Combat, Round 1 - Partial
The first ghoul launches itself at Zirat, extremely overzealous for its next meal. Its teeth latch on to the warrior's arm, but the ghoul finds itself unable to penetrate the gladiator's steel armor.
Shoon slaps himself on the forehead, and would have been sighing as well if the situation were not so dire. At least it wasn't him in the trap this time. Not that that really makes all that much difference since he still has to try to get the two fools out of it. "I did not expect a gate... Now what do we do?" He looks around for some way to raise the portcullis.
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Shoons searches for a way to release the portcullis, but nothing is visible. Perhaps it sits in some remote location?
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The loathsome aspect of the foes and the crashing of the gate behind him does not deter Sir Merrick. His charge does not miss a beat and he brings his glaive down hard upon the first beast he can strike. He splits to the right to engage the closest enemy; the glaive chops through the foul undead and continues on, cutting the walking corpse in twain from shoulder to groin. The creature falls into halves before Merrick's mighty onslaught.
The second ghoul to the south is unfazed by the utter destruction of its companion, and leaps upon Sir Merrick, clawing and biting. The knight suffers some scratches, and nearly succombs to the insidious cold feeling flowing through his veins. He let's a savage yell, and shakes free of the effects of the ghoul's touch.
Deren searches the area around him for a release to the portcullis, but finds nothing.
Another ghoul joins the assault upon Zirat, but the creature stumbles against one of the pillars in its desire to reach the champion, and its fangs snap closed far off their mark.
Moving from the north, yet another ghoul charges to attack Merrick. The knight's glaive meets it head on, and drops another of the beasts to the ground, a massive wound carved into its chest.
The gladiator rips his arm from a ghoul's grasp, and brings his chain to bear, smashing it down upon the gravely figure. The chain bashes the thing hard, but fails to drop it.
"Let the light pierce the darkness and fill this place with the Shining One's glory!" Aeron intones as holy power radiates from the Last Prophet.[/QUOTE] The power of Pelor smashes into the ghouls with tangible force...they shriek and throw up their arms in defense, but three of them are smoted to ashes by the Last Prophet's call.
"Blast this accursed place..." mutters Ciaran as he gets his crossbow to bear. He loads a bolt and looks for an opening.
Aeron's action...remember, he can only turn those ghouls he has LOE to. That should be 1, 2 and 3, since I think the wall blocks 6. Aeron recognizes the creatures as ghouls...
22 Ghoul 2: move, bite vrs Zirat 11 (failure)
19 Shoon: spot 8, search 16
18 Merrick: glaive vrs Ghoul 5 "20" (threat), confirm 23 (critical), damage 51 (where is cleave when you need it? Fort Save vrs paralysis 12 (success - barely); AoO vrs Ghoul 4 21 (success), damage 15
17 Ghoul 5
16 Ghoul 6: claw 1 vrs Merrick 19 (success), damage 3; claw 2 vrs Merrick 8 (failure); bite vrs Merrick 13 (failure)
15 Deren: search 11
13 Ghoul 1: move, attack vrs Zirat "1" (failure)
09 Ghoul 4: double move, provokes AoO from Merrick
09 Zirat: attack vrs Ghoul 1 26 (success), damage 10
08 Aeron: turning check: 24, damage 19
06 Ciaran: delay
02 Ghoul 3:
PC Status
Merrick: 28/31
