BLACK CRATER

[Tom Cashel]

Dalabrac, you feel suddenly and completely overwhelmed by this situation...Faraugar? Portals? Prisoners? How did this whole stupid fight get started anyway? You are just plain befuddled by events...

Bear, your skull and eardrums are thudding from that hell-screech, but you shake your furry head back and forth and barely manage to shrug off any other lingering effects.

Your turn, Bear.

 

[Van Dyksun]

OOC: How far do I estimate Faraugar to be from me, Matt?

 

[Tom Cashel]

Approx. 55 feet above you.

 

[Van Dyksun]

I command the steed, Kavass, "Grapple!"

 

[Tom Cashel]

With a shriek of rage, the black steed spreads batlike wings and drops down to grapple you, Bear...and you take your attack of opportunity. [nice one!]

 

[Tom Cashel]

While we're waiting for his AoO, it's your turn, Artemus.

 

[Tom Cashel]

Kavass lunges toward you, Bear, and you rake across the beast's belly with a powerful swipe of your claws. Squealing in pain, it is driven back and stopped short of grappling you.

Artemus?

 

[Roman Gemmalee]

I will fly as quietly and as inconspicously as I possibly can (Owl has a +20 Move silently skill) to the wagon that contains hostages. I will fly and position myself inside the wagon. If these are indeed hostages, I will begin the process of wild shaping back to my human form.

 

[Tom Cashel]

[Well, send me a Move Silently roll, dammit! ]

Artemus, you fly directly into the back of the wagon. All of the wagons are spread out a bit, no longer tied together in line. The explosion spooked the horses and caused them to scatter.

In the back you find prisoners tied and gagged: the gnomish Aruvor family and the Seveniss family, all gazing upon the great horned owl in their midst with wonder and fear. Quario Seveniss (the elf wizard), Einil Gallowglar (the female dwarf fighter) and Lenet cor Tarak are all unconscious and bound tightly.

You begin transforming back into a human.

Dalabrac, in your befuddled state, you simply turn and wander away...flying at the normal rate. Perhaps things will be less confusing over there...

Faraugar speaks words of magic, and five identical copies of himself spring up around him, all of them wreathed in horrid black smoke. Then he descends from the sky into a flanking position behind you, Bear. "Your soul has an appointment with the Dread Lord, Talking Beast!"

Kavass snaps at you with a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth, and rears up to strike at you with both hooves, Bear--you evade all three attacks.

Your turn, Bear.

 

[Roman Gemmalee]

Move silently=36! Sorry I had to announce such a huge number.