Dark Sun 3.5 - Trail of the Defiler

Darkclaw screams his warning and his eyes narrow in focus for a moment. The area shimmers for a moment in front of him as he prepares for battle.

Ugg steps forward before the thri-kreen have a chance to spread out, as they were sneaking forward as one unit. Ugg, unable to find a handy weapon, lashes out in anger with only the weapon nature gave him; enormous strength. His fist lashes out and strikes the armed thr-kreen in his mandibles, crushing its face with an audible crunch. The kreen drops instantly and lays unmoving.

Kurvic moves into a position of cover in the wagon above. His voice carries in the desert air and the rest of his companions feel new-found confidence in the fight.

The remaining thr-kreen attack. Two slash move to attack Ugg, but he crushes another as it closes with him, knocking it out as well. The other is able to close and slash his side, drawing blood but not getting too deep.

The other thri-kreen strikes at Darkclaw with a claw, but it bounces off an invisible barrier before it can connect.

Heartseer comes running back from the wilderness and enters into this second fight, about 20 feet from the heart of the melee.

[sblock=OOC]Ugg hit with his reach attack and his AoO as the thri-kreen exited a threatened square. Ugg also took 4 damage from the thri-kreen.

Initiative:
Darkclaw: 20
Quaketongue: 19
Ugg: 16
Curvic: 12
Heartseer: 11
Erianna: 5
Thr-kreen x2: 4[/sblock]

Ugg the Skullcrusher

Ugg continues to lash out the Thri-kreen with his fists. Cursing and roaring with every thundering beat of his heart. His roars are so loud that they can easily be heared echoing into the desert night.

OOC: Takes a 5' step away from Thri-Kreen fighting him and towards the Thri-Kreen fighting Darkclaw. Unarmed attack against the Thri-Kreen that did damage against Ugg and hopefully Ugg can get an AoO against the other Thri-Kreen. Giving Darkclaw a full round to do something else.

Darkclaw's face turns grim, as he steps to the side and unleashes a furious attack at the 'kreen, before taking a bite at it as well.

[sblock=OOC]Thanak +7 2d6+6 20x3*
Bite(Secondary) +6 1d4+2 20x2
*1 pt of Strength Damage on Crit
Secondary attack means I can attack with it durring a full attack, even with a weapon, and with improved multi-attack, no penalty to hit.

Darkclaw will try to step in a direction to set up a flank for him and Ugg against this 'kreen[/sblock]

(OOC: With two out of four down, Erianna won't bother to waste much of her psionic power. She'll zap any injured 'kreen for 2d6 with a +1 touch attack, and if none are injured, she'll just ready to hit the first one that gets injured but stays up. If more 'kreen show up, she'll change her action again.)

"Three more behind me." Heartseer will activate his own inertial armor.

Curvic continues with his words, and he shoots an arrow, only if if he gets a clear shot that won't risk injuring his companions.

Darkclaw swings his thanak but the thri-kreen deflects most of it with its chitinous forearm and the jagged edge is unable to dig in. As the thri-kreen moves to counter-attack, the pterran surprises it with quick bite to one of its arms. The thri-kreen shrieks as Darkclaw cracks its armor. Despite the attack, the thri-kreen looks to have some fight left in it.

Quaketongue Ristu, pterran druid

Quaketongue holds back, seeing Heartseer run up. Wanting to keep himself free to fire on the kreen his companion says are behind him, he holds his ground. He pulls out the Earth Mother's symbol again, chanting, one hand waving in the air as if it were a beating wing. As his words shift into a primal shriek, he points to the distance between he and the battle. The air shimmers, and from that darts majestic eagle, diving in the attack the closest thri-kreen.

[sblock=OOC]Sorry for the delay. Quakey will sub out his Magic Fang for Summon Nature's Ally 1, summoning an eagle as close to the battle as he can (AC 14, full attack 2 talons +3 melee (1d4) and bite -2 melee (1d4)).

The spell is a full round action, though I'm not sure if I'm a round behind or not. In any case, The eagle's around for 3 rounds, and Quaketongue will hold back with his sling, either attacking the new kreen if they arrive, or waiting for an opening to attack the other kreen (+5 attack, 1d4+3 damage)[/sblock]

Quaketongue, from a safe distance, beats his arm and holds an odd symbol with a high-pitched shriek. A moment later, a large bird of prey seems to appear above your head, swooping down to engage in combat. It's talons scratch harmlessly against the hide of the wounded thri-kreen.

Ugg swings again, batting the last unwounded thri-kreen with his mighty fist. It goes flying through the air and lands with a crunch on the rocky terrain.

Curvic cannot get a clean shot with his bow but he continues his song, his voice continuing to inspire.

Heartseer arrives in the mix and concentrates for a moment, engaging his inertial armor.

Erianna points at the remaining thri-kreen and concentrates. A sharp crystal shard suddenly flies towards her opponent, but it streaks past the creature's head, just missing it.

The remaining thri-kreen, seeing its desperate situation, springs away and runs as fast as its powerful legs will carry it.

Curvic, awaiting such a shot, fires at the fleeing kreen. His shot is perfect (critical), striking the creature in the fleshy area in the hinge between the armor plate at the back of its head and its neck. The arrow passes through and comes out of the mouth between its sharp mandibles. It takes two more steps than drops into the rocky dirt, twitching.

As the last obvious foe falls, you all look around for another enemy. No living enemies can be seen, as the other thri-kreen you saw seem to have withdrawn. Another small raiding party attacked at the other side of the camp. They were more successful, killing another two guards. Besides the crying of several wounded and the screaming of the frightened, all is quiet in the desert beyond the light of the campfires. Some elves limp into the caravan's light. They, too were hit, as many of their number are wounded and many more are missing.

"Ugg, thank you for your help. Please, be kind and sit by where you were tied till we can speak to Rudiot on your behalf." Darkclaw says, sheathing his Thanak. Quickly, he looks at the fallen foes to see what they were carrying.

"Is everyone all right?"