Legacy of the Silver Dragon: Chapter 1 (Chickens, Demons, and a Missing Girl)

[Voda Vosa]

Muzdim feels a strange sensation as his system is unable to fight off the toxin. He's otherwise ready to charge and slay whatever creature is in front of him.

OOC: Rolled attack just in case.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

"Great, now he'll never shut up about the time he was right about something."

Bosco charges toward the sound of the screaming, ready to insert a blade between the shoulder blades of any appropriate subjects.

 

[gambler1650]

OOC: Misread my notes, the two saves were 13 for Muzdin and 14 for Myst.

Muzdin feels a sudden weariness fall over him. Actually, less like weariness and more like a complete lack of muscle control. The dwarf collapses to the ground with a heavy thud.

OOC: Give me another save attempt, at the same number (13). You will get to do so each round.

Mysthyr feels the same weariness, but for him he - just - manages to shrug it off. His knees bukcle for an instant, but he's still up.

Stellan looks between Myst and the entry, but the screaming decides for him and he moves forward to the entrance - though behind Antares.

Antares, and Bosco, both see the source of the screaming. A teenager, scuffed at the arms and legs, dirty and ripped dress, roughly bound to a table. She twists as the other creature, the larger pale skinned being the party had been chasing, presses a cup of something to her mouth. The dribbles around her mouth have the same phosphorescent sheen as the water, and it takes only a moment to realize that the young woman's skin is paler than it probably should be. The flash of light as the elf casts his missile between the two startles both - and the victim opens her mouth to shriek again reflexively, and instead gulps a mouthful of the liquid and starts to cough violently. The creature draws back, turns to face the elf and halfling, and hisses.

The room is definitely different in feel from the rest of the caverns: carved walls, with dark runes of some sort. Against the left (west wall) is what appears to be a raised platform with a large bowl cut into it beneath a slow drip of the liquid the party has already run across. The flickering light comes from a globe set into the wall itself above the platform.

Oh, and pale skinned claws strike from above the doorway at Antares, but miss. A hissing sound comes from directly above his head.

OOC: Actions? One smaller creature is still in front of Myst, the larger female is in the room where Antares and Bosco are looking into, with Stellan a step behind. And obviously there's another one above the entrance - though all anyone's seen yet are the clawed hands!

 

[Binder Fred]

The attention of both women fully on him now, the elf raises a beseeching hand: "Shhh. Be quiet- I mean: be calm. Be calm! None are trying to hurt you now. Shhh." He's not quite sure himself which of the two he is addressing... Probably both. And his ability to convince is only *slightly* hampered by the fact that his reflexive dodge of the claw attack from above sent him sprawling on his back and that he is now crawling backwards away from the cave entrance with all the speed his remaining arm and booted heels can muster!

OOC: Move behind Bosco and Stellan, please.

Once on the other side of hafling and human, he finally feels safe enough to shakily leverage himself back up.

<Assuming battle ensues:
"Don't hurt her, friends! She can still be saved!"

What can he- His rather frantic looking about catches sight of a pale leather and gold length at his waist, silver wire-wrapped handle at its tip : his father's sword! He had completely forgotten about its oh-so-recently-added presence!

OOC: Antares will then proceed to remove the long sword - the entire thing, including scabbard - from his belt.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Antares, and Bosco, both see the source of the screaming. A teenager, scuffed at the arms and legs, dirty and ripped dress, roughly bound to a table. She twists as the other creature, the larger pale skinned being the party had been chasing, presses a cup of something to her mouth. The dribbles around her mouth have the same phosphorescent sheen as the water, and it takes only a moment to realize that the young woman's skin is paler than it probably should be. The flash of light as the elf casts his missile between the two startles both - and the victim opens her mouth to shriek again reflexively, and instead gulps a mouthful of the liquid and starts to cough violently. The creature draws back, turns to face the elf and halfling, and hisses.

Bosco stabs it in the mouth.

((EDIT: Screwed up and rolled twice. Ignore the second one.))

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

Myst again tries to bash the thing in front of him with his mace.

 

[Voda Vosa]

"Wha..." Muzdim slumps to the floor, the poison on the creature's claws to strong for him to fight back. His brothers would be laughing their arses out at his display. With that in mind, and a silent grunt, the dwarf stands up again, solid as a rock (uuuuuu! ) "Don't let them hit ye, they've got poison in their claws!" the dwarf calls out, at the same time he brandishes his holy symbol, a black orb made of stone. "Protect thy servant from the unveiled secret of these creatures!" He is surrounded by a halo of dim gray light.

Casting Protection from Evil on Muzdim, evil characters have a -1 to hit him, and he has +1 to saves imposed by evil characters.

 

[gambler1650]

Even as Muzdim gets to his feet, the second creature in the cave falls to Mysthyr's mace, its head crushed with a wet sound by the mighty blow - followed by the thud as its body hits the ground. Bosco's attempt to stab the creature hanging over the doorway succeeds as the creature shifts to the left too slow to avoid the attack. Stellan moves up to try to take a swing at the same time. Meanwhile, further in the room, the taller female moves back to the bowl in the altar, filling her cup again with the liquid. The young woman bound to the table is still coughing, trying to take a breath.

OOC: Bosco, roll for damage please... 1d6. If it's still alive, then it misses in its attack and I'll determine the effect of Stellan's attack.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Bosco stabs with the force of one who realizes that death means that he'll be unable to spend any of the money he's acquired during this fool's errand.

 

[gambler1650]

OOC: Got confused as to which creature Bosco was attacking, but the to hit roll is still good against the larger creature.

The hiss turns into a shriek, as the halfling's sword stabs at the creature's face, but the larger female creature remains standing. Stellan's swipe at the creature hanging over the entrance severs its head, both parts of the pale skinned body slamming to the ground beneath.

The larger creature angrily swipes at Bosco even as the girl on the table manages to take a breath, gasping, "Oh please.. Please help... Don't leave me here."