"Brujo, Leo -- leave the Shar-damned things alone and take cover!"
"Brujo, Leo -- leave the Shar-damned things alone and take cover!"
"Good luck I've been trying to persuade him out of this ever since Perigia went to fetch you guys!" Leo mutters back gritting his teeth from the pain of the construct's attack.
Caine slashes happily at the ratswarm as it heaves past him. With a happy battle song on his lips, the finishes the last of the rodents and turns his attention to other matters.
Caine's OA v ratswarm: (1d20 9=27)
Damage to ratswarm: (1d10 4=8)
Shortsword attack (1d20+7=22)
Damage (1d6=1)
Longsword (1d20+7=25)
Longsword (2d8+3=18)
Fairwind vaults through the combat, stabbing the crossbow construct, rolling to the side and bringing her longsword in rapid slash as she comes out of the roll!
Perigia's ray produces the worst sounds yet from Defender 2. The thing is almost disintegrating before your eyes.
Fairwind's attack causes unpleasant mechanical noises to emerge from the Arbalaster. Some random cogwheels fall to the ground and roll towards the kobolds.
Caine sighs. "If you must play with the toys, at least let an expert show you how to do it."
Cronin, seeing his advice go unheeded, hurries to Fairwind's aid.
MAP: all together: Round 10 start
Leo sidesteps so he's flanking it with Brujo then cuts loose as his sword gives off its signature silvery glimmer that passes through the construct.
(Shift to O-9 and then cut loose with a holy Strike on D-2 roll a 16+9 for 25 to hit or 27 if flanking attempt works doing 1d8+6 damage if it hits which would do 7pts of damage)
Leo's attack is too much for Defender 2. With a final screech of tortured metal, it collapses in a heap. The kobolds ease back behind the wall out of each of the Arbalaster and cheer.
"See. Told you they were even better at killing things than sneaky kobolds." Snaggletooth comments smugly to Kneebiter.
The Cobra and the remaining Defender ease forward. The snake's hood flares again. In retaliation for her multiple attacks, the weakened Arbalaster slams into Fairwind, adding to the half-elf's bruises and scuttles away, affording the deft woman another chance to hit it as it goes.
Weakened Arbalaster slams into Fairwind: (1d20+11=23, 1d4+2=5).
Map:- round 10 after monster moves
Longsword OA (1d20+7=22)
Longsword damage (1d8+3=6)
Twinstrike (1d20+7=8, 1d20+7=22)
Shortsword (1d6+3=5)
Fairwind snarls and chases after the juddery thing.
Seeing the appraoch of the iron cobra, Brujo jusmp back abit.
Fairwind hacks another chunk out of the Arbalaster which now looks a little the worse for wear.
Brujo unleashes his now familiar lightning chain and hauls the cobra towards him. Immediately, Defender 1's head swings around.
Cronin steps forward to put himself in range of Fairwind (and, not incidentally, adjacent to the dead creeper) and invokes Selune's sacred flame on the arbalester.
Sacred Flame on A (1d20 6=26, 1d6 6=12) Sacred Flame crit damage (1d6=5)
The arbalaster disintegrates. Crossbow bolts spill out from the mechanism with a sad clatter of weaponry.
The collapse of Defender 2 and the Arbalaster make little difference to the cobra and the remaining Defender. Even as the companions start to ease themselves into flanking positions, the snake's hood flares once again and the Defender's jaw drops open revealing rows of damaging iron teeth.
The collapse of Defender 2 and the Arbalaster make little difference to the cobra and the remaining Defender. Even as the companions start to ease themselves into flanking positions, the snake's hood flares once again and the Defender's jaw drops open revealing rows of damaging iron teeth.
Leo shifts closer to the cobra flanking it on the opposite side to Commander Caine.
"I challenge you!" Leo yells at it as his sword glimmers silver once but this time there is almighty crack almost like thunder as the Cobra shudders under the might of the paladin's blow...
Leo's holy fervour hacks into the iron body, visibly damaging the construct. The snake's hood opens wide and the head lashes down, sinking venmous teeth into the paladin, before shifting back towards the pillar. The Defender also tries to bite him, but fails to connect.
Cobra attack on Leo (on hit 5 ongoing poison damage): (1d20 11=23, 1d8 3=7).
MAP - Round 11 after Leo and monster moves
"You're not getting away", Brujo vanishes only to appear infront of the run away cobra.
The cobra's eyes swirl as it attempts to take over part of Brujo's mind. The eladrin sways as his will is sapped. Frost forms over the snake's body as it takes further damage from Brujo's chilling wound.
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Leo's holy fervour hacks into the iron body, visibly damaging the construct. The snake's hood opens wide and the head lashes down, sinking venmous teeth into the paladin, before shifting back towards the pillar. The Defender also tries to bite him, but fails to connect.
Cobra attack on Leo (on hit 5 ongoing poison damage): (1d20 11=23, 1d8 3=7).
MAP - Round 11 after Leo and monster moves
Basic longsword attack (1d20+7=20)
damage (1d8+3=11)
Fairwind runs through the melee and stabs to the 'heart' of the cobra.
Fairwind's blow is damaging, but like Brujo before her, she makes the fatal error of looking into the snake's eyes. Like him, she is also dazed and slowed.
Poison the Mind on Fairwind (v Will): (1d20 8=13).
It's the last mistake the metal snake makes. Brujo's frosty wound opens a little wider and whatever is powering the thing simply stops working. With a final writhe, the cobra collapses.
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Perigia casually blasts howitzer force magic missiles at Defender 1.
Perigia's magic missile attack on Defender 1 (v Ref): (1d20 4=16, 2d4 3=8)
Cronin stands here he is, evoking Selune's sacred flame on the defender.
Cronin stands here he is, evoking Selune's sacred flame on the defender.
The Defender creaks as Cronin's shaft of divine flame clouts it. Some of Fairwind's wounds close over as Selune's mercy washes over the half elf.
Perigia casually blasts howitzer force magic missiles at Defender 1.
Perigia's magic missile attack on Defender 1 (v Ref): (1d20 4=16, 2d4 3=8)
Atk; Dmg (1d20+9=27, 1d10+4=8, 1d20+9=28, 1d10+4=9)
"Fall! Damn you!" Shouts Caine as he makes huge arcing slashes at the enemy.
Caine's shower of blows demolish large sections of the Defender. It's still standing, but it is looking a lot the worse for wear. The kobolds realising they are reasonably safe, scuttle towards the body of the creeper. Snaggletooth catches Cronin's eye "Just checking it is dead. Don't want it sneakily attacking you." he explains.
Fairwind
Glancing behind you, you notice that Brujo's arm and face are flaring with an irridescent blue flame. He is doing his darndest to hide this from you. You recognise the blue flame as a spellscar.
Caine's shower of blows demolish large sections of the Defender. It's still standing, but it is looking a lot the worse for wear. The kobolds realising they are reasonably safe, scuttle towards the body of the creeper. Snaggletooth catches Cronin's eye "Just checking it is dead. Don't want it sneakily attacking you." he explains.
MAP - Round 12 start
Leo moves again to match the fleeing Defender and calls upon his training.
"Kelemvor guide my arm!" he intones as a silver glimmer passes through his arm and up his sword slamming into his opponent.
Kelemvor answers Leo's prayers and his weapon takes out a large chunk of the Defender's mechanism. Although horribly damaged, it manages to open its jaw and engulf Leo's free arm, biting down hard.
Bite attack on Leo (v AC): (1d20 8=25, 1d8 3=5).
"What should I do? Run...fight...but...", Paranoia creeps over Brujo, as thoughts begin rushing into his head. "They did save me earlier, but that's no guarantee that they'll help me now..."
Droping his blade, he pulls his cloak closer to his skin, and moves away from battle.
"Release my friend," Perigia shouts as she lobs a magic missile at D1.