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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 3928610" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p><strong>Rooftop Battle!</strong></p><p></p><p>Slavering, laughing malignantly, the five goat-headed forms stalk towards the rooftop entrance that our heroes are behind. Cooper leaps forward, chopping downward viciously with his falchion. The first goat man falls back with a scream as the blade slashes his shoulder open, crashing into his collarbone with punishing force! Tempeh rushes out and to the side, trying to put some distance between herself and the entrance. “Don’t let them bottle us up!” she cries. Then she <em>mind thrusts</em> one of the goat folk near her. It gives a shrill, pained cry and reels about; but it remains standing, and turns threateningly towards her.</p><p></p><p>The Mouth of Bleak sneers. Spittle flies as it intones a dark prayer to Bleak and gestures at Cooper. The herald of Thrush falters for a second and shakes his head to clear it, then grins. “I don’t think so!” he calls at the goat headed figure.</p><p></p><p>Skaal, meanwhile, has spent a few moments focusing on calling forth an ally. Suddenly, with a loud howl, a wolf appears, literally from nowhere, and launches itself at the goat-man that Cooper has already wounded. The canine locks its jaws around his right ankle and pulls. With a cry and a crash, the goat man falls down on the ashen roof of the palace! The wolf tears at its throat viciously, and in seconds the first of the goat folk has stopped moving in a puddle of blood!</p><p></p><p>“Yes!” Tempeh cries enthusiastically. She puts her head down and tries to sprint away from the two goat folk threatening her, but one of them cuts her across the back with a heavy blow, and she is knocked sprawling. For a moment, she struggles to rise, but as blood floods out of the huge cut across her, she falters and collapses.</p><p></p><p>“Tempeh!” shouts Skaal. He rushes past the goat folk, who are turning to try to fend off his wolf and kocho, and comes to a halt next to the bleeding psion. Again, he calls on the power of nature. There is a green glow from his hands, and slowly, her wounds start to knit together, closing... closing. The flow of blood slows, slows; it does not quite stop, but it is now much less dangerous. With a groan, she opens her eyes. </p><p></p><p>“Hurry up, get out of the way!” Romdar yells. He is still stuck partway down the stairs behind the party members who have not yet been able to force themselves through the doorway. He curses at Barouk, who is standing ready, waiting for a moment to spring out when the entrance is finally clear. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, one of the goat men grins at Skaal as it grabs Tempeh by the hair. “I have our dinner!” it cackles. She screams and tries to shake herself loose, but she is still woozy from the cut across her back. The other two goat folk engage the kocho, and it clucks and makes stranger noises at them as it dances and kicks and bites at them. Cooper steps back and rushes around the bird-battle, coming up behind the goat man trying to drag his companion away. With a mighty blow, he decapitates the goat man! Then he turns to face the Mouth of Bleak- just in time! With a shout of malevolent glee, the goat man swings its blade- a longsword with strange patterns running down the blade, and a hilt fashioned to resemble the foot of a frog or toad- and cuts into Cooper. The fighter grunts and staggers, but brings his falchion back up into a guard position.</p><p></p><p>Tempeh groans, “I’m too weak to fight.”*</p><p></p><p>“Here,” the druid says grimly. “This is all the remaining healing that I have.” He casts a healing cantrip; it isn’t much, but it permits the psion to stand up, at least... which she does. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Barouk finally sees his opportunity and manages to leap out through the entrance to the roof. The goat man nearest him swings its axe, slicing into his thigh. He yelps in pain, staggering, and aims a blow at the villain. <em>Smack!</em> It’s a light hit, but a hit nonetheless. The dwarven monk presses forward, hoping to finish the goat man, but his next blow is absorbed by the goat man’s thick hide. </p><p></p><p>That draws one of the goat folk from the kocho, but the other manages to hit the bird with a telling blow from its axe, causing it to scream in pain. Skaal jerks in response, turning wide-eyed to see what is happening to his animal companion, but there is nothing that he can do as the goat man head butts it in the head! The kocho wavers and collapses, knocked cold by the blow! With a cry of rage, Skaal draws his sickles and leaps to the attack. They begin to trade blows- two sickle slices across the belly for a head butt to the face. </p><p></p><p>At last, Romdar is able to squeeze forward and into the fray, his sword whistling as he comes to Barouk’s aid. Unfortunately, his blow is wide. But now, with both of them working together against the goat man, they start to press it back. Barouk aims a kick at its head, but it ducks under it- right into the tip of Romdar’s blade! The sword rips up into the creature’s head, entering the skull under the chin, shattering the lower jaw and erupting out of the top of the skull covered in bloody brains! With a twist, Romdar frees his sword.</p><p></p><p>Tempeh, meanwhile, staggers over to the bleeding kocho. She pulls out some strips of cloth and begins binding its wounds, being in no shape to actually fight. <em>One more blow and I’m out- or dead,</em> she thinks. Her head swims. She is still losing blood. She bites her lip to stifle a moan of pain. Adventuring is more dangerous than she had really realized!</p><p></p><p>After a furious exchange, the Mouth of Bleak and Cooper each back off from each other, panting. “I have the best of you,” the Mouth taunts. “Come, follow me to your death!” With that, it leaps away to the center of the roof and drops through the trap door leading downward. </p><p></p><p>“Soon enough,” Cooper promises. “But first...” He turns and joins the furious assault on the remaining goat man atop the roof. Skaal is pressing his assault viciously, with Barouk and Romdar moving in to flank it. Cooper joins the fun with a grin. The goat man laughs, slicing Romdar with its great axe and knocking Barouk away with a head butt. The heroes stagger back for a moment, and it presses the attack. With a mighty blow, it sends Cooper sprawling, bloody and unmoving! </p><p></p><p>Romdar, badly wounded, thinks, <em>This is too close! Tempeh is barely on her feet, Skaal is pretty well staggering, Barouk is wounded, and I can barely stand! I can’t afford to get too close; one more blow will take me down, and I don’t know that anyone else can take much more!</em> He falls back and casts an <em>acid splash,</em> wounding the remaining goat man further. Its makes a sinister-sounding noise, a combination of pain and glee and hunger. He shudders, throws down his shield and pulls out his bow.</p><p></p><p>Skaal, meanwhile, falls back as well, switching to throwing daggers. His first one goes wide, but at least he doesn’t stick it into one of his allies! Frowning, he realizes that he doesn’t have another dagger, so he pulls out his club and throws that. Again, his missile goes wide. </p><p></p><p>The goat man dances over to Cooper’s unmoving form and grabs him by the arm. This time, there is no resistance from the body when he starts dragging it, laughing, to the secret door. </p><p></p><p>“NO!” shouts Barouk. He springs forward and grabs Cooper’s legs. “You won’t take any of my companions!” The goat man sneers, and for a moment the two struggle over Cooper, disputing possession in a most physical fashion.</p><p></p><p>Then there is a <em>twang!</em> and an arrow sinks into the goat man’s eye.</p><p></p><p>It topples over instantly, spilling foul, brown blood onto the ashen roof underfoot. Barouk gives a surprised cry and tumbles backwards as all resistance to his grasp on Cooper vanishes. He springs back to his feet only seconds later, but there is no enemy in evidence.</p><p></p><p>“Good shot,” Skaal nods to Romdar.</p><p></p><p>Everyone in the party is badly wounded. They are teetering on the edge of defeat, and they know it. So they shut up the trap door, bar it and the tower entrance as best they can, and set out to rest. </p><p></p><p>Cooper, unfortunately, is dead. It seems that the last goat man’s slash was lethal to him.</p><p></p><p>Our heroes curse the Mouth of Bleak. “We need to kill that thing,” Skaal says grimly.</p><p></p><p>“After we rest,” Tempeh replies.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Next Time:</strong></em> On the trail of the Mouth of Bleak! </p><p></p><p>*She was at 0 hp after Skaal’s <em>cure light wounds</em>. Note that after Skaal’s <em>cure minor wounds,</em> she is still only at 1 hp...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 3928610, member: 1210"] [b]Rooftop Battle![/b] Slavering, laughing malignantly, the five goat-headed forms stalk towards the rooftop entrance that our heroes are behind. Cooper leaps forward, chopping downward viciously with his falchion. The first goat man falls back with a scream as the blade slashes his shoulder open, crashing into his collarbone with punishing force! Tempeh rushes out and to the side, trying to put some distance between herself and the entrance. “Don’t let them bottle us up!” she cries. Then she [i]mind thrusts[/i] one of the goat folk near her. It gives a shrill, pained cry and reels about; but it remains standing, and turns threateningly towards her. The Mouth of Bleak sneers. Spittle flies as it intones a dark prayer to Bleak and gestures at Cooper. The herald of Thrush falters for a second and shakes his head to clear it, then grins. “I don’t think so!” he calls at the goat headed figure. Skaal, meanwhile, has spent a few moments focusing on calling forth an ally. Suddenly, with a loud howl, a wolf appears, literally from nowhere, and launches itself at the goat-man that Cooper has already wounded. The canine locks its jaws around his right ankle and pulls. With a cry and a crash, the goat man falls down on the ashen roof of the palace! The wolf tears at its throat viciously, and in seconds the first of the goat folk has stopped moving in a puddle of blood! “Yes!” Tempeh cries enthusiastically. She puts her head down and tries to sprint away from the two goat folk threatening her, but one of them cuts her across the back with a heavy blow, and she is knocked sprawling. For a moment, she struggles to rise, but as blood floods out of the huge cut across her, she falters and collapses. “Tempeh!” shouts Skaal. He rushes past the goat folk, who are turning to try to fend off his wolf and kocho, and comes to a halt next to the bleeding psion. Again, he calls on the power of nature. There is a green glow from his hands, and slowly, her wounds start to knit together, closing... closing. The flow of blood slows, slows; it does not quite stop, but it is now much less dangerous. With a groan, she opens her eyes. “Hurry up, get out of the way!” Romdar yells. He is still stuck partway down the stairs behind the party members who have not yet been able to force themselves through the doorway. He curses at Barouk, who is standing ready, waiting for a moment to spring out when the entrance is finally clear. Meanwhile, one of the goat men grins at Skaal as it grabs Tempeh by the hair. “I have our dinner!” it cackles. She screams and tries to shake herself loose, but she is still woozy from the cut across her back. The other two goat folk engage the kocho, and it clucks and makes stranger noises at them as it dances and kicks and bites at them. Cooper steps back and rushes around the bird-battle, coming up behind the goat man trying to drag his companion away. With a mighty blow, he decapitates the goat man! Then he turns to face the Mouth of Bleak- just in time! With a shout of malevolent glee, the goat man swings its blade- a longsword with strange patterns running down the blade, and a hilt fashioned to resemble the foot of a frog or toad- and cuts into Cooper. The fighter grunts and staggers, but brings his falchion back up into a guard position. Tempeh groans, “I’m too weak to fight.”* “Here,” the druid says grimly. “This is all the remaining healing that I have.” He casts a healing cantrip; it isn’t much, but it permits the psion to stand up, at least... which she does. Meanwhile, Barouk finally sees his opportunity and manages to leap out through the entrance to the roof. The goat man nearest him swings its axe, slicing into his thigh. He yelps in pain, staggering, and aims a blow at the villain. [i]Smack![/i] It’s a light hit, but a hit nonetheless. The dwarven monk presses forward, hoping to finish the goat man, but his next blow is absorbed by the goat man’s thick hide. That draws one of the goat folk from the kocho, but the other manages to hit the bird with a telling blow from its axe, causing it to scream in pain. Skaal jerks in response, turning wide-eyed to see what is happening to his animal companion, but there is nothing that he can do as the goat man head butts it in the head! The kocho wavers and collapses, knocked cold by the blow! With a cry of rage, Skaal draws his sickles and leaps to the attack. They begin to trade blows- two sickle slices across the belly for a head butt to the face. At last, Romdar is able to squeeze forward and into the fray, his sword whistling as he comes to Barouk’s aid. Unfortunately, his blow is wide. But now, with both of them working together against the goat man, they start to press it back. Barouk aims a kick at its head, but it ducks under it- right into the tip of Romdar’s blade! The sword rips up into the creature’s head, entering the skull under the chin, shattering the lower jaw and erupting out of the top of the skull covered in bloody brains! With a twist, Romdar frees his sword. Tempeh, meanwhile, staggers over to the bleeding kocho. She pulls out some strips of cloth and begins binding its wounds, being in no shape to actually fight. [i]One more blow and I’m out- or dead,[/i] she thinks. Her head swims. She is still losing blood. She bites her lip to stifle a moan of pain. Adventuring is more dangerous than she had really realized! After a furious exchange, the Mouth of Bleak and Cooper each back off from each other, panting. “I have the best of you,” the Mouth taunts. “Come, follow me to your death!” With that, it leaps away to the center of the roof and drops through the trap door leading downward. “Soon enough,” Cooper promises. “But first...” He turns and joins the furious assault on the remaining goat man atop the roof. Skaal is pressing his assault viciously, with Barouk and Romdar moving in to flank it. Cooper joins the fun with a grin. The goat man laughs, slicing Romdar with its great axe and knocking Barouk away with a head butt. The heroes stagger back for a moment, and it presses the attack. With a mighty blow, it sends Cooper sprawling, bloody and unmoving! Romdar, badly wounded, thinks, [i]This is too close! Tempeh is barely on her feet, Skaal is pretty well staggering, Barouk is wounded, and I can barely stand! I can’t afford to get too close; one more blow will take me down, and I don’t know that anyone else can take much more![/i] He falls back and casts an [i]acid splash,[/i] wounding the remaining goat man further. Its makes a sinister-sounding noise, a combination of pain and glee and hunger. He shudders, throws down his shield and pulls out his bow. Skaal, meanwhile, falls back as well, switching to throwing daggers. His first one goes wide, but at least he doesn’t stick it into one of his allies! Frowning, he realizes that he doesn’t have another dagger, so he pulls out his club and throws that. Again, his missile goes wide. The goat man dances over to Cooper’s unmoving form and grabs him by the arm. This time, there is no resistance from the body when he starts dragging it, laughing, to the secret door. “NO!” shouts Barouk. He springs forward and grabs Cooper’s legs. “You won’t take any of my companions!” The goat man sneers, and for a moment the two struggle over Cooper, disputing possession in a most physical fashion. Then there is a [i]twang![/i] and an arrow sinks into the goat man’s eye. It topples over instantly, spilling foul, brown blood onto the ashen roof underfoot. Barouk gives a surprised cry and tumbles backwards as all resistance to his grasp on Cooper vanishes. He springs back to his feet only seconds later, but there is no enemy in evidence. “Good shot,” Skaal nods to Romdar. Everyone in the party is badly wounded. They are teetering on the edge of defeat, and they know it. So they shut up the trap door, bar it and the tower entrance as best they can, and set out to rest. Cooper, unfortunately, is dead. It seems that the last goat man’s slash was lethal to him. Our heroes curse the Mouth of Bleak. “We need to kill that thing,” Skaal says grimly. “After we rest,” Tempeh replies. [i][b]Next Time:[/b][/i][b][/b] On the trail of the Mouth of Bleak! *She was at 0 hp after Skaal’s [i]cure light wounds[/i]. Note that after Skaal’s [i]cure minor wounds,[/i] she is still only at 1 hp... [/QUOTE]
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