM: Murphis attacks and misses.]

Confused x2Sammiya Koi manages to pour a healing potion down  Akihiro’s throat as he wags his tail at all the attention.  The dog is fully healed.
In combat that requires a handle animal skill roll or a trick to do.
[Private to Sammiya Koi: Confusion is done]

Confused Talis talks to Akihiro about houses...
[Private to Talis: confusion is done]

ConfusedJan attacks Logalog and claws him for 9 dam.
[Private to Jan Harlow: confusion is done]

Tanrov sees that Rynshinn is free, so without another word he heads off into the mist.  A halfelf with a purpose, to kill a Halfling.
[Private to Tanrov: It’s easy to follow the dog growls, but you end up behind a wolf, who is behind Murphis where the room is only 5’ wide next to the cargo shaft.]

Zer-wedula [Private to Zer-wedula: Zer managed to hold on to his Shocking Grasp wand, but his Wand of Magic Missiles is nowhere to be seen.  He gets up, and checks to see if the Manager is dead.  Yep, he is dead.]

Logalog [Private to Logalog: Logalog moves forward and runs into Tanrov.  He can see the wolf ahead of Tanrov and can hear Murphis fighting in the corner.]

The Leader bleeds…
[Private to GM:  Divine Favor +2 hit/dam
Cast csw, shield of faith, cmw
Has item that gives +level to channel energy 1/day]

Rynshinn Povalli moves away from the crazy man and dangerous looking halfling, but with a fire on 1 side and her bleeding captor on the other she really has nowhere to go, so she keeps her back to the wall and keeps a wary eye out for trouble.

Shosuro’s voice comes out of the mist, “Well I sure don’t like these odds.  I guess it’s time to find some new minions for my employer.  Sister, if you can understand me, don’t follow these fools.  My Mistress will kill them when she finds out, and that will be sooner rather than later ”.  Suddenly, a burst of fire (fireball) sweeps across the room right up to where Sam is standing with Akihiro.  Either Shosuro is VERY lucky, or he can see through the mist.  Then you hear the sound of the ropes moving as he falls/flies down the cargo shaft.
The wolf, Talis, Logalog, Miriam, Jan, Catessa Fallowfield and Tanrov all take 20 hp fire dam, ref save dc 14 for half.

? (invisible critter) ?
[Private to Zer-wedula: Zer hears a fireball explode 3 floors up, and with the shaking of the ropes providing a warning, he sees a small winged figure come "falling" down to the ground in a controled fall (the cargo shaft was too crowded with ropes for a winged creature to fly - so he used his wings to fly/fall down).  At first you think he has a magical cloak, but as he lands you realize the truth.  Shosuro has somehow turned himself into a man-bat combination, complete with nasty teeth and claws.  He looks at Zer with surprise, "Survived the fall, you're tougher than you look." ]


                 dam       status
Leader             88?      [Private to GM: at -5 hp]
?invisible critter 10?      [Private to GM: only 8/19 fast healing 2]
Shosuro


Shosuro is again running away.  Seriously, would you take on the whole group all by yourself?  So unless someone wants to try to stop him, combat will be over.  You have till thursday to post what you want to try to stop him.

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Miriam's not usually very swift on her feet, but she still manages to duck out of the way of the main blast of the fireball and gets singed less than she might have, though still painfully.  She reacts by channeling positive energy once more, excluding those enemies she can see, and bolstering her health back to full.  Given her lack of offensive abilities that can function without being able to see the target, she makes no effort to halt their enemy's escape herself, though she stands ready to assist anyone who does.

OOC: 11:57, Today: Miriam rolled 12 using 3d6. Positive energy channel.
12:03, Today: Miriam rolled 15 using 1d20+3. Reflex save.

14:03, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 26 using 1d20+7. ref.
14:03, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 11 using 1d20+5. ref - wolf.

Cat sighs as her summons gets blown out of existence. Useless beast. She dodges most of the blast herself and is healed by Miriam. She does what she can to finish putting out of the fire. Murph goes to look for his former meal, now ally, Zer.

Sammiya Koi AC 21; HP 52/52
Akihiro AC 13; HP 42/42

Not knowing that the flames were going to stop before they reached her, Sammiya threw arms around Akihiro and tried to hurl them both to the floor. Or course this tactic had mixed success, or would have had the fire actually hit her and Akihiro.

When the flames cleared, Sammiya swung herself onto Akihiro's back and drew sword, she then looked for her brother. "Shosuro!" She called out, hoping to spot him before he was gone.

15:49, Today: Tanrov rolled 15 using 1d20+4. Ref sav vs. Flame.   So my evasion kicks in and I take no damage. YEAH BABY !
16:11, Today: Tanrov rolled 13 using 1d6+7. damage w/o power attack but w/ -4
16:08, Today: Tanrov rolled 25 using 1d20+6. w/o power attack but with -4
16:01, Today: Tanrov rolled 16 using 1d6+10. damage with power attack
16:00, Today: Tanrov rolled 18 using 1d20+7. with power attack


I will try to stop Shushuro from going of course.   I will step in front of the wolf and use my scimitar on him. (Using Power Attack)
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ref save 20, no damage

Talis will assist Cat in putting out the fire.
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[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 48/48 Darkvision
Logalog 36/40 Mage Armor
Jan 36/36
Miriam 48/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 42/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 36/36
Murphis 60/60
Tanrov  49/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 35/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 14
Tanrov and Sam rush forward into the mist to find the Dark Druid, Shosuro, but do not find him.  From downstairs you hear Zer's exclamation, that's probably where he is.  Cat puts out the remaining fire with a minor assist from Talis.  Miriam, Logalog and Jan all somehow manages to avoid the worst of the flames, and are then healed by Miriam.

[Private to Zer-wedula: Zer tries to hit the halfling-bat Shosuro with a shocking grasp from his wand, but misses.  The halfling is very elusive and fast on his feet.  Shosuro bares his pointy teeth in a grin, "I have no time Zer, but next time I will kill you myself."  And he flies out the door into the fog.  If he is a vampire he has very little time to find a place to hide from the sun, a few minutes at best, even with the fog.

The small toothy ball comes flying by next, giving Zer a chance to use his held charge.  This time he does hit it, but doesn't bring it down and it too flies out the door and into the fog.]

Sam, Murphis and Tanrov all rush downstairs after the villian and find Zer staring off into the fog, he got away, again.  Upstairs, the room smells of death and smoke.

Combat is over...

"He got away... again. And yet again he has left a building burning." Sammiya said as she sniffed the air. She then gave a sigh. "The more he runs from me the more it gives me hope that he may be saved." Spinning Akihiro around, Sammiya rode him back upstairs to see if there was any chance of putting the fire out or if it had spread too far.

Taliis "Miriam, Rynshinn might be in need of aid.  Would you see if she's ok while I clean up this mess."  Then he will introduce them, "Rynshinn, Miriam.  Miriam, Rynshinn from Sandpoint.  Ameiko has been worried about you."  Talis will check on the Leader.

[Private to GM: ...and kill him and plant the stuff...]

With the Death Cult dead, dying or fled (well there is that 1 guy downstairs who is tied up), quiet returns to the sawmill.  Or rather it would if it weren't for the infernal racket caused by the equipment that is still running.  Even on the 3rd floor it is fairly noisey.

The fire is out and the danger of the place burning down is remote.  But you still can't shake a sense of foreboding.

Rynshinn is a VERY pretty halfelven young lady (perhaps 20ish in human terms), and while she hasn't collapsed or fainted, she is looking a little wildeyed at what she just went through, and just nods at her introduction to Miriam by Talis.

So what does everybody want to do?

Final hp's. I have
Logalog 36/40
Tanrov  49/56
Zer-wedula 35/50
everyone else is at full, (thanks to Miriam).

I would suggest you take the time to reread some of the comments from the badguys during the combat.

Miriam nods at Talis's comment and turns her attention to the half-elven woman.  She offers a warm smile as she tries to calm the young woman down, not that she blames her at all for being unnerved by what she just went through.  "Hello, Rynshinn.  I'm a priestess of Pharasma here in Magnimar.  Be at ease, no one here who's still conscious means you any harm.  Are you injured still?  I have a bit more healing to offer, if you're in need, otherwise, we will finish up looking for any clues or anything here, and then take you out of this place, to somewhere safe."


OOC: 13:04, Today: Miriam rolled 34 using 1d20+16. Diplomacy check.

Rynshinn tears her eyes away from the dying leader and onto Miriam, there is a pain and horror in her beautiful eyes as she starts to breakdown and cry.  She sobs "He said he was my FATHER, and he was going to KILL me.  And they took my friend Maras, I hope she's alright.  They said if I went along quietly they would let her go.  Did she send you?"
[Private to Miriam: While Miriam is only a few years "older" than Rynshinn (who as a halfelf is probably chronologically older).  But as a powerful cleric, Miriam is emotionally much more stable when it comes to this sort of freaky stuff.]


[Private to Talis Revain: As far as you know, you managed to hide the loot in his pockets and finish the "job" the others started without anyone knowning...the Leader is dead.]
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