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[ZEITGEIST] The Continuing Adventures of Korrigan & Co.
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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7634996" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 232, Part Three - “Yar!”</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"> <strong>“Yar!”</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"><strong></strong></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Four dragon fliers ranged ahead. Directed by Uriel, they strafed the decks of outlying ships, killing many, scattering the rest. Still, there were enough full crews for the priests to combine into magical artillery. “Yar!” they all shouted, and four hooks fired into the air: one missed; one clipped a dragon flier causing it to veer away, badly damaged; another snagged a second flier and began to drag it back down; the fourth struck, damaged and hooked the Coaltongue, but the Coaltongue was heading in anyway.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Admiral Taracle focused on his most dangerous opponent, hacking at Quratulain, afflicting her with deadly poison and driving her back into the water. There, she found the waters closed over her with preternatural speed, as Hunlow, dimly aware of her inimical presence, sought to drown her. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Calily fought on, fending off pirates and priests, felling a few. Their blows were now too weak to harm her such was the nature of her mystical stance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Inspired by Bhalu, Rumdoom tried to Fourmyle Jaunt too. Again, it worked and he loomed over Admiral Taracle, Kum Ruk-Nazar poised to strike.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Aloft, Korrigan used the last of his reserves to invoke the power of Reida and summon himself from the future. His future self radiated pure positive energy to heal both himself and his past self, then ceased to fly and began a deliberate free-fall dive back into the fight. As anticipated, both version of Korrigan then vanished.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Now the Coaltongue flew over the flotilla, taking out one ship with a cannon barrage. The vessel began to slowly sink. Rumdoom’s retinue, manning the Sunfish, took out a priest with the Tyrant’s Eye.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> With that barrage out of the way, and the Coaltongue sweeping on, to test the strength of the pirates’ divine hook, Leon and Uriel teleported down onto the <em>Adversary’s Favour</em>. Leon cursed the Admiral; Uriel invoked a deathly gaze which stunned every foe that he could see, which was a <em>lot</em>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Uru had manoeuvred himself closer to the pyres and, now far enough from the fight not to have to worry, and in the eerie lull caused by Uriel, invoked his noisy ghostly entourage to free the pirates’ prisoners from the three-tiered pyre.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Gupta now took on tiger form, and for the last time, won free of the gears that had ensnared her, leaping onto another ship, where the deck had been clear by Quratulain. The crew and priests she was fighting gave pursuit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Down on the beach, the surviving priests engaged Calily in melee. One struck her with his cutlass, and lightning arced out to hit Leon and Rumdoom. This did not turn out well for the priest, as the lightning triggered Leon’s tiefling curse, and he was immolated.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Leon teleported to a point where he could see into the water and struggled to free Quratulain from Hunlow’s grasp. Even teleportation would not work against the grip of a god. Quratulain invoked the Icon of Nem, and passed through the hull of the closest ship, freeing herself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Inside, she daw dozens of prisoners huddled. Victims for the full ritual the pirates had been about to undertake. Perhaps there were more on other ships? If so, they ought be more careful! She told the others what she had seen and said to the prisoners, “We are winning! I’ll come back for you,” before running upstairs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> They really were winning! Rumdoom lamped the admiral while he was stunned by Uriel and cursed by Leon, knocking the demi-god prone. Even though the Stone of Not was powerful enough to disintegrate him, it still must have hurt! (As Rumdoom stood over Taracle, readying another blow, he noted the intricate dwarven craftsmanship of the admiral’s dwarven axes.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Calily was busy dealing with the last priest on the beach. Looking around, she could now see that things were turning out very differently that she had thought they would, and the old monk began to laugh with excitement with the thought that these strangers might be able to deal with the Legion after all. This incongruous sound lifted everyone’s spirits.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Uru released more and more slaves; Gupta kept on jumping ships, kiting one crew and their priests across the flotilla; Taracle, beset by curses, struggled to his feet only to be stunned again by Uriel, whose deathly gaze caught scores of pirates (but left him almost dizzy with the amount of power he had expended to cast this twice).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Leon teleported onto the sinking ship and leapt down into the largest hole caused by the Coaltongue (dodging the blows of surviving pirates as he went). Below, he found more prisoners who had not be harmed by the cannonade and teleported them out onto the now empty beach.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Gupta made a final leap onto the beach, as the two remaining dragon-fliers swept back in and gunned down the pirates that were pursuing her.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Taracle attacked Rumdoom; Rumdoom withstood his blows. Then Korrigan reappeared and led the attack on Taracle. Inspired, Rumdoom struck once, twice and – urged on by Uriel – three times. There was a loud crack as Taracle’s carapace split, but he still hadn’t fallen.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> Gupta turned back to human form, took aim with Reason and – pouring every ounce of concentration and training into that single shot – missed! Then the bullet ricocheted off Rumdoom’s ice armour and Admiral Taracle, son of Hunlow, dropped dead!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit"> The divine aura that had shielded the demi-god’s minions was inverted and swept out in a punishing wave slaying many of those who had failed to defend him, and badly wounding the rest. What remained was a tiring, gruesome, violent slog, as the remaining pirates – particularly the priests – were fanatical in their devotion to Hunlow, and fought to the last man. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></p><p> <strong>End of Session</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7634996, member: 79141"] [b]Session 232, Part Three - “Yar!”[/b] [FONT='inherit'] [B]“Yar!” [/B][/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Four dragon fliers ranged ahead. Directed by Uriel, they strafed the decks of outlying ships, killing many, scattering the rest. Still, there were enough full crews for the priests to combine into magical artillery. “Yar!” they all shouted, and four hooks fired into the air: one missed; one clipped a dragon flier causing it to veer away, badly damaged; another snagged a second flier and began to drag it back down; the fourth struck, damaged and hooked the Coaltongue, but the Coaltongue was heading in anyway. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Admiral Taracle focused on his most dangerous opponent, hacking at Quratulain, afflicting her with deadly poison and driving her back into the water. There, she found the waters closed over her with preternatural speed, as Hunlow, dimly aware of her inimical presence, sought to drown her. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Calily fought on, fending off pirates and priests, felling a few. Their blows were now too weak to harm her such was the nature of her mystical stance. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Inspired by Bhalu, Rumdoom tried to Fourmyle Jaunt too. Again, it worked and he loomed over Admiral Taracle, Kum Ruk-Nazar poised to strike. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Aloft, Korrigan used the last of his reserves to invoke the power of Reida and summon himself from the future. His future self radiated pure positive energy to heal both himself and his past self, then ceased to fly and began a deliberate free-fall dive back into the fight. As anticipated, both version of Korrigan then vanished. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Now the Coaltongue flew over the flotilla, taking out one ship with a cannon barrage. The vessel began to slowly sink. Rumdoom’s retinue, manning the Sunfish, took out a priest with the Tyrant’s Eye. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] With that barrage out of the way, and the Coaltongue sweeping on, to test the strength of the pirates’ divine hook, Leon and Uriel teleported down onto the [I]Adversary’s Favour[/I]. Leon cursed the Admiral; Uriel invoked a deathly gaze which stunned every foe that he could see, which was a [I]lot[/I]. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Uru had manoeuvred himself closer to the pyres and, now far enough from the fight not to have to worry, and in the eerie lull caused by Uriel, invoked his noisy ghostly entourage to free the pirates’ prisoners from the three-tiered pyre. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Gupta now took on tiger form, and for the last time, won free of the gears that had ensnared her, leaping onto another ship, where the deck had been clear by Quratulain. The crew and priests she was fighting gave pursuit. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Down on the beach, the surviving priests engaged Calily in melee. One struck her with his cutlass, and lightning arced out to hit Leon and Rumdoom. This did not turn out well for the priest, as the lightning triggered Leon’s tiefling curse, and he was immolated. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Leon teleported to a point where he could see into the water and struggled to free Quratulain from Hunlow’s grasp. Even teleportation would not work against the grip of a god. Quratulain invoked the Icon of Nem, and passed through the hull of the closest ship, freeing herself. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Inside, she daw dozens of prisoners huddled. Victims for the full ritual the pirates had been about to undertake. Perhaps there were more on other ships? If so, they ought be more careful! She told the others what she had seen and said to the prisoners, “We are winning! I’ll come back for you,” before running upstairs. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] They really were winning! Rumdoom lamped the admiral while he was stunned by Uriel and cursed by Leon, knocking the demi-god prone. Even though the Stone of Not was powerful enough to disintegrate him, it still must have hurt! (As Rumdoom stood over Taracle, readying another blow, he noted the intricate dwarven craftsmanship of the admiral’s dwarven axes.) [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Calily was busy dealing with the last priest on the beach. Looking around, she could now see that things were turning out very differently that she had thought they would, and the old monk began to laugh with excitement with the thought that these strangers might be able to deal with the Legion after all. This incongruous sound lifted everyone’s spirits. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Uru released more and more slaves; Gupta kept on jumping ships, kiting one crew and their priests across the flotilla; Taracle, beset by curses, struggled to his feet only to be stunned again by Uriel, whose deathly gaze caught scores of pirates (but left him almost dizzy with the amount of power he had expended to cast this twice). [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Leon teleported onto the sinking ship and leapt down into the largest hole caused by the Coaltongue (dodging the blows of surviving pirates as he went). Below, he found more prisoners who had not be harmed by the cannonade and teleported them out onto the now empty beach. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Gupta made a final leap onto the beach, as the two remaining dragon-fliers swept back in and gunned down the pirates that were pursuing her. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Taracle attacked Rumdoom; Rumdoom withstood his blows. Then Korrigan reappeared and led the attack on Taracle. Inspired, Rumdoom struck once, twice and – urged on by Uriel – three times. There was a loud crack as Taracle’s carapace split, but he still hadn’t fallen. [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] Gupta turned back to human form, took aim with Reason and – pouring every ounce of concentration and training into that single shot – missed! Then the bullet ricocheted off Rumdoom’s ice armour and Admiral Taracle, son of Hunlow, dropped dead! [/FONT] [FONT='inherit'] The divine aura that had shielded the demi-god’s minions was inverted and swept out in a punishing wave slaying many of those who had failed to defend him, and badly wounding the rest. What remained was a tiring, gruesome, violent slog, as the remaining pirates – particularly the priests – were fanatical in their devotion to Hunlow, and fought to the last man. [/FONT] [B]End of Session[/B] [/QUOTE]
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