The Ancient Paths - Path II

[kirinke]

Sabriel once she comes to her senses sees the evil looking dwarf bearing down on her. All around her, almost as if in answer to her unspoken fear, a silvery, glowing ripple spreads out from her prone body, as bright as daylight.

ooc:
Casting daylight (racial spell-like ability) and dodging or blocking the evil dwarf's blow with her sword depending on how close the guy is.

 

[Legildur]

Dowkan quickly regains his feet and sets about the evil-kin with glee, knowing that Hrolf is lost - for the moment.

edit: missed the prone part.

 

[Verbatim]

Sitting up, Rygus' eyes registered the presence of kobolds, odd ones to be sure but kobolds all the same, a moment before his stomach forcibly began emptying itself on the hard stones of the floor he was resting on.

~Surely this be Grumbar's vengence for the magics worked against me...~

As he sought to regain control of himself, Rygus wondered what had just happened and where he was.

[sblock=OOC]Figure I will take this round to get back in the swing of things and explain why the good priest is last in this round..[/sblock]

 

[Majin]

Nae'talis shakes himself back to being fully alert, chastising himself for being so taken aback by the situation. The priest was gone, that much was clear. The only other sensible one besides himself in their little makeshift party. This was bad. The Thayan's teeth clenched and a rage began building up inside of him that he couldn't immediately explain. He did not care though; he used it, approaching the nearest duergar he chanted the trigger words to one of his most potent spells, hand outstretched, muscles twitching, as a torrent of immolating fire poured from his very being.

[sblock]Casting Scorching Ray @ nearest Duergar.

~

Current buffs:

Mage Armor

~

Spells Remaining:

Level 0 (4 + 1)

Detect Magic **
Prestidigitation *
Ray of Frost **

Level 1 (2 + 1 + 1 + *)

Color Spray *
Mage Armor
Magic Missle **
Sleep *

Level 2 (1 + 1 + 1)

Aganazzar's Scorcher *
Melf's Acid Arrow *
Scorching Ray[/sblock]

 

[hippocrachus]

~ The Adventurers ~

Spurred on by the perverse evil that has taken control of them, the two gray dwarves spring up from the ground immediately after the shockwave has subsided and attack. The duergar facing Dowkan slams its warhammer down on his chest and spits angrily (7 Damage). The gray dwarf that pursued Sabriel deals a glancing blow to her shoulder as the aasimar tries to wiggle out from under its swing (2 Damage).
Nae'talis, completely blind in the zero-light conditions, prepares to cast a spell as soon as he can make out a target.
Dowkan hops up from the ground, narrowly missing another hit from his evil kin, and brings his magically enchanted axe around into his opponent's ribs (7 Damage 3 Cold). More than one rib can be heard cracking in the silence of the cavern.
Sabriel, still on her back, stares up at the menacing gray dwarf with fear in her eyes. With nowhere to run, the aasimar invokes a natural ability that lay dormant in her for so long. Of a sudden, blinding daylight spreads out from her prone body and lights the cavern as far as the adventurers can see. The two duergar shield their eyes and bellow in frustration.
As Nae'talis' eyes come into focus, due to the sudden lightsource, he glares at the duergar facing Dowkan and unleashes a fiery torrent upon him (20 Fire Damage). The duergar is literally turned to ash where it stands.
Some of the kobolds begin to stir a little.
Rygus the, until now, unnoticed newcomer sits up groggily and shades his eyes briefly to get a look at everyone.

~ Initiative ~

(5) Kobold Foot Soldiers - 21
~ (5) Unconscious, Blinded, and Stunned - 1 Round
Duergar - 17
~ Dazzled
Nae'talis - 16
Dowkan - 14
Sabriel - 10
(3) Kobold Archers - 10
~ (3) Blinded and Stunned - 1 Round
Rygus - 4

 

[kirinke]

Sabriel spurred on by fear, jabs upwards with her sword, trying to skewer the temporarily blinded dark dwarf.

ooc:
(Attacking with her new masterwork sword.)

 

[Legildur]

Dowkan curses being hit by the evil-kin (ooc: his first wound in this game) and he utters another dwarven war cry as the creature before him is turned to cinders thanks to their Thayan wizard. Seeing Sabriel still in trouble, Dowkan charges the dazzled duegar and swings his waraxe mightily into the creature. (ooc: Power Attack for 2 points).

Alternate action: if the remaining duegar facing Sabriel goes down, then Dowkan will set about finishing the nearest kobolds.

 

[Verbatim]

As the darkness was banished, Rygus' sight disappeared for a moment as his eyes adjusted to the sudden infusion of light.

~By the stones...what is going on here?~

While the cavern was unfamiliar to him, the battle around him was all too clear to see. Kobolds scattered like ragdolls on the floor, their moving chests speaking to them being alive still, and two, make that one, gray dwarf in the midst of a dwarven warrior and his followers.

~Could it have moved me to another Hall? Could they be companions akin to King Bruenor's?~

While Rygus had nothing against the other races, he could not see what his fellow dwarves found so enchanting about them. Humans always seemed to be in a rush, elves never seemed to have the ability to focus on anything for long periods of time, gnomes were alright in small doses, and halflings could eat your larder empty in a week if you left them alone. Only dwarves seemed to be able to really understand the way things were meant to be, but even among the Fathers chosen people, they seemed more and more willing to change.

Knowing that the dwarf would be able to answer his questions once the distractions were removed, Rygus lowered his visor and picked up his hammer.

~Time to remove the vermin from the mines...~

Walking towards the other dwarf, Rygus brought his hammer down upon the first creature he could.

[sblock=ooc]Not real picky here. Will either cave in a kobold skull, or the gray dwarf..[/sblock]

 

[hippocrachus]

~ The Adventurers ~

More of the kobolds sprawled on the pebbly floor begin to stir.
The still living duergar swings his hammer at Sabriel as if swatting a fly and hits her in the leg (5 Damage).
Nae'talis, confident in Dowkan's ability to dispatch the remaining gray dwarf, plants the butt of his staff in the chest of an unconscious kobold (Coup de Grace).
Dowkan turns and charges at the distracted duergar. He brings his axe back mid-charge and connects with the gray dwarf's pelvis from behind (10 Damage 5 Cold). The duergar is sent toppling to the ground, dead.
Sabriel stares up at Dowkan in surprise for a moment before she realizes she's safe. Temporarily.
Three of the kobolds begin to sit up and stare around blankly.
Rygus quickly smashes one back to the ground with his dwarven warhammer (6 Damage).

~ Initiative ~

(4) Kobold Foot Soldiers - 21
~ (4) Blinded and Stunned - 4 Rounds
Nae'talis - 16
Dowkan - 14
Sabriel - 10
(2) Kobold Archers - 10
~ (2) Stunned - 1 Round
Rygus - 4

 

[Verbatim]

As he dispatched one of the dragon rats quickly, Rygus' eyes held no sympathy for their defenseless state as he brought his hammer down smoothly on one of the remaining kobolds at his feet.

[sblock=attack plan]Smash another one into kobold paste in the name of Grumbar.[/sblock]