Everyone
In mere moments the vault goes from a scene of decadence and excess to a scene of violence and brutality as war comes to it.
"Hurry Up you tow were late as it is thanks to your lolly gagging that Alien hussies picture all night." Cohort snaps at the other two.
"Hey Dusk is one of the baddest @ss fighters in the arena!" Phalanx retorts "One day ill whup that fine rear end to prove it!" he guffaws at his own crude humor.
"Shut up!" Battalion grumps as he puts the last of the seals in place.
"Oh so eloquent." Phalanx snarks finishing his job just as Cohort finishes his.
"Now what, you know I'm not comfortable with all this magic stuff." Phalanxe adds in a bit gruffly
"Neither am I." Cohort replies evenly "but you heard the lady we do this and its the biggest score of our lives, we retire on it, Now shut it and let me concentrate."
Cohort begins to speak from a carefully memorized list of words that he was taught and painstakingly learned in the run up to the job. And he begins to feel an effect as a cool breeze blows through the vault that the vaults climate systems could not produce. His concentration is abruptly broken as Col Dusk and Company invade the vault like an army.
Portia rushes at the closest Phalanx recognizing the mans stance and using the distracton caused by Col Dusks energy shield whizzing by his noggin lays into him with a barrage of chain strikes that end up laying the clone out who promptly fades away as his body hits the floor.
"Dammit! its out of my hands now stay together!" Cohort shouts at his brothers before unleashing a Blast at Portia that strikes her squarely in the chest, meanwhile another Cohort fires a double handed blast at Col Dusk who is distracted by several things going on at once and strikes her in the back but Dusk with years of experience dealing with the chaos of the battlefield dodges the incoming blast by mere inches.
Sebastian appears right on top of the gold bullion and pronounces the crooks failure he feels the energies of the spell--one hes used before-- coruscating through the vault and around its intended targets seeking to gather then and transport them to its intended destination. He gathers his energies and prepares to counter the magical winds with his own.
One of the Phalanx'x attacks Portia engaging her with a series of fast strikes but Portia is able to dodge the majority of them and block the rest her chain whirling around her head before shes suddenly struck by one of Cohorts blasts.
"Hey I had her!" Phalanxe snaps at Cohort. 'Focus!!" Cohort snaps back
The other Phalanx goes "Oh Babe! Ive been waiting for this!" as he launches himself at Dusk using a series of fast strikes before swinging a spinning heel kick that connects to Dusks jaw with a solid THWACK! "WOOO Whose the best in the Arena now!" he thrusts both fists in the air and does a little Ali shuffle as he prepares for Dusks counter.
Oaf ROARs loudly into the face of one of the Battalions before nearly knocking the smaller mans head off casuing him to crash into one of the bullion stacks with a clatter of gold bars and leaving him woozy and wondering what freight train hit him. One of the other Battalions though Fires off a Massive Haymaker that lands square in Oafs face with a thunderous boom.
A boom that does absolutely nothing as Oaf merely snorts the punch having cleared his sinuses a little. Cracking his enormous knuckles the joints popping like miniature gunshots he glares down at a clearly shaken Battalion and snarls "Now Oaf gone squish you good little man!"
"Oh..!" ... "S**t!" both remaining Battalions go pale as they suddenly think they've bitten off more then that can chew.
Meanwhile Dusks shout barely breaks through Uplifts ears as hes caught up in the myriad intricacies of the Vaults magnificent security system which he can think of more then a dozen ways to improve upon to make it nigh uncrackable and unhackable!!
The melee swirls in earnest as the combatants joust for position and send blasts and powerful strikes at one another causing all sorts of carnage to breakout in the vault.
Sorry guys end of the month nonsense always drives me to drink
Ok So with Portias action initiative kicks in and it is not a surprise round so hero points to everyone
Portia strikes Phalanxe, hes the martial artist and she hits him solidly
Phalanxe clones toughness save
_: 1D20+7 = [5]+7 = 12
and hes outta there
One of the Cohorts immediately responds with a blast at Portia while duplicate #2 blasts Colonel Dusk who appears on the scene.
#1 versus Portia
_: 1D20+8 = [17]+8 = 25
I think that barely hits her for a DC 27 if so
#2 Versus Dusk
_: 1D20+8 = [3]+8 = 11
that's a miss
#3 has to finish the spell this turn which he does
Sebastian teleports easily and can attempt to counter the teleport with a DC 25 Power check hes attempting to basically counter the Ritual.
Phalanxe #1 engages Portia with an Accurate Attack +2/-2
_: 1D20+15 = [4]+15 = 19
yeah that's a miss I'm pretty sure DC 20 if he actually hit
Phalanxe #2 Engages Dusk with a Power attack -2/+2
_: 1D20+11 = [18]+11 = 29
and he actually hits for a DC 24 impact
Dusk performs her aid action successfully but the natural 1 AKA Mr Botch will leave her at Impaired defense wise IE -2 for the next round as a complication
Oaf rumbles up and hits one of the Battalion clones with an All out attack +2/-2
_: 1D20+8 = [14]+8 = 22
hits for the big guy that's a DC 29
Battalion #1s save
_: 1D20+12 = [6]+12 = 18
that's a fail by 11 and 2 degrees leaving him Dazed and bruised x1
Battalion #2 engages Oaf with a Power attack -2/+2 Power Attack
_: 1D20+6 = [9]+6 = 15
barely hits him for a DC 29 of his own
Battalion #3 is dazed and uses his action to rise and recover.
Oafs toughness save
_: 1D20+14 = [20]+14 = 34
oaf giggle snorts that one
Both battalions need to make an will save versus Oafs intimidation check of
_: 1D20+14 = [9]+14 = 23
The Battalions will save
_: 1D20+8 = [9]+8 = 17
1D20+8 = [3]+8 = 11
both fail miserably and theyre both demoralized and impaired till the end of next round
And lastly Uplifts complication is approved and he is out of it this round unless he makes a will check to overcome it which he can do thanks to Dusks calling him out.
PHEW *face plant*
So this is why GMs hate duplicators
LOL
Top of the order and Portias up barring her save
Portia 26
Cohort 25
Sebastian 23
Phalanx 20 1 down 2 up
Col Dusk 10
Oaf 9 (heroes first)
Battalion 9 1 bruised x1 dazed, 2 demoralized
Uplift 7