Order of actions:
Relio (22)
Meselleth (19)
Kroug (15)
Sidra (13)
The Creature (1)
The Corridor is 10 feet wide with a slight curve, with a 15 foot ceiling. The creature is charging forward fairly quickly, head down, horns out. It is currently about 50 feet away, but at the rate it is moving, should be on you in seconds.
Seeing the threat in physical form seems to dispel much of the fear of an unknown enemy. Though still worried, Relio now knows, instinctively, that battle will be joined. Glancing around at his companions, he knew, even at his infantile state, that he would need to protect them.
Uttering a shrill roar, he dashes past the others in the corridor, facing down the enemy and bracing himself, fangs bared.
Meselleth goes from calm indifference to snarling wild feline in an instant. Dropping into a crouch she snarles in defiance at the rampaging beast.
Kroug scitters up the wall to the ceiling, and begins chanting in undercommon.
Round 1
Sidra will move to be flush with the inside of the doorway of the room they were held (5 ft step back). When the charging creature is within 30 feet or less, Sidra will attempt to gain its attention and lock eyes with it in order to transform it into stone. (Petrifying Gaze)
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Although the creature's head is mostly down, the medusa manages to catch it's gaze as it charges forward. Arcs of energy erupt from her eyes, darting across the hallway in an irregular pattern until they meet the eyes of the rampaging creature. At 30 feet away, it is stopped in it's tracks, and it slowly begins to take on a greyish hue, and it's movements are visibly slowed. The energy continues to flow between Sidra and the beast as it visibly tries to turn away from her.
Seeing the attacker halted in his tracks, Relio'Than's predatory instincts kick in, and he lunges at the disabled monster.
As slow as it is, were it not for a bit of stumbling on his part, Relio would have connected. Instead, his feet are a bit unstable on the stone and he slides into the wall near the creature.
Meselleth leaps away from the marauding brute at first, seeking to attack from its rear.
Meselleth misjudges the flailing of the creature, slowed as it is, and also slips on the stone floor trying to maneuver past it...Its meaty fist lashes out blindly, but only finds the air above her head.
From above, the spider-creature Kroug finishes chanting and suddenly appears as 2 small bolts of force erupt from his hand, striking the creature =4
The beast snarls its reaction, struggling against the transformation threatening to take it over.
Round 2
Sidra, from her position in the doorway (and keeping out of the way of the creature which is 30 ft from them), continues to maintain direct eye contact with it -- the green arc of energy flowing brightly between them, hoping to stay the creature moreso with each contact.
Her right arm was tingling, the blue sworls and patterns itching from beneath the skin. Anger bristled at what the man had done to her skin. She wondered what it meant but she had some of his papers and she would discover the extent of his cruelty after she got herself out of this prison.
Struggling even harder, it fails to break away from the medusa's gaze, frothy saliva dripping out from under its helmet.
The creature strains, still a grey hue and moving even slower now, its skin even taking on a granite texture.. It brings down a mighty fist in Relio's direction, heat and vehemence radiating of the creature with every heartbeat, and manages to connect with the off-balance wyrmling. .
Screeching at the impact of a heavy blow on his back, Relio'Than snarls, coils his neck with teeth bared, and lunges for a vital organ in the creatures midsection.
Meselleth, tail lashing, continues to skirt around the slowing monstrosity. For now she seems content to await her chance to pounce.
Kroug looks on from above, and seemingly decides to wait and see if the others can defeat the creature
With boundless fury burning in red shaded eyes, the beast tries once again to shake off the transformation; , this time its vigor proves more focused, and it averts its eyes from the medusa, and the arc of energy between them fizzles away. He turns slightly towards the sphinxs and, howling drives his many horned head at her, swinging his meaty fist a half second later , but the rage of the beast makes his wild thrashings inaccurate, and again it doesnt connect.
Meselleth hisses in reply at the creature's clumsy attempts at attacking herself.
Relio weaves around the creature's wild thrashing, and as it rears back from it's swing, he darts in, snapping for its thigh.
Sidra calls out the the creature, "Over here you pitiful beast, your end will be swift"
It does look to her, but its rage turns its focus back to those attacking it and it flails and gores at the wyrmling;
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From above, Krougg launches two more bolts of force at the creature,
Relio growls and snarls the horn puncturing his hide, and quickly glances around at his comrades' position. Satisified his aim is true, he rears his head back, and exhales a blast of freezing air at the beast.
ref 14 for half
The creature shrieks as the cold washes over it, frosting over the greying, hardening flesh.
The sphinx sees an opportunity to strike and bats at its midsection with her claws
and they are both solid hits, but the creatures hide appears to be too thick, and they merely scrape down its sides noisily.
Round 4
Sidra was confounded by her diminished petrifying ability. The creature seemed to be reviving when it should have already turned to stone. Sidra's right arm prickled again, along the tattoo mark, the itch spreading from fingertip to eye.
How she wished she had her bow and arrows!
Sidra swiftly scanned the hallway for a passage/door away from the crazed creature stalking them.
At the sight of the howling yet still-standing creature, Sidra growled her frustration, the sound echoing through the marble hallway. Hisses ensued from her long serpentine hair.
She stalked the creature with her eyes, exerting greater effort in ensnaring it with her gaze once more.
Relio grows annoyed with the creature's persistence and goes on the offensive, leaping at the creature with fangs and talons.
Kroug scrambles along the ceiling gathering webbing in his hands. Perched near the graying creature he launches the mass of webs at it hoping to trap it .
Relio quickly sees a chance to strike and lands a blow with his teeth and one claw, but like the Sphinx, it only scrapes down the creatures hide.
Meselleth swipes at the creature with her paws attempting to knock it down so she can discern a possible "soft spot"
She manages to knock it over, but not before being hit herself;
The Creature is struck once again by the wild energy from the eyes of the Sidra and it howls defiance; and seems to shrug off any additional effects, but is still quite rigid and moving slower than it would otherwise. If it was odd and pitiful before, it is moreso now, bringing mind a turtle on its back. All can see that the greyishness is slowwwly turning back to the sickly pink of the creature's rough hide.
Then Kroug's web comes shooting out from the ceiling and hits the creature squarely, barely missing the wrymling and sphinx.
The creature is now stuck to the ground and struggling to get out of the web but it doesn't seem to have the leverage at the moment and is held fast.
on to round 5!
Relio isn't swayed by the creature's predicament; the wounds on his back are a reminder of the mindless brutality of this berserk beast. He lashes out at exposed flesh, hoping to either tear or crumble the partially petrified creature.
Meselleth takes a half step back and paces a bit, looking for weak spots on the creature
but either does not see anything or doesn't share the information.
Now that the creature is at least temporarily subdued, Kroug takes a round to study any magic auras on the creature or nearby.
Round 5
Sidra cautiously draws nearer the temporarily subdued creature and looking for the most vulnerable sections on the creature's hide (not affected/greyed by her petrifying ability), finds a possible section and allows the serpents on her head to bite at the immobilised creature.
Sidra does indeed notice raw flesh, close to the helmet around its neck where the skin seems to have been flayed away, and looking closer through the eyeholes it seem the perhaps all skin has been stripped away from the creatures face. Further, the helmet itself seems to be bolted onto the beast's head. Before she strikes with her snakes, though she notes that she would have first remove the web that now entangles it, lets the snakes get caught.
The creature rages and thrashes against the web,
and does finally manage to burst free, though it's clumsiness in getting to it's feet allows both the medusa and others around to take the to strike at it.
The snakes find exposed muscle and inject their venom,
, and its seems a bit woozy as the poison takes effect
As the beast thrashes through the web, it tears a leg free...right into Relio's reach. He does not waste his moment.
His jaws finally find true purchase, ripping free a chunk of flesh and a torrent of blood from the vulnerable limb.
As the monster finds what's left of its footing Relio drops the hunk of flesh in his jaws and assaults the beast with everything he has.
As the creature rips through his web, Kroug panics and points the mage's staff at it focusing on the feel of magic, with a image in his mind of the creature immobilized.
Meselleth takes her swipe at the creature as it stands,
but again only scrapes off the creature's hide.
and before it can act again swipes out her claw, this time batting at the bolts holding on the helmet,
, and the bolt looks slightly worse for the wear
Round 6
In her current position, Sidra can still see the bolts (currently dented/made loose by the Sphinx) where the helmet is attached to the creature and strikes at it with her hands, hoping to dislodge it.
A well placed strike from Sidra knocks loose one of the bolts, and only one remains, before the helmet can be easily taken off, but even now it looks as though someone strong enough could tear it free.
The creature is less grey now, and it becomes obvious to the group that it possess some sort of rapid healing ability.
The creature wildly flails out with both fists and attempts to gore as well,
and the horns slash across:
and the Sphinx is cut by the wicked horns.
Kroug points the strange looking cane at the beast hoping for some effect, but nothing seems to happen.
"Stubborn prey."
Noting the loose helmet, Relio bares his fangs at the persistent beast, leaping at its head. He rakes claws across its face and snaps at the helm, searching for weak points that might dislodge it.
He looses his grip, however, and the beast's thrashing throws him to the ground with a dull thud.
Round 7
It is healing itself! Damn its soul. Sidra's angry hiss echoes through the hallway.
Now the helmet has been loosened and Sidra noticed the dragon attempt to knock it completely off, she hoped to regain eye contact with the creature and attempt to petrify it.
She screamed at the beast, urging it would lift its miserable head and gaze toward her.
Once Sidra could gain some contact with the creature, she directs the green arc of energy from her eyes to its eyes, hoping to subdue it and bring the grey hue to its skin again.
Kroug reaches out with his free hand feeling for the magic flowing in the helm visualizing the energy freezing in place.
Relio's claw and bite prove enough to knock the last bolt free and as the wrymling tumbles off the beast, the helmet comes free.
Beneath the helm is the visage of a truly tortured creature, humanoid but skinless, with its nose torn away, it almost seems a corpse. The glistening muscle exposed is red with life though, and the eyes of the beast are one who (like you all) have known great pain. It clearly does not have its mind clear, if it ever did, as it continues to flail in anger and rage.
Sidra catches the creature's attention;
but it is too caught up in its fervor, and throws off the effects of the beam.
Meselleth, seeing the exposed flesh,leaps out with both claws;
and scrapes it well across the exposed muscle.
Kroug reaches out with his magic, attempting to affect the creature or the enchanted helm, but his concentration is not at its fullest and his attempt is turned away.
The creature seems even more enraged at the sphinx drawing blood, and focuses its attacks on her;
and one blow lands heavily on her
Relio pauses for only a moment, beholding the anguish of the mutilated monster, and glancing at his own recently bound wings. "he is like us, but he is gone."
Now resolute, the wyrmling leaps for the beast's exposed face, raking and snapping at eyes, ears, and neck as each is momentarily exposed.
Round 8
The pitiful creature had no nose and its eyes were filled with pain. A tortured, broken beast. It would be kindness to put it out of its misery.
Sidra leans in again and allows her serpentine hair to bite at the now fully exposed creature, at its most vulnerable spots.
plus poison.
Kroug maneuvers across the ceiling to get a better vantage point through the confusing melee . Seeing the loose helmet he pulls a loose strand of web from his belly and flings it downward trying to pull the helmet away from the creature .
As Sidra rears back from her snakes bite attack, Meselleth jumps at the now weakened creature again, attempting to claw its exposed face
And lands one strike across the beast's cheek.
It recoils in pain, and swings its mighty fists at her,
landing 2 blows
Kroug cast out a web at the fallen helmet, and the web latches on, but after moving a few feet, the web pulls free as the helmet is too heavy for the grip