Kzrira returns fire injuring one of the archers. Aurichalcum follows up dropping the gnoll with a burning slash. Karethas tries to assist with a spell from cover, but his angle is bad. The remaining gnoll curses the archer and takes her advice, dropping the bow to quickly grab an axe for a hasty swing at the shiny little dragon which misses as Amir's arrow strikes it in the side.
The curious bard moves forward to investigate the noise ahead and is rewarded with a great view of an over-sized spotted hyena as it leaps over the rubble and bounds forward to maul him.
Round 2
Oh, sh*t, Faelar get away from that monster. And start singing if you can, that cheerful tune you were singing earlier definitely made my aim better.
I move to L/-8 and fire at the monster dog.
Attack:
Round 2
Edit - forgot damage.
Damage:
It happens all in a blur, one Gnolls drops to the ground and the other takes a blow and then pain, lots of pain. I can hear Kzrira shouting but once she says monster my vision goes blurry and everything goes black as I fall to the floor.
Karethas looks out at the huge beast standing over Faelar's prone form. I can't believe I'm doing this. Sarenae protect a fool like me. He moves along the edge of the building, trying to keep out of the gnolls' line of sight. Once entirely too close to the giant hyena for his own comfort, Karethas begins his spell. He holds out his hand, his fingers splayed towards the huge beast, and a blinding rainbow of colors sprays from his finger tips to hit the beast full in the face.
Witht eh dragon engaged Amir distrusts his aim, never trained for such precision shooting. Seeing the elf down Amir drops his bow and rushes to engage.
Kzrira moves toward the dire hyena and fires a shot into its haunch. That stops it from taking another mouthful of elf anyway although Kzrira realizes Faelar is in no condition to start singing.
The next moment Amir charges to the rescue, but his strike is insufficient to cut through the big creature's thick hide. Before the beast can chomp on the old rogue, Karethas releases a wave of clashing colors that leave the beast slack jawed and cross-eyed!
R2
Auri lashes the Gnoll with his tail...the small spike trying to find purchase in the beasts skin.
Attack - Posion - Fort save DC 11
Aurichalcum relies on his natural abilities for his next attack, but the gnoll shakes off the venom and takes a swing with its axe, missing the darting dragonette.
R3
Auri whips the barbed tail in once more...
Posion - DC11.
Round 3
Kzrira takes a deep breath hoping that the rogue is able to keep the big dog from further mauling the good decision makingly challenged elf.
Nice spell Karethas.
Seeing that the dog appears to be unable to defend itself, I move to M/-12 and fire at point blank. Hopefully I can also give Amir some flanking.
Attack:
Damage:
Karethas breathes a deep sigh of relief when he sees the hyena succumb to his spell. He throws another glob of acid at it before scurrying back around the corner of the building.
Auri stings again and the gnoll looks woozy for moment, then shakes off the venom. Kzrira closes releasing another pointblank shot into the spotted feliform.
Amir attempts to take advantage of the situation as best he can,
Seeing an opportunity, Amir drives his blade into the dire hyena. It jerks in pain, but seems unable to yet respond. Still surprised at the success of his previous spell, Karethas flubs his next. Up on the rooftop, the gnoll manages to hit the persistent little dragon and slashes it grievously with its axe.
Round 4
Let get this big thing down. Auri, be careful up there. We could use a little healing for our good bard if you can.
I fire at the big dog type thing again..
Attack-Bow:
Damage:
Kzrira delivers the killing shot to the defenseless hyena and it crumples to the dust.
The now half dead Auri launches yet another attempt to poison the still undamaged Gnoll...
Attack Save V DC11.
The gnoll bares its fangs at the infuriating poking from the psuedo-dragon's stinger, but has yet to succumb to the venom.
Auri, get away from that big sword. Let me play 'that arrow looks like a tail' with the gnoll. We need you to get Faelar back on his feet, this is not time for napping.
Karethas runs over to Faelar and checks to see if he is still breathing. "That was one nasty beast and it just downed Faelar like it was nothing."
Amir looks down to Karethas as he checks over Faelar, At the very least tell me the elf is still breathing. Stepping back towards Kzrira Amir hooks his mace on his belt and redraws his bow ready to shoot if the miniature dragon moves away from the last gnoll.
The gnoll on the roof top takes another swing at Aurichalcum. It shaves a scale or three, but the little dragon manages to flap out of range.
Round 5
Time to die like your friends.
I move a little closer so that I am within 30'.
Attack-Bow:
Damage:
Good as her word, Kzrira's arrow strikes the last gnoll under its raised arm and it tumbles from the roof dead before it hits the ground.
I walk back to Faelar to make sure that he is ok.
Auri, can you heal him? If not, I have a healing potion that should get him back up.
Once Faelar is back conscious, I quickly search the gnolls for anything of value. I then helm Amir pull the knoll bodies into a deserted building. If we can, we also drag the hyenadon out of the way.
Won't these things realize that they are better off just leaving us alone. Oh well, lets find that hyena pen and finish them off, then get back to the tanner's home.
The once-again battle disheveled Dragon lands next to Faelar and inspects his fellows wounds.
Raising back on his hind legs, he stretches forward his claws that glow with a warming energy whilst he clucks and whistles a tune akin to a strange windchime for a while, then turns the energies upon himself.
Faelar...
CLW
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Auri
CLW
Both parties still wounded, he shakes his small head in dismay.
"My blessings for today are now spent, it will take another day to restore us to full health I suspect. We must be more cautious in future, for that was only a small patrol."
Auri, see if you can use that defective wand that Faelar has been waving around. Otherwise, we may have to call it a day. Amir and I are find, but you and Faelar cannot take much more damage. Much as it would help my reputation among the lower levels of society if I told them I had killed a brass dragon. I really don't like those elements and think it would be better to keep you alive, at least until you get too big for the party.
The gnoll's longbows, arrows, and battle axes are functional if of uninspiring workmanship. The studded leather armor stinks of musk. Their bodies are easy to drag away and stash in the ruins, but the dead hyenadon has to be near a half ton.
Auri looks thoroughly scandalised at the thought of being a Pathfinder trophy, and takes the wand and examines it for any reason it might be defective.
He looks across at the hyena for a moment "If we can't move it, then stab it full of gnoll arrows, they aren't too smart and will be left puzzled"
He then goes back to the wand.
Works for me.
I grab a bunch of the gnoll arrow to restock my quivers, then stab another dozen into the cat-dog - in addition to the 4 or 5 I already put into it.
Finding no obvious sign of damage or poor workmanship, Aurichalcum triggers the wand.
Faelar
CLW
Opening my eyes, to see Auri standing over me, I look puzzled, until I realise I am laying down. A strange warmth fills my body and all my pains seem to fade away. I slowly stand up, brush off my clothes and look to my friends, "That ... hurt, a lot! I think it would be smart if Aurichalcum was to be the eyes and ears of the group now, that is twice I have put myself into unnecessary danger and I don't plan on doing it again. We still have this wand, if you want to try and get the snake head, also I have a couple more abilities I can use today, I have an idea on how to use one of them too."
Looking to Auri, "Thank-you; oh great and powerful, Aurichalcum. Without your aid I would likely be sleeping the eternal sleep."
"My magics are expended, so if we advance, we advance with that in mind."
If we are going to follow our plan, we need to find the pack of hyenas first to get some snake food.
I begin heading toward where I think the kennel is, once again trying to have some semblance of stealth.
Perception:
Stealth:
"Umm, what about this big Hyena? Wouldn't that be good food for the snake?"
As Kzrira approaches the ruined guard tower, she hears growling arise from inside. Peeking over a fallen wall, she sees a pair of alert cubs in the den. Each of them is about the size of a small wolf.
Looking back over my shoulder at the dead dog and the naive bard. If the snake can eat a seven foot tall 1000 pound dog, I don't thing that we are quite ready to take it on. Come to think of it, if it is that big, even when Auri does grow to his full potential, I do not think I would want to take it on.
Once I look over the wall.
Well all, looks like the big mother has some rather large children. Do we want to take one alive? Or just take them both out. My vote is to kill them, otherwise they will just grow into what we just killed.
Karethas considers for a moment, "Snakes are hunters, not scavengers, they prefer their food alive and warm. I could stun them with another Color Spray and then we could knock one out and kill the other. It will be a sad task, but necessary."
I grin at Karethas. It is as though you were reading my mind. Lets see if you can disable them, then Amir and I can knock them out.
Amir follows wordlessly anxious to move through this next task without eliciting another fight with a patrol. What strange work we have fallen into. Dragging unconscious mongrels to their demise at the hands of other beasts... Amir slips the mace back on his belt and pulls a well worn sap out and slaps it against his hand to emphasize his readiness.
"Club them into unconsciousness, then throw them to the snake."
Auri gives himself a tap with the wand before moving on, seeing as the party is set on heading once again towards danger.
CLW
CLW
"Seems to be working now" He hands back the wand. "May I recommend a Wand of Infernal Healing next time? Much better than those fast heal ones, much more reliable for tidying up after a battle"
He then bounces up into the air above the party, set on keeping an eye out for any more rooftop assailants.
Karethas looks over the fallen wall and nods. "Actually, my sleep spell might be a better choice here. Be ready, it may not work on both of them." He twists the ring around his finger while beginning to chant softly.