Drawing his axe, Morti moves forward to take some pressure off Falric.
"Hey Morti, thanks for the help, thought you were guys were entranced by my dancing!" Spinning, Falric drives his scimitar into the belly of the staggered Orc 13 to the south of him.
Morti moves up and decapitates Orc 11, while Falric drives his blade with such force and momentum that it cuts Orc 13's belly all the way to his spine, before he collapses dead to the ground. Seeing the party's momentum, Bar moves up and brings his weapon down on Orc 12, ending the staggered orc's life as well.
Only Orc 16, who is full hps, remains, while Orc 15 continues napping. Omast claps in glee.
Ugun almost jumps up and down as the orc falls to his nightmare. With only one of them still fighting, he tries his trick again.
"Fall to your nightmare from which you will never wake!"
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Eli keeps her readied action active. If an orc approaches within 30', she will Daze. Otherwise she will hold her action, watching the boys make mincemeat out of the invaders.
Barundar charges at orc 16, swinging his dorn dergar at full strength!
Round 10:
The sole Orc 16 who is awake starts sweating as the party advances on his position, while his only ally continues to slumber. He glances behind him as if contemplating fleeing, but as he looks back, he feels relaxed and even smiles. The orc steps 5' diagonal toward Bar and swings at him but the dwarf's armor protects him from harm!
Suddenly, the reason for the orc's smile becomes apparent, as three new orcs walk through the battered and broken gates. They instantly stand out from the other orcs as they are more muscular and wield downward curved swords known as shotels. The three orc shield-breakers step up and immediately bring their swords on the elusive halfling. Two of the new orcs miss but the third buries his curved blade into Falric's belly with a perfect strike! Then in one swift motion, he twists the blade and yanks it out, inflicting a grievous wound on the halfling.
Lastly, a figure steps toward the gates yelling, "Twisted Nails!" You see a Mohawked orc dressed in bear hide, wielding a longspear with a great sword strapped on his back, riding abrather large wolf with red eyes, otherwise known as a worg. The orcs all yell "Hail Wildtusk!" The worg riding orc slaps Orc 15 from his slumber, waking him up,
Falric holds his wound with his off hand, as he delays to see if anyone else moves up to help or hastes him. :)
Ugun sees the halfling surrounded and tries to even out the odds.
He blows on his outstretched palm and a thin stream of dust flies out to past the halfling where it explodes into a myriad of fine dust particles.
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HP 22/23
AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10
Conditions: mage armor (AC=16)
Melee (greataxe): +1 = +1 (base)
Melee Damage (greataxe): 1d12, x3
Melee (MW dagger): +2 = +1 (base) +1(MW)
Melee Damage (knife): 1d4, 19-20, x2
Spells used: snowball, pearl of power, glitterdust
I think we're startin' t' get th' hang o'-- the start of a smile dies on Morti's lips as the orc heavies move in. Torag has ways o' keeping you humble, don' 'e!
Eli moves forward to just behind Ugun. If 15 is still alive, she tries to Daze him.
Falric slashes the orc who runs by him, as he grimaces from the pain of the blow. Then seeing the dust particles blind the green orc, he spins and sneak attacks him!
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Morti rallies as his companions lay into the newcomers, taking a might swing at the nearest orc.
Morti steps forward, between Falric and Barundar, to help hold the line.
Round 11:
Realizing Morti needs help, Falric takes a 5' step NE and tries to take out the orc threatening Bar with a strike to the enemy's leg!
The dwarf under the worg's maw was not a pretty sight so Ugun tried his best to counter that.
"Sleep time, ugly pup..."
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HP 22/23
AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10
Conditions: mage armor (AC=16)
Melee (greataxe): +1 = +1 (base)
Melee Damage (greataxe): 1d12, x3
Melee (MW dagger): +2 = +1 (base) +1(MW)
Melee Damage (knife): 1d4, 19-20, x2
Spells used: snowball, chill touch, pearl of power, glitterdust
Suddenly finding himself staring up through the fray at the smoke-filled night sky and realizing how little he can do from this position, Morti pushes a surge of divine energy to Barundar, hoping his companion can fill the gap.
Eli moves to the square just north of what used to be orc 8 and tries to Daze the worg.
DC 15 Will or Daze time!
The air cleared, Barundar swings the heavy ball toward the worg, trying to clear the air for Morti!
The magic spent from Morti's spell, he raises the dorn dergar against the worg one more time!
Round 12:
The blind shield breaker Orc swings blindly but no one is around and then tries to wipe the glowing particles from its eyes!
The raging Wildtusk screams out "Shadow" when the worg dies and races over with mad hatred at Barundar, dropping his spear and unsheathing the greatsword from his back in the process! He screams with fury as he swings the blade with all his strength in a reckless attack, which the dwarf intelligently predicts and sidesteps!
With the worg toppling only to have Wildtusk take his place, Morti continues pushing his divine energy towards Barundar, hoping his kin can end the rager quickly.
Falric steps 5' back where he was and attacks the blind orc shieldbreaker.
Ugun saw the tide turning; his revenge, even if small, on the Twisted Nails was becoming a reality. He conjured up his vile magic once more and tried to drop the worg's rider, "Join your pup; he's waiting for you in hell!"
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HP 22/23
AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10
Conditions: mage armor (AC=16)
Melee (greataxe): +1 = +1 (base)
Melee Damage (greataxe): 1d12, x3
Melee (MW dagger): +2 = +1 (base) +1(MW)
Melee Damage (knife): 1d4, 19-20, x2
Spells used: snowball, chill touch, pearl of power, glitterdust
Side-stepping the rage-blind attacks of the orc, Barundar takes another hop away from his foe to put distance between them, then follows up with another double swing thanks to Morti's magic!
The dwarf's first attack slams into the barbarian's shoulder, but in his raged state, he hardly feel it, and the second attack is easily evaded.
Eli focuses on the anger of Wildtusk and tries to give him pause, if even for a few seconds, allowing her friends to take the advantage.
The raging orc barbarian's attention suddenly shifts to the pretty night sky, as Elisen's magic captivates him!
Round 13:
Since the barbarian is dazed, Falric skips over the dead orc corpses, waits to Morti to stand, and then together we eviscerate him in the flank!
Barundar pours on the pain!
Ugun smiled or more like grinned, showing big yellow teeth. He then gestured to the worg rider and started to cackle like a madman, "You'll be dead soon. Curse you and all your brothers and sisters!"
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HP 22/23
AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10
Conditions: mage armor (AC=16)
Melee (greataxe): +1 = +1 (base)
Melee Damage (greataxe): 1d12, x3
Melee (MW dagger): +2 = +1 (base) +1(MW)
Melee Damage (knife): 1d4, 19-20, x2
Spells used: snowball, chill touch, pearl of power, glitterdust
Morti breathes a *wooof* of relief as the berserk orc looming over him goes cross-eyed, taking the chance to scramble to his feet, and taking a swing:
All three melee attacks hit the Dazed wounded and flanked barbarian and he collapses to the ground in a heap! The last Orc also falls, dead from his wounds. Omast runs up to the party, cheering..."The beacon, people, the beacon!"
"Aye, our very nex' stop, gods-willin'! Can ye reseal th' gate, Omast? Or a' least get up top an' holler if ye see more comin'."
Morti gives Wildtusk's body a quick look (and for any immediately useful valuables, and will collect his javelins and reload his crossbow before the party sets out again.
Eli watches the boys heal their wounds while she looks around for the beacon. "Now how's the easiest way to get this lighted lickety split?"
The beacon is 100 yards away from the gate, so you rush over and light it, casting light over the Lower Quarter's battlefield and providing vision for the human defenders at the main gate. Cheers go up as the beacon is lit and inspires hope. Now with the light you can also see that various of the "crosses" in the Lower Quarter throughout the city have been excavated, as if the invaders were looking for something. Omast rushes up behind you, "Amazing work, heroes! You are all quite the lot! I know you're all tired, but there is one more beacon to light...near the Hopespring in the lower quarter." He points to the tower near you, "There is a ladder there which you can use to descend to reach it quickly."
"E'rryone caught their breath then? Let's be on t' tha' last beacon."
"E'rryone caught their breath then? Let's be on t' tha' last beacon."
Not sure if he was a 'hero' but Ugun liked the opportunity to kill orcs, especially those form the Twisted Nail.
He made sure his ferret was still safe and nodded, "Yeah, ready for some more..."
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