Mittens knelt beside Mariel and laid his hands upon her. The power of Kiri-Jolith flowed through his hands and into her, closing the worst of her wounds. As the Bison God's blessing did its work, Mariel had the distant sense of a great, charging stampede. Countless hooves racing forward together resolute.
High above, the wyvern turned to the southeast and began to fly away from Qualinost.
Thistletorp sneaks forward to strike at one of the draconians near Caitlyn.
Then, he pokes his blades out from the underbrush, cutting into the dcraconian's underbelly with both of his blades before sneaky back into the brush.
Thistletorp slipped among the underbrush and emerged to stab the wounded draconian. It collapsed in a spray of acid, stinging the kender for his trouble.
High above, Toede yelled at the wyvern, "Fly, fly!
Jakun sees the Wyvern getting out of reach and pushes himself for the chase!
This may be as high as Jakun has ever flown, now in range, he casts yet another offensive spell at the creature.
Scorching Ray
Scorching Ray Damage
The half elf glories in the feeling that another god of light has made himself manifest.
Somewhat clumsily, thanks to the blood seeping from the fallen Draconian, Caitlyn advances on the nearest live one. She swings her hammer in a great arc, and nearly looses her footing, but at the last moment she wrenches the hammer down to crash into the evil thing.
With a great burst of speed, his pulse pounding, Jakun raced through the air. He closed the distance with the wyvern, Toede, and Laurana and chanted a spell. Putting the dizzying height and tiny Qualinost below out of his mind, Jakun chanted another spell. A line of flame shot from his hand, searing the wyvern's flank. It roared in pain.
Down below, rage burning in her heart, Caitlyn swung her hammer again. The slippery acid and blood on the ground nearly threw it from her mark. A last minute adjustment born of instinct landed the blow where she meant, nearly slaying the draconian.
That draconian, desperate, closed and flailed at her with its dripping blade. The other surged toward Thistletorp, heedless of Caitlyn's long reach. She nearly felled it, but the dragonman reached Thistletorp all the same. It essayed a wild blow, knocked heavily off-balance by Caitlyn's strike. Thistletorp felt nothing more perilous than a slight breeze as the blade passed well above his head.
it finally made one!
miss
hit
Mittens lowered his head and charged, horns first. They carried the draconian off its feet and into the air. It dissolved above Mittens, spraying him with acid.
High above, the wyvern banked into a wide turn, swinging on an arc that would take it back toward Jakun.
"No! You dumb beast! No! Toede screamed. "We have the princess! She's worth enough to give you a horde! Verminaard will kill us both!"
nope. Turns 45 degrees back toward Jakun. Let's call the relative distance constant since it wasn't trying to get away. If all goes to its plan, it'll be passing through melee range next round.
Thistletorp giggles and skirts around the draconian, well out of range of its weapons. He comes to a stop being the draconian, flanking it with Caitlyn. Then, he draws his swords and strikes again.
Thistletorp swung around behind the last draconian and stabbed it. The creature fell, spraying him with still more acid. With its fall, only Toede and the wyvern remained.
"Fly, damn you! Fly! Fly or Verminaard will use you for boots!" Toede shouted at the wyvern, which continued its turn undeterred.
he's not buying it
Jakun?
Jakun will raise his staff and released a stored spell from it.
Magic Missile
Hammer sliding from her hands, Caitlyn finds her sling in one hand and a bullet stone in the other. She glares at the wyvern struggling to climb away and starts swinging the sling in a circular motion. Faster and faster and faster till the air is filled with the moan of the strings, an with a grunt of effort she looses the stone which majestically sails up towards the beast!
Jakun called on the sleeping magic of his staff, hurling forcebolts into the wyvern. They struck the dragon in the flank as it completed its turn. Jakun dived and the wyvern followed, swooping past and lashing out with its stinger. The barb, dripping venom, whistled past Jakun's waist.
From below, Caitlyn spun her sling and hurled a bullet. It found a soft spot beneath the wyvern's wing. The dragon howled its rage. In answer, elven voices rose in the distance.
it made one!
Descent is double speed, so let's eyeball it that they end up the same place, but 60 feet lower. So 120 feet up. Caitlyn hits anyway, but handy for the others.
miss, damn it
It made two!
HEAL check
To see if I can see how hurt the wyvern is.
HEAL check 1d20+9
To see if I can see how hurt the wyvern is.
Almost fifty. :( The fight's over sooner than that, one way or another.
Mittens watched after Mariel, on guard for any draconians who may have slipped away.
The wyvern swooped and rolled, sending Toede and Laurana scrambling to stay on its back. Toede's arms pinwheeled and he screamed in desperation before regaining his purchase. Laurana only had to shift quickly to retain her seat.
The wyvern tries to dump Toede & Laurana. It's flying, so I'm going to resolve this as a fly check vs. their CMDs.
Toede CMD: 17 nope. Laurana CMD: 18 no love there either. Dammit.
It also flies 60 feet away from Jakun.
Mittens! Go and catch the princess!! Thistletorp yells, as he scurries over to where the princess is falling. Maybe he can cushion her fall if nothing else. Jakun!! try and get her from the air!!!
Mittens! Go and catch the princess!! Thistletorp yells, as he scurries over to where the princess is falling. Maybe he can cushion her fall if nothing else. Jakun!! try and get her from the air!!!
Thistletorp will move into range with his bow and fire
Mittens watched after Mariel, on guard for any draconians who may have slipped away.
Thistletorp shot an arrow into the sky, but it arced high above the wyvern before turning back toward the ground. The dragonkin didn't appear to have noticed it, but Toede let out fresh cries.
"Go! Fly! Fly! They have bows! The elves will be here soon! Fly!"
So close to the creature Jakun allows himself to descend as he casts a spell back up at it.
Scorching Ray (Ranged Touch)
Scorching Ray Damage
Jakun hurls another gout of flame at the wyvern, striking it in the side. The wyvern spasmed, its wings going slack as it plunged toward the earth, taking Toede and Princess Laurana with it.
The princess and hobgoblin both fell free from the wyvern, thrown clear as the dragonkin turned in its fall. Jakun dove after Laurana, passing a screaming Toede. The wind blew in the minotaur's face as he raced down faster than gravity bore the princess. Reaching desperately for her, Jakun came so near he felt the elf's fingers brush his own just before she crashed to the ground with a sickening crunch. The wyvern and Toede hit the ground not far away.
Princess Laurana did not stir, except to bleed freely from where broken bones tore through her flesh.
Jakun has the move, but it's not easy to grab someone flying at the speed of gravity. I'm going to use the rules for catching another while falling from the Climb skill. Laurana's Touch AC is 10, forgoing her dex bonus.
Oh dear.
Laurana is at -8 hp. She dies at -14.
We have the paladin