[IC1] Pool of Radiance

[Thanee]

Round 6

Battle Map - Round 6

Kordunn evokes the last pair of eldritch bolts he can manage before getting some rest and sends them at the priestly leader before maneuvering around to chase the fleeing shaman, sword drawn. Once again, the missiles strike their target unerringly and wound the half-orc.

"Oh.. you ain't getting away that easy you dung eating pig face!" Shouts the small dwarven women as she quickly follows the heels of the orc shaman. Ducking and weaving through the chaos of battle Aylor, seeing Kordunn to her right, decides to circle the orcs from the left and block any further way of retreat. She aims for a critical spot within the orcish shaman's defenses with the hopes of putting him down once and for all, but her attack fails to connect at all.

The summoned wolf continues to lunge for the knee of the orc-leader, but disappears, before he can attack once more.

Pointing to the orc archer, Selvaggio shouts, "ATTACK!" as he knocks another arrow and fires. Exhausted from his serious wounds, Selvaggio only manages to cause the orc to duck under the arrow, however.

Intrepido obeys the command of his master and rushes toward his target. Gracefully jumping over all the corpses inbetween and leaping towards the orc from the ogre's back, the wolf buries his fangs into the orc's neck and bites a chunk of flesh off his prey, but the archer barely manages to fend the furious canine off, remaining on his feet, but in less than perfect state.

Dirtan jumps between the mortally wounded Kylest and the two orcish archers near him, in order to keep the brood off his ally, fearing these cruel beings might otherwise take the opportunity to finish the dwarf off. The gnome kicks the orc to his right, who looks the healthiest still. The Ilmatari manges to hit him, but his small body can only do that much damage, and the orc also seems to shrug off any other effects, that Dirtan's attack might have had.

The summoned Hound Archon raises his greatsword and slashes down at the half-orc while shifting his position towards the other orcs, hitting Mace once with a mighty blow from his blade, while his other strike and a bite with his sharp fangs fail to do any damage. Still, the leader of the orcs is staggering now.

Seeing Kylest go down, Eldwyn hies forward, still shouting out his song of encouragement. He motions Rover forward as well. He makes for his fallen comrad trying to avoid getting into the fight until he can provide healing.

Oog (Elmus) heads forward a bit as well, aiming his next bolt against one of the archers, but misses barely, because he does not want to risk hitting his friends.

Kylest looks down at the crushed and mangled remains of his own chest as he sinks to the ground before the orcs' leader. He briefly regrets never having found the fate of his father. . . or Thunder. People seem to dissapear far too easily in the town. His last thought as his vision goes black is the possibility that he will see them wherever he is going. . .

Mace tries to let action follow his words and swings his heavy flail against the celestial creature with all his might, fixating the hound archon with his eyes, where an unnatural hatred burns now. A lesser being might have been crushed by the pure force of this smiting blow, but the archon's protections lessen the impact to a more managable level. Still it looks like the attack has hurt quite a bit, but not enough to slow the hound archon down yet.

The other orcs seem desperate enough to switch to their backup weapons now, drawing hand axes or attacking with the staff. Two of the archers attack Dirtan, but the gnome is just too nimble for them to score even one solid hit. The other archers tries his luck with Intrepido and hits the canine's back, but the wolf barely notices the small scratch. Lastly, the shaman clubs Aylor with his gnarled staff, but the dwarven woman easily deflects the attack, grinning with a grim and somewhat unsettling determination.


Status:

Aylor - lightly wounded, inspired, Prayer, Mage Armor, Protection from Evil
Eldwyn - unscathed, inspired, Prayer
Rover - unscathed, inspired, Prayer
Kordunn - moderately wounded, inspired, Prayer, Mage Armor
Kylest - dying, inspired, Prayer
Oog/Elmus - lightly wounded, inspired, Prayer
Selvaggio - critically wounded, exhausted, inspired, Prayer
Intrepido - scratched, inspired, Prayer
Dirtan - moderately wounded, inspired, Prayer
Hound Archon - moderately wounded, summoned, inspired, Magic Circle against Evil
Mace - critically wounded, exhausted, Hatred vs Hound Archon
Gruul - dying, Rage
Orc Elite Warrior I, II - dying
Orc Shaman I - unscathed
Orc Shaman II - dying
Orc Archer II - moderately wounded
Orc Archer I - severely wounded, fatigued
Orc Archer III - critically wounded, exhausted
Orc I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII - dying

[smallcaps]Combat Declarations[/smallcaps]

 

[Thanee]

Round 7

Battle Map - Round 7

Kordunn steps forward and slashes at the orcish spellslinger, his gleaming blade of magic swinging at the orc's neck. "You will not escape." To underline his words, his blade digs into the shaman's torso, causing him a nasty wound between neck and shoulder.

As Kordunn joins her in battle, Aylor attempts to catch the orcs off-gaurd with her deadly combinations. "Beg... I dare you!" The orc just stares at her, as she slams her elbow into his chest and pushes him back into the wall, where he goes unconscious. Not wasting a second, Aylor spins around and kicks against the wounded archer's legs, almost dropping him as well. The archer is wavering visibly, an easy prey for Intrepido now. Meanwhile, the shaman's limp body slides down the wall and drops to the ground.

Intrepido buries his fangs into the orcish archer's thigh, which finally fells the humanoid.

Seeing the leader of the orcs seriously wounded, Selvaggio waits to see if he might fall as well.

While the effect of Dirtan's magical Prayer lessens, the gnome does not hesitate to continue his attacks against the remaining orcs, concentrating on the one near the entrance and knocking him to the ground.

In a series of powerful blows, the Hound Archon finally cuts down Mace, the leader of the orcs, almost severing the half-orc's head with his first strike.

Once Mace goes down, Selvaggio rushes forward with Mistletoe and Holly in hand frantically praying for the Forest Mother's aid. His wounds, however, fill every step with pain, and it takes the power he can muster in this moment, to reach Kylest, exhausted as he is.

Eldwyn likewise heads forward, bearing no wounds the halfling does not face the same problem, and so he can rush to Kylest's aid immediately, securing his dwarven ally's life with a spell of healing. Rover waggles his tail, as he follows him, sensing the tension go now.

Oog casts another bolt at the last remaining orc. "Join your boss!" he says. And so he does, being more than overwhelmed by the adventurers now.

The Bane followers have been defeated. Well done!


Status:

Aylor - lightly wounded, inspired, Mage Armor, Protection from Evil
Eldwyn - unscathed, inspired
Rover - unscathed, inspired
Kordunn - moderately wounded, inspired, Mage Armor
Kylest - critically wounded, inspired
Oog/Elmus - lightly wounded, inspired
Selvaggio - critically wounded, exhausted, inspired
Intrepido - scratched, inspired
Dirtan - moderately wounded, inspired
Hound Archon - moderately wounded, summoned, inspired, Magic Circle against Evil
Mace - dying, Hatred vs Hound Archon
Gruul - dying, Rage
Orc Elite Warrior I, II - dying
Orc Shaman I - dying
Orc Shaman II - dying
Orc Archer I, II, III - dying
Orc I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII - dying

 

[Thanee]

As Kylest opens his eyes, the dwarf immediately reaches for his sword, quite intent to jump back on his feet, but the silence around him and the look on the faces of his companions tell him otherwise. The battle was over, and they have won!

 

[Mista Collins]

Immediately dropping to his knees, the exhaustion finally takes over. "We should hurry. We don't know if any more will be coming."

 

[hafrogman]

Kylest's eyes snap open suddenly, freed of the overwhelming weight that bore them shut before. He gazes up thoughtfully at Eldwyn for a moment, then raises one hand feebly to poke at his own chest.

"So, I'm not dead then. Good."

He starts to sit up and then groans, thinking better of it for the moment. He stares up at the ceiling for a minute, catching his breath. He coughs a little, and then spits some blood on the ground next to him before struggling to a sitting position.

"I see you all accounted yourselves well while I took my little nap."

He looks down at Mace for a second and frowns.

"Damn. Only got four in the end."

 

[Krug]

Oog lets out a laugh, even as a bolt radiates in front of his fingers, preparing to launch. "Good battle. Good!" the goblin says to himself.

 

[Scotley]

Eldwyn

Eldwyn utters a short prayer of thanks. Looking at the pile of corpses Eldwn remarks, "Most impressive my friends. I am awed at the number of foes vanquished here. However, I've all but exhasted my healing for today. I think we should take our prizes and make our way back to New Phlan."

 

[Thanee]

Dirtan nods. “I can only echo, what you already said, a most impressive feat. I must admit, I had expected to get this done with less suffering, even if it was mostly the orcs, that suffered. You have not only done a great deed for New Phlan, but also for us gnomes. You have proven your worth many times today, and I can assure you, that it will not be forgotten.”

“I still have a few healing prayers at my disposal and will use them before we set out for our way back.”

The Ilmatari then goes to examine the wounds, likely to estimate how to best spread his remaining healing spells.

 

[Thanee]

After using his remaining spells on Kylest, Selvaggio and Kordunn, keeping only the minor prayers available, Dirtan manages to bring Kylest to a more bearable condition, while the wounds on Kordunn and Selvaggio completely disappear through Ilmaters ease.


[smallcaps]Status[/smallcaps]

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Aylor Creegan

Pleased that Kylest is back among the living she begins to rumage through the dead bodies that now litter the church floor like stars in the night sky. Picking up Mace's weapon, she tosses it to the near-death experienced dwarf and says, "Here, a suvenior for the one that got away."

With that she makes her way over to Gruul and with one of her throwing axes in hand, begins to remove its ears. Mummbling to herself she says, "I'm counting you as two... which makes four! I think that makes us tied Kyl."

She ignores the looks as she moves from one Orc to the other, carefully removing all of thier ears and then stiching them to loose piece of cord she found in her pack. She even goes as far as to gather the ears from Orcs they hid away in the Church and the ones they defeated prior to entering the Church.

OOC: I believe in the INFO thread there is a 'Bounty Hunter' snip about turning in humanoid ears. I figured this would be a good time as any to start.