Copper zaps the torso, as the bolts strike the twitching slightly pauses, but then resumes just as random and spastically. With Felgar right there and unmoving, the limb may be swinging at him, but with as much as it twitches chaotically without hitting anything, it's tough to tell.
Unconcerned by the eagle for the moment, the derro pulls another item from his robe and drops it beside Rutter. As soon as it hits the bed, a medium sized humanoid zombie stands in its place. It swings at Rutter with its decaying fist. The angry force with which it brings it down on the halfling is jarring.
Neva - Moves in beside Felgar
Pravlox - Move closer, dismisses spider, summons eagle
Felgar - Paralyzed until round 11
Copper - Hits torso with magic missle wand
Derro - Draws zombie off of robe
Rutter shakes off the brutal hit from the zombie. He swings his kukri out cautiously. He then drops his dagger and draws his other kukri.
The stench emanating from Felgar was like a physical blow as it assaulted Neva's senses.
She retched softly and her vision swam slightly. Lady, save me!
She slid along the couch and raised her wavering crossbow to point at the flying derro.
5-ft step to D14 and fire at derro
Crossbow: (PB shot, Precise Shot and sickened)
Damage: (does sickened apply to crossbow damage? If so, -2)
Reload with a move action
She blinked her watery eyes and reloaded her crossbow as quickly as she could, unsure if she'd even hit her enemy.
Pravlox tries to restrain his frustration as the eagle continues to try to peck away at the derro.
Copper slides his Enlarge Person wand into it's wrist sheath, and begins casting a spell, a more powerful version of the missile of pure force he had launched just a moment ago at the flopping torso. This time, he aims at the derro on the ceiling, his hands moving fluidly and words flowing precisely from his lips, "Magische asperges uit mijn hand en stakingen mijn vijand zonder mislukken."
Rutter strikes at the foul creation, leaving an oozing wound across its thigh. If it were capable of registering pain, it would have most assuredly cried out at the wound.
Through her swimming vision, Neva is able to get a shot off at the flying man, but it doesn't quite find its mark as he avoids it, clattering somewhere off the ceiling of the cavern.
Through all its constant harrassment, however, the eagle manages to find a way through his defenses. The bite angers the derro, who turns his angry attention toward the flying menace.
That is, before Copper begins casting his spell, which gets the derro's focus. Listening and watching intently, realization comes to him, and he begins to laugh mirthlessly. His laughing continues even before the spell fails to reach him due to an invisible barrier before him.
Deciding that he will get back to the eagle, in time, he draws another item from his robe. Sliding slightly closer to the paralyzed dwarf, he drops it beside Neva. This becomes a medium humanoid skeleton. As he chuckles, the zombie and skeleton harrass the party. The zombie swings, but the slash in its leg almost causes it to fall without the connected muscle to help it stay upright. The skeleton swings at Neva, and where she easily avoids the first, the second swipe comes as a surprise to sting her arm.
Neva - Moves in beside Felgar
Pravlox - eagle attacks
Felgar - Paralyzed until round 11
Copper - Casts magic missle, gets blocked
Derro - 4 dmg 5' step to C15, Draws skeleton, drops in D14
Zombie - 5 dmg attacks Rutter
Skeleton - attacks Neva
Seeing that the party risks becoming outnumbered, Rutter throws caution to the wind and swings forcefully with both kukri at the zombie.
Damn these vile undead! Neva thought as her eyes darted between the various creatures in the room and Rutter's wounds.
She placed a hand on her crude symbol of Pharasma and gave full throat to her thoughts.
"Damn these vile undead!!! she yelled with all the force she could muster.
The eagle gives one last go before Pravlox sees it's sickened, and releases it.
Copper draws his crowssbow and takes a shot at the derro hoping against all odds that he might land a hit against the nasty thing.
Rutter almost loses his blade in the slippery mess left behind on it from his last strike, but recovers well enough to cut a nasty gash into the zombie's gut.
Neva, angered, lashes out with the full force of Pharasma's will. The wash of energy shatters the skeleton, and crumbles what's left of the zombie before Rutter.
Pravlox's summoned help falls prey to the wave of stench emanating off the oversized obstacle before swiping a few more times ineffectually. He is thus dismissed before the it hinders it too much.
Copper resorts to loading and firing his crossbow, but between Felgar and the corner, he is left with a small window of effect, which is sadly not enough.
The derro snarls and curses at Neva as she blasts his undead, gently patting his robes before muttering something. He begins to cast another spell. A ghostly hand manifests before him, floating nearby.
Copper! Hit the hand with your magical missiles! You can kill it!
Pravlox, clearly very annoyed at this point wishes out loud that the air itself would attack the pest, and seems quite surprised when the air right by him starts to swirl around before slamming a portion of itself into the derro.
Rutter hops on the bed and tries to use it to spring higher into the air, swinging at the derro with a kukri.
Neva put her fingers to her neck and whispered a small chant to Pharasma. The sickness she felt fell away like an old, wet cloak.
I'm keeping an eye on your health, I just want to knock this guy down first. If you think you want healing first, though, just holler and I'll do that instead.
Copper again pulls his wand of Magic Missile and looses a shot at the magical hand the derro has conjured.
Rutter's unusual attempt managed to work, for the most part. His leap brought him the height he needed, but swinging a weapon effectively while jumping and stretching, is even harder than one would assume.
Neva moves away from Felgar, and overcomes the foul nausea that had washed over her. Meanwhile Pravlox coaxes an elemental to come to his aid. The small gust thrashes at him, but fails to damage the derro.
Copper wields his wand dangerously at the floating hand, blasting it with enough force to cause it to dissipate, which draws an angry glare from the flying fat man.
The derro moves away from the small gust just enough to angle a spell into the other room with Copper and Pravlox. All the while the twitching limb spasms at Felgar.
Sleep spell
Since the spell requires a full round action to cast, that means it won't actually take effect until the beginning of his next turn.
Also, if we somehow manage to deal damage to the derro before then, he would need to make a Concentration check not to lose the spell.
Also also, the spell has a 10ft radius from the burst point. I am 15ft from the burst point, so it shouldnt reach me, though I dont remember if you had a houserule going about the diagonal movement, so here is my save anyway, just in case.
Will save
Being able to identify the derro casts, Copper calls out to Pravlox, "He's trying to put us to sleep. We neeed to scatter before the spell goes off!" Adressing the rest of the group, "Hit him or do something, it may break his concentration and make him lose the spell!"
Neva hear's Copper's advice and, with her vision clearer and her hands more steady, aimed her crossbow again at the flying derro. She took an extra moment to aim her shot.
"Stay right there you fat, little..." she mumbled angrily.
X-bow:
Confirm crit:
damage:
damage:
Concentration check DC: 10+damage dealt+spell level = 10+13+1=24
"Ha! she yelled triumphantly as her bolt sank deep into the derro's belly.
Pravlox changes tactics a bit in hopes that something will get through to this pest. He moves forward to D13, calling the air elemental to assist him, which is does after moving to C15 to continue it's harassment of the derro. Just barely managing to shake off the horrid stench, Pravlox strikes at the derro with his spear.
Rutter drops a kukri on the bed, and draws another dagger. He hurls it at the derro, with nothing else to do.
Drawing his dagger and throwing it Rutter misses the little bugger, misjudging where he is inside the voluminous robes, but leaving a cut in the fabric all the same.
Neva, however, proves that with her frustration and anger, comes success. First was her blast of holy might, and now the crossbow. He grunts painfully as it hits him in the stomach, and grits his teeth against it. Despite her display in marksmanship, it seems it will take more than that to break his determination to affect the others.
Pravlox gets his airborne ally to move in and provide a distraction with its attacks, and thereby giving the halfling the upper hand. With the added benefit, Pravlox makes a valiant swing, striking, but not quite hard enough to break the derro's tough skin.
Confident in his ability to resist the spell aimed his way, and satisfied with Pravlox moving away so only one of them can be targetted with it, Copper takes only a few steps and begins casting a spell to throw at the derro, hoping to daze it, if only for a few moments.
As Copper finishes his spell, it looks like it might take hold, but the derro just manages to shake it off. Having fought through all the risk, he is happy to see his spell strike effectively, though he would have been happier if it had hit the other one as well.
He flies into the room with only Copper in it, leaving himself open to a strike from the elemental as he squeezes past Felgar's inert form. Turning with a wicked grin, he casts in the vicinity of the collected group. There is a loud bang, similiar to the ones created by the other derros you had fought, and the pain is as well, though lessened it seems. The ringing in your ears causes stars behind your eyes, and if you can't shake them away quickly enough, it might take you a little longer to fully recover from the bang.
Neva's crossbow clattered to the ground where she stood.
Pravlox shakes off the noise as the pest flees, once more dismissing his summon, and trying one last time to summon enough creatures to be stop him from fleeing, and once more getting only one as he moves to get in range (C12).
Rutter's frustration with this little bugger helped him fight off the stunning effect of the derro's spell. He ran into the other room to try to head him off.
Rutter dashes in to make a stand in the middle of the other room, but Neva is so overcome by the noise, that all she can do is cover her ears and try to shake off the effect.
Pravlox swaps out his summons once more, this time he tries to block the exit in case the derro wants to leave.
The derro, irritated by the perseverance of the two halflings, flies to to other side of the open room and decides on a quick strike to make his point. He casts a spell and blasts Rutter with two missles of force, reserving the last one for the eagle in the path.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
At this point, Pravlox is beyond annoyance, and simply wants this to end. Moving over to Copper (D-9), he readies an action to use his last summons of the day if the derro tries to flee, watching the derro quietly with a look of mild curiosity, waiting to see the next move in what was becoming a game of endurance and luck. Meanwhile the eagle falls back around the corner (H-10), still fully defensive.
Shaking her head clear, Neva cursed herself for losing focus, bent down to pick up her loaded crossbow, and then charged back out of the room after the derro, Rutter and Pravlox.
We won't go far, Felgar, I promise", she whispered as she squeezed past the humongous dwarf.
Rutter staggers over on weak legs to cover the exit, trying to hide his weakened condition from the mage. Slumping against the hallway wall probably gave him away, though.
Rutter hobbles away, his injury causing him grief, as Neva recovers her weapon and rushes into the room. Pravlox moves up to be ready for if the derro tries to make a fast getaway.
The derro looks to have no such intentions, he flies around the back wall a little before he targets a spell. A coruscating ray fires, and looks like it may have missed Neva, but it hits Felgar. You can tell that it may have been his intention all along.
I will either kill this black dwarf or die tryin'!
Fort Save:
Pravlox slides over (E-6) before launching a dart of acid out of his hand toward the flying pest, having run out of any other ideas.
Rutter uses the strength he has to draw another dagger.
"Keep breathing, Rutter, you're going to be fine!" Neva said in a strong, calm voice as she raised her crossbow and put the derro in her sights.
Shot:
I think that's a miss
Damage, if hit:
Move to D7, drawing my wand of CLW. Not reloading the crossbow
The instant the bolt was away, Neva moved over to Rutter, pulling out her wand and placing herself between the halfling and the flying derro.