IC: Dichotomy's Age of Worms Redux, Part IV

[TiCaudata]

Erdolliel yelps at the ball of fire that explodes in front of her. She then watches for any sign of those trapped inside.[sblock=oc]so if Erdolliel can't tell if anyone is still alive after the explosion, she will move to #3 (who is under eskard and therefore hopefully not dead yet) and see if she can keep him alive.

if she can see someone still standing after the explosion, she will go and rid them of their being aliveness with a spring attack that puts her next to #3 at the end of the round.[/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

Eskard gives a mighty swing at the space before him. The warrior feels a satisfying crunch and the woman screams as his blade cleaves into her. Unfortunately, the half-orc's second blow misses the mark.

Kushnak heals himself.

Nethezar steps out from the mist. "Where...?" The cleric looks around for the enemy.

Bazrim's laughter mixes with the dying screams of the man and woman. Their blood, dropped weapons, and the smell of ashes make it clear where their bodies are now.

Erdolliel quickly tries to save the one remaining dwarf. However, even as she applies pressure, she feels the last of his lifeblood slip through her fingers.
[sblock=OOC]Eskard: 5-foot step; full attacks 2's space, 19+ threat, 20! crit, miss chance 98%, hit, 27 damage; second attack 9+ miss
Kushnak: heals 14 damage; moves... somewhere... you can do better than that m_n
Nethezar: moves; readies
Bazrim: fireball the spaces of 1 and 2; ref saves 3+ fail, 2+ fail (sad... rogues w/ evasion fail the ref saves), 30 damage, both are dead
Erdolliel: moves to 3; untrained heal check 8+, fail
1 & 2: both very dead
3: 31% fail; bleeds... sorry... he's dead too

Status & Init
Eskard: dodge against 3
Kushnak: 21 damage
Nethezar:
Bazrim:
Erdolliel: dodge against 1
1: 46 damage; very dead
2: 57 damage; very dead
3: 36 damage; barely dead[/sblock]

 

[o3caudata]

Eskard stares quizzically at the weapons and blood that materialized before him. Pausing for a moment, he turns to his right and lets out a ferocious swing into the air.

Leaning on his sword he looks back and forth, between the square containing the materialized items, and the empty one he just attacked. "Huh." he says, apparently quite puzzled by the lack of results from his second attack. "That's strange."

He wipes his blade and starts rummaging through the cart for something to eat.

 

[TiCaudata]

"THE BLOOD OF A THOUSAND TREES!!!" Erdolliel yells in frustration. She then stalks around, looking for what is salvageable from the bodies and wagon.[sblock=oc]search +13[/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

Erdolliel, with Eskard's help, begins thoroughly searching the bodies and the cart. While they find no food for Eskard (which would normally be odd, if these people were actual travelers), they do find some goods worth keeping.

Perhaps most interesting, however, is the familiar brand Erdolliel sees on the cart itself. Burned onto one of the panels of wood is the insignia of a rampant rooster perched upon a large gold coin, which the group recognizes as the brand of Balabar Smenk's trading company.
[sblock=LOOT]3 mwk shortswords
3 hand x-bows
4 potions (the spellcraft checks I know are coming reveal them to be 3 CMW and 1 invisibility)
5 tanglefoot bags
3 sets of mwk studded leather
3 disguise kits
68 gold[/sblock]

 

[TiCaudata]

"We could go back and stick the pig right now."

 

[o3caudata]

"We could kill their boss too!!!" Eskard says excitedly.

 

[michael_noah]

"Next time get out of the way so I can get a swing in," Kushnak says half-jokingly. "As for Smenk, I don't want him slowing us down anymore. We can deal with him when we come back."

[sblock=prize for best ever line]To O3.[/sblock]

 

[TiCaudata]

Erdolliel shrugs, "As long as he's dead before we are done, I can out wait him." She then continues to walk towards the Free City.

 

[worthley]

Bazrim turns to Eskard, "The longer we wait to go after their boss, dear friend, the more people their boss will send for us to kill."