The End of Days, Chapter One: Decimation Men (OPEN!)

[Slave Xaccheus]

Once again, the arrows did not strike their target. Delan managed to expertly dodge every shot fired in his direction.  

[Anatarei Crimsonthrone]

{Wow. Hadn't realized that the skiffs were that close. I was figuring we'd have to fly out there if we wanted to engage for a round or two.}
Rage readies his blade and steps back a few paces, ready to strike.

{Rage is going to ready an action to jump onto a skiff as it gets within range as part of a charge action. He'll then proceed to murder the hell out of some bitches. He can cover 20' in a jump without even rolling, so he'll wait for them to get that close.}  

[jennibert]

DM

((Until the ships get into firing range of your ballistas? A round. How long until the survivors from the bolts disembark in mid-air and you're fighting on the deck of a flying ship? Three rounds.))

{barely half of PCs have actions}

DM

((Flying out puts you in range of their weapons. After this attack and yours, any remaining skiffs will disembark onto the Hammerlock and attack.))

{Not to be rude, but that seems awfully quick....I get 1 day where baby is too fussy to let me check on the game and I almost don't get an action?}

"All righty, then," mutters Misery under her breath as she watches several of her erstwhile teammates heading out. "Guess we're all headed there then. But I should probably help the ship first." She lets out a piercing cry and moves her arms to release a translucent lance through the air at one of the approaching ships.

She then turns to Oulviina. "What was that plan about putting we two and you two onto the backs of your friends there?"

{Misery casts sound lance at whichever approaching ship is closest to her. Medium range (210 feet), deals d8/level (max 10d cool sonic damage to the ship itself.

Assuming Oulviina agrees, Misery and Halen will mount her creatures (a griffon and a pagasus?) and go along for the ride to the central target. Halen has his bow drawn and will shoot at anything that appears to directly threaten him or Misery.}  

[Slave Xaccheus]

((Sorry. I thought that you had quit. It's happened before in other role-plays I was in. The show had to go on. But, now that we're all here, except for Stella, who I don't see online, we should be ready to go now.))  

[jennibert]

{I just didn't have anything to say, really....not until everything started happening....}  

[Slave Xaccheus]

((Sorry again. You really just needed to use a little dialogue...))  

[Disciple of Sakura]

{Delan's already had his full round action. I'm waiting for everyone else to get a round of acting in before I act again. Should still take a round of movement via charging before I can engage the skiffs in melee, unless they fly right past me in the hastened boarding action.}  

[Anatarei Crimsonthrone]

{Just want to be clear, in case Rage needs to adjust his action - will the enemy now be boarding us in the next round, or are they still two rounds out?}  

[Slave Xaccheus]

((Boarding)).  

[Anatarei Crimsonthrone]

{No! I call that! I had an action prepared to interrupt the boarding action of one skiff, and I'm taking it, damn it!}
Hefting his massive elven curved blade, Rage made a running leap at the airskiff, flying through the air a clear 20 feet and landing amidst the soldiers on board. In an instant, he swept his blade at two of the soldiers, his metallic face splitting open to reveal silvered teeth as he bit into a third.

{Rolling 3 attacks (thanks to having pounce). It goes Primary (+21), possible crit confirm (+21), Iterative Attack (+16), possible crit confirm (+16), Bite (+16) possible crit confirm (+16). The elven curved blade crits on a 15 or better, the bite only on a 20. Let's see if there are any crits...}

{Edit: That's a 30, 33, and 25 on my attack rolls. One threat with a nat 1 confirmation, so a normal hit. Damn, I was hoping to send at least one of the mooks flying...}  

[Anatarei Crimsonthrone]

Damage from elven curved blade. 2d8+14 damage each hit.

29 damage on first attack, 23 damage on second attack.  

[Anatarei Crimsonthrone]

Bite attack. 1d6 + 6 + 1d6 cold damage.

7 damage + 6 cold damage.  

[jennibert]

{So how many ships are there? Because I'm pretty sure I did at least as much damage to one of the ships as did the person who threw a rock at it earlier with the sound lance I cast. Which means I should have killed it, since sonic does full damage to objects and objects don't get the fort save for half.}  

[Disciple of Sakura]

Delan pondered for a moment how his monumental intellect had completely failed to calculate the arrival time of his targets, but decided that action was more important than thought just now. Deftly sidestepping amidst the enemy, he brandished Subtle Knife in a dazzling, dangerous display of swordsmanship. Utilizing his positioning, he was in a perfect situation to take advantage of the warforged's dangerous assault.

{Delan moves adjacent to Rage, allowing him to flank with all opponents that they both threaten. He'll attack two of them, preferably two injured by Rage, but fully healthy ones if that's all there is. First attack is at +23 (flanking and knowledge) and the second attack is at +18 (flanking and knowledge). Threats are rolled after each attack - I threaten on a 17 or higher.}  

[Disciple of Sakura]

{So, that'll be two crits, then. Damage rolls: Each attack is 2d6 + 12 + 4 + 8 + 6d6 sneak attack, and each target, if they survive, will suffer a -4 penalty to Strength.
Damage 1: 51 hp (enough to force a death from massive damage roll, if we're using that rule...)
Damage 2: 56 hp (enough for massive damage again)}