Rex takes cover and reloads his pistol.
The quasit moves to continue its attack on Max, clawing and biting at his face with savage fury. The demon's poison courses through his veins in greater quantities as each blow lands.
The cultist leader's weapon glows with power as he swings his glaive in a return strike against Kel. The impact sees the power flood into Kel's body as his wounds begin to immediately fester.
Tina steps to engage one the cultists and lunges with her spear, but the blow glances off of her magical barrier!
Ausk follows Tina with a driving strike that makes the cultist reel in pain.
Horgus shoots at the quasit again, but sees no difference in the results. He hastily sets to reloading again.
As the battle continues, the magically created dirt and stones that Max called from the sky fade from the battlefield, leaving the ground in the park in as close to a pristine condition as it was prior to the spell being cast.
Ausk attacks the Cultist again with a two handed chop designed to cleave head in twain
If this attack fells the cultist Ausk will move swiftly to engage the quasit, using his Relentless footing ability if necessary
"Away, you foul beast!" Max takes a step back, pulls out his crossbow. Though the poison seems to dull his ability to aim, he attempts to fire a cold-iron bolt at the quasit. ;
Rex looks downrange for a target, he then fires at the cultist in front of Tina.
The pistol bellows fire and smoke as the bullet leaves the barrel.
Max shoots at the quasit. Though sluggish and slightly disoriented, he manages to scratch the demon with his shot.
The cultist near Lann swings her glaive at Deia, hoping to put an end to the healer. Her blow carves a deep gash as the blade rakes along Deia's flesh. Deia begins to stagger as a result of her wounds!
The prone cultist unleashes another burst of energy from her position, not wanting to risk standing on the slippery ground.
The burst of energy tingles upon the skin of Ausk, Lann, and Tina as it does nothing but provide slight discomfort. But Deia and Kel's wounds turn very slightly necrotic as the burst hits them. Deia collapses to the ground as the cultist woman cackles with glee! "Hahaha! I'll drag you to the Abyss with me!"
Lann scrambles to his feet as he yells "NO!" and swings his club at the nearest cultist. His club cracks against the woman's helmet as he sends her to the ground!
"This isn't good..." mutters Anevia to no one in particular as she fires her bow at the quasit. Though it looked as though her shot was perfect, the demon whipped itself out of the way at the last second!
RD 4
Bab for bombs/thrown +7
Reflex Bonus +7 Will save +1
AC 17/14/13
Seeing Deia fall, Tina moves to the west of her and pours her healing infusion down her throat.
Kel looked over his shoulders Deia fell. He snarled through the pain of the huge festering wound the cultist's blade had opened in his chest. He'd never been hit that hard, and it couldn't do anything to help his friends against the blasts of unholy energy they were releasing. All he could do was try to end the fight as fast as possible.
Kel steps and swings at the cultist leader. Though his blow only seems to be glancing, the leader drops to his knees before falling face first into the dirt.
Anevia shoots at the quasit, but the demon dodges the arrow.
Rex moves forward and fires at the prone cultist, who goes limp as the round strikes her in the chest.
The quasit continues its assault on Max.
Tina hastily pours a healing draught down Deia's throat in an attempt to save her. Deia regains consciousness quickly.
Ausk charges at the quasit, swinging his longsword at the beast when he gets close and nearly shears one of the impish fiend's wings off with the attack. But the demon's skin begins to immediately stitch itself back together!
Horgus fires his crossbow again, but although the round passes closer it still doesn't hit his target.
Round 5
"Bah! I've had it with this quasit." Using the distraction offered by the rescued fighter, Max withdraws to a safer location.
Ausk, seeing the injury is healing prays to the Inheritor for help. This sword doesn't happen to be cold iron does it!? and he attacks the demon again but the wily little demon dodges nimbly.
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Deia wakes suddenly after Tina pours the healing draught down her throat. After a bit of a cough and a second to gain her bearings, she says "Many thanks" to Tina.
Seeing only the demon left, Deia tries to affect the battle in a positive way. She starts an incantation, "Stars of the sky, cast doubt into the mind of the Demon!"
"Looks like we 'bout got these guys whipped, except that little evil flying monkey."
Rex begins to reload his pistol.
RD 5
Bab for bombs/thrown +7
Reflex Bonus +7 Will save +1
AC 17/14/13
Tina moves to a new location and jabs at the creature with her spear.
Max retreats away from the quasit.
Lann stays put.
Kel moves in after their fierce rescuee, hopping over fallen cultists until he got close to Anevia and Tina.
Kel moves towards the quasit.
Anevia shoots her bow at the demon, but the shot flies wide.
Deia tries to hex the demon, but it shakes it off.
Rex reloads.
The quasit tears at Ausk
Tina stabs ineffectively at the quasit.
Ausk swings at the beast, but the demon avoids his attacks.
Horgus fires at the quasit again, finally scoring what seems to be a debilitating shot. But the demon's wound simply spits out the bolt and begins to close!
Finding himself blessedly recovered from the quasit's poison, Max begins to help in less direct ways.
RD 5
Bab for bombs/thrown +7
Reflex Bonus +7 Will save +1
AC 17/14/13
Tina tries stabbing again
Rex finishes loading his weapon and notices only the flying demon remains, he takes aim and tries to bring the little rat down.
Kel unfurls his net and tosses it at the Quasit.
"Come here you little creep." he said flatly, yanking hard on the net.
Max offers Rex a blessing.
Lann stays put.
Kel tosses his net at the quasit, entangling the impish fiend with it.
Anevia takes the opportunity to loose two arrows at the quasit, but only one manages to hit its target. The arrow strikes the creature, but fails to cause any wounds!
Deia attempts to hex the creature again, but again it shakes it off.
Rex fires at the quasit, hitting it squarely. Though he drew blood, the wound still closes itself while spitting out his spent bullet!
The quasit rips at Ausk again, but is too entangled in the net to do anything.
Tina stabs at the quasit. Her spear pierces the demon, but it draws no blood.
Ausk raises the sword again, wanting to put an end to the fiend.
Ausk slices into the entangled fiend, his borrowed blade cutting deeply and leaving a bleeding wound in its wake.
Horgus fires his crossbow again but the shot is so far off that it may as well have been fired blind.
Round 7
Max loads a cold-iron bolt and fires it at the imp!
Kell drops the glaive and winds the rope around his arm over and over again until he was actually holding metal ring in the center of the net itself. With the other hand he drew the golden blade, intent on plunging it into the net and the monster inside it.
Max fires a cold-iron bolt at the demon, but misses his shot.
Lann stays put.
Kel pulls the rope of his net, drawing the demon in close. As he does, he draws Radiance and plunges it into the demon, killing it.
As Kel skewers the quasit, Horgus makes his way over to the group and out of his hiding spot in the bushes. As he walks, he seems to be in slightly better spirits than usual.
"I really thought I had it with that one shot! Damned thing cheated! But you can't say I didn't try to help this time. I actually hit the thing, unlike a certain someone else who's supposed to be good with a bow." he says as he glances in Anevia's direction.
"Stuff it, Horgus. I don't need to hear this crap from you. Not now, at least. These cultists are getting brazen if they're practicing in the park like this. Things don't look good."
Potions of Cure Light Wounds
"You did good Horgus. Anything but a demon would have really felt those quarrels. Lay off Anevia. She was up against the same difficulties you were."
Kel cleaned and carefully sheathed Radiance. "How's everyone doing?" In spite of being standing and concerned for everyone, it was clear Kel was pretty badly hurt. Now that the fight was over, the blood running out from beneath his armor was dripping steadily onto his shoes. He looked down at himself.
"I don't know why I even bothered trying to clean this shirt."
Best drink these healing potions I identified.
"Shouldn't we save those for emergencies?" Kel said holding up one of the potions.
Sit down, shut up and drink your potion.
"Yes ma'am." Kel says with a wincing chuckle.
The tall half orc walks over to Kel and offers his hand. My name is Ausk, thank you friend. These bastards followed me from the Ring district I'd bet. Ambushed us near here and were planning a great big party with our corpses. We are heading to the Defender's Heart. I'd like to suggest that we travel together, you lot seem to know your demon slaying.
"The scroll teaches the user how to generate a Shield of Faith. It is a divine incantation, beyond my abilities. As for the cloak, it provides some resistance against magics and other harms. Someone should most certainly don this."
He looks over the survivors. "Are all of you fit to travel? We also travel to the Defender's Heart, by way of a detour to the home of Horgus. Perhaps we should all travel together?"
When a moment arises, Max will take 15 minutes to memorize Prestidigitation. He then uses it to try and keep the party relatively clean.
Rex watches in horror has his bullet is expelled from the creature, "Hells!"
The watches Kel finish the creature off, [i]Well at least Kel, finished it off./[i]
Rex then sets about loading his pistol.
"Hey Max, how do you think I can go about hurting these creatures that are summoned, this device (the pistol) seems to hardly scratch them."
Kel shook the half-orc's hand. "Name's Kel. Glad you're alright. We have a quick stop to make getting Mr. Horgus there back to his home, but then we'd be happy to follow you."
He clapped Rex on the shoulder as he walked by. "Don't worry about it. Remember the fight against Hosilla? I felt like a fumbling idiot, and you dropped her with the chief's morningstar. We all have our moments. See if you can make some Cold Iron bullets."
Moving to the other prisoners he started cutting them free. "Anyone hurt?"