"A summoning," hisses Rowan. "I do not have the power to counter it. Be alert!" His words spoken, the halfling begins his own spell, channeling soothing arcane energies over the area occupied by the four kuo-toans, gently lulling them to sleep...
As Rowan begins to weave his spell, KT 1 and KT 2 join hands and begin to chant. [sblock=Gerak]Gerak quickly recognizes a divine version of lightening bolt being cast by the pair of kuo-toas. The power of the spell, while not inherently as forceful as the stand-alone arcane version, is amplified by the fact that two of the creatures seem to have linked and are casting together.[/sblock] A bare moment later, the air on the stone platform crackles with white electricity and a bolt of lightening flashes through the damp air and arcs directly through Phud, Gerak, and Arden, who all fail to dodge out of the lightening's path and each suffer 6 points of electricity damage.
Her hair standing stock on end after the blast from the bolt of lightening, Arden winces but levies her crossbow. Taking aim at KT1, Arden springs the firing mechanism and, with a twang of the bow's quivering metal string, looses a bolt. The brown-skinned gnome's aim is unerring; the bolt sinks into KT1's neck and disappears into the creature's flesh, dealing a hearty 6 points of damage even as Arden struggles to get her breath back after being struck by lightening.
An elderly, shriveled kuo-toa (MM) wearing chitin-styled plate armor steps into view beneath the lintel of the open door on the stone platform. The elderly priest chants, his croaking low and purposeful. At the end of his casting, the old kuo-toa is surrounded at his front by a flat field of multi-colored hues that ripple in the red light shed by the lobster statue.
[sblock=Rowan, Gerak, Wyleck]The old priest cast entropic shield on himself, that he might be partially shielded from ranged attacks.[/sblock]
Wyleck whistles for Yssal and, finding his animal companion directly behind himself, casts a critical eye around his companions. As Gerak hustles off to the west, Wyleck delays a beat and says, "Who's injured? I can help."
Wyleck delays to init count 4, after Phud. He'll heal whomever asks it.
Looking for a way to reach the kuo-toans and attack, Gerak hustles off to the west. The dwarf's gait is deliberate and measured.
KT3 and KT4 react to Gerak's approach by themselves snaking forward to guard the top of the stone stairs leading up to the statue. After moving a short distance, both the kuo-toas adopt a martial stance at the top of the stairs but otherwise appear to settle into a state of meditation, their hands outstretched palm up, their eyes closed.
Phud yowls in anger and pain. "Phud hurt, Phud BURN!" The half-orc steps in front of Rowan, obscuring the halfling's view but also offering impromptu bodily shield. "You make Phud not burn!" The large half-orc bouncer eyes Wyleck, who nods and complies, healing Phud for 7 points of damage.
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Rowan completes his casting and, to his satisfaction, watches KT4 topple over prone, fast asleep. KT3 remains standing, seemingly inert, at the top of the stone stairway leading up to the platform.
Initiative:
Rowan 21
Kuo-toas 1 and 2: 18
Arden 14
MM 13
Wyleck 11
Gerak 11
Kuo-toas 3 and 4: 9
Phud 5
