Allie doesn't quite roll her eyes but her sister can see that she's not impressed.
"I guess we'd better go and help." She says, tugging out a wand she has never actually had cause to use. "Maybe I'll finally figure out how this thing works."
As you are making your way through the city streets, a pair of wyrwoods step our from a side alley and begin striding purposefully towards you. Unlike the previous constructs, these appear burlier and wield spears and shields!
Ulrich fires a ray of disintegration at the construct.
"More of the bloody things? These are worse than rats," Gabbi snaps, readying her bow and calling down a judgement on the cursed things.
Then before firing on the creatures, she casts a spell on her sister.
Allie flashes a grin at her sister and marches forward to meet the soldier things, imbuing Rascal with magic as she does so.
Without waiting for word from her companions, Amnayel makes her way to the front to position herself inbetween the wyrwoods and Gabriella. She expected Rascal to be in the front line, but she did not expect Allie. She shoots her a nervous glance but bites her tongue and tries to slam her shield into one.
Ulrich's disintegration ray whizzes past the wyrwood, reducing a portion of the cobblestoned street to dust. Gabby bolsters the group while Allie defends herself and Rascal and moves to intercept the wyrwoods. Amnayel moves up alongside the dahmpir, bashing one of the constructs with her shield.
The construct takes the hit, but the damage begins to repair itself as you watch. It retaliates against Amnayel, but the paladin's enhanced armor protects her from harm. The second one attacks Allie, stabbing her with its spear and slamming her with its shield
Arrow strikes now being called for, Gabbi pronounces a bane on the creatures and begins firing.
Allie growls at the blow and responds with spear thrusts of her own, empowered by her sister's magic.
"I feel very judgemental right now." She informs the wyrdwood she's fighting. "I'd give up at once in your... roots."
Rascal scampers around to flank the wooden soldier.
"Indeed!" Amnayel agrees, "Resistance is futile!" she says before smashing her shield forward again. And again. And again.
Ulrich begins buffing himself up, now that most of his useful combat spells have been used up. Surely there was another group around here somewhere.
As Ulrich cloaks himself in shadows, Gabby fires three arrows into a wyrwood. It blocks her last shot with its shield. Amnayel lands one good hit of her own, as does Allie. One of the wyrwoods stabs Rascal as he lopes around behind them. He bites the wounded one but fails to trip it.
One wyrwood each attacks Rascal and Allie, wounding them both!
Allie steps back and empowers her friends with divine speed and fervor!
Rascal keeps biting!
Ulrich uses the blessing to cast an extended shield spell on Kamosh.
Amnayel continues to slam with her shield as fast as she can.
Amnayel bashes the damaged wyrwood with her shield, and Rascal finishes it off with a bite. Gabbi shoots the other one with numerous arrows, and it falls as well!
"Let's keep moving!" Allie says, efficiently stripping the key gear from the destroyed constructs. "There's still that fire to deal with!"
You hustle along, reaching the river docks after another minute or so. They are on fire, but they haven't had much time to burn. Thick smoke fills the air. If you act quickly, you may be able to prevent any significant damage.
Allie pulls out the wand and starts filling barrels up with water before directing Rascal to push them over again, dousing the area in water.
Ulrich starts by casting tongues on himself. Then, Ulrich takes out the conjurer's spellbook and flips to the summon monster section. He takes the second most powerful version of them, using the spell as a scroll to summon multiple medium water elementals.
Speaking in their Aquan language, he says "Put out all the fires."
Amnayel can smash the hell out of evil creatures, but she isn't much use in a fire fight. She picks up the water filled barrels that Allie fills and flies up into the air, dumping them where the fires are.
Having nothing to contribute in the labor to put out the fires other than her own two hands, Gabbi sets to work with Rascal, tipping over the filled barrels in the direction of the flames.
As the summoned elementals get to work and the rest of you start a bucket brigade, Gabriella can hear voice chanting from somewhere inside the cloud of smoke!
Magic ripples through the area around the elementals, but there seems to be no effect.
"Someone's in there casting a spell!" Gabbi shouts out. "Does anyone have a way to clear the smoke?" She readies her bow, waiting for an opportunity to target the spellcaster.
"I do not... not today" Ulrich says as he tries to concentrate on the summon spell. "They are trying to dispel the elementals. Two dispels. Kamosh, can you detect their spirits?"
"No. They may be wyrwoods. Wyrwoods do not possess souls." Kamosh replies.
Ulrich continues focusing on putting out the flames using the water elementals.
"No time to wait for it to clear, I'll go in and say hello to them."
Taking a deep breath, she flies into the smoke and she sets her eyes on the caster. After closing the distance, she raises her shield up high and brings it down hard on her target.
Allie beckons Gabbi over and imbues her sister with True Seeing. "You go with Amny, we've got this." She says, giving her sister a quick peck on the cheek.
Gabbi grins back at her sister and then turns her attention to selecting her spellcasting target.
Gabby fires into the fog, but only her first pair of arrows finds a mark, the others splashing down into the river. Amnayel flies up and swings her shield when she encounters something solid, but she does not connect.
You can hear chanting in the fog. Enchantment magic threatens to paralyze those on the ground, while a crackling bolt of lightning tears through Amnayel!
Ulrich easily resists their spells. He continues his concentration to put out the fires, hoping that by doing so, the smoke will quickly dissipate.
Gabbi's arrows all find a mark this time, and a moment later, a slender wyrwood falls gently to the smoldering docks, its body pierced with numerous arrows. It does not move.
Allie doesn't even notice the spell, her fractured mind proving too intractable for the enchantment magic. Instead she casts a simple spell to improve her sister's aim.
Though she dodges the worst of it, there is nothing like burnt flesh and overloading your nerves with electricity to make a girl cry. Amnayel yelps loudly as she tries to refocus herself. She responds with a series of shield bashes that are determined to make it through this time.
Amnayel lands one good hit through the smoke. She feels her foe moving away, and a moment later, a roaring fireball engulfs her!
Meanwhile, the summoned elementals finish extinguishing the burning docks. The smoke begins to clear, revealing the second wyrwood within.
"Got you, you little ..." Gabbi mutters as she finally gets a good view of the enemy.
"Kamosh, fly high into the sky and see if there are any more calamities. I am beginning to wonder if this is a distraction." Ulrich says. He maintains concentration on the elementals, just in case. It seems like Gabbi has this fight won.
Kamosh stretches his wings and takes flight.
Allie stands next to her sister and invokes a spell she's never tried before, warding them both in a hemisphere that glitters cobalt blue.
Once more, Amnayel dodges the worst of the wyrwood's spell. Gabbi shoots the mage a few times, then Amnayel lands one strike, which is enough to finish off the construct!
As Kamosh flies up to look around, he can hear distant screams coming from Umbarez Plaza. The largest plaza in all of Jolizpan features a stone monument at its center—an ancient, crumbling landmark depicting a blooming flower. Kamosh can see a great porcine beast charging and trampling about the plaza, destroying everything in its path!
"Why do I get the feeling that someone is yanking our chain," Gabbi says as they make their way to the plaza.
"A pig?" she exclaims in disgust when she sees what's causing the disturbance. "Someone butcher the thing and be done with it."
The ugly creature isn't just any pig, but a massive porcine beast the size of an elephant! Its head features multiple horns and tusks. Its muscular body ripples with raw power. The ground shudders and splinters under the force of its pounding hooves as it turns its fury upon you!
Ypotrylls resist all physical damage and are bloody-minded, making them difficult to affect with charms or compulsions.
"That's a big pig." Amnayel responds to Gabriella's remark. She pulls out her sword and attempts to get some bacon. She drags her hand along her chest to help alleviate some of the scorch and burn marks from earlier.
"Right... all hands on deck for this one!" Allie declares upon seeing the giant pig. She bites her thumb and flicks blood in a wide arc.
Rascal moves carefully forward but off to one side, hoping to trip the pig as it rushes at, or ideally, past him.
"It's a pig," Gabbi says with a shrug as she readies her bow and declares judgement upon it. "Granted, it's a really big pig, but still a pig. How tough could it be?" As if to demonstrate her point, she sends arrows flying into the beast.
"Good luck, Amny!" Ulrich calls. The expression that he has on his face... is actually unknown since he's wearing the plague mask.
He casts a new spell upon Gabriella, granting her limited immortality. He flicks the pearl of power as he does this.
Gabbi shoots the pig three times, piercing its thick hide to wound it. Amnayel rushes in to attack but her blade scrapes harmlessly against its flank.
Squealing with fury, the pig charges through Amnayel, overrunning her and knocking her to the ground. It gores the paladin and knocks her away as it continues to charge past Rascal, battering into Gabby and knocking her backwards!
Ulrich steps closer to Gabriella and casts a spell to create a door near them. "Come with me. I will move us out of the fray." He says, holding a hand to her.