Post by David on Nov 6, 2009 13:04:29 GMT -5
The heroes (Maedhros, Torr, Idky, Squattingbeaver, Lowdog, Stephen, and Aine with Dresher) awake to a massive rainstorm swamping the entire region around Marthasville.
Inside of shelter, Maedhros detects someone inside his head and wakes everyone. 'Beaver casts detect invisibility, steps outside and sees the "gray" in the distance. As the shaman moves about 50 feet (nonchalantly) toward the entity, the gray moves off. 'Beaver stops and pees, afterward casting call lightning, but the gray moves out of his detect invisibility range
'Beaver walks back to the shelter and waits outside for the gray.
After some time, the shaman sees the gray circle back around.
'Beaver calls Lowdog out with him and asks if he should kill the gray (whispering to the totemic warrior and reading his mind for the answers via ESP). Lowdog convinces the young, impulsive shaman not to kill the stranger. Accordingly, 'Beaver decides to send a lightning bolt into the tree next to the gray. Shrapnel from the tree slices the feeble being's flesh and he disappears.
The local tree spirits, however, are NOT amused with Squattingbeaver and give him the finger.
The group gets up and distributes their loot from the previous day, using spells to determine if any of the scrolls are dangerous. Then they head toward town, intent on destroying the runestone in the large, ancient structure at the heart of the city. En route, the party notices that the constellation of airships has deformed further and it appears that another of the outlying ballons has disappeared.
At edge of the city, the heroes see three demonic birds swooping toward the group. The vile creatures stay 300 feet away, so the party attacks with missile weapons as they monsters sqawk, drawing two more allies. Then two red-on-red scavengers and two black scavengers with red eyes run up. The three original demon-birds swoop in to attack Beaver and Stephan as the scavengers also charge.
Idky calls up a spirit prayer and Maedhros launches magic missiles at some of the incoming demons. Unfortunately, three of the scavengers swarm Idky and through dumb luck crush and splinter his his left leg, leaving the cleric helpless, writhing in pain, and spurting blood everywhere! It is only by the most amazing coincidence that Idky's throat is not also torn out.
Six gargoyles and four ghouls swarm in. Maedhros grounds the flying demon on him with a magic missile. Lowdog clears the scavengers off Idky with no difficulty, but the cleric is not looking good and no responding to the rest of the group; he's slipped into shock. Aine faerie fires the incoming monsters, catching the ghouls while Torr moves to free up Beaver. Dresher taunts the enemy and critiques the heroes' fighting skills.
The gargoyles now move in, as do the ghouls. The monsters start to wear Stephan down as well as Aine. Neither are skilled fighters and without help, they're being ripped apart. Meanwhile, a pair of ghouls decided to "snack" on the helpless Idky, biting off several chunks of flesh.
Rushing the party and general melee are two more black scavengers, four gargoyles, two demon bats and nine more ghouls.
Maedhros turns four of the ghouls. 'Beaver, now free, runs to cure Idky's critical wound, bringing the cleric back to consciousness, staunching the flow of blood, and largely mending the shattered bone (although Idky will always bear a scar from the incident). Torr and Lowdog are slowly hacking their way through the various demonic and undead foes, largely unharmed. Aine notices that her new jester catches the light JUST RIGHT to momentarily blind one of her foes, allowing for a split-second dodge to avoid and fearsome blow...
The newcomer ghouls start to swarm the party. Stephan gets a piece of armor ripped off his right arm and his dagger gets knocked out of his hand. Maedhros turns the nine newer ghouls and catches two more that were coming in. The heroes finally have a moment without undead, although one larger demon-bat shows up.
Lowdog kills the demon bird on him while 'Beaver turns into a lion. Stephan grounds the demon bird he's battling while Dresher attacks the gargoyle on her mistress so Aine can cure herself. Unfortunately, a bat goes after Dresher, grounding and knocking out the loud-mouthed owl-familiar.
Two more larger demon-bats fly to the attack.
Torr clears his opponents as Lowdog leaps to help out Aine by taking one of her opponents. But that's when Lowdog discovers that some of the demon-bats can blink, avoiding his otherwise-lethal attacks. Stephan gets knocked out by the demon-bird he fighting and Maedhros activates his fire robe.
Four shadows, four ghouls, another blink bat and a larger demon-bat arrive. Maedhros destroys four shadows and turns some of the ghouls, but he and Idky are swarmed by the rest. Six more shadows and six ghouls show up. Through his faith in Corellon, Maedhros destroys the shadows, but his other foes, despite the burning robes, keep trying to attack, inflicting minor-but-cumulative damage to the half-elf while seriously burning themselves. Aine faerie fires four of the incoming ghouls while Torr clears his opponents and taunts the incoming ghouls.
The ghouls swarm in and paralyze Aine. For some reason, the monster swarm Maedhros, even though he is on fire and they are getting seriously burned each time they attack him. A fewstart to get smart and choose different targets. One demon bird crawls over to try to kill off Stephan, but Idky takes the demon off the assassin's body.
Dresher tries to protect her mistress, flying in the face of one of the ghouls menacing her. Three more shadows show up. Maedhros only destroys the shadows but not the ghouls this time. 'Beaver gets critted in the leg by a scavenger as Lowdog gets a crit on his left arm, which starts spurting blood, and his weapon is knocked from his left hand.
Another scavenger shows up. No match for the ghoul, Dresher goes down again.
Six more ghouls and a blink bat join the battle. Aine is now a bloody mess on the ground. Idky moves to intercept the ghouls on her while Torr and Lowdog continue to hack through ghouls and demons largely unharmed.
Maedhros turns seven ghouls, the six on the group and one of the new ones. Torr charges the incoming ghouls as 'Beaver tries to bail and heal Aine. He gets hit and critted in his legs. One of the incoming ghouls runs up and grabs Stephan's body.
Torr manages to stop two of the ghouls, but the rest attack the shaman.
In the distance, the heroes see a number of humanoid goat creatures. Maedhros turns two of the ghouls. The one with Stephan drops him and flees, but the shaman can see that the assassin's spirit begin to leave his body. Lowdog tries to free up 'Beaver, taking out one of the scavengers on him
Two more shadows show up. Lowdog takes Beaver's opponents off him so the shamn can save Aine with a death's door spell.
Torr takes on the two ghouls.
Two more ghouls, a blink bat, and a dozen goat demons show up. Maedhros turns the undead that are on the group currently.
Torr falls back to join his allies as ghouls come in, one grabbing Aine. 'Beaver saves Stephan with another death's door.
And that's when a goat demon, a gray goat demon, a red goat demon, and six silvery goat demons arrive...
Current status:
Maedhros: 1 of 46, cast MMx3 and d.magic
Beaver: 7 of 59, 12 PSPs, was a lion, max heal, cast d.invis, d.doorx2, call light, CCW
Lowdog: 83 of 111, spurting blood for his arm each round
Stephan: 0 (up from -9), damaged right arm* (-2 to hit)
Aine: 0 (up from -9), damaged left arm*, cast FFx2 and CLWx2
Dresher: -3 (and bleeding)
Torr: 54 of 79
Idky: 25 of 59, cast auguryx2
Inside of shelter, Maedhros detects someone inside his head and wakes everyone. 'Beaver casts detect invisibility, steps outside and sees the "gray" in the distance. As the shaman moves about 50 feet (nonchalantly) toward the entity, the gray moves off. 'Beaver stops and pees, afterward casting call lightning, but the gray moves out of his detect invisibility range
'Beaver walks back to the shelter and waits outside for the gray.
After some time, the shaman sees the gray circle back around.
'Beaver calls Lowdog out with him and asks if he should kill the gray (whispering to the totemic warrior and reading his mind for the answers via ESP). Lowdog convinces the young, impulsive shaman not to kill the stranger. Accordingly, 'Beaver decides to send a lightning bolt into the tree next to the gray. Shrapnel from the tree slices the feeble being's flesh and he disappears.
The local tree spirits, however, are NOT amused with Squattingbeaver and give him the finger.
The group gets up and distributes their loot from the previous day, using spells to determine if any of the scrolls are dangerous. Then they head toward town, intent on destroying the runestone in the large, ancient structure at the heart of the city. En route, the party notices that the constellation of airships has deformed further and it appears that another of the outlying ballons has disappeared.
At edge of the city, the heroes see three demonic birds swooping toward the group. The vile creatures stay 300 feet away, so the party attacks with missile weapons as they monsters sqawk, drawing two more allies. Then two red-on-red scavengers and two black scavengers with red eyes run up. The three original demon-birds swoop in to attack Beaver and Stephan as the scavengers also charge.
Idky calls up a spirit prayer and Maedhros launches magic missiles at some of the incoming demons. Unfortunately, three of the scavengers swarm Idky and through dumb luck crush and splinter his his left leg, leaving the cleric helpless, writhing in pain, and spurting blood everywhere! It is only by the most amazing coincidence that Idky's throat is not also torn out.
Six gargoyles and four ghouls swarm in. Maedhros grounds the flying demon on him with a magic missile. Lowdog clears the scavengers off Idky with no difficulty, but the cleric is not looking good and no responding to the rest of the group; he's slipped into shock. Aine faerie fires the incoming monsters, catching the ghouls while Torr moves to free up Beaver. Dresher taunts the enemy and critiques the heroes' fighting skills.
The gargoyles now move in, as do the ghouls. The monsters start to wear Stephan down as well as Aine. Neither are skilled fighters and without help, they're being ripped apart. Meanwhile, a pair of ghouls decided to "snack" on the helpless Idky, biting off several chunks of flesh.
Rushing the party and general melee are two more black scavengers, four gargoyles, two demon bats and nine more ghouls.
Maedhros turns four of the ghouls. 'Beaver, now free, runs to cure Idky's critical wound, bringing the cleric back to consciousness, staunching the flow of blood, and largely mending the shattered bone (although Idky will always bear a scar from the incident). Torr and Lowdog are slowly hacking their way through the various demonic and undead foes, largely unharmed. Aine notices that her new jester catches the light JUST RIGHT to momentarily blind one of her foes, allowing for a split-second dodge to avoid and fearsome blow...
The newcomer ghouls start to swarm the party. Stephan gets a piece of armor ripped off his right arm and his dagger gets knocked out of his hand. Maedhros turns the nine newer ghouls and catches two more that were coming in. The heroes finally have a moment without undead, although one larger demon-bat shows up.
Lowdog kills the demon bird on him while 'Beaver turns into a lion. Stephan grounds the demon bird he's battling while Dresher attacks the gargoyle on her mistress so Aine can cure herself. Unfortunately, a bat goes after Dresher, grounding and knocking out the loud-mouthed owl-familiar.
Two more larger demon-bats fly to the attack.
Torr clears his opponents as Lowdog leaps to help out Aine by taking one of her opponents. But that's when Lowdog discovers that some of the demon-bats can blink, avoiding his otherwise-lethal attacks. Stephan gets knocked out by the demon-bird he fighting and Maedhros activates his fire robe.
Four shadows, four ghouls, another blink bat and a larger demon-bat arrive. Maedhros destroys four shadows and turns some of the ghouls, but he and Idky are swarmed by the rest. Six more shadows and six ghouls show up. Through his faith in Corellon, Maedhros destroys the shadows, but his other foes, despite the burning robes, keep trying to attack, inflicting minor-but-cumulative damage to the half-elf while seriously burning themselves. Aine faerie fires four of the incoming ghouls while Torr clears his opponents and taunts the incoming ghouls.
The ghouls swarm in and paralyze Aine. For some reason, the monster swarm Maedhros, even though he is on fire and they are getting seriously burned each time they attack him. A fewstart to get smart and choose different targets. One demon bird crawls over to try to kill off Stephan, but Idky takes the demon off the assassin's body.
Dresher tries to protect her mistress, flying in the face of one of the ghouls menacing her. Three more shadows show up. Maedhros only destroys the shadows but not the ghouls this time. 'Beaver gets critted in the leg by a scavenger as Lowdog gets a crit on his left arm, which starts spurting blood, and his weapon is knocked from his left hand.
Another scavenger shows up. No match for the ghoul, Dresher goes down again.
Six more ghouls and a blink bat join the battle. Aine is now a bloody mess on the ground. Idky moves to intercept the ghouls on her while Torr and Lowdog continue to hack through ghouls and demons largely unharmed.
Maedhros turns seven ghouls, the six on the group and one of the new ones. Torr charges the incoming ghouls as 'Beaver tries to bail and heal Aine. He gets hit and critted in his legs. One of the incoming ghouls runs up and grabs Stephan's body.
Torr manages to stop two of the ghouls, but the rest attack the shaman.
In the distance, the heroes see a number of humanoid goat creatures. Maedhros turns two of the ghouls. The one with Stephan drops him and flees, but the shaman can see that the assassin's spirit begin to leave his body. Lowdog tries to free up 'Beaver, taking out one of the scavengers on him
Two more shadows show up. Lowdog takes Beaver's opponents off him so the shamn can save Aine with a death's door spell.
Torr takes on the two ghouls.
Two more ghouls, a blink bat, and a dozen goat demons show up. Maedhros turns the undead that are on the group currently.
Torr falls back to join his allies as ghouls come in, one grabbing Aine. 'Beaver saves Stephan with another death's door.
And that's when a goat demon, a gray goat demon, a red goat demon, and six silvery goat demons arrive...
Current status:
Maedhros: 1 of 46, cast MMx3 and d.magic
Beaver: 7 of 59, 12 PSPs, was a lion, max heal, cast d.invis, d.doorx2, call light, CCW
Lowdog: 83 of 111, spurting blood for his arm each round
Stephan: 0 (up from -9), damaged right arm* (-2 to hit)
Aine: 0 (up from -9), damaged left arm*, cast FFx2 and CLWx2
Dresher: -3 (and bleeding)
Torr: 54 of 79
Idky: 25 of 59, cast auguryx2
