Kel drops Radiance and rolls on his feet, stunned.
A few moments later the burning subsides, the smell of burnt hair and flesh hover still lingers in the air.
"Well I guess I don't need a haircut now,"Rex says with a grimace.
He then tries to fight through the pain while reloading his pistol.
Round 5
"Lann - help us take down this orc wizard!" Max continues to try and help Rex.
Tina weeps at Rex's burning, she so loved hairy men.
Max blesses Rex.
Ausk swings down at the orc, but his sword collides harmlessly with a shield of magical force.
Deia begins casting a spell, but holds it. "Clear me a path to him."
Tina tosses another dart. This time she finds her target, and the orc is struck in the arm by the small spike.
Anevia continues to sway on her feet.
Rex reloads.
Lann runs in and pushes Kel out of the doorway.
Kel continues to stand around, stunned.
The orc drops into a defensive posture and begins casting a spell, but while attempting to dodge Ausk's attacks he trips up and the spell fizzles out.
Your end is nigh. Surrender and make it quick. Ausk grumbles to the Orc as he shifts position to allow Lann into the room.
RD 6
Tina flings her last dart
Max tries to get a lucky shot on the wizard. ;
Rex takes aim at the orc and fires,
"Eat some hot lead!"
Max fires his crossbow at the orc, but it fails to connect.
Ausk shifts to the side and swings, but his blow is deflected by the orc's magical protections.
Deia continues to hold her spell, waiting for an opening.
Tina tosses another dart, which strikes the orc's arm once again.
Anevia continues to stand there, stunned.
Rex opens fire, his shot ripping through the room and slamming into the orc.
Lann steps into the room and swings, but his club bounces off of the orc's barriers.
Deia steps into the opening and unleashes her spell. A green ray flies from her hand and strikes the orc, but it seems to have no effect!
Kel wavers on his feet.
The orc remains in his defensive position and tries casting another spell, but this one fizzles just like the one before!
Kel and Anevia's eyesight returns as the burning afterimages of the spell fade from their vision.
Round 7
Max casts guidance on Rex again.
Ausk says Your surrender would assist greatly in someone taking mercy on you!
Tina throws her club at the orc
Max offers Rex a little divine inspiration.
Ausk cuts into the orc while imploring him to surrender, but his words fall on deaf ears.
Deia appears to mime a piercing scream. The orc covers his ears and cringes in pain.
Tina hurls her club at the orc, striking him in the face with her hard wood. The orc crumples to the ground.
This was your choice bub. I told ya to surrender. Ausk says as he turns to look over Anevia. Are you harmed Lady?
This is a potion of invisibility. Tina gathers up her tossed weapon.
Kel shakes his head, and blinks until the blindness fades. He rubs his temples. "Ow. Everyone alright? Sorry about that. They got the drop on me."
Shaking herself out of her dazed state, Anevia answers Kel's question. "I should be fine. That first bug just got a good piece of me there."
She takes a good look at the orc that's lying bleeding on her bedroom floor. "I recognize him. Vagorg, a small time of a jack of all trades in the underworld here. Irabeth arrested him a few years ago, and he held a grudge. He thought she should have let him go; something about her not honoring her racial heritage. Guess this was his attempt at revenge."
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So where should we head now?
"Give me a minute to check our emergency nook. If Irabeth is alive she'll have left a note telling me where to meet her."" she says as she walks to the back of the room and starts feeling around on the headboard of the bed. With a quick knock a small door opens and Anevia reaches inside. When she pulls her hand back out she brings with it a small leather bag.
"I knew it! She's alive!" she exclaims as she pulls a small note from the bag. "The note says 'Defender's Heart. Silverstrong.' So it looks like we had the right idea. There's also a few potions in here. A couple healing draughts and some invisibility potions."
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Why wait. Lets get these people back to the Heart asap.
"Man that bolt of fire took a lot of out me, any chance of some healing"
"I'll take one of them potions that heal, if that's all right."
"This wand fires missiles of force. I may have use for it," concludes Max, tucking it away. "As for this weapon, it is enchanted to strike harder, to disarm opponent's weapons, and even to harden one's skin. It appears very versatile."
Tina quickly makes up a cure light wounds infusion with her last remaining empty slot.
Who needs a little healing? Rex? Anevia?
"Once we're ready, let's push on to the Defender's Heart!"
The positive energy flows through Rex's body healing most of the damage.
"Many thanks Tina."
The wind continues to gust and blow, as the clouds spit thunder and lightning down onto the already shattered city. The humid air is thick to the point of feeling as though you're drowning with each breath. Again Anevia takes the lead, picking her way through the rubble-lined streets and damaged buildings as she takes you from her home towards Defender's Heart.
After about 45 minutes, maybe an hour, Anevia slows her travel.
"We're close. It's just a few streets up. We'd better take it slowly and carefully or else we might cause problems for ourselves when we draw near."
Another couple streets up and you can see Defender's Heart. The massive 4-story inn looms over the surrounding buildings like a fortress, though it's certainly seen better days. A chasm in the earth, not unlike the one that started your journey, has opened its maw directly beside the huge structure and looks to have wrapped itself around two sides. It would seem that sheer luck is what has saved the building, and though the chasm is a hazard it also serves as a defense from ground assaults on those sides that it nearly swallowed. The many windows on the lower levels of the structure have been hastily boarded up, while the upper windows all have their shutters drawn partially closed in a uniform fashion.
The clouds decide that now is finally the time to release their payload. All of the building sound and fury did indeed signify something, and the drowning feeling of the humid air is instantly replaced by a heavy downpour and the drowning feeling of an oppressive storm. The combined efforts of the storm's thunder, wind, and rain work to drown out all but their own voices.
Max invokes some minor magics, attempting to keep himself dry in the downpour. He peers at the windows of the boarded up building, trying to see if he can see eyes returning his gaze. .
"Well, they probably can't hear us," shouts Max over the rain. "Anyone see signs of people inside? We should approach cautiously, maybe carry a white flag."
I'll go. Ausk says as he walks slowly towards the building his hands out, palms turned up. Hello in there!
The storm continues to beat and batter you with hard rain and driving wind, soaking you through and through as Ausk makes his approach. Nobody appears to be outside, but the thick sheet of rain makes it hard to see more than a few yards in front of you with any certainty.
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There are some armed troops that have come out and are standing by a barricade.
Edited for perception penalty.
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Ausk continues forward, oblivious due to the howling wind and rain.
Max waits with anxious anticipation.
Kel knows better than to approach. If the defenders recognized him as devil-blooded before they got a chance to identify themselves, he's probably get shot at. It had happened before. This storm would probably keep him from sprouting crossbow bolts. That was a plus at least.
He waited as Ausk scouted ahead. Hopefully he would be able to speak with the guards and vouch for the group.
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Not hearing them, Ausk continues forward his holy symbol being held high.
I cannot hear you, my name is Ausk, I serve Lady Irabeth and the Eagle Knights! he shouts.
Rex moves up behind Ausk to support him. Pistol drawn and at the ready.
Put that contraption away. Ausk says gruffly to Rex as the wind continues to howl and the rain drops from his face. They ain't foes, I don't think anyways.
Tina holds steady
Max utters a silent prayer to Aroden, hoping that Ausk is received unharmed.
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Ausk keeps moving forward
Of course they do. Now let me in! I'm bringing civilians