Dora's divination would cue her mind that there were indeed magical auras present. Kelsie would find no halfling reappearing at his guarded window. Arivel jogged up to the the threshold of the double doors just as Cecily reached the front; he shouted to her, "Four halfling burglar; two down-" noticing the one Rodger and Dora had smashed in the front foyer he corrected, "Three down, one to go I think!".<br/><br/>Then, with an athletic leap over the caltrops (no doubt he wouldn't mind if it jut happened to impress this new fetching female warrior), the man began a counterclockwise sweep through the first floor; up the first short hall on the right past a midden and closet, through a guardroom, across another hall and into the kitchens, then into the Rodger-filled greathall.<br/><br/>Toria, on her swift trip through the central window, would've found herself in an overfurnished and wide-bedded chamber, perhaps the master bedroom of the manor. Beyond its inner door, she'd see a hall going left to stairs and a midden, and right past a bathing chamber to the hall's T with another. and beyond that the halfling fleeing Randal. At the T she could see up a side hall leading to the back wall of the house: the hall had several more bedroom doors, the last on the right shut. Just beyond it, the hall ended in a window facing the back grounds of the estate, and forest beyond. The window was bolted, but a narrow rope ladder had been nailed to and rolled up at the sill, as if to allow quick escape.<br/><br/>Upstairs, the greasy-haired halfling hissed, "Bugger ye!" to Randal under its breath. It spun and ducked as it scooted on, hoping to avoid any sword-swipe, but caught a painful one across its shoulderblades all the same. Whimpering, the burglar stumbled one step further, only to find he'd impaled himself on a rapier blade which surely hadn't been in his path a moment before - nor the formerly brood-riding magess he'd seen outside. The wound slid out of its collar bloodlessly, yet visibly weakening the halfling.<br/><br/>It threw itself forward, headfirst between Toria's left hip and the corner of the hallway's T, rolling once on the floor as it landed past her. The halfling popped up (all of three feet up) but grinned and faced her. Its face was angular, oily, and had the freckles and complexion of a redheaded person, despite its dark greasy hair. "Alright, alright, I give in," it grinned, but its voice suggested it wasn't above trying another move, and it raised its hands as if in surrender but did not drop either sling or dagger. "What say, me and my boys make out quick with naught but the clothes on our backs, and we'll leave ye and yer bigfellow company to loot the mansion? We already did the wetwork for ye. And as we're both complicit, neither can go tell Purple Dragons 'bout the other. A right bond of trust I find it inspires, aye. Surely ye don't fancy yerself heroes, m'lady witch? Spend enough time in my shoes or crossing blades with the likes of me, and ye'll realize there are no heroes - just people who haven't yet had the opportunity to get ahead and have the luxury of believe' they wouldn't take it."<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Arivel: double move into house (Dc 10 long jump check to clear the caltrops w/o running start, which he makes 20/20 with jump mod of +12) and begins counterclockwise sweep through the rooms (guardroom at NE corner of house, then north end of hall, then kitchen at SE end), then greathall (120' just happens to end up near Rodger and Dora)<br/><br/>For Toria, the haste and move silently both apply (haste increases her 30' t0 60', then it's halved back to 30' to MS w/p a penalty for going faster); Toria can indeed reach her spot with one action.<br/><br/>Thanks for choosing a square. Nice moving, cutting it off opposite Randal.<br/><br/>Halfling: tumbles away from Randal (this avoids provoking an AoO from the fleeing, but not his readied attack - with a failed or no tumble he would've provoked two attacks!)<br/>Randal's readied attack: atk 21+13r, hit, dmg 9+3r<br/>halfling's total dmg from 17 to 29<br/>Halfling then 'bumps' into the invisible Toria, and in the process of attempting to move from 2n6w to 1n6w (attempting to move into Toria's square, not knownig she's there), provokes an AoO from her (moving out of a square she threatens)<br/>[The invisibility works nicely here - b/c it's unaware of her it doesn't know to attempt tumbling to avoid the AoO or tumble through Toria]<br/>I infer from the intent in Toria's post that she would make the AoO (dropping her invisbility, but I can't think of a better way to 'spend' it)<br/>Toria's attack bonus: 6 bab + 4 dex + 1 weapon + 1 'swift surge' class feature + 1 haste + 1 morale + 2 luck + 1 invis = 17<br/>damage 2d6+1 [her sheet has 1d6+1d6 for the merciful rapier, but a weapon's +1 enhancement bonus adds to damage as wele as attack]<br/>rolling atk 17+14r, hit, dmg 7<br/>halfling at 29 lethal + 7 nonlethal damage<br/><br/>attempts tumble check (DC 25) to move through Toria (w/o provoking another AoO), succeeds<br/><br/><br/><br/>D = Dora<br/>K = Kelsie mounted on Large horse<br/>Ra = Randal<br/>R = Rodger (Large before Dora's spell, Huge after)<br/>T = Toria<br/>c = caltrops<br/>. = open squares<br/>X = obstructed squares<br/>(H) denotes a dropped halfling<br/>?H? denotes a former position (this halfling has now moved away from the window into the house)<br/>C = Cecily<br/>s = stairs up/down<br/>- = closed doors<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;"><br/><br/><strong>2nd Floor</strong><br/><br/>    6s        1s0 1n          7n<br/>13  X X - X X X X - X X X - X X<br/>    X . . . . . X . X . . . . X <br/>    X . . . . . . . | . . . . X<br/>10  X . . X X X X . X X X X X X<br/>    X X X X . . X . X . . . . X<br/>    X . . X . . X . X . . . . X  <br/>    X X . X X . X H X X . X X X<br/>    X s . . . . . T . . . Ras X<br/>5w  X X . X X X . X X X X . X X<br/>    X . . . X . . . . X . . . X          <br/>    X . . . X . . . . X . . . X<br/>    X . . . . . . . . X . . . X<br/>    X . . . X . . . . X . . . X<br/>0w. X X X(H)X X(H)X X X?H?X X X<br/>    6s        1s0 1n          7n<br/><br/><br/><strong>1st Floor</strong><br/><br/>    6s        1s0 1n          7n<br/>13  X X - X X X X X X X X - X X<br/>    X . . . X . . A . X . . . X <br/>    X . . . X . . . . X . . . X<br/>10  X . . . . R R R D . . . . X<br/>    X . . . X R R R . X . . . X<br/>    X . . . X R R R . X . . . X  <br/>    X X . X X X . . X X X . X X<br/>    X s . . . . . . . . . . s X<br/>5w  X X . X X X . . X X X . X X<br/>    X . . . . X . . X . X . . X                          closet <br/>    X . . . .(H). . . . . . . X    &lt;--  parlor | foyer |        | guardroom<br/>    X . . . . X . . X . X . . X                 <br/>    X . . . . X . . X . X . . X                          midden<br/>0 . X X X X X X c c X X X X X X .<br/>1e. . . . . . . C . . . K K . . .            <br/>  . . . . . . . . . . . K K . . . <br/>  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br/>  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br/>5e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br/>    6s        1s0 1n          7n<br/><br/>Cecily is now right in front of the front doorway (and the caltrops)</span>