Steve Gorak said:
When Murdoch has a second (between blasts), he'll see if he can devour magic on the force bridge.
After a few tries, he manages to suppress it for several seconds (and he gets 45 temp hp out of it too). A few hundred invaders fall into the water, and the stone walls come crashing down on them. Water elementals, summoned by Fin, appear and create whirlpools to suck the invaders below water and drown them.
In spite of the progress made, the air attacks, seige weapons, wizards, and soldiers on rafts are taking their toll on the city's defenders. Their defenses were designed on the assumption that the mythal's defenses were active, but with the mythal apparently no longer under their control, the preexiting fortifications and tactics have serious shortcomings.
The group that slew the demon runs towards the giants, killing a few soldiers that get in their way. Meanwhile, Shando lays into the stunned giant, striking him five times and killing him with the last blow.
Murdoch and Barnak see bolts of energy streak form behind them towards the invaders charging accross the re-formed bridge, destroying the first few lines. Behind them, they see Taern Hornblade, the lord of the city (an archmage), as well as the high priests of Mystra and Helm, and Taern and Alustriel's twelve fighter-wizard sons, now leading the defenders from the front. "I see these are the reenforcements from Waterdeep. If you have anything you are holding back, now might be the time. Murdoch and Barnak feel envigorated by magics emenating from the cleric of Helm (+4 enh to str, dex, con, int, wis, cha, AC, Evasion, fast healing 5, DR 8/magic) Despite that, Murdoch and Barnak each take 40 dmg from assorted incoming fire during that time.
Shando poubds the stunne dgiant five times, killing him. Only one of the giants manage to hit the fast-moving Shando with their rocks (25dmg)
