renau1g's Red Hand of Doom

[s@squ@tch]

Virashil

Walking along, Virashil is somewhat amused at the comments of Brodi in reference to Tiamat.

"Tiamat is the epitome of evil dragonkind -- merciless, cruel, and treacherous. Never to be trusted or tolerated."

"It is said that she might even reside with devils and their ilk... I don't really know why she happens to have 5 heads, where Bahamut only carries one. Would find it odd to have more than one head, myself."

"It worries me that a hobgoblin tribe or warparty might be devoted to her -- for it is not a common occurence, at least to me, for those unrelated to dragonkind to take up their banner. Perhaps I am worrying too much and this priest was a maverick of sorts within his tribe -- I hope I am."

Later, as they near the bridge:

As she hears Hurrow screech, she immediately calls upon her magicks to enshroud her with protective wards, and keeps her eyes peeled for any movement that might have provoked the shifter.

Once she sees the six headed monstrosity, she screams out,"Aye, this thing is definitely not Tiamat with those 6 heads!"

[sblock=OOC]If there was an opportunity to act after Hurrow screeched, Virashil will have cast Mage Armor upon herself, if not, then she will cast it on her initiative.

Know(Arcana) Check +9 on creature.

Spells remaining: 6/7/5
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[renau1g]

Zazz leaps to the side with lightning quickness, avoiding the brunt of the flames. His grunt of pain turns to a warcry as the elf springs nimbly into the air...higher, higher than any of you would have dreamed possible, above the hydra's massive form.

As he descends, the elven warrior slams his shortblade down into the monstrosity, ripping through its hide and tearing into its flesh and muscle with incredible power and savagery.

Brodi manages to avoid the worst of it ducking behind his mount, but Short-toe takes the full brunt of the fire.

It's definitely not an agriculture god! Brodi calls forth a pinprick, from which cascades a bands of hideous purple energy as hes kicks Short-toe who gamely runs north west away from the dragon-god, through the shallow bog and onto the nearby peninsula. Somehow the bulky creature gets out of the way of some of the teeth.

[sblock=Virashil]
know (1d20+9=17)
You could have cast Mage Armour based on Hurrow's semi-warning
Virashil remembers reading about these creatures, Hydras, and their close cousins Pyrohydras (as this one appears to be). Hydras are known for their ability to shrug off most damage. Pyrohydras are immune to fire.
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[sblock=OOC]

Init:
17 - Hurrow
16 - Hydra
15 - Jorr
13 - Zazz
10 - Brodi
4 - Virashil <- Current
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[Rhun]

Bump.

 

[s@squ@tch]

Virashil

Virashil looks quickly up at the giant flame spewing beast and gestures with her hands while chanting "plythu"

The gem around her neck briefly glows as a red coruscating ray shoots from her fingertips towards the hydra.


[sblock=ooc]
This will be for round 1, if my Mage Armor was allowed to cast before combat began.

Cast Ray of Enfeeblement on Hydra using the Empowered Spellshard. (2 uses left today)

empowered ray of enfeeblement; ranged touch attack (1d6+3=6, 1d20+6=24)

So, 50% increase of 6 = 9 pts of STR damage.


Spells left: 6/6/5
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[EvolutionKB]

Hurrow

Hurrow chants softly, the air once again smelling of ozone, as he begins summoning the storm again. He brushes his braids back from his weather-scarred face and looks around to see if their is sufficient vegetation to hold such a creature in place.

[sblock=ooc]
Druid spells per day(including bonus spells for high wisdom): 5/4/4/3
DC: 14+spell level or 15+spell level for conjuration spells. CL: 6

0: Dawn, Light, Create Water, Cure Minor Woundsx2
1: Entangle, CLW, Produce Flame, Enrage Animal
2: Wild Instincts, Decomposition, Kelpstrand, Snake's Swiftness(mass)
3: Sleet Storm, Vigor(mass lesser), Call lightning (expended)


Is there enough plant life around for an entange spell?[/sblock]

[sblock=Actions]Cast Call lightning. 5' step back[/sblock]

 

[renau1g]

Virashil looks quickly up at the giant flame spewing beast and gestures with her hands while chanting "plythu"

The gem around her neck briefly glows as a red coruscating ray shoots from her fingertips towards the hydra. His thickly muscled frame appears to wither at the touch of the ray.

Hurrow chants softly, the air once again smelling of ozone, as he begins summoning the storm again. He brushes his braids back from his weather-scarred face and looks around to see if their is sufficient vegetation to hold such a creature in place. He believes that the marsh plantation and the vegetation on the river floor might allow him to entangle the creature.

Jorr steps further back before loosing another arrow that strikes true on the beast.

The hydra's many wounds begin to stop bleeding and some of them even close up. It turns its attention to the lone combatant within reach and all six heads launch themselves at Zazz in a flurry of biting strikes. However, its strikes are much less effective then normal and the elf is able to deflect most of the bites with his blades. One manages to bite his thigh while he's distracted by the barrage, causing some minor damage.

[sblock=OOC]
5 damage to Zazz... you should thank Virashil, if not you'd probably be dead

Init:
17 - Hurrow
16 - Hydra
15 - Jorr
13 - Zazz <- Current
10 - Brodi
4 - Virashil
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[EvolutionKB]

Hurrow

Tiny sparks dance among the braids of the shifter's hair as he finishing his chanting and immediately a bolt of lightning arcs down and strikes the beast. When he finishes his first incantation he quickly starts a second one. At his command the plant life in the area springs to life attempting to hold the creature...and anything else in the area at bay.

[sblock=stats]
Druid spells per day(including bonus spells for high wisdom): 5/4/4/3
DC: 14+spell level or 15+spell level for conjuration spells. CL: 6

0: Dawn, Light, Create Water, Cure Minor Woundsx2
1: Entangle(expended), CLW, Produce Flame, Enrage Animal
2: Wild Instincts, Decomposition, Kelpstrand, Snake's Swiftness(mass)
3: Sleet Storm, Vigor(mass lesser), Call lightning (expended)[/sblock]

[sblock=actions]call down a bolt of lightning(no action) Roll Lookup: 9 dam DC 17 for half. Then cast entangle so as not to catch Zazz(right around that stump on the western half of the peninsula). DC 15 or entangled.[/sblock]

 

[Graf]

Brodi -- AC20/16/17 HP 32/44 ---AP ??--- Fort +4 Ref +8 Will +6 [+8 vs fear]
Short-toe-- AC20/13/23 HP 12/36 --- Fort +6 Ref +7 Will +1
[sblock=Additional stats]Init +4; Senses Spot -4, Listen -4, Search +0
Spells
3rd ** | 2nd ***** | 1st ****** | 0th *****[/sblock]

Zazz doesn't look so good. Brodi pulls out a potion, but doesn't actually ride any closer to the not-a-god.

Brodi continues to focus on maintaining the pinprick of purple. Or maybe the pinprick is focusing on maintaining me? Brodi has trouble remembering somtimes.

[sblock=Actions]
Standard: Manyjaws 21 damage save 18 for half
Free: sit around
move: pull out CLW potion

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[Rhun]

Despite the damage inflicted by his Soaring Raptor Strike, Zazz knew that to stand alone against this foe meant death. Drawing upon the powers of shadow, a cloud of twisting, cloaking darkness arises around the elf. Suddenly, he is gone, only to step forth from a similar cloud that appears nearer to his companions.



AC 21, HP 29/46
Use Shadow Jaunt to move to the top of the causeway, beyond Vira and Hurrow


[sblock=Maneuvers and Stances]
Disciplines Available: Desert Wind, Diamond Mind, Setting Sun, Shadow Hand, Stone Dragon, Tiger Claw
Stances Known: 2
- Child of Shadows
- Island of Blades
Maneuvers Readied: 5
- 1st Level Maneuvers: Burning Blade
- 2nd Level Maneuvers: Shadow Jaunt, Cloak of Deception
- 3rd Level Maneuvers: Soaring Raptor Strike, Death Mark[/sblock]

 

[renau1g]

Despite the damage inflicted by his Soaring Raptor Strike, Zazz knew that to stand alone against this foe meant death. Drawing upon the powers of shadow, a cloud of twisting, cloaking darkness arises around the elf. Suddenly, he is gone, only to step forth from a similar cloud that appears nearer to his companions.

Brodi continues to focus on maintaining the pinprick of purple. Or maybe the pinprick is focusing on maintaining me? Brodi has trouble remembering sometimes, but despite this difficulty the spells effects are evident as many wounds re-open on the large creature

Tiny sparks dance among the braids of the shifter's hair as he finishing his chanting and immediately a bolt of lightning arcs down and strikes the beast.
All six heads give one last roar of protest, before slumping lifeless on the causeway, the body sinking mostly under the surface of the water.

"Oi, I've never seen on of those come this close to the main road. I don't like this at all" Jorr says, as he moves over to look at the body closer and retrieves some of his arrows from the corpse.

[sblock=OOC]
Rhun said he'll be gone for a bit and it appears that s@s is also on vacation (I hope) the timing is good as combat just ended
540 XP for killing the hydra
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