Surprised by the sudden change of the surrounding and their enemies, Simon directly stares into the hellish eyes of the Orks-no-more and sinks down like a puppet which strings were cut.
Brother has fallen for their foul magick, that wrong-stroke!
I have to wake him, or those badwrongevilethings will cut him to pieces!
With a huge jumping run Emily is at Simons side and tries to wake him with careful pokes of her head and demanding meows.
Emily successfuly awakens Simon from his impromptu cat nap.
It takes a second for Grelthe to process what is happening as she gets teleported and a giant demon pops into existence. As soon as she recognizes the situation, she changes her teamwork feat to Punch Through , and calls on the powers of good to aid her against evil .
She then lashes out with her magical morningstar...
Battlefield Presence At 3rd level, a tactician can direct her allies in battle, granting each ally within 30 feet one teamwork feat she possesses as a bonus feat as a standard action. All allies must receive the same feat, but do not need to meet the prerequisites of this bonus feat. This ability does not function if the paladin is flat-footed or unconscious. Allies must be able to see and hear the holy tactician in order to gain this benefit. Changing the bonus feat granted is a swift action.
Weal’s Champion (modified Smite Evil attack; 2/day, lasts 3 rnds) Once per day as swift action, a holy tactician can call on the powers of good to aid her against evil. Against evil targets, the holy tactician gains her Charisma bonus (if any) on her attack rolls against evil creatures, and if she hits, she adds 1/2 her paladin level on her weapon damage rolls as well. These bonuses last for 1 round for every two paladin levels the holy tactician has attained (minimum 1 round). In addition, for 1 round after the holy tactician successfully strikes an evil creature, all non-evil allies within 30 feet of her gain a competence bonus on attack rolls equal to 1/2 her Charisma bonus against that creature as well as a +1 competence bonus on damage rolls. The bonus on damage rolls increases by +1 for every five levels the holy tactician attains (to a maximum of +5 at 20th level). She can grant this bonus against more than one creature at a time. To gain this benefit, the holy tactician’s allies must be able to see or hear her, and she must be conscious.
Marco fires off a pair of bone spikes to distract the demon as he closes in to attack, grimacing at the reienforcments
Yup, Kayla will be napping now.
Vuzi does not fall asleep. She laughs. Vell I knew my kin vould not be so stupid."
She casts Weapons Against Evil.
Your view up close is confusing at best. You and the demon are so close that your strikes almost look like claws and his almost look like your mighty morningstar!
Then your eyes blink and the edges of the world go runny. Suddenly you see what has happened. You are the monster! Then Cain's bolts bounce off the armor on your side!
Then the illusion covering you, for you see it as it is now, lashes out and seems to kill you with a strike to the thigh followed by a vicious claw through the throat! Illusion you falls to the ground!
The five former orcs, now half jackal half man monsters, rush you! One is wounded by Zadira as it closes, and Cain's bone bolts bounce off the demon's thickly armored hide!
Kayla, Simon, and Vuzi are all hit! Cain easily dodges his assailant, as does Emily.
(Kayla takes 6 damage, simon and vuzi take 8 damage)
Grelthe's fight with the demon is furious and brutal. She swings and it deflects her morningstar upward. It's claw slashes down at that moment and nearly cuts her leg off! She goes to one knee, still fighting. The demon takes advantage of her wound and circles toward her weapon hand before striking out with a serrated claw! The strike blows her defending arm aside and plunges into her throat! She makes a gargling sound and her arms go limp before she collapses into an unmoving heap.
The demon roars in triumph!
Barely rising from his slumber, Simon is already in the thick of fighting as Grelthe falls.
A long, pained howling meow escapes both cats at that sight.
"MEEEEEEOWWWWWWIIIIOOOOR!
Strong-Greeny-purrr!
Nononono, you said you would teach sister-purr!
You can't die now-grch.
Let me past, youyouyou mudeaters!"
With that howl, Simon swings against this attackers again and again with a fury that barely overshadows his pain at the sight of their fallen comrade.
Joining in on Simons howling (less pronounced, but louder) Emily throws herself against the Once-Ork which tried to attack her - after a quick bite against the thing that wounded her brother.
Full-Round Attack, with AF: Bull, Outflank
Simon and Emily straight up butcher the two monsters before then in a shower of blood and viscera!
Kayla bleeds and sleeps
Zadira sees Grelthe go down more quickly than she though possible, and she realizes how much she had come to rely on the Paladin.
Grelthe?
Not knowing what else to do, she continues to shoot the formerly-known-as-orc that she shot before, knowing they have to defeat them quickly before it will be safe to move up and check on Grelthe.
She doesn't look good.
Vuzi takes a step away from the jackel men and casts Greater Stunning Barrier on herself. "I vill try to get to her."
Kayla wakes up after feeling the claws rip into her. quickly surveying the situation, Kayla attempts to flip away from danger before getting back to her feet.
Once on her feet she makes some hand gestures forming some mystical shape and she vanishes from sight..
Marco attacks the demon in a defensive stance, trying to buy time for the others to kill the mooks
Demon roars a challenge at Cain that you can all understand as a universal "bring it" before attacking!
But Cain's legendary defence keeps him from harm.
Then a wave of magic hits you!
The two remaining jackal men fall back to their demon boss!
Simon sees the demon's hand grabbing his arm and strikes it with a quick strike from his off-hand dagger...
... the blade bites deep ... but into his very own fur and flesh!
What is this trickery?!
Can he not be touched by normal weapons?
And how could he touch me over such a distance?!
Seeing the foul creatures retreating to their master, encircling Cain, Emily follows them with all the focused rage of a wild animal, not noting that Simon stays back to stab himself, although she feels an unexpected pain through their connection...
Emily chases down one of the monsters and tears it to shreds!
Zadira hits herself in the foot with her own bow. Who knows what she is thinking. She seems confused.
I am confused.
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Vuzi manages to avoid the effects of whatever that was. Be careful. She moves up and touches one of the dead Jackel Men, and turns him into a zombie.
She tells it to attack the demon. The creature twitches and rises. It begins shuffling toward the target.
The invisible Kayla simple stands there babbling
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GROAR-RRR-GRCH!
Kill it harder, Cain!
Good idea!
Cain swings at the demon.
And scores the first good hit! The demon roars and it's lightning fast reflexes prevent the strike from being truly brutal.
Another series of strikes flies at Cain, one of them close enough to shave hairs from his head!
Grelthe, you take a nasty hit from cain, but then feel another tearing attack at your back! When you soon to see who it is you see nothing!
You take the 21 above from cain and the 5 from the unknown source. You suspect that writing a note will present an opening for whatever it is. Maybe maybe than one opening...
Acts normally. Hmm.
Zadira aims at the last Jackal Man that used to be an Orc.
(In her brief moment of clarity in the midst of confusion she thinks that there has to be some sort of weird polymorph or illusion going on here, because orcs don't just turn into jackal-men.)
... it can act normally!
"Gozreth, lend me your healing hand-purrur!"
After invocing healing to sooth the cut he delivered to his own hand, Simon rushes to Emilys side, if possible into a flanking position with Cain - but adjacent to Emily.
In a flurry of misdirected fury, Emily claws at herself, as if trying to rid herself of her own fur!
f@&@ it, I do the note thing. Writing "Demon is Grelthe!" I know I can't aim it, but I will at least try to throw it with enough force to reach the general area of the people standing back (not melee combatants).
You hunker down to write your note and use your body to keep your writing safe. Three attacks scratch across your back armor and one finally pierces your side before raking around toward your spine, but you survive the attempt. As you finish your writing and throw, the illusion blanketing you opens a gap in its defences and Cain strikes true! Only a last second block keeps his devastating hammer from breaking all of your ribs! (Thirty damage taken)
As Cain defends, the demon tosses something toward Zadira and Vuzi! Cain takes the opportunity and nails the monster in the ribs!
The last of the jackal men falls to Zadira!