After the stove is reduced to scraps, Zses makes his way out of the room, offering Allie an hand to get trough the smoke.
I'm good. You ok, Red? Percy asks.
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This large chamber contains the workings of an enormous clock, with huge clock faces on the north, west, and south walls. To the east, the entire exterior wall has been knocked out, and a platform of gleaming ice extends out into the open air. A chill wind blows through the opening. Tracked rails weave in and out of the corners of the room, passing through five-foot-square openings in the walls. A block of clockwork gears and mechanisms runs to the ceiling toward the west. A trap door is set into the floor on the north side of the chamber.
Looking out, you can tell that you're approximately 50ft off the ground. The ceiling of this room is 15ft high. The openings in the walls lead to ledges on the exterior of the tower below the clock faces. Suspended just above the floor of each ledge is a giant bell. The ice ledge to the east is approximately 10ft thick.
Allie stops everyone before they go about setting themselves up.
"Just so everyone knows, this is a white dragon. Zses says they are not as smart as they think they are. It can attack with its wings, claws, tails, and teeth. Don't forget its breath weapon. It will feeeze you. Be careful everyone." Though she says the last line to everyone, she is looking directly at Zses.
Allie, I think we should hide behind those holes and sling spells you take north and I'll get south? Ered, if you have that flaming hands spell you used with us on the crows we should probably do that before you and the other close combat types move in.
So Ered, Red, Silence, and Lyosha hide in the four corners of the room behind these holes here. Dragon lands, comes in. Ered, Allie and I roast him. Just then, the rest of you charge. Sound good?
Allie nods at her sister, but doesnt look directly at her. She goes over to set up, touching her chest and saying a few words of protection.
Ered nods slowly. "I believe this gives us a real chance. I did prepare that for the likelihood of it being cold resistant, like most things here. This will really be our best chance, I believe."
The elf grips his weapon and looks up. "We must keep our eyes open for the moment he lands. That will be our moment. It is too bad we don't have a way to keep him to the ground, but that is just what we will have to live with."
friend Zses would it be possible for you to do one of those illusionsites with perhaps me a bit larger the image in a direction we are not in. I will speak with him no doubt drawing a blast of his breath weapon. When he is distracted by the illusion we could attack?
He began. After all so far whom had he not offended in this land.
"Guess we'll have to break his wings." Sigrun says with a grin as she heads toward her hiding place. "Ready as I'll ever be."
Allie, I think we should hide behind those holes and sling spells you take north and I'll get south? Ered, if you have that flaming hands spell you used with us on the crows we should probably do that before you and the other close combat types move in.
So Ered, Red, Silence, and Lyosha hide in the four corners of the room behind these holes here. Dragon lands, comes in. Ered, Allie and I roast him. Just then, the rest of you charge. Sound good?
"Nah, I think I'll just stand back and shoot him a bunch'a times Gorgeous. Let's just do this."
Zses smiles as Allie looks at him, and then turns to nod at the others.
"Yes, I can summon an illusion to distract him: probably hiding behind those cogs. If I make it move forward, the dragon's breath will probably only hit close to the open wall. Oh, and don't forget about those rings, in case that dragon tries to knock us off here." the witch adds, taking cover between the wall and one of the cogs (but not too close to get caught up on them, of course.)
Allie begins to hid herself as well as she can.
*Begins praying feverishly*
Percy takes cover on the other side of the wall from the main room and prepares.
He pressed himself as far into the wall as he could half knocking an arrow to his bow string waiting.
You make your preparations and wait quietly for almost ten minutes before Silence feels a sudden surge of fear in his mind. It has a definite horse tint to the emotion, so it's probably that Mule has seen something. A moment later, all of you can see a Large winged shape coming your way.
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Percy does cast bless and blankets the gross mind in a comfy, fear resistant blanket.
Seeing the dragon coming their way, Zses starts to cast the spell as they decided.
They know how we look like and that we destroyed the tower...Silence's definitely the more recognizable of us, so we don't even have to make him larger to stand out.
As Loghric closes in, the illusory Silence comes out from behind the cogs and charges toward the open area of the tower. Drawing his katana, the image points it heroically at the beast, challenging him, with a light scarf slightly covers his mouth's movements, fluttering even more heroically in the wind.
Well, I surely couldn't have moved the lips while he's talking.
Allie quietly chants as her eyes and hair glow red, a ball of fire forming.
Logrivich looks around calmly as he lands on the edge of the ice platform. After a moment, he speaks. "Ten strangers in my home, and at least one is a mage attempting to deceive me. I'd wondered when someone would try to assassinate me. Tell me who sent you, and I may let you leave here with your lives."
Moving out from behind his particular barricade, the elf moves up to get himself into spell range. Bringing both calloused thumbs to his lips, he whistles fiercely, the sound reminiscent of the winter winds themselves. Crossing his right hand underneath his left, the elf draws his blade. His eyes glow for a moment as his left hand smolders.
Once in range, he stops and in a swift, downward arc, signals the beginning of hostilities with a wave of fire that hurtles towards the beast. His voice rings out in old tones, as old as the bones of the world and those winged creatures that were there to witness it.
"We will leave with our lives, but you will not be so lucky!"
Percy steps out onto the edge of the balcony and fires a ray of seething fire at the dragon's haunches, but the magic has no effect.
Hobbes knocks two arrows and fires them at the dragon.
Hila, tired of waiting rushes towards the scale-skin.
Lining up one of her throwing axes, Sigrun's response comes in the form of a near perfect throw. "Fate sent us to tell you your time is up."
We we sent on behalf of forces you know nothing of Lizard. I am Lord Fus-ro Dah, defender of the seven seals, master of the sacred one, and soon to be known dragon slayer...I challenge you, I a 1000 times challenge you.
He roared out hoping perhaps the image was still enough to take up the dragons attention. He moved to the doorway and loosed an arrow.
A hiss lets outs as the dragon lands. Though it doesn't come from Nevehome's mouth. As soon as the beast draws near balefire forces it's way through his wounds and scars, leaving the pungent smell of burning flesh wafting in his wake as he strides deliberately up to the dragon, a hungry glint in his eyes as he does so.
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Allie grunts in frustration. She runs up next to Hobbes and lets forth the fire within. Right in the FACE.
As the dragon lands, Zses furrows his brow as the illusion has no effects. Moving closer to Loghric, the witch eyes the dragon, hoping that everyone's attacks were going to be effective.
Another prayer is unleashed from Vashti's lips, carried on a soft wind to Silence.
More locks of her hair lighten to white as the spell finishes.
Logrivich chuckles as you rush out of hiding and attack. Seeing Hila, he speaks to her before lazily chomping at Neverhome as he runs forward. When the barbarian connects with a powerful blow, and Allie scorches his face, however, his eyes fill with rage. He unleashes a wild series of strikes at Neverhome before grabbing him in his maw and beginning to squeeze .