Doom of the Savage Kings

[GlassEye]

Lizt pounds on the Hound with little effect as Gratien retreats. The Hound makes a desultory swipe at Gratien as he moves out of combat. Surprisingly, the claws score deep and demonic essence burns at the elf, worse than iron, weakening him. This is like nothing Gratien has experienced before and he isn't sure he'll be able to recover. Despite a well-placed shot this weakness throws his aim off just enough that the Hound avoids the arrow.

The bolt of force that Boral throws wounds the Hound and is more effective than the weapons that have struck the demon so far. Kurl's healing attempt fails and he knows that Bobugbubilz grows more easily annoyed. Tender's attack makes a great oozing hole in the Hound's hide. If the rumors of the spear are true then the dwarf could use it to prevent the Hound from returning to gaseous form and escaping. Considering the extent of the wound he just inflicted Tender might need to do so very soon.

The badger is right next to Lizt, scratching and clawing but so far without causing injury to the demon.

GM: Scott, your trio is up! (I've already made the badger's attack.)

[sblock=OOC]FYI: Spear of Hirot; +1 to hit, damage, & initiative. On a hit, the wielder can use the crossbars to pin a creature and reduce its AC by the wielder's STR bonus. Sacrifice action & make a contested strength check to maintain pin. Pinning affects magical and prevents gaseous form, teleporting, etc.

Homer AC 11; 8/8 hp
Hank AC 10; 5/5 hp
Franko AC 10; ?/4+? (Lost: Enlarge)

Gratien AC 13; 2/4 hp
Lizt AC 14; 4/4

Boral AC 10; 7/7 hp (Lost: Enlarge) Bolt: 1d6=2
Kurl AC 15; 5/5 hp (Disapproval on: natural 1-2)
Tender AC 18; 6/13 hp (Bless: +1 to all attacks, 9/10 rounds)

Dire Badger AC 14, 7 hp, 359/360 rounds 1d20+6=10, 1d6+2=7

Demon Hound AC 15 5/20 hp 1d20+3=23, 1d4=2 & Crit 1d4=2 (permanent loss of 2 hit points); Oi, DT & Scott have had their share but you've had the lion's share of bad luck of late, CB.
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[Scott DeWar]

Homer charges into the frey!

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]

Hank summons another badger
[roll4]

Franko shoots his mouth, er finger off
Magic missile
[roll5]

 

[Scott DeWar]

Hank: caster check should have been at +3 so 13 [summon one normal badger]

Homer misses with both attacks

Franko's caster check is at +4, so 21
number of missiles: [roll0]

 

[Scott DeWar]

Franko: 5 missiles 25 damage
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]
[roll3]
[roll4]

 

[GlassEye]

Franko blasts the demon Hound into bloody chunks and as pieces fly it begins to disintegrate into oily smoke... However, Tender holds firm and prevents the magical transformation. The Hound writhes but the continued barrage of force missiles slaughters it. All is quiet except for a bit of heavy breathing caused by the brief spurt of combat. The Hound is dead.

OOC: Hound STR check: 1d20=2 Well, that was certainly much easier than expected.

 

[Scott DeWar]

and messy!

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Gratien doubled over in pain, a long-fingered elegant hand sandwiched over the wounds clawed into his elf flesh by the Hound. He wheezed in agony and dropped his bow.

Lizt blinked, then pumped a fist in the air. "Well done, magic boy!" she hollered at Franko. "You too, Tender. I thought the beast was going to disappear in a fit of oily smoke for a moment there." Lizt paused, then frowned with worry. "It is gone for good, right? It won't come back?" She cast a suspicious look around, half expecting to see the Hound lurking in shadows.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Tender is bloodied and shaken, holding the magical spear weakly in his trembling hands. "I expected to meet my death here, though I never doubted the rest of you would eventually be victorious."

Kurl answers, "Well done, my friend. Perhaps someone else could attend to those wounds, though. I have a sense that I have somehow offended my patron lately."

Boral examines the surroundings to see if anything has changed, "I still wonder about the source of this evil, and whether this is truly over. But most of all, I'm still wanting to settle affairs with that Jarl."

 

[Scott DeWar]

Franko stands stoop shouldered and weeping he mumbles something about the sacrifice of many tosave all who are here. It sounds like coherent gibberish.

The two badgers feast on the chunks of the deamon wold and return to the side of their summoner, Hank, who stands at ranko's side trying to consul him and asking what is he talking about.

Homer looks bak and fort between the bloody mess and his clean shortswords. "I, uh, um, er . . ."

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Lizt glanced at Boral and nodded vigorously. "Aye. The Jarl needs dealing with. Is there any evidence of the Hound we can take with us back to Hirot to bolster our claim of the Jarl's involvement in this?" She looked around, and noticed Gratien looking wan. "Hey, the Elf's hurt!" She walked over to Gratien. "That looks painful. Are you okay to walk?" Gratien nodded. He tried to straighten himself to the upright position, but winced. The Hound had clawed him good. After a few minutes, he stood straight, but even a brief glance his way revealed that he plainly did not feel his best.

Lizt walked over to the guide rope that the group had used to descend into the chasm. "We should climb out and go Jarl hunting." She tested the rope to see whether it was still tied off up top.