Dungeon of the Fire Opal, Part VI

[CRGreathouse]

I realize I've been out of this for a while, so let me respond to some earlier posts...

Jalon stays by Kytess' side, keeping an eye on her injuries.

'Take your time, young warrior - your wounds may not yet be completely healed. When you have regained your strength, however, I'm afraid we must move on.'

Kytess feels stiff and a little woozy, but tries not to show it. (Bluff -2? )

"I'm fine, Jalon, I'm fi-"

She stumbles on her not-quite-unheld feet, and her world swims. She regains her footing.

"I'm ready, let's go," says Kytess, with all the enthusiasm of a brick wall.

Okay, everyone reaches Ubaar.

He's pointing at a side passage with his long bow.

In the meantime, Sheela has joined Taz and Ubaar has recovered from his battle fatigue. Murhid has also successfully saved against the spider venom's secondary effect.

Kytess catches up with the others, waiting for the action - trying not to think of her earlier brush with death.

 

[HeavyG]

Okay, I reread all the last battle and did the bookkeeeping.

Ubaar is due for the secondary effects from the two spider bites. The secondary damage from the ghoul poison (all 9 of them) and Iv's wound will start happening is three rounds.

Ubaar got the first save (11+bonus against DC 16), but failed the second one, for 4 points of strength damage.




The party hears sounds of movement getting louder from the side corridor, as if a lot of things were running towards them.

(You have 1 round to prepare. You can position yourselves using the last map I drew up for coordinates if you want.)

 

[Taz]

Taz will take a few steps back and prepare the wand. With no spells left to protect her, she'd drop way too fast in melee.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Kytess waits impatiently.

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar's normal battle-resolve wavers almost imperceptably while looking left and right at the distracted faces of his battle-comrades.

OOC: I'm not going to have access over the weekend. Right when the might hit the fan, too! Well, I'll find out what happens on Monday. [cheeseball announcer voice] "WILL our intrepid heroes be overrun by undead brain-eating, no-tipping deadbeats? WILL the ghoul boss get away to hatch his nefarious schemes elsewhere? WILL Archibald get his precious spell-component? WILL Ivellios wake up in TIME? WILL Ubaar maniacally Overrun into the middle of a pack of ghouls? WILL Taz become a magic-missile assassin? WILL Murhid start to rage as if he was a born-again Thunderbeast? WILL Jalon layeth the righteous smack of Tyr down on the undead? WILL the Mistress of Chains keep a veritable army back? WILL Sollir "Find His Range?" Tune into our next episode of "As the Non-Iconic Heroes Squirm!" [/cheesy voice]

 

[Murhid]

Murhid looks intently to the holy men and then back to the corner.
"Arrggh, we leavin’ or what?!?" [If the general consensus is to leave, Murhid will depart with the rest. Though if not
"Ok then, those with weapons of range get them out, lets all move back fifteen feet, archers be in the rear, I'll go front line with anyone who doesn't feel comfortable with bows or what not. Plummet the ghouls with arrows until we are in full melee, then draw your weapon and disperse. You damn men of gods drive back the dead beings when we get in trouble. If we are heavily outnumbered don't be afraid to be the first to run, best we be able to fight another day."
Murhid assumes his position.
[OCC: Hope I'm not steeping on anyone's toes , and sorry for the (As I think Taz put it) un-godly amount of words Murhid just spoke.]

 

[CRGreathouse]

Murhid looks intently to the holy men and then back to the corner.
"Arrggh, we leavin’ or what?!?"

"With the Fire Opal so close? I'd hate to give it up now. It's so close!"

Kytess moves to the front, next to Murhid.

 

[HeavyG]

(I'll pause the game until the OOC question is resolved. It'll also help me determine who's still here and who's not.)


Here's a link for your convenience.

 

[CRGreathouse]

(Start OOC)

I have no particular opinon about dropping members. I'll support whatever HeavyG decides.

I think the only real choice for our characters is to retreat: we're badly poisoned and low on resources. Kytess, however, doesn't see it the same way - she wants to continue after the Opal. Since most fo the other characters feel this way, I think it's what we should do - even if it's notthe best tactical move.

reaper - Do you own Broncosaurus Rex from Goodman Games? It's filled with information (and 30+ pages of stats) on dinosaurs. My favorite part was the description of a skill (Animal Empathy, perhaps?) including their own description of Indifferent: "The dinosaur eats grass, and you're not grass." Seriously, it's worth paging through at your FLGS, if nothing else.

(Stop OOC)

 

[Taz]

Taz stands ready at M17.