David casts a quick spell and a Quarterstaff of pure energy springs from his hand and flies to assist Annie.
As the Ankheg turns around and goes after Moneez, biting him hard he thinks Hey! It worked! Food came to Moneez!
Smiling viciously Moneez bites back!
Moneez lunges viciously at the Ankhegs throat, ripping it out in a spray of blood and savoring the flavor. Then letting the carcass fall to the ground Moneez advances towards the next victim...
The man and the lion move up to assist Moneez but the little goblin has already torn his ankheg to shreds. The remaining two ankhegs seem as if they are completely lost in the bloodshed of the moment.
David points his finger and the staff flies from it's current target to one of the remaining Ankegs (whichever has been hit if possible. )
Currently waiting on Leo and Annie's actions.
Annie's anger over loosing Tibbers has reached its height and the heat around her visibly causes heat ripples in the air.
with a growl she holds out both hand in fron t of her and a bolt of fire erupts from each hand slamming into the big bug. her body fueled by the heat around her she acts as a conduit of fire intensifying her attack
Whoops! My bad. Leo is far enough away to deliver another leaping strike, so.
AC falls to 29, and these are just regular attacks.
Little Annies fire burns one of the ankhegs to ashes but the other is able to survive Leo's assault since only one of his katar's was able to hit. The ankheg tries desperately to attack Schwartz seemingly frightened by the smell of burning ankheg.
The ankheg is unable to even land a glancing blow on the quick android and it seems to become smaller as it waits for the others to attack it.
Schwartz smirks at the last remaining ankheg before launching into a full out attack against it.
Imperius and Moneez you guys are up and there is only one ankheg left.
Striking the last Ankheg.
Striking the last Ankheg.
Shocking Grasp Damage = 75
I think it's dead, Jim.
Moneez walks up to the crisped Ankheg and rips off its head, and takes a bite, residual static dancing across his scalp.
yum! It has a crisp zing to it!
Some of you may notice the gobo looking a little winded.
The final ankheg isn't just killed. It fries inside of it's own armor, and the result is like a bolt of lightning came down, and struck the poor creature about seven times in a row.
"Well, new friends, do we hunt the rest of them down now or flee to fight another day?"
"Vell, do ve hafe zee spells to follow zem?" Schwartz asks as he moves towards the stone wall blocking their exit.
As the blood settles... "Does anyone need healing?"
"I could summon an earth elemental, but I do not otherwise have another specific spell to reshape the stone prepared. "
Annie looks injured, she has mandible gashes in her but they do not look real serious but she is wounded.
Annie looks at the wall, I can get through this but i don't know if i can get you guys through. Lala can carry me through
Earth Rock Guy could bash it down, no? Take too long maybe? I thinks food gots away. Also, who evil looking guy and big kitty?
Being a goblin Moneez knows evil when he sees it, and Asmodus looks pretty evil.
Earth Rock Guy could bash it down, no? Take too long maybe? I thinks food gots away. Also, who evil looking guy and big kitty?
Being a goblin Moneez knows evil when he sees it, and Asmodus looks pretty evil.
"Maybe. It's not guaranteed. It's just the best I have right now. "
"If somevone kan get through, zey schould be tryink. I cannot."
"Sounds better than anything I can do. What happens to the town if we let them get away?"
David shrugs and casts Summon Monster III to summon small earth elementals. There's no stats on this, so it'll be DM adjudication.
When they arrive David points and says in terran "Dig a hole through that as fast as you can."
The earth elementals begin to work on the stone bashing it with their rock fists but even though they seem to be able to ignore the hard stone they don't leave much of a dent before disappearing 30 seconds later.
Annie watches the earth elementals for a bit. Lets see if Lala can help
Annie's teddy bear glows again as Annie tosses it to the ground and within seconds the ground heats up turning into molten magma.
and a small creature made of Magma appears.
Annie claps Lala! she cheers
Annie points to the wall, Lala can you take me through that wall she says in Ignan
Lava Puddle (Su)
Once per day as a full-round action, a magma elemental can vomit forth a puddle of lava that fills its space to a depth of 2–3 inches and counts as difficult terrain. Any creature that moves through this puddle of lava takes 2d6 points of fire damage. This damage continues for 1d3 rounds after the creature leaves the lava pool, although then it only inflicts 1d6 points of fire damage per round. The lava puddle solidifies and is safe to touch after a number of rounds equal to the elemental’s Hit Dice. At the GM’s discretion, this puddle of lava could start secondary fires.
"I told you it wouldn't be much. We need to regroup. "
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"We could always charge the thing ourselves... or look for another way around? There are other tunnels open."
The man nods at David's suggestion.
"Yes regrouping would be a good idea as would you four explaining who you are and why you are traveling with us."
The man looks over at Schwartz and Imperius for an answer.
lala will glide through the wall by himself and scout around and report back.
Lala and Annie both speak Ignan
Moneez is content to watch things happening but he cant help but wonder why he was feeling just that little bit better, when he was suddenly shaken out of his repreve when 2 rocky beings sprung up near the tall dark one.
Aieee!! Rock monsters!! Watch out! he squeals as he dashes behind Leo. Realizing that they are not attacking, he watches as they start pounding on the wall, building up the nerve to take a bite.
He lunges at the nearest one, jaws outstretched and clamps down on nothing? It had dissapeared right before he could bite it!
Then a being of fire and lava appears! This one Moneez was not going to bite! Instead he dashes back to Leo and clambers up into his saddle, hiding behind the bigger human.
Lala returns and tells Annie that the only thing he could see was an empty tunnel that eventually led to several branching tunnels.
"We've done what we can. Let's get out of here. "
Schwartz responds to Aleumoth. "Zeese are some people who vere also lookink into zee ankhegs. Zhey decided to be helpink us out."
He then begins heading towards one of the exits that's still open. "Let us see if vee kan find zem and finish zee job."
Annie thanks Lala and gives the magma elemental a hug as she says goodbye to it.
it soon melts into the stone vanishing from sight the ground still warm from its presence.
looking to the others, Lala said that on the other side of that wall were corridors and stuff, in all sorts of different directions. so which way do we go now. looking to the Android, you talk funny
The fire guy gone? Where he go? I keep my eye out...
Moneez will then continously scan the area, looking out for any ambushes from further fire rock creatures.
An you smell funny!
Moneez calls out to Annie.
"Okay, well good luck on your ankheg hunting. Remember to write."
He waves as Schwartz begins to leave.
"I know a bit about tracking prey... err, bounties. Should we try to follow the ankhegs that got away, or do you think the threat they pose is over?"
" "
Schwartz doesn't take his eyes off the cat-man as he continues. "I am for zee followink of zem; quite a few got avay. But I am not much of ein tracker."
Leo is happy to put his leopard nose to the test.
[ooc]Ok. Reality check. I dont think it is possible to track them. They escaped down a tunnel that is now blocked off with a massive stone wall, and they escaped into an underground complex that is akin to an anthill. Even if we managed to circle around the stone blockage, trying to re-pick up the trail should be really difficult, scent might change this, i dont know.
However, we do have quite a few dead anthags and a bounty for each skin we bring in. I suggest that we round up the skins and head back to town, turn them in for the bounty and then see about starting up a new "quest", you had said that there were some available. This will also help to drive the story forward.
My problem is, Moneez would not be the person to suggest this to the group, so could someone else suggest it, or something similar?
Besides, if it does turn into War of the Anthegs then there should be plenty of bodies to turn inin the future eh?/ooc]