IA: A Teacher for Laynie

[Rystil Arden]

*Vanitri takes a defensive stance, blades held low and at the ready to parry, legs prepared to tumbly briefly backwards, and he slashes but fails to connect.*

*Truman shakes his head and pulls out a small dagger.*

"I guess this is my only choice left."

"Truman, you don't know how to use that thing!"

"Bloody hell, Lex--I know, but I have to do something. At least it should distract it so Vanitri can hit it."

*He moves into a flanking position and attacks, failing miserably to hit.*

*Elektra invokes a flame "Incendus!", and it shoots forth from her hands at the snakes and the web, burning them and hurting them greatly. She quickly backpedals behind the pedestal so they cannot charge her.*

*The snake attacking Vanitri turns to strike at Truman, but fortunately, its fangs deflect off Truman's armour of force.*

*The other snakes, charred from the flames, surround Elektra, but they cannot attack her...yet.*

(OOC: D and E takes 14 Damage and F takes 8)

 

[Bront]

"Hold on there Elektra, just keep dodging." Vanitri takes the flanking opertunity to strike a vital point on the snake.

OOC: These magical beasts? Van's +2 to damage those.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Vanitri strikes a critical blow to the snake, staggering it, then running it through with his shortsword.*

*Elektra nods to Vanitri.*

"I'm almost out of magic anyway, so I'll try this."

*She casts a spell very carefully, continuing to defens as she does. As it ends, the pretty curly-haired girl becomes a big stinking troglodyte, covered in natural armour and armed with claws.*

*Truman moves across from Elektra and tries to stab one of the snakes in the back, but he fails.*

*All three snakes attack Elektra, two of them flanking. Only one manages to connect even then, but it manages to grab hold of her and constrict, dealing significant damage to her sturdy Troglodyte form.*

(OOC:

(OOC: Just Animals

Crit for 10 and then 2 more, total 21, defeating it

Elektra takes 11 Damage and is grappled)

 

[Bront]

Vanitri moves to Elektra and pokes the snake grappling her. "Truman, get the snake off of her first."

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Truman nods and shifts slightly to give Vanitri a flanking position, missing again with his dagger. Vanitri is only able to strike with his rapier, but it is a solid blow, though still not enough enough to finish the burned reptile. Elektra growls and bites down hard on the coils choking the air from her lungs, and the snake goes limp, allowing her to escape its grasp.*

*The remaining two snakes strike, one deflecting ineffectively against Elektra's scales, the other biting into Truman's shoulder. He somehow manages to wriggle out of a grapple, but he seems pale from the poison's effects.*

(OOC: Vanitri hits for 4 Damage and Elektra hits for 2, total 20, taking it down

Truman takes 5 Damage and loses 6 Con. He is now staggered)

 

[Bront]

OOC: If snake was grappling, it should have been flat footed/denied dex, so sneak should do damage.

Vanitri takes advantage of the snake distracted by Truman and unleashes a furry of slashes at it, shifting to get a better position.

"Drag him away if you can. I'll try to distract them."

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Indeed. Unfortunately, it was a remarkably unlucky roll Even flanking is enough for SA )

*Vanitri moves to flank with the nearly-incapacitated Truman, striking fast and quickly twice and dropping the serpentine aggressor.*

*Elektra can't drag away Truman with provoking a nasty attack from the remaining snake, so instead she blocks its path to him and attacks with her claws and bite, though unfortunately she misses with all of them.*

*The snake tries again to attack Elektra, and once again it fails.*

(OOC: SnakeF takes 14 Damage, total 20, and is defeated)

 

[Bront]

Vanitri shifts again to a flanking spot and pokes at the snake.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Silly mages are only good for flanking )

*Vanitri slices at the snake, missing with his rapier but finishing it off with his short sword, as it was already badly burnt from Elektra's spell.*

*There is a deep dark laughter, and a figure shrouded in shadow and cloaked in robes of deepest black appears at the room's door, gliding slowly towards them.*

"You may have defeated my pets, but your souls will feed the stone and fuel my resurrection."

 

[Bront]

Vanitri glances at Lex and back to the shadowign figure. "Would it be optimistic to hope that that's just a friend of yours playing tricks?"