A Tale of Two Dragons

[WampusCat43]

"Ah, we have a hero among the misguided," Nick mutters, just loud enough for the others nearby to hear. "We'll see what we can do about that."

He backpedals a few yards to get behind the stout fighters, and casts his Enervation spell on the leader.

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

Nick guides his horse back behind the others and points his finger at the leader. A ray of twisting blacks and dark purples shoots forth, but the leader barely manages to dodge it (Ranged touch atk vs. AC 13: 12). The hairs on his head seem to grow grayer, but nothing more happens.

One of the female riders' (J4) horse is tangled up in Hareka's black tentacles. She draws herself into a tight crouch on the back of her horse and then springs up and out, reaching a wondrous height and landing right next to Brak. The unsuspecting dwarf is surprised to feel the tip of her spear slip through his armor and into his side (11 damage).

Of the two riders trapped by the tentacles, one (J5) struggles helplessly as the tentacles tighten around his body.

The other rider (S3) somehow, his massive muscles rippling, manages to break free of the tentacles and work his way out of their reach. He gathers his wits and prepares to begin the fight.

Penthar and Regalclaw...

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

Penthar and Regalclaw charge at the leader. They blow past a dismounted warrior (S3) and Penthar takes a hit to the side. (16 damage) Unperturbed, the charge continues, and Penthar's mighty lance, which materialized only seconds ago, rips through the leader. (40 damage)

END ROUND 1

Status Report:

Nars Warrior (S1):     23 (not in radius) 
Nars Leader:           22 (free) (horse: free) (40 dmg, healed ?? dmg)
Hareka:                22
Zithran:               22
Nars Warrior (S2):     21 (free) (horse: caught) (28 dmg) (horse: 6 dmg)
Kaitlin:               18
Brak:                  16 (127/138 HP)
Nick:                  12 (31/67 HP)
Nars Warrior (J4):     12 (free) (horse: caught) (horse: 10 dmg)
Nars Warrior (J5):      7 (caught) (horse: caught) (5 dmg) (horse: 5 dmg)
Nars Warrior (S3):      6 (free) (horse: caught) (horse: 5 dmg)
Penthar and Regalclaw:  6 (85/101)

The only Nars warrior still mounted and active (besides the leader) sees Nick move back and cast a spell. Unfortunately, Nick moved right into his line of sight. The Nars rider (S1) charges with his horse and basically impales poor Nick with his wicked spear. (37 damage) Nick howls in pain, blood seeps from the gaping wound. The warrior roars in triumph as he and his mount gallop on.

The leader, severely wounded, struggles to guide his mount out of the circle of Hareka's tentacles. As they move, the rider raises his hands to the skies. Magically, the gaping wound in his abdomen closes some and stops bleeding.

The tentacles, tight around their victims, squeeze harder. Cracks and pops can be heard as bones break and skin tears. [EDIT]The Nars warrior who Brak attacked (S2) is so preoccupied with the dwarf that he doesn't notice the thick black tentacle crawl up his leg. Before he knows it, he has been pulled downward into the swarming mass.[/EDIT] (6 damage to Horse S2, 10 damage to Horse J4, 5 damage to J5, 6 damage to Horse J5, 5 damage to Horse S3)

Hareka...

 

[Krug]

Ok I'm a bit confused. Are the warriors at 2 and 4 next to me? If they are, Brak slashes at them with his axe. If not will change my move.

Brak howls and slashes with his axe at the two warriors next to him, focusing his blows on the more wounded individual first. (All three attacks at one, and if he falls at the end of the attacks, focus the attacks on the next; Dwarven Waraxe +2 Thundering +20/+15/+10 1d10+13 19-20/x3)

"Take down their leader and they'll run away like curs!" shouts the dwarf.

 

[Lefferts]

Zithran thinks to himself, Let's see what the leader is made of....

Zithran casts Wrack on the leader.

OOC: DC 16 fort save, SR applies, failure causes the subject to double over and collapse for 10 rounds being considered helpless, blind, and unable to take actions. When the spell ends there is a -2 penalty to attacks, saves, and skill checks for 3d10 minutes.

 

[Ferrix]

With a shrug, Hareka launches himself up into the air, a leering grin cracking his face, he points his finger at the leader and an eeriely silent green ray lurches towards him.

OOC: Fly up 30', Cast Disintegrate at the leader, ranged touch attack: 1d20 (13) + 8 = 21, Fort Save DC 25, or take 22d6 damage, 5d6 on a successful save, SR applies.

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

The leader is truly taking a beating. Hareka points his deadly finger at him, and his entire body seems to tremble, as though on the verge of breaking into a million pieces. The Nars warrior cries out in pain and fury, and, miraculously, he holds his corporeal form together. He has cleary taken some damage, though, from the close brush with death. (16 damage)

Zithran's feels the force of his spell surge out of his body and into his victim's. The leader's face contorts painfully, but in another show of extraordinairy resilience, he roars to his god and throws off Zithran's magic. With another cry of "TEMPUS!" he seems more invigorated than ever before.

The warrior that was just caught by the tentacles sees his leader being pelted by magic and resisting every attempt. With a look of divinely inspired rage, he breaks the tentacles' hold with relative ease and strides out of their radius, taking a flanking position next to Brak.

Kaitlin...

 

[Kaitlin]

Peter informs Raena (OOC: Not Kaitlin... ) that the others have things pretty much under control. Raena decides to stay hidden for now, waiting for an unsuspecting rider to walk by her horse.

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

Kaitlin and Peter simply let the chaos unfold.

Brak heaves his huge dwarven waraxe up and slashes two huge gashes across his oppenent's (S2) chest. The Nars warrior does not fall. Astounded, Brak roars and gives another mighty heave. This time, he nearly chops the poor bloke's head off. He crumples to the ground. (15+15+22=52 damage)

Nick...

[sblock] =P I did that to Krug, too.[/sblock]

 

[WampusCat43]

Screaming in fear and pain, not to mention anger, Nick launches a Lightning Bolt at the warrior that struck him. He then spurs his mount forward, trying to put some of his companions between him and the danger.