"Don't ignore my other questions! Who was it that sent the raid for the dagger? What were you going to do with it?"

((the rest of you.. feel free to add your questions! ))

"Your other questions?" asks the hobgoblin, moving closer to the warlock. "All your answers are down there," he repeats. "The High Shaman. The Ogre King. Right down there."

"Ok Then, lead us down... And how many guards does the high shaman and ogre king have?"

((I'm going home now.. so hopefully people can heal up and search the bodies while we had that conversation.))

((feel free to backstab the hobgoblin if he causes problems! ))

Zorga stands up, beckoning Kuro over to the downed fighter. "Take care of him.... I've done all that I can." she says, before moving over and checking each of the fallen corpses. "Its a pity we hurled all of these buggers down into the pit..." she add, kicking over the dead archer, "... though by the look of things, we're not any worse off."

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Edit: Kuro should be able to handle the healing checks with the base 10 and his Heal modifier. I don't think Zorga has anything she can really help Tsujin out with... Sorry mate
))

((Kuro doesn't need to use a healing check, she can just use Inspiring Word))

((
Oh, where there ya go!
))

(( uh... if the battle is over, shouldn't I be able to spend a healing surge, anyways?

alothough, inspiring word gives me more for it, since I only have one healing surge remaining. ))

Inspiring Word on Tsuujin, obviously.

((should we have the hobgoblin open the door for us downstairs, or should we just backstab him now?))

((
I'd just say backstab him now.... I'll do a pick the door if its locked....

anyone object?
))

((I was thining more of giving us a surprise attack round, more than anything being locked))

Stepping forward, Aesamar directs a query towards the goblin.

"What can you tell us about the Ogre King?"

Finally coming up to the warlock, the hobgoblin grunts, ignoring the wizard's question.

"Now," he says, crossing the final distance to the githyanki, "I've got one question of my own--"

And then the flail came up, swung by a muscular arm, the ball on the end catching Ralzik beneath the jaw, causing him to stumble back against the fountain.

"Coward!" the hobgoblin screams, "how does your blood taste?"

After the surprising blow, the soldier seizes the moment to reach out with his free hand, grabbing the reeling githyanki's head and forcing it beneath the stagnant, bloody water of the fountain.

((S2 hits Ralzik for 12 in Surprise Round.
S2 grabs Ralzik holds his head under water. Need to make an attack, Strength vs Fort against the hobgoblin to break free. At the beginning of your turn, Ralzik takes 1d6 poison damage. After you are freed, you take 3 ongoing poison damage. (save ends.)))



Initiative:
S2
Ralzik
Tsuujin
Zorga
Kuro
Aesamar

Enemy Info:
H HP 0/46; AC 17; Fort 14, Ref 15, Will 16
A HP 0/39; AC 17; Fort 13, Ref 15, Will 13 (-I8)
S1 HP 0/47 ; AC 20; Fort 18, Ref 16, Will 16 (-B8)
S2 HP 14/47 ; AC 20; Fort 18, Ref 16, Will 16 (-G9): Cursed, Bloodied
W HP 4/29; AC 17; Fort 13, Ref 15, Will 12

Player Info:
Tsuujin 12/31 HP (-D7): Bloodied
Aesamar 22/24 HP (-E6)
Kuro 24/24 HP (-D6)
Zorga 22/29 HP (-I7)
Ralzik 24/32 HP (-G10): Poisoned, Being Drowned

Next up: Ralzik!

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((Well, honestly, the guy who spent the whole fight running away isn't usually the best guy to do the threatening. ))

Tsuujin, still bloodied and cleaved, screams out in pain and frustration and hurls himself at the hobgoblin holding his ally down. Despite the show, he's still unable to land a single hit.

((
Move to -F8
Dual Strike vs. s2 (AC 20) (1d20+8=16, 1d20+8=15, 1d8+2=9, 1d6+2=6)


Not sure if I'll be here for my next turn, but I should be up next. Just use this for my turn.
God damn it! I need to roll a 12 to hit!!! A 12!!! That ain't that hard!!))

((Actually, it's just Ralzik's turn right now. He needs go before the rest of your turns kick in.))

(( see my edit ))

((I'm sorry but that is just nonsense.... I didn't ever do anything with the intent of running away or anything of the sort. I'm a distance caster, who is required to move... Seriously? You want ranged people to just stand in the middle of a room and give mobs OA for no reason? Not to mention that I flung his buddy off the balcony, and I sent him into the portal. It's like he forgot that I can move him with my mind. But whatever))

((And who's str vs who's fort?))

edit: ((I'm also a bit miffed that you don't seem to under stand that I have a natural +7 to intimidate.. seriously, you can see from my discussion that my intention is to backstab him, and I ordered him to go downstairs and that I didn't trust him I'm not sure how he got a surprise on me... but again whatever. It's just frustrating that you seem to be having my character being someone who he isn't.))

((First off, I don't care what you have to intimidate. Sometimes things are just not intimidatable. Such is the case here--he was never going to surrender.

On top of that, I made it clear that he moved towards you, and you didn't respond to that at all, so you made the choice to let him get close to you. You also may have wanted him to go first, but you made no sign of suspecting he might attack you--and your passive Insight check did not beat his bluff roll.

As for you not actually running away, from the hobgoblin's eyes, you were--first you ducked backed down the hallway, and then you made your way across the fountain from the archer. As far as he was concerned, every step you took was to keep yourself out of danger. He knew he was dead no matter what, and so he decided he wanted to get close to you and give you a kiss with his flail.

I even waited all night to post that, incase any of might do something to oppose what I thought was a blatant doublecross. But you didn't. So please don't blame me for you not responding to the scene.

This isn't a MUD, and the NPCs really do matter.

Also, your strength vs his fort.))