The tiefling attacking Tal hears a strange piping from far, far behind him. Along with the sound comes a feeling of presence. Something is here, watching him. He glances over his shoulder but sees nothng and the anxiety grows. His distraction opens avenues for Tals little axe.
Caught unawares by the surprising move the tiefling made on him, Tal feels the sharp bite of the attack as his blood starts to flow. Lashing back in anger, Tal puts force behind his blow only to see the axe fail to connect at all.
attack w/ combat expertise damage
With a terrified cry Meraxilars victim is cut in half. His upper body soars towards the ceiling trailing behind a string of small intestine as Meraxilar watches the destruction wrought by his axe unfold. The body falls to the ground and the tiefling briefly stares at his own legs reaching towards them before the mercy of unconsciousness and death finally overtakes him.
Caldazar's foe fares batter taking the hit to the chest and growling angrily.
Some whooshing sounds are made by the badguys as Pollux's hex sticks to the enemy reducing his armor class.
GROUP IS UP!
Map is same save for the tiefling who is no two halves of a dead tiefling.
Irked by Merax's constant niggling, Caldazar reaches deep into his gullet and calls upon the bestial tongue of the devils. (Infernal)
Bid dat jy is die bastard seun wat sterf en leef nie vir die afrekening. Diegene uitgevoer lewe van die veld is, sal hul manlikheid aan hulle gevoer voordat hy verwurg is deur hul eie ingewande.:
"Pray that you are the bastard son that dies and does not live for the reckoning. Those carried alive from the field will have their manhood fed to them before being strangled by their own intestines."
Morningstar: for
The words sound not as a song but as a funereal dirge, growing in intensity as Caldazar sprays verbally.
Intimidate:
Hearing the chanting coming from behind him, Tal wonders what new monstosity awaits for them. Glancing behind, he sees Pollux is the one chanting. At the end of the chant Tal turns in time to see the Tiefling's head spin round looking behind him. Taking the opportunity to attack the distracted for, Tal buries his axe deep into the soft flesh of his adversary.
Power attack damage
Thanks Pollux for the help.
If the tiefling drops, tal will move behind Caldazar.
Enjoying Caldazar's dirge (despite not understanding it), Merax attempts to match his next swing to the intensity of it while adding his own verse in Abyssal. "Jux maz'Korex narg eeyaros, Tiefwretchnorz!"
Attack:
Damage:
Pollux catches the eye over the spitting sunrod. It feels a momentary gust of freezing wind. It passes quickly but the Tiefling feels it has taken something away.
Pollux will hand the sun rod to Castor and grope forward into the darkness. Finding either Merax or Caldazar, pollux will cast guidence on them.
When Pollux brushed your sholder you suddenly were able to see colours in the darkness. Not-pink, not-blue, and not-purple swim together like the sheen on a sosp bubble. You cannot see your target but the darkness no longer seems as threatening.
The clawy bitey murdery tieflings not dead. Will have recap soon.
@Sclivian: I think Caldazar's intimidate was more for effect then actual intimidation which he wouldn't be able to attack if he did. So if you'd like to change your action you may.
@Pollux: Pollux can barely see Caldazar and Meraxilar as his lihgt is suppressed into a dim glow. You can target the tieflings adjacent to them. The sunrod's light immediately ends jsut 10 feet south of Tal.
Tals axe connects hard across the armored tiefling who burst through the wall and he grunts in pain as he retaliates in kind roaring through Pollux's luck curse and taering into you despite the madmans....madness. It seems the battle between you is getting interesting.
To the south the twin forces of chaos miss their marks as the two tieflings lunge again and one manages to drive his short sword deep into meraxilars side. The Tiefling whispers in Infernal to Meraxilar. "Sing to me then a pain of your death..."
GROUP IS UP!
Map doesn't need to change. As none of you moved.
Merax grunts at his opponent as he brings his Greataxe around once again.
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Damage:
Continuing effects. -2ac on Tal's playmate round 2 of 7
"Stop staining the Tin man!
Again the phantom wind tugs at the Tieflaing. Again the phantom cold bites. The Devil-man knows the cold is false, knows he is in a warm cavern beneath Westcrown but none the less he shivvers.
AC:22
By Gorum this devil of a creature hits hard. I may need some help on this.With this thought, Tal attempts to finish this problematic foe before he himself is finished.
power attack dam
As he feels his axe bite deeply into the armor reaching the soft tissue underneath, he hopes that this is the end of this opponent.
If the tiefling is finished, he will drop his axe on its weapon cord and draw a healing potion. Also take a 5ft step to L,28.
Continuing his verbal and martial assault on the tiefling before him. He does not sing but draws eye contact and spits the following invective in Infernal:
Before swinging his morningstar at the devil's trunk.
Morningstar: for
Tal finnally lands a lethal blow on the digging Tiefling. Drving his axe deep into his neck it gurgles and spits angrily before falling over in a gout of blood.
Caldazar's insults have no weight as his weapon falls on shadows and nothing ness. Meraxilars own blow is thrown aside as the tiefling painfully twists as he pulls the blade out causing the priests blow to swing wide. Their short swords scrape against armor.
GROUP IS UP!
Perception:
Caldazar takes another ineffectual swing before stepping back from the fray.
Morningstar: for
"Tal, we have need to your talents! More come to join the fray.
Odd my browser says caldazar posted but i dont see it here...
Do I dare check Castor's nest for it?
EDIT: There it is!
perception check
Not noticing anything out of the ordinary, tal none-the-less hears Caldazar's shout of reinforcements coming. Moving swiftly, Tal drinks his potion and steps into the fight with the remaining tieflings. Dropping the spent bottle, Tal flicks his wrist causing the axe to return to hand, ready for more blood to be spilt.
potion cure light
Move to I,28 taking Caldazar's old spot while using cmobat expertise and fighting defensively.
AC: 25
Merax swings with fury at his hardy Tiefling opponent. "Time to die, infernal mongrel!"
Attack:
Damage:
Striking a stirring pose he saw used in the opera house Pollux declaims.
"From the east they come, the minions of darkness, and in the west a great door opens promising mystery and death. Woe woe our merry band of killers."
Is there enough room to enlarge Tal. Every Pollux-Tal interaction seems filled with innundo. Or maybe it's the cheese.
@Pollux: Yes.
"What now?"
"..."
"Really? It is too small?"
"..."
"All right then, if you say so..."
"Tal, Castor says Merax is right and it is too small. So we are lending a hand."
Tal spares little attention to the mumbling behind him and is suprisied by the wave of vertigo that overcomes him. For a moment he sees his left hand as a great pincher and his right as a collection of fleshy tubes. As his vision clears he notices the tunnel seems tighter, Merax and Caldazar seem smaller, and his axe seems huge.
Sclivian takes a look down the tunnel the tiefling burst from and sees a tunnel winding towards the south parallel to the tunnel you are following now.
Caldazar's and Meraxilar's valiant efforts at trash talk and combat continue to prove in vain as they miss their marks yet again. As Tal advances Pollux comments about the size of his armanents and decides to give him a hand...
Meanwhile something from the left of Caldazar barks out in a dusty voice reminiscent of tombs.
The Tieflings withdraw with wry smiles on their faces as a rain of crossbow fire comes from the darkness and clatter and clank around you. The sound of spell casting can be heard and Tal feels his mind being invaded by something other than Pollux. It is invasive, penetrative, and forces friendliness upon you.
As Out of the darkness to the right coming down the stairs sword upraised is a stern looking half elf with his sword glowing with light. As it dims from entering the darkness he is surprised and scared half to death to see the gore covered grinning Meraxilar hefting his axe. "Inheritor's grace you frightened me half to death. I heard fighting down here! What's going on!"
GROUP IS UP!
Waiting to act until after Pollux has gone so the enlarge person takes effect. Will save on Tark's turn resist orders cha check
Meraxilar listens to the voice casting from the distance while moving to intercept the caster.
Spellcraft:
Attack:
Damage:
@Tal: Looks like you passed.
Calling upon the Everbloom for protection once more, Caldazar carefully steps Westward attempting to discern the source of the infernal voice.
Tal's actions once Pollux goes (assuming enlarge person went off)
AC:21
Weapon +5 to hit, 2d6+5 damage
"Come on Tik-man Mister traitor is here to kill us, or help us. I'm not sure there is a difference. What do you think?"
Merax feels Pollux touch his armor and notices faint afterimages of where people and objects were and fainter ghosts of where they will be. He knows he imagines it but in the faint far distance he hears a howl.
Think there's been some confusion. The spellcasting is coming from the west of caldazar. Sorry. I was thinking "my left" when I typed it. HAve adjusted moves to reflect that for expediency. Also the tiefling at H29 is very much already dead what with his body being in two pieces. Skulls represent corpses.
As the massive Tal pushes forward he spots a tiefling illuminated by Meraxilar. With a heavy blow he strikes the tiefling down before it has a chance to retaliate. The rest do not fare as well not hitting their marks.
Not getting any answers but not seeing any reason to hesitate Arael steps forward and casts a spell to bolster your assault and fill you with courages
The tieflings strike back tryign to brin down the massive warrior and a crossbow bolt manages to strike the massive Tal hard .
Meanwhile a spell shoots towards Meraxilar .
GROUP IS UP!
perception check to see where the bolts are coming from.
Getting hit hard in the chest by the invisible Tieflings, Tal releases the axe to hang on its chain while drawing and drinking his last healing potion. With a snap of the wrist the axe is back in hand as he 5ft steps into F/G,26/27.
Is that the best you can do you puny excuses for semi-intelligent beings? I suppose that you must stay in the shadowsor else I will introduce you to my axe. Any one have anymore light to see these damnable creatures?
AC: 21
to hit: +5
dam 2d6+5
10ft reach
Willpower save:
Merax attacks the new enemy with zeal.
Attack:
Damage:
@Trait: Sadly no. Tieflings are not devils as devils will tell you.
Tark, can we tell where the darkness effect is coming from, like a weapon or something else we can cover and hide to get rid of the darkness?
Tark, can we tell where the darkness effect is coming from, like a weapon or something else we can cover and hide to get rid of the darkness?
Originally the darkness came from a tiefling who cast it on hsi crossbow. Unfortunately it seems now the effect is covering the whole room suggesting multiple effects (i.e. our new friends using rounds to cast them) and in the previous nonmagical darkness it would be difficult to nigh impossible to pinpoint all the darkness effects without some form of detection magic.
"Hmmm Merax looks bored. Maybe he needs a new axe?"
The tiefling in -H,25 becomes aware of all its aches and pains, becomes aware itself aging of old nerves shocking old muscles into reluctant motion. It falters in its movements feeling its joints creek and pop.