[Iron Kingdoms] The Age of Rust.

Round 3

Tyra: 19
Eyvind: 14
Kneecap: 5
Dark: 4
The Enemy: last!

Tyra makes a swift gesture in the air, and the mist, sizzling from Dark's fire spells,seems to coallese between her fingers. She drops the razor-edged chip of ice into the barrel of her pistol and pivots on the spot, drawing a bead on the creature attacking Eyvind. Her pistol gives an arcane crack, and the bolt of frost grazes the creature, leaving a ice-crusted scar across it's waterlogged chest.

Eyvind feels the bolt chill his cheek as it whistles past, and draws his shortbow again, dodging another opportunistic attack from his foe. His arrow flies truer this time, making a ghastly crack as it severes bonefrom watery flesh. The creatures slumps to the ground, and dissolves into a puddle of filthy water in mere moments.

Whum-whum-whum - CRACK! as the gobber's sling propells a small lead slug into the skull of one of the creatures, even as it shambles forward. A moment later, it is struck down by a flashing jet of flame, and liquifies before it even hits the ground. The one next to it giaves a wordless moana as the fire licks over it.

But they are relentless, and more are dragging temselves up from the drains below. Eyvind swings at one as it shambles past him, and it is a materful hit - the spiked knuckle-duster grip of his shortbow splatters the creature's skull into goo, and it's twitching body flows away between the cobbles stones (critical hit - pity it's against an undead target - for 5hp net).

Then they are surging around him... his thick woolen coat protects him from the attacks of one of the creatures, but the other makes a deep cut in his belly... going pale, the hearty Kossite almost falls, but manages to remain standing (reduced to 0 hp, disabled).

Meanwhile, Dark snorts derisivly as another of the beasts slashes at him, and misses by a mile.

(OOC: I fiddled the Init order to make things easier for all of us. The map shows the beginning of round 4).
 
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Tyra

Tyra frowns as she pulls her rapier, tucking Lady Rose into her belt. "Come on.. back into the office." lunges at the one closest to her. "I'm no liking this sudden change of events."



OOC: Like the way you described the spell that was way KEWL. She trying to attack the closest ..whatever those water logged guys are so that everyone can withdraw back into the office.
 

You stage a fighting fall back a handful of paces, Tyra's rapier and Kneecap's cudgel keeping the creatures at bay long enough for Eyvind to stumble to the door. A few more fall to their blows and a well placed bolt form Dark, but a little blood is taken in payment (Kneecap takes 2 hp). As each persishes, it dissolves into mucky water, and oddly, the rest of the group seem to be oozing more and more as they advance.

He almost slumps against the door, blood flowing freely from his wounds, and he pulls at the handle... but the door seems to be barred on the inside. He slams his fist against it, with waning vigour, and bellows "Marxs! Open ze duur! Let us in!"

Meanwhile, even more of the creatures rise up from the waterway, and it begins to seem that their relentlessness mawn win them your lives, as they cluster jsut beyond the tips of your weapons...

(OOC: round 5 begins...)
 
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Eyvind

"Gah, Pa wern'd mig dees ceetee vas denjuroos."

Growling, Eyvind takes a deep breath, steps back, and rams his Kossite frame into the door with as much force as his wounded body can muster.
 

Kneecap

"AIEE! What are these things? SO many-- Too many! OPEN THE DOOR!!!"

Kneecap will continue to fend off the creatures with his staff, fighting defensively.
 

All:

Mustering his strength, Eyvind howls and rears up straight, raising both fists and hurling himself at the door. There is a shuddering *CHUNCK* as his imposing frame slams into it, and the hinges squeal... then he whole door falls inwards, taking the Kossite with it. The door crunches to the floor, stirring up a gust of dust, and you hear the man's muffled, wavering voice say "Can sumvun tuck mig oon?" as his exertions take their toll on him and he passes out.

The rest of you fight the last few feet as you withdraw into Marx's office. Tyra acquires a large rip in her greatcoat as she narrowly avoids a slashing claw, Kneecap darts in and out, cackling as he whacka-whacka-whacks any legs within reach, and Dark receives a shallow but bloody piercing wound to the ribs (2hp).

The room is dark, with the gaslights turned off and only a couple of candles lit behind the screen. Gleiner is nowhere to be seen.

Outside, the drenched, corpselike creatures snarl and paw at you through the door, narrowly held at bay by your swords, clubs and quarrels. Water pours from the tips of their claws and leaksfrom their feet, now, and they seem to be getting more watery by the minute.
 

Tyra

"Max ye bulbous bastard! I'm takin this out of yer split." growls as she looks over the end of her blade, ready to push back another one of the beasts with her blade. Figures the bloody fat git run-it out as soon as the work turned dire. She thinks to herself as images of what she was going to do to him when she got her hands on him.
 

Dark seems not to notice the gash in his shoulder but just stares, sightlessly, over his companions’ shoulders at the watery corpses thrashing in the alley. He nods as though to an unheard drum.

“Water, water everywhere,
quenching fire,
drowning air!”

The Rynnish madman shakes his sodden black locks, “Dark the water is, dark and cold, and deep. Yes deep and dark and cold”
 
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