Post by David on Apr 21, 2011 19:21:42 GMT -5
The party exits the portal and enters a castle courtyard garden. They are greeted by a rain of arrows from a slew of orcs on the roof around the courtyard. There are also four enormous spiders that also pounce on the party. They spiders not only poison but also lock on when they bite. Torr, Yavin, and Eclipse get latched onto.
Idky was casting a spell, which got interrupted. Lowdog, his panther, Tensay, and Idky jump, jump, and airwalk (respectively) onto the roof to start attacking orcs. Yavin finds that he can’t penetrate the hide of the spiders with his normal swords. They must need magical weapons!
The archers start aiming at Idky, Lowdog and the cat. They shoot the panther off the roof. The ballistas then start firing. Fortunately, the first rounds miss Torr and Lowdog.
Torr manages to kill off his spiders, and he and Zayuss run to help out Yavin and Eclipse. Ichi draws his broom. He’s going for the ballistae.
Two orcs come through a door on the upper level. Torr makes it up onto the roof as well, as Lowdog heads up to the next level to start in on the archers there.
Torr gets critically hit in the chest and is bleeding, but he’s still functional. More orcs come out to attack with katanas. The alarm has been sounded, and 17 more archers come pouring out of the middle building. Ichi flies over to one ballista and starts slaughtering the orcs on it.
Yavin jumps up onto the roof to help with the archers there. The other ballista swivels toward Ichi. The monk flies down to the swarm of archers who just entered, surprising them -- mowing through them. A bunch of orcs made it up to the roof from down below, hoping to engage Ichi, but he’s gone.
Ichi gets his knee blown out, and he flies out of the melee toward to Idky, who is now back on the ground nursing his own wounds. Unfortunately, he gets critically hit again on the way over, and the ballista nails him!
The poison starts taking effect: it starts to affect Torr’s and Lowdog’s attacks, and Idky collapses. Lowdog leaps down to help out down below. Zayüß drags the fallen priest to a more secluded corner, and Ichi gets the anti-toxin from Idky’s pouch, which he pours down his throat
Lowdog cures himself and hops back up to relieve Yavin. The ballistas start firing again.
Yavin goes down under more arrow fire. Torr pauses to have Zayüß lay hooves on Idky to bring the cleric up while Lowdog pours a potion of healing down Yavin’s throat.
Yavin jumps away and casts cure light wounds on himself. Idky casts cure critical wounds on Ichi, removing his crit. Torr drops his last opponent, inviting a flurry of arrows. Lowdog activates his scimitar’s power, protection from normal missiles, and steps out with Torr.
More archers appear and start firing on the party. After getting hit three more times, Idky casts invisibility on himself. Ichi flies off to a ballista and attacks the orcs manning it. Zayüß goes down under a shower of arrows, as Yavin slows Torr’s poison.
Torr, using Lowdog as his shield, airwalks to the archers. Lowdog gets dropped onto a group of archers as Torr takes on the other ballista orcs. They attempt to shoot a ballista missile at Torr but miss. Yavin activates his fly ability but gets hit again, so he heals himself. Idky casts darkness on a sling stone to give himself cover.
Yavin also casts darkness on his sword, grabs his blades and attacks archers. As soon as Yavin arrives near a group of archers, a small blue creature starts wailing. Idky casts neutralize poison on Zayüß and tells him to stay down so he doesn’t get shot at anymore.
Idky was casting a spell, which got interrupted. Lowdog, his panther, Tensay, and Idky jump, jump, and airwalk (respectively) onto the roof to start attacking orcs. Yavin finds that he can’t penetrate the hide of the spiders with his normal swords. They must need magical weapons!
The archers start aiming at Idky, Lowdog and the cat. They shoot the panther off the roof. The ballistas then start firing. Fortunately, the first rounds miss Torr and Lowdog.
Torr manages to kill off his spiders, and he and Zayuss run to help out Yavin and Eclipse. Ichi draws his broom. He’s going for the ballistae.
Two orcs come through a door on the upper level. Torr makes it up onto the roof as well, as Lowdog heads up to the next level to start in on the archers there.
Torr gets critically hit in the chest and is bleeding, but he’s still functional. More orcs come out to attack with katanas. The alarm has been sounded, and 17 more archers come pouring out of the middle building. Ichi flies over to one ballista and starts slaughtering the orcs on it.
Yavin jumps up onto the roof to help with the archers there. The other ballista swivels toward Ichi. The monk flies down to the swarm of archers who just entered, surprising them -- mowing through them. A bunch of orcs made it up to the roof from down below, hoping to engage Ichi, but he’s gone.
Ichi gets his knee blown out, and he flies out of the melee toward to Idky, who is now back on the ground nursing his own wounds. Unfortunately, he gets critically hit again on the way over, and the ballista nails him!
The poison starts taking effect: it starts to affect Torr’s and Lowdog’s attacks, and Idky collapses. Lowdog leaps down to help out down below. Zayüß drags the fallen priest to a more secluded corner, and Ichi gets the anti-toxin from Idky’s pouch, which he pours down his throat
Lowdog cures himself and hops back up to relieve Yavin. The ballistas start firing again.
Yavin goes down under more arrow fire. Torr pauses to have Zayüß lay hooves on Idky to bring the cleric up while Lowdog pours a potion of healing down Yavin’s throat.
Yavin jumps away and casts cure light wounds on himself. Idky casts cure critical wounds on Ichi, removing his crit. Torr drops his last opponent, inviting a flurry of arrows. Lowdog activates his scimitar’s power, protection from normal missiles, and steps out with Torr.
More archers appear and start firing on the party. After getting hit three more times, Idky casts invisibility on himself. Ichi flies off to a ballista and attacks the orcs manning it. Zayüß goes down under a shower of arrows, as Yavin slows Torr’s poison.
Torr, using Lowdog as his shield, airwalks to the archers. Lowdog gets dropped onto a group of archers as Torr takes on the other ballista orcs. They attempt to shoot a ballista missile at Torr but miss. Yavin activates his fly ability but gets hit again, so he heals himself. Idky casts darkness on a sling stone to give himself cover.
Yavin also casts darkness on his sword, grabs his blades and attacks archers. As soon as Yavin arrives near a group of archers, a small blue creature starts wailing. Idky casts neutralize poison on Zayüß and tells him to stay down so he doesn’t get shot at anymore.