CanadienneBacon
Explorer
Rowan chuckles as he sees the kuo-toans round the corner in their tight formation. "I love it when I can use the same trick twice," he mutters to himself, and then begins chanting low in arcane words of power. As he concludes the spell, the area beneath the fishmen's feet is suddenly slick with oily, slippery grease. The previously injured kuo-toa in the front of the military formation falls prone, but his brother up front remains standing tall. Both of the spearmen in the rear of the formation fall prone in the newly greased area, giving rise to a squirming, writhing mass of three angry hissing kuo-toan soldiers with only the one warrior standing erect, a target unto himself.
Having at first looked the wrong way, Gerak turns to see the enemies mentioned by the orcblood. With a grimace, the dwarf charges forward, at first a lumbering shuffle in his heavy armor, then building up some speed as he approaches the uninjured kuo-toan at the front of the squad. "Xylla take ye, maggot!" Gerak growls as his warhammer swings at the frog-man's midsection. The warhammer lands exactly as planned with a heavy squelch directly on the kuo-toan's stomach region, bludgeoning the creature for 3 points of damage.
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Arden quickly reloads her crossbow and fires at the kuo-toa in the front that is already wounded and is now prone. The gnome's light crossbow firing mechanism quietly clicks in the dim room, but the bolt that misses its mark and slams into the wall near Wyleck is anything but quiet. After her miss, Arden steps back and to the side to avoid being directly in the middle of everything.
Phud strikes again with his scimitar, lashing at the downed front kuo-toan. A second nasty gash opens along the kuo-toan's shoulder where Phud's scimitar slices open a bloody wound, good for 6 points of damage. KT1 stops writhing on the floor in the greased area after Phud's attack; the creature's lifeblood spills in copious amounts, adding to the precipitous qualilty of the floor when combined with Rowan's arcane handiwork.
KT2 is struck in the legs by its wriggling companions and soon topples over the fallen, still body of KT1 in the front. KT3 manages to escape the worst of the ensuing scrabble by rolling to the side toward the freshly caved-in wall; KT3 stands. Caught as it is beneath the sprawled form of KT2 and KT1, KT4 remains prone and hisses testily at Gerak and Phud.
The cloud of dust hanging over the caved-in section of wall to the north clears. Wyleck and Gerak spy a fifth kuo-toan hanging back. Robed in red, the kuo-toan raises a dull iron holy symbol aloft in the air and chants in its native, croaking tongue. Though the priest is clearly attempting to cast a divine spell, neither Rowan or Wyleck identify the casting. Gerak, however, makes out the distinct gutteral din of a dispel magic spell being woven. Moments later, in a burst of sickly green light, Rowan's patch of cleverly greased floor dissipates.
Wyleck flicks yet another glob of flame from his open palm, this time striking KT2 for 4 points of fire damage. As it lies prone on the stone floor, the kuo-toa's banded mail begins to smoulder, filling the hall with the acrid scent of burning frog flesh and the tang of hot metal.
Rowan and Gerak, you're up on the init count for Round 3.
Initiative:
Arden 15
Phud 15
Kuo-toan guards 14
Wyleck 8
Rowan 7
Gerak 3
Having at first looked the wrong way, Gerak turns to see the enemies mentioned by the orcblood. With a grimace, the dwarf charges forward, at first a lumbering shuffle in his heavy armor, then building up some speed as he approaches the uninjured kuo-toan at the front of the squad. "Xylla take ye, maggot!" Gerak growls as his warhammer swings at the frog-man's midsection. The warhammer lands exactly as planned with a heavy squelch directly on the kuo-toan's stomach region, bludgeoning the creature for 3 points of damage.
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Arden quickly reloads her crossbow and fires at the kuo-toa in the front that is already wounded and is now prone. The gnome's light crossbow firing mechanism quietly clicks in the dim room, but the bolt that misses its mark and slams into the wall near Wyleck is anything but quiet. After her miss, Arden steps back and to the side to avoid being directly in the middle of everything.
Phud strikes again with his scimitar, lashing at the downed front kuo-toan. A second nasty gash opens along the kuo-toan's shoulder where Phud's scimitar slices open a bloody wound, good for 6 points of damage. KT1 stops writhing on the floor in the greased area after Phud's attack; the creature's lifeblood spills in copious amounts, adding to the precipitous qualilty of the floor when combined with Rowan's arcane handiwork.
KT2 is struck in the legs by its wriggling companions and soon topples over the fallen, still body of KT1 in the front. KT3 manages to escape the worst of the ensuing scrabble by rolling to the side toward the freshly caved-in wall; KT3 stands. Caught as it is beneath the sprawled form of KT2 and KT1, KT4 remains prone and hisses testily at Gerak and Phud.
The cloud of dust hanging over the caved-in section of wall to the north clears. Wyleck and Gerak spy a fifth kuo-toan hanging back. Robed in red, the kuo-toan raises a dull iron holy symbol aloft in the air and chants in its native, croaking tongue. Though the priest is clearly attempting to cast a divine spell, neither Rowan or Wyleck identify the casting. Gerak, however, makes out the distinct gutteral din of a dispel magic spell being woven. Moments later, in a burst of sickly green light, Rowan's patch of cleverly greased floor dissipates.
Wyleck flicks yet another glob of flame from his open palm, this time striking KT2 for 4 points of fire damage. As it lies prone on the stone floor, the kuo-toa's banded mail begins to smoulder, filling the hall with the acrid scent of burning frog flesh and the tang of hot metal.
Rowan and Gerak, you're up on the init count for Round 3.
Initiative:
Arden 15
Phud 15
Kuo-toan guards 14
Wyleck 8
Rowan 7
Gerak 3
