[LANAI] The Rod of Seven Parts: Into the Crucible

[CanadienneBacon]

Grease ends on Rowan's turn this round. Tailspinner, given that Rowan just stuck a hand out to stop Phud from opening the door, if you'd like to re-declare for this round you may. If you don't want to re-declare for the round, that's fine too.

 

[Guest 11456]

Phud : Male Half-Orc Sorcerer 1 / Barbarian 1

The large half-orc frowns at Rowan. "You! Make mind up." Then he turns and heads back down the stairs.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Quickly stepping in front of Phud to block the door, the halfling stops the massive bouncer. "Finish those two guard below, and quickly!" calls Rowan. "Pick them off with your bows! My spell will not last much longer, and we need to slay them so that they can't tell the reinforcements where we went!!!" Phud frowns at Rowan. "You! Make mind up." Turning and lumbering back down the stairs, Phud takes up a position staunchly in front of but five feet back from the short corridor leading from the main chamber into the guardian room. Readying his blade, Phud stands and waits for the two kuo-toas to attempt entry.

Arden heads down the stairs after Phud and, standing at the bottom near Rhys, hastens to reload her crossbow. Wyleck and Yssal continue to lie in wait on either side of the open doorway; Wyleck grins with wicked anticipation at the lesson soon to be taught the reinforcements.

KT5 gets to its feet and bolts forward, full of venom. As soon as the kuo-toa steps into the guardian room, Wyleck and Yssal spring to action. Wyleck launches the stone he'd held at the ready but the rock cleanly misses the kuo-toa. Yssal, however, is closer and darts in, biting the kuo-toa on the lower leg for 6 points of damage. Yssal begins to tug, trying to fell the kuo-toa much the way he did to KT3. The kuo-toa resists being pulled prone and remains standing, probably to his doom, for at that exact moment, Phud hauls off and slices a wide gash in KT5 good for 9 points of damage. KT5 drops the slim dagger it held and falls, dying, to the floor in a pool of its own blood. From around the corner, KT6 steps partially into view and fires at Phud. The bolt misses the large target, hitting the wall behind Phud instead and tearing a large hole the size of a fist as it embeds in the quarried masonry.

Rhys, standing from the side near the bottom of the stairs, stands his ground but prepares himself to run into the fray should a comrade require aid.

Initiative:
Rowan 20
Phud 20
Arden 15
Wyleck 7
KT6 6
Rhys 3

 

[pallandrome]

"We've got the bugger right where we want him!" shouts Wyleck as he brandished his club, "Chaaarrge!"

He bolts around the corner at the remaining opponant, hoping to reach him before he can re-load his weapon, and motions for Yssal to do the same.

 

[Rhun]

From the top of the stairs, Rowan can only watch and hold his walking stick at the ready as he watches the the kuo-toan below fall to the stone floor. The halfling wizard can only stand and watch, hoping that the creatures behind the door don't choose this moment to open it.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Yssal, Phud, and Wyleck charge and surround the last remaining kuo-toa. The beast goes down in just a few short seconds, but not before loosing a bolt that slams into Yssal for 3 points of damage. As the last kuo-toa dies in the guardian room, so too does the metal bell inside the portullis across the main chamber cease its warning clangs. Though unlocked, the stone door at the top of the landing on the stairs remains unopened. Rowan hears movement beyond the door but no assailant seeks to open the portal. For the moment, a calm blankets the temple's lower threshhold.

I'll be away until the 22nd. Please check in at the OOC (nice surprise waiting for you there) and bump this thread as necessary so that we don't lose it off the third page of the forum. Thanks!

 

[Rhun]

Rowan lowers his walking stick as his companions finish off the last of the immediate guardians. With a last glance at the stone door, the halfling walks back down the stairs to join his companions. "We should search this area, and, um, dispose of these bodies before somebody, well, stumbles across them. Then we should, ah, find a place to rest."

 

[pallandrome]

"Agreed." says Wyleck, as he soothes his friend's wounds with a Cure Minor, "Yssal, help me drag these to the water. We'll dump them there. I'd suggest we hole up for the night if we find a place that would be conducive, as my divine energies are all but depleated."

 

[pallandrome]

After the bodies are conveniently dropped into the murky water, Yssal and Wyleck return to their resting room beneath the braziere room.

OOC: BUMP.

 

[Guest 11456]

Phud : Male Half-Orc Sorcerer 1 / Barbarian 1

The battle at last complete, Phud goes about the task of gathering the bodies of the fallen foes and searching through their belongings for anything of interest. Then he dumps the bodies into the water and piles the loot into a neat group. Then he joins the others in searching the area thoroughly."Phud getting tired."