Clutches of Evil - IC: Chapter Two

[Nonlethal Force]

[Sblock=OOC]Yeah, especially considering the unfortunate place he ended up in the init order. That makes sense. Is his location acceptabe? I know Unleashed had Keryth move to right beside the force screen. There is room there for byntrou as well, if you'd rather have him on the front line.[/Sblock]

 

[jkason]

[sblock=OOC]His position is fine, and actually makes sense, since Destiny sat next to him and Bahruul offered to shield him after the poison took affect.[/sblock]

 

[Nonlethal Force]

[Sblock=OOC Unleashed]I guess I should state this so that you know to begin. #3 (person with leather armor and short sword) is delaying action to a later point in the order. So the init order technically begins with Keryth.[/Sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric (HP 38/30; AC 18)

[SBLOCK=OOC]I was going to post an action anyway, I just haven’t been on since you posted the combat starting (until now). [/SBLOCK]“And here I was, thinking it was too obvious to mention,” Keryth quips, as the cloaked man finishes and gestures to drop the field.

As soon as he gets the opportunity, Keryth casts a silence spell, centred on the area right behind the cloaked man.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

[Sblock=OOC]Yeah, I figured as much. I just wanted you to be aware that he was going to delay his action ahead of time.[/Sblock]

As soon as the field drops Keryth wastes no time. Even before the cloaked man can give orders to his troops the spell takes effect. The cloaked man's mouth opens, but he quickly realizes what is happening. He points to the party aggressively.

Bahruul also guesses what is happening. His mouth opens in a primal scream "I will kill them!" He then places his greatsword in a ready position and smiles. "I assumed you would be smart in targeting that spell, Keryth."

The fighter who had spoken eyes Bahruul cautiously and steps forward. His mouth opens in a scream, but nothing comes out. He has a slight disturbed expression as he doesn't hear the battle cry that he expected. Nevertheless, he charges anyway. Bahruul's sword slips through the air as the fighter approaches. The sword ruthlessly bites into the fighter, who is caught unprepared against the ferocity of the attack. A serious gash opens up in the fighter's armor and blood begins to spill forth. The fighter still manages to attack, retaliating with a swing of his own. The fighter's greatsword slices through the air and strikes Bahrrul for a decent blow of his own.

The cloaked man realized the uselessness of his battlefield command presence and decides to leave the party at the mercy of his squad. He retreats down the hallway away from the party at what appears to be full speed.

Destiny watches the man run away and complains. "Nuts! I wasn't prepared for him to run that fast." Instead, she slides toward Byntrou and turns to the man in breastplate furthest away from the party and focuses intently for a second. The man's movements immediately look as though they are in slow motion. Destiny adds, "The metal man in the back won't be a problem for a bit, he'll be slower in getting to the line!"

Much as she predicted, the affected man begins to move, but it is a painfully slow movement. When it is all said and done he has hardly moved more than 10 feet.

The remaining fighter swings his blade aggressively and approaches Keryth. The blade slices through the air, but Keryth is able to dodge out of the way. The man in leather at the back of the group sees the cloaked man run away and he follows quickly. It would seem that the party is left with the three breastplate wearing oponents.

[Sblock=OOC Byntrou]There you go! Bet you are glad that you waited![/Sblock]

[Sblock=Battle Map]

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Revised Init Order: Keryth, Bahruul, 4, Destiny, 1, 2, Byntrou
[/Sblock]

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

Destiny watches the man run away and complains. "Nuts! I wasn't prepared for him to run that fast." Instead, she slides toward Byntrou and turns to the man in breastplate furthest away from the party and focuses intently for a second. The man's movements immediately look as though they are in slow motion. Destiny adds, "The metal man in the back won't be a problem for a bit, he'll be slower in getting to the line!"

Much as she predicted, the affected man begins to move, but it is a painfully slow movement. When it is all said and done he has hardly moved more than 10 feet.

[Sblock=OOC Byntrou]There you go! Bet you are glad that you waited![/Sblock]

[sblock=OOC]Definitely, since that didn't go at all like I was thinking it would. [/sblock]

"My thanks, little one," Byntrou says, pulling his bow off his back and quickly notching an arrow. "I much prefer fighting from a distance, and your trick will help keep that distance. Besides, a slower target is easier to hit."

With that, he lets loose his arrow to fly through the space between the two deuling pairs ahead of him.

[sblock=OOC]Move action to draw bow, free action to load it, attack +4 vs. #1 (damage 1d8+1). Since the 5ft square between Keryth and Bahruul is unoccupied, I'm assuming that means Byn doesn't take the penalty for firing into melee. Hopefully I've got that right.[/sblock]

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Byntrou can readily fire between the individual combats and does so with relative ease. The arrow flies true and strikes the fighter, although he doesn't seem phased by it too badly. The fighter looks intent on making it as far as he possibly can to get into battle.

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric (HP 38/30; AC 18)

Figuring Bahruul can handle the man he’s fighting, without any additional magical assistance, Keryth grasps his holy symbol and calls upon Bahamut to bring the cold silver dragons love so much to bear on the other two metal wrapped warriors.

[SBLOCK=OOC]Keryth attempts to cast chill metal (casting defensively DC 17; Concentration +8) on the fighter in front of himself and the one struggling to reach the party (edit: for clarity that'd be people 1 and 2 on the battlemap).[/SBLOCK]

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Both of the fighters clench their teeth, enduring the sudden chill of the spell. The one standing beside Keryth yells without looking back, [Color]"Eryth, Tierre get up here!"[/Color] Instinctively, their respetive bodies begin to shiver under the intense cold of the armor and metal blades.

Bahruul, fully wrapped in the rage that the party has seen before, take a mighty swing and finishes off the fighter he's standing beside. "Arrr! Take that, you evil underground fighting demons!" The fighter slumps away from Bahruul, clearly seriously wounded and likely dying.

With the fighter who had been squaring off against Bahruul falling to the ground, Destiny turns to the one immediately beside Keryth. "Let me show you what my friend Keryth is going to do to you when he's finished with you! Have a taste of the future!" She smiles as she looks to the fighter and watches his face take on a look of horror. He recovers from his vision, but he has clearly been mentally disturbed by the image. Wounds form across his body.

The fighter that Destiny had slowed takes a slow move forward, but is able to reach the space in front of Bahruul. He swings and connects, driving the blade deep into Bahruul thigh. The bous moans at the strike, but snarls and seems to recover well. The fighter yells to his companion, "Tierre has fled!"

The fighter standing before Keryth swings and connects with a strong blow frm the greatsword. He smiles and adds, "Your friends may defeat me, but I'll take you down with me."

[Sblock=OOC Keryth]Keryth gets hit hard for 11 damage[/Sblock]

[Sblock=Battle Map]

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      K B
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Revised Init Order: Keryth, Bahruul, Destiny, 1, 2, Byntrou[/Sblock]

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

Byntrou swears in his native tongue as both his battling friends are hit. Dropping his bow, he draws his scimitar to replace it, though instead of moving forward, he hisses forth a series of words, feigning a bow draw even though he's dropped the bow. As he "releases," a bolt of energy flies from the imaginary bow, biting into the side of the man attacking Keryth.

"We outnumber them, friends, but we can't take advantage of that where we are. Spread out and force them into an arena that gives us the upper hand."

[sblock=OOC]Casting Magic Missle at the fighter in melee with Keryth.[/sblock]