Chark moves up the steps with purpose. Tiny has the right of it — you and your foul minions shall fall! She concentrates, summoning up a yellow-orange ball of flame into her hand and hurling it at Black.
Her bravado does not translate to action, as the flame spills harmlessly onto the floor.
Walking up the stairs, Haldan shoots a card (black) to see if he can finish this creature off.
"We sure do know how to make an entrance."
Chark is way off, but Haldan's flaming card takes on of the xulgath out!
Cavnakash's voice booms! The battle cry is literally ear-splitting. The thunder slams into most of the party!
Round 2:
Cavnakash:
Charlie: Go
Pteranodon: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Xulgath Warriors: TBD
Chark: TBD
Tiny: TBD
Haldan: TBD
Green: 14
Charlie runs as fast as he can away from the big winged beast as it swoops down on him. Running around the pillar he fires his bow off at the Xulgath leader.
HP 43/52
AC 21 (23 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 1/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 38/40
AC 18
Dendillion is rocked by the sonic outburst, with blood beginning to pour out from his ears!
Action 1: Inspire Courage
Action 2-3: Telekinetic Projectile
The bard winces at first when he strums his lute, the notes causing him pain. Still he plays on, knowing that the magic within each note will inspire the others to fight on.
Feeling that bolstering magic himself, he plays a lick on top of the ringing chords. Instantly a bit of detritus from the ground flies up toward the leader!
Goliath's bite connects, but it's the only attack to do so. The wound is light, but it certainly matters as the leader snarls in anger at the blow.
The wounded dinosaur steps towards Tiny and lashes out twice with its beak:
MISS
MISS
but it just can't connect with the powerful dwarf!
Dendillion starts to inspire the party. He nearly lands the perfect blow. Regardless, it's good enough to do some real damage!
The remaining warriors all close in. The opt for riskier positions, hoping to get luck shots in while the heroes are flanked:
for
MISS
for
MISS
for
MISS
and their gambit pays off as two heroes take awful blows.
Round 2:
Cavnakash: Magic
Charlie: Hit
Pteranodon: Miss
Dendillion: Hit
Xulgath Warriors: ATL
Chark: Go
Tiny: Go
Haldan: Go
Green: 41
Haldan sees the leader as the biggest threat and that Goliath is already taking him on. Focusing the electricity in the air into a single Sudden Bolt that he can send forward. He then follows this up with shooting his staff forward.
The leader dodges the worst of it, and barely escapes a massive blow from Haldan's staff. His wounds look severe, and everyone feels like a coordinated attack could see victory in moments...
Round 2:
Cavnakash: Magic
Charlie: Hit
Pteranodon: Miss
Dendillion: Hit
Xulgath Warriors: ATL
Chark: Go
Tiny: Go
Haldan: Hit and Magic
Green: 58
Tiny gets flashbacks to that awful baby seal extravaganza at the old circus as he gets clubbed repeatedly.
Despite the mounting bruises Tiny lashes out at red.
Tiny then whistles for Þóðᛞrekkr to come out out and take a bit outa green.
Tiny then steps to the pillar.
Tiny's opening strike stuns the xulgath, and his follow up breaks its neck! Þóðᛞrekkr also scores a solid bite, leaving a severely wounded leader.
Round 2:
Cavnakash: Magic
Charlie: Hit
Pteranodon: Miss
Dendillion: Hit
Xulgath Warriors: ATL
Chark: Go
Tiny: Crit kill
Haldan: Hit and Magic
Green: 67
Chark's head continues to ring at the sonic attack, and she has trouble shaking it off. Her eyes water as she tries to focus.
She conjures a shimmering scimitar bathed in flame, directing its essence against the leader.
She then whips up a disk of force for her own protection.
Chark shudders under the sonic attack, but then replies with potent magic. Chark's spell nearly drops Cavnakash. The xulgath master wobbles a bit, but maintains his balance at the last second.
With a cry to Zevgavizeb, Cavnakash summons forth a powerful spell. Negative energy washes over everyone in the area, including his allies!
His allies take all of the magic, and the Pteranodon none!
Round 3:
Cavnakash: Magic
Charlie: Go
Pteranodon: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Xulgath Warriors: TBD
Chark: TBD
Tiny: TBD
Haldan: TBD
Green: 78
Pteranodon:
Blue: 16
White: 16
Halfling Luck
Tiny clutches his head in pain as Þóðᛞrekkr goes dwon from a critical fail.
Charlie and Goliath try to take down the Xulgath leader but the amount of negative energy in the air has the pair extremely shaken, unable to get a precise shot.
HP 11/52
AC 21 (23 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 1/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 22/40
AC 18
Chark's scowl at the negative energy would wither a blooming rose. With a corner of her mind, she holds the insubstantial flaming blade steady and brings it down on the head of Cavnakash.
She is clearly distracted by the fall of the dog, as she reaches out with her had and magically stanches Þóðᛞrekkr's bleeding.
Dendillion crumples to the ground after being clubbed, his beautiful lute falling from his hands.
When the subsequent negative energy washes over him his body convulses, a wet cough ensuing that releases a steady stream of blood.
Charlie and Chark both struggle to end the fight as they see comrades fall. Chark at least stabilizes Þóðᛞrekkr for the moment.
The pteranodon flies around to try and stab Charlie with its beak:
MISS
The remaining warriors move to better positions:
MISS
for
MISS
Round 3:
Cavnakash: Magic
Charlie: Miss
Pteranodon: ATK
Dendillion: Dying 2
Xulgath Warriors: ATK
Chark: Go
Tiny: Go
Haldan: Go
Green: 78
Pteranodon:
Blue: 16
White: 16
Chark once again sustains her spell, sending its essence again to bear on Cavnakash.
She turns her attention to the bleeding Dendillion this time, causing the musician's blood to clot.
Chark, feeling the spectre of death over her shoulder gives her spell all her focus. With a mystic swipe, Cavnakash's head tumbles! The other warriors cry in anguish, but they do not yield!
Round 3:
Cavnakash: Magic
Charlie: Miss
Pteranodon: ATK
Dendillion: Dying 2
Xulgath Warriors: ATK
Chark: Kill
Tiny: Go
Haldan: Go
Pteranodon:
Blue: 16
White: 16
Tiny heads over, flurries blue and uses battle medicine on Þóðᛞrekkr.
Tiny's opening strike is lethal, dropping another of the remaining xulgaths.
Round 3:
Cavnakash: Magic
Charlie: Miss
Pteranodon: ATK
Dendillion: Dying 2
Xulgath Warriors: ATK
Chark: Kill
Tiny: Kill
Haldan: Go
Round 4:
Charlie: Go
Pteranodon: TBD
Dendillion: Stable
Xulgath Warriors: TBD
Chark: TBD
Tiny: TBD
Haldan: TBD
Pteranodon:
White: 16
3 action Magic Missile against white.
Haldan's missiles bring down the other xulgath. Only the wounded dinosaur remains, and it is unable to sustain flight....
Round 4:
Charlie: Go
Pteranodon: TBD
Dendillion: Stable
Xulgath Warriors: TBD
Chark: TBD
Tiny: TBD
Haldan: TBD
Pteranodon:
Charlie takes aim at the beasts wings to try and bring it down.
HP 11/52
AC 21 (23 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 1/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 22/40
AC 18
Neither of Charlie's arrows hit.
The wounded creature cannot seem to fly, so its only hope is to triumph. It steps up towards Charlie to bring the man down:
for
MISS
Round 4:
Charlie: Go
Pteranodon: ATK
Dendillion: Go
Chark: Go
Tiny: Go
Haldan: Go
Round 5:
Charlie: Go
Pteranodon: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Chark: TBD
Tiny: TBD
Haldan: TBD
Pteranodon:
”Is it perhaps like the other dinosaurs we encountered earlier? If we just were to no longer be a threat, it would stop treating us like a threat?”
Reach Spell and cast Grease underneath the wounded creature and not under my team.
”Always looking to walk away from a fight…”
Tiny rushes forward to the beast and attacks!
Tiny then tumbles back.
Tiny goes for blood while Haldan and Hermann banter. A moment later, the tower bubbles with a buttery grease that somehow smells like banana.
but the tenacious Pteranodon keeps fighting!
Round 4:
Charlie: ATK
Pteranodon: ATK
Dendillion: Go
Chark: Go
Tiny: Hit
Haldan: Grease
Round 5:
Charlie: Go
Pteranodon: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Chark: TBD
Tiny: TBD
Haldan: TBD
Pteranodon: 5
Still standing Charlie unleashes even more arrows into the dinosaur. "Bring it don now! He screams in the face of his own mortal danger.
HP 5/52
AC 21 (23 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 1/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 22/40
AC 18
Charlie's bow works hard, scoring a pair of powerful hits, leaving a bloodied but unfinished dinosaur.
Round 4:
Charlie: ATK
Pteranodon: ATK
Dendillion: Go
Chark: Go
Tiny: Hit
Haldan: Grease
Round 5:
Charlie: Hits
Pteranodon: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Chark: TBD
Tiny: TBD
Haldan: TBD
Pteranodon: 16
Dendillion remains unconscious but stable
Round 4:
Chark: Go
Round 5:
Charlie: Hits
Pteranodon: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Chark: TBD
Tiny: TBD
Haldan: TBD
Chark once again sustains her spell, sending its essence against the dinosaur somewhat reluctantly. Pity we can't talk to it, she thinks to herself. I take no joy in the fall of a natural creature that knows no better.
Still, the choice appears to be the dino or the Dendillion. That decision is clear to her. She calls on a bit of divine insight before sustaining her spell.
Lastly she moves up protectively between the dinosaur and the slumbering Goliath.
Chark's magic strikes true! The dinosaur, in a panic, lashes out at the spell, to no effect. It gives the party time to close in and put the poor beast out of its misery.
At last, with winds whipping and blood covering a lot of the tower, the party has peace. Only the orbiting AEON orb moves.
A quick scan of the area reveals that Cavnakash's maul is magical, as is the blue wand in his belt.
Take a look at these, Haldan, Chark says regarding the maul and wand, as she sees to the wounds of Dendillion and Goliath at once.
That should get you up and about, she says. Let's get out of this wind.
Charlie walks up and pats Goliath. "Thanks Chark. When you have a moment can you take a look at these gashes. That dinosaur relly tore into me." He stares up at the Aeon Stone orbiting overhead. "What do you make of it?"
HP 5/52
AC 21 (23 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 1/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 36/40
AC 18
Dendillion is slow to stand, needing to sit awhile as her recovers from his wounds. The normally loquacious bard spends several minutes being quiet. It's obvious he's thinking, but unclear about what.
When it comes time to move out he finally picks up his lute, the instrument having tumbled from his grasp when he was knocked unconscious. He inspects it briefly, seeming satisfied. "Can we be done here soon?"
Haldan examines the items for magic by detecting magic.
Refocus.
”This may need to be done when we have some downtime but I’ll look into it on our way back to the circus.”
Once out of the wind, Chark fusses over Charlie and Tiny both.
”I could use some healing…”
”Healing is for closers.”
Tiny pets his innocent little unconscious puppydog.
Chark frowns slightly at Hermann's mockery, but does not chide the pooka, instead taking a few more minutes to tend Haldan's wounds as well as Þóðᛞrekkr.
With the party healed up attention turns to what to do next. The AEON orb continues to orbit, and there's clearly something old and important about it. The tower isn't completely cleared yet, but it's also been some time since you've had the pleasure of your wagon beds...
We should continue on now that we’ve healed up. I am not clear on the orbiting orb. What is it and what purpose does it serve? Could we get it down? Should we get it down? Did we see any tomes that may be able to help us in this place? If not, we should question someone in here if we find someone left alive.”
Botting for Chark.