The more nimble of the dark elves leaps aside as the other one is slowed by the crossbow bolt sticking out of his side (nice shot Char) and is run over by the burning sphere and consumed by the flames. The nimble one fires back ineffectually at Maq.
Dol's mighty swing misses his opponent and Anvil is not much help with his feeble trip attempt. The drow strikes true against Dolgrin again and grins at him mockingly, "You bleed prettily for a fool."
party action
Burn baby, burn!
-27HP
Starting to weary from his wounds, Dolgrin now swings away in silence.
The drow is unable to avoid Maq's flaming ball and also gets winged by Char's crossbow bolt, he staggers but somehow is still on his feet and fires off another errant bolt.
The drow senses Dolgrin's weakness and gleefully slices into his flesh twice. Blood is flowing from Dol's multiple wounds. "I sense the end is close now, lay down your weapon and accept your fate, it is more honor than you deserve to die by my blades."
I got you now! DC18 reflex
-46HP
They must not be used to dealing with Dwarves down here...
+4 more if Anvil got him on the ground.
Char and Maq finish off their drow with another bolt and more fire.
Anvil is finally able to trip the drow giving Dol so much trouble and he goes down hard enabling Dolgrin to run him through with his greatsword killing him instantly.
Char quickly moves up to support the blood covered Dolgrin and provides him with some much needed healing.
I'll throw in an Infernal Healing for 10 pts.
-18HP
Looking crossly at Anvil-Better late than never bug...
The little beetle issues out a series of hisses and clicks in between bites of drow flesh.
At Char/Maqej-Check their gear for magic. The one I fought either had a mighty blade or was a drow warrior prince. Maybe look for a ring like we found last time. They have to be controlling the undead somehow...
Dolgrin looks to see if he can find where they came from-
cast detect magic on their bodies/items and check for finely crafted gear and/or monies.
Maq does not detect any magic on any of the gear but does find a gold bracelet worth 200 gp and the three drow carry 50 gp each.
Dol is able to find tracks from the drow and zombies, they came from the south of your current position.
Char: "All drow are dangerous, I think we are are lucky we haven't encountered any drow casters yet."
Well we need to figure out how they are controlling the undead. I though only evil clerics or necromancers could do that. Something to think about. Let's move.
Dolgrin and Anvil follow the tracks South.
You follow the tracks the rest of the day until it is time to stop for the night. The tracks continue on in the same direction.
Perception rolls for the night.
Cast Infernal heals on Dol and myself to bring to full
If anyone is down HP before sleep, Char will heal them to max.
On Char:
The party awakens to a blood curdling scream, and sees a drow standing over Char with blood dripping from two daggers. Best you can tell Char is unconscious or dead.
Char...NO!!!!!!!!!!
Move action stand.
stand and cast Mage Armor
Dol's blade whistles by his drow opponent just missing.
The drow sneers at Dol's obvious compassion, then nonchalantly reaches down and slits Char's throat. With the other dagger he slashes out at Dol, cutting his left hand.
-4HP
Gritting his teeth in silent fury Dolgrin swings again.
Cast infernal heal on Dol
~repost from earlier~
The nimble drow evades Dol's greatsword and lands a more substantial blow, plunging a dagger into Dol's side.
Another drow appears seemingly from out of nowhere about 60 feet from Maq, several magic missiles slam into Maq.
Cast infernal heal on myself, 1/10
28/38 HP
-11HP
Time to die you murderous shit bag...
AOO on Anvil
You can attempt to trip your opponent in place of a melee attack. You can only trip an opponent who is no more than one size category larger than you. If you do not have the Improved Trip feat, or a similar ability, initiating a trip provokes an attack of opportunity from the target of your maneuver.
If your attack exceeds the target's CMD, the target is knocked prone. If your attack fails by 10 or more, you are knocked prone instead. If the target has more than two legs, add +2 to the DC of the combat maneuver attack roll for each additional leg it has. Some creatures—such as oozes, creatures without legs, and flying creatures—cannot be tripped.
Drow action.
will post later.
No AOO on Anvil.
Caster drow action.
Spontaneous immolation on Anvil.
Fort DC 18 to take 1/2 damage and not catch on fire.
You point your finger at a creature, causing it to spontaneously burst into flame. The target takes 3d6 points of fire damage and catches on fire. A successful Fortitude save reduces this damage by half and prevents the target from catching on fire. Each round on your turn, a burning target can attempt a new Reflex save to extinguish the flames (DC equal to the DC of the spell); otherwise it takes another 1d6 fire damage.
Prone drow action.
Stand up and slash at Anvil.
Party action. Dol can make AOO on drow standing and regular attack.
cast flaming sphere at caster drow
dc18 ref.
infernal heal 2/10
29/38 HP
-15HP
The giant beetle begins to smoke and hiss before finally bursting into flames!
should be vs. flat footed AC or with the -4 AC prone penalty
-10HP 2/10 IH
Anvil! Got to finish this one...
should be vs. flat footed AC or with the -4 AC prone penalty
Dolgrin's two blows finish off the nearest drow.
The caster drow suffers some minor burns from the flaming sphere but not as much as Maq would have expected.
A rain of stones and debris pelt Dol, Maq, Anvil, as well as Char and the fallen drow.
no save
STONE CALL: A rain of dirt, gravel, and small pebbles fills the area, dealing 2d6 points of bludgeoning damage to every creature in the area. This damage only occurs once, when the spell is cast. For the remaining duration of the spell, this debris covers the ground, making the entire area difficult terrain. At the end of the duration, the rocks disappear, leaving no aftereffects (other than the damage dealt).
Continue to burn the drow dc18 reflex
Cast Drench on Anvil
The doughty beetle succumbs to unconsciousness as the hard rain of stones pummel his smoking sturdy shell.
-16HP 3/10 IH
Free action-drop GS
Move action equip bow
The caster drow disappears.
-15HP 4/10 IH
Scooping up his great sword, Dolgrin hesitates for a brief moment before quickly moving to Char's side to see if she still lives.
Hang in there beetle-buddy. Have to make sure of my hobgoblin-homie before I can check on you.
Maqej, is there anything to be done for Char?
Cast infernal heal on Char
"That's the extent of my healing prowess. Let's see what happens."
Cast Infernal healing on Anvil
Anvil quickly comes back to consciousness and takes up a guarding position.
Maq's magic has no effect upon Char, she has multiple severe stab wounds and her throat has been laid open by the drow's blade. The area around her is bathed in blood and her body is pale and lifeless. She is beyond healing.
"I'm s-sorry Dol, I don't know any more healing. What're we going to do? I'm scared."
Dolgrin looks over at Maqej and a battle of fury and compassion is waged on his face, until compassion finally wins out-That's OK Maqej, you did what you could. That's all one can do in this world. Keep an eye out; that sorcerous drow is still out there somewhere. Thank you for helping Anvil; let's take what we can and get ready to move. We need to find somewhere to rest again.
Dolgrin strips Char's body of anything valuable. In his mind as he stand over her Lords of Stone accept this true heart to your halls. She is not of us, but her spirit is pure and from the same rock as ours.
Dolgrin also strips the body of the drow of anything valuable [Maqej detects magic] and spits on the corpse.
That for all your kind, filth. Let's move Maqej.
Continue to follow drow/zombie tracks and look for a 'safe' place to rest.
Char has the following items:
flint & steel
50' hemp rope
back pack
water skin
morning star
dagger
light crossbow, 9 bolts
MW chain shirt
Silver Holy symbol of Erastil 25gp
Wand CLW x9
The drow has:
MW dagger x2
chain shirt
50' silk rope
back pack
water skin
5 gems 20gp each
You follow the trail for the rest of the day and still it goes on.