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The moment they crowded into the hall Esmarelda smirked as she ripped off a bead and threw it into the thick of them.
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Esmeralda lobs her necklace stone and the Cyclops howl as fire blasts them.
Green & Orange have no room to move and take the full damage.
At the moment Red is blocking the others. So this round everyone can act first!
Cursing like the sailor she is, Ashlei starts lobbing daggers willy-nilly instead now at the Red giant!
Full ATTACK(Thrown Daggers!)
Possible Crit?
"Gotcha."
Cass breathes a cone of dragonfire straight down the hallway.
As the fire and smoke begins to dissipate, the powerful summoned dire lion appears, fully materialized at the top of the stairs. With a bestial roar, the mighty animal pounces onto the first living cyclops, tearing into it with reckless abandon.
As the lion tears into it's first victim, Rhialla sends as razor sharp dagger of freezing cold ice spinning toward the first standing enemy.
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He dropped his pike for the moment and drew his cutlass stepping into his swing and transposing himself between the cyclops and his mage. He didnt want he smashed flat.. after all it had taken him a long time to find a good ships mage and he appreciated how easy she was on the eyes.
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Following after Ashlei, Esmarelda threw a dagger of her own. After everything that happened she wouldn't be getting close to them any time soon. At least not without the ability to get behind them.
Asheli makes her point with a near perfect throw, wounding Red
Cassiopeia breaths dragonfire down the passage, Orange & Green perish screaming in the flames.
Rhialla's summoned Dire lion sinks its fangs deep into Red, its claws scrape off her armor, then rake deep into her gut!
Rhialla finishes Red with a razor sharp shard of ice.
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Blue roars with fury and forces his way up the stairs to avenge his kin. Only the fall to Percy's blade. Cut down with two dazzling slashes.
G16. BALCONY
Stairs lead to this covered balcony carved into the mountain face. It overlooks most of the valley as well as the portico below.
G15. TRAINING HALL
A bloodstained fighting circle takes up the center of this long, rectangular hall. To the west stand three human-shaped archery targets, while two weapon racks line the opposite wall.
Loot:
The Head Cyclops had a +1 battleaxe (large). Everthing else is MW at best.
What are you doing now? You can dimly hear shouting in giant from behind the double doors to the north in G15.
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Opening the doors reveals an empty chamber. The sound of shouting in giant picks up from behind the next set of doors.
What now?
Next door...
...and let the Lion through first!
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The door opens onto a large chamber. .
G14 FOUNDERS COURT
Beyond the double doors of this wide portico lies a huge chamber, only weakly illuminated by giant lamps suspended over head. Very large sleeping pall ets cover most of the floor space, and two more sets of double doors lead north and south.
6 Cyclops are readying to come for you.
Surprise round. You all have one action.
Sneering at the enemy while standing with cover from the door, Ashlei tries to target the center figure (yellow) with a head shot!
Targeted Strike (Ex): At 7th level, as a full-round action the swashbuckler can spend 1 panache point to make an attack with a single light or one-handed piercing melee weapon that cripples part of a foe’s body. The swashbuckler chooses a part of the body to target. If the attack succeeds, in addition to the attack’s normal damage, the target suffers one of the following effects based on the part of the body targeted. If a creature doesn’t have one of the listed body locations, that body part cannot be targeted. Creatures that are immune to sneak attacks are also immune to targeted strikes. Items or abilities that protect a creature from critical hits also protect a creature from targeted strikes.
**Arms: The target takes no damage from the attack, but it drops one carried item of the swashbuckler’s choice, even if the item is wielded with two hands. Items held in a locked gauntlet cannot be chosen.
**Head: The target is confused for 1 round. This is a mind-affecting effect.
**Legs: The target is knocked prone. Creatures with four or more legs or that are immune to trip attacks are immune to this effect.
**Torso or Wings: The target is staggered for 1 round.
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A bit overdramatically, Cassiopeia raises a hand and then turns it over as if to inspect her palm for something, then flicks her index finger and lobs another fireball down into the concentration of cyclopes.
(Ref save DC 18 half)
As Cassie lobs another Fireball into the giants’ midst, Ashlei smiles and cracks wise.
“I love the smell of burning giants in the morning!”
Esmeralda held out a bead to Ashlei. "Wanna follow that up? I'll let you throw it." She said with smirk. "You know you want to."
Smiling at the generosity, Ashlei's eyes light up as she takes the gold globe and tosses it after Cassie's fireball.
"YOWZIE! You know how to get a girl HOT!"
*BOOMMMM!!*
*SCREAMS OF PAIN!*
"I know" Esmarelda smirked as she threw one herself.
The summoned dire-lion immediately pounces upon the nearest standing cyclops in the wake of the fiery explosions, savagely tearing into the one-eyed giant.
Rhialla meanwhile rests a hand on Esmaralda's shoulder, sacrificing a spell for a bit of healing.
Ashlei puts her blade deep into Yellow's head.
Percy guts Orange.
The first of the beads ends Yellow
The summoned Dire lion ends the last surviving Cyclops and silence falls over the room that stinks of burnt Cyclops.
The silence is quickly broken by the far doors slamming open and a much bigger Cyclops roars as he enters the room. Unlike the Cyclops you net so far this one is bigger and has a horn in his forehead.
This misshapen but incredibly muscular humanoid has a single huge bloodshot eye set under a short, jagged horn on its brow.
Everyone but Rhialla may act!
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"Been waiting for you," says Cassiopeia.
(DC 20 Fort save for ½ damage and fatigued instead of exhausted.)
Rushing out to close the distance, Ashlei quick-draws her magical starknife from her magical belt!
"Tired of finally hiding? Come get some of this!"
Thrown ATTACK(+1 Starknife!)
Possible Crit w/Starknife?
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Ash.... wai... "
He shook hishead and sighed. Of course she charged into the frey like that. They could have waited and let him rush forth into the fray and get surrounded.... still the stone was cast. Gripping the pike in his shields hand he pulled out a javelin and like Ash rushed forth and gave it a mighty hurl...
"This is gonna hurt."
"Last one of the good ones." Esmarelda said as she picked out a glass bead and threw it.
Hammered by the party the Great Cyclops charges forward. Deciding that Esmeralda must be a spellcaster it lowers its horn and gores her.
However as it nears her Percy slams his boarding pike dangerously deep into its side , making its horn miss!
Rhialla may act, then back to the rest of the party.
Rhialla calls upon Bemara's blessing to aid in the fight, as the summoned dire lion charges forward with a roar of challenge, seeking to tear the giant apart.
The Summoned Lion manages to sink his teeth into the great Cyclops, but his claws scrabble pointlessly against his armor.
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Cassiopeia activates one of her pearls of power to hurl another brace of magic missiles at the great cyclops.
"I want it known," Esmarelda began as she took out the very last bead "I hate this place." She told Rhialla before throwing the bead.
"Yeah Ash! Listen to him, these things aren't ones to mess around with." Esmarelda called. "I won't lie... I don't really want to go in there... But I just used my last good option."
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The Great Cyclops howls in anguish and lashes out at Percy.
The party can now act!
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He roared out in clear pain as he sidesteped just enough to only catch a glancing blow from the giantkins club... but that was enough to make his vision swim for a moment. another few inches and he would be paste. Still. it was his purpose. Through gritted teeth he stabbed at the great monster again, and again this time... using the stabbing motions to rock back away a few feet... hopefully away enough the summoned cat kept its attention.
Cursing loudly and spitting at the giant, Ashlei steps back obeying her Captain's orders...
Full ATTACK(Thrown Daggers!)
Percy's first attack sinks in deeply.
Ashlei misses hers.
"Oh, what's that? Yet another magic missile? Oh, fine, don't mind if I do."
"Don't blame you one bit" Rhialla replies, "I'll definitely be glad when we're done with this place."
Cringing as Percy takes another powerful blow, she finally lets out a breath she didn't realize she was holding when Cass put the bastard down with another barrage of magical projectiles. She quickly dashes over to Percy, grabbing him and directing the power of one of her stronger spells into healing energy. Noting that Es is also hurt, she then sends forth a wave of healing, hoping to get them both mostly restored before they move on.