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<blockquote data-quote="simmo" data-source="post: 1485767" data-attributes="member: 9744"><p>We Interrupt This Adventure</p><p>Act 1. scene 3.</p><p></p><p>We Interrupt This Adventure...</p><p></p><p>[WARNING: This story hour contains PLANESCAPE spoilers]</p><p></p><p></p><p>“What's the plan of attack?” whispered Mole. “Shall we go for the leader first?”</p><p></p><p>“Bar that. There's too many of these dogs,” Tallus replied angrily. “I say we break through the line and keep high-tailing it until they catch us or we find a kip that we can hide in.”</p><p></p><p>Rianna charged the ambushers with Axiel and Tallus following closely behind. The air genasi breezed forward and lunged for one of the men with short blade, cutting him deeply in the leg. As the man buckled another took his place and swung a heavy mace at her that she was not fast enough to dodge. It struck her in the arm with a bone crunching thump and Rianna cried out in pain as she dropped the sword from her useless arm.</p><p></p><p>Axiel arrived just in time to save Rianna from having her skull caved in by another of the attackers and was rewarded with a large dent on his shield. He fought furiously against a bariaur with his long sword, cutting it the side and using its large bulk to shield him from attacks by others. The Harmonium officer was soon joined by Tallus who leapt in to the melee managing to skewer a female tiefling in the stomach. However his efforts were rewarded by several blows from the other tieflings and the dwarf colourful clothing was soon soaked with his blood.</p><p></p><p>The small gnome, tiefling girl and fire genasi were slower in their attempts to get through and were almost cut off from the others. Mole chanted a few arcane phrases and pointed at several of the men and women attacking them. Two abruptly ran away, but the others stood firm and fired crossbows in to the melee. Leese was hit in her stomach just as she finished her spell and doubled over in pain. Her prayer was answered and none of the other attackers moved to strike her granting her a few brief moments of respite.</p><p></p><p>Petter cursed as he felt a searing pain in his shoulder and faked falling down so that he could catch the other bariaur off guard. As he saw the hooves of the creature drawing near he rolled over and pushed his rapier upwards with all his might. He was rewarded with a look of pain and disbelief as the bariaur crashed to the ground next to him, it's life blood spilling out outwards creating another pool in the muddy street.</p><p></p><p>Tallus swung his axe at the leaders shield as he fought to buy enough time for the others to get away. Splinters flew in all directions and some got stuck in the dwarf's beard as the shield shattered. Axiel showed the bariaur in to the path of one of the tieflings that was about to stack Tallus in the back and then began pulling Rianna down the street away from the fight.</p><p></p><p>Mole sprinted after the retreating Harmonium officer. The guvner decided against using any further spells in favour of getting away as fast as he could. Petter got bogged down in the fight and was almost surrounded when he felt Leese behind him. The small tiefling girl prayed again asking her goddess for healing and hoped that they could get to safety soon as she felt her strength draining fast.</p><p></p><p>Droplets of dirty rain began to fall in the street and several of the attackers threw their heads back to howl with rabid joy. Petter saw the madness in their eyes and knew that they had little interest in taking them prisoner. He fought on with a renewed fury and cursed silently as he saw Axiel, Rianna, Mole and Tallus retreating to safety. Finally he saw an opening and took it. Shoulder barging one of his opponents aside, he sprinted as fast as his wounded legs would carry. The fire genasi heard the sounds of pursuit close behind and dared not look back to see how close they were.</p><p></p><p>Leese tried her best to keep up with Petter. She was still protected by the grace of her goddess from attacks but her heavy scale shirt was slowing her down. Just as the fire genasi and tiefling rounded a corner they found themselves in a dead end alley. As Petter was turning around to run a different way he saw that the Xaosmen had him boxed in and he glimpsed Leese slumping to the ground in exhaustion.</p><p></p><p>Shouting his defiance the fire genasi raised his rapier in salute and was promptly shot by several crossbow bolts. Leese struggled to crawl over to her friend's body so that she might be able to save his life but she did not make it. She felt a sharp pain at the back of her head and after a brief moment of intense pain the world went black.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simmo, post: 1485767, member: 9744"] We Interrupt This Adventure Act 1. scene 3. We Interrupt This Adventure... [WARNING: This story hour contains PLANESCAPE spoilers] “What's the plan of attack?” whispered Mole. “Shall we go for the leader first?” “Bar that. There's too many of these dogs,” Tallus replied angrily. “I say we break through the line and keep high-tailing it until they catch us or we find a kip that we can hide in.” Rianna charged the ambushers with Axiel and Tallus following closely behind. The air genasi breezed forward and lunged for one of the men with short blade, cutting him deeply in the leg. As the man buckled another took his place and swung a heavy mace at her that she was not fast enough to dodge. It struck her in the arm with a bone crunching thump and Rianna cried out in pain as she dropped the sword from her useless arm. Axiel arrived just in time to save Rianna from having her skull caved in by another of the attackers and was rewarded with a large dent on his shield. He fought furiously against a bariaur with his long sword, cutting it the side and using its large bulk to shield him from attacks by others. The Harmonium officer was soon joined by Tallus who leapt in to the melee managing to skewer a female tiefling in the stomach. However his efforts were rewarded by several blows from the other tieflings and the dwarf colourful clothing was soon soaked with his blood. The small gnome, tiefling girl and fire genasi were slower in their attempts to get through and were almost cut off from the others. Mole chanted a few arcane phrases and pointed at several of the men and women attacking them. Two abruptly ran away, but the others stood firm and fired crossbows in to the melee. Leese was hit in her stomach just as she finished her spell and doubled over in pain. Her prayer was answered and none of the other attackers moved to strike her granting her a few brief moments of respite. Petter cursed as he felt a searing pain in his shoulder and faked falling down so that he could catch the other bariaur off guard. As he saw the hooves of the creature drawing near he rolled over and pushed his rapier upwards with all his might. He was rewarded with a look of pain and disbelief as the bariaur crashed to the ground next to him, it's life blood spilling out outwards creating another pool in the muddy street. Tallus swung his axe at the leaders shield as he fought to buy enough time for the others to get away. Splinters flew in all directions and some got stuck in the dwarf's beard as the shield shattered. Axiel showed the bariaur in to the path of one of the tieflings that was about to stack Tallus in the back and then began pulling Rianna down the street away from the fight. Mole sprinted after the retreating Harmonium officer. The guvner decided against using any further spells in favour of getting away as fast as he could. Petter got bogged down in the fight and was almost surrounded when he felt Leese behind him. The small tiefling girl prayed again asking her goddess for healing and hoped that they could get to safety soon as she felt her strength draining fast. Droplets of dirty rain began to fall in the street and several of the attackers threw their heads back to howl with rabid joy. Petter saw the madness in their eyes and knew that they had little interest in taking them prisoner. He fought on with a renewed fury and cursed silently as he saw Axiel, Rianna, Mole and Tallus retreating to safety. Finally he saw an opening and took it. Shoulder barging one of his opponents aside, he sprinted as fast as his wounded legs would carry. The fire genasi heard the sounds of pursuit close behind and dared not look back to see how close they were. Leese tried her best to keep up with Petter. She was still protected by the grace of her goddess from attacks but her heavy scale shirt was slowing her down. Just as the fire genasi and tiefling rounded a corner they found themselves in a dead end alley. As Petter was turning around to run a different way he saw that the Xaosmen had him boxed in and he glimpsed Leese slumping to the ground in exhaustion. Shouting his defiance the fire genasi raised his rapier in salute and was promptly shot by several crossbow bolts. Leese struggled to crawl over to her friend's body so that she might be able to save his life but she did not make it. She felt a sharp pain at the back of her head and after a brief moment of intense pain the world went black. [/QUOTE]
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