The Romance of the River Kingdoms

Jar'Thol, Salsham'ai shaman

Seeing Three Flowers getting badly wounded, Jar'Thol finally leaves the shrine to run to his side. The little shaman quickly invokes his healing ancestor spirit and touches the paladin's back. Three Flowers instantly feels better but he's still badly wounded.

OOC : Cure light wounds 1d8+2, spells left 6/4

Ape takes careful aim with his flame - the ice demon is flanked by Three Flowers and Xielt, and the Lion Guard is in the mix as well. Trying to find a way through the whirling blades and clubs and the quickly moving bodies, Ape's throw goes awry.

Annika's unerring burning feather, on the other hand, snakes through the combatants and singes the fur of the creature.

Darting behind, Xielt delivers two stinging attacks with his bare claws, causing the giant to bellow in pain. The Lion Guard soldier darts in the opening, his spear gashing the creature's forearm.

The creature takes a step back again, fending off blows with the haft of its Twin Moon Blade. With a bit of breathing space and momentarily no longer caught between two foes, it pauses, looking (if truth be told) a bit constipated. The moment of concentration passes. From the opposite side of the island a snowdrift suddenly erupts with a gentle "Pluff!", and a massive white-furred ape like creature seems to burst from within.

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Awaiting Three Flower's actions for last round, and you can include for this as well. Before and after the ice demon summons the yeti.

Annika Magic Missile damage 1d4+1 = 4
Ape throws flame, ranged touch, 7+3 -4 (into melee) = 6. Miss.
Jar'Thol Cure Light Wounds on Three Flowers, 1d78+2 = 7 (now at 16/36)
Xielt, two claw attacks hit for 6 and 3 damage respectively.
Lion Guard hits for 5 damage.
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[sblock=OOC]Oh, sorry. 3F attacks . Like there's a much else to do for him.[/sblock]

The demon's fierce assault had shaken Three Flower's resolve, but the healing his small friend conjured gave him confidence again. The paladin swings his crude weapon again at the demon.

OOC: Thought it might be something like that .

Three Flowers lands a solid blow to the ice demon, and presses the attack as it steps back. His next strike bounces off its armour, however. Xielt continues to harry with his claws, tearing at the creatures hairy legs, and the Lion Guard jabs with his spear, keeping the demon at bay but not managing to make a telling strike.

The white-furred ape-creature lopes up behind the soldier and grabs him withs its clawed hands. Blood spatters the snow from the wounds but, even worse, it then *flings* him backwards over its head, where he flies over the shore of the island and lands with a crunch on the ice, sliding about half as far again before coming to a stop. Remarkably he seems to have survived, and kept a hold of his spear, as he begins, albeit groggily and uncertainly, to attempt to stand up.

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Three Flowers Club attack (round 3) 15+4+2 (flanking) =21, hit. Damage 1d4+2 =6.
Three Flowers Club attack (round 4) 9+6=15, miss.
Xielt claw attack, first misses, second hits for 6 damage.
Lion Guard najinata attack, miss.
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AC 15 (T15, FF13), HP 19/31, F +5,R+2,W+6 (Spells: 0:5/5, 1:4/4)

Without any more flames to throw, and a new enemy approaching, Ape channels the might of the oak into his club.

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casting shilleagh on club.[/sblock]

Jar'Thol, Salsham'ai shaman

After seeing how quicky the great white ape dispatched the lion guard, Jar'thol first think about climbing the shrine to reach its roof. Unlike Annika however, there is little he could do there. The courage displayed by Three Flowers and Xielt strengthen his own resolve. He doesn't want to leave his two companions alone to face a pair of monsters. The small shaman remembers a purchase he made before leaving Cormondal. An alchemist sold him this little bag that contains the stickiest substance Jar'Thol had ever seen. The merchant had told him to throw the bag at someone to immobilize him and Jar'Thol does just that, aiming the bag at the ape's leg. He doesn't think the goo will hold this new enemy for very long but it might just buy them some time.

OOC : If he can act before the yeti, Jar'Thol will throw a Tanglefoot Bag at it. Ranged touch +5.

Atop the shrine's roof, Annika huddled miserably. The spirit fire of her magic did nothing to warm the body. She'd have to turn back into an eagle soon, or freeze to death. Worse, her magic was already ebbing...too quickly used up by her spells.

Her breath puffed out in fog as she cursed herself. Compared to the others she seemed so weak. She needed to push herself, make herself stronger.

...or die trying? Was it worth that?

Annika hesitated, then cast forth another ghostly flaming feather at the wounded monster. These were thoughts for another time.

(magic missile)

Annika's fiery feather slams into the back of the ice demon's head, but although it staggers from the surprising force produced by such a seemingly gentle touch, it doesn't pause in its assault.

"Die, mortals," it roars as it lashes out with both ends of its crescent-moon weapon, slashing at Three Flowers and Xielt. Three Flowers again catches the brunt of the demon's powerful strike, but the agile tlaxu dodges the attacka aimed at him.

Jar'Thol hurls his tanglefoot bag at the yeti, catching it dead on. The bag bursts and thousands of sticky tendrils explode forth, wrapping around the white-furred ape. It leaps with surprising agility at the last minute and, although tangled in the goo, it does not end up anchored to the floor. It begins to struggle its way towards thr grouping of Ape, Jar'Thol and Three Flowers, hampered by its entanglement.

Out on the ice, the Lion Guard soldier slowly gets to his feet, and cautiously begins to slip and slide his way back to 'land'.

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Annika magic missile on ice demon, 3 points.
Jar'Thol tanglefoot bag, ranged touch 11+3 = 14, hit. Yeti makes Reflex save, but is entangles and thus has -2 attack, -4 Dex and 1/2 move.

Ice demon foll attack with double weapon, hit on Three Flowers for 13 damage (Three Flowers now on 3/36 hit points), miss on Xielt.

Next round intitiative:
Ice demon (attack resolved above)
Annika
Growling Ape
Three Flowers
Jar'Thol
Xielt
Lion Guard
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[sblock=OOC]Ow!!! Is the "thingy" and the Yeti medium or large sized?[/sblock]

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I'll have to check, but I think they're both Large sized. Perhaps they ought to take up a 2x2 space on the map grid, but not all Large creatures seem to. The ice-breathing thing has a 10 ft. reach though, what with its size combined with its wierd weapon.
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