KALIIII!! NOOOOO!!!
Giovanna sees Mwikali drop and a flash of rage comes across her face. She steps foward purposefully and tries to run the gnoll through to the hilt. Your last mustake, dog! She then teadies to defend herself from any further attacks.
Giovanna sees Mwikali drop and a flash of rage comes across her face. She steps foward purposefully and tries to run the gnoll through to the hilt. Your last mustake, dog! She then teadies to defend herself from any further attacks.
Vanna's rapier punctures the gnoll that struck down Mwikali...
GGRRRRAAAAHHH!!
"Mwikali!"
Anger building up, Volreg lashes out at the gnoll that downed the witch, next to Vanna.
"We need to save her!"
Volreg will move to where he can get to Mwikali without getting hit.
"Mwikali!"
Anger building up, Volreg lashes out at the gnoll that downed the witch, next to Vanna.
[Dice=Electric Blast+Point Blank Shot:Touch]d20+3+1
[Dice=Electric Damage+Point Blank Shot]d6+2+1"We need to save her!"
Volreg will move to where he can get to Mwikali without getting hit.
Bright sparks sizzle the gnoll's hide! It falls to the sand, shrieking and rolling around, trying to smother the electric charge ripping through its body!
EEEEAAAAAARRRKK!!!
Flies down into the mouth of the cave and magic lights come form his hand at the clustered Gnolls.
A vivid cone of clashing colors springs forth from his hand, causing the creatures to become stunned, perhaps also blinded, and possibly knocking them unconscious.
Range 15 ft.
Area cone-shaped burst
Duration instantaneous; see text
Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes
DESCRIPTION
A vivid cone of clashing colors springs forth from your hand, causing creatures to become stunned, perhaps also blinded, and possibly knocking them unconscious. Each creature within the cone is affected according to its HD.
2 HD or less: The creature is unconscious, blinded, and stunned for 2d4 rounds, then blinded and stunned for 1d4 rounds, and then stunned for 1 round. (Only living creatures are knocked unconscious.)
3 or 4 HD: The creature is blinded and stunned for 1d4 rounds, then stunned for 1 round.
5 or more HD: The creature is stunned for 1 round.
Sightless creatures are not affected by color spray.
He then goes to MWIKALI and pulls off her Head Scarf, and uses it to stop the bleeding.
EEK!! EEK!! BATTLE OF BLOOD-LAPPER HILL!! DING!! DING!!
ROUND 2!!GIOVANNA!
MWIKALI!
LORD PERPIREEN!
WULFGAR!
VOLREG!
ALTIN! (got tripped and is now prone)
SULAYMAN!
HYENAS!
GNOLLS! (Holding actions until the enemy enters their lair)OOH! OOH! AHH!!
Sulayman runs at one of the gnolls and attacks.
Sulayman runs at one of the gnolls and attacks.
[dice=Attack]1d20+5
[dice=Damage]1d6+1
The gnoll dodges Sulayman’s gladius blade, choking and wheezing...
GAK! *cough!*
McGibel’s cone of rainbow lights causes the gnolls in the cave entrance to have a seizure! They fall to the sand, twitching violently!
The three remaining gnolls, in danger of succumbing to smoke inhalation, emerge from the smoky cave, choking and gasping!
Hello and goodbye, curs!Vanna spits as she lashes out with her blade.
Hello and goodbye, curs!Vanna spits as she lashes out with her blade.
[dice=attack]1d20+5; 1d6+3 [dice=p/r]1d20+5; 1d20+5; 1d6+3
The gnoll’s spear clashes with Giovanna’s rapier...
Altin begins to sing a wordless, absurd-sounding Romani melody, drawing on the musical magic of his people. He releases the force, gesturing at one of the gnolls.
Blast! They finally got smart and decided to bull rush their way past. Time to get serious.’ Lifting his great sword, Wulfgar lets out a roar and begins to rage. ”Aaaarrrrggghhhh”, his appearance changes, the most obvious thing is the bright light from a halo that has formed; shining through the smoke. Less obvious, but just as disconcerting, his skin appears like pewter and his eyes turn white the same color as the halo. If one is looking carefully they will see his cast shadow has wings like a seraphim.
Slashing at the gnoll that he attacked earlier. He then steps back. "Step back give them a gauntlet to run!"
[dice=attack]1d20+8 [dice=damage]2d6+9
Wulfgar’s raging blade saws a gnoll down the middle! A shower of blood rains upon the desert sands!
looks about and sees the rock he flung before. With a flick of his hands he sends it once more at a gnoll.
The stone flies up and hits one under the chin.
Altin begins to sing a wordless, absurd-sounding Romani melody, drawing on the musical magic of his people. He releases the force, gesturing at one of the gnolls.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!
looks about and sees the rock he flung before. With a flick of his hands he sends it once more at a gnoll.
The stone flies up and hits one under the chin.
THUNK! The telekinetic stone upper cuts the choking gnoll, which causes the laughing gnoll to laugh even harder!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!
Mwikali uses her cloak to attack the nearest Gnoll
Volreg attempts to blast the nearest gnoll with another electrical blast!
"This, is a lot harder than it sounded!"
Volreg attempts to blast the nearest gnoll with another electrical blast!
"This, is a lot harder than it sounded!"
[dice=Electric Blast+Point Blank Shot:Touch]d20+3+1
[Dice=Electric Damage+Point Blank Shot]d6+2+1
YIIIPE!!
The gnoll jerks as Volreg’s sparks dance along its shaggy frame, causing its fur to stand straight out!
Desperate to escape the suffocating smoke, the gnoll not incapacitated with laughter tries to overrun its way free over Mwikali...
Mwikali directs the cloak at the Gnoll with it unraveling enough to stab.
Mwikali directs the cloak at the Gnoll with it unraveling enough to stab.
[dice=Attack]1d20+3
[dice=damage]1d4+3
The magically animated cloak whips at the gnoll, but the beast ducks...
The gnoll gripped in throes of hideous laughter tries to pull it together...
Seeing little hope of escape or mercy, and faced with a choice of suffocating to death, being slain by enemies, or taking their own lives quickly, the forlorn gnolls fall upon their spears, impaling themselves in gruesome suicide!
As the gnoll passes, Altin takes a clumsy swipe at it with his short bow...
The smoke from the fire fills the gnolls’ cave... It will take about an hour for it to dissipate enough to breathe safely inside...
The adventurers explore the gnolls’ lair once the smoke has cleared...
The place is foul, stinking of rotten meat and unwashed beasts...
Waiting about, Volreg looks at the dead gnolls. "Those things were vicious! More so than some of the animals at home. The fire was a good idea."
Amid the scattered bones, skulls and scraps of debris littering the gnolls’ lair, the adventurers find 8 vials of healing oils distilled from olives growing around Fatima...
Well done, all! I think those last two gnolls took their own lives because of some honour code they have. I have heard of similar codes among fierce warriors from the Orient. Are we all well? We can celebrate with the bounty we just scored. Vanna sats as they fund the gnolls' hoard
Sulayman wrinkles his nose and says, ”I agree with the celebration, bu can we get out of this cave? The smell is killing me.”
Flits in and around the cave.
"There seems to be some oils here, they look like healing barms"
He says.
But gets out fast after that.
"Yes very smelly, that is the 1st time I have had dealings with such bests and I have to say I will need a good hot bath after"
Flits in and around the cave.
"There seems to be some oils here, they look like healing barms"
He says.
But gets out fast after that.
"Yes very smelly, that is the 1st time I have had dealings with such bests and I have to say I will need a good hot bath after"
The adventurers loot the sacred Fatima olive oil potions, the scavenged armor and weapons and coin purses of the gnolls, and trek back to Anfa to rest, recover, and reconsider...
The sandstorm that blew through the region several days ago uncovered an ancient tomb of the Mauretanians, an ancient nomadic Berber-stock people...
This might have been the tomb of a war chieftain, or a priest...
It has been buried for a long time under the sands of Morocco... perhaps for the better...
In fact, it is the crypt of Mauritanian King Bogud that has been unearthed by the sandstorm, unknown to the adventurers...
Back at Anfa, the adventurers celebrate their victory over the gnolls at the caravanserai with drinks and feasting.
The goatherds of Anfa soon hear that their gnoll problem has been permanently solved by the daring adventurers feasting at the caravanserai, so they quickly cobble together a respectable reward of 1,000 golden shekels and 4,000 silver shekels, which they present to the adventurers that evening.