Metropolis (The World in Waiting) - Chapter One

[jkason]

Ru's confused to hear a cry for battle-readiness in the midst of the children's expression of joy, but he knows better than to hesitate. Act now, question later. And if the elf was in danger, no doubt the children running toward him would be, as well. No time to be nice about it.

With an uncanny speed, Ru sprints toward the elf, channeling every mean enforcer impulse he has into bellowing "Children, out of the way and find cover! Now!" With any luck, he can not only scare his path clear, he'll ensure the children scatter to safety from ...

"Protect him from what?" Ru calls out, trying to keep an eye out for whatever threat the half-orc seemed to notice. Have the undead caught up to them? Are there sniping archers hiding out of his sight that the half-orc's better eyes have picked up on?

OOC:[sblock]Intimidate check to get the kids out of his path? I'm not sure where Ru is in relation to things, but hopefully his freaky base move (50'--he doesn't react fast, but he runs like a horse, this one) can close the distance pretty quickly.[/sblock]

 

[Bront]

Taran stares blankly, a little confused. He and twitchy approach Vulgrath, looking for any signs of danger beyond the odd half-orc.

 

[Phoenix]

[sblock]Initiative Order:
Taran (and Twitchy) +21
Ghost +15 (assuming surprised )
Hentre +14
Jovik +12
Ba'aktar +8
Ru +3

Hentre attack roll (Vulgrath - AC 18) +23 - Hit
Hentre damage roll - 23pts (19/42hp - Vulgrath)
Vulgrath Fortitude save (DC 20) +17 - Failure
Hentre Poison damage (Vulgrath) - 5pts Con (immune)
Ba'aktar attack roll (Hentre - AC hidden) +26 - Hit
Ba'aktar damage roll - 8pts
Ru attack roll (Hentre - AC hidden) +14 - Miss[/sblock]

Taran and Twitchy were the first to move, carefully approaching Vulgrath, looking about for the danger that the half-orc was screaming about, where was it? Ghost, also staring for the danger, was fooled as well, allowing Hentre his opportunity.

His poisoned blade was sharp, slipping into the side of Vulgrath before he even saw it coming. Blood spashed down across Hentre's arm and face, making the halfling's twisted little grin all the more morbid.

Ba'aktar and Ru stampeded through the scattering children, both of them seeing Hentre's attack but arriving a split second too late. Ru, caught by surprise, attempted to knock the halfling away from the elderly elf, but to no avail. Ba'aktar's method proved more effective.

The massive blade slammed into the shoulder of Hentre with a meaty thud, knocking the halfling away from Vulgrath and freeing the blade that had sunk into the old man's flesh. With a maniacal grin, Hentre turned on the half-orc and spat Vulgrath's blood at him, screaming, "You! This is your fault!"

 

[Fenris]

'Oh my' thought the Jackal, 'This is turning into a nasty homecoming isn't it. Bad blood brings bad things. I knew those nasty little halfings were not to be trusted, can't the men from the women. But it looks like our two over-eager muscle heads are there to take care of things' and the Jackal continues his search without turning his back on the brawl.

 

[Bront]

Taran immediately runs to Vulgarth and tries to heal him. Twitchy goes after the Hentre

OOC: Cure Light on Vulgarth, 1d8+5

 

[D20Dazza]

Ghost Hound Elf Bard

[color-magenta]"Vulgarth!"[/color] Ghost cries as he witnesses the attempted assasination "Quick children out of the way before one of you gets hurt, come on over here now" the pale elf says as he tries to herd the children away from the melee.

 

[Festy_Dog]

"You! This is your fault!"

There was some surprise when Ba'aktar heard this. What could Hentre possibly mean by that? It was fortunate that Ba'aktar had exhausted his blood rage for the day, otherwise he'd have totally missed the remark if he was in the throws of anger.

Ba'aktar smiled nonetheless, "Maybe, I've no idea, but killing you makes me look good. People like that."

Confident from landing his first blow Ba'aktar lunges out again, the nasty spike on the end of his blade arcing for rendable flesh. The pair of heads tumble from his shoulder as he throws himself about, trying to find opportunity to kill his small opponent.

 

[jkason]

Ba'aktar and Ru stampeded through the scattering children, both of them seeing Hentre's attack but arriving a split second too late. Ru, caught by surprise, attempted to knock the halfling away from the elderly elf, but to no avail. Ba'aktar's method proved more effective.

The massive blade slammed into the shoulder of Hentre with a meaty thud, knocking the halfling away from Vulgrath and freeing the blade that had sunk into the old man's flesh. With a maniacal grin, Hentre turned on the half-orc and spat Vulgrath's blood at him, screaming, "You! This is your fault!"

Ru cursed his miss. Damnable little people were always harder to hit. Still, that blade was obviously nasty, and anything he could do to convince the halfling to drop it would make him happy. He struck out again, aiming for the nerve clusters he knew would force the little assassin's muscles to spasm. If it worked, he'd drop the weapon and be vulnerable to the half-orc's nasty blade all at the same time.

OOC: [sblock]Attack Hentre -- attempting a stunning attack so he'll be forced to drop the weapon[/sblock]

 

[Phoenix]

[sblock]Initiative Order:
Taran (and Twitchy) +21
Ghost +15
Hentre +14
Jovik +12
Ba'aktar +8
Ru +3

Taran (Cure light wounds - Vulgrath) - 10pts (29/42hp - Vulgrath)
Twitchy attack roll (Hentre - AC hidden) +20 - Hit
Twitchy damage roll - 8pts (16pts total)
Hentre Fortitude save (DC 13) +12 - Failure
Hentre attack roll (Vulgrath - AC 18) +20 - Hit
Hentre damage roll - 10pts (19/42hp - Vulgrath)
Vulgrath Fortitude save (DC 20) +19 - Failure
Hentre Poison damage (Vulgrath) - 4pts Con (immune)
Ba'aktar attack roll (Hentre - AC hidden) +23 - Hit
Ba'aktar damage roll - 14pts (30pts total)[/sblock]

Taran's swift hands tumbled in the incantation that he hoped would save Vulgrath from a nasty fate, touching his master and healing a portion of the wound that Hentre had delivered. Twitchy's mind was on revenge though, lunging past the master to bite visciously at Hentre's arm, tearing a large chunk from it and watching with glee as blood sprayed across the halfling. It would not stop him though.

Hentre was in a fit, stabbing in a maniacal fury at Vulgrath, screaming "It's YOUR FAULT, YOUR FAULT!" with tears streaming down his face in anger and rage. Vulgrath's frail form could barely withstand the assault, bleeding heavily now the elf staggered back away from his assailant. Then Ba'aktar stepped in.

With little left of the halfling, the large half-orc stepped up and swung his khora as hard as his muscles allowed. There was a sickening crunch and a snapping of probably a dozen ribs and the halfling, bent across the blade, flew back several feet from the group, landing heavily and bleeding a fatal wound.

Most of the children gathered about Ghost, apart from the few that seemed to be spending a lot of time around Jovik lately, all of which watched on in a mixture of horror and/or curiosity.

Ru's attack was stayed for the moment, the opponent was down, wasn't he? Hentre's body convulsed once, then the halfling rose once more, a murderous grin on his face and a poisoned blade in his hand. He refused to die.

 

[jkason]

"If I never see another walking corpse for the rest of my life..." Ru says, pulling his kama out. "If he's like the others, he'll just keep getting up. If we can at least cut him down, maybe we can hold the bits down with something."

So saying, the enforcer slashes away at the undying halfling, cursing all the while.