Lord Sunwalker cleaves another goblin in twain, then moves up to the next foe.
With the blood of the last goblin sprayed about, Lord Belros wastes no time in following up to charge and strike at the next foe.
The giant awaits after that!, he thinks as he swings.
MWG swings her sword at the goblin in front of her :
But her swing goes wide.
The giant like creature stumbles over the natural stone bridge, his wicked, barbed club held high in the air. He brings it down with a mighty swing, but at the last moment you think he closes his eyes, as the club goes sailing more than a meter over everyone's head.
"Hold on, Allysen, we're coming!"
Quresha hurries to dispatch the goblin she had wounded and moves to stand protectively over Allysen.
"Back! Baack!", shouts Bizzle, as his axe slams down into the creature. The size of the foe, however, seems to trouble him, as the axe glances off the giant's torso. "That was a warning!", he roars, readying for another swing.
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"Hmmmmm," Isagoras muses, looking about. "It seems we are beset by foes who resist our best efforts," he muses, noting the lack of corpses recently generated.
"Perhaps we must needs double our efforts."
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Additional Bolts: The character may cast up to 3 bolts by spending a like amount of Power Points. The bolts may be spread among targets as the character chooses.
This is rolled just like fully-automatic weapons fire but without the fullauto penalty—the character rolls a spellcasting die for each bolt and compares each to the Target Number separately.
If the caster is a Wild Card, he also rolls a Wild Die, which may replace any of the casting dice.
Power Points: 1
Range: Smarts ×2
Duration: Instant
Trappings: Fire, ice, light, darkness, colored
bolts, a stream of insects.
Bolt sends damaging bursts of energy, streaks of holy light, or shards of matter toward one’s foes.
There are no Range penalties, but the arcane skill roll is affected by Cover, Illumination, and all other usual penalties.
The damage of the bolt is 2d6, or 3d6 with a raise.
Modifiers
DAMAGE (+2): The bolt causes 3d6 damage (4d6 with a raise).
Quresha slashes at the goblin in front of her, but the creature sidesteps the attack and blocks it with its spear.
Bizzle hacks at the giant in front of him, but the creature's hide is simply too tough for the gnome, and his weapons simply bounces off the creature.
Isagoras' magical arrows pierce the goblin Moves with Grace is facing in multiple places, sending it sprawling. The bolt that impacts the one next to Lord Sunwalker hit its target, but only causes the goblin to stagger back. (Goblin is shaken).
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The two goblins facing Quresha and Lord Sunwalker seem overcome by their wounds and do nothing but wince in pain and try to avoid being killed.
The last goblin facing Allysen turns toward Bizzle, realizing he is the greater threat (and perhaps to get on the giant's good side) thrusts its spear at the gnome, but he easily parries the blow.
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Allysen sees the others coming to her defense and the knowledge that she was not alone bolsters her flagging spirit. With a blood curdling howl she lunges at the goblin attacking Bizzle and tries to sweep him off the edge and into the ravine.
A vicious crack echoes through the cavern as she sends another goblin spinning into the void.
"I'm. Not. Going. To. Die. Here." Her voice is harsh as she grinds out each word through clenched teeth.
The giant swings his enormous spiked club at Bizzle, but connects with nothing but air. "Stand still, little man!" he grunts in a guttural tone.
MWG tries to throw a large shuriken at the large creature :
Doing
Seeing that the goblin she had wounded was no longer a threat, Quresha moves around it to stand by Allysen protectively, and calls upon the power of Al'Akbar to heal her wounded companion.
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"Who you calling little!", a voice, emanating from between the giant's knees and shins roars out with indignation. "It's just you that's too large!"
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Moves With Grace throws her magical shuriken at the giant and hits him square between the eyes, snapping his head back for a second. Instead of toppling, the giant just grins, the missile still stuck in his forehead. "Ouch, that tickles," he chuckles.
When Qhresha places her hand upon Allysen, she is overcome for a moment with an overwhelming sense of the righteousness of all of her actions as the god's healing magic courses through her.
As Isagoras' magic hits the giant, he stops for a seconds and looks down at his hands. "Have these always been big like this?" he wonders out loud.
Allysen's wounds close up some, but she's still not back to full strength just yet. Seeing two goblins still up, she moves to eliminate them before they can cause trouble, starting with the one next to Quresha.
Unfortunately, she's still too shaky after her burst of adrenaline to land the hit she needed.
Finally shaking free of the enchantment, goblins seem to want to protect the giant, although it is unclear whether this is out of loyalty or fear. The goblin facing Belros turns to instead attack Bizzle, forcing him to divide his attention between two opponents. For a second you hold your breath, and the goblin-spear heads straight for the gnome's heart, but he deflects it with the handle of his axe at the last second, causing it to just cut a large tear is his clothes, exposing his leather armor beneath.
The other goblin, now facing two foes instead of one, decides to make a run for it and takes off toward the eastern exit.
4-1
1d6;1d6
Allysen's strike is far from true. It's up to Quresha to end it.
Seeing that Allysen has mended a little, Quresha lunges after the fleeing goblin, attempting to sweep its legs from under it. Then she reverses the grip on her spear and stabs it into the prone goblin, killing it instantly.
Lord Belros pursues his quarry.
The goblin is a fool to turn its back to my blade, he thinks he stabs!
Bizzle's axe flashes after his deflection. "Everyone's the same size when they're on the ground!", he shouts, before pausing to think about his words. "Or, similar, at least... Aaagh!", he roars as he slams the axe onto the giant's toe.
Quresha easily takes down the fleeing goblin with a mighty spear thrust, nearly pinning it to the ground.
Bizzle's axe comes down hard toward the giant's toe, but the creature pulls it away at the last second and there is a jarring clang as the blade bites into the rock, causing a shower of pebbles to fly out.
Seeing that the goblins had all been dealt with and were no longer a threat, Quresha moves by Bizzle's side to assist with the... whatever that large one was. Hows does it even fit in some of these caverns? Memories of claustrophobic passages flash through her mind as she jabs with her spear at a trunk-thick leg.
Lord Belros strikes at the left kneecap of the beast.
As he swings, he comments:
"Not hard to strike, but it takes heft in the blow to injure this foe. Keep at it!"
Lord Belros' attack is true and slices through the goblin's feeble armor, making a nasty gash on its lower torso.
Quresha's attack goes wide, but Belros manages to take out the final goblin with a swing of his deadly weapon.
Again, MWG tries to throw a large shuriken at the large creature :
= 9, a Raise!
Doing
= 32 damage!
With a battle-cry, Bizzle's axe slashes at the giant's shins, but even as he swings, he feels the response of the massive beast slow even further and further. "Wha?", he blurts out, head raised towards the colossal beast.
The magical shuriken thrown by Moves with Grace hits the giant directly in the eye and buries itself within its skull, destroying his left orbital and gushing ocular fluid over the creature's chest. It chuckles for a moment as it prepares another witty comeback until the brain communicates to the rest of the body that it is dead. The giant's face goes slack and it topples over backward onto the stone bridge and begins to twitch.
As Allysen realizes the fight's over, she begins to shake. the rush from combat flees and leaves her on her knees and gasping for breath as she tries to calm down.
MWG doesn't even think about being the one to kill the giant, or how awesome her throw was, she just matter-of-factly says "OK, so how are we going to get the giant off the bridge so we can use it?"
Lord Belros turns to Moves With Grace.
"A fine throw, Moves With Grace! And yes, we will need to move this brutish cadaver...Ah, there's Allysen."
The elf lord walks over to Allysen.
"Allysen, do you require assistance? You certainly fought hard enough."
Quresha watches slack-jawed as Moves With Grace one-shots the giant, barely jumping out of the way in time as it collapses. What incredible skill and poise!
She takes a few moments to regain her wits, and remembers that Allysen was still wounded.
"I will intercede for another blessing on your behalf."
Though her physical wounds fade, it appears that the young half-elf has some scars that medicine and magic cannot heal easily.
"Th-thanks," she murmurs to Quresha, "I-I thought I was going to die..."
The corpses of the goblin contain very little of value other than their weapons, which are crudely-shaped spears that might be able to be sold in Saltmarsh. The giant has a small pouch tied to his belt that contains an ax-shaped silver pendant covered with twisting runes. Along the pendant's bottom 'edge', five tiny rings secure silver wedges to the larger pen- dant. Like the large ax shape, these smaller pen- dants are inscribed with mysterious runes. The pendant is too large for most women, and is obviously intended for a male of relatively human size.
As you are studying the treasures you have found, the two dwarves come up hauling the mules, but barely able to control them. "Hey, can someone help us with these?"
"Ooh! Shiny!", shouts Bizzle as he boots the giant down the gaping chasm. "Is thi-", he begins saying, before leaping to grab the mules, leading them away from the slippery ground of the carnage. "Is this magical? I want to see real magic!", he shouts from around the back.
Belros moves to the dwarves and assists.
"We should press on."