Post by David on Dec 15, 2011 11:19:09 GMT -5
While the heroes (Idky, Torr with Zayüß, Yavin, Ichi, Arthur, and Athos) are enjoying the serenity of the Monastery of the Iron Fist and lounging about its courtyard, nine bull-headed oni appear in the central garden that afternoon. Only Ichi and Yavin are nearby when the oni arrive. Yavin faerie fires five of them while Ichi initiates his speed ability and starts slaughtering the servants of the Celestial Bureaucracy. He kills one and stuns another of these might creatures in the first round alone. Five run at Yavin, who in turn flees off toward the party members nearby (Arthur and Zayüß).
Arthur sees Yavin and the onis and lightning bolts three of them. Ichi finishes off the three remaining oni around him the next round.
Yavin casts protection from law on himself to prepare to face the onslaught. Two oni take Arthur down. Two thrash Yavin, who then leaps out of the way and toward Idky. Idky runs over to meet him, asking what’s going on.
Meantime, Ichi rushes over to help out Zayüß as the warhorse battles two oni. Athos, who is far away, sees the oni chasing Yavin, and he rushes over (inaudibly). Zayüß activates his blur ability, saving his own life.
Idky pulls out his darkness stone, beckoning Yavin to enter for protection. One of the oni throws fire shurikens at Yavin and misses. Yavin runs into the darkness and establishes telepathic contact with Idky to "share" his eyes. Idky casts aid on himself and braces for a fight.
Ichi, about to drop from his speed nearing an end, kills all but one of the oni around him. Zayüß takes on the final one and kills it as the monk drops. The remaining two oni disappear, but only Athos sees it since the clerics are hiding in the darkness.
Idky and Yavin drop the darkness, but the oni are gone. Athos runs up and checks on Arthur but can’t do anything. He goes to try to rouse Ichi, who has just recovered. Two of the downed oni have regenerated enough to come back up.
Idky gets smacked by an oni from invisibility. Yavin casts detect magic and sees one sneaking up on him and this doesn't protect the cleric of Celestian from also getting smacked. Another downed oni gets up. They perform some magical action. Ichi runs over to engage the ones who just got up. Athos starts stabbing downed ones to keep them down. Zayüß rushes off to get Torr.
Unfortunately, Ichi goes down. Athos runs over to help out Ichi, yelling for help. He gets seriously fire shurikened for his efforts. Idky and Yavin are now in trouble with their oni. Athos thinks better of facing the three oni face-to-face and runs away, getting more fire shurikens in his back.
Torr finally emerges from the privy and is now being led by Zayüß to the battle. The badly-wounded Yavin activates his fly power after Idky stuns himself. Athos’ oni chase after him.
Yavin passes out in the darkness, his speed spent. Torr faces Athos’ three incoming oni. He orders Athos to stab downed oni. He starts with the one farthest from the battle. Torr finishes off his oni. Athos tells him the priests are fighting oni in the darkness.
Torr rides towards the darkness as Idky airwalks out and Yavin flies out. Torr intercepts an oni who also left the darkness. Idky tells him that another one is in the darkness as he runs off to tend to Arthur. Meantime, Athos is going through Arthur’s potions to find a healing potion. Unfortunately, he sips two potions in a row and he loses his color vision (it only lasts a couple of minutes, thankfully). He can only see in red and black. On the upside, he found the healing potion. He pours it down Arthur’s throat and he gets back up.
Idky yells at Athos for going through Arthur’s stuff and casts cure light wounds on Arthur. Yavin casts cure light wounds on Ichi to bring him back up. The final oni, fighting Torr in the dark, cloud trapezes away.
The party has defeated eight bull onis (“baloneys”).
Li Wu demands to know why the oni were fighting the party. She now refuses to accept Ichi’s challenge. They must leave; the only alternative is for Li Wu to lead all of her monks to take down these "enemies of the Celestial Bureaucracy." Along the road, the heroes pause to heal up and devise a plan to make it to a nearby village within an hour. They get another cart (they had to leave their other one behind at the monastery since Li Wu only gave them to the count of 100 to leave) and get some food. They decide to camp outside the village, in case of attack. They don’t want the village to suffer.
As they are about the bed down for the night, ten bull oni appear around their campsite. Idky casts prayer. Yavin casts heat metal, catching three of them. Athos dives into the shadows. Arthur casts web, catching five of them.
Ichi and Torr get attacked while they’re still sleeping. What a rude awakening! Arthur casts lightning bolt, catching two oni. Zayüß runs over to help his master. Idky draws his darkness stone to try to provide cover for Torr and Ichi while they get up. Yavin casts heat metal again, catching five more oni.
The oni swarm into the darkness. Most of them seem to orient on Torr . . . . while he’s still down and in his undies! Yavin uses his Mad Monkey Fu leap to jump over to Torr and starts disarming foes. Torr finally gets up. Wisely, he uses his flaming mace to maintain the magical darkness. He airwalks out of range, readying his mace and shield.
Athos attempts to set up behind the one oni who hesitated outside the darkness. Unfortunately, it notices him and gores him, because it had to drop its magically-heated swords. The thief tries to bail but gets gored.
Torr lays hands on himself, because he’s gotten very beat up; getting hacked up by nine-foot tall muscular bull-men with twin two-handed swords does tend to ruin one's beauty rest! The fight in the darkness goes well for the party. Unfortunately, Arthur and Athos aren’t doing so well. Arthur’s magic missiles can’t penetrate the oni’s magic resistance, and Athos can’t seem to get away from his. By a stroke of luck, Arthur casts web and catches the oni but NOT the thief. Athos is able to escape, and he joins Arthur. The oni breaks free of the webs the next round.
Athos and Arthur dive into the darkness to get away from the oni. Another oni shows up and both sneak into the darkness using Arthur’s appearance. Ichi isn’t fooled and attacks. Neither is Idky. Between the two of them, the last oni are slaughtered.
They move camp about two hours away, then nap the spellcasters before bedding down for the night.
Eeps: 33,250 each
Everyone will be at full health in the morning ("you're welcome," mumbles Yavin)
Arthur sees Yavin and the onis and lightning bolts three of them. Ichi finishes off the three remaining oni around him the next round.
Yavin casts protection from law on himself to prepare to face the onslaught. Two oni take Arthur down. Two thrash Yavin, who then leaps out of the way and toward Idky. Idky runs over to meet him, asking what’s going on.
Meantime, Ichi rushes over to help out Zayüß as the warhorse battles two oni. Athos, who is far away, sees the oni chasing Yavin, and he rushes over (inaudibly). Zayüß activates his blur ability, saving his own life.
Idky pulls out his darkness stone, beckoning Yavin to enter for protection. One of the oni throws fire shurikens at Yavin and misses. Yavin runs into the darkness and establishes telepathic contact with Idky to "share" his eyes. Idky casts aid on himself and braces for a fight.
Ichi, about to drop from his speed nearing an end, kills all but one of the oni around him. Zayüß takes on the final one and kills it as the monk drops. The remaining two oni disappear, but only Athos sees it since the clerics are hiding in the darkness.
Idky and Yavin drop the darkness, but the oni are gone. Athos runs up and checks on Arthur but can’t do anything. He goes to try to rouse Ichi, who has just recovered. Two of the downed oni have regenerated enough to come back up.
Idky gets smacked by an oni from invisibility. Yavin casts detect magic and sees one sneaking up on him and this doesn't protect the cleric of Celestian from also getting smacked. Another downed oni gets up. They perform some magical action. Ichi runs over to engage the ones who just got up. Athos starts stabbing downed ones to keep them down. Zayüß rushes off to get Torr.
Unfortunately, Ichi goes down. Athos runs over to help out Ichi, yelling for help. He gets seriously fire shurikened for his efforts. Idky and Yavin are now in trouble with their oni. Athos thinks better of facing the three oni face-to-face and runs away, getting more fire shurikens in his back.
Torr finally emerges from the privy and is now being led by Zayüß to the battle. The badly-wounded Yavin activates his fly power after Idky stuns himself. Athos’ oni chase after him.
Yavin passes out in the darkness, his speed spent. Torr faces Athos’ three incoming oni. He orders Athos to stab downed oni. He starts with the one farthest from the battle. Torr finishes off his oni. Athos tells him the priests are fighting oni in the darkness.
Torr rides towards the darkness as Idky airwalks out and Yavin flies out. Torr intercepts an oni who also left the darkness. Idky tells him that another one is in the darkness as he runs off to tend to Arthur. Meantime, Athos is going through Arthur’s potions to find a healing potion. Unfortunately, he sips two potions in a row and he loses his color vision (it only lasts a couple of minutes, thankfully). He can only see in red and black. On the upside, he found the healing potion. He pours it down Arthur’s throat and he gets back up.
Idky yells at Athos for going through Arthur’s stuff and casts cure light wounds on Arthur. Yavin casts cure light wounds on Ichi to bring him back up. The final oni, fighting Torr in the dark, cloud trapezes away.
The party has defeated eight bull onis (“baloneys”).
Li Wu demands to know why the oni were fighting the party. She now refuses to accept Ichi’s challenge. They must leave; the only alternative is for Li Wu to lead all of her monks to take down these "enemies of the Celestial Bureaucracy." Along the road, the heroes pause to heal up and devise a plan to make it to a nearby village within an hour. They get another cart (they had to leave their other one behind at the monastery since Li Wu only gave them to the count of 100 to leave) and get some food. They decide to camp outside the village, in case of attack. They don’t want the village to suffer.
As they are about the bed down for the night, ten bull oni appear around their campsite. Idky casts prayer. Yavin casts heat metal, catching three of them. Athos dives into the shadows. Arthur casts web, catching five of them.
Ichi and Torr get attacked while they’re still sleeping. What a rude awakening! Arthur casts lightning bolt, catching two oni. Zayüß runs over to help his master. Idky draws his darkness stone to try to provide cover for Torr and Ichi while they get up. Yavin casts heat metal again, catching five more oni.
The oni swarm into the darkness. Most of them seem to orient on Torr . . . . while he’s still down and in his undies! Yavin uses his Mad Monkey Fu leap to jump over to Torr and starts disarming foes. Torr finally gets up. Wisely, he uses his flaming mace to maintain the magical darkness. He airwalks out of range, readying his mace and shield.
Athos attempts to set up behind the one oni who hesitated outside the darkness. Unfortunately, it notices him and gores him, because it had to drop its magically-heated swords. The thief tries to bail but gets gored.
Torr lays hands on himself, because he’s gotten very beat up; getting hacked up by nine-foot tall muscular bull-men with twin two-handed swords does tend to ruin one's beauty rest! The fight in the darkness goes well for the party. Unfortunately, Arthur and Athos aren’t doing so well. Arthur’s magic missiles can’t penetrate the oni’s magic resistance, and Athos can’t seem to get away from his. By a stroke of luck, Arthur casts web and catches the oni but NOT the thief. Athos is able to escape, and he joins Arthur. The oni breaks free of the webs the next round.
Athos and Arthur dive into the darkness to get away from the oni. Another oni shows up and both sneak into the darkness using Arthur’s appearance. Ichi isn’t fooled and attacks. Neither is Idky. Between the two of them, the last oni are slaughtered.
They move camp about two hours away, then nap the spellcasters before bedding down for the night.
Eeps: 33,250 each
Everyone will be at full health in the morning ("you're welcome," mumbles Yavin)