Unless otherwise sensing something off, Ekuur finally removes his obsidian holy symbol and intones a prayer to the Sacred Flame. Requesting aid in the coming battle, he casts prayer on his allies.
"They're on the run, Justin....Justin? Where are you?"
She felt a shiver of fear run through her as she realized that the wizard was no longer responding. She saw Merle heading for the entrance in the wall and she hurried to catch up, worried about what had happened to the others.
The dragon's fire splatters Karrin with red agony. The dragon rears, looking for a challenge
Leveling the spear at the dragon Rhiannon locks eyes with the beast before exploding forwards in a thunderous charge, black mist creating an ominous trail as she hurtles towards the enemy
Initiatives: Dragon fight (12)
Dragon: Firebreath
Karrin:15 (pending)
Justin: 15 (holding-elemental wall?)
Ekuur: 12 (Prayer)
Rhiannon: 12 (CHAAARGE!)
Rhiannon levels her weapon and charges across the battlefield, her mount's hooves thundering across the tiles of the large atrium. She smashes headlong into the reptilian beast, her lance piercing its scaly hide and eliciting a bellow of rage and pain.
"They're on the run, Justin....Justin? Where are you?"
She felt a shiver of fear run through her as she realized that the wizard was no longer responding. She saw Merle heading for the entrance in the wall and she hurried to catch up, worried about what had happened to the others.
Naridre and Merle run to the crumbled opening. They peer in, but can see little from the vantage point. Naridre's delicately-attuned psionic senses pick up ...something...in the room beyond. But neither sense the presence of their party members. Something must be awry. Issac runs up next to them, scanning the outside for any stragglers.
"Mayhap we go in and see what's what?" He says
"Works for me. Seph wait here and keep an eye on things" Merle heads into the room after letting Seph down. As she moves in she casts Detect magic
Karrin was going to do what she had planned before, save the baby, distract the dragon.
Seeing Karrin grabbing the mother and infant, and Rhiannon setting her self for the charge, Justin does what Justin does best. Elemental Mayhem.
With a flowing chant and a pinch of Guano and sulpher, Justin sends a tiny blossom of flame heading towards the dragon. Which explodes into a terrific fiery burst in the beasts face.
Karrin was going to do what she had planned before, save the baby, distract the dragon.
Karrin powers through the agonizing pain and pounds across the atrium to the mother and child. Scooping both up she hollers...
YOINK!
..And runs for an archway framed in Palm trees that seems to lead out of the atrium
Seeing Karrin grabbing the mother and infant, and Rhiannon setting her self for the charge, Justin does what Justin does best. Elemental Mayhem.
With a flowing chant and a pinch of Guano and sulpher, Justin sends a tiny blossom of flame heading towards the dragon. Which explodes into a terrific fiery burst in the beasts face.
11d6+4
The fireball slams into the dragon, but the flames seem to have no effect on the large wyrm
"Works for me. Seph wait here and keep an eye on things" Merle heads into the room after letting Seph down. As she moves in she casts Detect magic
Merle squeezes through the small opening, followed by Issac and Naridre. The enter the large temple room. Merle casts detect magic and feels a surge of potent divine magic rolling through the empty vault
Behold the trials of The Lord of Mists! A voice booms in their minds
the three suddenly find themselves in a dry hot place staring at a large dragon. Rhiannon slams into it as Justin hurls a fireball at it
".....Well crap....." Is all Merle can currently think of to sum up the current situation.
"So," a slightly singed Karrin says to the young mother in her arms, "Got any idea where we might be safe? You know till me and my friends can talk to the reluctant father?"
Karrin will run (if she can go in a straight line over relatively flat ground) through that arch, if not she'll be taking a double move. With quickened expedious retreat she moves at 120 feet per turn, if she can run she'd be going at 240.
".....Well crap....." Is all Merle can currently think of to sum up the current situation.
"Hmm okay fire dosent do much lets try electricity instead" Merle hurls a lightning bolt at it (Assuming she can do it without hitting anyone else)
Dc 18 reflex for half
Justin flinches, closing his eyes against the blast of his potentially most powerful spell. He blinks, clearing the dust of the blast from his eyes as Rhiannon charges in. He is dismayed (although not particularly surprised) to find that his fireball had,... no effect.
"You have GOT to be kidding me! Fire resistance I can handle. But fire proof?!? What is this world coming to,... (whichever one we're on),... when a guy can't even broil a monster?!?" Justin complains loudly to any who will listen.
".....Well crap....."
"Oh, hey guys! Glad you could make it! Step right up! there's a 'NO WAITING' policy on this beastie!" Justin waves cheerfully at the other half of the group.
"Sorry dragon! Mother and baby are now OFF the menu! But we have all the magic and steel you can eat!" He taunts the beast, while keeping an eye out for the best way to dodge the next blast.
"Now if I just have something memorized that will affect you,..."
There wasn't time to really figure out what was going on. There was a dragon. And Karrin was carrying someone away from it at speed. Probably trying to rescue someone. Good enough. She could at least try to help.
She threw up an Ectoplasmic Wall between the dragon and the fleeing Karrin. Hopefully that would at least slow it down a few seconds which should be long enough for the others to distract it.
"Justin, I know little of the dragons on most worlds, but I do know that their scale color usually helps identify their strengths and weaknesses. This one is bronze, do you know what that might indicate?"
Justin's mind whirls at Ekuur's question. The wizard simply couldn't let a question like that go unanswered, even if they were about to fight for their lives. His mind found the answer on autopilot, even as the more focused, practical part was reviewing his memorized spells, trying to find one that could damage or incapacitate the creature.
"Well on MY prime world, Bronze dragons were usually good creatures."
"But not necessarily friendly. And since this one seems determined to cook us and eat us, not necessarily in that order, I think that might be a moot point!"
"Justin, I know little of the dragons on most worlds, but I do know that their scale color usually helps identify their strengths and weaknesses. This one is bronze, do you know what that might indicate?"
There wasn't time to really figure out what was going on. There was a dragon. And Karrin was carrying someone away from it at speed. Probably trying to rescue someone. Good enough. She could at least try to help.
She threw up an Ectoplasmic Wall between the dragon and the fleeing Karrin. Hopefully that would at least slow it down a few seconds which should be long enough for the others to distract it.
A roiling wall of shimmering matter congeals between the dragon and Karrin. Marle points and a bolt flashes at the wyrm
The bolt elicits a hissing roar of pain.
Issac runs up to the beast..
"OI! Lizard lips! Why pick on a bint and a rug chewer when yeh've got a real live Cage Rat to dance with?"
+10/+5 +1 Frost Greatsword 2d6+4+1d6 cold/19-20)
Issac's greatsword, smoking in the hot desert air, bounces off the dragon's scales
The dragon, roaring, attacks Issac
"So," a slightly singed Karrin says to the young mother in her arms, "Got any idea where we might be safe? You know till me and my friends can talk to the reluctant father?"
Karrin will run (if she can go in a straight line over relatively flat ground) through that arch, if not she'll be taking a double move. With quickened expedious retreat she moves at 120 feet per turn, if she can run she'd be going at 240.
The woman quails, crying
"The mighty Nol sees all from his chariot! We cannot hide"
She points above at the burning sun above them
"Our only hope is to find a cave safe from the sun to let my babe rest and grow."
"Mighty Nol you say?" Karrin muses, "Well know any caves near by?"
"OK. So it LIKES fire. Go figure." Justin frowns.
The wizard holds out a hand and furrows his brow in concentration.
"Let's see if the beast like the taste of this! Hey! Scaley! You got a hot temper! Why don't you CHILL OUT?!"
And a shimmering wall of frozen air forms a semi circle behind the dragon, cutting off it's retreat from the frontal assaults of Isaac and Rhiannon.
"Hey, you guys want to hurry this up? I can't keep this up forever!" he calls to his comrades, his brow already showing the strain of keeping up the elemental wall.
Merle puts another lightning bolt into it
As the dragon turns to engage Issac, Rhiannon wheels around hurtling into another charge, practically standing in the saddle as she throws her full momenum behind the impact.
Cavalier's charge
Rhiannon scores a telling blow, with smoking dragon blood running down her lance
[dice=Knowledge religion]1d20+14
"Mighty Nol you say?" Karrin muses, "Well know any caves near by?"
The woman jangles as her gold jewelry rings against Karrin's armor
"Mighty Nol is the sheik of the gods of our land. He rides his mighty sun chariot across the sky, searching for demons to battle. He saw me at the river filling a jar and seized me. He kept me as his concubine, then I became gravid with his child. He brought me to this desert temple so as to not anger his wife Chyasis, queen of the Moon. I don't know why he is so angry."
The woman starts weeping
"In the hills ahead there are caves that we can hide in. I must protect my child, though I do not know how to withstand a god"
Karrin searches her memory, and remembers a footnote in an old scroll talking about some minor godling named Nol, who had been an ancient sun god off in some distant corner of the Prime. That was thousands of years ago, and her recollection was he battled and killed his son, and then due to the destruction this wrought soon perished himself with his worshippers disappearing
Test to overcome spell resistance
Test to overcome spell resistance
1d20 + 8
The bolt hits and the dragon roars in anger, fire dripping from it jaws in magma-like profusion
Issac shakes off his grievous wounds and attempts a second attack
He scores this time, his frost-covered great sword opening a rent in the dragon's brassy scales
Observing the dragon's use of fire and the others using cold against it, Nari's eyes glow a brilliant green as she pulls the kinetic energy out of the air around her hand, turning it icy, deadly cold. A cold she then hurls at the dragon.
"In the hills ahead there are caves that we can hide in. I must protect my child, though I do not know how to withstand a god"
"Well god withstandering is best left to the professionals," Karrin says, "Hiding from gods is much easier when your deity is part of a pantheon, the trick is just finding another god that wants to give you shelter. My advise is finding some god of the underworld or such, someone that has a domain that sun gods don't hang out at.
"But anyways, there's this theory that dads are always scared that their sons will grow up to slay them, and I suppose that might be doubly so for dragons, you know because they have to worry about that sort of thing. But you got a cute little son with all his fingers and toes and his dad is probably more then a little bit paranoid. Funny thing is that because he's chasing you and trying to kill him that's likely going to build up some resentment with the little guy once he's older. It's what you call a self filling proficiency or whatever. That's the sort of thing you as a mother need to try and avoid, teach the little guy that there's a better way, and that dad may be crazy but he's probably got some good qualities as well. Sun gods help with growing flowers and vegetables and stuff. You know that can't be all bad. Unless you live in a desert . . . and then you probably wish the sun gods would give you break. But still he's helpful for letting you see and stuff so there's always that."
Karrin burns though a few quickened expedious retreats to keep them traveling at a good speed.
Ekuur is conflicted, as this obviously mighty being of fire fights his comrades. Is this Nol a servant of the Sacred Flame? However, as he realizes his prayer earlier is aiding his allies and hindering his foe, he understands that servant or no, he is meant to battle this creature. He raises his trikal, and even though he realizes the flames surrounding its blades will likely have no effect, the iron is still quite sharp, and he lashes out at the beast.
trikal
damage not going to bother with the fire damage
critical confirm
damage and
potential of 38 if the crit hits
Justin frowns as he watches the dragon's seems to ignore his wall. He furrows his brow in concentration.
"You don't listen. I said Chill out!"
Karrin burns though a few quickened expedious retreats to keep them traveling at a good speed.
Karrin keeps up a good pace, and can see the flinty hills in the distance where the woman said there were caves. Finally, after a few hours of running they come upon a dark entrance. Karrin ducks in and deposits the woman and her babe on the sandy ground. The cave leads downward, a dark tunnel into the cool earth.
Observing the dragon's use of fire and the others using cold against it, Nari's eyes glow a brilliant green as she pulls the kinetic energy out of the air around her hand, turning it icy, deadly cold. A cold she then hurls at the dragon.
1d20+8
3d6+3
The dragon roars as Nari's energy blast hits him
The trikal hits, and the dragon takes damage, blood spattering from the spike holes in its armor
Initiatives: Dragon fight (12)
Dragon: melee
Merle:
Justin: 15
Ekuur: 12
Rhiannon: 12
Nari:
Karrin (MIA)
The dragon whirls about, teeth, claws, tails and wings buffeting its attackers
Rhiannon:
Issac:
Ekuur
Karrin burns though a few quickened expedious retreats to keep them traveling at a good speed.Karrin keeps up a good pace, and can see the flinty hills in the distance where the woman said there were caves. Finally, after a few hours of running they come upon a dark entrance. Karrin ducks in and deposits the woman and her babe on the sandy ground. The cave leads downward, a dark tunnel into the cool earth.
"This should be safer," Karrin says, "Now I need to return to my friends, and hope they're okay. Remember what I said about raising your child. Revenge is something that lead to the death of one or the other . . . or even both. Your child needs to find a better way."
Hopefully in this illusion time is malleable as Karrin needs to get back to help her friends.
Merle puts a 3rd bolt of electricity into the thing
Test to overcome Sr
Damage