"OH OH". All smile now! DO NOT MOVE! We have a HUGE PROBLEM. TRUST ME"
"Okay. Standing by."
Karnog grips his hammer in readiness but holds per Felicitas's instructions.
Welcome to RA.
by the color you know that red's are evil and fire breathers, known for roasting their prey alive. Nothing like a perfect medium well steak. the have a multitude of attacks: spells, wings, tail, bite, crush, and breath that you know about. The mere presence of the beast can cause you to wet yourself. They like to dazzle the terrain with smoke causing their victims to have obscured vision but causes no ill effect to their own sight. It's not know as the "King of the Chromatics" for nothing.
That is all you know.
Percep
stealth
perception
stealth
Karnog sounds like he is walking on pillows when compared to Grung. Both dwarfs get a line of sight on the Ogres.
Quite a few ogres start to tense up as they hear noises coming from the nearby underbrush and woods. Some point in your the general direction.
DMPC rolls:
Desmond
Kalim
Malcolm
Desmond cringes as he hides, damn companions are like oxen..
Everyone has a view of the ogres position.
"So, Felicitas; what do we do? Is there something hiding we should know about?"
Desmond holds his position.
"Am yes, a red dragon. Huge one! I guess he wants to be in for the show."
"Huge red dragon. Okay. Where, exactly? All I see are ogres."
"Aurora says above us. And watching us.
Can our own dragon friend go talk to it?
"I think he is afraid. And rightly so!
"The huge. Red. Dragon? Afraid? I have heard some funny things in my time but that's gotta be up there. "
Even though the situation is grim, Felicitas manages a smile.
"Aurora is afraid!"
"Ah. Yeah, that makes more sense. Me too, Aurora. Ive no desire to be dragon chow today."
It could be fun to kill a dragon, just make us immune to fire...right?
"That would work, if I had that magic prepared. Unfortunately, I did not."
Several of the ogres start to walk towards your general direction to investigate the creaking and crunching noises they heard. They either don't see the red dragon perched staring down, or alternatively, for whatever reason don't have a concern about the dragon.
So this dragon apparently likes to attack unwitting foes...maybe we should let the dragon know that we know its there.
I agree. Can Aurora let it know we are aware and respect it's presence. We should advance on the Ogres before us.
You see the dragon spread it's massive wings. It flaps twice and its massive body buffets in the air. Although not the most graceful flier, it is beautiful to watch. Until it begins it swoop towards the trees.
percep
will (+2 vs spell or SLA)
perception
Grung you're stoned willed, but you catch out of the corner of your eye the ogres pointing over the trees, they are clearly worried about what they see.
You spot the massive shadow blocking out the sun as it falls over the trees, you feel presence of the terrifying beast and you are panicked by the impending doom. It's aura cripples your rational thought.
You missed the save by a quite a bit so you are frightened as opposed to shaken.
A frightened creature flees from the source of its fear as best it can. If unable to flee, it may fight. A frightened creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks. A frightened creature can use special abilities, including spells, to flee; indeed, the creature must use such means if they are the only way to escape.
Frightened is like shaken, except that the creature must flee if possible. Panicked is a more extreme state of fear.
You see several ogres stop dead in their tracks, then several others bolt head low towards the cover of the trees. This gets you to look up when you are in awe of the swooping dragon. It's frightful presence overcomes your resolve as you are shaken by its presence.
A shaken character takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks. Shaken is a less severe state of fear than frightened or panicked.
Despite Malcolm's reassuring presence strengthening his resolve, Desmond decides the best place for him is under cover where he hopefully cannot be seen...
Karnog books it away from the shadowy winged creature. 40' double move or 60' run (depending on starting terrain I guess).
Feli
Aurora
[i]Why am I still here?[i]you wonder. You are not certain but you believe it is sucking in air as it descends to bellow in that massive furnace of his.
I AM OUT OF HERE. RUN
"RUN! He is about to breath fire!"
Casting haste and then sprinting of Feli runs away, just away from the path the dragon might take. Any place where she is save from the breath will do!
"Holy Abadar...run!
Kalim:
You take a deep breath feeling the chaotic situation arise, there is alomost a soothing sensation to you as your will withstands the impending doom. However, your eyes is keen.
Without hesitation the sorcerer follows Karnog, "Run your fools!
The comrades spread out running within the trees, there is sound of ogres crashing into the trees but farther south.
Grung is reluctant to leave a fight, so he takes a split moment to look at the ogres to make sure they don't follow. To his amazement he witnesses the chaotic anger, or maybe it was passion, of a terrifying beast.
The awe inspiring flame roasts the flesh off of three ogres and for a second the dwarf believes he heard a deep laugh from the sky. With that he breaks into a run after his comrades.