With one foe defeated, Talvek shifts his attention to one of the smaller creatures, the reefclaw currently menacing Lubella.
Arcos lashes out at the reefclaw in front of him.
Lubella slashes at the last skum to good effect.
Sidius attempts to lull the orange reefclaw to sleep, but the fishy thing is oddly not tired.
Both elementals miss the pesky orange fish-crab.
Talvek drops the closer reefclaw and Arcos swims to hit the remaining skum with Lubella. The reefclaw starts a strange spinning....
Orange Reefclaw on elem for
The last injured skum fights madly against his two opponents...
On Arcos for
On Lubella for
On Lubella for
=== Round 5 ===
22- Skum(r -9)
18-Lubella(hero , -12),Sidius(), Arcos(-4), Talvek(), elementals (b ), (o -13)
17- Claws(o )
Lubella winced as the remaining skum bit her arm; she maintained her composure and slashed again. Why did the creature persist in attacking her when it could retreat and save itself?
Its opponent down, the elemental swims over to engage the remaining reefclaw.
Sidius cackles to extend the hex distorting the reefclaw's defenses, then swims into a better position.
These creatures were certainly persistent! Between their weapons and their magic, the Silver Ravens were steadily thinning their numbers, but they could still be a threat. Mindful of sitting for too long in one place, Talvek kicks off at a diagonal to come up behind Lubella and attack the remaining skum.
You are able to finish off the last two creatures, the reefclaw swirling in a death throes as it collapses. Fortunately it does not hit anyone.
The elementals dissolve and the water is left still with the trickles of blood swirling around you.
Lubella looked around the area of the underwater dock, looking for clues to the original water level.
Lubella swims around and looks at the dock.
She sees both barrels are filled with water at the
moment, but each still contains an bottle holding air.
Not much else is seen around the docks. The one skum swam off to the west. Another opening is visible to the east.
Talvek swims in the other direction from Lubella, likewise looking around for anything of note.
While Lubella does not find much more of interest, Talvek and his keen hearing amplified by the water detects noises of gurgled communication at a distance to the west where the last fish man swam.
Swimming back to the others, Talvek points west and signals the likely presence of more hostiles that way.
Sidius nods, "Might be best to rush them while our magic is still strong."
Lubella agreed with Sidius and swam west. Anticipating trouble, she healed herself and Talvek first, and then encamped her agility.
Lubella heals up and joins the men to the western tunnel
Phosphorescent lichen grows on the walls of this tunnel,
though portions have been scraped away so that someone
can carve messages into the stone walls. The tunnel leads to
a larger cave and creatures approach.
One appears to be the skum that swam away...and the other...well, more of a priestly fishman, if such a thing exists. :)
18+ Lubella(cat grace), Sidius()
18- Skumboss(), Skum()
8- Arcos(), Talvek()
Sidius fixes his will and hurls a slumber hex at the 'priest'.
The fishy priest looks back at Sidius and fights off the urge to sleep...
Lubella swam forward until she saw the apparent priest. She tried to hail the Skum, ”Perhaps we can come to some sort of agreement. We don’t have to fight each other.”
Lubella starts to speak to the creature, at least the caster-leader, which registers as understanding her words, but not heeding them in the least.
Intruders will be sacrificed!
Some incanting and now there are several of him.
The other skum advances and sets up a guarded position (readied)
=== round 1 ===
18- Skumboss(images), Skum(readied trident)
8- Arcos(), Talvek()
=== round 2 ===
18+ Lubella(cat grace), Sidius()
Lubella shook her head at the fishman’s subborn belligerence and swam forward.
Lubella paddles herself forward, towards the awaiting fishman and his trident.
Sidius quickly begins to cast a spell to summon assistance.
"Uh, no, thank you." Talvek politely declines the offer to be sacrificed as he swims forward to support Lubella.
Sidius begins summons while Talvek swims up to help Lubella.
Arcos paddles himself closer to the fishmen.
The closer one swims up and swings at Lubella with trident claw and fang.
for
for
for
Obviously his heart is not in it, knowing you took out his three friends.
The leader casts a spell, and a protective force shimmers before him.
You going to feed our hungry mouths!
=== round 2 ===
18- Skumboss(images, shield), Skum()
8- Arcos(), Talvek()
=== round 2 ===
18+ Lubella(cat grace), Sidius()
Sidius completes his summons...
Sidius points behind the priest, causing a trio of Dolphins to attack and harry him.
for
for
for
As the dolphins attack, Sidius fixes his will, hurling another hex, putting mental pressure on the priest to slow his reactions and worsen his defenses, then cackles.
The three dolphins appear, and immediately attack the caster.
The first misses badly, not even hitting an image.
The next manages to pop an image
The third also does not hit the shifting fishman.
the hex is mostly ignored by the zealot.
What!!!!
=== round 2 ===
18- Skumboss(+2 images, shield), Skum()
8- Arcos(), Talvek()
=== round 2 ===
18+ Lubella(cat grace), Sidius() D1(),D2(),D3()
"First sacrifice us, then eat us - truly you have no manners." Talvek continues to run his mouth, hoping it will distract their foes even a little as he strikes at the skum in front of him.
Lubella twisted and slashed at the hostile fishman, "You can't expect us to let you eat us!"
Talvek stabs true and punctures the skum.
Lubella paddles closer and then water dances for a quick slash of her own, leaving the creature more bloody but not down.
Arcos considers using magic missiles, but suspects they will be blocked by the caster's defenses. He opts to swim closer (double move).
The bleeding skum retaliates against its foes.
vs Talvek for
vs Lubella for
vs Lubella for
The caster casts another spell...and his appears becomes shifty, along with the sifting images.
The mighty Ungol-Pagh is nigh invincible now. Fools should have fled. Now fools become food!
=== round 3 ===
18- Skumboss(+2 images, displaced, shield), Skum(-14)
8- Arcos(), Talvek()
=== round 2 ===
18+ Lubella(cat grace), Sidius() D1(),D2(),D3()
Heartened by the appearance of dolphin allies, Lubella continued her attack.
"The mighty who now? I never heard of this Ungol-pagh, so they can't be that great."
Easily deflecting the skum's feeble attack, Talvek continues to harry the creature while keeping a wary eye on the caster. For all his bravado, he was getting concerned about the situation - they couldn't fight for much longer before running out of air.
The dolphins press their attack, trying to take advantage of the hex's effect on hits defenses.
Sidius focusses his will and throws another hex at the creature, weakening its resistances, and then cackles to extend both.
vs DC21 which he easily makes
Lubella drops her opponent with her final slash.
Sidius and the dolphins try to find the 'real' McCoy.
1=real
One pops an image and another nails the caster with its nose.
vs DC18 hex saves
=== round 4 ===
18- Skumboss(-6 hp, +1 images, displaced, shield)
8- Arcos(), Talvek()
=== round 2 ===
18+ Lubella(cat grace), Sidius() D1(),D2(),D3()
Arcos tries to blast the skum with a jolt of lightning.
1=him
Arcos pops the last remaining image with a bolt of electricity.
vs DC21 and he loses the spell this time.
=== round 4 ===
18- Skumboss(-6 hp, hex-AC, hex-Will displaced, shield)
8- Arcos(), Talvek()
=== round 2 ===
18+ Lubella(cat grace), Sidius() D1(),D2(),D3()
Talvek advances and uses his long arm reach to try and stab the caster.
The blade draws blood and the ire of the fish-priest
=== round 3 ===
18- Skumboss(-14 hp, hex-AC, hex-Will displaced, shield)
8- Arcos(), Talvek()
=== round 4 ===
18+ Lubella(cat grace), Sidius() D1(),D2(),D3()
Unable to reach the fish-priest, Lubella swam out of the way so Arocs could move up.
Talvek smirks at the fish-priest's surprise as his elongated reach delivers a neat puncture to the thigh. "Not so mighty now, eh?" Resetting his grip on the rapier, the tiefling focuses intently on the great Unghol-Pagh.
Lubella swims forward, towards the caster.
Talvek tries to stab over the dolphin.
on 1-50
But the shifty nature throws off the aim of the tiefling's blade.
=== round 4 ===
8- Arcos(), Talvek()
18+ Lubella(cat grace), Sidius() D1(),D2(),D3()
18- Skumboss(-14 hp, hex-AC, hex-Will displaced, shield)
Arcos fires off a blast of electricity at the priest.