Six From Gate Pass - A War of the Burning Sky Campaign (3.5)

[digimattic]

The din of battle fills Arnir's ears as Haddin turns one Orc against the other. He watches a beleaguered looking Krio stumble in door with one foot in the grave only to somehow get himself minimally functional again. He has never understood healing magic. With both Alric and Torrent devastated the Orc inquisitor stands unchallenged outside the house. Thus far he has absorbed an obscene amount of damge, but Arnir hopes and prays he will be able to end that. Running up beside Kirio at M13, he nocks an arrow and sends it screaming towards the inquisitor brimming with potentially deadly arcane energy.

			Please Mystra, guide my arrow

 

[Gregor]

Lars, the closest soldier once again succumbs to your spell.

Arnir, your arrow thuds into the Inquisitor's large bicep, causing blood to run down his arm. Combined with the slash on his chest and the wolf bite on his thigh, the bear-mask wearing humanoid is a vision of ruined flesh and weeping blood. He curses and staggers from your shot, but he does not fall.

Hrimr, the skeleton continues to haunt you and once again follows after you slashing ineffectively with its scimitar (move to M10).

Torrent's deep stomach wound continues to bleed. Her skin is beginning to go greyish-white, giving her the complexion of a fresh corpse.

Inside the house, Haddin continues to focus on the second soldier, calling out again in a harsh, crude tongue. Crystin's fear snuffs out as she smells the metallic scent of blood in the air and watches Kirio stumble into the house. She glances from Kirio to Haddin and then outside where the sounds of battle continue to ring out. She suddenly screams loudly and runs over to her father (L14), wiping tears from her eyes: "Leave us alone! Get away from us!" At her last word, she points her fingers at the first Ragesian soldier and her hand ignites in a flash of light. A small blast of arcane energy rips forth from her finger tips and slams into the soldier's chest with a crackle and spark.

[sblock="if you speak Orc"]"Hurry friend, hurry! Slay him!"[/sblock]

GM: Torrent is at -4 hp.

 

[The Bashar]

OOC: This is Bannock... I accidentally posted while Dave was logged in on my laptop. The attack was a power attack. Also, 11!

Bannock laughs at the sight of the two Ragesian and their sudden falling out.

"Haha! That's right, and I heard him saying he slept with your sister!"

He turns and lumbers outside (to O-13), and delivers a whirling slash on the skeleton facing Hrimr.

 

[Gregor]

The first Ragesian soldier stumbles slightly from Crystin's blast, but is still too dazed to avoid the attacks of his friend or to get out of the way.

The second soldier continues to act under the influence of Haddin's enchantment and raises his axe for another strike. Yet, the axe once again is deflected, this time by the heavy steel shield.

 

[Adjuntive]

Alric's chest palpitates weakly as his heart attempts to resume the flow of blood to his charred flesh.

OOC: Just for keeping track, Alric is at -4hp

 

[Gregor]

The Inquisitor is breathing heavily now, and moving slowly from blood loss. He turns his red eyes to the arrow lodged in his arm and he grips the shaft with his other hand. He growls through clenched teeth as he bends the arrow, snapping it half and then tosses it to the ground. Turning his attention to the house he notices Arnir standing with bow in hand, and Bannock whirling a polearm.

The Inquisitor begins to cast again, summoning up some of his final reserves of divine energy. Above Bannock's head, a small shockwave appears from thin air and the intense cacophonous clap of thunder blasts into his ears. The wave of sonic energy rattles his skull with intense pain and threatens to stun him.

Confident that his spell was successful, the Inquisitor strides towards the front door, pointing his wrist claw towards Arnir with intent. However, when he gets within range of Bannock, he realizes that the sturdy headed human was able to resist the stun. Bannock's glaive strikes out opportunistically in a whirling chop and connects with the Inquisitor's shoulder. The heavy blade shears through the hides and leather cords wrapping around the Inquisitor's body and Bannock's entire body weight pushes the edge of the weapon through the collarbone, down through the ribs and finally resting at the hip. The almost split-in-half Inquisitor screams through a blood-filled throat and his insides spill to the ground. The fleshy remains of his body twitch and weep crimson as it tumbles to the ground in a mass of cracked bones, spilled marrow, intestines and blood.

 

[The Bashar]

Hrimr is worried that another of his party has gone down as he hears the gurgling scream come from the front of the house. He is stuck in a stalemate with this skeleton.

He takes another step back (k10), draws another enchanted stone and hurls it at the skeleton.

 

[Gregor]

Hrimr, your enchanted stone strikes the relentless skeleton with the force of a catapult. The magical energy discharges in a blast which shatters the bleached bones of the skeleton and hurls its shield and scimitar away. The tattered Ragesian uniform is all that remains and it blows away in the wind.

 

[funkmamagoat]

Hearing the battle in front of the house seem to take a satisfactory turn, still reeling from the horrible wound on his chest, Kirio runs out once more and heads towards Torrent. He practically falls over her (P16) as he waves his arm over her, shouting the same strange notes as he did just moment before on himself.

 

[Gregor]

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Initiative Order and Status

1 - Lars
2 - Arnir
3 - Torrent (Torrent at 4 hp)
5 - Haddin and Crystin (Haddin at 1hp)
6 - Bannock (taken 7 damage)
7 - DM #2 (Ragesian Soldiers, one soldier has taken 3 damage, one is mind controlled by Haddin)
8 - Alric (Alric at -4hp)
9 - Hrimr
10 - Kirio (Kirio at 2 hp)

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GM: I've removed anyone dead or off the map/out of the combat from the initiative count.

Battle at the Farmhouse - Round 7