The situation was beyond what Jarrith had trained for, but something was definitely off. His words were somewhat soothing... but the creature, whatever it is, seemed unresponsive to the Stalker's hurried Common. [Diplomacy failed]
Trying to reveal the creature, Tessa carefully attempted to cast her spell. Refusing the call of fire, she completes the spell... and nothing happens. The magic worked, of that there was no doubt. She quickly wracked her brain... natural invisibility... the sound of wind... An invisible stalker? But it was too large. But the similarities were hard to ignore: A creature created of air bent on death and bound to the will of its caller... [Scroll cast successfully; spell fails. Kn: Arcana successful]
Roaring something incomprehensible*, the sound of wind rises to gale force. With the force of a tornado, it rips at Landreth's flesh, though he feels another hit absorbed by his armor. Khensu is then caught off-guard by unseen jaws crushing his shoulder! The halfork coughs up blood as the wounds start to take their toll. [1 hit and 1 miss on Ladreth; 1 hit on Khensu. 11 to Ladreth, 5 to Khensu. Ladreth "bloodied"]
*Draconic
The roar is something like Master demands. Servant obeys.
Ashlyn, seeing the creature of chains slowing down, and realising that there is a tactical opportunity in the offering calls out to her companions, "Avron, keep slowing that thing down. Marot, once I've attacked, move us down the stairway, but only a little. Ten or fifteen foot between us and them should do the job. We can pull this off."
Good to her word, Ashlyn then focuses her attention on the statue as she orders her raven to harry it, and then her blade slices again and again past the statues defenses.
[Korppi: Harry vs statue (Will save vs DC15 or statue(G) suffers a -2 to AC)]
[Ashlyn: Full attack vs statue(G): attack +11/+6, damage 1d10+3/1d10+3]
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Marot watches the others while he scans the stairwell below, hoping to see some sign of the others, hopefully he can get them all back to safety -- which lies in numbers in this dark place.
He invokes his eldritch magicks once again and reaches out to touch Ashlyn and Avron.
OOC: Use Flee the Scene to move all three of us to where Marot would be at E'6', Ashlyn F'6', and Avron to F'7'. If a defensive casting check would be required due to Marot's proximity to the chain monster, then Marot will 5' to H'6' first.
A confused Ladreth takes stock of his situation. He planned his two strikes as best as he could but still seemed to miss when he thought he would have hit and now his body is paying the penalty. An increasing line of blood trickles from both sides of his mouth, his body screaming in agony with each movement, the rends in his flesh pulling apart further as he brings his sword down again before he cuts it back across, hoping this time he'll strike whatever foul beast harries them.
Full Attack on the creature, same tactics as last round, trying to locate it by the results of the others' attacks.
Sir Khensu joins Ladreth in trying to take out this invisible foe. "You may not be seen, but that does not mean you cannot bleed!" (Full attack)
As the two large weapons swing back and forth in the sort-of-open space in front of him, Jarrith knows that the more swings they take, the better the chance that some will hit. "Hate to do this to you... but if you can't break your hold on what commands you, then we'll have to break it for you." Suddenly, his rapiers begin flashing with an amazing speed that the other had not seen before (Full attack - first time with 4 rapier attacks! woot!)
Resolute, Khensu continues to try to drop the unseen menace. His first swing lands on nothing, causing him to overextend on the next. [Miss due to concealment; normal miss]
Knowing something must be done for Landreth, the shifter druid channels some of nature's healing into him. It is not much, but its a start. [7hp]
Nodding to the druid, Ladreth focuses on the foe somewhere before him. He has better luck than the paladin, cutting two powerful cuts in the... air. He felt the blows land, though he cannot see their result. [33 total]
That Which Lies Beneath (Round 3)
Downstairs
Knowing what must be done, Jarrith spins into a flurry of rapid strikes. Mostly, he strikes nothing but air, but on the last, the blow rings out in the beast's bellow... and with a loud thump, it is clear it has fallen. [3 misses, 2 from normal, 1 from auto; 1 crit for 9; creature falls. But...]
Something isn't right. The creature has fallen, that is clear, the heavy rush of air still continues...? [Nothing attacks]
Upstairs
Ashlyn leads the way with an assault against the stone creature. It continues to ignore Koppri, but one of Ashlyn's strikes gets through regardless. A solid blow. [13hp, heavily wounded]
Avron calls forth strands of webbing to hold still their enemies. Both are tangled, but so is the lady paladin. [G, C, and Ashlyn fail save; Koppri succeeds, but is still entangled] Fortunately for Ashlyn, Marot's magics are not stopped by such flimsy physicality, and they continue to teleport down the stair.
The chain and stone creatures struggle helplessly against the webbing.
Ashlyn uses her expertise in combat to fight a highly defensive battle, focusing her attacks on the entangled stone creature as her sable raven continues to harry it.
As she fights she speaks to her companions behind her, "Heal up if you can, I'll hold them off"
[Korppi: Harry vs statue (Will save vs DC15 or statue(G) suffers a -2 to AC)]
[Ashlyn: Full attack (+6 improved expertise) vs statue(G): attack +5/+0, damage 1d10+3/1d10+3, (Improved expertise -> AC28)]
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"Is it dead? And why isn't that cursed wind stopping?" Tessa's voice was cautious, wary, as if she were expecting their foe, whatever it was, to resume its attacks at any moment. She did take a little advantage of the calm, tapping the wounded half-orc with her healing wand.
OOC: Draw wand of Cure Light Wounds, expend 1 charge on Ladreth.
"My Brother, make sure this thing is truly not going to bother us any more." says the shifter, and before Jarrith or anyone else can respond, Sir Khensu begins ascending the circular stairs. He doesn't know where he is going other than up... but he does know that is where the rest of their friends went as well. And if they are above, then that is where he is going to go.
(Double move up stairs to look for the other three)
Jarrith watches Khensu go, and he shrugs his shoulders. He reaches out with his left rapier to find where the fallen invisible form is in front of him, doing his best to take the winds into account... and when he does, he drives both of his blades into it several times. "If I knew how to stop this wind, I'd do it, folks... but I'm afraid my skill at meteorology is close to nil!" he shouts to the others over the sounds of rushing air.
Ladreth is pained and confused and his face shows both. This whole invisible-wind combination thing is just messing with the poor brute's mind. The lashes he took were causing great amounts of hurt, but he was very pleased he was healing up. With one hand he withdrew a wand that looked strikingly similar to the one Tessa just used and hands it to her.
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As far as my records show this Wand of CLW is unused.
Ashlyn smashes into the rocky creature twice more, enough to smash into pieces that hang stranded in the webbing.
OOC: Waiting on Avron upstairs
Marot strains to hear his companions, and thinks there might be something, but the howl of wind through the stairs masks anything for certain.
Downstairs
Tessa, unsure of what is going on, heals the halfork some. [6hp]. Ladreth offers the cleric his own wand, while the shifter does nothing. Khensu begins up the stair, but he is hindered by his armor. He is unsure, but there is a sound of something far up there....
Jarrith begins feeling around for the creature to deliver the killing blow. [First round of a 2 round coup de grace]
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His armor may be heavy, but his resolve is strong... and thus Khensu continues the long trek up the stairs. "Marot!" he shouts, hoping to receive some notification above the sounds of the retreating wind below him.
"Oh, for the love of the Flame... where the hell is it?" mumbles Jarrith, as he continues to try and line up his invisible shot.
Avron pulls a wand from his belt and taps Lady Ashlyn on the shoulder with it. "Yeah smash it to bits, show it that weapons work better than wind for erosion! Too bad you didn't havea hammer, it's probably be more effective. I had a hammer once, but I seemed to lose it one day. I thought about getting another, but then I found it again! It was in my pack, imagine that!"
Ashlyn gives a swift order and her sable raven begins to baffle the creature of chains.
She then focuses her mind on the healing energy deep within herself and lets it flood out of her once again.
[Korppi: Baffle vs chains (Will save vs DC15 or chains(C) cannot make AoO's)]
[Ashlyn: Turn undead -> Sacred healing (Fast healing III to all living within 60ft for 5 rounds)]
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