Feint Whispers: Unearthing the Past

[Tokiwong]

The corridor ends at the intersection...there is only the life...

OOC: I am totally baffled by this statement...

Jericho pauses at the intersection...

"Hmmm..."

 

[jasamcarl]

The party reenters the corridor, heading back in the direction of the lift.

Tarowyn: you hear something behind the party, past Ardoss, in the rubble.

 

[Mirth]

Tarowyn spins around and pulls the string on his bow taught. He whispers to the rest, "Quiet down, people. Something stirs in the wreckage."

 

[jasamcarl]

A strange grey-skinned creature emerges from the rubble. Its inordinatly long, slithery arms move towards Bhartus.

Initiative: Ardoss, Chocker, Jericho, Tarowyn and Bhartus, Whitney

The creature is near the back of the agreed upon formation..closest to Bhartus and Ardoss

 

[Tokiwong]

Jericho growls...

"Bah... this place is crawling with things better left to the edge of my blade..."

Jericho prepares to rush forward...

 

[Krug]

"What the?" Bhartus fires his crossbow bolt at the creature, and makes space for the warriors to get past him.

 

[Mirth]

Tarowyn fires at the loathsome thing. "Do you think the Orcs caused the cave-in to block that thing out?"

 

[Talindra]

Ardoss turns and fires a bolt at the creature, inwardly disgusted. "Looks like a scavenger to me...underground vulture...." he snarls, as he drops the crossbow and pulls his rapier free of its sheathe.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Whitney flinches a bit as she drops to one side and to one knee to take a shot if it's open.

 

[jasamcarl]

Ardoss' bolt hits the creature dead on in the chest, causing it to emmit a scream. Yet, it still reaches out for Bhartus with a tentacle-like arm, which misses the first time but is eventually able to wrap around the dwarf's neck, dragging him ten feet towards the creature, squeezes, and drops him to the ground unconscience.

Bhartus takes 12

Jericho then charges the creature, bringing his bastard sword down in such a way as to slice off both the creature's arms, felling it in a pool of black blood.



Out of initiative for combat, though Bhartus is dying. At -2 and counting. Tarowyn and Whitney will be able to act the earliest.