Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 3994357" data-attributes="member: 4441">Valerian begins his chanting with candle and bell, summoning forth his crystaline arachnids from the fienish frozen hell in which they reside.  He can tell two are eager to answer his call, and prepares to flank the dazed maurader.The poor maurader can do little but stand there and await his ultimate fate.Arrgha'n takes full advantage of the maurader's dazed state and plunges his sword deeply into its side, avoiding Maavnod adroitly.  It's a blow that would fell most men, but instead of blood or entrails spilling out, a deep blue vapor begins to curdle from the wound, a horrible stench of rot issuing from it.  Irthos stands up, peering into the darkness, his dragonborn eyes telling him far more than most others.  On the forest side of the caravan arrows arc out of the darkness beneath the trees, a few finding marks, but most simply forcing people to keep their heads down.  The Blademark Defenders are taking what cover they can and returning fire towards the arrows, cursing heartily at being unable to clealry see their attackers.You cannot make out what's under the trees; they must be hidden.Kurst curses slightly at having his shot ruined by Maavnod, but pales a bit when he sees the vapor curling out of the wound.  He watches it closely, color draining from his face, seemingly waiting for something to happen...The racket from the trees abruptly ceases, and there's an odd lull... for at least two heartbeats.  Then someone shrieks, "Snakes, snakes, they're all snakes, AAAAAARGH!"  Looking around, the myriad of arrows peppering the ground begin to soften, expand, and uncoil, turning into a host of tiny deadly serpents!Yatrax hurridly makes a gesture over her face and body, and her skin seems to darken slightly, like shadows are clinging to her.  She dives for her pack and begins to rummage around inside it, her eyes darting wildly to the becoming-snakes.Oliver grabs his sheild and steps to the beast's head, deftly striking at the maw of the maurader, drawing more of the deep blue smoke from its gullet.Maavnod gives an incredible heave with every limb that he has, arms physical and spectral straining, muscles burning, when the flesh of the maurader suddenly gives way, ripping asunder in his grasp, flying off into the night.  The deep blue smoke suddenly shoots up into the sky to hang above your heads, glowing deeply from within with a frigid gray light.  Two burning eyes glare from its amorphous form as horrific laughter echoes through the clearing.  A hundred hisses answers it...A frantic and pale Kurst gestures, and a dark of purplish light slams into the vaporous form, illuminating it from within.  The hisses now focus on the young warlock, and his eyes suddenly widen in terror.OOC: [sblock]Ok, so this game is slow, but we're still going!  Initiative: Valerian 22Ethereal Marauder 19Arrgha'n 18Irthos 16SNAKES! 14 (lower Dex)Yatrax 9Oliver 8Maavnod 5Kurst 14 (moved because of held action)Vapor-thingy 2Valerian starts to cast his spell, and will get two critters.  Maurader stands there, all dazed and confused and sad.  Arrgha'n hits witha a 19, doing a total of 9 points of damage. (I was just double-checking, and realized the ethereal maurader is actually a magical beast rather than an aberration, but they do hang out with other aberrations a lot.)  Irthos looks about.  Snakes begin to appear.  Kurst holds action.  Yatrax casts caul of shadow, giving herself a +1 deflection bonus to AC for one minute, and begins to look through her pack.  Oliver hits a 14 and does 3 points of damage with his rapier.  Maavnod does a stupid amount of damage which puts the maurader and any offspring it might have had well into the deadly negatives.  Vapor-beast appears.  Kurst gets off an eldritch blast doing 6 points of damage.[/sblock]</blockquote>

Verification