Kit will continue to walk backwards using his blade as a guide. When he gets close enough, he will close his eyes, turn around and strike!
Iskender will shoot the creature...
19-20/x2, 80'
Only one of Dakkar's strikes pierce the creature's hide, and Iskender's shot likewise fails to penetrate. The monster exhales a blast of flame that envelopes those near it.
Kit will Attack!
He misses!
Dakkar snarls in frenzy at the creature's tough hide and scorching breath, though the latter he mostly avoids with feral agility, and redoubles his attacks, though the flurry of claws and teeth is aimed more carefully this time, showing that there is still thought beneath the rage. He briefly considered getting behind it, but there's rock in the way.
Dakkar badly wounds the beast, but it does not yet go down.
Iskender will shoot the creature again...
19-20/x2, 80'
Bishop will also avert his gaze if that helps with this pesky fort save and get close to give Dakkar a Battle Rage buff (+3 melee damage for 1 round)
Mortally wounded, but too territorial to surrender, the monster keeps trying to bring Dakkar down with it.
Kit will continue to Attack with his eyes averted.
He hits nothing but air!
Iskender will fire at the beastie again...
19-20/x2, 80'
The creature staggers slightly at Iskender's shot. It stands for a brief moment before its legs seem to give way one by one, until it collapses to the ground, eyes slowly shutting.
"That's right, and don't you forget it! The drinks are on you Kit!"
Oh, I forgot that I hadn't posted here this round. Well, Iskender already got it anyway. Should still roll Fort though.
Dakkar snarls angrily at the thing before eating a bite of it.
"At least this thing looks like it's made of meat. HOpefully not all the monks are petrified..."
Kit, still averting his eyes, asks, So is it dead? Can I look now?
"Yes my friend, it is safe to look."
Kit will slowly open his eyes and look at the slain creature. Did it look that bad before it died?
"Even worse, it is much more attractive now."
After munching a bit, and apparently heedless of the multiple claw wounds he's recieved, Dakkar noses into the cave the creature came from to see if it had any treasure worth mentioning.
Dakkar does confirm that the dracolisk is made of edible (to him, at least) meat.
Looking into the cave, he sees that the monster had hoarded a fair amount of treasure. Heaped in the back are 1836 gp, 2379 sp, 554 cp, 16 amethysts (20 gp each), 20 beryls (50 gp each), 14 diamonds (100 gp each), and 6 sapphires. There is also a +1 breastplate, masterwork longsword, boots of the enduring march, a bottle of messages, a small pouch of dust of tracelessness, a fan feather token, and wand of stone call with 7 remaining charges.
Iskender hands the wand to Kit, "this has you written all over it my friend."
Thank you my friend! Kit says as he stows the wand in his pack.
Dakkar now has some Shiny Things. This makes him feel slightly better.
"Enjoy your baubles friend Dakkar!"
"Well who needs patching up. I see Dakkar needs some but I thin everyone else is still unscathed?"
"I'm good, thanks!"
I'm good too!
Some of them do look kinda monk-like.
Iskender examine the monk-ish statues.
"In most of the legends about creatures that can stone a person, it is told that in their horde are usually one or more items that can revert a stoned creature back to being flesh. We should find that horde, and see if we can save these folk."
As Iskender looks at the statues, he realizes that most of them have been gnawed on enough that, were the people to be turned back to flesh, they would quickly die without extensive help.
Iskender will take 20 on such a thing...
"Hahaha, now that It think of it, the blood of that creature, if used quickly, should return these statues to life. Find the ones that are in good shape, and we'll need a vessel to carry some of the creature's blood!"
Kit will look for some statues that could be safely back to life.
Dakkar similarly looks around for statues that are either in sufficiently good shape they could be recoverable, or are of animals that would provide more variety than a future of cured dracolisk.
"Well, I can help with butchering the beast for that, and so that I can dry some of it for later."
Neither Kit nor Dakkar can find any statues that seem in good enough shape to survive revival.
"Damn!"
Cast Detect Magic and
Fenwick doesn't find any salvagable statues, nor does he detect any magic. He does see there's a cave on the other side of the gorge.
Ain't nothing going to help these poor souls! Kit says with a shake of his head as he walks to the cave.
There are a couple pools of water in the cave. The western one is fairly shallow, and Kit can see a bag in it.
Hey now! What's in here? Kit says reaching for the bag.
Iskender will throw down detect magic on the bag.
The bag itself turns out to be a bag of holding (type II). Within is a +1 dagger with a jeweled scabbard (worth 100 gp), a scroll case with a scroll of fly, an elixir of tumbling, a masterwork set of thieves' tools, an emerald ring with 75 gp, and 57 pp.
Iskender recommends Kit carry the bag, and asks "anyone want these items?"
Kit looks around to see what else is around.
There doesn't seem to be anything more to this area. The Monastery is supposed to be a few miles further along.