The party find themselves in a small room. Your bodies feel tired and you can't remember when was the last time you saw the daylight.
Once you manage to regain your composture you remember where you are. You are in the Athkatla jail. The cell where you are has no windows and the only exit is guarded by metallic bars.
You don't have any of your equipment nor your personal items. And you can't move your hands freely, as you have iron shackles in them. And were you going to try something funny, the guard outside of the cell would behead you himself.
It's commonly known that anyone who is sent to this place is going to be executed.

The heroes:
Kanatash the Ardent was sent here acussed of a huge fraud , strangely enough he didn't know any of the people he supposedly scammed. "I wouldn't get caught" was his argument.
Narerka the Swordmage was sentenced to death because of a hostage situation he held on with some Amn corrupt politians. Strangely he didn't kill anyone, nor he said what he wanted.
The Eladrin Sophie was somehow acussed to have conections with a very dangerous mafia group. Some think they control about the 40% of the magical reagents around this place.
Rulk the Slayer got into this mess because of setting a huge fire in a farming village. They say a lot of livestock died there.
Melech the righteous Paladin was also sentenced to the capital punishment. He was accused of a massive poisoning incident, he denied it everything.

Were all the people in this room guilty? It doesn't matter anymore. Lately the justice in Amn hasn't been very fair. A lot of people is getting their heads off, but crime is still good as ever. It seems money can buy anything, after all.
You also notice you aren't alone in that room. Besides from the heroes of this tale other two individuals are silently awaiting for their end.

One of the prisioners, a human, was heavily injuried. He looked like a dead man already. He has a big scar in his face and he is breathing heavily.
The other one looks rather young. His condition is much better than the other prisioner, and has an gray eyepatch in his left eye. He seems to be in deep thought.

Some time pass, but nobody breaks the oppressing silence in the cell. That's until another guard get near.

"Hey man, the Boss got pranked again by one of the prisioners! I heard he was going to deal with the matter himself."
"Agh, I wanna see that with my own eyes. Heck, I'll go. Those losers aren't going to try anything, this guy is barely alive."
Saying this, both of them leave the room. Some of you exchange a few looks. If you wanna break out, this is your only chance.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" the half-orc yells, grabbing the bars and shaking them with a somewhat large amount of irritation.

Rulk, not one to wait around, attempts to break free of his shackles with sheer brute strength.

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3652721/ Strength check: natural 20 (24)

Kanatash is quick to regain his voice, not seeming to have lost enough energy to refrain from shouting, "Foolish fools!" he bellows,"I am justice! You can't lock justice away!"The young man turns to the group assembled and orders, "Don't just sit around like a bunch of lumps, let's blow this popsicle stand! With justice!"
His energetic nature is, literally, infectious. Though he doesn't seem the least bit concerned about being unarmed.

Diplomacy for motivational speaking : http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3652722/ (20)

Rulk surprising strenght manage to break apart the manacles holding his hands in a impressive way.
On the other side, Kanatash speech manages to get the attention of the young prisioner. But he stays silent for now.

Narerka slowly stand up in the dark cell. He then looks around him and analyses the new environment he has before him.
After having stared way too long at his surroundings.
He ignores the half-orc scream and just gives a stern look at the energetic self-proclaimed incarnation of justice's speech, and finally proceeds to walk towards the gravely injured man. He crouches near the man
"Are you alright ?"

The old man attempts to regain his composture, still being scared of the half-orc rage.
"I am for now ... but we will all now get into trouble because of him ...
Don't tell me you plan to escape?"

With his hands free, the half-orc grunts before grabbing the bars firmly and attempting to bend them so he can escape. He seems somewhat subdued after breaking iron shackles with his bare hands, though.

Strength check to bend bars: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3652735/ (10)

"He's right!" Melech yelled after seeing the half-ork tear apart his shackles. Caught up in the adrenaline, Melech attempts to break apart his own, albeit weakly.

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3652737/

The eladrin regained composture after being startled by the half-orc's yell and giggled quietly as she processed the Kalashtar's speech.
He was right, though, and while she initially didn't feel enough confidence to even try to free herself of her shackles, she gained some from others' actions and foolishly made her own attempt.

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3652867/ (14)

The young Half-Elf smiles a little at the man's question.

"I certainly don't plan to stay there and die, at least, that's for sure."

Narerka stands up once again to look at the entire cell. Upon seeing that the half-orc managed to break his shackles, he turns back to the old man.
"I see what you meant now. It might become a problem, but it can be used as well.
For now, lets say I can think of a few ways to get out of here, it's just ideas and they'll probably way more dangerous than effective, but it's at least that...
Do you have any knowledge that could be of any use ?"

Rulk, Sophie and Melech attempts to escape don't go as planned, if the manacles were considerably strong, the metal bars are even more sturdy.

"My advice is to stay here. Look what happened to this old body of mine. I was forced to attempt to escape one month ago ... and I still don't heal my injuries. They haven't kill me just to make a fool of this old man ..."

Then, the other prisioner decide to speak:
"I don't know you, but I don't plan to patienty wait for these bastards to kill me. If you old gezeer wanna stay you are free to do it. You guys look strong, let's get the hell out of here."
As he says this, Flambard show you his bare hands, and a thin piece of metal scrap.
"Get up. I will remove your shackles, I stand no chance alone."

The half-orc whirls towards the young man and snarls at him, before attempting something vaguely resembling normal speech. "My good sir, perhaps I could trouble you to open this cell once you finish with their shackles?"

>>2772
Kanatash snorts, walking over to look at the old man, "Pshaw, it's just a flesh wound or two, you'll be fine. Get up on your feet, we're busting out of here together!"
Heal check to treat wounds with my mind: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3652917/ (27)

" Well we can't stay here standing around. it seems we have somewhat competent fighters here, and we don't have much time, we have to try doing something now.
Speaking of which..."

Swordbond

Narerka now turns towards the young man and raise his shacked hands toward him.

"Would you mind ?"

>>2772
Melech stood and walked over to the young prisoner before sending a look of pity towards the old man.

i walk to j13 ok

Sophie stands up and moves towards the young man, asking if he would please release her shackles.

As the "heroes" stand up, the still unnamed character free the rest of the party from the manacles. After that, Kanastash divine powers help the old man, but stand seated.
Without expecting much, Narerka attempts to call his sword, and it surpringly appears in his hands. Maybe it was somewhere near?

Once everyone is free, the young man answers to Rulk.
"The name's Flambard. I got acussed of killing my own father. I found the culprit myself, and I intended to make justice with his own hands, but that coward managed to escape and here I am now.
I will break out and find that pest, and avenge my father."

"About the cell, well I tried before you guys come here, but I think I couldn't. It's out of my limits, but I have a plan.
Let's wait for the guard to return, and once he get careless let's make him open the door and kick his ass. We must pretend to be shackled until then."

"I say, it never gets easier, now does it?" Rulk comments, adjusting his monocle that was always there. "Why not simply inform the enforcer of unjust society that the shackles on one of our cellmates were faulty? Surely he would open the cell to have them replaced. I suggest a non-threatening entity, like this fine fellow over here." The savage brute nods towards the sickly old man.

As the refined Rulk explains his idea, the rest of thr group seem to doubt it will be good enough. But there's no time to argue about it.

"Someone's is coming. Get on the floor and pretend to be shackled ... and hide that sword, Why did you summon it at this time!?"

The party quickly do as Flambard say and try their best pokerface take 10 for everyone.

"... I didn't manage to see the execution, what a shame ... Huh? Who healed this old geezer?!"

"Pardon me, you feeble-minded rapscallion, but it seemed as though his shackles were faulty, and we thought it best to get him back on his feet because of that," the half-orc explains in a calm, rational tone. "Or did you not even realize that because you possess a horse's rear end where one might expect to locate a head?"

>>2781
"What, that guy?" Kanatash says casually, hands behind his back, "Yeah, your shackles were crummy enough that he broke free from 'em and got his wounds patched up. Oh, and you have an ass for a face, whatcha gonna do 'bout it?"
Bluff : http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3652977/ (24)

The guard found highly suspicious the comment from the half-orc. He didn't hear him talk before but he didn't expect him fancy talk from half-trash. However, the Ardent bluff goes in.
"Faulty shackles? Damn I don't want another escape attempt! Get on the wall you bastards! And don't try anything funny or I will get your head off right here!"

Saying this, the elf press a certain number combination in a panel near to the metal bars, and they open. Then, using his battleaxe to attempt to intimidate the party he gets near to the old man.

"Stand up you damn old geezer! We are giving you another beating for trying to escape!"

Narerka gives a quick hand gesture to the half-orc, pointing out his sword, the guard and then the orc and the guard.
He then quickly profits of the guard's entrace and try to land a strike with his summoned sword on the guard's neck

Melee basic attack http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3653026/

The half-orc leaps to his feet, then spreads his hands wide to show that he's not shackled at all. "WAAAAAARRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!" Rulk calls out, his monocle popping off his head as he does so. "KILL!" And he then charges directly at the spindly little elf, hitting at about the same time as the swordmage.

Minor action to enter the berserker charge stance, then charge with an unarmed attack as a standard action. http://invisiblecastle.com/campaign/rolls/28668/ Should actually be 24 vs. AC I didn't math right.

The poor guard gets completely off-guard, as the swordmage and the slayer charge at him. It can't be know with certainty who performed the sinful act, but the guard drops dead as both of their attacks land true.

"Oh man, well done! Now let's inspect this place ...
I know they store the goods from the prisoners somewhere in this place. They try to get as much money as possible from each guy who gets in here and they auction any magical item that gets in their hands."
Giving a small inspection to the area, a door with the inscription "Storage" is very appealing to the eye.
"This seriously couldn't be any more easy." Using his skills, Flambard opens the lock to the door in a few seconds.
Inside you find a lot of stuff. A few swords, one bow, some shinny and colorful armors. Books, scrolls, a few staffs and three axes. The room is filled with stuff from deceased people, and that's not exactly a pleasant thought.

Calming down for a moment, Rulk manages a few grunts while he staggers towards the "storage" room, finding his own set of scale armor and throwing it on, and his favored weapon--the mighty gouge. He also gathers up two javelins for good measure and straps them to his back, along with a satchel full of adventuring goods.

Once he has these items equipped, along with his monocle, he says, "Very good, very good. I suggest you acquire your belongings before we exeunt."

After a small inspection you find all of your stuff. Flambdard takes a Fukiya, and his cloth armor. Besides from your stuff you also find 2 smoke bombs and a potion of clarity. There is a lot of stuff in the storage, but nothing else seems to be particulary useful.

Then you find there are two doors to get out from here. Flambard check both of them and see one of them is strongly locked. He don't seem to be able to open it. The other one is not locked, and is the one that the elf used when he left.

Taking hold of his trusty rapier and donning his trusty scale armor, Kanatash points his blade toward the heavens and proclaims, "I told you justice would prevail!"

Peering at the unlocked door, the raging berserker comments, "It would appear, ladies and gentlemen, that we have but a single option before us. Besides, it would be prudent to eliminate the one they call 'boss' so that we do not face reprisal. And I must say, I am rather in the mood for a jolly good bout of fisticuffs!" Rulk gestures towards the door with his gouge. "If I may, I suggest this fellow and I take the lead." The savage halfbreed indicates Melech the paladin as he suggests this.

"Oh? Alright."
Melech walks up to the door, then cautiously gripped his longsword and peeks through the door.

Sophie wonders if it's alright to trust this Flambard person for a second, but decides it's best to just get out first and quietly follows the half-orc and tiefling.

After fully hearing the orc's speech and sorting out the whole situation, Narerka sighs.

"I guess we've got no choice. I don't think killing the leader of this place is gonna do us any good though. We'll still be prisoners on the run, and with even more murders on our hand. For now, lets just try to find the exit as quick as possible."

As the group walks out of the room, the old man tells to them.
"Fools! You will find something worse than death outside!"

Ignoring the old man grunts, Melech give a small peek, finding nothing dangerous, the party walk ahead and find that the room is silent ... too silent.
There are three doors in the room, and two tables in the center. There's also a very suspicious window.

Ignoring the window that's not suspicious at all, Rulk walks over to the nearby door to the west and inspects it (also listening to what is on the other side).

Perception (13) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661379/

"Then I will search over here!" Kanatash proclaims, examining the door to the south with his ardent abilities.
Perception check : http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661403/ (16)

Immediately upon entering, the tables catch Narerka's interest, and he walks over them and start to investigate.

Perception check (10) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661399/

After he's done with it, he notice that the lack of presence here is unsettling and quickly warns his comrades

"Hey, isn't that weird how there's no one here ? Where did the guards go ? I'd say be careful mates"

The party walks forward the traproom.
Rulks inspect the beatifully crafted door of the west side, but he can't hear anything from the other side.
Kanatash's inspecting of the south door isn't very surprising either, but it seems to don't have any trap on it.
Narerka's search isn't particulary helpful either, aside from noticing how out-of-the-place is that window in the wall.

Seeing no danger, Rulk tries to open the western door.

Rulk can't open the door, as he find it's closed. Meanwhile Flambard try picking another door, but he is not very succesful either
"Oh darn, I'm not sure what is going here, but I think I will check that damn window. It totally looks like a trap, but it seems we are trapped right now."

"Pardon me, good sir? The window?"

Curious, the half-orc wanders over to the east.

Move over to AC-31.

Melech, wary from Flambard's words, positions himself near the second table.

Move to AB-28

Sophie, seeing some of the others are growing wary, also moves closer to the window.

Move to AB-30

Narerka moves just a little closer to the window and stay on his guard.
Move to AA28

"Be careful there. That window is way too out of of place to be any safe. Prepare yourselves"

Initially heedless of everybody else, Kanatash commands the door in a loud voice, "Door! Oooopeeeeennnnn!" before realizing everybody's gathered by the window. Maybe there's something neat over there?

Move to AA-33

As our favorite npc attempts to open the window smoke bombs fall from the roof.
Then, something gets flying out of the window. Flambard falls and some doors open. Who would have guessed it was a trap?

"What the--" Rulk is taken more or less completely by surprise.

Initiative (6) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661559/

Kanatash seems less surprised than excited, turning to face the threat with a vigorous shout, "Aha! Now you fiends shall taste the blade of JUSTICE!"

Initiative http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661571/ (17)

>>2816
Melech was stunned only for a few minutes, and quickly got back into stance.

"Looks like Flambard's left us."

Initiative (11): http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661563/

Even though he was preparing for something like that, Narerka still is taken aback by the sudden turn of events
"Damnit ! I knew it ! Everyone don't let yourself be taken by surprise"
Initiative (9) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661564/

[i]Sophie is startled by the sudden turn of events, but becomes determined upon hearing the swordmage speak.[/i[

Initiative (14) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661568/

The flying creature its the first one to attack, it attempts to grab Narerka, but he barely manages to block the creatures attack with his sword.
"Oh grumpy, I have told you to don't be so mean with our dear prisoners. Guard Steiner is pleasured to meet you personally."

Grumpty The Stirge uses bite against Nanerka, but it misses.

Init:
Stirge
Kanatash
Sophie
Melech
Narerka
Rulk

Enemies:
Guard steiner (AE-21)
Stirge (Z-28)
Drake1 (AE-24)
Drake2 (W-25)
Elf Guard (T-24)

You can use Nature to get information about the Stirge, the Drakes or Guard Steiner.
You can use Arcana to get information about the Elf guards.

Leaping into the fray, Kanatash lets his righteous indignation flow into a nearby ally, calling out, "Strike, strike now!"

Move to Z-29
Standard action : Ire Strike unaugmented to grant Narerka a melee basic attack against the Stirge
Nature check on stirge (free action: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661668/ (12)
Nature check on drakes and guard http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661670/ (21, 14)

Rulk begins to vibrate, but before his mind fully leaves him, he thinks about what he knows about the creatures in front of him.

Nature for monster knowledge: stirge (20) drakes (5) Steiner (3) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661672/
Arcana Elves (5) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661674/

Entranced by Kanatash's scream, Narerka leaps to strike the flying ennemy.
Free action : Melee Basic Attack against Stirge (Z-28) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661680/

Rulk: Rulk knows the Stirge are blood-sucking night creatures, how did this guy managed to tame one is a mystery so far.
Stirges are a level 1 Lurker, they attack bitting their enemies and grabbing them, causing damage as long they have their prey grabbed. They also become harder to hit when they have an enemy grabbed.

Kanatash: Kanatash know the Drakes are sometimes used as guards because of their dangerous bite. Drakes are level 2 brutes, and their bite becomes stronger if an ally is within 2 squares of the drake.
The Guard Steiner is a mistery for you, but you know he is a elite level 3 controller, and he seems to be good attacking throwing daggers.

Kanatash quickly move near of the Stirge, and then he uses his power to grant Narerka a powerful attack.
Then the Elf guard moves and attack Kanatash landing a solid hit against him, then sliding 2 squares to the north.
Guard Steiner also moves, and he throws one of his daggers against Melech, but it misses!
"Can you stay there for a while, yes?"
Kanatash move and it uses Ire strike against the Stirge, granting Narerka a free attack which crits for 12 damage, blooding the Stirge.
Elf minion attacks Kanatash with Short sword dealing 5 damage, then it moves back.
Guard Steiner use Stop there! against Melech, but it misses (a hit would cause a 3d6+3 damage on the target if he moves during his turn, as a save end)
Init:
Stirge
Kanatash
Elf guard
Guard Steiner
Sophie
Melech
Narerka
Rulk

Heroes:
Kanatash (18/23)
Melech (25/25)
Sophie (22/22)
Narerka (31/31)
Rulk (27/27)

Enemies:
Guard steiner (AE-21)
Stirge -12 (bloodied)(Z-28)
Drake1 (AE-24)
Drake2 (W-25)
Elf Guard (T-24)

You can use Nature to get information about the Stirge, the Drakes or Guard Steiner.
You can use Arcana to get information about the Elf guards.

"Don't let that fiendish mosquito-looking fellow grab you, it'll suck out your life fluids faster than you caRRAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!" Rulk informs the group.

Talking is a free action~

"Those drakes bite hard with their allies nearby, and that guard's pretty good at tossing daggers. But they're no match for our JUSTICE!"

"Thank you!" Sophie says to the half-orc.

Sophie moves next to the Tiefling and Swordsmage and casts Illusionary Obstacles on one of the guard Drakes.

Move to AC-28
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661701/

"Best to take him out now then, right!"

Melech dashes over towards the Stirge, and strikes him.

Moves to Z-27.
Enfeebling Strike, Attack Roll: (23) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661709/
Enfeebling Strike, Damage Roll: (6+2=8) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661710/

"This thing is still alive ? Well not for long !"
As he says this, Narerka leaps again and try to land the finishing blow on the flying creature.

Standard Action : MBA against Stirge
Attack roll : http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661717/
Damage roll : http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661719/

Updated map, things go in the next update.

>>2831
He then dash off and cast the arcana spell Aegis of Shielding on the Drake

Move Action : move to AA27
Minor action : Aegis of Shielding on Drake (AC27)

Trying to get rid of the Guard's pet. Melech attacks it, and leave it barely concious. Politely thanking Rulk, the wizard attack one of the Drakes, leaving it dazed. It attempts to counterattack her, but it's no use.
The swordmage swings his longsword again and the Stirge is dead. Then it moves and marks the Drake with his aura to protect Sophie.


Init:
Kanatash
Elf guard
Guard Steiner
Sophie
Melech
Drake1
Narerka
Rulk
Drake2

Heroes:
Kanatash (18/23)
Melech (25/25)
Sophie (22/22)
Narerka (31/31)
Rulk (27/27)

Enemies:
Guard steiner (AE-21)
Stirge (very DEAD)(Z-28)
Drake1 (Dazed, marked by Narerka)(AC-27)
Drake2 (W-25)
Elf Guard (T-24)

For a moment, it seems like Rulk is backing away, but as he shifts stances, it becomes apparent that his body is trembling with barely-contained fury. His monocle pops off, and as if on cue, he lets loose a howling roar and surges forward more quickly than the eye can see, burying his gouge in the flank of the drake, sending a spray of its blood across the prison floor.

Move Action: Move to AB-32
Minor Action: Enter the berserker charge stance.
Standard Action: Charge to AB-28, use melee basic attack http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661727/ (20). On a hit, add power strike and furious assault for a total of 31 damage http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661728/

Sensing that the enemy is about to attack, Rulk quickly shoves the bulky Kanatash to the back ranks, and leaps in front of the attacking enemy. Feeling its teeth sink into his scale armor, Rulk roars and instantly retaliates with a devastating swing of his gouge.

Use guardian's counter when Kanatash is hit by the guard drake, swapping places and taking the hit in his place. Then use melee basic attack on the guard drake (17), dealing 16 damage on a hit. http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661736/

Rulk doesn't waste time, he moves a bit to the north and then he furiously charges against the dazed Drake. It leaves it bloodied and weak.
Astonished by the death of his dear Stirge, Steiner exclaims: "How could you!? Grumpy, I shall avenge your heroic death! Drakes, get them!"
At Steiner's order, the other drake moves torward Kanatash and attempts to bites him, feeling safe because a comrade is near. However Rulk's heroic deeds don't end yet, as he swaps places with him and gets bitten by the Drake, however he counterattacks it thanks to his Guardian's instict.

Rulk's awesome charge deals 31 damage against Drake1.
Drake2 uses bites against Kanatash, but Rulk uses Guardian's counter and swap places with him. Bite deals 8 damage to Rulk, but he hits the drake for 16 damage.

Init:
Kanatash
Elf guard
Guard Steiner
Sophie
Melech
Drake1
Narerka
Rulk
Drake2

Heroes:
Kanatash (18/23)
Melech (25/25)
Sophie (22/22)
Narerka (31/31)
Rulk (19/27)

Enemies:
Guard Steiner (AE-21)
Stirge (very DEAD)(Z-28)
Drake1 -31 bloodied (Dazed, marked by Narerka)(AC-27)
Drake2 -16(Y-29)
Elf Guard (T-24)

"Nice save!" compliments the ardent to the half-orc, brandishing his sword at the drake. "Allow me to repay the favor!" before swiftly stabbing the dying drake through its drakey hide, taunting it telepathically by insulting its mother. Its sadness becomes Rulk's strength. Kanatash then strides toward the remaining drake and menaces it with a flourish of his sword.

Energizing Strike against the drake: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661748/ (18, 13) and Rulk gains 5 THP
Move action : move to Z-28

Kanatash's attack hurts the Drake, even if its intelligence is not enough to understand his means words. Rulk gets stronger as well thank to it.
Then the third door is opened, and another guards enter the room (oh noes). A third guard can be seen still waiting for his own time to shine.
The first guard go and attacks Rulk, then he shifts again.
Steiner finally makes his move, he gets near to his weakened drake and throws a dagger to Rulk's leg, assuring him to stay there. Then he shouts to Kanatash: "Have you no shame, bastard!? Go and die already!" Then he picks another dagger and he throws it to Kanatash's face, hitting him right between his eyes, leaving him blind.

Kanatash's Energizing Strike hits Drake for 13 damage and it grants 5THP to Rulk.
Guard 2 opens the door and moves to AD-31
Guard 1 moves and attacks Rulk, hitting for 5 damage, then it shifts to W-27.
Steiner goes mad and uses Stop there! against Rulk, he will get 3d6+3 damage if he moves during his own turn (save ends)
Using Get ready! Steiner draw another dagger as a free action, then he spend an action point and uses You can't see me! against Katanash, hitting for 11 damage and he's blind until Steiner's next turn.

Init:
Kanatash
Elf guard 2
Elf guard 1
Guard Steiner
Sophie
Melech
Drake1
Narerka
Rulk
Drake2

Heroes:
Kanatash (7/23) bloodied, blind until Stiner's next turn.
Melech (25/25)
Sophie (22/22)
Narerka (31/31)
Rulk (19/27) will receive 3d6+3 damage if he moves in his turn (save ends)

Enemies:
Guard Steiner (AD-26)
Stirge (very DEAD)(Z-28)
Drake1 -44 bloodied (Dazed, marked by Narerka)(AC-27)
Drake2 -16(Y-29)
Elf Guard 1 (W-27)
Elf Guard 2 (AD-31)
Elf Guard 3 (AB-37)

Feeling slightly unsafe, Sophie moves closer to the rest of the party. From there, she attempts to attack Steiner with Color Orb, but fails, so she tries hypnotizing him.

Move to Z26
(Color Orb - miss) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661798/
(Action Point: Hypnotism) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661805/

Seeing one of his ex-cellmates in pain, Melech used his divine powers to vitalize Kanatash.

"aaaaa" he then roared, making the enemies near him subject to his divine sanction.

In a quick succession, he charged over towards one of the elf guards and swung his sword.

Charge to X-27.
Ardent Strike's Attack Roll: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661812/ (22)
Ardent Strike's Damage Roll: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3661813/ (12)

>>2843
Oh, and:
Lay on Hands.
Paladin's Wrath.
before Ardent's strike ne.

The shy wizard moves back and attempts to daze Steiner with a colorful magic attack, however it misses its mark. Then she uses her magic again, hyptonizing Steiner, and making him kill the injuried Drake.
On the other side, Melech prays for Kanatash, and heals him a bit. Then he uses his battle roar to show everyone who's the boss here. Still having some free time to fool around, he charges and kill an Elf guard. The last guard rushes at Rulk, finding a way to injure the half-orc.

Sophie uses magic orb but it misses! then she spend an action point and uses hypnotize against Steiner, Steiner attacks the poor Drake1 and he kills it.
Melech uses lay on hands to let Kanatash spend a healing surge and heal 5hp.
He also uses paladin's wrath and marks Elf Guard 3, Steiner and Drake2. Then he charges to X-27 and kills Elf guard1.
The third guard finally appears, and he charges at Rulk for 5 damage.

Init:
Kanatash
Elf guard 2
Guard Steiner
Sophie
Melech
Elf guard 3
Narerka
Rulk
Drake2

Heroes:
Kanatash (12/23) bloodied
Melech (25/25)
Sophie (22/22)
Narerka (31/31)
Rulk (14/27)

Enemies:
Guard Steiner (AD-26)
Stirge (very DEAD)(Z-28)
Drake1 -44 bloodied (kinda dead, yes)(AC-27)
Drake2 -16(Y-29)
Elf Guard 1 (slightly dead)(W-27)
Elf Guard 2 (AD-31)
Elf Guard 3 (AA-31)

Seeing how his comrades are valiantly fighting, Narerka's will to fight is stronger than ever.
The half-elf use the spell Beguiling Strands against the two elf guards.
Standard action : Beguiling Strands on AC 29, trying to attack Elf Guard 2 and 3
Attack roll : (18) (12) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3662647/
I'll attack the upper one with 18 and the lower one with 12


Narerka realize the threat that guard Steiner represents. He turns towards Melech.
"Melech, for now you should heal Kanatash. After you're done with that, I'll need you to back me up."
Done talking, Narerka runs near Steiner and launch the spell Aegis of Shielding to protect his companions from his damned daggers.

Move action : move to AB 26
Minor action : Aegis of Shielding on Guard Steiner (AD 26)

"Go ahead tough head ! Don't try to hurt anyone else now. You're mine."

"Wwwwraaaaaauuuuugggghhhh!" Rulk comments, then adjusts his stance, looking ready to fight in place for the moment. Reveling in the onslaught, the half-orc lifts his war-spade over his head and brings it down hard on the nearby reptilian cranium, drawing another beast's blood.

However, Steiner's curse lingers on the fighter, and he still can't move lest he suffer the terrible wrath of the guard.

Minor Action: Enter the battle wrath stance.
Standard Action: Use melee basic attack on the guard drake. http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3662976/ Attack (26) and 16 damage on a hit (+4 strength +4 slayer feature +2 battle wrath)
End of Turn: Saving throw failure (7) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3662978/

The action continues, as the swordmage uses an exotic stream of colorful strands against the guards. One of them gets his mind crushed by a color overflow and gets killed by it. The second guard manages to ignore the spell.
Then it walks toward Steiner, and menaces him with his aura. "My Drake! You made me kill my precious Guard!"
As for Rulk, he changes his fighting stance to a wilder one, just to land another strong slash on the Drake, however his leg seems to be still injured by Steiner's dagger.
Ignoring the half-orc, the remaining Drake attempts to bite Kanatash, but it just ends up punished by Melech's challenge.
Narerka's Beguiling Strands kill Elf Guard 3, but miss Elf Guard 2. Then he moves and uses Aegis of shielding against Steiner.
Rulk changes to battle wrath stance and attacks the Drake for 16 points of damage, bloodying it.
As a countermeasure, the Drake uses Bite against Kanatash, but it misses, and it gets damaged with 8 points of radiant damage.

Init:
Kanatash
Elf guard 2
Guard Steiner
Sophie
Melech
Narerka
Rulk
Drake2

Heroes:
Kanatash (12/23) bloodied
Melech (25/25)
Sophie (22/22)
Narerka (31/31)
Rulk (14/27)

Enemies:
Guard Steiner (AD-26)
Stirge (very DEAD)(Z-28)
Drake1 -44 bloodied (kinda dead, yes)(AC-27)
Drake2 -40 bloodied(Y-29)
Elf Guard 1 (slightly dead)(W-27)
Elf Guard 2 (AD-31)
Elf Guard 3 (died because drugs)(AB-37)

As Kanatash is injured, a surge of emotions sends his allies - well, most of them - into action, moving across the field as they please. Despite being unable to see, he shouts encouragingly to Rulk, "You can do it. I believe in you!" His conviction is almost enough to give the half-orc the will to break free. Almost. Nevertheless, confidence wells up in him as his wounds knit themselves shut, laughing off his injuries as his body toughens against any future attacks. "That was just a scratch," he boasts, "Now I'll show you how to make somebody really hurt, with the power of JUSTICE!"

Kanatash scrambles onto the table and gathers his rage, filling Narerka with righteous fury and zeal as he commands, "To me, my friend! Attack this vile villain!"

No Action (bloodied) : Ardent Alacrity (each ally within five squares can shift 1 square or move half their speed as a free action)
Free Action : Adept's Insight for Rulk's saving throw, Augment 1 http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3663293/ (2)
Minor Action : Use Ardent Surge on self to heal http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3663294/ (11 HP) and gain +1 to all defenses until end of next turn
Move action : Move to AC-25
Standard Action : Ire Strike against Steiner, Augment 2. Grant Narerka a shift to any square adjacent to the target (preferably one ending in a flank with me!) and a basic attack against Guard Steiner. On a hit, the attack deals 1d8 additional damage, and Guard Steiner gains Vulnerable 6 all until the end of my next turn

Once again, Kanatash power and energy flow into Narerka, even stronger than before it seems. The rage and vitality of his ally soon becomes indistinguishable with his own.
He use this energy to cut retreat to Steiner and land another strike with force and power.

"Now, where do you think you're going ? Don't try to flee JUSTi... me !... Coward !"

It seems that the Half-elf has received to much of the energetic Kanatash energy. And this half blurted out "JUSTICE" made him focus slightly but he regained his composure quickly to let his sword dance towards Steiner"

Thanks to Kanatash Ire's Strike :
Shift to AE-25.
Melee Basic Attack against Steiner, with a bonus damage roll.
Attack Roll : (25) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3663329/
Damage Roll : (14) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3663354/

quick update sry
Things happen, steiner gets vulnerable 6, minion hits rulk for 5 damage and then it dies from melech's sanction, and steiner hit narerka with "get out of here!" for 12 damage and slide him one square

Init:
Kanatash
Elf guard 2
Guard Steiner
Sophie
Melech
Narerka
Rulk
Drake2

Heroes:
Kanatash (23/23) +1 to all defenses until next turn
Melech (13/25)
Sophie (22/22)
Narerka (19/31)
Rulk (9/27) 5THP bloodied

Enemies:
Guard Steiner -16 (AD-26) vulnerable 6 until next Kanatash's turn
Stirge (very DEAD)(Z-28)
Drake1 -44 bloodied (kinda dead, yes)(AC-27)
Drake2 -40 bloodied(Y-29)
Elf Guard 1 (slightly dead)(W-27)
Elf Guard 2 (suicide) (AD-31)
Elf Guard 3 (died because drugs)(AB-37)

>>2853
Taking advantage of Steiner's vulnerability, Sophie gets close to him and casts Winged Horde, hoping to cause some damage.

Move to AC-26.
(Winged Horde on Steiner) http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3664165/ (15; 5)

Noticing that Rulk was heavily hurt, Melech quickly sprints over and casts his divine power over the bloodied half-orc. In succession, he strikes the drake near him.

Use Divine Mettle on Rulk.
Move to X-29.
Melee Basic Attack with Longsword on Drake(o god i messed up on the roll, just take the first two): http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3664419/ (16, 9)

Rulk surges with divine energy, and lets loose a mighty roar to let everyone nearby know that he is back in action!

Saving Throw: Success! http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3664592/ (25)

Another mistake. Steiner is supposed to be in AE-27 instead of where I placed it in the last map. Cirno, please tell me where would you like Sophie to be.

The Wizard moves close to Steiner, and then she summons an illusory attack over him, blue faeries appear from nowhere and torment the poor guard.
Then Melech helps Rulk with his ailment, who makes a battle shout to show Steiner his resilence. After that, Melech moves into a flanking position against the remaining Drake and swings his longsword, leaving it very dead.
Sophie uses Winged Horde against Steiner, which hits for 11 damage.
Melech's Divine Mettle grants Rulk a saving throw, and he saves with an impressive natural 20.
Melech's MBA hits Drake for 9 damage, and it kills it.
Init:
Kanatash
Elf guard 2
Guard Steiner
Sophie
Melech
Narerka
Rulk

Heroes:
Kanatash (23/23)
Melech (13/25)
Sophie (22/22)
Narerka (31/31)
Rulk (9/27) 5THP bloodied

Enemies:
Guard Steiner -27 (AE-28) vulnerable 6 until next Kanatash's turn
Stirge (very DEAD)(Z-28)
Drake1 -44 bloodied (kinda dead, yes)(AC-27)
Drake2 -49 bloodied (dead too)(Y-29)
[s]Elf Guard 1 (slightly dead)(W-27)
Elf Guard 2 (AD-31)
Elf Guard 3 (died because drugs)(AB-37)

"I'm not done with you !"

With rage and energy, Narerka moves up to Steiner. He then concentrate his magical power in his blade and strikes Steiner with Sword of Sigils.

Move action : move to AF-27.
Standard action : Sword of sigils against Steiner
Attack roll http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3665289/
Aaaand that's a fumble. Nice. Sorry everyone.

Rulk spits in the direction of the weak-looking elf nearby, and comments, "NOT WORTH MY TIME!" He then carefully moves northwest, concentrating his rage as he tightly grips his gouge, and suddenly bolts forward. As he closes the gap with Steiner he howls with fury and slashes his weapon horizontally, aiming to cut directly across the unfortunate guard.

Move Action: Shift to Y-28.
Minor Action: Enter the berserker charge stance.
Standard Action: Charge to AD-27 (flank with Squitcher). Use melee basic attack against Steiner at the end of the charge. http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3665324/ (Attack: 28, Damage: 17, not including vulnerable 6)

Not even pausing for a moment, the half-orc whirls his blade around for another strike.

Free Action: Spend my Action point! Use melee basic attack, still flanking, http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3665346/ (Attack: 23 Damage: 14, not counting vulnerable 6)

Laughing heartily, Kanatash brandishes his weapon, his infectious confidence bringing Rulk some much needed vitality. Through his telepathic influence, the ardent taunts Steiner while he flourishes his blade, "I'm in your head! Oh yes I am! And I can tell you right now that you're going to die soon. So why not just make it easier on yourself and give up now so we can make it clean and swift, you evildoer?" Finally, he screams out, "Finishing attack : Justice Stab of Justice!" before striking a glancing blow on the guard. Steiner is left very sad, very disoriented, and very wide open to attack.

Move to AD-26
Minor Action : Ardent Surge on Rulk to heal http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3665385/ 8 HP. Rulk gains +1 bonus to all defenses
Standard Action : Implant Suggestion on Steiner http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3665371/ (22, 8+6 damage) On a hit, Steiner is dazed (save ends). Also, whenever Steiner makes an attack, one ally adjacent to him can make a melee basic attack against it as a free action after Steiner's attack is resolved (save ends). Yes, they require separate saves

Our heroes continue unleashing attacks against the guard. Unable to defend himself, Steiner drops dead. The minion wet his pants and run.
Everyone gangs Steiner until he dies. The minion double runs.

Heroes:
Kanatash (23/23)
Melech (13/25)
Sophie (22/22)
Narerka (31/31)
Rulk (17/27) 5THP

Enemies:
Guard Steiner -87 (dead)(AE-28)
Stirge (very DEAD)(Z-28)
Drake1 -44 bloodied (kinda dead, yes)(AC-27)
Drake2 -49 bloodied (dead too)(Y-29)
[s]Elf Guard 1 (slightly dead)(W-27)
Elf Guard 2 (AD-31)
Elf Guard 3 (died because drugs)(AB-37)

As soon you attempt to recover your breath something stops the party from relaxing. It's an alarm sound.
Quickly, the room gets filled with prisoners, it seems people heard you were fighting Guard Steiner and decided to break out from this place.
Chaos ensues, it's a mix between the prisoners breaking everything attempting to stop them, and the other guards trying to escape from the angry guests.
Instinctively, our heroes also join the fun and follow the rest of the prisoners.

A few doors try to block your way, but they are no big deal against a bunch of strong (and hopefully innocent) adventurers.
Unfortunately the prison quickly starts feeling like a maze, and the chaos caused by the break out doesn't helps.
You see people running away in all directions, some of them follow the guards, others run to the opposite direction you were coming from.
"This is useless! I tried making one of these guards tell me where the exit is, but he's dead now."
"Man! I heard the exit is not very far from this place, let's keep searching!"

Meanwhile, in a different room:

"Those bastards ... I barely managed to escape from them, good thing none of them was very clever."
In his own turn, Steiner faked his own dead with a bluff check. None of your pasive insight was good enough to notice it.
A high heal check could have been good enough to notice it, yet nobody tried it. He had like 8 hp left.
"Captain ... the way out is ready. Are you really activating it?!"
"I'm sending this scum to hell. I'll get severely punished for this ... but it would be far worse to let these worms escape. Let's make haste!"

Your escape attempt continue fruitless, however a strong earthshake gathers your attention. A different alarm sounds, it feels as if something ill was just activated.
Everyone stops for a second, it seems a cliche self-destruct system is beginning a countdown. You have no idea how time do you have, but it doesn't seem a lot.
Nobody talks, nobody moves, everyone seem to be frustrated by the imminent end. That's until one guy euphorically gets into the door.
"Let's get out from here! We found an exit! Follow me!" Immediately this man and a lot others leave the room.
"Hold it!" Another man says "Some prisoners are still far behind! That stubborn old man is still in his cell!"
Nobody seems to care about what this man say, and most of them are going out.
You don't remember very well the way back, and the prison could explode at any time.
Will you escape or will you try to go back? Feel free to decide in the OOC thread, or take a decision by yourself, the party can split if needed

"Justice leaves no man behind!" bellows Kanatash, as he heedlessly charges back in to find the remaining person.

"We should make our exit now, the rest will catch up soon. As for those too stubborn to leave, well, nothing can be done, there is no time!" Rulk says, then makes a break for the supposed exit.

Sophie's mind lingers on the old man, but she heads towards the supposed exit, leaving the others be.

Disgruntled at everyone's actions, Melech grabbed hold of the man.
He shouted, over the alarm, "Good sir, do you remember where his cell is at?"

Comforted in the knowledge that some people actually had the brain to save their own life. Narerka run for the exit alongside the others.

"I honestly wouldn't mind saving that old man if it didn't involve lots of rocks and my eventual death.
Let the fools be fools, run as hard as you can, companions !"

And so, Rulk, Narerka and Sophie follow the escape route, Kanatash runs in name of Justice, attempting to find the old man, and Melech approach to the other man.
"Why, yes. Will you help me to go back for him?" Not really waiting for a proper answer, the man guides Melech to the old man's cell.
Kanatash, a little lost at the beggining, manages to find the old man too. Rolled a 19 for streetwise
"You defeated the old Steiner? Hahahaha, I didn't expect you guys were that strong."

Rulk, Narerka and Sophie:
What seemed like a short walk at the start, ended being rather a long one. About 5 minutes later you started to run you can see the exit of this awful place already.
Is it beautiful outside? or is just the sunlight what makes it so pretty? In any case, you manage to get out of the prison and join with the rest of the prisoners; they seem to be impressed by something.
It doesn't take you long to notice what is it. You can hear ocean-like sounds, but there's no ocean near, rather, the whole building is out of the place. The prison is in a floating island!
http://boonce.org/up/252651.jpg

The water splashing gets stronger and stronger, you notice some of the prisoner's faces lack color.
"I’ll be hornswoggled! How are we getting out of this place!?" a man says.
"Let's just jump from this dumfungled place!" another replies. But before this guy can get his plan into action, something huge appears in the water.
Purple skinned and big as a moutain. The foul creature moves its tentacles awaiting for its dinner.

Deep speech (Narerka): "Uwee hee hee... Game over!"
http://boonce.org/up/1231165.jpg
A huge explosion ... nowhere to run. It seems the old Steiner wins this time. BAD END

Melech and Kanatash:
"Well, there's no time to lose. I was going to wait here, but now that you come I have no other option." the old man says.
"You can't get out of this place by normal means, the only safe way out is with the use of teleporters. Follow me, I know my way around here."
You get again into the maze-looking area of this prison but the old man doesn't hesitate at all. You keep walking into cirles, and when it feels as if you were going to return to the old man's cell, you find a different looking room.
"This place is filled with magic self-defense mechanisms. The guard's control rooms are protected with illusions."

You keep walking, until you find an strange mechanism placed in the floor. "Is this what are we looking for?" "What a foul luck, they deactivated it further leaving."
The old man nervously starts checking the device, for a sick old man he seems to know his magical stuff.
"This place will blown any second now! I reconfigurated it, but I have no idea to where will it send us." "Argh, better than staying here. Let's haste!"
As you step in the teleporter your vision clouds and your mind fades. Teleporting isn't a pleasant way to travel, but it seems you are alive.

You wake up by the voice of a stranger, "Hey there, are you okay? How did you come here?" "It's a long story ... where are we?"
"Where you ask!? You are in the biggest spectacle in all Faerûn! Take a look by yourself!"
http://boonce.org/up/thankyougenji.png
"There will be time to talk about this later, for now please stay as our guests here."
"... how did we end in this place?"
Having escaped from the prison and arriving into an exotic place, our living adventurers enjoy the show, and then maybe later they will figure out how to return home.
DRAGON CIRCUSGOOD END