Awkward and defensive suddenly, Keldor swings a massive fist in a simple retaliation...
The mysterious being lunges forward at Gauntlet, pulling a strange blade out with deftless motion as it tries to drive it straight through him, withdrawing the blade in a blinding speed and stabbing again after!
With the creature standing right in front of him, Harg sends energy into his blackened sword
Pulling one hand to prepare to cast a spell with his left hand. He swings with his right at the creature.
With a quick step back into the hallway he finishes the spell with his left hand. A shimmer of arcane energy appears around his body.
Kell moves up behind Harg, points at the creature, and a beam of fire shoots out at it.
Dirissa, you'd have to move up the hall since the hallway is curved, approximately where Kell is.
Kell and Harg don't find luck with their attacks, but Gauntlet just manages to land a blow. while it seems to shake him, it also seems to make him more eager for the fight.
Keldor winds up for another slam...
...and feels only air!
"Erastil's bloody bow...hold still you multi-armed cretin!"
Dirissa moves forward grumbling. "I'm about done with this 'fighting in hallways' crap. Feel free to make some room, gentlemen."
Kell will telekinetically fling a rock at the creature then move back.
"The creature seems happy enough to assail us. Is there a reason we don't withdraw to tactically advantageous terrain that lets us take advantage of our numbers?", Basil asks, without emotion. There was no good angle for her to get a shot at the creature, and she instead stood still in the corridor contemplating her options.
Seeing the traffic jam in the hall. "I am going for it"
Harg runs through the room to flank the creature. Attempting to go acrobatically.
Hoping to avoid a strike. He attacks from the other side.
Harg tries to get around the foe, but the creature's deft moves easily catch the half-orc with a strike.
With one opponent down, it set's its sights on the rest of the party, starting with the closest.
Hoping to get past this creature to better help his team makes Harg falls with a strike as he runs past the creature.
Falling, not so gracefully, onto the floor of this underground building.
As he lays on the floor he continues to bleed out.
Seeing Harg drop, Kell will rush to the other side of him and deliver some healing to him.
Seeing both her friends drop is too much for Dirissa. She lets her anger take control. She drops her sling and grabs her hook hammer as she rushes the creature, blood lust in her eyes.
Howling like a banshee, she slams her hook hammer into the creature's pelvis. She snarls like a deranged beast at the creature.
Don't you auto-stabilize when you are healed like that?
Don't you auto-stabilize when you are healed like that?
Harg will energize his sword with his last Arcane pool point. Step forward, but trying to not clog the entrance.
A swing of his Scimitar.
Wild swing at the wild attacker!
Dirissa runs forward, sling in hand and tosses a stone at their opponent. It's not her favorite tactic, but it's what she has at the moment.
Basil moves forward and into the room. The tactical situation in the small room still was not optimal, but it was definitely better than waiting in the corridor.
Kell will move forward into the room then point at the creature and a beam of fire will lance out from the palm of his hand at the creature.
Init Order: Enemy, Harg, Basil, Gauntlet, Dirissa, Kell[
All attacks seemed to be rebuffed by the hardened body of the alien-like enemy, who quickly strikes out at the closest enemy.
Gauntlet's new hardened armor seems to deflect the creatures attacks so far...so Keldor no longer hesitates.
"Retaliation!"
Watching Harg take a massive round of attacks, Kell casts a spell and then moves up to attempt to heal him.
Getting slashed and hit across my flesh.
With a splash of energy behind me some of the wounds close up and heal.
While casting spell Harg reaches out to bite the creature in hopes to distract it.
Directing the electric charge though his black scimitar and striking out toward the creature.
Harg then takes a step backward behind Keldor.
Seeing no clear way to get a good solid blow in, Dirissa simply steps forward. "I got yer back, Harg," she says, laying a hand on his back.
Seeing no clear way to get a good solid blow in, Dirissa simply steps forward. "I got yer back, Harg," she says, laying a hand on his back.
Gauntlet slams his body against the alien creature, and yet, it seems to parry the blow, letting the force of the attack carry him back rather than take the full force to his body.
With such a cramped space, Dirrisa and Kell do their best to tend to the wounded.
Seeing the fun in front of him, the alien creature does its best to hammer down on the foe in front of him.
Basil scrambles up on the table in front of her.
From the high ground, it's easier to try and blast the creature without hitting her allies...in theory.
Firing with Pellets was too dangerous with her allies close...so Basil loaded a Bullet, took aim again, and fired - getting a better hit this time.
Redoing round 1
A flash of electricty washes down Harg's black sword. He then goes to swing the sword at the creature.
Then Harg takes a step back.
Round 2
Having been struck a few times already, Harg waves his hand in front of himself, a invisible barrier surrounds his body.
He then takes a 5 foot step back where he was, and swings his scimitar again.
Moving into the creature's flank, Keldor swings again with Gauntlet's fist!
"Havoc!"
Dirissa takes advantage of Gauntlet's positioning and wades in to attack. Swinging her hook hammer and wailing like a banshee, she plunges the hammer end into the creature's pelvis with a sickening smack.
Kell will cast Cure light wounds on Harg again.
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Shockingly , Harg's series of attacks are all dodged if just barely. But they do open the foe up for two decisive strikes from Gauntlet and Dirissa.
It seems like the creature smiles as it enjoys the challenging blow from Gauntlet, but it never expected such a small and colorful creature to smash a hole in its chest.
It looks down at Dirissa, gives what could be a nod of respect, all before its form seemingly dissolves into nothingness.
Inside the room, you find a small black card of sorts, and when you go over to take the creature's weapons, you find the old, ancient, rusted. Picking up one, you find the brittle metal breaks in your hand.
Where to now?
Taking the broken metal pieces in his hand, "Hm what type of metal would fall apart like this.. unless it was very very old. How long has this been down here? Harg seems shocked and a bit worried as he looks at the shards of the metal.
I wonder if this thing lost its way down here. Don't want to turn into one of these things!
Looking around the room. "What was this thing doing in this room?"
What is that thing? Is it like our other colored cards?
Looking down at his sword as its shine dissipates. "I am not sure about you all, but my arcane reserves are low. I could use a rest soon. Also, Keldor, are you ok? You took quote a few strikes back there."
Dirissa looks around for any further foes, a feral gleam in her eyes. I needed that.
She calms down after a moment and begins to look around. Assuming the black card is like the other colored cards, she simply picks it up and turns it over in the light to see if it has any identifying marks on it.
She nods at Harg's point. "I believe we all could use a bit of rest."
Basil stands next to Dirissa, staring at the Black Card, waiting for her turn to handle it.
"Rest? Already?", the Android seems genuinely curious. "It's barely been 4 hours and 51 minutes since we arrived..."
Kneeling down, she searches her pack, eventually extracting a ration from it.
Holding it out to Dirissa, she looks at the Gnome's slightly tattered clothing expectedly:"Dinner?"
Looking toward Basil, "I do not tire, but my internal energy reserves have run low. A rest would allow for me to recover some of that energy. I do feel stronger than I have in the past, and I would love to replenish that ability."
Looking at the black card as it changes hands.
"Didn't one of you say you already had some of these, with other colors? Did you try using them on those locked doors? That door, we past, shall we try to open it? Deal with what is inside, then rest for the night? I don't have any real need to head back to town. These rooms seem defensible."
Looking to the group, "What say you, see if we can enter that room we past, then find a good place to bunker down for awhile."