Iolaire waits for Bitey to take a firm hold and then begins swarming up the wall.
Moving from the scythe's path at the very last moment, and profiting from it, Thrall steps forward and enters the creature's guard. He prays to the Lady and attacks, ready to end the poor lad's existence.
Bitey clings to Iolaire as she climbs the wall, ready to run down those who would harm his friends... as soon as he can get to them.
Balthasar winces as he takes an arrow, but takes a step towards the Vermlek facing Thrall and takes a swing at it.
Serena considered for a few moments, then shrugged slightly. The others seemed to have things well in-hand for the moment, and didn't need covering fire yet. Instead, she called forth her Mage Armor to help ward off any attacks that might come her way.
Vance's target stands (provoking) and attacks!
But vance deflects to stroke.
Meanwhile, the other lays into Thrall
He's less lucky this time and takes a nasty cut to the side!
Bitey and Iolaire crest the wall and the archers cry out, firing their arrows at the pair!
They both take a hit! (bitey takes 8, Iolaire 7)
Thrall receives a cut to his side and grunts. He presses himself to the wall, tryin to difficult the moves of the scythe, and pushes his sword in a piercing move against the creature's belly.
Iolaire strikes at the monster when it stands, but it is blocked.
Bitey, having been placed down, charges after the closest enemy.
Grab
Serena darted across the road, getting closer to the enemies as the attack continued - but she wasn't quite close enough to unleash a ray of heat yet. Instead, she clenched a fist and scanned the area to see if anything else was coming to intercept their group.
With Bitey off her chest, literally, Iolaire steps sideways to threaten the remaining archer with Radiance.
Balthasar, seeing the battle going well, shouts, ”Press the Attack! For Kenabres!”
With a series of well coordinated strikes the team takes down the bloated former government officials, but, as they fall, skeletal demons burst from their skin! They crawl out like the exact opposite of a butterfly emerging from it's crysalis and spray blood everywhere!
Up on the roof, Bitey latches onto one of the archers!
They fight to get him back off. One hits him over the head wedgie the other slips free!
Party up! Sorry for the delay!
The bloated, former government officials down, Balthasar groans as the skeletal demons burst from their skin. At the same time, he's filled with a hatred and repulsion. "Not undead, then, but desecrated by having flesh used as a skin. Your foulness will be purged."
Bitey ignores the smack that he received and bites out for the closest foe.
Balthasar misses, but bitey takes another chunk out of his foe as he latches back on!
Thrall steps aside to gain more room and slashes at the demon, blood running down his armor.
She was probably going to need some magic inside, so... Serena twitched her hand slightly, then hurled a bolt of scorching light to the most-wounded of the demons.
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Iolaire, trying not to hit the ball of teeth and green skin that is Bitey, cannot land a telling blow on the archer.
The party splits their damage and so fails to bring down either demon, though they are definitely wounded now.
The boney monsters attack Vance and Arianna, but the deft rogue dodges out of the way!
Vance does not and gets a nasty scratch!
On the roof, bitey takes down one of the archers. The other flees in terror! (Withdraw)
Serena sent another bolt of scorching light through the air and towards the most-wounded target on the ground - though this one was scarcely better than the other. Still, perhaps it would serve to distract the foes a little?
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Iolaire heads forward to menace as many archers as possible.
Balthasar sees they have both demons on the ropes, and calls out, "Press the attack! For Kenabres!"
Thrall steps aside once more to look for better position, then lifts his heavy blade and lets it drop upon the demon.
Bitey chases after the fleeing cultists.
Arianna and thrall take it their target efficiently as Vance keeps his busy. Up on the roof, Bitey takes down the last archer.
A few seconds later the other skeletal demon is overwhelmed and the courtyard is quiet again.
Your mongrelman companions move up and wait for your lead.
Balthasar moves up to the front doors and motions the others to come over. "We go in through here. It looks like there are rooms to the left and right, and the alarm has probably been sounded. We should be ready to fight as soon as we open the door."
Thrall nods, and uses his eyes to check if his friends are ready. Then he helps with the door. "Help me, Lady."
"I'll keep watch." Serena said, summoning magic to her hand and ready to unleash a blinding cascade of colors if a group of foes showed themselves.
Iolaire waves from the top of the building and manages, through some exaggerated pantomime, to ask whether there are any large windows for her and Bitey to climb through, or if they should come down and join the assault.
There are a couple windows in the wall near the top that you could squeeze through.
Thrall throws himself against the door, but it doesn't budge.
Vance didn't find anything suitable for a ram. The yard appears to have been cleared of all such debris.
They're push.
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Arianna casually floated forward beside the pair of fighters already drawing out her lockpicks. "Here, let me try and get us through the lock. If that doesn't work, I'll shimmy up through one of those windows and unlock it from the inside." She said moving to start working on the lock holding the door closed.
Arianna's skillful hands make a way where brie force failed. The lock clicks open!
Along the northern wall of this room, a frieze depicts a line of mounted crusaders crashing over a horde of twisted demons. The crusaders' faces have been obliterated and vile graffiti is carved over the entire scene. Fresh blood stains the floor.
There are doors leading to the East and the West.
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Stowing her lockpicks back into her pocket with a not-at-all-smug grin, Arianna rose to her feet and moved to the side of the door before opening it with a dramatic bow to Thrall and Balthazar. "After you gentlemen." she added to make the mood a little lighter as they entered into the enemy stronghold.
Bitey charges towards the closest window and attempts to wiggle through.