"Did you even take lessons with that thing?"
Once! The instructor was cute and well..her and I worked on other things!
The creature Dakkar is fighting gets a bite at him as he moves before he tears it to bits.
It is, perhaps, a sign of madness that one of the creatures crawls over the wall to attack Dakkar.
The other two swarm down to attack Kit and Iskender.
Bishop moves forward and grants Iskender his battle rage ability (1 round of +3 melee damage)
Iskender, being blessed by Fenwick, figures he had better use the magic provided. He attacks the creature that attacked him...
Nonlethal
Glad that these things are at his level, Kit swings his axe!
Now that Bishop can see the 3 of them and has line of effect, he will channel to harm undead using a mythic surge.
Dakkar does not go full berserk yet.
Dakkar decides to just tear apart the creature and then let himself fall to the ground. Or the ledge, if the monster is out of the way so he can reach it. Falling probably was less annoying than getting bitten.
The creatures shrink back from Fenwick's holy symbol, but they don't seem to damaged by it. Kit's axe does considerable damage to the one facing him, while Dakkar shreds another to pieces as he falls to the ground of the lower part of the chamber.
The one Iskender is facing takes a huge bite out of him as he smacks it with his whip. It continues to attack him, while the other one remaining likewise attacks Kit.
Iskender's foe slashes him with its claws, while the one facing Kit flails uselessly against his armor.
Kit continues his assault!
Dakkar stands up, then runs and flies around to land on the ledge flanking one of the creatures with Iskender.
Bishop sees that Iskender has been taking a beating and not requesting aid.
"Time to patch you up a bit I think."
Iskender nods his appreciation at Fenwick and backs away from the fight, drawing his rifle as he does so.
Kit finishes the one off, leaving a single one that, denied its target by Iskender backing away, now switches focus to Kit.
It again bites him, but its claws fail to penetrate his armor.
Dakkar, now in proper position, does his usual mauling.
Iskender casts abundant ammunition on his pouch of spurs...
Kit will attack!
Between Kit and Dakkar, the last of the Festrogs is destroyed. Sudden quiet falls over the chamber.
Dakkar calms down and spits out noxious flesh.
"Ick. Annoying things don't even have the decency to be edible."
Kit would take a look around the chamber to see if he can figure out what they were protecting.
Now that the fight is over, Bishop will tend to the wounds of the party. (I think 3 of you are injured so I will channel)
Iskender nods to Fenwick, "thank you Bishop."
Looking across the room, you can see a ramp up to another platform, which seems to be the source of the orange glow.
Dakkar is still fairly injured. He doesn't complain, but he is bleeding on the ground.
"Right then. Get over here you big walking set of teeth."
Bishop will cast a healing spell to heal Dakkar's wounds.
and apparently there is still blood oozing from Dakkar
Once Dakkar is healed up, Perhaps we should go to the source of the glow?
Iskender leads the way.
Fenwick follows.
Dakkar hustles back towards his spot in the front line, all ready to get horribly wounded again.
Dakkar hustles back towards his spot in the front line, all ready to get horribly wounded again.
Kit will also take a look!
Kit will also take a look!
Climbing (or flying) up ont the pedastal on the other side, you can finally see the source of hte glow clearly. A huge tear-shaped gem rests on an ornate pedastal, large cracks visible in its surface. It radiates a fierce orange light that seems to almost press upon you.
On the ground around the gem are shards that clearly came from the larger gem. They glow much more softly.
The character takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.
Dakkar eyes the gemstone.
"Well, this looks both highly valuable and like it is almost certainly some kind of trap or otherwise potentially lethal. Should I try picking it up?"
Iskender ponders the thing...
The only knowledge Bishop can bring to bear is that of religion...
Dakkar's knowledge is pretty much limited to that this is an Obvious Shiny Thing, which traditionally means traps or danger. And that the part of him that is a dragon wants to determine if it is safe to hoard it.
Iskender realizes that this looks vaguely like parts of the Red Gate that brought you here... and also that it seems to be radiating energy into the surrounding region. While here up close that's obviously unpleasant, it might also be why this area can support its ubiquitious moss instead of just the hardy desert plants you'd seen on your way here.
”I’m pretty sure these are gate parts,” Iskender offers. ”Give me a second,”
He casts detect magic in an attempt to find out if this feeling is magical in nature, and if so, just what it is.
The gem-thing is *very* strongly magical. Almost blindingly so.