Crossed Paths - Part I

[doghead]

2nd Round.

Marcus draws a sharp breath as the coal black wolf emerges, and releases it slowly as it the attacks the crone.

Marcus draws, loads andf brings up his crossbow looking for a clear shot at the male Neanderthal. He will shift slightly (slowly & carefully) northwards again if necessary, but wants to get a shot in before the Neanderthal can engage any of the others.

 

[Manzanita]

Round 3

OOC: Thank you, Jarval. I have the SRD downloaded, but I guess I didn't know where to look. I'm going to run Dhormium as an NPC here until Thels returns, since I hate to see him sit completely idle.

Round 1 (backtracking here)
Ehldannis summons a wolf, who appears near the pillar, and pauses before the swarm of bats. Dhormium casts CLW on Ehldannis (curing 9, bringing him to 14)

Round 2(finishing)
Dhormuim cast CLW on himself. (now has only domain spell left at first level; heals himself 10 hps, to 17)
Ehldannis?

Round 3
The women are now completely concealed behind a swarm of bats and the pillar.
does Nathaniel continue to try to shoot them?
Marcus can get a line of sight to the male, without significant movement. He shoots his crossbow, and his bolt rips a gash in the man's shoulder before shattering on the wall (3 pts dmg)
Brioc is able to maintain his concentration despite his sudden imolation. The bats continue to swarm about behind the pillar, but fire & smoke seem to be killing many. Then they seem to move off southwest. As they depart, the party is able to see the old woman still standing, somewhat concealed by the pillar, a ball of fire still in her right hand.
Once she appears, the wolf leaps at her, and bites her in the thigh, but fails to pull her down.
The acoloyte pulls out his dagger, and throws it at Marcus, missing.
The wolf charges out into the room, and is clearly affected afflicted with agonizing pain as it tries to cross the floor. It stumbles and falls, smearing its lifeblood across the stone. It is dead after charging about 15 feet.
Octar's blade makes another deep gash in the snake, which is looking pretty ragged now.

 

[Thomas Hobbes]

The wolf charges out into the room, and is clearly affected afflicted with agonizing pain as it tries to cross the floor. It stumbles and falls, smearing its lifeblood across the stone. It is dead after charging about 15 feet.
Octar's blade makes another deep gash in the snake, which is looking pretty ragged now.

Octar grunts in pain, and panics a little as he feels the pain go through him. It may be big, but it's not too tough he comforts himself. He's he knew his run of luck couldn't last much longer. Proboably won't kill me outright.With grim determination, he presses the attack.

ooc: Incidentally, I think Inez meant for the wolf to appear across the room, past the spikes and near the crone.

 

[Manzanita]

whoops

ThomasHobbes, you are the Leviathan, and totally correct. I reread Inez's post & looked up the spell. Ehldannis could basically put the wolf 25 to 30 feet into the room. l'll edit my above post to take that into account; it's only been there for about an hour. Thank you.

 

[Manzanita]

Round 3 (con't)

whoops, forgot the snakes 3rd round action
The snake strikes forward again, this time knocking Octar's sheild aside and sinking its fangs between the armor plates on his thigh. Just as quickly it pulls back, but Octar knows he's been poisoned, and feels weaker immediately. (7 pts dmg; -2 pts Con)

 

[Inez Hull]

Ehldannis wills his summoned wolf onwards and enters into a quick succession of syllables then points at the crone. [casts Daze]

 

[doghead]

Round 3

Marcus reloads the crossbow and brings it up to shoulder level. He slides another careful step northwards, his eyes scanning the room.

If I can get a shot at the witches, I'll take it if its a good one. Otherwise its that male with the club. Octar is looking sorely pressed.

OOC: less than 1/4 cover is good for a shot.

 

[Thels]

OOC: I'm a little confused. Is the male (or perhaps the snake) visible in front of the swarm or is everyone behind it?

If someone is visible: Crying in dwarven: "For Moradin!" Dhormuin charges ahead and swings his axe at his opposition.

If no one is visible: Dhormuin slowly approaches, his axe in one hand, speaking softly: "Un of yer lads know how to gibt of deez bugs?"

 

[Manzanita]

Round 3/4

There's only room for 2 people in the doorway. Brioc and Nathaniel are standing there now. I'll say Nathaniel backed out in round 3, allowing Ehldannis to step forward & cast his spell.

The swarm of bats, significantly reduced by fire, continue to swarm south of the pillar. Screams and moans can be heard within.

Ehldannis points his finger at the crone, but with no discernable effect.

I'll repost the map, but in short, Dhormium can see no one from behind Brioc and Ehldannis. If he were to push through them, he could see all the opponents.

Marcus shoots the man again, as the crone still has 1/2 concealment. The bolt stikes him in the chest and sticks there. He gurgles but remains on his feet.

The wolf bites at the crone again, but its teeth don't penetrate her armor.

The snake strikes out with his fangs, but again can't find purchase due to Octar's armor and shield. Octar responds with a swing of his blade, but he snake is too quick, and he misses. The man, spitting blood notices the wolf, and charges it, swinging his club, but he stumbles on the step up on the dais, and his swing falls short. The crone whips her flaming fist around and smashes it into the wolf's snout. It's head explodes into flame and it crashes to the floor, barely twitching.

 

[Manzanita]

map

Not sure what action Dhormium should take, or Nathaniel. Please let me know.

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