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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mathew_Freeman" data-source="post: 4595701" data-attributes="member: 1846">Enter the Dragonborn!Aldis Salsgard raised her head painfully from the cold stone floor and cautiously tasted the air as her eyes adjusted to the dim light.Cold, she thought to herself. Stone, dust… and living creatures! Her head ached, and she could almost feel the shackles that had bound her. Blinking slowly, she looked around. There was a peculiar whispering in the air.She could see that she was on a small stone platform in some sort of tower. Around her, there were gaps in the floor and she could see down a thirty foot drop to a lower level. There was light coming from shafts of sunlight breaking through gaps in the wall higher up the tower.Another source of light caught her attention. Across from her, a group of humanoid creatures were climbing the stairs. Two humans, a gnome, an Eladrin, and I don’t recognise the other, she considered. The human is some sort of mage, with a light spell active. I wonder what they’re doing here? Have they been captured too?Closer to her, Aldis suddenly spotted another figure. Bone white, skin stretched tightly over it’s frame. The gnome saw it at the same time and froze, before writing a short note and sending it floating back to the others. The whispering increased, and Aldis briefly heard the word Wyrmling… in her ears.Then things began to move very fast.In a blur of motion, something, skittered down the tower wall, leapt off, and snatched the note out of the air before grabbing the edge of the stairs and swinging around under them. The gnome reacted by drawing weapons and shouting a warning, as his companions did the same. The mage brightened her light trying to see where the creature had gone.All around, the whispering got louder before a swarm of creatures descended from the walls. Glancing around, Aldis saw one run up and over the edge of the platform she was standing on, claws extended.Reflex and training overrode thought. In one fluid motion Aldis stood to her full seven-foot height, reached over her shoulder to her greatsword – Thank Bahamut it’s still there! she thought – and parried the attack. The creature hissed at her and lunged again, twisting past her sword and lunging for her midsection. This time, her platemail took the blow but the creature didn’t break through. However, a second, and then a third creature joined her on the platform.As the creatures attacked all around them, Thunder charged forwards, heading up the stairs to the larger platform, knowing that fighting on the staircase itself was a very poor decision. He heard Sigurd curse behind him, readying a Thunderwave if the creatures behind them attempted to jump the gap, with Aengus settling in to blast anyone that got too close.Gaining the platform alongside Karl and Iben, a furious melee began. The bone creatures were fast and tenacious, dodging and striking hard where they could. Iben struck out with his axe, the runes glowing softly, but taking injuries in return. As he fought, keeping his shield high and his stance defensive, Thunder looked across at the figure on the other platform. Suddenly he recognised the insignia on her golden armour.“That’s a Paladin of Bahamut!” he cried out. “She needs our help – push through these monsters and help me get to her!” Focusing the power of his own god at the undead creatures around him, Thunder issued a proclamation as he attempted to Turn Undead – “In the name of Kord, back!”<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/3119778821_a6ef748f14.jpg?v=0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />One creature was reduced to dust instantly by the wave of radiant power that issued forth, but the others dodged over or under it. Thunder could see that the Paladin was using radiant powers of her own to strike out, scoring terrific wounds on her opponents.Back down the stairs, Sigurd blasted two attackers to dust using a Thunderwave as they attempted to jump across. Together with an Eldritch Spear from Aengus, the third figure was also knocked back off the ledge and smashed onto the floor below.Iben, Karl and Thunder fought back and forth across the platform, struggling to reach the Paladin. As several of their foes fell, and the Dragonborn’s greatsword neatly took out a couple more, the creatures suddenly backed away and disappeared over the edge of the platform, disappearing back into the darkness from which they had come.A sudden silence fell.“Hail and well met,” called Thunder to the Dragonborn. “Let me introduce myself…”Note: Please welcome randomling's character to the game! A Dragonborn Paladin was something we badly needed, as we'd had no Defender in the party. Lots of damage and healing potential, but little in terms of high AC blockers!That said, Thunder didn't take a single hit in this encounter, despite lunging into melee. He's built exclusively as a melee Cleric, though, so it's no surprise. With a Wizard and a Warlock, it didn't make sense to make him ranged-focussed, and it's great fun mixing it up and smashing some foes about.Next time: Introductions, and the second wave arrives.</blockquote>

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