NeMoren's Vault IV: The One Who Crawls!!
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Piratecat
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Devis can't keep from grinning as the confused drumming from the enemy falters and stops; his teeth *ting* in the torchlight. He hums a little ditty, and an invisible hand of force and song appears near the plank. Devis concentrates as the hand tries to lift the plank; the wood is too heavy, though, and the mage hand can barely shift it.
Hennet yawns as he casts sleep, and another goblinoid keels over as if poleaxed. It was one of the creatures with a tower shield, and he snores gently as his body hits the ground. The shield clatters to the ground next to it.
Cobwebs are drifting around Mialee's hands. She gestures, and they leap across the cavern into the tunnel entrance. Krusk's disgruntled howl fills the air, but the whole tunnel is webbed solidly; any monster trying to charge Krusk has just been stopped in its tracks. Mialee can hear Krusk struggling, snapping web strands with brute force. The goblinoid right in front of him isn't so lucky.
Vadania calls, and with a howl a wolf answers; it shimmers in the air as it starts to appear. A few more seconds, and it will be solid enough to attack.
Ma'Varkith moves up to the edge of the chasm. She can see the plank twitching slightly, not moving otherwise. Drawing back an arrow, she aims at the one remaining creature that isn't sleeping or webbed; it's looking around in horror, holding its shield up in front of it as if its life depended on it... which, ironically enough, it does. The arrow is powerful, but it shatters on the shield. The tip of the arrow pierces the shield, stopping half an inch from the creature's eye.
The monster peeks back out, just long enough to see Regdar gulping a potion and bounding over the chasm. The creature braces itself behind its shield... but nevertheless is picked up and flung backwards by the force of Regdar's charge. It is flung into Mialee's web where it hangs, unhurt but largely helpless as it faces down the huge fighter. Kazak tries to get a shot off, but Regdar is in the way, and the crossbow bolt goes slightly high.
Krusk spins, snapping threads of web as he strains to reach a monster with his axe. He swings the heavy weapon... which gets caught on a strand of web. Within seconds, he's partially free, but hasn't killed anything. In front of him, the look on the goblinoid's face as it faced its death and survived just spurs him on to greater violence.
Kerwyn spins gracefully and heads back towards the chasm. With some muscle, he grabs the plank and extends it over the gap in the ground. Looking down into the darkness, he can see something moving down there; he isn't sure what. Next to him, Jozan appears with his crossbow. The creature hears Jozan's shouted warning and stops moving. Shouted from the pit, Jozan hears in rough common, "Who you? Why you say? Show you!"
Another badger appears, and leaps onto a sleeping goblinoid. The sound of flesh tearing, and of moist burrowing, can be heard. The illusory badger joins in the fun, as there's no one around to flank. Alhandra runs by it, sword out, stopping by Regdar and the stuck monster. Meanwhile, Lidda has bounded over the chasm and sights a monster just waking up. That gets stopped easily enough!
Kerwyn at R16. Jozan at S13. Ma'Varkith at R13. Alhandra at R22. Regdar at Q22. Krusk unchanged. Lidda N21. I don't think anyone else moved.
P22 is now in the web at P23; Q23 is asleep; P21 is being eaten, and O21 is dead. All the others in the tunnel are in the web, including Krusk.
Hennet yawns as he casts sleep, and another goblinoid keels over as if poleaxed. It was one of the creatures with a tower shield, and he snores gently as his body hits the ground. The shield clatters to the ground next to it.
Cobwebs are drifting around Mialee's hands. She gestures, and they leap across the cavern into the tunnel entrance. Krusk's disgruntled howl fills the air, but the whole tunnel is webbed solidly; any monster trying to charge Krusk has just been stopped in its tracks. Mialee can hear Krusk struggling, snapping web strands with brute force. The goblinoid right in front of him isn't so lucky.
Vadania calls, and with a howl a wolf answers; it shimmers in the air as it starts to appear. A few more seconds, and it will be solid enough to attack.
Ma'Varkith moves up to the edge of the chasm. She can see the plank twitching slightly, not moving otherwise. Drawing back an arrow, she aims at the one remaining creature that isn't sleeping or webbed; it's looking around in horror, holding its shield up in front of it as if its life depended on it... which, ironically enough, it does. The arrow is powerful, but it shatters on the shield. The tip of the arrow pierces the shield, stopping half an inch from the creature's eye.
The monster peeks back out, just long enough to see Regdar gulping a potion and bounding over the chasm. The creature braces itself behind its shield... but nevertheless is picked up and flung backwards by the force of Regdar's charge. It is flung into Mialee's web where it hangs, unhurt but largely helpless as it faces down the huge fighter. Kazak tries to get a shot off, but Regdar is in the way, and the crossbow bolt goes slightly high.
Krusk spins, snapping threads of web as he strains to reach a monster with his axe. He swings the heavy weapon... which gets caught on a strand of web. Within seconds, he's partially free, but hasn't killed anything. In front of him, the look on the goblinoid's face as it faced its death and survived just spurs him on to greater violence.
Kerwyn spins gracefully and heads back towards the chasm. With some muscle, he grabs the plank and extends it over the gap in the ground. Looking down into the darkness, he can see something moving down there; he isn't sure what. Next to him, Jozan appears with his crossbow. The creature hears Jozan's shouted warning and stops moving. Shouted from the pit, Jozan hears in rough common, "Who you? Why you say? Show you!"
Another badger appears, and leaps onto a sleeping goblinoid. The sound of flesh tearing, and of moist burrowing, can be heard. The illusory badger joins in the fun, as there's no one around to flank. Alhandra runs by it, sword out, stopping by Regdar and the stuck monster. Meanwhile, Lidda has bounded over the chasm and sights a monster just waking up. That gets stopped easily enough!
Kerwyn at R16. Jozan at S13. Ma'Varkith at R13. Alhandra at R22. Regdar at Q22. Krusk unchanged. Lidda N21. I don't think anyone else moved.
P22 is now in the web at P23; Q23 is asleep; P21 is being eaten, and O21 is dead. All the others in the tunnel are in the web, including Krusk.
Jozan of Pelor
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Well, my boy, I'm glad you asked!
Jozan grins. "Who am I? Why, I am Jozan, chosen Iconic of the divine Pelor, the mighty Shining One, God of the Sun! His Burning Goodness flows through me, and of course I generally use my powers to defeat evil, nasty creatures such as yourself. But since you seem relatively harmless down in that pit, I thought I'd give you a break--just this once, you understand--and let you sit out this battle quietly. I do hold the high ground, after all, both physically and morally, and it wouldn't be much of an effort for me to shoot you several times with this blessed crossbow I'm holding, if you threaten me or try to climb up here or do something equally...well...bad. So I suggest you just settle down, lad, toss aside your weapons, and chalk it all up to experience and bad climbing skills."
Jozan keeps his eye on the creature, his crossbow ready to fire.
ooc: Readying action--if it moves to attack or climb up, Jozan shoots.
Is the creature armed...and if so, with what? Also, what is the bottom of the chasm like? How deep? Any tunnels, etc. that Joz can see?
Jozan grins. "Who am I? Why, I am Jozan, chosen Iconic of the divine Pelor, the mighty Shining One, God of the Sun! His Burning Goodness flows through me, and of course I generally use my powers to defeat evil, nasty creatures such as yourself. But since you seem relatively harmless down in that pit, I thought I'd give you a break--just this once, you understand--and let you sit out this battle quietly. I do hold the high ground, after all, both physically and morally, and it wouldn't be much of an effort for me to shoot you several times with this blessed crossbow I'm holding, if you threaten me or try to climb up here or do something equally...well...bad. So I suggest you just settle down, lad, toss aside your weapons, and chalk it all up to experience and bad climbing skills."
Jozan keeps his eye on the creature, his crossbow ready to fire.
ooc: Readying action--if it moves to attack or climb up, Jozan shoots.
Is the creature armed...and if so, with what? Also, what is the bottom of the chasm like? How deep? Any tunnels, etc. that Joz can see?
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Dr Midnight
Explorer
Combat Map is updated.
Krusk
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Further enraged by the clinging strands, Krusk shouts out in defiance...
Krusk can't kill with axe!
Krusk leave sticky spiderweb.
Then axe kill hobgobs!
From the corner of his eye, he notices the goblinoid behind him hanging on the edge of the web, between hima nd Regdar. Straining against the tangle of fibers, he swings his axe with all his might to kill the entrapped goblinoid and force his way through the web.
HRAAAAHH!
Assuming makes Krusk makes his strength check to take an action, he will attack the goblinoid at P23. Then, regardless of whether he kills it or not, he will try to move through the web to P22.
Krusk can't kill with axe!
Krusk leave sticky spiderweb.
Then axe kill hobgobs!
From the corner of his eye, he notices the goblinoid behind him hanging on the edge of the web, between hima nd Regdar. Straining against the tangle of fibers, he swings his axe with all his might to kill the entrapped goblinoid and force his way through the web.
HRAAAAHH!
Assuming makes Krusk makes his strength check to take an action, he will attack the goblinoid at P23. Then, regardless of whether he kills it or not, he will try to move through the web to P22.
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Piratecat said:
Looking first puzzled, then disturbed by the noise, Kazak turns to his fellow Iconics.
"Right then lads and lasses, time to be movin'. If I were ye I'd get away from the dead-fall. I've got a very bad feeling about it..."
He turns and dashes across the plank to the other side of the chasm.
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