Jdvn1

Anton pulls another arrow, waiting for the dragon to come back into sight.

OOC: Readied action to attack the dragon

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I would have preferred that Tandi used her AoO to continue to attempt to grapple, but that's cool.

Seeing that the dragon is now out of reach, Tandi moves to search through the rest of the cave, hoping against hope that they can find the girl. Or at least her body.

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*Tandi moves sixty more feet, past the centre of the room. She sees some bones in a neat pile on the side of the room, though she doesn't know enough about bones to identify them that well. She hears the sounds of flapping wings above and just out of sight of her Darkvision.*

*Anton, Krug, and Cade ready ranged weapons in case the dragon flies back.*

*Thurgan moves after Tandi, but he isn't as fast, so he ends up merely making it to where Rillian is standing right now.*

*Scun climbs down a bit more.*

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Anton continues to wait for his prey.

Brain

(oh, I didn't think Scun was on the rope. Or is he holding the rope and standing above? I'm confused.)

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(OOC: Sorry--figured that Scun would head down since he doesn't have any ranged weapons left, perhaps getting into good Bless range for the meleers )

Brain

(Okay, in that case, he'd just keep climbing down the rope instead of doing anything with his spear)

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Rillian moves out toward the flapping sounds, 1 move action, drawing a javelin while moving (hold his sword with one hand). He will end up about 30 feet to the right (or left) or Tandi. If he has any idea at all where the dragon might be, he will throw the javelin (even if he wont hit, just to keep the dragon nervous), and call out "There he is!"

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*Rillian moves forty feet towards Tandi, drawing his javelin and tossing it into the darkness in the general direction of the dragon, hearing it hit the ground without impacting the dragon at all.*

*Then all but Scun, Anton, and Krug see the dragon flying back towards them, apparently having turned around. Cade, who has prepared for just such an eventuality, fires a slingstone, but it deflects off the dragon's scales.*

"Fah, you work for the lord then?" the dragon replies to Cade, "You shall not have that which you seek, so flee if you wish to be sure of your life, intruder. I shall not pull any punches, and my mighty power may well destroy you mere mortals in an instant. So run away like the cowards you lordsmen are."

*The dragon mumbles arcane words as it flies to about twenty feet above the ground and ten feet beyond Tandi, firing its breath weapon at the spot between Tandi and Rillian, which easily spreads and hits them both at that trajectory. Tandi tumbles deftly out of the way of the blast, but Rillian takes the full brunt and is surprised to be blasted by an arctic chill rather than a burning fury. Nonetheless, he is barely able to keep conscious after that.*

shadowbloodmoon

Tandi, after nimbly dodging the dragon's breath, sees that her friend wasn't so lucky. She makes a mad dash to get Rillian out of the way of another blast.

Tandi is going to move as fast as she can to Rillian and pull him out of the way as far as she can. I know he still has a hit point left, but still....

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Thurgan almost snarled at the dragon after it made it's lofty speech. He would sort out the words after the corpse lay on the ground. Thurgan felt the drop in temperature, raising an eyebrow in surprise.

OOC: Charge with Dwarven waraxe two handed, or fire crossbow if out of charging range.

Rystil Arden

*Tandi moves up to Rillian and attempts to grab him.*

Bront

OOC: What about Cade's ready alchemical thingie? That's what he preped.

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(OOC: Did he want it inside the slingstone or on its own in the sling as an improvised weapon at a -4? It was out of range to be tossed)

Jdvn1

ooc: Is the room kind of bowl-shaped, thus allowing me to move around the edge, or am I on the only raised bit? Either way, I'll wait one more round.

Rystil Arden

(OOC: You're on the only raised bit. Best to think of the room as roughly a hemispherical dome with some tunnel openings in the side of the dome. You're in one of those openings.

Edit: Oh, that brings us to Cade then, as Krug will follow Anton's lead.)

shadowbloodmoon

I (or more specifically, Tandi ) was following the roleplaying aspect of your words :

Rystil Arden

(OOC: Ah, that's cool too )

Bront

OOC: I was ready to sling it if needed. Not sure i can use it inside the sling stone without preping it. I thought the dragon was within 20 ft?

Rystil Arden

(OOC: the dragon was roughly 10 feet in front of Tandi (who is herself about 60 feet in front of Cade) and 20 feet up. I let you sling it inside the stone because I assumed that if Cade took one, he would have gotten it prepared correctly (Anton got them prepared with the arrows, for instance) )

Bront

OOC: ok, in that case, yes, sling it inside a stone

Rystil Arden

(OOC Oops! I forgot that Cade's delay, unlike the others, actually did trigger, causing him to not go yet It is therefore Thurgan's turn followed by Scun and the action in the SBLOCK will go after the dragon, if still applicable. )

Bront

Rystil Arden

Keia

OOC: Posted from above. Thurgan is a crossbow firing fool

Thurgan snarled at the dragon, moving closer taking careful aim with his loaded crossbow and firing off a shot.

OOC: Move: close to Dragon (trying to get within 30', but not necessary), Standard: Fire crossbow.

Brain

Scun either keeps climbing down or moves to set up a bless (but trying to stay spread out in case of dragon breath)

Rystil Arden

*Thurgan fires his crossbow and manages to miss the dragon completely.*

*Meanwhile, Scun is fed up with climbing the rope, so he tries to rush his climb to get down right now. At first, he makes rapid progress, but then he slips and loses his movement, so he shrugs and jumps the rest of the way, landing on his feet without taking damage.*

*The dragon looks around at the scene and says to Rillian:*

"You know...I don't much relish getting into range of that big sword of yours again to make a claw attack, so I think I'll just fly off for now. Time is on my side, since my breath weapon shall return and your bloodlust shall wane. If you wish to live, I suggest you head down the chute in the southern wall, for otherwise you shall surely perish."

*With that, the dragon flies off into the upper darkness.*

Bront

"Where's the girl Dragon?" Cade calls, before it flies off.

Jdvn1

ooc: I'm guessing my elevation doesn't help me see the dragon. With a rapid shot, would it be possible to use the first shot with an alchemist's fire arrow at the ceiling (or someplace where I can roughly guess the dragon is), and to use that illumination to fire the second shot at the dragon?

Alternately, would it be feasible to use a Listen check to pinpoint the dragon and shoot him?

Rystil Arden

(OOC: Light, you say Oooh, go ahead and make light and you'll see the side effect that makes them called 'Night Drops'

Actually, I'll just tell you--perhaps Maurice included a warning. If you flash a light while Nightdrops are in effect, it will not only end the Darkvision for everyone that is exposed to the light, but also blind them for a few seconds )

Jdvn1

ooc: Alchemist's Fires can't make that much light, can they? Phooey. Well, note my "alternately."

Rystil Arden

(OOC: I hadn't thought that it would be that bright either--but if it is bright enough to see, it is bright enough to screw up the Nightdrops (I hadn't realised it was bright enough to see).

You can definitely do the alternate thing though. The dragon is very loud with the wing-flapping. Wanna do that next turn?)

Jdvn1

ooc: Yes! Listen +4

RillianPA

ooc: Ok, I just realized what was bothering me...you skipped Rillian's turn. The dragon flew up and used its breath weapon on one action, and then talked and flew away on the next, both since the last time Rillian acted. I had been waiting for everyone else's actions before I stated Rillian's. Is it too late?

Rystil Arden

(OOC: D'oh--I had thought he readied the javelin rather than just threw it randomly into the darkness. That is correct then, he should have gone earlier and not on Cade's turn. If he'd like a potshot at the dragon with a javelin, he can take it.)

RillianPA

ooc: Actually, he would like a potshot with the Liquid Air vial, if its feasable (i'll take a range penalty of -2 if necessary). If not, then use the javelin.

Rystil Arden

Earlier...

*Rillian tosses a vial of liquid air, but it misses the dragon and slams back into the ground, releasing a shock of boreal chill.*

RillianPA

ooc: Darn, figured the touch attack would hit...

Rillian will hurry over to Scun, and ask for healing (run if possible, double move otherwise).

Rystil Arden

(OOC: Don't wanna flee, eh? Okay, but watch out for the next breath weapon )

*Rillian breaks out of Tandi's grip and sprints at top speed directly to Scun.*

(OOC: Tandi's turn, then Anton (who is going to use Listen to fire into the darkness))