Post by David on Sept 26, 2008 19:31:58 GMT -5
The heroes (Ichi, Torr, Maedhros, Kyron and Dart, Idky, Squattingbeaver, and Lowdog) decided to once again attempt to tackle the skyship while their fly spells were still active. Taking point on one broom, Idky cleverly reduced the ship's location amid the various massive darkness spheres, allowing the party to once again avoid needless encounters. Without incident, the heroes reached 6000' feet, dispelled the darkness, turned the shadows and found the spot Squattingbeaver had previously dowsed.
Three warp woods from Idky sufficiently weakened the board of the underbelly to allow the heroes access to the lower hold. Torr slipped into the breach only to find himself in combat with another spook, two juju zombies, and a dozen skeletons. Above them floated the rune stone and its attendant swarm of magical orbiting gemstones.
The spook hit Torr, draining him of over half his life energy. Meanwhile, the juju zombies opened fire with thundersticks! Amazingly, the young paladin survived. Kyron joined his cousin and drew the fire of the undead. Meanwhile Maedhros also slipped in and started to destroy the skeletons. Lowdog then joins the fight against the spook with Kyron and Torr while Ichi goes after more of the skeletons. Another hit nearly removes Torr's soul completely, but just then, the spook is destroyed! The sudden shock of regaining his life force sends Torr into a coma; he falls through the whole in the deck. Luckily Maedhros and Idky manage to catch him, but the two fly off to bring the paladin to safety.
This leaves Kyron, Lowdog, and Ichi against the remaining undead. Kyron's talisman wards off the gunfire and the heroes get the upper hand, but just then the demoness returns...
"This is *MY* city! You will die for this outrage and I will feast on your souls!"
The demoness ensnares Lowdog in its coils and seriously wounds Kyron, forcing him away from the runestone. Dart tries to help, but the demoness badly wounds him and he falls out of the ship himself, with Squattingbeaver on Hexen trying to catch the wounded psuedo dragon. Ichi has managed to destroy most of the zombies and skeletons, but can't land a blow on the demoness while Kyron can't get near enough to the stone to break it. Taking a gamble, the ranger tosses the hammers and manages to shatter the enchanted clay tablet. The demoness shrieks and lunges forward, hacking down Kyron.
Suddenly the skyship begins to lurch. The demoness teleports, leaving Ichi to fall. The monk manages to finish off the last of the undead and grab Kyron as the vessel begins to lose altitude. By this point, Squattingbeaver has returned on his broom, but without Dark. The shaman tends to Kyron's wounds and restores the man to consciousness. He turns and goes into a dive to catch the falling ship; only the strange whirling blades and the various balloons preventing it from completely crashing already. At about the same time Maedhros returns to help his allies.
Kyron gets inside the hold, nabs Lowdog, and get out some 1500' over the ground but with the momentum of the crashing skyship. Maedhros helps the ranger break the Flan warriors fall, but all still smash into the ground fast enough to lose consciousness, but ABOVE the wreckage of the ship, which hits first. Meanwhile, Squattingbeaver guides his broom near Dart, allowing Ichi the opportunity to catch him.
Squattingbeaver reaches his allies as quickly as he can. He tends to Kyron and begins on Maedhros when the demoness returns. She levitates the shaman into the air and drops him, but doesn't attack. Ichi's senses reveal that she's merely an image, not solid and so ignores it. The image repeatedly attempts to charm the monk, but fails. Ichi gathers Kyron and Maedhros and flees.
Meanwhile, Idky notices that the entire cloud of darkness has come crashing to the ground. Deciding the other heroes might need her, she stows Torr in the rotting corpse of a roc and turns around to help. She rendez-vous with the Ichi and the group reach a water tower, where they have momentary safety, allowing the krolli priest the time she needs to tend to Kyron and somewhat stabilize Maedhros. The ranger and priest of Fharlanghn fly back to the wreckage to rescue Lowdog and Squattingbeaver, but see ghouls AND the wounded vrock closing in. Using some of Kyron's invisibility potion the group is able to save both undetected.
Together, the heroes fly to the mesa and spend the rest of the day tending to their wounds. The next day the heroes rest in the cave where they battled the jackalweres. In the morning the heroes' status is:
Idky: 22 of 26
Ichi: 44 of 57
Squattingbeaver: full (21)
Torr: 59 of 64
Maedhros: full (40)
Lowdog: 52 of 66
Kyron: 64 of 81 and needs to cast medicine herbs
Dart: full (16)
Three warp woods from Idky sufficiently weakened the board of the underbelly to allow the heroes access to the lower hold. Torr slipped into the breach only to find himself in combat with another spook, two juju zombies, and a dozen skeletons. Above them floated the rune stone and its attendant swarm of magical orbiting gemstones.
The spook hit Torr, draining him of over half his life energy. Meanwhile, the juju zombies opened fire with thundersticks! Amazingly, the young paladin survived. Kyron joined his cousin and drew the fire of the undead. Meanwhile Maedhros also slipped in and started to destroy the skeletons. Lowdog then joins the fight against the spook with Kyron and Torr while Ichi goes after more of the skeletons. Another hit nearly removes Torr's soul completely, but just then, the spook is destroyed! The sudden shock of regaining his life force sends Torr into a coma; he falls through the whole in the deck. Luckily Maedhros and Idky manage to catch him, but the two fly off to bring the paladin to safety.
This leaves Kyron, Lowdog, and Ichi against the remaining undead. Kyron's talisman wards off the gunfire and the heroes get the upper hand, but just then the demoness returns...
"This is *MY* city! You will die for this outrage and I will feast on your souls!"
The demoness ensnares Lowdog in its coils and seriously wounds Kyron, forcing him away from the runestone. Dart tries to help, but the demoness badly wounds him and he falls out of the ship himself, with Squattingbeaver on Hexen trying to catch the wounded psuedo dragon. Ichi has managed to destroy most of the zombies and skeletons, but can't land a blow on the demoness while Kyron can't get near enough to the stone to break it. Taking a gamble, the ranger tosses the hammers and manages to shatter the enchanted clay tablet. The demoness shrieks and lunges forward, hacking down Kyron.
Suddenly the skyship begins to lurch. The demoness teleports, leaving Ichi to fall. The monk manages to finish off the last of the undead and grab Kyron as the vessel begins to lose altitude. By this point, Squattingbeaver has returned on his broom, but without Dark. The shaman tends to Kyron's wounds and restores the man to consciousness. He turns and goes into a dive to catch the falling ship; only the strange whirling blades and the various balloons preventing it from completely crashing already. At about the same time Maedhros returns to help his allies.
Kyron gets inside the hold, nabs Lowdog, and get out some 1500' over the ground but with the momentum of the crashing skyship. Maedhros helps the ranger break the Flan warriors fall, but all still smash into the ground fast enough to lose consciousness, but ABOVE the wreckage of the ship, which hits first. Meanwhile, Squattingbeaver guides his broom near Dart, allowing Ichi the opportunity to catch him.
Squattingbeaver reaches his allies as quickly as he can. He tends to Kyron and begins on Maedhros when the demoness returns. She levitates the shaman into the air and drops him, but doesn't attack. Ichi's senses reveal that she's merely an image, not solid and so ignores it. The image repeatedly attempts to charm the monk, but fails. Ichi gathers Kyron and Maedhros and flees.
Meanwhile, Idky notices that the entire cloud of darkness has come crashing to the ground. Deciding the other heroes might need her, she stows Torr in the rotting corpse of a roc and turns around to help. She rendez-vous with the Ichi and the group reach a water tower, where they have momentary safety, allowing the krolli priest the time she needs to tend to Kyron and somewhat stabilize Maedhros. The ranger and priest of Fharlanghn fly back to the wreckage to rescue Lowdog and Squattingbeaver, but see ghouls AND the wounded vrock closing in. Using some of Kyron's invisibility potion the group is able to save both undetected.
Together, the heroes fly to the mesa and spend the rest of the day tending to their wounds. The next day the heroes rest in the cave where they battled the jackalweres. In the morning the heroes' status is:
Idky: 22 of 26
Ichi: 44 of 57
Squattingbeaver: full (21)
Torr: 59 of 64
Maedhros: full (40)
Lowdog: 52 of 66
Kyron: 64 of 81 and needs to cast medicine herbs
Dart: full (16)