Dungeon of the Fire Opal, Part VI

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar's Constitution and force of will try a stabilization roll with all their Might.
(Heavy - we ARE using the "Death at negative CON points" rule, right? )

 

[HeavyG]

(Heavy - we ARE using the "Death at negative CON points" rule, right? )

WTF you talkin' bout ?

 

[HeavyG]

Sollir sees Ubaar falling, his face contorted with concern, "Oh what the heck, I can't shoot over the alter very well if my life depended on it, I'm coming ya big half orc!" The halfling drops his bow and hurries over towards Murhid, drawing his wand.

Kytess attacks the skeleton near Ubaar furiously, hoping to make one last difference. Her breathing is ragged, and the taste of blood is strong in he mouth.

Attack skeleton at R16, Cleaving if possible; after attack, if the skeleton drops, she steps to S17 to protect Ubaar.

Kytess hits the skeleton with her chain. Unfortunately, the spikes can’t do much damage on bone, and the wound is minor. (8/2 = 4 damage)

Then, her skeleton foe tries to stab her and slash her again, but hits only air, while the other one turns on Murhid and stabs him in the chest, opening in the monk a deep yet non-lethal wound. Fortunately, the hero manages to dodge the wicked claws of the beast. (12 damage on Murhid, lucky Kytess with an opponent unable to roll higher than a 9)

Taz moves towards the altar (20' straight up) and fires another pair of magic missiles into the same skeleton, hoping to see it drop soon.

Murhid puts his arm in front of his face to ward off the large splinters of skull knocked off by the pair of purple missiles. The skeleton reels under the relentless assault, attacked from all parts. (6 damage)

After seeing the zombie fall lifelessly to the ground, Jalon hurriedly moves toward the altar in an effort to help his injured comrades.

Removing his the silver wand of healing from his belt as he moves, Jalon rushes toward the skeleton battling Kytess, and uses the wand to blast it with a burst of positive energy.

The wand flashes when Jalon touches the creature on the back. Its silvery runes turn black and lose their glow around the touched area, and the bones blacken and turn brittle as some boney flakes flutter to the ground. The effect slowly spreads for about 6 inches around the impact point before stopping. The skeleton doesn’t seem to notice, though. (6 positive energy damage)

"Mraaa!!" Screams Murhid, as he attempts to hack down the skeletons legs with a series of kicks.
[Flurry of Blows]

The monk launches into a fast attack sequence to destroy the undead in his way. The undead dodges or absorb many blows, but the monk sweeps its feet and jumps on its ribcage as it falls down, crushing its spine. (6 damage and a miss – it ain’t easy describing how a bare-armed monk kills undead, that’s for sure )


Finally, looking at Ubaar, Kytess and Sollir can see his chest rising as if breathing as a new spray of blood gushes from his wound. It looks bad. Real bad. The barbarian is alive, but probably not for more than a few seconds.

Initiative

Sollir : 20
Kytess : 17
Ubaar : 18
Large skeletons with stingers and glowing silver runes : 16
Taz : 19
Jalon : 6
Murhid : 3

Map :


Poison update :
Sollir passed one of the two ghast poison saves this round. 1 point of dex damage.
Murhid failed the save against ghoul poison ( with a 3). 3 points of dex damage.
Jalon fails his save vs poison (with a 6). 4 points of dex damage.

Just after Jalon touched the skeleton with his healing wand, and the skeleton is turning towards him, most likely to counterattack, the ghoul’s poison finishes coursing through the cleric’s body and he stops moving, standing up, rigid and motionless. Kytess can see him not even flinch as the skeleton rears its barbed tail to strike.



And the status of the party :

S) Sollir Furryfoot : Hp(15/21) 5 points of dex damage, Cat's Grace (+4 dex, 3 hours), Ghast Poison (1 round), Ghast Poison (9 rounds)
(M) Murhid : Hp (2/21) 12 points of dexterity damage
(T) Taz : Hp (16/19), nauseated (-2 penalty to attacks, saves, and skill checks for 7 minutes), 2 points of dexterity damage
Sheela : Hp (9/9),
(I) Ivellios Nailo : Hp (16/35) 11 points of strength damage
(U) Ubaar : Hp (-x/28), Unconscious 4 points dex damage, Endure fire (12 hours)
(K) Kytess : Hp (3/28) Nauseated (-2 penalty to attacks, saves, and skill checks for 6 minutes), Endure fire (12 hours), ghoul poison (7 rounds), ghast poison (9 rounds)
(J) Jalon Odessa : Hp (14/24) 13 points dex damage (paralyzed), Endure fire (12 hours)

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

"Joy, it seems like I'm the last healer," Sollir says underneath his breath as he moves past Murhid, trying to weave about so that the skeleton's tail doesn't hit him *and* tries to avoid stepping on Ubaar as he makes his way with his wand, tapping the big half-orc when he's through...hopefully.

(Move to T16, then tap Ubaar with my wand-If I fail my poison save i'll use my luck domain power to reroll)

 

[Taz]

Taz takes a step (from M18 to N18) and targets the other skeleton with the wand.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Kytess moves to block the skeleton, warding it off with her chain - and hopefully hitting it.

Attack defensively, step to S16.

(Is this the part where Kytess closes her eyes and imagines herself walking through a field a grain?)

 

[Murhid]

If Murhid isn't dead by his initiative:
Murhid standing above the just downed skeleton, wipes the blood seeping from his knuckles onto his pants. Feeling as if he were about to keel over, he stumbles towards the next opponent, deaf to the rest of the world. "Just a little longer" he says to himself, and then goes in for the attack.
[Flurry of Blows]

 

[HeavyG]

(Is this the part where Kytess closes her eyes and imagines herself walking through a field a grain?)

Maybe.

Okay, I'm back and starting on the update.... now.

 

[HeavyG]

"Joy, it seems like I'm the last healer," Sollir says underneath his breath as he moves past Murhid, trying to weave about so that the skeleton's tail doesn't hit him *and* tries to avoid stepping on Ubaar as he makes his way with his wand, tapping the big half-orc when he's through...hopefully.

The lashing tail hits Sollir, slashing a deep gash in his shoulder just as he touches Ubaar with the wand. The barbarian spasms once and then stops moving altogether, except for his chest rising and falling. (Skellie hit on the AoO for 13 damage on Sollir. Ubaar healed 6 points)

Kytess moves to block the skeleton, warding it off with her chain - and hopefully hitting it.

As the skeleton slashes Sollir and then turns its tail around to kill motionless Jalon, Kytess strikes its back and breaks a few ribs. Once again, the chain does less damage than it would have done on a flesh-and-blood foe. The skeleton continues its movement without noticing much as the warrior tumbles away from it and to stand over Ubaar’s body. The blow jostled the skeleton and spoiled its aim, though, because its barbed tail and one claw deflect on the cleric’s armor. The left claw still manages to score a deep wound around Jalon’s armpit, however. (Kytess hits for 8/2 = 4. Sucessful tumble roll. Skeleton rolls a 3, a 4 and a 13 to hit Jalon. 7 damage on the claw attack.)

Taz takes a step (from M18 to N18) and targets the other skeleton with the wand.

The pair of glowing missiles knocks a third of the skeleton’s skull off. (6 damage)

Murhid standing above the just downed skeleton, wipes the blood seeping from his knuckles onto his pants. Feeling as if he were about to keel over, he stumbles towards the next opponent, deaf to the rest of the world. "Just a little longer" he says to himself, and then goes in for the attack.

Stepping forward, the monk kicks the skeleton’s closest knee off then, as the creature falls to its right side, he grabs the flailing tail and breaks it over the stone altar. The skeleton falls to its knees, the silvery glow from its eyes still looking at the still form of the cleric of Tyr. It starts crawling towards him to finish him. (20 and 17 on the hit rolls, 8 and 4 damage.)


Initiative

Sollir : 20
Kytess : 17
Ubaar : 18
Large skeletons with stingers and glowing silver runes : 16
Taz : 19
Jalon : 6
Murhid : 3


Poison update :
Sollir uses his daily reroll to save vs ghast poison.


And the status of the party :

S) Sollir Furryfoot : Hp(2/21) 5 points of dex damage, Cat's Grace (+4 dex, 3 hours), Ghast Poison (7 rounds)
(M) Murhid : Hp (2/21) 12 points of dexterity damage
(T) Taz : Hp (16/19), nauseated (-2 penalty to attacks, saves, and skill checks for 7 minutes), 2 points of dexterity damage
Sheela : Hp (9/9),
(I) Ivellios Nailo : Hp (16/35) 11 points of strength damage
(U) Ubaar : Hp (-3/28), 4 points dex damage, Endure fire (12 hours)
(K) Kytess : Hp (3/28) Nauseated (-2 penalty to attacks, saves, and skill checks for 6 minutes), Endure fire (12 hours), ghoul poison (7 rounds), ghast poison (8 rounds)
(J) Jalon Odessa : Hp (7/24) 13 points dex damage (helpless), Endure fire (12 hours)

 

[reapersaurus]

OOC: Welcome back, Heavy!

Ubaar's wounds close up and the bleeding trails to a trickle as the look of imminent death fades from the half-orcs face.