Deuce Traveler's Sewer Rats

[[OMENRPG]Ben]

Chernguk, remaining calm yet confused throughout the magical casting, now stares in incredulity at the hulking beast that was once a man. He swallows hard, and runs to the nearest shadowy corner or wall in order to take his best shot.

 

[Herobizkit]

Pickwick blinks his eyes a few times, unable to remove the spots from them. He shakes his head as he gropes for his longspear...

... then shrieks as he realizes that a great mass of ogrish death now looms before him. He skitters back, realizing that those giant arms might be able to reach him no matter where he goes.

OOC: Move "back" 5 feet, standard attack.

 

[Boddynock]

Gunzuul whips up his crossbow and fires at the grotesque creature. Unfortunately it is less than effective.

He then moves forward to within 30 feet of the thing.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Init=>
Needles: 16
'Ogre': 7
Pickwick: 6
Gunzuul: 4
Chernguk: ?
Hardnose: ?
Fergus: ?

(draft, still editing)

The 'ogre' is clearly in pain, while also half-blinded because of his unnaturally swollen face. Needles is helpless, though his random writhing helps him avoid the creature's stomp.

Pickwick took a step away from the lumbering giant, but used his spear for reach and struck it with a solid blow along its forearm (-5 hps to giant).

Gunzuul tried to follow up, but his shot went wide in his nervousness.

Chernguk's shot was more true, as the Sewer Rat crouched into a shadowy corner and fired a bolt that creased the creature's brow.

OOC: Hardnose and Fergus are up. Since it's the weekend, I'll give them a chance to act. I'll finish up the update tomorrow.

 

[ghostcat]

Seeing the mutilated giant is attacking one of his compatriot, Hardnose does not hesitate but moves in and lays into it with his short sword.

Hardnose rushes his attack and thus telegraphs his attack. If the giant had been paying attention it could have dodged easily. As it is the thing is so racked with pain it actually dodges into the blow.

 

[Fenris]

Fergus looks at the workers he had been guarding for a heartbeat and charges at the raging monster with axe held high. He trained long and hard against giants and knew how to avoid getting hit by them. Fergus swings his axe and connects with a good solid blow into the deformed monstrosity's thigh, his axe biting deep into the muscle.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Hardnose cuts a deep and ugly gash just below the creature's right knee. It screams and moves to reach for him, but somehow Fergus runs past Hardnose's left, hops over a screaming Needles, and buries his axe deep inside the giant's breast. It wails in pain before falling backwards, dead.

The harmful effects of the magic from the portal is successfully fought off by Needles. The only difference in him is that an old scar seems to have been completely healed by the magic. It would seem that low exposure to the plane would have a healing effect, but too much leads to mutation. With the creature dead, the party is now free to approach the entrance to the chamber, if they so wish.

 

[Boddynock]

Sparing no more than a cursory glance at the fallen ogre, Gunzuul rushes to the opening.

"Tania?" he calls into the chamber beyond.

 

[Fenris]

Fergus stoops to help get Needles onto his feet. Before returning to the workers."Hardnose, get that gem ready."

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

Getting to his feet, Needles spies the fallen giant. Realizing his scar is gone, he simply says, "There goes that tale..." before hearing Fergus.

"Let's get this over with, quickly. I don't want anymore mutated giants trying to stomp my brains out."