[Koboldquest] Prologue: Tunnel patrol duty

For the second time, Taden shrieked. Things coming out of walls would make anyone shriek! Yes...he wasn't a coward at all! Just...cautious! In his currently panicked state, he drew his scimitar(holding the small bow in his left hand) and attempted a weak and fairly pathetic swing at the centipede in front of him.

((Just basic attack against the small c in front of him. Target will attack this time, also. His stats are on the character sheet now.))

Miki's blow misses completely, striking the floor of the cavern. Serk seems too busy and preoccupied to notice the blow. Taden's similarly weak blow is evaded by the centipede he faces, and the wily badger's bite also fails to strike the surprisingly nimble vermin. Zort's stab is however, effective, pinning the centipede in front of him, killing the weak specimen.

The centipede dropping on Nah'l fails to connect, dropping on the floor next to him as the Zweibold dodges the gigantic mandibles of the creature. However, the one dropping on Lok-Nar manages to bite him on the torso, inflicting minor damage (3 points) and injecting poison into the Fighter's system. The Zweibold's system tries to shake it off, but the venom takes hold (4 dex points damage).

Lok-Nar: 8 HP, Dex reduced to 11

End Surprise Round


Round 1 Initiative: Lok-Nar, Centipedes, Kadan, Miki, Nah'l, Taden, Target, Zort, Serk, Large centipedes (C)

Begin Round 1

Lok-Nar, seeking revenge, swings his flail at the large centipede that had bitten him, squashing it with a loud plunk sound! However, it staggers around, still alive, moderately wounded.

The centipede (D3) in front of Serk bites her, inflicting light damage. She screams in pain though. Fortunately, she manages to shrug off the effects of the poison.

Taden's foe (D6) attempts to bite him but the druid manages to deflect the mandibles away at the last instant with some lucky slashing around. Another centipede (E6) lunges towards the druid but it too misses!

The centipede (I7) next to Kadan snaps at the sorceror but the mage sidesteps the bite.

Waiting for the rest of the moves from the group.

*Lok-Nar will continue to attempt to kill the centipede that injured him.*

"You like to bite, little squish? Let us bite back!" Lok-Nar yells to the squirming vermin.

Kadan was busy scanning the far part of the room, when he heard his companions scream and curse.

Frustrated at loosing his concentration on his spell, Kadan whirls around.

"What now - ACK!"

After side-stepping the centipede that plopped down beside him, Kadan takes a step back and throws his club at the crawly thing. He then draws his crossbow.

(OOC: 5' step to K6, throw club at I7 centipede - +3 / 1d4-1, draw loaded heavy crossbow)

Taden was still panicking. Somehow his wild swings managed to keep the centipedes from eating him. Probably out of sheer confusion. Trying to keep both eyes open, he continued his wild attack, trying to hit the thing and kill it!

((Attacking D6 again with Target. its so nice of you to put me in a position where I can't use a 5' step ))

Kadan throws the hardly aerodynamic club and it hits the ground, skimming along the rocks and bypassing the centipede entirely.

Nah'l grins at the arrival of new many-legged critters, and swings his scythe in a deep arc at one of the two in front of him.

OOC: Is Nah'l still Raging? It lasts 7 rounds total. Scythe +5 melee (2d4+6, 20/x4) If raging: Scythe +7 melee (2d4+9, 20/x4

Miki snarls in frustration as his blow misses. Well then lets see you dodge this, he thinks to himself as he steps behind the centipede and lets loose with another swing.

(OOC: 5' step to flank at D2 and attack again, +6 attack, 1d6+1 damage)

Assuming Nah'l doesn't drop the large centipede in front of him, Zort will move
to I5 and sneak attack his opponent.

OOC - +4 attack, 1d6+1+1d6 sneak attack damage

Miki's determind snarl appears to do the trick. The hexblade's next blow slices through the skin of the centipede, slaying the creature.

Nah'l swings his scythe but the blade bounces off the undulating shell of the large centipede. (Actually it's only one centipede in front of Nah'l; it just occupies 10')Taden's wild blow just fails to slice through the armor of the centipede in front of him. Target makes a full attack on the centipede in front of it, and all its attacks hit! The centipede is torn apart as the badger tears the head off the insect.

Zort takes a step forward and plunges his spear into the large centipede, inflicting sizable damage but does not kill the beast. It lurches it's head to look at the new foe.

"I'll help you!" shouts Serk. However, her swing misses the centipede... not surprisingly.

The centipede battling Lok-Nar snaps it massive jaws again, but the Zweibold ducks just as it is about to bite into his flesh. The other large centipede tries to bite Zort but the wily rogue is too fast-footed as the creature's mandibles bite air!

End Round 1

Begin Round 2
"You like to bite, little squish? Let us bite back!" Lok-Nar yells to the squirming vermin.
Lok-Nar swings his flail, however, the blow bounces off one of the tough plates of the creature's armor.

One of the two centipedes left facing Serk tries to take a bite but the scout jumps in the air with a WAHOO just in time. Kadan is blessed with some dragon luck, as the centipede he faces moves to back him up against the skeleton but misses with its jaws. His draws his crossbow and fires the bolt right into the open orifice of the vermin, the bolt emerging from midway through the centipede dripping with ichor, as the bolt slays it. The centipede drops it's head right on Kadan's lap.

Next up: Miki, Nah'l, Taden, Target, Zort, Serk, Large centipedes (C).
The two large centipedes remain, with one smaller centipede.
Red indicates creatures still alive. Gray indicates dead.
Added pic of Centipede jaws.