Aikaterine will begin to head down the road. She will try to enjoy the peace of the road. When it veers near to the beach, she will walk upon the sand barefoot and will use her magic to sort out metallic objects hidden in the sand; washed ashore from ancient wrecks.
Casting Detect Metal. Let me know if she finds any hidden treasure! :P
If others permit her, she will challenge to see if she can pry their family member's names from their mind. With resistance, she intends to see where they are at currently and what their relationship is like with those of the group.
The day will stretch on and she will mostly be quiet, but at times, she will try to talk to her companions to learn more about them, without sharing much about herself. That will come out naturally.
As they settle down for camp, if any of them are crafters, she will give them a blessing on their creation of goods (+5). That evening, she will declare that they should have a fun time and enjoy some wine. At some point, she will cast a few snapdragon firework spells and bless herself with a polypurpose hallucination spell while watching them go off--all while eating and drinking in an effort to relax. It is clear that Aikaterine is trying to have fun this day.
As things wind down, she will recast her magical aura spells. This is so they appear nonmagical to people trying to discern that of her, and then will consider what scroll she should prepare for the coming fight. She settles on a Heightened Awareness scroll, and will write it out by the moonlight before heading to bed.
Amphitryon walked next to Aikaterine, enjoying the weather, the company, and not having anything actively trying to kill him. It was the little things in life, like using magic to find pocket change, which made life worth living.
When she asked to pry into his mind, he shrugged. "Just focus on the family, alright? At least until I figure out how to delete the history of my imagination."
In his mind came the image of a elven warrior, who unlike most of his kind, was of a large and powerful build. The elf had a a dour and serious face that seemed to be etched onto stone. In Amphitryon's mind the elf was larger than life, a towering figure who dominated the scene. The desire to be accepted from Amphitryon radiated in his mind, infusing all of his memories. The name 'Silverstar' featured prominently. For that was how Amphitryon saw his father. His father was the mercenary company and the company was him. Pushing harder would get the first name. 'Tarathiel." As for what he was doing? It was either the present, or a memory, but the elf was overseeing drilling the company...
He looked to Kyronai. "You should go next."
Hearing an inhuman gutteral growl that seemed to be getting closer, Amphitryon halted in his tracks. He reached out his hand and formed a spear, ready for whatever might come…
Aika casts a spell on herself, floating slowly into the air as Amphitryon readies his weapon and prepares a spell. Almost as quick as Zeus' lightning, a huge figure charges out of the trees that it is almost blurry until it stops. It stands on powerful hind legs with arms that end in vicious claws instead of hooves. Its head is possibly the only boarlike thing about it with razor sharp tusks covered with blood. It is also very, very, large and growls as it glares at you with fiery red eyes. Amphitryon is able to cast his spell and cover the creature in a pale glow that outlines its terrifying form.
The hunter calls upon the powers of the wild to strengthen her and then casts a spell, causing plants to shoot from the ground to hold the beast.
This used to be a Razor Boar, a magical beast that had the ferocity to take one's head clean off their shoulders with their powerful tusks. However the claws and the ability to stand on its hind legs is not normal for this creature. Razor boars also have fast healing and the ability to trample those smaller than itself which is most things given its increased size. This creature also seems to be oddly intelligent given the way it looks at all of you and it seems supernaturally fast as if under the effects of haste.
Cyrene readies herself and casts a spell animating the most of the plants in the clearing.
The roots seem to lock the creature in place but it resists the poison. The creature attempts to break free with raw power.
It is successful and moves through the area, very angry at Cyrene.
It seems to not currently be affected by the enchanted foliage.
"Something is doing this, something is making this!" "That used to be a Razor Boar! He is under the effects of...a haste spell?!"
Aikaterine had been studying the spells of the necromancer that they had fought. While some were just evil, some were actually useful. In a situation like this, the mage calmly starts to chant a verse of arcane words all dealing with sight. Each one after the other includes greater and greater descriptions of vision, and then at the end of her chanting, she calls all vision to stop in the boar's eyes.
"I've heard that when boar hunting a spear is the best option." Amphitryon remarked, as he took a step forward and threw his spear at the Boar. As it hit with a *thunk* the spear vanished and came back into his hand. "If this doesn't work, I am going to try make it dark here, so that nobody can see. But it will still be lit up..." He trailed off. He didn't even know if he could control the shadows that well, but if it did work then it wouldn't be good to have everyone freak out.
"I am trying to blind it. So you might not have to!" Aikaterine calls back downward.
"Sounds like a plan." The archer agrees, her words followed by a blur of arrows.
Varocles will fire an icicle at the beast...
vs touch AC
Cold
"It used to be a razor boar, but it's been granted obvious humanoid attributes, including intelligence. Be wary."
Kyronai takes his own advice and activates his flight hex, soaring out of reach of the man-boar.
Amphitryon lands a fairly devastating blow when he throws his shadowy spear. Cyrene is able to land a single arrow. Varocles misses with his spell attack as Kyronai positions himself into the sky.
Razor Boar?-48
The various attacks and Aika's spell seem to only enrage the beast as it stomps its way through the enchanted grounds and then tramples over the party.
Razor Boar?-48
Aikaterine finds that her spell is being resisted. As she chants, she finds its inner fortitude capable of repelling the curse. She then watches in horror as the party is trampled underfoot.
"This being is supported by dark, evil energies. It bolsters it somehow! Any sort of protection from evil would help!"
A moment later, the mage casts a spell with a combination of saltpeter and magnesium next to where she hovers. What initially looks like a sizzling bit of fire, turns into a group of fireworks summoned. Each one seems intent on going to where she aims it. The pyrotechnic zigs and zags on its way down. At one second, it seems like it is going to hit someone and then flutters past them to the feet of the boar and then explodes in a fit of light and fire.
Cyrene dives for cover, but misjudges the beasts speed. Reasoning that the hunt is best conducted at range she pulls well back before firing another arrow from the treeline.
For his part Amphitryon called upon the shadows to come to him, not to form a weapon, but to turn day into night. If it couldn’t see them, then how could it fight?
Deftly circling the beast as it tramples his companions underfoot, Kyronai winces in sympathy. Setting his sights on the boar-creature, he draws his bowstring back as a misty black arrow forms for a brief second before it is loosed at the witch's target.
The Boar monster dodges the fireworks and Cyrene's arrow. Amphitryon puts down a zone of darkness that obscures all light and sight. Kyronai lands a ray of inky darkness that saps the energy from the beast. The beast takes a swipe at Cyrene as she moves away from it.
But she is too quick and evades the Gore attempt.
Razor Boar thing-49, 1 negative level
Varocles will take his AOO...
Knowing that he couldn’t dodge in time, Amphitryon instead stabbed with his spear…
Varocles misses with his AOO but not the strike on his turn. Amphitryon lands his fiery opportunistic strike. Frustrated by the darkness, the monster rushes over to attack the archer, Cyrene.
Razor Boar thing-70, 1 negative level
Now that her initial spell is cast, she can really start to harm this creature. With a wave of her hand, another firework sizzles and flies in the direction of the boar. As her hand brushes its direction, her other seems to direct more fire to follow it as multiple streams of draconic flame gushes forth from the firework.
The archer is very nearly felled by the powerful creature's blow and realises that she has very few options left. Abandoning her bow she draws her silver blade and stabs at the creature instead!
Amphitryon stabbed out once again. But when he moved in to attack, he found the flaw in his plan. He could see the beast...but not where he was stepping! He nearly fell on his face as his foot got caught in a root.
Varocles charges the beast...
Kyronai tries once again to hinder the creature with another black, smoky arrow.
Exhausted
An exhausted character moves at half speed, cannot run or charge, and takes a –6 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. After 1 hour of complete rest, an exhausted character becomes fatigued. A fatigued character becomes exhausted by doing something else that would normally cause fatigue.Fatigued
A fatigued character can neither run nor charge and takes a –2 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. Doing anything that would normally cause fatigue causes the fatigued character to become exhausted. After 8 hours of complete rest, fatigued characters are no longer fatigued.[/ooc]
Aika fires off a fiery ray that chars some of the beast's hide as well as another firework.
Cyrene switches to close quarters combat and scores a hit with her blade. Amphitryon hits with his opportunistic swing but misses when he tries to follow up. Varocles is able to score a fairly damage swing with Poseidon's weapon. Meanwhile Kyronai attacks the beast again by sapping its vitality.
The beast decides to swing at all of its attackers, both in the dark and clearly visible.
Razor Boar Monster-118 Negative Level Fatigued
Seeing that his spells aren't doing enough against to hinder the enemy, Kyronai decides to use someone else's. Reaching into his robe he pulls out his wand of magic missile and fires.
Varocles swings again...
"It's starting to look pretty ragged."
Aikaterine will once again direct her firework at its feet and then unleash flaming dragon fire at its face.
*Plus Dazzling DC15, Reflex half
Cyrene is looking pretty ragged too, but a Huntress never backs down so she continues to stab the beast!
"Retreat to the darkness, Cyrene!" she suggests to the huntress, who looks like a bloody mess.
Embarrassingly enough, Amphitryon wasn’t used to fighting in his own darkness. He awkwardly stabbed out at the boar, trying to get his feet placement right. It was a flaw that he would have to work on…
Kyronai changes tactics and fires off a wand that unerringly scores a hit as does Varocles.
Cyrene is looking a bit worse for ware as her blade only finds thick hide. Amphitryon also finds similar poor luck as he flails at the beast. In turn the beast continues its tactics fending off all foes.
Though it scores some fairly impressive hits, it seems to be slowing down a lot as its breathing becomes ragged and the blood pours from its wounds.
Razor Boar Monster-169 Negative Level, Fatigued
Amphitryon barely managed to stay on his feet, and even then it was because his spear was lodged into it. His feet dug into the dirt as he struggled to hold it still while his comrades finished it off…
The flames on the boar's back seemed to be digging in deeper, and its feet hardly able to hold its great weight. Still, if she could finish it, it might save poor Cyrene, and now Amphitryon's life. With a quick wave of her hands in a circle, and a chant of arcane words, a magical spark follows her firework down, but it seems to travel separately to a different area. When it gets closer to the ground, suddenly a heart-pounding, massive burst of bitter cold surges outward from the area and envelopes the massive boar in chill. Just a moment later, her firework explodes, searing its frozen feet in phosphorous, saltpeter, and fire.
Varocles continues his assault against the beast...
Cyrene takes another swipe from the claw and collapses to the forest floor.
Kyronai fires another two bolts from his wand at the creature, and then risks swooping down low to tend to Cyrene.
Amphitryon is able to score a hit as the beast dodges Aika's spells. Varocles is unable to pierce the beast's hide while Cyrene lays dying from her wounds. Kyronai is able to finish the beast off though. The force missiles are the final nail in the coffin for the monster. As it staggers backwards from the impact it roars in pain. As it does so, you can hear wailing anguish come from its maw before it falls to the ground dead.
As you lay unconscious, you see yourself in a village. Everyone is panicking as a large boar wrecks havoc, killing livestock and people. It's eyes glow the same color as the beast that felled you and has the same color fur, though this one is smaller and looks to be far more mundane looking as it tramples around on its four hooves. You hear voices scream and yell asking about heroes that were called for. As you look down, you realize you are not in your own body but one of the unlucky villagers in this town. You run away but the beast spots you and the last thing you see is its tusks impale you before it all goes dark.