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<blockquote data-quote="s@squ@tch" data-source="post: 4143751" data-attributes="member: 42885"><p><strong>End of combat</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Initiative:</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">23 – Morika - Attack Creature - HIT for 13 damage, 1 pt healed from <em>Lesser Vigor</em></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">22 – Ipshivi - Sense sweep of area - Eldritch Blast HIT for 8 damage</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">20 – Giant Humanoid - Confused - attacks Morika - 4 HITS for 57 damage + 5 STR damage from poison.</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">19 – Sanne - Attacks creature - 1 HIT for 10 damage</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">18 - Voadam - Draws wand, casts <em>Grease</em> underneath creature</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">12 – Aeranduil - Fires 3 arrows at creature - 2 HITS for 26 damage</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">8 – Thanor - Attacks creature - 2 HITS for 34 damage</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">8 – Yoggrith - <strong><-- Stopping Here</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p></p><p>Growling with the pain from the club, and inwardly thankful for both her own magic and that of the half-orc, Morika goes after him with something shinier than her horns. With a gutteral yell, she draws a glimmering scimitar and slashes deeply at the brutish beast -- catching the confused creature unaware and with its defenses down. Her scimitar cuts deeply into the exposed flesh on the creature's leg, nearly taking its kneecap clean off. <span style="color: Gray"><span style="font-size: 9px">[Crit unconfirmed]</span></span></p><p></p><p>Ipshivi took a deep breath, then gave the area another quick look to make sure nothing else was approaching while everyone was occupied with the obvious threat. With no readily apparent alternative targets, she launched another arcane bolt at the creature's massive back.</p><p></p><p>Confused and suffering from many grevious wounds, the creature screams a bloodcurdling cry and begins swinging all of its morningstars in deadly arcs all around its misshapen body. It looks down and sees its own blood on the blade of the druid's scimitar its eyes display a moment of clarity. The blow from its left morningstar smashes into her Morika's shoulder, with the momentum carrying it into her neck, she is driven slightly sideways by the blow, and in the blink of an eye, takes a blow from the middle and right morningstars on her chest and right thigh. The creature brings the left morningstar up once again, but it slams into the ground. As the others look on in shock at the carnage, the maw on the beast once again closes on Morika, sinking some of its fangs into the back of her neck, while the rest of the maw gets caught on her horns. The nearly unconscious druid feels her strength draining away. <span style="color: Gray"> <span style="font-size: 9px"> Initial Fort save vs poison fails, AP would not have helped, 5 STR damage</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">"You see a big, ugly humanoid and you think it's probably a giant. You imbibe your rapier with an infusion to make it more effective against giants. Then you go and stab the hulking brute, and it turns out he's almost certainly not a giant. 'Cause otherwise that would have hurt him a lot more..."</span> Sanne says, as she takes another pair of stabs with her rapier. The first finds a weak point in the creature's hide; the second deflects off of a piece of hide.</p><p></p><p>Voadam shouts out "<strong>Its not a true giant. Its twisted somehow, warped."</strong> He then tries a different tack going for a similar result to his resisted spell. He draws out a gray wand and gestures at the ground beneath the monstrosity's feet which becomes coated in a slippery greasy substance. <span style="color: Gray"><span style="font-size: 9px">[Reflex save successful]</span></span></p><p></p><p>Aeranduil frowns a bit as only two of his arrows bite deep, but continues firing at the lumbering creature. The archer knew that each missile took a bit of the fight out of the creature, and he hoped to take it down before it could inflict anymore damage upon his allies.</p><p></p><p>Thanor howls in rage, angered at the nerve of the beast, the fake-giant. Determined not to let his new companions down, he hunkers down behind his shield, his eyes focusing only on the three morning stars waving through the air above his head. He wastes no motion as he swings his axe twice, once at each of the creature's legs. Much akin to chopping a tree, the mighty dwarf's axe crackles with electricity as it strikes true, cleaving through hide and bone in both legs. The creature's arms begin to twitch, then it falls heavily to the ground -- its feet completely severed from its lifeless body. </p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Conditions/Spells Active:</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Yoggrith -- <em>Bears Endurance</em> (78 rounds), <em>Lesser Vigor</em> (16 rounds)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Voadam -- <em>Mage Armor</em> (7 hours)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Ipshivi -- <em>Expeditious Retreat</em> (8 rounds)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Morika -- <em>Near Death</em> - (6/66) - <em>Lesser Vigor</em> (16 rounds)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Thanor -- (110/110 hp) - <em>Lesser Vigor</em> (16 rounds)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Sanne -- <em>Lesser Vigor</em> (16 rounds)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">All -- <em>Bless</em> (4 rounds)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Giant Creature -- <em>Dead</em> -- <em>Confusion</em> (5 rounds)</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: Orange">No change in battle map so far this round, refer to last post.</span></p><p><span style="color: Orange"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="s@squ@tch, post: 4143751, member: 42885"] [b]End of combat[/b] [COLOR=Orange] Initiative: 23 – Morika - Attack Creature - HIT for 13 damage, 1 pt healed from [I]Lesser Vigor[/I] 22 – Ipshivi - Sense sweep of area - Eldritch Blast HIT for 8 damage 20 – Giant Humanoid - Confused - attacks Morika - 4 HITS for 57 damage + 5 STR damage from poison. 19 – Sanne - Attacks creature - 1 HIT for 10 damage 18 - Voadam - Draws wand, casts [I]Grease[/I] underneath creature 12 – Aeranduil - Fires 3 arrows at creature - 2 HITS for 26 damage 8 – Thanor - Attacks creature - 2 HITS for 34 damage 8 – Yoggrith - [B]<-- Stopping Here[/B] [/COLOR] Growling with the pain from the club, and inwardly thankful for both her own magic and that of the half-orc, Morika goes after him with something shinier than her horns. With a gutteral yell, she draws a glimmering scimitar and slashes deeply at the brutish beast -- catching the confused creature unaware and with its defenses down. Her scimitar cuts deeply into the exposed flesh on the creature's leg, nearly taking its kneecap clean off. [COLOR=Gray][SIZE=1][Crit unconfirmed][/SIZE][/COLOR] Ipshivi took a deep breath, then gave the area another quick look to make sure nothing else was approaching while everyone was occupied with the obvious threat. With no readily apparent alternative targets, she launched another arcane bolt at the creature's massive back. Confused and suffering from many grevious wounds, the creature screams a bloodcurdling cry and begins swinging all of its morningstars in deadly arcs all around its misshapen body. It looks down and sees its own blood on the blade of the druid's scimitar its eyes display a moment of clarity. The blow from its left morningstar smashes into her Morika's shoulder, with the momentum carrying it into her neck, she is driven slightly sideways by the blow, and in the blink of an eye, takes a blow from the middle and right morningstars on her chest and right thigh. The creature brings the left morningstar up once again, but it slams into the ground. As the others look on in shock at the carnage, the maw on the beast once again closes on Morika, sinking some of its fangs into the back of her neck, while the rest of the maw gets caught on her horns. The nearly unconscious druid feels her strength draining away. [COLOR=Gray] [size=1] Initial Fort save vs poison fails, AP would not have helped, 5 STR damage[/size][/COLOR] [COLOR=Yellow]"You see a big, ugly humanoid and you think it's probably a giant. You imbibe your rapier with an infusion to make it more effective against giants. Then you go and stab the hulking brute, and it turns out he's almost certainly not a giant. 'Cause otherwise that would have hurt him a lot more..."[/COLOR] Sanne says, as she takes another pair of stabs with her rapier. The first finds a weak point in the creature's hide; the second deflects off of a piece of hide. Voadam shouts out "[B]Its not a true giant. Its twisted somehow, warped."[/B] He then tries a different tack going for a similar result to his resisted spell. He draws out a gray wand and gestures at the ground beneath the monstrosity's feet which becomes coated in a slippery greasy substance. [COLOR=Gray][SIZE=1][Reflex save successful][/SIZE][/COLOR] Aeranduil frowns a bit as only two of his arrows bite deep, but continues firing at the lumbering creature. The archer knew that each missile took a bit of the fight out of the creature, and he hoped to take it down before it could inflict anymore damage upon his allies. Thanor howls in rage, angered at the nerve of the beast, the fake-giant. Determined not to let his new companions down, he hunkers down behind his shield, his eyes focusing only on the three morning stars waving through the air above his head. He wastes no motion as he swings his axe twice, once at each of the creature's legs. Much akin to chopping a tree, the mighty dwarf's axe crackles with electricity as it strikes true, cleaving through hide and bone in both legs. The creature's arms begin to twitch, then it falls heavily to the ground -- its feet completely severed from its lifeless body. [COLOR=Orange]Conditions/Spells Active: Yoggrith -- [I]Bears Endurance[/I] (78 rounds), [I]Lesser Vigor[/I] (16 rounds) Voadam -- [I]Mage Armor[/I] (7 hours) Ipshivi -- [I]Expeditious Retreat[/I] (8 rounds) Morika -- [I]Near Death[/I] - (6/66) - [I]Lesser Vigor[/I] (16 rounds) Thanor -- (110/110 hp) - [I]Lesser Vigor[/I] (16 rounds) Sanne -- [I]Lesser Vigor[/I] (16 rounds) All -- [I]Bless[/I] (4 rounds) Giant Creature -- [I]Dead[/I] -- [I]Confusion[/I] (5 rounds) No change in battle map so far this round, refer to last post. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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