Gart will roll up his rope and search for a place where he could cause a rockslide to fall on the hejkin (with a push or a well-placed strike).
The mob closing in, Safier attempts to summon a storm to throw the Hejkin from the cliff edge before stepping back.
Gart looks for something to drop on the hejkin but nothing presents itself.
Meanwhile, Safier summons a tempest to sweep the mob back down to the bottom of the cavern. A few of the hejkin drop over the edge but most of them just fall over.
Jareen back-peddles along the ledge, keeping his distance from the mob whilst trying to do as much damage as possible.
The ever nearing threat of violence to his person is all the motivation Arakan really needed to make it up the wall. He scurries up the wall like a spider, almost like the rope is an afterthought, and continues moving away from the crowd below. "Let's try to put some distance between us and them. I have no desire to find out what an angry mob of Hej-kin is willing to do to us." He moves further away from the party, waving them to follow.
Jareen hurls his crackling orb at the hejkin but it has little effect. The nasty little creatures can alrady channel lightning as it is and they are largely unperturbed.
I can't think of anything for Th'kal to do except wait and see if they try to get up to this level and then attack them; that's what Furio's doing.
If anybody else can think up something better, so be it.
Gart steps forward and attacks with Wolf Pack Tactics, granting Safier a 5' adjustment if she wants.
vs AC
Gart doesn't inflict much damage but he give Safier cover to escape the grasp of the mob.
HP 22/35
Surges 6/7
AC 16 Fort 14 Ref 16 Will 19
Action Points 0
Storm Soul Active? Yes
Encounters
Whirlwind [X], Spatial Trip [ ], Dancing Lightning [ ], Quick Formation [ ], Second Wind [ ]
Dailies
Howling Tempest [ ]
Effects
Prone
Thankful for Gart's opportunity to escape the mob, Safier maintains her tempest, trying to push back more of the mob away from him. She summons another Whirlwind towards the back, hoping to keep them at bay as well to prevent them from mobbing the group.
I'll go over to S23 and attack when they're within reach.
I'll move Th'kal to s22 I guess.
Standard attack for furio; vicious offensive....
damage
mark an enemy adjacent to him; if he attacks anybody but me I get a freebie upside his head.
that was pretty vicious I guess;
Th'kal charges up there and bashes one of the climbers.
Vanguard greataxe
damage
and furio gets +1h, cha -1 damage(?) UNTIL START OF TH'KAL'S NEXT TURN....
Wow. That was suck.
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Furio and Th'Kal try to stem the advance of the gibbering horde but it is Jareen who makes the hejkin howl. He abandons crude lightning and plays to his strength - subverting their tiny minds with illusion magic.
Arakan turns to see that no one is following, even stopping to fight the horde. He, against his better judgment, returns toward the mouth of the enemy near his 'allies'.
hmmm... does the group think we can move fast enough to get away from the horde (not all of us can hide well).
So stay and fight or run.
Thoughts?
When the mob begins to climb over the edge, Th'Kal does the one thing that comes naturally. He just starts hacking away.
Th'Kal hacks at the onrushing tide of bodies.
Gart will wait until the front line opens up (I am assuming Safier wants to move away from them) and step in to fill the gap and attack.
In which case Gart will step into the position Safier vacates and attack.
HP 22/35
Surges 6/7
AC 16 Fort 14 Ref 16 Will 19
Action Points 0
Storm Soul Active? Yes
Encounters
Whirlwind [X], Spatial Trip [ ], Dancing Lightning [ ], Quick Formation [ ], Second Wind [ ]
Dailies
Howling Tempest [X]
Effects
Safier steps away from the Hejkin swarm, moving her tempest with them.
Safier extricates herself from the mob's proximity. Gart steps in to stem the rush of the swarming hejkin.
Staying put. Gouging them with a normal attack; most of my encounter stuff's gone, and the daily doesn't seem that amazing.
damage
Th'Kal uses his own pain to fuel his attack on the hejkin mob. His brutal attack rejuvinates him.
Staying put. Gouging them with a normal attack; most of my encounter stuff's gone, and the daily doesn't seem that amazing.
1d20+8 damage 2d6+5
Gart, Furio and Th'Kal hold the line. Each of the them cuts down hejkin as they press forward, or send them spinning to their doom from the ledge. The mob loses its forward momentum as those at the front falter against the grim determination of the defenders. The warriors press their advantage, and the hejkin's fury turns to fear. The retreat turns into a stampede as more of the monstrosities are trampled or shoved over the edge by their fellows. Soon the only sounds are the shrieks of the hejkin fleeing into the dark and sighs of relief from the adventurers.