Elven Navy Delta Squad: Hunters

[GruTheWanderer]

Theryndil, Leopard, and Amanu continue to assault the hydra from range. Leopard wounds another head (8 damage) while Amanu wings the creature's body (1 damage).

Arramor casts his final cure serious wounds on Erenal (17 hp restored). Erenal gulps another potion of his own (8 hp restored).

Marcus senses the beast pressing the attack. He swings blindly with Cramp, but feels the blow knocked aside.

The monster attacks again with all five remaining heads. Erenal is rendered unconscious again by two bites (26 damage). Leaping forward to stand over his fallen comrade, Arramor is snatched from the ground by one head (16 damage). Another head grabs the other end of his torso, and the combat medic is torn in two (18 damage). The vicious beast throws down the pieces and continues to fan the nearby debris with its immense wings.

 

[garyh]

OOC: THAT was... vivid. I presume Theryndil missed? In any case, he fires another shot.

 

[Keia]

Marcus, fighting blind, hears the horrible screams of those around him, including his commander and sounds the retreat, "Fall back, now! Missile fire, keep attacking during the retreat!"

Marcus will tumble away from the hydra, hoping to avoid attacks of opportunity and move away [a double move].

 

[perivas]

Amanu whips out his other pistol and fires again.

 

[GruTheWanderer]

Theryndil hits the body with another arrow (5 damage). Amanu pegs the hydra with an exceptional pistol shot (10 damage).

The hydra pulls up and away from the melee combatants. Leopard fires two arrows as it closes with her, but misses. One of its heads coming diving in at the gnoll but slams into a tree instead.

Marcus finds himself clear of the hydra.

 

[garyh]

OOC: Theryndil will begin moving away from the beast with his squadmates, covering th retreat with more arrows until the beast drops pursuit.

 

[garyh]

OOC: Lousy double post!

 

[perivas]

Amanu reloads his pistol as fast as he can.

 

[Keia]

Marcus will tried and clear his eyes from the debris and see what's going on. He will continue the retreat. However if Erenal is spotted, Marcus will recover him and the Arramor halves, if possible (no one gets left behind).

If the hydra attacks, Marcus will chuck a dagger at him (yeah it isn't much but its all I've got for now). If it closes, Marcus will stop and attack with Cramp.

 

[GruTheWanderer]

Doing two rounds here, since the actions seemed obvious.

Theryndil fires as he moves through the trees along the island's south shore. The hydra's natural armor remains difficult to pierce, but his second shot finds a weakness (critical, 16 damage).

Leopard staggers backs, firing two more arrows in vain. The hydra concentrates all its attacks on the relatively unarmored gnoll, hitting with all five heads (71 damage). Leopard disappears beneath the ravening beast.

Theryndil and Marcus reach Erenal and Arramor's corpse at the same time. They watch the beast lift up and begin flying towards Amanu. The varana struggles to reload, his hands wet with river water and sweat. With death approaching on massive dragon wings, he raises the gun at the last moment and fires. The bullet explodes through the hydra's torso (9 damage).

The hydra banks over Amanu's head and plunges into the river on the west side of the island. The river runs deep there, and within moments the creature has disappeared, with only large ripples to mark its flight.