The Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter V

[Majin]

Even if I could girl, I would not. Ye need ta be learnin' ta fend fer yerself 'afore ye begin enlistin' me aid. I'm not a genie ta be givin' ye yer three wishes or any o' that, and ye call me 'Princess' again like I'm some prized pony, I'll have ye divin' off the nearest cliff head first, ye hear?

Those who did not take time to put on their armor or who were already wearing it due to their watch schedule manage to stay relatively close to the merchant as they chase him through the woods, Rex leading the chase, but unfortunately not close enough for Broddy to make use of his spell.

About a half-mile into the woods the party sees Therav being attacked by a horde of grimlocks. They appear to be attempting to knock the merchant out and drag him down a nearby hole. When they realize the party approaching, the largest one, weilding a battleaxe two-handed, orders six of the smaller grimlocks to follow him to block off pursuit, leaving two others to deal with Therav, who seems to have regained his senses by now and fights fiercely from being dragged away.

Initiative:

Broddy - 19
Calenthang - 15
Ayden - 14
Teleri - 13
Rex - 11
Grimlock leader - 10
Grimlocks (8) - 9

OoC: The others, including Sielwoodan, were still back putting on their armor. I'll allow them to join in next round.

Mimic - If you could, go ahead and post Broddy to the RG thread here

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang takes in the scene and notices the "leader" organizing the grimlocks, wielding the battleaxe arrogantly. Calenthang goes straight for that one.
Take out the leader and all will collapse.

 

[kirinke]

OC:
Did Teleri have enough time to put on her armor while she was on watch? I know I didn't specify she did when I said 'weapons within easy reach'. I can play either way, but I need to know.

IC:
Teleri glared at the grimlocks, cursing under her breath, drawing her bow out and firing at the leader.

Drive me headfirst into a ravine will you? If you do that I'll... I'll haunt you for the rest of eternity. I'll sing every annoying song I know over and over again forever! You'll never be rid of me! she snapped back at the sword.

In a back corner of her mind, Teleri realizes that she may have been asking too much of the sword. But then, it had done little to help with the party's well-being and she had no idea of what it could or couldn't do. We really need to come to terms with each other's differences. We've really done nothing but snipe at each other since day one. And that sort of thing does nothing for either of us.

Her eyes narrow as she looks at the wierd creatures. Perhaps they are the reason for the merchant's nightmare.

 

[Mimic]

Mimic - If you could, go ahead and post Broddy to the RG thread here

ooc: done

IC:

Broddy chases after the merchant as quickly as he can, his weasel familar hanging on his shoulder, but unfortunately he can't get within distance to cast daze.

Watching the scene unfold before him Broddy casts Mage armour on himself (and his familiar) while attempting to remember everything he knows about these creatures (Knowledge (dungeoneering) +7 I think would be right) seeing if they had any disadvantages he could take advantage of.

 

[Verbatim]

As their foes approach them, Ayden fought to regain control of his breathing as he looked around at his companions. As always, they seemed to suffer none of the fatigue he felt after pushing himself so hard, and he wondered if his stamina would ever catch up to theirs.

~I wouldn't bet a Zhent forged copper on those odds...~

He knew that without his armor, he seemed to be begging Tymora to turn her gaze from him and onto those who were better prepared, but now was not the time to worry over such things. Calling to mind a spell of shielding, Ayden felt Finder's song build within him, and he quickly gave voice to the harmony. As he felt the spell take hold, Ayden drew the hammer and prepared himself for the battle that was to come.

~You never make it easy with your lessons do you Uncle...~

ooc: Casting Shield of Faith

 

[kirinke]

Sheaka! Ayden isn't wearing any armor. And against these uglies!
Teleri curses, firing off several arrows and manuvering so that she can protect Ayden as best as she can, while still giving him room to do whatever it is that he's going to do.

I'm sorry if I've behaved like a half-wit before. What's done is done and I can't undo it. she says, drawing a bead on another ugly.

I have been asking too much of you and otherwise behaving like a kid with a new cookie jar. I keep on forgetting that you're a person as well as a weapon. I'm going to have to start relying more on what I can do and less on what I think others can do.

She looks closer at the creatures. "Wait, those things are bloody blind! How in the gods 99 trine names can they fight so well?"

 

[Manzanita]

Rex/Drogo

Rex has a move of 40, and is thus probably closest to Therav. I looked up 'guard' but it doesn't say much. I would assume Rex would try to avoid the Grimlocks, veer around them to reach those holding the merchant, but that's your call. If he can get in there and attack, +4 1d6 +4, and free trip attempt (str 16 if hit).

 

[Majin]

OoC: I'll allow the check seeing as Grimlocks live mainly underground. A 23 was rolled so Broddy will know quite a bit.

Broddy casts his defensive spell on himself and begins to recall some things about these creatures. Firstly, they are blind, but able to sense things around them as if they can see for a good distance. Because of this blindness they're immune to any type of spell affect that targets the vision, but are quite vunerable against anything that affects their scent or hearing, these senses being more powerful to make up for their lack of vision.

Calenthang is able to muscle his way through the line of grimlocks without getting hit as he moves to directly engage the leader of the grimlock pack. He comes in with a forceful swing at the creature's mid-section, resulting in a deep gash in it's side. (12 damage) Ayden busies himself with a protective spell of his own.

Pain wracks Teleri's head preventing her from drawing her bowstring. As soon as it appeared it is gone and the voice of her sword enters her mind. Don't think ye can win me over with a quick-fix girl. I heard what ye said before and I will not have ye threatnin' me when I'm tryin' ta learn ye to stand on ye're own two feet! Now go on and protect ye're friends, and donno' give me no guff about me preventing ye from helpin' them just now, they're more than capable of lookin' after themselves for a moment or two so that ye can learn yer lesson!

With Rex's superior speed he manages to skim by the blocking grimlock line and barrel straight into one of the two grimlocks accosting Therav, knocking the creature to the ground. Rex descends upon it and sinks his teeth into its throat. (Crit! 15 damage) The grimlock dies with a wheeze as it's windpipe is crushed and the remaining grimlock by Therav lets the merchant go as he stands to square off against Rex.

Meanwhile the grimlock leader howls in fierce rage, and begins chopping at Calenthang hand over hand with its battleaxe, cutting into the elven warrior's hip sharply. (16 damage) Each grimlock in turn picks a target and closes into melee distance with it. The grimlock by Rex takes a swing at the dog with its axe, but misses wide as the agile riding dog leaps out of the way. One breaks off from the line and flanks Calenthang from behind but misses with its clumsy attack. The five remaining grimlocks spread themselves out with two focusing on Teleri, two on Broddy and the last on Ayden.

The grimlock engaged with Ayden scores a hit on the priest with little trouble, (8 damage) while the two attacking Teleri both end up failing to wound her. Broddy is less lucky though as one of the grimlocks manages to cut into him (5 damage) while the other hits air as the gnome mage ducks.

At this time the rest of the party who spent the time to don their armor arrives.

Initiative:

Broddy - 19
Dunstand - 17
Sielwoodan - 17
Drogo - 16
Calenthang - 15
Ayden - 14
Teleri - 13
Rex - 11
Grimlock leader - 10
Grimlocks (7) - 9

 

[Verbatim]

Ayden felt the blow land heavily upon him, and knew that he could not take many more like the one the grimlock had just landed upon him.

As Ayden came back around to face his opponent, he pulled the enchanted hammer from his belt and gripped it tightly with both hands.

~It is truly down to him or me...let us see how much I have learned~

Charging in, Ayden brought the hammer in with all the strength he could muster, hoping to end the fight quickly.

ooc: Next time remind me to enchant armor that I can sleep in..*L*

 

[Dhes]

When Dunstand gets in range, he will let a dagger fly for the Grimlock flanking Calenthang.
(Sneak attack, +7 Throw, dagger, 1d4+1, +2d6)