Round 1: Ghoulish Smackdown
OOC: Init order: ghouls in right tunnel (
14, Danth (13), Kael (11), Iesha (
8, Jovik (6), Jokad (4), ghouls in left tunnel (
3
The ghoul is upon Jokad before he can prepare, clawing and biting at him with all of the frenzied hunger of the undead. He bats away its lunging jaw, grabbing its right hand just inches from his face, but then he feels the cold fingers of its left hand whip across the side of his face. The Shoanti moves his head back as quickly as he can, feeling the bony fingers skim just out of reach of him. He can smell the stench of death and rotten meat upon them.
Danth can hear the grunt from Jokad as the first ghoul makes contact. The young priest steps forward with full confidence in Sarenae, presenting his holy symbol to the ghouls pouring out of the tunnel toward him.
"Feel the cleansing fire of the Dawnflower, and return to your graves!" Taking care to keep from catching Isesha, Danth begins channeling the power of Sarenae, becoming a living conduit of his goddess' power.
He can feel the power surge forward, he can see the wave of it crash into the ghouls, its cleansing light temporarily bathing them in brilliance. The creature nearest shrieks and turns, fleeing into the ghoul behind it. You catch a glimpse of its all-too-human eyes, and the terror held within them. it is as if it has seen its own unmaking. The second ghoul turns too, and soon all four of them are fleeing from the young priest as fast as they can, back the way they came. Iesha screams her vengeance and disappears down the tunnel after them.
OOC: Ghouls have +2 turn resistance, to make them equivalent of 4HD, so you made them flee, but you can not destroy them. Still, Iesha is after them with a vengeance now, and you have bought yourself some time.
Kael, standing back too far to participate in the initial blooding, focuses instead on the long fight ahead, and casts a protective spell upon himself. The young sorcerer senses that there is much more bloodletting to come!
Jovik tries to send his dagger after the fleeing ghouls in the left tunnel, but Iesha moves in front of his line of sight, and he has to deflect the throw at the last minute. He curses not-so-silently under his breath.
Jokad, finding himself off balance from the charge forward into the gap, and then the subsequent blocking maneuver, does what he does best. Lacking grace, lacking anything that even looks like a proper combat move, he turns on the ball of his foot and half drives / half falls forward onto his foe, Whitefire blazing before him. He yells out some half bitten scream as his blade slides deep into the chest of the ghoul before him, sending forward a spray of stinking, black bloody ichor. Jokad can hear the blade hissing as the flames choke temporarily upon the wet innards of the beast.
The ghoul grabs the blade with both hands, as a terrible scream escapes from its mouth, a half gurgled plea as muck and blood boils up into its mouth. When the scream dies, it gives one last great shake, falling backwards against its compatriot.
OOC: 1 ghoul dead.
OOC: Can everyone please make their round 2 init, move, attack rolls please.
