Halcyon's barmaid continues to squeeze his waist and scream. The other patrons listen to Logan and pull the strange spike from the leg of the barmaid. She screams as they do so and almost faints but another of the patrons presses on the wound to stop the flow of blood. As Logan channels the energy of his god he feels stronger and the injured barmaid does as well. She is actually able to put pressure on her leg and move away from the strange creatures along with the others.
Biggle strikes the seal near the fireplace with a hard blow. The seal shatters and then the fragments fizzle with a strange magical energy and then turn to dust.
Across the tavern, near the door in the eastern wall, another strange creature steps out of the portal and into the tavern . It is a bloated gray sack, supported by a myriad of tentacles, that propels itself across the ground. Several of the tentacles end in a black claw dripping with a purplish ichor. Vile siphon-like mouths make wet sickly sounds as they suck the floorboards. The creature quickly propels itself across the room toward the old man, Dovan.
Round 3
"Oi, someone get that thing!" Logan shouted, pointing at the new arrival before swinging his makeshift club at the spike shooting abomination. "Round two, ugly!"
Corymn runs back up to Morna, grabbing the oil lantern off of its post and preparing to throw it at the new arrival.
Biggle looks through the crowd near him and decides the seal on the floor by them is his next victim.(s3)
Rnd 3
Cormyn rushes through the room and grabs the oil lantern off the wall on his way by. He reaches Morna and readies himself for further trouble.
To the south of Cormyn, outside the first portal, the spiked creature launches another of its deadly spikes at the mass of patrons rushing from it. A shout of pain echoes through the tavern as the spike strikes one of the men in the back.
The creature engaged with Logan attacks but the dwarf easily knocks aside the blow. Logan answers with a powerful hit from the makeshift club in his hand, knocking the creature back a step but it remains steadfast in its evil desire to have the dwarf for its next meal.
The creature that just came through the portal attacks Dovan but the old man appears pretty nimble for his age and avoids the attack for the moment.
Halcyon grabs a tankard at hand and smashes it down on the shard cracked from his acid. The shard shatters under the hard tankard.
Against the western wall, Biggle has quickly moved through the crowd to target another of the shards. With a hard blow of his club against the magical piece he shatters it into a million pieces. The pieces quickly turn to dust and everyone can see with relief that the first of the portals to open disappears in a flash of light.
"Hey, you, look out!" Cormyn shouts at Dovan. "And eat this, ugly!" as the oil lantern is thrown across the room at the creature besieging the man.
"Quick, smash the seals! But get the wounded out of the way first!" the half-elf commands the townsfolk.
"Ya do what ya need ta do laddy, I aint lettin' these freaks run around as they please." Logan replied, cursing his apparent inability to bodily block the spike shooters line of fire, he again moved to place himself between it and its target. "Oi, over here ya scum suckin' loon!" He called, waving his arms above his head. Satisfied he could do no more, he swung at the other creature, trying to bring it down.
Cormyn's thrown lantern goes wide of its mark and splashes against the bar. As the oil splashes out of the broken container it immediately catches fire. A small section of the bar is now in flames.
The first beastie attempts to launch another spike into the crowd but this time the villagers are more alert and less bunched up. The spike embeds in the back wall of the tavern about six inches from the head of one of the men.
Logan is struck a stout blow once more by the beast he battles
The creature battling Dovan also manages to strike the old man with one of its sharp tentacles. Dovan manages to stay on his feet but he won't survive another blow.
Logan's return blow misses its mark but Halcyon destroys another of the shards with another shot of his magic.
Moving to the closest creature (ss1)
"I have a stool with your name on it!"
Moving across the room and weaving through the frightened patrons, Biggle attacks the latest extra-planar minion to step out of the portal. The club crashes into one of the crab-like legs of the beast but it remains standing.
Another one of the bloated gray sack-like creatures that propels on tentacles steps out of the portal in the southeast portion of the tavern. A woman screams as the beast appears in the room with her.
Round 5
Continuing battle roars and mocking of the beast,
"Cmon now ya slimy boil, dont keep ol' Logan waitin' for that satisfying sound." Logan shouted, swinging the chair leg again.
"Yer testin' my patience!" He roared as his swing went wide. Frustrated he flailed at the creature several times more, his swings wild and easily dodged by the creature.
With a jolt, Cormyn remembers his banner. As he runs to the fourth scroll shard, he pulls it out and holds it aloft. "For the glory of...well...us!" Cormyn begins strongly, ending with an unsure mumble.
Things turn bad for the good guys despite Cormyn raising the banner to lift the spirits of all those fighting. The screams and cries of pain fill the tavern along with strange shrieking noises that come from the extra-planar beasts.
Another shard flies into the crowd, striking another of the patrons while across the tavern the beast fighting Logan strikes a thunderous blow, dropping the dwarf to the ground unconscious.
One of the creatures strikes at Dovan once more but the old man dodges again. The new arrival to the fray skirts across the room to the south and attacks the woman there. Her screams are chilling but quickly cut short as the creature snaps her neck.
Biggle avoids another clumsy strike at him. Ducking under the blow he brings up his make-shift club in a crushing blow to his opponent. The strange creature falls dead to the ground.
Halcyon targets and destroys another of the shards.
Jarwald regains his composure and begins to toss water on the fire that has started on his bar.
Biggle killed one of the creatures but another enters the tavern from one of the open portals. Logan is down, Halcyon has destroyed five of the shards, but four portals still remain open.
Round 6
Grunting something in dwarven which could only be more insults judging by his tone, Logan collapsed to the floor with a heavy thud.
Yet, despite the grotesque size of the gaping wound that had dropped him, there seemed to be very little blood. In his unconcious state he still clutched his club, his furrowed eyebrows twitching as he continued the battle in his unconcious mind.
Moving to attack the S1 seal
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Halcyon fires another jet of acid at a scroll shard on the ground. (S8)
Shouting out at the assembled group of tavern goers. "Everyone! Look for the glowing scroll shards and smash them! Don't be afraid of the demons! Every second a portal is open more will come through! If we fail here your friends, parents and children will be next! Stand fast!"
Cormyn uses the pole of his banner to smash or impale the scroll shard.
Cormyn drives the haft of the banner into the seal but the mystical shard stays firm. Behind him, the creature that just downed Logan moves forward and attacks Morna. She screams behind Cormyn as the creature rakes one of its sharp tentacles across her back. A bloody and deep wound opens as she struggles not to faint from the blow.
To the south, another sharp tentacle flies across the room at the patrons but thankfully misses and lodges in the side of the wall. The townspeople scream in fear and rush over to the northwest corner of the tavern. In their mad rush and cowering in the corner they eventually crush the shard there! They all push and crowd around Biggle. As the shard is destroyed another of the magical portals disappears!
The two latest creatures that have entered the tavern move to the southeast corner and begin to eat the body of the dead townswoman that the first just killed.
"Bloody people I need to kill these things get out of the way!"
Biggle moves past and under people to get to s4 and smash it.
Another arcane bolt of acid and a make-shift club smash manage to destroy two more of the magical shards. To the groups amazement they hear what could only be another of the creatures stepping out of a portal upstairs.
Jarwald finally manages to put the fire out that was consuming his bar. The frightened townsfolk continue to huddle together although many of them now brandish chairs, broken bottles, and other items for protection. In the northwest corner the group has overturned one of the tables and huddles behind it now.
Biggle begins moving around the bar counterclockwise systematically looking for more shards and monsters.
"Cowards come out and fight!"
Cormyn bashes the scroll shard once more, feeling his bardic powers beginning to drain away with time.