[KAUAI]The Rod of Seven Parts: Of Hexes and Gems

Gamad

Stepping to the right (L18) Gamad draws another bolt and fire at R3.

Gamad steps backward a pace or two, loading a second bolt and firing as he moves. The bolt whizzes through the air and, completely missing its intended target, lands with a thick audible thud in the bark of the tree to the left of Maelicent's stuck arrow.

Silently cursing his miss, the Gudwulf warrior quickly pulls, nocks and draws a second black-fletched arrow to his cheek. Exhaling calmly once more, Maelicent takes aim at the elusive horned rabbit and looses a second arrow at the bottom of his breath. The goblin's aim proves true and the arrow sinks a third the way into the rabbit closest to him (R2), dealing 4 points of damage.

Trying to ignore the pain in his leg, Chev swings his axe once more, aiming for the rabbit's neck who just gored him (R3). Chev narrowly misses hitting the horned rabbit and instead swipes at thin air. As he swings, it seems the bower of tree branches overhead loom down near his crown; the black heart of the wood chokes hope and strangles focus.

Brakkus swing a wide arc around the back side of the rabbit nearest himself and Gamad and corners the beast between himself and Chev. Brakkus' guisarme flanges out in an arc and cuts a clean incision on the rabbit's side that spills the beast's entrails as it deals 11 points of damage. Just as quick as that, the third rabbit is dead at Chev's feet, the smell of its offal filling the air with putrescence.

Voadam draws his blade to flank with the battle priest, but then Chev maneuvers away from the rabbit between them. Voadam instead circles a wide path around the remaining rabbit, drawing another dart and flinging it at the giant rabbit as he goes. From a discrete distance, the green wizard gives the rabbit every opportunity to break away and flee, shouting, "Go on, get!" The dart misses and the rabbit seems determined to continue attacking Chev. Voadam feels a scritch on his shoulder and spins around to see a thin twig at the end of a long lean tree branch attached to the large oak to his left hanging down low to poke at his flesh. The tree does not move and there is no breeze in the heart of the wood, but that branch surely was not that low moments ago, nor so close.

The last rabbit screams and leaps at Chev, its horn lowered. Chev receives a third gore, this time in his side for 1 point of damage. The wound isn't deep, but hits capillaries and bleeds profusely.

Initiative:
Rabbits 21
Gamad 19
Maelicent 18
Chev 13
Brakkus 7
Voadam 3

The Gudwulf warrior allows himself a grim smile as a third black fletched arrow is pulled, nocked and drawn in a single deft motion. Taking a deep breath, Maelicent once more exhales as he lets the arrow fly towards the last remaining creature. (Attempting to snipe, Hide -11, Point blank shot +5 attack, 1d6+1 damage)

"Leave off, I know how to make fire but I'm willing for us not to be enemies." Voadam steps forward to engage the last rabbit and bring his shortsword into play if it does not flee.

ooc move to flank if can then attack with shortsword +3-2+2=+3 d6+2 19-20

Gamad

poor aiming and lack of range practicing.
Gamad decides to delay and see what his friends do

Gamad lowers his crossbow and pauses. From partial cover behind the sapling, Maelicent fires a third arrow and hits the last giant rabbit for 7 points of damage. The iron tipped arrowhead delves into the rabbit's haunch and soon the beast ceases trying to gore Chev. Hopping just once very sluggishly, the rabbit keels over and stops moving entirely.

[sblock=Voadam]Knowledge (nature) = 18. By the rabbits' aggression and Chev having stumbled, Voadam guesses that the rabbits were probably protecting their warren. Chev tripped over one of their warren's exits, and they probably kept a second exit at the base of that oak tree some 50 feet away because that's where they burst from. It's a reasonable guess that there are probably more of this species in this wood, and also that there may be young underground in this area. Or other adults.[/sblock]

End of initiative, please post at will.

Gamad

Bah.. This forest is cursed, evil took over the cute animals, what next?! A fiendish giant butterfly ?!?!
Gamad curse and spits on the ground.
what a mess, what a mess
he mumbles as he goes over to pick his bolts again

OOC: Are they useable? There is one in the bark and other in the bunny

Voadam walks over to Chev after gathering his darts. “Bad horn wounds. Let me know if you still need healing after your clerical magics, I can provide some but it is from a source that does not replenish.” He looks at the rabbits then at the hole that Chev tripped in. “Good pelts and I’m sure the horns could be used for something, but we’ll want to move on. That is a warren entrance. They were not acting like wolves targeting a weak member of the herd when you tripped. They were more like mother bears when a predator gets between them and their cubs. There are young down that hole. That’s why they kept fighting when you did not move far enough away, they were trying to drive you off. I don’t know if there are more adults here, but rabbits are known for their numbers.”

Maelicent steps forth from his hiding spot to retrieve his first arrow from the trunk in which it had embedded itself, quickly patting the tree as if in apology for the slight. Agreeing with Voadam's assessment of the creatures' worth, the goblin draws his handaxe from beneath his russet coat and, placing a hobnailed boot on one of the carcasses' heads, delivers a few swift blows intended to cleave its horn free. After the first, Maelicent proceeds to quickly collect the remaining two horns. "Yeah. Mayhaps we can come back by here ta butcher em later. These here look like good eatin. Mmm." The goblin licks his lips hungrily at the prospect.

"Hmm. That was ... disturbing. I hope we don't get attacked by squirrels next. Or trees." Brakkus starts out trying to be light hearted, but ends with just a scowl as he realizes the trees may in fact be closing in.