Nalun stabs the Priest he is flanking!
Flanking,Favored Target, Power Attack
Sneak Attack, favored target
You're going down!
Nalun is indeed correct--his rapier goes through the priest's eye and out the back of his skull. He falls to the floor silently.
Karri's summoned hound growls in delight as the priest falls, merrily hopping over it and leaping at the priest coming to strike the bounty hunter...
...only for its jaws to bite down on something metallic under the priest's robes.
Karri glowers at the priest that wounded Lyla and conjures another glob of acid, heaving it at the man's face...
The acid splashes onto the man's chest, burning a sizzling hole in his robes.
The 'doctor' swings wildly at Nalun now that he no longer has a clean shot at him...
...and said wild swing is easily avoided.
Lyla tumbles around the priest and stops behind him, firing another bolt and leaving a clear path for Demitri to attack.
Lyla's bolt flies over the priest's head.
With little easy access to the room and the Urgothoans beyond, Ortik moves up behind Nalun and prepares to strike should any of the enemies approach.
Demitri steps up and strikes at the priest.
Demitri's swing is easily parried by the priest, who turns and swings his scythe back at him...
...and slices into the man's leg, behind his shield.
The second priest strikes at Nalun...
...and manages to nick the bounty hunter's face.
The third priest advances on Lyla!
And his scythe pierces the bed next to her.
Nalun stabs the Priest that hit him!
Favored Target, Power Attack
favored target, power attack
The priest gives a derisive snort as Nalun's rapier bounces off the armour underneath his clerical vestments.
Following the scent of blood, the hound lunges across to attack the priest facing Demitri.
for and
Karri holds where she is, swaying with ebbing tide of Legion.
Karri's hound bites down on the priest's leg, but its fangs find nothing but metal.
The 'doctor' facing Nalun swings his club again...
...and continues to be largely ineffective.
Demitri slashes at the priest again.
The priest blocks the blow with the shaft of his scythe and grins, showing a mouth full of blood-red teeth. "It appears your precious Iomedae cannot hear you among the damned, heretic." He hisses.
"B*#$**~s to this," Ortik says, frustrated with the lack of progress being made. "Let's finish this job!", he cries, carefully moving into the room, trying to deflect attacks from the doctor and cultist as he enters.
Both 'doctor' and cultist take a swing at Ortik, but a nimble hop over a scythe to the knees and a sturdy shield on his arm to deflect a club is enough to keep Ortik safe from harm.
Come on, come on, Lyla urges to herself to imrpove her aim. She tumbles away from the priest standing next to her, and upon landing on the corner of the room, she rotates the lever and fires the last bolt from the case.
Lyla tumbling throws off her aim severely--the bolt flies into the opposite corner of the room.
The cultists press the attack...
Demitri & Lyla take more wounds from the cultists' scythes, and Karri's summoned hound gets bisected by another.
Nalun shakes his head and snarls at the priest.
Favored Target, Power Attack
favored target, power attack
Nalun once again fails to connect.
Karri grunts as the last vestige of Legion's physical forms comes bolting back into her. The hound whimpers in her mind, but she ignores it, trying to focus on the danger they are in. Stepping so she can see her target she hurls another blob of acid at one of the doctors.
for
Karri's acid blob sizzles against the doctor's coat, and the man recoils in surprise.
Seeing a clear shot at Karri, the doctor moves forward and tries to leap between Ortik & Nalun...
...and while Ortik can't get a clear shot at him, Nalun can.
Nalun's weapon manages to spear the Physician right in the back of the throat. The 'doctor' gurgles once and pitches face-first onto the temple's floor.
Lyla dives under the wooden bench and uses it as cover to get away from the priest. She stops behind him and attempts to turn around the game of cat and mouse in which she has so far been the latter. Pulling out one of her last bombs, she says angrily "I was hoping to save this for later, but you know what? You really earned it, congrats." The bomb leaves her hand and rolls towards the scythe-wielding man.
Lyla's bomb flies into the cultist's face and explodes, burning away the man's unholy vestments to reveal a (now scorched) suit of breastplate beneath. The cultist lets out an agonizing scream, and the other cultists turn and stare at Lyla. The smug contempt in their eyes has been replaced, however briefly, by shock and fear.
Demitri keeps slashing at the priest.
Perhaps Iomedae could indeed hear Demitri among the damned and was incensed by the cultist's smug sense of superiority, or perhaps Fortune has finally decided to stop tormenting Demitri with poor luck. The result is the same.
The inquisitor's sword pierces the cultist's skull and comes out the front of his mouth. His corpse falls to the floor, its head barely attached to its neck from the blow.
"I think she heard you is the problem."
As luck finally begins to turn their way, Ortik steps up, swinging his warhammer at the death priest. "You have worked against Korvosa for the last time, priest," he snarls. "Join your goddess in death!" At last, the Old Dame hears his words, and his hammer connects solidly with the Urgothoan's skull.
When Ortik's hammer smashes into the Urgathoan's skull, his head almost explodes. Blood pours from the man's nose and ears from the force of the impact, and he staggers away.
The two cultists put their backs against each other and channel healing energy into themselves...
Their wounds heal somewhat, but they're still grievously injured.
"We have them on the ropes!", Ortik says. "Don't let up!" He races across the stone floor to position himself for an attack, setting up both Lyla and Nalun to strike.
Demitri moves up and strikes at priest #2.
Iomedae's wrath is channeled through Demitri's blade, hewing the cultist's head from his neck with a righteous strike.
Karri steps near Nalun and whispers in a thousand voices, "We thank you for saving this flesh..." She then pulls forth a scrap of Legion and flings it at the last priest.
for
More acid flies into the priest, melting more of his vestments and flesh.
Now that the tide has turned in their favor, Lyla falls back on her allies efforts and decides to save her last bomb for an emergency. She places a new bolt in the crossbow and fires once more at the last remaining priest.
Lyla's bolt clips the priest's shoulder, unfortunately not deeply enough for the poison to take hold.
Nalun dodges forward, tumbling around the Priest
Nalun stabs at the priest
The priest's scythe and Nalun's rapier collide with a *CLANG!*
He pulls his scythe back and swings at Nalun again...
...this time coming down on his shield arm, the blade piercing flesh and bone.
Lyla reloads the crossbow and fires again, fed up with the priest's resilience. "Last chance to surrender, creep."
The priest shakes his head. "I have served my Lady well. I shall be rewarded."
It's the last thing he says before Lyla's bolt pierces his throat and brings him down.
The three priests were each carrying:
--1 Masterwork scythe
--1 suit of breastplate engraved with images of skulls on the pauldrons
--1 dark blue potion vial
--1 obsidian key
Demitri will heal himself when the fight is over as the items are identified.
Nalun looks around
Bastards deserve worse... he snarls.
Oof. I feel bad.