Of Sound Mind III

[Zhure]

Gholog

"#$%%," Gholog says at his short toss. Scooping his glaive up, he tries to run an interecept between any of the townsfolk and Seraphina, counting on the villagers to be too distracted by the bell's sound to attack him.

That and a tumble check if he can't avoid it.

 

[GnomeWorks]

That didn't sound friendly...

She continues sounding the bell for all she's worth.

 

[Jarval]

(Just to clarify, most of the townsfolk are still standing dazed by the bell, but one or two have started to move. They're all still heading for the crystal.)

 

[Other Guy]

Jason Master

Jason rushes to stop the few moving townsfolk from reaching the crystal, attacking as necessary. "I won't let you win," he growls angrily at the dark force possessing the village.

 

[Jarval]

Moving in between the townsfolk and the crystal, Gholog and Jason shove back the few townsfolk starting to recover from the bell toll. Glancing back at the crystal, Jason spots cracks forming then healing again all over the crystal's surface, in time with the Wyrmcall's chime...

 

[Other Guy]

“Seraphina, keep it up!” Jason calls to his companion in the tower. “Gholog, the sound is hurting the crystal, we have to get it as close to the bell as we can.” If only I had some sort of spell to amplify the sound, or perhaps a Far Hand prepared, he thinks to himself.

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Gholog attempts to use his glaive to knock the crystal closer toward the belltower as he passes by the small evil entity.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Seraphina only nods, keeping her breath for the tiring task of ringing the bell - which she tries to do faster.

Keep it up, keep it up...

 

[Jarval]

Delivering a resounding smack to the crystal with the flat of his glave, Gholog sends it skittering across the cobbles of the plaza and through the belltower's doorway.

It bumps into Seraphina's legs, almost causing her to loose her footing. This isn't helped by the fact that whoever designed the bell must have intended it to be rung by someone a little taller and heavier than a halfling. Looking down at the sapphire stone, she sees the cracks forming and healing on its surface. The healing is now only barely keeping pace with the damaged inflicted by the booming ringing of the Wyrmcall.

While many of the townsfolk are starting to recover from the initial shock of the Wyrmcall, the crystal seems to be quickly reasserting its control. Three of the townsfolk stumble towards Jason. who lands a stinging blow to the side of one man's head, toppling him to the ground. The two others close in on him, both flailing wildly with their arms. Jason drops to one knee to avoid one swing, but the other catches him painfully in the throat. Breathless from the intense pain, he stumbles back a few steps towards Gholog.


(Gholog got a very respectable 18 on his attack roll, hence the pin-point accuracy of his shot. Jason took 4 points of damage from a townsman who rolled high, but managed to floor another of the horde of villagers. One down, a hundred more to go...)

 

[GnomeWorks]

OoC: So has Seraphina reached the limit of how fast she can ring the bell yet?

Seraphina continues ringing the bell, edging the crystal with her foot to try to get it under the bell to get the full effect of the ringing.