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Opening the door to the crypt reveals...

Skeletons From Niches

[OOC: Anedell, Coral, Zak and Seliam are in the Bone yard? Just want to make sure I don't miss anyone in init...
PCs act first in any order...]

Selaim

For once what Zak said made sense. "I agree with Zak. The goblins were probably a diversion for a... what?!?" She exclaims seeing the movement from the crypts and the skeletons start emerging. She draws her falcats prepared to back out or attack.

Coral

"oh ..." she commented just before she started to mumble acrane words in draconic.


Coral cast Deflction (melee) and Protection both at +1-2 =-1
Angrboða rolled d10,d6 and got 8, 2

so a 7 and a normal success

Coral cast Deflction (melee) and Protection both at +1-2 =-1
Angrboða rolled d10,d6 and got 1, 5

so a 4 and a normal success

Aendell

Drawing his sword and pulling his shield tight on his arm, he steps to place himself between the others and the skeletons.

(OOC - Pande - How many skeletons? He will also make an Occult check to see if there is anything he knows about animated skeletons that could be helpful.

Aendell Occult
Zeim rolled d4,d6 and got 3, 2
So, likely nothing he can recall.)

Being faced with undead foes is evidently unerving to Aendell, and his memory fails him in this moment.

It is difficult to get an accurate count without climbing into the mausoleum with them, but at least four, he can determine at a quick glance.

Zak lifts his tankard up and attempts to drive back the skeletons … but only gets a four.

The skeleton's empty eye sockets turn towards Zak as if they might now consider him more of a threat. However, none of them fall under the onslaught of his will.

[OOC: So people are not charging in, they are backing off of the doors and letting the skeletons arise from the crypt? Trying to get a feel for the intention as I don't see any PC attacking right out the gate. Aendell moved to the front, but... ]

(OOC - Well, without a map it is hard to specify, but Aendell would look for a tactically advantageous position. Possibly standing in a doorway so only one or two skeletons could attack at any time with the others blocked, and allowing his companions to use distance effects from behind him. Was waiting for a turn order.)

OOC: Simple description, Crypt. Doors ajar, Skelies inside, PCs out.

Have at!

We really don't need a map with minatures. I have one, but ...

No need for initiative this round. PCs all act prior to the skeletons. PCs can act in any order you all agree to. I just need to know your plan. ]

Can Aendell block the doorway from the crypt to the outside so the skeletons can only attack 1 or 2 at a time?

[OOC: Yes, it is one single overside metal door that swings outward.]

[OOC: Coral needs time to buff herself up, so she's not rushing in (yet)]

(OOC - Then that is what he plans to do.)

And attacking a skeleton with apapier is not the best.

Selaim

Selaim launches herself at the door in an attempt to close and bar the door.

Selaim Close the crypt door
Miales rolled d6,d6 and got 6, 3

Selaim Close the crypt door (ace)
Miales rolled d6 and got 6

Selaim Close the crypt door (ace)
Miales rolled d6 and got 2

So a 14

Selaim's quick thinking closes the door before the things can make it out.

The question is how to bar the door? There are handles, and something could be run through them to work as a block, but the door isn't specifically designed that way, as who plans for the dead to come back to a semblance of life?

Coral

Coral looked crushingly disappointed at the turn of events and cast her spell anyway, just in case it was needed.



Coral cast smite on herself +1
Angrboða rolled d10,d6 and got 3, 6


Coral cast smite on herself +1 ace
Angrboða rolled d6 and got 6


Coral cast smite on herself +1 ace again
Angrboða rolled d6 and got 3

so a 16 and a raise

"You know that if we don't deal with them, some poor unsuspecting person in the future - less capable than us, is going to unsuspectingly open that door."

Aendell

Nodding at Selaim, he takes out a dagger and wedges it under the door, stopping it from being opened. Then leaning his back on it for extra support he turns to look at Coral and nods again.

“On the other hand, we may be able to borrow the head ripest and he can aid us is putting this to rest. We can get help.”

Coral

She looked crestfallen and pathetic at the suggested plan, but said nothing.

Selaim

"All of us are drained and tired after those goblins and cleaning up. One thing the guild taught me was to avoid unnecessary conflict. Who knows how many were actually in there? I counted at least six possibly more. We need a plan to take care of them or we might be overwhelmed. And for what gain? Our original intent was to find out why the crypt was broken into or if it was. Let's at least get that guard friend of Zak's so we don't get accused of being the robbers. Lord knows the last thing I want is to be exiled here as well" Selaim whispers quickly to the rest of the group pausing briefly at the end to add, "Or worse."

She looked at the rest of her companions and rested her eyes on Coral. Her friend who she remembered being sweet and playful but now seems bloodthirsty and in rage.

Glancing at Aendell she asks, "Princeling is there anything you can do? You are sort of like a priest also right?"

Aendell

He shakes his head negatively. "Sorry, Selaim. I do not have such powers as Clerics do. I can destroy them the old fashioned way, and I can help keep you and the others from being afraid of them, but I cannot banish them."

[OOC: - Pah! You can't be bloodthirsty against skeletons - there's no blood ...]

"'For what gain?'" Coral responded. "We fought the goblins rather than runing away, because it was the right thing to do and protected innocents. Here, too, with the skeletons, we can also not walk away. We know that there is a threat inside, and if we do nothing, then at some point someone will open the door and unleash them upon the town."

She shrugged. "We can go and get assistance. But I cannot see how, in all good conscience, we can walk away from this crypt, knowing what is inside, and leaving it to fate that someone does not release the skeletons."

Coral knew that there was probably some nuanced alternative response that she was missing ... but she had never got the hang of 'nuance'.

Selaim

Selaim was used to a corrupt guard and trumped up charges. She'd almost lost her hands once. SHe had no desire to loose her head over curiosity and investigating a crypt that might have already been broken into.

"The gain is if something bad happens and we accidentally destroy something we already have the guard on our side. And me a known criminal would keep my head. Regardless we already know that it was probably broken into. I am not saying we leave it be. I am saying we notify the authorities before going back into the crypt. That way if something bad happens they know that we are there for the right reasons not the wrong."

She looked over to Aendell since these were some of the things he probably was talking to her about on the way to Sandpoint. "You understand what I am saying. Right?"

"I say we watch the door and send Zak to get his guard friend or even a priest. Meanwhile the three of us stay here and make sure those things don't break out. And maybe we can come up with a better plan than just jumping in there through a narrow doorway."

Zak:

“Right. We aren’t walking away. We are making sure this is handled properly and with finality. Meanwhile … which of you is best at throwing and hitting a target? Take these.’

He holds up two small bottles, fishing them out of a pouch.

“Holy water. Throw it at them and it should at least cause them some issues.”

Aendell

He nods agreement with Selaim, and not just because of her personal experiences. "I agree. As long as this door will hold we should alert, and get support from, the Town Guard. They need to know of this. Besides the issue of potentially getting into trouble, what if we are overcome? Do we really want a flood of Skeletons to descend on the town while they are unaware? It is interesting that they seem to not have been activated until we entered, so I wonder if they even can leave this crypt? Still, best to alter the town and then decide how to deal with them."

Coral

"I shall wait here for the town gaurd to come and make their assessment," Coral declared, making herself comfortable sitting on suitable stonework facing the crypt.

"Selaim?" Coral asked. "Would you be able to bring back my weapons from my room in the inn?"

(Item the first: is someone taking the proferred holy water. The general idea is, when the door is opened, throw both vials as a lead in before engaging directly)

“… and I will retrieve Cat.”

He looks at Selaim

“You know she isn’t as different from you as you perhaps think. And I trust you both.”


And he moves to complete his task.

(I think the issue is that for all of us Throw would be an unskilled roll)

Selaim hadn't planned on running back to the rooms but to stay there, but those thoughts changed when Coral asked her to retrieve the weapons.

"Coral you need me to get your weapons? Fine. I guess Zak and I will take care of this. I'll head to the rooms. Did anyone else need anything at the inn?" She asks.

On the way back to the inn and for Zak to find the guard, Selaim asks "You mean Cat? She's a guard."

((OOC: Throwing is Athletics, which Selaim is very good at and Aendell is skilled))

Zak: “she’s serving as a guard as a penance. It is not her chosen profession. Not everyone, Selaim, gets to live their life the way they would have chosen. Sometimes circumstances put people in places they otherwise would not have been. Right?”

He raises an eyebrow.

Selaim

"They had her be a guard as punishment? That's why she doesn't think like the guards I am used to." she said. As they trotted back into the main market area Selaim heading towards the inn, she thought of her time with the Thieves Guild and Villian. And how right Zak was.

As she peeled off towards the inn, Selaim turned to Zak, "Or sometimes choices made by trusting in bad information lead you down a path not of your choosing either."

As she ran to the rooms doubt crept back in. Doubt fighting to override the experiences and feelings she'd had so far with the group she found herself accompanying.

Quickly putting those thoughts aside she retrieved Coral's weapons and started back to the graveyard and the crypt where her new companions were waiting.

Catalena

Catalena entered the Cathedral Square off of High Street, humming her tavern tune, a very long sword rising above her shoulder which seemed to be a new acquisition. She saw Selaim departing swiftly from Zachergillan's side and she smiled at seeing them both. But it only took a moment to perceive Selaim's urgency and the concerned expressions on both of their faces.

"What has happened?" she asked the gnome as the elf dashed past her down High Street.

Zak:

“Following a hunch from Coral, we tried to see where the goblins had been. A crypt in the boneyard was open, and there are skeletons, the walking kind, inside. We have it closed and blocked at the moment and are getting weapons and help. I’m looking for you to get the guard involved.”

Catalena

Catalena stared for a minute. "Animated skeletons?" she asked. "In Sandpoint? Necromancy in the Cathedral boneyard?"

She thought for a moment. "You know, other than Sheriff Hemlock, none of those fellows handled themselves particularly well against the goblins today. You lot practically saved the town."

"By the way," she added, with a wink, "You've got a twenty percent discount in the shops."

She glanced up at the Cathedral doors. "I don't know that we might just be sending those boys to their deaths. But I suppose I should report it. If it's necromancy and in the boneyard, we should also tell Father Zantus. But if you and Selaim are here, that means it's only Coral and Aendell holding them in? Who knows how long that will last."

She took a quick breath and then said, "This is a hard decision as to what to do first. We should get some guidance."

Catalena reached into her pouch and pulled out her Harrow deck. With practiced hands, she riffled through the deck. She said, "Desna, show us the way," before reverently selecting a card.

Turning it over, she revealed...



"The Rakshasa... interesting. This tells us, Desna warns that someone is controlling the skeletons..." she spoke grimly. Then, brightly she added, "or us, I suppose. Desna speaks in mysteries. But I think we should fetch Father Zantus and then return to the boneyard. He surely knows more about such things including whose crypt it is."

She tucked the cards away again and headed into the Cathedral.

Selaim

Running back through the square on her return trip she noticed Zak and his guard friend heading towards the Cathedral. She calls out to them as she runs past with the weapons.

"Zak! Headed back!" She yells as she runs past them heading towards the cemetery. She slows down and starts trotting towards the crypt where her other friends waited. On arriving she hands Coral the weapons and whispers to Aendell, "Zak and his friend were headed to the cathedral. I think they are going to talk to a religious person."

Coral

"Thank you, Selaim," Coral said in a friendly manner as she took the weapons from Selaim, and adjusted them in her hands into a fighting grip.

"Fetching a religeous person seems like a good plan."

In the Cathedral they find the priest Father Zantus, pretty quickly. He sees them in their agitated state and asks "what is the matter?" After a quick explanation he nods in agreement, "I shall accompany you. We should also get the sheriff."

Catalena

"I suppose I should be the one to find Sheriff Hemlock," Catalena offered. She was both curious and anxious to get to the Boneyard, and so did not sound overly enthusiastic about the task. "I'll try a couple places and then join you." She excused herself from Father Zantus's presence respectfully, and gave Zak's shoulder a squeeze as she departed.

she jogged down west down Tower Street towards the stone fortress at the corner of Main that served as the Sandpoint Garrison, looming above the smaller, wooden buildings. If Hemlock were still on duty, perhaps still overseeing paperwork about the attacks, he would either be in his office there or perhaps across the street at the two-story stone Town Hall, in discussion with Mayor Deverin about the same.

If he weren't on duty, then she'd have a harder time finding him, but it was more than likely he would be soothing his stress with his "secret" paramour Kaye Tesarani, a secret to everyone who didn't live here, as long as Hemlock wasn't in hearing distance. Kaye was a sharp and charming businesswoman whose house of companionship, The Pixie's Kitten, was run cleanly and respectfully for those who plied their trade there. And, being close with the rigidly law-abiding Sheriff didn't hurt to keep less reputable competitors from getting a foothold in Sandpoint.

It was a longer run to get to the Kitten down by the Southern docks and, well, who knew how long it might take to rouse Hemlock to the Boneyard if he were there, Cat snickered to herself, a hundred low puns competing for the top spot in her imagination.

Sheriff Hemlock

He is in his office making notes about what had occurred. It wasn't so much a report as the events of a hectic day so that report could be more clearly written later. He looks up at Cat as she enters. Seeing the look upon her face "what has happened now?" With no preamble.

Coral

She stood facing the door of the crypt, absently swishing her rapier and star-knife through the air.

"Have you fought skeletons before, Aendell?" she asked. "Is there any clever tricks or manoevers that I need to be aware of when fighting them?"

Aendell

"I've been trained to fight them", he glances at her weapons. "With any weapon that is not a bashing or slashing weapon", he nods towards the Rapier which is mostly a piercing weapon, "I would recommend going for the joints. You don't want your blade to get caught up in the rib cage."

Aendell would know that most undead must be completely destroyed to stop them. In the case of skeletons that means bashing them apart till none of the bones are animated anymore. All weapons work, though some better than others as does magic. They aren't particularly savvy opponents, but they seek out life to destroy it.

Aendell

"You'll have to keep hacking at it, even in pieces, but if you can cut its legs out it will at least slow them down." He glances at her again. "You have come quite a ways since I last saw you, Coral. Must be quite a story there? We seem to have nothing but time?"

Catalena

"We're needed in the Boneyard, Sheriff," Catalena explained, leaning against the door frame and catching her breath. "It's under control for now, but we don't know for how long. Somehow some of the dead in a crypt have been reanimated. Father Zantus is there. My visiting friends are the ones who discovered it and alerted us. They're holding the door shut."

She smiled then and wiped the sweat from the back of her neck. "As we go, you can tell me again how fortuitous it is to have me here, working overtime, no less, and on extremely good behavior!"

The Varisian performer then batted her eyelashes in an exaggerated way likely to annoy him.

Hemlock

He let out a low annoyed growl. "The fun just keeps coming. Better than being on the line, but damn." He stood, grabbing his helmet and belt. He had to do a quick adjustment of his armor, and he headed straight out the door. "Let us take care of whatever evil is going on."

[OOC: I am fine with just skipping to the crypt opening etc... You guys let me know how you want to start.]

(I would suggest it’s opened, then the two best throwers douse the skeletons with the holy water, then he moving in occurs.

I would agree with the first part, but not with moving in. Better to have Aendell and somebody else stand in the door way and make it a choke point while the ones behind use magic and missiles. Keep no more than 2 skeletons attacking at any given time.

Selaim can throw one at the closest one then assist in the choke point.

[OOC: Coral will happily stand in the choke point with, effectively, 9 parry, and hit things with fire]

Coral

"Well," Coral replied to Aendell as she swished her blades, "my master, Rubicund, clearly saw something in me when he called in at the orphanage."

"If I were reallly harsh about the orphanage, I would say that the staff sold me into slavery, in that Rubicund had to make a 'donation' and I was handed over into his sole care. I would have to say that in other circumstances that would have been quite a bad situation."

"Yes, to begin with, it did seem like slavery. I had to wash, clean, and cook for him and trudge along beside him as he rode along."

"But, now, looking back, I can seen that he was just instilling in me discipline, concentration and patience, as well as teaching me a host of life skills."

"when he trusted that I would not just run off, he bought me a horse, and whilst I was still expected to cook and clean, it became 'most of the time' rather than 'all the time'."

"And then, when he thought that I had the concentration and patience he started to teach me to meditate and to alter my body."

She looked wistful for a moment.

"But he is gone now. He sold his horse, gave me the proceeds, told me I was capable of looking after myself, wished me all the best, and left me in order to go and do the things he had to do alone."

(I more meant ‘whomever is going to move in, moves in to melee.’ Zak has reasonable chuftiness, but there is also the point of view that ‘right behind ready to heal anyone damaged in the choke point’ might be a good spot too.)

Catalena

Catalena arrived with the Sheriff and sighed with relief that the crypt still appeared to be closed shut. In a restrained voice, she asked Father Zantus whose crypt it belonged to and how many were interred within.

As the newcomers arrayed themselves in front of the crypt, Cat drew her nodachi and took up a position to the left flank of them and slightly behind, ready to lend a hand where needed or to prevent any skeletons from reaching the exit of the Boneyard into the town.

(OOC - And after all of this what do you want to bet that there's nothing moving when we reopen it and we are all made to look like idiots?)

Coral

Once all the others had arrived, Coral cast Protection and Deflection upon herself, and walked up to the doors.
She pulled Aendell's dagger out from under the door and handed it back to Aendell.

"Are we ready?" she asked, and after afirmation from all, opened the door.

Coral cast deflection (melee) and protection [+1-2=-1]

Angrboða rolled d10,d6,d10,d6 and got 7, 5, 2, 6

Angrboða rolled d6 and got 1

So 7-1=6 and 6+1-1=6 and both spells succeed

Selaim

As soon as the door opens if she sees skeletons moving around she will throw in the holt water Ballon (ok flask of holy water) then draw her other falcata.

Selaim Throw
Miales rolled 1d8,1d6 and got 1, 3

Ummm ok...Bennie time

Selaim Throw
Miales rolled 1d8,1d6 and got 6, 2

Coral removes the knife which was preventing the doors from being pushed opened and then throws them open. Almost as an after thought she asks, "ready?"

Selaim tosses a holy water flask at the first skeleton, which strikes it soundly. [OOC: Roll 1d6 Damage, Aces explode]

Aendell steps up to help block the door, and between he and the little Coral, the door is effectively blocked.

Though there are quite a few skeletons making their way forward, they are slow, and the protectors all may act, though keep in mind their friends now block the opening.

[OOC: Initiative:
Coral Black Joker
Aendell AH
Father Z KC
Catalena QC
Zak 7D
Sheriff 2H
Skeletons Act Last this round

Selaim

Note Selaim is not on the initiative order...

Selaim Damage
Miales rolled 1d6 and got 1

(OOC - Benny?)

OOC Selaim is a 7C.
What is funny is did the original draw with Selaim in it and then didn't post it here.

But I forgot Zak in the initial draw and to go back and add a card.

Something about the little orphan girl....

Coral


She cast a cone of havoc against the skeletons


Coral cast a cone of havoc
Angrboða rolled d10,d6 and got 8, 6

Coral cast a cone of havoc ace
Angrboða rolled d6 and got 6

Coral cast a cone of havoc ace+
Angrboða rolled d6 and got 3

so 15 a success and a raise


Anyone touched by the template is Distracted and must then make a Strength roll (at −2 if the caster got a raise). Those who fail are hurled 2d6″—directly away from the caster if using the Cone Template

Victims who strike a hard object (such as a wall) take 2d4 damage (nonlethal unless it’s a spiked wall or other more dangerous hazard).

OOC - I don't know if the joker +2 applies to the damage from bouncing off walls ...

(OOC - Well, OK, waiting now to see if any skeletons are still in sword range of him.)

[OOC Just to be absolutely clear. Skeletons can't be distracted. They can go flying. But I want you to know how well the spell will work.

Aendell can swing at up to two skeletons before we decide if the are blown away. 😁]

[OOC - well, Coral will live and learn. I don't think she knows that skeletons are not affcted in the same way as living things. I don't think she will have encountered them before.]

(OOC - Not sure why 2? Note, IF the skeletons were blown away before he goes then he wouldn't be using a Benny.)

Aendell

As the skeletons approach he swings his sword at them.


Aendell Attack
Zeim rolled d8,d6 and got 1, 3
Aendell Attack - Benny
Zeim rolled d8,d6 and got 3, 3
Total: 3+1-2=2

Aendell Attack #2
Zeim rolled d8,d6 and got 1, 5
Total: 5+1-4=2

OOC Because 2 can fit.

(OOC - Yes, but unless I am missing something he only gets 1 attack?)

OOC He can take two attacks. I believe -2 on the on hand and depending upon his advantages -4 on his off. It is all about choosing the risk level.

(OOC - OK, edited above. Both miss.)

Three of the skeletons closest to the door fly back into the crypt. Their bones are made of sterner stuff and none break. Though they begin to stand up again and look as if they are going to resolutely approach the door seeking to attack those live beings baring their way.

[OOC: Those with range attacks may post in any order, the Skelies won't make it back to the door before this round ends. Havoc effectively blew them away. ]

Coral


With her dagger resting on the thumb of her left hand, she extended her hand towards the nearest skeleton. A bolt of fire shot out from her fingers, striking the skeleton in a burst of flame.

Coral Fire-bolt
Angrboða rolled d10,d6 and got 8, 2

so a raise


Coral Fire-bolt damage with a raise
Angrboða rolled d6,d6,d6 and got 4, 3, 1

damage 8

Coral did Havoc, the others need to act.

These characters haven't acted as near as I can tell:
Father Z KC
Catalena QC
Zak 7D
Sheriff 2H

Catalena

Catalena said, as the door opened, "Here they come!"

Then, as the blast of wind from Coral knocked them backward, "And there they go!"

She turned to Father Zantus and asked, "Who were these poor souls to have their remains so desecrated? Turning them into monsters?" She was pained, seeing these animated corpses, still clad in the torn and faded garments they had been buried in. These were once people who had been loved and were missed by those who'd cared about them. She wished for a way to let them rest again other than striking them down but she supposed there was no other way.

She placed a hand on the back of Aendell's shoulder. "Do what you must to end this. I will keep you in good health and cover you should there be a need."

Catalena Persuasion to use Support Action to give Aendell a +1
Vryx rolled d6,d6 and got 6, 5
Catalena Persuasion Ace
Vryx rolled d6 and got 6
Catalena Persuasion Ace
Vryx rolled d6 and got 2
Persuasion to use Support Action to give Aendell a +2: 14 (assuming this is a raise and so changing the Support to +2)
Cat wishes she'd used it to Persuade him into something more pleasant than whacking a skelly


((ooc hope it is ok to go ahead of Father Zantus))

[OOC - ah - sorry. Well, she'll do that when the skellys stand up.]

[OOC: Absolutely I am saving the NPCs for the end of the round. All PCs first.

Next round might be a bit different, but Havoc tossed the world on its side. Oh wait that was the skelies on their butts. ]

It’ll be tomorrow afternoon. It has been A rough Week.

No problem. I understand that.

(OOC: Is Selaim still slated to go near the same time as Zak?

Seliam has gone this round. Zak and the two NPCs are left.

OOC: No problem
Thanks will save that for next round

Zak hods up his symbol again, concentrating.

“By all that is holy, rest!”

(Channel at Skelly)

(Art in the Blood rolled 1d10,1d6 and got 9, 6)

(On the six, roll again)

Art in the Blood rolled 1d6 and got 6

(On the six roll again)

Art in the Blood rolled 1d6 and got 4

Zak uses the power of his god to attack one skeleton. It shudders and stops approaching the door. Some of its bones flake away as the animating magics begin to fail, but it remains standing.

The other skeletons stand back up and begin to climb back out.

Aendell is able to get a count there are six skeletons in the crypt. The name above the door is Tobyn. The vault stands near the wall, and there are tracks all around it. Though they don't have time to examine those at the moment.

Sherriff Belor stands back at the ready though he lets the local heroes do their work.

Father Z raises his hands and calls to his god to offer a blessing to Aendell. The paladin feels the power as it wraps him in its warm embrace. (+1 die size to Str via Boost Trait for 5 rounds).

[OOC: Top of the next round
Skeletons AH
Catalena QD
Seliam JS
Zak 10S
Coral 9D
Aendell 9C
Sheriff 4S
Father Z 3C
Point out anyone I missed, please.]

The skeletons step up and claw at Aendell and Coral, none of the boney hands finding any purchase against their superiorly armored foes.

OOC: Cat is up!

Cporal

With her protection and deflection spells still active and her parrying weapons in her hands, Coral felt fairly confident of not being hurt, as she stood in the doorway with Aendel.

A bolt of fire shot from her hand at the closest skeleton that tried to attack her.

Coral cast fire-bolt on the nearest skel
Angrboða rolled d10,d6 and got 7, 2

A hit but not a raise?


Assuming it hits
Coral fire-bolt damage on the nearest skel (+1)
Angrboða rolled d6,d6 and got 2, 5

So 8 damage

((OOC Catalena will take the Hold action. She might want to Support again after Aendell acts so he can get that bonus the next turn. And I edited the previous Support action after reading it again. Because of the raise, Aendell gets a +2 to his attack, not just a +1.))

After throwing the bottle of Holy water, she had drawn her second blade in anticipation of the skeletons. Seeing that she couldn't strike at any of them without striking through her own party, Selaim attempted to somersault over Coral and land in front of the whirling dervish (Coral) striking down with her blades on the nearest skeleton as she landed.

Selaim Somersault over Coral
Miales rolled d8,d6 and got 4, 6

Selaim Somersault over Coral (ace)
Miales rolled d6 and got 3

Selaim Landing strike vs Skeleton
Miales rolled d10,d6 and got 9, 2

Selaim Falcata damage
Miales rolled d6,d6 and got 1, 6

Selaim Landing strike damage (raise)
Miales rolled 1d6 and got 3

If an attack is allowed with the offhand following the somersault:

Selaim Offhand Landing strike
Miales rolled 1d10,1d6 and got 9, 5

Selaim Offhand Landing strike damage
Miales rolled 1d6,1d6 and got 3, 6

Selaim Offhand Landing strike damage (ace)
Miales rolled 1d6 and got 5

Selaim Offhand Landing strike damage (raise)
Miales rolled 1d6 and got 6

Selaim Offhand Landing strike damage (raise)(ace)
Miales rolled 1d6 and got 4

[OOC: In regards to the off-hand strike, not sure after a somersault that is a strong option unless we are going totally over into the cinematic realm, which I am happy to do so, if all the players want.

Though in the interest of fairness I say we keep the better attack which was the off hand.

What do people say? Over-the-top action with both strikes after a somersault?

Skelie Stats to ease resolution.

Skeleton
Pace: 6; Parry: 5; Toughness: 7

Range attacks hit on a 4.]

Ooc... agree with just the offhand... was more envisioning her flipping over Coral and landing with both weapons coming down. She'd be lucky to hit with one.

[OOC: I haven't taken a good look at the numbers, but technically it is 3 actions, the somersault, and the two attacks, one being off-hand. I know she has Edges which mitigate some of the minuses, but -6 for 3 actions, is pretty hefty. ]

Ooc and her Two Weapon fighting mitigates the normal -2 penalty for the offhand...

But I get what you are saying... action 1 is the Somersault. Action 2 would be the attacks. With 2 weapon fighting it is debatable if that is 1 action or 2 actions.

As said the intent was to flip over Coral so she could do more in the fight. The attacks were in case she landed in front of a Skelie...

[OOC: You'll need abidextrous to offset the off-hand, the two weapon fighting removes the -2 to all actions coming from the second attack]

[Ooc: She is both

[Ooc - nice! ]

OOC:
We actually have an example of this that was done earlier... When Aendell opened the door and then struck out at the Skelies. He rolled at the disadvantages you were talking about Pande. His first attack was at a -2 Penalty... second -4.

By my understanding Selaim has been doing Two Weapon attacks using her Two Weapon Fighting edge. Since she is also Ambidextrous this negates the normal penalties for attacks done with her offhand. (Just not multi-action penalties)

Now for this situation her 1st action was the Somersault.

Her second action was the Two weapon attack which should have been rolled with a -2 disadvantage.

So those rolls should have been:


Selaim Two Weapon Fighting Strike vs Skeleton
Miales rolled d10,d6 and got 9, 2

9 - 2 (Multi action)= 7

Selaim Falcata damage
Miales rolled d6,d6 and got 1, 6

Selaim Landing strike damage (ace)
Miales rolled 1d6 and got 3

1+6+3= 10 damage

Selaim Offhand Two Weapon Fighting Landing strike
Miales rolled 1d10,1d6 and got 9, 5

9 - 2 (Multi action) = 7

OR

9 - 4 (Multi action) = 5 depending if you decide to make it a technical 3rd action

Selaim Offhand Landing strike damage
Miales rolled 1d6,1d6 and got 3, 6

Selaim Offhand Landing strike damage (ace)
Miales rolled 1d6 and got 5

3+5+6= 14 damage



Both strikes would have hit even with the penalties. But neither one would have been an Raise (Unless we are adding the Wild dice with the attack dice)