As the rats swarm over Marcus and Otavio, Marcus runs off in the other direction toward Bimble to get some distance from the rats. Otavio, steps back trying to hold in his diner as well. Sara shouts out toward the large rat on the wall, her words inspiring the others to do better. Capricia moves back out of the rats as well and attacks, cutting down a few more of them.
Having seen that Bimble also can cast spells the large rat on the ceiling intones some arcane words as two solid balls of force flies toward Bimble and slams into him.
Seeing his handy work, he climbs across the wall towards one of the side walls.
While he might not be able to kill the rat swarm, at least Otavio's physical presence manages to stop the rat swarm from moving past him.
Finally regaining her senses, Rossana rushes between the two swarms of rats, knowing a single bolt won't do much there, and takes aim at the large rat overhead. Please hit. Please hit.
Bimble conjures a ball of flames that floats near the rats however, they feel the eat and part ways to avoid any damage from it. Rossana turns her attention at the large rat crawling across the ceiling. She takes aim with her crossbow but misses and the bolt clinks against the ceiling before falling to the floor.
Trant attacks the rats again with Zubari assisting. The halfling, with the rats so close backs up cautiously to avoid drawing their attention.
While Zubari does provide some assistance, Trant isn't quite able to hit any of the rats as they skitter about trying to also avoid the flaming sphere. They both step back to get some more room.
With Marcus having ran off the rats continue to pursue Otavio, while the other swarm decides to go after Trant and Zubari instead of Capricia.
With Bimble's flaming sphere blocking any sort of charge toward the spellcasting rat, Capricia moves close to the wounded swarm, hoping another hack from her falcata might disperse the rodents.
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With Marcus gone, Otavio knows there's no one to fall back on. His survival instincts kick in as he starts swinging his axe at the numerous rats, occasionally throwing in a buckler-bash as well.
"Kill the big ugly one! It might be controlling the hordes." she truly has no idea but it is worth a try. She'll run over to Bimble and get a vial of acid from him.
Sara pulls out the vial of acid she forgot she had and throws it at the rats trying to eat Otavio.
Capricia moves around the flaming sphere and tries to attack the rats, but with them crawling all over the others she can't find a good opening to strike any of them. Sara pulls out a flask of acid and tosses it towards the rats but her throw is off and the acid hits the ground near the steps. Luckily some of the acid still kills some rats. Otavio stands his ground with the rats cutting away at some of them, but there are still many left. Marcus, now at a safe distance pulls out and Alchemist fire and tosses it at the rats on Otavio.
The fire washes over a bunch of the rats, burning them up, but some splashes on to Otavio in the process.
The giant rat casts another spell at Bimble as an arrow made of acid flies toward the gnome.
The arrow slams into Bimble and eats away at his clothing and the gnome himself, almost knocking him off his feet.
Despite all the chaos going on, Rossana agrees with Sara's assessment and quickly steps out of the swarming rats as she loads her crossbow. I should have paid more attention to my self-defense classes. She lets the next bolt fly toward the rat above.
Rosanna takes a shot at the oversized rat, but as it looks to be heading straight for him it seems to hit some invisible force and fall to the ground. Bimble, in pain from the spells being lobbed at him, manages to control the orb to smash into the rats on Otavio. It kills most of them and the rest quickly disperse and scurry away. He then tries to take cover behind some furniture to avoid further attacks from the oversized rat on the ceiling.
The remaining swarm of rats moves over on top of Capricia, while still biting at Trant and Zubari.
Both Trant and Zubari fall to the floor from all the vicious rat bites, and Capricia looks not too far behind. Even so she slashes a wide swatch of rats and kills several of them.
[ooc]Round 4
Enemy-R, > Capricia/Sara/Otavio/Marcus, Enemy-D, Rosanna/Bimble[/b]
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Capricia again steps out of the swarm of rats, reluctantly marveling at their hardiness and persistence.
"Come get some more, little pests!" she hisses, again squatting low and sweeping her unusual blade through the rodents. Cursing as she fumbles the pass, she reverses the blade and prepares a second sweep for when the rats inevitably swarm her to try to bring her down.
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Like a man possessed, Otavio throws himself at the second swarm with such reckless abandon that it might make any onlookers question his sanity.
Seeing Bimble about to go down, and thinking his flaming sphere is desperately needed, she tries to buy him another round of life. Reaching into her bag, grabbing the scroll he gave her, she reads the invisibility spell onto him.
Capricia tries to attack the rats again after stepping back, but misses. Sara pulls out a scroll and casts it on Bimble as he suddenly disappears. Otavio charges into the rats and smashes a bunch of them causing what little remain to scurry away. Marcus pulls out his crossbow, with the rat swarms dealt with and takes aim at the oversized rat.
The shot falls short of the rat as the bolt falls to the ground on the other side of the room.
The oversized rat scurries over to the side of the wall while pulling out a wand.
Seeing the senator and priest fall, Rossana gives up on her horrible archery after reloading and steps over to their side. Leaning over, Rossana focuses on the power in her and releases it as a light wave of healing with a few strange growls. Though not enough to close up the wounds, the senator's breathing evens out as the worst of the bleeding stops.
"Anytime Mr. Ficklebopper." Sara runs toward the fleeing rat, wishing she had picked up somekind of archery skills at one point of her life. Instead she draws her dagger and chucks it at the thing. "STOP trying to KILL my FRIEND!" the baker yells at it.
Capricia gives Octavio a thankful nod for his timely intervention. She considers moving up to the rat-thing to at least threaten it should it try to cast another spell, but she's feeling wobbly. Instead, she takes out and quaffs a healing potion and then closes a bit of the rat.
Otavio moves towards Sara's voice and keeps his eyes glued to the wall, hoping to spot their elusive foe before it can throw more deadly magics at them.
Rossana moves to stablize Trant's wounds after the rats had been eating on her. She reloads her crossbow as well, in case she needs it again. Bimble, now invisible, stands up and directs the orb he had summoned closer to the oversized rat before it fizzles out and disappears. Capricia takes a moment to heal herself, drinking from one of her potions as a few of her open wounds heal up.
Sara moves toward the rat, tossing one of her daggers at it. The dagger slices into the rat before landing on the floor. Otavio moves up cautiously to join the others as everoyne turns their attention toward the rat. Marcus reloads and takes another shot at the rat.
The bolt goes wide though and misses.
The rat gets down the rest of the way and moves over toward Sara activating the wand.
He doesn't manage to hit her with the wand though, as the tip of it glows with a spark of electricity.
With the Senator okay, Rossana turns to the downed priest and repeats the process, stabilizing the bleeding man.
Sara moves up, fencing stance, and tries to stab the horrible gnome attacking creature with her rapier.
Otavio joins the fray and swings at the ratman with his enchanted axe. "Your story ends here, rat!"
Capricia leaves Dame Trant and Zubari in Rossana's capable hands and closes on the rat-thing. Leaving herself open to attack briefly, the swordswoman circles behind the thing, making sure it has no easy route to escape.
Rosanna stabilizes Zubari while Bimble stands by watching the others fight. Capricia moves up and tries to get around the rat, it attempts to bite her in the process.
It misses though as she moves out of the way and gets in a position to flank with her allies. Sara comes over and tries to attack the rat, but her blade meets some invisible barrier, where she clearly sees there is no armor. Otavio does much better though and slices into the oversized rat.
Marcus reloads and fires off another shot with his precise aim.
Similar to Sara though the bolt looks like it should hit but stops short and falls to the ground.
The rat surrounded, takes a step back and tries to zap Capricia with the wand.
The rat curses in his strange language that only Bimble understands as he misses again.
The rat's actions give Otavio the feeling that no matter what he'll say, he won't stop trying to kill Otavio and his companions with his magic zapping wand of destruction. So far, the rat has not managed to land a decisive blow - yet.
Capricia keeps the pressure on the rat-thing, hacking again with her falcata.
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With so many surrounding the rat, Rossana hesitates on pulling the trigger just yet. Instead, she waits for a chance to get a clean shot.
Sara moves around the rat. While she's far from a good swordswoman, she does understand the benefit of flanking.
Rossana readies her shelf for a shot if the rat moves out of melee, while Bimble maintains his invisibility due to his severe injuries. Capricia lands a solid blow on the rat, while Sara moves into a flanking position, but can't manage to hit. Marcus steps up and lands a solid blow as well, nearly taking the rat off his feet. Marcus lets a bolt fly, but misses with everyone crowded around the rat.
The rat, on it's last legs reaches out toward Capricia once again to try and tap her with the wand.
However, he misses once again and curses again in the strange language.
Rossana continues to wait, bolt at the ready, though a bit more at ease as she sees the rat beginning to weaken.
Sara continues to thrust and slice, but gets no where.
Otavio buffets the ratman with his buckler, hoping to create an opening for a telling blow with his enchanted axe. Sadly, his much practiced fighting style is better suited for buckler-and-sword than buckler-and-axe.
Capricia again hacks at the rat-beast, trying to end the threat it represents.
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The group continues their assault on the rat and while several people gets close with their attacks, it is commonly met by whatever magical barrier the rat has up, protecting it.
The rat jabs at Capricia again with the wand.
She continues to deftly avoid the wand, with the static sparks coming off the end.
The rat calls back to Bimble "Ха! Вы, жалкие создания, ничего не знаете о бессмертии. Вы думаете, что победите меня? Вы все умрете здесь!"
Is that thing really going to fight to the death? Rossana wonders, keeping her crossbow ready.
Sara makes a very unladylike curse, as she is tired, worn out, pooped, and all sorts of other adjectives. She wishes the large rat thing would either have the decency to give up or just DIE! The baker also accepts as a whole she should have practiced her swordplay more.
A lesson about teamwork did spark in her mind, something about setting up an ally to end a battle.
Otavio has never fought a foe before that can employ magic wards and shields. Actual shields, yes, he had beaten on those before with sword and mace, but this invisible force field he's facing right now is driving him absolutely crazy.
[ooc]AC 22 / Touch 14[/dice]