Thozar completes his summoning spell and another eagle right behind the red orc! It does it's best to unload it's avian fury into it. Meanwhile, the dwarf conjures a ball of acid in his hands, ready to throw! "LET THEM HAVE IT! Try to use those preparations on as many orcs as you can!" he shouts to the group.
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Eagle's Full-Attack (first of four rounds)
Readied Action
Blue charges the eagle, intent on removing its wings. As he closes, though, a ball of acid hits him right in the chest, doing much damage and staggering the orc, stopping him in his tracks.
Ignoring the rush of his blood in response to Kragmyr's chant, Gundar looses a bolt at the orc who's charge had been interrupted. .
"Back off that, toother!" Ulark cries as he steps back and strikes out at the orc trying to get past the first wall .
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Thuradin, axe in hand, swings at the orc in front of him.
Thuradin just misses the purple orc, but both Gundar and Ulark put their targets down.
The red orc ignores the eagle and continues over the barricade. (Eagle gets AoO as does Omast). Omast smacks him with a greatsword, cutting him deeply and stopping his forward movement.
Yellow attacks the barricade.
Unable to channel the power of his ancestors anymore, the chanting faded away. In its place Kragmyr strides over to the yellow orc and swings his longhammer, using its reach to lash out over the barricade:
As the orc moves away, the eagle jabs it's beak right into his neck!
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The eagle finishes off the red orc. Kragmry tries to kill the yellow orc, but unfortunately the barricade provides enough cover that it doesn't hit him.
The orc in front of Torith falls to the beak of the summoned eagle.
"You're feathered friend did a good job there Thozar!" he says as he steps back up to the barricade looking for his next target.
An orc off to his right is trying to fight Thuradin, so Torith hurls a summoned rock at him while he's distracted.
While the attack is going to be fatal, it wasn't quite enough to drop the purple orc yet. The orc is limited, but swings at Thuradin anyway, and cuts him very deep.
The eagle continues to try and deliver pain to the incoming orcs, this time to the yellow one.
Thozar steps closer to the barrier for a better view and lobs a blob of acid at the purple orc. "Thuradin, get behind the barrier if you can!" he calls out to the heavily injured dwarf.
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Eagle's Full-Attack
Thozar
The eagle has trouble getting attacks in, but he manages a few scratches. Thozar, being closer to the barricade than his target, easily hits him with acid and puts him down for good.
"Thuradin! Grab a pike and get to the rear! That wound needs a look!" Ulark yells out as he tries to stab out at the last orc.
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Thuradin calls upon the power of Torag to heal some of his wounds before he clambers back over the top of the barricade and grabs his longspear. Turning he faces the gate, waiting for the next wave of orcs. "Belir, get ready to cut those logs free when the next mob appears."
Gundar silently loads another bolt into his crossbow, keeping an eye out for the next attack.
Orcs are often most dangerous when dying and backed into a corner.
The orc swings at Belir, and cuts him deep.
The eagle flutters off to the side and prepares to stab any hostile with it's little beak!
Similarly, Thozar readies to throw another ball of acid at the first orc that comes into range. "We have beaten them back! Another victory for the dwarves of Trunau! COME ORCS, WE HAVE PLENTY MORE FOR YOU!" he screams, the constant battle and rush of dwarven pride starting to overwhelm him.
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Eagle
Thozar
Moving next to Belir, rather than continuing to try and fight over the barricade, Kragmyr uses the last of his power to chant one last grudge. As he does so, Belir's wounds close completely, leaving the dwarf as good as new.
"Are we all OK? It's hard to tell in the heat of battle." says Torith as he looks arund at his allies.
"Good job everyone, but the next tusk faced idiot through that gate is mine!" says Torith as he starts to gather more rocky matter to hurl.
"Not a scratch meself." says Ulark as he gets back into postion. The warrior looks at Thuradin. "But as much from Angradd's smile as anything. They're vicious' Hell when they know they're goners."
The dwarf readies he longaxe next to Omast. "And how're you holding Omast? No nicks that need tending?"
He calls out to Belir. "And Belir: if you insist on standing past the line at least hide from view! A flank won't work if they just see oyu in front of us!"
Omast replies, "Good as can be expected there, dwarf-friend! I am ready to skewer more of these invaders, and maybe lop a head or two off."
He stands behind the barricade with a spear readied and a greatsword strapped on his back.
So we are ready to start round 4, in which more orcs arrive, including a bomber!
Thuradin once again calls upon the power of the Forgefather to heal some of his wounds before using using some of that divine power to protect himself in the upcoming battle.
Red charges directly at Belir.
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Seeing Belir struck, Kragmyr runs to his kinsman's aid. Bellowing, he swings his hammer in a mighty blow. Though far from being a true warrior, or even being especially strong, even a stopped clock is right once per day. By chance or fate, the hammer connected squarely with the orc's face. The results were as predictable as they were messy.
Torith holds on to his summoned earthy matter and continues to wait for the next orc to come close to the barricade.
As if in slow motion, Kragmyr channels many of his past grudges into one mighty swing. The orc's body lifts into the air as it disintegrates into so much mush that it looks like a big rubber doll. When it lands in the dirt 10'feet away, it deflates, as if there is not skeleton to support it (which at this point is pretty much what happened.)
Blue comes charging right for Kragmyr, acid (Thozar) slams into his chest and the earth comes alive (Torith) and slams into his body, stopping his charge half-way. He stands, but bloodied and confused.
(Gundar gets his crossbow attack here now too, but I didn't see a roll for the readied action).
Sensing it's last moments in this location, the eagle dive bombs the orc!
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The green orc swings at Kragmyr.
The black orc throws an alchemist's fire at Belir, but it slips through his fingers and lands harmlessly near by.
Kragmyr roared in pain as the orc blade sunk into him. With a blood soaked arm he stepped back to use his hammer properly and swung...
...fueled by pain and hatred, the hammer hit the orc hard. Despite his mere status as a skald, he was making quite a tally of kills.
"That one is throwing fire, we need to take him down quickly!" Thozar calls out as he steps towards Thuradin with the wand. "Brother, we will have need of your sword arm, let me ease the pain."
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Torith sees the explosion of fire and hears Thozar's call for action. He moves down the barricade to get a better shot past the other dwarves and hurls a rock at the fire throwing orc. He strains slightly as he has to put some additional power in to his abilities to make the rock fly further.
"Earth is better than fire toothy!" he yells at the orc.
Taking acid damage and a hammer to the face, the orc stands, staggered, with broken jaw. Yet he refused to succumb to his wounds.
The rock hits the black orc, but doesn't do near enough damage to drop him.
Let them come...[/smaller Ulark mutters softly to himself as he scrambles over the ramparts towards Kragmyr. [smaller]We're gettin' reckless as they are...
He strikes out with his longaxe, though keeps a wary eye towards the ranged fighter from afar.
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Seeing Ulark come, Kragmyr shouts out "Aye! Charge! Death to the orcs! Khazukan Kazakit -HA!"
Thuradin pulls out his crossbow and fires at the green orc.