"It noticed the birds fleeing. That's... unsurprising." Kemras says softly. "I'd prefer to hide for myself, but maybe the others can shoot it whilst it comes?"
Well I'm ready to shoot more ogres.
Kemras chants and invokes a shield of force before making his way to cover, hiding himself in preparation for an ambush.
Furnok casts Lead Blades on his hammer.
Cleo casts a quick blessing then shuffles behind something big-ish. Aggah runs after her.
Wabbit stands ready in front of Furnok, readying himself for whatever comes.
"The small ones attack!" The Giant yells
"Glory to Kreegs! For great Mokmurian!!" The Ogres cry
The giant stands to its full height, at least 20 feet tall. His waist is roughly the height of the wall. The Ogres cannot be seen, but their battle cry can be heard.
Mokmurian? Kemras wonders, before drawing his blade and waiting silently.
Kemras isn't sure if it's a name or a title, but it's definitely for Giants, not Ogres. It translates roughly into Common as "He who writes in stone."
Furnok shoots the giant
Furnok launches two arrows into the Giant's chest. The first arrow barely leaves a mark, but the second arrow pierces the Giant's flesh and sinks in a fair ways, resulting in a burst of blood. The Giant bellows in pain.
The Ogres spring into action and begin scaling the rubble. One of them reaches the surface, and uses an enormous pike to stab Wabbit from 20 feet away. Wabbit is nearly taken off guard, but dodges at the last moment.
Cleo sends a holy smite on the hill giant.
Aggah peppers the giant with arrows.
Cleo casts a holy smite upon the evil giant and the evil ogre within sight. The giant seems to resist the most of her spell, but the dimwitted ogre starts flailing around and exclaiming that it can't see.
Though both of Aggah's arrows hit the giant's bare chest, neither arrow has enough impact to really hurt it in any considerable way.
Meanwhile, Jakardros stands next to Furnok and prepare to ward off any attacks that might threaten the archer.
"Remember, that Giant is big enough that you can target the head, the arms, the legs. Its torso is easiest to hit with your arrows, but that doesn't mean its the best target."
Wabbit rushes forward to attack the blinded ogre taking a circuitous route to avoid getting smashed by the giant
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Wabbit skirts around the blinded Ogre, who has no clue what's going on. Although the Ogre is more heavily armoured than any of the previous ones, Wabbit easily slices around the armour for a significant wound. The Ogre yells out, but its vision is completely blank.
The Giant places an enormous spiked metal boot onto the ruined wall, raises its club dozens of feet into the air, and bellows so loudly that the attackers can feel the raw power of this cry sink into their bones. The vulture and bear immediately bolt out of the fort. Then the giant looks directly at the small figure of Wabbit. Its club, which is larger than the entire Halfling, is going to strike.
Furnok shoots the giant again
Furnok hits hard, especially with his second arrow, right into the Giant's chest. The giant yells in pain, and looks at Furnok like it might switch targets.
Kemras moves around the burnt out shack, remaining as hidden as he can.
Kemras chants softly, his fingers flicking through patterns of arcane power as he grants himself swiftness of limb and reflex.
Kemras sneaks around the ruined building and casts a spell, and fortunately he remains undetected, for there's suddenly a crossbow bolt shooting out of the tower he's next to. It doesn't target Kemras, it targets Jakardros. The older man lets out a curse as the crossbow bolt hits him just under his chain shirt.
Meanwhile, the Ogre that was unseen manages to climb up the rubble, and tries to skewer Furnok from a long ways away. Furnok is perfectly capable of evading the jab, and does so with ease.
On Wabbit's side, the blind ogre surprisingly manages to withdraw down the rubble without falling. Wabbit is about to chase after when there's the snap of a crossbow being fired, and Wabbit feels an awful pain in his back. A goblin inside the tower laughs hysterically as it sees its sneak attack having succeeded, and its companions laugh with it.
Does Wabbit see any way he can get inside the tower to attack the snipers?
Does Wabbit see any way he can get inside the tower to attack the snipers?
Wabbits tattoo leaps from his outstretched hand, attaches to the top of the tower and Wabbit flies through the air pulled by the tattoo landing on top of the tower (standard)
At the top of the tower he looks for a way to descend into the tower and attack the goblin snipers
The giant watches in surprise as Wabbit suddenly uses this tattoo to fling himself into the tower.
At the top of the tower, Wabbit sees a trapdoor leading inside, but it's closed. Wabbit doesn't know if it's actually locked or not, as it would be locked from the bottom.
(move action) try to open door
During the time that the Ogres and Goblins have occupied Fort Rannick, the Goblins have had fun climbing to the top of the tower to throw rocks, bodies, and excrement upon the unfortunate below. In so doing, the goblins left the latch to the trapdoor open.
Thus, Wabbit opens the hatch to find three goblins cackling away. Two of them are in the middle of reloading a crossbow that's wayyy too big for them. The third is rolling on the floor. A trap door nearby leads further down the tower.
The Goblins notice light shining through the top of the tower, and freak out when they see two eyes peering at them from above.
Cleo touches Grinny briefly and suddenly the little weapon is stronger.
Aggah barely noticed and continues to shoot the giant.
We better get ourselves some cover.
Two more shots hit the Giant, but again Aggah's little arrows don't deal nearly as much damage as she'd like.
Jakardros looks over at the Giant and Ogres, grits his teeth, and strides into the fray. He prods the nearest Ogre, but fails to pierce its armour. He spits onto the ground, and says "Bring it, ugly."
The Giant steps over the ruined gate, looks down at Jakardros, and brings down his club. Jakardros doesn't even get a chance. His body is utterly destroyed in less than a second. The club smashes deep into the ground, sending a rippling of energy that throbs through the legs of everyone nearby. The Giant sneers, brings its bloody club back up, and focuses his attention on Furnok next.
Furnok curses a blue streak DAMNIT! Why the hell didn't you back off?!
We gotta move now! Furnok and Bacon withdraw south
Kemras takes a moment to study the giant, waiting for a chance to rush in.
The Ogres look around, but the only enemy they see is Aggah from far away, plicking away ineffectively with her little arrows. They speak to each other in their native tongue, with the Giant as well.
Ogre 1 "They ran off! Cowards! I want a skull to dance on."
Ogre 2 "One of them flew onto the tower."
Giant "Forget that one. Only the goblins can get in the tower. You two, go chase the survivors. I'm going to rest."
Ogres "Yes sir!"
The Ogre in sight hauls itself over the ruined gate and comes over to inspect the crawl space between the stone wall and the ruined barracks. Unbeknownst to it, Kemras is hiding right around the corner.
The other Ogre fails to climb up the ruined gate. It is out of sight.
The three goblins shriek in the tower. They yell something in the Goblin tongue, before diving down the trap door. They leave the heavy crossbow behind them.
Having nothing really better to do, Cleo enchants Aggah's muscles and Aggah's arrows continue to pelt the giant.
Wabbit slashes his blade through the crossbow string ruining the weapon and sneaks back up to the top of the tower
and takes a peek to see the location of the Ogres and Giant.
Aggah gets incredibly ripped from all these enchantments, and when she launches these arrows, then sink deep into the Giant's flesh. For the first time, the Giant howls from these attacks.
"Youch! Kill that damn goblin! And the magic halfling!"
"Boss!" Says the Ogre that's having trouble climbing. "The flying one's back!"
The Giant shouts back "I said the goblin!!"
The Giant hustles through the courtyard towards Aggah, a grimace on his face. He's accelerating due south, and it looks like he'll take a swing at Aggah as he goes by.
Furnok quaffs his Enlarge potion to become HUGE!
Kemras grimaces, shaking his head in irritation before lunging at the ogre closest to him, his rapier a blur.
Furnok gulps down his potion, causing him to grow to the size of an Ogre. Meanwhile, Kemras has been hiding around the corner, and with a grimace he comes out to meet the Ogre right in front of him. His first rapier stab doesn't quite pierce through all the fat protecting the Ogre, but the second stab does the job just fine. The Ogre is quite surprised, but its massive bulk protects it fairly well against the little pointy sword of the Half-Elf.
The Ogre sneers and draws his sword, which looks elegant and human made. He slashes at Kemras, but the Half-Elf easily ducks under the strike. Unexpectedly, a crossbow bolt also flies right over Kemras' head.
Meanwhile, the other Ogre ignores Wabbit, and spends his time uneasily navigating the ruined wall to reach the other side.
Wabbit takes a running leap off of the tower leaping straight at the nearest Ogre
if his movement provokes an AOO Wabbit will try to parry and riposte
IF parry is successful
and leading blade first he land
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Wabbit is more than nimble enough to avoid any attacks from the pike-wielding Ogre. He plunges down for a devastating stab into the Ogre's neck.
since he didn't use his immediate action for Riposte
While riding the bucking Ogre Wabbit keeps a wary eye out for tricksy goblins sniping from the other tower
Wabbit holds on tightly to the Ogre's ear, which keeps him from falling further. The initial impact from his fall from the tower is quite minor.
Cleo and Aggah both scampter back.
[ooc]Withdraws for both of them.
Cleo and Aggah get out of the way of the rampaging Giant. The Giant tries to slow down, but can't stop immediately, granting an attack to Furnok. The Giant tries to club Furnok, but it's a clumsy sweep. The sweep of the club brings up a bunch of dirt into the air, before bouncing off the ground.