The bright hot flame of the burning goo gives off an acrid, tangy odor, and the fire casts sharp, looming shadows on the far wall as the battle continues…
Kragor, still reeling from the mighty blow Kolchak gave him, retaliates with a bone-crunching shot to the bald giant’s groin. Kolchak pauses for a split second as the pain washes over him, but he blinks away the tears and roars with unbridled fury. Jaleph hops back and whips out a scroll from a tube lashed to his belt, quickly chanting in a hollow, spidery language, the words dripping from his tongue like liquid ice. As the final word is chanted a bright swirling flash is seen behind Mango and Blue, and a vicious, snarling dog appears with a whooshing pop and the scent of wet earth. The dog lunges at Mango, its teeth tearing bloody gashes in the elf’s leg. Shouting in surprise Blue scrambles away from the summoned beast, leaning up against the wall and trying again for a shot at Kragor’s head. The dog uses this distraction to snap at Blue, digging its teeth deep into the masked thug’s thigh. The bolt flies true though, embedding itself deep into Kragor’s shoulder (-4hp!).
Bran leaps at the wall of the tunnel, using it to kick off and swing around to land behind the red sashed thug, slashing with his rapier as he passes. Bran’s thin blade slices open a long, narrow wound along the meat of Red’s arm and shoulder, and blood flows freely through the ruined leather shirt. Marisa lashes out with her morningstar at Red, hoping to pressure him between herself and Bran, but her swing goes wide and slams into the wall, stone chips and white sparks splashing from the impact.
Kolchak, unsteady on his feat, nonetheless swipes at Kragor with his heavy short sword, nicking the battered dwarf as he ducks out of the way (-1hp!). Red, pinned between Marisa and Bran, slashes his curved blade at Marisa but comes short, the pain in his shoulder burning as he tries to use his arm.
Mango, screaming in pain and fear, smashes a fire bomb down at the feet of the snarling canine threatening him. The bomb explodes with a woosh of heat and pungent odors, the sharp, cracking boom reverberating through the pipe. White-hot gobbets of flaming goo splash out, most of it covering the summoned beast who yelps in surprise.
Party: [sblock] Kragor knows his first kick had enough force to crack Kolchak’s ribs and send splinters of bone deep into the bald barbarian’s chest. His second strike to the giant’s groin ruptured other things as well. It seems only the man’s rage is keeping him upright. All four of the thugs have taken heavy damage, though none quite as much as Kragor.
Kragor is still directly in front of Kolchak, with Jaleph behind the dwarf and off to the side. Marisa and Bran have Red pinned between them, but Marisa is close enough to come to Kragor’s aid if she needs. Bran would have to move through Kolchak and Red to get to Kragor, but he could take a step and have Kolchak flanked with Kragor. Mango and Blue are about 10 feet back down the tunnel and are being harried by the summoned dog, who is now covered in sticky, burning goo. [/sblock]
