Last Stand of the Dorinthians (Chapter 2 - Illusions)

[Deuce Traveler]

Rix lowers his goggles, due to the light from the flames, and slips inside some of the billows of smoke. The rest move towards the enemy.

The gnolls cease their attacks and turn to face the new threat as Alexander charges into the room. After he makes it more than halfway towards the creatures, the half-orc throws his knife, but misses the nearest gnoll. Dartis is behind Alexander, followed by a shielded Silas.

Kel takes a shot, but also misses. He knocks another arrow and attempts to ignore his stung eyes, which peer past the smoke.

As the gnomes pick themselves off and run, the gnolls smile at the sight of the fresh combatants running towards them and ready their weapons. There are four: one with a greatclub, two with a battle-axe, and one with a flail. They all wear loose, studded leather armor, but carry no shield.

OOC: Please update your character sheets. Silas, for instance, still shows burning hands as a used up spell and suffering from the spider poison, which was cured awhile ago.

 

[Ferrix]

Rix, hoping to use the smoke to provide some concealment, ducks for cover and draws his crossbow. A grim smile on his face from the moment they returned to the hills, although he has remained mostly silent.

His aim wavers for a moment, the thought of ending the lives of gnomes was always tempting, but the immediate threat of the gnolls was more important. He steadied his hand, leveling the bolt at the groin of the gnoll with the flail and let it loose.

 

[Land Outcast]

Alexander grabs now the scimitar with both hands and moves to cleave into the gnolls.

 

[GlassEye]

Silas hesitates only a moment before advancing with staff swinging.

[sblock=OOC]Sorry. Updating after the PC's slept slipped my mind.[/sblock]

 

[D20Dazza]

Kel fires an arrow at the advancing gnolls before melting into the smoke.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Rix fires, hitting the gnoll holding the flail just above his right leg and causing the blood to flow freely. Just then, Alexander closes the distance and cuts into the side of the lead gnoll, which Dartis then finishes off with his blade. Silas moves to strike the other wounded gnoll, but misses. A second later, a shot from Kel flies past Silas and kills the creature before it can strike back. Kel then shifts his movement and slips into the smoke.

One of the gnolls with a battle-axe (two handed) attacks Alexander, cutting deeply into the half-orc's shoulder and almost causing him to collapse (-12 hp!). The one attacking Dartis draws a cut along the man's arm while also using a two-handed swing (-6 hp).

As Rix and Kel slip into the smoke, they lose sight of who is who. At the moment, you see three tall shapes struggling near two shorter shapes.

 

[Land Outcast]

"Not again!" Alexander yells out, spitting blood... now that the gnomes are getting away, he knows he can step back, but if they don't finish the gnolls, the help provided to the gnomes will have been of no use.

So he moves in such a way that the gnolls can't get the jump at him while he picks up a discarded gnome shield to use as a buckler.

OOC: Withdraw in such a way that no gnoll can charge him (or at least not with ease) and if possible, pick up a discarded gnome shield

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Through the smoke, Alexander cannot see the ground around him well. Instead of a discarded gnome shield, he thinks he sees a discarded goblin shield and reaches to gather it while a gnoll moves to attack...

OOC: I'll resolve this after other inputs.

 

[Fenris]

Dartis curses as the blade draws across his arm.

OOC: [sblock] since the two attacking Alexander and I have battleaxes, I asume that the greatclub gnoll was the "lead" gnoll and was killed and the flail weilder was wounded but still up, correct? [/sblock]

Dartis looks about to gauge the situation, but the smoke is too think and he cannot spot Rix and Kel. He sees the half-orc rumaging about for a shield but decides that the best way to help his injured partner is to finish off the brute in front of him, so he braces his buckler and returns the blow againt the gnoll in front of him.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: Kinda. Only two uninjured gnolls left, both with axes and using them two-handed. Alexander injured one, which Dartis killed. Rix injured another, which was missed by Silas, but killed by Kel. Dartis, Alexander, and Silas are close enough to see one another, although it is difficult. Rix and Kel are currently having trouble making out who is who.