Monkey Fight Ends
"Thank the gods, someone with a real weapon! Over here boys. Be happy to take one of those off your hands and put it to good use!" Kaer calls out. Sadly, his bravado turns into a yelp of pain as one of the monkeys digs into his hamstring.
Then again, perhaps the pain was exactly the motivation he needed, as the yelp turns into an angry scream and Kaer smashes the stool into his tormentor's skull with a wet thud.
"Well struck, Kaer!" shouts one of the carnies, thrusting at a monkey but missing the agile creature.
The other carney, however, very nearly skewers a monkey. Houba's whip bites into monkey flesh yet again. The last monkey with any fight left ineffectually buffets Kaer. After this, the fight ends quickly. Between stool, spears, and whip, that last monkey falls. The ones that were dying all start to convulse. The fits are violent but brief. After they end, the apes sprawl about, arms and legs twisted at unnatural angles.
Slowly, carnies draw closer, forming a shrinking circle. Kaer sees the confusion and fear on many faces. Nothing like this has ever happened before. Oh, sure, there have been accidents. An animal trainer gets careless, pushes a beast too hard, gets clawed or bit, but a mass attack of this savagery? Never in the carnival's history!
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OOC: No more combat in the camp.
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Dice Rolls:
Carnies with Spears:
1d20=10, 1d8=2, 1d20=16, 1d8=4.
Houba's Whip:
1d20+3=15, 1d3=1.
1 monkey vs. Kaer:
1d20+2=9, 1d3=1, 1d20+2=18, 1d3=3, 1d20+2=22, 1d3=1.
Kaer: 9 damage.
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Deer Fight! Rounds 4 & 5
Berm, still in the flurry of hooves is seeing stars, so he goes into defensive fighting!
Rupert bravely hangs on inflicting more damage, but then finds he can no longer remain conscious and drops to the ground.
Zantalus's eyes narrow and he sends another expanding shaft thumping into the beast downing it before rushing forward to Rupert.
The elf's arrow passes through the deer's throat, puncturing arteries. The animal drops, blood pumping. About then Zantalus and Berm both notice the first felled deer start to convulse. Violently convulse. Berm hears bones breaking inside the animal's body.
Shalaye ducks away from her attackers, chanting and gesturing yet again. "Hold strong, Berm!" the oracle yells. "I shall attempt to reach you!"
Two deer lunge after Shalaye, but one appears flummoxed. It strains to attack, but cannot, as if some force compels it to refrain from violence against the oracle. The other, however, suffers no such compulsion, and slams the oracle with another hoof strike. Berm does as Shalaye urges. His defensive tactics prevent him from suffering more damage from the lunging, kicking deer that nearly have him surrounded.
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OOC: The PCs are up!
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Dice Rolls:
Shalaye Deer Saves:
1d20+2=16, 1d20+2=13.
Berm Deer Saves:
1d20+2=16, 1d20+2=16, 1d20+2=10.
Deer vs. Shalaye:
1d20+2=19, 1d4+1=3.
3 Deer vs. Berm:
1d20+2=13, 1d4+1=4, 1d20+2=13, 1d4+1=4, 1d20+2=4, 1d4+1=4.
Deer x7: 2 dying, 1 injured (8 hp - Berm).
Berm: 11 damage;
blessed +1 bonus to attack rolls.
Zantalus: 4 damage;
blessed +1 bonus attack rolls.
Rupert: 4 damage;
blessed +1 bonus attack rolls; KOed.
Shalaye: 7 damage;
blessed +1 bonus attack rolls.
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