Midnight: A Lost Faith's Shadow. Book 1, The Awakening. Chapter 4, Pursuit

Frustration clear on her face, Kaela lets out a quiet 'grrr' of annoyance and casts again, this time allowing her anger to manifest in a more direct and deadly manner. A bolt of acid forms at her fingertips and flies at a Fell with amazing speed.

ooc: Cast Acid Arrow on an undamaged Fell, ranged touch attack +5, 2d4 damage this round, 2d4 damage next round.
 
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Herger has been looking for something to take his frustration out upon and fell are the perfect targets. They are abominations and should have stayed dead. These however were different. In this barren land, they seem to continue to surface from below. Is there no end to the number that they face? With a determined swing, he continues to wield his axe in an attempt to end the threat.
 


OOC: There were 12 Fell, 3 are downed, 9 left. I didn't give numbers, but the Heroes can estimate another 12 or more Fell erupting from the ground circling the Heroes within 60-90 feet. It will take 3 rounds before these Fell can close with the Heroes.

Stahrl's sword sings a deadly song as it slashes before the large Dorn. The ancient sword crashes through the rib cage of a fiery Fell, but the Fell continues on, slaming its fist into Starhl's chest. Flames spring along Starhl's midsection and chest as the smell of burnt flesh and hair rise in the Heroes nostrils. A second Fell staggers at Starhl, but its flaming grasp misses the Northman.
OOC: Starhl takes 10 points of damage and is on fire. I need a Reflex save for Starhl - go ahead and roll Krug. Two Fell are attacking Starhl.

Cyz drops to her knees, scrambling to dowse the flames. Screaming, a Fell descends on her, beating her with a flaming fist. Starhl, help me! Mardo's keen eyes scan the scene, identifying this Fell standing over Cyz as an easy target. His sling screams as it looses a stone, but the bullet flies wide of its mark.
OOC: One Fell is attacking Cyz, who is still on fire. Mardo missed on his attack.

Shocked, the Ghost quenches the flames along his arms. Stepping out of the range of these slow moving Fell, the Ghost draws his bow and prepares to destroy these vile creatures. One Fell stumbles forth, but its wild grasp misses the lithe Elf.
OOC: Valurel stopped the fire on his arms this round and drew his bow. He can fire next round. One Fell is attacking Valurel.

Herger's mightly axe cleaves another Fell in twain. However, two more take its place. Their flaming hands do not burn Herger, thanks to the stone charm, but their blackened claws draw blood on the Giant's thighs. Kaela, sensing the danger the Giant is in, draws Aryth's magic into an acid bolt, a bolt that can burn without fire. The projectile slams into a Fell, its bones snapping and popping with the burning acid. The creature collapses in on itself into a pile of smoking bones.
OOC: Herger downed one Fell, but another one is attacking. Herger takes 7 points of damage. Kaela destroyed one Fell.

Lodric's fist slams into the Fell, crushing its flame-weakened skull. Another Fell leaps at Lodric, raking its searing hot claws along the Erenlander's arm.
OOC: Lodric dropped on Fell, but another has moved in to attack.

Surrounding the Heroes, cries of hunger scream out on the dead, ashen plane as more Fell burst up.
 

Starhl rolls a 17.Reflex bonus:+2 Total: 19

"So many of this accursed things..."

Starhl looks to see if the others will run. Doesn't move yet.
 

Herger is beginning to enjoy the combat. His rage is flowing through him as he continues to hack at their enemies. It is only after he drops the 2nd fell that he notices the groups situation. The fell continue to come from below. There does not seem to be an end to the supply of walking dead. As their enemies are dropped, 2 more step forward. This is the real danger. Not the fell themselves, but the hoard. No one fell poses any real threat to the heroes, but the lot of them will surely whittle the group to nothingness, much like the horse.

Could they outrun the enemy? Was it possible to reach the forest before the fell overcame them, or were they doomed to fight the endless numbers of walking dead until they collapsed? Hergere set his focus back to the target in front of him and swung his axe again. He then chanced a glance at Mardos cart. Would it hold the slower of the party? Could he run with it while the short one, Cyz, and Kaela rode?

OOC:
Greataxe +10 (3d6 + 8, x3) (+4 BAB, +4 St, +1 WF, +1 Dorn melee 2handed, +2 dmg (weapon specialization))

He will cleave into another fell if there is one within reach should he kill his first target.
(I can't believe I missed that feat on his sheet! He'd have cleaved earlier)

Does it look like the cart is big enough to carry those 3? If so, does it look like it's possible to outrun the fell if he could pull the cart at a flat out run?

Just thinking outloud here.
 

Kaela's eyes go wide with surprise at the strength of the acidic bolt. Forming another, she fires it in hopes of helping Cyz escape the dangerous firey claws.

ooc: Another acid arrow, same numbers. I'm feeling pretty good about our chances so long as more don't come, but if we can't make a serious dent in these ones in the next three rounds we're going to be in big trouble. I could use Grease to try to limit the advance, maybe, but that affects a very small area.
 

ooc: by my count we have dropped six so far. Six remain who are engaged with us now (two on Starhl, one each on Lodric, Valurel Herger and Cyz) and another 12 or so are closing in within another round or two.

Lodric strikes at the fell that tried to attack him, stepping back after he does, hoping to keep away from the others advancing on them. As his body moves through the motions reflexively, his mind races over the terrain they have crossed: Was there any place more defensible? Rock outcroppings to keep at their back? Water in a stream or pond that might deter or even harm these foul creatures? To remain where they are and allow themselves to be surrounded will surely result in the death of some, if not all of them.

ooc: unarmed attack +7 1d6+3 damage followed by a 5 foot step back.
 

maddmic said:
Does it look like the cart is big enough to carry those 3? If so, does it look like it's possible to outrun the fell if he could pull the cart at a flat out run?
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OOC: I imagined that it was about 4'x5' on its surface. If it were any larger, Mardo would have had it made smaller so he could pull it. Mardo would easily fit on it, I have no doubt, but he's light and Small, and the others are not, so I wouldn't presume to guess.

Reminder:
Bihlbo said:
Mardo is full defensive, puts away the sling, grabs the water.

"I'm comin I'm comin!! Why we're not on the fly yet is beyond me, I'll tell ya!"
 

OOC: Thanks, maddmic. Krug, I just checked and Starhl has Cleave as well! Remember to give me these feats for combat! I assuming Starhl will be doin' some cleavin' as well!

The ashen plain seems to have come to fiery life with the arrival of the Heroes. Undead shamble across its choking surface, coals glow wickedly as the ash is sifted aside, and the northern edge blazes once more into flames, eating once again at the dry Erenland plains.

Twisting away from the fiery Fell, the flames on Starhl extinguish. Starhl hesitates, but only for a brief second, waiting on the Heroes, willing to flee but unwilling to leave his charges behind. Grunting with satisfaction, he commits himself once more to combat, his sword crashing a flaming carcass, spraying splintered bones across the plain. Using his momentum, Starhl's sword continues in a deadly arc to crush the skull of the second attacking Fell.
OOC: Both Fell attacking Starhl are down and Starhl is no longer on fire.

Mardo's quick gait brings him to Cyz's side, his water container held high. Spraying the water over Cyz, the flames quickly go out, leaving the woman with blackened skin and agony in her eyes. The spraying water also contacts the Fell, who hisses in unison with the water sizzling on its fiery bones. Anger flashing across her face, Cyz's fist crashes into the pelvic region of the Fell, splintering its bones, leaving its upper torso flailing in the ash.
OOC: Through Mardo's quick action, Cyz's fire is out and the Fell was damaged. Cyz destroyed the Fell. As for Mardo's cart, I will side with Bihlbo's assessment of who it could carry.

Kaela's second arcane bolt smashes into the back of the Fell attacking Valurel. Staggering, its bones dissolving in the eldritch acid, it swipes at Valurel as the Ghost draws his bowstring. Missing with its wild raking claw, Valurel's arrow crashes through its skull dropping the grotesque creature in the ash.
OOC: Kaela's acid arrow and Valurel's arrow destroyed the Fell attacking Valurel.

Herger's massive axe shears through another Fell, its huge swing carrying it crashing into the Fell attacking Lodric. Staggered, the Fell shatters with Lodric's devastating punch.
OOC: The Fell attacking Herger and Lodric are down.

The Fell attacking the Heroes are down; their bones continue to burn and dissolve to gray ash. However, other Fell swarm toward the Heroes from the south and east. Shambling across the ash plain, these Fell are crazed, lacking the cunning of most Fell. From their vantage point, the Heroes could head north back onto the plains or west into Erethor, easily outrunning the Fell. However, if the dead horse was originally from the group that captured Aislinn, where would they have fled? Elves were most certainly in the party. Would they have fled into Erethor or braved the Plains of Blood and Ash? From what the Heroes see, only a madman would dare the wastes of the ash plains.

OOC: Fell will have a melee attack in two rounds unless the Heroes move west or north.
 

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