Shanya puts her shortbow away and starts running to join Kalt in battle, drawing her rapier as she moves.
Sven manages to hit the stunned, disarmed barbarian twice, glancing blows that only sever tendon and not bone. The monstrous Triaxian holds on with fierce power to life, and slowly recovers from his stunned state.
Over the wall, the tower slowly advances as the huge cryohydras pulling it strain against the weight.
Barb 1 - 80 damage, stunned, disarmed
Barb 2 - 4 rounds
Dragonkin - 3 rounds
Tower 9 rounds
Kalt takes a step closer to the wounded barbarian, intent on killing he man - but his attacks are feeble indeed and he fails to connect.
Motioning to the barbarian and dragonkin, Tiknesr calls out "I think those two will be retching for a bit longer, but at some point they're bound to get their fight back. Might as well send'm to the grave first, eh? Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo, hee hee hee hee hee." he chuckles.
"Meanwhile, there's a little something I've been meaning to try for ages. I'm going to look dead in a second, but I appreciate you keeping me from getting actually dead. Aroden can look after my body as well. I'm going to send my soul into this gem here, and then see if I can create some carnage in the approaching line."
Tik pulls out a large red ruby, lies down, mutters an arcane spell, and seems to fall lifeless. Immediately Aroden starts to drag his body behind the nearest tower.
Tik's curses cling to the barbarians, almost tangible with the cloying scent of coming death.
Both of the Kalt's immensely strong swings only manage to bounce off the stunned barbarians surprisingly thick armor.
Avora commands the ankylosaurus to continue its attack, even as she calls down divine fire from the heavens against the foe.
(half-fire/half-divine)
Lana continues to wait, prepared to do what she can when the time is right.
Shanya moves next to the burly berserker, eyes his opponent's wounds, and strikes with her rapier to widen them.
The barbarian manages to stumble mostly out of the way of the flame strike, but that only lands him in Sven and Shanya's blades. Under their combined assault he falls to the ground, dead.
There is a scream of ice scraping upon ice as the siege tower and it's cryohydra team loom closer to the walls of the fortress. The creatures snap and hiss under the strain of the load, but seem quite determined to reach the walls. The dozens of warriors cliging begin to throw javelins and curses at the other defenders upon the wall, but neither seems effective against the bowmen defending the walls - yet. Another 30 yards, however, and their javelins may be close enough to find their mark.
Barb 2 - 3 rounds
Dragonkin - 2 rounds
Tower 8 rounds
Aroden continues to drag Tiknesr's body behind the tower. Meanwhile the ratling's spirit flies beyond, searching for the mightiest foe it can possess.
Seeing the barbarian fall at long last, Kalt goes off in search of the other foes who fell victim to Tik's noxious cloud.
Shanya follows Sven & Kalt to the tower.
Avora hurries to catch up to the others.
Avora brings the ankylosaurus close to the wall, planning to use its strength to bolster the defenses and shore up the walls, if necessary, or to bring it to bear if the wall is breached.
The ratfolk begins slipping out of his body - but finds that it is he he who feels the universes misfortune, for a change. Tik's mind begins to slip not into a hydra, but rather into the nearby nauseated dragonkin - which proves too alien for the ratfolk to handle. The creature fights off the possession and Tik finds himself thrust back into his body.
The rest of the heroes advance closer to the oncoming tower. As they pass the dragonkin and the barbarian, they see that the drakeland soldiers are slowly finding their feet - the dragonkin's eyes flash with a fiery hatred of the strange aliens that would humiliate him.
From the parapets, it is easy to see that huge cryohydra are easy targets - some 160' aways, and unarmored save the beasts thick hides.
Barb 2 - 2 rounds
Dragonkin - 1 rounds
Tower 7 rounds
Kalt takes a step closer to the foe before him and strikes!
Shoved back into the gem, Tik's soul groans and grinds with frustration, but tries again.
Kalt find's that his powerful strings simply aren't well-placed - the only manage to deflect off the dragonkin's thick hide instead of penetrating.
Shanya keeps running alongside Sven.
Avora moves forward, directing the ankylosaur towards the dragonkin(?),
Lana remains near Tiknesr's body, protecting the helpless rat-man.
The scaly soldiers move into a better position while the drake takes a step back as they wait for the spell to lose effect on them.
At Avora's command, the ankylosaurus moves around Shanya, bringing its formidable tail to bear against the dragon.
As the beast follows her instructions, Avora comes around the corner of the building, speaks the words to a spell, and a lightning bolt crashes down from the heavens towards the scaly warriors.
(DC 17 Reflex for half)
Kalt continues to press the attack against the dragon, his magically weighted blade crashing into it hard!
Tik can feel his souls slip away from the jar and he finds himself in the body of the Triaxian. The dragonkin is smashed in the face by an angry dinosaur.
Kaly steps up and slashes at the dragonkin, cutting through its scales once.
Well, this is interesting! Hehehehehehe, the Old Rat thinks as he feels the strength in his borrowed body.
The Triaxian raises his weapon overhead and charges at the dragon, screaming in draconic, "Now's when you die, you miserable excuse for a lizard's runt." Spittle flies from his mouth and freezes in his beard as he swings and laughs.
+1 Bastard Sword +14/+9 (1d10 + 5)
Bite +7 (1d4+2)
Note he has Power Attack as well which is not figured into the stats above.
The Tik-powered Triaxian barbarian steps up and slashes at the dragonkin.
Avora will indeed change her action, swapping the target of the lightning bolt for the dragonkin.
Shanya moves forward rapier drawn.
Her weapon bounces off the reptile's thick hide. The dragonkin, on his last legs fights to the end.
His wrath is turned upon Kalt!
Then the party easily defeats him as there is little life left in him.
+1 Bastard Sword x2
+1 Fullplate x2
+1 Heavy Steel Shield x2
Elixir of Dragon Breath(Green) x2
Speaking in the voice of the burly Triaxian he's possessing, Tik says, "Aroden, can you bring my gem closer to the wall, until those cryohydras get closer?
"And...one or more of you might want to kill the warrior body I'm in, otherwise it'll regain it's senses when I move on to another body, and that could be...inconvenient, eh?
"Heheheheheh ho ho ho ho ho, hee hee hee hee hee."
He kneels and bares his neck. "Go ahead. He won't feel any pain, I don't think...and I always find pain in others' bodies fascinating.
"By the way, when those towers get close enough, I'm going to try to cause a bit of trouble over there. Wish me luck...and please do keep my body safe!"
Kalt begins moving back toward Lana and Tik's body, calling out as he strides across the frozen ground, "Let's regroup, we'll want to be closer together if we're going to use any magic before they get here."
Hearing the Triaxian warrior speak, and then giggle in Tik's peculiar way, Kalt's eyes widen and he asks, "I know nothing of these things. It won't harm you if we kill him while you're in him? Either way, if you want him dead, come kneel over here and I'll see to it."
Shanya moves to rejoin the rest of the team.