IG's "Those Left Behind" Chapter 2

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Meanwhile, back at the temple...

"Oh dear," the priest whispered as he lay eyes upon the writhing mass in the big man's muscled arms.

A low growl came from behind Rokelsh. He'd forgotten about Dyspeer, Shaimon Hu'u's loyal companion. He'd set the wolf to watch Rokelsh's back, and he'd stuck with him like glue since. Rokelsh saw the wolf's hackles raise, and the snarl form on his frothing mouth, and he knew that it was over; the halfling was gone, transformed into this hideous beast he held now in his arms.

As the realization struck him, the newly born chaos beast lashed out with a pseudopod, striking the priest solidly in the face. His horrified scream filled the church, echoed by the many children watching from the doorway. He raised his hands to the scratch on his face, his eyes wide in terror as the thing slithers from Rokelsh's grasp and falls splat on the floor.

"Desecrater! What blaspheme have you brought into this temple?" The priest shuffled backwards and stumbled over himself, landing hard on the floor.

Now free of Rokelsh's grasp, the filthy aberration moves closer to the helpless man.

 

[Jemal]

"Noo..!" The barbarian turns and throws a hand out to the children "RUN! Get the guards!" before turning back and putting himself between the newly formed beast and the priest.
"There must be something you can do... He can't be allowed into the city." He continues beseeching the priest

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I'd actually allready posted dropping him and drawing my sword earlier.
Though he doesn't want to kill his friend, Rokelsh knows there may be no other way to prevent further harm.
Readied action: if it attacks again, Rokelsh will roar in anger(activating rage) and strike at it.
Raging Power Attack (for 4) (1d20+10=23, 2d6+18=28)
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[Shayuri]

When Shai is laid low, Talashia feels a stab of worry. These zombies were clearly much tougher than she had anticipated, and the group wasn't at its fighting strength. This had to end now!

She lifts both her hands, and jags of lightning twist and spin between them and the yellow silk draped around her shoulders like a light, flimsy poncho. Stormclouds seem to roil in its surface, adding to the potency of her power. Another twist of energy erupts from her outstretched palm with a crack of thunder and a burning, acrid fume left in its wake.

(Seeking Ray on the zomb that is threatening Shai. 20 to hit, 18 damage. http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1624848/ Veil of storms adds 14 damage to it. http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1624850/ )

 

[jkason]

[sblock=ooc]Just to make sure I'm understanding this correctly: Shai's backing off from the zombie. Being disabled, he's allowed only a singly standard or move action, but not both.


Now check me on the rules here...

Withdrawing is a full-round action, so Shai won't be able to use the withdraw action. He can, however, perform a single move action in a direction away from the zombie, but doing so will likely result in an attack of opportunity from the zombie, since moving from a threatened square provokes an AoO unless you're using the withdraw action.

Is that about right?
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[sblock=OOC (d'oh!)]Oi. I hadn't thought of that. Since Raging is a free action, can Shai rage (giving him positive hit points temprorarily), then use the Withdraw action? I think you can still use free actions in conjunction with full round actions, right? I hate to waste his only rage on running away, but I'm really fond of the guy, and if it's rage or get squished, rage away. [/sblock]

 

[Scotley]

Rogash

The dwarf lays about with his axe (1d20+10=19) again and it bites (1d10+3=13) deep into the undead flesh.

 

[jkason]

Shaimon Hu'u, barbaric human druid (Diehard, Rage)

Even as he feels himself weaken, Shai grits his teeth and stands tall. It's unclear if the flashing of his eyes comes from the reflection of the flaming blade in his hand, or something within him.

"We. Are not. Done," he grinds out to the orc zombie, but even as he says it, the raw, animal impulse to survive at all costs seems to win out over the need to strike another blow. He moves back, trying to angle himself toward Uulark

"Everything hurts, and I want to hurt them back," he says in a growling voice, and the cleric can see Shai fighting back the urge to lash out at whatever's closest. "Make me better, yes?"

[sblock=OOC]I'm not entirely happy with it, but I don't think it sounds too much like he got mad just to run away. Shai's now at 9 Hp, I believe, with the +10 from his raging. Withdraw action, which hopefully brings him close enough to Uulark for some healin'. [/sblock]

 

[Leif]

"Make me better, yes?"

OOC: Uulark's face is a mask of concern and sympathy as he uses his reserve of divine power to heal Shai.

[sblock=game mechanics]Ulark spontaneously converts his third Level 3 spell for this day into a 3rd level cure: Cure Serious Wounds, which leaves him with only his domain spell remaining among his prepared third level spells. The Cure Serious restores 3d8+6 hp to Shai: 17 http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1626220/ [/sblock]

 

[industrygothica]

Round 3

[sblock=details]20 Rogash 39/39: attacks Z1 (hit, 8 damage)
15 Shai -1/36: rages (+10 hp) & withdraws
15 Talishia 28/28: seeking ray on Z3 (hit, 32 damage); Zombie drops
7 Uulark 30/30: cast cure serious wounds on Shai (heals 17 damage)
6 Caerwyn (rages [last round])51[21]/51[53]: attacks Z4 (18, 22 damage)
Z1 attacks Rogash (miss)
Z2 turned
Z3 dead
Z4 attacks Caerwyn (hit, 15 damage)
Zombies ( 4 3)
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At the Temple...

The creature again lashes out at the priest, slapping him weakly on the arm. Rokelsh instinctively burries his greatsword in the bubbling mound. A large gash opens up in the thing, but closes just as quickly as it continually shifts forms.

The beast that was Friadoc lashes out with another pseudopod, this time slapping the massive human on his leg.

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Rokelsh 34/37[/sblock]
[sblock]19,7,52,14
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[Shayuri]

(18 damage, plus 14 from the veil you mean, yar? )

 

[Jemal]

-In the Temple-
The massive barbarian finally looses his cool. With a howl that echoes across the streets outside, he explodes in a fury at the beast responsible for his friend's death.

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Power Attack(-2) vs Chaos beast Friadoc. (1d20+12=26, 1d20+7=18, 2d6+14=20, 2d6+14=18)
AC 26 for 20 damage, AC 18 for 18 damage, and I should be standing between it and the priest now, I believe. (Though after that, I think I'll have it's attention)

AC: 16 (18-2 rage)
HP: 46/49 (12 hp from raging)
Fort: +10 Ref: +6 Will: +5
Rage lasts 3 rounds after this one.
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