[Scratchstuck] Rosalind: STRIFE!

[22:15]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev Unloads both guns wildly down at the horde of enemies.
[22:17] <Ken> You fire your rifle, missing one shot entirely, but landing everything else because shooting fish in a barrel is a relevant term here. Pulling out your guns you proceed to mow down the group of imps that have decided to answer the call of your whistle, killing quite a few in the fire. Joe has abandoned his sniper rifle for an assault rifle and fire
[22:17] <Ken> s hastily into the crowd. A lot of grist starts to pile up..
[22:17] <Ken> You see there are still quite a few, however, so you need a plan.
[22:17] <Ken> If they overrun the place, melee combat will not be helpful.
[22:18] <Ken> The closest
[22:18] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "The first thing that comes to mind is to funnel them into a killzone.  If we get rid of the ladder leading up here, third floor becomes a deathtrap."
[22:18]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev reloads her guns.
[22:21] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "What do you think, Joe?"
[22:21] <Ken> The closest one is one move away from getting to your door*
[22:23] <Ken> Joe grins, and you are either scared or filled with a lot of respect.
[22:23] <Ken> "I have a flame thrower."
[22:23]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev is most certainly filled with both.
[22:24] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "Not inside.  I live there."
[22:24] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "That can be Plan B for if they make it up here."
[22:24] <Ken> He talks casually as wave after wave of imp enters the house.
[22:24] <Ken> "How many do you think is out there anyway?"
[22:24]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev yanks the ladder that leads from the third floor up and sets it down on the rooftop.
[22:25] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "Probably more than Anna was thinking when she said to kill a few."
[22:25] <Ken> "Whistles are damn good eh Lass?"
[22:25]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev nods, grinning.  "Very."
[22:25] <Ken> A few try to climb the walls.
[22:26]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev picks off the ones that do.
[22:26] <Ken> You see three on your side, Joe sees you looking down and goes over to near the water tower to check that side. He shouts three.
[22:27] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "It's three stories, there's time.  We just need to teach them to give up."
[22:27]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev Unloads one gun down this side, going for the three climbers and then another three from the horde below
[22:28] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 6#1d20+5 to hit
[22:28] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+5) [3+5] : {8} (1d20+5) [7+5] : {12} (1d20+5) [2+5] : {7} (1d20+5) [13+5] : {18} (1d20+5) [18+5] : {23} (1d20+5) [10+5] : {15}
[22:28] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 6#1d3 damage
[22:28] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [1] : {1} (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [1] : {1} (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [2] : {2}
[22:29] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "Keep focusing on the mass.  I'll start making examples."
[22:35] <Ken> Your first bullet goes off, but another is hit, disregarding that it dealt 1 damage, it still falls off.
[22:35] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "Get rekt!"
[22:36] <Ken> The two other imps that were climbing continue up, and you harm three imps in the crowd as they disappear inside.
[22:38]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev , if it's her turn again, Unloads the other gun at them.  Let's try that again.
[22:38] <Ken> Try it one more time then.
[22:38] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> One each to the climbers, once again, then four to the crowd
[22:38] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 6#1d20+5
[22:38] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+5) [6+5] : {11} (1d20+5) [15+5] : {20} (1d20+5) [11+5] : {16} (1d20+5) [1+5] : {6} (1d20+5) [13+5] : {18} (1d20+5) [6+5] : {11}
[22:38] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 6#1d3 damage
[22:38] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [3] : {3}
[22:38] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> ((That's a lotta 3s))
[22:41] <Ken> The climbers fall down, and you unload shots into the thinning horde. They are now inside your house, most of them. Joe jumped down at some point to try and take out the imps in such a way that doesn't burn down your house, and you are left with a few imps that climbed up the back while neither of you were watching.
[22:42] <Ken> These two imps seem to be special, because they don't operate under movie physics.
[22:42] <Ken> Actually might be tough to beat them.
[22:42] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> Well that's ominous
[22:42] <Ken> One has a fork in it's hand and the other seems to have a covering of paper armor.
[22:42] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> There's no time to reload.  Rosalind switches her guns for two new ones and waves them in a threatening manner.
[22:42] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "You saw what I just did to your friends.  Don't join them."
[22:42] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d20-1 Intimidate
[22:42] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+-1) [7+-1] : {6}
[22:43] <Ken> Against the Imp's will score, that fails to be anything but miscellaneous flailing.
[22:43] <Ken> Roll initiative
[22:43] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d20+4
[22:43] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+4) [8+4] : {12}
[22:44] <Ken> !roll 2#1d20
[22:44] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [16] : {16} (1d20) [3] : {3}
[22:44] <Ken> The fork imp spends it's entire turn activating the fork and letting it charge, That seems dangerous.
[22:44]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev blinks at it.
[22:45]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev then decides the best option to a dangerous fork is to shoot it dead.
[22:45] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 6#1d20+5 Unload, three shots each
[22:45] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+5) [1+5] : {6} (1d20+5) [6+5] : {11} (1d20+5) [19+5] : {24} (1d20+5) [1+5] : {6} (1d20+5) [10+5] : {15} (1d20+5) [3+5] : {8}
[22:45] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !roll 6#1d3 damage
[22:45] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [2] : {2} (1d3) [1] : {1} (1d3) [2] : {2}
[22:46] <Ken> Going from left to right, you hit the fork imp 2 times and the paper imp once, dealing a total of 6 and 1 damage respectfully.
[22:46] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> End turn
[22:48] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "... Alright, not dead.  That's relatively impressive."
[22:48] <Ken> The paper imp charges forward, closing the distance between you. He spent his major action to get to you so quickly, so he stands in front of you, fifteen feet away with the oddest look struck upon his papery face.
[22:50] <Ken> End turn.
[22:50] <Ken> Oh, right, fork imp.
[22:50] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> Yeah, him
[22:51] <Ken> He turns the fork at you and fires the charged weapon, and everybody hopes that he misses.
[22:51] <Ken> !roll 1d20+2
[22:51] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+2) [16+2] : {18}
[22:51] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> He does not miss
[22:51] <Ken> !roll 2d6+2
[22:51] <Tyche[Dice]> (2d6+2) [4+2] : {6}
[22:52] <Ken> The spirit fork rips right through your armor and hurts a little, Fork imps refuse to roll any decent amount of damage though, so your good there.
[22:52]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev gasps in shock and, just maybe, a little bit of pain.
[22:52]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev responds to this pain in the most reasonable way.  With bullets.
[22:52] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 6#1d20+5 yay for Unload
[22:52] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+5) [6+5] : {11} (1d20+5) [9+5] : {14} (1d20+5) [13+5] : {18} (1d20+5) [7+5] : {12} (1d20+5) [9+5] : {14} (1d20+5) [13+5] : {18}
[22:52] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 6#1d3 damage
[22:52] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d3) [2] : {2} (1d3) [1] : {1} (1d3) [2] : {2} (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [3] : {3} (1d3) [3] : {3}
[22:53] <Ken> The fork imp explodes into a mass of grist and experience, while the-
[22:53] <Ken> What, the other one too?
[22:53] <Ken> I'm nerfing unload.
[22:53] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> Three shots each
[22:53] <Ken> Just kidding.
[22:53] <Ken> Both of them die.
[22:54] <Ken> But you aren't done yet, an ogre that managed to crit his stealth roll jumps onto the roof, being amazing and having two meteors for fists.
[22:55]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev gets all of half a move into her victory dance before this happens.
[22:55] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "... Oh."
[22:55]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev then smirks.  "Bring it."
[22:56] <Ken> You get the first turn because I didn't actually roll stealth.
[22:56]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev decides that walls of bullets are nice and all, but sometimes it's nicer to have one really big bullet.
[22:56]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev trades Klead and Abed for Gideon.
[22:56]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev then shoots this ogre in the face.
[22:57] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d20+5 Snipe
[22:57] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+5) [9+5] : {14}
[22:57] <Ken> The bullet connects!
[22:57] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d8+4 damage
[22:57] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d8+4) [7+4] : {11}
[22:57] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "YEAH, Gideon!"
[22:57] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> End turn.
[22:58] <Ken> The Ogre growls in pain as a bullet enters his face, before taking a reaction to launch his hand at you.
[22:58] <Ken> !roll 1d20
[22:58] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [13] : {13}
[22:58] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> AC 14
[22:58] <Ken> Your reflex is 16 however, so you avoid it.
[22:58] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> That too
[22:58] <Ken> He then takes his turn by jumping forward and sending out his fist in an attack. Why does he get to attack twice?
[22:58] <Ken> !roll 1d20+3
[22:58] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+3) [13+3] : {16}
[22:59] <Ken> !roll 1d8+3
[22:59] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d8+3) [3+3] : {6}
[22:59] <Ken> The meteor fist clobbers you. It's not actually on fire though.
[22:59]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev snarls.  "Oh, you want to go?"
[22:59] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "You want to GO?"
[23:00]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev loads another bullet, takes a step back, and fires away.
[23:00] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d20+5 to hit
[23:00] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+5) [10+5] : {15}
[23:00] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d8+4 damage
[23:00] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d8+4) [5+4] : {9}
[23:03] <Ken> !roll 1d20
[23:03] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [18] : {18}
[23:03] <Ken> !roll 1d8
[23:03] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d8) [3] : {3}
[23:03] <Ken> As your bullet destroys the ogre, it sends it's final meteor at you and hits.
[23:04] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "Sore loser much?"
[23:05] <Ken> Gain 40 experience, plus more later for actually coming out of this alive.
[23:05]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev reloads her guns while she walks the perimeter of the roof to make sure there aren't any more climbers.
[23:06] <Ken> You pick up your grist, also to be determined later, and have the problem of your entire house being filled with imps.
[23:08] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "Hey, Crazy Joe!  Get back up here, would you!?"
[23:09] <Ken> He does not respond.
[23:09] <Ken> You don't actually know where he got off to.
[23:10] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "Darn it Joe."
[23:10]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev takes a look down the trapdoor to the third floor, to see if there are any imps within view in that particular hallway.
[23:13] <Ken> There is a single imp there.
[23:13] <Ken> Roll stealth.
[23:14] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d20+5
[23:14] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+5) [19+5] : {24}
[23:14] <Ken> !roll 1d20
[23:14] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [17] : {17}
[23:14] <Ken> The imp does not notice you.
[23:15]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev shoots it in the back of the head
[23:15] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d20+6
[23:15] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+6) [15+6] : {21}
[23:15] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d8+5
[23:15] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d8+5) [5+5] : {10}
[23:15] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d20+6 advantage to hit
[23:15] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+6) [14+6] : {20}
[23:16] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> Okay yeah no just 10 damage
[23:17] <Ken> The imp decides to explode, dropping it's hammer.
[23:18]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev murmurs "Nice shot, Gideon."  She then takes a few seconds to reload him once more and wait in case any more imps arrive to die.
[23:19] <Ken> You hear chittering.
[23:20] <Ken> They must have seen that imp die.
[23:20] <Ken> And have started to stay away.
[23:20]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev smiles.  Good.  They're learning to fear her.
[23:21]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev goes to get the ladder to get back down to the third floor hallway.  Before putting it back, however, she makes one last patrol around the roof for any imps that are visible from here.
[23:21] <Ken> All of the imps are in your house at this point.
[23:22] <Ken> They have claimed it.
[23:22] <Ken> You assume that they are getting into the kitchen.
[23:22] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> How.  Dare.  They.
[23:23]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev drops the ladder and descends, weapon drawn.
[23:23] <Ken> Roll perception.
[23:23] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d20+1
[23:23] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+1) [18+1] : {19}
[23:24] <Ken> You hear steady breathing just before you descend.
[23:24] <Ken> This is a trap.
[23:24] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> ... They can think.
[23:25] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> They're waiting for her.
[23:25]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev decaptchalogues one of her paint grenades, pulls the pin, and drops it into the hallway below.
[23:26] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d20+6
[23:26] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+6) [8+6] : {14}
[23:26] <Ken> Damages.
[23:27] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 1d8
[23:27] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d8) [3] : {3}
[23:27] <Ken> You hear a loud screech as multiple imps chuff in surprise.
[23:28] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> Is it fair to assume I know where they are now?
[23:29] <Ken> Yeah that's fair.
[23:33] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> !Roll 2#1d20+5 Initiative with advantage
[23:33] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20+5) [10+5] : {15} (1d20+5) [18+5] : {23}
[23:33] <Ken> !roll 4#1d20
[23:33] <Tyche[Dice]> (1d20) [14] : {14} (1d20) [11] : {11} (1d20) [12] : {12} (1d20) [10] : {10}
[23:33] <Ken> You can take your turn first.
[23:36] <Ken> The hallway has two behind you when you drop, two in front, and one is within melee ranged. One has troll horns, another has bigger claws and seems jittery, one has a bunch of papers floating around it and a hammer, and the last is a weird imp with usual limbs but the body of a meteor.
[23:38]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev sums up her opposition, remembers the injuries the first two caused her, and decides that sometimes there can be options even better than rushing out to shoot things in the face.
[23:38]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev readies an action to shoot the first one to start climbing it.
[23:44] <Ken> Rosalind does that.
[23:45] <Ken> But the imps are smart, and decide to run away to get help from all of the dozens of friends they have.
[23:45] <Ken> The strife ends.
[23:45] <Rosalind_Vasiliev> "Yeah, you better run!"
[23:47]  * Rosalind_Vasiliev gets interrupted from chasing after them by a message from Flynn.  She retracts the ladder once more.