Dungeon of the Fire Opal, Part VI

[HeavyG]

Entangled in the web, Ivellios finds aiming his large bow accurately very hard. His next arrow misses the spider by a meter, just before it finishes its descent and bites the elf in the shoulder lightning quick. Ivellios drops his longbow in pain. (10 damage)

Murhid recoils from the clawing with a slight intoxication; his vision goes blurry for a second. With a mixture of excitement and fear he screams at the ghoul in front of him and then attempts to destroy it, with what ever he has left.

The ghoul dodges and blocks frantically, but the monk manages to sneak a blow in nonetheless, crushing some ribs and pushing the undead back a few steps. The ghoul then hisses at the monk as it gets ready for a counterattack. (6 damage)

Seeing Murhid GOING OFF on the ghoul, Ubaar roars in exquisite rage with the last of his frenzy - "MUUUURRRRHHHHIIIID!
Ubaar see a Thunderbeast in you yet!

Uthgar - you catchin' any of this?" the barbarian half-orc from the North says to noone in particular...
"There be some good battlin' goin on, it's a shame if you miss it!" he finishes as he tries to hack the ghoul who dodged him last round.

"Let's see you dodge THIS one, brain-eater!"

The barbarian’s blow cuts the ghoul in two. As he recovers from the blow, Ubaar’s focus dissolves and he’s left tired and aching, and feeling weak and slow from the poison. (17 damage, rage over)

Taz tumbles over the square, Kytess is lying in, past the ghoul threatening her to N13, turning her Shield to face into the direction of the ghouls, then attacks the ghoul between her and Jalon with her dagger.

Taz manages to dodge both ghoul’s clumsy attacks as she gets in position to distract Jalon’s opponent. The cleric uses the opportunity to chop the ghoul’s head off, just as Taz pokes it in the back with her dagger. (Taz did 1 point, Jalon 7)

We have to get rid of the boss, but right now, Kytess is in trouble! The halfling thinks to himself, moving along his destination while unloading two arrows upon the ghoul infront of Kytess.

(Okay, I’ll use a creative interpretation of “in front of Kytess” since the one in M12 just died.)

Seeing the ghoul attacking Kytess just had its head removed by Jalon’s flashing blade, the halfling targets his former target with a pair of arrows. One misses but the other hits the ghoul that was attacking Taz in the heart, sending it to the ground. (8 damage)

Then, the two last ghouls, one of which is pretty badly wounded, counterattack. One throws itself at the fatigued barbarian. Even weak from losing touch with the Thunderbeast, though, Ubaar manages to dodge and deflect the blows using maybe a touch more defense than usual. The other manages to scratch Murhid with a clawed hand. The wound isn’t bad and becomes numb really quickly, so the monk feels no real pain. (1 point of damage)

Seeing all its minions dead or wounded, their leader cries out “Noooo ! My pretties ! Delay them while I go get the otherssss…” as it drops something it was holding, getting on all fours and running away in the darkness like an animal.



Here's the initiative for next round.

Ivellios
Jalon
Spider #1 (the one over the web)
Kytess
Murhid
Ubaar
Taz
Sollir
The ghoul’s boss
The Ghoul Army (well, more like a duo now)


And the status of the party :

(S) Sollir Furryfoot : Hp(21/21)
(M) Murhid : Hp (1/21) 4 points of dexterity damage, spider poison , ghoul poison (1 round), ghoul poison (1 minute)
(T) Taz : Hp (16/19), ghoul poison (1 minute)
Sheela : Hp (9/9),
(I) Ivellios Nailo : Hp (16/35) Entangled, -2 to hit and –4 to dex. Spider venom (1 round)
(U) Ubaar : Hp (13/28), 2 points dex damage, Endure fire (12 hours), 2 points of dexterity damage, fatigued (-2 to strength and dex, can’t run), Spider poison (1 minute), ghoul poison (1 minute x3)
(K) Kytess : Hp (6/28) Held, Endure fire (12 hours), dead ? not dead ? nobody knows.
(J) Jalon Odessa : Hp (14/24) 3 points dex damage, Endure fire (12 hours), ghoul poison (1 minute x3)

 

[reapersaurus]

Side by side with Murhid, Ubaar sees the massive damage the monk has taken and how close to going down he truly is.

The Thunderbeast's power leaving him makes him feel wasted, as always, but he knows if he gives in to weakness too much in battle there may not be another.

"Grit your teeth and bear with the pain, silent one.
We gotta keep fightin' till there's none left to hit us!

Ubaar likes the way you throw lotsa punches!"

He sees the spider close to the ground, and says "Let's get the spidey!
Can anyone finish off this brain-eater?"

If anyone takes out the ghoul in front of him before Ubaar's move, he'll move up to the spider and try to take it out.
If not, he'll try to waste yet another ghoul.

He won't exactly notice too much the boss guy getting away with the Fire Opal...

 

[Taz]

Taz quickly turns into the direction, the ghoul boss has fled and moves there, looking at what he dropped. Unless it seems useful or otherwise important to pick up, she'll just move on and chase the boss into the corridor, Shield facing to front. If she can't see him, she sends Sheela forward to keep the boss within sight.

 

[Jalon Odessa]

Resisting his urge to follow the evil cleric, Jalon immediately rushes to Kytess' side to inspect her wounds.

'Rise, brave warrior - there is still much more to be done here. Your time is not through yet.'

A sorrowful look crosses the priest's face as he channels the energy of Tyr through his wand. Clutching Kytess' hand, Jalon sings a hymn of justice and honour in battle, in the hopes that his lord will smile upon the fallen warrior.

[OOC: Five-foot step to M12, and yet another charge from Jalons CLW wand. Remember that he's untrained in heal though, so I don't know if he'll be able to identify Kytess' exact condition.]

 

[Murhid]

Murhid grunts as he makes a quick step forward to put the ghoul off guard, and then sends a series of wide swings into it.
[Flurry of Blows]

 

[HeavyG]

Fighting the pain in his shoulder, Ivellios draws his short sword and, with a shout, plunges it in the body of the giant spider. At this range, it takes up all of the elf’s vision and is hard to miss. The blade plunges in the spider’s abdomen and dark blood sprays everywhere. Then, a pair of arrows from Sollir hit the spider from the side and it emits a shrill sound. (Ivellios : 9-5= 4 damage, Sollir : 5-5 = 0 and 9-5 = 4 damage)

Resisting his urge to follow the evil cleric, Jalon immediately rushes to Kytess' side to inspect her wounds.

'Rise, brave warrior - there is still much more to be done here. Your time is not through yet.'

A sorrowful look crosses the priest's face as he channels the energy of Tyr through his wand. Clutching Kytess' hand, Jalon sings a hymn of justice and honour in battle, in the hopes that his lord will smile upon the fallen warrior.

The priest flings aside the ghoul’s body to touch Kytess with his wand. He can feel Tyr’s energy channeled through the stick and into the warrior’s grievous throat wounds, knitting the wound closed. As he finishes his hymn, the priest notices that the warrior still isn’t moving, but her chest is rising and falling and he thinks he can see some awareness in her unmoving open eyes. (7 points of healing)

Taz quickly turns into the direction, the ghoul boss has fled and moves there, looking at what he dropped. Unless it seems useful or otherwise important to pick up, she'll just move on and chase the boss into the corridor, Shield facing to front. If she can't see him, she sends Sheela forward to keep the boss within sight.

Arriving at the end of the room, Taz quickly climbs the 8’ of wall leading to the ghoul’s corridor. As she arrives at the top, she spots the object the priest dropped – a wickedly curved dagger, the kind used in blood sacrifices. Ahead, the corridor seems to go on for about 60-100 feet, before ending up in a wide perpendicular hallway. Taz spots the undead priest reaching the corner and turning right as she stands up. The corridor is dark, but the hallway ahead seems well-lit. The vial at Taz’s throat emits especially pale and white light as Sheela launches after the priest.

Murhid grunts as he makes a quick step forward to put the ghoul off guard, and then sends a series of wide swings into it.

The monk quickly and efficiently breaks the ghoul’s neck with a punch and crushes it’s abdomen with another. The undead falls down twitching. (5 and 7 damage)

Side by side with Murhid, Ubaar sees the massive damage the monk has taken and how close to going down he truly is.

The Thunderbeast's power leaving him makes him feel wasted, as always, but he knows if he gives in to weakness too much in battle there may not be another.

"Grit your teeth and bear with the pain, silent one.
We gotta keep fightin' till there's none left to hit us!

Ubaar likes the way you throw lotsa punches!"

He sees the spider close to the ground, and says "Let's get the spidey!
Can anyone finish off this brain-eater?"

If anyone takes out the ghoul in front of him before Ubaar's move, he'll move up to the spider and try to take it out.
If not, he'll try to waste yet another ghoul.

He won't exactly notice too much the boss guy getting away with the Fire Opal...

Ubaar’s blow takes the ghoul in its shoulder, crippling its whole right flank. Then the ghoul turns to flee but Murhid trips it with a leg sweep and Ubaar quickly finishes it off. Many people still feel some spider or ghoul poison coursing through their veins, but Ivellios and Murhid are particularly affected by it. (Iv : 5 points strength damage. Mur : 2 points of dexterity damage)





And the status of the party :

(S) Sollir Furryfoot : Hp(21/21)
(M) Murhid : Hp (1/21) 6 points of dexterity damage, spider poison (1 minute), ghoul poison (1 minute x2)
(T) Taz : Hp (16/19), ghoul poison (1 minute)
Sheela : Hp (9/9),
(I) Ivellios Nailo : Hp (16/35) Entangled, -2 to hit and –4 to dex. 5 points of strength damage, Spider venom (1 minute)
(U) Ubaar : Hp (13/28), 2 points dex damage, Endure fire (12 hours), 2 points of dexterity damage, fatigued (-2 to strength and dex, can’t run), Spider poison (1 minute), ghoul poison (1 minute x3)
(K) Kytess : Hp (13/28) Held, Endure fire (12 hours)
(J) Jalon Odessa : Hp (14/24) 3 points dex damage, Endure fire (12 hours), ghoul poison (1 minute x3)

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar looks at Murhid and says "Good fight, quiet one.
You guys see how if you lay into 'em hard enough, they won't have the Strength to do anythin' but fall under yur attack.

I'll be right back."

Ubaar sheathes his greatsword and moves to the ledge, reaches up, and pulls himself up with a Jump to help.
"Taz! Whatchu see up there?"

OOC: hmm.. that makes me wonder how Taz got up that 8' wall...

 

[HeavyG]

OOC: hmm.. that makes me wonder how Taz got up that 8' wall...

She climbed up, agile little thing.

 

[Murhid]

Murhid nods in reply to Ubaar, then sits down, back against the front of the nearby table. He checks his wounds, rips a length of his winter blanket off, and ties it around the gash on his arm. Then tries best to clean his blood covered body with the water from his waterskin, taking a drink once he is satisfied. Murhid then turns his attention at Sir Jalon and the unmoving Kytess.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

"Murhid, wait up! I'm gonna try and heal you a bit..." Sollir moves towards Murhid, dropping his shortbow quickly and taking out his wand as he moves towards the monk.

(Drop my bow, Double move to Murhid while drawing my wand)