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Victor 45/66 hp 9 hp remaining for the day

Victor grunts in pain and the huge fist slams into him, forcing him off balance. He then watches the small creatures seek an escape route through the legs of the monster. He shakes his head as one is crushed into a pulp. "Come on!" He yells at the giant, thrusting his longspear once again towards it, this time towards it's midsection.

[sblock=ooc]Is this the second round of combat? So my breath weapon will be available again in two more rounds? Also, do you include my DR in that hit below? Longspear attack +6, 1d8+2 damage+1 damage acid. Bardic music is included.[/sblock]
 

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Victor:[sblock]Yep, this is round 2. two more rounds on the breath. I'll make sure to note that more specifically. On the note of DR...nothing on the character sheet has Victor with DR. I checked the section again where its listed for, then went over the entire sheet and I'm not seeing anything. Kind of hard for me to add in DR if I can't see it. :)[/sblock]

Combat Info:[sblock]Jan's attack is a 19. That hits and the creature takes another 3 damage.

Victor's next and his attack is a 24. And another hit that deals only 1 acid damage.

Yarra's up and his shot is a 29. Hits and the creature takes another 5 damage.

Big guy's up...he attacks Victor again. Attack is a 29. Another hit, and another 14 damage to Victor, while the creature takes 4 more acid damage from the shield. Victor's down to 31hp.

Valmun's up. Still NPCing him to give some extra firepower here. He casts Magic Missile again. That's another 8 damage.

For Slim, with Sideslip + a 5ft step he can get into flanking position behind the creature. That'll count as the last round. So...he's caught up to the current round now and his attack is a 29. That's another hit, but only 1 more damage.

Small creatures are next...and they're still running.

That's the end of the round. Jan's up again. 1 more round for Victor's breath to come back.[/sblock]

Just as Jan dodged around Victor and thrust in with his weapon, Victor's spear thrust up at the creature, too. Both weapons dug straight into the creature, but while Jan's managed to at least tear up some of the loose flesh, Victor's spear seemed to find nothing but empty space beneath the skin. There didn't seem to be that much left of the creature at all.

Another crossbow bolt from Yarra shot out and this time hit the creature near its neck, again sticking, but not really making any noticeable change in the already-slow actions of the huge thing. In fact, the hulking, bent over monster just peered down at Victor with empty eyes and made a groaning noise before swinging a powerful arm down at him again, almost like trying to sweep something out of the way.

Victor took a good amount of the blow to his side, but thankfully there were no claws to dig in deep so it was just a good, strong hit to disorient him for a few short moments and probably leave a good sized bruise. Just as before, two blue bolts of energy from Valmun arced over Victor and impacted with the monster, and just as before they caused it to lurch back from the force of the blow.

Through it all, Slim had disappeared in the hallway and reappeared almost directly opposite Victor on the other side of the beast. A quick step took him out of any possible sight of the monster, and it was no difficulty at all to put his blade into its back, though while it pierced the skin, it found nothing else underneath.

In the distance, running towards the trees, Victor could see the two tiny creatures sprinting away.

Victor:[sblock]You can see a vial of some kind in each of the small creatures' hands as they run off. As far as you remember, they weren't carrying anything at all before.[/sblock]
 

Slim looks down at his rapier in apparent disappointment. Furrowing his brow and with a smirk on his face, he shakes it for a second hoping that'll solve its ineffectiveness. Then, with renewed determination and with a creature who has yet to notice him, he takes his time and stabs again.

[sblock=Actions]Attack +10 1d6+2 Sneak Attack 2d6[/sblock]
 

Victor 31/36 hp DR 1/- 8 DR remaining

Victor can feel the acid beginning to rise in his throat as the sprit of the dragon refills his gullet with its blessing. Victor reels once again from a blow, but luckily, he wasn't as frail as the small creatures. He sees the small creature running away and he yells, "Hey they have something! A vial or something! They didn't have anything before!" He then adds, "My spear doesn't seem to be doing it much harm, anybody have any ideas!" To follow up his response he thrusts his spear towards the the creatures femur, hoping to hit the solid bone.

[sblock=ooc]Longspear attack +6, 1d8+2 damage+1 damage acid. Bardic music is included. Sorry, forgot to include the DR listed on the sheet, it is from the ironward diamond. It was on the title of my previous posts(except the last one where I mistyped it as hp instead of dr) I have DR 1/- until I have taken ten hits in a day, then it refreshes the next day. Also there is only one of the small creatures running correct? Three to start, KOed one in combat, and one was smashed by the giant creature.[/sblock]
 


Attempting something different to see its effectiveness, the boy Jan quickly draws a dagger as he moves forward, takes a swipe defensively, and moves back again.

OOC: Spring attack, but this time with this slashing dagger to see if that seems more effective.
 

Combat Info:[sblock]Alrighty...Jan's attack is a 31. That's a hit, and deals 7 damage.

Victor. Corrected the current damage to take the DR into account...so you 'gain' 2 hp. And yes, only one of the imps is running. Apologies on the slightly odd wording, there. As for his attack, its a 17. That's another hit, and another 2 normal damage plus 1 acid.

Yarra's up. His shot is a 28. Another hit, man these dice are rolling high...as for the damage, that's 6 more damage.

Time for the big guy. He turns around and attacks Slim. Attack is a 19. That's a hit and Slim takes 11 damage. Drops Slim down to 18hp. But the creature takes another 4 acid damage from Victor's aura.

Valmun's turn. He's casting his lesser orb of acid spell. Ranged touch is a 20. Hits and the creature takes 6 acid damage. Its down. That's 360XP all around...and at this point going to fade Valmun out of things.[/sblock]

Trying a new weapon, Jan very quickly saw its effectiveness. When he squeezed in next to Victor and slashed with the dagger, it tore skin, loose tendons, and other not-so-strong pieces of anatomy with it, causing the creature to visibly lurch to the side as Jan dodged and jumped back to his previous, safe position.

Victor's spear thrust in just as Jan got out of the way, and though it still had little overall effect, Victor at least felt it puncture something within and it was a satisfying feeling to hit something rather than the point of the spear simply going through loose skin. Another crossbow bolt from Yarra had a similar effect, but this time actually hit the creature right in the forehead, leaving a bolt sitting there as its eyes looked onwards without even noticing the thing.

Instead, it turned its focus to Slim, who had gotten behind it just seconds before. Slowly, it turned around, swinging an arm backwards to swat Slim away like a small creature. The back of its massive hand hit Slim hard in the chest, nearly throwing him to the ground in the process. For such a slow creature, it was incredibly strong.

And that was about the time that a green, glowing globe shot over Victor's head, hitting the creature square in its chest. The acid immediately burnt away at the skin, eating what was left of the creature. There was a long moment as it stood there with the various forms of acid burning away...and then, finally, the glow in its eyes faded, and it collapsed to the dirt at its feet, an arm coming off when it finally dropped to the ground...no longer moving at all.
 

Staggering backwards, nearly tripping over his unsteady feet, Slim holds his chest. "Ow! That really hurt!" He slowly walks over to the others, breathing heavily and wincing with each step.

He smiles grimly, "Is everyone else okay?"
 

Jan walks over the Yarra, and meekly stands by his side. Perfunctorily, he cleaned his weapons, and in a low voice added, "Cutting better than stabbing for it. Unusual."
 


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