Lightning flickers once more over the battlefield as the giant rock creature responds to Dextyr's feeble attack. At steps towards him and grips him in two massive, crushing fists, squeezing the breath out of him as it lifts him off the ground. Then if suddenly tosses him aside, into the nearest thicket of trees, where his body lies twisted and mangled. As the life leaves him, his last sight is the creature stomping forward to finish the job.
Tonk sees none of this, but he does see a puff of orange smoke drifting away over the trees and realizes Dextyr must be dead. A moment later the rock giant pushes its way through the trees, but mercifully, he expires before it can reach him.
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Dextyr hits for 6, shifts to G5, misses, and shifts to H6. Just do that 20 more times, and it's dead.
The lightning misses:
Lightning on Dextyr (1d20+6=12, 1d10+4=13)
The Elemental shifts to G5 and attacks with Bear Hug:
Bear Hug on Dextyr (targets Fort) (1d20+8=23, 3d8+5=16) Hit for 16, bloodied and grabbed. He uses a minor action to Hurl Dextyr, which does automatic damage:
Hurl Dextyr (automatic damage) (1d6+4=7) Dextyr's at -2, so you're all dying.
So, that's that.
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Dextyr wakes in a shadowy room. His body feels numb, and he is weak from exhaustion. He is in a hard, uncomfortable bed, looking up at a vaulted stone ceiling overhead. A kindly looking old man with a stubble of grey and white beard leans over him. The holy symbol of Lauto hangs from his neck.
"Welcome back to the living, my son," he says.
"Forgive me if I don't have too many words to soften the shock - I've already made this speech three times and I'm getting a bit tired of it. And I believe your final friend is about to arrive, so I have other duties. Be with you in a moment."
He turns and makes his way to a large glass orb standing in the corner of the room, flanked by two acolytes. Blade, Tristan and Mikara are arrayed on similar beds, ranged between Dextyr and the orb. Inside the orb is a misty scene showing the battlefield from high overhead, centered on Tonk's body. His body is slowly swelling to fill the sphere, until only his face is visible. Then the sphere becomes clouded with orange smoke and Tonk's body appears on the floor in front of it.
The two acolytes pick up the body, with difficulty, and place it on the nearest bed. The old man pulls his holy symbol from his neck and lays it on Tonk's chest. Then he begins sprinkling silver dust from a small pouch over the body, while chanting in a low voice in a strange language.
One of the acolytes returns with a silver bowl of pure water. The other takes a black cloth, dips it in the water, and begins washing Tonk's wounds. As he wipes the blood away, the wounds miraculously close. But Tonk still shows no signs of life.
The priest hands the pouch to an acolyte, kneels, bows his head over the corpse, and cries out in a pleading voice. For several minutes he entreats Lauto for Tonk's life (or so you gather from the tone - the words are still strange). Then he leans forward to touch his lips to Tonks - and stops. He steps back a few paces, takes a deep breath, and returns to hover his face over Tonk's - and stops again. He breath puffs out loudly and he begins coughing, his eyes watering. Finally he waves over the acolyte.
"You do this one."
"Me?" says the acolyte, eyes wide.
"But you said it would be years before I can give the gift...!"
The priest shakes his head, still coughing.
"Er, normally, yes. But you've seen so much today that I decree your apprenticeship is at an end. Today you are invested as a priest of the first order, and empowered to give the holy kiss of life. Now get to it."
Hesitantly, the newly minted priest approaches Tonk's bed and stares at him in apprehension. The old man suddenly roars,
"IT IS A GREAT HONOUR AND A SACRED DUTY!" The young man jumps, plants a quick peck between Tonk's tusks, and backs away swiftly. Too late - Tonk suddenly opens his jaws to take a breath, and the priest flees to the far corner of the room, retching.
"There," says the old man in satisfaction, recovering his holy symbol from Tonk's chest.
"Now we're all together again."
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Ok, I'm too tired to continue right now. Tomorrow I'll post the final XP and the amount you owe. (Heh heh.)
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