Catarya
Kayla
Catarya
Zadira
Simon
Emily
Cain
Vuzi
Success.
Nikki, if no one else is interested I would love your extra protection from evil.
Right before we open the door, she casts Rally Point slightly in front of the door, so anyone passing through can easily walk over the glowing square or avoid it.
Seeing the summoned light get snuffed out, her eyes get wide. But then she steels herself, shrugs, and runs through the door yelling a battle scream.
kayla positions herself near the second door. her back against the wall and blade is drawn. she fiddles with a smoke bomb in on hand in case she needs it.
Zadira casts open. The door doesn't move. Cain casts open using his Boot of Breaking and Entering and the door easily gives way. They rush head long into the room... and realize that they're staring at a familiar skeletal face! He's also gigantic! Saracek is now at least TWICE the size he used to be!
Grelthe, however, rounds the corner and sees three priests in dark robes and masks standing around a clearly alive man! His eyes bug out of his head and he wears a grin that is waaay too wide on his face. One if the priests, the leader judging by the slightly fancier robes, points at her and the man HOWLS for blood!
At that moment, Saracek unleashes his aura of dread, and his hollow cackle bursts from the newly opened room!
Fools! You came back! I shall consume your souls, as my allies consume your flesh!
Cain: You notice that Saracek wields something he didn't have before, a shield with holy runes around the rim that has obviously been thoroughly desecrated.
Taking a peek around the corner, Simons tail comes to a sudden rest.
Damn it, we need a plan! Right now!
"Nikki, can you blast those priests to shreds for us-mii?
Grelthe, will you face Saracek with Cain?
We others will keep those buggers off your backs for now."
Vuzi moves in and sees the living priests. Dose I can do something about." She casts Bone Shaker on the fancy priest. She uses the salt that Dalkk gave her. She then freaks out and
Catarya darts forward, trying to stay out of the reach of the skeletal creature as she closes in.
"Pharasma condemns you!" she shouts, and her eyes and spiral tattoo flash.
She stabs at the creature with her dagger...
Cain roars as he ferociously brings down his bone hammer on the skeleton, fist strike to the shoulder but his shoulder but the haste magics allowing him to keep that going and thwack him in the head, an explosion of psychic energy coming off the impact
”watch out! The shield is new!”
(Veil, Rally Point, Moment of Greatness)
Zadira's bold and confident sprint into the next room starts to go badly immediately. The door doesn't open and she has to wait for someone to kick down the door, and then when she does make it across she starts to panic when she sees that she has just dashed INTO the room with the big bad guy. She was *sure* he was off to the right, and she was going to be able to shoot at him, and he's really big, and he's right there, and they didn't tell me how huge he was going to be....
She tries to stay cool; after all she has faced death (mostly from pits) many times before, but this time, she just can't keep it together, and that feeling of panic builds and builds despite all the help and preparation she was given, and she flat-out freaks out. She drops her bow and runs.
A panicked creature must drop anything it holds and flee at top speed from the source of its fear, as well as any other dangers it encounters, along a random path. It can’t take any other actions. In addition, the creature takes a –2 penalty on all saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks. If cornered, a panicked creature cowers and does not attack, typically using the total defense action in combat. A panicked creature can use special abilities, including spells, to flee; indeed, the creature must use such means if they are the only way to escape.
--> can go 10 feet.
Zadira runs into a wall, but she still needs to get away.
--> can go 120 feet.
She finds a better way out, and bumps Marco and Vuzi trying to get past them and away. She then runs into that undead guy. She can't get past him, but she still needs to get away.
--> can go 100 feet.
She is still panicked and wants to go farther, so she decides to open the door.
feeling the wave of fear coarse through her, Kayla hesitates for only a moment. but her training kicks in and she puts the fear aside, focusing on the mission.
a split second later, she vanishes from sight
In a flash of grey-white and black, both felines rush past Grelthe and Vuzi, towards the robed priest furthest to the right of the room.
The way over, carries both cats through the shimmering field of good, placed by Grelthe. It feels good and Simon feels a warm shiver running down his spine, causing his fur to straighten and his mind to become crystal clear.
Sharp steel and sharp teeth flash and robes are torn.
+ 1 Dex dmg
Despite knowing what would come, it takes Simon every löast ounce of willpower to stay focused and not run away in blind panic as the wave of condensed fear washes over him.
The good feeling of moments before vanishes in an instant, to be replaced by a dark foreboding and memories of blood, falling and the hunting ghost-faces of Saraceks curse.
He hisses at the hooded figure he attacked:
"Why are you helping a being of such unimaginable evil fool-frchh."
Grelthe will do a double-take when she sees not 1 undead thing, but 4 humans instead! As soon as she sees Saracek in the other room (and hears Simon's plan) she will curse under her breath in Skald and then use her remaining movement to skirt carefully around the far side of him.
The magic fortifies her will and keeps her from running screaming from the room when faced with his supreme evilness.
Meowch!
Nikki stays near the door, but leans on Simon's expertise in this fight! She pulls her hands together in front of her, joining her fingertips. In the middle of her hands a spark appears. He hands spread and the Flaming Sphere - DC 19 Ref to Negate Dmg - Lasts 6 rounds grows with her wingspan until it is bigger then she is! In better perspective, it's not saying much, but a 5ft sphere of fire is nothing to laugh at.
Saracek reaches out as Catarya darts in and rips a gash in her side!
The priest shudders, but doesn't move.
The blows against Saracek do a tremendous amount of damage. Bone shards fly and one bone cracks, but he doesn't fall. He glares at Catarya and his eyes glow more intensely. You want to smite me, Phrasman? I will Devour You!
His claws lash out, blast right through her defence like it's paper, and rip her from shoulder to hip!
The second set of claws strike suddenly at Cain! Twice!
I remember you, pest. he sneers. Give me my sword back!
- max damage
Outside, the cats descend on the priesthood in a storm of pain followed promptly by Nikki's Flaming Sphere. He manages to dodge the sphere, but that only sets him up for the slaughter.
The man on the dias in the room fires into a berserker rage more akin to a troll than a man. He lays into Simon with a huge club!
Out in the hall, Zadira comes running out like a bat out of hell. Vance orders the Twins, Get in there! and takes of after her, drawing a wand along the way. He waves it dramatically and thwacks her over the head! Her fear immediately subsides.
The twins come rushing into the room and immediately move to engage the priests... on all fours like apes? As they charge in their hats fall of and their human guise melts away. They are, in fact, ghoulish trolls! And they're fighting with you!
S: -105
AC 22/24 19/16/20 sr26
Claws +23 1d6+6+2+2+2+2 (14)
Desecrate+2a/d/s/+4hp, bulls+4str, righteous might+4str/+2na, prot good+2ac/s, bless,
M:
AC 15/17 10/5/4
+19/+14 1d10+18
Bless, Prot Good, rage+4/-2
P:
17/19 6/0/11
Bless, Prot good
A:
15/17 5/0/9
Bless, prot good
Whew. Thanks, Vance.
She never thought that she would be thanking an undead for anything, really, but live and learn.
She moves back towards the battle, embarrassed that her friends saw her run away, and determined to take the bad guys down. She isn't running flat out this time, but with haste she manages to make it back to her bow.
The two priests left standing both cast a spell. The fancy one casts on Emily, and the other has his kidneys removed by Kayla as soon as he starts.
I'm the southern hall, there seems to be an argument happening as to whether they should join the battle. Archibald wants to dive in while his guards tell him exactly where he can shove that idea.
A few seconds later Archibald enters the Atrium of Horror, takes a wiff of Saracek's fear Aura and...
Declares, I love the smell of battle!, draws his sword, and marches into the fray!
She took advantage of Cain's critical attack to hit Saracek from behind.
She will make a furious full attack taking advantage of haste...
Both Grelthe's AoO and first attack just barely manage to make it through Saracek's defenses, but her second and hasted are deflected by his shield.
Kayla follows through with an additional attack having now seen the priest in action she learns from his style and how to counter it.
AoO vs catarya: 1d20 ⇒ 18
damage: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15...
vs Catarya: 1d20 ⇒ 14
damage, ignores DR: 1d6 + 14 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 14 + 20 = 37
Caratya slumps to the floor in a pool of blood.
"Anyone hurt?" Vuzi calls out, and she casts bone shaker on the rager with the salt.
The massive club of the enemy is coming at Simon in a wide arc and it will hit him!
Not this time, ugly!
"Iaur!"
The long-trained signal 'word' causes Simon to jump reflexively - using Emilys swinging paw (that is just there at the right moment) and flings up into the air, well above the wild swing of the berserker.
It worked! Now back to ugly.
Lets see how he looks after a bit of claw&steel...
reflex DC14 or get entangled
Edit 2: AoOs
Zadira responds to Vuzi.
Yes! Catarya is down!
Their new evasive maneuver did work like a charm and Simon can take several lightning fast stabs against (probably) lethal regions of the enemy brute on his way back down to the ground.
Each successful hit will deal 1 Str damage in addition.
AC=28
To any who would catch a look at her maw, the ratlings lips would furl and eyes would narrow. She mouths words quietly as she stares down the berserker priest that went after Simon.
Without looking away or saying a word, Nikki will move the Fireball with the Berserked priest if Vuzi's boneshaker pulls him away.
Pierce screams in pain as the two blows brake through his bone armor and completely drop his ally down, he pants heavily and redoubles his efforts to bring down the skeleton or at least capture his attention to keep him from downing his fellows ”yes I did, sold the thing,what are you going to do about it!”
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Grelthe gets his attention. His eyes flash with that same light that eviscerated Catarya.
Then Cain steps in and, with two beautiful, deadly blows, crushes Saracek's neck, then completely severs his head!
He spits on the ground, ”Nothing, that’s what."
In the main room the fight is going less well. The Rager takes cuts and bites sufficient to kill any man of his size, or so you think. Yet, at the end, he stands, blood flowing freely and with several muscles clearly detached. Nevertheless he raises his club and roars! His swiftness is almost supernatural as he fakes Simon out and flattens the Kittyman under it!
The forward priest is badly wounded by one of the Twins! The other Twin charges around the rager and roars in his face!
The lead priest standing toe to toe with Kayla swings at her with his mace!
and hits!
Archibals steps up beside one of the twins, clearly blinded by the rush of battle, and takes a stab at one of the priests! It is immediately obvious that he has had little actual practice with his weapon.
But wouldn't ya know it the little pest hits! His sword sneaks in while the priest is trying to avoid the much more dangerous claws and teeth of an undead troll and sticks the priest in the side! The priest grunts and locks eyes with your benefactor for a moment before falling over! Archibald Benedict Thunderblossom actually killed somebody!
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The second Saracek is down, Grelthe walks up next to Catarya and channels to heal everyone living within 30 feet.
Zadira picks up her bow, mostly glad that the big bad guy is dead, but a little bit disappointed that she didn't get to shoot him and redeem herself after running off. She hears the battle still going on in the other room and moves that way to see if she can help.
(...) and flattens the kittenman under it...
... If it were not for the renewed intervention of Emily!
This time, the pantheress body-checks the small Catfolk out of harms way.What would have been a fatal hit otherwise, is reduced to a heavy but not immediately fatal blow by her quick interaction.
Both cats hiss angrily, Simon from pain, Emily from fury and worry for her companion.
"Meourchhh!"
Knowing full well, that this fight must end quickly, Simon will redouble the effort to take down the monstrosity with that incredibly dangerous club that nearly would have been the end of him, just moments ago.
But the blow he took, was strong and rattled the body of the small Catfolk through, causing his blows to lack in their usual deathly accuracy.
Emily is raging and bites and claws at the brute with a speed and ferocity unseen, leaving the evil creature no room for thought or escape.
Catarya groans and sits up. "Wat was tat?" she mumbles.
She presses a hand on her wounds, and there is a brief glow. Then she stands up.
[ooc]Just barely, yes.[/poc]
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The mace strikes Kayla forcing her to stagger a few steps slightly throwing off her balance. hoping to take advantage of this the priest tries to strike her a second time, but Kayla blocks the swing with a swipe of her blade. knocking the mace away from her. the blade circles around ....
but her small stature is no match for the weight of the heavy mace and her blade is nowhere near its mark.
the priests laughs as he feels confident in his "easy victory"
but the priest lost sight of Kayla's other hand as it thrusts her second blade at the priest.
The priest seems to put a bit more effort until lifting his mace than before.
The little witch will huff in frustration, mostly at herself. She should of known that he was mindless. Very well... conventional warfare. Her hand will extend and her hand will rotate clockwise as she begins a magical incantation. A spark of energy will form in her other hand, and once stable her hands will join and point to the enraged priest. Being sure to avoid Archibolds legs as he steps around her she will unleash a Scorching Ray