The Mourning After (Horror) (IC)

Malix slides toward the guard, leg lashing low to the ground toward the guard. But as he pivots his pivoting foot crashes through the broken timber. Falling down he flips over crashing the heel of his original pivot foot into the guard. Using the strike he pushes off and rolls over onto his feet back into the combat crouch.

Jailbreak! Round 4

Maladiel forces his mind into the wounded guard, sending him reeling in pain. Then Lazharis makes his move, grabbing the pack off the befuddled guard.

Meanwhile, the Ogre Bird finishes off the last Heavy Guard, and makes a meal of them. As Ozzar scrambles over the debris, catching up to the rest of the group.

The guards turn their attention to the bold Lazharis, but their spears miss. Malix uses the opening to fell the wounded guard with a kick.

Xian successfully distracts the guards for just a moment, but a moment is all that is needed for Vesile to come in with a loud spell, it knocks the living guards off their feet, and back into the electric fence, killing both. The spell has two side effects, the debris between you and the hole in the fence is clear, but unfortunately the commotion has attracted the attention of the Ogre Bird.

"Damn, we need to run!" Vesile shouts in a panic.

Lazharis expected to die here at the point of a spear, but he was able to dodge and block. A small part of him was disappointed - he hoped the end would be a different journey, perhaps with more excitement than this life. Though it would, perhaps, feel interesting, he had no desire to be eaten by an ogre bird. He ran, while rummaging through the pack to see what he could use.

@Leatherhead Malix wouldn't kill the guards, it is bad practice to kill establishment and in more general terms, to kill without a contract

Leatherhead said:

GM: Knocked him out then? Either way he would wind up dead from the blast, but could be mined for good drama

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Yes, monk can choose non lethal option in any edition and 5e is permissive in that regard

Cursing as the monstrous creature now turns its attention on them, Maladiel hopes to create a diversion. Hand motions cluncky from years of disuse, he still manages to pull off the most basic of spells he ever learned.

Ten feet away from the half-elf, a magical and colourful shower of sparks starts raining, hopefully distracting the monster.

"We're leaving!" Maladiel adds, making his way to the hole in the fence quickly.

"Come on! Leave the bird, move through, move, move, move!"
Opposite to his own advice, Ozzar moves just into the opening and stands with his shield ready, waving others through, trying to cover the passage.