Fort
Drazhak doesn't even flinch as the foul stench assails him. He grasps his holy symbol and murmurs under his breath.
As the rat lashes out towards drazhak kennos closes in on its side and stab it with his rapier
Aoo:
Crit confirm
Domingo, waiting for the beasts attack swiftly sways aside as it rushes past him and slashes it across its bloated stomach.
Draz, don't hold back, let us finish this foul beast quickly
Reversing his blades motion he swiftly strikes at the beast again, his sword a silver blur as it descends toward the rats exposed back.
Drazhak feels a searing agony as the rat bites him. He does not bend before the onslaught though and roars a Dwarven battlecry as he slashes downward with his axe, aiming for the Rat's neck.
Battleaxe
Damange
As the giant rat scurries out of the room, Gelbor chops down.
Still feeling sick from the stench he hits the floor. He then tries to shake it off and steps for a better attack while pulling out his second sword.
"Its just a dire rat nothing unusual about it other than its size".
Davos casts a spell at the creature
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Despite the tanglefoot bag missing, the plan works almost to perfection. The disgusting rat barrels toward Drazhak and though he is ready to meet its bulk it snakes its head beneath his shield and takes a chunk out of the meat of his thigh.
Gelbor and Domingo slash deep wounds in the beast as it runs past but its thick, matted fur catches Kennos' blade without piercing the flesh beneath.
Gelbor seeing the massive bite the rat did to his friend strike out hoping to out it down.
Domingo slashes at the beast wildly, leaving himself open he screams in agony as the rat turns and lunges at him, it's wicked canines ripping open his stomach , a fountain of blood drenches his breeches as he staggers backwards , his abdomen a visceral mess!
hp= 1
Coughing up a great lungful of blood , Domingo smiles grimly. His terrible wound is bleeding profusely and he is barely conscious, and half maddened by the pain.
prepare to die you mangy b@@++! he smiles a bloody grin and more blood bursts from his mouth as he surges forward
hp=1
Drazhak, seeing his comrade sorely wounded, bellows in rage. "we've got to put this thing down - NOW!!!"
He calls upon his god to aid his friend and reaches out to touch him with his holy symbol.
Casting defensively CLW
concentration
Davos raises his finger and a stream of ice flows out from it
kennos wanting to help his friends but not receive a nasty bite while doing so steps back 5ft and begins to cast a spell he touches domingo covering him in a healing light
what do we say to death my friend?
hp 13
performance 6
spells -0
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The rat near eviscerates Domingo, it’s teeth ripping and gouging at his mid-section, gouts of blood drenching the swordsman’s breeches.
Gelbor plunges his blade into it’s back and though it gives a shriek it barely pauses for a moment.
As his body slips into shock, Domingo’s own reposte is easily dodged and with the taste of blood in its mouth the rat continues to harry the others. Drazhak, recognising the dire situation of his companion, attempts to heal him but is barged by the thrashing rat, causing his spell to fail. Davos is similarly unsuccessful with his spell but Kennos calmly steps back and uses his magic to close some of Domingo’s wounds.
The rat skitters back from Gelbor’s biting blade but snaps its jaws at him as it does so.
Domingo staggers and falls backs little as the massive blood loss begins to overwhelm him, spitting out more blood he sees hope fade as Draz attempts to heal him, holding in his entrails he suddenly feels his wound close a little and he nods his thanks to Kennos as he feels the spell wash over him.
Straightening up he clenches his teeth against the pain and slams his blade deep into the rats exposed flank.
it's this thing or me! And it is not going to be the end of Domingo Delagroza
Gelbor grits his teeth, anger taking over him for a second as the rat bites in to him. He then lashes out again.
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Domingo grits his teeth and strengthens his resolve. As the thing rears to bite Gelbor, he executes a perfect horizontal cut, slicing deeply into its belly. With a horrifying shriek it thrashes around uncontrollably, both its guts and hideous half-formed dire rat foetuses spill out to squirm weakly on the floor for a few moments before blessedly remaining still.
Disgusted and still in some pain, the rogue drives his blade through the top of the rats head and into its brain, silencing it forever.
Gelbor steps away from the massive rat in disgust shaking his head, he then sheathes his weapons and leans against a wall to catch his breath.
"Is everyone ok? Dom how are you feeling?"
Domingo slumps against the wall, despite his grievous wound he pulls a rag from his belt, wipes his blade and sheathes it.
I am ok Gelbor that was a nice finish. kennos has slowed the bleeding for now. Thank you my friend, that thing nearly tore me in two. I owe you one. I will need to rest soon though, I cannot fight much longer with this wound.
Drazhak leans his axe against the wall and binds his wounded leg as best he can. "By the Gods that thing packed a punch! What in the Nine Hells was it?"
Knowledge nature
He looks at Domingo. "I am sorry, I could not heal you. That thing broke my focus and I lost the spell. Would that I had held it back instead, I could have healed you now."
He grimaces at the pain in his leg and looks around.
"So what now gentlemen? I am hurt, but could continue if needs be." He laughs grimly at Domingo. "Oh but we are a sorry sight indeed my friend! Do we rest or continue to explore this floor. I am now in favour of revising our strategy and taking time to recover before we push on. Gelbor is there anything of use in this room that you can see?"
yeah gelbor you check out the shit covered room
Kennos smiles and laughs
But seriously at the moment I think you shouldn't this thing was pregnant which means there's at least one other rat unless that weird rat thing was its lover.
Kennos pulls a face at the thought
No problem domingo if i could i would give you more i could, I think we should rest up I'm all out of spells and these constant fights are wearing me out
Domingo smiles weakly and claps Draz on the back,
nothing to be sorry about Draz, that foul thing caught us all off guard. I didn't expect it to be so fierce!
Domingo sits down heavily, he has never felt so weary. Pulling his canteen from his bag he takes a long drink and then rinses his mouth, spitting out the bloody water.
I'm just gonna take a couple of minutes gentlemen, need to catch my breath.
Drazhak picks his axe up. "Right then. I don't think much of resting here with this stench. Let us return to the other room where we can barricade the entrace with those tables. Once there, I will tend our wounds as best I can without magic. It should still aid the healing process while we rest for a few hours. You coming my friend?" He leans down and offers Dom his hand to help him up.
reaching out his hand he grunts as Draz hauls him upright,
sounds like a good idea, lets get away from this place, the stench is turning what's left of my stomach! Domingo laughs a little at his own joke and a fresh bubble of blood bursts from his lips.
Hp 6
"Agreed guys you go need to heal up before we can push further in".
Drazhak helps Dom to the room with one exit and eases him down to the floor. "Now then gentlemen, while I see to his wounds I need you to get one of those trestle tables from that mess room, so we can use it to block this door."
He then turns back to Dom and drops his backpack to the floor.
"Remove your armour."
From out of his backpack, he produces his healer's kit and spreads its contents over the floor.
He then unhooks his bedroll from the bottom of his pack an places it behind Dom's head before bathing his wound using water from his skein. Drazhak then sets about stitching the wound before applying a foul smelling salve and wrapping Dom's abdomen in clean bandages.
Heal
"Now, you need to rest my friend. Get some sleep."
Drazhak then removes the mail from his legs and pulls down his breeches before cleaning, stitching and dressing the wound in his thigh.
Heal
He takes some more of his dry rations and sips some water while he waits for the others..
kennos agree with drazhak and heads out with the others to get the table
Soo how we going to do this? i'll take one end and you two the other?
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After some time you set up a ramshackle, but perfectly serviceable barricade.
You spend a nervous night in the deathly quiet of the Crow. Very few sounds penetrate the thick stone of its walls and those that carry from within echo and take on weird distortions. You feel you can occasionally hear a cry of desperation or anger or pain - you cannot tell which - nor can you determine its direction given the way the sound bounces of the labarynthine halls.
The night passes.
Gelbor sleeps a fitful night, waking at any sound. Only to wake in the morning feeling like he only slept an hour.
"Not the best nights sleep but how is everyone feeling?"
I feel tip top thanks, but domingo had the worst of it yesterday so we should see how he is before we press on
Domingo grits his teeth against the pain as Draz tends to his wound.
thank you my friend, I will try to eat a little now and then I will sleep.
Domingo rises later than the others, his every movement brings a fresh wave of pain from his stitched abdomen and torn muscles.
Pulling on his leather armour tests his pain threshold to the limit and he slumps down again, pale from the exertion.
I feel like that beast put a rat inside me and its eating its way out! Ill try and eat something now and they we should get moving
Davos wakes up and rolls his bedroll backup and washes his face and has a drink from his waterskin. Davos then moves away from the group just to prepare his spells in peace
0 level
Ray of Frost
Light
Prestidigitation
Detect Magic
1st Level
Magic Missile - 1
Color Spray - 2
Burning disarm - 1
Snowball - 1
Scroll of Shield, Burning Hands, Grease x2, comprehend Languages
Wand of mage armor (8 charges)
Davos finishes his preparation for the day and tucks into his rations salted meat and stale bread
"Morning all, yea im feeling good Gelbor thank you".
Davos removes a wand form his pocket and casts mage armor on himself
Gelbor stretches and eats some of his bread from his pack.
"I'm still feeling the bite that rat took out of my yesterday." He rubs his arm. "It's going to leave a scar and story to tell." He smiles, then stands up.
"I think it's time we finish clearing out this place, when you're ready we'll move."
Gelbor then look out side of the room making sure it's all clear.
HP:16/19
So Davos what do we know about these big rats? They weak to silver like the other rat monsters? That last one gave us a beating so I would like to know as much as I can
Before retiring the previous evening, Drazhak took an hour of quiet contemplation, meditating over his holy symbol and praying to Abadar to grant him favour the following day. He wakes refreshed, yet still in pain from the wound in his leg.
Spells
LVL 1: Protection from evil. Divine favour. Bless. Shield of faith
"Not a bad night's sleep, all things considered. Are we all well? How are your wounds? I could do with some patching up, so if you will gather round, I will call on Holy Abadar to relieve our pains."
Drazhak holds forth his holy symbol and you all feel, the now familiar wave of warmth and healing course through you. Wounds seem to close and bruises disappear as the feeling washes over you.
Channel
He stretches and reaches for his backpak to retreive his rations. He eats some dried fruit, jerked meat and a small peice of the dense Dwarven breadcake. "Now, when we are all ready, I say we clear the rest of this level before descending those stairs. Don't want any enemies sneaking up behind us. Yes Davos, tgell us all you know about those things. That rat sorely tested us yesterday."
Gelbor turns around from looking down the hallway, to see the group talking and eating.
"I didn't sleep well at all, when any second we could have been awoken by a massive rat ripping you apart." He grips his weapons as he says this, yawning.
As draz calls out to his god, Gelbor feels his scarred hand as the bruising and swelling subsides. "Thanks Draz that feel's a lot better, i'm very happy to have you with us." Gelbor does a half smile half yawn, then turns to looking down the hallway.
HP:19/19
"Good question Kennos, but that was just a very big dire rat same abilities as normal dire rats, expect for the fact it could do alot more damage and much bigger".
Eating some rations kennos listens intently to the Davis
well we may have to come up with some better tactics for the future just standing there toe to toe isn't working as well as we hoped, but we'll talk about this another time perhaps over some drinking in the nags foot
He finishes of. His rations shoves everything back in his back pack and gears up he hold and gets his shield and whip out
so Domingo how you feeling? Think you can bare some more exploring?
hp 11
I will be fine Kennos, I am probably about 50% of my strength, but then again 50 % of Domingo Delagroza is better than 100% of these tower girls. Let us press on. I am more than ready .
Domingo says with a smile and he draws his sword and runs through a couple of exercises to loosen his aching muscles.
not too bad, a little stiff in the lunge but I will be ok
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After a restless sleep and quick discussion in the morning, the party presses on.
You return to the room where you fought the wererat, knowing that there is only one passage you haven't explored. The bodies of the Tower Girls, unsurprisingly, are still present. The pools of blood beneath them congealing into thick, almost black sludge. You notice with some discomfort that many of the extremities such as fingers and noses, have been chewed away.
Moving into the room at the end of the hall you see that several crates, barrels and sacks are stacked here in an orderly fashion. There is another room leading off to the south.