Post by David on Aug 18, 2006 13:28:33 GMT -5
Su, Arthur, Jamal, Asha, Py!ota, William, and Djak return to the lower level of the ruins to finish off the lizard men. Unfortunately, the party is ambushed on the stairs down. Four lizardmen using the gnome's bridge for cover hurl javelins while a shaman systematically begins faerie firing the heroes. There is a brief exchange of missile fire, Djak cowers behind the pygmy, Py!ota, and Su charges in to melee (forgetting he was glowing!). William returns the favor, doing a faerie fire of his own while Arthur magic missiles the shaman to death.
Jamal suddenly is beset with two of the six more lizard men leaping out of the water. Py!ota handles two, but another charges Djak and the last goes for Su. The heroes slowly beat down these new foes, but Su is swept downstream. Meanwhile, 7 more lizard men arrive, two seriously wounding Arthur. Ultimately, the heroes pull it together and finish off the reptiles, although several of them are badly wounded.
The group continues on, approaching the lizard man village. It's here that six more lizard men ambush the group, two pulling Jamal into the water, where he begins to drown. Py!ota, meanwhile, has a difficult time connecting with his magical sword of reptile slaying and Djak is almost immediately dropped. Arthur and Asha uses their spells to support the group and Asha even saves Jamal with a scare spell (taking him out, but also the four lizard men now on him!). William hops into the water to save Jamal, but can't touch him because he's panicked. That's when five more lizard men show up.
Somehow, miraculously, Jamal manages to climb up the riverbed enough to get a breath, even though he's again fighting two lizard men. William is attacked, but uses his inkjet spell to escape and even confuses another lizard man in the process. Asha uses magic missiles from the hut, discovering that enrages these lizard men. She's nearly killed, but when the lizard man picks her up to drown her in the water, she burning hands him down the throat, killing him. About this time, Djak drops.
Meanwhile, Arthur is now flying thanks to his potion. Unfortunately, two lizard men then pull him into the water too and as a mage, he has few options. Miraculously, one charges back to shore, while the other holds Arthur under. He invokes his white mouse icon, which bites the lizard man, giving Arthur the distraction he needs to fly to the surface.
Although Py!ota has finally managed to slaughter his foes, the scared lizard men begin to recover. One shatters the mariners ribs in 16 places, dropping him helplessly to the beach. Asha cures Djak, who jumps on the last lizard men on the shore. Arthur tosses daggers from behind, one accidentally hitting Djak, but he keeps tossing anyway!
The lizard man guts Djak but Asha uses the medallion to fry it with a lightning bolt as well as the last scared one in the water.
There are now only two lizard men left, both fighting William underwater. One goes for the folk on the surface, while the other is magic missiled and then finished off. The one on shore charges the party, but is caught in Arthur's web. Battered, the heroes flee the caverns. They manage to salvage both Py!ota and Djak, although the later now has a huge (-1 CHR) scar on his right arm from lizard man claws.
Arthur uses a potion of levitation to float Py!ota (who is still conscious) back to the ship and comes back to check on the others. Meanwhile, back at the ship, the group tells Chloe about Su. The mystic turns into a bird and circles the island to find the doppleganger, but it turned out he became a gnoll and walked across the island. Battered, the party settles in to rest and recover.
Jamal suddenly is beset with two of the six more lizard men leaping out of the water. Py!ota handles two, but another charges Djak and the last goes for Su. The heroes slowly beat down these new foes, but Su is swept downstream. Meanwhile, 7 more lizard men arrive, two seriously wounding Arthur. Ultimately, the heroes pull it together and finish off the reptiles, although several of them are badly wounded.
The group continues on, approaching the lizard man village. It's here that six more lizard men ambush the group, two pulling Jamal into the water, where he begins to drown. Py!ota, meanwhile, has a difficult time connecting with his magical sword of reptile slaying and Djak is almost immediately dropped. Arthur and Asha uses their spells to support the group and Asha even saves Jamal with a scare spell (taking him out, but also the four lizard men now on him!). William hops into the water to save Jamal, but can't touch him because he's panicked. That's when five more lizard men show up.
Somehow, miraculously, Jamal manages to climb up the riverbed enough to get a breath, even though he's again fighting two lizard men. William is attacked, but uses his inkjet spell to escape and even confuses another lizard man in the process. Asha uses magic missiles from the hut, discovering that enrages these lizard men. She's nearly killed, but when the lizard man picks her up to drown her in the water, she burning hands him down the throat, killing him. About this time, Djak drops.
Meanwhile, Arthur is now flying thanks to his potion. Unfortunately, two lizard men then pull him into the water too and as a mage, he has few options. Miraculously, one charges back to shore, while the other holds Arthur under. He invokes his white mouse icon, which bites the lizard man, giving Arthur the distraction he needs to fly to the surface.
Although Py!ota has finally managed to slaughter his foes, the scared lizard men begin to recover. One shatters the mariners ribs in 16 places, dropping him helplessly to the beach. Asha cures Djak, who jumps on the last lizard men on the shore. Arthur tosses daggers from behind, one accidentally hitting Djak, but he keeps tossing anyway!
The lizard man guts Djak but Asha uses the medallion to fry it with a lightning bolt as well as the last scared one in the water.
There are now only two lizard men left, both fighting William underwater. One goes for the folk on the surface, while the other is magic missiled and then finished off. The one on shore charges the party, but is caught in Arthur's web. Battered, the heroes flee the caverns. They manage to salvage both Py!ota and Djak, although the later now has a huge (-1 CHR) scar on his right arm from lizard man claws.
Arthur uses a potion of levitation to float Py!ota (who is still conscious) back to the ship and comes back to check on the others. Meanwhile, back at the ship, the group tells Chloe about Su. The mystic turns into a bird and circles the island to find the doppleganger, but it turned out he became a gnoll and walked across the island. Battered, the party settles in to rest and recover.