The mutants howl in pain and anger, and the two melee warriors slog through the uneven terrain caused by Saraon's spell.
He glances to Bas, "The big one!" With a feral growl, Godric charges the monstrous mutant, hoping to strike hard and fast.
He followed behind the new fellow Godric just hesistating enough to see what side the man planned on striking. He veered slight to the right to make sure the muties behind the big one couldn't just rush by as he struck at the big one with a mighty telegraphed overheard chop with his bardiche.
"Raaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
He roared out as his swing decended.
Sprig follows behind Bas, keeping himself a safe distance from the fighting. "Hah! They're lined up perfectly, jes' as planned!"
Chanting, the kobold envisions himself pressing into the earth with one claw, forcing a hole to open beneath the feet of the rushing mutants.
Godric's attack slices into the hulking mutant, though Bas isn't so lucky and his bardiche bounces off of it's rubbery hide.
Only the spear-wielding mutant manages to avoid tumbling down into the pit. The axe-wielder and the giant aren't so lucky, and they both tumble into the pit below, screaming all the way down.
The gunners start running towards the party, though they can't make it quite in range.
Biggie: -18
Blue -6
Green
Orange
Pink
Saraon chuckles as the enemies tumble into Sprig's pit. First, he lowers his sword and draws a javelin from his pack, and then throws it at the lone mutant opposite him on the pit.
Katheryn fires off a shot at the mutant standing on the side of the pit and hits a glancing blow on the leg.
The shotgun wielder advances and fires on Godric. It's unstable firearm jams spectacularly though, and it lets out a ferocious bark of anger. The pistol and axe wielder advances forward too, and seeing no better targets shoots at Godric too, hitting the pale wanderer for 4 damage!
Saraon advances to the mutants clambering out of the pit, and readies to strike them back down if they reach the top.
Godric jerks backward as the bullet strikes him in the shoulder. With a growl, he turns his attention toward the mutant with the axe and pistol, "You'll regret that."
Sprig shouts out to his comrades "Keep 'em busy, Ah'm bringin' in a friend!"
The kobold kneels down and begins drawing a magic circle in the sand.
Even prepared for the pit, he almost lost his balance and stumbled into it.
"Hope you muties enjoyed your fall trip."
He chuckled as he skirted the edge of the pit and immediately rushed the mutants with guns. He wound up beside the new guy which made him chuckle.
"We keep meeting in the strangest places there Godric."
He said dryly as he whipped the Bardiche around at mutant aside him. (fuschia)
"I can do that" Katheryn said as she stepped over next to Sprig lined up a shot and a sound like thunder was heard.
With a vantage point into the pit, Saraon can see that the big mutant despite it's many arms hasn't made any progress out, but the other mutant is partly up the wall.
Godric charges in, laying into the axe and pistolero with a ferocious strike. Bas isn't quite as accurate, and the mutant ducks under the burned warrior's bardiche. Despite the chaotic melee, Katheryn gets in a good shot on the spear-wielder.
The spear wielder steps over to Godric and stabs at him but his attack goes wide as Godric dodges out of the way.
He's not quite as lucky when the axe/pistol wielder lays into him for 8 damage!
The shotgun wielder steps back and improbably his gun jams yet again!
Godric falters in his stance as the axe strikes him in the shoulder. 'Damn lucky that wasn't a few inches more to left, my head with be in two!' The thought races through his mind as he hefts his blade and swings at the pistol and ax wielder yet again.
Sprig finishes his summoning circle, calling forth an ally from beyond. Cackling, a Celestial Hyena bounds into existence and rushes the enemy.
Powerful jaw snap and attempt to bring down their foes!
The kobold himself moves up closer to the action and flings a small globule of acid at the Green mutant.
As Godric struck at the one with the axe and the hyena appeared to attack the one with the funny gun, the former burned bandit looped around to slide across from the mutant distracted by the hyena with his Bardiche.
Katheryn moved up and took aim at the mutant over Godric once more, shot.
Kat's shot just barely misses but Godric puts another solid blow into the axe and pistol wielder, and though he's badly wounded, the slaver stays standing.
The same can't be said for the one with the shotgun. Sprig's holy hyena charges in, clamping it's teeth on the mutant's leg and dragging it the the ground, allowing for Bas to come in with a mighty overhead blow and lops off the mutant's head! Sprig isn't as lucky with his attack, and his glob of acid lands in the dust.
The big mutant makes it part of the way up, and though the smaller one gets a bit higher, he puts his hand in the wrong spot and tumbles back down into the pit!
The pistol wielder steps back and tries to shoot at Godric but, continuing the curse of mutants and firearms, his gun jams! The spear carrying mutant steps away from the pit and tries to stab at Godric. His luck is better, which is to say, he misses but not quite as spectacularly.
Biggie: -18
Blue -7
Green -9
Orange -30
Godric steps up toward the pistol wielder, trying to capitalize on the jam of his makeshift firearm. "You will pay for your cruelty!"
Godric gives a mighty swing aimed right at the remaining gunner's head. He raises his arm to shield himself. It saves his head. It does not save his arm. The mutant drops, bleeding out onto the sand.
Saraon swings at the mutants in the pit as they reach up to try and escape.
Katheryn moved up next to Saraon and said "Beg Par'on handsome." before she took aim at the on in the pit.
"How do you know I'm handsome? I wear a mask all the time!" Saraon teases.
"Personality Handsome, personality." Katheryn said with a wink.
Watching his foe fall at his feet, Godric quickly turns and steps toward the mutant behind him, swinging his sword at this foe.
Sprig winced as the mutant's hand was severed. That looked painful! "Ah'd say we've made remarkable work of 'em so far. Just a lil' longer n' we'll free those poor folk!"
The kobold wizard moved across to his summoned beast and scratched its back. It would be a while still before the pit spell ended. He thought to check on the slaver's stock, but decided it best to be prepared for the remaining foes.
His foe down he turned and saw the mutant still up though Godric was swinging. He charged forward with a roar bringing his bardiche down in case Godric didnt fell the bastard.
While Bas doesn't quite hit, Godric's strike is more than enough to fell the spear-wielding mutant.
Thanks to the party's ranged attacks and repeated tumbles down the wall of the pit the big, multi-armed mutant falls to the ground and does not rise.
As the pit rises to the surface the axe-wielder roars in anger as Saraon badly misjudges the mutant's position and misses. The twisted warrior swings at the druid but he too misses.
Saraon swings again, drying to finish the last foe off!
He circled about the pit with his Bardiche at the ready, waiting to see the effects of Saraon's strike before getting close to the edge to make a strike himself if need be.
Katheryn took a step back and took aim once more.
The mutant powers through Kat and Saraon's strikes and it stands, but only barely. It's clinging onto life by a thread, one that any of the remaining party members could easily sever.
The Hyena rushes the remaining mutant and attempts to bite it.
Sprig flings and acid glob at the creature!
Together, the party slays the final mutant. The road is quiet for a moment before the shackled captives begin shouting to the party to help them and that the axe and pistol-wielder has the keys to their chains.
Saraon nods and immediately searches the mutants for the keys. Once he finds them, he approaches the captives.
"A merry meeting...well, somewhat. At least we are able to make it merrier," he says as he goes to unlock the shackles.
He panted and watched as Saraon made his ways for the keys to the shackles. He ran his eyes along the soon to be freed captives. Almost as an old habit he studied them as he would captured slaves back in a bandit's bastion before he shook that from his mind.
"You folk thirsty?"
He asked instead removing one of his water skins and helping the captives get a few slow drinks in if they needed the help.