Last Stand of the Dorinthians (Chapter 3 - The Imperials)

Danica, her eyes glancing around, advances to the third body. Her crossbow is raised, and she approaches with caution, but she heads to ensure the third creature has been killed, and that there are no more surprises. Assuming it is safe, she will take the keys, and anything else that seems obviously relevant.
 

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OOC: KS, I think you need to re-read DT's post and edit your actions.

Dartis nocks an arrow, draws the string to his chin, and waits for a lizard to poke it's head off the platform.
 


Silas turns back towards the lizard platform. He holds his staff at the ready, squinting in the dim light as he waits for the creatures.
 

Dartis grabs Danica's arm and pulls her back away from the area of raised stone right as two sets of eyes appear and gleam at the party from their heights. Two giant lizards appear from the shadows, their red serpentine pupils set within gray eyes. Their skin is a dull, sickly green but looks tough enough to turn weak blows. Although you don't see teeth when their tongues flick out to sense the terrain in front of them, their mouths are huge and look capable of swallowing a small human whole. Their feet have long claws, and you can imagine them rending the flesh of their opponents into smaller chunks. They are balanced by a thick tail. As they begin to climb down towards the party, you see a third lizard being unchained by the humanoid creature. That task complete, he moves to unleash a fourth, when the third lizard smells his blood, and pounces upon the unsuspecting lizard-like man. He screams in terror, but the sound is swiftly replaced by the echoes of torn flesh, broken bones, and swallowing on the part of the third freed lizard and the fourth chained one.
 

Danica, a small human (!), steps back and regains her footing, exclaiming, "Yip! Dartis, I thought he was dead!" If she has her balance, she fires her crossbow at one of the advbancing lizard creatures.
 

Silas begins to move forward but then abruptly stops with a whispered curse. Frantically, he waves one hand in ritual movement and pronounces the words of power that summon forth his arcane defense...

Casting Extended Mage Armor; now AC 13
 


Chalik is the first to move, and he switches to his rapier, and then waits for the approach of the creatures. Danica fires off her shot, burying a crossbow bolt deep inside the neck of the lead creature. It shrieks, but does not fall, and angrily closes in on Chalik, who slices a nasty gash into the creature's front leg.

The lizard attacks next, slicing a nasty wound into the dwarf's shoulder (-9 hp to Chalik). Dartis fires his shots next, both arrows lodging into the giant lizard's side, causing it to scream and flop uncontrollably onto the ground. The second lizard crawls over his dying companion and attacks Darts as the fighter switches to his blade. The clawed front leg slams the young lord squarely against his chest, and although Dartis does not feel the edges cut into his skin, he does feel his ribs become bruised from the force of the creature's blow (-6 hp to Dartis).

Silas casts a spell, although the rest of the party is unaware of its effects. Kel moves forward next, yelling some ancient elven battlecry, and slicing at the lizard attacking Dartis. He slightly wounds the creature on the flank, although its full attention is still on the human fighter.

Along the corner of her eye, Danica can see that the third lizard has finished its meal and is beginning to crawl down the raised area of stone. She shouts a warning to her comrades.
 

Deuce Traveler said:
Along the corner of her eye, Danica can see that the third lizard has finished its meal and is beginning to crawl down the raised area of stone. She shouts a warning to her comrades.

...as she points her reloaded crossbow at it and fires. Pfft.
 

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