Cursing slightly, Haskyll calls upon Torag as he pulls out a small vial of holy water.
Holy Ice Using Javelins.
School transmutation [cold, good, water];
Level cleric 5
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M (a flask of holy water or 5 pounds of powdered silver worth 25 gp)
Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Effect wall of ice or flying ice javelins (see text)
Duration 1 minute/level, instantaneous, or until expended (see text)
Saving Throw Reflex negates or none (see text);
Spell Resistance yes
This spell creates a large mass of frozen holy water that can be used for one of two effects.
Holy Ice Wall: This functions like wall of ice (hemisphere or plane). Any creature that takes damage from holy water takes 1 point of damage every time it touches or attacks the ice wall
with melee attacks; extended contact with the wall (such as standing or walking on it) deals 1d6 points of damage. Even when the ice has been broken through, a sheet of frigid holy air remains. Any creature that steps through it (including the one who broke through the wall) takes 1d6 points of damage + 1 point per caster level (no save); half of this damage is cold damage, half is damage from holy water (creatures unharmed by holy water do not take the damage).
Holy Ice Javelins: The spell creates a number of javelins of frozen holy water in your square equal to your caster level (maximum 15), which hurl themselves toward one or more targets that are no more than 10 feet away from each other.
You must succeed on attack rolls (one per javelin) to hit the target with the javelin, using your base attack bonus + your Wisdom modifier. The javelins deal 1d6 damage each, plus 1 point of cold damage and 1 point of damage from holy water.
The javelins are destroyed by this attack.[/ooc]
After the Spire Drake spits its burst of clinging black motes, the party reacts.
Round One
Leira moves over to Ulfgard and gives him the ability to fly.
Haskyll sends a barrage of Icy Javelins toward the Spire Drake. Several of them missed the target, but most of them shatter just before or on the Spire Drakes tough hide. One did manage to penetrate the Drakes stout defenses. It is obvious to Haskyll that this creature has magic defenses up.
Droja backs up and brings up a Shield of Faith.
Ulfgard receives Leira's spell. He will now be able to fly.
Kaos was already flying and charges the Spire Drake. The Dragon Disciple was not able to avoid an attack by the big dragon-like creature as he approaches.
The Spire Drake bites the Dragon Disciple. Kaos will not immediately notice that the skin and tissues around the bite area quickly starts to turn black.
Kaos then drives Gorum's Thorn into the winged creature. It howls.
The Spire Drake then defends itself with all it has. Both claws strikes the Dragon Disciple, but fortunately its left claw just missed stabbing Kaos in a vital area.
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Anga's Round One and Everyone's Round Two
Droja begins to summon in some flying assistance.
dammit
Round two
Repeat
Round One Complete
Anga fires a Magic Missile at the Spire Drake. The missile hits the creature's shimmering magic Shield.
Anga sees her spell, so effective to this point get absorbed by the shield spell. Her eyes narrow.
All righty then
She casts a new spell and ice-cold force lashes out.
Let us see if ye shield stops this
Ulfgard concentrates for a second to feel the fly spell, then he quickly moves toward the drake charging it with his hammer in a brutal 2handed bash.
Leira speaks up in Draconic "Դուք չեք կարող մեզ հաղթել, ինչպես դա արեցիք Marsh Giants Scarrak- ին: Մենք նրանց ուղարկեցինք իրենց վերջնական հանգստի ընդամենը մի քանի ժամ առաջ: Ես տեսել եմ բավական դաժան ոչնչացում: Հանձնել եղջյուրը, դրա համար մահանալու պատճառ չկա:"
"You cannot defeat us like you did to the Marsh Giants Scarrak. We sent them to their final rest just some hours ago. I have seen enough brutal destruction. Surrender the Horn, there is no reason to die for this."
The young girl advances past the cliff edge without falling, thanks to her fly spell, and once she has a clear shot, she says necromancy words and a coruscating ray of enfeeblement springs from her hand, the black energy flying precise towards the drake to siphon his strength and hopefully convince him.
Seeing that most of his attacks were thwarted with magical defences, Haskyll calls upon Torag for assistance.
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Round Two
Leira flies out toward the Drake. She hits it with a Ray of Enfeeblement. It resists the full effect, but still takes a significant sap in its strength.
Haskyll goes to the edge of the cliff and says a Prayer to give the party a little boost.
Droja begins to summon in something to help.
Ulfgard flies out with a charge toward the Drake.
The Drake reacts to Ulfgard's attacks, but misses the flying Dwarf.
The Dwarf Ranger also missed his attack against the well protected Drake.
Kaos goes after the Drake with a full set of attacks. Unfortunately, none of the attacks penetrated the Spire Drakes protections and tough hide.
The Drake back flaps his wings moving back a bit then spits another compressed ball of jet-black dust that bursts into a spray of clinging motes that falls on Leira, Kaos, and Ulfgard.
Anga whips up something new. She tries to encase the Spire Drake in a prison of ice.
The Spire Drake becomes encased in ice. It cannot fly, so it drops 120 feet to the ground.
It survives the fall. The impact shatters the icy prison.
The Mule was eating a few blades of grass growing at the cliff's base. She is startled by the sudden icy crash of the Spire Drake landing near her.
Round Three
As Droja goes to the cliff's edge to see what's happening, a Large Air Elemental appears. Droja points to the Spire Drake at the bottom of the cliff.
The Large Air Elemental charges down toward the Spire Drake at an incredible speed. It tries to slam into the Drake, but was not able to harm the Drake.
"That is not something you see everyday." Droja states the obvious.
As Kaos dive bombs the fallen Spire Drake, the creature with its long neck bites at the approaching Dragon Disciple.
The Spire Drake sinks its teeth into the Dragon Disciple as Kaos approaches. Kaos then drives Gorum's Thorn into the winged beast. The beast stops moving as it blood pours out of it flesh.
Feeling the brutal drain again on his lifeforce Ulfgard nevertheless attacks again, flying after the drake.
And he misses again!
Haskyll seeing Kaos collapse, runs over to him.
Ach, ya bloody lad, I be talling ya to duck those.
Kaos collapses when his rage passes. Haskyll will be able to tell that his healing spell did not work on the Dragon Disciple.
Haskyll watches as Kaos' condition worsens.
"What happens Kaos?!" Leira looks in horror as the dragon-man stumbles and falls into the ground. She flies over kneeling by him "What's it Haskyll!? Why is your magic not helping him?!" the young girl mounts in desperation as the man starts to bleed out.
"No no no!" she becomes nervous and rags her tunic improvising a tourniquet "You crazy stupid of a man! Why did you have to charge the drake like that! Why!?"
Leira attempts to recall what special thing the drake has that might block healing.
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Cursing slightly as the healing magic sloughs off Kaos, Haskyll responds.
Lass, I dunno what is happening, but I do know that I have other tricks up my sleeve. That drake probably poisoned him, with something that doesn't allow that healing.
He then quickly pulls out his healers kit, and his surgeons kit.
As he notes Leira stabalized him.
Anga checks out the cave while this is going on
Round Three
Leira watches as Ulfgard and the Dragon Disciple dive after the Spire Drake.
Droja sends an Air Elemental down after it, but does nothing to the Spire Drake.
Ulfgard dives down as well. But the Dwarf Ranger is not use to flying and was unable to make solid contact with Agrimmosh.
Kaos flies down in a rage. The Spire Drake begins to recover from its fall and snaps at Kaos. It sinks its teeth once again into the Dragon Disciple. But retribution can be a good thing. Kaos drives Gorum's Thorn into the beast. It begins to bleed and stops moving.
Anga wants to know if the creature is dead.
Round Four Retcon
Leira watches in horror the events taking place.
Haskyll hesitates.
Droja watches as well.
Ulfgard realizes that the Spire Drake is unconscious and not dead.
Kaos flies up to Haskyll. His rage subsides. When that happens the Dragon Disciple collapses.
Kaos comes around when Haskyll provides a Cure Critical Wound. But the Cleric will know that the Heal spell should have been far more effective.
Leira flies toward Kaos to offer more aid. She does not know the depths of what is going on with the healing. But she, like all the other members of the party, will note that the black motes are still attached to your skin. The area around these motes are turning black. Around Kaos' bite wounds the skin is black as well. Haskyll's healing did nothing for them.
Continuation
Haskyll will be able to treat the deadly bite wounds. The area of black around the bite marks begins to show more color. But the motes still remain. And these black motes are on all the members of the party.
Leira looks in horror from Kaos bite to her own hands and body "Damn! We are all covered by these motes!"
She turns to Haskyll in desperation "What does it mean? What can we do about this? Are we going to die of poison?"
Meanwhile, Anga looks around the massive cave.
Piles of coins are part of what appears to be a nest. The bed is mostly copper coins around 6000 copper pieces form a massive mound. But there are silver pieces too (1840sp), and gold (432gp), and even a sprinkling of platinum (28pp). Anga will see an amulet, a couple of potion bottles, a scroll case, a heavy pick, a battle axe, a parka, a portable ram of all things, a smokestick, two sunrods, two copper and silver armbands filigreed with snakes eating their own tails (worth 380 gp as a set), a silver ring set with three aquamarines (worth 500 gp), a piece of alexandrite (worth 170 gp), a bag containing a dozen irregular freshwater pearls (worth 10 gp each), four pieces of silvery-blue quartz (worth 15 gp each), and the Drakesbane Horn.
Between the bric-a-brac on the carved shelf sit numerous stone tablets, each chiseled with archaic Giant runes.
Droja pours water on the motes. She scrubs her flesh, but the motes will not wash off. She has a little old wine left in a wine skin. It is almost like vinegar. She tries to wash the motes off with it. That doesn't work either. "What are these accursed things on us?" The Half-Orc Oracle is almost in a panic.
"Might this be the product of a curse in fact?" Leira rubs her skin trying to remove the motes.
Anyway Leira attempts focus on something else and scans the hoard with detect magic to see what is there.
She also opens the scroll case and scans whatever scroll is in there.
Leira also examines the tablets written in giant "Mmmm... The tablets contain Jogrothir’s thoughts on various events that took place during his life..." she points on a particular section "Here he describes in great detail how he first lit the fires of Minderhal’s Forge with dragon’s breath"
"While Jogrothir forced a dragon to breathe upon the forge, he later speculates that if the forge ever went cold, it might be possible to rekindle the forge by igniting the fire geodes with flame from a torch lit by a dragon’s breath, or even using the blood or glands of a fire-breathing dragon" she looks back at Kaos "You might do that isn't it?"
Ulfgard slowly moves towards the dragon and prepares to kill the dragon for good. But as he hears Lairas words he stops for a moment?
"This one didn´t breath fire, didn´t it?"
Anyway......
Leira recognizes the amulet as a Dragonfoe Amulet.
One of the potion bottles is a Elixir of Tumbling.
Another is a Potion of Spider Climb.
The scroll had the spell Poison on it.
The Heavy Pick is not magic, but it is masterworks.
The Dwarves in the party will be quick to note that the Battle Axe is made of Cold Iron. Chiseled near the hilt on one side are writings.
By the way, the Drakesbane Horn radiates magic too.
"Oh look! The amulet is good for someone that wants to fight a dragon. And this potion is good for tumbling, while the potion is for walking in the walls" Leira starts to hand the items to those who might do good use of them "Mmm... you might use this scroll Haskyll, is for poisoning a foe. Might be good against one giant"
She takes the axe trying to read the runes on it "Mmmm... is this meaning wall? stone? metal? Ahm! I fear my knowledge of dwarven is not good enough yet" she hands it to Anga or any other for identification.
And taking the horn as well the girl scans it with detect magic but quickly negates with her head "I have no idea... but perhaps this can be used to ignite the geodes? And... mmm... well if you Kaos cannot do it... perhaps the red dragon we defeated in the Cathedral... perhaps there is some glandulae on him that still retain the breath required to ignite the Forge" she hands the horn to Haskyll "Have you heard any legend about this one?"
I don't know what these spots are, will have to try a simple remove curse when I can. But I think it is a necrotic poison that was with the bite of the drake.
He then keeps Kaos lying down.
Lad, don't be stressing yourself right now, that fight took a lot out of you, and all of us.
Once everyone is inside the 30' circle from Haskyll he quickly channels
Given a bit of time, Haskyll will look over the main items, while he figures what they will throw in the bags of holding.
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When Haskyll gathers those in the cave to channel some healing, he will know that once again his spell was not as effective.
Droja keeps picking at the motes almost in an obsessive way. When Leira mentions a curse, and Haskyll says it as well, Droja tries one on herself.
The motes dry up and flake off like a bad case of dandruff. Droja gets excited almost like a school girl finding out that a boy she likes, likes her too.
She goes to Haskyll and ask Gorum to remove his curse as well. And like Droja's the motes dry up.
Droja goes to Leira, then Anga, then the Dragon person and removes each of their afflictions. She then looks around, "We're missing a Dwarf." She says this like she has lost one of her sheep. She means no offense, it is just her way. Droja was so wrapped up in the motes on her flesh that she did not notice that Ulfgard was not up here in the cave.
Hearing Kaos words Ulfgard smiles and replies."GOOOOD"
And with that he bashes in the dragons head.
He then starts to skin the dragon for new boots.
Well done lass, now we just need to do that with Ulfgard when he finally gets back up here.
Kaos, lets be looking to your injuries a bit more