Vasorn, the World Under Dragonfire

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

Gortag, seeing his teammate in difficulty, go help them.

*Gortag, you dash over to one of the dragonkin and raise your axe, landing a solid blow in his side. He give a shout of anger.*

"Stupid slave!" he snarls, and lands a solid hit on you, slashing across your shoulder.

*The other dragonkin and Elaugaugein continue their duel, the dragonslayer's rapier versus the dragonkin's axe. Elaugaugein's rapier gives another delicate dab, this time seeking the heart of his attacker. The dragonkin gives a gasp and pitches backward through the illusionary wall. However this seems to give another half-dragon and two other dragonkin that suddenly arrived on the other side of the illusion a target. Three crossbow bolts streak through the wall and transfix Elaugaugein through the heart, dropping him. The drow man drops to the ground, a curse on his lips for his attackers as they move forward.*

*Ishmael turns to see Elaugaugein dead, and knocks his arrow to his bow and looses it, hitting the half-dragon through the shoulder. Renea seems to have subdued the little wyrmling and has stuffed him in her backback of holding. Seeing Elaugaugein fall her eyes widen and she raises one of her wands to fire.*

[OOC - Gortag take 17 damage from the first dragonkin's axe.]

 

[Zerth]

*The duergar woman turns and sees what is behind her. She looks torn between her charges and fighting the dragon, but seems to come to a decision. She fires a single powerful lighting bolt at the dragon, catching it fully in the chest, and then catches your glance. She locks gazes with you and jerks her head toward the dragon, before turning back to her charges and diving into the shadows.*

*Zass'sk answers the duergar woman with a slight nod, before turning to face his deadly amethyst adversary again. The lizardman reaches into his bag and pulls out a potion and drinks it straight away, instantly growing larger.*

I'm going to need every available aid in this fight...

(OOC: Move action to pull potion of Enlarge Person from Haversack, standard action to drink it.)

 

[Dark Nemesis]

Alyshia Ra'nier, Rogue/Wizard/Arcane Trickster

The amethyst dragon was getting slashed at, clawed at, and pelted with spells, but he did not seem to be doing that badly for himself in battle. Alyshia almost admired the dragon, were it not for the fact that she wanted to see him fall. The magic missiles seemed to work last time, so she cast the spell again, sending five more darts of light speeding his way.

OOC: Cast magic missiles again. Last round of acid damage.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Zykovian, in the plains of the mindscape you're thrown to the ground again, as is Guran and Ellimon. You're getting rather tired of the dragon's mental bullying, and you can feel yet more mental power being drained from you.*

*In the real world you try to tumble around Kelvarix, but you can't keep clear of his viscious bite, which tears into you, reopening wounds that have just closed. You try to claw back at him, but your tumbling put you at a bad angle and your claw just slides off his scales.*

*Alyshia's darts of magical power impact on the sizzling acid burn on Kelvarix's chest, adding injury to his insult. Kilvash's arrow suddenly streaks toward the dragon, glowing with black and purple light, light that Alyshia would recognize as power that the Godeater has invoked from the remnents of divine power she holds within her. It hits hard, and Kelvarix, severely weakened from Zykovian and Guran's assaults, Ellimon sneak attacks, and Grim and Alyshia's magic, sways and nearly falls.*

*Grim's illusions lunge toward the dragon with sword and spell, and he starts at them momentarily. Ellimon's bolt flies just between the dragon's ears and Guran's sword chops downward, but Kelvarix dashes aside. The dragon, now both weakened and furious, slides backwards a few feet. He slaps his tail on the ground, causing it to shake furiously, and Guran and Zykovian fall heavily to the ground. He then turns and runs down the hall, bellowing as he goes.*

[OOC - Zykovian rolled a 26 on his mode check and so did Kelvarix, but Kelvarix has the higher base mode check and thus wins. Kelvarix drains 3 more power points from Zykovian. Zykovian gets a 27 on his attack, which just isn't quite enough to hit the dragon. Kelvarix hits a 44 on his AoO on Zykovian, dealing 16 points of damage with his bite. 7 points of damage to Kelvarix from the acid, 11 more from Alyshia's magic missiles. Kilvash used a divinity strike and critted with her crossbow, dealing 18 points of damage. Ellimon hits a 21 and misses. Guran hits a 17 and misses. Both Guran and Zykovian fail their Ref saves and fall down, taking 4 subdual damage in the process. Kelvarix is now 40 ft. further down the tunnel from where he was.]

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Zass'sk, your body increases in size and strength as you grow to meet the demands of the task in front of you. The beholder fires off several more eye rays at the dragon, each doing some damage, though not the spectacular effects that beholders are known for. Dragons are notoriously resistant to the worst effects of magical spells. With a blast of concussive force, the remaining ten skum explode from the force of the dragon's breath weapon, as the mind flayers press their attack of mental might.*

*While the dragon is starting to look a bit hurt, if it can get its claws on any of the three remaining defenders, they won't last long. The dragon is currently sixty feet away from the defenders.*

 

[Zerth]

*Realizing, that the dragon must never reach the mind flayers and the beholder in melee, if they are to have any chance, Zass'sk hisses furiously and attacks the mighty beast. He will respect the deadliness of the dragon and try to evade it's bite and claws as well as he can. He claps the furs covering his shins together before closing in, which seems to give the now large lizardman some extra swiftness.*

(OOC: Activating the boots of speed gives Zass'sk a 80 feet base move, which should be enough to move in melee with the dragon. Using Tumble [+9] to avoid any possible AoO's. Attack the dragon with Unarmed Strike, fighting defensively. With all the different modifiers added, it should be +12 to hit, damage 3d6+9, AC 25.)

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Grim Daergal, Svirfneblin Cagebreaker

*Grim hurls another stone from Hallal, shaping the illusion as he does so to make it appear to come from the spellcasting image.*

 

[Velmont]

As it seems to work pretty well, Gortag will continue to play the same little tricks to his opponents. The two first attacks on the guy, the third on his axe, and preferably on the one who just wounded him.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Zass'sk dashes forward to engage the dragon, but the beast still manages to whip his head around and take a chunk out of the lizardman's side. This distraction seems enough to pull Zass'sk concentration away from striking the dragon, and his fist skids off the dragon's scales.*

*The beholder fires three deadly rays from its eyestalks, but two of them bounce off the dragon's magically-protected hide. The third, however, seems to get through, and small pieces of the dragon's scales and flesh begin to wither. One of the two mind flayers seems to be concentrating hard, while the other one one lashes out with a stroke of freezing cold, which lashes along the dragon's hide, freeze pieces of it. The dragon looks much worse for the wear, but it is still strong enough to to hurt. It slides backwards a bit, and then spits a crystalline lozenge at the mind flayers and beholder. It explodes, pelting them with crystal shards. One of the mind flayers seems to dodge the worst of it, but the other mind flayer and the beholder take the full brunt of the force. All look hurt, but not too badly yet.*

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*Gortag's next three hits do their job with admireable effeciency. The first two cleave the ugly head of the dragonkin into two different pieces, and the third shatters the axe into shrapnel. Elaugaugein's illusionary wall dissolves with his death, revealing you to your enemies and your enemies to you. The two dragonkin have dropped their crossbows in favor of axes, while the amethyst half-dragon is bringing a magnificent two-bladed sword to bear on you.*

*Two of Ishmael's arrows streak over your head and bury themselves in the thigh of one of the dragonkin, while three darts of light from Renea strike the gleaming breastplate of the half-dragon.*

*The dragonkin move to flank you, slashing hard with their axes, but both slide across your armor and leave you unharmed. The half-dragon, however, slashes you hard behind the knee, where the armor is less strong. You can feel blood beginning to trickle down your armor-encased leg.*

[OOC - I rolled a 1 for Zass'sk's Tumble check, and the dragon rolled a 45 to his Zass'sk on his AoO. Zass'sk takes 12 points of damage from the bite. Zass'sk gets a 24 to hit, which isn't enough. Gortag hits with all three attacks, deals a total of 50 points of damage to the dragonkin and his axe. Ishmael hits a 31, a 21, and a 24, for two hits, dealing a total of 12 points of damage to one of the dragonkin. Renea hits with her magic missiles, dealing 12 points of damage to the half-dragon. The half-dragon hits Gortag for 19 points of damage.]

 

[Zerth]

*Zass'sk grimaces in pain as the dragon's teeth sink in. He knew the battle wouldn't be easy, his purpose was all along to just buy more time to the three others, but it sure did not begin well for him. The lizardman hisses and steps forward pressing the attack on the dragon.*

(OOC: Step next to the dragon and unleash a full attack. +15/+15/+15/+10 unarmed strikes, damage 3d6+9; and bite +13 for 1d6+4 damage. His AC is now 22. HP 86/98.)