Loram moves in, slashing at Haarlock with his plasma sword as he maneuvers to take flanking advantage.
vs EAC
Energy & Fire
Includes +2 to attack roll for flanking
"I guess we're killing him then?"
Xera moves up to within range and unleashes a bolt of mental power, as strong as she can muster.
With their target closely engaged Deneth kicks in his jetpack and flies up leaving a cloud of sand behind him. Once up above the pirate he carefully aims then blasts down with his arcing surge. "That's right, catch him in the crossfire."
Kibbens, activating his plasma sheath ability, almost seems to distort the air around him with the intense heat he's giving off.
As Loram moves into melee with Haarlock, Deneth takes to the air, moving to position himself for his attack.
For his part, Loram can't seem to land a solid blow, although the plasma beam does leave an impressive blur lines as it arcs over Haarlock's tumbling-backwards form.
"You do your species proud Vesk. Not many of your people can stand against my blade, much less emerge out the other side unscathed." says Haarlock in response to Raxsortun's comment, even as he is tumbling backwards to avoid Loram's blow. He somehow manages to reverse his momentum and fling himself forward, twisting and putting all of his body behind his blade and shooting towards Raxsortun like an arrow.
While Xera's Mental assault was somewhat resisted, it causes Haarlock to stumble, and this allows Raxsortun to land a hit on Haarlock, who quickly regains his senses and parries the follow-up claw strike.
Kibbens does his best to make himself known to his enemy, but as he swings his massive hammer at the pirate captain, Haarlock spins inside the haft of his weapon, which blunts the attack.
During the scuffle with multiple combatants, it seems Haarlock lost sight of Deneth, and only the split second timing of looking up prevented him from taking the powerful bolt of lightning straight into his head. As it is, he is still clipped by the arc and stumbles for a moment, though again quickly regains his bearings.
As Raxsortun and Loram maneuver to keep Haarlock between them, Deneth drifts to the side and fires another bolt of lightning between the two.
Loram continues to engage his foe, taking a flanking position if possible and lunging forward with his sword if needed to keep the nimble foe in range of his weapon.
vs EAC
Energy & Fire
vs EAC
Energy & Fire
Includes +2 to attack roll for flanking (if possible), and -4 for full round attack
Though her mental abilities are waning, Xera continues to hammer at Haarlock's mind.
Kibben's now fully blazing with an amorphous coating of gold and orange energy, doubles down on his furious flurry of attacks, his small size hopefully giving him an edge to get through Haarlock.
Loram swings his blade twice, but between Haarlock's armor and blade Loram can't find purchase with his own blade.
Still seeing Raxsortun as the real threat, Haarlock continues to focus on him.
Xera's mental assault again hampers Haarlock, causing a near fatal stab to miss Raxsortun's eye by an inch, as he must put some of his concentration into fending off her mental assault.
For his part, Raxsortun can't seem to penetrate Haarlock's armor with his razor-sharp talons.
Kibbens attempts to strike at the same time as Raxsortun, and when Haarlock takes a stutter step back, Kibben's attack nearly eviscerates Raxsortun.
Unfortunately for Haarlock, he steps back just as Deneth unleashes his lightning, catching him full on the shoulder with the blast of lightning and sending tendrils of lightning arcing along the ground.
Taking a cautious step away, the kasathas switches tactics, using his taclash to perhaps try and bring the pirate down and take him alive.
vs EAC = Critical Hit!
Includes +2 to attack roll for flanking bonus
Slashing/Non-Lethal
Slashing/Non-Lethal + Target makes Fort Save vs DC 17 or gains Immobilized condition for rounds
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Rax gives a hunter's grin to Haarlock as the lightning bolt connects with him. "You ever think us ground crew might be the distraction, numbskull?" He pushes a further attack against Haarlock.
As Loram's taclash lands a blow, Rax grins wider. "Or maybe it's just me that's the distraction. What do you think, Haarlock? Should you turn your back on me?" The vesks' smile shows a menacing number of teeth.
"You can't resist forever, Haarlock!"
Xera blasts Haarlock's mind again with psychic force.
Loram's step away to widen the gap makes placing one more lightning bolt easy, though Deneth has to call up his notes on the spell before he can complete the casting. "Good thing that pirate hasn't an evil twin to call upon. This is becoming tiresome."
"Good thing that pirate hasn't an evil twin to call upon...."
Kibben's eyes go wide as his blows nearly impact of Raxsorton. He pivots, using his tail to wrap around his allies leg and whips his momentum around for another full attack at Haarlock!
Loram puts his Taclash to good effect, smashing it into Haarlock.
Even that blow, staggering though it was, isn't quite enough to stop Haarlock. Wheeling, he turns his blade on Loram, likely in retaliation for his last strike.
His attack, however, seems to lack the same focused lethality it had previously, as he seems to slow a fraction of a step.
Xera's mental assault damages him further, but still doesn't stop Haarlock, who manages to parry both Raxsortun and Kibbens' attacks.
All of this was just foreplay to once again line Haarlock up for Deneth's arc of lightning. Even though he knows it's coming, he can't quite get out of the way in time to avoid the lightning blast.
When the flash of light clears from your eyes, you see that Haarlock is down and unmoving. Checking his vitals, it appears that he has passed away. Given how he fought, it's probably for the best.
Your group returns to your ship, makes repairs, and then continues on your journey with Haarlock's dead body in tow.
Questions remain, however: Who removed the Drift Beacons around Eox? What was their plan for Haarlock?