As Lana heals him, Kalt turns to face the kneeling guardsman. He's unaccustomed to killing a helpless foe, especially one asking to be killed and giggling like their ratfolk companion, but he's had to get used to any number of things since first encountering summers snows in Heldren. With a muttered apology - though he's not sure to whom - he drives his blade into the man's chest, forcing himself to look the guardsman in the eye as he kills him. The strange light in the man's eye, presumably a product of Tik's spell, winks out, followed by the fading of a more natural light as the man's spirit leaves his body.
Pulling his sword free, he turns away from the crumpled form on the ground, grumbling crossly, "Let's fight something that can fight back!"
While the incoming tower is nigh impenetrable, the slope makes the tower unstable enough to where destroying it's rear wheels can cause it to topple over. However to do so, one would have to get inside the tower.
As the hydra-driven war tower approaches, you see many warriors and hear even more. If the war tower reaches you, there will be a nigh infinite hoard to deal with. Taking out the tower and/or the hydras driving it is in high priority.
"Any way we can take out the hydras before they get to the wall?" Kalt asks his hulking friend. "If they can't move the towers any closer, the triaxians won't be able to get in. Or we could destroy the towers. Either way, we should stop them getting closer."
Glancing at his companions, he says, "Anyone got a way to get us to the towers quick? Or destroy them from here? I don't really like the idea of all those soldiers making it over the wall."
Lacking any better plan, Kalt raises his bow and looses a flight of arrows at the oncoming hydra, hoping to stop at least one of the towers from reaching the wall. His first shot, with twinned arrows, is well placed, but the other barely makes it past the wall.
"Going to take a while to finish him off this way..." he mutters in frustration.
Still 'wearing' the body of the Triaxian warrior, Tik looks down toward the hydras and the people around them and chants, "Piggie's head up squirrel's hind / Ooops it's time to lose your mind!"
Lana watches the army flickering between comfortably-far-away and suddenly-nearby with growing alarm. Keeping her cool, she prepares to take action once the enemy's location seems more stable.
Kalt hits with an arrow while Tik casts a spell hoping to sow discord.
One of the hydras eyes glaze over.
One of hydras bashes its head into the tower taking . Some of the triaxian soldiers start fighting amongst themselves. Suddenly a trio of frost drakes fly out and speed towards the party fangs bared.
A familiar sneering grin curls the lip of the Triaxian. His voice singsongs, "Blackened limbs, like Gods of Old / Rise from soil, my foes to hold!"
As he casts, massive black tentacles rise and attempt to hold down the hydras and the soldiers around them.
Tik summons tentacles but they are unable to grab anyone.
Startled by how quickly the drakes have reached him, Kalt drops his bow to the ground, quipping to Sven as he does so, "Don't let me forget that, eh?" Though the drakes' teeth hurt, Kalt does not feel the cold of their attacks as he slips his blade clear of its sheath and slices deeply into one of the drakes!
Avora calls into being a tiny sphere of fire. She throws it towards the tower, where it grows into a sphere about 5 feet in diameter, gaining momentum as it goes. It strikes the tower with a fiery crash.
Shanya clearly has reservations about engaging a drake, but she studies it for weaknesses and strikes nevertheless.
Not trained for war. Investigation, surely, but not war!
Lana raises her arms and calls forth the recently-freed life essence from the slain, shaping it into a ball of fire that she flings at the siege tower.
Both Lana and Avora summon fire setting the tower ablaze. The triaxian soldiers start panicking as they scramble to avoid the balls of flame. Kalt, Sven, and Shanya all strike their targets though all the drakes still stand. The frost drakes retaliate, their wrath as cold as their breath.
Kalt continues to swing at the wounded drake, Lana's spell granting him incredible speed!
The confused hydra stays still and makes a bizarre gargling worgling howling noises.
The writhing black tentacles continue to try to grapple everything within reach.
Meanwhile Tik-in-Boots chants a new spell and a huge ball of fire bursts on the two hydras and those around them.
Shanya keeps on stabbing, her eyes searching the beast's hide for weaknesses.
Lana reaches out and touches Kalt, willing his essence to strengthen.
Kalt finishes off a drake and lays into the other one. Sven also finishes off his foe. Shanya gets in a jab at Kalt's foe as well. Lana heals the injured warrior.
Tik's spell is able to ensnare the hydras and their cargo. Avora's dino lumbers towards a target.
The party is able to stop the war tower!
Despite the party's success however, a few soldiers are able to make it into the wall with the help of a flying caster after the party reroups. She drops them off nearby. They draw hammers made of a dark metal and make their way to the nearby building.
The sorceress casts a spell quickening all their movements.
Using the extra speed from Lana's magic, Kalt moves forward, awaiting the approach of the foe!
Tik-in-Boots hustles over to the doorway and then casts a Web over the assailants.
The trio of barbarians move to the closest door.
Shanya quickly knocks back a flask of clear liquid, and her form starts blinking from side to side. She then hustles over to the north of the door, her rapier readied for a fight.
Avora directs the ball of fire so as to cause maximum chaos and havoc with the enemy ranks. She also commands the ankylosaurus to attack the approaching barbarians!
plus stun (save DC 23)
Lana whispers a single word, which floats silently past her allies to explode into a cacophony in the midst of the enemies.
Shanya drinks an extract while Avora directs her ball of flame and her dinosaur.
One of the barbarians is stunned while Lana sends pure thunder at the barbarians.
The barbarians resist the stunning effect.
The sorceror resists the attack on his mind. In turn the sorceror flies up and throws a snowball at Tik's current body.
Kalt hurries around the corner, using his enhanced magical speed to get within reach of the sorceress and strike out at her!